Monday, February 23, 2009

Only 10 more weeks left to "cook"

So, here we are at 30 wks & I can't believe my lil man only has 10 (or so) more wks left to bake! I'm up to 23 lbs & have a dr's app this Thur. We go for ou next 4D US @ Baby Waves next Thur & I am SO excited! I've been feeling good this past week...just tired! Tired tired tired lol! Work is getting harder by the day. Bending & squatting & running for things & moving things & lifting things is just tough! Got me some Girl Scout cookies! Mmmmm Samoas! There's really not much to update on....I'm trying to think as I'm sitting here writing this.
Cramer's ear is getting better & healing slowly but surely. He's been such a sweet boy. J had his 1st Annual GA/AL High School Indoor Classic game yesterday & it turned out great. It was a big success & will only get bigger & better evert year. I'm very proud of him for all the work he put into planning it. He's been a busy busy boy! He started training camp as well so now I have to get back used to not having my hubby home at night. I totally understand but it does make me sad & lonely, esp being preggo. But I'm very proud of him & the team he's putting together & I'm so excited for his season to start. 1st home game is on March 22nd! I gotta find st cute to wear...I'm gonna be quite huge by then lol!
My Baby Shower is set for Sat. March 28th & I'm really excited ab it! I'll be 35 wks then & I kinda wonder if we chose too late a date for it, but I think we'll be fine. I have great friends putting it all together for me & I'm so very thankful!
Everyone at work has been trying to guess baby G's name lol. It's so funny. All I can do is smile & try & keep the same expression for every name they guess as not to give it away! I wanna tell so bad, but it's funn keeping it a secret. Plus, I know there will be ppl who have negative opinions on the name we chose & I just don't wanna hear em! We LOVE our baby boy's name & we've had it picked out just for him since before we even got pregnant. I can't imagine him being named any other name. Well, hmmm, I guess that's it for now. Sorry for the short & boring post...my mind just feels kinda quiet right now. Ab to eat & get ready for my shows! Have a fab week everyone! Here are mine & Baby G's 30 wks pics:
LOVE!
Our sad attempt to get J kissing my belly lol!

Sunday, February 15, 2009

29 weeks!

So, not too much to update on this week. We painted our bedroom yesterday & rearranged the furniture. My mom was such a big help b/c the fumes REALLY got to me & I wasn't too much help. We chose to go w/ the same color we did the den & hallway in b/c we really liked it & had a whole gallon leftover so it saved us some money. Plus the bedding we will be getting will look good w/ it. I like neutral colors. I'll wait til we get our new bedding ensemble to take pics & post. Cramer had surgery on Thur to fix the gash in his ear that wouldn't stop bleeding. He did just fine but even w/ it stitched up, it keeps bleeding b/c he shakes his head w/ such forse when he gets outta his cage & stuff so we're having problems dealing w/ it. My weight gain is up to 21 lbs & it's kinda bothering me cause I could very easily gain 20 or certainly even more lbs by the end of this & that kinda freaks me out. Lol, I may quit updating on my weight gain here soon haha! I told you ab the lil game G & I play when I'm laying in bed at night & it just cracks me up b/c he's so funny...the other night he was kicking me like crazy and so I finally put my hand down there on my right side & "played" back w/ him for a minute & then he stopped & went to sleep. It's like he was saying "C'mon Mommy, play w/ me!" & once I did for a min he was done & ready for bed. I really feel like he & I are bonding when I feel his feet & I press back & he kicks back & so forth. It's neat to watch too. Mom got a good look on Sat & she felt him kick harder than she has before. Well, that's pretty much all I can think of to update on. Here's tonight 29 wk pics fresh outta the shower. J thinks my belly looks fake in these pics...like I have a prosthesis lol.


Monday, February 9, 2009

It's 2009???

Um, so yeah, apparently I missed the memo that it's well into 2009 right now seeing as how I insist on still putting 2008 on my belly pic signs lol. So the one taken last night says Feb 8th 2008. My bad! Just proves that the blood really is shunted from your brain to you uterus when you're preggo! Anywho, just got home from the doc & all went well. Drank my lil orange glucola drink which was kinda like SunKist, just way grosser (is that a word? lol). I had to hold my nose to get it down it was so ick. But this is coming from a girl who practically refuses to take any liquid meds...pill form please! Well I had to wait an hour for my bloodwork to be drawn & in that time the drink was making me feel not so great. I got hot & nauseous & kinda dizzy sitting in the waiting room. I asked if I could have a sip of water & apparently that is illegal, so the answer was no lol. Well, they finally got my blood drawn & I finally got me some water & felt better almost immediately. Then I went to see Dr. Tidwell & G's HR was 148 & he kicked while she had the doppler on my belly so I heard it which was cool. My BP was fine 110/70. She said they'd only call me if my blood sugar was high so hopefully I wont be getting a phone call. I asked a few questions & that was it. She told me that my dizzy episodes were prob normal but to call if they
got worse or kept up real bad.

Well, I'm going to enjoy the rest of my day off & chill here w/ Puddy. Here's a couple pics from today. Have a good one!
Before leaving for my app...thanks to the camera's self timer.
Just waiting for Dr. T
No makeup...ewww!
Being silly as usual!
Decided to sneek in a pic of my lil stinker cuz he's just so darn cute!

