27 weeks picture

The bump just keeps on getting bigger...

27 weeks...

and some weird, yucky weather today! I think this weekend has brought a lot of snowy/sleety weather to most of the midwest - we haven't had too much accumulate yet, but the ground is just about all white again. This is not good news for me - I can barely fit in my winter coat! I need April to stay in the 50's and 60's! Most of my non-maternity shirts are completely unwearable now - unless they are longer than normal and fairly loose and stretchy. There's another girl in my class who is pregnant and due a few weeks after I am - according to some of my classmates I am carrying our baby "low" and she is carrying "high" and therefore she must be having a girl! She and her husband have decided to wait to find out the sex of the baby - to each their own!
This past week was fairly eventful for me at school because I finished my first root canal on a patient (don't tell her it was my first root canal! :) ). I also sent out two cases to the lab - one to finalize a partial denture and the other to set up teeth for upper and lower dentures - hurray! It's exciting to be close to finished with two cases!
Anyway, it's been a really low-key day for me. I've really needed to just relax and catch my breath...
Hope you all are safe and warm!

Baby furniture is here!!!

Aaron picked up the nursery furniture, and put two of the pieces together! He put the crib together and the changer/dresser. Here they are...


Way to go honey! :)

Las Vegas!

Aaron and I went to Las Vegas with my parents this last weekend - we had a lot of fun while we were there! On Friday we all got massages at the spa - I got a prenatal massage where I got to lay on a special foam thing with a cutout for my belly. It was amazing to lay on my stomach - I haven't done that for months!!! We were outside for most of Friday, so I did get a little sunburned. Oops. :) Saturday was pretty relaxed as well - we went on a tour of the Marriott Grand Chateau on the strip in Las Vegas. We had dinner at the restaurant at our resort, and it was really good - a really good deal too! $20.09 for a three course dinner! I forgot to take my camera on the trip, so I only have this picture that I stole from my mom. :) At least you get a straight on shot of me for once! :)

Well, it's back to reality tomorrow. I had today off from school because the seniors are taking their boards - it was nice because we didn't get home until late last night! Tomorrow we have classes but no clinic, then Wednesday it's back to normal. Hurray for a short week!

BRRR!!!

The last few nights it's been such nice weather that we've been sleeping with the bedroom windows open. I guess I forgot that they were open all the time, because this morning I woke up and it was very chilly in our bedroom! I went downstairs and the thermostat said 59 degrees!! It's a good thing we have the heat turned off, otherwise it would have been running all night. :) I closed the windows, so now hopefully the morning sun will warm the house up again!
Anyway, the last few days I have been cleaning the house and organizing the guest room/soon-to-be baby room. The guest room was no small task, as we have let three years of stuff accumulate there. It's kind of the catch-all room - if I don't know what to do with it, I put it there! So I cleaned it out and got rid of all of the stuff I don't know why we were saving. It's a good feeling. :) We ordered our nursery furniture this week, so maybe by next week it will be here! I am very excited to get it all put together and up in the guest room to see how it will all look!
Tonight Aaron and I are headed to Las Vegas with my parents - we're staying at the JW Marriott resort of course :) - and we'll be there until Sunday. I think it will be a nice weekend getaway - Aaron has been working so much and I have been so busy with school it will be nice to see him for more than a couple hours each day! I am actually pretty much packed already, which is so unusual for me. :) We are packing in our carry-ons so we don't have to check any luggage, and therefore don't have to wait for baggage claim when we get to Las Vegas! (my backpack is stuffed... but it fits! :) ) Anyway, hope you all have a great weekend!

25 weeks picture... a little late :)

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Last night Aaron and I decided we wanted a snack, and so I thought of the different cookies I could make. Aaron requested oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, which I haven't made before, so I found this recipe on allrecipes.com, with a few modifications. I think they turned out really great!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
*** Cream all of these together ***

1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
*** Add these together ***

2 cups of rolled oats
2 cups of chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate, but the recipe calls for semi-sweet)
*** Mix these in by hand ***

I use the "Trunnell cookie scoop" which looks like a little ice cream scooper, but the recipe just says drop the dough on the pan by Tablespoons... Bake at 350 degrees for about 10-12 minutes, depending on how crunchy you want them. I think these are actually better just a little darker - then they are crunchy and chewy!
Aaron gives these two thumbs up!

