Brenda’s Pregnancy Journal

My good friend Beka & her husband Dan are comming from Virginia (or is it West Virginia?) for a quick visit in August! They’ll actually be on their way to Portland, but staying a night with us. I met Beka a couple years ago in a buddy group online & we’ve developed a good frienship. It’s about time I get to meet one of my online friends in real life! I have one other friend who might be out this way soon too. It’s so exciting that she’ll get to meet Elliot & she may very well be pregnant herself on the trip. I am pretty pleased with myself that I now will be numbered among those who get to meet people they met online in person.  

Charlie & I had yesterday off work together. It was nice to have him home with me on a Wednesday. The most fun part was the spectacular show Elliot gave Charlie while we were laying in bed in the morning. He gave him some powerful kicks & my belly was bouncing around everywhere. We relaxed in the morning & went to a movie in the afternoon. I made taco casserole for dinner & Charlie made a trip to the grocery store for brownie mix so we could have brownies & ice cream for dessert! Supposedly Elliot can actually taste the things I’m eating - not sure how it works, but I’ve read it several times now, I have a feeling he’s going to have a sweet tooth. I did have a nice healthy salad along with dinner though.

Charlie was able to talk with our neighbor on Tuesday night & she agreed to set up an apt. to have the contractor come to do a bid on Friday morning. The contractor confirmed the appointment with us yesterday! That means that it can be approved at the meeting on Monday night, and hopefully we’ll be able to get the work done soon. It may be another battle getting her to be available for them to do the work, but I do feel like progress is being made. Turns out she’s a correctional officer & that’s why she has such extreme hours. Hopefully we can get started on Elliot’s room very soon.

The crib is in @ Baby Depot but the combo & hutch have still not arrived. The manager is looking into things…we’ll see if he gets back to us as soon as he promised. I can’t wait to set up the furniture & start filling drawers with Elliot’s stuff.

The rain has finally subsided (if at least for a while) and the dogs are doing better too! So I am feeling much better about things!