A+

I woke up yesterday morning, in bed, snuggled up to 3 dogs, and no husband. Poor Travis has been so sick and has opted to sleeping on the couch so I don't catch what he has. He skipped out on work yesterday because of how crummy he felt and this morning wasn't much better. He has had a fever and sore throat, congestion, and watery eyes. Not sure if it's just the weather messing with him or if he has come down with something. Regardless, he said he felt well enough after a morning shower to head off to work today. Hopefully he didn't make it worse.


When I woke up yesterday, I went to start getting ready for my morning appointment at the doctor. I flipped practically every light switch in the house before realizing we had no power. I blame it on pregnancy brain. I kept grumbling to myself about why no lights were coming on. Hello, Laura! To my saving grace, the lights came back on 30 minutes before I had to leave and I managed to look presentable for the rest of the day.


I was 15 minutes late to my doctors appointment thanks to that power outage and frankly, on the drive there, I didn't get it. Why there was a rolling blackout, I will never understand. It was 30 degrees out and the sun was shining beautifully. I would have given anything to stay home from work yesterday to play with the dogs outside. It was a gorgeous day.


Back to the doctor...I know that at every appointment I am to start out by giving them a urine sample. So I walked in to the bathroom, peed, and walked out...without the urine sample! I just flushed it all away. I walked out so embarassed but the nurse said, "it happens all the time!" I was given water to start chugging right away so I didn't have to stick around for long after I saw the doctor to try again. I have now gained a total of 16 pounds (eek!!!) and my belly is growing :) Her heart beat was 153 and sounding great! The doctor visited with me for a short 5 minutes and said, "I give you an A+! You're doing great!" I feel her never ending movements all day long and wonder who she'll look like as the days pass. I read blogs and board posts about people having their baby and it just makes me that much more excited to meet her!


Since Travis is so sick, we have made zero plans for the Superbowl but I will not complain one bit if all we do is sit on the comfort of our couch and do nothing. I would love to get together with friends but don't want to risk getting any of them sick. The following weekend are our showers. I am so excited about them I can barely stand it! Travis and I are very blessed to have sweet friends that have offered to throw us showers and we are excited and very much looking forward to seeing everyone as we celebrate this time :)


I found out this week that my last day here (at the company I temp for) is earlier than was expected. Both good and bad. The girl I have been covering for has been on maternity leave herself and has decided to return on the 14th. My last day will also be the 14th so she can kind of see where I have left off with everything. The downfall is that we will be short that income when we weren't expecting for me to stop work until early March. Travis continues to look for a job in this hurting economy but so far nothing has come up. This is something y'all can pray about for us, especially with Kylee's arrival just a few short weeks away.


I am winding down with my 2 week appointments. My next one is on the 16th and then we start getting into my weekly appointments! I am shocked at how fast this is moving. I had no idea it would be like this. The first half of my pregnancy seemed to go by so slowly...maybe because I was so sick. Now I can't seem to slow it down at all.


Continue to pray for Kylee's development, the job search, and this terrible weather storm we are supposed to be getting! As of right now, I am told to still come in to work tomorrow which has me a little worried since people here don't know how to drive in this stuff. I had a vision of getting slammed by someone and being sent to the hospital and just hope this weather doesn't cause much damage!

Until next time!