Addison has gotten so big SO FAST! When I look back at pictures of her I can't even believe she's the same little bitty baby I brought home!
But she is sooooo sweet! I'll even upload a video to prove it at the end of this.
So a quick update on baby: she smiles all the time now and loves when we talk to her-she's even started trying to "talk" back and coos and gurgles at us. So cute! She's had a bit of a cold the past couple of weeks and I've already taken her to the doctor twice (if they're not already, I'm sure they'll be sick of me soon!) just to make sure she doesn't have pneumonia or anything. But they keep assuring me it's just a cold, sometimes they just linger for a while, like when we have them. Well, that's not good enough, I want her to feel better right now!
So I just do what I can and suction the snot out of her poor little nose (even though I know she hates me the entire time I'm doing it). And even though she was sleeping fine in her crib before she got sick, I've been sleeping with her in my room the past few days. So there she sleeps, propped up on a pillow with the humidifier on, kicking me in the shoulder and neck all night. And the humidifier coupled with the fact that my room is the warmest in the house makes me feel like I'm sleeping in the rain forest in the middle of summer.
But that's ok! If it would help her feel better, I'd sleep on the ground in the actual rain forest, bugs and all.
Anywho, here's that video. Also, I swear I'll eventually get back to updating regularly. It's just been a bit hectic. And by that, I mean I sleep whenever possible so I don't have tons of time to be blogging. I'll get better, I swear!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Well, crap.
I wrecked my car this weekend. I was exiting the highway and didn't realize how sharp the curve was. So I went into the median and right into a light pole.
Thankfully, Addison wasn't with me! I feel bad enough that there were other people with me (luckily no one was hurt, thank God). I can't imagine how horrible I'd feel if Baby had been in the car. I start to cry all over again whenever I think about it.
Anyway, now I have to wait for the insurance claims people come see it and decide if it's worth fixing or if it's going to be totaled.
A little part of me kinda hopes it is because I want (and kinda need) a new car, but the bigger part hopes it's not totaled because I LOVE my car, plus I can't afford a new one right now.
So I guess we'll see...
I'm sorry, Scratchy!!! :(
Thankfully, Addison wasn't with me! I feel bad enough that there were other people with me (luckily no one was hurt, thank God). I can't imagine how horrible I'd feel if Baby had been in the car. I start to cry all over again whenever I think about it.
Anyway, now I have to wait for the insurance claims people come see it and decide if it's worth fixing or if it's going to be totaled.
A little part of me kinda hopes it is because I want (and kinda need) a new car, but the bigger part hopes it's not totaled because I LOVE my car, plus I can't afford a new one right now.
So I guess we'll see...
I'm sorry, Scratchy!!! :(
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Two Months Old (well, almost)!!!
Addison will be two months old on Tuesday! How exciting! :)
What isn't exciting, however, is the fact that her two month check up is on Wednesday. The one that includes her first round of vaccinations. :( I start tearing up just thinking about poor Baby getting shots. It just kills me to know that she's going to be hurting and she won't even understand why. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to wait in the hall or waiting room while they do it, which is why I'm making sure either her father or my mother (or both) comes with me.
In other news, her sleeping habits are starting to get a little more "normal", meaning she has some nights where she'll actually sleep for a five or six hour stretch instead of her usual two-three hours. The first night she slept for (almost) six hours, I woke up in a panic, but then got super excited when I realized what had happened! She had gone to sleep at about midnight and didn't wake up until 5:45! I was pretty excited, thinking this was the start of a pretty awesome new phase...but then the next night she went to sleep around the same time and woke up at two. And stayed up for over an hour. Oh well, you win some, you lose some. The main thing is, she's sleeping longer more frequently, so I'll just focus on that.
Another exciting thing has started happening! She's starting interacting a lot more! She talks to us, and listens and stares when we talk to her, and she even smiles at us! One day I was laying with her in my bed, talking to her and she was looking directly at me and smiled! I just about started crying, it was so sweet! Yeah, so maybe it was gas, but whatever, I choose to believe my baby was smiling at me because she knows who I am and she loves me! :)
In non-baby news, I saw New Moon tonight-for the second time. I saw it with Lauren and Kristin at the midnight release last Thursday, along with HUNDREDS of other crazy fans. Something that was just about as exciting to me was the red velvet cheesecake I had from The Cheesecake Factory before the movie. OMG. So amazing! It definitely won't help me out with the whole Operation: Bridesmaid Dress Diet, but who cares! It was worth it! Ha, I bet I'll be singing a different tune come April...
Well, I thought Addison was down for the night, but she just woke up. I guess I'm typing too loudly. Going to go cuddle with her and try to get her back to sleep!
Goodnight, and Happy Thanksgiving! :)
What isn't exciting, however, is the fact that her two month check up is on Wednesday. The one that includes her first round of vaccinations. :( I start tearing up just thinking about poor Baby getting shots. It just kills me to know that she's going to be hurting and she won't even understand why. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to wait in the hall or waiting room while they do it, which is why I'm making sure either her father or my mother (or both) comes with me.
In other news, her sleeping habits are starting to get a little more "normal", meaning she has some nights where she'll actually sleep for a five or six hour stretch instead of her usual two-three hours. The first night she slept for (almost) six hours, I woke up in a panic, but then got super excited when I realized what had happened! She had gone to sleep at about midnight and didn't wake up until 5:45! I was pretty excited, thinking this was the start of a pretty awesome new phase...but then the next night she went to sleep around the same time and woke up at two. And stayed up for over an hour. Oh well, you win some, you lose some. The main thing is, she's sleeping longer more frequently, so I'll just focus on that.
Another exciting thing has started happening! She's starting interacting a lot more! She talks to us, and listens and stares when we talk to her, and she even smiles at us! One day I was laying with her in my bed, talking to her and she was looking directly at me and smiled! I just about started crying, it was so sweet! Yeah, so maybe it was gas, but whatever, I choose to believe my baby was smiling at me because she knows who I am and she loves me! :)
In non-baby news, I saw New Moon tonight-for the second time. I saw it with Lauren and Kristin at the midnight release last Thursday, along with HUNDREDS of other crazy fans. Something that was just about as exciting to me was the red velvet cheesecake I had from The Cheesecake Factory before the movie. OMG. So amazing! It definitely won't help me out with the whole Operation: Bridesmaid Dress Diet, but who cares! It was worth it! Ha, I bet I'll be singing a different tune come April...
Well, I thought Addison was down for the night, but she just woke up. I guess I'm typing too loudly. Going to go cuddle with her and try to get her back to sleep!
Goodnight, and Happy Thanksgiving! :)
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
One month old!
Addison Marie is a month old now! Ok, actually she's a month and a week tomorrow.
Since I see her every day, I haven't really noticed how much she's grown in the past few weeks, but when I go back and look at pictures from the hospital and from her first few days at home, it's crazy! She's still small now, but she was so tiny then! Even though everyone kept telling me she was a big baby (whatever), she seemed itty bitty to me.
I definitely see a lot of myself in her, and not just in the way she looks. She sleeps pretty much exactly like me: completely stretched out with her head tilted back (it looks so uncomfortable, but I sleep like that too, so I can tell you it's not), mouth open. Plus, she snores! Her little baby snoring is soooo cute! Well, it is now, but I'm sure she won't like the fact that she's a snorer when she's older-I know I don't, haha.
She's starting to stay awake for longer periods of time throughout the day, which is awesome. She still wakes up a couple times at night, but here lately she's been pretty good about eating and going back to sleep fairly quickly. Plus, when she's awake during the day it's so fun (to me) to just watch her sit back and take it all in. I don't know if she's able to really focus on any one particular object yet, or if she's just looking around at a bunch of colorful blurs, but it's entertaining to watch her either way.
As for me, I've been cleared to start working out again, which is good since Angela & Lanny's wedding is in six months! Ahh, so much work to do before then-even scarier is that I don't even have six months to work out because I have to order my dress three months ahead of time.
By the way, just a side note, that is a load of crap. Three months my ass. I've been in four weddings now, and I've never had a dress take three months, they just want you to get worried and pay extra to have your dress rush ordered. Don't fall for it! Ok, actually, for my friend Heather's wedding my dress did take forever (I ordered it mid-July and it got her two weeks before her wedding in September) but that was because the dresses were made in China and the factories were all shut down during the Olympics to cut down on pollution and my dress was stuck there until they were over.
My point is, I don't have a whole lot of time to lose a whole lot of weight-I really wish I were on The Biggest Loser right now- so I better get to work!
Going to try and get some sleep before Baby wakes up to eat. That should be any minute now, actually, I might as well stay awake...
Goodnight!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
She's here!
As usual, I've been a bad blogger...but I have a really good excuse now: Addison Marie is finally here!!!
She was born September 24th, at 6:57 a.m. and weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz. and was 20 inches long! And she's just perfect! She was born with a ton of dark hair and lonnng eyelashes (so lucky, she won't need tons of mascara! haha).
I went to the hospital Wednesday night (got there at 11:40) once my contractions were coming quick enough-good thing too, because I was ready to go no matter what at that point, they hurt so bad! When we got there, they checked and I was already dilated to a six, so they went ahead and moved me to labor and delivery. Since I was already dilated pretty far, they got my epidural done pretty quickly. That wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be-I was terrified about the huge needle. But, to me, the thing that made it so bad was that I was having contractions while they were giving me the epidural, and I had to be completely still-that was HARD! But worth it, because as soon as they were done, I was feeling goooood!
They warned me I might feel the next couple contractions before it really kicked in, but I didn't feel a thing! So I was able to sleep for a couple hours and just relax before everything got started.
