Luke's Birthday

Today September 30th is Luke's birthday, he is getting old, but you would never know it:)
We are staying in tonight and grilling out, going out with some friends tomorrow night and celebrating our wedding anniversary on Friday night, not sure what we are going to do, probably out to dinner somewhere. Sunday on our actual anniversary we are going to eat the top of our wedding cake that has been frozen for almost a year. I need to start thawing it out Thursday, hopefully it is really good! A lot going on this week and weekend. Can't believe it has already been a year since we got married, time has just gone by sooo fast! Sad news, our family dog Dakota passed away on Monday. Luckily she was staying with my grandma and grandpa and I know they always take really good care of her. Sounded like she was doing fine on Sunday, and maybe passed away in her sleep :( Really sad and bummed out about it. She was old, but I certaintly did not see it coming, especially after just seeing her when I was home in July/August.
Things like this make you appreciate the dogs you do have now :) My weight gain is beyond anything I expected at this point, I stopped weighing myself daily and have not been walking like I had planned, especially after what happened last Friday. Anxious to see what the doc will say tomorrow, I'm positive everything is fine, just really hoping they don't say anything about resting more or bed rest or anything along those lines, that will just drive me crazy if I have to do that.

What a weekend

What a weekend it has been. We went out for Luke's birthday on Friday night, gave him his video camera and video game. We ate at a Steak place we had never been to before. It was pretty good...they have the biggest carrots I have ever seen there. Saturday was a lazy day, Luke and I went out to breakfast at Jerry Bobs and then napped the rest of the day. We took my mom and dad out to eat at Jax Kitchen, one of our favorite places to go to. It was good as usual. Sunday I was up by 630am and at the grocery by 8am, got laundry done, and put the stroller and carseat together. My parents were at the house by 1pm and we took off to go to Glendale for the Colts vs. Cardinals game. We stopped and ate a late lunch early dinner at Native New Yorker. Got to the stadium, had to park really far away and took a cab to try to get us closer to the stadium, it was really really hot, but inside it was nice and cool. The Colts won, it was a good game. I was actually surprised at all the Colts fans that were there. We got home about 1130 so I was in bed by midnight. Pretty tired today...but Jason did get my computer sent back to me. So that is good, need to familarize myself with it since it does not have windows on it anymore. Luke will be glad to have it back that's for sure and hopefully it does not get infected like this ever again. It's Monday...nothing going on tonight...I need to look on the web to see what I need to do about thawing out our wedding cake, our 1 year anniversary is coming up and we are celebrating it on Friday night. Thursday and Friday are actually going to be pretty busy, I do have my next doc appt on Thursday afternoon, should be an interesting one.

Celebrating the hubby's bday early tonight

Tonight we are all going out to dinner at a Steak place that we have never been to before for Luke's birthday, even though it's not actually until next Wednesday, but I wanted to give him his presents early, which I can't wait for. Talked to my good friend Ameena last night, it's always good catching up with her and there was an all new Grey's Anatomy on last night 2 hours, I watched it over at my parents house after we had dinner. It was 2 hours long, so I didn't go to bed last night until 11pm, very late for me. Jody leaves today, it was nice visiting with her and I got to see all of Adam and Anne's wedding pictures. My feet were still really swollen last night, and they have gone down a little bit this morning, but I'm gonna keep an eye them and hopefully it doesn't continue. No real big plans for Saturday...and then Colts game on Sunday! But the next 2 weeks are filled with lots of appointments and things going on!

Really swollen

We all went out to dinner last night, I regretted it later when I had horrible heart burn, but I knew it was gonna happen. Took some Tums and went to bed. But this morning I actually felt like I had a hangover and my left ankle and foot is sooo swollen, it's so uncomfortable. Had a headache and was really tired, even though I went to bed early and slept pretty good last night.
I don't really have anything here at work to prop it up on, my flip flop doesn't fit. I have never seen it so swollen during the morning, usually it happens, later in the day or at night. I have been drinking water like crazy hoping that it will help, so far nothing. I hope this doesn't last all day. Nash has been kicking really hard lately, sometimes it's painful and I think I have been feeling his hiccups when he has them, which seem to be a lot as well. Just when I thought it was cooling down and actually had been the last few nights, I hear this weekend is suppose to be hot again.

