haircut and Java House...

So tonight I got my haircut - sorry, no pictures - it doesn't look much different than it was. Really it was more of a substantial trim. :) I think my hair has been growing faster since I've been pregnant. Anyway, it just so happens that there is a Java House across the street from where I get my haircut, so I "had" to get a mocha frappe... Why do I love them so much???
Anyway, I'm in a little bit of a nesting and list-making phase right now. As of today we are under two months from my due date, so I think the reality is starting to sink in that I need to be getting ready for this baby to be here! (funny, he has the hiccups right now as I'm writing this) I organized some of the baby clothes we have, took tags off, etc., although it's kind of silly that I folded them because I still need to wash them!
Well, it is ten and I need to go to bed...

31 weeks and counting...

I finished the blanket I've been crocheting - here it is! I like how it turned out. :) The other exciting thing is below:

Aaron put together the last piece of furniture for the baby's room! Here is the five drawar dresser. I really like the furniture, and I think it will be nice to have all of that storage!
It's exciting to think we are about two months out from the arrival of Baby Boy Brummer! I can't wait to meet him!

30 weeks!

Here I am today... People at church were asking me, "When are you due again?" Apparently I now look pregnant enough that no one is worried about asking me if I'm pregnant and I'm actually just fat. :) It's exciting to be at 30 weeks - Baby Boy is moving and rolling around, and almost all of his organs are functioning (just those lungs - he needs to bake a little longer to finish those up :) ). It's also crazy to think that the countdown might not be ten weeks from today, but maybe six or seven weeks. It's very possible he could come early - especially since I would prefer he came on time or a little bit late just so I can get through more of the school!
Anyway, I went to the Williamsburg outlet mall today with my mother-in-law, and we hit up Carter's and Osh Gosh B'gosh. I got a coupon to both stores awhile ago, and it expires this month, so I thought it would be fun to use it. We got some fun, comfy clothes for Baby Boy - some for this summer, some for this winter, and some for next summer. Here are some of the things we got:


Aren't these overalls super cute? They are for next summer when he is maybe toddling around. :)

I love this swimsuit outfit!!! It is completely impractical, really, because how much swimming will he do this summer. :) But the shirt is SPF 50, so my little fair-skinned boy will need less sunblock! :)

This little outfit is for this summer (hopefully :) ). I think the little athletic shorts are just so cute!

These are also for this summer - how cute will these be??? The one has a whale on the bum, and the other has a dinosaur!
I got some other onesies and pants for 6 and 9 months - I think they will be really nice for day care. Easy on, easy off!
Anyway, life is pretty crazy lately for Aaron and I - he is getting into the busy season at work, so he is working a lot more! I'm in a pretty busy time of school now too - I have a lot of requirements to get done before this baby comes! I can't wait to be done with them!

Hiccups

I haven't blogged in a little while - life has definitely been busy lately! This past weekend Aaron and I went back to Cedar Falls to celebrate Easter with my family. It was a good time to catch up with everyone - it's crazy how fast the nieces and nephews grow!
This week will be fairly busy for me school-wise - tomorrow night I have to be the lab monitor, so I will most likely be at the school until 11pm. Yuck! I only have tomorrow night and one night in May left, and then I'm done with lab monitor duty. I doubled-up in April because I figured I wouldn't want to be up that late in June! Tomorrow will be a pretty busy day for me in the clinic too, so we will see how it all goes. I will be a very tired girl at the end of the day!
Anyway, today I felt baby boy Brummer have hiccups for the first time. I was sitting in the dental school lobby waiting for Aaron to pick me up, and I felt him sort of jump every other second for about a minute. Normally when he kicks or moves around he will move a few times, then rest, then move some more, so this was different. It was exciting for me - kind of silly, I know - but I'm just getting so ready for him to be out here and not in there!
Well, hope you are all having a good week!

