Race for the Cure

Saturday, Layla and I walked in the Race for the Cure with my cousin, Mandi, and Lindsey and Jonathan. We should have maybe called it Pace for the Cure. I'll explain why:-). I had my 21 week appointment on Friday (which for my record the heartbeat was 159--Layla was 148 at 21 weeks so I guess he's not obeying that boys are supposed to have lower heartbeats rule) and I aske my doctor if I could do the race totally thinking he'd say it wasn't a problem. He said he couldn't really answer that without checking me. He was going to wait until my next appointment in 4 weeks but he ended up checking me and I am not dilated at all--obviously good news at this point in pregnancy. He then said I could do the walk but to take it slow. I decided to still do the race and thought I would then just take it easy the rest of the day--however part of me did think that if something was to wrong with the baby soon I'd never forgive myself if I thought the race had something to do with it. Well, we walked around the booths and such for a bit and then ended up at the way back of the line. Then all of a sudden tons of people all started going the opposite direction of the "normal" racers. Someone then told us that they were doing the 1 mile community walk. With Lindsey and I both pregnant and Lindsey having to get going soon after the race ended, we decided that sounded like a better idea. So we slowly walked behind all the others with strollers and the slow walkers. It ended up working out good though. If I ever walk in it pregnant again, I'll probably opt for that again:-). It was a fun morning and I'm glad to have been able to do the walk again --this year in memory of my mom. Thanks to Mandi and Lindsey for walking with me! I really appreciate it!

Not a great pic of Lay, but I was trying to get her "I race in memory of my grammy" sign. She is wearing Gavin's race shirt from last year...

Lindsey, Jonathan, Layla, me...also kind of my 21 week pic (and Lindsey's 15 weeks) :-) It might be hard to see here, but I am getting HUGE for only being 21 weeks!

Mandi, Layla, me

Layla and me...

Layla slept pretty much the whole ride home so I decided to just quick change (since I had to go back to Hamilton anyway to drop my cousin off) and then bring her to her flu shot clinic. I was planning to go between 1-3 (they had it 8-12 and then 1-3). There was quite a line when we got there and after waiting for a bit someone came out and said that they were about out of the vaccine. She said they were hoping to get to all of us in line but those after us probably wouldn't be able to get it until they get more in in October. It was probably only about 11am or a little after. After waiting in line a bit longer, thankfully Layla got one. I didn't want to stand in line that whole time for nothing! I got my flu shot at my appointment on Friday. I'm not sure if the flu shot really works, I know it just protects against certain strains, but since they really recommend it for pregnant people and kids, I figured why not? It can't hurt!

And this pic is really just for my own memory. I bought this bathing suit at Gymboree on sale in maybe July and Layla never got to wear it this summer. The bottom is still a little big (it's 6-12 months so I thought it'd fit) but it'd work--she just hasn't gone swimming in awhile--so I thought I'd just try it on her after her bath on Saturday so I could at least see her wear it once:-). I'm really excited to have a boy, but it is a little sad now when I put her clothes away that I really like (and especially if she hardly got to wear them) knowing that I might not ever have another little girl to wear them. I guess if we don't have another girl, we'll probably have some little friend to share them with:-).