Happy Thanksgiving!

First off, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing holiday. Next is Christmas! Yay! I hit the 32 week mark this week...yay! Crazy really. I'm anxious and nervous...every feeling you can think of. There really isn't much happening with this pregnancy and I'm grateful for such an easy pregnancy. Although, I can say that I can't wait to get back into my regular clothing. I think my biggest complaint at this point is if I sleep too long, I get sore. Haha! Not so bad. I am anxious to meet the little guy...assuming the u/s technician is right! The picture taken of the belly is more like 32.5 weeks...32 weeks and 4 days. Fun times!

And here's a picture of our cute cat. She doesn't like the camera flash. Here's a quick little story about RYAN'S cat...so I think we've decided that she eats too much (she is getting fat). In an effort to control and minimize that amount of food she WAS eating, I was only going to feed her once a day. Ryan and I had sat down to dinner. I noticed she was scrounging in the bag that contains Maya's (our dog) treats. These are the treats that we use to train the dog. She grabs the bag of the mix of treats. THIS is not a small bag of treats. It's a sandwich bag half full of treats. She starts running off with them. I jump in front of her thinking that I'll just grab the cat but she drops the bag and runs off. So now I'm half worried that she'll think if she tries to steal the treat bag...I'll feed her. She ate half her bowl and now she's passed out on my lap. Such a tough life being a cat. 

28 weeks and slacking...

So I'm at that 7 month mark...just passed it. The only thing I can really complain is my bra size (I fear if I grow one more cup size, I might have to find a whole 'nother website to buy bras from)...oh, and it's starting to get harder to WALK. For pete's sake, I climb 3 stairs and I feel like I've run a marathon. I haven't learned to slow down so when I go see a person at work, I'm out of breath when I get there. "Are you okay?" I always get that. Me..."Yes, just pregnant..." It's nice to know all my vital organs are jammed up in my rib cage.  I'm thankful though, that it's getting cooler. Well, I guess I can jump straight to it's finally nice and cold during the day. Feels good. It's 36 degrees, I'm in capris, flip flops, and a t-shirt. People actually ask me if I'm cold. Would I wear that if I were cold? Does everyone forget I'm a walking incubator?

Doctor's appointments...I don't think I've seen a doctor (or been in a hospital) so much as I have in the last 7 months and it increases to twice a month now. Ooooohhh, goody. I get to pee in a cup semi-monthly. The only thing that excites me about this is me getting into work by 10am (also means I get to sleep in a bit).

Baby moves like crazy, ESPECIALLY at 3am. Nice little wake up call I could use about 3 hours later.

This last doctor's appointment was slightly traumatic. I had to do that glucose test. And all you know that I'm hypoglycemic. You take my breakfast away from me I'll be puking in no time. So I downed that sad excuse for an orange drink at 7:15 am (before we left for the appointment) as instructed. Get to the office, they call me back, the nurse weighs me. I SEE I have gained 11lbs. That's all fine and dandy. She takes my blood pressure, Ryan asks me how much I weigh, I look at the chart and apparently she has me down for gaining 20lbs. You're kidding. 20lbs in a month. Panic sets in. We get to my little room and she forgot to do the blood test! Well, darn, she has to run out and get her stuff. Meanwhile, Ryan and I discuss the fact that my weight gain must clearly be a mistake. We must ask for a re-weigh...we need a do-over! She returns, pokes my finger, applies pressure for what seems like ages. Scurries off, returns with the results telling me I will have to return to do the 3 hour fasting/glucose test. I'm sorry, are you saying there's a chance I'm diabetic??? Not only has this nurse added 10lbs to my weight gain but she wants me to starve myself and shove containers of orange sugar drink down my throat. I realize I'm getting hot and sweaty. I start looking for a place to puke. Run to the bathroom, proceed to dry heave for about 5 minutes (in the midst of crying) before composing myself and returning to my room where I grab a granola bar from purse and gobble the stupid thing down so I won't have to hang over a toilet any longer. My DOCTOR comes into our room to inform us of GREAT news. I had passed the dumb glucose test. I was borderline so she considered it passing (yay!!!) plus she didn't think I'd make it through the fasting of the 3 hour glucose test (someone with common sense!).  Then she brings up the weight gain...Ryan and I tell her our version of the story, she requests a do-over and all is right with the world once again. (HOW do you mis-weigh someone? The last person you'd want to weigh incorrectly is a pregnant person. I have a complex AS IT IS. I don't need someone messing with my head about my body weight. Arrrggghhhh.)

