September days...

What a month this has been! The heat just keeps coming - it's just more manageable! Today's high is supposed to be 80*!

Avi has been busy with her swim lessons and is really starting to understand the concepts of floating and holding her breath. Saturday at the pool she was throwing her sinking rings in the shallow end and then crawling on her belly, kicking her feet, with her head under water looking for the rings. I keep trying to get her to wear goggles but no luck yet.

Brandon and our neighbors re-sodded our backyard last weekend. It took Brandon Friday morning to cut the old sod out, Paul came over and helped fix the sprinklers, Brandon and some of the neighbors loaded in the new soil and then spent the rest of the day Saturday laying the 1900 sq feet of sod. It looks fantastic - there are pics in the web album. It's nice to see green back there!

I had my glucose challenge last Tuesday but the results came back too high so I had to have the repeat test on Thursday. It was an awful test -I had to fast after midnight Wednesday night, couldn't even drink water, then had to wait around my doctor's office for 3 hours to have my blood drawn every hour. I was so hungry by the end I was an emotional wreck but perked up a bit after eating lunch. Still had a headache for the rest of the day though. It's amazing how much water I drink and when you can't how much you miss it! I haven't heard the results of my retest yet but hopefully today...

We're at 28 weeks now so I have my doctor appointments every 2 weeks. We're getting excited and it seems like the time is passing pretty quickly but I'm getting more tired physically but am still able to keep up with Avi! I've had pretty bad carpal tunnel for the past 3 weeks in both hands. I started wearing wrist braces last week and it helps a lot but I still have mornings where my fingers and palms are numb and tingly and feel like they will spasm any second. It's not fun! I got out the infant car seat today and got it cleaned up - don't think I'll install it quite yet though. I think we'll buy new bottles since Avi's have been sitting in storage for 3 years and with the warnings about plastic I think it'd be the wisest thing to do. The nursery is pretty much done. I found a cute lamp and mobile that fit the decor really well. Just need a few more crib sheets and receiving blankets to "boy" it up and it'll be ready!

Take care and I'll keep you posted with any baby happenings!