Month: March 2014
When Real Life Takes Over
Back in 2006 I took cake decorating classes. I’ve been teased for years that when I get bored I learn something new… and that just happen to consume most of the spring/summer of 2006 :). Another day, another time I’ll share all the things I’ve learned throughout the years :), but for now we’ll focus on cake decorating!
I’ve never claimed to be good, but I like to do it (although I’ve been known to get stressed out a few times). Earl asked if I could make a cake for ZebraGirl’s birthday. I said sure. So she brought over the stuff that she had. It was a Chef Duff cake mix for Zebra Stripes and the sugar pages to do designs with. Easy right? Ah, the ever infamous words to set you up for disaster!
I read the directions on the box. Mix the white cake mix with water, oil and eggs in one bowl. Mix the Chocolate cake mix in a separate bowl with water, oil and eggs. Easy peasy!
Spring Break Tuesday
Tuesday morning we got up and went downstairs for breakfast. Wow, do you see a pattern? I actually took a picture of my breakfast this time. See, doesn’t that sandwich look GREAT? It was friggin awesome! Their orange juice was great too. Every day we stayed there I got seconds on the OJ. It was that good.
Check out time at the hotel wasn’t until noon but about 10:30 I was ready to do something. Especially since we stayed in the hotel all day the day before. We went ahead and checked out and then made our way to the Plaza. We had massage appointments at a place called Massage Envy. We got there early and they checked us in early. Hubby thoroughly enjoyed his. Mine, I had to lay on my side and I lost feeling in one arm, and then when I rolled over, my shoulder went to sleep on the other side. :(. Bummer! The guy who gave me my massage told us about a restaurant to try at 47th and Broadway called Oklahoma Joe’s. It was a BBQ restaurant in a gas station. We got there around 1:15 and the place was packed, so we decided to find somewhere else to eat. (more…)
Week 25
How far along? 25 weeks 6 days
Total weight gain/loss: I should just totally do away with this question 🙂
How big is baby? Baby is the size of a head of Cauliflower. During month six, the average fetus measures about 13.6 inches to 14.8 inches and weighs about 1.5 to 2.5 lbs.
- She’s enjoying her new sense of equilibrium – she now knows which way is up and which is down.
- She’s growing more fat and hair too.
Maternity Clothes? Part of me wants to run into the bedroom right now and try on some of my prematernity clothes. But I’m too lazy to run. Ok so confess sesh, I actually had on a pair of regular jeans Wednesday night. (I wrote this on Wed afternoon). They dug into me but I got them on!!
Stretch Marks? I have the one on the right side, then there are some dots on the left side (2) and they’re starting to become more prominent.
Best moment this week? Getting to sleep in on Wednesday! I slept Sunday and Monday night but Monday and Tuesday I was exhausted so it was nice to sleep in on Wednesday. I woke up a little more refreshed.
Movement? I really think she likes to tap dance on my bladder.
Food Cravings/Aversions? Okay so I really like SWEET TARTS this week. OY! And I’m back to Chicken Sandwiches from Burger King, make sure it has the Mayo. The other thing is Limeades. YUM!
What I miss: Being able to get out of the chair easily. That and moving things without everyone yelling at me to not overdo it.
What I’m looking forward to: Getting my memory back. Please tell me it comes back, right?
Nausea/Vomiting? We’re good on this home front this week! I would be a bit better if I could shake this cold. We’re on week 8 of it. For the most part it is gone, it’s just a horrid cough (I actually got asked if I was a smoker) and extra snot.
Labor signs? Good heavens lets hope not, but would I really know what they were since this is my first baby?
Gender? We have had them verify it’s a girl 3 different times. Think it’s a girl?!?!
Belly Button in or out? Oh this week I cleared my throat and my belly button jumped out of my skin. I screamed, hubby got mad at me because he thought I was having contractions or something. It was a joyful night. (remember belly buttons freak me out anyway)
Wedding rings on or off? I’m still stubborn and haven’t given them up although I’ll probably have to very shortly :(.
Sleep? I’ve been sleeping minus the couple times I get up to go pee but I just can’t seem to get refreshed.
Weekly Wisdom: I’m not sure I have any. I think it went out the window with my memory.
Due Date: Thursday June 26, 2014 was what we originally thought. Then I was told June 30, then July 4th, then June 26, then June 27 and after the 3-D ultra sound June 28. I guess she’ll come when she’s ready, right?
