She's running outta room!!!

Movement has gotten painful.. Well not painful but uncomfortable! Last night I was laying in bed and I swear to you if the light would of been on you would of seen body parts protruding from my belly!!! I could feel either a hand or a foot stuck in one position for a few minutes. And while that was on one side of my belly, on the other side something very hard was pressed up against my stomach for a while too. I'm thinking either a head or a butt or a back. It was a very weird feeling and if Darren hadn't been sleeping like a baby I would of woke him up. I was scared!! I thought she was trying to claw herself out!!! Like I said before, it didn't hurt but it was just really uncomfortable. Like I was thinking it should hurt but it didn't. She kept me awake for about 45 minutes while she did this. I chalk it up to the slice of turtle cheesecake I had before bed.



Lets hope she simmers down tonight! Momma needs her sleep!

Fat feet :(

I refuse to go shoe shopping for the rest of this pregnancy!!
I went to payless last night to get a pair of strappy low heel sandals and I had to go up a half size and get a wide!! My feet aren't swollen, but they have gotten bigger I guess?

Babyshowers, Maternity shoot, & an OH SH*T moment!

I really am lucky to have such great family and friends. My best friend of 10 years (who is also babygirls godmother) has been gracious enough to host a shower in September. And my very good friends that I work with at the restaraunt have offered to host a shower at the restaraunt on August 16th. I'm very excited! I will be shopping for shower outfits soon!! Yay!!

I also need to pick out a dress to wear for our maternity shoot we're doing. I'm thinking of wearing a white maxi dress that I seen at the mall a few weekends ago and seeing if I can find a sunflower hair clip thing somewhere on the internet. Since the nursery won't be done anytime soon I'm guessing we'll do the maternity shoot at either the city park. It's really pretty and has a small man made pond with ducks. It also has the Bayou Teche flowing through the park and huge old trees, so that would probably make for some good shots.

On a seperate note, I'll be 30 weeks TOMORROW!!!!!!!! I am seriously in shock. I can't believe I'll only have 10 weeks or so left. I haven't even signed with a contractor yet...I've met with a few but I'm waiting on their drawings and quotes to choose one.

I feel like I live in a freaking hotel

Okay so I've made a few comments about our buddy J who has been staying with us since JANUARY!! right? Well Darren's uncle C has also been staying with us the past few weeks. They both are working with us right now and Uncle C only has a few more weeks of work to do on the project he's working on so he'll be out of our hair soon. But I am honestly ready to pull my freaking hair out. I am trying to get custody of my cousin Britt. She has been staying with us all summer and I do not mind her being there one bit. At all. I love this girl to death. She helps me out so much, it's unreal. She washes the dishes without me asking her to, she has the house clean when I come home from work, she even picks up after D, J and Uncle C (even though I've told her NOT to). She walks my dog and takes good care of him too. This girl is such a huge help and I couldn't imagine making it through this long summer without her. So with me, D, Britt, J, Uncle C that makes 5 people staying in my little bitty house.....
I don't know how much longer I can take it before...
I move out
I kick someone out
I light my house on fire to get them all out

I thank God that I am working tonight so that I can have a break from all the male moodiness that is in my house tonight. I hope I close and I hope they are all asleep when I come home from work.

Sorry for the rambling..it probably doesn't make sense but I don't know how much longer I can take being HOTEL DE SPROLES!!!!!!!!

29 weeks

This post will not have a picture. I feel like total shiiiit today and I refuse to smile for a picture. I'll take a picture with the next weekly post.

I went to the doctor yesterday for my GD test. I was there for all of 2 hours. Gave 6 vials of blood. Doctor Haile measured my belly and I was measuring 29 centimeters..so I'm right on schedule with that. When I go back in 4 weeks I'll be 33 weeks and that'll be my last monthly appt. After that, I start going weekly..not ever other week, but weekly!! He wants to keep a closer (than normal) eye on things toward the end. I also start the fetal movement monitering things with my next appointment and also another ultrasound. I'd love it if Darren could go to that appointment just because it's so much going on. He hasn't made it to a single appointment yet. I doubt he'll make it to that one though because of the job their on right now. Production is expected to last until September so my apt in August I'll probably go to by myself. It's nice to hope though, right?

Okay...so onto the weekly update.

How far along: 29 weeks!!
Total weight gain/loss: 26 lbs
Maternity clothes? Yep and I love them.
Stretch marks? I *think* I found 2 new ones on the side of my belly...
Sleep: Hasn't been too good this week. I've been so sore and tired but can't sleep very well. It's hard to find a comfy position.
Best moment this week: hmm....haven't had a best moment
Movement: Most of the day now.
Food cravings: Nothing really.
Food aversions: None.
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: Not actual labor signs but I've been having Braxton Hicks
Belly Button in or out? Still in, but it is getting pretty shallow.
What I miss: Liquor and sex...oh and liquored up sex! ;)
What I am looking forward to: The weekend...sleeping in
Weekly Wisdom: nothing new
Milestones: can't think of anything.

