jk...not...I am ready to go, I am ready to get my push on and get this squirmy little alien out of my body...
I actually lost 4 pounds this week- which even the doctor agreed was a good thing since I was getting close to gaining 50 stinkin' pounds and coming really close to passing Ryan up in the weight department...
Nursery is almost done, all her little clothes are put away, diaper bag is packed, baby stations are located around the house, everything is ready to go except her little bookshelf that needs to be painted- I may get to that soon...
I have found out that there is only so much Wife Swap and Real Housewives that you can watch before you are dying for real human contact and conversation- thank goodness I go back to work to answer phones for a couple of days next week. My mind will thank me even if my ankles rebel and swell up to cankles again...I can deal...
Reading a new book called Bring Up BebeOne American mother discovers the wisdom of French parenting by Pamela Druckerman - LOVE IT but that is a post all in it owns. Let me finish it and then I will share thoughts...
I turn 28 tomorrow and I am ok with that...
I get to eat at Olive Garden tonight and I am REALLY ok with that...
We have a stroller in the back of our car- the only time I really remember this now is when I take a turn to fast and it slams into the other side of our trunk...
We really need to have a car seat in our car too but I am too lazy to carry it out and strap it in...so it sits in the nursery- we can just grab it on the way to the hospital right???
Everyone keeps commenting on how calm I am- even my doctor was impressed. It's funny but usually with something this big and life changing about to happen I would be freaking out, feeling really unprepared and not ready but I am not. I feel ready, I feel prepared. I know there will be lack of sleep and a new routine but I got this. If you could see my hands you would see that they are steady. If there is one thing I know it's babies. Bring it on Charlie, bring it on...
Just don't have colic- k?
Anyone have any good crock pot meals or meals that freeze well? I would like to have some of those on reserve...
This baby better not end up having a wiener cause I have way to many pink, purple, and flowery outfits to take back now...if she does come out a he- he is gonna be one little girlie man...
I'll end on this conversation between me and Ryan:
Ryan: Have you been doing your kegels?
Me: Do you even know what kegels are?
Ryan: Yeah and I haven't seen you do one the whole pregnancy.
Me: I am doing one right now.
Ryan: Don't you have to like get down on the floor and do them? Like a push up?
Christmas and Thanksgiving are great holidays to be 7 months pregnant. I have never eaten so much fudge, cookies, dip, and all other kinds of holiday yumminess more in my entire life.
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I am tired all the time. I can only do about 4 hours of activity a day before I feel like I am going to die. The other day we were doing our dinner dishes and I was drying and I had to sit while I did it. Standing was just too much.
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Ryan started nesting. It was awesome. He just started organizing the house one day, starting in the basement and working his way up. I joined in on my vacation and together we have whipped this little house into shape. It is the first time we have felt like our house is actually ready to put on the market. We feel all grown up and stuff.
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Charlie's closet is painted and ready to be all full of little clothes and baby things...I still have a few finishing touches to add like a bookshelf, a changing station, and some storage stuff.
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I waddle every where I go now. It looks a lot like this:
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True conversation:
Ryan (to his cousin Levi): Oh yeah pregnant women are sexy.
Me (as I learn forward to get my drink only half aware of their conversation): grrrrrruuuuuuuuuunnnttt
Levi: It sounds like it
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I eat Tums like ithey're going out of style. I actually crave Tums. Sometimes my heartburn is so bad I could just sit there and eat Tums like they are milk duds. I know you can't do this so I only take as many as I am suppose to but then the bottle still calls to me so I have to hide it.
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I need at least 3 pillows to be able to relax...at least.
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I am so thirsty all the time and even in my dreams I spend most of my time in the bathroom.
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I get fat little hobbit feet now when I spend too much time on them.
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I am the most annoying person in the movie theatre right now. If I am not shifting back and forth to save one of my hips then I am gasping for air in what can be described only as something resembling a hiccup. But the doctors tell me it's not a hiccup therefore it has no name. Or getting up to go to the bathroom or breathing hard cause I just had to walk all the way from the bathroom to the theatre and I'm all out of breath.
We decided to use disposable diapers instead of cloth. I had a moment of panic and just decided that there were enough new things coming at me with a baby and if there was a way to make it easier on myself then disposable diapers are it. So yeah, I'm a woman and can change my mind.
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I'm still going to breast feed which freaks me out in so many ways. One- I have never done it, two- I have never done it, and three- I HAVE NEVER DONE IT!!! {plus no part of me wants to deal with sore nipples and getting bit}
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My bellybutton is still fighting the good fight. So far still an innie... So I say to pregnancy
"You can take my pride and my dignity- but you will never have my bellybutton!!!"
Take that pregnancy.
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Sometimes I think pregnancy books make me worry more then they help me or answer my questions. Like they will say things like "stay away from _________. " {insert some certain kind of food} Followed by a "there is absolutely no proof AT ALL that this causes any negative effect on the baby but just in case"...???...I don't follow those rules cause I am a pregnancy rebel... cause I believe in moderation and not fear should be your pregnancy guide
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So there ya go! I know it has been too long since my last bump shot but between the sweatpants and the laziness there wasn't a lot of bump picture taking going on. I promise to return next week with week 34
The pictures above were taken at Central Park in NYC where Ryan popped the question more then 2 years ago...
Me. Want. Popcorn. Every night- extra butter, extra salt...
Traveling was a lot easier when I was a young, not pregnant lass. You get really, really tired and really, really hungry. Never going anywhere with out Ryan again. I had to lug around my own luggage and yes I did have a mini break down on the subway in New York City. A big thank you to the man who carried my bag the rest of the way up the broken escalator...
Planning Ryan's last birthday before we have kids, he was born on Oct. 31st so after this year it will be more about Halloween and less about him till our kids are older so I wanna make it a good one...
Had our sonogram and found out my uterus looks beautiful...oh yeah and we are having a GIRL!!!
Which means I can finally go to town on the nursery...
Feeling her move and loving it, even if it does still freak me out and bring out my inner hypochondriac every time before I remember "oh yeah I'm pregnant"...
Muscle spasms in your chest are no fun no matter what you are cookin' in your belly...
I only see my Ob-Gyn doctor every 3rd visit- does that seem a bit odd to you? I feel like I should get a discount for that- not very impressed with my pre-natal care. Takes at least 4 hours to get a call back out about a concern and I have been prescribe a Class C medication for a migraine {a Class C can cause damage to the fetus or cause miscarriage and should be taken only in extreme cases- I only found this out after the pharmacists basically refused to fill my script}...NOT impressed Carle Hospital...
Week 19 and my throne {a pull out twin bed} is still going strong in the living room!!! Ryan puts it away when we have company but as soon as they leave it is back out in it's full on glory...which means we really need to figure out the furniture situation in the living room ASAP...
16 weeks of work left...about to embark on a life of soaps and eating bon-bons at least that is the image that flashes through Ryan's head at the thought of it {jk we have had many discussions and agree on this it is just really scary going from talking about it- to actually doing it. Pray for us!} I think as long as something yummy is made for him to eat most nights he will be ok...
We have agreed on a name, actually I feel like the name picked her it was so easy...
