Pain...

First bit of uncomfortableness hits at 36 weeks.
 I had a rough day on Friday. Ryan accidentally took my car keys to work with him and I didn't have a way to get to work. I could have taken the Jeep, but the seat was stuck and I couldn't move it at all. I tried for like 10 minutes before I cried in the driveway. Luckily I have awesome neighbors who drove me to work and awesome friends that took me to lunch and of course my poor hubby who came and picked me up at the end of the day and then took me out to dinner to make up to me! Lol

BUT, I either woke up with pain, got it on the treadmill during my morning walk, hurt it trying to push the jeep seat or it was all the baby's fault... but I was in pain ALL day. I thought it was more of a back tweak than  anything else. Every time I took a step with my left leg... Pain.  Saturday was more of the same, but by the end of the day it was like MAJOR hip pain on both sides.  I am thinking my hips were widening and moving and that was some of the pain... but it wasn't very fun.

I felt MUCH better today, until about an hour ago when I lifted something heavy and then BAM hip pain again... soo bad I can barely walk.  Not cool.  Guess I will be going to the chiropractor manana and see if she can fix my hip.

But I imagine the uncomfortableness will only get worse over these final days/weeks. I guess now I understand why some women take a couple weeks before they are due off of work. But hopefully it was just a fluke and I will be feeling better after the chiropractor tomorrow!  Fingers crossed!

What will Colin look like?

Every mother I am sure wonders what their unborn child will look like. I have been thinking about this waaay to much lately! I can't wait to see him for the first time!

I assume that since Ryan and I are both whities with blonde hair and light eyes that little Colin would come out looking just like that! I am probably not too far off, but I stumbled across both of our newborn pictures and there was quite a difference between the two of us!! 

Granted one thing to keep in mind is that Ryan was well over 2 pounds heavier than me...  so I kind of look like a little monkey and he looks like a one month old kid... but he is wearing his hospital bracelets... so I guess it is a legit newborn picture! Lol

Now after seeing these two pictures... I am soo intrigued about what Colin will look like!

 I can't wait to meet our little man!

Ticking Time Bomb

I think this is the hardest part of pregnancy... the last month. Anxiety is high. You are starting to feel more uncomfortable. And the worst part... You have NO IDEA when you are going to go into labor, like a ticking time bomb.

 I am a planner by nature.  I plan everything, all the time... so I knew this part would be hard for me. I have told myself many times that it is ok if baby comes late, because if he does then I will have enough leave for the full 12 weeks that I'd like to take. BUT, what if he is early? How early could he come? What if it is any day now? I was born early... so was Ryan. Does that mean anything?  Yeah... that is what I mean when I say anxiety is high!

Everyday you wake up wondering... is today the day?

It is so hard not knowing when you are going to go into labor. Every night I look around my house and think, ok if I go into labor tonight is my house clean enough? If my parents come tomorrow will I be embarrassed about dishes in the sink or underwear on the floor?  So I run around and try to pick up before I go to bed. Which I guess is probably good practice, because then my house looks cleaner! Ha!

Every time you get  a weird pain or a new feeling or sensation, you wonder... could this be it? Maybe? And don't get me started about every time you go to the bathroom, worrying what will happen if you push to hard or if you might wipe to find you've lost your mucous plug.

But there is nothing you can do about it. (I am hoping my Dr. will check me at our apt. on Tuesday and tell me if there is anything happening down there... but I doubt she will.) So now I just sit back and wait... and try to ignore the constant ticking of the time bomb that you are.  tick... tick... tick... tick...

Maternity Underwear

Yes, I am going to write a blog about underwear. :)  Why? Because ladies need to know these things and I was completely in the dark.

When some one first told me I needed maternity underwear, I laughed. Really? You need special underwear to be pregnant. Not possible. Why on earth would you need different undies. Your belly grows... how does that affect your underwear.  I was kind of offended and intrigued at the same time.

When I first starting buying some maternity clothes at the Motherhood store, I glanced at the maternity underwear. It looked just like regular granny panties. I was shopping with my Aunt who told me that I should get some. I asked why. She told me that your regular underwear wouldn't fit after awhile and would start rolling down at the top from your belly.... and like usual... she was right. :)

I bought a pack that day and ordered another pack a couple months later. They aren't cute and they aren't sexy... but by golly, they fit you. They don't dig into your widening hips and they don't roll down from your ginormous belly like the rest of your undies do.  My life would be a little less comfortable without them.

So, just so you know... and I am only saying this because I had NEVER heard it before... pregnancy undies are REAL. You will need them and you will learn to love them. 

The end. :)

36 weeks... and ramblings

Really? Did I just type 36 weeks?!  I can't believe I am 36 weeks, in fact I had to double and triple check because I couldn't believe it really was 36 weeks!  It is very unbelievable how close we are to meeting baby Colin and how fast I feel like this pregnancy went!!


I am *almost* 100% ready for him. I finished the nursery, have all of his clothes washed, the bassinet is ready to go and there are diapers and wipes under the changing table!  I also think I am almost done packing for the hospital.  I have a couple outfits for Colin, one outfit for me (I might just live in the hospital gown... lol) and slipper socks and socks for me, a change of clothes for Ryan, even though we are only 2 mins away and he could always run home, but just in case,  I also packed small size toiletries for both of us, our phone charger and snacks. I am also bringing the boppy pillow, my camera and possibly some makeup. I know... why would I need makeup?  Well, I am not going to go all out, just some face stuff and mascara because you know your picture is going to be taken! Lol  If I forget anything I can always send Ryan or my parents home to grab it, we are only 2 minutes away from the hospital!

Yesterday we ran to the big city to buy a breast pump and to return some duplicate gifts we got from our showers and get Ryan's much requested Diaper Genie.  He was very cute yesterday... I was looking at baby clothes (shocking! Like this kid needs anymore clothes, but I wanted to find a cute going home outfit... you know for our 2 minute drive from the hospital... makes perfect sense! Plus, I wanted something for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Found a cute turkey bib, but nothing for xmas... I thought all the little boy xmas outfits looked like old man clothes! lol) and Ryan went and picked out a couple outfits that he liked!  He got an outfit that had a crane on it. (Heavy equipment, not the bird.) He was really excited about it!  :)

I believe we are officially done buying things... or at least the necessity things.  Now just playing the waiting game! :)

Here is my 36 week photo... I look HUGE. Funny how I still feel small and then I see these pictures and I'm like, Dear Lord I am Ginormous!! Ha! :)  Also I feel like I've dropped... When I sit down my belly hits my legs. Don't recall that happening before, so I think it is new!

DONE Decorating the Nursery!!!

I do believe I am officially done decorating the nursery!  I haven't really done much on it the past couple of months, but I finally put the finishing touches on it today!  The last thing I hung up was a beautiful round mirror my parents got for me and painted to match the nursery. I hung it up above the changing table. I had an empty space on the wall above the spare bed and had been trying to figure out what I would put there to make it not blank. At my shower my Aunt had these adorable little lanterns that matched the nursery and she gave them to me to take home. I messed with them most of the morning and came up with a nice way (I think anyway) to display them!  Here are some pictures!  Also, note the beautiful new fan we put up in there that ties everything together!

