The Nursery ...& 32 weeks prego

The Nursery is Finally Put together!!!! Thanks to my In-laws who rocked it out Saturday night after an AWESOME baby shower at my sisters!!! I have the best family and friends EVAAA.

It was so much fun putting that room together with them! Judy (mum n law) brought the crib and Heidi (A-ron's sister) and her were ready with tons of energy to put it together. I think I mostly sat and supervised haahhaha. It's so cute. it's just what i wanted. No themes, just comfy cozy.

here are some pics!! I still need to paint the "Audrey" letters and put them over the crib. I wlil do that this weekend. I sleep better at night knowing if this kid popped out tomorrow i'd have someowhere to put her..somewhere CUTE!!!!

I also put the 33 week prego pic since i got this blog out late, and i'll be 33 weeks tomorrow (sat)

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!! I'll be making out a lot of thank you notes :)

Love,
Amy

Prego Amo at almost 32 weeks

As I stated on this pic in Facebook...Contrary to what this pic looks like, I'm actually carrying the baby in my stomach..not my neck. YIKES!

Week 31

Good Afternoon (said like Alfred Hitchcock) ,

Week 31 started off with a nasty nasty head & chest cold on Sunday and lasted throughout Monday, but now I feel soooooo much better. Thank God for Tylenol severe cold daytime !! My ears are still stuffed up but that too shall pass haha. We did miss our 2nd Birth class..somehow bringing my cootie filled sneezing miserable self to a room full of pregos didn't really sound like the right thing to do..they'd come at me like an angry mob with pitchforks and Purell!!

My tum is getting PERTY big and out there. I will attempt to get a picture of myself for this blog. She is sticking out loud and proud! My wardrobe is getting to be quite limited! I'm going to have to pick up some additional basic shirts. Walmart I've noticed is awesome for cheap maternity stuff for me , it's their PLUS size section , not even maternity!! I can get a super cute shirt becuase the way they've styled them they are great for pregnitos! I just get a couple of sizes up! You can't beat 8 bones for a cute blouse, except when i find one at Goodwill in their maternity/plus size for 2.99! lol I'm determined not to spend a lot on clothes. I've done pretty well I think. Although now, it's time to upgrade my braziers again to the next bigger size!!! The giant orbs are ever growing. And I don't want to sound gross, so i'll just throw this in here real quick (but most of you are women reading anyway so it's okay) stuff..is now "Leaking" from the twins..I'm just saying. It's the pre-milk stuff. My body is like a freak show right now! It's more interesting than the bearded lady.

Audrey is still kicking up a storm. She is a night owl, or a sugar owl. If I drink something sweet she's popping all over. Last night niether of us could get to sleep. I think it was from al lthe liquid tyelnol we tossed and turned, and she was be boppin..so by the time my alarm went off i was sooo tired!! Tonight will be an early night i'm sure.

OH AND MY INDIANA SHOWER IS THIS WEEKEND!!!!! I can't even tell you how excited i am!!! First of all I get to see all of my favorite women, and 2nd of all there's CAKE! I definitley have a sweet tooth that's for sure!!! becuase i keep thinking about the dang cake!! LOL! I'm just psyched to see everyone!!! I hope i don't cry I'm such a weiner! I'm also looking forward to the Ohio Shower post baby so everyone in Ohio can meet our little stinker!!!! My mother n law is a genius..>AND she throws great parties! ahhahah

I'm also excited that spring is here (almost) and that things are popping up in our yard that are from last year. I'm going to try to do SOME planting around our patio when I can, but It's going to be tough. I wish my dad's sister was a talented landscaper/flower person extroidinnaire & could help me figure out what to do with my area....waaiitt a mminnuutee SHE IS, "Note to self...somehow get Aunty Donna on south side to look at my planting plot...maybe bribe with drink of choice" ! WE're going to skip the giagantor garden, as it is just tooooo much and Aaron has wonky hours, so we'll pick it up next year when i get this parenting thing a bit more organized . If anyone out there wants to use my garden to grow some stuff just come on over and feel free. I noticed this week that my oregano is popping up and my lemon verbana is showing it's wee leaves and also parsely. We also noticed onions in the big garden are sprouting! HA!

