4am

Its 4 in the morning, been up since about 230ish with the back pain again. Couldn't sleep so I decided to get up and get my feet elevated to try to get some of this swelling to go down and drink lots of water. Not going into work today, going to just rest up until Joe's graduation this afternoon at 2pm. Not sure what is on the agenda for tonight or tomorrow. I'm off work tomorrow as well. The screen guy is finally coming today to finish all of our sun screens, can't wait to get them in our bedroom to block out that rising sun that is so stinking bright. Thats it for today....

Cold! Cold!

It's cold here today and tomorrow. Only a high of 59 or 60 today and lows will be down in the mid 30's...very unseasonable for this time of year. I have only been at work for an hour and I'm thinking I should just go back home. My back hurts and I'm so tired and so swollen...still swollen from yesterday. My feet and ankles got really bad yesterday afternoon and I think I drank about 7 bottles of water and that didn't help at all. Tried putting my feet up... was not comfortable AT ALL. Luke's mom gets in to town this afternoon. Not sure what is on the agenda for tonight. At this point I will be doing good to get through this whole work day. Usually I don't feel uncomfortable until sometime after lunch. Today it has been since I woke up. Maybe it's the weather?! It's one of those days where you would rather be curled up in your warm bed all day. We don't have very many of those type of days around here, so they are nice for a change. I don't have to work a full day tomorrow and I'm off Friday so just got to get through this day!

walking, Mexican

Went for a walk yesterday after work with Luke and the boys. Brewski no longer enjoys going on walks, in fact he hates it and hides in his crate and he is really, really slow. We didn't get very far, we tried to get out of the neighborhood at the pedestrian gate so we could walk on the path outside fo the neighborhood, but we don't know the code to get out of the gate, so we went back home. I had Nicos for dinner last night, but I usually eat Nicos on Mondays, so that is nothing knew. I spent most of the night trying to upload video from our camera to my computer to post on FB, I finally got it to work, but it was not easy and it took forever, hopefully I can find a faster and simpler way to go about it. I have to go pick up the in-laws at the airport here in a couple hours. Busy week this week, with all the family in town and Joe's graduation on Thursday and then I get to use my last vacation day on Friday:) The weather is suppose to be cold this week, high in the 60's maybe even 50's on Thursday. I have warmer maternity clothes...I hope this does not last.

Down and ready

Went to the doctor this morning for my 37 week and 4 day check...the good news is that he has dropped and his head is down. But not dilated just yet. Hoping that moves a long a little bit faster. I am so physically uncomfortable it's terrible. I was pretty active this weekend, more then normal, doing a lot cleaning, laundry and just in general moving around. My blood pressure was higher then normal, but no worries there, doc says it could just be from my lack of sleep. Apparently I am retaining water...which I guess if you go by my puffy eyes that would be a sign of it. Now is the time to start looking into the old wives tales that everyone talks about that brings on the labor. Lots of spicy food and walking for sure!

Friday!

I look forward to Friday's because that means Subway for lunch...for some reason that makes me happy...I look forward to it every week, in fact they usually give me a discount because the manager called me a "regular" not sure if that is a good thing or bad thing :)
Saw a commercial last night for a really good deal they are having at one of the local car dealerships...maybe we will go check it out. Not that I want to rush getting a car, but this deal would be too good to pass up if it worked out. We'll see what happens. Here I have been telling Luke we have to buckle down on purchases because of me going on maternity leave and now I want to go buy a car! Not a brand new car, a used car...I guess we will see what happens. First we have to knock out my to-do list. Barb gets in on Wednesday and will be staying with us, so I have to get things ready.

3 weeks left

As of today, exactly 3 weeks to go! Meeting didn't happen with the photographer yesterday, will have to reschedule that one soon. So it's another full day of work. Luke went camping last night on Mt. Lemmon with this squad, hopefully they didn't freeze up there. It has been down in the 50's at night, very comfortable for me, but I'm sure it was like 30's up there. I haven't seen much of Luke this week and probably won't see him until late tonight. I still need to figure out when I want to use my last vacation day. I guess I should go ahead and plan to use next Thursday for Joe's graduation or maybe that Friday instead.
The sciatic nerve pain in my left leg has been bothering me lately, it hasn't bothered me since around the 5th month and now the pain is back.
Long "to do" list for this weekend. We need to practice putting the carseat in the car and get the house cleaned and do all the last minute things that I have been putting off for the last couple of weeks. I finally pretty much have a bag packed for the hospital. Hard to tell if I have everything that I will need or not. I'm sure I overpacked for both myself and the baby and I still need to pack a change of clothes for Luke. I really hope I don't have to stay there too long. 3 more weeks!