I'm ashamed to admit

That I am sitting here at my desk with my pants unbuttoned, my zipper unzipped, and my belt undone. I made a huge mistake wearing a pair of my "fat capris" to work today. I can't breath!! I have a sweater laying across my lap but seriously..what was I thinking??? I would freaking die if someone came in here and needed me to get up for whatever reason, I'd be like "hold on..let me do my pants up!" I will only wear maternity pants and my gaucho pants from now on...I am so uncomfortable!

I'm so glad today is a half day for me! 12:00 can't come soon enough!!

Oh and I made 28 weeks yesterday!! I am officially 7 months pregnant!

A little relief

I made an appointment to go see my chiropractor today at 2:00!! I can't wait to sit in the chair with a heating pad on my back along with those muscle twitchy pad things. Their chairs are one of the few massage chairs that I actually like. And Dr. Vidrine has magic fingers. He usually does a mini-massage before he adjusts you and it's great. I wonder how he's going to adjust me though...

Well I've got a few different contractors coming to the house over the next week or so to do estimates. I hope I find one that we like and agree on the price. I'm ready to get this started. I have put it off way too long.

Saturday me and my cousin Brittany are going to register for my shower. I think I'll even treat her to lunch somewhere yummy. I'm wanting Coyote Blues but we'll probably go to Buffalo Wild Wings because it's really cheap and I'm always up for some hot wings!

Found a tree decal

I was browsing the nursery decor board this morning while eating my breakfast and I found a site that has a 7 foot tall tree that ONLY costs $60! I can't freakin wait to order it.

I am calling a few contractors this morning to talk business. Hopefully we can get someone at our house this week to do a drawing and get this started. I very highly doubt this will be finished before baby girl comes but we'll see. I put it off too long..but it's my own fault.

We chose a name!!

Last night we were laying in bed trying to go to sleep. I was snuggled up against Darren's back in a way that his booty was right in front of my stomach. We were talking names and I think we decided on a name (squeee!!). Well I'm guessing baby girl wanted to voice her opinion because she started kicking really hard. Darren felt her kicking his booty!! It was hilarious!!

Don't ask what name we chose because we aren't telling. You'll have to wait until baby girl makes her big debut! It's really pretty and it's not "trendy". We have no family members or friends that have this name so we're really excited about that. Now we have to start thinking middle names!!

More Hmmm....

I want a closet organizer. Nuff said!
The type of crib I want. Our daughter's godfather has offered to buy her crib. So one night pretty soon we are all going to Lafayette to go shopping and then we'll be treating him to some awesome Coyote Blues!

Possible paint color ideas...going for a light springy green/celery green I think.

I think doing a branch instead of a whole tree would be best. I'd have it coming out of a corner in the room and over the crib or over the changing table or something.

Hmmm

I believe I found our little girls bedding. I hate the pink in it but it's the first one I found that was under $200 that didn't SCREAM frou-frou to me! I like the "bird" theme and I would LOVE to put a tree decal up on a wall somewhere in the room. Now I'm just searching for who has the cheapest price on this set.

Thoughts???

Just a warning...there will probably be a few more posts today. I will probably put my nursery "together" on my blog because I have nothing better to do at work today.

I hate July

Okay so I don't HATE July...I just dislike the month very much. And actually, it should be one of my favorites. We celebrate the 4th of July, which always includes lots of good food, good times, and good family and friends. My father in laws birthday and sister in laws birthday are in July. My parents (Dad and Stepmom) celebrate their wedding anniversary in July. It's summertime and the weather is usually gorgeous. So you might be wondering why I "hate" the month of July right? Well it's because our sweet sweet angel was taken from us almost 3 years ago now...July 25th.

I flipped my calendar this morning when I got to work and after I admired the pretty picture they have for the month of July, my heart sank.

I wasn't ready for this yet. I'm sure my hormones aren't helping any but I just really want July to come and go and be done with.

26 Weeks

Okay so my doctor told me to watch what I eat from now on. Apparantly I've put on too much weight. I've gained 23 pounds all together. First of all, let me tell you something, before I got pregnant I had lost alot of weight. And I mean alot! I weighed 133 when I found out I was pregnant. I haven't weighed 130 anything since JR high. I wasn't eating dinner and I was barely eating lunch. I worked way too much and when I got home from work late at night, I'd take a shower and go to bed. So of course, I'm going to lose weight. Now, I usually weigh anywhere between 145-155. I weigh 156 right now. I think I'm doing pretty good so..... Mr. Doctor you can kiss my fat ass!! I will continue to eat my oreos and milk TYVM!

How far along: 26 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!! Agh!!!!!!!

Total weight gain/loss: 23 lbs....suck it Dr. Haile!!!!!!!!!!!

Maternity clothes? Yep and I love them. So comfy.

Stretch marks? I found new ones on my boobies but no new ones on my belly.

Sleep: Nothing to complain about here. Darren wakes me up alot telling me I'm on my back and I'll just roll over but other than that, nothing.

Best moment this week: hmm....haven't had a best moment

Movement: I feel alot more movement. It's still weird to see my belly move but I love it =)

Food cravings: Nothing really.

Food aversions: None.