Not sure I can eat another clemantine

I just peeled a clemantine and went to eat the first piece and it tasted absolutely disgusting. I have lost my appetite and I'm not sure I can eat another one for quite some time. Too bad I have a whole bowl full of them at home. The weather cooled off quite a bit last night, it was nice and cool this morning, but of course now that I am in the office and the sun is up it's a little toasty for my taste. I decided to wear jeans today, first time I have worn jeans since probably May or April. It has been a while. Granted these are maternity jeans, but still jeans at that.
I get to see Jody tonight, I'm sure we will probably go out to dinner, maybe El Charros, one of my favorite Mexican places. This week is going by pretty fast, grateful for that at least. Brewski kept me up last night, whining at the foot of the bed, little did I know, all he wanted was water, found that out this morning when I took them out and he stopped at the water bowl and just stared at me. It would be so much easier if he could just tell me he is thirsty instead of making his little squeak sound and staring at me. So I didn't get a whole lot of sleep because of that, and Bobby was actually the good one last night, staying under the covers. I bought a new planner yesterday for 2010. It's amazing how just buying a planner/organizer for the new year makes me happy. I love organizing them, this one is pretty fancy too. I can't believe I only have 7 weeks left, it's crazy, and it could actually be less then 7 weeks, which is even more exciting.

daycare is scary, but the Colts won

Yesterday Luke and I met with a lady who does daycare out of her home. It was a "reality check" experience. I have nothing bad to say about the woman, in fact I think she would be fine and she knows what she is doing. But it just didn't feel like a right fit for us. And it makes me even more nervous about trying to find a person/place that will work and that we will be able to afford. My friend Maria has offered from the beginning to watch him and continues to offer, maybe we will get lucky and it will workout with her, I sure hope, because I trust her more then a stranger, no matter how much experience they have. On a lighter note the Colts beat the Dolphins last night, on Monday night football, it was a good game. My parents came over to the house to watch it and we just ordered pizza. No plans tonight, I'm really looking forward to the Colts game on Sunday in Phoenix, should be fun :)

Great weekend and a busy Monday!

Mom got into town Saturday morning, and we went shopping at Babies R Us and finally got a stroller with a matching carseat and a matching pack-n-play, not one of those fancy ones though, more like a play-pen. I really like the carseat and stroller, we almost didn't even see it, it wasn't with all the other strollers and it's one of those where the carseat fits on the stroller and it's not big and bulky like a lot of those other ones are. And it has a jungle animal theme. And it was really reasonable in price. So now, I think we finally got everything that we need or at least the big items that we need. Luke and I are meeting with a potential daycare provider today at her home. She does in home daycare, so we will see how it goes. I'm actually really hoping it works out with her, because her price is very reasonable. Then tonight the Colts play on Monday night football. Unfortunately our home computer is completely infected, I'm hoping Jason can get on it today and take a look at it and fix it. This week will actually be a busy one, my aunt Jody is coming to visit as well. She gets in tomorrow, she has never been out here before, so I'm pretty excited for her to visit. And I am really looking forward to the Colts vs. Cardinals game on Sunday that we are going to up in Glendale. I have not been to the Cardinals stadium, but Luke says it's really nice, it will be nice to just do something different on a Sunday for a change. And we are celebrating Luke's 31st birthday on Friday night even though it's not actually until the 30th. So lots going on, which means the week will go by a lot faster which is always a good thing.

Aches and pains

What should be an easy task, turned into a 3 hour ordeal for me last night. Just trying to clean the house and get it looking nice for when my parents come visit was so hard. My whole body hurts today. I obviously got a good workout in, hopefully burned a few calories. And that was only the upstairs, I still have the whole downstairs to finish tonight. Mom gets in early tomorrow, we will probably go look at car seats and strollers tomorrow, I think that is the last of the big items that we need for Nash. And then we should be ready. Even though the weather is cooling off a little bit, I seem to be getting hotter and more often and especially at night when I'm trying to sleep. The dogs are going to be excited to see mom tomorrow, especially Brewski, he just loves her to death, it's crazy, he will probably pee everywhere when he sees her. Thank goodness it's Friday...another week done and next week I will be down to 7 weeks left...hopefully a little lest like 6 1/2, that would be nice

