Our House is a Very, Very, Very Fine House.
Well, let’s see if I can remember what went on this week. We moved Saturday the 9th into our new place. It is the basement apartment of a longtime friend of mine. It is nice, Aiden has enjoyed running about in the space and “marking his territory” by tossing his toys and books all about. I think he likes the extra space. His room is also darker so he has been sleeping a lot better.
As a result of our move much of this week has been spent unpacking and rearranging. The end is in sight but we have not done much in the kitchen or our bedroom because we have been waiting for things. In the kitchen we need to baby proof the drawers and lower cupboards before we can fill them with things because we do not want the hassle of trying to keep Aiden out of them. In our room we were waiting for a bookshelf from my grandparents so that I can organize my craft supplies onto it. This coming week I hope to finish the unpacking process and have no more boxes in sight! This week I have also created a car seat tent (like this only with different fabric), started on our living room curtains, darned a sock, fixed a hole in Aiden’s coat, made oatmeal raisin cookies, and baked a pie. I have also taken Aiden outside in the backyard to play a few times despite the crummy air quality and he LOVES it. I love that he has a place to run around in and be a boy. He has even learned how to climb up the steps to the slide and go down it by himself.
Thursday was my obgyn appt. and glucose test. Everything seems to be going well. I have only gained 10 lbs. so far, the baby is moving frequently and his heartbeat is strong. I haven’t heard back about the glucose test yet, there was a chance I would hear Friday if it came back that my blood sugar levels were off but it could be as late as tomorrow. If I don’t hear by phone tomorrow then it means that everything came back normal and I can continue eating what I am eating. As of my appt. I was 28 1/2 weeks along and I am measuring 30 weeks. The doctor said that he thinks that Brandon and I just make bigger babies.
Thursday evening Brandon, Aiden, and I went swimming at the Oquirrh Park Fitness Center. It was a bit nerve wracking riding along in the car on such a dark foggy night but we got to and from there safely. The pool wasn’t a very toddler friendly pool. The water depth at the bottom of the stairs is 2.5 feet deep. Aiden didn’t like that we weren’t letting him free to wander about the pool because he didn’t understand that very quickly he would be under water. We did just a couple times staying right next to him but not touching him to see if he could grasp that he was just to short to be left alone and he never did catch on. On the upside they have a water slide and Aiden was allowed to go on it as long as Brandon or I caught him. I caught him the first two times and then sent him down the last. I could have done without watching him get whipped around by the water and turns in the slide. He just looked so little and swallowed up by the slide. Needless to say three times was more then enough for him. He enjoyed the first two times a lot and was laughing and so proud of himself but after the third time he didn’t ask to go on it again. Perhaps he had been thrown around enough.
Saturday morning Aiden, Brandon, and I went to my dad’s to try and clean up some more. We made some good progress but still haven’t even had a chance to sweep of steam clean the floor. We did manage to get all of our food and food storage though. After my dad’s we went to my grandma’s to have my grandpa load up a bookshelf and to enlist his help with a small cupboard that we forgot to load up when we moved. In the afternoon my friend Katie came over and we hung out upstairs with Richelle and just chatted and let the kids play together. It was fun to just have some time with the gals and to see Katie one last time before she goes back to Vegas until May. Well, I think that is all for this week. Thanks for reading!