Finally, a little before 5 am, I had to start pushing. So, I pushed...and pushed...and pushed...and wouldn't you know, Addison is already starting out stubborn! I pushed for almost two hours before the doctor finally said they were going to have to do a c-section (she wasn't coming down enough with each push, and was still too high for them to reach her with the forceps or the suction thing to try and help her out). I started freaking out a little, I hadn't even considered that I might have to have one, but my mom was there with me and the nurses and doctor were all so nice and reassuring, so I was able to calm down a little. Once they got started, the c-section was done in about 15 minutes, and there she was!
She'll be a week old tomorrow, and I already can't imagine her not being here. I know that sounds corny, and they always say it in movies and stuff, but it's true! It's like, I look at her and just think to myself, well of course you're supposed to be here, why wouldn't you be? Like she's filled this void in my life that I didn't even know was there.
You have no idea how excited I am to know I feel this way about her too! During my entire pregnancy I always had this little fear in the back of my mind that I was going to resent all of this (maybe not her, necessarily, but the situation at least) or that I was just going to be annoyed by everything. But I've loved every single minute so far! Even when she's screaming in the middle of the night because I can't feed her fast enough, or when she wakes up from a nap as soon as I lay down for one. I've honestly loved all of it.
Anyway, I have to quit now because I'm going to start tearing up soon if I keep going on and on about how much I love her! But I'm sure I'll there will be plenty more of this in the future, just a warning!
Here's my favorite pic of her so far (I have tons more already, so I'll be putting some up randomly):
She was born September 24th, at 6:57 a.m. and weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz. and was 20 inches long! And she's just perfect! She was born with a ton of dark hair and lonnng eyelashes (so lucky, she won't need tons of mascara! haha).
I went to the hospital Wednesday night (got there at 11:40) once my contractions were coming quick enough-good thing too, because I was ready to go no matter what at that point, they hurt so bad! When we got there, they checked and I was already dilated to a six, so they went ahead and moved me to labor and delivery. Since I was already dilated pretty far, they got my epidural done pretty quickly. That wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be-I was terrified about the huge needle. But, to me, the thing that made it so bad was that I was having contractions while they were giving me the epidural, and I had to be completely still-that was HARD! But worth it, because as soon as they were done, I was feeling goooood!
They warned me I might feel the next couple contractions before it really kicked in, but I didn't feel a thing! So I was able to sleep for a couple hours and just relax before everything got started.
Finally, a little before 5 am, I had to start pushing. So, I pushed...and pushed...and pushed...and wouldn't you know, Addison is already starting out stubborn! I pushed for almost two hours before the doctor finally said they were going to have to do a c-section (she wasn't coming down enough with each push, and was still too high for them to reach her with the forceps or the suction thing to try and help her out). I started freaking out a little, I hadn't even considered that I might have to have one, but my mom was there with me and the nurses and doctor were all so nice and reassuring, so I was able to calm down a little. Once they got started, the c-section was done in about 15 minutes, and there she was!
She'll be a week old tomorrow, and I already can't imagine her not being here. I know that sounds corny, and they always say it in movies and stuff, but it's true! It's like, I look at her and just think to myself, well of course you're supposed to be here, why wouldn't you be? Like she's filled this void in my life that I didn't even know was there.
You have no idea how excited I am to know I feel this way about her too! During my entire pregnancy I always had this little fear in the back of my mind that I was going to resent all of this (maybe not her, necessarily, but the situation at least) or that I was just going to be annoyed by everything. But I've loved every single minute so far! Even when she's screaming in the middle of the night because I can't feed her fast enough, or when she wakes up from a nap as soon as I lay down for one. I've honestly loved all of it.
Anyway, I have to quit now because I'm going to start tearing up soon if I keep going on and on about how much I love her! But I'm sure I'll there will be plenty more of this in the future, just a warning!
Here's my favorite pic of her so far (I have tons more already, so I'll be putting some up randomly):
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
It finally feels like fall!
Ok. I've been having pre-labor contractions (I don't even know if that's an actual term, but I'm using it because I'm not really in labor yet, but they feel a lot like contractions) since yesterday morning.
This is no fun! I'll be in the middle of lunch, or walking down the hall or something and just have to stop what I'm doing to focus on breathing. The worst ones are the ones that wake me up during a nap or in the middle of the night. Interrupting my sleep is usually a bad idea in the first place, but doing so by waking me up just to be in pain is definitely not cool.
I'm done complaining now, I know this is all actually good because it (hopefully!) means that it's almost time!!!
Supposed to have dinner with Heather, Chelsea & Andrea tomorrow, hopefully I'll be able to make it! I'm looking forward to seeing them and it'll probably be my last night out, but I'm not sure about going out in public at this point-I didn't even want to go to Walgreens earlier, I'm scared of my water breaking in the middle of a crowd haha.
Which is a shame, the weather has finally cooled off and actually requires sweaters now, and I haven't even really been out to enjoy it! Maybe I'll just walk up and down the sidewalk tomorrow! :)
This is no fun! I'll be in the middle of lunch, or walking down the hall or something and just have to stop what I'm doing to focus on breathing. The worst ones are the ones that wake me up during a nap or in the middle of the night. Interrupting my sleep is usually a bad idea in the first place, but doing so by waking me up just to be in pain is definitely not cool.
I'm done complaining now, I know this is all actually good because it (hopefully!) means that it's almost time!!!
Supposed to have dinner with Heather, Chelsea & Andrea tomorrow, hopefully I'll be able to make it! I'm looking forward to seeing them and it'll probably be my last night out, but I'm not sure about going out in public at this point-I didn't even want to go to Walgreens earlier, I'm scared of my water breaking in the middle of a crowd haha.
Which is a shame, the weather has finally cooled off and actually requires sweaters now, and I haven't even really been out to enjoy it! Maybe I'll just walk up and down the sidewalk tomorrow! :)
Monday, September 21, 2009
False alarm...
Well, I woke up this morning around 4:30 to a little contraction. No big deal. Then another one about 30 minutes later. Then another a little after that. They were pretty irregular so I didn't really start timing them for a while. Finally, I started to write down each time I had one.
They were still pretty erratic, sometimes there'd be ten minutes between each one, then I'd have one a minute for the next three or four minutes. This went on for a little over two hours, and then we finally decided to go ahead and head up to the hospital, just in case (I am due in four days, after all!). So of course, on the way up there, they began slowing down and weren't nearly as strong as they had been all morning.
When we got there, the nurse said they were going to go ahead and check everything just to make sure, but that most likely this was a false alarm and I was going to end up going home. Boo! Actually, I'm a little relieved. On the way up there I was hoping it was the real thing, just because I knew I'd feel silly if it wasn't. But once we were headed back home, I realized that there's still a lot of little things that need to get done before she shows up-like laundry, for one!
As soon as we got home, Mother took all the tags off of all the onesies and bibs, opened up the sheets and burp rags and everything else and started washing everything with Dreft (which we also had to go buy this morning, because we still hadn't done that!).
So, now I'm just hoping these contractions don't continue all week. They've definitely slowed way down, but I've still had a couple since getting home. Supposedly, if I continue drinking a lot of water, these (not-so-little) fake ones will go away, then if I start having them again, I'll know they're the real thing this time.
Tomorrow we're going to finally start getting the furniture set up in the nursery-it was finally finished being painted today! Cutting it pretty close, huh?! It's so cute already, I'm so excited! And I really can't wait to get the mural done, it'll definitely be even cuter once that's finished! :) I'll put up some before and after pictures of the room soon!
Goodnight!
They were still pretty erratic, sometimes there'd be ten minutes between each one, then I'd have one a minute for the next three or four minutes. This went on for a little over two hours, and then we finally decided to go ahead and head up to the hospital, just in case (I am due in four days, after all!). So of course, on the way up there, they began slowing down and weren't nearly as strong as they had been all morning.
When we got there, the nurse said they were going to go ahead and check everything just to make sure, but that most likely this was a false alarm and I was going to end up going home. Boo! Actually, I'm a little relieved. On the way up there I was hoping it was the real thing, just because I knew I'd feel silly if it wasn't. But once we were headed back home, I realized that there's still a lot of little things that need to get done before she shows up-like laundry, for one!
As soon as we got home, Mother took all the tags off of all the onesies and bibs, opened up the sheets and burp rags and everything else and started washing everything with Dreft (which we also had to go buy this morning, because we still hadn't done that!).
So, now I'm just hoping these contractions don't continue all week. They've definitely slowed way down, but I've still had a couple since getting home. Supposedly, if I continue drinking a lot of water, these (not-so-little) fake ones will go away, then if I start having them again, I'll know they're the real thing this time.
Tomorrow we're going to finally start getting the furniture set up in the nursery-it was finally finished being painted today! Cutting it pretty close, huh?! It's so cute already, I'm so excited! And I really can't wait to get the mural done, it'll definitely be even cuter once that's finished! :) I'll put up some before and after pictures of the room soon!
Goodnight!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Counting down...
Just a couple more weeks now! Ah, I'm so ready, I'm tired of waddling around everywhere. When I can actually move, that is. Some days, I feel like my legs have just completely shut down and refuse to work.
But, I had my massage this past Friday, and it was AMAZING! I didn't ever want it to end. However, I think it just spoiled me, now I want one every day! That's one bad thing about Angela being back in Denton now, she gives the best massages! I could really use her right now.
My goal by the end of this week is to have my hospital bag packed and ready. This has been my goal for the past week, so I guess today is my deadline. Really, I should have had it packed by a couple weeks ago, according to The Bump. But, obviously, I haven't needed it yet, so whatev.
