We went to see the midwife yesterday, which went well. Nothing out of the ordinary to report. I am at 23w2d, all the levels she checks w/ my urine looked great, normal BP, baby's heart rate between 145-150 bpm, uterus measuring @ 24, and (oops) I've gained 12 lbs in one month. Yikes. She didn't seem concerned at all with my weight, since up until now, I haven't really gained much. I like that she is not one of those midwives/docs who obsesses about weight and makes momma feel like a beached whale every time she goes in for a check-up. She and her apprentice tried to determine the position of the baby, but couldn't tell for sure where the little bugger's head was. That's okay, though. He (or she) still has plenty of room to flip-flop around in there and plenty of time to get in head-down position.

DH bought Karaoke Revolution for XBox yesterday with a gift card he had for Best Buy. We had a lot of fun playing it last night with a friend that came over. DH and our friend are NOT singers, and even though I like to sing and think I have a relatively decent voice, a lot of the songs were too high/difficult for me, so we had some good laughs. Among others, I sang (or attempted to) Billie Jean by Michael Jackson, Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar, and Like a Virgin by Madonna. The game scores you on how many notes you get right by somehow measuring your pitch as you sing into the microphone. If you are singing right on key, your little arrow that slides across the scrolling words at the bottom of the screen turns green. If you are off key, the arrow will either be high or low and will turn red. I'm not usually a gamer, but this game was hilarious. I laughed so hard at the guys as they tried to hit high notes and sing in BeeGees-esque falsetto voices....and of course, I laughed at myself for botching many a note and stumbling over the words. Good times.

I'm feeling quite lazy today, so the only things I expect to get done is cleaning up the kitchen and running to the post office. (We have a package up there in one of the parcel lockers - I hope it's cookies! Hee hee)

Our church choir sang at a local nursing home last night. It was really cool to see how much the residents enjoyed it. Some of them clapped and sang along....others slept :)....but I bet they all appreciated it more than we know. I used to go to this particular nursing home every Tuesday night with a group of people from church and we would bring snacks, talk to the residents, and sing hymns. They LOVE those old-timey hymns, so we would pass out hymnals and they would request their favorites and we'd all sing them together.....although, a lot of us young whipper-snappers who weren't raised in church don't know the "classics" and had to fumble through them and learn as we went. I've been a slacker and haven't gone with the group in quite a while. I forgot how wonderful it is to see the looks on their faces when people come to visit. Someone in our group brought their baby last night and those old ladies just went nuts! I think it makes them feel young and vibrant to hold a baby in their arms. It's so sweet.

I didn't get to stay and visit for as long as I should have. They keep the heat cranked up to a billion degrees in there and I started feeling really over-heated and lightheaded while we were singing with our heavy choir robes on. As soon as we sang the last song, I rudely bolted for the door as I unzipped my robe. I couldn't wait to breathe some fresh air and drink some water. Whew! Once I got outside, I decided to head home. I needed something to eat so bad and I couldn't bring myself to go back into that sauna :)

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