34 weeks

well, little butterball weighs about 4 3/4 pounds and is almost 18 inches long, I feel like she weighs way more than that...and much longer...the way she moves n grooves in my belly....

I however am feeling like I am getting HUGE....absolutely nothing fits and  is comfortable anymore...even my yoga pants are digging in places that I'd rather not them dig...so I think I need to invest in some maxi dresses and bigger yoga pants...as much as I do NOT want to buy more pants I just  cant deal with it anymore....I am just so uncomfortable.  I havent gotten any swelling just yet(knock on wood)...unless I am walking for few hours(which is a rare thing) and my feet end up being swollen

The Dr appt went well Tuesday, she's still head-down and Im measuring good....also he told me that I didn't gain anymore weight since my last appt, so I guess that's good...I think I saw the scale say 154...but those scales confuse me...so Im just going with that....weekly's start May 10...not sure what to expect out of those yet...so we shall see....I know I am going to have to get a Group B Strep test thing done, just not sure when they actually do that....Heartburn still hasn't really gone away but it's not too bad...it just comes and goes depending what I eat....not craving any specific foods at the moment...Im excited for my shower next weekend...other than that nothing really exciting going on, Im hoping B is going to finish the nursery this weekend....we just need to do the chair rail and put the crib together....

I have to admit, I am really ready for her to just be here...dont get me wrong I DO love being pregnant and feeling her move around in my belly and just knowing my little girl is in there....however, I am pretty much over the sleepless nights, the going to the bathroom every 20 min,  every part of my body aching, and absolutely NOTHING fitting comfortably  however, my favorite thing right now is sitting here watching my belly just jiggle and wiggle around when she is rolling around in my belly....it's so neat to just see her little feet/knees/legs go across my belly...I really could sit here and just stare at it all day/night..

so here is the oh so wonderful belly pic..I dont feel like I look big in this picture however, in person I am getting wider....

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im an idiot...

So over the weekend, I had a horrible horrible mouth episode...AGAIN (last year I woke up one Saturday with  the one side of my face swollen about the size of a baseball... had an abscess and had to wait the entire weekend before I could get into the dentist, not fun)...of course ALWAYS happens when I cant get to the dentist...Friday @ work, it started hurting so I called the dentist hoping they could get me in, in case it was another abscess well being it was Good Friday, they weren't in, so another weekend with mouth pain  this time luckily it wasn't THAT bad...but I did have a slightly swollen cheek...so I just dealt with it and got some orajel and took some Tylenol and kept it clean with salt water...luckily that helped out a lot...I could however eat, brush and floss this time around without it hurting(unlike last time) so I kinda was going toward it NOT being an abscess...well Sunday night when we get home from parents, I was rinsing with salt water and just happened to look at it to see if the swelling had gone down and it did a little and noticed a  mark on my gums so yup definitely not an abscess...I nicked it when I was eating chips...yes chips! So yesterday morning I was getting ready to call the dentist and did my normal salt water rinse to clean it and noticed a white mark on the one cut...so I grabbed a wet paper towel and dabbed it well then all this goo started coming out of it...(sorry a little TMI) so I did this for about 10 min...well once that finally cleared up there are 2 gashes on my gums....so called the dentist and told them and they said no point in me even going in he really cant 'do' anything for it so he called me in a script for some magic swizzle mouth rinse(which I feel really doenst do much but make my mouth numb) and amoxicillin, so now just gotta wait for that to kick in and hopefull this will heal quickly, the swelling has gone down and it looks like it's starting to heal ...so Im just ready for this to heal already and be pain free...

Ive come to the conclusion that I am never eating tostito scoop chips ever again!!! So keep them far away as possible...

On the baby front, things are going smoothly she is moving around like a little worm still, I have my last bi-weekly appt today, then May 10 I start my weekly...I cant belive how close it is...(I just cant wait for her to be here)...heartburn is still creeping up on me from time to time but never constant, still sleeping on the recliner...my shower is next weekend (May 7) and I cant wait, I think after that it will feel even more real...I think B is going to finish the nursery this weekend (hopefully) all we really need to do is install the chair rail, and paint the trim, which will probably take an hour or so...

Work seems to be dragging lately, we're so slow and this last month just seems to be taking forever til my 'leave' comes....maybe little butterball will decide to come early...being I am considered 'Full Term' on May 20...that would be kinda nice...so time will tell

nursery update

well the nursery walls are all painted....we just have to add the chair rail and paint the trim(which will both be white).....then cant wait to get the crib together and put up her bedding and decorate the walls..yes it looks messy but like I said we have to add the chair rail still...but it gives an idea of the color scheme we're going with

belly pic...

I forgot to post this Friday....but here is 32w belly pic...I feel like Im getting 'wider' but Im still loving my bump :)

32 weeks...

