One more weekend gone... (long, random one).

One more weekend gone... (long, random one).

Baby G
As the weeks go by I can't believe how fast time is flying...and I can only imagine how fast this whole summer is going to go by. I have a feeling that this baby will be coming early. We will be having a c-section scheduled, but I have a feeling baby will come earlier than that. But we shall see! Andy is thinking we might have an early to mid August baby. Who knows....In any case, it is coming quickly and we need to get started on the room! And this child, I am telling you, is an acrobat/kickboxer. She already makes my belly visibly go "bloop"...and I am only 23 weeks along! The kicks I feel right now are comparable to the kicks I felt with Kaitlyn at more like 30-32 weeks. Crazyness...pure crazyness.

Our weekend in Crane Lake
So we just got home from a weekend in Crane Lake. I love it there (seeing as how I met Andy there, got married there, spent 6 summers living/working there, etc.), the only problem is that there is never enough time to do everything we want/need to do. We didn't even leave until almost 5:00 which is late for us, especially since we had to stop by my parent's house on the way home. We still didn't do all we wanted to! And of course the weekend always starts out crappy and stays crappy throughout Saturday. Sunday morning is always a little better but still not great...and then Sunday afternoon when we are leaving, it turns BEAUTIFUL. This weekend was true to form. Makes it hard to leave....it wouldn't be so bad leaving if the weather was crap. But at least we made it out to do some fishing (Andy caught a few really nice ones, I just caught one small one...it was hard this year because of the late ice out, the Gorge was closed off as the fish are still spawning in there). And we made it to Vermilion falls. Andy and I took Kaitlyn and our nephew Aaron. Got some nice pics (will have to post soon) and just had fun showing Kaitlyn the sights. And the deer both on the way there and back were out in double full force. Even coming into Duluth they were everywhere in people's yards. Munching away on the newly green grass. In fact I think there is one laying by some trees behind our alley right now. It is hard to tell for sure, since it is so dark, but I swore I saw one laying there.

Next weekend's plans
This coming weekend my parents are coming with their truck so we can get some errands done that require a bigger vehicle like hauling in some dirt/gravel and buying a few things we have money set aside for like the crib and dishwasher, neither of which fit in our cars. Actually the crib does fit, but only if we take it out of the box before we put it in the trunk, which Andy did last time, but is a pain in the butt! Also, my dad will help Andy move one of the computer desks downstairs and we can set up our new "office"...and get going on the nursery. We can finally start painting and buying stuff for it, I can't wait! Have to clean out the closet...that will be fun....rip up the carpeting....wheee! Oh and you know what else I can't wait for, is Red Lobster next weekend! Hopefully we can make it...the only bummer is that I can't have a drink while we are out. Obviously it is worth it but it would be so nice to have a pina colada for my birthday. Ah well I can get a non-alcoholic one! Oooh or raspberry lemonade, I love that! And it usually comes with refills. MMMMM.....

Tomorrow's plans
Tomorrow I am going to do some online shopping...I am ordering our crib set for baby G...it's a cute pink and brown 10-piece set from Target Online. I also hope to order my new diaper bag. It is a bit of a splurge (totally uncharacteristic of me to splurge on a bag, or anything really) but it is for my birthday. The only problem is I fell in love with one, and have had to wait until now to order it because it only became available in May...and since I had to wait all that ime, I found one other one I love too and now am trying to decide between the two. Both are labels that are often highly recommended. Both are large (which I want), practical, SUPER cute but in very different ways...only $20 difference betweem them...I can't choose!!! And, I will buy some summer maternity clothes. I found some comfy looking shorts online the other day but wanted to ask Andy before going ahead and ordering them. He said "do whatever you do to be comfortable this summer...it's going to be long and hot". Yes, that is true. Then he said "As long as I don't come home one day and we have central air conditioning installed". That would be nice, but no I won't spend that kind of money without consulting my other (better? eh, who knows...) half. lol. I love you Andy.
Also tomorrow I hope to feel good enough to start a little organizing in Baby G's closet. It is totally full of crap. If I do, I will first go to Target and get some storage bins for some of the stuff in there. I have a feeling we will have a nice load to donate to the Salvation Army or something too.

Kaitlyn
How about the latest on how Kaitlyn is progressing...she has now been a full blown walker for quite awhile, and of course got the hang of getting up on her own in the middle of the floor. She still has 4 teeth. She hasn't said as many of the words she was saying but does say appropriately "baby" "kitty" "hi" "bye bye" "mama" "dada" and I am sure I am missing a few. She loves to wave hi and bye bye to people. She will clap, touch her nose, and touch her ears when you tell her to (unless she is distracted or being shy). I know I am forgetting things but those are among the cutest right now. Poor girl has caught a cold over this weekend. Seems like anytime we go away for a weekend, she gets sick. I suppose though, colds are to be expected. I just wish I could take her cold on and she could be all better! At least her hives are gone. Those were just awful.

Mother's Day
I got a really cute stuff for Mother's Day. I three cards...one each from Andy, Kaitlyn, and Baby G. Also from daycare I got a book "If you give a mom a muffin" which tells a cute story about giving mom a muffin, and a picture of each daycare kid doing something to illustrate that part of the story. On Kaitlyn's page, mom finds her 2 year old dumping out her purse. Of course there is a pic of Kaitlyn going through a bag. Very cute! And along with the book, I got an actual muffin...blueberry. It was very good :-) lol. On the outside of the bag was a heart shape with a rose in the middle, and Kaitlyn did a beautiful job of coloring the rose on her own. I should take a pic and post it!

By the way, Happy Mother's Day to all you mom's out there! I would have posted it on some of your pages but I wasn't home until late.

The End
Well I am running out of things to blog....It is 2 am and I couldn't sleep so I had some skim milk (a major pregnancy craving of mine...I go through gallons and gallons) and decided to come on the computer awhile and hopefully get tired. I better try and get more sleep now. Once again bravo if you read this whole thing. And sorry about any typos or if anything doesn't make sense. It is late and my tired/pregnant brain may have jumbled some things as I typed and edited stuff. Goodnight