16 days left...not counting weekends:)

My arms are still really sore from those shots..felt horrible all day yesterday and went home and took a nap with the pups for a little bit. Today still feeling sore but overall not as bad as yesterday. I need to get the house somewhat cleaned tonight because the photographer is coming over tomorrow to meet with me. Luke is camping tonight on Mt. Lemmon so he is probably gonna miss the meeting. Got to work today early again, I'm amazed at how much I get done when I get in here so early. When the phone is not ringing and it's quiet I think I work better. I have to slow down or I'm not going to have anything to keep me busy the rest of the day. It is nice a cool this morning, I even needed a jacket for the first time in...I can't even remember. This is the weather that I have been waiting for.
I can't remember if I already talked about the full moon on November 2...even though it is 10 days before my EDD, apparently the full moon does have an effect on women who are pregnant, I imagine only so if you were really ready to go into labor, but there is always wishful thinking. :)
When Luke and I were on a tour last month at the hospital during the full moon the tour guide noted that they were very busy because of the full moon and that it is true...something about the barometric pressure or something. My only concern was...I hope they don't ever run out of rooms there, but apparently that has never been a problem.
16 days left...not counting the weekends :)

Shots

I got the flu shot, the H1N1 flu shot and a tetanus shot all yesterday and today my arms are so sore and I am so tired and not feeling that great. But I guess it was too be expected. Came in early again today so that I can leave a little earlier, hopefully go home and nap. So hopefully I will not be getting sick this winter and especially when we travel, because that is when I tend to get sick. Next doctors appointment is on Monday morning. Unfortunately I have no new information from yesterday's doc appointment. So Monday I should know more or atleast if I am still on schedule for my due date.

another weekend down...3 weeks to go

Well I had another uneventful weekend. I didn't leave the house at all Saturday and Sunday. Luke went to the grocery for me, which I was so glad, because I really could not get motivated to go like I usually do. I came home Friday and started cleaning in a frenzy or really just straightening up. I basically laid around and ate all weekend. Luke went on an Oreo cookie run for me on Saturday, so good. So I did drink a lot of milk this weekend, because of the Oreos.
It was too hot outside to do anything, I thought we were done with the heat, but apparently not.
Luke got his new schedule for next year, so he has the same days off, he just goes in 2 hours earlier and gets home 2 hours earlier. Either way that leaves only 3 days that we need daycare, which is what I was counting on. So it will all workout good, I think :)
I am having such a hard time sleeping I really, really hate this last month of pregnancy. I was up by 5am on Sunday, showered and everything before Luke even got home from work.
I have 2 doctor appointments today, regular check up and getting a flu shot. Not looking forward to either appointment but it does make my work day shorter so that is always a good thing. Still not quite ready for this baby, we need to practice putting the carseat in the base and in the car and folding up the stroller. The things that I thought I was going to get to this weekend I didn't and I chickened out on going to any garage sales. That's ok, we didn't need to spend the money anyways. I just realized that there is a full moon on November 2nd, that would be a good time to have a baby :) I hear a full moon can have an effect! We'll see!

another week down

I barely made it through this week. It has been a long tough one. Have been coming into work earlier then usual because I can't sleep anyways, so I leave a little bit earlier and go home and try to nap and put my big fat swollen feet up. Doesn't always happen. The Screen Mobile people have pushed back to the 27th before they are going to be able to put the rest of our screens up. Which means no sleeping in for me over the weekend, not that I ever do anyways. But the sum is so bright in our room I can't stand it. So I end up getting up at like 630 and going down stairs to only fall asleep on the couch. I have no plans for this weekend, I need to re-pack my bag for the hospital, do a couple more things to the nursery and should probably clean, but I doubt that will happen, I will end up waiting until next weekend closer to when the Gossetts come to visit.
Just heard on the radio they are serving free breakfast at Montana Ave this morning, sounds really good. Too bad it's all the way on the east side. Probably a lot better then the bland cereal I eat every morning. Feeling a little bit overwhelmed this week, really hit me hard yesterday for some reason. A lot of people seem to be pushing my buttons lately, and I don't think they consider that I am 8 months pregnant and that the last thing I need is any kind of stress, but I guess that is just my opinion. Sometimes people seem to make it all about them, in situations where they should be grateful..oh well!

