We're getting ready for our little Cowboy!

Happy belated Thanksgiving. Hope everyone had a great holiday. This Thanksgiving caught me off guard a little. I have been thinking the holidays were a long way off because Luke's arrival seems forever away, but it's NOT! I just logged into the blog and it said 59 days till your due date and I think my heart skipped a beat.

We had a wonderful last Thanksgiving without Luke (although I wish he were here already). It is my grandparent's 65 anniversary on December 4th, so all 50 or so relatives on my dad's side of the family were here to celebrate. We had a great time and Saturday night was really special (when we had the anniversary celebration.)

Michael and I have been busy getting Luke's room ready. I love being in there so much I eat my cereal sitting in the rocker every morning. :) Kellie (Michael's mom) came and stenciled a verse on the wall and it looks awesome! I have always heard mother's have a nesting instinct and that it kicks in towards the end of pregnancy, this thing is serious y'all. I am washing blankets and sheets, scrubbing the bathtub. I even bought a few boxes of diapers the other day and Michael thought I was crazy. It's not too early - I told him. He's going to be here so soon.

I have a doctor's appointment Thursday (32 weeks) and although they say babies generally turn head down between 32-36 weeks I am really hoping Luke decides to turn earlier rather than later. I am pretty sure he's laying sideways right now, so at least he doesn't have to make a 180. But, it would just put my heart at ease if he were in the correct position so we don't even have to worry about what to do if he's breech.

I Love Ice Cream!

I have good news. My tests for gestational diabetes and preeclampsia both came back normal!! Yay. I have been worried but the nurse called two days ago and said everything came back negative. After being told I had a little sugar in my urine (sorry if that's gross) at my 24 week appointment I have been trying to be good about the amount of sugar I've been eating just in case. But now I can eat TCBY chocolate yogurt with reese's peanut butter cups with no regrets!! :) So thank you for your prayers!

I've been meaning to post pictures from Halloween. I got one of the expanding belly. (I'll do that when I get home). Michael's medical school has a party each year with a costume contest. Last year he and his friends went all out and were the whole "Karate Kid" crew and won the contest.
This year they one up-ed that and did American Gladiators. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, but it was pretty hilarious. And they won again!! Not only do they get bragging rights, but $400! My costume was a "Pregnant Soccer Mom." Why didn't I win?? Surprisingly most people got it without asking. Next year we'll have a little pumpkin to dress up! I am oh so ready!

We've made it 29 weeks today! Time is just flying by. Next week we're going to celebrate because 30 seems like quite a milestone. My celebration will be including ice cream for sure! Have I told you I've been craving ice cream? :) Don't worry though- I won't let this get out of control.