I think you can click on the pictures to make them larger.

I thought about changing the bedding in there to match the nursery a bit more... but I got lazy. :) I think it is close enough that I probably won't end up changing it... for now, anyways.

Showered with love

It's official... I have the BEST friends and family in the world :)  The past 2 weekends we had 2 baby showers. One was a small family shower with some of my closest friends and the other was a more casual pamper party here in Grants with the boys included with our Grants friends. Although we both had an amazing time at both the showers and could not be more thankful of our loving and supporting friends and family....  My showers have caused lots of controversy because I didn't invite everyone who wanted to attend or everyone who other people thought I should have invited.  Other than that... it was grand!  I don't really care, call me a crazy hormonal pregnant lady... but they were my showers and I invited whoever the hell I wanted to and if you don't like it you can get over it or throw me another shower and invite who you want! Lol.  :)

Any who, despite the controversy I caused they were both fabulous. My wonderful Aunt loves to party plan and her and my mom I *think*  had a blast working on our shower. Her house was decorated to the max and looked awesome! Right down to the candy and balloons everywhere! My mom and I made cookies for the shower that were all baby themed... and totally awesome! My Aunt and Uncle slaved over the stove the day before and made lasagna and meatballs (a good ole' Italian baby shower!) The food was fabulous, the company was even more awesome and we got so many gifts it was ridiculous... in a good way!

My mom, myself and my Aunt Carla

When we got home it was late so we threw all of the gift bags on bed in the nursery. I was so overwhelmed with the bags, there were so many! But I spent the ENTIRE next day breaking down the bags and putting things away! I didn't leave the house or even shower! Lol  But by golly, I got everything put away! :)

This past weekend our friends here in Grants gave us a pamper party so we could stock up on diapers! We had the party at our house since we have a big house with a pool table so the guys could be distracted! My friends were so awesome! I came home from work and they had all the food set up already and the my made a TON of food and even more dessert! Mmmm... I am still eating the dessert this morning! Nobody was allowed into the house without some diapers and we ended up with quite a load of diapers! I have them all stacked up and organized by size in the baby's closet! :) I hope they last us for awhile!

My good friends Coral and Kelly and I at our Grants party!

And yes I wore the same dress both weekends... :)

1 month

I can NOT believe it... but there is only 1 month left until my due date! Eeek!!  I know it is just a date and the baby can come any time around that date, early or even late. BUT the fact that the date is soo close is just crazy!

That is all.  :)

35 weeks

We had our second to last 2 week apt today. I must say it went VERY well. I gained 2 pounds, since my last 2 week apt. Baby Colin had a nice strong heartbeat and I asked the Dr. to tell me where his head and stuff were located... if she could tell. Sure enough he is head down! I had thought that his back was facing out and his little butt was under my ribs and I was right. She felt his back near the middle of my stomach near my belly button and she felt his butt up high where I always feel it. So I'm not crazy!! No wonder I don't feel little feet, hands and elbows... they are facing inside. Don't worry I still feel them kicking things on the inside! Dr. said everything looked good and I was measuring right on target at 35 weeks. But I did have quite the growth spurt from last week. I will post the 2 pictures for comparison on the bottom!  But for now....

How far along?: 35 weeks



How big is baby?: According to Baby Center, little Colin is 18 inches long and weighs 5 1/4 pounds!! That is almost as much as I weighed when I was born!


Weight gain/loss?: The Dr. said 26 pounds today...

Stretch marks?: I don't *think* I've gotten anymore than the few that popped up on my thighs.... I hope it stays that way!


Maternity clothes?: Yes, everything I wear is maternity except for dresses and my stupid work uniform shirt... although the mens size I've been wearing has been getting tighter!


Sleep?: Still get up every night...er morning at like 3 or 4 to pee... But other than that, I've been sleeping with extra pillows and sleeping ok.

Food cravings?: Still Raspberries and Steak and dairy, especially milk and ice cream.

Gender?: Boy


Movement?: Yes and LOTS of hiccups.

Belly button: Still an innie!! But it is getting flatter.

What are you looking forward to this week?: Our pamper party and getting to hang out with all of our friends here in Grants... and more organizing of the nursery. I can't believe we have 5 weeks left.




34 weeks





35 weeks

So either everyone was REALLY anxious to see what the baby's name was... or everyone was bored on facebook yesterday, but after I posted my blog link on facebook I got 80 hits! 80!! My word! I usually average like 1-5 views a day. So 80 is pretty extreme.  That is all...  lol.

And the Baby's Name is....

Colin Ryan Waggoner


We announced the name to our family and friends this weekend!  We've actually had the name for quite awhile, but have kept it a secret. It was a fun little secret to keep and even more fun to announce!  So how did we come up with it?

Well, VERY early on in my pregnancy before we even had the first ultrasound I had a dream (or nightmare... lol) I was having boy/girl twins. In my dream I named them Clara and Colin. That name had never even popped in my head before that dream.  Then a couple months later Ryan and I were at our friend's house looking at a baby name book and he actually said he liked the name Colin. It was one of the only boy names he liked. I was stuck on another boy name, but after that day Colin became the front runner and it just stuck.  We knew Ryan would be the middle name and I think Colin Ryan fits very well together.   And Dr. Colin Waggoner, Pilot Colin Waggoner, Engineer Colin Waggoner and professional soccer star Colin Waggoner all sound good! Lol

So there you have it. Our baby boy, Colin will be here soon!  :)

Final Birthing Class

Last night was our final birthing class.... are we supposed to feel ready after that? Ha!

The class was very much like the first one we had, a big lecture of information. I was hoping to maybe walk around the hospital a bit to see a Labor and Delivery room, but no such luck. But I know our hospital is rather small... so I imagine there really wouldn't be much to see.  The good part about the class was that yesterday we were the only people there! Just us and the nurse. So that was kind of nice, we got to ask her a bunch of questions without feeling awkward.  I also asked her some things I would need while I was there in hospital and have a longer list to add to my hospital bag!

I timed our drive to hospital... just to see how long it would take us. I knew we were close, but didn't realize we are exactly 2 minutes from the hospital!! Lol Can't beat that!   UNLESS of course school is letting out or starting, then we will be driving through a school zone and may opt for another route! But either way... we are pretty freakin' close!

I am soo excited for this weekend, we will be spending it with our closest friends and family members for a small shower. I am not the biggest fan of baby showers, but I know a lot of time energy went inot this one, so it should be excellent! Plus, it will be soo nice to hang out with our loved ones and perhaps the most exciting part is we are telling everyone the baby's name this weekend!  Don't worry, I will blog about the name probably on Monday and post some shower pictures too.  :)

34 weeks

34 weeks! I can't believe how close I am getting!!  According to the baby center's website, Baby boy Waggoner should be around 4 3/4 pounds and is almost 18 inches long! The next couple weeks the baby is filling out his fat layers to help regulate his body temperature when he arrives into the world! I think they said he is supposed to gain a half a pound a week, bulking up on his fat layers!

I have been looking at pictures of newborn me and newborn Ryan and we looked sooo different as newborns! I am really curious as to which of us the baby will look like or if he will look like both of us!

