Weekend Getaway

This weekend we met up with some of my girl friends and their families at the Sommer lake home near Shawano, WI. It was great to see my HS girlfriends and to get together since the last time that we got together at the Sommer lake home was like 5 years ago, before any of us had kids. What a difference a few years makes!

Since the weather did not cooperate for us to do any out door activities on the lake, we spent the majority of the day in doors. But there was still lots to do, playing Wii, ping pong, putting together puzzles, playing board games, attempted to get nap times in.....as you can tell our activities have kind of changed over the years as well.


We did have one slight mishap on Saturday night, not too long after this cute picture was taken of the kids ready for bed. Nikki's little guy Caleb (aka spider man), was going to get off the bed and slipped, hitting his face on the foot board of the bed. Poor little guy was definitely NOT happy. He did not break his nose, but did have a very good bump on his face right around the nose & mouth area. Since he had a hard time calming down, they ended up taking him home that night.

Other than that we all had a good time, even Bailey too! She got to romp around with Rachel's golden retriever, Chewy, for the weekend. I think Sunday morning was their favorite as we let them go swimming in the lake before we left. Those dogs sure LOVE water!

Men at Work

This week Jesse brought over Lois (his 4 Runner) as she needed some surgery on her front brakes. Mister handy man Jon offered to help his buddy, as he has put in new brakes before and wanted to help Jesse save a little cash. So yesterday when I got home "the boys" were hard at work in the garage getting started on the project. However, they ran into a little snag when Jon noticed that Lois' stablizer bar on both the left & right side were broken off. Basically, she needed shoulder surgery as well. :) Only problem was when they ran to the store to get the new parts, they did not have any instock and it would take until the next business day to get. Therefore, Lois spent the night at our house and Jesse borrowed Jenny (the Jeep) for today.


So tonight when I came home from work "the boys" were again hard at work and already had one side completed. Per Jon, besides getting the rusty part of the old brakes off, it was a pretty slick job. So now everyone is happy~ Jon helped a buddy, Jesse saved some money, Jenny got a little joy ride, and Lois is back in working order.

Basement Bedroom

With the addition of the carpet this week, we were also able to move the bed & night stands from the guest room on the main floor to the new guest room in the basement. (The old guest room, will be Weblets room). We think it turned out and looks pretty nice.

28 Week appointment

On Tuesday I had my 27/28 week appointment and everything seems to be progressing quite well. Weblet's heart rate has consistently been about 150, so not sure what that means per any old wives tales. This appointment was also the week where I take the 1 hour glucose test for gestational diabetes.

For those of you that are unaware, basically I had to drink this very sweet drink (with 50mg suger) within 5 minutes (it only took me like 1 min, since I slammed it), then they wait an hour and then draw my blood. Based on the amount of suger within the blood they can tell if you might be prone to gestational diabetes. This could lead to the baby growing to large to be delivered normally and a few other health problems.

Well I drank my fruit punch flavored drink, had my blood drawn, and then the next day I received a call that my levels were a little high. 158 to be exact and they like the level to be under 130 to be safe. Dang it.

So what that means is I went in today for a more extensive and longer glucose test. For my test today, I had to fast for 8-12 hours prior to the test, got my fasting blood drawn when I came in, had to drink another very sweet drink (today lemon lime flavor) this time with 100 mg of sugar, and then had my blood drawn every hour for the next 3 hours. For those of you that know me...I hate needles so I was a little apprehensive about the whole process. I try to be brave and breath through it and I think I did a pretty good job given the circumstances. I had a nurse who gave up drawing patients blood around 10:30 am since she was having a very hard time finding veins that would give her blood back. At 2 of my hourly draws, she had to try 2 different times. Ugh! So instead of 4 pricks for blood this morning I got 6....lucky me. By the time I left 4 hours later, my poor arms were sore.

Overall it was worth the whole process, since my test results came back within the recommended range at all of the blood draws. Whew. This means I can still eat and continue my diet as is for the rest of the pregnancy.

Here is a 28 week belly picture.

We Have Carpet!!!!

Oh its been a long time coming....and I am so happy today finally arrived. No longer am I embarrassed to have people over to our ghetto basement, with a nice entertainment center but a cement floor. Today we had our carpet installed!!!

Of course we did not waste anytime vacuuming it all up and putting everything back into its place. It is so much more comfortable and definitely looks more homey. Also, the dog definitely likes to have something to run around on when she plays and its nice and soft for her to nap on. :)

Projects by Jon

So in preparation for Weblet's arrival, our list of projects or our to do list has definitely gotten a lot longer. This weekend while I was away with the girls Jon worked on a few of our painting type projects. He re-painted my old white dresser, a book shelf, and a wall hanging shelf. They all look so wonderful with a fresh coat of paint on it and now too all of them are the same shade of white. They are going to look perfect in Weblet's room. Thanks honey!