We started working on the nursery (FINALLY!) The hard part is over-peeling off the wallpaper, scraping the popcorn off the ceiling, and getting the walls ready to be painted. And none of that was actually all that hard-well the only part I really helped with was getting the wallpaper off the walls, but I thought that would've been the hardest part. That's all a bit worrisome to me, though, because now all that leaves is painting, which I thought would be a piece of cake, so of course it's going to be the biggest pain in the ass. (Oops. Pain in the A.)
I've decided that I want to paint a mural on the wall, so my major concern now is going into labor before I finish. And if that happens, who knows when I'll ever get to finish it once baby is here.
A couple other things I wanted to accomplish before she's here: start on her baby scrapbook and get all the sonogram pictures and baby shower pictures done; write a letter to her (I know that sounds corny, but I've been wanted to do that for a while anyway, and I've been told by several people now that I need to do it); mosaic something for the room-but I'm just trying to be serious with myself now, I know that's not going to happen.
Luckily, I do still have a couple weeks to try and finish up last minute things. I've been saying that I hope she's a little early and that I'm so ready to be done with this part and for her to be here, but really I would probably freak out. There's still way too much to do!
Better go get started! :)
But, I had my massage this past Friday, and it was AMAZING! I didn't ever want it to end. However, I think it just spoiled me, now I want one every day! That's one bad thing about Angela being back in Denton now, she gives the best massages! I could really use her right now.
My goal by the end of this week is to have my hospital bag packed and ready. This has been my goal for the past week, so I guess today is my deadline. Really, I should have had it packed by a couple weeks ago, according to The Bump. But, obviously, I haven't needed it yet, so whatev.
We started working on the nursery (FINALLY!) The hard part is over-peeling off the wallpaper, scraping the popcorn off the ceiling, and getting the walls ready to be painted. And none of that was actually all that hard-well the only part I really helped with was getting the wallpaper off the walls, but I thought that would've been the hardest part. That's all a bit worrisome to me, though, because now all that leaves is painting, which I thought would be a piece of cake, so of course it's going to be the biggest pain in the ass. (Oops. Pain in the A.)
I've decided that I want to paint a mural on the wall, so my major concern now is going into labor before I finish. And if that happens, who knows when I'll ever get to finish it once baby is here.
A couple other things I wanted to accomplish before she's here: start on her baby scrapbook and get all the sonogram pictures and baby shower pictures done; write a letter to her (I know that sounds corny, but I've been wanted to do that for a while anyway, and I've been told by several people now that I need to do it); mosaic something for the room-but I'm just trying to be serious with myself now, I know that's not going to happen.
Luckily, I do still have a couple weeks to try and finish up last minute things. I've been saying that I hope she's a little early and that I'm so ready to be done with this part and for her to be here, but really I would probably freak out. There's still way too much to do!
Better go get started! :)
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
One more month!
Why, hello! I haven't updated lately, haven't really had anything new to say. But this weekend was fun! Had another shower on Sunday, this was just a small one with Lauren, Kristin, Anna and Shelly. We had lunch at a place called Mac's, which I'd never been to before, but I had the best burger there (I think the magic was in the bun!), plus they had some pears at the salad bar. I probably could have eaten an entire plateful of the pears, I forgot how much I love them!
The original plan was to meet up with some other friends who are still in Lubbock, but that didn't work out. But, oh well, I had fun anyway!
One of the gifts I got was a pregnancy massage from Lauren & Kristin, which I have to say is one of the most exciting things I've received. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm super excited and grateful for everything else I've gotten! But I've been soooo sore and achy and just uncomfortable lately, that nothing really sounds better than a full hour massage-other than Baby coming right now!
So thanks you guys, ya'll rock my world! I also got some super cute onesies and pacifier strap things (so they won't get dropped/thrown on the floor) and my big diaper bag that I registered for! Below are a couple pictures from the day.
Anyway, like I said, I've been so uncomfortable lately! I've been lucky that this hasn't happened sooner. But man, when it finally hit, it hit hard! I didn't work out for a full week, and I still felt like I used to after some pretty intense two hour workouts when I was working at the gym! I'm convinced that by the time Baby's due, I'm going to be forced to wheel myself around in a wheelchair! But, I realized yesterday (when I finally did get back on the treadmill) that I was just as sore after walking as I am when I don't walk, so I guess there goes that excuse...
Hmm...oh yes. My sleeping patterns are SO backwards! I don't know if that's because of the baby or not though, because I've always had strange sleeping issues. But I'll lay down to go to bed at night, then wake up after a couple hours and be awake until five or six. Then sleep til eleven, then end up taking a loooong nap that afternoon/evening. Which of course, means I can't sleep through that night. It's just getting annoying now.
I think Baby is pretty much on the same schedule, because I feel her moving much more at night and in the early morning than I do during the day. Which is definitely going to need to change once she's here!
Anyway, here are the pictures, I'm going to go ahead and get my walking out of the way now!
The original plan was to meet up with some other friends who are still in Lubbock, but that didn't work out. But, oh well, I had fun anyway!
One of the gifts I got was a pregnancy massage from Lauren & Kristin, which I have to say is one of the most exciting things I've received. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm super excited and grateful for everything else I've gotten! But I've been soooo sore and achy and just uncomfortable lately, that nothing really sounds better than a full hour massage-other than Baby coming right now!
So thanks you guys, ya'll rock my world! I also got some super cute onesies and pacifier strap things (so they won't get dropped/thrown on the floor) and my big diaper bag that I registered for! Below are a couple pictures from the day.
Anyway, like I said, I've been so uncomfortable lately! I've been lucky that this hasn't happened sooner. But man, when it finally hit, it hit hard! I didn't work out for a full week, and I still felt like I used to after some pretty intense two hour workouts when I was working at the gym! I'm convinced that by the time Baby's due, I'm going to be forced to wheel myself around in a wheelchair! But, I realized yesterday (when I finally did get back on the treadmill) that I was just as sore after walking as I am when I don't walk, so I guess there goes that excuse...
Hmm...oh yes. My sleeping patterns are SO backwards! I don't know if that's because of the baby or not though, because I've always had strange sleeping issues. But I'll lay down to go to bed at night, then wake up after a couple hours and be awake until five or six. Then sleep til eleven, then end up taking a loooong nap that afternoon/evening. Which of course, means I can't sleep through that night. It's just getting annoying now.
I think Baby is pretty much on the same schedule, because I feel her moving much more at night and in the early morning than I do during the day. Which is definitely going to need to change once she's here!
Anyway, here are the pictures, I'm going to go ahead and get my walking out of the way now!
Friday, August 7, 2009
Grab your coat, and get your hat!
I had a post almost completely done that I started writing yesterday.
Apparently, I don't know how to save things to my draft folder!
That's irrelevant, though. It went something like this:
So, I realize that I'm pregnant. But I still don't think I've really come to grips with the fact that I'm going to have a baby!
Most of the time, I feel like in a couple months everything is going to go back to normal, and I can carry on with life as planned. The fact that life is never going to be the same for me is both exciting and completely terrifying.
The reason I'm saying this now is because everything is just now starting to become a reality. Each day, I'm more and more aware of this huge change that's coming, and it's all because of baby showers and gifts. I'll open something and a tiny part of me thinks, "Oh, this is fun! But when am I ever going to use this?"
Oh right. In less than two months. Of course!
I still plan on accomplishing everything I wanted to do before all of this. I still want to go to grad school, and I still plan on having a career. But now there will just be a few adjustments: no longer planning on going back to Lubbock for grad school (which is actually probably a good thing, I already talk about that place enough), and now I just have to realize that my "fabulous" (thus far non-existent) career will be taking a back seat to Baby.
I feel like this is all a bunch of worrying and complaining. I really am excited. I just feel like I'd be lying if I didn't express that this is the most overwhelmed and anxious I've ever been about anything.
And I'm an incredibly anxious person.
Thankfully, as I've said before, my parents and sister (my entire family, really, and all of my friends) are all so amazing and supportive. I can't imagine the train wreck I'd be without them!
In other, more lighthearted news, Baby was moving so much this evening, all I could do was laugh. It didn't hurt-I'm still waiting for those really painful jabs. But it was just the craziest feeling! She's getting pretty big now, so it's not the same kicking motions I was feeling before. Now, she makes these big sweeping movements that go all the way across my belly or all down one side, and I can only assume she's just repositioning and trying to get comfortable. Already a restless sleeper, just like me!
My second baby shower is this weekend, so that should be fun! This one is going to be mostly family and family friends. Also, in a couple more weeks there's another shower planned with Lauren, Kristin and then some Lubbock friends! Since I won't be able to go all the way out there, they've been planning on us all meeting up in Abilene, so I'm pretty excited about that one too!
One more thing, this is completely off topic, but woo hoo, 29 days until Red Raider Football starts again!!! I know I probably won't make it to any games this season, but you better believe Baby is going to learn early that Texas Tech is her team! She'll be out there cheering with the best of them soon enough!
Apparently, I don't know how to save things to my draft folder!
That's irrelevant, though. It went something like this:
So, I realize that I'm pregnant. But I still don't think I've really come to grips with the fact that I'm going to have a baby!
Most of the time, I feel like in a couple months everything is going to go back to normal, and I can carry on with life as planned. The fact that life is never going to be the same for me is both exciting and completely terrifying.
The reason I'm saying this now is because everything is just now starting to become a reality. Each day, I'm more and more aware of this huge change that's coming, and it's all because of baby showers and gifts. I'll open something and a tiny part of me thinks, "Oh, this is fun! But when am I ever going to use this?"
Oh right. In less than two months. Of course!