I have been having some more aches and pains this week. I imagine these are only going to get worse. I just think the baby is starting to run out of room and is taking over more of my space! (who would've thought, right!?!)  

And hiccups have been really regular, like a couple times a day! I like them... I think they are funny!  :) 

Here is the photo:

Well... That's never happened before.

Yesterday I had an embarassing moment.  I am going to blame it on the pregnancy.... because I can. Plus, it has never happened to me before this, so yeah.

I ripped my pants.  Right over one of my butt cheeks.  Full on rip. Did I mention they were black pants... and I was wearing bright WHITE undies.  :) Yeah.  Fun stuff.

I had a bunch of errands to run yesterday and was going to end my day at the soccer field. I looked in my closet and saw a pair of maternity black capris that I've never worn before that someone had given to me. I thought, I should wear these before it gets too cold and I never have the opportunity to wear them. So I pulled em on and didn't think anything more about them.  I did notice they were a bit snug, but didn't put a second thought into it.  I ran some errands and I remember hearing a ripping sound everytime I sat down in the car, but it wasn't that loud so I just ignored it!  I got to the chiropractor (one of my last errands of the day) and  I sat down in the chair to wait for her, when I noticed that tearing sound again...  this time much louder in the quiet room of the chiropractor and I felt some air sweep into my backside.  Low and behold I felt the back of my pants and there was a GIANT tear from the waistline all the way down past my underwear at this point!!   Lol.  I have no clue how long it had been torn and if I had walked all over town with my white undies showing under my black capris.... and no, my shirt wasn't very long.  My chiropractor (who thankgoodness is a woman) got a great laugh out of it!   And needless to say I went home to change my clothes before I finished up the rest of my errands.   :)

That's Swell...

It's official... I've started to swell. :(  I first noticed it last week when the air conditioning in our office broke and it was like 80 degrees out. I don't have a window and I was majorly overheating. I looked down at my feet and my toes looked like little sausages.  Not cool.  

I thought it got a bit better, but then I went down to Socorro to visit my parents. Socorro is always at least 10 degrees warmer than it is here and my parents like their house warm.  YUCK!  I was having a hard time with that and I felt like my feet were on fire and my joints felt all stiff... and swelling ensued. :( 

Yesterday I went to get a pedicure and even the little Asian lady doing my toes said that my feet were a bit swollen. LAME!

BUT I think they look better today. I can see all my toe bones when I wiggle them... which is normal and when they are swollen I can't. Hopefully it was just a fluke of being overheated and as long as I stay cool, I will be fine.  :)  Hopefully.

Family dynamics

I often wonder how our animals will handle a newborn baby...

For years our animals have been our babies. I got our cat, Eric Cartman when I was in college. I lived alone in my apartment and he was my little buddy. Over the years he has had a lot of transitions, some of which he handled well, others not so much. I've moved him.... 4 times. Some of which he took well... others not so much. I moved into a place with Ryan, which he wasn't so happy about and peed on the only piece of furniture that Ryan brought with him... a couch.  Then we got a puppy... which he actually transitioned to quite well... mostly because he could beat her up because he was much bigger than her (for awhile... now she has a good  20-30 pounds on him... but she is still afraid of him!). When we moved to our current house, the cat was in heaven... until we got our 2nd dog. That dog didn't like the cat and would try to kill him any chance he had. The poor cat has had litter box issues ever since. This is the dog we recently gave away and the cat is still having some litter box issues... but he is also still scared and always looks around for the dog before he goes to the litter box. So I'm hoping it will pass.  BUT I do wonder how he will handle not being my baby anymore. He is a giant momma's cat(boy) and loves to snuggle with me and follow me around. It should be really interesting to see how he reacts to sharing my time with a real baby. I hope he doesn't pee on the baby or try to smack him. But I am thinking he will be scared of the baby, but you never know.

Our dog I'm not so much worried about. She is a very sweet girl and loves EVERYONE... even her cat brother. But I am curious as to how she will react and what she will do. I am betting it will be lots of smelling and licks... but I could be wrong.

It shall be very interesting to see how everyone adjusts and I just hope that they all get along!

Just ordered the print collage for the baby shower that has the baby name on it. EEEEEeeeeeek.  I think it came out good (I photoshopped pictures at work all afternoon for it!). I am so excited and even more nervous to share our baby's name. I just hope that people like it as much as we do, but I know it really doesn't matter because we like it... and so does the baby! :)  And if they don't like it... I sure hope they fake it to my face! (Hint hint... to all those reading this!) Lol 

That being said I am getting really excited for my shower. I just got a new dress to wear for it and I am really excited to see all of my friends and family and have them all be together!

Sleep. Friend or Foe.

Usually sleep is my friend. Last night it was my foe.

I know when baby boy gets here my sleep will be even less, but I think last night was a quick preparation for that! 

I went to bed at 11. Woke up at 2 to pee and to lock the cat up in the den. Ryan's alarms went off at 4 (he is working out of town and forgot to turn them off), and then I got up a little after 6.

 That my friends is every 2-3 hours.  Which will be my life in a couple weeks... only difference is I will be woken up by the cutest little baby boy ever and not annoying alarms and such. :)

Our apt. yesterday

The appointments are definitely getting more boring! Lol. They called me in soo quickly and I feel like they kicked me out just as fast! BUT we did have a nice little chat with my doctor, which was good. I am getting so good at peeing in cups it is ridiculous... Anyway.

My blood pressure was a little high when I went in, so they re-took it after my appointment AND after I got a flu shot. I expected it to be even higher, but it miraculously dropped down to 124 over 80! Lol  Guess I should get shots before I take my blood pressure everytime! Ha!

The Dr. found the heartbeat right away and said he was a strong happy baby in there! :) We talked to her a lot about delivery and we had a nice conversation. We both asked her questions about random things and logistics about when we go into labor.  She said we have 2 more apts like this... and then we just wait for the baby!  I can't believe it that time almost here!

Other than that everything looks good. I did have a bit of swelling yesterday, but I blame it on the fact that our darn air conditioning broke at our office and it was 80 degrees yesterday... I WAS DYING!  Lol. Thank goodness I got to leave work early for the apt.  My dr. wasn't worried and said a little swelling is normal for pregnancy.  :)

33 weeks

33 weeks and I am seriously nesting. I don't think my house has been this clean in months... and by months I mean since before I was pregnant! Lol

I have to clarify that  haven't been a slob I just let the little things go... like dusting and scrubbing the bathrooms.  Now every little dirty thing bugs me and I HAVE to clean it. The fans, the baseboards, the grout in between the tile in the bathtub... you name it... gross.... and needs to be cleaned!

Today I cleaned for hours. I bought one of those magic eraser sponges (it works good by the way, but falls apart easily) and scrubbed the crap out of my bathtub... it just might be the cleanest its ever been. Then I moved to the bedroom. I did LOTS of organizing and vacuumed and dusted EVERYTHING. Not including 2 loads of laundry and dishes. Yesterday I swept and mopped the rest of the house. Yay for a clean house!

Anyway, 33 weeks.  Baby is the size of pineapple. Weighs a little over 4 pounds and is 17 inches long. They also say that the baby's skeleton is hardening... so maybe that is why all I want to do is drink milk?