Anyway, that's all i have this week. I have a dr. appt. tomorrow , she called me yesterday, they're going to talk to me about my blood pressure becuse it's eeked up a bit. I think theyr'e just going to up my medicine that i currently take. I only take the bare minimum of it.

I'm tired...but I'm so excited we're on the last haul. See ya'll this Saturday!!!

Love,
Amy

30 weeks..Bucket full of Hormones Shormones

HeEeEllooooo,

Can you believe it? Only 10 WEEKS LEFT!! It's nuts! Since this is my favorite place to whine, i'll just get things going straight away. Holy moly am I hormonal!! Last night I crashed at 8pm just falling straight into a deeep deeep sleep ..then around midnight I'm in toss-turn mode spiraling around to Tigger's dismay. Finally w/ spotty sleeping, i lay there, and I swear I could literally feeelll the horemones, I felt anxious and sad, and mad all at once. It reminds me of my lady's day's hormones. That's how i think i'm recognizing it. It' s the ever dwelling crankiness you can feel under your skin...finally i just got up 20 min early and petted my cat and watched tv. It did help just to watch something and not be insane in my own head haha I know you might all be thinking "this girl is straight up Ca-ra-zy" and I'd have to agree. ahha I feel like I'm going to break out like the Tazmanian devil and just flip out sometimes , but then a second later i'm just fine. OH PREGNANCY YOU MAGICAL WONDERLAND!

On the flip side, Look at what is inside of me RIGHT NOW..and how awesome that is. That makes it ALLLLL worth it. Sometimes, i'm okay w/ the time I have left w/ the quiet and the doing whatever I want when I want (which isn't really exciting haha) ...and sometimes, I just want to meet her sooo bad and I want it to hurry up!!! With every feeling of fatigue and every spasm of my bladder, I simutaniously curse and bless it all at once. She's worth all of it. This is something I didnt' think I'd ever do, and my sister can attest to that one. But I found the dude of my dreams and I can't wait to do this together with him. I know we'll fight more , but at the same time, we'll laugh more (if that is even possible) and love more. awwww. hahah Dang it now I'm a bit veclempt.

If Aaron can make it through my hormonal times and the fact we argued for like 10 minutes about what he gave up for Lent (in the end I know I'm right anyway, i'm sure he does too) , we'll be just fine hahahaha.

Also, we started Birthing classes this past Monday night. They run until 9pm....9pm for me is like midnight for everyone else. I'm really glad we took these classes. I feel like it's filling in alllll the holes of information that I've read and skimmed through in the books and web sites. Aaron didnt' know what a Braxton Hicks was , which surprised me, so I'm definitly glad we're going. We've watched a video on all the stages of labor..i found after she turned the lights on, my face has contorted & paled to show the shock and awe mixed with intense fear!! This process..has nothing good...except a baby at the end. Aaron better get me a present..that's all I'm saying, and it better be diggity dang good!!! I hope i don't poop. can i just say that?

Amy Out.

29 Weeks

Good Afternoon,

I am now 29 weeks...just a few more days till the 30 week mark. We are on the home stretch my friends! I'm officially ready to have this baby. Although my body was no showcase before pregnancy, i'm ready to get it back for just myself. I don't mind the extra tenant so much because I love the dickens out of her. But i do say..not lugging around .what feels like a bag of sand. sounds real nice right now. And as much as i just love trekking to the bathroom 14 times in 15 mintues...it will be nice to be able to get some work done. The 3rd trimester has kind of pulled the rug out from under me a bit and taken me by surprise. I'm so paranoid of lifting, bending over, eating too much, not eating enough ,my sugar levels, my blood pressure OH CALGON!

