Week 33!

Cooper was growing and kicking more as we got closer to week 33! He is growing and so am I! My belly button is beginning to pop out more and more, the turkey is getting closer to being done!

This past weekend, we spent Saturday being lazy for the morning, sleeping in until nearly noon! Then we went to get some lunch and spent the rest of the day working on lamps for Cooper’s room and working on fixing up a chest of drawers that we’ll use now for his dresser/changing table.

Sunday we spent with my dad – he came up to help out to visit and to help with some things around the house – cutting Stephanie’s and Cooper’s doors and closet doors down so that they would shut with the new plush carpet! He also helped us replace some outlets and with a few other things Tim had going on, including trying to figure out why our outlet on the back deck wasn’t working. All in all, it was a super nice weekend!

The week was full as usual.

Tuesday morning I had my first non-stress test to measure how active Cooper was – he was VERY active that day, lots of kicking and variability in his heart rate, which is what they hope for, but usually do not see in babies only 32-33 weeks old. The doctor wants me to have another ultrasound next week, so that will be on Friday September 4th. Tuesday evening Andrew had a tennis match, so we went there after work.

Wednesday was the third child birthing class and the tour of the hospital. We really liked St. Vincent’s hospital and I’m glad we will be having Cooper there! It is really nice!

Thursday was a super busy day at work for me, and then Andrew had another tennis match so we got to watch him play again!

Tomorrow I have another non-stress test, those will be twice weekly – Tuesdays and Fridays, with me seeing the doctor on one of those visits….. Super busy week as usual, I’m sure next week will be just as busy!

Below is a picture of the lamps that we worked on for Cooper's room!

Week 32 & Cooper's Room

Another week! 32 down, only 6-7 more to go!! I am growing like a weed; it is getting more difficult to sleep for very long on one side. I feel like a rotisserie chicken – constantly turning over during the night. That along with having to get up to pee so often makes a person pretty tired in the morning!

I had my A1C test done on Monday and it turned out good, it was 5.8 which is down a tenth of a point from last month’s test and my doctor seems to be happy with how I am doing. Finding food to eat for breakfast is becoming more and more difficult, my insulin to carb ratio is pretty low at this point, one unit of insulin to every 3 carbs that I eat. So I try to stick with lower carb foods, which is kind of difficult because I don’t want eggs and bacon – so I mostly end up eating low sugar oatmeal. It’s not too bad.

Cooper is pretty active these days, he’s kicking and moving around all of the time that I’m sitting, and this past week he’s been really good at finding one place and pushing on me pretty hard. So I in turn push back on him, and it is a neat feeling, I don’t know what part of him that I am feeling, but it’s neat to feel his body through my skin. Weird, but neat!

You can see from the pictures below that we finished up all of the painting in Cooper’s room!
We had quite a crowd over on Saturday August 15th to help us, and we are so excited about how well it turned out! Bobbie Bowser, My Mom, Shawn, Erica and Tim and I were all in that room for a majority of the day painting those monkeys and trees! WE LOVE THE ROOM!!!

Andrew worked all day on Saturday after his scrimmage tennis match and Stephanie went to help her friend Lauren move into her apartment at Ball State.

On Sunday, Erica came over and helped paint some more, and Stephanie also helped a ton with the trees! Monday night I painted his name on the wall and the closet so that we could have all of the painting done before the carpet was to be installed on Tuesday morning. Sunday was a big work day around the Johnson household… Tim and Andrew ripped up the existing carpet, took out all of the nails and were general handy-men! Then Andrew mowed the grass, such a hard worker! Stephanie worked hard too she painted a table that Tim had up in the garage and that she is now using as a bedside table. It looks really good!

Tuesday the carpet came and boy is it nice! It is so cushy and plush! IT’S WONDERFUL! The only thing about it is that it is much thicker than the carpet we previously had and so Tim is going to have to trim Stephanie’s and Cooper’s closet doors and also their bedroom doors so that they will shut!

Wednesday night we had our second child birthing class – only two more left. Next week we get to tour the hospital, which should be fun!!

Andrew has his first tennis match of the season in Lebanon today, wish him good luck!

Week 31

We've made it to week 31! Cooper will be here between weeks 38-39, so not too much longer!
I apologize for not posting last week, it has been a busy time in the Johnson household getting ready for school to start, working on the house and especially in Cooper's room.

We've done quite a bit in there, ripped out carpet, primed everything, painted the ceiling, painted the walls, traced up the trees, grass, vines and monkeys and started painting in some of the tracings.

Thanks so much to Shannon & John for getting us the overhead projector!

A picture of Cooper's room in progress is below - this picture was as of Tuesday August 11th.

This week we have been busy bees and expect that to continue through the weekend.

We started off the week on Sunday with a trip down south for my cousin Erica's baby shower. This was a couples shower, so Tim and I went down for that. We arrived early to eat lunch with my dad, we went to Cheddar's! YUM! Then we arrived at the shower and had a great time visiting with family in the 90+ degree heat and humidity! It was great to see everyone and espcially great to see the new babies, Layne and Finn!

Monday night was our only "free" night we spent that painting in Cooper's room.

Tuesday - Tim went to Andrew's fall sports meeting, I stayed home to paint some more.

Wednesday - we had our first child birthing class.

Thursday we are leaving early from work to spend the afternoon/evening at the Indiana State Fair. It should be a good time.

Andrew started school on Tuesday the 11th, Steph is enjoying her last few weeks as a free bird until school starts in late August.

This weekend we are having a few people over to help paint in Cooper's room, Mom and Shawn, and maybe Bobbie and Erica. It will be such a great help for us! We are having our new carpet installed on Tuesday the 18th, so we'd like to have all of the painting done before that happes!

That's it for this week, thanks for reading!

30 weeks & Cooper's Room (in progress)

Never got to post anything for this week, will make sure to not miss another week!