We go for an OB apt. tomorrow at 4! I am excited to hear the baby's heartbeat again and see how I'm measuring. I thought I had dropped a bit... but when I compared my picture to last week's I think I just grew, instead! Lol

According to my scale here I have only gained a pound since my last apt. 2 weeks ago... which is a good thing! :) But we will see what the Dr.'s scale says!

Here's my 33 week picture (excuse my hair... I had a busy day cleaning):

Hiccups

I felt the baby have hiccups for the first time last week.  Today I felt the baby have hiccups twice and one of those times Ryan got to feel it too! It was the neatest thing!

Usually in the mornings the baby is VERY active. I was laying in bed, trying to get motivation to move and enjoying the baby wiggling, when I felt it. A constant, every couple of seconds hiccup or movement in my belly. I actually started laughing because it was really strong. Ryan put his hand on my belly and couldn't believe how strong it was and that he was able to feel it to!

So there you have it. Another milestone: Hiccups! Lol  :)

Birthing class #1

Well, we've been debating on attending a birthing class for months. When we finally decided to look into it, I didn't think it would work out with our schedules, especially Ryan's work schedule.  Luckily I called the lady who is teaching the class and she was very flexible. We can only make 2 of the 4 classes and she is going to give us all the materials she hands out  during the classes that we miss so we will be all caught up.

The class wasn't exactly what I expected... more of a lecture class. I guess I watched too many tv shows or movies where they have people like sitting on the ground with their partners and stuff. Definitely not this class! The information she gave us was very informative and answered a lot of the questions that we had, like when do you go to the hospital, when do they contact your doctor... and some other basic stuff.  Interesting enough she said it typically takes first time moms 12 - 24 hours to have a baby. That is a long damn time! Which makes me want to stay home while I'm in labor for as long as I possibly can. I don't want to spend 24 hours in the hospital in labor when I could be in the comfort of my own home.

I asked her when was too late to get an epidural and she said technically it is never too late to get one. I don't know how I always hear stories about people being too dilated for an epidural, but maybe each hospital is different? But she said it is never too late. So I guess that is cool.  She taught us some breathing techniques and gave us some handouts for different positions you can use while you are in active labor.

I am excited that I got some handouts to read about breastfeeding. My Dr. never gave me any and that is probably my biggest worry.

The best part about the class was the fact that the teacher/nurse lady was from New York. You could tell she hadn't lived there in awhile, but she still had an accent, just like my family does. After the class I asked her where in NY she was from and we had a big ole conversation about where my family was from and how they got to NM.

Anyway this is long and I'm sure most people have stopped reading by now....

pregnancy love

I think... (so far anyways), that I am one of those women who enjoys being pregnant. I have been VERY lucky this pregnancy and feel very blessed that so far I've been very healthy. (Maybe this is premature to write! Lol)


But really I've enjoyed it so far!

I still don't feel THAT huge. It is nice not to have to worry about having a perfectly flat stomach, sucking it in all the time or trying to fit into skinny jeans. Pregnancy is the only time you can proudly stick out your gut and say, look what I have.... A Big ole' Belly!

Maternity clothes are not that bad... and rather comfy! I know, I sound crazy! BUT next time you try to squeeze into a pair of pants or jeans that are a bit to snug... imagine getting to wear pants everyday with a stretchy waist... and then you will know my love. :) Also, I've discovered a whole new appreciation for dresses and if I could, I'd wear a dress every single day... too bad I have to work and wear a uniform! Lol


Another amazing thing about pregnancy is to feel the baby moving inside of me. I always refer to it as kind of like your own little secret. Only you know and can feel when the baby moving. Nobody else has a clue and you can enjoy it all on your own! I wake up to him wiggling every morning and although I realize I will still probably wake up to him for a long time, it won't be the same and I am going to miss it.

Also, I've noticed people (mostly strangers) are a lot nicer to me, pregnant! Lol I get more doors opened for me, people offering to carry things for me, hold things for me, offering me seats, etc. It is rather nice. I wish people were that nice all the time! Lol

There are the occasional stares that I dont like. There is a little girl at church who, whenever she sees me just stares at my belly. It is rather annoying. She is older so it isn't like she doesn't know any better. I just feel like telling her, what the heck are you looking at little girl! Lol But other than that, no real problems with people being mean or rude to me. In fact a couple weeks ago, I had a stranger come up to me in the store and tell me I looked beautiful. :)

So yeah... So far, I rather LOVE being pregnant. I know there are uncomfortable moments, but all the good moments waaay out way the bad.


Wonder if this will mean I will be anxious to be pregnant again after this one is over and will have a million kids because I enjoy being pregnant? Lol I guess only time will tell.

32 weeks

32 weeks... wow. 

The highlight of my week last week was getting an order of Carter's clothes in the mail. They had a big sale (70% off) so I got suckered into buying some.  We literally didn't have any clothes yet... I know, I know, we haven't even had our showers yet. But it is nice to have SOMETHING to put in our drawers for the little guy. It seemed like I got a ton of stuff... but really I just got like 2 or 3 outfits in each size... NB, 3 mos, and 6 mos.  And they are sooo freaking adorable. I can't wait to put our little man in them!

Also our other set of curtains came in. It is amazing how dark that room is now!  I actually have to open them a bit otherwise it looks like it is night time in there! Hopefully it will be easy for baby still in that pitch black room!



How far along?: 32 weeks



How big is baby?: 17 inches long and 3.75 pounds!



Weight gain/loss?: I think I am still at +19 pounds, BUT I just made some oatmeal cookies and Ryan is gone until Wednesday... sooo it could be more pretty soon! Lol


Stretch marks?: Sadly yes.  On my thighs, but not yet on my stomach. :(

Maternity clothes?: Yes, everything I wear is maternity except for dresses and my stupid work uniform.


Sleep?: Not so much. I have been getting more uncomfortable at night. My back, legs, stomach.... different things wake me up.  I typically get up once a night to pee and if I don't get up to pee, I get up because I am thirsty... always around 3 or 4.


Food cravings?: Still Raspberries and Steak. But now anything with calcium is added to the list. I had 2 LARGE glasses of milk in the past hour. Ice cream, cheese, yogurt, milk... you name it. Mmmm... My new favorite is chocolate milk! Lol 



Gender?: Boy



Movement?: Oh yeah! All the time! At church on Sunday, he was sticking either his little butt or his legs out on the very top of my stomach and uterus. I kept pushing it down and he kept pushing it back up! It was actually rather painful



Belly button: Still an innie!! Take that haters who said it would pop out! :) Although... I know I still have 8 more weeks... Lol  But it is still pretty far in there!


What are you looking forward to this week?: More movement! I love feeling his little wiggles!

I also got brave and took a bare belly shot. Not sure if I'm brave enough to post it on here... BUT if you are my friend/ family member and would like to see it, send me a text.... lol  :)

You know you're in the 3rd trimester when...

I know lots of people do this list, but I thought it'd be fun to do my own version, because lord knows I have one!

You know you are in the third trimester when :

Wherever you go, someone asks you when you are due.

You get up at least once at night to pee... if not more

Sleeping at night requires many position changes to get comfortable many different times throughout the night.... and not very much sleep.

At the end of the day, especially the end of the week all I can think about is going home to either take a nap or put my feet up!