St. Patty’s Day, Absolutely Nothing & Melting Pot
When I say we didn’t do much on this trip, I’m not joking. We woke up Monday morning, got up and headed downstairs for breakfast. Heck I didn’t even take my camera, but this is what I ate :). What’s really funny is this is a photo in the elevator and I kept looking at this telling hubby, that looks soooooo good!
Being St. Patty’s Day I shot Tbug a text and asked her if she was wearing green. She asked if I was and I shot her back a picture showing her I was. She was wearing camo.
Spring Break Trip Part 2
One thing about our trip to Kansas City is we planned on doing absolutely nothing. We had very few plans, a couple of dinner reservations but that was it. We did want to go to the KC Farmer’s Market but we did that on Saturday after we saw the weather forecast and the potential chance of snow. It was hilarious because every news station up there predicted anywhere from a light dusting to 4 inches. None of them actually agreed on anything. I did like our forecast better than home’s forecast though!!
We got up that morning and I looked out the window, it was snowing but nothing bad. Nothing to make us stay in, yet we were also okay with staying in because we had no plans!! (more…)
Spring Break Part 1
There will be Major picture overload, oddly enough, so please just excuse me while I break this up into multiple posts because otherwise, I’d really bombard you with photos. BTW, just a random about me, I like to call them P-hotos.. don’t know why even though I know it’s pronounced like fotos :).
So last week was the wonderful Spring Break. I’d like to say I feel relaxed but I woke up like a zombie this morning and didn’t want to get out of bed. I never heard hubby’s alarm go off even though I know I talked to him and then when mine went off I thought it was his. Yup, I was all shades of confused this lovely Monday morning!
Since we have this kiddo brewing away, I told hubby earlier this year that I wanted to try and get away even just for a couple of days as one last trip before baby comes. I’m quite nervous about how this will change our life, although he’s taking it all with a grain of salt. He’s cool like that and I’m the stresser of the family! We decided that since I got spring break, we’d just go then and chose to go to Kansas City. 2 hours away from home, lots to do but relaxing time too! Score!
I had a bit of a rough start getting to that relaxing point though… Since we were going to be gone for a couple of days I asked my parents if they’d be willing to watch our pooches for us. My mom said yes (and apparently didn’t tell my dad, another story for another day!) so when I got home from school on Thursday afternoon I loaded the pooches up in the pick-up and took them over to my parent’s house.
Since I’ve gone back to school I’ve quit carrying my purse (just throw what I need in my bag). I have my CC, money, driver’s license, etc all in a small wallet so it doesn’t take up much room in my bag. So I knew I took that with me to my parent’s house but when I got back that night I majorly flipped out because I couldn’t find it ANYWHERE. I searched the truck, my car, our house, and called hubby in a panic attack. I was about to jump back into the truck and go back to my parent’s house to see if oddly enough I lost it there when I opened the truck door and it was in the seat. I must have been sitting on it while I was digging through the truck. Major freak out session!
Okay moving on 🙂 I had a class on Friday and a doctor’s appointment and hubby had to work so we obviously got a late start heading out, but luckily it’s only about 2 1/2 hours to where our hotel was so we had lots of GORGEOUS daylight!!
The Saturday Post {41}
Friday Five – I'm Cohosting with EmmyMom!!
So this week the wonderful Emmy Mom chose me to co-host the Friday Five with her!!
If you don’t know EmmyMom you’re missing out. She has a great blog about her kiddo’s, fun crafts, and book reviews plus soooo much more!
Now, she did ask me five questions that I answered so you’ll want to jump over and check those out!
So let’s get on with today’s Friday Five:
1. I’m so enjoying Spring Break. I know the next few weeks are going to be more crazy than the first few weeks of the semester. I think I might cry now!
2. Last weekend and the first part of this week hubby and I went to Kansas City. I sure do like KC!
3. I had a prenatal massage this week. It was good but I had to lay on my side for it (as with this whole pregnancy) and I’m not a side layer. I prefer to sleep on my stomach. So now you know :). We wound up putting my left arm to sleep while he worked on my right shoulder and then when I flipped over it put my right shoulder at a weird angle so it hurt the rest of the day. Oh well. This was my 3rd massage and I can’t say I really dig them too much…
4. We started working on switching Tbug to the spare room and putting Peanut in Tbug’s old room (her idea). Right now we have 2 rooms worth of stuff in one room since we got the chance to lay new carpet in the one room finally. I think I over did it on Wednesday though because Wednesday night I hurt my lower back so much I could hardly walk.