Anyways, it is great to be on Spring Break and sleep in. I'm a big fan of my bed!!! And the weather has been beautiful this week - Chewie and Reuben were outside a lot yesterday, and I bet they will be today as well!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

24 week picture

So the belly is continuing to get bigger... I am pretty much in all maternity clothes now and then scrubs for school. Thank goodness I can wear scrubs to school otherwise I would have to buy alot more maternity clothes! Aaron is cringing thinking about this, because it can get a little dramatic shopping for maternity clothes. Tonight we went to the Motherhood store in the mall, and he stood outside of the dressing room, getting me different sizes and options, giving me thumbs up, or laughing outright at me. The laughing hurts a little. :) But he's mostly laughing at me grunting and groaning to get some of the clothes on, and me saying things like, "It looks like I'm wearing a tent." Or, "I think they took all of the leftover ugly fabric and decided to make maternity clothes out of it." (because really, have you seen some of the prints they use on maternity shirts and dresses? Seriously??? :) ) I should probably be more polite in the dressing room, but sometimes I just can't help myself. Tonight was fairly successful - I did try on every pair of black capri pants in the store, and I ended up with the first pair I tried on. :) They are actually cargo pants that roll up into capris, but I think they should work for spring.
Anyway, three days until Spring Break! I'm very excited to have some time off from school, and I think Aaron and I are going to try to conquer the guest room so we can get the baby room furniture. Exciting!
Hope you all have a good rest of the week!

24 weeks...

and another week closer to meeting Baby Brummer! It's crazy to think that there is a baby inside of me that could potentially survive at this point if he was born. I'm definitely wanting to keep him in there for quite a few more weeks though of course! I will try to post a 24 week picture tomorrow - I try to dress it up a little for church, so those are better pictures. :)
Anyway, as if I wasn't busy enough already I waited tables tonight at Redhead again. Some of the regular waiters/waitresses had some things come up, so Kim, the owner, called me to see if I could fill in. It's hard to turn down because the tips are pretty good, so I helped out tonight. And she made it worth my while - I got to have my favorite chicken sandwich, sweet potato fries, and chocolate cake! It was a good night! :) Our last table left around 9:15, so I still made it home at a decent hour. Aaron is still at work though, poor guy. He just called me and probably won't be home till 1:30 or 2am! At least he has Sunday and Monday off though!
It is pouring rain right now - it has been pretty drizzly all day! Maybe it's a sign that spring is on it's way??? I hope so! At least Spring Break is coming soon - I just have to make it through this week at school (which is going to be a doozy :) ) and then I have a week off! I can't wait!
Hope you all are well and dry!

23 weeks...

And I'm definitely starting to feel pregnant. It seems like in the past couple weeks I've really started to pop out, and with that comes some of the aches and pains of pregnancy! Sitting through lecture is not the most comfortable thing any more - even sleeping is not what it used to be! The other night I woke up on my back and I rolled to my side, then I got a huge cramp in my calf which NEVER happens to me. I'm wondering if it's a sciatic nerve thing or something like that. It's just weird to feel different again. I feel like I had a few good weeks there where I didn't feel sick but I didn't feel uncomfortable. I know I can't complain, because I'm only going to get bigger! I'm just surprised it's starting so soon!
Anyway, I went back to Target today, and they did have swim bottoms and more swimsuit options in the maternity section. So I tried some on and found one that is pretty good. They didn't have my size in the boy shorts that I liked, but they did have a swim bottom with a little skirt over the top of it. I bought the top and that bottom, but I ordered the right size of boy shorts online to see if those will fit. Either way - both are better than just a little bikini bottom because with the maternity tops being so long and flowing it doesn't look like you're wearing any bottoms at all unless they are shorts or a little skirt!
Well, time keeps on flying by... school is really keeping me busy lately. I've been doing lots of labwork lately, and I've had some long appointments doing procedures for the first time. I'm learning a ton, but it's exhausting! :) I think I'm going to go to bed early tonight! Have a good week everyone!