Birthday Fun

Yesterday i celebrated my 29th birthday...yes, i cannot believe i am already almost 30! I had such an amazing day celebrating with family and surprises! First, Adam wasn't sure if he was going to have to work or not in the evening, so he had TWO birthday dinners planned for me. The first was on Sunday night. He went out grocery shopping and made a whole fondue dinner for me. Cheese course with bread and veggies, and then a meat/scallop course with more veggies and a beef/wine broth. It was so nice. He moved the kitchen table into the living room so that we could watch Bounty Hunter (movie with Jennifer Aniston) while we ate. Monday, he didn't have to work either, so he went grocery shopping again while i was at work and bought chicken and corn on the cob and grilled for me. I felt very pampered. Earlier in the week last week he also said that i could go and get a mani/pedi for part of my birthday gift as well. I can't even tell you how NICE it is to get a mani/pedi pregnant. Anyone who is willing to rub a pregnant ladies feet should get a nice hug!

When i left work on Monday, my boss called me about 10 minutes into my drive home, and asked if i wanted to come back to the office and pick up his car to borrow for my birthday. I quickly turned around!

It was SO fun to drive a convertible around for a few days! In case there are any car buffs reading, it is a 2004 Thunderbird.

Yesterday i slept in until about 9:00, and then got up and lounged with Asa and watched some "toons" with him. We left our house in separate cars because the Thunderbird is only a 2 seater, at about 11:00 where i picked up my mom so she could drive in the car. We drove to Joe Sensors and had lunch with my mom, Adams mom, and our family. I had a yummy buffalo chicken salad.

We left lunch and headed over to the Clinic for my 28 week appointment with Dr Locher. It was a full house with the mommies along, and the dr asked if we were having a party or something. He went out and got the ultrasound machine and continued to do about a 20 minute ultrasound pointing everything out to the mommies. Neither my mom or Adam's mom have been able to see an ultrasound so it was SO neat. We even video taped it! The baby was DEFINITELY active and we watched it's little legs kicking about in my tummy. He pointed out the stomach and bladder and showed how because of the dark color that the baby was digesting fluid and such wonderfully which is a great sign of a healthy baby. He also stopped on the stomach for quite a while and we were able to see the baby taking practice breaths. It was such a miracle and so beautiful to see! A few times he would get close to the butt area and would quickly pull away so we couldn't find out the sex. The babies head was also very low in my pelvis which is good news for not having another breech baby. This means there is about a 75% chance that the baby will stay this way and i will be able to have a vaginal birth. We will continue to evaluate as we get closer to the baby's birthday to see where the head is. If it isn't so low and progressing in dilation we may want to have a cesarean, or if the baby is like a 9 pounder also. Haha!
After the appointment we went home to rest for a few hours and Adam had to do a little bit of work. We thought that he was going to have to go to work but later found out that he didn't have any appointments. Adam gave me by birthday cards, one from him and one from Asa (so sweet) and then my gifts. He gave me a pregnancy yoga DVD, which i think i am going to try out tonight. He also gave my Asa ring.

It is my right hand white gold ring with Asa's birthstone. He is planning on getting me each babies birthstone ring and stacking them as they come. If baby #2 comes in October as expected, the birthstone is opal, which they don't have in the stackables, however the alternate for October is Pink Tourmaline which would look really pretty with the Peridot.

After gifts we quick made plans for dinner and it ended up working out so great. My parents, Chuck, Adam, Asa and I all went out to Benihana's for dinner. I had a free birthday coupon for a free meal also. We weren't able to make reservations until about 8:00 so it was a really late night for Asa. I picked up Chuck from his house in "the car" and met everyone else there.

They even sang me happy birthday. Asa was very into the whole experience!!

After dinner i drove my dad quick around the parking lot in the car so he could experience it too.

It was such a GREAT day, and to top it all off, all week they were saying it was going to be rainy, and it was SUCH a sunny day!

Besides the ultrasound, the Dr's appointment went great! He had me do a urine test which came back normal because i have had a LOT of pulling in my pelvic area. We assume it is just pulling from the cesarean scar, being it hasn't been a year yet since it was formed. So far to this point i have gained 15 lbs. which by this point last pregnancy i had gained 30! I gained 8 this last month, which has been my highest gain month, but still have not broke double digits yet. Keeping my fingers crossed.