5. Yesterday I got my hair cut. It was needed. It has been looking crummy in my opinion. It won’t cooperate and it made me sad but I refused to let her cut it too short because it has to be able to be put in a ponytail no matter what. I have crazy hair and not many people believe me. It’s curly from my ears forward, wavy from my ears back but the bottom side is pretty straight. It’s also extremely frizzy and I’ve been told since I was 16 that I have enough hair for 3 people not including myself. So when they say that taking prenatal vitamins makes it thicker… oy! But I’m wondering what happens after because most people lose that hair body but… I’ve always had it….
Okay that was a lot, so here’s the 5 pictures of the week 🙂
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| the KC Farmer’s Market!! |
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| We went to see The Arabia Steamboat Museum while in KC. This is a replica paddle wheel of the Steamboat Arabia. |
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| I accused Tbug of licking my back window I think she used her hand and wiped off the fog one night. |
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| Yum! |
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| I think Peanut soooo needs this shirt, especially since grandpa and daddy have been looking to find her a horse since we told my parents we were expecting 🙂 |
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Week 24
How far along? 24 weeks 6 days
Total weight gain/loss: I definitely don’t think you should have to answer this question when you get home from vacation, right? Otherwise I still don’t know anyway 🙂
How big is baby? Baby is the size of a cantaloupe. (btw I don’t like those… just saying.) Your 10.5-11.8in fetus weighs about 12.7-20.8 ounces and every week she gets closer and closer to being ready to survive (and thrive!) in the outside world. At week 24, baby’s progress isn’t just about internal stuff, it’s about her looks too. With pinker, more opaque skin, she’s looking more and more, well, like a baby.
- Her see-through skin is gradually becoming more opaque.
- And it’s got a new pink glow, thanks to the small capillaries that have recently formed.
Maternity Clothes? Well at first I was surviving on hubby’s shirts. Now those are getting snug. The belly eats up a lot of room. I did find out this weekend that Babies R Us (at least in KC) has a maternity section. I got 2 tops and a pair of pants for less than the cost of one item, that included tax. Score! Then we went back and I got 2 bras for about $8 a piece because they were all 70% off and then an additional 20% off. Sweet right? I also got a pair of shorts at somewhere, brain fart, for dirt cheap for this summer.
Stretch Marks? So after last weeks post I actually found one and two dots that soon will connect together to make a second. Sad day! I also have a really dark line from my belly button down my belly that I was wondering what it was, the bump.com told me it’s called Linea Nigra and it will fade after baby’s born. I guess you learn something new every day right?
Best moment this week? Going on a quick get away with hubby just relaxing and being us before baby comes. We also went to the doctor before leaving town and heard baby girls heart beat again. 130-140 beats per minute.
Movement? I think she’s taking up tap dancing. And her favorite place to tap dance is on my bladder. Hey kid, don’t make me come in there… lol.
Food Cravings/Aversions? No, not really but I ate sooooo much this weekend.
What I miss: Not having someone stomp on my bladder all the time :). I also realized this week that as it’s getting warmer I’m going to have to give up my rings (wedding/engagement & my horse head ring) and that makes me EXTREMELY sad! I also miss sleeping on my stomach. I am a stomach sleeper and not being able to sleep on my stomach or back is just about to do me in. I wish I had detachable arms, so that I could take off whichever one I’m sleeping on that side because I have no where to go with it and put them to sleep.
What I’m looking forward to: Um…. getting Tbug and Peanut’s rooms settled. We’re actually switching rooms around.
Nausea/Vomiting? Other than dealing with the remainders of this cold, nope.
Labor signs? Oh goodness no!
Gender? We have had them verify it’s a girl 3 different times. Think it’s a girl?!?!
Belly Button in or out? It’s very flat and black and blue.
Wedding rings on or off? So far they’re still on but not for long. It’s upsetting me!
Sleep? Oh it depends. I swear I’m developing RLS (restless leg syndrome) which makes it very hard to get to sleep at night.
Weekly Wisdom: The heated seats in my car work really well with back pain if you’re driving for a while. Sadly I think back pain is inevitable. I got a prenatal massage this week. It sucked because I am 100% stomach sleeper and you can’t do that, so getting a massage you have to lay on your side as well and I put one arm to sleep and my shoulder that was worked on first hurt afterwards because I had to roll over and lay on it for the other side.
Due Date: Thursday June 26, 2014 was what we originally thought. Then I was told June 30, then July 4th, then June 26, then June 27 and after the 3-D ultra sound June 28. I guess she’ll come when she’s ready, right?
By the way, tomorrow I’m co-hosting the Friday Five Linkup with Emmy mom!! We’d love for you to link up. 5 thoughts and 5 pictures!!