36 week update

Like Whoa.

How Far Along: 36 weeks

Total Weight Gain: 32 pounds (um yikes?!?!)

Stretch Marks: None. Still thanking the baby Jeebus and hoping upon hope it stays this way!

Sleep: Minimal. Exhaustion has hit again. I toss and turn all night trying like crazy to find a position that is comfortable but I can’t sleep on my stomach (for obvious reasons) and I can’t sleep on my back either b/c of the pressure on one of the main arteries or whatever so it’s only on my sides. Not cutting it one bit. Even with my body pillow.

Best Moment This Week: My baby shower last Sunday in Des Moines. It was so great to get to see everyone and we got some great gifts for Nugget! Also, Wade installing the new tile floor and wainscoting in the bathroom. It looks great!

Movement: Nugget is a mover and a shaker for sure. And now that she is getting so large (approx 5 ½ pounds at this point) the jabs and pokes are starting to get painful at times. I find myself gasping at times when she really goes to town. Yikes!

Food cravings: Strawberries again. Can’t get enough of them. And pineapple and fruits in general. Also pizza. I don’t want you guys thinking I’ve become a health nut b/c I totally am not.

Labor Signs: I’ve had some Braxton Hicks contractions here and there but nothing major.

Belly Button in or out? This is weird but it depends on Nugget’s position in there. Sometimes it is out and I mean WAY out. Other times it is flat across and other times still I’ve even noticed it being in just the slightest bit. So I guess it just depends on how she’s lounging in there.

What I miss: I still miss my wine, beer, margaritas, martinis, etc. I also miss not swelling up at even the slightest bit of heat and humidity. Although it hasn’t been as horrible as some, it’s still no fun. And I definitely miss sleeping on my stomach. And my pre-pregnancy clothes/body. And normal sex (sorry TMI). And sleep. And late nights out. And my energy. Ugh. I guess I miss a lot.

What I am looking forward to: This long holiday weekend! I can’t wait to have a day off. I’ve been keeping my PTO usage to a minimum so that I can use as much as possible when Nugget is born so I haven’t had a full day off in quite sometime! We;ve got a lot that needs to be done before she gets here and I'm hopeful we can get a lot checked off that list this weekend!

Weekly Wisdom: Get up and walk around often. It helps with the swelling and keeps my tailbone from hurting more. (For some reason my tailbone kills me when I sit down. It is awful and I have no idea why.)

Milestones: We can now say I am due this month! Happy July!!! :)

I hope you all have a wonderful 4th!

Less than 8 weeks left of cooking time!

Happy Friday love cakes!

I’m so glad it’s the freaking weekend. Even with Monday off the week felt long, didn’t it? Yesterday we had Nugget’s 32 week doctor appointment and everything looks great! They did another ultrasound and found that the placenta has moved up along with the growth of the uterus so I no longer have placenta previa and am cleared for a normal birth! No c-section required!

Nugget is weighing in at approximately 4 pounds 2 ounces and is in the 55th percentile for size. Tech said the blood flow looked good and her heartbeat was 128 and strong. We also saw her stomach had fluid in it which means that she is swallowing correctly. She must really like all the junk I’ve been feeding her! :)

Here is the best pic we got of her. I know I am biased but I think she is adorable. She’s filled out so much in the 4 weeks since we last saw her. What a big girl we have! I’m getting so excited to meet her…
In other news this weekend looks to be fairly uneventful. I’m meeting Wade out for happy(less) hour after work tonight (it’s only happy(less) for me, everyone else who can drink calls it happy hour). Tomorrow I’ll probably just get more of the much needed chores done around the house and Sunday Wade is in his first ever triathlon. He’s pretty excited about it although I’m not sure how excited he is to be doing the running portion on a broken toe. Oh well. No one is forcing him to do this. He willingly signed up! :) He gets no sympathy from me! (Yes, I’m an evil bitch). Haha!

I’m also hopeful that we can get a recliner/rocker picked out for Nugget’s room this weekend. Then we can get the room laid out and stuff hung up and consider it 99% done! I love being able to check things off my to-do list.

I hope ya’ll have a SPLENDID weekend!

xoxo~

Gadzooks! When did I get old?

