37 weeks. Ta-da.

Today is Wednesday which makes me 37 weeks and 3 days pregnant. Ta-da. You may note the lack of enthusiasm which accompanies that "ta-da" and trust me, it's for dang good reason. Mostly because Utah is hot and I feel like an oven and one can only walk around wearing so little clothing. I have taken to wearing skirts and t-shirts since they seem to keep me cooler.


Here I am at 37 weeks exactly. I think I don't even look like me anymore. I look at my face and say to myself, "Self, who is that round-faced girl in the mirror?" And I say back, "I have no idea self. Her chin and jaw have disappeared."

And here I am at 37 weeks and 3 days. 

I had a doctor's appointment today but they didn't check me since I haven't had any contractions at all. I'm actually shocked that I haven't had this baby already. I was convinced he would come early and then I wouldn't be able to walk at my graduation. He must be really cozy in there 'cause he's not coming in the next week. Or at least that's what my doctor says.

My next appointment is next Thursday morning, a few hours before Convocation. I don't know who will be speaking but I should probably go since it'll probably be an apostle. I hope they check me next week because I don't want to go into labor next Friday, the day I am supposed to actually walk for graduation. Maybe this baby is just gonna sit tight until the very end of the month when school starts back up for Tyson. That'd be just swell.

Only new news is that my blood pressure keeps going up. Nothing to be worried about yet. Today's pressure was 131/89 and last week was something/83. My doctor said that if it goes above something/90, then we have to run tests and they'll probably make me go to the hospital overnight and maybe put me on bedrest. I think it's just too dang hot and my blood is starting to boil, in a non-metaphorical sense. Other good news: no Group B Strep. This means I will not be on antibiotics during labor.

I am still job hunting and Tyson is still working hard before school starts. He's taking some intense classes so I've been trying to get him into a Humanities 202 class with the same professor I had in the Spring. My professor was marvelous and we wouldn't have to buy new books. Finally, today, after weeks of checking the registration site at least 10 times a day, a spot opened up and I got Tyson into that class. HUZZAH!! We are still working on his Writing class and some of the exercise classes he wants but I was mostly worried about that Humanities class. Done and done.

Oh, all our wedding thank-yous are officially done as are the baby shower thank-yous. Bam!

Christmas in August

It has been quite a while since I posted last. Sorry. Tyson and I have been very busy with family reunions, missionary farewells, baby showers, and getting ready for the baby. Yesterday marked the beginning of my 37th week so Baby Remy is officially full-term. Tyson and I also had our first official FHE yesterday. Official because we sang a song and had a prayer and a spiritual thought. It was intense. Our activity was to set up our new budgeting system: the envelope system.
I had heard about this from one of my friends but Tyson is the one who decided we should give it a try. Basically, you pull out a bunch of money from the bank and the beginning of the month. You then divide it into envelopes labeled different things like Groceries, Tithing, or Fuel. Your goal for the month is to not spend more than what is in the envelope. We are going to try and make this work and I will report on its success (or failure) sometime in the future.
We have a jar in our room where we keep all our spare change. This is a great thing to do because after a few months you can count all your coins like Scrooge and feel a bit richer. Yesterday we counted up our change monies and we had $70 plus a bit. That is a lot of change!

We decided that we would use this money to start saving for our Christmas gift to each other: 2012 Season Passes to the Hale Center Theater in Orem. YAY! I didn't even have to twist Tyson's arm about this. The 2012 season is going to be awesome. Seriously. Here are the shows: The 39 Steps, Xanadu, The Secret Garden, Crazy for You, Arsenic and Old Lace, and a Rodgers and Hammerstein production that can't tell us until January 2012 but using my amazing detective skills I've decided it must be South Pacific. AWESOME SHOWS. I am particularly excited about The 39 Steps and Crazy for You.
Anyway, season passes are $95/person plus a $3 processing fee. After setting aside all that change and then adding in our saved up fun money we had all the money we needed to get our passes! Tyson really wants to show up at the theater with $70 in change and make them count it but I think we'll make a stop at the bank and pick up some coin rolls instead. I am very proud of the pair of us. We love going to the theater and these passes will be a great date night pretty much once a month for the next year. We wouldn't have done it if we didn't want to see all the shows. I am so grateful for a husband who plans ahead and looks out for our theatrical future :)
Another bonus of paying off our Christmas gifts now is that we have still budgeted ourselves fun money every month. What does that mean? We don't have to worry about saving it for Christmas! I can save up mine and get a bike trailer, or a gym membership, or new shoes, or maybe we'll just end up spending it all on diapers for Baby Remy. Either way, we're feeling pretty dang savvy right about now. Maybe I'll get Tyson a Euro scarf to wear to the theater :) Just kidding!