So maybe I'm just a little bit excited that it's JULY! Let me tell you, on December 4th (when we first found out about our newest addition) July seemed sooooo far away. And now it's here, the month I've been (im)patiently waiting for.
As my due date gets closer I'm getting a little bit more nervous, but I know that's completely normal. Labor is a scary thought, but even scarier is the thought of a tiny little person needing constant attention. I know that I have the best role models anyone could ask for and that everything will be fine, but I would be lying if I said the thought of everything wasn't a little bit nerve wracking.
Last night I 'took inventory', as I like to call it, of clothes & diapers. We have LOTS of size 1 diapers, but somehow the newborn diapers got skipped over. That's okay though, we have giftcards =] I set aside the newborn diapers that we do have, some wipes & all of the newborn clothes we have. Everything else got divided up and put up in the closet or under the crib. I got all of the bathroom stuff put away in the bathroom, also. It felt good to have that out of the way. Now I just need to throw the newborn clothes, blankets & bedding in the wash & I'll be ready as far as clothes and diapers are concerned.
This weekend I'm working on getting my hospital bag packed. So far, I have Brylee's coming home outfit... and that's all. lol =] but I'm busy making a list of what else needs to be added.
In other news... this weekend is July 4th & I have noooo plans. We'll probably spend Monday at my parents' house. Other than that it should be a pretty laid back weekend. I want to get a little bit of cleaning done around the house before I put it off for too long and Brylee decides to show up.
**UPDATE**
In the middle of this post, I left to try & renew the tags for the Cobalt. I got to the courthouse, waited in a ridiculously long line, paid $2 to get cash out of an ATM machine since they don't take debit cards (I mean REALLY?! can't the government get with it?? who doesn't take debit cards these days?!) and got to the counter only to find out that they couldn't renew my tags since my car is in my dad's name. Since I don't share his last name or his address, I can't renew the tags.
Now all of this would be fine & dandy except for one little thing. Due to my super procrastination skills, the tags expired yesterday. Awesome.
Luckily, I have a super great daddy who is going to come pick up the paperwork from me at work and go down to the courthouse this afternoon to get them renewed. He loves me =]
Also on this trip, I had to wait through THREE CYCLES of a red light because the lights refused to give me a green left arrow. What is up with today??
**END RANT**
Hope everyone has a FUN & SAFE 4th of July weekend!!
Friday, July 1, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
This & That
I'll give you fair warning, this will probably be a long post. I had a fun-filled weekend, & on top of that I recently found my camera charger, so I'm feeling the need to post some long overdue pictures =]
Anyway, here's a few I felt were blog-worthy:
This is a photo of me with some of our girls in the youth. Last summer my mom & I took them on a little weekend trip to Houston to shop at the Galleria. We had a blast!!
Not long after my trip with the girls, Robert & I celebrated our 1 year anniversary! We saw a pre-season Cowboys/Texans game in Houston (I was SO EXCITED! I LOVE the Cowboys!!) We also visited the Houston Zoo & some museums, but of course I didn't take any other pictures...
Except one of my boys, of course!!!
Annnnnnnd finally, this picture is just too cute not to post. That's our sweet (but crazy) cat, Freckles. When she was small enough she looooved to curl up in the dogs food bowl. Now she just chases me around the house until I fill it up when it's empty!!
I'm hoping that posting some old pictures will spark my interest in taking pictures again. I used to take pictures of EVERYTHING. Now I go through a weekend of seeing multiple out-of-town friends, attending my own baby shower & working in the nursery and how many pictures do I take?? NONE! ugh.
Anyway, here's a few I felt were blog-worthy:
This is a photo of me with some of our girls in the youth. Last summer my mom & I took them on a little weekend trip to Houston to shop at the Galleria. We had a blast!!Not long after my trip with the girls, Robert & I celebrated our 1 year anniversary! We saw a pre-season Cowboys/Texans game in Houston (I was SO EXCITED! I LOVE the Cowboys!!) We also visited the Houston Zoo & some museums, but of course I didn't take any other pictures...Except one of my boys, of course!!!Annnnnnnd finally, this picture is just too cute not to post. That's our sweet (but crazy) cat, Freckles. When she was small enough she looooved to curl up in the dogs food bowl. Now she just chases me around the house until I fill it up when it's empty!! On to this weekend:
Friday after work, I got to spend some quality time with my childhood friend Lindsey, who lives in South Carolina now. She was in town for her little brother's graduation & just happened to be able to attend my baby shower, also. Yay! I had dinner with her family & then we had fun browsing at Target. Who doesn't love a good trip to Target?!
On Saturday I was SUPER lazy all morning. The only thing I really accomplished was getting some knitting done on Brylee's baby blanket. Then another good friend, Heather, came in from Spring! I haven't seen her in over a year, so I was soooo happy to see her!! We hung around the house for awhile, then went into town for some Chicken Express and a little mall walking/browsing =] We finished off the evening making tacos for dinner.
We had a typical Sunday morning, church & lunch at my parents house. Then at 2 it was time for my baby shower!! Yay!! I had such a good time seeing everybody! I got to see a lot of friends I hadn't seen in a long time, as well as friends & family I see often. Robert & I are so thankful for everything we received yesterday.
After the shower Heather had to head home & my sister came over to help me do the 'stamp border' in the nursery. We got that finished pretty quickly while Robert had some quality uncle/niece time with Londyn =] He did SO WELL, he's totally ready to be a daddy!
Robert & I ended the evening sorting through all of the gifts and getting things organized. I'm feeling much more prepared!
Phew, that was a lot to type out!! I hope everyone else enjoyed their weekends as much as I did!! I'm already counting down to Friday again =]
Friday, June 3, 2011
Happy & Blessed
I am the happiest girl in the world right now. It's the little things =]
I'll admit I've been stressing lately over all the things we have left to buy before Brylee gets here. We need a stroller & a car seat, a crib, a changing table, a rocker/glider, a pack&play. Those are just the major purchases. Then there's the REALLY major purchase, the new baby-mobile that momma needs.
And I keep thinking to myself 'How will we afford all of this?'. If you want good quality items, they don't come cheaply. I've been scheming and planning how we will get each item, what is actually necessary and what is not. What we need right away and what can wait a month or two or six.
Today I got the urge to take my lunchbreak early and run by Babies-R-Us. They are having a 15% off sale on stroller/carseat systems and pack&plays, but only on In-Store items. I thought I would run by and see what they had in the store since so far I've only checked online. I pretty much struck out in that category, they only keep the expensive stuff in the stores so 15% off isn't really all that much help.
I thought I would mosey on over to the furniture section since we have yet to purchase any nursery furniture. AMAZINGLY there was a crib, same style & color that we want, for $100!! In case you haven't done any baby furniture shopping lately, that's a REALLY good deal. The one we were planning on buying next week is $230, and that's middle-of-the-road as far as pricing goes.
I was reminded for the second time today that my God is bigger than my needs & my finances. My God knows exactly what I need and He will provide if I let Him.
I'm just so excited =]
I'll admit I've been stressing lately over all the things we have left to buy before Brylee gets here. We need a stroller & a car seat, a crib, a changing table, a rocker/glider, a pack&play. Those are just the major purchases. Then there's the REALLY major purchase, the new baby-mobile that momma needs.
And I keep thinking to myself 'How will we afford all of this?'. If you want good quality items, they don't come cheaply. I've been scheming and planning how we will get each item, what is actually necessary and what is not. What we need right away and what can wait a month or two or six.
Today I got the urge to take my lunchbreak early and run by Babies-R-Us. They are having a 15% off sale on stroller/carseat systems and pack&plays, but only on In-Store items. I thought I would run by and see what they had in the store since so far I've only checked online. I pretty much struck out in that category, they only keep the expensive stuff in the stores so 15% off isn't really all that much help.
I thought I would mosey on over to the furniture section since we have yet to purchase any nursery furniture. AMAZINGLY there was a crib, same style & color that we want, for $100!! In case you haven't done any baby furniture shopping lately, that's a REALLY good deal. The one we were planning on buying next week is $230, and that's middle-of-the-road as far as pricing goes.
I was reminded for the second time today that my God is bigger than my needs & my finances. My God knows exactly what I need and He will provide if I let Him.
I'm just so excited =]
Friday, May 27, 2011
Time Doesn't Stop
Is life moving at a supersonic pace for anyone else?? Is it just me? I can't believe how quickly everything is going by. I feel like as soon as a new month starts it's already ending. Is it seriously the end of May already?
I'm not ready for June. At all. June means that it's almost July. And July means BABY!
People everywhere keep saying "Are you ready?" "Is the nursery ready?" "Do you have everything set up?" ...Well here's your answer to all of those questions: NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT!! I'm not ready in the least. I have no furniture. No bed or changing table, no rocker or bassinet. Nothing. Zippo. Can you tell I'm a wee bit freaking out?
The nursery is still littered with nail guns and paint cans, tarps and brushes/rollers. It's a construction zone. I can only pray that my sisters pregnancies have not been a forshadowing of my own. Hopefully Miss Brylee will cook for her full 9 months. At least give me 'til 38 weeks baby girl. I'm. Not. Ready.
I am so so thankful that I've had such a laid back, stress free pregnancy. So far everything is going perfectly normal. The first trimester was a little rough, what with the morning sickness and the extreme tiredness. I won't lie, I didn't believe ANY of you that told me I would get my energy back. But I did return to normal around month 5. Not that normal is all that energetic for me, because it's not. Instead, I don't feel like I ran a marathon by 3 every afternoon.
I've been blessed with a body-type that has allowed me to put on very little weight. Don't worry, I'm still eating plenty and my Dr says that everything is progressing normally. But my belly is nice and small, a lot of the time I hardly even notice it's there. I have a little bit of side/back pain some days at work, but that is mostly due to having to sit at a desk all day. I count myself extremely blessed to have made it through my 7th month of pregnancy with very minimal discomfort. I even spent the last two weeks at our deer lease, riding 4-wheelers, sitting in lawn chairs & sleeping on an air mattress. Oh yea, and peeing on trees until the toilet got installed =] I am SUPERRRR pregnant woman, hear me ROOOAAARR! =]
It's hard for me to believe that I only have 9 weeks left. I know those weeks are going to go by so quickly!! Hopefully all of the nursery and baby equipment will be set up/acquired in the next week or two and then I can start saying 'come onnnn Brylee, I'm READY!'
In the meantime, I'll try to stay as comfortable as possible & get as much rest as I can before our little girl makes her appearance.
Sorry this post is so long... just thought I'd give anyone who was interested a baby/pregnancy update!
Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!!
I'm not ready for June. At all. June means that it's almost July. And July means BABY!
People everywhere keep saying "Are you ready?" "Is the nursery ready?" "Do you have everything set up?" ...Well here's your answer to all of those questions: NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT!! I'm not ready in the least. I have no furniture. No bed or changing table, no rocker or bassinet. Nothing. Zippo. Can you tell I'm a wee bit freaking out?
The nursery is still littered with nail guns and paint cans, tarps and brushes/rollers. It's a construction zone. I can only pray that my sisters pregnancies have not been a forshadowing of my own. Hopefully Miss Brylee will cook for her full 9 months. At least give me 'til 38 weeks baby girl. I'm. Not. Ready.
I am so so thankful that I've had such a laid back, stress free pregnancy. So far everything is going perfectly normal. The first trimester was a little rough, what with the morning sickness and the extreme tiredness. I won't lie, I didn't believe ANY of you that told me I would get my energy back. But I did return to normal around month 5. Not that normal is all that energetic for me, because it's not. Instead, I don't feel like I ran a marathon by 3 every afternoon.
I've been blessed with a body-type that has allowed me to put on very little weight. Don't worry, I'm still eating plenty and my Dr says that everything is progressing normally. But my belly is nice and small, a lot of the time I hardly even notice it's there. I have a little bit of side/back pain some days at work, but that is mostly due to having to sit at a desk all day. I count myself extremely blessed to have made it through my 7th month of pregnancy with very minimal discomfort. I even spent the last two weeks at our deer lease, riding 4-wheelers, sitting in lawn chairs & sleeping on an air mattress. Oh yea, and peeing on trees until the toilet got installed =] I am SUPERRRR pregnant woman, hear me ROOOAAARR! =]
It's hard for me to believe that I only have 9 weeks left. I know those weeks are going to go by so quickly!! Hopefully all of the nursery and baby equipment will be set up/acquired in the next week or two and then I can start saying 'come onnnn Brylee, I'm READY!'
In the meantime, I'll try to stay as comfortable as possible & get as much rest as I can before our little girl makes her appearance.
Sorry this post is so long... just thought I'd give anyone who was interested a baby/pregnancy update!
Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!!
Monday, March 21, 2011
In the middle of my little mess, I forget how big I'm blessed
I'm a blogging slacker. I apologize.
Life has been a little bit of a blur lately. I've been working ridiculous hours because of tax season (and no, I'm not handling it very well). My body is not used to being pregnant. My body is not used to working this much. I'm a very very tired little lady. And, unfortunately, my home is what gets neglected. But I guess if something has to go by the wayside, the tidiness of my home is one of the lesser important things. I mean, I have a stable job and a happy marriage and a sweet little girl growing inside me. So what if the floors aren't swept and there is a layer of dust on the furniture?
Right now, Sundays are my only days 'off'. So I have to decide whether I want to spend Sundays cleaning the house and doing laundry or relaxing and having a little 'me time' after a looooong week.
This weekend I was planning on doing laundry. The poor laundry had been postponed way too many times and we were running out of clothes. I just knew I was going to spend the day slaving away in the living room, washing - drying - folding - putting away. But I understood that this was something that needed to be done, and I was going to do it.
So what does my oh-so-sweet husband do to help me in this task? He brings me outside into the absolutely beautiful weather and hangs a hammock for me in the backyard. Temperature in the low eighties, beautiful sunshine, and now a hammock right there in the backyard. AND I'M SUPPOSED TO SPEND THE DAY INSIDE DOING LAUNDRY?!? ugh.
Life has been a little bit of a blur lately. I've been working ridiculous hours because of tax season (and no, I'm not handling it very well). My body is not used to being pregnant. My body is not used to working this much. I'm a very very tired little lady. And, unfortunately, my home is what gets neglected. But I guess if something has to go by the wayside, the tidiness of my home is one of the lesser important things. I mean, I have a stable job and a happy marriage and a sweet little girl growing inside me. So what if the floors aren't swept and there is a layer of dust on the furniture?
Right now, Sundays are my only days 'off'. So I have to decide whether I want to spend Sundays cleaning the house and doing laundry or relaxing and having a little 'me time' after a looooong week.
This weekend I was planning on doing laundry. The poor laundry had been postponed way too many times and we were running out of clothes. I just knew I was going to spend the day slaving away in the living room, washing - drying - folding - putting away. But I understood that this was something that needed to be done, and I was going to do it.
So what does my oh-so-sweet husband do to help me in this task? He brings me outside into the absolutely beautiful weather and hangs a hammock for me in the backyard. Temperature in the low eighties, beautiful sunshine, and now a hammock right there in the backyard. AND I'M SUPPOSED TO SPEND THE DAY INSIDE DOING LAUNDRY?!? ugh.
EXCEEEPPPPPTT Robert also surprised me by saying 'take a break, Linds. spend some time in the hammock today, get a little knitting done.'
ohhhhhhhh sweet bliss. yesterday was the best day I've had in a LONG time. and the end of tax season is only a month away. the end is in sight!!
Hope you all have a great day =]
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Gettin Bigger
Good Morning!!
Here's my latest picture at 17 1/2 weeks. I know my face looks ridiculous, you can blame that on my husband for acting stupid while taking the picture.
BUT, there's a bump!! a real bump!! YAAAYYYY!!! it has been decided that the shirt in this picture will be my 'baby bump pictures' shirt since it shows my belly off so nicely (and will hopefully fit for the next 5 months).
In other news, i've been having the super crazy vivid dreams that seem to be yet another 'symptom' of pregnancy. Last night i had a dream that i missed my ultrasound appointment because robert was messing around and i couldn't get him to get in the car and leave!! even though i KNEW it was just a dream, every time i woke up last night i would roll away from him because i was mad at him for making me miss my appointment. I chuckled at myself this morning =]
crazy pregnant woman...
Here's my latest picture at 17 1/2 weeks. I know my face looks ridiculous, you can blame that on my husband for acting stupid while taking the picture.
BUT, there's a bump!! a real bump!! YAAAYYYY!!! it has been decided that the shirt in this picture will be my 'baby bump pictures' shirt since it shows my belly off so nicely (and will hopefully fit for the next 5 months).
In other news, i've been having the super crazy vivid dreams that seem to be yet another 'symptom' of pregnancy. Last night i had a dream that i missed my ultrasound appointment because robert was messing around and i couldn't get him to get in the car and leave!! even though i KNEW it was just a dream, every time i woke up last night i would roll away from him because i was mad at him for making me miss my appointment. I chuckled at myself this morning =]
crazy pregnant woman...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Baby Bump
Alright kids... don't judge this picture. I realize i took it right after i got out of the shower and my hair isn't brushed and yada yada, but i had to take the opportunity to show everyone that has asked that i DONT have a baby bump yet.
Yes, i am almost 17 weeks. Yes, i can tell a difference in my belly. It is definitely bigger. But no, no one else can because they don't know my body as well as i do.
Even though i am baby bump-less, i think i will take a picture every week from here on out just to document =]
Monday, February 14, 2011
Clarification
so it has come to my attention that there are some people out there who may not get my humor as well as i would like them to. or maybe they just don't agree with me, and that's okay, too. because we can't all agree all the time. either way, i decided i would try to clarify things for the 2 people who actually read my blog (since i blog SO often...)
it is a WELL known fact that i want a baby boy very, very badly. i just LOVE boys. in my perfect little world i would have a family of 4 boys. i feel like i understand boys. i feel comfortable around boys.
and then there's little girls. lets start with my life experience with girls. [[disclaimer :: this is all a sort of blanket statement, and we all know there are exceptions to the rule. i mean c'mon, i've had a female best friend since 7th grade, we lived together for a year and we have not, to date, had one fight.]] i've never seen eye-to-eye with most girls. girls are messy, that's my favorite way to describe them. and not messy in a 'playing in the mud' kind of way. messy in a 'crazy drama, mean words, etc' kind of way.
ALLLLL of this being said....
we find out what our precious little baby is on March 8th (my best friend's 24th birthday!!). and whether there is a little girl or a little boy growing inside of me, i am going to LOVE that child more than anything, ever. i ALREADY love him/her more than anything in the world. our kiddo is going to get more love than he/she will know what to do with.
so, yes, i have made it known that i desperately want a little boy. and i joke around that if it's a girl i will send her back. but i'm not serious, come ON. i joke about little girls because i am SCARED TO DEATH of raising a little girl. i will be completely out of my comfort zone and flying blind. but i will learn. and i will love her with all of my heart and then some.
so please don't worry about my children being loved. worry about something else.
thanks =]
it is a WELL known fact that i want a baby boy very, very badly. i just LOVE boys. in my perfect little world i would have a family of 4 boys. i feel like i understand boys. i feel comfortable around boys.
and then there's little girls. lets start with my life experience with girls. [[disclaimer :: this is all a sort of blanket statement, and we all know there are exceptions to the rule. i mean c'mon, i've had a female best friend since 7th grade, we lived together for a year and we have not, to date, had one fight.]] i've never seen eye-to-eye with most girls. girls are messy, that's my favorite way to describe them. and not messy in a 'playing in the mud' kind of way. messy in a 'crazy drama, mean words, etc' kind of way.
ALLLLL of this being said....
we find out what our precious little baby is on March 8th (my best friend's 24th birthday!!). and whether there is a little girl or a little boy growing inside of me, i am going to LOVE that child more than anything, ever. i ALREADY love him/her more than anything in the world. our kiddo is going to get more love than he/she will know what to do with.
so, yes, i have made it known that i desperately want a little boy. and i joke around that if it's a girl i will send her back. but i'm not serious, come ON. i joke about little girls because i am SCARED TO DEATH of raising a little girl. i will be completely out of my comfort zone and flying blind. but i will learn. and i will love her with all of my heart and then some.
so please don't worry about my children being loved. worry about something else.
thanks =]
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