29 weeks and I won some awards!

First of all I won this:

Thank you crossingmyfingersbutnotmylegs!!!
And I also won this:

Thank you to Lori!!!!

There are some rules to this award. I'm supposed to tell some things about myself and tag some people for the award, I believe. Right now I'm a little strapped for time so I just wanted to thank you girls for giving these to me and do a quick update.

29 Weeks

How far along: 29 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: I will tell you all my total in the end. Let's not update it weekly...it's no fun. (for me)

Maternity clothes: I wear them about 98% of the time.

Sleep: Waking up a lot, but falling back asleep easily.

Best moment of the week: I had an appointment this past week and my bp was back to normal (was a little high last time). Everything is measuring right, her heartbeat is strong, and there is still nothing wrong with my pee. Life is good.

Food cravings/aversions: Every single thing on this planet gives me heartburn. I don't really crave anything in particular, but I eat plenty.

Belly button in or out: Still in. Not even flat yet.

Stretch marks: Boo.

What I miss: Tying my shoes without blacking out. lol

What I am looking forward to: 2 baby showers coming up in Feb. Birthing class in March. Maternity Leave in April. (hallelujah) Oh and then there is a baby due in April too! :)

Weekly wisdom: It's not unheard of for the furniture salesman (we bought a recliner this weekend) to ask you if you're going to breastfeed. It doesn't matter that he is MALE, 400 lbs, and a complete stranger....he still wants to know, because well durrrr...that is a deciding factor in what type of recliner you buy. Surprised you didn't know that.

*Disclaimer: Salesman apologized profusely after he realized what he'd done, but still--I thought it was a story worth telling.

Snow Day!

27 wks 4 days

Back yard

Front yard

Woke up this morning to a few strong "suggestions" from family members that I not try and drag my pregnant self to work this morning. The roads aren't bad right now, but the temperature is dropping and I live 30 minutes away from work, so the fear was that it would get bad before I could get back home. I may have mentioned my track record before, but my driving in the snow/ice has not proven to be something I excel at. haha

J had a wake up call last night. I told him that we have 12 weeks left and you could see the look on his face like "WHOA." I mean it's not like he doesn't know my due date, but he said when I broke it down into weeks like that it just made it a lot more intense. Haha. I had to remind him that just because my due date is in 12 weeks, that doesn't mean the baby won't come before that. And let's hope she won't take any longer than that...lol.

Anyway, he is working OT today, partly because of his 12 week freakout and I am spending the day indoors with one spoiled rotten Chihuahua.

For those of you who read my blog, I'd like to take the attention away from me for a moment (doesn't happen very often :) ) and ask you to check out Laci's blog. She is somewhat new to this, so leave her a comment or follow her, especially if you're into healthy cooking or losing weight (2 things in which she has done a lot of lately), not to mention she has a pretty cute kiddo that is also fun to read about.

27 Weeks/OMG my dogs are cute!

We'll start with that dog thing. :)

27 Weeks!

Something about posing for a picture that is taking too long to happen, gives me the Chandler face. I know that most of you know what I'm talking about. Sigh.




How far along: 27 weeks


Total weight gain/loss: I ain't gotta lie to kick it....26 pounds so far. But, it's not my fault--because my baby weighs 20 lbs already. I just know it. And my boobs weigh at least 15...so actually I'm in the negatives. I win.


Maternity clothes: Yes. With the exception of the clothes that I steal from my husband's side of the closet when possible.


Sleep: I can't complain. I wake up A LOT, but I fall back asleep--so it's okay.


Best moment of the week: This week isn't the first time for this, but I have become addicted to 45 minute baths. I read in the bathtub so that's part of it, but also that's the easiest time to see my belly jumping up and down.


Food cravings/aversions: Will NEVER eat LJS while pregnant again. The end.


Belly button in or out: In. I honestly don't see it being out unless it's at the very end of my pregnancy.


Stretch marks: Still hips and top of thighs. A few on the boobs. None on the stomach.


What I miss: My energy.


What I am looking forward to: Baby showers, maternity leave, winning the lottery, having a baby. Not in that order.


Weekly wisdom: I don't have any.

The one where the caffiene kicked in...

I've been waiting about 30 minutes for a fax to go through and I can't possibly move on to the next thing until that happens, haha--so I am blogging just some random thoughts.

See that virtual baby thing to the right --> I think it would be a lot more realistic if that particular baby was doing a tap dance on a bladder. You look at her and she is just sleeping and floating around when it reality THAT ISN'T WHAT SHE IS DOING AT ALL! I'm not complaining--for real, because when she stops moving it starts to worry me. But omg, I either need her to move on up to my actual belly and out of my no-no area or I need to have a procedure to re-locate my bladder or there will be a diaper in my near future...and not a baby sized one...a great big one. Huge even.

