29 Weeks

  29 weeks! I can't believe it! I must be looking hugely pregnant because a lady offered me her seat while we were waiting for a table today at a restaurant! I was quite grateful and took her seat without hesitation! After lunch we went to Target and a lady stopped me and told me I was beautiful and the cashier told me I was gorgeous! I guess I have my pregnant glow going on, lol!
   Yesterday we decorated the house for Halloween! I don't like the gory, horror things, but I do like cute ghosts, pumpkins, and things like that. We're the only house I've seen around Anchorage that's
actually decorated, but I think it turned out quite nice! We had a lot of fun making some of the decorations and putting them up!
  Stage 1 of nesting is complete! After two weeks of deliberating, John and I finally found some curtains that we both found suitable for the living room! John put them up while Denali and I supervised. We discovered that the windows in the house are actually crooked and that required some adjusting. But they're up and they look great! Next we have to find a rug that we both like.
  We went to the Alaska Made Festival yesterday. Imagine a whole stadium with crafts and things all made in Alaska! For my Cville

friends, it was like Martha's Market with a lot of moose antlers. My feet hurt after about an hour and I had to rest, but that did not deter me from more shopping. I saw lots of adorable baby things and one seller cornered me and tried to sell me some cute things. It was difficult, but I didn't tell her why I wasn't interested in what she was selling. We did a little Christmas shopping and we bought a Christmas ornament for ourselves. I collect snowmen and I had been looking for a personalized ornament!
  Today we visited the base chapel. I really enjoyed the service, especially because some of the music was familiar to me. I think we are going to visit a few more churches in the coming weeks.    Just to clear things up, we did not have to leave the previous church because of anything to do with Denali. In fact, we didn't necessarily have to leave, but, sometimes it's best just to shake the dust off your feet and move on! It's unfortunate that it happened during this difficult time, but when it rains it pours. I'm reminded of why I stopped going to church years ago. However, it was our intention to raise Denali in the Catholic faith so I will continue to go so that she can spend as much time in church with her daddy as possible!
  This morning, John mentioned something to me about a catheter. It took me a few minutes to realize he was suggesting I put in a foley so I'm not getting up all night! I guess I kept waking him up. Last night was particularly bad because I drank a bit of Diet Dr. Pepper right before bed and I think I was up every 30 minutes! Denali apparently likes where she's at because she hasn't changed position in a few days and it's so much fun to kick mommy's bladder! If I can ever figure out how to post video on here you will be able to see how vigorously she kicks it! It's pretty cute, actually! Especially at 3AM and I'm in the bathroom for the hundredth time that night...