I still plan on accomplishing everything I wanted to do before all of this. I still want to go to grad school, and I still plan on having a career. But now there will just be a few adjustments: no longer planning on going back to Lubbock for grad school (which is actually probably a good thing, I already talk about that place enough), and now I just have to realize that my "fabulous" (thus far non-existent) career will be taking a back seat to Baby.
I feel like this is all a bunch of worrying and complaining. I really am excited. I just feel like I'd be lying if I didn't express that this is the most overwhelmed and anxious I've ever been about anything.
And I'm an incredibly anxious person.
Thankfully, as I've said before, my parents and sister (my entire family, really, and all of my friends) are all so amazing and supportive. I can't imagine the train wreck I'd be without them!
In other, more lighthearted news, Baby was moving so much this evening, all I could do was laugh. It didn't hurt-I'm still waiting for those really painful jabs. But it was just the craziest feeling! She's getting pretty big now, so it's not the same kicking motions I was feeling before. Now, she makes these big sweeping movements that go all the way across my belly or all down one side, and I can only assume she's just repositioning and trying to get comfortable. Already a restless sleeper, just like me!
My second baby shower is this weekend, so that should be fun! This one is going to be mostly family and family friends. Also, in a couple more weeks there's another shower planned with Lauren, Kristin and then some Lubbock friends! Since I won't be able to go all the way out there, they've been planning on us all meeting up in Abilene, so I'm pretty excited about that one too!
One more thing, this is completely off topic, but woo hoo, 29 days until Red Raider Football starts again!!! I know I probably won't make it to any games this season, but you better believe Baby is going to learn early that Texas Tech is her team! She'll be out there cheering with the best of them soon enough!
Monday, August 3, 2009
17 inches?!?
So, I went to the doctor again today. Had another sonogram done. Skeletina is like a little worm right now! And when I say little, I don't actually mean that at all!
She's 4 lbs 11 ounces (give or take about 5 ounces) and 17 INCHES LONG! I can't even wrap my head around how that long of a baby is squished in there right now!!!
But that just seems so skinny to be that long! Maybe she'll start filling out a little more since we're close to the end now.
I was pretty concerned that that seemed way bigger than what is normal, but they said that was a normal length and weight. Hopefully if she gets much bigger they'll end up inducing me early-I guess I probably shouldn't hope to have to be induced or anything, but I really don't want to try to push out a giant 10 lb baby!
Oh well, I guess we'll see! Anyway, they gave me a couple of pictures from today's sonogram, I'll scan them soon and put them up. But there's only three this time (two of her face and one of her lady parts, I guess just to make extra sure!), and they're not as clear as some from the last sonogram.
In other news, I did some hardcore cleaning yesterday. Which was pretty uneventful, but for one thing. I sorted through my shoes. Ended up getting rid of several pairs, and even though a few of them were beyond their last legs, I'm still sad to see them go.
Especially Bridget & Bethany! My blue peep-toe sling backs with the cork heels that my mom got me for my birthday a few years ago! I haven't even worn them in forever, but OMG, I wore the hell out of those in Lubbock. So many good memories with those girls...
I almost teared up a little...
But! Alas, it had to be done! Now it's time to make new memories with new shoes!
PLUS, I can pass on my love of shoes to Baby. It's my hope that one day she, too will have a pair she loves so much she can't do anything but name them...
It's 12:45 am now, I just woke up from a "nap" at about midnight. I didn't intend for it to be a nap. I laid down around ten and was actually trying to go to sleep for the night. But that's pretty much how I sleep these days-a couple hours at a time, then up for a few.
The whole interval sleeping thing I've got going on is starting to get pretty annoying, but I'm sure it'll be pretty helpful once Baby is here, so I guess I can't complain too much.
I think I'm going to eat some pretzels with a Reese's cup...my latest food obsession!
Goodnight!
She's 4 lbs 11 ounces (give or take about 5 ounces) and 17 INCHES LONG! I can't even wrap my head around how that long of a baby is squished in there right now!!!
But that just seems so skinny to be that long! Maybe she'll start filling out a little more since we're close to the end now.
I was pretty concerned that that seemed way bigger than what is normal, but they said that was a normal length and weight. Hopefully if she gets much bigger they'll end up inducing me early-I guess I probably shouldn't hope to have to be induced or anything, but I really don't want to try to push out a giant 10 lb baby!
Oh well, I guess we'll see! Anyway, they gave me a couple of pictures from today's sonogram, I'll scan them soon and put them up. But there's only three this time (two of her face and one of her lady parts, I guess just to make extra sure!), and they're not as clear as some from the last sonogram.
In other news, I did some hardcore cleaning yesterday. Which was pretty uneventful, but for one thing. I sorted through my shoes. Ended up getting rid of several pairs, and even though a few of them were beyond their last legs, I'm still sad to see them go.
Especially Bridget & Bethany! My blue peep-toe sling backs with the cork heels that my mom got me for my birthday a few years ago! I haven't even worn them in forever, but OMG, I wore the hell out of those in Lubbock. So many good memories with those girls...
I almost teared up a little...
But! Alas, it had to be done! Now it's time to make new memories with new shoes!
PLUS, I can pass on my love of shoes to Baby. It's my hope that one day she, too will have a pair she loves so much she can't do anything but name them...
It's 12:45 am now, I just woke up from a "nap" at about midnight. I didn't intend for it to be a nap. I laid down around ten and was actually trying to go to sleep for the night. But that's pretty much how I sleep these days-a couple hours at a time, then up for a few.
The whole interval sleeping thing I've got going on is starting to get pretty annoying, but I'm sure it'll be pretty helpful once Baby is here, so I guess I can't complain too much.
I think I'm going to eat some pretzels with a Reese's cup...my latest food obsession!
Goodnight!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
My first baby shower!
Melissa and Daniella threw my first baby shower for me this afternoon! It was so much fun, I loved it! The food was way too good though, I know I had way too much cake! But how could I turn it down, it was so yummy! Everything looked so cute too. Angela took lots of pics, so I wanted to post them to show off what an awesome job they did!
The fabulous hostesses, Daniella and Melissa!
Cake!
Food!
A collection of baby pictures of me-I'm so unobservant, I didn't even notice they were missing from the wall right by my door for an entire week! Oops.
Onesie garland! They're so tiny they look fake!
I can't thank these two enough for all the work and time they put into today! I love you both! :)
Also, I have more pictures to put up, and there are more that Melissa took on her camera that I need to get from her, so those will be up eventually!
The fabulous hostesses, Daniella and Melissa!
Cake!
Food!
A collection of baby pictures of me-I'm so unobservant, I didn't even notice they were missing from the wall right by my door for an entire week! Oops.
Onesie garland! They're so tiny they look fake!
I can't thank these two enough for all the work and time they put into today! I love you both! :)
Also, I have more pictures to put up, and there are more that Melissa took on her camera that I need to get from her, so those will be up eventually!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Why, hello!
Just a quick update about some random things...
Toured the hospital this past Tuesday, which went well. The entire Women's Center is much smaller than I was picturing (I guess I was thinking more along the lines of a Grey's Anatomy style hospital), and I really liked it a lot. Maybe it's because of the size, but it wasn't nearly as scary or intimidating as I thought it would be, just very comfortable and quiet. Everyone I've encountered there has been really nice too, so I'm looking forward to delivering there.
Also, I'm all registered for some pre-baby classes, like Infant Care, Infant Safety, Breastfeeding, and all that kind of stuff. There are four different ones, and all of the dates I signed up for are in about a week and a half period, so it looks like I'll be spending a lot of time in Arlington at the end of August.
Blah, that's all boring stuff though. Here's something fun! It's a picture of the fabric I'm using (held up against a rug that I think I want to get for the room). I love it, it's so fun and colorful! Plus, I think it'll be pretty easy for baby to grow into the room and keep me from having to redo it quite so soon.
So I go back to the doctor on Monday (I already feel like I've been going everyday, I can't even imagine once I have to start going every week!), where I'm sure she'll tell me (again) that I need to follow the sick nasty Mediterranean Diet. Which really isn't all that bad, actually, but I'm having a hard time following it because I just can't help but take advantage of the fact that I finally have an excuse to eat whatever I want!
Because this will never happen again.
:)
In other news, I feel like I'm quickly becoming prepared for all the joys a baby has to offer, all from Elizabeth, the baby my mother watches three days a week.
She spits up on me at least twice a day. I'm becoming immune to poopy diapers, especially after one major blowout which ended up with baby poopy all over my hand. And just the other day, she started peeing before I could get a new diaper on her. Yay, pee everywhere! It's a good thing she's so cute...
Hmm...Oh, I went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter with Lauren and Kristin! Which was awesome and amazing, and OMG I love Harry Potter. I think it's no coincidence that Skeletina start kicking like crazy when the trailer for New Moon came on. She already has the same taste as me! (Heeey, Jacob!)
Either that, or maybe it was just the caffeine from the Coke I was drinking-yes, I cheated and gave in and had a Coke. I needed it, the movie was over two and a half hours long!
Apparently, since that first scare when I didn't feel her moving for a while, she's decided to be ultra-reassuring and just move and kick non-stop. All day. And all night. Hard. It's pretty entertaining now, but I bet in a few weeks I'm going to be ready to kick back! Haha, just kidding, I'm sure I won't mind that much!
Now I'm going to go make a Mediterranean-friendly salad for lunch...yuck.
Toured the hospital this past Tuesday, which went well. The entire Women's Center is much smaller than I was picturing (I guess I was thinking more along the lines of a Grey's Anatomy style hospital), and I really liked it a lot. Maybe it's because of the size, but it wasn't nearly as scary or intimidating as I thought it would be, just very comfortable and quiet. Everyone I've encountered there has been really nice too, so I'm looking forward to delivering there.
