I haven't been online in FOREVER.....

I apologize. Everything is fine with me. We just have some really crazy family stuff going on and we have been really busy.

My shower was last weekend. It was wonderful, fabulous and so much fun. We laughed so hard we cried. In fact one friend said, " I kind of feel inappropriate having so much fun at a baby shower". This is me posing with my new "Vera Bradley" diaper bag. I HEART it. It is awesome.

Everyone was so generous. It was really great. We pretty much finished the "nursery nook". We just have some pictures to hang.

I was really waiting to post this until I received some pictures from the maternity photo shoot. That was also amazing. I was sent three "teaser" pictures until the rest are cropped, edited and sent to me. They are pretty cool. I just can't wait to see the rest. The ones she sent me don't show my face at all. I am looking forward to that. But, for now, here are the three pictures that I have.

Other than that, there are some pretty crazy things going on in my family right now (my brother is fine, not him) and I could use some prayers. It's just one of those weeks where the hits keep coming and coming. Financially, everything we own, at least it seems, decided to break this week, just as we got our tiny tax return. We are dealing with two very major illnesses.. one person is days away from passing away and the other is waiting to see if she gets a very serious cancer diagnosis in the next few days. I just need prayers for the both of them.

P.S. It's 2:30 AM and I totally can't sleep from stress, worry, and well.. pregnancy. I need sleep!

Bloody Noses suck!!

I have been suffering with them this whole pregnancy. I'm not talking a little blood in my snot. I mean full on gushers that last an hour. Usually they happen at night.. at home..


Until Last night... That was when I got one in the car on the way to my first childbirth class. It was held in the instructors house. I had to walk in with a handful of bloody tissues and ask for an ice pack. I was sooo mortified. There is only one other couple in the class. She happens to be someone I know from an online message board. So that was even worse. I felt like such a fool.

So today... I am calling the ENT and begging them to take me into quaterize me. I just can't take it anymore! I have tried every remedy under the sun. Nothing works. :(

27 weeks pictures!

Okay, I took some today. Which, by the way, was a very brave thing. All day I got, "YOU HAVE 3 MONTHS LEFT? YOU LOOK SO BIG!" allllll dayyyy. It was fun. Really.

SNOW DAY!!!

Schools are closed for me.. The first time in 2 years!! YIPEEE... I can hardly contain my joy!!!! And the Mayor of NYC actually closed New York City schools for the first time in 5 years!! NUTS!! We have a blizzard folks!

This picture was 6:30am... We still have snow predicted until 3pm!!! YIKES!! Good times!!

Pregnancy Stuff

We had another very productive weekend. I think the crib is due in this week so, we got busy.

We hemmed drapes... put up a room divider... put a shelf on the wall... installed a light on that part of the room (WOW that was really hard to do!)... fixed the holes that were made by putting in a new light.... Put new drapes in the Living room......

It sounds like a lot less than we actually did. That took us 2 full days!!

So here are some pictures. I have no new belly shots for you. I have been really lazy about that! But, I am feeling pretty good lately.

We still haven't moved the dresser out.. That will happen sometime this week and the crib will go right in that same spot..

Daisy was feeling like a ham.. so here she is stealing my snoogle pillow... bad dog. :)



I went to a "birth wisdom circle" for water birthing last week. It was interesting. I am not considering a home birth but, the hospital and the birthing room I am using has a waterbirth, jacuzzi tub. I planned on using it for labor and then birthing out of the tub. I haven't been swayed to totally use the tub for the birth... but, I will go with the flow that day. I am not as skeeved by the water thing as I previously was.

That's all for now. I hope everyone is doing great!

Some fun pictures to share!

We had a busy weekend but, I swear I took it easy. DH painted the "baby nook" (that's what we call the little section of our room that baby will occupy until the economy rebounds and we can extend the house or move... you know when the kid is 18 years old.)

I layed in bed, watched him painting the walls along with some silly movies all day.

But, I did paint the dresser. We took DH's old dresser and added the decals that matched the bedding. Then we added a few coats of varnish and Voila! We had a dresser. And I think it's pretty cute! Here the front and the top... followed by the two sides.

Here is the bedding.

And here is the crib we ordered this weekend also. We ordered early because, "they" say that it can take up to 10 weeks... Well, my friends.. ours is coming in two weeks!! YIKES.

Then.. here are pics of the "baby nook" before and after. We are adding an overhead pendant lamp and hopefully we are going to figure out how to block off the whole front of the "baby nook" with a sheer green curtain with tiebacks so there is some nice separation.

The crib will go where the dresser is currently. Then the dresser will go in the right corner facing forward. Behind the crib we will hang the quilt as a wall hanging and on the right wall we will put a high shelf and some pics in frames.

