Monday was a rough day at the Meyer house. Poor Annabelle has been a little fussy the last few days and spiked a fever Sunday night. We gave her some tylenol and she slept well and she got up the next morning her fever was gone so we took her to daycare. We got a call from daycare in the afternoon that her fever had returned so we took her right over to the doctor. After a quick check, Dr. Kessel said Miss Annabelle had an ear infection in her right ear and prescribed an antibiotic. He said the fever and pain should pass in 48 to 72 hours. We took her home, got her in pj’s and gave her medicine and she cheered right up. By the end of the night she was walking laps around the ottomans. She’s really good at walking around them but it takes quite a while. It keeps her entertained for hours though.

Sunday night proved to be a rough night for me and the baby also. I couldn’t sleep because of dull kidney pains all through the night. Once my doctor’s office opened on Monday morning I called right away to see if they could get me in. They checked the baby and she is doing just fine, but I had to have some ultrasounds run on my kidneys. They think I have a viral infection that has caused strain on my kidneys. There is not much else they can do while I’m pregnant so I have just been advised to relax and take it easy for the next few weeks. The baby is great and she is just as active as ever.

So glad it’s Friday! After work, we met Sarah & Mary Ann for dinner at Pasquini’s. Annabelle was a great eater and chowed down on puffs, cheese, mandarin oranges and a jar of banana pears. Pasquinis has great food and B and I enjoyed a calzone and great company. Sarah was going on a 50 miles bike ride on Saturday so she headed back to her mom’s house. Not me – I have nothing but lazy planned for the weekend!

I’ve been keeping up with Annabelle’s 52 week scrapbook – which is a picture of her every week for her 1st year. This week she is 42 weeks and doing great! She is so very close to crawling. She goes from sitting to the crawling position but she is still having a little trouble getting one leg around. She gets really frustrated but we’re certain she’ll figure it out in the next few days. She still seems to prefer to stand and play but that may change once she gets a hang of crawling.

B and I both took the day off to get ready for baby. B had a dentist appointment in the morning for his last consultation before getting his braces. He’ll be a certifiable brace-face next Tuesday. 🙂 He then stopped at Lowes and picked up the supplies to install the closet organizer in our big basement closet. It looks great! We spent the afternoon cleaning out closets and have been able to get rid of so much junk. Where does it all come from? Annabelle has overtaken our home with toys but we have a feeling it’s only going to get worse when there are 2 of them! We spent the evening playing with Annabelle and her new kitchen – at least there is one that works in the house.

We had another appointment today and everything is progressing smoothly with Baby #2. All my stats – weight gain, blood pressure, measurements – are on track and the baby is doing great. I have another appointment in 4 weeks and then I start on the every two week schedule for appointments. It’s going by so quickly. I love being able to go and hear her heartbeat through the ultrasound. It’s amazing and I can’t wait to meet her. We have her 1st name picked out – although we are keeping it a surprise again until she arrives. The middle name is still being decided but I think we have it narrowed down to 2.

We met Sarah and Mary Ann at Le Peep for breakfast in our old hood. Since B didn’t have to spend the weekend working on the kitchen he was able to join us. Annabelle chowed down on bananas and pancakes! It’s always so good to see Sarah & Mary Ann and I think I shocked them with the ever expanding baby belly.

Saturday morning Annabelle and I got an early start and headed over to watch Colton’s baseball game. BJ joined us a little later – he had to wait for the guy who bought our old cabinets off Craigs list to pick them up. We watched most of the game with Brad but Annabelle got a bit tired and of course I got hungry so we left right before the game ended. Colton’s team was up one run when we left so hopefully they were able to hang on to the win.

It’s hard to believe but another week has gone by and I’m quickly approaching my 3rd trimester. I’m feeling well – just big and round. It’s warming up and I’m starting to feel a bit uncomforable but I think the lack of humidity in Colorado should help this summer. The baby is making her presence known – she’s very active! We need to get her room started soon. She’ll be here before we know it.

We are taking on a big project of remodeling our kitchen. New cabinets, new countertops, new appliances! We’ve picked everything out and it’s been ordered – now we just wait.

B and Grandpa Bob are taking on the cabinet installation themselves. They had planned to install the new cabinets this weekend but they arrived today and much to our dismay they sent the wrong ones! We ordered full-overlay cabinets and they sent standard-overlay. We have to send them back and wait for the new to arrive again. On a positive note, the color and finish turned out fabulous! It’s going to really brighten up the kitchen and give it a modern feel. We’ve also gone for much taller cabinets so it’s going to give us a lot more storage space. I’m more antsy than ever to get the kitchen done! B sold the old cabinets on craigs list so the buyers will be here Saturday to pick them up. We’ll be without cabinets, countertop, and sink for a few weeks now!