>Up 7 and 10?

>I had an OB appt today. My blood pressure was amazing, 106 over 75. That is MUCH better than it was for my big ultrasound. I guess I was just SO excited. I gained 4 pounds since my last visit. Grand total for weight gain is 7 pounds. I know it should be more, but honestly I eat. I stay active too, but I eat. I am one of those girls that loves food. I crave veggies though. I could eat them all day, every day. I never want fruit, but I have found a way to incorporate them into my diet. Yummy fruit smoothies. So far it's working. I'm going to just keep that up until I get bored with it. The doc said that the baby sounds great; heartbeat in the 150s. He's exactly where he should be and doc said there are no concerns at all. I like that news. I also got the registration information for the hospital. That sure makes it seem very real!

I decided that I'd finish all of Josh's work clothes today. I absoutely despise washing his work clothes. First of all, they are disgusting. There's no second of all, they are just gross. They are greasy and oily. I guess that's what happens to a diesel mechanic's clothes? Anyway, someone forgot some money in their pants. I like when that happens. Now I'm 10 dollars! Wahoo! Here's my loot!

Up 7 and 10?

I had an OB appt today. My blood pressure was amazing, 106 over 75. That is MUCH better than it was for my big ultrasound. I guess I was just SO excited. I gained 4 pounds since my last visit. Grand total for weight gain is 7 pounds. I know it should be more, but honestly I eat. I stay active too, but I eat. I am one of those girls that loves food. I crave veggies though. I could eat them all day, every day. I never want fruit, but I have found a way to incorporate them into my diet. Yummy fruit smoothies. So far it's working. I'm going to just keep that up until I get bored with it. The doc said that the baby sounds great; heartbeat in the 150s. He's exactly where he should be and doc said there are no concerns at all. I like that news. I also got the registration information for the hospital. That sure makes it seem very real!

I decided that I'd finish all of Josh's work clothes today. I absoutely despise washing his work clothes. First of all, they are disgusting. There's no second of all, they are just gross. They are greasy and oily. I guess that's what happens to a diesel mechanic's clothes? Anyway, someone forgot some money in their pants. I like when that happens. Now I'm 10 dollars! Wahoo! Here's my loot!

>Weekend Recap

>Our weekend was pretty uneventful. Busy, but uneventful.

Friday night, Josh graciously made dinner. I was so very grateful and it was delicious! We're pretty boring so we just spent the rest of the night watching TV and deciding what we were going to do with the nursery.

Saturday, I took Harley out in the morning and saw that my roses were in bloom again. They look very pretty! I'm pretty proud of all of my flowers and plants. I finished painting the nursery and we were off to Home Depot to get the materials we need. I decided that I would just leave the current color; it's pretty now that there are no left over brown spots on the walls. We (well, Josh) are going to install a chair rail and I'm going to paint lighter blue stripes under it. I tried it out under the window and it looked great. It's also much cheaper to install a chair rail instead of waiscotting. We left Home Depot and had to go to Nathan and Ashley's to pick up Josh's saw. Once we got home, Josh decided that he was not in the mood to install a chair rail, so we went back to Nathan's for a cook out. It was great fun. Ashley's sister was there with her two little ones. They were playing in the baby pool. Needless to say, it was a late night and I'm still tired from it.

Today we went to Waffle House for breakfast. I always say that when I need to go to the bathroom, Waffle House will do the trick. For the record, it did. After breakfast we came home and Josh started painting all of the places I couldn't reach when I painted 3 weeks ago. It's all done now and I'm very happy. In the midst of the day, he got the great idea that we'd rearrange the furniture in the living room. The loveseat is now in the baby's room?! My brother is going to come and help Josh move it to the basement. It's rearranged and looks much better. We're going out to eat. Here are a few pics...and a new belly one..21ish weeks.

One of my roses


The living room, rearranged and freshly painted, we just bought something else to go on that big empty wall.





HI Baby!!

Weekend Recap

Our weekend was pretty uneventful. Busy, but uneventful.

Friday night, Josh graciously made dinner. I was so very grateful and it was delicious! We're pretty boring so we just spent the rest of the night watching TV and deciding what we were going to do with the nursery.