P.S. Yup, I took think this looks like a forced smile on Jon's part.

Amanda's Bachelorette Party

This weekend I had Amanda's bachelorette party. Instead of going out on the town for the night she opted for a weekend away at a cabin, with some pampering, relaxing, and fun. Saturday morning all the girls met over in Wilmar, MN at a salon to get manicures & pedicures.....ahh the pampering part.

Then we headed over to the cabin which was on Lake Koronis in Paynesville, MN....only problem was the weather surely did not cooperate with us (cool & rainy), so instead of hanging out by the lake all day, we hung inside watched chick flicks and played games.....ahh the relaxing part. Cookies & Wine! (n/a for me)

Saturday night we had a lady from Party Gals come over to show us their products....enough said...this was the fun part!

We did have one unexpected guest for the weekend, who was named Kenny by Amanda's sister Heather. Kenny was a mouse that fell out of the ceiling on Friday night when some of the girls were there and proceeded to hangout in the cabin, here & there, until he was caught on Sunday morning. Sorry Kenny. I can still hear Amanda scream "Who killed Kenny???" from the bedroom. :)

Simple joys...

So here is another picture of what I find once I get up in the morning after I go take a shower. I come out and Miss Bailey is curled right up and cuddling in with Jon. This always makes me smile.

Voting is now open....

I have heard opinions on both sides... some people think we are having a BOY, while others think we are having a GIRL.
Tell me what do you think???

Please enter your votes in the poll on the right.

Since we are not finding out what we are having, voting will be open until Weblets arrival. Thanks for participating. :)

Matt & Becky's Wedding

This weekend we attended Matt & Becky's wedding. Matt and I used to work together at Benfield. He used to hangout with Jon and I here & there to go golfing, skiing, or playing kickball. He is the one who has a Husky dog named Niko that Bailey likes to play with. Jerad & Amanda were also invited, so the 4 of us hung out for the day.


They had a very nice ceremony and the best part was the root beer floats, ice cream sundaes & refreshments afterwards outside the church. It was perfect for such a warm day. The reception was at a beautiful golf course over in Stillwater where we were able to get some nice pictures. It was definitely a muggy/rainy day out, so don't mind the lovely hair wings I have in most of the pictures.


Dinner was especially nice, although a little warm, the 4 of us had a table all to our selves....there was like 5 additional open seats of people that could not make it. Each table had its own individual cake for those at the table to share....and ours was Chocolate Lovers! Jerad and I were in heaven! It was really really good. So good that I only had 1 piece. It was funny that after we cut a few slices, we traded cakes with a few other tables to try their flavors as well. They were all good.

Another fun thing about their reception is that they had a photo booth. People could take pictures and then the copies would go into a guest book for Matt & Becky that you could then write a message in. The first time Amanda and I wanted to get some fun/nice pictures of the two of us....but Jerad had different plans. We did not even know he stuck his head in until it printed out. That turkey! Then the other was a fun shot of the 4 of us. It might be a little hard to see...since I had to take a picture of the pictures. :)

Chicken dinner....

Tonight we invited Mike, Emily, & Amanda over for a dinner of home grown corn & chicken. We thought we would try something different with the chicken, besides just doing the beer can thing. So Jon bought a flavor injector. It turned out just okay....I think next time we will try a different sauce. However, as Jon was prepping the chicken Bailey had to have her nose right in there to check it out. Don't worry we did not let her touch it. :)

26 week update

Today Weblet has been cooking for 26 weeks. Definitely think I am popping out more!

Our anniversary

We had originally planned to take a vacation day today to celebrate our 3 year wedding anniversary, I just did not also expect to be off of work on Monday & Tuesday as well. Either way, it worked out good because it gave me one more day to take it easy prior to going back to work.

Its crazy how it has already been 3 years that we have been married, but I am still so happy to have met and to be able to call Jon my husband. He is my best friend and totally takes care of me (& Weblet).

We celebrated our anniversary by going to yoga in the morning (me anyway), heading to the Saint Paul Saints game in the afternoon, dinner together, a walk with the dog, and a stop for ice cream. I couldn't ask for anything better. I love you honey!

Thank you

Here is a quick picture of the beautiful flowers Amanda brought me from her garden when I was in the hospital. Thank you dear!

Also, it was so nice of her and my friends Kirsten & Sarah to come visit me as I do not have any family that lives close to us. Although I may not have been the best company it was nice to see a few friendly faces on Monday. Thanks guys!

