Spring Update

The end of April has arrived and so has Spring... in theory. Granted it's only 50 degrees and it snowed on Saturday and I'm currently sitting in front of a space heater and have had to reschedule A/C checks no less than a dozen times already.

Fun fact, its best to check your A/C refrigerant pressures when its 60F or warmer. It hasn't really been warm enough.

Anyways, I've had a lot of people request updates on the Shane and Fern Graber household, so here I am.

We are having a little baby!!

 

Shane and I wanted a wee little babe for sometime before we actually got one, so we are very thankful. However, pregnancy hasn't been what I imagined it would be. 

Some women get morning sickness, some don't. It's different for everyone. I for sure got it... and still have it sometimes. I spent almost the entirety of January laying in bed and mostly only getting up  to throw up a couple 5-7 times a day. As you can see by the adorable pictures above, I would say the experience was worth it. And Shane was the real MVP as he lost 10lbs from me no longer cooking and him using all his spare moments to get me toast or water and do all the household chores that require standing up/walking/ movement. We are both fairly recovered. As of week 25 of being pregnant, the morning sickness has finally just only been in the morning and the throwing up part is starting to be only once a week. So that is nice. 

The trade off, it seems, for not being sick all the time is to have swollen appendages. This is fine. I have one kidney, so the blood pressure thing was a risk from the get go. As of recently my OB added some medicines to slow my heart down, which has lessened the balloon feeling in my feet. (I've also given up salt and am having to drink as much water as I consciously can) 

The main risk that my OB is watching for is preeclampsia... which, having two kidneys is usually better recommended for growing small humans, but we will see. 

Shane and I officially purchased our home in February. It is SO nice to just put nails in the wall and add curtains and things. We have yet to put shelves in our closets... so we still have boxes all boxed, but the warmer weather means the messy projects like sanding and painting will soon be done. 

We have a little pond that apparently has fish.. I've caught none, but I like the little paddle boat. 

Shane and I have taken up traveling again now that I'm feeling better. We've hit up Texas, Arkansas and Wisconsin and are planning for Minnesota and Nebraska in the near future. Just hitting a few local states and what not. Is third trimester considered home stretch? I don't know, but we're trying to squeeze in all the travels before we get there, just in case the swelling stuff gets worse and I'm nothing but a balloon towards the end of it.

When we're not traveling on weekends, we find ourselves somewhat busy during the week. We have Connection Group (Bible Study) on Tuesdays and Shane has basketball on Wednesday and our Mondays and Thursdays have often been hosting friends for a meal or meeting up for walks and things.

We are rather excited to see the weather turn warmer again. Shane's life dream besides being an HVAC man is to be a farmer. While owning our own little plot of earth is a step in the right direction, we've decided to start our garden next year.. once the ground is a little more landscaped and the rocks and construction leftovers are more more picked up. Although, I wouldn't put it past Shane to throw a couple seeds of corn in the ground off our back patio as corn-on-the-cob is one of his love languages. If anyone finds themselves with extra corn this year, if you feed it to Shane he will be the happiest of happy people to receive it.

In the meantime, we are loving our tiny little town of less than 1300 people and watching the sunset over the pond and working at Graber Heating.