Pediatrician...check!

We met with a potential pediatrician yesterday, which we decided we really, really liked her and decided she will be the one. The cool thing about the practice is that 3 of the 5 doctors are from Indiana. Kind of comforting in a way. She seemed to be on the same wave length as Luke and I and gave me a great book and some pamphlets, answered all my questions. And the location is close to our house which is important. So I think we are set. Just another thing to check off the list. I just remembered that tomorrow or Saturday the Screen Mobile guy is suppose to come back to put the screens on the rest of our windows. Our electric bill did drop another $100 from last months bill, so that is a huge relief, it should keep going down from here on out, or atleast until Spring comes back around :) There is a neighborhood garage sale this weekend, I wouldn't mind going around and checking them out, but I doubt I will get to it. This is the first day that I have not been able to wear my wedding rings. My hands have joined in with my feet and ankles and just want to stay swollen and not come back down to normal size, I hate it.
I also decided that I'm not going to cut back on my work hours, because really with all the appointments that I have going on, I will be cutting back my hour in a way, so I will just work until whenever and I do have one vacation day that I can use if need be, which I probably will because I'm pretty sure it does not roll over to next year.

Meeting the pediatrician today

Today we get to meet the potential pediatrician, I need to write down some questions that I have for him or her, not sure if it's a male or female, not that it matters to me.
I think I might have to retire my wedding rings for the next 4 weeks, I can barely get them on and off, I don't like not wearing them though. But it's starting to be kind of painful to have them on. Feet just don't seem to won't to stay not swollen...I made Luke rub them yesterday, it's pretty gross because they seem like they could just pop. I had a sudden craving for McDonald's chicken nuggets yesterday afternoon. I really have not had cravings all that much during this pregnancy, but when I do, they tend to be anything salty. So I ate an early dinner of Chicken nuggets and fries, it was sooo good, I had not had them in forever.
Little stressed out with something going on in the next few weeks, there definitely won't be much time for relaxing...not looking forward to it.
I have one vacation day that I can use...probably save it for the day of Joe's graduation or maybe closer to my due date. Looks like I'm in for the long haul when it comes to working. I figure with all my appointments coming up, and having at least one appointment every week until the baby comes, I will be missing enough work with those, so cutting back my hours is probably not the best thing to do, especially since I really want as much money as I can get before I go on leave.
I need to treat myself to a pedicure very soon...maybe this weekend, don't think I have any plans, at least nothing set in stone for this weekend. But it's only Wednesday, this week is going by sooo slow for me.

Class

Luke told me not to write about this, but I'm going to anyways, because it was funny. We attended a breastfeeding class last night, last 2 1/2 hours....but very informative, I know I learned a lot. But there was one girl in particular, ya know that annoying girl that always asks questions, and ya know they say no question is ever a stupid question...but that is not true, there is a difference between having a question and just not having common sense. This girl, who had apparently already had a baby, so this one was going to be her second ( she pretty much told us her life story) when we were suppose to be just introducing ourselves at the beginning of the class. Anyways, she actually asked "What is a contraction?" As if she had never heard the word before and had never had a child before. I said to Luke...next thing ya know she is gonna ask "What's a baby?" I admit I was overly annoyed and irritated in general by everyone in that class, but that has just been me lately, but this girl did it for me last night. I could not have wanted to get out of there fast enough. It was worth the money, we got a free book and like I said I did lear a lot. But now I think I know why I hated school so much, people and their stupid questions. I think this girl was an acception, but come on really? What is a contraction?
I am really, really struggling at work right now, I am having the worst time staying alert, awake and focused. It's terrible, once again I still keep thinking of cutting back my hours, but then what to sit at home and do nothing there...YES...that does sound more appealing, at least for part of a work day. I don't know what I'm gonna do...the swelling has kind of gotten out of control, because I can't put my feet up at work, and now my hands are pretty swollen, my wedding band is way too tight, I should probably take it off, but I don't like not wearing it. So one more thing this work to worry about and that is meeting with the pediatrician, which I think will be fine, but just one more appointment I have to worry about. Maybe Luke and I can go out to dinner afterwards using is gift card he got for his b-day, that would be nice for a change.

No sleep, but 4 weeks left!

