25 Weeks

25 Weeks, the time is starting to fly by and we are coming to the realization that Baby B will be here in 15 weeks, a little more than 100 days. This morning I had my glucose test for gestational diabetes. You have to drink that yucky orange beverage and wait an hour to have blood drawn. I will find out next week if I passed.

How you know you live in a small town - last week I called our hospital about signing up for child-birthing classes. I was informed they had their last series of classes in late September/early October and they wouldn't be offering any more classes until January - if they have enough interest. Not enough babies are born to justify more classes. So we are looking into options at other hospitals and clinics. I am viewing this a positive - when we have our baby the hospital staff will be very attentive because apparently no one is having a baby in the winter, except us!

24 Weeks

For the past few weeks I have started to feel movement, a random flutter, but nothing consistent. On my birthday I felt my first kick - best birthday present ever! Even better Cory got to feel some of the kicks as well.

On Friday we got wonderful news, Cory passed the qualifying exam for his PhD! Now he has to write that pesky little paper - the dissertation.

This afternoon we are going to order the nursery furniture (thanks grandmas-to-be).


A glimpse in to what our house will soon look like....

Thanks to wonderful friends who have baby stuff they no longer need our house is starting to fill-up with baby gear and adorable clothes.




Thanks to Cory who made my 30th birthday, a week-long celebration. Last weekend we had an amazing dinner at sea.bar.

beef on weck roll, which really tasted like the sandwich

tornado salad was incredible

23 Weeks

I had a doctor's appointment on Friday and every looks great. Next appointment is November 10th. Tonight we are having an early birthday celebration with my parents, Cory's parents and his siblings. We are going to Sea Bar, and as tempted as I will be by raw tuna and salmon - I will be a good and stick with cooked rolls - maybe one piece of tuna, just don't tell my mom :)

Conversation from last weekend on parenting:

Cory: I'm just letting you know that I'm claiming 'good cop'.
Me: Oh really, you are claiming 'good cop', so does that mean I have to be 'bad cop'.
Cory: No. I'm just claiming 'good cop', you can be whatever cop you want to be, but I will be 'good cop' .
Me: Glad we worked that one out.

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Pumpkin Cheesecake in a Gingersnap Crust

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups gingersnap cookie crumbs*
3/4 cup ground hazelnuts (i used pecans)
3 tablespoons brown sugar
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups canned solid pack pumpkin
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup maple syrup
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
4 eggs

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 9 inch springform pan.
2. Using a fork, combine gingersnaps, hazelnuts, 3 tablespoons brown sugar, and melted butter. Press mixture into the bottom and two inches up the sides of the pan to form the crust.
3. With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the pumpkin. Mix in the cream, maple syrup, cinnamon, allspice, and vanilla. Beat in the eggs, one at a time until smooth.
4. Pour batter into prepared crust. Place pan on a baking sheet, the crust will release some butter. Bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes, or until center of cheesecake is set. Allow to cool in pan for 30 minutes, then refrigerate overnight.

*Use a food processor if you have one, makes this step much easier.

22 Weeks

Our Tuesday ultrasound was so exciting. Baby B was moving around a ton; she (its nice to know which pronoun to use) weighs about 20 ounces. The ultrasound tech thought my due date would be closer to February 7th rather than the 11th, based on the baby's measurements, but they are not going to change my due date. This afternoon we are going to have some fun registering; Cory has insisted on holding the scanning gun :)

Cory Wins the Bet!!!

Just got back from the doctors, everyone is healthy, baby was moving around a ton and oh yes...
Peanut B is a Girl!!!

21 Weeks

Childcare enrollment is tougher than getting in to college. Yesterday we toured the childcare center on campus; in August they moved in to a brand new facility. It is definitely our first choice, but of course there is a waiting list. We are pretty high on the waiting list, so we have a good chance of getting in for August. It is mind boggling to put your name on a waiting listing in July for childcare that won't happen until the following August.

Cory thinks we are having a girl, I think we are having a boy - on Tuesday we get find out who is right. We will post an update Tuesday night.