But...I got to hear her heartbeat this morning and all is well. It was real hard for the dr. to find it this morning. This made me lie like a stone and freak out behind my seemingly calm face. Apparenly Audrey had her back to us and it's a little tricky when she does that. WHY does she worry mommy!! The dr. also said there was a bit of protien in my urine which MIGHT be a symptom of oncoming preeclampsia (i know i spelled that wrong) so now i have to PEE in a BUCKET for 24 hrs. I did this in the beginning of the pregnancy, and i hate it. It is gagging me just thinking about it. Collecting your own pee pee really is gross...no way around it. AND it's a pain in the rear (or the front har har) to keep taking and putting the jug back in the fridge when i have to pee allllll the time Thank God we have a fridge in our garage so it's not near the REAL food, i think i'd have to throw it all out . So my plans for Sunday are no plans. It's staying at home and collecting my whiz...don't you wish you were me?

I can't help but get the guilty feeling that it's becuase I'm overwieght and I did this to myself. But it's too late now for guilt, I just have to deal w/ the now and today and keep on truckin!

So once again, cross thy fingers and i will let you know !!

Amy out

A QUICK NOTE

I DO NOT HAVE GESTATIONAL DIABETES!!!!!!!!!! WOOOO HOOOo!!! One less thing to worry about!!!!!!!!!!!

That is all.

Amy

Week 28

Week 28...what a doosie already. Last Friday was one heck of a bad day. First thing in the morning, I read an email. This email was sent from my good friend Linda. I met Linda via my uncle's handicap bowling group The Trailblazers (since him breaking his hip and us moving we did not join this year) her husband is the treasurer. I worked with her on several graphic projects for the kids (calendars etc) The email was from her and was to be sent upon her death. She had been struggeling with colon cancer for 4 years. She leaves behind a husband of 35 years and her wonderful daughter with downs Kylene. She was someone I immediately liked and adored. I knew this day would not be far off, but still came as a shock and punched me right in the gut. Needless to say, Friday morning i shut my office door and cried my eyes out and becuase of prego horemones, i physically could not stop sobbing. Eventually I got it together, had lunch with an old friend which cheered me up. Then at the end of the day I get a call from my dr. 's office. I have to take the 3 hour Glucose test becuase my last one last week was a bit too high. I did this yesterday (Monday) morning.

They require you to fast from the night before, and sit in their office for 3 hours (mine was 4 becuase they took a long time to call me in) then draw blood and drink the glucola again in the mroning..then every hour they draw blood again and you go back out and read through the 2-3 month old mags and i do my crosswords. Becuase I have deep veins that move around it's always been tricky to get me stuck to take blood. 6 times WAAA..at one point she had to do it in the hand which is a bit more painful. After this was done I was like a streak of lightening out thta door. I went next door to the hospital to get my RH shot. I luckily found chocolate in my purse that my mom gave me....dark chocolate from Trader Joe's. Usually, i would not be so rude as to keep eating chocolate while registering in the hospital..but i was famished!!! By this time it was going on 1:30 and all I'd had was water !! I apologized to the lady, becuase she said "do i smell chocolate" hahahah..and she said "honey after that test i wouldnt' care if you were sitting there eating a big mac" . Finally i go up to get the stingy RH shot in my hip . The joys of prego-ness were lost on me this day.
By the time I was out of the hospital..i was cranky and vile and starving and pretty sure i was turning green and busting out of my clothes..see pic above of me going home. With my internal self-bargaining and will power tools shaded by the immense hunger i crossed 3 lanes on US31 to get to wendy's and get a chicken sandwich.
I drive home and snap at poor poor Aaron for something completely stupid. He was visibly annoyed and i immediately felt like a turd. I could feel the hormonalness and awful hungre making me nuts but i couldn't stop the snapping. I gulped my sandwich down my gullet and went straigth in and apologized and layed down for 3 long hours. By the time I awoke...I was normal Amy again and felt evened out.

The moral of this story..is that dont' ever ever run into a hungry 7 month pregnant woman after a glucose test in a dark Allie....it's not pretty . I gave Aaron a lot of hugs after that :)

-Amy Out