30 Weeks

Time for another picture of my expanding belly! We've officially hit the 30 week mark, so that leaves roughly 10 more, depending on when the active little one inside me decides to greet the BIG world!

This weekend Dave and I visited with my Mom and family - I got a picture with my brother Adam once more, as this is the last time I'll see him before he heads off to his second year at college in a few weeks!! After that, we went to a friend's bbq. While we were out visiting and hanging with friends, Sasha stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Hickman....soon it won't just be Sasha going to the Grandparents, hopefully she doesn't mind sharing the attention with Baby! :-)

Beautiful Quilt!

Dave's Aunt Peggy made Baby a beautiful quilt and sent it this week! I can't believe how perfect the quilt matches the theme of the turtle bedding we picked out! The colors are beautiful and bright and I just know that Baby will LOVE to play on the quilt!! I took a picture of it hanging on the crib for everyone to see..

Batavia Fest

Last weekend Dave and I celebrated a friend's birthday with a cookout at her house and then we went to the Batavia Fest to hear a band. We didn't stay out too late, but did enjoy the time with friends and to get out. Here's a few pics from that night.

Canoeing down the Fox

Who says a woman that's 29 weeks pregnant can't go canoeing for 5 hours down a river? That's exactly what Dave and I did today with a group of friends. Luckily, most of the trip was spent letting the river take us with the current, but at one point, everyone decided it would be fun to race down the river...actually, I think the boys decided that they wanted to see who could win this made up race (after having a few brews). The girls decided next time we should all canoe together and then let the boys canoe so they could play their games. Overall it was a pretty nice day for a canoe ride down the river, not too hot. Although I think most of us were ready for the trip to end, as sitting in a canoe definitely is butt-numbing after a while! I'm quite sure that next year Baby could be put in the baby seat and join us...although we should probably wait a few years before we attempt canoeing with Baby.

Here are photos of everyone. Note that Dave was pretty insistent that I wear my life jacket the whole time, until it just got too hot for me. At that point, we had all the men promise to jump in to save me if I happened to fall in during the trip. I must tell you too that I think most of the trip was in water that was no more than 3 feet high...but Dave wanted to ensure that Baby and I would be safe - what a good husband and future daddy!

6 Month Appt.

So, I just got back from the doctor's office and all good news again. Everything checked out okay on my latest bloodwork, so I'm not anemic and didn't get gestational diabetes. Two weeks ago I had to go drink a sugary fruit juice thing and sit there for an hour and then they drew my blood to check these things. If I would've gotten gestational diabetes, I'd have to go to a 3 hour long test where they take my blood every hour...yuck! Also, I made up for my "oops month" this time, I only gained 1 lb. I asked the doctor if I should be concerned and she said that everything looks fine. I know Dave is worried that I'm being too active with walking every night, but seems like things are okay. That makes a total of 20 lbs. so far!! The nurse measured my belly and got a measurement of 2 cm too short at first, which concerned me. Then, she tried again and got 29, so right on target! The baby's heartbeat was 157bpm, Baby was being a squirmer again and moving around, that cracks me up!!

I go to the doctor again in 3 weeks and then I start my visits every 2 weeks and then down to every week for the last month. I can't believe we're really only about 2 1/2 months out!! That's all for now!

28 Weeks

Hiking

I went hiking at Starved Rock with my family today and gave Dave some quality time with his Camaro. It was actually a pretty nice day, not too hot and there was a nice breeze when we were walking around on the trails. We actually got to see a deer really close to where we were walking on our way back to the car....it seemed to hear us, but kept eating and checking on us, to make sure we weren't getting too close!

Here are some pictures...(no, I'm not that much taller than my Dad, it was the area I was standing on, which made me look taller). :-)

How do we look?

The last weekend in June Dave and I had to head up to Wisconsin for my cousin's graduation party and on the way we stopped at one of my High School friend's house to visit and see her daughter. Her daughter is 10 months old and is so cute! Of course, we took a few pictures together and I think Dave and I look pretty good with a kid! Before we know it, it will be out little one we're holding in between us!!

New Camaro Gas Tank

I've decided that since this blog is "The Hickman Blog" I probably shouldn't monopolize the stories about what is going on in just my life. So, a dedication to my wonderful husband...a story about his "baby" (for now)...the Camaro. Dave worked diligently last weekend to get his countertops and cabinets up in the garage so he could finally do some work on his car and I must say that the garage definitely is a man's dream...if you like to work on cars. As you can tell by the picture, he also managed to fit his old stereo system for some jammin' background noise. How perfect when he put the cabinets up and the stereo was a second thought to him and it managed to fit perfectly in between!!

Last night he spent the night changing out his gas tank. I decided to take a picture, because it captures all the work he did last weekend and it proves that he was working on his Camaro finally! I think Baby and I will now have to fight for quality time with Dave from the neighbors. At least 2 neighbors stopped by to chat and watch Dave work on the car (and compliment the garage floor). Oh well, it's great that we have friendly neighbors here.

26 Weeks