It's not insomnia, but more so I can't get comfortable, hips are hurting to lay on either side for very long. Last night was the worst, I was up every hour after midnight...so tired today.

I finally bought the last of the baby stuff that we needed over the weekend, and I even packed the suitcase and the diaper bag, although I still need to put some stuff in there for Luke. I'm positive I overpacked, because I know the hospital does provide a lot of stuff, but I would rather have "my" stuff just in case. Luke and I have a class tonight at the Women's Center. Them meeting with the pediatrician on Wednesday. 4 weeks left and it can't come soon enough.

The weather has been cool enough the past few nights that I have been able to sleep with our balcony door open and enjoy the cool nights. However I can't sleep in, as soon as the sun comes up I'm up. I was up at 545am on Sunday :( Luke and I went to the mall on Saturday, I got some comfy maternity clothes for the hospital and afterwards. That stuff is so expensive, I'm glad I didn't have to buy a whole maternity work wardrobe. Very soon the all the Gossett's will be here for Joe's graduation. I hope I'm not too miserable, bc I already am now!

money or comfort?

I can't stop debating with myself whether I should cut back my hours at work. I feel really guilty for wanting to do it. But I am so, so uncomfortable and everyday with no fail I hit a wall at around 12-1pm and after that I just can't seem to get anything done. But...I'm not sure I want to give up that little bit of extra money on my pay check each week just yet. Next Monday I will officially have one month left until the EDD. For all I know it could go past the 12th, but I really hope not. Maybe I can hold off until 2 more weeks and then cut back or at least through next week. I had another awesome night of waking up at 12am with terrible heartburn...but I slept more comfortably because it was so cold last night that I was able to open up our sliding door that leads out to the balcony and get some nice cool air in the bedroom. It made it hard to get up this morning. Tonight we are going out to dinner at Loop and meeting up with one of Luke's long time friends from Terre Haute who is in town for a wedding I guess. It's a free meal :)

super tired

Really tired today... woke up again feeling sluggish, swollen and had a headache. I feel better now that the day is almost over. Also woke up in the middle of the night with the typical heartburn. I'm really gonna try to go home today and take a nap. It might be easier since Luke will be at work. The 3 of us chipped in on pizza here at work today, and for some reason Todd always assumes that I pay for the whole thing. He actually waited to go to Nogales today so that he could have a bite of the pizza and then told me he was taking a piece and I was like why are you telling me, we all paid for it. I thought maybe it would make him feel bad, but it didn't work. For being such a tightwad he definitely will take advantage of anything that is free, that's for sure.
The pizza was good, but I kind of felt sick afterwards, feel fine now, except I keep wanting to doze off. I keep having a sick feeling that comes and goes, it felt sick last night while Luke was making dinner, but I ate it and it was good and I felt fine the rest of the night.
Looks like this weekend will be another relaxing one, I probably should do some shopping and at least pack my bag for the hospital stay. I want to have everything ready, so that I don't have to worry about that stuff. I really wish I could find a way to only work part time from next week until the baby gets here, just don't think we can afford it. Maybe I can work something out and just work a little bit less during the week or a couple days a week. I just get so tired, that I don't get a whole lot done...and everyday I leave this office as if I won't be returning tomorrow, wishful thinking I guess.

Puffy

I feel really puffy this morning, like a marshmallow. Not sure if it was Mexican I ate last night, probably so. I went to bed at 9pm and then woke up at 12am with heartburn. And just feel really tired and my feet and ankles are swollen again. And my hands seem to be pretty bad as well. Today is Bobby Lee's birthday, he is no longer a puppy he is 1 year old today. I have to admit he has gotten lots better since we first got him. He is really good about letting us know he has to go outside, even if it's at 3am, he wakes me up, unlike Mr. Brewski :( I am having a real hard time staying awake at work, especially right around 1245-1pm, and then I go home to try and take a nap and I can never do it. Tonight we are making chili mac for dinner just like Steak-n-Shake's chili mac, I hope it's just as good. The next couple weeks are busy with appointments. Meeting with a pediatrician, have a class at the Women's center, doc appointment and meeting with the photographer that is going to be taking pics of Nash once he is here. I'm excited for that meeting, but she is coming to our house, which means I have to make sure the house is clean and looks nice. I'm trying to keep track of my contractions this morning, because I was having some while getting ready for work and I have already had 2 in the past hour. The weather has cooled down quite a bit, yet somehow it is still hot in this office !