Tomorrow is my birthday. I’m not sure why, but for some reason this year I feel so much older. 31 seems way worse than 30. When I was 30 it was like I was basically still 29 b/c it’s so close but now, well, 29 isn’t close anymore and I’m definitely in my 30’s. I’ll blame these feelings on my pregnancy hormones and my fat pregnant face (and arms and thighs and cankles and… well everything else).

Tonight Wade is motorcycle racing in Shakopee and hopefully can win some moolah. Last weekend he took a spill at his flat track race and ended up breaking his big toe (but he still won his main event! Badass!). The doctor gave him this silly looking foot brace thing that he has wore a total of 30 minutes while he weed whipped the yard. He is walking on the outside of his foot instead b/c he said the brace is too big and looks like a slipper. Probably not the best way for it to heal but I do agree that the thing looks ridiculous. The things we sacrifice for fashion; in this case his big toe. No biggie. It's just a toe. He's got 9 more.

My parents, Kara and Todd are coming up tomorrow afternoon to celebrate our b-day. The fun thing about having a twin is that you always get to celebrate together! Some people may hate sharing their b-day with someone else, but I don’t see the big deal about it. You still get to celebrate and have the day be all about you but at the same time you get to celebrate DOUBLE! Double the fun!

We’ll be picking up Kara’s beautiful wedding dress tomorrow afternoon, watching Wade race in Elko tomorrow night and then Sunday we are hitting Target Field for our 1st Twins game at the new stadium. I’ve heard wonderful things about it so hopefully the weather is nice like they are predicting. A weekend full of fun! The only way it could be better is if I could drink. Sobriety is overrated.

Yesterday marked the single digit countdown in my weeks left of pregnancy. That’s right, there are only 9 weeks separating me from my estimated due date. Hopefully I won’t go past my due date but it is always a possibility. I’m hoping and keeping my fingers crossed that if anything I go a tad early. I’m ready to be done with this pregnancy shit (although I’m not sure I’m ready to be a mother, but who ever is?). It’s not that my pregnancy has been bad b/c in reality it’s been smooth sailing, but I’m not one of those women who just LOVE to be pregnant.

“Oh, look at me with my big, round, cute belly! Aren’t I a beautiful pregnant woman? I am woman, hear me roar! I can make humans! I’m making a miracle! Oh, look at the baby kick my belly! Isn’t it glorious?!?!?!”

Um. No. That is not me. Don’t get me wrong. I am blessed and grateful that Wade and I are able to have Nugget. But I won’t be sad when I’m no longer pregnant. I’ll be chugging down a Blue Moon or a Crispin or a bottle of wine or margaritas or... well, name your poison. I'll be drinking it. :)

The only cool thing about being knocked up is getting to feel her kicks, but even then sometimes they are bothersome. Also, I’m starting to get to the big uncomfortable stage and with the temps heating up, my feet and cankles don’t like the water retention swelling that is going on. My toes look like little summer sausages but not nearly as appetizing. So I’m hoping for a July 19th birthday. That would be 10 days earlier than my due date and my grandma’s birthday. What a way to be able to celebrate her memory! I’m hopeful that if I do end up having to have a c-section then maybe I can choose that date. If I don’t need a c-section then that date is highly unlikely. But one can hope!

What are you all up to on this glorious long Memorial Day weekend? Hope you all have fun plans!

Catch ya on the flip side!

Busy Beaver

Wow. This week has flown by. I’m not even sure what all I did but it’s Friday and the sun is out (halleluiah!) so that makes me happy. Wade and I have decided to tear up the bathroom with a little home improvement project. I say “little” but what I mean is tear out the ugly sky blue tile flooring and replace w/ new porcelain tiles and tear out the nasty, moldy wall surrounds and leaky faucet in the shower and replace w/ new bright white shiny walls and new faucet. Once that is done we are going to get the tub refinished. Supposedly this is comparable in price to getting a whole new tub installed but a lot easier.

Unfortunately we have family coming this weekend so they may have to see some of this going on. (Don’t read that the wrong way; I’m glad to be having company, I’m sorry for them to have to deal w/ this while they are visiting us.) We are working on a limited time frame w/ Nugget coming in 11 weeks or less. (Holy shit!) We’ve got a lot that needs to get done in that time and not a lot of free weekends to do it. So tonight Wade will hopefully get the old wall surrounds tore out and be ready to start installing the new walls tomorrow. Assuming all goes well (which w/ our old house NOTHING ever goes as easily as it should) we could technically have the shower done before our company even gets here since they aren’t arriving until Sunday. Wouldn’t that be grand? We’ll see how that goes. I will post before and after pics for those interested in home improvement gone awry. :)

Wade’s graduation ceremony is Monday morning which is why we are expecting family here. My dad, Wade’s mom, step-dad, sister, grandma and grandma’s boy toy are all coming. It will be nice to get to see them all again and celebrate Wade’s huge accomplishment. I am so proud of him!

