six months and counting

Well, we've made it to six months. We're in the third trimester now...the home stretch!! Not too much longer to go now! Yesterday we went to our epidural class at the hospital (which was a bit of a waste of time....and if nothing else, scared us to death) and next week we start our six week childbirth classes. We're looking forward to those.

As for the baby, we had the six month check-up last week (see the new picture below) and everything is perfect. In fact, Dr. Garas said to keep doing exacly what I'm doing, because everything looks terrific! (I guess the Blizzards twice a week are working for me!) The baby's heartbeat was 155bpm (normal is between 140-160bpm). Baby Mayes is definitely kicking a lot more, although it's nothing uncomfortable yet. It's just a little "whoosh"....just more frequent. The most uncomfortable thing right now, is finding a position to sleep in. Not an easy thing to do. And, about the house....it's coming along. We've got the baseboards up in the kitchen, now we just have to add wood filler over the holes (minor details in the grand scheme of things). We're getting ready to fix up the nursery, now that the crib finally came (after two damaged ones)! That should be a lot more fun than the floors, and we will definitely be sure and post pictures as we progress.