So the little butter ball is 3.75#s and about 16.7 inches long, she has toenails, fingernails, and hair (which I think I can def tell that one since I've had the worst bout of heartburn this week)...and I read that I am going to be gaining about a pound a week... joy,  but roughly half of that goes to the baby, so that's not that bad...so not much happening since the last update she's still squirming and squiggling around like a little worm...Ive actually got to the point where I am starting to feel 'BIG' not just in my belly like ALL around BIG and its getting to the point where my maternity pants dont even fit me....I refuse to go buy more I only have less than 2 months...so Im gonna live in yoga pants (good thing I dont have to dress up for work or honestly I would be screwed) plus the weather is starting to get nice so Ill be wearing dresses hopefully soon...

The nights of sleeping in bed are coming to a close...Ive been sleeping on the recliner and have been sleeping so much better in fact the last 2 nights I have slept like a baby....well last night I was then @ 5:30 got woken up by the worst leg cramp EVER in my life....normally I can straighten out my leg far enough that I can flex my foot and try and slowly work it out...however this one wasn't letting me...I grabbed the bottle of water sitting on the table next to me and chugged it in like a minute to try and see if that would maybe help, not so much.... it STILL is hurting this evening. I think little one could tell I wasn't feeling it cause she kept kicking or punching me...it felt like that person in Alien when that little guy comes out of his belly...I'm waiting for her to just pop out.....the heartburn has been out of control this week I cant deal with it, it's crazy and nothing is helping me...so Ive just learned to deal with it. I also haven't had much of an appetite lately-  nothing is appealing to me and there are no real cravings....so Ive just been eating just enough to make sure I'm eating...

The hospital tour was yesterday and it went well, despite my little hormonal emotional meltdown on the way there, I scheduled us for the later appt due to the fact getting into the city pretty much sucks anytime before 6:00...well when they sent us the confirmation they set us up for the earlier tour...so I thought if we leave by 4 we should make it right on time...well we got stuck in horrible traffic....::insert emotional meltdown:: so I start freaking out crying saying we're not going to make it so lets just turn around and go home and I don't even want to go anymore...so that lasted about 10 min then I was ok....well we finally get there like 5:15ish and park and head in and see 2 other couples walking in so I don't feel so bad about being "late" well we walk into the lobby and there are a bunch of others sitting around...then more and more couples come strolling in....so I realize the class didn't start until 5:30...so now I feel like an idiot for freaking out but I blame it all on the hormones but I swear to you, that confirmation they sent me said 5:00 tour...so we start at the 'birthing center' get to see where we start out (triage) then to the LDR rooms then upstairs to the 'recovery' rooms....one thing I really like is you get your own room, it definitely made it more real and realize it's definitely a lot closer
This weekend really not going to do a whole lot,  it's supposed to be crappy and rainy...so tomorrow going to hopefully look for strollers and honestly that's about it....not sure if B will paint anymore of the nursery since he's working tomorrow but he knows he has til end of month to get it done.... Im getting to the point I want to do NOTHING on the weekends and just enjoy them cause things will be changing and hectic before we know it, so just gonna enjoy it....

so til next time xoxo

randomness...

Had my bi-weekley appt this afternoon, everything turned out good....her heartbeat is strong and Im measuring good- BP and weight are good. My main concern this appt was how is this little girl positioned...so that of course was my first question as soon as I got in there...and it just amazes me, how they can just feel around your belly and know...and she is head down....which is good...now I know that she is in fact kicking at my ribs to make me not be able to breathe and her little bum is on my left side and all those little 'waves' i see on my right side are prob her hands, elbows, etc...

Thursday we're going to tour the hospital I am pretty excited about this, like I said in previous post I have heard nothing but good things about Magee....

B got a little more of the nursery done....the top half is painted and hopefully get the bottom half done this weekend, he decided that instead of painting the trim a dark color to match the crib he wants to leave it white, since the room is smaller it will brighten it up; I think mom and I are going to pick out a stoller this weekend, I have one in mind from Target but if for some reason they dont have it, Ill have to find another...
(this is the one Im HOPING to get)



so, Ive come to the conclusion I can no longer sleep with my body pillow....so Ive made myself my own little 'recliner' in the bed so I am pretty much sleeping sitting up and I have to tell you I have been get a little more sleep that way than I was laying down....depsite the 50 trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night...

Tonight I attempted to paint my toenails, that was a feat in itself lol....I definatly wont be doing that ever again....Im surprised the baby isnt hating my for squishing her but I think I did a pretty damn good job if I say so myself....well time for DWTS ....so til next time

oh before I forget a good friend of mine started selling avon and now has an online website so if anyone is interested please please check it out.... www.youravon.com/judycore

xoxo

31 weeks & weekend

ok this is getting more real by the day...9 more weeks left...maybe less, maybe a few more but regardless I am getting more and more excited/nervous and so much more!

