32 Week Appointment

Everything is looking great with Charm and Mommy.  His heartbeat is strong and he's head down.  Charm is moving and stretching frequently--I love it!  We go back again in 2 weeks.

30 Week Appointment

Mommy had her 30 week appointment with the OB today.  We're in the home stretch!

Mommy and Charm are doing great!  He's measuring right on target and his heartbeat was nice and strong.  Charm even kicked the doppler a few times!  My glucose test came back normal.  We go back in 2 weeks.  After much debating over which doctor to see, I've decided to continue seeing the newer doctor.  She's very personable and knowledgeable, and there's no guarantee who will be in the delivery room!

I had my first experience with pregnancy-related light headed-ness.  I started experiencing it yesterday following a teeth cleaning at the dentist and attributed it to laying on my back during the appointment.  I continued to feel light headed and nauseous over night and this morning and started to worry.  I left work early to rest and, under the advice of my mom, loaded up on water and felt better.  The OB thought my symptoms were due to being dehydrated and recommended increasing my water intake, even if I felt like I was drinking enough already.  Looking back, I realized that I had two saltier-than-normal meals yesterday that may have taken a toll on me, too.

In other news, we should be getting a new car tomorrow!  After an irritating week of getting mixed messages from the credit union we're using for our loan, everything should be finalized tomorrow! 

Future Musician

Brennan loves music!  He enjoys listening to music, watching kid song videos, and singing songs.  He's also a fan of playing musical instruments and playing "rock and roll music".  We regularly have family bands.  He'll bring Mommy, Daddy, and whomever else is around his drum, guitar, keyboard, or other instruments.  After a few songs, he'll switch the instrument assignments ("You want to play the guitar?!").  He's also been known to use his arms, legs, Mommy/Daddy's arms, and other objects as guitars.

I feel like I haven't posted many updates recently, so here's a collection of random updates!

~Brennan is talking up a storm!  He speaks in sentences and says some of the funniest things!

~After talking about replacing our Chrysler Sebring for over a year, we finally took the plunge!  We'll be the proud owners of a 2012 Dodge Journey this week!

~Baby Charm continues to grow big and strong!  He has active days and quiet days.  Over the weekend, I had my glucose test and rhogam shot.  We're officially in the third trimester!  I can't wait to meet him!

~One of Brennan's favorite bath time activities is playing with his foam numbers and letters.  He's able to identify all of them, even if they are upside down, sideways, or backwards.  It's quite impressive!  We also like to talk about what words start with each letter.

~Charm will be using the current nursery and we've been working on Brennan's "big boy room."  At one point, it was down to the studs and now we only have to nail the baseboards!  Mommy has been pretty limited in what she's able to do, so the credit goes to Daddy, Grandpa Swartz, Uncle Matt, and family friends.

Hand Foot and Mouth

Brennan came down with a fever on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend.  We were at a 1st birthday party for a friend and it seemed to hit him out of nowhere.  Throughout the weekend, his fever continued and he seemed uncomfortable, but he would perk up with ibuprofen.  We found out later in the weekend that one of his buddies at the babysitter's house had strep.  Although his fever subsided, he was in pain when eating and wasn't acting like himself.  Out of fear that he also had strep, we attempted to take him to the pediatrician and a local urgent care facility on Monday. Both were closed because of the holiday, so we decided to take him to the ER.  His strep test was negative and were told that he had a viral infection.  Mommy stayed home with Brennan on Tuesday and noticed a few spots on his hands.  We were able to get into the pediatrician quickly and he was diagnosed with Hand Foot and Mouth disease.  After a few days of ibuprofen, extra snuggles and avoiding citric foods, our happy little man returned!