Gender: Girl

Labor Signs: Not actual labor signs but I've started having Braxton Hicks

Belly Button in or out? Still in, but it is getting pretty shallow.

What I miss: Alcohol...HARD LIQUOR actually

What I am looking forward to: getting the addition to our house started.

Weekly Wisdom: nothing new

Milestones: Hitting double digits yesterday..98 days left!

It's been a while

It's been a while since I last posted. I've had alot going on to even think about this. I need to do a weekly update so I'll probably end up doing that later.
Well anyway, we haven't really been up to much. Just growing a baby and trying to find a contractor to come to my house. We had a good fathers day weekend. We had the kids and we went to my parents camp Sunday. We boiled crabs and crawfish. Darren crabbed most of the day and threw his cast net a few times. He's getting the hang of throwing it so hopefully he'll be stocking my freezer with shrimp. Not that we need it though. We just brought 50 lbs of shrimp home with us Sunday. Darren de-headed them last night and threw them in the freezer. I have to go home today and peel and clean about 2 or 3 dozen crabs so hopefully that doesn't take me too long.
I need to clean my kitchen from top to bottom really good and I also have to cook dinner. I'm frying shrimp for some po-boys. But, before any of that gets done, I have to go grocery shopping today when I get off work. I'm so glad that Darren gets off at 6:00 now. I'm lucky I'm off Weds night too because man I need to catch up on my sleep. I know there is no chance I'll be going to bed early tonight!
Well I need to do some of my work and I'll update with a weekly post later this afternoon.

Team Pink!!

WE'RE HAVING A SWEET PRECIOUS BABY GIRL!!!!
I'm so excited! I knew it was going to be a girl after my last ultrasound. We are over the moon! I'll post the ultrasound pictures later.

Need to get on the ball...

Okay so I'm 23 weeks as of today. That means I only have 17 weeks left!! I so freaking need to get on the ball and get this addition to my house started! Not only that, but I'll also have to get started on the nursery when they are finished. So many people already have the nursery's finished or atleast started by now and man am I slacking!
I hope we can find out what we are having Friday and I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that Darren will be able to come. He'll have to leave work early Friday and also Monday. Monday we are going to see the WWE Monday Night Raw at the Cajundome!! I can't wait for that either. I bought these tickets back in Feb and we are finally going!

22 weeks 5 days

How far along? 22 weeks and 5 days

Total weight gain/loss: I'm up 8 pounds I believe
Maternity clothes? Yep

Stretch marks? No new ones

Sleep: Kinda sucky...heartburn is a SOB

Best moment this week: Hopefully finding out the gender Friday!

Movement: kicks are getting more frequent instead of just after lunch

Food cravings: something sweet but haven't been able to "hit the spot" yet

Gender: I am thinking girl but hope to find out Friday

What I miss: sex

What I’m looking forward to: Our 3d/4d ultrasound Friday

Weekly wisdom: nothing new

Milestones: nothing

Ultrasound Photos

Well they couldn't tell what our baby was yet. I hope to have better luck at my 3d/4d ultrasound next Friday. It's at 2:00 and I always feel more movement after lunch and later in the afternoon than I do in the morning which was when this apt was. Everything else looked fine though. Our Nugget is weighing in at 1lb 1oz and they changed my due date to October 1st. Baby is still breech and hopefully she/he will turn for us within the next 18 weeks or so.

So....what do YOU think our baby is? Boy or girl?

Sunburns suck!

Well we almost let the rain ruin our weekend but we were going to the camp come hell or high water! We are so glad we went too because it didn't rain one single drop the whole time. It didn't rain until yesterday and we were already home and recovering from the long weekend. We got to my parents camp late Friday night and we went to sleep after hanging out for a while. Saturday, my dad and Darren got up early and went fishing. Me and my stepmom got up and went shopping! We fried the fish the guys had caught for dinner that night. Darren made his FAMOUS shrimp poppers also and my parents loved them. We hung out most of the day Sunday and the guys went fishing later that afternoon. Me and my stepmom laid out and talked all day. I'm severly burnt but oh well. We boiled crabs when the guys got back and me and Darren left to come home around 7ish. We both had a blast and we can't wait to go back. It was so good to see my parents and I miss them so much! My stepmom looks freakin awesome after her total body makeover surgery she had recently.
Now it's back to work and this is going to be a fun week...I'm sunburnt and in pain. But the best thing is...is that we find out what our nugget is THURSDAY!! Counting down...2 more days :)

20 weeks 5 days

How far along? 20 weeks and 5 days
Total weight gain/loss: Don't know...I'll find out today
Stretch marks? No new ones to report
Sleep: Getting hard to get comfy. I want to sleep on my back so bad.
Best moment this week: Darren felt the baby kick for the first time! It was so sweet!

Movement: Soft kicks are getting a little harder

Food cravings: Cookies and cream ice cream, anything spicy still, and salad...lots of salad

Gender: I've had alot of baby girl dreams...we'll find out soon I hope!
What I miss: Sleeping on my back and stomach

What I am looking forward to: Hopefully finding out the gender soon

Weekly Wisdom: Nothing new
Milestones: Making 20 weeks...HALFWAY DONE!!!