Sunshines & Creeps

• Sunshine to Friday. It couldn't come any faster this week! 

• Double Sunshine to finally feeling like I'm over my sinus infection. I can now stay out of bed past 9:30 and not feel like I'm slowly dying.

• Sunshine to starting the third trimester this week. Creep to being terrified that it means our little boy is coming very quickly and we're not ready for him. Plus I'm not ready to be done being pregnant yet. He is still doing just fine in there and he can stay there for awhile if it's up to me!

• Sunshine to finally finishing up all our apple dehydrating last night. It has been a very long process to get like 50# of apples dehydrated. Plus apples are my dogs' favorite snack and they go NUTS when I'm trying to do it. Ross was able to help the last couple times and it actually turned into one of my favorite little hobbies with him. We should've started that earlier!

• Sunshine to buying our stroller & car seat last weekend! One more thing checked off the list I guess. Creep to how much it cost. Someone, I forget who now, told me they heard of someone buying a package of diapers after each prenatal appointment to help offset the cost for when baby comes! How smart, I am going to get some in the next week to start my stockpile! I guess we will need them...or so I have been told.

• Sunshine to an impromptu visit from Kristen last weekend! Creep to my RIDICULOUSLY unkempt house that is definitely not toddler proof! What a wake-up call. K for your information the house is much cleaner now so come back and visit. I even vacuumed up all the dog hair. How embarrassing! It did get my lazy butt in gear though.

• Sunshine to my second favorite craft show of the year tomorrow! If you are in the Forx come check it out! I'm hoping to get some cute baby stuff. Because I don't have enough right?! Bonus, I get to go to water aerobics first and then am meeting my friend Jenny who is going to bring us Starbucks for the line!

• Creep to trying to plan finances for when baby comes. It is really dawning on me how much this baby is going to cost. So we will be putting him to work to make some extra cash right away. Maybe we'll charge people $5 per holding session and $1 per kiss :) I'm sure the grandparents will pay up, not sure if anyone else would though. It is a good thing I am a food hoarder so we won't have to buy groceries because we won't be able to afford any come February! 

• Sunshine to CHRISTMAS!!! I love the Christmas season and it could not come fast enough! We are going to pick out our tree tonight or tomorrow and I am SOOOO excited! We have the rest of our decorations up, just missing our showpiece!

Oh baby - Week 27

Total Weight Gain: Up a little under 10 pounds. Yuck. Did I just say that? 

Maternity clothes:
Yes, I am definitely wearing them. I did squeeze into a couple non-maternity things this week though.

Stretch Marks:
Nope. Sticking with a healthy dose of almond oil slathered all over my belly!

Best moments:
There were lots this week! I celebrated my first Thanksgiving with my husband's side of the family. It was fun and relaxing. I also managed to keep myself out of the stores on Black Friday/Gray Thursday so I'm proud of myself for that! I must say I missed it though. But on Thanksgiving we enjoyed some delicious food and drinks (I cracked open a sparkling pomegranate apple juice and it was good.)

We also had our Dr appointment this week for November. I had my blood work done at this appointment and everything came back good! Baby's heartbeat was good. We also found out we have another ultrasound to keep an eye on the blood spot in the uterus to make sure that it is still just staying the same. Which I am pretty excited about! Bonus baby time. I forgot to get a picture at our last U/S so this time I am not leaving without a baby picture!

Movement:
This boy woke up this week! I can now feel huge body parts moving around in there. He definitely getting bigger and stronger! It is so fun feeling big movements instead of just little flutters. I'm sure I won't be as impressed with them later on down the road but as for now I can't imagine getting sick of it. And I am already feeling a little blue that pregnancy doesn't last forever (just a little blue). 

Food Cravings:
Nada.

Food Aversions:
Also, nada.

What I miss:
Sleeping, at all.

Nausea/Vomiting:
Gone.

Symptoms:
This week I felt my heartbeat racing in my neck a couple times. It was pretty bizarre. I was just sitting in my chair not doing anything and it felt like I was working out!

Labor signs:
No, phew!

Gender:
Baby Boy!

Belly Button:
Almost non-existent. I have reached the point where it will now start poking outward as my belly grows. Ugh.

Wedding Rings:
Fitting fine. 