A quick pregnancy update: at my last OB appointment my doctor recommended doing kick counts once a day. I’m supposed to count the number of kicks I get in one hour and if it is 10 or above we are good to go. If I don’t get 10 kicks in an hour then I should contact the doctor and they can run some tests to make sure nothing is wrong w/ Nugget. I started doing these on Tuesday. I kind of forgot to do them Fri-Mon… Oops. Anyway, Tuesday I got to 10 kicks in like 10 minutes so I stopped b/c I was done. Easy peasy. Wednesday I decide that I’m still going to continue counting for the entire hour just to see how many times Nugget blasts me w/ her ninja moves. I counted 59. And I know I missed some b/c I was at work and got distracted. 59! How can some people have a hard time getting 10 an hour and I get basically 1 each minute? Thursday was a bit less but still a ton with 37 kicks in an hour. And today Nugget assaulted me with 45 kicks. She’s a busy little beaver in there doing who the hell knows what.

Needless to say I’m a little scared of what is coming out of me. She is one wiggly mother fucker for sure. Some of her kicks and rolls are so strong they take my breath away. I think we’re going to have our hands full.

Also I've noticed I now have pregnancy fat face. This was not a welcome discovery. In fact it downright blows ass chunks. But at least it's the freakin weekend.

Happy Friday Asshats!

xoxo~

Nugget's 28 week photo shoot

Here is our little Nugget in all her glory posing during her 28 week photo shoot. What do you think? Does she look like me? Haha! I may be biased (actually I KNOW I'm biased) but I think she is adorable already.

The ultrasound went great and everything looks normal with Nugget. She is measuring approximately 2 pounds 7 ounces and is in the 45th percentile for size. Everything is average! Which in pregnancy I think is a good thing! :) However my placenta has only moved 2 cm away from the cervix so we have to go back in for another ultrasound in 4 weeks to see if it has moved any further.

Here she is yawning. You can see her tongue. I think it looks like Edvard Munch's "The Scream".

What do you think? Do you see the likeness? :)

I also took the liberty to show you exactly what you are looking at just in case you are not well trained in looking at these ultrasound pictures (which I know most people aren't and think they just look like blobs). :) So below you will see exactly what you are looking at. Isn't she lovely?

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I'm heading down south today after work while Wade is staying home and hopefully cleaning our house. I'll keep my fingers crossed on that one. :)

Happy Friday!

Pregnancy Update

So I saw this little survey on another pregnant board and thought it would be fun to mark my progress down. Stop reading here if you could care less about pregnancy. :)

How far along? 21 weeks

This is me today. Please excuse the ever classy bathroom picture and look of utter exhaustion. I'm tired.

Total weight gain/loss: I’m on track for a healthy weight gain but I've got to admit it's hard to watch that scale go up so high and so fast. So far I’m up 12 pounds. I think about 10 of that is in my ta-tas.

Stretch marks? None as of now and I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it stays this way! I lather up with Palmer’s Stretch Mark lotion every morning hoping to keep them away!

Sleep: Sucks. I fall asleep really fast b/c I’m exhausted but I typically wake up for the first time around 2-3 am and then several times there after to move and adjust and get comfortable which is getting harder and harder to do w/ this growing belly. Unfortunately it’s only going to get worse…

Best moment this week: Kobe seems to be getting used to my belly or at least accepting the fate that is coming. I had him sitting on my belly Monday night and was scratching his neck and ears and he was so content. Just look at that sweet face. Maybe he’ll love this baby girl after all!

Movement: I’ve been feeling her kick like crazy for a few weeks now and she’s getting stronger and stronger each day, but on Tuesday I finally SAW her move! My belly poked out when she sucker punched me! So cool! We’ve got a wild little girl on our hands! Wade has finally been able to feel her move too and you should see his face light up when she kicks for him. He's turned into mush. He's toast once this little girl is born. :)

Food cravings: Buffalo Wild Wings and ice cream. I found a new Kemp’s chocolate w/ cookies and cream dipping dots in it which is so fabulous that I would eat it all day if I could. I don't think my weight gain would stay in the normal range though if I did that!

