This morning Mark was able to go to my appt with me. I checked in to Women's Health Clinic, and told me Col. Yates was seeing her patients in L&D. My first thought was "What's L and D?" Fortunately I kept it as a thought
only.
I need to get my brain in working order soon.
So the receptionist walked us and another woman to "L&D" where I had my appt.
The nurse took my blood pressure, 143/80... that's high!! I had just walked half the length of the hospital, and I was in pain from my 'overdoing' it yesterday sitting on the floor painting baseboards and such. So I thought that was an okay excuse.. right? Pain and exercise.
Then she came back 15 minutes later and it was 134/83 or something like that. STILL not good.
Col. Yates (a midwife) came in and said she was going to order me some labs to test for pre-eclampsia. Yikes. So I will find out soon, I suppose.
Everything is fine with the glucose levels; I am in the clear from gestational diabetes. yes!
Because of the high pressure reading, she didn't want to only use the doppler, she wanted to look at the baby's heart beat. It was a strong 136 bpm, and we got to see Mr. Huge!! His face was all smashed against the uterine wall, and he looked like a little gorilla. It was really funny; Mark said he must have his nose! I was laughing so hard the monitor couldn't keep the picture steady. He is already a funny kid.
When she checked, I am 1 cm. dilated, and 50% effaced. Everything is moving right along! I'll keep the blog updated with the lab results. Cross your fingers it's okay!
Isn't this sign adorable? I love the minty green and cute string-instruments painted on to the sign. I found this gem of a mom & pop shop when I was in Anchorage paying a visit to Anna's Health Food to purchase more primrose oil and raspberry tea. 
So the first two pictures were more to showcase the earrings and body-work of the necklace, these two (above and below) are more for the pendants. Voila!
36 weeks (it's like a magic show!):
I wonder if I'll fit into those skirts again! Yes, yes, YES I will.... 
After church today... I was a bit tired! and a lot swollen. But only 4 more weeks!! If my grandma is right, possibly only a week and a half! Let's cross our fingers her dreams are right. :) 
When Mark brought sand home from Diego Garcia two trips ago, I thought it was a bag of sugar-cookie mix. Having that sit on our counter made me want sugar all the time! (maybe that was why I failed the glucose test... and no I still haven't taken the 3 hour test! I'm thinking of letting it sliiiide...) Anyway, I didn't know what to do with the beautiful sand. When he showed me pictures of the broken coral that just sits on beaches there, I asked him to grab some of that next time. I had an idea after all. Now that he's home we set to work.
After:
I love all the little fresh colors!! My bathroom is primarily green and white, so to throw in blues, oranges, yellows, and pinks adds a fun little punch of color. I almost did a lime green, but I thought this was more fun. I moved Mark's colognes to the downstairs bath (where he likes to get ready) and took his cubby over for my little pieces of jewelry. 
Yesterday was a Visiting Teacher's opportunity to make a dinner for the family of a new daughter, Ryley. I was wondering how to make two large pizzas without falling over by the time I was done. A friend of mine had mentioned buying Pizza Man's dough for $2, so I went and checked it out! Also while I was out, I bought an $11 pizza stone from Target; genius! It proved FAILSAFE!! Anyone else use a pizza stone? It was an $11 well spent. 