Sleep:
Seriously, pregnancy is definitely your body's way of prepping you for a newborn because I am up all night. The dogs and Ross suffer greatly because of this. Ross and I are in discussions of him possibly moving to the spare room. This saddens me greatly :(

Wisdom: Keep a list of questions for your Dr., because you will definitely forget them all when you get there. I forgot to talk to her about my horrible bloody noses, even though they're always on my mind and happening more and more frequently I still spaced them out completely. Also, don't rely on technology because it will fail you, as my list of questions/concerns somehow disappeared from my phone so that was no help.

Also, I love my Dr. I was convinced I had contracted the hantavirus last week from wandering around the old family farmhouse, and she just laughed at me and said that I'd already be dead if I did so I should be good. I wish she was my real life friend. She would hate me in about two minutes though.

Oh Baby - Week 26

Total Weight Gain: Up. that's all.

Maternity clothes:
Yup, all day all the time. (Well I guess not all the time. To bed I still wear plain old sweat pants)

Stretch Marks:
Nope.

Best moments:
This isn't a "best" moment but interesting. I had to go to the dentist. Ugh, my gums bled like CRAZY. 

My family celebrated Thanksgiving early. It was really fun. My sister-in-law and I traveled south to Aberdeen to go to a craft show and get a little shopping done. It was really nice to hang out with her and have a little time for Q&A about baby stuff!

Movement:
More and more! 

Food Cravings:
Nothing really. 

Food Aversions:
None.

What I miss:
Sleeping, at all.

Nausea/Vomiting:
Nope!

Symptoms:
Bloody noses. Ugh, the bloody noses.

Labor signs:
No, phew

Gender:
Our chill baby boy

Belly Button:
Innie.

Wedding Rings:
Fitting fine. 

Sleep:
None. 

Wisdom: Yay! Nursery is designed. Now I just have to get it all put together, ordered, painted and set-up. I really feel like the hard part is over though.

Oh Baby - Week 10

Well - I finally made it. This has been one HECK of a struggle waiting to get to the Dr. but today we finally made it and THERE IS A BABY IN THERE! Holy smokes this has been a roller coaster! I have been convinced for the last two weeks that our baby stopped developing BUT we saw him today and his little heartbeat too! It has been especially tough because ALL my symptoms just disappeared one day. It was so strange and so scary and now, luckily it was all unfounded.

This week baby is the size of a prune.

Total Weight Gain:
Maybe a pound or two. Not much. Yay!

Maternity clothes:
Just the normal clothes, and they're fitting about the same.

Stretch Marks:
Nope.

Best moments:
Our first Dr. appointment and seeing baby J for the first time!! Got our first snapshot too!

Movement:
Not yet, just waiting for the moment! He didn't move for the ultrasound so he must get laziness from me :)

Food Cravings:
Nada!

Food Aversions:
Nil.

What I miss:
sleeping through the night.

Nausea/Vomiting:
Nope, gone. yay!

Symptoms:
Back pain sometimes....from sitting too much

Labor signs:
Of course not yet.

Gender:
Only 10 weeks until we find out!

Belly Button:
Innie!

Wedding Rings:
On!

Sleep:
I can't sleep...ever. Ugh.

Wisdom:
Find a doctor you love, I love mine and she made waiting SO worth it!!!

Sunshines and Creeps

So this is going to be a tough one to write. Those of you who know me, know that I am not a morning person. I was thinking of getting up early this morning to go to the gym, however, I decided not to be crazy and slept a little longer then got up to pack.

I was pretty proud of myself. I was ready, pretty much packed for our weekend trip, and ironed Ross's pants and got Sophie's bed in the dryer.

Now I did this all and wasn't going to be late for work, this doesn't ever happen.

So time to put the dogs in their kennels and go, right? Wrong. Cooper decided to play a game with me called "chase cooper around the car for five minutes while you get increasingly angry and eventually totally lose your temper" So after chasing Cooper around the car for five minutes I finally got him to follow me back inside (their kennels are in our garage) where I trapped him in the corner and I put on his pinch collar and leash. I literally drug him to the kennel and he was whimpering because it was starting to hurt his neck, which I immediately felt bad about so of course I eased up. That was a mistake, because then he started wrestling me to get out of his kennel. SERIOUSLY wrestling, he then pulled out his dirty dog moves and was headbutting me right in the belly, all 90 lbs of him!

