34 weeks and counting

Today I am officially 34 weeks pregnant. We only need to make it 2 more weeks before the doctors want to take it. Since they changed my blood pressure medication yesterday my blood pressures have been better. Mom stayed the night with me last night. After dad and Phillip left we watched the movie The Christmas Shoes. I think we had both watched it last year around Christmas but it is still a good movie to watch around this time of the year. After watching the movie the nurse came in and gave me my sleeping pill and we were out of it for the night. We woke up about 8:00 this morning when the nurse came in to take my blood pressure. Breakfast arrived around 9:00 and after that they hooked me up to the monitor for the morning nst. The little man has been doing really well on the monitor. Normally we only have to stay hooked up for about 20-30 minutes. Well, I guess they hooked us up this morning during his nap time because he was not cooperating. They like for his heart rate to have 3 increases while hooked up, but since he was sleeping it wasn't increasing. After adjusting a few times we finally got him up and finished the test within an hour. As soon as we were finished with the monitoring I got up and took my daily shower. Once I was out of the shower and had gotten ready mom took me on an adventure in the wheelchair. She hadn't eaten anything today so far and it was almost lunch time. We decided that we would go eat in the cafeteria and go to the gift shop. We tried going to the gift shop first but we didn't know that they were closed until 12:30. So we headed down to the cafeteria. After we ate we headed back to the gift shop since they were then opened. The gift shop is not set up for wheelchairs being in there. We did manage to get around but it was a little difficult. Once back to the room it was time to check my blood sugar. The nurse said the nutrition lady was a little concerned about me eating in the cafeteria because she wasn't sure I would make the right choices for lunch. I was actually very good at lunch. I ate a cheeseburger on wheat bread with a side salad and sugar free pudding. The nurse told her she thought that I would do fine but that she would be able to tell when she took my sugar. The sugar level was 117 which is really good for me. The nurse was very proud of me.

After taking the adventure this morning I was a little tired so I decided I would take a little nap. While sleeping one of my friends Holly stopped by with a great suprise. She brought me a Christmas tree and decoration for my room. I was so excited. The tree looks great as do the rest of the decorations. Once again I am thankful to have such thoughtful friends. I wasn't expecting it at all but it does make the room look so much better. As most of you know I love Christmas and so I am very excited to have a Christmas tree in the room. Holly, thank you so much for all you do! Well, that is about all that has gone on for today. I do have pictures of the nursery to post at some time. As soon as I figure out how to get them loaded I will put them on here. I will also take some pictures of my room all decorated! Mom is still here but Allison is coming to stay the night. Tomorrow is mine and Phillip's one year anniversary. He has to work but I am sure he will be up here as soon as he is off tomorrow night. This is not how we planned to spend out first anniversary but we will officially celebrate and have the top layer of our cake once we are home from the hospital. As always keep praying for us and we do thank each of you for your thoughts, prayers, and cards we are receiving.