Where we're at on the nursery......I want to take some "before" pictures and post them, not for you necessarily, but for me because I think it will be neat to see the work we've done at the end. Anyway, we have the bedding, the crib, and a bassinet. My Mom has literally gone nuts with decorative things and hair bows so we have lots of that too. And clothes, because well....I like to shop. And so does my mother and sister and MIL and SIL and my besties and so on and so forth. But the bows and clothes have nothing to do with the nursery, so I will get back to that. My husband is re-furbishing an antique dresser for the room because we have it and it's perfect sized. I am calling it antique because honestly, I don't know where the H it came from...it came with the husband almost 7 years ago....that's antique enough :)
I decided a long time ago that I didn't want a changing table, because I want the baby dresser to convert to a little kid dresser and I also didn't think I would use the changing table that much.
I feel like I am rambling, but originally we were going to paint the nursery a light purple and now we have decided to go with a more neutral light tan instead and accent with purple. Purple bedding, purple wall things, you get my drift.
My husband is either trying to mess with me majorly or he truly isn't convinced that she's a girl. Somebody at his work told him the story of the "girl" who turned out to be a boy at birth and since then he has wanted to neutral up the major things...like wall colors and furniture....just in case. Haha.

Okay okay, so what's left to get? EVERYTHING. I am starting to get a little panicky about it even though I have (supposedly) until April to get it figured out. At the same time I am holding off on buying anything else, because I want to see what the baby shower will bring and then go from there.

I think I hear the fax machine. Apparently sending a fax from Arkansas to Colorado today just isn't possible.

I can take a hint!

Nobody delurked. Not one single person. Sad Day.

Anyway, here are some recent pics. Enjoy. All 3 of you. lol

Me on my 27th birthday (23 weeks pregnant, especially in the face)

Christmas at Mom's house (and Dad's foot)

Harley, my big boy! Picture is a little dark.


Tater, my other big boy!



Pedro, relaxing on the couch after a long day of relaxing on the couch.

Husband with his Christmas game face on.

Delurk & Paricipate!

It's International Blog Delurking Week!

Say what?

That means if you read this blog but don't comment, you should say "HI" today! Let me know you're out there and reading. Tell me a bit about yourself. Tell me your favorite tv show or movie or even better your most embarrassing story..Or not, just "Hi" is okay too. You don't have to have a blog, you don't need to be infertile, pregnant, or even married, just let me know you're out there. I know that there are quite a few folks who follow this blog but don't comment and I'd like to know who you are!!

And because I stole this from AL, you should say Hi to her too. Especially if you already read her blog as well. :)

Heartburnzzzzzzzzzzzzz

If that Old Wives Tale is true about heartburn=baby with hair, then I will be giving birth to Sasquatch here in a few months. And doubly so, because my husband and I both have big feet.
Seriously, today powdered sugar of all things is giving me the worst heartburn! Who'da thunk it? Anyway, here is the 25 week update and I promise (maybe) to post pictures starting with Week 26. Not just for your enjoyment, but also so I can look back in several months (when I'm smoking hottt) and see how much progress I have made.

Week 25

How far along: 25 weeks (and 2 days)

Total weight gain/loss: We shall find out on Thursday. My doctor will probably stab his eyeballs out with a scalpel.

Maternity clothes: If I could do it all over, I would have spent my entire pregnant budget on maternity hoodies and comfortable maternity jeans. In fact that's what I am wearing today...but this hoodie isn't maternity and it will only stretch so far.

Sleep: I'm still sleeping well, especially now that I am getting over my cold. I wake up to pee quite a bit, but I fall right back asleep.

Best moment of the week: She is moving all over the place here lately, and it's something that I don't want to take for granted. A girl whose blog that I follow lost one of her twins (stillborn) this week and it makes me want my little one to stay very active for reassurance purposes. So the moving is good and it's happened a lot this week....to sum up the answer to this question.

Food cravings/aversions: I haven't had any cravings per se, since the first trimester. I just like food.

Belly button in or out: In. I can't see it popping anytime soon, if at all. I'm okay with that.

Stretch marks: I'm over talking about them. Now what I want from you are tips on how to get rid of them or at least make them fade after pregnancy. Ready, go.

What I miss: I don't really care for this question. I am very grateful to be pregnant, but even still I have gripes about the things that go along with it just like every normal pregnant lady in the world. I don't need to point them out anymore, because I don't want to confuse anyone. Yay pregnancy!

What I am looking forward to: Pretty much everything. I'm a little over 3 months away--so I am ready to have everything in order. Nursery, super-clean, disinfected and organized house, baby showers...etc. I am ready to line out a pediatrician and birthing classes (if we decide to do those).

Weekly wisdom: it's a weird feeling to sit down to pee and your hot belly touches your cold legs. I had to evaluate the situation earlier. It was weird.