This past weekend the baby attended his or her first concert at Water Works Park in Tampa Heights. The park just recently opened and it was actually the first concert ever performed at this venue. If you have not been down to the new Riverwalk or visited Ulele, I would highly recommend the trip. Ulele is owned by Richard Gozmart from the Columbia and all the food is a "vibrant fusion of ingredients from Florida waters". Ulele is actually a young Native American Princess considered the Tampa version of Pocahontas.
Here is a photo that Ben snapped from our visit Ulele in September with Sonia and Dave:
The location is beautiful and there is a brewery on site that utilizes Ulele spring water to brew their beer. If you go, make sure you save room for the Candied Duck Bacon Maple Fried Ice Cream (pictured below) which was recently named one of the top five desserts in the Tampa Bay area.
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Anyway, back to the concert. The River Rock festival was going on with the headliner being Sister Hazel. Ben and I were talking about going and then his dad mentioned it to us as well. The venue was really nice, we just brought our chairs and camped out. The festival was actually a fundraiser for Children with Voices, so all the proceeds went charity (nice!).
I haven't seen Sister Hazel in YEARS and they still put on a great show! They played quite a bit of their old music, which was really nice! The one really cool thing about Sister Hazel is that their audience is really broad, so there were a lot of different ages and types of people. (And the tickets were only $25!) Here is a shot of the concert as the sun was setting (not Sister Hazel in the picture):
Ben and I also had our hospital tour this week. I wasn't sure exactly what to expect, but I did make sure to Google some questions that I should ask before the tour and had them handy. Surprisingly enough, we were the youngest couple there (woo!). There were four other couples along for the tour with us as well. Our guide, Marilyn, brought us to the delivery rooms first and we actually got to see their water birthing room. Oh my. The tub literally looks like an above-ground pool:
Yeahhh...I'm thinking that's not really an option for me. Marilyn did tell us about bringing our own towels (old) and wearing clothes that are essentially throw-away. There were a lot of helpful things that she said that hadn't even occurred to me. We also got to tour the new wing that was just opened two weeks ago. No offense, but I wasn't overly impressed.
We spent quite a bit of time going over the paperwork that is going to be required for admitting, any medications, birth certificate, etc... I was surprised to learn that the hospital doesn't do that many circumcisions anymore. Apparently, insurance companies figured out that they had to pay the hospital and the doctor versus just the doctor if he/she performed the procedure in office. Should have known..
Overall, I was really glad that we went on the tour. I'm hoping that we don't have to stay too long in the hospital, but at least now we know exactly where everything is. We do have two other classes scheduled for later this month - breastfeeding and parenting/childbirth.
Here are some other FAQs from this week:
Food cravings: Nothing really specific. Have been trying to eat lots of fruits and vegetables and drink plenty of water (Smartwater with electrolytes, of course!) and milk.
Food aversions: Hummus! Oh man, I love hummus so much but I have not been able to eat it since the very moment I got pregnant.
Movement: Tons and tons of kicking! Fortunately, the baby has picked up my early morning schedule and doesn't stay up too, too late kicking (so far, anyway).
Workouts: I've seen been getting in quite a few workouts each week, which do make me feel better.
- Monday: yoga
- Tuesday: 5 mile run/jog (AM before work)
- Wednesday: rest
- Thursday: Workout video for pregnant ladies (one 20 minute cardio and one 20 minute strength training video, but I did not do the crunches in the strength video)
- Friday: 5 mile run/jog (AM before work)
- Saturday: rest
- Sunday: 8 mile run at Flatwoods
Several people have been asking me how much longer I intend on running/working out, and my goal for running is really to make it to 30 weeks/end of December. I do plan on either walking or maintaining my yoga/workout videos as long as I can.
Symptoms: Nothing really major. I've had some minor heartburn and generally I just feel uncomfortable some days, but it's really not been that bad.
Mood: All over the map, as I'm certain Ben will attest to. There are just some days that I don't really feel like talking to anyone or leaving home.
Also, we've been noticing how many fox themed things there are lately. We stopped in to Target on Sunday and could not believe the amount of Christmas foxes there were. For $60, you can have your very own light up fox (complete with scarf!).
That is all for now - until next week y'all!
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