25 weeks

I am now 27 weeks pregnant, but here are a couple of pictures that Rob took of me at 25 weeks. I have been feeling fine so far. My first glucose test for diabetes came back high so I had to do the three hour test, where they take blood each hour. It was miserable because I had to fast until it was over. I was so hungry by the end and Rob was mean enough to eat Hardee's for breakfast and he waved his hash browns in my face. I think everything will come back okay, but I'll find out the results on Friday.
I have been slow on posting. We are leaving for Wisconsin on Friday, so hopefully I'll remember the camera and get pictures up a little bit faster.

First Anniversary

So our first anniversary was a few weeks ago. It has been a quick first year together, but at the same time it feels like it has been ages. We have enjoyed getting to know each other, but it has not been perfect, which we knew it wouldn't be. For our anniversary, we went out to dinner at a local restaurant and just spent some time together. Rob had been planning my gift for weeks. He would make comments to my mom about what he was doing, but I had no clue. He stuck to tradition and gave me a piece of paper, which is what one gives on their first anniversary. However, on the paper was a drawing of one of our wedding pictures. It was so thoughtful and it looks amazing. We took it to Hobby Lobby and had it framed that week. It is now hanging on a wall for everyone to see. Here is a picture of it, which has a bad glare, but it was the best I could get.I also got Rob a picture, but his was much more thoughtful than mine. I bought him a picture of this tree that he had been wanting for months. He has yet to put it up because it is a long picture and he complains that he needs a level to make it straight.
We look forward to spending eternity together and seeing what ups and downs life has to offer. It will definitely be interesting to see what happens when kids get added to the mixture, which is only a few months away.

Nascar Darlington Southern 500

On Saturday May 9, Rob and I went to the Nascar race in Darlington. He woke me up at 7 because he was so excited for the race. I tried to get him to let me sleep longer because I knew we had a long day ahead of us, but he had been awake since 5:30 and couldn't wait for me any longer. We met his friends at the track at 10, where Rob helped them set up camp. Once they were done we walked around and bought some stuff, including two Dale Jr. onesies for the baby. Whether it is a boy or a girl, it is destined to be a Dale Jr. fan (even though I am a Kasey Kahne fan myself). We rested after walking around for a few hours. Rob was ready for the race. He was ready to go to our seats at 5 even though the race didn't start until 7:30. We walked around a little more with some other of Rob's friends and finally made it to our seats. The intros began and of course Rob had to get a picture of Dale coming in. Yes it is actually him in the yellow car. Rob took a couple of pictures of the wrong person before he got it right.
We were both excited for the race to begin and Rob as usual had to stick his tongue out in the picture we have of us. Our seats were right in front of the pits, too bad it was Jimmy Johnson and not Earnhardt Jr. or Kasey Kahne's pit in front of us. Although Earnhardt's was a little further back, it was still close enough for us to see it. We did get to see a record number of cautions for the Darlington track. 17 of them actually, which extended the length of the race and I was exhausted by the time it ended. I could have slept through the last 50 laps if I could have gotten comfortable enough. I was glad I didn't though, because Mark Martin rolled into victory lane. He isn't my favorite driver but I don't mind cheering for him. I like to see him win just because he is one of the oldest drivers in Nascar. Kasey Kahne led for a while, but after about 150 laps (or less), he had car trouble and ended up finishing around 23rd, better than Dale Jr. He was only in the top 10 for a few minutes. Rob was excited just to see 88 on the board. We had a lot of fun at the race and we can't wait to go back next year. Maybe we'll make it to one of the other races. Rob is dying to go to Bristol, Richmond, or Talledega.
This is a nice picture of turn 4 with the return of the classic red and white stripes at Darlington.

Baby Names

Because Rob and I are not going to find out the gender of the baby, we have had to agree on a name for each gender. As much as he lobbied for Dale for a boy (after his great hero Dale Earnhardt), I just could not bring myself to do that to our son. He also wanted John, but his father is John as well as his step-brother and my cousin, so it would just be too confusing. The only way I have been able to keep the name from being Dale or John is to agree to another family name, which is Thomas. I had my qulams about it at first because he has a cousin named Thomas, but we could agree on no other name so if it is a boy he will be Thomas Robertshaw Eynon. (For those of you who don't know Robertshaw is Rob's middle name and has been passed down for a few generations.)
Naming the girl was much easier. Rob had heard the name Lorelei on a song even before we were having the baby and it was decided that would be our first daughter's name. If the baby is a girl, she will be Lorelei Joan Eynon. (Joan is Rob's grandmother's name.) My mom does not like Lorelei at all, so if she calls her Lulu or some other random name that is why.
Now that we have decided upon names, we only have to wait to see if we are going to have a Thomas or a Lorelei.

Baby Eynon Ultrasound

We had the baby's first ultrasound today. We had the opportunity to have a video made as well as pictures (pictures will be posted later). My mom and Rob were with me. The ultrasound lady was awesome at not letting us know the sex of the baby. My mom wanted to know, but the nurse said that if I didn't want to know then no one would know. It was exciting being able to see the baby. It is six ounces at 17 1/2 weeks along. The baby is healthy and hiccuping as we saw on the ultrasound, making it difficult for us to hear the heartbeat, but we eventually did. The total video was about 3 minutes, but uploading was slow so only 2 parts are here. I may upload the rest later.

At Work

So I'm sitting at work bored again and decided to start a blog since everyone else seems to have one. Since being moved from the lab I have a lot of free time on the computer. Usually I play games or surf the net but after four months that has gotten old. Not being in the lab is a definite downfall during this pregnancy. Apparently I am too efficient. They expected me to take much longer to do all the filing that needed to be done when I first moved upstairs. I do benefit from having my own office; however, it is visited daily by the big dogs because their mailboxes are in here as well as several filing cabinets. The other four people I work with share an office so I can't complain too much about that. At least I don't have someone looking over my shoulder when I don't have anything productive to do. By the end of this pregnancy I'll be dying to go back to the lab.