Duluth Fall Festival & Full Term

Friday followed suit with our normal routine- the doctor's visit.  I've had no change since last week other than my blood pressure.  My midwife (MW) has been concerned the past few weeks about how swollen I am and my BP keeps going up.  So they did some lab work and I've been told to keep an eye out for any other symptoms (of hypertension/preeclampsia).  I guess we'll find out result of lab work on Thursday.  

We toured Roswell Pediatrics (the Cumming office) on Tuesday and can finally say, we have a pediatrician!  Their facility was great!  It's a bit of a drive (time wise, not mileage) but I think it will be well worth it.  I'm happy they come visit you (well baby) in the hospital as well.  They also are one of the few doctors around us that has privileges at Northside.  So yay for crossing that last item off the list!  Guess you could say we are "ready" for her now.

Before I get on to the events of this past weekend, I have to again thank my mother for the huge weight she's lifted off my shoulder.  I've been so stressed about the organization and the cleanliness of our house and my mom (without hesitation) volunteered to come over and clean our house for us.  Now, this was a huge task, our house hasn't had a "deep clean" since we've moved in.  Now that it's clean, I feel so much calmer/relaxed when I get home.  I love it!

Now on to the Duluth tradition- the Duluth Fall Festival!

Main Street 

This past weekend was the perfect weekend for it (well too hot if you ask me).  Saturday started off eventful to say the least but we rushed to the Festival just in time to see the parade.  My dad (Mr. Councilman) and Madison were both in it.  Once the parade was over, we took a break and sat in Taylor Park then did a little bit of shopping.  I was so swollen and tired, that our "shopping" really became a job.  I've seen they estimated about 80,000-100,000 people were in attendance too, this did not make me any more comfortable.  We stayed Saturday long enough to see Madison do her cheer competition performance then headed home.  We had a little bit of down time before the doula came over for a meeting.  Sunday, we woke up bright and early (not my choice I must add) and headed to help my family out with the Road Race.  My sister in law, mom and step dad all participated.  Then I headed over to work at the concession stand for a few hours.  Upon my shift ending, we ate then headed out to complete our "shopping".  It was so hot and uncomfortable I really had no desire to shop.  I had one item I was looking for and found it then we called it a day.  (The items that we got you'll see later)

The Duluth Fall Festival always brings a sense of excitement to me.  It's the perfect opener for Fall and our family just all pulls together and volunteers and enjoys the festival together.  It's one of my favorite weekends of the year....this year just not so much.

~ADK