Labor Signs: None, phew! And hopefully it stays that way for a long time! Keep cooking baby!

Belly Button in or out? How about flat across? But when I laugh it pops out which amuses the hell out of Wade.

What I miss: Do I really need to answer this one? You guys all know I miss my wine, beer, margaritas, martinis, etc. Duh.

What I am looking forward to: Warm weather, BBQ's and walks outside! We’ve gotten a taste of it and now I can’t wait to wear flip flops and skirts every day. Especially b/c skirts are so much more comfortable than pants at this point!

Weekly Wisdom: Once you wear maternity pants you will never want to go back. Seriously. I thought I’d wear some of my old pants to work this week and just use my belly band to hold them in place and I was SO uncomfortable. Elastic waists are WAY better! I never thought I’d be caught dead saying that! :)

Milestones: We’ve passed the half way mark! Baby girl is approximately 10 inches head to toe and weighs almost 13 ounces. We’re nearing the pound mark! She also has working taste buds and therefore can taste all the yummy ice cream I’ve been eating. Hope she likes it! :)

20 weeks! Holy shit!

Last Thursday was my 20 week mark. That's right, I'm 1/2 way through this pregnancy! In some ways the time has flown by and in others it seems to have dragged on and on and on. I really want a beer or wine right about now, I want my innie belly button back and I'm so anxious to not feel like my stomach is being stretched from NY to LA but at the same time I'm not ready to have this little girl yet. And neither is our house! If she were to come today she'd only have a crib in her room and 4 little outfits to wear. She wouldn't even have any sheets on her crib! We've got a lot of work to do!


Anyway, here I am last Thursday. Half way through and doing good! Here's to a hopefully equally uneventful 2nd half! Keep cookin in there little nugget!

xoxo~

Blah, Blah, Blah

Just because I'm a lazy bitch I'm going to do a list post b/c I can.

• Looking down at my growing belly it looks as if I swallowed a bowling ball.
• I absolutely LOVE feeling our baby girl move. Ask me this again in a month though and I may have a different answer. Especially once she starts kicking my bladder.
• *Schmoop warning* Wade is a wonderful, supportive, loving and caring husband. I couldn't ask for a better man. He's going to be the best father.
• My pumpkin has been uncovered by the melting snow. It's 1/2 eaten by squirrels and in the middle of our yard. Anyone want to take bets as to if I will grow another pumpking plant this year?
• This new show "High Society" on CW is ridic. This guy blew through $200,000 in his trust fund and then asked his mom for an additional $50,000. WTF? Then he threw a drink on a girl at a club, it got in her eyes and they called a 911 b/c she was crying hysterically that it hurt. For serious? Rinse w/ water. It's just some Jack. Damn girl.
• I really, really, REALLY want a big glass of wine. Like really. Now.
• We're driving down to Iowa City this Saturday for a friend's wedding. It will be a huge drunken mess and I will be completely sober. Sad face. But I did get a new kick ass red maternity dress for it that shows off my bump just right!
• Kobe will no longer cuddle w/ me on the couch. I think he hates my bowling ball belly and that makes me cry. :(
• It's starting to feel like spring and that makes me so excited! I want to wear open toe shoes! I'm totally getting a pedi tomorrow and wearing some to this wedding. Rain be damned.
• I always thought I'd like having bigger boobs until I got them. These suckers are hard to dress. They make even the most conservative shirt look like I belong in a whore house.
• I'm wondering when my nesting mode will kick in b/c as of now the only mode I'm in is couch mode (interrupted by eat mode).
• Is ANYONE on this "High Society" show normal? Wow. This is like Lindsay Lohan train wreck good. :) This is taking over "Jersey Shore" on the trash list! Setting up DVR to record weekly now.
• I've got nothing. Nothing else. I have come to realize that my life now that I'm pregnant is pretty dull. But that is only temporary. :)

Hope ya'll have a great weekend!

When I grow up...