Eating has somehow become a difficulty. I don't know how, but food ends up everywhere. On your belly, on your boobs and down your shirt. I don't know why or how, but 3rd trimester makes you a slob.

Getting in and out of low chairs or even my low car is like an athletic event. Seriously, it is hard to get in my car or even into bed.. not to mention getting out!  I am opting to drive Ryan's big ole truck because I can get in easier, believe it or not!

Walking around and thinking it is awful cold and then looking down and realizing your are leaking! Not something I expected! Lol

Shaving is another athletic event. I am going to have to ask Ryan to help me with this before the delivery... otherwise I will be a woolly mammoth by then!

And forget about cutting my toenails! I am like a couple inches away from reaching them... soo frustrating. The ladies at LA Nails here in town are going to become my best friends before this is over!

Having hot flashes is a common occurrence. I am so thankful for the 70  and 60 degree weather we've been having, but I still have bouts of heat flashes!

Dropping things on the ground makes you debate on whether or not they are important enough to even try to pick up. Luckily I have monkey toes and have been resorting to using them to grab things that have fallen.

Anytime you have a free moment you nest!  That's right. I've been nesting any free chance I get. Today I took the carseat out of the box and learned how to tighten and loosen the straps and take it out off of the base! Lol

And you have a countdown (58 days!) until that big due date... even though most kids aren't even born on their due dates!

Thats all I can think of for now... but I imagine I might add more later!

Stretching...

I discovered my first stretch marks today. It was a sad day.  Surprisingly they aren't on my stomach... but on my right thigh... Lol. And it isn't like I've gained a lot of weight in my thighs (or my right thigh... for that matter.) I've exercised this entire pregnancy... played and coached soccer until I was 4 or 5 months, did Zumba after soccer was over and until about my third trimester and I've walked on my treadmill almost every morning and just started doing evening walks too.  How the heck did I get stretch marks on my thighs?!  

Oh well... guess I can't complain. It isn't like I spent lots of time in a bathing suit BEFORE getting pregnant... so I don't really plan on spending tons of time in a bathing suit afterwards.  Guess I will just keep up my regular routine and see what happens!

31 weeks

Today was a good day! It was the first of our 2 week OB appointments, which is exciting in itself.  I knew I had gained some weight since my last apt, because I swear baby went through a big growth spurt last week... and you saw the proof by my pictures! Ha!

The best news of the day, the Dr got the report back from our ultrasound and MY PLACENTA MOVED UP! Hooray! No placenta previa and no planned c-section! I kind of felt like I've been in limbo waiting to see what our outcome will be and what to mentally prepare for... and I am so relieved that for now I can mentally prepare for a vaginal birth.

Anyway, baby was good! The Dr. said he was the most well behaved baby she had seen all day because she was able to find his heartbeat right away and all the other kids were hiding from her today! So she told him he was a good boy! Lol

His heartbeat was in the 140's and I was measuring right on target at 31 weeks!  :)

Ok, got the picture! I look the same as last week! Had a big growth spurt from 29 to 30 weeks... but nothing really since then.

Last Doggie post

Today I watched Bodie boy drive away with a new family. It was definitely bittersweet. I did not cry (shocking, I know) But I think it was because I knew he was going to a good family and he would get lots of love and attention. 

Bodie seemed to like the guy and the guy seemed to think that his wife would just love him. And knowing Bodie, he will  love her to death because he loves women! I was kind of surprised that he just jumped right into the guy's car like nothing. I gave him a dog biscuit and said a quick goodbye. The guy left his front door open while I talked to him and gave him all of Bodie's shot records and such. I was really shocked that Bodie didn't just jump right out of the car, but he instead just stayed in the back of the car... like he knew.

I thought when he drove away would be really sad. He watched me for a little and then went and smelled the guy's face and was looking about the car and out the other windows. I thought he'd freak out and be really sad to leave me, but he didn't seem all that concerned. Although part of me thinks he was just intrigued and would realize what had happened and get sad on his drive back to Albuquerque.  :(

A couple times today I thought about what he might be doing and if he was sad.  But Ryan just reminded me that he was probably on their couch getting spoiled... and I bet he is right. Lol  I just hope he isn't too sad.

Our other dog, Bailey seems to be enjoying the individual attention... although she keeps looking for Bodie.  I think she will be a bit lonely at first but will adjust to how life was a year a half ago pretty quick.

Also, tonight we were able to let our cat outside to play in the backyard with Bailey for the first time in a year and half. Bodie HATED the cat, while Bailey and Eric are rather fond of each other. It was soo funny to watch them play together again. And makes me see how much our lives were turned around with the Bodie. I loved him very much and he was a part of our family, but he definitely stirred things up and changed our family dynamic and it is kind of nice for it to be back to normal. I just hope and pray that he is happy and makes his new family very happy too.

Update on our Bodie Boy

Earlier this week I posted a blog about one of my biggest stressor, finding a new home for our boy dog, Bodie. I posted it on facebook... and boy I didn't realize how much traffic I would get off of that! Lol I typically get like 2-4 readers a day and after I posted it on facebook I got 25 readers one day and 13 another!  Crazy!

Anyway, after I had kind of written off the dentist lady and her husband (who I had fallen in love with over email as the perfect match for Bodie) because they hadn't gotten approval from their landlord. I got an email from them Tuesday afternoon.... they had finally gotten approval!! Hooray!  I was so very excited!  The dentist lady can't come this weekend... but her husband is coming to meet Bodie on Friday morning.  I am very nervous, but hopeful that he will fall in love my Bodie boy.

I know Bodie will be nervous. He always has a hard time when he is away from Bailey and acts very calm and shy.  (Which I guess may be a good thing, since he won't be acting all crazy! Lol) I just hope he opens up to the guy a bit so that he can fall in love with him, like I have and want to give him a good home.

So... fingers crossed. If it doesn't work out for them Friday morning they are supposed to think about it and get back to me before Saturday morning, when we have another family coming, the family with an 8 year old boy, on Saturday.

So that is the update. We should know more on Bodie's new home by this weekend.  Fingers crossed that everything works out for the best and he goes to someone who will love him as much and even more than we do.  Also... that I don't cry to much if he does find his new home this weekend!  

Oh yeah and Holy Growth Spurt!

I forgot to mention how much I've grown in the past week.... See:



29 weeks




30 weeks

 




















Also I keep hearing how high I am carrying this boy... and how usually boys are carried lower. While I typically don't care what people say... should it be time I start dropping? Or not so much? I have no clue!

30 weeks

Well I am 30 weeks... which means I only have 10 weeks left... or 70 days (give or take a week or two). Crazy!

I have been feeling really huge lately, but some nice stranger came up to me in the grocery store the other day and told me I looked beautiful. Thank you stranger lady, I appreciated the compliment! (No, I did not grab my purse tighter and think that maybe it was a ploy to steal my wallet and then feel silly after I realized my wallet was still there and you were just being nice...)   I showed my mom my 30 week picture and she said I was big and that I looked REALLY pregnant. Thank you mother! Although I must admit I am nervous as to how much bigger I will get!

