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Archive for November, 2007
November 29, 2007 at 12:48 pm · Filed under House Woes
When we first moved into our house I was shocked at the lack of ceiling lighting that we had throughout the house.
Every house or apartment that I had ever lived in had at least one ceiling light above! With our house we have two rooms that have no ceiling lights so we have to be creative with floor lamps and table lamps.
I go back and forth whether or not to add more lighting because I fear that it might make our small living room look even smaller. Plus, the ceiling upstairs that is pretty short…will be even shorter if we add lighting on the ceiling!
November 29, 2007 at 7:42 am · Filed under House Woes
Actually, we’ve had heat since Monday…but they’re still not quite done. I’ve been splurging and turning the thermostat up to 68 or even 70–which, those of you who know me, is unheard of! 61 used to be my limit.
We got the Carrier Infinity 96 which is a 96% AFUE, meaning I can claim a measly $150 credit on my taxes this year. But, it’s extremely quiet, and keeps the house pretty warm in spite of not being fully installed. The guys have yet to finish the ductwork, including connecting the actual return to the furnace and the humidifier. I am very excited about the humidifier–once this is done, we can hopefully do away with two space heaters and one vaporizer.
The Sears installer–not so impressed. We insisted that this be done before Thanksgiving, and I think everyone’s just finished the last of their turkey leftovers. He didn’t show up the first Monday until 9:45 (which for most contractors is practically afternoon); Tuesday he got a flat on his trailer; Wednesday we were out of town; ; this Monday he arrived at 10:30 and left at 2:30, in spite of a one hour lunch; Wednesday he arrived at 10:30 and left at 2:30 because he “felt sick”; and Friday he’s supposed to finish the job. This was supposed to be a 2-day job! And the damn fool is losing money in gas I imagine–it’s at least 3 gallons each way from the town he’s coming from.
Hopefully it will all be done on Friday and I can finally clean the house and basement.
November 28, 2007 at 1:16 pm · Filed under PP
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November 28, 2007 at 9:59 am · Filed under PDB - PetriDish Baby
Yesterday we went for our last try at the Nuchal Translucency screening ultrasound. The prior two (3) attempts were unsuccessful. I went out to lunch at Pizza Hut before the ultrasound so I was helping the grease of the pizza and my Sunkist soda would help to wake this little guy up a little!
When we saw the baby this time he/she was HUGE! I was shocked that he looked so much bigger than last time. He was approx 63mms and had a heartbeat of 161 beats per minute.
We got to see the baby’s face head on and he had the biggest cheeks ever! It reminded me of an ultrasound that we had when Margot was pregnant with Graem. I wish that the ultrasound tech would have capture the picture of that because it was really cool.
The baby moved around quite a bit, sucked his thumb, and was kicking. He was pretty still for the actual calculation though and the ultrasound tech was able to get the shots she needed.
Here are a few ultrasounds:
This is a picture of the profile of the baby’s face. You can see the big cheeks, nose, and forehead to the right of the photo. You can also see his little hand over his head.
This picture the baby is lying with his head towards us and you can only see a good shot of his little hand and five knuckles and his other hand on the right side.
After we did the ultrasound I went for all of the bloodwork and I’ll have to go again for bloodwork at 16 weeks so that they can compare results and tells us the risks of Downs and other types of ailments.
Already, we love this baby so much. In fact, as I was driving after the appointment I started crying because I just can’t believe that I have a baby inside of me - that’s alive, wiggles around, and appears to be healthy.
This is a dream come true.
November 27, 2007 at 10:25 am · Filed under PDB - PetriDish Baby
This afternoon at 3:00pm we have an appointment at the midwives for our third attempt at getting petridish baby to cooperate and show us his beautiful profile!
The past two (actually three) attempts have been unsuccessful due to smallness, sleepiness, and hyperactivity!
We’ve decided if he/she doesn’t cooperate then we’re going to go ahead and do all of the genetic testing through the bloodwork and have the results dependent on that alone. I’m pretty sure that’s what we did when Margot was pregnant.
Things have been pretty good over the past few weeks. However, right when I thought I was finished with being sick and the nausea … it started back up! Saturday night as we were driving home I started getting sick in the car. No pukeage that night. However, I made up for it Sunday.
I think I really start to get sick if I don’t have my protein. Lately, I’ve been trying to stay with salads and meat. However, I need to remember to hook up with a little chicken or cheese every once in a while.
Wow…I’m 13 weeks today! That’s 1/3 of the way there! Yipee.
I also have to remember to take some belly shots tonight. I really do think that my upper belly popped over the Thanksgiving holiday and I think some people might even be able to tell that I’m either fatter or pregnant!
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