Thursday...doctor's appointment today...once again very sleepy :( Had a good night last night, finally had Luke paint my toenails. Hopefully he does not have to do it for me again ;) But they do look better then they did before. But I think next month I will try to go get them done instead of having him do it again. We accomplished getting shelves hung in the nursery, and I put all the jungle animal decals on the wall. Everything is almost complete, I just have some last minute organizing that I need to do. Had a good dinner last night filled with lots of starch, but it was sooo worth it. Wathched one of my favorite shows, Destination Truth, it was a crazy show, very creepy. I have to clean the house tonight, I have put it off all week, hopefully I have the energy, because the way I feel right now I just want to close my eyes and sleep the day away.

Wednesday is devoted to TV

Yuck, I'm really not liking this week so far. I have NO energy to do anything and I have lots that I still need to do. Work is not keeping me motivated lately, my mind is else where. I think I have made the decision to stop going to the gym to workout and just stick with walking and using my light weights at home. Just changing clothes in the locker room takes me forever and I'm so out of breath by the time I'm done...it's annoying. And all the staring people do, it's just gotten old. I feel like I have been defeated though, or like I'm giving up. I tried my hardest to talk myself out of working out yesterday, but I ended up going, and did a light workout and then went home and did absolutely nothing, I fell asleep by 730pm...and went to bed at 930pm. UGH! Tinight is my favorite TV night right now. Destination Truth, Ghost Hunters, So you Think you Can Dance. 3 of my fav shows. And Wednesday mean Luke and I cook dinner and get to eat together. Tonight is Pork chops, can't wait. The roof is getting fixed tomorrow, only costing us around $200, so not too bad.
Brewski goes for a follow up appointment today at the vet for his sore, which is completely gone.
But he has to get an update on his shots.
Tomorrow I have my bi-weekly doc appointment and will be exactly 32 weeks tomorrow.
Looks like I will be scrambling Thursday and Friday getting stuff done around the house.
Had another painful night of sleep, my hips are hurting bad again, it's so annoying.
Read up yesterday on the 3 stages of labor, and my non-chalant attitude towards it has changed to anxiety towards it. It's the unknown that scares the crap out of me!

Kicker McKickerson

Nash is not letting me sleep on my left side, like recommended. It's kicks like crazy everytime I try to sleep on that side. I can only sleep on my right side for so long. For some reason the past 2 days my alarm has failed to go off at 5am, but I somehow manage to wake up around that time anyways without it. The roofers are coming today to look at our roof problems and the leak. I only hope they don't inform us of more problems that we don't have the funds for. I did not accomplish a workout yesterday, therefore it's today, tomorrow. Won't be able to go on Saturday because I have to pick my mom up at the airport at 915am.
I got some good recommendations on some daycares from the photographer that is going to be taking Nash's first pictures. Too bad 2 of them were Churches, I'm pretty sure you have to be members of the church to use the daycare, not that it's a bad thing, it's just not in for us right now. We are going to go check out a lady who runs daycare out of her home, hopefully next Monday. And then there are a couple facilities that I want to look at and Luke's sergeant might have a place or someone to recommend to us as well. So we will compare prices, locations and see what we can come up with. I don't like this part of the planning, but I know it has to be done and it's better to get an early start on it now, less to worry about later. I am so not motivated to be at work, I'm 100% uncomfortable at my desk...and always sleepy after lunch.

8 weeks left

I have 8 weeks left, give or take. Had a pretty productive weekend. Spent Saturday cleaning and organizing garage, got some stuff at Home Depot. Luke called in sick Saturday, he was being very productive, put together the bouncer chair for Nash, washed his car. We stayed in Saturday night, watched a movie and I think I fell asleep on the couch by like 930. Pathetic, I know. I was up early Sunday, off to the store, met up with Luke and Joe for lunch and to watch the Colts game. Had a lot of trouble sleeping last night, kept waking up, and I woke up sweating at like 4am and never went back to sleep, not a good way to start a Monday.
Saturday night we discovered that we have a leak in our roof...not good, so I need to call a roof company today and get someone out there to fix it. I'm liking our sun screens so far. They make the house a lot darker, but I really like it, I have been able to turn the thermostat up a few degrees and hopefully that will continue as well. I still have lots of cleaning to do this week before my parents get into town. I can't believe I only have 8 weeks left, I'm down to the single digits, it's crazy!

