Latest Baby News + Mystery Plumbing Problems!?

Yesterday, we made it to 24 weeks along! I'm still feeling great; the only thing I've noticed lately is that I wake up a lot during the night. I guess it's because I don't like sleeping on my side, but sleeping on my stomach right now is definitely out! Jenn got me a Boppy full body pillow for my birthday, so that has really helped a lot. I may even keep using it after February! :) This week, Baby Grant is apparently close to a foot long and weighs over a pound. You'd think she's even bigger than that judging by the size of my belly!

24 weeks

We found out some interesting news this week. I don't think I mentioned that at our last appointment, Travis did the same genetic test that I did several months ago. You know...spit into a test tube and mail it off to California. Well, we got the results a few days ago. He's a carrier for Factor V Leiden Thrombophilia also!!! That was the only thing that came back positive, and of course, it would be the same thing I'm a carrier for too. Apparently, our awesome blood clotting abilities attracted us to each other :) Knowing that doesn't really change much, but it does mean that our kids could not just be carriers of Factor V, but they could have the full blown thing. That would increase their risk of a blood clot by 18 to 80 times in 1000, whereas a carrier's risk is 4 to 8 times in 1000. Just something to be aware of, I guess, especially as Baby Grant gets older. Factor V rarely causes problems in kids, but the risk goes up as you get older.

 We had a fun weekend in Trussville and Tuscaloosa! Thanks to my parents and grandparents, I now have all of the bedding and accessories for the nursery. That was my birthday present this year :) Can't wait to set it all up. We also went to the Alabama game on Saturday, and that was a lot of fun. It was a little cold, but not too bad once we got in the stadium. After not getting back from the game until 1:15 AM though, I was exhausted on Sunday!

I think I'm just about finished with my registries at Target and Babies-R-Us. Travis left it all up to me, so hopefully I picked out some good stuff. I'm sure I'll tweak it a little bit over the next couple of months, but at least I'm mostly finished :) While at BRU, I decided to go ahead and buy a baby book. I found one with an elephant on it, and since the nursery bedding has elephants, I couldn't pass it up. It is really cute! It's pretty detailed, so hopefully I will stick with it and fill out all the pages. I need to get started with the first few pages already!

We also got the neatest gift in the mail on Wednesday from Jennifer Baxter, a friend from Tuscaloosa. She made us the cutest tissue box holder and piggy bank. She patterned the tissue box holder after the nursery bedding, and it looks awesome! Thanks again Jennifer! :)

Changing the subject, yesterday we woke up with no hot water in the house. It wasn't just coming out cold; it was barely trickling out. The cold water faucets worked fine though. We both worked all day, and when we got home last night, there was still no hot water. When we turned the hot water faucet on, cool water just barely came out like it did yesterday morning. Travis checked the hot water heater, and when he pulled the drain, no water came out at all. We thought it had quit working. Then, around 10:30 PM, we magically had hot water again just like normal. Are we going crazy? I have no idea how the problem fixed itself, but hopefully it will keep working and we won't have to call any plumbers this weekend! Any plumbers out there know what was wrong??? Maybe someone was playing a late Halloween prank on us...

I'm looking forward to resting and relaxing some this weekend. Tomorrow, we're following tradition and making gumbo for the LSU game. Hope we win!

Enjoy your weekend! :)