Wiggler

Geez, do I ever have a wiggler inside this belly. The movements continue to get stronger and more frequent. Baby has been moving around a lot today. Typically it has been active in the evenings and now it's at different times throughout the day. My cubemate, Jennifer, was able to feel it today. Hopefully it will continue this through tomorrow. Last night as soon as I got in bed the little one went crazy. Jab here! Jab there! Garrett was able to feel it. It makes me so happy that he can feel it, too. I wish he could feel every little movement that I can feel. We have our ultrasound tomorrow afternoon and I can't wait to see Baby for the first time. A friend of mine that I work with at the dog park is 3 weeks ahead of me and she had her exam two weeks ago. She said it was really cool and got plenty of photos and a DVD recording of the ultrasound. My doctor's office offers that as well so I need to dig out a disc tonight. We're super excited!

Over Memorial weekend Garrett installed ventilation in the garage. He put in a ridge vent along the entire length and began installing the intake vents. He's such a hard worker. I worked inside cleaning and organizing. We're still trying to figure out where to put things. Once we get the office painting finished that will clear up a lot of the mess. I wish I could help him more with moving things and doing more outside. I went out to the garden at 8:30 to finish planting Sweat Pea flowers along the edge. I began weeding and got hot in the 45 minutes I was out there. Part of it was the humidity but my heart was beating strongly so I needed to stop. We planted 4 hills each of canteloupe and pumpkin over one week ago and the pumpkins are growing very quickly! The canteloupe are just emerging. We planted corn the same day and they are already 3-4 inches tall. If you want corn let us know because we will have a lot that we can bring home at the end of the season. The tomato plants are doing well also along with the oregano. We're going to plant carrots as soon as it stops storming. A friend that Garrett went through Aviation with at Purdue, Mike, called him on Saturday to catch up. He is staying in Cincinatti, OH for the summer for an internship for his Masters. He came to visit for a few hours on Sunday and Garrett showed him his workplace and the new Aviation building on campus. Mike married about the same time we did and they are also expecting in October. When Garrett told him we were also, Mike said they know 11 other people around our age that are also expecting October babies! They are having a boy and are very excited.

Not sure if I mentioned this in another post but we bought an Elliptical so I've been able to continue exercising without going out into the heat. Later in the evenings we've been walking Huntley as long as it has cooled off enough for him and myself. I work every Saturday at the dog park from 9:30am-12:30pm so I've been taking Huntley with me. He has a good time and it wears him out for the rest of the weekend. We're a bit concerned about his back legs. A few times recently he will be playing/running and will stop and lift his right rear leg and put no weight on it. He stops what he's doing and comes to us if we can't get to him first. After a few minutes he will put weight on it and walk but still has a bit of a limp. We're afraid it may be the beginning of hip dysplasia. Without knowing his breeding history we don't know some things. He's still a great dog and wouldn't trade him. :) Time to eat lunch. Happy Wednesday!