The sun screens are in and life is good!

Yesterday the sun screens were installed on the windows that we desperately needed them on. And the true test will be this weekend while I'm home to just see what a difference they will make. I can't wait. Let's hope that electric bill drops big time!
My next task is yard maintenance...or trim the damn trees, get rid of the dead tree in our yard and clean it up. I happen to get some info in the mail this morning from a yard company, I think I will call just to get an estimate on the big stuff that Luke and I can't handle or get too. I'm surprised neighbors have not complained, our mesquite trees are totally out of control.
For it being a short week, it has been dragging on so slow.
I have lots to do this weekend to get ready for next weekend when my parents get into town, want the house to look spectacular!
On another note, I swear to God if I get another middle of the night charlie horse like I did last Friday night and I did last night I'm going to die! They literally wake me up out of a sleep and paralyze me to the point where I can't even sit up. There are so painful, I mean I have had plenty of leg cramps in my life, but these are on a whole other level...it's crazy. Both times I have been on the verge of tears and thinking when is it going to end? And the next door I can barely walk and I'm sore everywhere else because I was so tensed up.
I so bad want to go get my hair cut because I really enjoy it and it relaxes me, but I'm really trying to just let my hair grow, especially while I'm taking prenatal vitamins. It has grown pretty fast and I don't want it short again, at least not for awhile. I won't be chopping it off like I did for quite some time. I regretted it later when I could barely pull it up in a pony tail. Living out here I have to be able to just pull it up out of my face, especially when I am exercising.
Had another successful workout yesterday, had no Braxton Hicks contractions, so that is good. Burned some good calories and did some holding squats. I hope I can continue this the rest of the month and then just focus on walking lots during October. But I don't know I say this now, but we will see what happens.
Did I already talk about how we decided on a middle name for Nash. I swear I can never remember what I have already blogged about. If I did , then just ignore this...but we decided on Nash Keaton Gossett. I wanted to keep the middle name starting with a "K" traditon going. My dad's middle name is Kent and mine is Kristine, I like Kenton, but after repeatedly saying out loud it started to sound like Kitten. Didn't think that was such a good idea. So I came up with Keaton, oddly enough while I was sitting in front of the TV and a preview for a movie coming out with Michael Keaton in it came on and I said to look, how about Keaton, he liked and we made it final the other night. I have only told one person and will tell my parents when they get here next week. And obviously anyone reading this will know:) But I'm happy with it, very unique and different and it flows well. It's always interesting to see peoples reactions when you tell them a name that you have chosen. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. Oh well :)

Every little thing is gonna be alright

I love Bob Marley and I even love it more when I hear my favorite Three Little Birds songs first thing in the morning. It puts me in a good mood. And God knows I need it today, I am dragging, so tired, got to bed late last night, it actually didn't even feel like I had fallen asleep and then my alarm was going off. I decided to treat myself to Subway breakfast sandwich, which I have not had in months, it was delicioso!!! Even though this week is only 4 days, I swear it feels like it is taking forever, I think it should be Friday today. The good news is they are installing our sun screens today, Thank you Jesus! I just got last months electric bill and although it did go down my $80 it was still outrageous and I can only hope that these screens make a big impact on the cooling situation in the house and we see an even bigger drop on next months bill. Our water bill did drop by $20, so that's good.
I'm going to make a proposal to my dad about 4 day work weeks or flex schedules...wait...did I already talk about this on an earlier blog? I can't remember...either way...some states are making it mandatory for state employees and showing big benefits from it just after a year. Even though working longer days might suck at first, I think having 3 day weekends could really make up for that...worth looking into and see what my dad thinks, of course I'm sure I'm not the first to think of this. But we'll see what happens.
I really wish I had some vacation time right about now, I would take advantage of using it and only work 4 days a week for the next 5 weeks and then I would only be about a month away from my due date. For some reason I'm think Nash is going to arrive November 4th...wait...did I already talk about this too?? I really can't remember, my days are starting to blur together.
But for some reason I have had November 4th in my head for a while now, it's a week a one day earlier then my due date and it's a Wednesday, which apparently more babies are born on Wednesdays then any other day of week...weird. Gosh, I just hope he comes early or on time not past the 12th and definitely not on the 13th, because it's a Friday. Although my mom was born on Friday the 13th and she was in an article in the newspaper because of it.
Ok, enough wishing and venting and hoping for todays blog, until tomorrow....

