The Horrible Accident

Unfortunately, our wonderful weekend ended badly.  We got into a pretty bad accident but we were not hurt.

We were coming back Monday morning on Route 47 from our long weekend in Lake Geneva.  We were the first car stopped at a red light when we heard a large crash behind us and before we knew it we were crashed into. Luckily, the car was in neutral and Brian quickly took his foot off the brake so that we moved a little and wouldn't get the full force of the crash. He then braked so that we wouldn't go too far into the intersection when we got hit again from behind. That hit pushed us through the intersection.  Luckily there were no cars going through the intersection at that time so we coasted through it safely. It turns out a semi truck had hit the delivery truck behind us probably going 55 mph (that was the posted speed limit) and hadn't even attempted to stop (he was sighted by the police for two things: 1) following too closely & 2) in adequate breaks). 

Brian had some whiplash but was feeling fine the next day.  I didn't have any whiplash probably because it seems my side of the car took less of the force.  Anyway, there was a community cop on the scene in a minute. I believe he actually saw the accident happen.  After the fire trucks and police arrived, they told me to go to the hospital to get checked out (even though I felt fine) since I was 34 weeks pregnant.  So since our car was undrivable according to the fireman, we both got transported to Sherman Hospital via ambulance.  Yes, I got to ride on a stretcher. First time for me! First I went to a trauma room but they quickly sent me to Labor and Delivery since I was so far along where they monitored me for hours. 

They did some tests and since I am RH- and gave me another shot of Rhogam since they noticed some fetal cells in my blood. It's hard to say if the accident caused this or not.  They kept me overnight because I was having  4-5 contractions an hour and didn't want me to go into preterm labor. Luckily my contractions were painless and may have been normal for me but there was really no way to know since I hadn't noticed them before.

Overnight my contractions were monitored but they baby looked good so they didn't require me to monitor the baby through the whole night (which is good since the baby's monitor makes lots of noise making it hard to sleep!) They wanted to make sure that my placenta  didn't detach so they monitored that.  We were discharged on Tuesday morning with a clean bill of health.  It's really hard to say if the accident caused the contractions or if I've been having them and just didn't know it since they were essentially painless.

Brian's car may be totaled but we thank God that there was a delivery truck between us and the semi.  Now we get to deal with the joys of dealing with the trucking company's auto insurance. Hopefully we can get that figured out and not have to pay our deductible by going through our insurance but you never know.  We've never heard of the trucker's insurance so we aren't too optimistic. NO FUN!

Brian had his golf clubs in the trunk and luckily he only lost his 3 wood.  Surprisingly we had a case of Spotted Cow (a Wisconsin beer that we love) in the truck and not a single beer bottle broke even though it was right against the hatchback.  Strange how stuff happens.

Here are some photos

Brian's car

The delivery truck that was between us and the semi

The semi

5 Year Anniversary

It's official. We've been married 5 wonderful years!! I've been keeping a photo album with pictures of us on each anniversary.  It's been fun looking back at how much we've changed. Here's a photo of us on our wedding day and our 5 year anniversary.

May 20, 2006

May 20, 2011

Brian and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary with a long weekend in Lake Geneva. We chose Lake Geneva because we wanted to get away but didn't want to go too far since long car rides are uncomfortable for me this late in pregnancy.  Lake Geneva is about a one and half hour drive from our place.  We stayed 4 days and 3 nights.  We entertained ourselves by reading by the shore and walking about 13 miles on the Lake Shore Path over the course of three days.  It was truly a wonderful and relaxing weekend just the two of us. Also our last vacation before baby arrives.

Here are some photos:

 Brian wanted to try out his wetsuit since he has a triathlon coming up June 12th.  This is the second time he's gone in water with it.  The other time was up in Door County.  He didn't last too long in the water since it was freezing.  He braved it for about 15 minutes but was never able to get his body acclimated.  We looked up the temperature of the lake after he got out at it was 53 F in three feet of water. BRRR!!

Brian braved the cold waters

Too cold = All Done

Baby Shower

I had a wonderful Baby Shower on May 14th.  I got a lot of much needed stuff but my favorite part of it was catching up with old friends.  I just wish there had been more time to catch up.  Here are some photos.

Here's the awesome cake that Beth made. She came over and took all my cake decorating supplies. I was really impressed with what a good job she did.  And the cake was delicious!!  It was white cake with white chocolate raspberry mousse filling.  I wish I had more leftovers!

