My doc appointments have gotten so boring I don't even get in trouble for not gaining weight anymore. Things should liven up from here on out, though. We start our weekly visits next week and should get an idea of how anxious Tot is to make an appearance. My rule is that she has to wait until the 17th, as I have 3 more baby showers between now and then! Gotta get her good and clean before she arrives. Technically, she'll be considered "full term" at 37 weeks, which is... gulp... next Sunday, October 11! Um, that's really soon.
Anyway, feel free to start a betting pool on the date at this point. Greg is saying Halloween. I'm thinking it needs to either be Oct 12, which is BFF Lynn's birthday (but still, entirely to soon for my nerves at this point!) or Nov 7, which would devastate my dear brother. That's his birthday. Not only have I been forbidden from giving birth on that day, I've actually been forbidden from giving birth the entire month of November. He told me I had to wait until December. Preferably the end of December. We won't discuss the comparrisons that were made to elephants at that point, but I did threaten to cry on him if he wasn't nicer to me. That scares him more than anything else.
Of course, I've also been given lists from several of my friends of dates that are not acceptable, as they will not be in town. If I combine all of those, I have about 3 days during October and early November that are acceptable. Somehow I don't think Tot is going to be that accomodating.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Happy Anniversary!
Greg and have been married 3 years today! I couldn't ask for a better husband.
I don't remember much of anything about the actual wedding, but I know we left with rings and a piece of paper making it official. And that my motto of the day was, "I'm not in charge of that." I didn't care if the photographer was late, I didn't care what was going on with the reception, I didn't if a single guest showed up. I didn't want to know if my brother was drinking beer in the back of the church. I wasn't in charge of that. I only cared that at the end of the day Greg and I were married.
I'd say it worked out well. =) Love you, honey! Happy anniversary!
I don't remember much of anything about the actual wedding, but I know we left with rings and a piece of paper making it official. And that my motto of the day was, "I'm not in charge of that." I didn't care if the photographer was late, I didn't care what was going on with the reception, I didn't if a single guest showed up. I didn't want to know if my brother was drinking beer in the back of the church. I wasn't in charge of that. I only cared that at the end of the day Greg and I were married.
I'd say it worked out well. =) Love you, honey! Happy anniversary!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Busy Week
We have quite a bit going on this week. In addition to the usual boring things I need to do, we have an appointment with Dr. T. for a Tot checkup on Wednesday, which also happens to be our anniversary. Woo! Not only did Greg take off work on Wednesday, he took off the rest of the week as well. This will be the first year we haven't traveled somewhere for our anniversary. We had talked about taking a quick road trip to Memphis for a couple of days, but decided that instead of spending the money for that we'd stay home. Ok, the truth. Greg offered to stay home Thursday and Friday and help me nest. There. I admit it. I'm nesting. Sorta. It feels more like an "Oh, crap, I have to get some stuff done and I'm down to just a few weeks to do it!" But I guess that's what nesting is, huh? Anyway, my wonderful husband has offered to help since I'm more or less brain dead at this point. So then Saturday is baby shower #2 and an evening of fun with some friends. Sunday will probably result in me collapsing somewhere in the house and not moving for hours on end.
Anyway, back in June and early July I was faced with the task of cleaning out the office/storage room to make room for the nursery. Our house doesn't have an attic or much storage space of any type, so I had basically used the 3rd bedroom as a makeshift attic/office since I bought the house some six years ago. Moving all that junk out was no easy task. After giving away 5 large bags of clothes, throwing out more bags of garbage than I can count, getting rid of a big farmhouse table and an elliptical machine, filling up a hallway closet with buckets of craft supplies, and finding new homes for a handful of other items, everything that was left got shoved into the guest room until I could figure out what to do with it:
Anyway, back in June and early July I was faced with the task of cleaning out the office/storage room to make room for the nursery. Our house doesn't have an attic or much storage space of any type, so I had basically used the 3rd bedroom as a makeshift attic/office since I bought the house some six years ago. Moving all that junk out was no easy task. After giving away 5 large bags of clothes, throwing out more bags of garbage than I can count, getting rid of a big farmhouse table and an elliptical machine, filling up a hallway closet with buckets of craft supplies, and finding new homes for a handful of other items, everything that was left got shoved into the guest room until I could figure out what to do with it:
Yes, those bins are stacked 4 high. The time has come to figure out what to do with it. Thursday and Friday of this week is going to be dedicated to finding a place for as much of this as possible. I think almost half of it is Christmas decorations. And we somehow own a pile of luggage (much of which is actually under the bed and in the closet in this room AND our bedroom). I spent last week cleaning out our bedroom to make some extra space. I need to clean out the shelves in the laundry room as well. Did I mention that I have even more Christmas decorations stored in the laundry room? I'm going to need more garbage bags.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Blog Exclusive
Ok, I admit to being a blog slacker. Let's face it people, there isn't a whole lot of new and exciting things going on in my world at the moment. We're just... waiting.