Saturday, I took Harley out in the morning and saw that my roses were in bloom again. They look very pretty! I'm pretty proud of all of my flowers and plants. I finished painting the nursery and we were off to Home Depot to get the materials we need. I decided that I would just leave the current color; it's pretty now that there are no left over brown spots on the walls. We (well, Josh) are going to install a chair rail and I'm going to paint lighter blue stripes under it. I tried it out under the window and it looked great. It's also much cheaper to install a chair rail instead of waiscotting. We left Home Depot and had to go to Nathan and Ashley's to pick up Josh's saw. Once we got home, Josh decided that he was not in the mood to install a chair rail, so we went back to Nathan's for a cook out. It was great fun. Ashley's sister was there with her two little ones. They were playing in the baby pool. Needless to say, it was a late night and I'm still tired from it.

Today we went to Waffle House for breakfast. I always say that when I need to go to the bathroom, Waffle House will do the trick. For the record, it did. After breakfast we came home and Josh started painting all of the places I couldn't reach when I painted 3 weeks ago. It's all done now and I'm very happy. In the midst of the day, he got the great idea that we'd rearrange the furniture in the living room. The loveseat is now in the baby's room?! My brother is going to come and help Josh move it to the basement. It's rearranged and looks much better. We're going out to eat. Here are a few pics...and a new belly one..21ish weeks.

One of my roses


The living room, rearranged and freshly painted, we just bought something else to go on that big empty wall.





HI Baby!!

>New room pics...

>For all you picture whores out there...I got some better ones that actually show the color. Please don't mind the corners. I ran out of paint. We are going to leave it alone and just add some wainscotting (bead board) on the bottom.







I found a picture of what I'd like to do with the bottom. It's on rate my space. I love that site! Of course my bright blue will remain, but I like the bottom. Here is what we are going to do...unless I decide to repaint...God help me.

New room pics...

For all you picture whores out there...I got some better ones that actually show the color. Please don't mind the corners. I ran out of paint. We are going to leave it alone and just add some wainscotting (bead board) on the bottom.







I found a picture of what I'd like to do with the bottom. It's on rate my space. I love that site! Of course my bright blue will remain, but I like the bottom. Here is what we are going to do...unless I decide to repaint...God help me.

>So, I painted

>I think it's too blue. I'll post pics after I'm completely finished. I am almost done.

Here are some pics...it's much brighter in person.

So, I painted

I think it's too blue. I'll post pics after I'm completely finished. I am almost done.

Here are some pics...it's much brighter in person.

>Random...

>I have to say goodbye to my laptop for a day or so. I hate it. I have to take it all the way to school (45m away) so that they can install some software that I will need for next year. I wish I could just wait until August, but I have a training on said software on the 14th. I will still have my PC, but it does not reach the couch. I really just don't want to drive all the way to school to drop it off, come home, wait for an email and then drive all the way back to pick it up. I asked the technician if he knew how much gas that would take. He said he did. I could tell he was irritated by me. Not that I really care.

Last night Josh read to the baby. YES, JOSH. He hates to read. This child loves this book that I have about Jonah. He kicks up a storm. Daddy read to him. He kicked a few times, but he had a quiet day yesterday. It was so cute to listen to him reading. I love that he did it b/c it's for his baby. Ordinarily he would never read anything.

I guess that Josh and I slept really good last night. I woke him up when the alarm went off. It's not my fault that we both went back to sleep and he left an hour late. oops. Thankfully, there isn't a lot going on at work right now.

The baby bedding should be here today. Isn't it hysterical that I have that, but no bed to put it in? I wanted to order the bedding first so that I could go ahead and paint the nursery. I can't wait for UPS to get here. That man in the brown suit will surely make my day!

I put on a maternity tank top today and for the first time, I can kind of see my belly. I was like, Wow, this is what these are supposed to look like. That's kind of cute.

I'm off to eat my fiber cereal (yum) and take back this laptop.

Random...

