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!

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!

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!

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!

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.

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!

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! :)