Tour..classes...schedules

Well we went to the tour at the Women's Center. It was pretty much was I expected it to be. However I was annoyed at the couple that brought their young kids with them, especially since they said the kids would not be at the hospital when their 3rd baby was born. Basically they were just a distraction, it made it harder to hear the lady talking bc they were constantly talking, jumping and just being kids, which I don't blame them, it really was not something you should bring you young kids too unless they are going to be apart of the labor and delivery experience.
And how ironic the whole time I was there I was having contractions, it must just be that place. Actually I think it was because it was going on 7pm and I had not had dinner and I was standing up for a full hour. Because as soon as I sat down in my car I was fine and find the rest of the night after I ate dinner. I did learn somethings that I didn't know, but for the most part it was all stuff I kind of knew about or had heard about. Next Monday we have a Breastfeeding class we have to go to, so that should be pretty interesting.
I guess our neighbors next door with the pool have already moved out, they haven't sold their house yet, but I'm kind of glad they are gone.
Luke informed me this morning that he might try to get a day shift for his new schedule starting after the first of the year. It's probably a long shot, but after thinking about it, it might be nice for a change and especially because of the baby, he would actually be home every night which would be weird, but in a good way, but he would have to work weekend days :( Hopefully we find out by the end of this month or beginning of next.

Good weekend

I did manage to take it easy this weekend...we didn't even go out to celebrate our 1 year anniversary, like originally planned. No swollen feet over the weekend, so that was a nice relief for a change. Luke and I ate our wedding cake yesterday and it was pretty good. He also got me flowers and and a bracelet from Tiffany's, even though we had agreed we weren't going to get each other anything this year. I love my bracelet though. I also think I got a daycare option set up for Nash with our good friend Maria, who I used to work with. I'm really happy she offered and it seems like it will work out with her, so one less thing to stress about.
Tonight Luke and I have the tour at the Women's center, I'm interested to see the rest of the place, considering all I saw was Triage when I was there last.
I have 5 weeks left if that...still have some last minute things I need to get done.

Rest for 3 days and Paranormal Activity

Went to the doctor yesterday, saw the nurse practitioner which is who I usually see when I go to my appointments, was surprised to see that she had no idea I had been to the Women's center last week. So I had to tell her the whole story of why I went and how I ended up having the contractions and how I was still having them, but had not really been concerned about them. She just kept looking at me like she was just puzzled as to why I was even having the contractions. I really didn't think it was that unusual. She went ahead and checked me to see if I was dilated, good news there, I'm not. So she ordered me to 3 days rest, and rest meaning doing NOTHING. That is so much easier said then done. Good news is that I was going to use my last sick day for today anyways because we went out for Luke's birthday last night. But the idea of just laying around for 3 days, I don't really like, especially when the weather is getting cooler and nicer outside. Looks like Luke will be doing the laundry and grocery shopping for me this weekend. I was just thankful that she didn't order me to bed rest for the rest of my pregnancy. That is my biggest fear! Although she did ask me if I could work from home, unfortunately that is not possible, I wish it was though. She told me if I was having more then 4 contractions in an hour I need to go back to the Women's Center, but my issue is sometimes I can't tell if it is a contraction or Nash moving around, because I did not realize I was having them in the first place. Needless to say I ignore the "resting" recommendation last night, because I had a surprise get together planned for Luke last night which turned out great! A lot of good people were there and he was surprised to see everyone and I think he had a really good time. I even stayed out until 12am which is late for me, also considering I didn't get home until 1am on Wednesday night because Luke and I went to go see a movie at 1045pm. It was called Paranormal Activity, probably the scariest movie I had seen in a long long time. They are only playing it at one time and one theatre in Tucson. It was actually sold out, I really enjoyed it, but was so tired yesterday at work, but made it through the day ok, and took a nice nap once I got home from the doctor. Enjoyed seeing some of our good friends last night, it will probably be the last time I see most of them before Nash gets here, then hopefully they will all be visiting us :) Our 1 year anniversary is this weekend on Sunday. I have started the process of thawing out our wedding cake top to enjoy on Sunday, I hope it's good. We are suppose to go out to dinner to celebrate tonight since Luke has to work on Saturday and Sunday, but now I'm not so sure I should be going out, we'll see what happens, once again my feet or left foot has been severely swollen. Next week I will only have 5 weeks left...time is just flying by, or it may be less then 5 at this rate..who knows:)