Healthy babies are the best!

Red Cedar Medical Center has these Family Birth Suites that Jerry and I were able to see in person and they really are very spacious and we're very excited to go there. Some info for family and friends if you come see us there... The green side is labor and delivery and the red side is recovery. The kitchenette area I talked about has food there, but for me and Jerry only. You are allowed to use the microwave, toaster, and coffee machine. There is a waiting room with a computer that I believe has the internet too. We have opted that if you call the hospital, they are allowed to give out the room number we are in when we're there. Although, close family and friends will be getting a call from either Jerry's parents, my parents, or our roommate Jessy anyway, letting you know that I'm in labor and so calls will be directed to them until after Paul is born.
Later we go in for another check up. We had one scheduled for Thursday, but that had to get rescheduled for today. I'll be able to talk to my doc about the glucose test, and I know I still won't be taking the second test for it. Although, something good I already know of is that, even though the first test was abnormal... the level mine was at was on the very low end of the abnormal bracket(I found the letter sent to me from my doctor about it which told me that). So I don't think I have much to worry about if I watch my sugar intake and exercise a bit more.

Jerry and I are very excited about bringing Paul into this world, but we are also learning that we're a bit scared, and that it's going to be very difficult for Jerry to see me in the amount of pain I'll be in during labor. Please pray for us over this. I know it will seem like it all happened so fast when it's all over, but ... in the meantime, it will seem like forever. I would also like to add that I foresee it being rather overwhelming for Jerry and I once home with Paul and would like to encourage you all to pray about if and how you can help us in the transition of having a new life in our home to take care of. Whether it just be by prayer support or some other kind, anything and everything will be very much appreciated and not in vain.

On a side note, this is still in the works, but a stranger came to our house today and asked if he could buy our taurus for parts! For the last several months it has just been sitting in our parking lot because the starter went out, and then the battery died. Since it has some other things that need fixing, and the transmission was just more recently rebuilt, we decided we would just try and sell it for parts... but we haven't even posted that anywhere online, newspaper or just on the car itself... so this person is really a God-send and it would be really great if he decides to take it. He'll be by at around 9:30 to take a better look at it. So the money we'll be getting from this car will be going towards a truck!  I'm not sure about all the details, I just know that it's a good buy and it's a stick shift, which I am most looking forward to since I find them so fun to drive!

Another exciting thing for us, Jerry's parents will be coming to WI in about 3 weeks! If you could be praying for them and their travels, that would be awesome! As well as a place for them to stay here near Menomonie so that they won't have to drive far once Paulie decides it's showtime.

Thanks everyone for ALL your support!

(A quick update, the stranger that wanted the car, took it!)

Blood Tests and Suites

So we had a blood test done last week sometime, and today they called and said that it was abnormal... Which to me doesn't really mean anything. It's that test they offer women like me to rule out gestational diabetes. The only thing is... I remember I hadn't eaten much that day, and when I took the sugar drink, I had just had a banana before that. SO... Anyway, they want me to come in for the second test, which for that one... I'll have to fast from midnight the day I decide to go in, and then I'll have to wait around for 3 hours, getting blood drawn every hour. I'm thinking... NO THANKS... which is precisely what I plan on doing. Not taking the test. Why? I did some research and the only real treatment for gestational diabetes is "being put on a special diet" and adding a bit more exercise. Since that is the case, I'll just avoid being pricked 3 times in a day just for them to be able to officially tell me I need to eat less sugar, more protein and vegetables and walk at least a half hour every day. Ya know... seeing blood doesn't make me faint, but when I can't eat, and then my blood sugar goes down and then they take blood from me... I'm gonna faint. Well... at least I know I will be borderline with that. I also hate needles in my skin. It's the worst feeling in the world. So, if all of you could be praying for us to stick to a better diet and that it's not severe gestational diabetes to begin with, as well as getting out for a walk every day with the cold weather, we all would appreciate that very much.
On a lighter note... The birthing suites that the hospital here in Menomonie has... pretty much look amazing! The room/suite is huge for me, paul and jerry and they have a nice lounge area for everyone else and a sort of kitchenette area as well. Tomorrow we get to go in and get the official tour and information for us and all the pre-registration info for them. Exciting!

Camera!

Well, we finally picked out a camera that Jerry and I both like! So far so good! It also takes video! So we will for sure be getting video uploaded to this blog HOPEFULLY once a week after Paul arrives. Thanks for reading!

Getting ready, summer clothes, mommy time...

This last week and a half has gone by real fast. I've started to get together the information we'll all need when Paul decides to make his debut, and Jerry put in his request off forms so that he can almost certainly be around when that happens as well. So now we're in the 33rd week, only seven more weeks to go, IF he doesn't decide to show early, but all signs point to no. We've been doing really great, no warning signs that anything is going wrong. He's still very active and it's starting to get painful! Just when he really jabs that is. Our last visit to the doc was this last Friday. All reports back were great!
Jerry and I have already been trying to make plans for this summer. Our local swimming pool (additional pictures) offers family season passes for a great price, so we'll eventually be buying those. The park it's located in also has a disc golf course and we plan to enjoy that perk as well.
A friend of mine was gracious enough to give me all her baby boy clothes along with some other essentials such as a breast pump, bottles, nursing pads, carseat, changing table, highchair and baby bjorn. Most of the clothes were grown out of so fast by him that some are still like new, and some weren't even used! God is so good. We now have at least 4 stuffed garbage bags full of clothes. Sizes ranging from 0-3,3-6,6-9 and 9-12 months! The other really awesome thing is that her boys were born in April and March, so the season and the size he should be wearing should coincide with what I've got!
It's getting harder to lean over these days, or get up and out of bed! It's also been a pain standing for long, which is one good reason I quit my job at Arby's. We are also going to be saving on gas since it was a 30 mile drive there and a 30 mile drive back and my hours kept getting cut. So I was more or less paying to go to work. Sleeping at night has been a hard thing to do as well. He tends to wake up or I just can't get comfortable enough to fall asleep even though I am really tired.
Well I think that is about it for now... Other than since I've home so much, I've been able to catch up on my reading and watch my girlie movies that Jerry won't watch with me. :)

Belly Buttons are so great :)

SO - yesterday I learned how to make my innie belly button an outie! Haha, I've been so fascinated I can't help but play with it... although it totally weirds out Jerry! So much so that he can't even look at it when I do it! It's so great! It makes me laugh... a lot. :) That's about it for now!

32 weeks

He's getting bigger! We've got 8 weeks left and I think it's finally hitting home that he'll be here before we know it! Very exciting! Still no camera, so still no new pictures. Also, I put in my two week notice at work, and tomorrow is actually my last day! Yay for me! Now I'll be able to spend more time cleaning and rearranging to make more room for Paul. 
God bless!

belly bump