First Mother's Day, plus other goodies!

This sunday was so much fun! I got home from work at 8am and saw my sister-in-law's husband working on a gift for her. Honestly, I got a little sad and pouty till I walked into my room! Alan had set up the baby dresser and on top where 4 supper cute baby outfits, a pair of baby penny loafers (which I know are unnecessary, but sooo cute), newborn swaddler with cap & rattle, bouquet of flowers, and a gift card for a pedicure! I stopped pouting and pounced on my dear hubby to give a hug... which would have worked if my hubby wasn't dead asleep and immediately reacted with his JKD defense, tossing me to the side! So I took my nap and woke up to thank him.
We drove up to see my parents for mother's day and spend the night. On the way, I enjoyed eating my chocolate covered strawberries and occasionally shouting "I'm a mom!". It was really nice getting to just hang out with them and I loved giving my mom her present of a babysono pic frame that says "love at first sight" and two baby books, you are my sunshine (my mom's fav song to sing) and spot loves his grandma! Next day was nice and chill-- breakfast with mom, meet up with some friends, register for baby stuff at babies r us and dinner! I had to hold my mom back from buying every grandma related baby item! It was a wonderful weekend (or my version of a weekend)!
Went to see my new ob md today-- love her! Super sweet and didn't comment on my weight (which is a great way to win me over). 2 more weeks until glucose screening and 3rd trimester! Can't believe things are going this fast! But I do believe our lil man is growing because i've been out of breath all day today-- I look pretty pitiful huffing and puffing while putting up laundry!

As far as other goodies go... here's some words of wisdom from an ER nurse!
1. Don't fall asleep with your arm out the window... especially if you are driving!
2. If you are a wound care nurse, be sure to check the rest of the patient and not just were the wound is. You never know what creepy crawly things lurk below!
3. If you've been trying to get a room in the hospital for several days and we keep sending you away because there is nothing medically wrong... go with the suicide route-- we have to give you a room somewhere!
4. Don't threaten the nurse... ever! Our security guards get pretty aggressive when one of their girls are threatened! And trust me, they all come to the join in the action!
5. Just don't even try to fake a seizure. We know. You can fool family and non-medical people, but you can't fool us!

That's all for now! Will try to post some pics later of more baby goodies-- almost done with my first attempt at a quilt!

24 weeks pregnant!

Chickens eat their young!

So I learned nurses aren't the only ones to eat their young today! I was checking on the chickens today and thought I could grab their water and eggs at the same time. Evidently, I'm not coordinated enough and dropped one of the eggs as I was leaving the coop. All 3 chickens jumped on the cracked egg and ate it! A little creepy and cannibal-ish, but maybe they were just really thirsty! (side note: yes I do collect chicken eggs! I'm not a country girl, but I like the chickens!)
Another creepy thing today: maternity photos! I was looking online at ideas and was really disturbed by all the naked or almost naked prego photos! Who's kid is going to want to see that when they get older?! Not my boy! I see the conversation going something like this:
Mom: Oh honey look! This was taken when I was 8 months pregnant with you!
Son: uhhh mom, you're uhhh not really wearing anything *eyes darting to avoid photo but keeps looking back. Jaw open*
Mom: oh silly, I'm completely covered! I looked pretty good back then! Right?
Son: soo... I've got to clean my room or do homework or something!
Mom: But sweety, I haven't shown you the caste of my body that we made! It worked great as a chip and dip bowl!

Again, I'm going to avoid that scenario and go with the classy pics, like "don't open until.." and hands making a heart!

All this creepy talk reminds me of a patient last weekend! As my husband so pleasantly puts it, "it's ok, she sees naked people all the time". And yes, bring a nurse does expose me to much more of people's anatomy than most see. Most of the time, it's really not a big deal and I do my best to make the patient comfortable. However, there is the occasional patient who doesn't feel awkward and personally requests a catheter (aka tube going up into the bladder). Female-no biggie, Male- creepy! So what do we do when those situations arise? Find the biggest male nurse we can and send them in to do it! Most of the time the patient changes their minds and pees in a cup! You learn early on not to get taken advantage of, but to be smart!

On a cuter note: I've got some pics of my amazing room! My husband found or made most if the furniture, installed the hardwood floors and did the crown molding! He worked extra hard to make a wonderful oasis for us! The headboard are actually two 1800's doors. The white table thing will be the changing table along with the window photo frame (I did the burlap!). There are still a few more things to go up, but it looks great so far!
Thanks for reading and have a great night!