Baby is 15.7 inches long and although baby center says he should weigh 3 pounds, I am betting he is bigger than that since last week at our ultrasound he was almost 3 pounds.  I have been feeling him move around more and more. It is crazy that the movement just becomes kind of natural and something you expect and don't think anything of.  How weird it will be after baby is here to not feel that movement inside anymore.

Anyway here is my 30 week picture!

One of my biggest stressors...

Finding this beautiful boy a good home.

I posted an add about him on craigslist two weeks ago. I had never used craigslist before and was really nervous. The first email I got was from some crazy lady warning me that dog fighters use craigslist to find bait dogs and my add was a good target. Thank you for making this pregnant lady cry you crazy paranoid lady! Lol  Anyway, I actually had several non spam emails interested in our Bodie boy. 

The first was a man who has a 8 year old son and has been wanting to get a dog for his son. He said my description of Bodie was spot on with his son's personality and he wanted to meet up. He wanted me to call him, but I was a chicken, so I emailed him back and he didn't respond for about a week... but he wants to meet up this coming weekend.

While I was waiting for him to email me back another person emailed who made me VERY interested. This lady is a dentist who just moved to NM. Her and her husband are looking for a dog that can keep up with their physical activity levels. She bikes and he runs everyday. To me, they seemed absolutely PERFECT. They were supposed to come see him  weekend before last... but they hadn't gotten approval from their landlord yet. I REALLY had my hopes up that they were Bodie's dream family.  They called the day before we were supposed to meet explaining to me their landlord situation. They were hoping to get it figured out this past week and come meet Bodie this past weekend... but still no luck with their landlord.   I am soo bummed because I thought they would be the best fit. They told me this weekend that as soon as there was a change in their landlord's status of approval they would let me know.... until then... I still have 2 other people interested in Bodie. Another local guy saw a flier I had put up and said he was really interested as well.

What the heck do I do? Ryan thinks it isn't going to work out for the dentist lady. And my Mom tells me that I should give him to the first people who want him. I wish she would understand that I don't just want to give him away... I love him and I want him to live a happy life with a new family.

I talked to Ryan about it this weekend because it is really stressing me out. I would love nothing more than to wait around for these people who seem soo very perfect for him, but I don't want to miss an opportunity with another family. Ryan told me he was pretty positive that it wasn't going to work out with their landlords since it is taking soo long with their approval. We talked about giving them until Wednesday of this week to give me an answer. If I haven't heard from them, then I should move on to the local guy and if he doesn't work out the other family is coming on Saturday.

Sigh... this is such a hard decision for me and I kind of just want it to be over with so I can stop worrying about it.  :(

Hello Pregnancy Hormones!

Nice to meet you!


Like out of nowhere... they have arrived.... evil pregnancy hormones.

I *feel* like hormonally I have been pretty stable throughout the past 29 weeks or so.  Although, other people may beg to differ. It wasn't until the past week or so that I feel them. I feel myself getting really upset over something small and petty that I wouldn't normally get upset over.

Yesterday was probably the worst. I don't know why, but everything was stressing me out and I just felt overwhelmed and like I just needed to cry. I was eventually able to shake it... but gosh that sucked!  I hope it just a little phase and this hormonal part goes away soon.... but I kind of doubt it! At least I know that I am doing it and give myself the excuse!! Lol 

Nursery

Ryan put the curtains up!!! Hooray! Only problem... we need to get a 3rd window curtain panel! My super wide window, that I measured.... is still too wide with my 104 inches of window panels and I need another. :( Bummer. Even bigger bummer... I just looked them up online and they are now on back order! Ugh. Until then... this is what it looks like!  One piece at a time... literally! Lol

ALSO,  I convinced Ryan that we needed a new ceiling fan in the nursery. The fact that the actual fan didn't work I think helped convince him. But the real reason I don't like it is because it is ugly. It is all 70's style and has hasty gold hardware... yuck! I am really excited to get the new fan up! Don't know when it will happen, but as long as it is before the baby comes then I will be happy! :)

Today I feel HUGE

I know I am not huge and and I know I still have a  looong way to go. But today I just feel huge.

Most of my work shirts (I am supposed to wear a uniform) that I've been wearing are men's uniform shirts. I tried squeezing into a medium women's work shirt yesterday and while it did fit... I could tell that was probably the last time I was going to even attempt to wear it until after I have the baby. 

It is getting harder to pick things up that are on the ground and sleeping is getting less comfortable and less enjoyable.

Huh... sounds like I'm in the 3rd trimester.... Oh wait.... I am!

11 more weeks!! Lol

29 weeks

Well, baby is supposed to be 2 1/2 pounds and 15 inches long.... BUT after our ultrasound yesterday they told us that he was weighing in at 2lbs and 12 ounces! Wonder if that means he will be a big baby?  Nothing else really knew, still the same old same!

My pictures are looking worse and worse... wonder if it my camera phone or mirror needs to be cleaned!

Ultrasound

Well today was our ultrasound. It was both good and bad... but mostly good, I suppose.  Of course it was wonderful to see baby! He looked so crammed in there!!  Baby looked good, he was sucking on his fingers and had both of his hands in his face. The weirdest part was feeling him move and seeing him move at the same time! So weird. Also, when you saw his face I noticed that his eyes were open! It was kind of creepy, but also kind of cute! Lol. He looked like he had big ole round eyes like his momma! I hope that's the case! :)

The not soo good part was the whole point of the ultrasound was to check my placenta and see if it had moved up. Unfortunately I didn't drink enough water for them to see anything with my cervix and placenta. :(  I wasn't very happy about that.  I had a Dentist apt. RIGHT before the ultrasound. I came home to pick up Ryan and I chugged half a bottle of water... but apparently that wasn't good enough. :(  So it looks like I will have to have another ultrasound. Of course that isn't a bad thing, but I was hoping it would be resolved.

On a lighter note, baby boy is 100% BOY!!!  At first his legs were together and I was like, NOOOOO, please move them! Then, he did and as the ultrasound tech said, he was not hiding and showing the world that he was indeed a HE! :)  I am very glad I don't have to return anything! Lol

Weekend

Saturday was my wonderful hubby's birthday! I am so lucky to be married to such a wonderful man. He is my best friend and he is going to be the best daddy in the entire world to our little one!  I love him soo much... Aww...

This was taken about 9 weeks ago at a family wedding. He HATES pictures and it is hard to get a serious/normal one out of him! :)

We had a nice get together with some friends on Saturday night for his birthday and then it POURED rain all night! It was splendid! This was the first weekend we've spent home in what seems like an eternity and it was ooh so nice just to be home and relax! :)


Today is the BIG Day! We go for our ultrasound this afternoon! I am so excited! :) Also I am 29 weeks.... meaning only 11 short weeks until baby arrives... Eeek!  I don't know if I am ready for this... yet I am so very excited to meet and hold our little one! :)

28 week apt.