Some women know ever since they are little pre-pubescent girls how to finish that sentence. Some, like me, take a little while longer to complete this sentence. I know of some women who have always wanted to be nothing more than a mother. They’ve dreamt of growing up and having babies and that is all they’ve ever wanted to do. Me on the other hand, not so much. I always wanted a monkey and not a kid. It’s not that I don’t want to be a mother now b/c at this point in my life I am so excited about it. But looking back I would have finished that sentence VERY differently...

(All ages approximate)

Age 3:
When I grow up I want to be a puppy. Ruff!

Age 5:
When I grow up I want to be Barbie.

Age 8:
When I grow up I want to be a teacher and boss kids around.

Age 11:
When I grow up I want to be a vet. Animals are much cuter & snugglier than kids.

Age 15:
When I grow up I want to be an interior designer.

Age 18:
When I grow up I want to be a graphic designer w/ no kids, just a little cute monkey that I can carry around on my shoulder and pet.

Age 19:
When I grow up I have no clue what I want to be. Where’s the keg? Let’s party! (Kids definitely do not fit in the party scene)

Age 22:
When I grow up I want to be a realtor. (Yeah, that lasted 6 months)

Age 24:
When I grow up I want to be anything other than what I am doing now: banking. (Oops, still banking...)

Now:
When I grow up I want to be a great mother.

Here’s to hoping that I can be as wonderful a mother as my mom was to us. Which will be damn near impossible but I will put in a hefty effort! Although she told me that when she was little all she wanted to do was be a mom so I’ve got some big shoes to fill considering I just recently decided being a mom was something I’d like to be.

I’ve got dreams for this little nugget that is kicking me like crazy. Not only is she going to be a kick ass ninja (obviously b/c damn girl, you can whip out a round house kick like no ones business!) but she’s going to be loved so much by so many that ANYTHING is possible for her! She’s going to be a rock star! And a very fashionable one at that! We are so blessed!

xoxo~

The BIG Reveal!

For those of you who are my Facebook friends you may have already seen my update but if not...


This smiling happy baby is a...

GIRL!

Wade and I are over the moon excited! She is weighing approximately 9 ounces and is in the 40th percentile for size at this point. Everything measured great and looks healthy! We are thrilled! And we promptly went to Babies 'R Us where we spent over 2 hours and bought her the CUTEST little dress to come home in. I can't wait. :)

Tying it all together: Sex, Dress & MS

The big day is near! Thursday we find out the sex as long as the baby cooperates! Probably the only time I will want this baby to spread its legs open (especially if it’s a girl)! Modesty!!! Haha! :) I have been counting down the days for the past 4 weeks and it seriously cannot come fast enough.

My parents, sister and her fiancé came up last weekend to visit and dress shop for Kara. It was a success! She actually ended up buying the 2nd dress she tried on. (Although she tried on probably close to 20 more after it.) But she looks stunning in it and really looked great in almost every dress she tried on. I thought we were going to have a problem with her selecting one since they were all so beautiful on her! :) Here is a picture of the dress she chose (Madison by Maggie Sottero). Perfect!

She is doing a peacock feather color scheme so it will be lots of vibrant blues, greens and purple accents. It will be gorgeous! As of now she is thinking the bridesmaids will be wearing a Kelly green color that we found at David’s bridal and we can all select whatever style we like best as long as it’s in that color. I love the green so I’m looking forward to picking out my dress. Although I have no idea what size I will be wearing 6 months after having a baby. Hopefully I’ll be back to my normal size (or at least really close to it). And hopefully my bazookas will be back in control. They are getting crazy. And since they are sore they are no fun. As Wade put it "they are like a closed amusement park." Nice analogy there hun. :)

I’m up about 8 pounds which is amazing since I am hungry NON-STOP and my mom even said how surprised she was at how big my belly has gotten. But it must be all baby b/c I haven’t gained all that much and my ass still fits in my jeans. Thank the baby Jeebus. I feel the little nugget kicking away pretty much every day now in little spurts. It’s a great feeling!

Other than that there isn’t much new in our household. I’m just living for Thursday! Our appointment is at 1:30 and then after it we are going to go to Babies ‘R Us to start our registering process (which is really overwhelming if you ask me). I know nothing about babies and what we need. Yikes. Any suggestions?

Also, a HUGE thank you to those who have so graciously donated to my MS Walk!

Emily – So This Is My Gig
Paula – Insert My Blog Name Here
Matt – Mr. 5820
Kristin – BonBon Rose Girls

And there is still plenty of time between now and the walk so if you still want to please do! You guys are the greatest!!!

