tWENTY nINE wEEKS

Today I had another Doctors appointment... things are great, they got the blood work back from my wonderful glucose test...let me tell what a experience that was...I go into the lab at the hospital...hungry because I haven't eaten for three hours (I usually eat every half hour it seems)and they give me some glucose 50 orange soda to drink, the nice lab lady says "now drink this slowly...pour some in the cup...sip it and repeat over about 5 minutes...and don't wonder to far...some people tend to faint or get nauseous" so if the stuff tastes nasty I have to endure the misery for 5 MINUTES and possibly throw up or faint...well I drank the nasty orange soda that tastes like it has 5 alkazelters in it and waited for them to call be back to draw my blood! As I was waiting...I thought I was going to explode from the worst gas I have ever had!! TMI...I know...but it was horrible and I thought you should know!! But my blood work came back normal...so thank heavens I don't have to go through the 3 hr test!!

My belly has grown 4in and I have gained 5 pounds (as you can see in the picture below) since my last appointment. Dr. Nance said that little Leonidas is about 3 lbs now and by the end of May he will be close to 4 lbs...WOW! It never seizes to amaze me that there is a 3 lb growing baby inside my belly....how cool and weird is that! I feel him moving all the time...its incredible...I love being pregnant I have been blessed with such an easy pregnancy so far (I hope I didn't just jinx myself...hurry someone knock on wood!)

I promise I didn't put a basketball in my shirt...and yes I am selling tickets, $30 a piece for the ski slope off my backside!!!

10 more weeks to go!!!! Can't wait to see you little Leo!!

we'll take three please...

nICH needed some sheets of plywood to build a floor for the shed...well we didn't know exactly how we were going to get them home(our brother -in law did offer nICH his truck...but we always feel like we are using his truck..Thanks for the offer though, Brad!!) So my husband came up with this ingenious plan...

We loaded three sheets of plywood and three chair rail boards for Leonidas' room to the top of the Jeep...well I didn't... nICH and the poor Home Depot guys that helped him did...when nICH asked them for his help he said "sorry guys this is going to be a little squirrely ..I need you to help put these boards on the top of my Jeep!" one of the guys said "not a problem...the other day we had a guy strap a water heater to the top of his Honda Civic!"

I guess it could be worse!!

The finished project

nICH put the shed together in one day

and filled it in one day!

dEPUTY fRIEDRICHSEN's first day...

Thursday was nICH's first full day at the jail...he loves his new job...and I love that I am married to a big tough guy! Don't mess with my honey...he'll take you to jail!

He was in the middle of an inmate fight translating in Spanish to one inmate that it is not okay to call his neighbor an A#$%&@E and that he should act like an adult or some friends and I could take him to his own little cell so he could carry on with his tantrum...I'm sure there will lots of good stories to come!

awesome bag he got to carry all his gear...radio, flashlight(that is heavy enough it could be used as a weapon), pepper spray, and cuffs!

CONGATULATIONS nICH...I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!!!

I Love you Deputy!!

baby oh baby...look at that belly!

I know, I know....I have been really bad about blogging, so here is a much needed update and some belly pictures!!

I went to my Doctor appointment last week and he said that baby Leonidas (his name for the time being, even though nICH's mom absolutely hates it...but if we don't pick a new name before he is born...Leonidas might be it!!) was about 1 1/2 pounds and I looked at my belly and thought no way that is incredible that a baby of that size(and will get even bigger) could be in there! The Doc also said that by my next appointment he will be around 3 pounds...WOW!

I can feel the baby more a lot more now! nICH finally felt him kick the other night(I actually started crying a little) every time I would yell at nICH to come feel him kicking, he would run over, put his hands on my belly and the little stinker would stop kicking. So nICH as thought that I have just been teasing him this whole time...but he finally felt him!

drip, drip, drip little April....snowflakes???

The weather has been so crazy the past few weeks, Saturday and Sunday were sunny warm days, then Monday afternoon it started snowing!! Then it snowed again today!! Will Spring ever come...!!




Yup it says 35 degrees!!