It's the weekend!

I'm so ready for it to be the weekend. It's been a pretty rough week. I went to my appointment on Monday. Everything is still looking good and I'm measuring right on. I go back next Weds for my next appt and the Group B Strep culture. We will see then how things are going and if I'm dilated at all. I don't know if I am but I can hope! :) I don't like having to wait until Weds but they are closed Monday and no midwives are in on Tues for some reason. So then I will turn around and go the following Monday again because I'm off on Mondays so my appointment needs to be then. Hopefully they don't get mad about that!

I did have some upper back pain the other night. It was so bad that I got sick from it. Not sure what was going on there. It did stop for most of yesterday though and then it has come back some today again. Not sure if it is form the way she is laying or what but it doesn't feel good at all. I am taking some regular strength Tylenol and that helps some but I don't like to take too much of anything right now so I try not to take it unless I am really hurting. I also have started to get some pelvic pressure so that could be a sign of something? We will see!

We did finally get our crib mattress in the mail the other day. So that means this weekend I can put her bedding set on her crib finally! My sister bought our pack and play yesterday and a bottle set for us. And on Monday me and Ben are going shopping and picking up the rest of the things we need. There is still stuff we need from both stores so that should be fun. I'm excited to get the rest of our stuff and get everything put away and be done with it until she's here.

So plans for the 4th....Ben is going out of town. Not too happy about it but it's kind of his last chance before the baby. I don't want him to go but I know he won't be bale to go in the next few weeks because I could go at any time and even though he's only 2 hrs away that's too far if I do go in to labor. So he will be d own at the farm and I'm not doing much of anything tomorrow but Sunday I am going to my godmothers house in Austintown for the parade and a cookout at her house. She has a pool so I will probably take a dip in there. I think that's all my plans for this weekend since I just want to lay around and hopefully my back stops acting up!

I will need to come back and post pictures but Ben's cousin (who was due 10 days before me) had her baby this past Sunday, June 27th. She is absolutely adorable! She was born on 6/27 at 7:19 am, she was 7 lbs 4 oz and 19 in long. Kind of scares me because she was three weeks early and that would be next week for me! Everyone keeps saying they think I will go early but I'm not so sure. She seems quite comfortable in there and not ready to come out yet. But I know that could change overnight and plus I want people to stop saying that - they are going to get my hopes up! LOL!

Well i think that's all the updates I have for now. I will come back and post pics of the baby and from the 4th! Happy 4th of July everyone!

July 4th

So this year we decided to go out of town for the4th of July which we never do! It was fun to get away for the weekend while my parents stayed with the puppies. We went to Salt Fork to Ben's Grandpa's Farm. Ben helped mow most of the time while I sat around and read my books (had to read the 6th Harry Potter again to get ready for the movie to come out next week!). There was tons food and it was a great and peaceful time down there! We literally were in the middle of nowhere...it was about 4 miles on a gravel road to get to the farm. I've been there only 2 times before but I'm so happy we went. And I even got Ben to take me to the fireworks in Cambridge since we weren't getting to go to Akron's! They were really neat for such a small town.

It is really the middle of no where- view off the front porch

Sitting on the swing in the yard while Ben was off mowing

Us...not the best picture

Me :)

Fireworks!

Slideshow of the fireworks

So in other news...I'm back to watching my food a little better. It wasn't easy while I was gone over the weekend and at the beginning of this week with cake at work for a co-worker. And for some reason all last week I was craving ice cream. So needless to say I went back up slighty. I'm still down 5.5 lbs but I am going to get back on track from here on out!

Work is going well, kind of busy right now. I am worried that some people may be leaving my department but it's ok. It's good for them we will just miss them. I just hope some people that have the power to do so, will make the decisions that need to be made to keep them around instead! Also, I'm excited to be going to San Antonio in August for another tradeshow. I will be going with one of my co-workers, Corey, who I absolutely love. We will have such a good time there!

Also, I have a wedding to go to this weekend. I was supposed to be in it but Ben had just gone back to work at the time and I couldn't afford the dress for another month and she was anxious to get them order. I'm pretty sad that she didn't wait for me to get mine because I would have liked to been in her wedding since she was in mine. But it is what is it. I'm excited for her and her fiancee. She will also be moving to Michigan so I will miss her even more! Hopefully, she will come home once in a while and I will be able to keep up with her over the internet. So I will have pictures to post from that i'm sure after this weekend! Her bachelorette party is tomorrow night so I will be going to that but we are just doing dinner. But I might have pictures from there too!

Well I think that's all for now...

Happy 4th of July!

So another 4th of July has come and gone. This year we had an awesome time! We decided to cook out here at the house - my parents came and so did Liz and Kyle. I had hoped that some more people would come but oh well! It was just as fun. We had hot dogs and hamburgers and all kinds of sides. We headed to downtown Akron at about 8:45 pm for the fireworks. We park in the same lot every year and sit in the same spot. This year though Melanie and Brian wanted to go sit with Melanie's sister which was about another 15 min walk from where we normally sit - wish I would have know because we should have parked some where else. Poor Liz wore heels not knowing it was that far and her feet are still killing her today! The fireworks weren't too bad but I wish the finale would have been better. After that we just came home and hung out with Kyle and Liz a little bit longer. Over all a very relaxing and fun July 4th...see pics and a video of the fireworks finale below...

Oh and congrats to me and Ben - 3 months married today! :P