How true is that
saying? This October has been more than magical.
On October 1st,
Mr. Bluth received news that he past the Illinois State Bar. His initial reaction was relief. My response was nothing but pure pride. This
new little esquire passed the bar on his first try and did it with only taking
5 weeks off of work to study and prepare. I wanted to shout it out to the whole
world about his accomplishment, but the Mr. is far more humble than me and has tried to hold my tongue. Luckily
my parents have been helping me out and I think everyone in Nampa knows of his
incredible accomplishment. I still just find myself smiling whenever I think
about all that he has accomplished and achieved. I must say that I never really
saw him stressed during school, but the month of July I saw a different side of
him as he did feel stress and pressure. For five weeks, I sat and watched him give
everything he had to prepare for that test and then I watched him give a little
bit more.
I unfortunately did
not aid much in this accomplishment and I also took away some of his thunder
when he received the news on October 1st because I ended up in
triage. I have great blood pressure for someone who is not pregnant, but
because of my current situation I have passed out a few times. The first two
times were back around weeks 20-24, but then I passed out at week 30 and I
completely lost consciousness. Luckily all three times I was sitting down at
work, but when it happened when I was 30 weeks pregnant I got just a little
worried. I also had noticed a decrease in fetal kick counts, luckily the
following day I had a doctor’s appointment scheduled and she sent me to triage
just to be safe and to check everything. Everything was fine and the good thing
out of it was that they did an ultrasound so I got to see baby girl. Mr. Bluth
insisted on going to my doctor’s appointment with me, but after they ruled
everything bad out, I kicked him out and sent him on his way to work while I
waited for my blood work and to be discharged. I now wear compression socks
(although not every day) and am doing a few other things to make sure that my
blood doesn’t pool down and that it is getting back up to my brain. With all of
this, I think we both forgot what day it was. So as Mr. Bluth was on the train
heading to work from the hospital he remembered the date and checked his
account and saw that glorious "Congratulations" message. He sent me a quick
screenshot of the message and I about screamed, but couldn’t do anything
besides just sit there as I still had on a heart rate monitor and a monitor to
check for contractions and baby movements.
That night he had to
run to a church meeting as soon as he got home from work so we were not able to
celebrate. But the Bluth’s never turn down a reason to go out on the town so we
went to a nice restaurant on Friday night and Mr. Bluth was in heaven because
the menu was full of things he had never heard of and that man loves to try new
things.
I can’t think of a
better way to start the month of October let alone any month!
The next week I had
a baby shower at work and I may have started crying. People truly are kind and
generous. I came home with so much stuff including the fancy stroller I had
been eyeing, but never wanting to pay for!
The next day I was
on a plane to Boise that left at 6:15 am and I was able to spend a few days
with my parents while they continued to spoil me and this baby girl. I had
another baby shower with some of my favorite people and it was just a lot of
fun to show off the belly with people that watched me grow up. I did not want
to leave, but it was nice to get back to the Mr. who helps me sleep on my sides at night. I can’t wait to sleep on my back again. It is crazy to think that the
next time I will see my parents that I will have a baby!