I’ll be sure to update ya’ll on Friday once we know if our babe is packin or lackin! Til then!

Xoxo~

There's an alien inside me!

Just within the last day I've finally realized that these movement feelings I've been having in my gut are probably the baby moving and karate chopping and ninja kicking my innards. Up until just a day ago I just assumed it was gas because lets face it, pregnant women are gas QUEENS. I don't know what it is about being pregnant but even before you know you are knocked up you have already started farting. Hell, it was my very first symptom but I just assumed I must have eaten something that didn't like me b/c I certainly didn't feel pregnant yet and it was too early to take a test. I would wake up and walk to the bathroom and the first thing I did was fart. For me this was strange but I didn't really think much of it. Now of course being older and wiser I know that was the first sign that I was pregnant. Farts. Awesome.

I've got to say these movements are a pretty cool feeling. They don't hurt b/c the baby is still very small. As of now the baby measures approximately 5.5 inches crown to rump. So that's not even including those little ninja kicking legs. How about that!?! I still have a hard time believing that something is growing inside of me. I'm sure once the baby gets bigger and starts kicking the ever loving shit out of my intestines and bladder I'll take that back. But as of now these little movements are a welcome feeling.

The only complaint I have as of now is that I cannot sleep. My assumption is that this is just going to continue to get worse too so that totally sucks ball sack. I've gained about 7 pounds and so I'm not a TON bigger and have a long ways to go but I already feel like this pressure is on me when I lay down and then I can't get comfortable. I am waking up just about every hour during the night usually just to switch positions. Having a belly means not sleeping on your stomach (which sucks) and pregnant women aren't supposed to sleep on their back b/c of some pressure from the baby/uterus pressing on a main artery and cutting off blood supply (which also sucks) so I just can't seem to get comfortable. This is where alcohol would definitely come in handy to help me sleep but damn the man I can't have that either. So basically I'm screwed.

Coming up next Thursday is our BIG ultrasound! I can't even explain to you how excited I am to find out if this baby has a peen or a vajayjay. But it is eating me up inside I'm so excited!

Speaking of eating... Gotta go. I'm hungry now.

Because no post is complete w/o a picture please enjoy this lovely photo of Kobe with wonk eye.

Tata~

How about WordFULL Wednesday?

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine’s weekend filled with love, hugs and candy. Lots of candy. I’ve recently found Sweet Tart Valentine’s gummy hearts and have been eating them like crazy. They are like sour patch kids except you don’t have to deal w/ the gross yellow ones. Perfection!

We went to Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse for Valentine’s Day dinner on Saturday night. It was delicious. I highly recommend it; although it wasn’t cheap. The one glass of wine that we split was $13. And that was the cheapest Pinot Noir they had. Although it was so utterly tasty and smooth and dear God I want more right now so it was totally worth it. :)

We then rented ‘Inglorious Basterds’ and ‘I Love You Man’. Both were good movies. If you like Quentin Tarantino then ‘Inglorious Basterds’ will not disappoint. Full of oddness, blood, comedy and swear words it was very entertaining. If you like awkwardness, a little romance and humor then you’d like ‘I Love You Man’. Poor Paul Rudd’s character was full of complete awkward behavior. It made him endearing at times and annoying at others but the movie was a win in my book.

Other than that we have been working full time on updating the house and getting it ready for the baby. We had new windows installed last week and Wade replaced the rotten wood trim that was around the bathroom window. The window is in the shower stall b/c our home is ancient and used to only have a tub, therefore a window there would be okay, however a shower head was installed eons ago and for some reason the previous owners (who I swear were morons) never replaced the wood trim with vinyl and therefore the water sitting on the wood window ledge caused it to rot and start to fall apart. Well no longer! It is now crisp, new, white vinyl! And Wade installed a new sucky fan in the ceiling in the bathroom too b/c the one that was in there was probably as old as our house and nasty.

Our crib was delivered yesterday and Wade put it together last night and set it up in the nursery. Our first piece of furniture for the room! Wade refinished the hardwood floors in there and painted the walls too. He's such a handyman! We are waiting until after March 4th for anything else b/c I want to know if this baby is a boy or girl before we go decorating everything. So for now it is still pretty empty but still a huge improvement over what it looked like before! I know you all are just dying for pictures of the soon to be nursery. So here are the before and after shots.