That said, most of the things I've been posting here I also post in a shorter version on Facebook, particularly Tot-related items, since I have a lot of interested friends there who don't know about the blog. However, since you guys have stuck around I thought I'd give you blog exclusive, which will not be posted on FB at least until after Tot arrives. In honor of Tot turning 35 yesterday (WOW, 35!) I finally got her bedroom door decoration put up:
I'd like to point out that after painting the letters the first time I had to go back and swap two of the colors around because I realized that I had LSU vs Florida going on and the last thing I needed was an SEC rivalry stressing out my infant!
Originally I was just going to do her initials in one color and put them up on the wall by the closet, but her daddy suggested I do her name and put it on the door in different colors. I point that out because normally when we have conversations on these types of matters he either smiles and nods with an "ok" or says something like, "You bought a shower curtain???" I thought I'd give him props for a good idea on this one. =) And yes, I hung them all sidewaysish because I figured it would hide the fact that I'm well beyond hanging anything strait at this point. Somewhere between pregnancy brain and being off my ADD meds for over a year now, it's a miracle I can find my way to the bathroom.
There will be more this week, I promise. If nothing else, there will be an update from Dr. T on Wednesday, as well as a special holiday!
That said, most of the things I've been posting here I also post in a shorter version on Facebook, particularly Tot-related items, since I have a lot of interested friends there who don't know about the blog. However, since you guys have stuck around I thought I'd give you blog exclusive, which will not be posted on FB at least until after Tot arrives. In honor of Tot turning 35 yesterday (WOW, 35!) I finally got her bedroom door decoration put up:
I'd like to point out that after painting the letters the first time I had to go back and swap two of the colors around because I realized that I had LSU vs Florida going on and the last thing I needed was an SEC rivalry stressing out my infant!
Originally I was just going to do her initials in one color and put them up on the wall by the closet, but her daddy suggested I do her name and put it on the door in different colors. I point that out because normally when we have conversations on these types of matters he either smiles and nods with an "ok" or says something like, "You bought a shower curtain???" I thought I'd give him props for a good idea on this one. =) And yes, I hung them all sidewaysish because I figured it would hide the fact that I'm well beyond hanging anything strait at this point. Somewhere between pregnancy brain and being off my ADD meds for over a year now, it's a miracle I can find my way to the bathroom.
There will be more this week, I promise. If nothing else, there will be an update from Dr. T on Wednesday, as well as a special holiday!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Progress
Tot turned 34 today, which is kinda overwhelming to me. It just seems like I'm a lot closer to the end all of the sudden. I've been having Braxton-Hicks contractions most nights, which is also a little startling. I just keep thinking we're still two months away, but that's starting to seem like not so far away...
Meanwhile, last week my parents bought us a glider for the nursery. Today we got around to assembling it, which got me motivated to move some furniture and hang some things on the wall. See:
Meanwhile, last week my parents bought us a glider for the nursery. Today we got around to assembling it, which got me motivated to move some furniture and hang some things on the wall. See:
My shower curtain art (above) went up on the wall above the glider and the big flowers my MIL gave me (below) went above the crib.
(Ignore the stuff in the crib, it's currently storage for baby gifts!)
I also finally found a steal on curtains last week. All four panels were a total of $14. I've debated between hanging them this way or hanging them in stripes (pink/green/pink/green).
The other wall is the closet, so not much to do there. Got a couple of other things that will need a home on a wall, but I don't actually have possession of all of it yet, so I'm not sure where it will all go.
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