Wow... we've let our little group fall silent! It's been an entire week since any of us posted... I know we are all busy with the holiday season upon us.
I've been doing a MAJOR Fall Cleaning at my house. My parents are coming to stay with us for almost a week over Thanksgiving. I'm really happy to have them coming down as they haven't been down in forever. My mum's last visit was in February, but my dad hasn't been here in almost 18 months. I did see them both in July when they met me in the Seattle area for 5 days, but it's not the same. Also, having them visit has really lit a fire under me. I don't think my house has been this clean since the last time mum was here.
With the baby on the way I have vowed to get more organised and really keep my house up. To that end I have joined Flylady.net and am really working on having being organized and keeping the house up become habitual. I still have a lot of work to do, but the house is getting there. And as crazy as it first sounded to me, I do like having a shiny sink greet me every morning. Brad thinks I've totally lost it. He thinks I've gone from being a bit of a slob (he was being generous when he said "bit of") to being overly perfectionistic about the house.
He told me this when I asked him to add his milk glass to the dishwasher and then start it rather than putting it in the sink and having me start the load right away. I didn't want
ANYTHING in the sink when I got home from work. He thought one cup wouldn't be the end of the world.
So that's what's up in my life... I have a shiny clean kitchen, a clean living room (with room on the coffee table for a drink!) and I'm working on getting the bedroom to how I want it. The office (which will be babys room) is almost ready for my parents to sleep in (we've got a futon). And the bathrooms actually sparkle.
On the baby front, I'm now starting to grow out of my pants, though on the up side I have a pair that I wore this time last year that aren't all that uncomfortable and last year I wasn't 5+ months pregnant! The baby is noticeably moving a lot more often, although I'm still not feeling a ton of movement. I don't know how much I should be feeling though so I'm not sure if this is normal or not. The dr doesn't think there's any problem, just that maybe I'm expecting more movement than is realistic at this stage in the game.
I hope everyone else is doing well. And I wish you all the joy of a shiny sink.
Lara
PS... Oh... I gained 4.5# this week at TOPS
blah. I have been really constipated though and on my scale I'm back down now so I'm not going to change my weight gain in my sig. Lara
She measured and I'm at 24 and am at 23.5 weeks so that is normal, baby's heartbeat was around 140 this time. She said that she got the results from the ultrasound and everything looked good there. I know that the Dr at the Ultrasound place had already told us that, but it's still nice to hear it confirmed by the Dr I know. 