We had our 28 week doctor's appointment today and I had to do the dreaded Glucose test. I was kind of nervous about the glucose test. I chugged the nasty orange drink and it was a lot more to drink than I expected. Soo gross! But luckily I didn't get too sick... although I did get a tummy ache and a head ache! Lol  And after our apt. I got my finger pricked  to check my glucose level and my number was 109.... PASS! :) Woo Hoo!   Baby looks good. I am 28 weeks and 3 days and I was measuring 29 weeks. His heart rate was between 140 and 150 bpm.   We also scheduled our next ultrasound apt. to see if my placenta has moved up since my last 20 week ultrasound..... AND we get to go in on Monday... like as in 3 days from today... for our ultrasound! I am VERY excited. It is always cool to see the baby and it will be neat to see how much he has grown. Plus of course to verify that he is 100% a HE and that other important thing about the placenta!  My blood pressure was a bit higher than normal at this apt... but I am gonna blame it on the glucose test! :) Our next apt is in 2 weeks.

How far along?: 28 weeks


How big is baby?: 16 inches and 2 1/2 pounds!! That seems HUGE! Lol

Weight gain/loss?: I think I gained 3 pounds from last apt.... but they didn't tell me. According to my calculations, 15 pounds.

Stretch marks?: None yet... Hope it stays that way! :) I had a panic attack the other day cause I thought I saw some... but it was just sleep lines! :)

Maternity clothes?: Pretty much everything maternity except for Maxi Dresses and work shirts.

Sleep?: I have been getting up once every night to pee. Other than that... sleeping well... except I got hot being sandwiched between the cat and the husband. But most nights I manage rather well!

Food cravings?: Still Raspberries and Steak. And ice cream has been creeping up on the list... mmmm....
Gender?: Boy

Movement?: Oh yeah! He is a wiggle monster! He kicked Ryan soo hard the other day... it was great! Lol
Belly button: Still an innie!! I think it will either stay and innie or get flat. :) Ryan asked the Dr. about it today she said it might stay an innie! :)

What are you looking forward to this week?: Getting our ultrasound on Monday! Can't wait to see how much baby has grown!

28 weeks

Ummm.... can you believe I am in the 3rd trimester... because I sure can't! I have 12 weeks left until my due date. 12 weeks!!!!    I hope I will have everything done by then!  I just can not believe how fast this has gone by.

I have noticed that I am more tired than I have been the past 6 months. If I could take a nap everyday I would... unfortunately that isn't always possible. :( But last week I started 30 minute power naps. I don't think I've taken a 30 minute power nap since I was in college. I have been getting up early to walk on the treadmill almost everyday this pregnancy and lately it has been soo hard.... I'd rather sleep in 20 minutes than walk on the treadmill. But I know it is just as important now than ever.

I also have been more emotional just this past week too. I haven't really had messed up emotions (I guess other people may beg to differ... Ha!  But I think I've been pretty normal!) until now. I've cried a couple times just in the past week... over stupid stuff.  Hopefully it doesn't progressively get worse the next 12 weeks I don't know if Ryan will be able to handle it!

Speaking of Ryan this morning the baby kicked him soo hard that he couldn't believe it was the baby! Lol He was like, are you sure that was the baby! Lol Baby has been doing some major movement and I imagine we will only feel him stronger and stronger over the next 12 weeks.

I will do my 28 week stats after my apt. on Friday. I gained another pound... which I *think* puts me at 13 so far... but I'm not sure. I am super excited for my apt. This is my last 4 week apt. and after this we will start going every 2 weeks. We should also have our next ultrasound scheduled... Hooray!  

And here is my 28 wk picture:

Hope this baby is really a boy!

I just bought round wall letters with his name to put on the wall... hand painted little circles. Perfectly matching his bedding. Adorable, hand painted circles that are green, blue and brown.  With HIS name spelled out.   I don't think I can return these personalized letters if by chance this is not a boy! Lol.  Soo... Here's hoping that he is still a boy at our next ultrasound!  :)

Belly Movement....

So I don't typically stare at my bare belly. OK...well, more now that it is growing than ever... but still not very often. Anyway... today I noticed that when the baby moves soo does my belly. I don't know how I didn't figure this out earlier... but it is truly fascinating! :) I tried to drink a bunch of juice before Ryan came home so I could show him the baby's new trick... but it didn't work. Baby only does things on his clock.

So for the next 85 days.... I am going to be mildly obsessed with my belly moving. It is my new favorite trick of the baby! Lol

Nursery update

We had a change of plans this weekend and went to Alb. instead of our hometown Socorro. I was a little bummed about not going home, but it worked out well in the end and we were able to spend time with my parents in Alb. instead.

Like I mentioned in my previous post... we bought a car seat! Still really excited about that! Lol

I also bought some more stuff for the nursery decor and all of my decor ideas flew out the window this weekend.

I did NOT want to do a sports themed nursery.... BUT I saw this really adorable vintage metal soccer ball wall decor at Target... and I kind of melted. It was perfect. Ryan convinced me that we needed the football one too... although I am not quite as excited about that one. Lol.   So new ideas from the weekend is to ditch the idea of putting polka dots on the wall and the big wall I want to decorate will have Baby's name in very cute little letters that match the polka dot bedding and then the vintage soccer and football wall decor on each side of his name.




Adorable vintage soccer ball. This is not where it will go, I just wanted to see it on the wall and I had a nail there! Lol This is where I want to put a cute mirror. And notice my little baskets on the shelf! :)


I am still looking for a green mirror to put above the changing table to match the bedding. And this weekend I also got baskets to go underneath the changing table on the table's shelves. They are nice and big and fit PERFECTLY on the shelf! Just need to fill those baskets up before the baby comes with diapers and such! :)

Now I just need to figure out how to convince the cat that sleeping on the nice changing pad isn't a good idea. I think he thinks it is a new bed for him... and contours nicely to his big fat body! 

CARSEAT! :)

We got a carseat this weekend! I am pretty excited about it. Why? I have no idea... maybe because it was one of the main things on my list that I still needed to get and now it is done! Just one less thing we have to worry about.

Shopping for car seats has been interesting. I of course liked the cute ones with the cute designs and Ryan liked the sturdy and safe ones. A while ago we looked at some carseatss and Ryan really liked this expensive red and black one. Today I really wanted to get a carseat because we don't go to the big city often so I watned to take advantage of our trip. We went to a couple different stores and kept going back to the same couple of carseats. I knew Ryan secretly still liked the black and red one that we had looked at before and he kept mentioning that it was the same color as the interior of our car and would match very nicely. So even though it was the most expensive carseat in the stores I caved in and we got it.

Quick update

My brother-in-law has been visiting this week, so I haven't done much baby stuff and don't have too much to report on.

We go for our next apt. in a week and a day!! Hooray! Those 4 weeks went by freaking fast... but so has this pregnancy... so yeah.

I haven't gained much weight since my last appointment, which could be a good thing since I gained 6 pounds in between my last 2 appointments! Ha! But I was sick 2 weeks ago and lost 2 pounds. I have gained back those two pounds and have kind of been stuck there, I think at about 13 pounds total so far with 13 weeks left. It seems like my weight gain has been pretty sporadic this pregnancy, not coming gradually like a normal person, but happening in little growth spurts and then not at all. Weird. But I guess I can't complain!

Also, my curtains came in yesterday! They match very nicely (Although Ryan thinks I have too much brown in the nursery). I need to buy a curtain rod to mount above the window still...so they aren't up yet. But soon... very soon!