Storms

We finally got some good rain last night along with some very loud storms. Except I realized that the dining room window is still leaking, now just from the other side and it leaked all over the box that the high chair is in, not good. I did however get a guy to come out yesterday and give us an estimate for sun screens on all of our windows. It's not cheap, but overall not bad and we definitely need them on most of the windows in the house. So we decided to go ahead and get them. Looks like I will be digging into our savings to pay for part of this. I'm anxious to see what are electric bill is going to be for this past month. I really, really hope it went down some from last month, I gotta believe that it did a little bit. Our water bill went down $20, so that's a good sign. I am really tired today, I hope I make it through this work day without dozing off. I did go to bed a little later last night because of the storm. Poor Bobby was scared of the thunder, I don't think it phased Brewski, he was just happy sleeping under the covers.
I watched E. T. last night on HD, I reallly don't think I had seen that movie all the way through before. Or if I had, I was really young, I learned things about that movie that I did not know before or maybe just didn't understand before because I was a kid. It kind of makes me wish I could have done the baby's room in an alien/space theme, I know Luke would have enjoyed that and I think it would have been cool! But I guess it's good I went with the neutral animal theme this time because I can reuse with the next kid, whether it's a boy or girl.

Nice Holiday?

What a weekend....well, not really. I did a whole lot of nothing. We ordered my favorite pizza, Marcos on Friday night and just lounged on the couch all night. I woke up at about 130am with some killer heartburn and my stomach was hurting, at first I thought it was Braxton Hicks again, but this was different, I got up Saturday morning and was still hurting, almost like was sore or something. Decided it would be best if I took it easy that day and literally layed on the couch and then moved upstairs to the bed mid-afternoon. I did watch The Secret Life of Bees, it was a pretty good movie. Ate leftover pizza for dinner and managed to watched Obsessed, it was just..ok.
Sunday I thought I was going to be more productive and I was in the sense that I did lots of laundry and spent a little bit of time doing stuff in the nursery, but that was pretty much it. I did get engrossed in the Destination Truth marathon that was on the SyFy channel, I love that show! I was feeling better, but again, another lazy day. So Monday, i got up early, showered, did some more laundry ( baby stuff) and went to Babies R Us, to get some more stuff for the nursery and then headed to Target on the hunt for some more maternity pants options. It wasn't very successful...oh well. I did go ahead and get my mini toiletries that I will need for the hospital. Luke and I went to the grocery store and I spent the rest of the afternoon getting more stuff done in the nursery. Put together the big bulky mobile that I'm not crazy about, but it serves it's purpose. And pretty much got everything organized...sort of. Just need to hang some stuff up on the walls and then I think, we will be DONE and READY! I did read that I should go ahead and have my back and the diaper bag packed and ready to go, just in case I happen to have to go to the hospital sooner then expected..but hopefully not:) Today I have been looking into Sun Screen options, and have emailed 4 different local companies to get some info and estimates set up. I of course have no idea how much these things will cost and can only hope that it's not too much....but I guess we will find out. Back to work on this Tuesday, even though it feels like Monday. The good thing is it's a short work week. Got my scale working again, weighed myself last night and still at 164...even though at the docs office they showed 166, I like to thing most of that is water weight :) Point being, I'm doing good with the weight gain and still enjoying my favorite foods as well as still working out and still eating healthy in general. I wonder how much lil Nash is going to weigh???

