test post from the new iPod touch

just a test post from my new iPod touch. We got our new video camera in the mail today. It's so tiny and cool looking! Now we just have to try it out before baby comes.

I'll likely be making a few posts from the hospital with this since it has wireless access, so I'll apologize now for any mispellings in the near future.

No baby yet.

full moon

Numerous people have predicted that I'll have the baby before my due date (11.15!) because of the full moon tonight.

We'll see...but nothing so far!

I'm not sure we've announced the names on the blog yet. Here's something to tide you over until the next post which will hopefully be accompanied by a photo of baby hodges.

Girl: July Elizabeth
Boy: Darren Mathew

-Kate

Listening to christmas music on

Listening to christmas music on our way to church! yay!

the big 6-0! (also, a new dishwasher)

Today is my dad's birthday! He's a sprightly 60 this year.

If you see him, say "Happy Birthday!"


Dennis decided a few weeks ago that we needed a new dishwasher before the baby arrived. Our's was not really cleaning the dishes. So we got on to my dad's VIP program pricing website for Whirlpool and bought a new dishwasher. It's coming today!

Luckily, we have a skilled friend, Greg Bergmann - godfather of baby Hodges - who came over to help Dennis take the old one out last night. He offered to come by this afternoon and help him hook the new one up, too.

Hooray! Such an exciting day!

Now we just need a birth - soon? please!
This sinus infection is sucking the life out of me, and having to be coherent and awake for 9 hours continuously each day (aka working) is just about doing me in.

progress?

The baby is finally dropping. And my virus, although still slightly morphing, is starting to fade.

Hooray!

Mom is coming for the weekend. I think we're going to hit up the orchard for the last weekend of U-pick.

On Sunday I'll be singing with 120 others, from four choirs, in a choral concert of various sacred works and the Faure Requiem - with a mini-orchestra. It's happening at 3:00 at our church, St. Christopher. I'm pretty pumped! Especially that I've been able to hang in since rehearsals began in the summer. I was fully expecting to have to drop out at the beginning of October because of the pregnancy. So far the only complication is swollen feet and ankles from standing so long - but I get those every day anyways.

Happy Halloween, and Happy (almost) Weekend!

sick and itchy

I've had a terrific pregnancy...until the last few days.

My skin started itching late last week, and my throat started hurting Sunday night. The itching has gotten progressively worse and I'm now sporting a rash on my legs. At the OB appointment on Monday, he wanted to run a blood test to make sure the itching wasn't something  bad (this was just at the start of the rash), and I got to sit for 30 minutes for a nonstress test. I just sat in a chair with a heart rate monitor on my stomach picking up the baby's heartrate. That test showed that the baby is doing very well. I even had some contractions during it (that I didn't feel!).

The blood test came back normal today.

On Tuesday morning, I woke up with my throat hurting even worse and some severe congestion. I went to the doctor's and got a strep test - negative. Just a viral infection - that is totally kicking my butt. I had to take today off of  work again after spending less than 40 minutes at a time sleeping last night, waking up 9 times between 11 and 8. My napping has been similarly nonproductive.

I'm just waiting out this virus ending.

In the meantime, I get to deal with the itching. I've discovered that it is most likely PUPPP, a pregnancy-induced itchy rash that doesn't go away until after giving birth. It feels like it's starting to spread to my arms, and there's nothing that really takes it away. Relief can be found with a couple of herbal-ish soaps/lotions according to some popular pregnancy sites. If it's going to be a problem and it's early in the pregnancy, doctors might prescribe steroids.

Luckily, I don't have to deal with this for much longer, but it's making me truly hope that this baby comes early. If not, my skin is going to be quite unhappy.

I'm not dialated at all according to my Monday appointment...so please pray that I make some progress asap!

shower at the silvers

I'm having trouble uploading photos of the present un-wrapping...they're coming in at a huge size, so here are some tiny tiny thumbnails. Sorry.

I had a truly terrific time seeing family friends, my mom's family and both sides of Dennis' family.

Special special thanks to Ellorie, Cheryl (Ell's mother-in-law) and my mom for hosting the shower - Cheryl especially for making so many delectable treats.

Dennis and I had a great time hanging out for the weekend. We got to play a  little Rock Band with Jane and Morgan, had breakfast with Cheryl and Lew and stopped by Ikea to get the baby's dresser (seen earlier in the blog).