We had our weekly OB appointment yesterday- no news on that front.  My blood pressure is still low and the baby’s heartbeat is still strong- so all is good there.  We discussed a bunch of questions with the OB but I totally forgot to ask about compression socks/hose for my swollen ankles… how could I have forgotten that?!?  Oh well.  I called them today to ask if there was anything I should be doing about my puffiness and they said to increase water intake and decrease salt.  The nurse gave me a rough estimate to go by to determine how much water I should be drinking- she said to divide my weight in half and that’s how many ounces of water I should be drinking…. holy crap, that means I should be drinking about 80 ounces of water/day!!!!  I better get drinking!  I know it doesn’t all have to come from strictly water- juices and water-content in things like fruit count as well… but still!  80 ounces is alot!

Our high school friend, Brian, and his family were driving through CO yesterday (relocating from Vegas to outside of DC) and they stopped to say hi.  We hung out with them for a couple hours before they headed south to the Air Force Academy and to have dinner with another friend.  It was great to talk to them and get to meet their kids.  I totally forgot to take any photos, unfortunately.  The kids (theyhave a son who’s 4-ish and a daughter who’s 2-ish) loved playing with the dogs and the dogs LOVED all the attention.  Honeybrown was so pooped after they left because they kept throwing the ball for her and chasing her around- how fun!

Short work week this week- we have off on Friday for the holiday- yay!  Safe travels to Cindy, Sergio and Bella- they’re returning to Italy tomorrow.