Also, I'm all registered for some pre-baby classes, like Infant Care, Infant Safety, Breastfeeding, and all that kind of stuff. There are four different ones, and all of the dates I signed up for are in about a week and a half period, so it looks like I'll be spending a lot of time in Arlington at the end of August.
Blah, that's all boring stuff though. Here's something fun! It's a picture of the fabric I'm using (held up against a rug that I think I want to get for the room). I love it, it's so fun and colorful! Plus, I think it'll be pretty easy for baby to grow into the room and keep me from having to redo it quite so soon.
So I go back to the doctor on Monday (I already feel like I've been going everyday, I can't even imagine once I have to start going every week!), where I'm sure she'll tell me (again) that I need to follow the sick nasty Mediterranean Diet. Which really isn't all that bad, actually, but I'm having a hard time following it because I just can't help but take advantage of the fact that I finally have an excuse to eat whatever I want!
Because this will never happen again.
:)
In other news, I feel like I'm quickly becoming prepared for all the joys a baby has to offer, all from Elizabeth, the baby my mother watches three days a week.
She spits up on me at least twice a day. I'm becoming immune to poopy diapers, especially after one major blowout which ended up with baby poopy all over my hand. And just the other day, she started peeing before I could get a new diaper on her. Yay, pee everywhere! It's a good thing she's so cute...
Hmm...Oh, I went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter with Lauren and Kristin! Which was awesome and amazing, and OMG I love Harry Potter. I think it's no coincidence that Skeletina start kicking like crazy when the trailer for New Moon came on. She already has the same taste as me! (Heeey, Jacob!)
Either that, or maybe it was just the caffeine from the Coke I was drinking-yes, I cheated and gave in and had a Coke. I needed it, the movie was over two and a half hours long!
Apparently, since that first scare when I didn't feel her moving for a while, she's decided to be ultra-reassuring and just move and kick non-stop. All day. And all night. Hard. It's pretty entertaining now, but I bet in a few weeks I'm going to be ready to kick back! Haha, just kidding, I'm sure I won't mind that much!
Now I'm going to go make a Mediterranean-friendly salad for lunch...yuck.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Registering...
Ohh man...So Mother and I went to Target this evening to start working on my registry. And I realized something.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING OR WHAT TO REGISTER FOR!
Ok, that's not true. I have a list of things I need to register for, but there are SO MANY different kinds of bottles, and car seats (oh good Lord, the car seats!), and pumps and the list just goes on and on and on...
I have a lot of research to do.
We're planning on going back in the morning, since we didn't get a whole lot done tonight-they ran us out of the store at 10:05, how rude! Haha, we didn't realize what time it was until they started turning the lights off!
So I guess I'd better get back to researching/asking other moms for their advice!
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING OR WHAT TO REGISTER FOR!
Ok, that's not true. I have a list of things I need to register for, but there are SO MANY different kinds of bottles, and car seats (oh good Lord, the car seats!), and pumps and the list just goes on and on and on...
I have a lot of research to do.
We're planning on going back in the morning, since we didn't get a whole lot done tonight-they ran us out of the store at 10:05, how rude! Haha, we didn't realize what time it was until they started turning the lights off!
So I guess I'd better get back to researching/asking other moms for their advice!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Dr. Cathy
Shortly after I found out I was pregnant (pretty soon after I moved back) I searched YouTube for some pregnancy-safe work outs. I found several by a lady named Dr. Cathy and added them to my favorites.
Well, you know me. That was back in April or so, and I just started doing them this past week. I've been walking on the treadmill semi-regularly (well, I got lazy for a few weeks, but I'm back on the wagon now), but hadn't really been doing too much other than that and some (extremely) light weight lifting. But Dr. Cathy is pretty awesome. She's out there in her little shorts and sports bras, at 39 WEEKS! If you were looking anywhere but her belly, you'd never guess she was pregnant!
I know I'm never going to look like that at any point in my remaining three months, but she's inspired me to at least continue doing some kind of physical activity to avoid become a whale.
Rock on, Dr. Cathy! Thanks for the inspiration!
Now I'm going to go eat some chocolate frozen yogurt! :)
Well, you know me. That was back in April or so, and I just started doing them this past week. I've been walking on the treadmill semi-regularly (well, I got lazy for a few weeks, but I'm back on the wagon now), but hadn't really been doing too much other than that and some (extremely) light weight lifting. But Dr. Cathy is pretty awesome. She's out there in her little shorts and sports bras, at 39 WEEKS! If you were looking anywhere but her belly, you'd never guess she was pregnant!
I know I'm never going to look like that at any point in my remaining three months, but she's inspired me to at least continue doing some kind of physical activity to avoid become a whale.
Rock on, Dr. Cathy! Thanks for the inspiration!
Now I'm going to go eat some chocolate frozen yogurt! :)
Monday, June 29, 2009
Flashlight!
My friend Kriston (over here) told me yesterday that when she was pregnant, she would sometimes hold a flashlight up to her belly and could feel the baby moving in the area where the light was.
How fun! So, I tried it last night. Skeletina seems to be taking after me, yet again. When I'm sleeping and someone turns the light on unexpectedly, I tend to grunt, curl up into a ball, pull my comforter over my face and be very still-I guess in the hopes that whoever turned my light on won't see me and will leave me alone? Who knows.
Needless to say, there was no moving towards, or even away from, the light. Oh well, I'll just have to stick with feeling her sporadic movements throughout the day. Like, when I'm eating and feel a nice, sudden kick in the bladder. That's fun!
Here's another thing I haven't mentioned yet. My hair is getting so long! Finally! I've been trying to grow it out for what feels like years, but it grows really slow. Plus I usually end up getting bored with it and chopping it all off once it gets anywhere near my shoulders.
But the prenatal vitamins and hormones are really doing the trick! That, and the fact that I made Mary Beth (the girl who cuts my hair) promise the very first time I went to her that she wouldn't cut my hair short no matter what I said or how many times I beg her to. Good thing she listens, because I've already mentioned chopping it off twice to her and she refused!
Man, if the end result weren't kids, I'd be pregnant ALL THE TIME! No one can say anything when you gain weight, you can eat whatever (well, within reason), hair and nails grow like crazy, good skin, you can take a nap without feeling lazy, no one lets you lift or carry anything heavy and people are really nice to you all the time!
But, I think Skeletina will be just enough for me!
Time for lunch!
How fun! So, I tried it last night. Skeletina seems to be taking after me, yet again. When I'm sleeping and someone turns the light on unexpectedly, I tend to grunt, curl up into a ball, pull my comforter over my face and be very still-I guess in the hopes that whoever turned my light on won't see me and will leave me alone? Who knows.
Needless to say, there was no moving towards, or even away from, the light. Oh well, I'll just have to stick with feeling her sporadic movements throughout the day. Like, when I'm eating and feel a nice, sudden kick in the bladder. That's fun!
Here's another thing I haven't mentioned yet. My hair is getting so long! Finally! I've been trying to grow it out for what feels like years, but it grows really slow. Plus I usually end up getting bored with it and chopping it all off once it gets anywhere near my shoulders.
But the prenatal vitamins and hormones are really doing the trick! That, and the fact that I made Mary Beth (the girl who cuts my hair) promise the very first time I went to her that she wouldn't cut my hair short no matter what I said or how many times I beg her to. Good thing she listens, because I've already mentioned chopping it off twice to her and she refused!
Man, if the end result weren't kids, I'd be pregnant ALL THE TIME! No one can say anything when you gain weight, you can eat whatever (well, within reason), hair and nails grow like crazy, good skin, you can take a nap without feeling lazy, no one lets you lift or carry anything heavy and people are really nice to you all the time!
But, I think Skeletina will be just enough for me!
Time for lunch!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Exciting news!
Not about Skeletina...about my Seester!
She and Lanny got engaged this weekend!!!
Everyone's so excited! Even though we knew it was going to happen eventually, Mother and I were still in shock when she called us this afternoon to tell us!
I'm so happy for them, now not only will Skeletina have an amazing aunt, but she's also going to have an awesome uncle to play with-and spit up on! ;)
Anyway, now I'm going to have to kick it in to gear as soon as the baby's born and get rid of the baby weight (and then some!) since I'll be needing to squeeze into a dress! Ahh!
She and Lanny got engaged this weekend!!!
Everyone's so excited! Even though we knew it was going to happen eventually, Mother and I were still in shock when she called us this afternoon to tell us!
I'm so happy for them, now not only will Skeletina have an amazing aunt, but she's also going to have an awesome uncle to play with-and spit up on! ;)
Anyway, now I'm going to have to kick it in to gear as soon as the baby's born and get rid of the baby weight (and then some!) since I'll be needing to squeeze into a dress! Ahh!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Word to the wise...
...from the unwise. Do not eat two little squares of a Hershey's bar, even if it is 9 HOURS BEFORE your glucose test.
Because those teeny tiny pieces of chocolate are not worth it, they will not be out of your system, and they will cause you to fail said glucose test. BY ONE POINT.
And then, you will have to go back and retake the damn thing. But the second time is even better because instead of just drawing your blood after one hour, they get to draw it every hour for THREE HOURS. During which time you cannot eat or drink anything (after not being able to eat or drink anything after midnight the night before). All you can do is sit in the waiting room, judging others and hating yourself.
Well, that's what I'll be doing at least. Because that's what I do when I'm in a bad mood; I judge.
Don't judge me.