25 Weeks & Stuff!!!

Won't say much, but will show some pics.  Enjoy!!!

The outside of house finally completed!!!

Shauna @ 25 weeks!!! Can't wait till January!!!

Maya's Puppy Education graduation day!!!

Slug we found in our Garage.  We think it was lost.  Apparently it smokes too... don't ask me how it actually uses the regular size lighter???

Our new Kitty Cat "Raisin".  She's a Tortoiseshell Tabby.

I am 22 weeks and some-odd days. I just know now that I'm popping cuz everyone keeps asking if I'm pregnant. It's kind of weird to hear people ask that. Heh. This picture is from last weekend after church.

So our house is finally finished. Vinyl, windows, and gutters. It's a nice feeling to have it done. We can already tell the difference in efficiency of changing out the windows with new double-paned ones. I've posted some before and after pictures. The only thing missing is the gutters (in the pictures). Although, the gutters HAVE been done...I've been lazy in taking pictures. That and my camera battery is dead and again, I'm being lazy.

A pic of the house before and a pic of how well our gutters didn't work.

   

After with the vinyl and windows minus gutters. :)

21 weeks PREGO!

I'm actually 21 weeks pregnant this week. I didn't get a chance to post belly pictures last week due to the MIA of my camera. Catch-up number 2! I can still rubber band my pants, although, I prefer to wear forgiving clothing. As always, I find myself wanting to wear dresses more. I feel the baby move more and more everyday especially at night. It's the weirdest feeling. I think he headbutts my cervix several times a day. I feel a lot of pressure, kind of like a bearing down in my uterus. Just something we're keeping an eye on. Fun times. I'd post my 20 week ultrasound picture but it's frightening...however the dvd of the entire ultrasound is great to watch! Teehee! 

California pictures....

So, I found my camera. It was hidden in a Lowe's bag. Heh. Don't even ask how it got there. Regardless, I'll be doing catch-up on the past couple of weeks, starting with Sarah's wedding. I just have some pictures from rehearsal and some from the "bachelorette night."

        

As you can see, we all got our In N Out shirts with our titles stitched on. The gazebo with the line-up. I got paired with THE TALLEST guy...hehe. That was our wall and the bride and groom stood behind us. It was a nice place, very green, lots of stairs! 

  

We stayed at the Pine Rose Cabins in the Christmas Cabin!! It was way cute. Lots of junk food and movies. I think we made it through one complete movie and busted into maybe 5% of the junk food! 

  

Next morning we went to Belgian Waffle Works!! YUM! Great breakfast to start a great DAY! The wedding was enjoyable after a couple hours of stressfulness. I don't have any pictures of the actual day because I was busy being a Bridesmaid! But it was fun and great to see lots of people! Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Jarvis!

Back from Cali and other fun stuff

We have returned (like a week ago) from California from a very enjoyable trip. I have SOME pictures but not a whole lot but as soon as I find my camera, I will post them. Sarah's wedding was beautiful and fun. It was great seeing everyone. It's just a bummer that it was such a short trip. One would think a week would be enough to see people, but no, of course not. Secondly, I've hit the 20 week mark (half way there!!!) today in my pregnancy. I had my doctor's appointment and got a 23 minute video of the ultrasound plus 4 ultrasound pictures. I've been experiencing pelvic pressure, not sure what that means in regards to the baby but the doctor says everything is fine. Yay! And again, as soon as I find my stinkin' camera I will put up some belly pictures.