I have to say goodbye to my laptop for a day or so. I hate it. I have to take it all the way to school (45m away) so that they can install some software that I will need for next year. I wish I could just wait until August, but I have a training on said software on the 14th. I will still have my PC, but it does not reach the couch. I really just don't want to drive all the way to school to drop it off, come home, wait for an email and then drive all the way back to pick it up. I asked the technician if he knew how much gas that would take. He said he did. I could tell he was irritated by me. Not that I really care.

Last night Josh read to the baby. YES, JOSH. He hates to read. This child loves this book that I have about Jonah. He kicks up a storm. Daddy read to him. He kicked a few times, but he had a quiet day yesterday. It was so cute to listen to him reading. I love that he did it b/c it's for his baby. Ordinarily he would never read anything.

I guess that Josh and I slept really good last night. I woke him up when the alarm went off. It's not my fault that we both went back to sleep and he left an hour late. oops. Thankfully, there isn't a lot going on at work right now.

The baby bedding should be here today. Isn't it hysterical that I have that, but no bed to put it in? I wanted to order the bedding first so that I could go ahead and paint the nursery. I can't wait for UPS to get here. That man in the brown suit will surely make my day!

I put on a maternity tank top today and for the first time, I can kind of see my belly. I was like, Wow, this is what these are supposed to look like. That's kind of cute.

I'm off to eat my fiber cereal (yum) and take back this laptop.

>nice and cool

>The air works. It's wonderful to have a/c again. What an exhausting day yesterday; not that I did a lot. I like being at home, but I'm definitely getting bored. I'm sitting here thinking about what I will do this week. I have NO clue. I don't really want to go shopping. I don't need anything. My heat rash is almost gone so I don't want to go to the pool and have it come back with a vengence. The only thing that I have to do today is go to the bank and make a grocery list. Maybe I'll do pilates. That's a sight, you should see that! Big belly, trying to stretch and do pilates. I amuse myself. I guess I need some form of entertainment. It's too hot to go for a walk, unless I get up at 6 and that's not very likely. I'm going to have a huge reality check when school starts again.

nice and cool

The air works. It's wonderful to have a/c again. What an exhausting day yesterday; not that I did a lot. I like being at home, but I'm definitely getting bored. I'm sitting here thinking about what I will do this week. I have NO clue. I don't really want to go shopping. I don't need anything. My heat rash is almost gone so I don't want to go to the pool and have it come back with a vengence. The only thing that I have to do today is go to the bank and make a grocery list. Maybe I'll do pilates. That's a sight, you should see that! Big belly, trying to stretch and do pilates. I amuse myself. I guess I need some form of entertainment. It's too hot to go for a walk, unless I get up at 6 and that's not very likely. I'm going to have a huge reality check when school starts again.

>Overnight!

>My belly definitely grew overnight. Josh and I were both amazed at how big it got. I think baby went through a growth spurt.

Josh is outside right now working on installing our new air conditioner. It's a good thing too, because that $200 POS window unit stopped working last night. I will be returning it today.

I got a lot accomplished in our basement between yesterday and today. The whole thing is cleaned out. Well, everything except for Nicholas' turtle. If I could just convince my MIL to come get it, I'd be happier. Now I just need my brother and husband to get that futon and filing cabinet out of the baby's room so I can finish in there.

I still have that damn heat rash. It is driving me absolutely crazy. There's no other way to describe it.

Proof that my belly grew overnight...

Overnight!

My belly definitely grew overnight. Josh and I were both amazed at how big it got. I think baby went through a growth spurt.

Josh is outside right now working on installing our new air conditioner. It's a good thing too, because that $200 POS window unit stopped working last night. I will be returning it today.

I got a lot accomplished in our basement between yesterday and today. The whole thing is cleaned out. Well, everything except for Nicholas' turtle. If I could just convince my MIL to come get it, I'd be happier. Now I just need my brother and husband to get that futon and filing cabinet out of the baby's room so I can finish in there.

I still have that damn heat rash. It is driving me absolutely crazy. There's no other way to describe it.

Proof that my belly grew overnight...

>changes all around...

>Not only is my baby kicking, but our air conditioner kicked it too. That's right, we have NO a/c right now. It's hot. We ordered a new unit and it should be here tomorrow or Monday. I bought a window unit b/c I can't stand the 80 degree house at night. It's just too hot.