Because those teeny tiny pieces of chocolate are not worth it, they will not be out of your system, and they will cause you to fail said glucose test. BY ONE POINT.
And then, you will have to go back and retake the damn thing. But the second time is even better because instead of just drawing your blood after one hour, they get to draw it every hour for THREE HOURS. During which time you cannot eat or drink anything (after not being able to eat or drink anything after midnight the night before). All you can do is sit in the waiting room, judging others and hating yourself.
Well, that's what I'll be doing at least. Because that's what I do when I'm in a bad mood; I judge.
Don't judge me.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Hey girl! Hey!
Skeletina's a girl! Thank goodness, otherwise my poor little boy would get teased for wearing pink all the time...
The doctor gave me a disc with a bunch of pictures from the sonogram today on it, so I've posted a few on here. Luckily, they've labeled what exactly it is I'm supposed to be looking at, otherwise I'd just have to say, "Look, isn't that dot cute! It's a hand! Or maybe...an elbow?"
Also, the glucose test (diabetes, I think?) was not as terrible as I thought-at least the not being able to eat or drink anything. I was awake until a little after 4 am-had a hard time sleeping because I was really nervous I was going to find out Baby was missing a leg or something. Anyway, I was way too tired to even notice I was hungry, so I guess that worked out.
Here she is! All 2.5 pounds and 13.5 inches of her! (Oh, and in case you were curious, I asked, and I'm officially 26 and a half weeks! Yay, now I know for sure!)
First up is a fist, then her hand without a fist made (don't mess with her, she'll punch, then slap you!). Then there's a foot, then a couple shots of her face. She has an actual little round face now, instead of just a skeleton looking thing!
These next ones are what they were looking at to determine if it was a girl or boy. You can see her little thigh bones and (I think) her knee. And the little arrow points to where her little lady parts are, I guess. This is why they get paid to do this stuff and I get paid nothing to blog about it!
The doctor gave me a disc with a bunch of pictures from the sonogram today on it, so I've posted a few on here. Luckily, they've labeled what exactly it is I'm supposed to be looking at, otherwise I'd just have to say, "Look, isn't that dot cute! It's a hand! Or maybe...an elbow?"
Also, the glucose test (diabetes, I think?) was not as terrible as I thought-at least the not being able to eat or drink anything. I was awake until a little after 4 am-had a hard time sleeping because I was really nervous I was going to find out Baby was missing a leg or something. Anyway, I was way too tired to even notice I was hungry, so I guess that worked out.
Here she is! All 2.5 pounds and 13.5 inches of her! (Oh, and in case you were curious, I asked, and I'm officially 26 and a half weeks! Yay, now I know for sure!)
First up is a fist, then her hand without a fist made (don't mess with her, she'll punch, then slap you!). Then there's a foot, then a couple shots of her face. She has an actual little round face now, instead of just a skeleton looking thing!
These next ones are what they were looking at to determine if it was a girl or boy. You can see her little thigh bones and (I think) her knee. And the little arrow points to where her little lady parts are, I guess. This is why they get paid to do this stuff and I get paid nothing to blog about it!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Boy or Girl?!
Well, I'm going to the doctor again tomorrow (and keeping my fingers crossed it's a girl-I know I shouldn't say that, but I'm way to girly to even know where to begin with a little boy)! I know that either way, it's going to be fun, but I just won't be able to get away with putting giant bows on a little boy's head...
I'm getting tested for diabetes tomorrow, so I'm not supposed to eat or drink anything other than water after midnight tonight, which will be quite a struggle seeing as I've gotten used to eating, ummm, every couple of hours.
Haha, ok, not quite, but still. I'm probably not going to be in the best of moods tomorrow (nothing new there!), but at least my appointment is early, so I can have a big breakfast afterwards.
Ok, confession. This is terrible, but I'm still not 100% as to exactly how far along I am. I'm so confused as to how it's calculated, and according to what they said at my first sonogram, I would be coming into my 27th week. But then a couple weeks later, they said something different, which would make about to come into my 26th week. I know it's not a major difference, but still. I don't like not knowing the exact number. Anyway, I'm going to try and find out for sure tomorrow.
According to TheBump.com, the baby is about the size of an eggplant, which explains why I can not only feel the kicking going on, but once in awhile (if I'm paying attention) can even see my hand jump if it's on my stomach. Also, it might be possible to hear the heartbeat just by putting your ear up to my stomach, but I don't really like people being that close to me, so we'll just go ahead and assume that's true.
Here lately, I've been completely drained of any energy, which sucks because I thought I was over that whole phase. I just can't seem to get enough sleep, and keep falling asleep every time I sit down. It could just be the heat though, who knows.
Anyway, time to go jump on the treadmill-trying to make sure I don't get TOO giant during all of this! I was weighed for my physical in Korea right after I got there, and then weighed again at my first appointment here and had actually lost about 9 lbs since I was doing so much walking over there (and eating nothing because the food was terrible-too bad I didn't even realize it until it was time for me to actually start gaining weight), but since then, I've gained about 10 lbs. So I guess I'm just a little over what I was when I started, but it's all in my stomach now. I guess the good thing is, as I get bigger, more and more people will offer me their spot whenever I happen to be somewhere with limited seating! :)
I'm getting tested for diabetes tomorrow, so I'm not supposed to eat or drink anything other than water after midnight tonight, which will be quite a struggle seeing as I've gotten used to eating, ummm, every couple of hours.
Haha, ok, not quite, but still. I'm probably not going to be in the best of moods tomorrow (nothing new there!), but at least my appointment is early, so I can have a big breakfast afterwards.
Ok, confession. This is terrible, but I'm still not 100% as to exactly how far along I am. I'm so confused as to how it's calculated, and according to what they said at my first sonogram, I would be coming into my 27th week. But then a couple weeks later, they said something different, which would make about to come into my 26th week. I know it's not a major difference, but still. I don't like not knowing the exact number. Anyway, I'm going to try and find out for sure tomorrow.
According to TheBump.com, the baby is about the size of an eggplant, which explains why I can not only feel the kicking going on, but once in awhile (if I'm paying attention) can even see my hand jump if it's on my stomach. Also, it might be possible to hear the heartbeat just by putting your ear up to my stomach, but I don't really like people being that close to me, so we'll just go ahead and assume that's true.
Here lately, I've been completely drained of any energy, which sucks because I thought I was over that whole phase. I just can't seem to get enough sleep, and keep falling asleep every time I sit down. It could just be the heat though, who knows.
Anyway, time to go jump on the treadmill-trying to make sure I don't get TOO giant during all of this! I was weighed for my physical in Korea right after I got there, and then weighed again at my first appointment here and had actually lost about 9 lbs since I was doing so much walking over there (and eating nothing because the food was terrible-too bad I didn't even realize it until it was time for me to actually start gaining weight), but since then, I've gained about 10 lbs. So I guess I'm just a little over what I was when I started, but it's all in my stomach now. I guess the good thing is, as I get bigger, more and more people will offer me their spot whenever I happen to be somewhere with limited seating! :)
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Skeletina
Well, as usual, I've been a bad blogger. My apologies!
I feel like not much has changed since my last update, and yet so much has! For one thing, I went from being the only person I know who's having a baby (meaning, terrified, lonely, and a bit miserable), to learning that THREE really close friends of mine are also expecting! Happy happy news! Think of all the cuteness that will be popping up in the upcoming months! All the baby news is making me so excited for everyone else, but also more excited for myself and less scared.
Frustrating as it is, I still am not positive of the sex. At my first sonogram, I was told that they were about 90% sure that little Skeletina (what I call Baby) is a girl, but that was still a bit early to know for sure. At my next scheduled sonogram, the equipment was down, and everyone was having to reschedule. At the NEXT one, Skeletina was (already taking after me) being a bit of a brat and was face down-so we couldn't see anything more than a profile and spinal cord (silver lining, baby has a spinal cord! He/she can walk!).
My next appointment is in two weeks and by then I'll be about 26 weeks along (if I'm counting correctly, I need to go check the calendar to be positive though) so HOPEFULLY we'll get some answers then. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
Other than that, I've been feeling great, other than a little episode once or twice when I was feeling a little dizzy (this morning being the worst). But after a snack and a break, I'm back to normal! My belly is getting bigger every week, and while I know that's "exciting" and normal and supposed to be happening, I think it's definitely the part I'm enjoying the least! I'm so ready for Skeletina to get here so I can meet her/him and we can play, but a tiny part of me is really excited so I can start getting back into my old workout routine. As it is, I get yelled at for even attempting to lift a 10 pound bag of ice! My purse weighs more than that, I'm sure I can handle the ice! :)
Honestly though, I'm just trying to adjust and enjoy this time (I have an excuse to nap almost whenever I want!) since I know it won't last for long!
Anyway, here's a couple pictures from my first sonogram-the top one is the reason we call baby Skeletina (looks like Skeletor, but just in case it's a girl, something more feminine seemed appropriate). Like I said, these are from quite awhile ago, so Baby has grown quite a bit! As soon as I have any more information, I'll be sure and update!
I feel like not much has changed since my last update, and yet so much has! For one thing, I went from being the only person I know who's having a baby (meaning, terrified, lonely, and a bit miserable), to learning that THREE really close friends of mine are also expecting! Happy happy news! Think of all the cuteness that will be popping up in the upcoming months! All the baby news is making me so excited for everyone else, but also more excited for myself and less scared.
Frustrating as it is, I still am not positive of the sex. At my first sonogram, I was told that they were about 90% sure that little Skeletina (what I call Baby) is a girl, but that was still a bit early to know for sure. At my next scheduled sonogram, the equipment was down, and everyone was having to reschedule. At the NEXT one, Skeletina was (already taking after me) being a bit of a brat and was face down-so we couldn't see anything more than a profile and spinal cord (silver lining, baby has a spinal cord! He/she can walk!).