Yesterday I had a small vanilla shake from Lotaburger... cause the baby wanted it... lol... and I swear the baby went NUTS over that shake. He was kicking soo hard and moving around like a little monster! Don't know if he like it or hated it.. but I might have to try it again sometime so Ryan can see his kid go nuts!

And this weekend we are going back to our hometown to visit my Mom for her birthday. It is the first time going back since I've gotten a preggars belly... and I am nervous for every one's reactions there. I am expecting lots of belly rubbing.... Joy! Lol

OH yeah and last night I got my first... aren't you ready to pop soon question!  And when I said, Nope, still have 3 months... the guy looked at me like I was on crack. :)  I imagine that won't be last time I hear that!

27 Weeks

I get my weekly email from Pregnancy Weekly tomorrow, but I believe the baby is 15 inches long and 2 pounds... or somewhere around there!  I feel like I've gotten bigger since last week and I have noticed my belly is starting to get in my way when I try to do things... like picking stuff up from the floor. I am, thankfully, feeling very good still minus some restless nights sleep here and there and an aching back/hips every now and again.  This past week I must have looked very pregnant because it was the first time that visitors at work noticed that I was pregnant. I had 2 comments in one day...both by dudes about me being pregnant. I thought that was weird... but they were the first strangers/visitors at work to say something to me.. so I guess it is pretty obvious now! Lol  What do you think?  :)

Bedding

My bedding came in today! And of course I had to put it on the crib. My mom told me to keep it in the plastic and I was like... ummm... too late! Lol  I LOVE it!  :)



Hard decisions

I mentioned in my last post that one of the things on my to do list before the baby comes is to find a new home for one of our dogs. We adopted a new puppy about a year and a half ago and while we love him very much, even though he has caused us lots of headaches. I have debated getting rid of him thousands of times! Lol But he is just soo darn cute that it makes it pretty hard!

We adopted him so that our beloved first dog could have a friend and a playmate while we are at work. And while the puppy loves her.... I am not sure she loves him quite as much. His personality is very strong. He is a big giant loveable goof ball... BUT he likes to be the center of attention and has bad food aggression with other dogs. So needless to say, he has tried to kill our older dog several times... not to mention our cat. (He hates cats.)

So... Ryan and I had a loong talk about whether or not we would trust him with the baby. We layed sod this year and have lush beautiful lawn that I would hope next summer we could be outside playing on with the baby. However, we are just not sure we would be comfortable bringing the baby outside with the puppy. He is a little reckless and even though he is a year and half, still has no control over his body and can easily knock me down, without even trying to. Not to mention that food aggression thing. I would hate to have the baby caught in the middle of a food fight.  Sooo.... we decided we needed to give him away. :(  I know it is going to kill me see him go to another home, but I hope that if we find him a good home it will make it a little easier. I love that dumb dog so much! He just melts my heart when he looks at me with his big dumb rusty colored eyes! But it is going to be what is best for our family.

So if anyone knows of someone looking for a dog.... PLEASE let me know!  He is a beautiful boy. All white with a rusty mask over his eyes and diamond dot in the middle of his head. He needs a place where he has lots of room to run and to probably be the only dog. He does jump fences... but he always comes back within minutes because he is a giant chicken. :)

To Do list!

I keep thinking there are soo many things I need to do before the baby comes. I just made a list and it doesn't seem... THAT long... but I am sure I am forgetting things.

• Decorate the Nursery
• Buy cute little baskets for the changing table shelves
• Buy a Car Seat
• Buy a Breast Pump
• Figure out Childcare
• Find a home for one of our dogs
• After the showers buy whatever we still need that people didn't get us on our registry

We already have, crib, just bought crib bedding, bassinet, bassinet sheets, changing table and pad and one pad cover, swing, and like 4 outfits, one bib set and a pair of socks! Lol  We are on the waiting list for daycare and have a lead on a babysitter and the dog... well that is another blog in itself! :)

The list that I still need seems small... but living in a small town makes shopping for some if it a lot harder than it should be! I wish I could just run to the store to buy a car seat and pump... but it is totally not that easy!

I need to go to bed...

Not only did I buy bedding and curtains... I just bought Ryan's birthday present. I should go to bed before I spend any more money tonight! Oy!

Curtain situation

I have decided not to buy the curtains that match the bedding set that I like for the nursery. Mostly because our window is oddly shaped and I would have had to buy like 4 or 5 panels to fit our window. Instead I JUST bought some cool plain brown curtains from JC Penny's that block out noise and 99% of the light. I only had to buy 2 panels of that one and they were on sale!  SCORE!  I know Brown isn't very exciting, but I kind of liked the idea of getting a more plain curtain that can last longer in the room than 5 polka dot panels that we might not be able to use for more than a year or so.   Plus I can get some cool blue and green lace valances to hang on top of the plain brown curtain to make it more nursery-like and match the rest of the bedding!   :)  I hope it ends up looking ok!

I also couldn't resist and ended up buying the bedding that I've been eyeing and had on our registry. I can't wait for it to come in so I can see how it looks and get some decorating ideas.  My mom actually came up with a good idea and told me to buy one of the curtain panels that go with the bedding set and I can cut it up and use it to decorate. I kind of like the idea, because then everything will match perfectly!  

I guess it is safe to say.... I'm nesting.

26 weeks!

According to my pregnancy ticker I have 98 days left until my due date! Umm... wow! How the heck did that happen? Where has the time gone? I thought 9 months would take FOREVER and really it has flown by! According to pregnancy weekly the baby is 14 inches long and weighs almost 2 pounds! I still don't feel very pregnant although I am getting some more aches and pains. It isn't until I walk by a mirror or something and catch my reflection and then I am like, Oh Yeah, I'm Pregnant! Lol 

Also, our changing table came in yesterday. We were on vacation this weekend so we were too tired to put it together yesterday. But I think I am going to work on it as soon as I finish this blog! :)  I also think I might order some of the bedding. I have it on my registry... but I don't think I can wait until our shower. Lol Plus, I think I won't get any inspiration when it comes to decorating the nursery until I can see the bedding and the colors of it.

So here is my 26 wk picture!  :)

Baby Name

I've been getting some questions lately about what our baby's name is.

Yes, it's true... we've come up with a baby name. Truth is, we've had the baby name for a LOOOONG time. We just haven't told anyone. :) 

For the longest time I was set on one name and Ryan wasn't 100% sold on it. He randomly came up with another name one day and said he kind of liked the way it sounded and I actually wasn't opposed to it. Funny thing was, I had a dream about the very name Ryan had come up with very early on in my pregnancy, except it was associated with having twins. Well, no twins... but I did take it as a bit of a sign and the name has grown tremendously on me and I now favor it over my initial first choice.

In the privacy of our home with just the two of us, we've already started calling baby by his name and referring to him by his name. Which is soo neat! :)

So why haven't we told anyone? I don't know. It is kind of nice to have a little secret, plus part of me is a little terrified that someone will say it is a terrible name. :)  I know I shouldn't care what people think of the name, but come on, you know someone will hate it! Lol

Anyway, we've talked about disclosing the name at our baby showers. I thought that would be a neat surprise for our friends and family. Although I am still a bit nervous to let our secret out.. I am pretty sure our friends and family will love to hear the name and for those not at the shower... I am sure there will be pictures!