Sorry it's been so long!

It's been a busy month for us. Mom, Jessica and the kids came down to visit on June 20th and stayed for a week. We spent a lot of time at the pool. The kids got really good at "swimming" by the end of the week. Caden was swimming in the deep end without his life jacket after the 2nd day. Makayla wouldn't even jump in at all the first day and by the end she was jumping in and we were counting how long she could hold her breath.

While they were her a friend on mine took some pictures. They turned out so well.







Wednesday we went to Fossil Rim which is basically a zoo that you drive through. We all had a lot of fun feeding the animals that came up to the car. Lots of different types of deer, zebras, giraffe, rinos, cheetahs. Of course the rinos and cheetahs didn't actually come up to the car. The were in a caged area that you could see from your car. As you can see from these pictures they come into your car. The first time it happened Caden and Makayla kept saying, "The deer is in the car, the deer is in the car!" I'm not sure if it was fear or amazement I could hear in their voices. After the first time though all loved feeding the animals. Cole sat on Grandma's lap while she was driving for a lot of the trip and the other two were in front with me or Jessica. It was pretty much musical chairs throughout the trip.







Friday morning we all left for Wisconsin. I decided to ride back with them so I only had to buy a one-way ticket home. We left about 6:30am and got to Jessica's about 1:00am Saturday morning. It wasn't a bad drive at all. The kids were so good for the whole trip.

Cole was amazed at what he could see when I reclined my seat to take a nap. His facial expressions always seem to make me laugh!


Saturday we planned on going to Caden's baseball game, but the weather had different ideas. It was rained out. Mom, Makayla, Cole and I headed back to Luck and met Grandma and Grandpa and my cousin's family at the Milltown Fisherman's Party for lunch.

Sunday brought some unplanned events. I woke up in the morning with some bleeding. After calling my hospital, a couple friends who are nurses and my friend Kim that is also pregnant, we headed for the St. Croix hospital. They placed me on the monitors and her heartbeat was in normal range and I could hear her moving. This definitley helped me to breathe a little easier. They ran some tests, did an ultrasound to check the placenta and my kidneys. Everything looked normal, but the doctor decided to admit me overnight just to be sure. She actually told me that they usually keep people for 48 hours when that happens. I had some more tests Monday morning and I was released Monday night. They couldn't really tell me the reason, but placed me on modified bed rest for 2 weeks (the entire time I was up there). Basically, no heavy lifting and spending 6 hours (2 morning, 2 afternoon, 2 evening) throughout the day on the couch. I was breaking all the rules of Wii by playing with the kids from the couch. My regular doctor told me to continue the restrictions until I have my appointment which is this coming Monday. I don't spend the entire 6 hours, but I do rest several times a day and haven't had any problems since I first went to the ER.

The rest of my vacation was spent between Luck and New Richmond. I was able to see 2 of Caden's baseball games, went out to Grandma and Grandpas for a pontoon ride and bonfire, spent a couple days up at the cabin with Janelle, Dave, Alisha and Anna. One time my cousins Jared, Jerame and Jared's wife Melissa were there and another time my cousin Nicolle, her husband Chris and their little boy, Lucas were there. The reason for the bolding is because Jared loves being mentioned in other people's blogs.

Caden was so excited to be able to play catcher at this game.


Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa and I made a trip to see Aaron and Renee in Wausau on July 5th. They moved into a new house this winter, it was nice to see it. It's perfect for them... Aaron has a garage and a pole shed to work on all his projects and Renee is trying to make sense of all the flowers (or weeds) that have bloomed since they moved in.

While I was in Wisconsin Danny was busy supporting the family by coaching swimming. He had two different swim meets while I was gone as well as practice everyday. As he would say, "somebody's gotta work around here" (jokingly, of course).

I flew back on Saturday and we went out for our anniversary since he had a swim meet on Sunday. We went to The Melting Pot. Neither of us had been to a fondue place before, it was really fun. It was a little pricey, but worth it for a special occasion.

Since I've been back we haven't really done a whole lot. I had to take the 3 hour glucose test on Wednesday. I got the results back today and everything was fine. Thank goodness, gestational diabetes was not something I was wanting to deal with. There is just something wrong about taking away certain foods from a pregnant lady.

I will be 30 weeks tomorrow and have my appointment on Monday. After that I will start going every 2 weeks! January sounds like so long ago, but on the other hand the last 7 months have flown by. We can't wait to actually hold Kennedy in September!

My cousin, Janelle, took a cute belly shot at the 4th of July. I'll post it when she sends it to me.