Kate's Eye View

Today Keegan is 37 weeks which means he is full term! The major implication of this is that now I am allowed to go to the birth center (rather than the hospital) if I go into labor. Yay! I've had two appointments since my last post. The 36 week class/appointment and then a regular one last week. The class/appointment was good, but because we took the childbirth class with the front desk lady, Heather, who is training to be a midwife and filters all the calls of the laboring moms/dads, she did a really good job covering procedures and signs of labor. A lot of the other women at the 36 week class had a lot of questions and it really surprised me! I'm glad we took the childbirth class with Heather. We feel very prepared. The regular appointment went well, too. We finally formally met Tracy, the owner/head midwife and a newly hired midwife, Leigh. Keegan's heartbeat was good, 140, my blood pressure was good, 118/70 (I think), I was measuring 37 1/2 cm, have gained abo...

Today I thought instead of summarizing my student teaching experience I would share about the two main projects that took up most of my time this summer while I was in Littleton before I came back to Tucson. The first one started because I wanted to make sure to have something to occupy my time while on the cruise we took with Jeremy's mom and brothers at the beginning of June. I have always liked to cross-stitch and so I went to Michael's and picked one out that I thought I could frame and hang on the wall when I was done. I picked on called "Tucsan View" and it sort of falls in line with the Italian theme I have going on in the kitchen. I think when I am done this will go in the dining room though. I actually didn't get many chances to work on while on the cruise but I did work on it over the summer and have been picking up when I find the time here in Tucson. Today I took the first pictures of where I am at with this. It might be hard to tell because it th...