Next, I have some 24 week shots and the "funny as hell" t-shirt that DH got me for Valentine's Day. I must point out that he got me a size too big. When I questioned that.. he looked at my belly and raised his eyebrows... so yeah... that was great. :)

Other than that... hmm... I think my shower is coming sooner than I expected. I told my Mom I don't want to be surprised.. and she basically told me to "go shove it". So, I am a little upset. I don't want to walk into my shower in my weekend attire of the ugliest, most comfy clothes that I have. So now I am going to be paranoid. She did say that she would take a dress from me and bring it to the shower so I can change.. but, I think that might look crazy. I am pretty good sleuth and Dh is pretty lame about keeping secrets.. so I may be able to figure it out.

I tried on the dress I thought I would wear... Isn't it funny how things can look cute on you at 4 weeks pregnant and make you look like a pregnant farmhand from Little House on the Prairie at 25 weeks??? Umm I need to shop for a new dress.

Other than that.. I have taken much better care of me this weekend. So I feel better. I have the whole week off and I am so excite to do nothing.

Oh yeah... My dumb dog cost us 400$ at the vet this week for... basically.. pink eye. Apparently, it went very wrong and now her eye is in all sorts of trouble. And my vet likes to "get you" for every penny. Sooo... No fun for me this week.. We spent all our "fun" on the doggie. She should be okay though... I am quite sure that we are done paying for this though. She has one more appointment next week.

So that's it. If you are still reading.. You deserve and award! This was long and not too interesting!

A bit of a rough week.

I haven't been posting but, I have been lurking. I am so excited about JJ's baby and I continue to pray that things get a little easier for Nancy.

I have had a rough week myself. My grand-aunt/most awesome person ever was diagnosed with cancer last week. It's spread everywhere and she moved in with my Mom on hospice this week. She is 85 and lived a good life. I can't help thinking that we interfered with God's plan for her in October when we found her in a coma in her house. It could have been quick and painless for her and now it will horrible and painful. It's just really sad.

So, after totally overdoing it on Saturday, I couldn't even move that night. The next day I started to have what I think were contractions. They were really painful and went on all night. My Mom started to get upset (side note: she is an L&D nurse and doesn't get upset over anything pregnancy related.. so her getting upset freaked me out!). I got all upset which probably made it worse. I was just SOOO scared. Finally I called the midwife, who was all concerned. I didn't wind up going to the hospital but, I was ordered to bed. Everytime I lay down they stopped. But, when I stood up... pain came back.

So then, we had a rough week getting everything ready for my Aunt to come home. By yesterday, I was beat. I left work early. I had been having non-painful braxton and hicks all week long and I started to have some pain again. Coupled with a splitting headache.. I went home early. Last night I didn't sleep all night and I feel SOOOO bad today. But, I have to bring puppy to the vet since she has pink eye. So there is no end in sight.

The good news, as of today, I am off for a week. I plan to do NOTHING.

Hi there!

sorry I have been MIA. My computer died on me last week and it needed some serious TLC.

There really isn't too much to update. We are in the thick of the day care search. This is so heartwrenching. A neighbor told me she is going to start babysitting and would love to it... for half the price of the day care I am thinking of using. SCORE... but, in the same breath she told me she is trying to get pregnant. She is 38 and having some troubles. So what does that mean for me? I am thinking IF treatments, bed rest, and then a newborn... So how can all that happen and she can still babysit.

I only want the best for her but, at the same time... What will happen with us if she can't do it come September and all the good day cares are filled up? I was kind of taken aback by this revelation and didn't question it during our discussion. So I think I need to go back and discuss with it her. Do you think that would be crossing the line? I just think I need to know how she plans on handleing the situation if she indeed becomes pregnant.

Other than that... I need to sign up for the Bradley courses ASAP. The woman I want to use is due any day with her little bundle but, I think will be doing a course starting in March. However, I need to get off my butt and call her before she goes into labor!!!!

I am also contemplating prenatal yoga. My midwife wants me to do it. However, I so not a fan of organized excersise at all. I prefer to not do it all or just do little spruts of jogging, kyaking, hiking etc. when the mood hits me. I am pretty outdoorsy but, the crazy and cold winter we are having in NY is making that pretty impossible.

I am feeling tons and tons of kicking, rolling, punching, tap dancing now. DH feels it almost everyday too. It was kind of funny because, baby would only kick for me and the puppy for a while and would freeze up whenever Daddy came near. It made hime sad and Daisy dog and I teased him a lot. But, now Baby puts on quite a show for Daddy. Baby did quite the impersonation of football player during the Superbowl last night. I lifted my shirt and let Dh feel away... AND giggled at the horrified looks on my Mom's and Aunt's faces at the fact that I showed my belly to a room of people.. Really, it was me, DH, Mom, Dad, Aunt and Uncle... No biggie... There were like, "we are from the generation of giant overalls and never wearing anything form fitting. You can't show people you're bare belly!" I just laugh.. Pregnancy is so beautiful!!!!! They are nuts.

So that's all for today! I hope everyone is well!