My next appointment is in two weeks and by then I'll be about 26 weeks along (if I'm counting correctly, I need to go check the calendar to be positive though) so HOPEFULLY we'll get some answers then. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
Other than that, I've been feeling great, other than a little episode once or twice when I was feeling a little dizzy (this morning being the worst). But after a snack and a break, I'm back to normal! My belly is getting bigger every week, and while I know that's "exciting" and normal and supposed to be happening, I think it's definitely the part I'm enjoying the least! I'm so ready for Skeletina to get here so I can meet her/him and we can play, but a tiny part of me is really excited so I can start getting back into my old workout routine. As it is, I get yelled at for even attempting to lift a 10 pound bag of ice! My purse weighs more than that, I'm sure I can handle the ice! :)
Honestly though, I'm just trying to adjust and enjoy this time (I have an excuse to nap almost whenever I want!) since I know it won't last for long!
Anyway, here's a couple pictures from my first sonogram-the top one is the reason we call baby Skeletina (looks like Skeletor, but just in case it's a girl, something more feminine seemed appropriate). Like I said, these are from quite awhile ago, so Baby has grown quite a bit! As soon as I have any more information, I'll be sure and update!
Monday, April 6, 2009
A new chapter.
I've never thought of myself as a particularly nurturing person, especially when it comes to children. I mean, I love babies-baby smells, baby clothes, baby talk. But I also love giving Baby back to his or her parents whenever I'm done playing (which is usually about the same time Baby poops or starts crying).
I tend to be a selfish person. My hamster died of dehydration; any fish I have owned have rarely stayed alive for longer than a couple weeks; in all of my 25 years, I've only managed to keep one plant alive-and even then, said plant had a couple pretty close near-death experiences until my dad took over and revived it. I used to joke with friends that any children I had were going to boarding school, because that would be so much easier on me.
And yet, here I sit, a little over 3 months pregnant. What the hell happened, right?!
Beats me.
As most people who read this (2 or 3 of you?) know, I'm back home from Korea.
That didn't last long!
As much as I enjoyed certain aspects of it, I was still having a really hard time adjusting, and had pretty much convinced myself after a couple weeks that I absolutely hated it and was ready to come home. Then, I finally realized I was pregnant, which sealed it in my mind that I was positive I was ready to come home.
Home! Where my family and friends are! Where people eat normal food! Where it's still considered bad manners to talk with food in your mouth, smack, spit on the floor, and walk directly into people without apologizing! I realized that those are just cultural differences, but I also realized I severely, severely overestimated how tolerant I am.
Don't get me wrong, the country is pretty interesting. There's a lot of stuff I didn't get to experience and I'd love to go back someday. As a tourist. For a week. Maybe two.
But back to my original news. I'm back home and working on finding a full-time, "real" job (if you know of anyone that's hiring, please let me know!), and substitute teaching in the meantime.
I am keeping the baby, for those of you who are curious. I realize that the circumstances aren't exactly ideal, and I'm sure there will be some people who will judge me and change their opinion of me because of this. Which is totally fine, everyone is entitled to their opinions, blah blah blah. Just kidding.
Anyway, I don't know the sex yet, but I'll be updating this more with baby news as I get it (or whenever I'm feeling like an insomniac, such as tonight).
One more thing, I want to take a second to mention how amazing, understanding and supportive my parents and sister have been from the beginning. I couldn't ask for better family for any child to have.
Enough for now!
Goodnight!
I tend to be a selfish person. My hamster died of dehydration; any fish I have owned have rarely stayed alive for longer than a couple weeks; in all of my 25 years, I've only managed to keep one plant alive-and even then, said plant had a couple pretty close near-death experiences until my dad took over and revived it. I used to joke with friends that any children I had were going to boarding school, because that would be so much easier on me.
And yet, here I sit, a little over 3 months pregnant. What the hell happened, right?!
Beats me.
As most people who read this (2 or 3 of you?) know, I'm back home from Korea.
That didn't last long!
As much as I enjoyed certain aspects of it, I was still having a really hard time adjusting, and had pretty much convinced myself after a couple weeks that I absolutely hated it and was ready to come home. Then, I finally realized I was pregnant, which sealed it in my mind that I was positive I was ready to come home.
Home! Where my family and friends are! Where people eat normal food! Where it's still considered bad manners to talk with food in your mouth, smack, spit on the floor, and walk directly into people without apologizing! I realized that those are just cultural differences, but I also realized I severely, severely overestimated how tolerant I am.
Don't get me wrong, the country is pretty interesting. There's a lot of stuff I didn't get to experience and I'd love to go back someday. As a tourist. For a week. Maybe two.
But back to my original news. I'm back home and working on finding a full-time, "real" job (if you know of anyone that's hiring, please let me know!), and substitute teaching in the meantime.
I am keeping the baby, for those of you who are curious. I realize that the circumstances aren't exactly ideal, and I'm sure there will be some people who will judge me and change their opinion of me because of this. Which is totally fine, everyone is entitled to their opinions, blah blah blah. Just kidding.
Anyway, I don't know the sex yet, but I'll be updating this more with baby news as I get it (or whenever I'm feeling like an insomniac, such as tonight).
One more thing, I want to take a second to mention how amazing, understanding and supportive my parents and sister have been from the beginning. I couldn't ask for better family for any child to have.
Enough for now!
Goodnight!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Some pictures...
Here's an album with just a few of the pictures I've taken so far. These are all from the plane and orientation.
Enjoy!
My apologies.
Oh, I've been such a bad blogger! I have a good reason for not blogging the first week I was in Busan though, I didn't have any internet access in my apartment-I may have already said this. Anyway, last Friday my internet was finally fixed, hooray!
So now that I'm starting to get a routine down, I will make sure to update more often, and I'll be sure to put up some pictures on here.
Right now, I'm at my school so I don't have any pictures on this computer to go ahead and post. It's kinda crazy because even though on most days my last class is done at 12:10 pm, I can't leave until 4:40! It's like torture! Ideally, I'm supposed to use that time for lesson planning, but since I've been here, my coteachers have already had plans ready. They're very last minute here, and have an annoying habit of just telling me the morning of or (usually) during class what they want me to say/do. It was pretty frustrating at first, but now I'm just getting used to them saying something in Korean to the kids, then looking at me and expect me to know what to do! I just have to be quick on my feet...
Despite the lack of organization they seem to have, my coteachers are the two sweetest ladies named Jung Hyang and...? It took me almost a week to get down one name, I'm still working on the other's. I think I'll just give them all English names to go by. Sweet as they are, their teaching methods leave me thinking the kids aren't learning as much English as they would if I had more input in the planning. But, for now, we're all still getting used to each other. I'm gradually trying to work in different things that I think will be more effective than the coteacher automatically translating everything I say to Hangul (Korean)!
This kids are so cute and so funny! It can be frustrating trying to break down phrases like "What day is it?" to something they'll understand-today, I asked one of my 5th grade classes this and they all said "It's sunny!" haha! But I just have to keep reminding myself to speak slowly, use a LOT of hand gestures and exaggerated facial expressions and be patient and it'll all work out!
Anyway, I'm going to get back to "work," I still have 2 more hours before I can go home. I've been emailing my parents regularly, so I'll be using those emails to help me post what all's been going on the past couple of weeks!
Annyong haseyo!
So now that I'm starting to get a routine down, I will make sure to update more often, and I'll be sure to put up some pictures on here.
Right now, I'm at my school so I don't have any pictures on this computer to go ahead and post. It's kinda crazy because even though on most days my last class is done at 12:10 pm, I can't leave until 4:40! It's like torture! Ideally, I'm supposed to use that time for lesson planning, but since I've been here, my coteachers have already had plans ready. They're very last minute here, and have an annoying habit of just telling me the morning of or (usually) during class what they want me to say/do. It was pretty frustrating at first, but now I'm just getting used to them saying something in Korean to the kids, then looking at me and expect me to know what to do! I just have to be quick on my feet...
Despite the lack of organization they seem to have, my coteachers are the two sweetest ladies named Jung Hyang and...? It took me almost a week to get down one name, I'm still working on the other's. I think I'll just give them all English names to go by. Sweet as they are, their teaching methods leave me thinking the kids aren't learning as much English as they would if I had more input in the planning. But, for now, we're all still getting used to each other. I'm gradually trying to work in different things that I think will be more effective than the coteacher automatically translating everything I say to Hangul (Korean)!
This kids are so cute and so funny! It can be frustrating trying to break down phrases like "What day is it?" to something they'll understand-today, I asked one of my 5th grade classes this and they all said "It's sunny!" haha! But I just have to keep reminding myself to speak slowly, use a LOT of hand gestures and exaggerated facial expressions and be patient and it'll all work out!
Anyway, I'm going to get back to "work," I still have 2 more hours before I can go home. I've been emailing my parents regularly, so I'll be using those emails to help me post what all's been going on the past couple of weeks!
Annyong haseyo!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Welcome to Busan!
I'm finally set up in my apartment! Updates are rare right now, as are pictures, because I don't have internet access in my place yet. Hopefully it should be set up this week, my co-teacher (who is awesome) is going to call the internet company for me tomorrow and get it set up, plus I will have internet access at school.
