Time for a change..

So after all this time I've spent posting on The Nest I feel that it is definately time for me to move on to "bigger & better things".. ok not really, but I am tired of the same old set up on The Nest, not to mention that I've been getting a lot of junk comments from advertisers that were really starting to bug me. I don't know why they started, but they came out of the blue & I get them almost daily! So anyway here I am posting on my new blog, A day in my life. A little play on the title to the Beatles song "A day in the life". The Beatles are such a great band that I really love listening to whenever I want to relax and reflect, I figured that it was a suitable title for my new blog.

Last night I had my 16 week appointment at the doctor to check on the baby. It went VERY well & I was really happy to find out that the baby's heart beat is going strong! The beats were approximately 140-145 beats/minute, down from last months 156 beats/minute. She said this is because the heart is maturing and will be fully matured around 22 weeks and it is completely normal. She actually found it very quickly. Last time I was there at 12 weeks, she had some difficulty finding it but said that was because my uterus was still not popping out past my pelvis (sorry if TMI). I have definately grown since my last appointment (feelin it in my pants lol) & within five seconds I could hear the soft beating of my baby's heart! I can't describe how good it felt. It could've been the hormones, lol, but my eyes teared up. I glanced over at Kevin & he was smiling too. I brought up the home dopplers that many people are renting now & that I was interested in renting too... but she suggested that I wait until I'm further along and the baby is bigger b/c I don't want to freak myself out when I can't find the heart beat. I had more blood drawn (OUCH!) for a second round of testing for spina bifida, down syndrome, and other chromosomal defects. They also test & make sure my hemoglobin is normal & that I'm not becoming anemic. My health results will probably take a few days, but we should hear the other results in about a week or so (keep your fingers crossed for us!). She also gave me my prescription for my Level 2 ultrasound! I'll call to schedule that on Monday & it will probably be done between 19-20 weeks, she said. That's the BIG ultra sound where I can actually find out the sex & where the doctors will review the baby anatomically for any defects. I can't WAIT to see the baby again & we've decided NOT to find out the sex. We're working on names for now & will *hopefully* have a couple for boys & a couple for girls.

We just got back from taking our oldest dog, Blaize, to the vet. We found out he has lymes disease. We wanted a 2nd opinion since our old vet didn't give him any antibiotics. The vet told us that she would put him on medicine for 2 weeks & if he isn't sick from the medicine we can go back & get him his refill for another 2 weeks. I had been really pissed that our old vet (the one we used until we moved) didn't give us any medicine for him but this vet said that the doctors are split 50/50 over if they should immediately give medicine for lymes or wait until symptoms really appear. At this point we only have the positive for Blaize, but I felt that it would be better to treat him than let it go & hope nothing happens. We'll see.... $94 later.....

Kevin found a new job. (<--- notice the lack of !!). I am not sure how I feel about this. He is excited & sees potentioal to make good money, but I don't know. It is not the typical hourly paid job. It is a salesman for a company that does decks through the Home Depot's At Home Services. If he was paid regular hourly I might be ok, but he'll make commission only- no base salaray or pay... or if he didn't have to drive his own truck everywhere (paying for gas & tolls out of our pocket). But the fact is I'm afraid that he'll spend more $ driving around the state & not selling things than he will make. ::Sigh:: He wants my support & has actually asked me to give it a chance, but it is really hard. The stupid ad in the paper actually advertised making $85,000+/year. Ok, yeah. I'll believe it when I see it. I just told him to PLEASE prove me wrong. He starts on Monday with training. They are putting him into "advanced training" for the first week @ $7.50/hour. This will not even make as much as he did on unemployment. I am just worried & afraid. I wish he could understand that. I know he needs and wants to work, but I want to know that when it comes time for me to leave work & have the baby that we won't starve or anything...

Well, I better get going. Thanks for checkin out my new blog :) Will try to write later~

~Kristina