~* 36/37 Weeks *~

A Piggybank (his first dollar) from Tyson

37 Weeks

=22 days and counting! Since I missed getting last week's post up here, there have been a lot of updates. Last Friday was the 36 week checkup with Dr. LaFavor. She did an exam and said I was not dilated at all but starting to thin. The Group B Strep test was negative so that was good news as well! Baby has dropped a bit but I haven't noticed a drastic change in how I feel except for a lot more trips to the bathroom. It still feels like he is kicking me in the ribs but doesn't bother me much at all...and he reminds me everyday of how strong he is going to be! 

Today I had another checkup with Dr. LaFavor but she didn't check me because there were no changes. She reminded me I would know when the contractions started though! His heartbeat was very strong at 150 and she thinks he is around 7 pounds already and will be a nice sized baby. :-) Next week my checkup is Thursday with Dr. Hamburger. Robby is off of school again Friday so I am going to take a day of vacation that day too so we can relax and go out for dinner. He has completed 11 days of his 20 consecutive full-days of teaching. The students always ask him "Mr. Heiser, what you singing?" since he usually has a new song for them everyday. After correcting their grammar, of course, he keeps singing :P I'm sure it's never a dull moment in the classroom. He was evaluated again today and received good marks. Graduation is coming up May 5 and he's not sure if he is walking or not but I'm trying to convince him he should. When he's not busy doing lesson plans at night he is helping me get laundry done and keep me off of my feet. Going against his wishes, I bowled for Kasey Wednesday night. 2 games would have been plenty....by the 3rd game I was pretty miserable! Also Wednesday they threw a shower for Mara and I at Tyson. The pictures are of a few of the gifts the baby received! Diapers/onesies/piggybank/bouncer/diaper bag/more clothes/scrapbook/bath accessories were just some! I do have to mention too that Baby Heiser got the 3 children's books about "Quickie" that Donald Driver (for those of you that don't know he is a wide receiver for the Packers) wrote. 

I was especially excited about that! The diaper bag and bouncer were two things that we also were very happy to get. More gifts arrived from Wisconsin as well (a cute outfit from Rhonda's family and a baby Packer figurine). We have yet to put the carseat and bags in the car but that is on the list for this weekend as well as get the baby swing out of the box that 

Rita and Ricky gave us! I can't thank everyone enough for helping us out as much as you do with all of this. Happy St. Patty's Day tomorrow! Austin helped me make green Staab punch last week and we got it thawed tonight to drink. He thought it was a pretty good treat after playing in the park tonight and we're listening to him snore right now. ;-) And on one last note, we hope to get some of the maternity photos ordered soon!