I've lost track of what week we're on today. I think it's 18 because our (third and hopefully final) ultrasound is next Thursday, and I'm pretty sure we scheduled it then because we'd be in week 19. So, hey! Week 18! Whatever.
The bathroom is slowly coming back together. My parents had driven up to help us, and we had taken the week off from work. On Monday, we took our the tub and those awful plastic shower walls and discovered that not only was the plumbing not up to code, but the wall for the shower plumbing would actually not be up to code either. So, we got a permit from the city to have our shower wall closer to the toilet than is actually code, and we had a plumber come in to move the plumbing around and make sure it's up to code. $1200 later, we were finally ready to put the new tub/shower into place.
Of course, by then it was already Friday, and it was time for Adam and I to go to St Louis, MO, for his cousin's wedding. It was a very long drive, but hey, look! This hotel has a bathroom with a whole, functioning shower! Plus, our neice is way cuter than any other baby on earth. You know, for now, until ours gets here. The wedding was nice, too. It was at the Historic Hawken House, which meant that we got to tour the house while the reception was being set up. Very cool Victorian furnishings, and some fun stories about the nine Hawken children.
We drove back up on Sunday, and on Monday the plumbing inspector came out to check up on the plumber's work. He gave the thumbs up, so we proceeded to put the tub in place and level it all out. As of last night, the shower surround is in place as well, all leveled out and waiting to be attached to the wall studs. My parents have been kind enough to do chores and more bathroom work while Adam and I are at work--we couldn't have done this project without them.
I have photos sitting on the camera at home. You'll have to check back for them later. But it feels really good to at least see the tub/shower in place. It makes me think I actually might get to stop bathing in the basement one of these days!
Oh, PS, I forgot to say that all of our tests from the last post came back completely normal. Yay!
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Hooray for tests coming back normal! YAY!!!!!!!!! Does that mean you are done? I hope so. I hate to think that you are continuing to be prodded like a pin cushion.
Ha ha ha, done with tests, that's a good one! Am probably done with blood tests, but possibly not. Will have one more test for gest. diabetes around 28 weeks. Ultrasound next week will be specifically looking for heart defects. Would rather have a blood test, really, than 30 minutes of someone shoving an ultrasound paddle down on my bladder (which can't be empty, or uterus will be in the wrong place).
But hey, it'll all be worth it when Ice Cream can support me in my old age.
The Historic Hawken House belonged to I guess the son of the guy who invented the Hawken Rifle. This is one of the guns that "TAMED THE WEST".
I spent the whole tour trying to come up with a good Hawken-Luger joke, but it never worked out.
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