Whew! Am I ever behind!!! Well, we're 35 weeks today. Just 2 more weeks till we're considered full term. How bizarre!! Anyway, we've had an interesting couple of weeks. Last week I went to my regular doctor's appointment to find that my blood pressure was really high. It was 160 / 90 and then 140 / 90. SO! I had to go to the hospital to be hooked up to a monitor and blood pressure cuff for 2 hours. Luckily, Brett's mom had come with me and she talked nonsense to me the whole time and the pressure went down to 130 /72. On the up side, we also got another sonogram out it! And guess what?! We're having a GIRL!! Yup! Baby Kaylin was definitely not shy about showing off the parts this time!! She looks very happy in there and was a perfectly normal 4.3 pounds. Doesn't seem fair that she's only 4.3 pounds and I've gained 19!! LOL!

Anyway, so the doctors could test my protein levels I had to keep a 24 urine collection. Oh yeah, that was so much fun! Can you see the sarcasm dripping from that remark?! Brett was thoroughly grossed out, especially since I had to keep it in the fridge! They also did a bunch of blood work. We found out yesterday that all my tests came back normal. They're calling it pregnancy induced hypertension (Brett's calling it puppy induced!). It just means they're going to monitor me more closely, with an appointment every week, another sonogram in 3 weeks and possibly another urine collection (yippee). Dr said that if my blood pressure is still wacky they may think about taking the baby a week early, so we may be looking at the first week of January. That doesn't bother me, as long as she's not a Christmas baby!

Other than all of that things are going pretty much as normal. I'm trying to get the house cleaned, but with 3 dogs and Brett, its kind of a lost cause. The nursery is all set up, and I've got all of the newborn & 0-3 month clothes washed. Dad helped me put of some of our Christmas lights, I've just got to do the rest of them. We're getting our tree this weekend. I'm hoping I can find one that's not too prickly! And this year I promise not to dump 7 gallons of water into the carpet....of course we don't have carpet this year!!

Well, I guess that's all that's going on! I promise to keep you all updated on everything!
Have a super week!
Amber