Heart beats

This Monday Bill and I went to meet with the OB/GYN and got to hear the baby's heart beat. She had no trouble finding it and within no time we were able to hear it. It was not as fast as I thought it would be, but it was faster than mine. Bill's mom said there is an old wives tale that says that boys have faster heart beats than girls. Then, a friend of mine said that had been confirmed by science. So, that tells me the bebe is a girl. However, when we got the last sonogram, it could have been seen as boy parts, but it could also be girl parts...it wasn't really clear. So, we're still in the dark as to what we're having, so that's good. We want to be surprised.

In 2 weeks I have to go back for genetic testing. They draw like 10 viles of blood. Not fun. Unfortunately, Bill can't take off work that day because they will be super busy that week. So, I have my friend Lisa on call to come get me if I pass out or am to weak to drive. I will make damn sure I drink enough water that day so I won't pass out. I've got knitting after that so it is very important that I don't pass out.

Once I get to 20 weeks, the week after Christmas, we go back for our next ultrasound. They know we want to be surprised, so hopefully the baby will keep that little secret to itself.

I am currently working on 3 baby blankets and one scarf, with plans for two more scarves. I recently got a 3rd set of drawers for my yarn. I have one whole set for just cotton yarn. I know, it's a lot. But, it's organized and that makes life better. I have one drawer for Caron yarn, one for my favorite Red Heart Soft, one for fancy yarns, one for baby yarn, one for miscellaneous, and one for projects I need to finish off. Two of the blankets are for our baby, but the 3rd one is for my friend Robyn. She's due before the end of the year, so I'll finish hers first. I am doing a ribbed stitch with yellow, green, and white. Gender neutral colors since they're not finding out what they're having either. The scarf I'm working on is for my sister Jonna. I'm using this Boa yarn that she picked out. It's purple with some hot pink in it. Mostly purple though, so I don't mind working around the pink LOL!

Next week is Thanksgiving so I plan on getting a lot of knitting done. I will go down to Duck on Wednesday after work and hang out with Aunt Linda. The rest of the family will come down on Thursday. This used to be the time of year when I'd get to see my cousin Shane. However, since he died this May, it will be a difficult holiday to get through. We usually play board or card games and he would never play with us because he hated to lose. If he did play, it was usually only for one game. Sore loser I guess LOL! I'm pretty good at card games. Probably because I've been playing cards since I was little. My favorite card game is Spades. Bill won't play with me because he says I'm too competitive. I guess that's because I'm good at it and I enjoy winning. :-) We also usually watch the dog show, but we probably won't do that this year either. Or maybe we will. Then Friday we will do some shopping, of course. I think there is a yarn store down there so I'll HAVE to visit that. I will try to restrain myself. I actually went all summer without buying any yarn, so I can go a day. I have a cone of the xmas cotton yarn being shipped to me at the moment. I want to make some xmas dishcloths for Bill's mom and maybe a few other people.

I'll try to update more regularly. Thanks, Amy, for checking up on me! I'm doing just fine, just haven't taken the time to type all this out. :-)