The Progression

So I had a Drs appointment today. I don't have an assigned OB doctor, I don't know if that is a hospital/army thing or because I came to them so far along and every appointment I've had has been scheduled for whenever they have something free. I don't mind not having a set Dr, it really doesn't make a difference to me, but it does mean that I often have to answer the same questions week after week. This week I had a very nice, but overly concerned female Capt. She was very friendly and answered the questions I had, which the last Dr wasn't so good at. She looked through my records and saw that my gestational diabetes score was a little high and that I had never taken the 3 hour test. My Dr back in SC didn't think I needed to take it because my levels weren't that high and I had no other signs, symptoms, or any of the risk factors. He advised me to watch my sugar intake and said not to worry about it. Today my doctor was very concerned that I hadn't taken the 3 hour test, but it was too late to take it now, so instead she has written in my file that I need glucose testing while I'm in labor. I have no idea why I need testing while in labor, if I'm about to have the baby why does it matter then? Next thing I feel she overreacted about....she measured my belly and discovered that I'm measuring at 36 weeks instead 38. She is worried the baby is too small (which I find really funny since 5 mins prior she was worried about gestational diabetes which makes the baby big). I'm a small girl and it's only 2 weeks! Anyway, I have a ultrasound appointment for Thursday to check Eliana's growth and the fluids, which isn't really a bad thing as I get to see her again. Now as far as how things are progressing, I'm dilated to about a 2, "kinda thick", and the doctor said "I can feel her head right there..." I'm not really sure what "right there" means, but that's what she said.

Dave is really hoping Eliana comes soon. He leaves for field training on Tuesday. He will be allowed to come back if I go into labor, but he will be about an hour away, so it will take a little bit of time to get back. My mom is coming in on Mon to stay with me while Dave is gone and for a few weeks after Eli arrives, so I won't be all alone for the week Dave is in the field.

I think we are ready for her arrival whenever it comes....though I still have to finish packing the hospital bag. It seems very surreal that we will be parents very soon and that after waiting so long we will have our little angel here.

38 weeks!

Wild Horses

So one thing we found out about before moving here was that Fort Polk is home to wild horses. We were really excited about seeing them someday. Well yesterday on the way home from work we saw them! They were just grazing by one of the buildings on the side of the road. Dave dropped me off at home so I could start dinner and he went back with the camera to take pics. He didn't want to get too close because he wasn't sure how they would react.

Trash Day

Here is our trash from yesterday. 14 bags of packing paper and about a billion boxes. We were so happy to see them go (I even watched the trash-men take it all away and texted Dave when they were done) . As soon as they were out at the curb the house seemed so much farther along. Give us another week or so and I think we will be ready to show off pics of the house on here.

Now going back a little to our last week in South Carolina.....

This is what we woke up to the morning the movers were supposed to come pack up of our stuff.





That's right, 3 whole inches!

The entire state shut down for 2 days. Our movers didn't make it to us until the next day because the roads were closed. The news reported over 250 accidents. It was crazy watching the news and seeing that everything was closed. They even closed Ft Jackson which meant Dave got to stay home.

Dave did still graduate from his BOLC class on time, though there was a short time when they weren't sure if they would even have the ceremony. I got a few picture of the graduation, but the lighting was bad and they are all super dark.

We left the next day, Thursday, to begin our drive to LA. We made it to Fort Polk on Friday. We really didn't do much over the next few days, we couldn't. The places we needed to go on base (like the housing office) were all closed for the weekend and then for MLK day. We went into the housing office on Tuesday, got a appointment to see a place Wed, and moved in on Thur. Well kinda moved in, we didn't get our stuff until the next Tues. So we spent another long boring weekend, but this time in our house, very empty though it was. As I said our belongings came last Tue and we have been unpacking ever since. Dave went back to work last Thur and started his job today! Hopefully it's going well.

We are liking Fort Polk. Yes it's in a small town, but we've got Wal-mart and Lowes and everything that is on base(what more do you need). Plus it is only a hour to Alexandria, so this we can go do other shopping a stuff every now and then (like this weekend). The housing community we live in is older (built in the 80s) but the community center was just built last year and we live in walking distance to it. Haven't met any neighbors yet, but I'm sure they are great too. We are really looking forward to spending the next few years here and to raising our little girl here.