Insulation!!!!

It is official, our house is insulated!!!! (aside from the crawlspace, but that isn't the point) Chad and I worked hard on Saturday finishing up the insulation project. We bought the insulation on friday and got up saturday morning and started working right away drilling holes and getting stuff out of the way. It only took us about 5 hours to fill all the walls and it went way easier than i thought it would.
We noticed a difference right away in how the house held heat. The bedrooms are much warmer and are about the same temperature as the living room and kitchen.
Being very excited about having insulation (and hoping to save money on heat) we decided that we should reward ourselves and turn the heat up to 60 degrees from the chilly 55 we've had it the whole winter season. So on Sunday night, I turned the thermostat up after downing some hot chocolate and noticing that I was still cold and could see my breath. We sat on the couch for a few minutes and never heard the furnace kick on. That's when I realized that it wasn't the hot chocolate that made my breath visible...our house was freezing b/c we had no heat! I checked the thermostat and it said our house was at 48 degrees...that's a little bit too cold. So we went downstairs (after i made sure that it wasn't a tripped breaker) and started to fiddle with the furnace. We pulled out the permanent and disposable filters and noticed they were terribly dirty, most likely from the insulation/drywall project. After cleaning them off and not putting the disposable one back in (we aren't supposed to use disposable filters according to the manual) the furnace started working again. By the time we went to bed, the house was back up to 56 degrees and when we woke in the morning it was at 60.
Funny thing is, after all the excitement about turning the heat up, we actually got too warm and ended up turning it back down to 56/57 degrees. We have decided that when we are home for extended periods during the day, we will turn it up to 60 but during the week and at night, it will stay a nice/brisk 55 degrees.
However, the house feels like a sauna when coming in from -10 degree weather. So I'm not going to complain!
On to some baby news!
In the past week, 2 showers have been planned for chad and I. We have one the first sunday in February with our church friends and then one February 22nd down in columbus with family and friends. We are very excited. Well, I am at least! Chad gets to attend a diaper shower with some guys from our church at a bowling alley while I go to the fun shower at the church where there is going to be great food and a lot of fun!
Our childbirth class is the second weekend in February. I am excited and nervous at the same time. Chad seems to be pretty excited, but we'll see how he responds once we get there.
Other than that, the baby is still growing. My dr tried calling me the past couple days, but my phone has officially passed on to the cell phone afterlife. I tried calling them back today, but the office was closed do to the hazardous weather. I have a feeling they are just wanting to tell me the results of the glucose test. Cross your fingers that I don't have the sugars!
Ok, well, it is almost 10 and I am definitely ready to sleep. It's been a long day.
Good night!