Before (Right after we moved in, it was the "office" that was never used)

After (newly refinished hardwood floors, new lighter paint color and new windows!)

And the crib. Wade had this thing put together in under 30 minutes! He's a pro!

Other than that all I’ve been up to is eating my weight in food. Amazingly I’m still only up about 5-6 pounds (I have no clue how). I swear I am hungry non-stop. You want a belly picture? Oh, okay.

This was actually taken last week. I'm even bigger now. It's amazing how much you can grow in just one week. :)

The life of a pregnant woman is just uber exciting.

Lata gatas!

Grimace

I had one of my routine ob appointments last Thursday at 15 weeks along. Had my finger pricked to check my hemoglobin (it’s good), had my blood drawn to check the baby for spina bifida (or something like that), had my blood pressure read (normal), got my abdomen groped by the doc and listened to the heartbeat on the doppler (which will never get old, it’s an awesome sound). According to the doc I’ve only gained 4 pounds since my last visit which was 4 weeks prior. She said that was right on track and doing good. I want to know how in the hell this…

is only 4 pounds? Seriously. I think I’ve gained 4 pounds just in my tits let alone this massive gut that is taking over my pants. (And yes, I'm well aware that my bed is unmade behind me and looks very nice. *ahemsarcasmahem* I never make the bed. Ever. What's the point?)

Other than that, all is well and it was a fairly uneventful appointment. We go back on March 4th for the BIG reveal! I can’t wait to find out if this baby is packin or lackin. Anyone want to place some bets?

Cheers!

(Not)Wordless Wednesday

I can't stop looking at this picture. Those are some cute and tiny baby legs there. And a cute little rump too! But maybe I'm just biased... :)

Pot Baby

Back in my college days I was known to smoke some pot every now and then. And really, who didn’t toke up every once and a while back in college? If you say you didn’t you are lying. Even Bill Clinton admitted to it and he saying he didn’t inhale is total bull shit in my book. Regardless, don’t judge, I haven’t been near pot in ages (my fun college days are way behind me, dammit).

Pot made me hungry 99.9% of the time that I smoked it. I remember one time after enjoying a little pot I was so ravenous I attacked the pantry trying to find something to eat. Unfortunately, being a broke college student the pantry had ramen noodles, peanut butter, saltines and granola bars in it. That isn’t much to work with. At least you’d think it wasn’t. However in my genius pot haze I thought of the best plan ever. To dip the chocolate chip granola bars into the jar of peanut butter. I remember my sister and I standing in the pantry doorway like hungry wolves over a carcass engorging ourselves w/ peanut butter covered granola bars. You’d have thought it was the most fabulous meal cooked by a world famous chef the way we inhaled these things. Looking back I’m sure had we been sober they would have tasted decent enough but nowhere near good enough for us to be shoveling them in our mouths the way we did. And one other time I ate an entire medium pepperoni pizza by myself. The whole thing. In one sitting. And I locked myself in my boyfriend’s room so no one else would even dare try to take a slice. (No wonder I gained the freshman 15…) Talk about a little pot piggy.

After my pot use was over and I grew up into a mature adult (ahem...) I became a fairly picky eater. I’d only be in the mood for certain foods and if that isn’t what Wade wanted too bad for him b/c that is the only thing I can even think of eating.

Not anymore.

Give me anything.

I don’t care what it is.

I’ll eat it.

It’s like I’m a human garbage truck. And I’m eating non-stop. It’s like I’m back in college and smoked pot again and all I can do is think of eating.

Anyways, I’ve come to think that this baby is the equivalent of really good pot. Minus the nonstop giggling and me saying “what?” over and over. So basically this baby makes me want to eat anything and everything. You’d think I was a starving Ethiopian child the way I want/dream/think about food all the time. So if you ever have the pleasure of enjoying a meal with me while I am expecting you’d better watch your hands. If they even start to move toward my plate there is a good chance I will bite your finger off.

And eat it.

Ciao!

Holy Shit! There's a baby in there!!!

