Labor Day Weekend

Ben and I decided to go to Kansas City for the weekend. It was nice to get out of town for the weekend and fun to spend time with Danny and Vicki. We were even able to go to both Wal-Mart and Target to get registered. That was hard work....I don't know what I'm going to need! Oh, and that lady better have been right about the gender of our baby! Otherwise, we'll have a lot of stuff to return!

We came back home on Sunday and decided to stop by a little place near Macon. We saw signs for a West Winery and wanted to go check it out. They have a little wine set up and an orchard. It was really neat and the people were so nice. They let us look all around and ask questions. Ben got to taste their wines--I, of course, did not. But it was still really fun. Plus, we got to go pick our own apples, which I absolutely loved. I get apples every week, so it was great to go pick my own. I decided to pick a half peck which was more than enough for me, but with that purchase you get another half peck for free. So now we have apples running out of our ears! Here we are apple pickin'. Ben had a picker that he could use to reach the apples at the top of the tree.

Then, yesterday, Ben called up a guy he met the other day to see if we could come over to buy some of his fresh herbs. He has a great garden in his backyard and gave us a ton of herbs for super cheap. We got rosemary, thyme, basil, and oregano. I've never even seen fresh oregano. He also gave Ben a couple of hot peppers to try out. Everything looks so good--it's so much better than we can get in the stores. Oh, and in the background of the picture you can even see the apple crisp that I made yesterday with all of my apples. We enjoyed that last night with Ben's homemade vanilla ice cream. What a great ending to a fun weekend!

20 Weeks and the Ultrasound!

We had our 20 week appointment yesterday and the ultrasound today. The appointment was pretty uneventful. He just checked the heartbeat and asked if I was doing okay. The ultrasound was really fun, though! We had a great tech and she seemed really sure about the sex of our baby. This is your warning--At the bottom of this post, I'll tell you what we are having....so don't look if you want to be surprised in January!!! I am definitely starting to show now. It seems like just over the weekend my belly got quite a bit bigger. I really have to start wearing those maternity clothes now! This isn't the most flattering picture, but here I am at 20 weeks.
The baby was really cooperative and fairly active today. We even got to see a big yawn! They gave us a cd of some of the baby's movements during the ultrasound. Here are just a couple short clips and a picture:

Here it goes...

Baby Schrant is a

BOY!!!

Here turkey, turkey

Ben and I went over to one of the other intern's house yesterday evening to see some turkeys. They live on the edge of town where a bunch of new houses are being built. I guess that they regularly get to feed these 5 turkeys that come around. He says they usually will come running when they see the bread and will eat it out of your hand. They must have had plenty to eat yesterday, because they were a little more tentative, but we did get one to come in and have a little snack. Ben was so excited to see these turkeys so close up. And I even thought that it was pretty cool. We'll have to go over again when they are a little more hungry!

Trial Run

I got a call last Thursday from one of our friends, who is an intern with Ben. She was scheduled to be on call all night Friday and her husband had some work obligations come up. This left them with no one to care for their 8 month old daughter the next night. She was in a little bit of a panic, to say the least. Ben and I didn't have anything going on, so we babysat for Clarissa all night Friday! This was the first time either of us had taken care of a baby all night long. It was definitely good practice for us. It's amazing all of the little things that we didn't know about caring for a baby! Clarissa did great for the evening. We fed her, played, and changed her with no problems. She even went right to sleep at 8:00. But, she was up about every two hours after that until 6:30 the next morning! Ben and I both got up each time. If she needed a bottle, he would try to calm her down while I went to warm her milk. It was so nice to have both of us there. Poor Clarissa...I'm sure it was just being in a new environment and we didn't do things as well as mom and dad usually do! Ha! We had a great time, though and it was a really good learning experience for both of us. After a nap on Saturday, we both recovered just fine!

Shopping

Well, I decided that it was time to get some maternity clothes. I can still fit in my old clothes, but the shirts are getting a little short and the pants a little tight. I couldn't find anything, and I mean nothing, here in Kirksville. Really, Wal-Mart had about 2 small racks and that was it. Crazy! So for the first time ever, I ordered clothes online. I really prefer to try things on first, but I went for it anyway. They came in yesterday and I guess I did okay on the sizes because they all seem to fit. I definitely look more pregnant with the shrits on. I don't know if I am ready for that or not! Ha! Check out my loot.
On another note, Ben is now on family practice this month. It seems like he will have better hours than he had on surgery and he is enjoying the doctor his is working with, so that's always a plus. He was on call last night, so hopefully he can get some sleep today. He really does an awful job of sleeping the day after call. I don't understand it. I could sleep all day if I were him, but he is lucky to get 4 hours in.