Over the river and through the woods

We are just back from what we expect is our last out-of-town trip until Jordan comes in October. We visited the Arthur families up at Dondi's grandma's house near Perkins, Oklahoma. Below you can see all the cars that brought us to Oklahoma. We had family in from five states: Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. It was great to see everybody.



The trip was fun, if too short (we drove up Saturday and came back Sunday). Dondi got to see her grandma and about 2,536 of her closest relatives (it seemed like that many to Roy, but we may have counted a couple of people twice).



Dondi handled the trip really well. We had to seek special permission from the doctor to go. The risk of blood clots was the main reason for the caution, so we stopped a couple of extra times to walk around and get some water. Speaking of the doctor, Dondi goes back Thursday to take her mini-glucose screening test. If that goes well, we're done with worrying about gestational diabetes. If it doesn't, then she gets to go in for a three hours where they do a much more detailed test. Obviously, we really hope Thursday goes well.

Jordan didn't seem to mind the trip (or the food) either. He managed to kick a lot (never when Roy was around, of course, but Aunt Deona got to feel him kick once).

From the weekend, we want to send a shout-out and special congrats to Billi and John on their marriage; Amber 1 and Jeremy on their pregnancy and Amber 2 on her soon-to-come daughter Skyler.

New nursery pictures

We continue to work hard to get the nursery ready; after all, Jordan's going to be here in about three months! Here are a couple of pictures we shot today, after finishing up our work.

The pictures show the airplanes art hung on the wall. (Airplanes are from the Wallies collection of wallpaper art).

More pictures soon.

26 Weeks, 4 Days

Dondi had another doctor's appointment today, and all went well. We are now officially (more or less) in the third trimester, so the home stretch has begun. The doctor said Jordan is growing on schedule. The doctor also said that Dondi's back pain should begin to subside in about 14 weeks (for those of you keeping score, the baby's coming in about 14 weeks). Roy also got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time today, which was very cool.

Roy painted the nursery closet Sunday afternoon. We thought about doing it over Memorial Day weekend when we painted the nursery itself, but Roy didn't think it needed it. Well, he changed his mind Saturday while washing down the closet's baseboards, walls and shelves (the previous owners cleaned the house about once every 12 years whether it needed it or not). So, he painted the closet Sunday after church. Roy's Rule No. 1 for painting a closet: never, ever, ever paint a closet on a July afternoon in North Texas. Ever. The fumes, combined with the heat nearly do not equal fun.

So the nursery is coming along nicely. We'll post some new pictures once we get everything that's supposed to be in the closet back in the closet, and we can get some of the wall art hung.

The Picture at 25 weeks

Dondi, at 25 weeks along. Jordan's growing quickly, and apparently can now hear what we're saying (so I guess that means we have to start spelling the big words).
copyright 2005, Roy & Dondi Hayhurst

Week 25 (15 or so to go)

We will start the 25th week about mid-week, but we read some interesting stuff about Jordan's development (which we thought you might find interesting, as well).

While we don't know exactly the details, generally, a baby at this point is:

• 13 1/2 inches long, measured from head to heels
• Weighs about a pound and a half
• Has recognizable hair and hair color.

Source: BabyCenter.com

Hope you have/had a great Independence Day!