short day, long weekend

The good news is we get to leave early today, but only like an hour early for me because I get here so early. So it doesn't really feel THAT early. I wish I had some big plans this weekend like most people do. We'll be staying in tonight and probably cooking out. I expect we will be getting rain this weekend, which will be nice. We had a nice little storm yesterday when I got home from working out. Looks like I will be Subwaying it today for lunch.
I woke up late this morning, I hate when that happens, it just makes the rest of the day feel some what hectic. I still managed to get to work on time, but I was rushing to get ready and eat breakfast and give Brewski his medicine. I'm going to start chilling out on my workouts, not really sure how, but I need to because I'm definitely getting the Braxton Hick contractions and it's not comfortable. I hope to at least continue to workout the rest of September and then come October just focus on walking because the weather will be much cooler, plus I'm not sure how much longer I can really get away with the spandex look while working out in public, it's just sooo not flattering right now.
I have noticed that my skin, including my back and chest has actuall gotten better as I have gotten further along. I can only assume this has something to do with the hormones. I just wish it would stay that way. I'm really enjoying and it feels really soft. I guess I should be thankful that I didn't get lots of breakouts and have to deal with that on top of everything else with being pregnant. I have decided I'm letting the hair grow...or course I say that now. But I like to be able to pull it up and I do miss the long hair that I did have. So we'll see how that goes.
Yesterday was another day filled with people needing to ask me questions about me being pregnant. It started with a stranger at the gym, then the guy behind the counter at Quiznos, then a random neighbor who I have never seen or met before and just happen to see me at the mailbox. Each of them asking when I was due...I must look like I'm ready or something, but then when I say 2 more months, it sounds so far away.

30 weeks today

Today I am officially 30 weeks. Which means 10 weeks or less, hopefully not more then that to go.
Went to the doc yesterday and have gained 3lbs. Ugh. I need to get the battery replaced on my scale so I can monitor my weight gain. Not that it's gonna stop me from eating Marco's Pizza or Nico's Mexican once a week. But it's nice to know what it is every day. No concern from the doctor though, and my glucose test came back negative so I'm not a diabetic and I'm not anemic either, so that's good. The doctor did talk to me about Braxton Hicks contractions and early contractions and what to do if I have early labor contractions. I think I have already experienced the Braxton Hicks and not realized it. The heartburn has returned, definitely not as bad as I had it in the first 2 months, but it's there occasionally. I watched a show on OCD last night, these people had really bad cases of it, but then I realized that I do stuff similar to OCD, but definitely not as bad as those poor people. I think everyone has a little bit of OCD in them when it comes to certain things that we all do. Or the way we like things to be or go.
So overall the doc appointment was boring, but she likes that, and of course I'm happy with that too. Got in a good workout afterwards and headed home, had a really good home cooked dinner with Luke and enjoyed some TV. A typical night for us. Brewski is doing good with his medicine, even though it takes two of us to give it to him, and he did really good when look put a warm wash cloth on his bum, in fact I think he enjoyed. Bobby on the other hand I think may be a little jealous of all the attention that Brewski is getting. Luke is going with a friend of ours to help him pick out an engagement ring for his g/f, so that's exciting for our friend. He is going to propose pretty soon. Happy for them! It's very early and I have already got my sights set on what's for lunch, I've got some coupons that I need to make good use of and today is the day!

Slow week

This is such a slow week, it feels like it should be Thursday not Wednesday. Good thing I get to leave early today for a doctors appointment. My poor baby Brewski had to go to the vet yesterday for the sore on his bottom, we have to give him medicine twice a day and put a hot damp cloth on his bum twice a day for 10 minutes. He is doing pretty good with the medicine. We have to take him back in 10 days so they can take another look at it. Poor baby, Bobby just wont leave him alone either, I'm pretty sure he is hating life right now.
But he is being good about it. Wow, just not a whole lot else going on...pretty typical boring week. I am definitely in a routine every day that I guess I should enjoy while I can. Still trying to figure out if I will be able to take the full 12 weeks off or if I will have to go back to work sooner while on maternity leave. I really hope I can at least take 10 weeks off, I guess we will have to wait and see.

Looks like I robbed Babies R Us

Well I ended up getting all the rest of our baby shower gifts yesterday delivered here at work. Took some time to go through the boxes and take stuff out of the boxes so I could fit it all in my car. My trunk was full, by back seat was full and my front passenger seat was full. I literally looked like I had just robbed Babies R Us. Needless to say I decided it would be smartest to just go home after work instead of working out. Didn't really feel comfortable having my car parked at the gym with all that stuff in it. I only took about 30 minutes last night going through it. It was way too much stuff. I just hope we even get use out of all of it. Looks like I will be doing more laundry and lots of organizing. I know how I am going to be spending my Labor Day Weekend. Still lots to do to get ready for this baby :)