Baby News

So I have had the luxury of having an unplanned 4 day weekend! After my typical 16 hour Wednesday I noticed my legs and hands were swelling up horribly. I hadn't had any swelling yet my entire pregnancy so it was a little concerning to me! Knowing that I had my Dr's appointment scheduled for the following day I decided to take the day off to relax. When I went to my appointment we discovered that my blood pressure was pretty elevated, something that had never happened before either. My Dr. drew some blood for some lab work, and continued to take my bp to see if it would drop. After trying 3 times we decided I should come back the next day. There was mention of PIH (Pregnancy Induced Hypertension) and the possibility of induction if it didn't go down. Yikes, I was not ready to have this baby yet...we hadn't even packed our hospital bag yet. I took Friday off from work and went in to my appointment hoping for the best. Luckily, my blood pressure was back to normal, my blood work came back fine as well as my urine. SO....no baby yet! What I have learned from this is that I may need to start calling my work days a little short so that it doesn't happen again. Everyone at work was expecting me to be bringing home our baby this weekend, but no one believes me when I tell them I know she's got plans to stay until my birthday :) However... I'm pretty sure she has dropped, so maybe she's trying to make it home before the cold weather comes in. So in preparation, I have packed my hospital bag and the baby clothes have been washed. Let the countdown begin!

Brush Fires

Colorado had a very dry Summer this year. I know this because:
1. We got a letter from our HOA telling us we needed to do a better job with our landscaping. Back when we went to Ohio last month we completely forgot to set our sprinkler system to automatic, which resulted in our grass not being watered for an entire week. I don't think it looks bad, just a small patch of grass that happens to not be green... but I guess it is not up too suburban standards, ooops!
2. We have been having brush fires left and right
This fire was really close to our home, probably around 5 miles or so. Kara and Russ, it was right next to Lockheed. No damage was done, but it sure was a sight to see! The next day we drove out to where the fire had occured to check it out. Just a lot of burnt grass... I wonder if they will get a letter from their HOA..hehe. Besides chasing down fires we spent Saturday and Sunday lounging around the house taking up everyone's suggestions of relaxing before the baby gets here. I sorted through baby clothes and Jeff cleaned out the garage. Today we have been enjoying the first cold day of the year by watching a full days worth of football and napping on the couch. Our cat, Pazzo found a hiding spot away from the dog that I thought was so cute. She had been there all day without us knowing!In baby updates, we had another appointment on Friday and will now be starting our weekly appointments-Wow! Doc says she's still looking great, still head down. We went over our birth plan with him and are happy he agrees with everything we had written down. He left us with his list of what to do when you are in labor, so we have it posted on our fridge...we are getting close now!

Race for the Cure '10

This Sunday was Denver's annual Race for the Cure. We decided to do the 5k walk in honor of my Grandma Margie. I had never done it before here in Denver so I wasn't going to let pregnancy get in the way! Jeff and I have been busy going to the gym and walking to prepare for labor, so luckily it didn't seem that far.
Here I am looking like I am ready to pop. Yesterday I updated my tennis shoes and the salesman there asked if I was hiding a basketball under my shirt. That is really what it looks and feels like! A lot of people were telling me good job for walking, but really it was the survivors and those battling that needed to be congratulated!
The walk led us over a bridge leading to I-25. Here you can see Denver off in the distance, with a nice bright glare from the sun. Can you believe we are still in the 80's out here in Denver? While we were walking along the interstate (and trying not to breathe in the fumes) you would look up to the bridge and see the hundreds of people crossing over.
Only .1 miles to go!
And we finished! This walk definitely left me with the itch to start running again. It brought back memories of our half marathon a few years ago and my pr that I need to beat. I am thinking I may train for another for next summer...will mommyhood allow for this?In the end we were given stickers to put on our shirts, I was given two. One for me and one for baby :)
Even twenty minutes after finishing the swarms of people just kept coming. The turnout was amazing, what support we have from Denver. Here's to another year of getting closer to finding the cure!

Aspen Trees

Jeff and I drove to the mountains today to check out the changing aspen trees. It's always hard to judge when you should make the trip, you might go up too early and not see anything or you could be a week late and not see anything. We made perfect timing this year, the trees were changing everywhere.It really starts to feel like fall once you make a trip up to see the changing colors.While driving to our destination I saw a giant hotdog stand off to the side of the road, it was 9 am so we figured it wasn't appropriate breakfast food. But on the way back we had to stop...it was like it was made for me! Judging by the line from the outside you wouldn't think it would take that long to get a hotdog. Well we waited in line for over an hour! I think mountain people are a lot like people from the South, they like to take things slow.But it was so worth it in the end! Jeff got some type of jalapeno elk hotdog and I got the gigantic foot long hotdog covered in sauerkraut. No, I did not finish it all- but I was close :)