Weeks 27 and 28

The past 2 weeks have flown by! The first 2 weeks of my summer vacation have been very busy. I am so thankful it is summer as I am starting to get very tired and it's becoming very hard doing things and getting around. I lose my breath easily. I can tell Baby Moore is growing and growing each day and is very active. Sometimes I can watch my stomach and see my shirt pop out. It's very entertaining! I think it's running out of room to move around. Now I start going every 2 weeks for dr appts. Last week I did the glucose test to test for Gestational Diabetes. Well, I didn't pass. You had to be 140 or lower and my number was 147 so I was barely over. So I had to go to the hospital yesterday and do the 4 hr blood test. I couldn't eat 12 hrs prior to the test. I went in at 6 am and had to have my blood drawn right away to make sure my blood sugar was ok to begin. Then I had to drink double of the orange liquid-YUM! Not so much! Then have my blood drawn every hr after that for 3 hrs. By the end I was very shaky. Pregnant woman + fasting don't mix if you ask me! I told the nurse that too, she thought it was hilarious. I found out later that day that I passed. It was a huge relief! I found out that I had to do this blood test before we left for vacation and I wouldn't be able to do it until I returned so I worried about it a lot. I'm so glad it's done!

We were very fortunate to go on a family vacation last week. Troy, mom, Justin, and I went to Lake of the Ozarks. It was wonderful and very relaxing! Just what I needed! We stayed in a beautiful condo right on the lake. It had a pool so I was very content laying out and spending time in the pool. I made one of the best investments....I purchased a noodle to float on! It was so relaxing! Troy and Justin thought it was hilarious that I blended in with all the kids. While I was enjoying the pool, they went golfing at 2 of the golf courses and said they were very nice. At night we enjoyed restaurants on the lake. I loved the atmosphere at those places. It was also very nice to get away from the rain. It rained a couple times, but cleared up within 15 mins. Osage Beach also has a great outlet mall so we took advantage of that a couple days. There was a lot to do there.

One of the days, the Kemerlings came and visited us. They are very good friends of ours that used to live in Conrad. They now live in Missouri so they came to spend the day with us. That night the boys rode go carts...that was comedy! Then we went to Pirates Cove and did some miniature golf. One of the pictures below shows Justin and Troy posed. They both got a hole-in-one and thought they needed a picture taken. Aubrey is also pregnant and due 2 weeks after me. You can see the picture of us and our bellies below:) It was great spending time with them!

Below are some pictures of vacation. Have a great week!

Weeks 25 and 26

We are now officially in week 26. Here is a lovely profile picture from Memorial Day weekend in Pella. My brother lives there now, so we went to see him. Troy's parents and family were camping there so we spent some relaxing time with them as well. The boys went fishing during the day and were very successful! We even had fish for supper one night. It was very delicious. I went along to supervise:) These first two pictures are at the river.

Troy and one of his catches :)

While in Pella, I also was very fortunate to see my friend Kristin get married. She was a beautiful bride! The wedding was wonderful and elegant! Kristin was very fortunate to live next door to Wendy and I for a few years at Central College ;) Here is a picture at the reception with Jill, Kristin, her husband Jason, and Wendy. Us four ladies all went to Central and these are wondeful friends.

This past weekend we had a bunch of Troy's college and high school friends come home and stay with us. Each year, they play in a Memorial Golf Tourney here in Conrad. So we had fun seeing all them and enjoying the Conrad Black Dirt Days Festivities. On Saturday, mom and I went to a few places to scope out registry items. I wanted to compare prices and find a stroller and car seat that I was interested in. There are so many decisions. Talk about a headache by the end of the day! I think I have narrowed it down and now Troy and I get to go register. I think we will go to Target and Babies R Us. It was fun seeing the different designs and options that we can choose from. Hopefully we can register within the next few weeks. After this, my mom and I

went to Adalee, my goddaughter's, tball game in Ankeny. This was so fun to watch! She is quite the ball player! It's amazing what they have already taught them. She's a lefty like me but plays tball with her right hand. I was the same way. She was so proud!

Look what I found Justin! This picture is from Justin's graduation. He's been bugging me to find it so I thought I would just post it, as well. He thought it would be fun to take a picture and ad the caption, "Baby was here!" This is when I was a little bit smaller.

School is finally out for th summer! I am so excited to start my vacation. This summer will be filled with preping for the baby, taking 3 classes, going to the pool, relaxing, and spending time with Troy, family and friends. I can't wait! We have a lot of fun things planned. I hope everyone has a wonderful week!