I start work tomorrow! I'm super nervous, but I think it'll be great. I'm the first native English speaking teacher they've had at my school, so they're happy to have me! Just hope I don't let them down! :)
I'm at Lauren's apartment right now, she and Katharine lucked out and are living in the same apartment building, which is also pretty close to my school...how'd this work out?!? Haha, oh well, at least we'll have more areas to explore now. Plus I'll probably just end up crashing on Lauren's couch most nights anyway. That's right, where Katharine and I got studio apartments, Lauren got a loft and has a living room! It's super cute. We all have really great views though, which is awesome.
We're about to venture out to Home Plus and get some other little things we need for our places, like lamps, food, etc. Hopefully we'll be able to figure out how to get back to my apartment! They're nice enough to agree to go back with me so I won't end up lost and stranded somewhere. Even if they didn't agree, I'd probably make them come anyway!
I've set up a Picasa account, it's under AmanbaNicole (I think...or maybe search by my email, amandanf@hotmail.com) and has some of the pictures I've taken so far. Like I said, I have a few more but haven't been able to post them online yet...they'll be here soon!
More later!
:)
I start work tomorrow! I'm super nervous, but I think it'll be great. I'm the first native English speaking teacher they've had at my school, so they're happy to have me! Just hope I don't let them down! :)
I'm at Lauren's apartment right now, she and Katharine lucked out and are living in the same apartment building, which is also pretty close to my school...how'd this work out?!? Haha, oh well, at least we'll have more areas to explore now. Plus I'll probably just end up crashing on Lauren's couch most nights anyway. That's right, where Katharine and I got studio apartments, Lauren got a loft and has a living room! It's super cute. We all have really great views though, which is awesome.
We're about to venture out to Home Plus and get some other little things we need for our places, like lamps, food, etc. Hopefully we'll be able to figure out how to get back to my apartment! They're nice enough to agree to go back with me so I won't end up lost and stranded somewhere. Even if they didn't agree, I'd probably make them come anyway!
I've set up a Picasa account, it's under AmanbaNicole (I think...or maybe search by my email, amandanf@hotmail.com) and has some of the pictures I've taken so far. Like I said, I have a few more but haven't been able to post them online yet...they'll be here soon!
More later!
:)
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Cheonan City
So, Friday was our first full day here, and we had an open period from 12 until about 5. Lauren and I ran into Anthony and Violet at breakfast (friends of mine from Lubbock times), and they told us they were using that time to go into town to the mall because Violet's hair straightener wasn't working. Neither was either one of ours (my hair was a mess!).
We caught a cab into town, me, Lauren and Crystal (she's super cool, and Australian!) in one cab, Anthony & Violet in the second. The cab only cost like 2,000 won, which is like $2-awesome! Turned out the mall wasn't actually a mall but a department store, The Galleria. But it was huuuuge, like 5 floors. Plus they had hair dryers and straighteners, so all was well with the world. In addition to the fact that there was a MAC counter, as I said before, which filled my heart with butterflies and I was able to get some more powder, hooray!
Then we went to lunch at this little dumpling place, which was...interesting. I finally tried kimchi. It was...spicy. And not delicious. But hopefully I'll be able to force myself to try it enough times so that I'll begin to like it, like little kids. I also had some dumpling soup. The broth was really good at least! It was like egg drop soup, but with these strange dumplings in it. I wasn't a fan of the dumplings, but everyone else loved them so, go figure, it was just me.
Getting back to the campus was ridiculous, we tried 3 different times to catch a cab back and each time the driver would look at the address we were trying to get to and say "No, no," and kick us out of the cab. It was so frustrating because we had no way of knowing why they wouldn't take us back! Finally we got on the bus for a few blocks, then got out and climbed a mountain. Seriously, it's so hilly here, I really do appreciate flat Lubbock after that trek. If I had been in a proper jacket and sneakers or something, it probably wouldn't have been so bad. Oh well, we made it!
Then we had opening ceremony that night, which basically was just like, here's all the rules. Then we had our welcome dinner! Thankfully, I brought PowerBars!!! It's just going to take some time for me to adjust to all the strange foods...
I almost cried (tears of joy!) Sunday morning though because for breakfast there was PEANUT BUTTER! And APPLES! I had a peanut butter & jelly sandwich and apples, it was glorious!
After breakfast, we went on a field trip to a Korean Folk Village, which is actually an amusement park kind of place, but the buildings were actually from a Korean Folk Village so it was legit. This was where my Second Meal I Actually Enjoyed was had-plain rice and pork skewers! Um, I could probably have eaten like 5 more skewers, they were delicious.
More about the village next time!
We caught a cab into town, me, Lauren and Crystal (she's super cool, and Australian!) in one cab, Anthony & Violet in the second. The cab only cost like 2,000 won, which is like $2-awesome! Turned out the mall wasn't actually a mall but a department store, The Galleria. But it was huuuuge, like 5 floors. Plus they had hair dryers and straighteners, so all was well with the world. In addition to the fact that there was a MAC counter, as I said before, which filled my heart with butterflies and I was able to get some more powder, hooray!
Then we went to lunch at this little dumpling place, which was...interesting. I finally tried kimchi. It was...spicy. And not delicious. But hopefully I'll be able to force myself to try it enough times so that I'll begin to like it, like little kids. I also had some dumpling soup. The broth was really good at least! It was like egg drop soup, but with these strange dumplings in it. I wasn't a fan of the dumplings, but everyone else loved them so, go figure, it was just me.
Getting back to the campus was ridiculous, we tried 3 different times to catch a cab back and each time the driver would look at the address we were trying to get to and say "No, no," and kick us out of the cab. It was so frustrating because we had no way of knowing why they wouldn't take us back! Finally we got on the bus for a few blocks, then got out and climbed a mountain. Seriously, it's so hilly here, I really do appreciate flat Lubbock after that trek. If I had been in a proper jacket and sneakers or something, it probably wouldn't have been so bad. Oh well, we made it!
Then we had opening ceremony that night, which basically was just like, here's all the rules. Then we had our welcome dinner! Thankfully, I brought PowerBars!!! It's just going to take some time for me to adjust to all the strange foods...
I almost cried (tears of joy!) Sunday morning though because for breakfast there was PEANUT BUTTER! And APPLES! I had a peanut butter & jelly sandwich and apples, it was glorious!
After breakfast, we went on a field trip to a Korean Folk Village, which is actually an amusement park kind of place, but the buildings were actually from a Korean Folk Village so it was legit. This was where my Second Meal I Actually Enjoyed was had-plain rice and pork skewers! Um, I could probably have eaten like 5 more skewers, they were delicious.
More about the village next time!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Annyong haseyo, Korea!
Well, Lauren and I made it to Korea!!! Our flight left Dallas at 6:50 Wednesday morning for San Francisco-the in flight movie was The Secret Life of Bees, which was good until I fell asleep. We landed there around 9:30 am, Cali time (11:30 our time) and waited until 12:30 for our connecting flight to Seoul. By the way if you ever have to go somewhere and Singapore Air is one of your flight options, I highly recommend them! The flight was about 12 hours, but it went by pretty quick, especially because we had snacks like every 45 minutes it seemed, plus lunch and dinner! I probably gained 5 pounds on the flight alone.
They also had tons of choices of things to watch and listen to (movies, tv shows, radio, playlists you could make) PLUS games to help you learn languages! Umm, I probably should have played the Korean ones, but The Devil Wears Prada was calling my name.
Anywho, we finally landed around 6 pm, Thursday night (we missed a whole day!). After customs and immigration it was a little after 7, then we found the EPIK people and got our info for the shuttle. Then we had a 2 and a freakin' half hour bus ride to the campus! I almost cried, all I wanted to do was go to sleep. By the time we got in (after the bus driver got lost) it was almost 11, I think, I wasn't even sure because I was so exhuasted. We got our room numbers, Lauren and I finally figured out how to unlock the door after about 15 minutes (they're all number pads and the key is a number) and I was finally able to talk to my parents and take some Nyquil.
Then I fell asleep while talking to Lauren because that was the first time I had ever taken Nyquil and it hit me pretty quick. It was kind of fun, actually, it felt like I had just taken a few shots or something.
Enough for now, tomorrow I'll write about our venture into town to the mall-which ended up being just one department store, but it was five floors so it was ok.
And OMG, it was the best day because I discovered they have MAC counters here so I won't have to switch make-up or anything! It's the little things...
I'm planning on creating a Flickr or Tumblr account or whichever one is just for pics so I can post those asap.
Until next time, annyong-hi kaseyo!
They also had tons of choices of things to watch and listen to (movies, tv shows, radio, playlists you could make) PLUS games to help you learn languages! Umm, I probably should have played the Korean ones, but The Devil Wears Prada was calling my name.
Anywho, we finally landed around 6 pm, Thursday night (we missed a whole day!). After customs and immigration it was a little after 7, then we found the EPIK people and got our info for the shuttle. Then we had a 2 and a freakin' half hour bus ride to the campus! I almost cried, all I wanted to do was go to sleep. By the time we got in (after the bus driver got lost) it was almost 11, I think, I wasn't even sure because I was so exhuasted. We got our room numbers, Lauren and I finally figured out how to unlock the door after about 15 minutes (they're all number pads and the key is a number) and I was finally able to talk to my parents and take some Nyquil.
Then I fell asleep while talking to Lauren because that was the first time I had ever taken Nyquil and it hit me pretty quick. It was kind of fun, actually, it felt like I had just taken a few shots or something.
Enough for now, tomorrow I'll write about our venture into town to the mall-which ended up being just one department store, but it was five floors so it was ok.
And OMG, it was the best day because I discovered they have MAC counters here so I won't have to switch make-up or anything! It's the little things...
I'm planning on creating a Flickr or Tumblr account or whichever one is just for pics so I can post those asap.
Until next time, annyong-hi kaseyo!
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