What a relief...

Had a check-up with the OB today and had to follow0up on the insurance saga beforehand. SO HAPPY to report that my new COMPREHENSIVE Oxford insurance plan kicked in yesterday, so that all the testing that the horrible insurance company denied will be accepted from now on. I just wish we had known months ago that we would need different insurance, so we could have saved literally THOUSANDS of dollars. Live and learn...

Parker's heart is pounding away and my uterus is apparently up to my rib cage. I remember when it was exciting that it was above my pubic bone. Way to swell, Parker! I can't believe she's getting this huge and over the past 3 weeks I've only gained half a pound. Unbelievable.

Now that I'm in the 3rd trimester, I alternate with all the doctors in the OB practice so that I will know the on-call doctor in advance before they come to deliver zee bebe. Today I saw Dr. Gray, who I think I saw once a couple years ago- anyhow- I liked him and felt safe. He was very excited about telling me everything he was going to do before he did it & very precise. Dr. Simonson usually just feels where my uterus is and says "Looks good." He was all about the measuring tape. I wonder what the next one will be like!

I once again have an obscene amount of work ahead of me. I got sick out of the blue on monday morning (I blame the bagel store's cream cheese) and missed class, so I have a week's worth of homework due tomorrow. Thus the catch-up blog entry.

I never reported on Easter. It was really nice. Some good old friends and some good relatively newer friends came over for a potluck. We had an awesome spread and lots of good conversation. There were 2 little ones there. Rosemary did her beset to terrify one of them (Stella) who was NOT so into a rottweiller at equal eye level who wanted very much to lick her in the face. I hope parker gets used to it quickly, because this dog sure loves kids, especially their taste.

Each family had a different color egg to hide in the back yard (so that it was ok I didn't have time to hide eggs, no one would know where all the eggs were, and it's fun to take a turn as the easter buny) and whoever found one of each color first won the egg hunt. Cindy and Tony ended up heading home with the grand-prize-bubble-gun. Cindy won it, but Tony was already planning how he was going to use it in a film.

I think we just finished up the leftovers a day or two ago. We've been feasting on spinach/broccoli casserole, quiche, lemon bars, fancy breads, and using leftover pico de gallo and black bean dip to make huevos rancheros. The fruit salad and cinamon rolls never made it past easter sunday. Yum yum yum! I want to have a potluck every week. PLUS most people left their eggs here, so we've been opening them and eating more chocolate and jelly beans than any two (and a half) humans should.

Speaking of chocolate, the afterschool kids made brownies today, so that when we showed up to teach circus it was all we could smell. I immediately went home and made some here. CAn I just say that brownies are GOOD???!

Ok. Enough prcrastinating. It really is long past homework time.

xoxo