My sister, Beth and me

Neighborhood Friends: Maria, Katie & Rosie

Katie, Becca & Delaney

One of my best friends from junior high and high school and bridesmaid, Annie, is also pregnant. It's been so much fun sharing the journey together! And I was so happy that despite her condition she drove down from North of Milwaukee 2.5 hours each way to be there for me on my special day. I was truly touched and wished there was more time to catch up.

Annie and Me :)

Our belly bumps: Annie 22 weeks, Katie 32 weeks

Carolyn's homemade blanket! It's so soft. I LOVE it!

Corsage that some ladies at work made for me

The beautiful diaper cake that Mili made. I didn't want to take it apart because it was so pretty!!!

Cravings

I lot of people have been asking if I've been having any cravings. I wouldn't say I've had a lot but I've had a couple random ones. I had to have Brian help me remember:

• Around 10-12 weeks, I was really craving cheese dip.  We were out skiing in Utah and all I wanted was some queso dip which is strange because I hardly eat the stuff. It's so bad for you!!  I finally got some supplies at Trader Joe's to make it and after I ate it over the course of a week, I have had no desire to make and eat it again!  We were just in Trader Joe's and Brian jokingly said, you want some queso dip and the thought made me sick to my stomach!
• Then there was the time I was craving chocolate covered bananas.  I woke up from a dream with this craving and it continued for a few days until Brian surprised me with with coming home from the grocery store with bananas and Hersey's chocolate.  He had looked up a recipe for how to make them.  Oh they were SO GOOD!!!!  He cut up the banana into slices and dipped each one. Delicious! I ate a few each day and they probably last a week.  I even put them in the freezer for a nice cold treat.  The good news is that we still have one large Hersey's bar left so we can make more!  YUM!
•  I also had a random craving for eggs so I made myself some scrambled eggs.  The funny thing about this is that I NEVER want eggs. I'll eat them when served but I'll never ask for eggs or an omelet.
• Other things I've been loving are skim milk, cottage cheese & string cheese so I hopefully the baby is getting lots of protein.

I haven't had any cravings that have been so strong that required us to go out and get them right away like they show in the movies.

32 week bump

Somehow I am still growing even though I am not that hungry. I am starting to feel some pressure on my pelvis now that the baby is getting bigger. Luckily, I've still been exercising and doing my pregnancy stretches so that's been helping.  I have been enjoying a game of "wack a mole" with the baby.  She noticeably will push out a body part of her's say a foot and then I push it back in.  Then she'll push out at a different spot and I'll continue to push it back in.  I always win. I think she get's tired.  But it is really funny to see & feel these bulges on my stomach and to have some interaction with her.

 

 32 weeks: Baby weighs as much as a jicama about 3 3/4 pounds. (Length: about 16 3/4 inches, head to heel.)

Why do you ask am I holding a pineapple and not a jicama??  Well first, I don't know what a jicama is and second 33 weeks says the baby weighs as much as a pineapple so it's close enough.  Lastly, pineapple sounds SO GOOD! :)  Brian and I love eating pineapple so we figured why not get something we will enjoy eating.

Nursery

 Here are photos of the finished Nursery.  Brian and I are really happy with how it turned out.  I've always liked the colors of pink and green hence our wedding colors and now our baby room colors. Plus if the baby turns out to be a boy, we don't have to repaint :)

The baby mattress currently has scotch tape all over it in hopes to to teach Preta, our cat, to stay out of the crib which had become he's new favorite safe spot.  So far the tape is working. Now he just walks around the edges.

More Home Improvements

We've made a bunch of more improvements.  Brian and I installed another ceiling fan.  This time in the baby's room.  This is the second install where we had to run electrical wiring and cut a hole in the ceiling.  Unfortunately for Brian, I couldn't be the one to spend hours up in the attic this time so he had to do all the fun work up there.  The hardest part for him was balancing between the I beams.  We've had the fan/light up for a couple of months and it's hard to believe we never had one in there before.

We finally finished our task of redoing the closets by finishing the office closet.  The last closet has turned into more of a storage closet so we just added a shelf to allowed for easier access to the items.

We also installed wood blinds in our office and baby's room since those were the only windows left in the house that didn't have wood blinds.  It certainly makes a difference as far as looks and easy of opening!