Fireworks make my belly dance

Apparently, the sound of fireworks makes the baby move a lot!  They baby is getting into longer sleep/wake cycles now that we are getting close to birth (6 weeks until the due date).  My weight is still on track but the baby is so big it is hard to bend over.  The baby also has a new habit of pressing the head into my bladder muscle and giving me a sharp pain.  Also, non of my shoes fit with the heat; my ankles swell huge!  We have started childbirth classes this week and it was good to have Brian hold a bag equal to my weight gain.  I have tried a prenatal yoga class (and needed help, as I was furthest along).  Brian's friend, Lucas, put together our crib while we worked!  It is so nice to have done, and my boss lent us a crib mattress.  We also picked up a dresser at a yard sale hat I have to repaint.

As we continue to put up decor in the first floor, Brian and I had an exhausting fight with a floating shelving unit.  It looked really nice in the box, but was a poor design and caused far too much frustration.  We finally covered the crack in the floor in the nursery and hung shades, so I think we are finally done with the big house projects to cover this summer.  My garden is completely out of control and the raspberry bushed have produced 2 delicious berries, but the plants and yard are drying up in the heat.  I wonder if we will ever finish putting up photos and small things.
Brian and I went to an really old-fashioned town celebration and saw our first oxen pull.  After seeing the teaming in their yokes, it makes you appreciate being able to bend your head without dragging your partner down.  Brian's friend was in town over the Holiday week, and we enjoyed firework in our town and another.  I have spent most of a week living out of the bedroom, where we put in a window air conditioner, trying to get through the record breaking heat wave.  Work is no better than home, with just a few window units to cool the clinic.  That is better than Brian's 3rd floor office with little air flow.  I don't think anyone was very productive this week, and next week looks marginally better.  It did cool off Friday evening and Saturday, which helped us in celebrating 30th birthdays.  Brian turned 30 on a wet Saturday and we went to his favorite coffee shop to try the PB and bacon sandwich (too fatty for my taste) and lunch with friends at the local Harpoon brewery.  It was a bit funny to have 3 pregnant moms at a brewery, but it was enjoyable.  We even went bowling and plan to golf tonight (in the tradition of Dougherty mens' birthdays).  I guess 30 may be an easier milestone to accept when you have some accomplishments under your belt and have new roles like homeowner and father.
Brian is trying to get ahead in his summer classes while I am trying to nail down daycare.  I found one I like between home and work, and hope they will have an opening in the fall.  It is hard to plan my schedule at work with that as an unknown, but things will work out.