Pregnancy update

Today marks 19 weeks pregnant. Almost half way there. Wahoo. Things are good. Less anxiety, choosing happiness and calm. The baby is moving more regularly and that certainly helps with the anxiousness. Next week we go for the important second trimester screening. That means an hour with the baby via ultrasound technology. I am looking forward to that so much. It is nice to spend time checking out  what the baby is doing in there and check out all the major organs and other good stuff. We have elected to find out the sex of the baby. We are going to ask the technician to write it on a piece of paper and only hubby will get to see it. He will decide if he shares with the moms (who are invited to this ultrasound). Then for Christmas one of my gifts will be the reveal. We are excited. We have already started having the all important name conversation. It is so much harder than I expected it to be. Of course we had names picked out last time and they were perfect. It adds a whole level of choosing the right name.
Here is my list of pregnancy ups and downs.

• My nose is congested all the time.
• I love talking and humming and singing to the baby.
• My boobs are huge and itchy.
• There is no other feeling in the world than feeling the baby kick and move.
• Hormones are a bitch. Literally.
•  The ups list is harder to come up with because it is mostly genuine happiness.

K Peeps. Hope you have a great weekend.
Ciao
xo
S

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is Thanksgiving and I have a lot to be grateful for.
It could take all day to  list it all out but here are the cliff notes.

Hubby- thank you for putting up with my hormone roller coaster and the stresses of the new job. I love you and can't wait to meet our baby.

Family- Mom you are my rock, my best friend. Love you, thank you. Sister thank you for being there for me ALWYS!!

Friends- where would I be with out you!

Hope everyone has a wonderful day today! My thought go out to all those not with us today.

Xo
S

Thanksgiving

My week of thanks! With Thanksgiving less than a week away (TOMORROW!) I am dedicating my blog to giving thanks. Maybe not the most conventional list but things I am thankful for nonetheless.

Today I am thankful for an office full of amazing folks that bring sweet treats to share on this Wednesday. I am grateful especially for Beverly who is willing to share her skim milk with me for my coffee (decaf) fix. I am grateful also for Kate who brought DELISH dirt bombs that she is sharing with the office. I most grateful that I have lunch plans with two awesome office mates and then we will get to leave early for the loong weekend.
Hope you all have a great day.
Ciao
xo
S

Thanksgiving

My week of thanks! With Thanksgiving less than a week away I am dedicating my blog for the next few days to giving thanks. Maybe not the most conventional list but things I am thankful for nonetheless.


I am thankful... super duper thankful for maternity pants. I already have this belly that just doesn't fit into anything else. I am wearing regular pants today and it will be the last. I am so uncomfortable. Maternity pants have this great elastic panel that fits over anything and helps you feel all in one place.

Ciao
xo
S

Thanksgiving

My week of thanks! With Thanksgiving a week away I am dedicating my blog for the next seven days to giving thanks. Maybe not the most conventional list but things I am thankful for nonetheless.

I am thankful that this day is over and that the week is super duper short!! Wahoo!!

Ciao
xo
S

Thanksgiving

My week of thanks! With Thanksgiving a week away I am dedicating my blog for the next seven days to giving thanks. Maybe not the most conventional list but things I am thankful for nonetheless.

I am super duper grateful for streaming music on the internet. I mean really what did we do before this was the norm? I am a consumer all day long!!!  I love that it is free, too. Wahoo. Not many cool things are free anymore. The only downfall that I see is the liberties that they take with the music that they say is connected somehow to the music that I have chosen to listen to.
I mean really who am I kidding. I am super grateful for all free things on the internet and all the free apps on my ipad. I am a cheapo that only goes for the free ones. But there are some great free website and apps out there people. Why pay?

Ciao
xo
S

Thanksgiving

My week of thanks! With Thanksgiving a week away I am dedicating my blog for the next seven days to giving thanks. Maybe not the most conventional list but things I am thankful for nonetheless.

I am thankful for my free education. For as much as I bitch that the classes are annoying and I hate going, I am pretty lucky and I know it. Now trying to get it done in the 7 years that they allow is going to be the challenge. Don't laugh. You might think that is an easy feat I tell you, at the rate I am going, this person growing inside me might join me as I graduate.

Ciao
xo
S

Thanksgiving

My week of thanks! With Thanksgiving a week away I am dedicating my blog for the next seven days to giving thanks. Maybe not the most conventional list but things I am thankful for nonetheless.

I am super grateful for my DVR. Almost as much as my husband. That is kind of a joke but almost not really. Seriously. TV kinda stinks unless you can find the show you want when you want... bam ... DVR. I don't know where I will be when the thing decides to stop working.

Ciao
xo
S

Thanksgiving

My week of thanks! With Thanksgiving a week away I am dedicating my blog for the next seven days to giving thanks. Maybe not the most conventional list but things I am thankful for nonetheless.

ODE to TUMS
I wish I was witty enough to come up with an actual ode to tums but alas I am not.
I can say that they save my life the regular and I appreciate. Probably more than you know.

