Baby Update - Month 6

The baby bump is becoming less bump-like and more bulge-like. At 6 months, the little baby's growth is on target and goodness, is she moving! She normally does a routine workout before I go to bed every night, otherwise, during the day, she's pretty chill. The recent consistency in movement has made her future dad go out and make his first baby purchase:

(For those of you that didn't know...next to flying, Harley's are Brian's second passion...)

Meanwhile, I went to the doctor yesterday and she mentioned that my blood pressure was a little high. This is where I began explaining the abnormalities of the past week and she said that we'll do a follow-up this Friday. I think that means that Brian needs to wait on me hand and foot this week - he doesn't know this yet...I'm sure he won't mind. :)

Going back this Friday will be helpful because I'll get the results back from my gestational diabetes test around then. (They put all pregnant woman through that test around week 25). By the way, the little one's heart rate was at 140 and our weight gain seems to be on target - (babe only weighs a little over 1.5 lbs of the 18 lb I've put on - WOW!) It's all good and normal!

Why my Blood Pressure might be High

The Latest from September 10-20 (Highlights and Low lights):
Went on Date with Husband in Austin, TX (soo romantic)

Had an awesome time and saw the Punch Brothers
Came home to find that our house had been robbed
6 to 7 thousand dollars worth gone

Told landlord we wanted to move
She said, "okay"
Then she said, "No - or I will take legal action"
We are trying to figure out what to do with that
Filed renters insurance claim
Waiting for insurance claim results
Been cruising the pawn shops for our stolen goods
I got to go to base and pretend to be Brian for a day

Dad and Deb came to town and helped us forget our complaints with cheese, wine, scotch and family relaxation


While dropping Dad and Deb at the airport, we almost floated away in the VW passat due to the TX flooding
40" of rain this yr whereas last yr they had about 9"


Yesterday
Doc appointment said that my blood pressure is a little high
Pipes at rental (that we want to move away from) clogged rendering the dishwasher and washing machine un-useable until the landlord gets back with us

What's going to happen this week!?!

Tropical Storm Hermine

A gorgeous labor day weekend in Kansas City was cut short due to a tropical storm called Hermine. And no, no one knows how to pronounce it...

For those of you raised in the Midwest and may not recall your tropical meteorology courses - tropical storms aren't as bad as hurricanes but they are stronger than a tropical depression. Depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes (bad weather) are all low pressure systems whereas the gorgeous 70 and 80 degree sunny weather we experienced in Kansas City is typically due to a high pressure system. This means that as a high pressure system was moving into KC this past labor day weekend, we were fighting headwinds to get up north. When we had to return back to Kingsville to batten the hatches, a low pressure system was moving in from the south, meaning that we had headwinds the whole way back home too - we just couldn't win! Although, I would much rather take a 6-7 hour flight than an 18 hour drive.

Due to Hermine creeping along the coast, we had to leave the plane in San Antonio, (2 hours north of us), and drove the rest of the way Monday evening. Sheets of rain were beginning the further south we drove but I don't think it hit its apex until about 430 am Tuesday morning. I woke up to what sounded like the emergency alert broadcasting system when actually it was some sort of loud reptile or bug singing through the wind and rain. I woke up to check the radar and this is what I found:


Watch out KC - according to the trajectory, it's going to hit you next! :)


When I woke up the next morning, tree limbs were everywhere. The Kingsville School district was closed for the day as well as the Texas A&M campus next door. While 40 to 50 mph winds can be pretty wicked in the Midwest, they pack more of a wallop down here due to all the weak little shacks that people live in and tree/shrubs that don't have much of a root system. Most of our Navy friends that live in an apartment complex close to base lost their power for most of the next day.


Juneau and Tommy didn't know what happened; they're just glad that their toys were still in the backyard.