Another Edition of Randomness

I feel like I need to sit down and write, but once again only random things come to mind from throughout the past few days.

Saturday was filled with errands and balancing the checkbook. It’s always nice when you find an error and end up with a surplus! I also watched the Illinois game with Jacob when he got home. I had planned to watch Iowa, but Big Ten Network was airing the Michigan game instead. Illinois is 4-0 though! Figures…the year we give up our season tickets! Not that we needed to be spending the money on them anyway.

I also took my 32 week pictures. Little mister has dropped. The first picture is this week and the second one is the past 3 weeks side by side.

Sunday was another busy day. Jacob had to leave in the morning for the Millikin Vocal Fest, so we didn't go to church. In fact, that's a whole different blog in itself. I was getting tired of my hair, so I decided it was time to go get a haircut. I ended up having her take about 3 inches off. It was long overdue. I think the last haircut I got was in April or May!

I got home and did a bit of cleaning and folded and hung up more of Daniel's clothes. I've been slowly working on organizing his dresser and closet. This kiddo is going to be dressed well for awhile!

Around 1:30 Ashely came and picked me up for a co-workers bridal shower. We were a little afraid we'd get lost in the country trying to find the house where the shower was being held. I could totally have seen us ending up in another state. We found it pretty easily though! I tried to hold back on my snack eating, because I knew I was headed to Olive Garden after the shower, but I still had to sample everything. We played a couples of games, Jenni opened her gifts, we ate and played one more game before calling it a day!

Ashely's little girl Charleigh really enjoyed the frosting on her cupcake.

Jenni opening her gifts

Ashley and I. I don't know what I would do without her! After 2 years, I finally feel like I found my best friend here!

Dressing up our model bride

All of the brides. Jamie (in the middle) was the winner.

After Ashley dropped me off, I headed to Decatur to meet up with Jacob and 4 of his high school students who were all at the vocal fest. I met them at Olive Garden to get us a table. I ended up getting a table right away and then had to wait another 20 minutes before they got there. It was a good time though and I enjoyed getting to know some of his kids!

Afterward they went back for a concert and I went to Target for just a little bit before going home. I stacked coupons for the first time...meaning I used a $3 off store coupon and $1.50 off manufacturer coupon for the same products. I paid less than $7 for a little less than $12 worth of diapers and wipes. Pretty happy about that one!

Today I got off work at 1:00 and for that I am thankful. I had my OB appointment, but I just had no patience at work today, so it was nice to get out for a breather. My appointment was at 1:50 and usually I end up there for almost an hour with having to wait for the doctor and everything, but today I was done in 25 minutes! I love my doctor. She takes the time to ask questions and let me ask questions. I just have to have them ready because otherwise I forget and she talks as fast as the Gilmore Girls!

Daniel was all over the place as per usual. My doctor had a hard time getting him to stay still to check his heartbeat. We were both laughing because you could see my stomach moving all over the place, like he was trying to run away! She confirmed that he has dropped down a lot more and said I might start experiencing some Braxton Hicks contractions pretty soon. We shall see. We discussed getting a flu shot. It's highly recommended in pregnant women and I declined it last spring. She offered it again today and talked about the pros and cons. I opted to wait until my next appointment to decide. She said that I shouldn't get sick from getting it, but since I've had the flu shot twice and have gotten sick almost right after it both times. I didn't want to take the risk of being sick this weekend! Now I have another 2 weeks before I have to decide.

I'm heading to Iowa on Friday as soon as I can get off work, which will hopefully be noon or a little after if  no one calls in sick! I'm really excited to see so many family members and friends for my baby shower. I even found out today that my grandma ( mom's mom) is coming and usually she doesn't come to things like this. It really made my day and means a lot to me that she's coming! I can't wait!