28 weeks

Finally in the third trimester! Some of my prego books say the third trimester starts as early as the 25th week - most agree that by 28 weeks I'm definitely in the third trimester. Crazy, isn't it? Time flies... Little baby boy Brummer probably weighs somewhere around 2-2.5 pounds and is 15 inches long now. I had my 28 week appointment on Friday, and I had my glucola test and Rhogam (sp?) shot that day. Hopefully my glucola test will have a good result, although I would understand if my blood sugar was high because I did drink a Decaf Skinny Mocha Frappe right before my appointment. I asked the barista if he could make it sugar free and he said no... At least I asked, right? :) Just about every time I go to the hospital for my appointment, I stop at the Java House for a treat - it's kind of my celebration for making it to the next milestone of this pregnancy! So why break tradition just for a glucola test??? :) I had a different nurse at this last appointment, and she lectured me about having the frappe right before the glucose test - if they cared about what I ate or drank before the test, they should tell me to fast for a couple hours! She was just plain grumpy though - I'm glad that I usually have Tuesday morning appointments because my experience with those nurses so far has only been good.
Well, I really need to tidy up the house a bit and get some laundry done. Hope you all have a good week!

Today's Crusade...

I have to say I'm not surprised by all of the reactions on Facebook to the Iowa Supreme Court ruling that will allow same-sex couples to marry. I have seen Facebook statuses ranging from "Way to go Iowa" to "So glad I moved out of Iowa" or "Disappointed in Iowa"... Hmm... I guess this post is more in response to those who are in the "So glad I moved out of Iowa" camp.
I feel like many Christians today are on a modern-day crusade when it comes to what is the law in America. Many Christians are raised believing that America is a Christian nation and our laws should mirror Christian morals. It's almost ironic that many Christians want to make it so that all of America has to live under laws that they decide are the moral authority, when the founders of America stood for freedom of religion and separation of church and state. I think the founders realized that when you try to regulate religion through the state, you create the Crusades all over again - trying to force everyone into your belief system because this is "God's will." When did it become the Christian's job to tell everyone else how they have to live?
Really, the reaction to the legalization of same-sex marriage by Christians scares me. How high and mighty are we, that we would have the audacity to cry when we don't get our way about a legal issue? Is this really a moral issue? Really? As a Christian, I do not feel threatened by the legalization of same-sex marriage by the state. Personally, I don't need the state to sanction my marriage - I know that the committment between me and my husband IS a marriage in God's eyes. That's all I need to know. Whether or not another couple's committment is a marriage in God's eyes really isn't a concern of mine.
I challenge Christians who are so out-spoken about their disapproval of legalized same-sex marriage to get out of their bubble and rethink this issue. What is it about legalizing same-sex marriage that bothers you - that someone will do something that you don't approve of? That this is one more step down a "slippery slope" toward the moral decay of America? Oh dear.
Maybe I should care more about this issue, but I am having a hard time finding a reason to be upset.

The diapers are here!!!

I'm super excited! The cloth diapers that we ordered arrived today, and they are super cute! We ordered two different types - newborn size prefolds and diaper covers, and then one-size pocket diapers (like the one in the picture). We have enough of the newborn size for doing cloth diapers full time, but we will probably have to buy more of the pocket diapers (they adjust to fit the baby as he grows so you don't have to buy multiple sizes) down the road if we want to use that type exclusively. We registered for the pocket diapers at Target, though, so we may get some more of those that way... Either way, we are covered for the first month! :) We also ordered a diaper pail, cloth diaper wipes, "bottom cleaner" spray (you spray that on and use the cloth diaper wipes instead of the disposable wipes), a few extra inserts for the pocket diapers, a large diaper tote bag for the diaper pail, a small diaper tote bag for the dirties when we are out and about, and some additive-free detergent to wash the diapers in. It was quite a full box! It's just nice to get all of the details taken care of, so we can start cloth diapers right away after Baby Boy Brummer is born.