Fourth of July and more!

Our fourth of July was not very exciting this year.  We basically spent the entire day unpacking all of our boxes from the move, a service that the movers would have provided but I wasn't prepared to tell the movers where I wanted everything, I just wanted them to drop it off and let me deal with it, weird I know.  Anyway, we didn't watch a parade or go to any BBQ's, but I insisted that we watch fireworks, seriously, the fourth without fireworks????  So Jason stopped some random people in our complex and asked them where good fireworks were.  They said the best were in Mountain View at the Shoreline Amphitheater.  I jumped online and found that it is a concert by the San Francisco Symphony with huge fireworks/symphonic show at the end.  Tickets ranged from $25-75 a piece and the show started at 8pm and it was currently 7:30pm.  In a last ditch effort I jumped on Craigslist (oh how I love Craigslist) and found tickets for $15 each, I called the lady and offered her $20 for the pair, she accepted.  We picked them up and (after a quick 1/2-1 mile walk, which was really fun being 9 months pregnant :) by 8:30pm we were set up in our lawn chairs enjoying the show.  The fireworks were awesome and I loved the symphony playing patriotic music during the show.  We only have one (in my opinion disgusting) picture but here you go.  

An update on the rest of our lives.  We are almost completely moved in.  The couch people accidently brought us two different color couches (they are barely different), so that should be taken care of today, along with our coffee and end tables.  We are still waiting for our mattress and recliner.  And now all we need is an entertainment center.  We spent a good deal of time, and money, at Costco on Saturday purchasing an Aerobed (that means you should come visit us), lamps, an LCD HDTV, and an up-converting DVD player, not to mention lots of groceries, I almost cried when we got to the register, but we knew it would be this way at first. 

Update on boards:  I thought I had found a patient on Thursday.  Out here lots of Mexicans, hang out outside Home Depot hoping for work each day.  In a last ditch effort to find a patient I showed up Thursday with flyers explaining my needs and leaving my phone number.  There were probably about 30 of them and they were all VERY interested (at the time).  But having dealt with people like this I knew I had to act right then or I may never hear from them, so I laid the seat back in my car and performed 4 screenings (I only had enough instruments for 4, about 15 more people wanted to be screened).  I thought I found 2 that might work, so I had Jason call the younger of the two (calculus is easier to get off younger people) and explain the situation.  He was game (after all I am paying $250).  So today I brought him into the office of a dentist in our new ward (we became fast friends), and took x-rays, unfortunately the calculus I had felt was not as heavy as I would have liked so I don't think he will work.  So I have 4 days to find another patient.  I know if I go back to Home Depot I could find another one, I just really wanted this guy to work out.  Oh well. 

Lastly, I had my 37 week appointment today.  I am now going in every week.  My cervix is softening, so that is good, and I am almost 1 cm dilated.  Things have progressed since my last appointment, but we still have time, thank goodness.  I am getting anxious to meet and hold our little guy, I am just really stressed about the whole birthing part...wish me luck!!

One last picture I forgot to post last time. Yes we really are this ghetto. We bought our bed frame from IKEA, and since we no longer have our ugly, but awesome rental car which was able to carry lots of big things, and we didn't want to pay IKEA $80 to deliver it...my genius husband ran across the street to Home Depot and configured this get up.  We got some looks, but it worked.  I am so lucky to have such a creative and handy husband.