Not much longer

We're getting into the last few weeks before the due date. Only 6 more weeks and we'll have the little one to snuggle with. We're really getting excited. She's just as wiggly as ever. I can feel what I believe is an elbow glide across the lower left side of my belly that has been there for about a month. Her hiccups (getting stronger) are still down low and her bum is reaching towards my right ribs. Sleeping is really starting to be difficult. My hips are really bothering me and she has started waking me up a time or two in the night. That's on top of being hot, going to the bathroom, and now getting leg cramps. I've been careful with my salt intake and am still craving dairy. I've been drinking a lot of chocolate milk and regular milk with my cereal or a brownie. My feet have started swelling in the past week along with a little swelling in my face and hands. That's enough about my symptoms.

The past couple of weekends we've been able to make applesauce from the apples on our apple trees. It's oh so delicious. We cut the apples into slices with an apple slicer, cook the apples until they are really mushy, grind them with our Kitchen Aid mixer and the meat grinder attachment (this is the first time we've used the attachment), and then smooth the sauce further with a hand crank sieve. Then I add a touch of sugar and it's ready for canning. I was telling a friend of mine about it and she called me a domestic goddess! She doesn't cook or bake and I'm always telling her about things I've tried making and she heard this nickname some where. I said she could call me DG for short. She came back to me a few minutes later in the lab and said that DG also stands for duck girl and promptly starting quacking at me! I'm definitely waddling now so I couldn't argue. We had a good laugh!

I finished painting the office room and got the baby room painted this weekend! We tried a gray-toned purple and a light pink separately in the baby's room and neither of them were to our liking. The previous owners left their remaining paint in the basement so we took in a gallon and had it color matched. We went with a light tan that our bedroom is also painted. It will look nice with the farm animal theme and won't need to be repainted hopefully for a while. Now Garrett will put up new trim and it will be done!!

Work has been quite busy for both G and I. Hence, why I haven't been able to post for a while. My next appointment is tomorrow, then one more in two weeks, then we start the weekly appointments. We're getting closer and excited! Have a great week everyone!