Kidney Stones

After a great day at the races in Iowa on Saturday, I woke up Sunday morning at Jon's parents house feeling a little funny. We decided that we were going to head home to get some things done versus staying for the ice cream social at church later that afternoon and boy I am glad we decided to head home.

As we were driving home I was having some pretty good cramping like pains in my lower abdomen and then also over on my right side. When we got home it had not gotten any better and was also now hurting in my back on the right side, so I called the doctor. She said to lay down and take it easy for a couple hours drinking plenty of water and then give her a call back if nothing changed. I laid down for 2 hours with a heating pad on my back to try & ease the muscle pain, but that did not seem to help. When I called back she said to head into the hospital to get checked out.

I am glad that we headed in when we did, as by the time we got to the hospital the pain had gotten even worse, I could hardly walk. We went up to labor & delivery and started in a monitoring room to get all the "tests" done. They first checked to see if I was in pre-term labor, which it turns out I was not. They also did some blood work to make sure everything was alright there. With the pain being on my right side & around my back they figured I might have a kidney infection or kidney stones. Either way the pain was pretty bad, so they gave me some oral medication to start...that didn't help. So she started an IV for me....and gave me some morphine. This is when I found out that I am allergic to morphine. It hurt & burned pretty bad going in and then my arm turned all red & blotchy. Good thing was she only had given me a small dose to start with so I did not have too much in my system. I also went down to get an ultra sound to confirm their suspicions of kidney stones, which came back to be definitely positive as they could see 2 distinctive stones, plus my kidney & tubes were inflamed.

Time to check me into a room as I would be staying for awhile. This was about the time that they gave me some other pain medication, which was on a drip & I could give myself every 10 minutes or as needed. It was definitely needed! Since I am about 25 weeks pregnant, they had me admitted to stay in the labor & delivery area of the hospital. This was my first time ever staying in a hospital and the nurses in the L&D were great! I had 2 wonderful nurses on Sunday, an okay one on Monday, and totally awesome one on Monday night, and then another great one on Tuesday. Its funny since they are on for only 10-12 hours shifts, so I got to meet a lot of people.

My 2 night nurses were completely awesome, as night time was by far the worse of my pain time. It had to do a lot with the fact that I had to give myself doses of the pain medication every 10 minutes....but then I would fall asleep for a little bit, forget to push the button, and wake up in even more pain. Yikes. My Monday night nurse, stopped in every 15-20 minutes to wake me up to remind me to push the button, she was such a sweetheart.

Well the plan was to let me attempt to pass the 2 stones on my own, however the doctors thought they would be too large to pass, so if that did not happen I would have to have surgery to place a stint to open the area to hopefully let them pass easier or to just release pressure on the kidney. The urologist was almost 99% sure that I would need the stints put in on Wednesday. However, after a lot of pain over those few days, I was able to pass the stones on Tuesday morning!!!! YEAH! They sent it down for testing but since my pain was diminishing they were pretty sure that that was it, so I was released on Tuesday afternoon.

I have to say big THANK YOU to my wonderful husband, JON, who stayed with me almost the whole time, just leaving once or twice to swing home to get stuff or do something for work. He made me feel so much better having someone there to talk to, love on me, and of course help me to the bathroom like 1,000 times. I love you honey!

Nationwide Race

This weekend the Nationwide race came close to our area...okay not too close, but close enough to warrant a little road trip. For those of you not familiar the Nationwide Series is basically the junior league for NASCAR and used to be referred to as the Busch Series. I guess insurance was more acceptable across the board than beer so things got changed up a few years back....anyway.


This weekend the Nationwide Series race was held in Newton, IA which is about 30 minutes East of Des Moines. Nationwide Insurance Company corporate headquarters is located in Des Moines, so they had discount tickets for all employees. Since Jon currently works for Nationwide, we thought we would take the opportunity to check it out. We also invited my parents, Bill & Sandy, who drove over from WI, Jon's parents, Joel & Betty, and Jon's sister Megan and her boyfriend James.

The day was definitely a success...and there was plenty of things to do and see throughout the day from vendors, games, vehicles, music, people watching, qualifying, and then the race itself. Since we got tickets through Nationwide we were able to get into the hospitality tent, which provided a goodie bag, lunch, unlimited water/lemonade, interviews, and just a nice place to gather away from all the crowds. Jon also won 2 free passes to a garage tour prior to the race, so he took my dad since he is a big NASCAR fan. They said it was a pretty cool experience to see all the equipment and things that are necessary to run a race team.

To add a little extra fun to the race, we all picked a driver for the day and put a little friendly wager down ($1) on whose driver was going to win or come first in the race. It made it fun to track our 8 drivers through the race and even gave us a little to heckle each other on. James picked Kyle Bush #18 who ended up staying toward the front of the pack the whole race and ended up finishing 2nd overall.