Ciao
xo
S

Anxiety

I am an anxious person in my regular non-pregnant life. In my pregnant life I am uber anxious. I can't help it. I went into the Dr. today and heard the heartbeat (again) and found out, again, that everything is OK. I am trying really hard to ease the anxiety and enjoy myself but it ain't easy blogoshpere. I am constantly convinced that something is wrong and that I am on the verge of loss, again. Hubby tries to help but I know that he gets nervous and anxious too and that isn't good for either of us.
I also know that there is nothing I can do either way. It is what it is! Today the Dr. talked to me a lot about finding something I can do to try to ease this anxiety and fear. I will try just about anything. Any advice out there?
I know that I need to slow down. I won't take a class next semester and I will try to say no more often to invitations and whatnot. But honestly I am not convinced that sitting at home will make this better. I am a busy person by nature and like to go out and visit and be around friends and family.
The dr. wants me to try yoga. I've tried it before and didn't love it. I think if anything I became more anxious because I wasn't sure I was doing it right. Meditation was also another one of her recommendations. Again, just the thought of trying to quiet my mind makes me cuh-razy!!!
I do know that working out and walking have always helped me with anxiety. I just have to make it a priority and not skimp on that time.
Would love to hear if you have any other advice.
Ciao
xo
S

Bucket List

I have toyed with the idea of a bucket list for a long time. What would I put on it? Generally the answer always tended toward the " what are you doing coming up with a bucket list. Do your homework!!!" But today my homework is done, most of it anyway, and I am ready to put some ideas down.
Here goes:
- travel to South America. This is something that I have always wanted to do. Especially see Peru and Machu Pichu and the Mayan ruins. All of it. I don't care much for the rain forest or the beach it's more the cities and little villages that I want to visit.
- Get a tattoo. I'm kinda scared. Ok I'm really scared of this one. I have wanted one for a really long time and even more so since losing my daughter. I think it is a beautiful way to commemorate someone. Hubby and I have talked about it a lot. It's easy for him he already has two huge tattoos on his arms. I'm afraid of the pain and passing out or puking.
- Finally learn to drive stick shift.  Hubby tried to teach me and I didn't do very well. That was a long time ago and I think it's time to try again.
- Change the oil in my car by myself. I tried to talk our old mechanic into letting me do it. He wasn't too keen on the idea. Lets just say he had some stipulations that I wouldn't agree to.
- Listen to all the podcasts that I have on iTunes. I listened to one last week while cleaning and that worked well. I got a lot more to get through.
- Clean out the closet honestly. I have a LOT of clothes that I don't wear just hanging out there for no reason, other than I remembered who gave it to me or where I wore it once. It is becoming a real problem. Same goes for the jewelry box and the purses. ( ok. This is more a to do thing than a bucket list thing)
- Read the 'greats'. I never read Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick... You get my drift.
- Visit the Grand Canyon.
- Fly on a private jet.

Good start! If I do say so myself.
Ciao
Xo
s

Daylight Savings Drag

And this is why I hate when daylight savings ends and you have pregnancy brain at the same time.
Because I forgot to reset my alarm clock I woke up at 5:30 and started getting ready for work. Not until my hubby came into the bathroom and asked what the heck I was doing did I realize my error. I didn't believe the bathroom clock. I remember setting my alarm clock, apparently only to reset the alarm not the time.
FAIL
UGH. Now what? I already checked Facebook and email and on all my bloggie friends.... what to do with this extra hour... Not really worth heading back to bed, it will only tempt me to stay.
Ugh.
Hope this day gets better.
Ciao
xo
S

November is here!

Whoa. That last month was nutso. So many crazy things going on. It just disappeared.
Here's what I'm looking forward to in November:

• Tonight I am getting tea with a friend. Yay.
• Tomorrow lunch with another great friend!! 
• Saturday I am getting coffee with another dear friend. Lucky me!!!!
• Sunday I am making plans to visit with my sister and her family. Wahoo. Hubby is at a football game all day.
• Next week is election day so the incessant ads slandering each politician will be over.
• Next Friday I will be 4 months preggo! Wahoo. 
• Saturday; baby shower for a friend and then dinner with other friends.
• The week after that is bookclub. Love those gals.
• A few U events sprinkled in there.
• Thanksgiving. So excited. I am ready to hang with the fam and truly be thankful for all that I am blessed with this year.
• The real beginning of the holiday season. Yay. Bring on the Christmas carols.

What am I not looking forward to this month:

• You guessed it! Daylight Savings is over this weekend. Ugh. Hubby tried to lighten the mood by reminding me that we get another hour of sleep. To which I answered just go to bed earlier!
• They are already talking about a wintery mix of precipitation for next week. C'mon!!!
• Holiday shopping, commercialism, too much bustling... AHHHHH!!!!!
• All the holiday baking. I am getting bigger as we speak.
• The leaves are all pretty much down and the dead bare branches are left. Ugh.  So dreary!

I guess it's good that there are more things on the looking forward to list than the other!
Happy All Saints Day!
Ciao
S