Lets see lil baby girl is still squirming like crazy and less kicking/punching. this week she is about 16 inches long and about 3.3 lbs...I have an appt on Tuesday (start of my every other week), so I am going to find out how this little wiggle worm is positioned cause sometimes I feel like she is still sideways- especially when she stretches or whatever she is doing in there, We're also going to tour the hospital on Thursday, Im kinda excited about that....Ive heard nothing but great things about Magee-

This weekend was a nice relaxing one...stayed @ my parents Thursday night....that was a ordeal, Kaiah ddnt fall asleep til hmmm abot 1:00 and was up bright n early....so I took Friday off to take Kaiah to the vet to get spayed...so dropped her off bright n early in the morning....needless to say as soon as we got into the vet and she saw all the vet techs she went crazy barking and howling cause she was just so excited there were people there to pay attention to her....so once I got home I pretty much slept the entire afternoon...

Yesterday was pretty relaxing as well.....went and picked up Kaiah in the morning she was pretty excited to see us....so they tell us as we're waiting for her...make sure you keep her calm for 2 weeks...um really? do you know my dog....that is IMPOSSIBLE!!!! So we had to 'cone her' and that did not go over too well, she basically just stood there and would not move...I hate to admit it but it's pretty hilarious watching them try and manouver with those things on....look how pathetic she looks...

Had dinner with the girls @ Ichiban before they went out for Beth's bachelorette party...that was really nice , I wish I could've gone out with them but seeing all the bars are smoking just wouldnt have been a good thing, so just came home and literally did nothing the rest of the night....we watched 'Little Fockers' which all in all I didnt think it was as funny as I thought it was going to be but that little boy is just too adorable

Today is just ABSOLUTELY gorgeous out....80's sun and just wonderful!!! I am so excited for spring/summer....did some laundry and just hung out on the deck with the dogs...B is hopefully going to paint a little more of the nursery this evening...I will hopefully be able to get some pics...I took some before ones it's hard to get them the way the room is but ill do the best I can....

BEFORE-

so til next time....

xoxo

PREGNANT IN HEELS-

so I dvr'd 'pregnant in heels' holy crap these woman are something else!!! I remember seeing Rosie Pope last season on 'Bethenny Getting Married?' she designs a maternity line and all-around guide for women during pregnancy, early motherhood and beyond........and I love her she is such a great source and is so brutally honest about anything and everything you want to know about pregnancy and after

so about Her first client-
Sarah- let me first start off saying she is 4weeks away from having her baby hmmm I don't even know what to say about her- when she found out she was pregnant she thought of it as 'life force sucking parasite' um really!?!? She doesn't seem to like any of the 'baby stuff' in her house and she basically doesn't want her Tribeca loft to look like 'baby depot'  She doesn't want her nursery to be too 'baby' ummmm you're having  a baby!!!! They have a changing table and a crib (that is still in a box) and that is pretty much all they have- they also said they will not make their baby the center of their world! ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!!!! and then Rosie brings a therapist to their house because she doesn't think they're prepared in reality um they ARE  they are PISSED ha ha she put together a nursery for them (since they had absolutely nothing and mind you they hated anything thing that jingled or made any sorts of noise) surprisingly they actually loved it....i still dont like the bitch


OK I could prob make an entire post about this girl and how she makes me mad- so let me move on to the next 'client'

Samantha-  her and her husband are obsessed with names- and they cant figure out a name- and they think the first impression of a name means EVERYTHING. and are basically comparing it to 'personal branding' and are going to a focus group to pick the 'perfect name' um...really!?!?

ok only 2 clients per episode so after all the CRAZINESS and birth of their little angels
 in the end the first couple the baby ended up 'being the center of their world' and they baby depoted their apt .....so they turned out not to be so 'CRAZY' as they seemed in the beginning  and the other decided on a name while her water broke and combined 2 of their favorite names

 In a nut shell, I love this show and absolutely want to meet Rosie Pope!!! I love her! - so get ready for updates throughout the whole season! I have a feeling this is going to be a good show.....with a bunch of crazies lol

......til next time

random thoughts

I know I already updated today but  that little 'ticker' over to the right....just made me realize baby girl is going to be here before we know it! 65 days sounds so much closer than being 30.5 weeks....guess we better get our butts in gear and paint that room and get it all together! I did give him a timeline however, I told him I wanted it done before the shower (I hate being a nag about it because he works so much and when he has free time he really just wants to relax but when I suggested having someone else come help he basically told me don't even do it) ..... but honestly that's not asking TOO much is it!??! My shower is May 7, and I want to be able to finish decorating her room after that (since we registered for the accessories, I honestly don't know how many we'll get but B.R.U. you get a discount off what is still left on your registry so regardless of what we get or not I will be going back to B.R.U. to get some things)

