Baby Girl Update!

This morning we had our 35 week appointment for Baby Girl (and I seriously just typed her name and had to go back and fix it). Weight gain and blood pressure are still great, and the Doctor said that her heartbeat is perfect! I had the Group B Strep test today as well, so that was fun :(. We start going for weekly visits next week and I have all but the final appointment booked because we have to see the Doctor that will perform the C Section that last week, and her calender was booked so they'll need to squeeze us in somewhere!

Wyatt was very fussy while we were waiting for the Doctor to come in, probably because the room was a sauna! Brian picked up a "Pause" magazine to fan himself off with. The irony of him using a menopause magazine to fan himself off was not lost on us....but it still didn't make Wyatt happy. Brian and Wyatt were on their way out the door when the Doctor came in and Wyatt calmed down. I was so happy that they didn't have to leave...Brian's never missed an appointment for either of them and I knew he didn't want to miss hearing her heartbeat and everything. And once the Doctor was in Wyatt was concentrating on everything he did, so he stopped fussing. Wyatt was especially interested in the baby's heartbeat when they put the Doppler on my stomach. He was just staring trying to figure out where the sound was coming from.

Brian's at the Vet with Noelle now. She's been having some accidents and hasn't been eating...although she clearly has an appetite considering the fact that she still hangs out wherever Wyatt is eating! We're pretty sure that the accidents are a result of lower estrogen levels in older dogs and how it effects the muscle that helps bladder control (Brian does tons of research on this stuff), so we just need to find out what to give her to help with that. And we'll probably switch her food back to her old stuff. She's been on a special medicated food for arthritis for about two years, but she already takes the same supplements that are in the food and she's on pain medication so she really doesn't need the food. Anyway, we'll see once Brian gets back from the Vet.

Once they're back we're going to buy Wyatt this seat for Brian's bike. It's gotten great reviews online and Brian still wants to be able to interact with Wyatt when they're on bike rides. It will be great for when Baby Girl comes and the boys want to get out of the house and for rides down on the boardwalk! After we pick up the seat we'll hang out for a little bit before Brian and I head to the Poison concert tonight....

Billy Joel!

Last night Brian and I had a night off and went to the Billy Joel concert at the amphitheater. It was amazing! I love, love, love Billy Joel and the concert was SO good. He's never been here before (and who knows if he'll ever come back) and there were maybe only two or three songs that he didn't play that I would have liked to hear, but they were all still great songs. There was no opening act, so Billy came on at like 8:15 and played through until 10:30. Two solid hours of Billy Joel songs and he literally talked for about 10 minutes total. Don't get me wrong, he was pretty funny when he talked but it was cool that it was so much music. I would say though that Brian and I were on the "younger side" of concert-goers. As my loving husband noted, the crowd wasn't exactly the same as the set that shows up for Kenny Chesney concerts (maybe that was more of a complaint than a comment). Anyway, I've put together a few "observations" about our experience last night.

1. If everyone in front of you and everyone behind you is sitting down you should probably just sit down too. Dance in your seat. Or something. And don't turn around and wave your arms trying to encourage other audience members to stand with you. We don't want to. Especially for slow songs.
2. Maybe it's best if you don't play the air guitar, air saxophone, air piano, air trumpet, air drums or air cymbal. Especially if you're the only one standing in the audience.
3. I've made a mental note that it's probably best to make sure that I have the proper "support" to be dancing around once I'm older. Things just don't stay the same.
4. I really like Billy Joel. I just wonder how effective it is to spray throat spray down your throat and then inhale a cigarette between the next two songs. It just a little dubious.
5. The guy that sat in front of us looked a lot like the guy Kevin on 90210 that helps Susan steal all of Dylan's money. You probably needed to watch the show to get this, but he looked a lot like him.
6.Other people laughed, but I think I'm the only person that really finds car insurance jokes to be funny. Maybe it's just me, but when Billy Joel said that he needed the money from the concert ticket sales to cover his high insurance premiums (because of some drinking & driving) I laughed for awhile. It probably is just me.
7. Seeing "Piano Man" performed live is probably one of the greatest concert experiences EVER.
8. When leaving the amphitheater, it's best to team up with a friend who also drove to get out of the parking lot. After sitting in the same spot for 25 minutes, we found Dave & Steph and thanks to some skillful maneuvering, we got out in 5.

So anyway, to conclude my "concert review" I would just like to say that Billy Joel is now probably in the Top 5 concerts I've ever been to. And I've been to A LOT of concerts. Next up: Kenny Chesney, Poison (OK, mainly for my husband, but I'm a Rock of Love fan) and hopefully Journey and Heart!

Now the Little Fella and I are off the Family Fun Day for my work at Hunt Club Farms!