One of my contacts ripped this morning and I don't have any extras. Poop. Both Cory and I do have new supplies of contacts waiting to be picked up at the eye doctor, though, so that's a good thing. Another good thing is that I started feeling much better from this cold yesterday, and today is even better.

The weekend has been very exciting for the kids, especially Accalia and Cole, because Cory picked up their bunk bed yesterday and put it together before going to work last night. They were very excited to go to sleep last night, although it took a couple tries before they actually fell asleep because they decided to go to bed so early at first. Now we have their room painted and the beds in, so we're slowly getting that room ready before the baby's born. Maybe today I'll even have the energy to haul up an old dresser from the basement and put that in their room for Cole. He and Ella have been sharing a dresser in our bedroom, but I think we'll switch that so that Ella and the baby are keeping their clothes in that big old thing.

I had a prenatal appointment Friday, and everything is pretty much normal yet. Blood pressure, baby's heartbeat, swelling, etc. are all just fine. I did gain two pounds over the last two weeks - 40 1/2 pounds total - and I hope that's not going to be the trend for the remaining 5-6 weeks. In two weeks I have another appointment and will be tested for Group B strep and have a quick ultrasound right there just to be sure the baby's head down.

No, the real fun on that trip to the doctor's was the ride home. Each year an organization for people with antique tractors has a ride along area roads. These tractors go about 13 or 14 mph at the highest, and wouldn't you know that we got stuck in the middle of this ride on our way home. So, we spent a lot of time driving very slowly and waiting for oncoming traffic to pass so we could go around a few tractors at a time. It's less than 30 miles from Yankton to the doctor's, but by the time we reached the Meridian Bridge spanning the Missouri River just outside of Yankton, Cole started yelling, "Let's go faster! There are starving kids in this vehicle!"

I was trying to upload pictures or videos since it's been so long, but right now Blogger just isn't letting me do it. I'll try again later. Right now I need to get busy with laundry and dishes and possibly hauling up that dresser.