19 Weeks...Summer Nights

It may be September but temps in the high 80’s makes it feel like it is the middle of summer. We have been taking full advantage of the last of the gorgeous sunny summer days.   Laura and Andy invited us to the Clippers game and taco showdown tailgate for The Rusty Bucket.  We pigged out on tacos (mama may have had a couple plates full…and a hot dog at the game) and we got to watch Andy play a game down on the field.

We went to the “Battle of Hard Road” Dublin Scioto vs. Worthington Kilbourne high school football game on Friday evening with our neighbors Tom and Cindy.  They are both teachers at Kilbourne, and we live right across the road from Dublin Scioto and are able to walk over to the games.   It was a great game, but unfortunately Baby Lude’s future alum ended up losing (of course Tom and Cindy were happy).  To the disappointment of my inner band geek, neither of the marching bands were very good.  And much to my surprise the bands didn’t wear actual marching band uniforms and instead had on polos and shorts (I am assuming because the weather was so hot, which had me thinking  “Back in my day marching with the EHSPMB it was 100 degrees and we still wore our marching uniforms…”).  I wonder if we will end up with a football player, cheerleader, band geek…or hey maybe even a  lacrosse player? 

We celebrated with Alison and Brian for their one year wedding anniversary.  The Harris’ brought me this huge pregnancy pillow to try out.  It’s pretty hilarious and takes up a lot of the bed, but I will definitely give it a try.  Christina had driven down from Cleveland for the party and brought me some sparkling sangria.  This solves my dilemma of what I will drink since I can’t have wine while watching Dancing With The Stars starting in a couple weeks (which fun fact the spring season finale was my last alcoholic beverage before finding out I was prego with Baby Lude).   I just couldn’t help myself and had to join in and play Flip Cup (or “Flip House” as my sister Renee calls it).   It was still fun even if I was playing with water.  Alison also busted out a selfie stick, which has become blog worthy so that when we turn this into a book for Baby Lude one day, he/she can know what this “ancient” and silly invention known as the selfie stick is.

Ashley and I showing off our baby bumps.  Alison and Christina "posing".

We have been working on finishing up our baby registry, which called for a visit to Babies R Us to play with strollers.  Thank goodness we went on  a Monday when it wasn’t busy because we had strollers everywhere.  I should have gotten video of us running/spinning/folding/unfolding/getting stuck.  It was fun!! We have a lil tweaking and price checking to do between our two registries (Target and Amazon) but for the most part we are done!

Daddy is also officially a carpenter!  The nursery is coming along great.  We have the crown molding and chair rail up.  Next up is the wainscoting.  Then it is Mama's turn to start putting the nursery together :)

Nursery molding so far.

Baby is the Size of A Mango

New for baby this week? After a growth spurt for the legs, baby and all of its' limbs are officially in normal proportion, weighing in at about 1/2 lb. and measuring 6 inches! Has developed a protective skin coating called the vernix caseosa to keep baby from turning into a prune while swimming around in all of the amniotic fluid. Working on all 5 senses! Hair is sprouting.
Maternity clothes? Dresses and yoga pants all the way in this heat.
Sleep? Feel tired but not getting the best sleep for some reason this week.
Best moment this week? Spending time with friends.
Movement? Still very minimal.  Have felt it a couple times but it is so faint it is hard to feel unless I am being very still.
Gender? A few new guesses.  Laura guessed boy.  Jeremy and Keller guessed girl.
Belly Button in or out? In...but looking like a button.
Wedding rings on or off? On.
Happy or Moody most of the time? Happy.
Looking forward to? Spending Labor Day weekend in Elyria with family. College Football!!