I don't have the neimann pick gene!! Which means that there is no chance of little chicken having it. I'm so happy and relieved. I didn't really think that little chicken would have it, but it was still a nagging worry that I had. I feel much better.
Zumba® was pretty tough tonight. My stomach was cramping up for most of the class, and I was also really tired and out of breath. My hips are bothering me lately. Sore. I had a massage last Friday. Felt so good. Wish I had the money to do that every week. Might have to be a monthly thing, though. And I like my hot showers, too.
Started teaching myself to crochet on Monday. I'm working on a blanket for little chicken!! I'll post pics soon :)
Weighing in at about 125 pounds now....ahh! Feels weird to weigh so much. I've never really hit about 114. Ultrasound is on Monday. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boy or Girl?!?!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
17 weeks, 6 days: Doctors appt today!
So I'm almost 18 weeks. Wow. Only 22 weeks until Lil' Chicken makes her debut! I AM SO SCARED. But that's ok. I feel like I'm going to get scared-er before the end!
I'm at 122 pounds today. So I've gained about 10. That seems so crazy to me! That's like carrying Kiwi around all the time.
This morning when I woke up, my uterus was lopsided. My belly looked bigger on the left side, and when I felt it, that side was hard while my right side was soft. Can your uterus move around? Now it feels centered...odd.
Work has been trying to kill me, I swear. The past two weeks they've had me scheduled for 55 hours, and this week they have me down for 59. That means my paycheck--pre taxes and insurance, will be around $1,152. That seems low....hold on. Nope. Guess it's right on. That's 34 hours overtime for two weeks--bleh. Not that I'm complaining money-wise, however mentally and physically, I'm beat. Had a breakdown the other night, which wasn't helped by coming home to find Kev was still playing video games at our friends house even though I told him I was leaving work and was cranky and crabby...
Anyways, so if this 50 something hour week thing doesn't end soon, I'm going to have to say something. I can't keep up at this pace.
Not much really going on other than that.
I really like the idea of this nursery:
I think I'm going to go to Joann's today to see if I can get paint and canvases to re-create the pictures. They are so cute. I want to paint the toy box too--I'm thinking jungle leave or something. I'd like to sand it down a bit more so I can re-paint it. I wonder what all goes into paint stripping?
Anyways, I must finish my coffee so I can start drinking water so I am not dehydrated when I have to pee in a cup at the doctors office.
I'm at 122 pounds today. So I've gained about 10. That seems so crazy to me! That's like carrying Kiwi around all the time.
This morning when I woke up, my uterus was lopsided. My belly looked bigger on the left side, and when I felt it, that side was hard while my right side was soft. Can your uterus move around? Now it feels centered...odd.
Work has been trying to kill me, I swear. The past two weeks they've had me scheduled for 55 hours, and this week they have me down for 59. That means my paycheck--pre taxes and insurance, will be around $1,152. That seems low....hold on. Nope. Guess it's right on. That's 34 hours overtime for two weeks--bleh. Not that I'm complaining money-wise, however mentally and physically, I'm beat. Had a breakdown the other night, which wasn't helped by coming home to find Kev was still playing video games at our friends house even though I told him I was leaving work and was cranky and crabby...
Anyways, so if this 50 something hour week thing doesn't end soon, I'm going to have to say something. I can't keep up at this pace.
Not much really going on other than that.
I really like the idea of this nursery:
I think I'm going to go to Joann's today to see if I can get paint and canvases to re-create the pictures. They are so cute. I want to paint the toy box too--I'm thinking jungle leave or something. I'd like to sand it down a bit more so I can re-paint it. I wonder what all goes into paint stripping?
Anyways, I must finish my coffee so I can start drinking water so I am not dehydrated when I have to pee in a cup at the doctors office.
Monday, September 5, 2011
15 weeks, 6 days: Labor day labor really pays off!
So Kevin surprised me this morning by not having to work! I so called it a few days ago--but he had me convinced that he had to work today. Ha. So we slept in until 10am, which is the longest I've slept in in the past 7 months or so. (And probably the longest I'll get to sleep in for the next 2-3 years or so lol)
We got up and I really wanted to go to IHop or Steak and Shake for some pancakes, but S&S stopped serving breakfast at 11am (it was 10:40am at the time) and they were the ones with the cheaper pancakes. So after much grumbling, I made pancakes here at home with whole wheat flour and lingonberries and maple syrup. YUM! They were good. And I was glad we made them here. After that, we went and looked around Home Depot and ended up coming home with 1 fern and 1 hibiscus plant, 1 big bag of fertilizer, and a few other small things. We had lunch at Burger King (2 whoppers, 2 drinks, and 2 fries for $6.99!) and then Kevin dropped me off to change clothes and get all sunscreened up while he went to Lowe's to get 13 bags of topsoil and a gallon of bleach.
After that, we went to the back yard to repeat the process--the weeding, fertilizing & topsoiling anyways. No pictures of this, was getting pretty dark by that time. But we weeded about 140 sqft along the back of the back yard--we have a line of plants back there that we are hoping grow up to be a shady, shrubby, tropical wall of paradiseness. After weeding, we fertilized, covered the plants with topsoil, gave everything--front yard and back yard--a good watering. I really hope our plants live through this winter!!!
We got up and I really wanted to go to IHop or Steak and Shake for some pancakes, but S&S stopped serving breakfast at 11am (it was 10:40am at the time) and they were the ones with the cheaper pancakes. So after much grumbling, I made pancakes here at home with whole wheat flour and lingonberries and maple syrup. YUM! They were good. And I was glad we made them here. After that, we went and looked around Home Depot and ended up coming home with 1 fern and 1 hibiscus plant, 1 big bag of fertilizer, and a few other small things. We had lunch at Burger King (2 whoppers, 2 drinks, and 2 fries for $6.99!) and then Kevin dropped me off to change clothes and get all sunscreened up while he went to Lowe's to get 13 bags of topsoil and a gallon of bleach.
Plants trimmed & fertilized, garden weeded, and a new layer of topsoil. |
Spider webs & bugs swept away, & handrail bleached clean. |
We came inside after this, showered and cleaned up a bit, and then Kev and I put up this shelf above the tv.
New shelf with pictures on it above TV. |
The house is a bit of a mess--we're getting ready to rip up the carpet and put down new vinyl flooring that looks like wood. Anyways, so stuff is just kinda around at the moment. I'll post a pic when we get everything done.
But we got a lot accomplished today! I'm pretty excited. I used my birthday money one 2 new plants and on hopefully encouraging growth. Plus the front of the house was looking hillbillyish. I feel so much better with all the plants being trimmed up and bleaching the white handrail--it was so moldy looking!
And good too--I'm pretty sure we're going to end up with the baby shower here at the house, so any sprucing up before that time will be very very helpful!
On a not laborious note, I got some maternity clothes from Jen that I work with! So sweet of her--I'm going to have to write her a thank-you note. I've got a good sized pile so far of keepers, and a few that I know I won't wear, so I'll give those back to her. I think I'm just borrowing them, so hopefully I'll remember which ones are hers! There's a belly band in there, which I'm SUPER excited about. Some of the stuff is kinda big...but I suppose I'm only 4 months along...I have a ways to go yet before I decide what's too big haha. I might end up surprised.
Oh yeah! I did the baking soda gender test last night and it said "girl!" I'm going to try again tonight and see what happens! Maybe I better go drink some water....
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