Meanwhile Sophie is shaking, and panting and crying in her kennel because she thinks something is wrong, which it was but nothing she could do about it.

So now here I sit. My back aching because of my wrestling match, me thinking every little twinge in my belly is something wrong because of getting head butted by my evil dog and feeling really bad for being so mean to a dog that I love so much. Ugh. What a morning.

So CREEP to that.

Sunshine to Friday, I really needed that today.

Sunshine to going to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family this weekend. We are also celebrating the completion of the "deer skinning building" at the farm and are hoping to christen it with a fresh deer as well.

Sunshine to getting the dogs out for some exercise this weekend. It will do us all a lot of good.

Sunshine to hitting up the Pride of Dakota showcase on our way to the farm! I can't wait. It is one of my most favorite shopping events all year!! (Creep to no free wine sampling for me this year)

Sunshine to getting to see my precious niece Sophie this weekend. She is so much fun and I can't wait to play with her.

Sunshine to some nice weather that's coming our way. It's definitely feeling like winter around here!

Sunshine to making lefsa with the in-laws last night. They generously sent some with us for our family, I hope it makes it all the way there and doesn't all end up in my belly!

Sunshine to water aerobics. It sure is fun and feels so good to get in the pool every week! I will miss it tomorrow!

Oh Baby - Week 25

Total Weight Gain: I give up. Who knows. I don't. and I don't want to. Ignorance can really be bliss.

Maternity clothes:
I have a ton. I have vowed to stop buying them.

Stretch Marks:
No.

Best moments:
Ross feeling baby for the first time. Hopefully it starts hitting home for us both soon that we'll be bringing home a son.

Also, bringing Sophie dog home. I miss her when she goes of vacation. However, she is prepping me for baby J by waking me up at 3 to go outside. I assume to go to the bathroom, it is too dark to know what the heck she's up to!

Movement:
Getting a little stronger and more frequent. But sometimes I'll go a couple days without feeling him.

Food Cravings:
Not much of anything.

Food Aversions:
None.

What I miss:
Sleep. I wake up and my body just hurts down to the bones.

Nausea/Vomiting:
Not often, mostly when I brush my teeth or am really really hungry.

Symptoms:
Lack of sleep, body aches. This week I developed extreme dry skin patches on my left leg.

Labor signs:
No!

Gender:
Baby Boy J!

Belly Button:
Innie-ish

Wedding Rings:
Fitting tighter and tighter!

Sleep:
What's sleep? Seriously.

Wisdom: Don't be the first of your friends to have a baby. It is so nice to get advice from friends on baby gear!!

Sunshines and Creeps

• Creep to feeling like I'm in the first trimester again. All of the sudden a wave of nausea came over me. I put some food in my belly which helped some but now I keep burping up water. Boo. Plus I have been on the verge of sickness all week. So I am one tired and achy preggo.

• Creep to Ross working and bad weather coming this weekend. I will be forced to skip the deer hunting opening weekend festivities for the first time in a loooong time. This make me very sad. It has been an event I look forward to all year and it is depressing. I LOVE deer opener. I love how all of the sudden sleep Dickey county roads are full of crazed hunters chasing down deer. I love getting up early and scouting with my dad, then napping, walking some of our land with the dogs for pheasants and then hitting the deer stands at night. Seriously, I better stop thinking about what I am missing or I will get pretty depressed.

• Sunshine to learning infant CPR last night with Ross. CREEP to the thought of maybe having to use it almost bringing me to tears.

• Sunshine to an impromptu date night after and then when we got home Ross was able to feel baby for the first time! That was fun. It is so hard to know what he will be able to feel because when you feel it on the inside it is a lot easier to feel it on the outside at the same time!
• Creep to daydreaming about shakes all day today...

• Sunshine to a three day weekend! I am REALLY hoping to get some serious house stuff done this weekend. I am thinking I will paint over my horrid red wall finally! It really isn't that bad. Actually at night I don't even mind it. During the day though it is too pink so it must go. I have put it off too long!

• Creep to sales at the Gap. 

• Creep to buying way too many clothes for Baby J. I won't have to do his laundry for the first 3 months of his life! I think I will take some back and exchange them for bigger sizes so that he doesn't outgrow everything at once!

• I guess I'm not feeling overly sunshiny today, sorry!

• Sunshine to 103 days until due-day!