She has been such a little wiggle worm lately, I just love going home and laying on the couch and watching my belly move like waves...I have yet to see the foot or hand go across my belly...I am still curious as to how she is positioned I am going to the DR on Tuesday so I am going to ask if they can tell...sometimes I feel like she is sideways when she stretches then other times I feel like she may be head down punching me in places that I wish I wouldn't be getting punched but I am loving every minute of her squirming. And when they say feeling the baby moving is the 'best feeling in the world' they definitely hit the nail on the head of that one!

finally a full nights sleep?

I  thought I was going to be able to get a full nights sleep lastnight, I was FINALLY able to get comfortable in bed as soon as I got in, I didnt feel like my belly was in the way and my body pillow was fully cooperating with me(which usually it never does takes me about 20 min to get it situated with the blankets)...I didnt get to take a nap earlier, I was so exhausted..... so I thought I was going to get a full nights sleep....all the sudden I hear a huge thud (molly jumping off the bed) then what sounded like a cat hacking up a hair ball then it stopped....then it started again, I happened to look @ the clock and it's 12:30...tried to wake up B to see what she was doing (cause she was on his side of the bed), well that didnt work so had to get out of bed and see if she was ok....then in turn that made Kaiah jump off the bed to investigate what was going on....well she was ok and the dumb ass was throwing up pieces of my shoe she ate earlier....(that'll teach her to eat my shoes, ok maybe not but luckily) she's ok(after the 'rock episode' we had when we first got her I get worried) and as soon as I consoled her for a minute (poor thing looked so upset like she did something completley wrong.)..she was right back on the bed trying to find the 'perfect spot' to lay and fall asleep which in turn made kaiah do the same thing, which this lasted for about 15 minutes til they finally layed down and fell back asleep. So needless to say by this point in time I couldnt get comfortable again so I had a restless rest of the night...and here I am this morning exhausted and just want to crawl back in bed...

it's like they KNOW....

I just want to scream.....these dogs are being SO bad lately!!!! Its like they KNOW there is change coming, and they are lashing out about it....lately Molly(will be 2 in August) is starting to chew random things again ie shoes, boxes, socks or anything she can get her paws on but it's only when we're not home....and Kaiah( is just shy of 6months) I just dont know if she actually doing it to be bad or just still doesnt know how to 'tell us' she has to go to the bathroom outside- she was doing so good for the longest time and now she keeps peeing and occasionally pooping in the house...and thing is, she holds it all day while we're at work, I come home and she goes outside and goes to the bathroom but she just randomly will go thru the house...like she has tonight

We are still giving both of them lots of love and the same amount of attention and they're outside a lot and play a lot still so nothing has changed on that front, I am about to lose my mind. I hope this doesnt continue or Im going to freak!!!  I am at a complete loss at this point and I just dont know what to do anymore

belly pic...



30weeks REALLY!!?!?!?

um really...where is this time going!?!? 10 MORE weeks (hopefully not more) til she is here!!!! eeeeeeeeek, I am so excited...

so lets see, she's about 3lbs and about 15.7 inches long (according to my babycenter phone app.) She is squirming like a little worm in my belly and it's the coolest thing EVER! I love to just sit there and watch my belly go crazy....Im still waiting to see the feet or other parts of the body go across my belly right now it's more like a wave....kicks and punches are lessening now, since she is running out of room and she is just squirmy...

I have had no off the wall cravings this entire pregnancy.....it's kind of cravings where when I want something particular and I want it right then and there...however some things I have been craving...taco bell, gummy bears, watermelon, cantaloupe, banana milkshakes, and cherry coke

I am so excited for a weekend to do absolutely NOTHING!!! and when I say nothing I mean NOTHING! the house could prob use some cleaning, so maaaaaaaaybe if Im feeling spunky I will do that but prob not...

Im hoping hoping hoping B will get some more of the nursery done, I want to get the crib together and start putting her bedding together I know that I wont be able to completly finish the nursery til AFTER the shower being we registered for a lot of the accessories for her room...but atleast the bulk of it will be done. I also need to find a nice dresser (on the cheaper side- sorry just cant bring myself to pay $500 for a dresser) so maybe I can talk B into going to Ikea and start getting ideas...also need to get a chandilier for her light...I found 2 really cute ones...that have crystals hanging from them one is clear(from ikea and only about $40) 

the other I cant find a picture for the other (it's from lowes and it's similar to the ikea one but it's about $80 and I think it had pink crystals hangning from it)

Im going to start taking pictures from here on out on the progress so I will have to post that along with a belly pic later tonight!

xoxo