We are sprinting towards the finish line. With a little over three months left (hopefully), we are cramming in all we can while Kelly is still feeling well and mobile. Yes, it sounds like awhile, but with the chances of premature labor and whatnot being increased from 20 weeks on, we don't feel like we'll be footloose and fancy free for too much longer.
The babies are fine as of last week, with all three heartbeats around 140bpm, which is perfectly normal. Kelly is doing really well and being active most of the day.
Kelly's been taking care of getting our baby inventory checked off. Garage sales, friends, family, we're getting the things we think we'll need to help raise the little people.
And for those of you who are wondering what Kelly looks like now at nearly 5 months...
And for those pregnancy nerds out there, no we don't have a measurement!
We joke that her belly looks like mine in college after relying on light beer as one of my primary food groups.
Some pics of the basement:
This is the wall we framed for the new W/D. Plumbing: courtesy of our friend Joe Rowley; crooked pipe, courtesy Mike.
This is the hole we chiseled through our foundation for the dryer vent.
This is nearly finished wall, with paneling, sticky tiles, laundry sink and trim.
And one of our primary forms of entertainment the past couple of weeks is our alley. We live in an older part of town that has an alley in the middle of the block where everyone's garage is and they pick up the trash, etc.
When we have stuff we don't want, we either bring it to Goodwill, Salvation Army, or put it out by the alley. The alley is WAY more fun.
When we started cleaning out the basement, first went the old cabinets and countertop, and a Hello Kitty ironing board. They were gone before evening. A guy riding his bike stopped by and rang our front door bell.
"You guys want those cabinets!?!" And he actually had an old-school tape walkman strapped to his arm. He said he'd be back in the morning, but he must have caught the alley fever. We saw him with a handcart five minutes later taking the countertop, then he came back with another dude in a pickup and got the rest...he was giving us the thumbs up as he went away with his "new bathroom cabinets"...we recommended he let them air out since they were a bit moldy.
Next up: our old leaky washer. Our friend Joe and I hauled it out in the morning, then not 20 minutes later we heard a commotion from the garage. Washer gone. One guy, a pickup and his brand new washer. Sweet.
Last: our relatively new gas dryer that came with the house. Nothing fancy, dried kinda slow. It's the alley for you, old friend. The dryer didn't go as fast as the other stuff, but this past weekend, a guy in a Jeep Cherokee pulled up. My sign on the dryer read: Free! Gas Dryer, It Works! First thing he shouts over to me: "Hey, does this thing work good?" Good thing I wasted my sharpie and construction paper so he can ask if it works. Satisfied with my thumbs up, he deadlifts the appliance on the roof rack of the Cherokee and takes off. Another satisfied customer.
Yeah, we're easily entertained, but we can't think about pregnancy all the time!
PS for those who voted in the poll, we're finding out July 8. Good luck!
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