Baby (he still does not have a name) has been kicking up a storm. Last night, I was reading and Josh was watching tv. He had his hand on my belly. Baby kicked a good one and we both looked at each other. His eyes were the size of half dollars! He was excited! It was definitely a cute moment. I was very excited to share that with him.

I ordered my bedding and it has shipped. I'm so excited and can't wait for it to get here. Funny bedding/MIL story. I mentioned that it was ordered and she was so offended that she didn't get to see it or pick it out. I think she just forgets that it's MY baby and not her baby. Yes, he is her grandchild, but he's MY baby. I told her that I loved it and that's what mattered, but if it meant that much to her, I'd email her a picture. She wanted me to and then told me that it was very cute. She has then shut up about it. I love that I figured out a way to shut her up.
This is what I chose.


We are going to order our furniture for our little guy in the next few weeks. We've narrowed it down to 2 or 3 and just need to make our final selections and then order it.

I've been keeping myself busy by going to the pool. It's really been great and I am definitely enjoying the relaxing moments. As soon as school starts back, I know those are over.

changes all around...

Not only is my baby kicking, but our air conditioner kicked it too. That's right, we have NO a/c right now. It's hot. We ordered a new unit and it should be here tomorrow or Monday. I bought a window unit b/c I can't stand the 80 degree house at night. It's just too hot.

Baby (he still does not have a name) has been kicking up a storm. Last night, I was reading and Josh was watching tv. He had his hand on my belly. Baby kicked a good one and we both looked at each other. His eyes were the size of half dollars! He was excited! It was definitely a cute moment. I was very excited to share that with him.

I ordered my bedding and it has shipped. I'm so excited and can't wait for it to get here. Funny bedding/MIL story. I mentioned that it was ordered and she was so offended that she didn't get to see it or pick it out. I think she just forgets that it's MY baby and not her baby. Yes, he is her grandchild, but he's MY baby. I told her that I loved it and that's what mattered, but if it meant that much to her, I'd email her a picture. She wanted me to and then told me that it was very cute. She has then shut up about it. I love that I figured out a way to shut her up.
This is what I chose.


We are going to order our furniture for our little guy in the next few weeks. We've narrowed it down to 2 or 3 and just need to make our final selections and then order it.

I've been keeping myself busy by going to the pool. It's really been great and I am definitely enjoying the relaxing moments. As soon as school starts back, I know those are over.

>Getting Bigger!

>I am just getting bigger and bigger. Here's a pic for you mom

Getting Bigger!

I am just getting bigger and bigger. Here's a pic for you mom

>It's Official...

>We're having a SON! The ultrasound today was a great one. The baby kept moving around so much, the technician had a hard time getting all of her measurements. We got to see everything though. His heart, stomach, brain, spine, hands, feet, arms, legs and of course the money shot! He kept rolling over and at the very end, he yawned. It was SO cute!!

Here are a few pics!

It's Official...

We're having a SON! The ultrasound today was a great one. The baby kept moving around so much, the technician had a hard time getting all of her measurements. We got to see everything though. His heart, stomach, brain, spine, hands, feet, arms, legs and of course the money shot! He kept rolling over and at the very end, he yawned. It was SO cute!!

Here are a few pics!

>I'm so excited!!

>There are several exciting things going on right now. I am feeling more kicks throughtout the day. Last night, DH felt a few kicks too. They were definitely the hardest kicks I have felt thus far. He only wished they were harder. We've officially started looking at furniture and DH wants the nicer stuff, which means more money. I have an ultrasound tomorrow...we find out the sex, well, if the baby is cooperative. I also got a body pillow. I sleep so much better now! It's great!!!

I'm so excited!!

There are several exciting things going on right now. I am feeling more kicks throughtout the day. Last night, DH felt a few kicks too. They were definitely the hardest kicks I have felt thus far. He only wished they were harder. We've officially started looking at furniture and DH wants the nicer stuff, which means more money. I have an ultrasound tomorrow...we find out the sex, well, if the baby is cooperative. I also got a body pillow. I sleep so much better now! It's great!!!