Saturday, February 7, 2009

3rd Trimester already!

Hi all! Well, let me 1st apologize for missing my post last Sun. I got rather sick after the Super Bowl last Sun night. I came home from our lil shin-dig @ Mom & Dad's (where else?) after halftime b/c I had to be up @ 5 for work & took a shower. Then I had one of my dizzy/orthostatic hypotensive spells when I got out. I've had a few of em & they are scary & I feel like I'm gonna pass out & then when I get over it I just feel like crap basically. Had to call outta work the next morn & everything. Then the rest of the week I was just so tired from working.

Well let's see, I'm up to 19 lbs now...ahhhh! I guess that's pretty normal. I'm def feeling the weight gain too. It is quite difficult for me to get up from my chaise lounge and certainly from the floor. I've been feeling pretty good this week besides just feeling tired. I had a hard night last night though. Pregnancy insomnia is kicking in & I DO NOT like it. I could not get comfy to save my life last night. My belly felt so full even though I hadn't eaten like a huge meal or anything. And I just felt this pressure on my diaphragm that was making it hard to breathe. No position helped, even propping myself up. I finally fell asleep around 2 am then was back up wide awake @ 4:30 am on my laptop & eating poptarts in bed (lol) then went back to sleep around 8ish. Then got up this morn @ 10 am. I have felt completely fine today though & I'm not even too sleepy tonight and it's 10 pm.

I'm off work tom & have a doctor's app. I have to do the whole glucola drink thingy to test for gestational diabetes. The drink they gave me is orange flavored & I;m hoping it wont be too gross. I have to be there w/i an hour of drinking it for them to take the blood work.
My lil homeboy is certainly growing & getting bigger! It's obvious from my ordeal last night w/ being short of breath b/c he is hogging up my whole belly now...he only has room to grow outward now which means I'm expecting a noticable change in my belly size here soon. His kicks are much harder now-a-days. I still love to feel him, don't get me wrong, but it can get a bit uncomfortable at times. He's very active when I get in bed most nights. We have a lil game we play together some nights too...J will be asleep & the lights are out & I don't wanna wake him so I'll just use the light from my cell to see...but I'll lay on my right side & G will be justa kicking and I'll push back w/ my hand in the spot where he kicks and I can actually feel his lil precious feet move across my side. It's so cool. But we'll do that for quite a few mins & it's fun & I just lie there & smile. He's gotten in this weird habbit of kicking me (HARD!) in the same exact spot a lot of the time when I go to sit down to pee (sorry TMI lol). I'm like "Dude, chill out!" Speaking of peeing...good grief I now realize the truth in what ppl tell you ab having to pee every 10 mins literally! I can feel G karate chopping my bladder sometimes & oh goodness, when he's sitting on it...I look like I'm ab to give birth running to the bathroom...and of course hardly any pee even comes out! I'm very excited b/c my baby shower plans are in the works by my great friends. It's prob gonna be the end of March.
Me & J have been doing a lil home improving last w/e and this w/e. Last w/e we FINALLY painted our den & hallway! Mom helped which saved time. It looks so good. We chose a tan/beige color. You can actually see our crown molding now! Before the paint was the cheap white chalky contractor paint they slap on when they remodel houses. It was all stained up & jusy ick (compliments of Cramer). I was so happy to get nice paint on these walls. It looks so so good! And I like being in here more now. We're painting out bedroom next w/e. We did a lil shopping too & got some new furniture & accessories. We got a kitchen table & chairs for our kitchen nook (finally), 2 ladder bookcases (to replace our old ugly hand-me-down ones), an entertainment cabinet (which J loves cuz he finally hooked up our surround sound), a cool big wall clock, some funky new pillows, and some other accesories. We rearranged the den too so now it looks like a nice decorated space instead of just a buncha stuff we had thrown together in a room to make the room useable. We love it. I still have a list of things we need to purchase but just can't do it all at once. I'll post some pics so you can see what I'm talking ab, but there's this great big wrought iron wall hanging that I wanna hang above the ent. cabinet. It holds 4 pics and 3 candles (I think) & it's so perty! I wanna put some framed wedding pics in certain spots on the walls. Then we also need 2 black end tables. So it's not quite complete but it still looks great. I just can't wait to do our bedroom and get the bedding ensemble I've had my eye on @ BB&B for a while now & get some nice stuff hung on the walls in there. All our furniture is mismatched and old, but paint & new bedding will make a huge difference.
Our new kitchen table wont be here for a week prob so I'll get a pic of that when we get it. But for now, here are our 27 week & 1 day pics (since I was sick last Sun, we took em on Mon & I looked hideous b/c I still didn't feel too great), our 28 weeks pics & pics of the den & hallway. And I think I'm gonna make the pics a lil smaller this time since there's so many to post. I had a great dinner out w/ my HS friends tonight & now I'm just chillen & our new den watching TV. Hope everyone has a great week & God Bless!


Ugh, sorry I look so sickly!

J felt a lil jealous & wanted to pose for one lol.


Hallway: Sorry for the dirty mirror, I had just hung it back up.
The den: