I first heard this song a few years ago, and I instantly knew this was going to be my babies' lullaby...thought I'd post it here in place of an update (don't worry, one is coming...quite a bit has been going on lately)
Lullaby
Dixie Chicks
They didn't have you where I come from
Never knew the best was yet to come
Life began when I saw your face
And I hear your laugh like a serenade
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough, is forever enough
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough
Cause I'm never, never giving you up
I slip in bed when you're asleep
To hold you close and feel your breath on me
Tomorrow there'll be so much to do
So tonight I'll drift in a dream with you
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough, is forever enough
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough
Cause I'm never, never giving you up
As you wander through this troubled world
In search of all things beautiful
You can close your eyes when you're miles away
And hear my voice like a serenade
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough, is forever enough
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough
Cause I'm never, never giving you up
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough, is forever enough
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough
Cause I'm never, never giving you up
Is forever enough
Cause I'm never, never giving you up
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Nesting, or just decluttering?
So I'm finding that already this year I have started knuckling down and organizing the house. I can't decide if it's me starting to nest, or if it's because I am tired of hearing J complain about how disorganized our house is. (He's right.) Last week I did the medicine/candy/mixing bowl cabinet, made sense of all the random plastic storage containers in the back of the pantry, and two kitchen drawers, plus a good chunk out of the front room closet. So far today I've done the drawers in the side tables in the living room, the nightstand drawers, and my lotion/deodorant basket on the dresser (though that will be revisited when I do the bathroom). Plus, I've been doing a lot better at keeping up with the kitchen nonsense...and laundry is actually moving towards the place it belongs instead of sitting in the dryer!
Not only that, but I have made at least one meal every day except Saturday since the New Year! Granted, Friday J was told to just eat leftovers and I stopped for Subway (overslept and had errands to run before work, so no time), but I made the leftovers he was supposed to eat! AND he has had a lunch every.single.workday since the New Year. That's been something I've struggled with, because he always wants the same thing: peanut butter and jelly, yogurt or cottage double, and some kind of salty snack and a sweet. B.O.R.I.N.G!!! Now, I'm kind of liking it, because I can make a couple PB&J's at a time, throw them in the freezer...and then just throw that and the rest of the cold stuff in his bag before I leave for work or go to bed. I had tried making multiple sandwiches in advance before, and it didn't work out so well bc I left them in the fridge instead of freezing them, and they'd get all goopy...but it seems he can't really tell the frozen and fresh ones apart. Score! :-D
Anyway, gotta wrap this up because its 12:45 and we're out of peanut butter and yogurt, so I gotta run out quick so I can make some sammies, finish my dinner, and shower...and still get to work on time lol
Not only that, but I have made at least one meal every day except Saturday since the New Year! Granted, Friday J was told to just eat leftovers and I stopped for Subway (overslept and had errands to run before work, so no time), but I made the leftovers he was supposed to eat! AND he has had a lunch every.single.workday since the New Year. That's been something I've struggled with, because he always wants the same thing: peanut butter and jelly, yogurt or cottage double, and some kind of salty snack and a sweet. B.O.R.I.N.G!!! Now, I'm kind of liking it, because I can make a couple PB&J's at a time, throw them in the freezer...and then just throw that and the rest of the cold stuff in his bag before I leave for work or go to bed. I had tried making multiple sandwiches in advance before, and it didn't work out so well bc I left them in the fridge instead of freezing them, and they'd get all goopy...but it seems he can't really tell the frozen and fresh ones apart. Score! :-D
Anyway, gotta wrap this up because its 12:45 and we're out of peanut butter and yogurt, so I gotta run out quick so I can make some sammies, finish my dinner, and shower...and still get to work on time lol
Thursday, January 5, 2012
feeling extremely lazy...
There are so many things I should be doing right now...
There's also the matter of everything I *say* I should do...such as:
Oh well, at least I remembered to turn the crockpot on when I took Logan out early this morning so dinner will be ready when I DO get up. Which should be soon, since the lack of clean scrub jackets is somewhat disturbing, and it takes forever to run a load through both washer and dryer.
I have to go for my 1-hour glucose next week. Not looking forward to that at all, especially since I'm seeing a LOT of people on my mommy boards have been failing it lately. *sigh* at least I have my Kindle to keep me company...Then the following week is my last 4-week appointment (even though they're less than 3 weeks apart). It's gonna be weird when I start doing the every 2 weeks, since all of my appointments except the last two were about 6 weeks apart instead of 4. So I'm *really* going to feel like I'm there all the time. The nice thing is I just put in my last schedule for work until the baby comes, so it'll be easy to schedule my appointments.
- dishwasher needs to be unloaded/reloaded
- J's lunch for tomorrow needs to be packed
- I need a shower
- I need to eat
- there's laundry piled up in three corners and in the washer
- the comforter I took to the laundromat yesterday is still sitting in my car and needs to come in
- Logan needs a bath
- there's dog puke under the bed since 6:30 this morning (yes, I heard him puking and didn't clean it up right away. So sue me. I've done it right away the last 4 times he's woken me up in the middle of the night rutzing. He's not a baby, and he's not laying in it).
- and somewhere in there I need to wash a scrub jacket for tonight
There's also the matter of everything I *say* I should do...such as:
- finish cleaning out the closet in the front room
- clear off the kitchen table so we can actually eat there
- clean out both freezers and take stock of what I do and don't have
- organize the master bathroom cabinets/closet
- get my steamvac back from my mom and do the carpet in Aimee's room (and under my bed)
- bring the rockers up to Aimee's room from the basement and figure out if I need to paint them or not (at least one of them, if not both, needs paint)
- go through all the baby stuff my mom's friend gave me last week
- clean both bassinets and the bedding on both
- make cushions for the "good" rocker
- repair the "old" rocker (for the third time) and recover the cushions
- finish sewing binding on the chenille blanket I started over Christmas so I can wash the pile of finished crochet and sewing projects sitting in the front room (I refuse to wash newly finished projects with the regular wash in case something goes horribly wrong in the laundry lol)
- help J clear out the closet in Aimee's room so I can move the cubie unit from my closet to hers (and get fabric bins for it)
- make a spot in my closet for J's camera equipment, since he's losing all his storage space to the baby
Oh well, at least I remembered to turn the crockpot on when I took Logan out early this morning so dinner will be ready when I DO get up. Which should be soon, since the lack of clean scrub jackets is somewhat disturbing, and it takes forever to run a load through both washer and dryer.
I have to go for my 1-hour glucose next week. Not looking forward to that at all, especially since I'm seeing a LOT of people on my mommy boards have been failing it lately. *sigh* at least I have my Kindle to keep me company...Then the following week is my last 4-week appointment (even though they're less than 3 weeks apart). It's gonna be weird when I start doing the every 2 weeks, since all of my appointments except the last two were about 6 weeks apart instead of 4. So I'm *really* going to feel like I'm there all the time. The nice thing is I just put in my last schedule for work until the baby comes, so it'll be easy to schedule my appointments.
Monday, January 2, 2012
New Year, New Plans...
I know a lot of people overload their blogs with "Year in Review" posts, but I think I've earned one this year, darnit! :) Don't worry, it's not a lot...mainly it's just for me to look back and realize exactly how much crocheting and sewing I got accomplished last year.
For my friend Jill's beautiful little girl Katie born in July: a bear hat and diaper cover set (2 hats, since I was just figuring our the gauge on the first one) [purchased on etsy - I can't find the original seller anymore], granny square baby blankt in pinks and purples, and a baby sock laundry bag [pattern here]
For my co-worker's little girl who came in June: a diaper cover and flowered headband [used the same diaper cover pattern that came with the bear hat, and this headband pattern]
My grandmother has had a rough two years, being in the hospital almost as much as she is out of it. I wanted her to have something to snuggle besides those nasty hospital blankets, so I made her a granny square throw in pinks and browns. I loved this blanket and almost didn't want to give it up!
Then I tried my hand at bag-making and created a granny square purse - well, that one didn't go as well as I thought it would. When all was said and done, it looks more like a fancy changing pad with handles. So, I made a diaper clutch to go with it [lost the link for this one, as well], and figure I'll use it as some point with Aimee when I don't feel like lugging the huge bag around. I also made a blue and yellow striped hip bag for my friend Missy just big enough for her keys, wallet, and gloves to take to WVU football games, and a water bottle carrier so she has her hands free while running the Mon River Trail.
My mother-in-law received a woodland circle blanket [lion brand pattern] in shades of green to match her new bedroom for Christmas this year.
With so many babies being born in the next year, I needed to jump on the baby blanket machine! I made two knit variations of the wee warmth baby blanket [lion brand pattern], one in blue, yellow, and white, and one in green and yellow (neither of the recipients are finding out the sex until their due dates, which are in two and three weeks, respectively!). I was absolutely convinced I was having a boy for a while, so I also did a crochet variation of wee warmth in blue and white - and ended up giving it to someone who IS having a boy.
My mom got two more swiffer covers for Christmas the past year - the two I made last year only fit her older, smaller swiffer, so I made two more to fit her second one, which is newer and somewhat larger.
Now for Miss Aimee, she already has her own granny square throw in purples and greens, a rug for her room [a baby blanket (same colors) that I got tired of and Logan claimed - pattern here], a pair of mary jane booties in black, a pair of ballet slippers in pink, and a elf hat, diaper cover, and ballet slipper set in purple and lavender [link to the hat pattern is saved on my phone, which is dead. Happy to send it to anyone that wants it once the phone charges! also, the bootie and slipper patterns are all from a book]
I think that's everything I actually finished - 25 crochet/knit patterns in all. I frogged a LOT of projects that I started this year (pretty much everything on my "in progress" sidebar, and more), and have several that I've started, but never finished.
As for sewing, I finished one of these Chenille baby blankets, and just need to put binding on a second one, and a lap/burp cloth sized one. I made a bunch of these earbud pouches and small zippered pouches for my brothers, a small zippered pouch and a boxy bag for my mom, two microfiber swiffer dusters for my mom and one for Jason's car, a notebook cover for my older brother (with two more that need to be finished), and a hooded towel for my friend's daughter.
Here's hoping that 2012 brings more actual FINISHED projects, and not a lot of WIP that I have to explain away...
For my friend Jill's beautiful little girl Katie born in July: a bear hat and diaper cover set (2 hats, since I was just figuring our the gauge on the first one) [purchased on etsy - I can't find the original seller anymore], granny square baby blankt in pinks and purples, and a baby sock laundry bag [pattern here]
For my co-worker's little girl who came in June: a diaper cover and flowered headband [used the same diaper cover pattern that came with the bear hat, and this headband pattern]
My grandmother has had a rough two years, being in the hospital almost as much as she is out of it. I wanted her to have something to snuggle besides those nasty hospital blankets, so I made her a granny square throw in pinks and browns. I loved this blanket and almost didn't want to give it up!
Then I tried my hand at bag-making and created a granny square purse - well, that one didn't go as well as I thought it would. When all was said and done, it looks more like a fancy changing pad with handles. So, I made a diaper clutch to go with it [lost the link for this one, as well], and figure I'll use it as some point with Aimee when I don't feel like lugging the huge bag around. I also made a blue and yellow striped hip bag for my friend Missy just big enough for her keys, wallet, and gloves to take to WVU football games, and a water bottle carrier so she has her hands free while running the Mon River Trail.
My mother-in-law received a woodland circle blanket [lion brand pattern] in shades of green to match her new bedroom for Christmas this year.
With so many babies being born in the next year, I needed to jump on the baby blanket machine! I made two knit variations of the wee warmth baby blanket [lion brand pattern], one in blue, yellow, and white, and one in green and yellow (neither of the recipients are finding out the sex until their due dates, which are in two and three weeks, respectively!). I was absolutely convinced I was having a boy for a while, so I also did a crochet variation of wee warmth in blue and white - and ended up giving it to someone who IS having a boy.
My mom got two more swiffer covers for Christmas the past year - the two I made last year only fit her older, smaller swiffer, so I made two more to fit her second one, which is newer and somewhat larger.
Now for Miss Aimee, she already has her own granny square throw in purples and greens, a rug for her room [a baby blanket (same colors) that I got tired of and Logan claimed - pattern here], a pair of mary jane booties in black, a pair of ballet slippers in pink, and a elf hat, diaper cover, and ballet slipper set in purple and lavender [link to the hat pattern is saved on my phone, which is dead. Happy to send it to anyone that wants it once the phone charges! also, the bootie and slipper patterns are all from a book]
I think that's everything I actually finished - 25 crochet/knit patterns in all. I frogged a LOT of projects that I started this year (pretty much everything on my "in progress" sidebar, and more), and have several that I've started, but never finished.
As for sewing, I finished one of these Chenille baby blankets, and just need to put binding on a second one, and a lap/burp cloth sized one. I made a bunch of these earbud pouches and small zippered pouches for my brothers, a small zippered pouch and a boxy bag for my mom, two microfiber swiffer dusters for my mom and one for Jason's car, a notebook cover for my older brother (with two more that need to be finished), and a hooded towel for my friend's daughter.
Here's hoping that 2012 brings more actual FINISHED projects, and not a lot of WIP that I have to explain away...
Monday, December 12, 2011
The weather outside is frightful...
Frightfully cold, that is! Temperatures have been staying in the 20's and 30's around here, which makes me very sad. I've never been a fan of cold weather; was even less of a fan of it when I worked my 12-hour dayshifts and the only time I could see the sun was through the windows or when I was taking a discharged patient to meet their ride. I usually get that seasonal depression really bad around this time of year. So far though, I've been doing pretty good. Heck, my attitude's been better in the last three weeks since I went back to evening/nightshift than it had been the last three months of summer! I feel like I can get up in the morning and accomplish things before I go to work. I can do a load or two of laundry, get my grocery shopping done, clean up the mess from the day before, do some crochet, make sure J has some supper (and possibly a lunch for the next day), and/or spend some time with Logan so he doesn't destroy the house when I leave (he had been good about being left alone since he was neutered in May, and started doing it sporadically for spite in July after I got pregnant). Sometimes its only a few things on the list, sometimes it's everything. I've noticed I'm also waking up earlier/sleeping shorter periods than usual since I went back to "my" shift. Occasionally I still have days where I sleep 12 hours and feel like I could've slept more, but for the most part I'm waking up anywhere between 7 and 9 after my nights off, and around 10 or 11 the day after I work (getting home and to bed between 3:30 and 5am). I think the nicest part about it though, is that our thermostat is programmed to have the house a nice toasty 72 degrees by 5ish for when J gets up, so the house is soooo cozy and warm when I get home AND he already has the bed all warmed up and is all soft and cuddly and eager to snuggle when I crawl in. There's nothing worse than crawling into a cold bed in a cold room and trying to fall asleep after working 12+ hours...maybe that's part of why I sleep so well now!
Last week though, I really felt like I spent no time at home. I worked Sunday night, spent Monday running errands with a girlfriend; went with my brother down to my grandmother's old house almost 90 minutes away (where my uncle and aunt now live) to pick up some furniture and dishes on Tuesday; dropped Christmas stuff off at my other grandmother's and went shopping all day with my mom on Wednesday; and then Thursday and Friday were a flurry of cooking before going to work because nightshift had our own Christmas party while the rest of the unit was out partying Friday night. I'm hoping I wake up at a decent time tomorrow to go get my grocery shopping done before work, because I plan on staying home and doing little things I keep missing on Wednesday - one of which being finishing a chenille blanket I started sewing for Aimee months ago (and didn't finish because I needed to know what color binding to put on it), finishing my parent's Christmas presents, and taking a good chunk out of the Christmas wrapping. I've been putting that off because I didn't know where to put everything once wrapped, since Logan developed a taste for wrapping paper last year. He totally destroyed the wrapping paper and box for my father-in-law's gift last year!
Another thing I need to do Wednesday - Christmas cookies. I made a double batch of oatmeal cookies with butterscotch and dark chocolate chips yesterday, and that's the ONLY batch of cookies I've made this year! I'm thinking only single batches this year though...I had way too many leftovers last year and ended up throwing some out bc they went stale before we ate them. This year's list includes oatmeal (done), peanut blossoms, chocolate chip, and possibly sand tarts. I think I already have sand tart dough in the freezer from last year, but if I don't I won't bother with them. Unless J is desperate for decorated cookies, that'll be about it this year. Other than shopping, I'm a bit of a Scrooge this year - probably because I'm working all Christmas weekend and don't see the point of going all gaga for a holiday I'm not really going to get to enjoy lol
Not much to report in the baby department. We did finally start working on the BRU registry...hoping my mom will go down with me on Thursday to give insight on "Yes you need it/forget about it". Belly is finally starting to expand at an alarming rate, though I'm wondering if part of that is that I can't remember the last time I had a decent BM. O the joys of pregnancy nobody warns you about until you experience it...like when you're too big for your own clothes, but too small for maternity clothes so you try to wear a belly band over your pants and still have to keep hitching them like a gangster...or that you'll spend more time adjusting your clothes AFTER you go to the bathroom than you will actually GOING to the bathroom...or the fact that even though your boobs were more than plentiful before pregnancy, you're eventually going to give Dolly Parton a run for her money. Ugh. I'm going to need to order new bras again next paycheck. That part's getting old. Fast.
Last week though, I really felt like I spent no time at home. I worked Sunday night, spent Monday running errands with a girlfriend; went with my brother down to my grandmother's old house almost 90 minutes away (where my uncle and aunt now live) to pick up some furniture and dishes on Tuesday; dropped Christmas stuff off at my other grandmother's and went shopping all day with my mom on Wednesday; and then Thursday and Friday were a flurry of cooking before going to work because nightshift had our own Christmas party while the rest of the unit was out partying Friday night. I'm hoping I wake up at a decent time tomorrow to go get my grocery shopping done before work, because I plan on staying home and doing little things I keep missing on Wednesday - one of which being finishing a chenille blanket I started sewing for Aimee months ago (and didn't finish because I needed to know what color binding to put on it), finishing my parent's Christmas presents, and taking a good chunk out of the Christmas wrapping. I've been putting that off because I didn't know where to put everything once wrapped, since Logan developed a taste for wrapping paper last year. He totally destroyed the wrapping paper and box for my father-in-law's gift last year!
Another thing I need to do Wednesday - Christmas cookies. I made a double batch of oatmeal cookies with butterscotch and dark chocolate chips yesterday, and that's the ONLY batch of cookies I've made this year! I'm thinking only single batches this year though...I had way too many leftovers last year and ended up throwing some out bc they went stale before we ate them. This year's list includes oatmeal (done), peanut blossoms, chocolate chip, and possibly sand tarts. I think I already have sand tart dough in the freezer from last year, but if I don't I won't bother with them. Unless J is desperate for decorated cookies, that'll be about it this year. Other than shopping, I'm a bit of a Scrooge this year - probably because I'm working all Christmas weekend and don't see the point of going all gaga for a holiday I'm not really going to get to enjoy lol
Not much to report in the baby department. We did finally start working on the BRU registry...hoping my mom will go down with me on Thursday to give insight on "Yes you need it/forget about it". Belly is finally starting to expand at an alarming rate, though I'm wondering if part of that is that I can't remember the last time I had a decent BM. O the joys of pregnancy nobody warns you about until you experience it...like when you're too big for your own clothes, but too small for maternity clothes so you try to wear a belly band over your pants and still have to keep hitching them like a gangster...or that you'll spend more time adjusting your clothes AFTER you go to the bathroom than you will actually GOING to the bathroom...or the fact that even though your boobs were more than plentiful before pregnancy, you're eventually going to give Dolly Parton a run for her money. Ugh. I'm going to need to order new bras again next paycheck. That part's getting old. Fast.
Monday, December 5, 2011
It's a....Girl!?!
Well, guess intuition is not to be totally trusted in pregnancy!! I was completely caught off guard by this one! I had joked with J that unless the doc could positively show me proof that this was a girl, I was going for a 3D/4D ultrasound, even if I had to put it on the credit card I'm trying to pay off before the baby comes. Well, when he pulled the probe back to get a kidney shot, I got a clear view of everything. Then he "officially" looked...and even though I knew he was right, I made him recheck three times! He finally looked at me and said, "Unless she sprouts a penis in the next 20 weeks, it's a girl. This is as good a shot as you're ever gonna get!" Normally he's very serious and straight-faced with me, but I DID make him laugh a little when I told him, "You don't understand - my mom is never going to let me live this down. She told me she knew this was a girl, just like she knew Geoff [my brother] was a boy even when you said he wasn't." Knowing my mom for as long as he has (over 30 years...22 of which as her OB/GYN), all he could do was laugh at that one...because it's definitely true!
Both families are ecstatic - my brothers were hoping for a niece to spoil rotten, and me being the only girl means my dad has a LOT of little girl spoiling left in him! (Mom already "knew", but she's excited for tea parties and princess cakes.) And J's side? Well, this is the first girl born in his dad's family since 1865 - they all thought there was no way we could have a girl. So yeah, I'd say they're just a little thrilled. :)
So our ultrasound was a week ago tomorrow...and I'm finally getting used to the idea that we're having a little girl and not the boy we thought we were going to have. I've finally stopped calling her "it" and "him" (what can I say, I spent 18 weeks thinking it was a boy!). She has a name. I have settled a color scheme for her room, though exact colors won't be decided until closer to Christmas. I hit the thrift stores on Friday and bought some pink and purple onesies and jumpers. And the first of many crocheted blankets this little girl will have has been started.
So without further ado... Aimee Lynne's first pictures...and a new belly shot!
Both families are ecstatic - my brothers were hoping for a niece to spoil rotten, and me being the only girl means my dad has a LOT of little girl spoiling left in him! (Mom already "knew", but she's excited for tea parties and princess cakes.) And J's side? Well, this is the first girl born in his dad's family since 1865 - they all thought there was no way we could have a girl. So yeah, I'd say they're just a little thrilled. :)
So our ultrasound was a week ago tomorrow...and I'm finally getting used to the idea that we're having a little girl and not the boy we thought we were going to have. I've finally stopped calling her "it" and "him" (what can I say, I spent 18 weeks thinking it was a boy!). She has a name. I have settled a color scheme for her room, though exact colors won't be decided until closer to Christmas. I hit the thrift stores on Friday and bought some pink and purple onesies and jumpers. And the first of many crocheted blankets this little girl will have has been started.
So without further ado... Aimee Lynne's first pictures...and a new belly shot!
 |
| Hand in front of her nose...it's a very skeletal shot |
 |
| Much better face shot |
 |
| 20 weeks..so about 2 weeks ago. I can barely get those pants over my thighs/hips now...they're in the "postpartum" bin in my closet. |
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Sick sick sick...(18w.5d)
Ugh, I hate getting sick. I can handle an allergy attack...much prefer those, since I just take some claratin and a nap and I'm good to go. But this...this sucks.
I started in with a sore throat as I was falling asleep Monday night...figured it was still some post nasal drip from an allergy attack on Saturday, no big deal. Woke up yesterday, and my throat felt like it was on fire! That was pretty much the only thing going on...but I should've taken a clue, since I wanted tea instead of coffee. Anytime I actually *want* to drink hot tea, I am most definitely getting sick. It's like my body knows that cold fluids aren't going to be well accepted. Anyway, at the end of the day, I had the whole body aches, chills, and a low grade temp - even with Tylenol in my system. By the time I got home, I felt so horrible, I sat on J's ottoman and just cried for a while. He finally put me in the bathtub and said a few things that made me feel better about calling off work today.
So now I sit here at home, burning 12 hours of PTO that I really can't afford to burn right now...waiting for my momma to bring me my family's traditional "sick time" foods - egg drop soup and 7up. She's also bringing me popsicles, mucinex, milk, and steakum for J's supper. I think she misses taking care of me when I'm sick. I've always been the really independent one in my family, and the only time I ever really let her baby me was when I was sick. Then I got married and moved out...and the few times I've been sick since then, she stepped back and let J do the babying.
Baby-wise, everything seems to be going well. I started feeling movement at night when I'm trying to sleep a couple weeks ago, and last Friday started feeling it a little bit during the day. Ultrasound is in 3 weeks, and I can't wait. I will be absolutely shocked if this is anything but a boy, though! I've been feeling boy pretty much since the day I found out, though I did have a spell of wishfully thinking it might be a girl. J's rooting for a boy (to carry on the family names), as are both his grandfathers and my grandmothers. Anytime I see either Pop Pop, first thing they ask me is "How's my great-grandson doing??" LOL I think Poppop K would have the big one if we have a girl - they haven't had a girl in 6 generations!
I haven't been good about taking pictures so far, either. But there's not much growth to document right now, unless you want to see how much my chest has expanded!! I'm now in an "E" bra, and even that feels tight on my bigger breast. Thankfully I found a website last year that carries weird bra sizes, and has an awesome return policy. Only trouble is they're in the UK, so if something's the wrong size, it'll take a while to get it exchanged. But I managed to get three decent nursing bras for about $50 including shipping, which is less than my mom paid at Motherhood Maternity's "buy 3 get 1 free" sale in August, and I didn't have a salesgirl telling me to buy the wrong size.
(True story - I KNOW my bra size, and the girl at MM told me I measured 2 band sizes too big and a cup size too small. I just looked at her and said "I need XYZ size right now. How is my cup size going to go DOWN in the next several weeks?")
Anyway, I should get moving here. I want to at least attempt to move the mound a dishes from one end of the counter to the other so it doesn't look quite as messy when my mom gets here...
I started in with a sore throat as I was falling asleep Monday night...figured it was still some post nasal drip from an allergy attack on Saturday, no big deal. Woke up yesterday, and my throat felt like it was on fire! That was pretty much the only thing going on...but I should've taken a clue, since I wanted tea instead of coffee. Anytime I actually *want* to drink hot tea, I am most definitely getting sick. It's like my body knows that cold fluids aren't going to be well accepted. Anyway, at the end of the day, I had the whole body aches, chills, and a low grade temp - even with Tylenol in my system. By the time I got home, I felt so horrible, I sat on J's ottoman and just cried for a while. He finally put me in the bathtub and said a few things that made me feel better about calling off work today.
So now I sit here at home, burning 12 hours of PTO that I really can't afford to burn right now...waiting for my momma to bring me my family's traditional "sick time" foods - egg drop soup and 7up. She's also bringing me popsicles, mucinex, milk, and steakum for J's supper. I think she misses taking care of me when I'm sick. I've always been the really independent one in my family, and the only time I ever really let her baby me was when I was sick. Then I got married and moved out...and the few times I've been sick since then, she stepped back and let J do the babying.
Baby-wise, everything seems to be going well. I started feeling movement at night when I'm trying to sleep a couple weeks ago, and last Friday started feeling it a little bit during the day. Ultrasound is in 3 weeks, and I can't wait. I will be absolutely shocked if this is anything but a boy, though! I've been feeling boy pretty much since the day I found out, though I did have a spell of wishfully thinking it might be a girl. J's rooting for a boy (to carry on the family names), as are both his grandfathers and my grandmothers. Anytime I see either Pop Pop, first thing they ask me is "How's my great-grandson doing??" LOL I think Poppop K would have the big one if we have a girl - they haven't had a girl in 6 generations!
I haven't been good about taking pictures so far, either. But there's not much growth to document right now, unless you want to see how much my chest has expanded!! I'm now in an "E" bra, and even that feels tight on my bigger breast. Thankfully I found a website last year that carries weird bra sizes, and has an awesome return policy. Only trouble is they're in the UK, so if something's the wrong size, it'll take a while to get it exchanged. But I managed to get three decent nursing bras for about $50 including shipping, which is less than my mom paid at Motherhood Maternity's "buy 3 get 1 free" sale in August, and I didn't have a salesgirl telling me to buy the wrong size.
(True story - I KNOW my bra size, and the girl at MM told me I measured 2 band sizes too big and a cup size too small. I just looked at her and said "I need XYZ size right now. How is my cup size going to go DOWN in the next several weeks?")
Anyway, I should get moving here. I want to at least attempt to move the mound a dishes from one end of the counter to the other so it doesn't look quite as messy when my mom gets here...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)