Busy, busy!!

I have not updated in a long time, no worries, family, Baby T, Eric and I are all doing well we are just super busy these days! I will try to update you since I last posted...

Eric went to a conference for work last week (Sunday night through Wednesday) in San Antonio, TX. He had a good time, eating delicious food and networking with lots of people who work with the same p-cards he does. While we were enjoying fall-like weather here at home, it was over 100 degrees in San Antonio!! Despite the heat, he had a good time I think.

While Eric was gone, I just worked and took care of the condo and cats...it seems like a lot more work when I am the only one here to do it (and being 30+ weeks pregnant also slows me down sometimes...). I am teaching clinical again this semester for Aquinas College. This is in addition to my 3/2 (3-12-hour shifts one week and 2 the next week, alternating) job at VCH. I really like teaching peds clinical to nursing students, they are so excited about everything they get to do and see, it can be really refreshing, on the other hand, it can be exhausting....lots of talking/teaching and running around = a very tired momma to be! But the weeks are going by pretty quickly, I feel very blessed to have a job and a half that I continue to learn from everyday. In other news, Baby T, my mom, and I walked in the HeartWalk here in Nashville again this year. I think this is the 4th year mom and I have walked the 5k and raised money for the American Heart Association. It was perfect, fall weather this year and we are excited to have Baby T in his/her BOB stroller on the walk with us next year!

Speaking of Baby T, he/she is doing really well. At my appointment on Tuesday, my belly is measuring "perfectly" (whatever that means....to me it's just big and getting bigger...) and the heartbeat sounds great, it is amazing how loud it is and easy to find! They simply put the Doppler on my belly and there it is! It really is a beautiful sound. He or she still moves around a lot! And likes to kick his or her Daddy every morning and every night, it's funny how he/she knows it's him, and is not near as active when others touch my belly.  I am also continuing to have Braxton Hicks contractions a lot! All my books and the midwife tell me this is perfectly normal and my body's way of practicing for the real thing. I don't mind, practice makes perfect, right? In other baby news, we are interviewing potential pediatricians today, we received tons of suggestions from our friends and family, I know we will find the right one for Baby Tinch! Less than 8 weeks now before we meet Baby Tinch!