In place of my normal wordless Wednesday post I've got some big news to share w/ ya'll today. Some of you may know this and some of you don't but for all you baby haters out there, you'd better bite your tongue b/c my baby is dropping in July 2010. That's right. Wade & I are expecting. And thrilled! Our baby is going to be the baddest mother fucker on the planet. You all will just have to learn to love babies and if not just humor me and pretend you love mine. :)

Now, don't expect this to turn into a pregnancy/baby blog but at the same time it obviously will be very different for the time being. I can't drink (boo hoo!!!) so my drinking stories will be lacking which I know you all loved. But I WILL be back to my normal self. Eventually.

Anyway, as of now I feel great. I've been lucky and not had an ounce of morning sickness and I have the most supportive and greatest hubby ever that helps take care of me. So really the only symptoms I've had have been minor inconveniences.

• Exhaustion - This has got to be my worst one. I wake up, I'm tired. I go to work, I'm tired. I get off work, I'm tired. I go to bed, and I can't sleep! Go figure! And although Wade has been great and super supportive he gives me a hard time about this one. He teased me that my newest job is making sure our couch doesn't float away. Well, I've got to say that I've got this job nailed! Can I get a promotion?
• Sore tittays - This just started last week. They've also filled out a bit and I will be needing to shop for a new bra soon. The size increase is welcome, the soreness is not. Ow.
• Bloat - Extreme bloat. Some days I've looked so bloated that I look 7 months pregnant already. I'm not. I'm only 12 weeks. I should not look pregnant like this yet. The bloat is killing me Seymore.
• Hunger - All day, all night, nonstop. I'm hungry. Somehow I haven't gained any weight which is amazing considering all I've been eating. I lost weight in the beginning which I attribute to me cutting the booze out of my diet. B/c Lord knows I cut out a lot of calories when I stopped drinking. (I miss my vino...)
• Shortness of breath - I feel like I'm 80 years old. I get winded walking up our stairs. This is also a reason I barely leave the couch. It's ridiculous.
• Gas - You ain't seen nothing until you've been around a pregnant woman. Some may not want to talk about this side effect. I embrace it. It's not just toots, it's belches too. I could out-belch a trucker now. I still avoid tooting around Wade b/c I honestly cannot predict the outcome. Will it be a SBD? Will it be loud but odor free? Who knows? Wait, who am I kidding. All my toots smell like roses, cinnamon and freshly cut grass. Delicious.
• Weird dreams - I've been having not only very odd and vivid dreams but also sexy time dreams. So far these dreams have included the cast of Gossip Girl, Justin Timberlake and John Krasinski. Oh and Wade. Of course. :)
• Hormonal Rage - I don't think I've been too utterly insane. I've only flipped out on Wade a couple times. If you ask him he may say something different but he's lying. And to him I say "shut your mother bleepingbleepeffingbleepbleepingcrapbleepbleeping piehole!" :) See? No hormonal rage here. None at all.
• No-more-drinking depression - Seriously, it's winter... in Minnesota. There is near nothing to do up here besides drink during the winter b/c it is so effing cold out. And when your pregnant you can't go skiing or tubing or anything like that and really all you want to do is curl up w/ a mug of hot chocolate and Baileys but you CAN'T! And don't even get me started on how lame NYE was without being able to drink. Yes, it was still fun, but dear Lord I wanted a beer so bad. Basically it feels like being pregnant takes away your "fun" card. You can't do anything fun anymore. I am a social bee and part of that is drinking and mingling and well, I'm not going to lie, the drinking makes it more fun.
  

Anyhoodle, all in all it's been smooth sailing. So without further ado here is our little nugget's first photo. Doesn't the camera just love him/her? Looks like a gummy bear. :) Adorable I'm telling you. This was taken a little over 2 weeks ago.

And here is the 2nd photo shoot. My what a big forehead it has. Must be to hold in all those brains b/c this kiddo is going to be a genius! It's also going to be a ninja b/c while we were watching it on the ultrasound screen the little thing did the most amazing ninja kick move I've ever seen. A stealthy smart ninja. Totally rad.

Kobe is going to hate it.

Future Baby

I know a lot of you reading this will probably automatically freak out the second you read that title. I am sorry to inform you that no, we are not expecting. We aren’t even trying. And I now doubt we will ever try. You see, I was led to this site that will show you what your future offspring will look like by entering you and your respective mate’s photos into their baby making system. And well, it frightened the hell out of me. If Wade and I have a baby girl she will end up looking like this (please try to stifle your screams if at work):

And well, I don’t really feel like doing that to the world. Sorry.