Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

I know I'm a little late on the Christmas wishes but I hope everyone had a good
holiday!
Things have been busy as usual around here so I thought I had better do a little recap. I was hoping to have some pictures to share with you but my mother in law has not sent them to me yet... So let's go in order here:

* December 18th I had my diabetes test. I drank up my semi orange flavor drink and had blood work an hour after. I have not heard anything back at this point, so I'm assuming this is good but I will know for sure next week.

* As I arrived at the hospital on the 18th (that where the testing is) I discovered that Hubby's cousin had been admitted and her induction had started! I spent some time visiting with her while there and kept in touch thru out the week, and Thursday December 22nd at 9:30pm she had given birth. :) Baby A aka Nathan weighed in at 5lb9oz a good size for an early twin! His little brother was named Luke, and his parents and grandparents got to hold and love him a bit as well. Ugh heartbreaking, but Nathan is doing well and hopefully will get to go home soon.

* Christmas eve was spent over at Hubby's aunts house. Some food, and a fun gift exchange as is tradition. Christmas morning we got up early and drove to my moms about 45 minutes away for brunch and gifts. After that we drove to Ottawa to see my Aunts, Uncles and grandparents for Christmas dinner. Such a busy day after dinner we drove back home thru a mini snowstorm which made a long drive even longer.

* Boxing day is traditionally spent with Hubby's family. His aunts and uncles take turns hosting, this year we drove to Toronto area for more good food and another gift exchange. That night we got in the car again and headed off to spend a few days with Hubby's parents.

* While away our dog ate something (possibly pleural) and we ended up in the emergency vet clinic... I thought we were gonna lose her it was awful. After an xray and some nausea and pain meds she was given the all clear. It has taken her a few days to be back to normal, were about 95%, only thing holding us back from 100 is she has not pooped in over 24 hours... Hopefully this is resolved by tomorrow, she has been on a restricted diet until today so not stressing yet. I don't know about you but emergency vet clinics here are ridiculously expensive, our first experience at one cost us 1200$, the clinic near Hubby's hometown was cheaper and we paid less than 500$. Still a lot but not as bad.2012 is days away! I can hardly believe it.

Since this is long I will touch base again Monday :)Hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year!

Nursery ideas

The one thing harder than finding a baby name is probably deciding on the nursery.

We had a plan and it was awesome, but a recent turn of events is causing that to change. Our car needs something expensive (I'm not a car person so don't know what), and hubby's cousin had offered us one of her cribs... We weren't going to take it cause it's more natural wood colour and we were set on cherry wood but now with the expense of the car it sounds like we may need too.

I'm having a hard time finding inspiration pictures online with that colour of wood, especially ones I like... I don't want a nursery that too babyish, I'm not sure how long were living here but it needs to be something that will last him at least 2 years. Also I'm trying to avoid too much of a theme, particularly personality themes i.e. sports, fish, animals etc.

Am I sounding difficult? lol

Hubby is not able to visualize either so pics need to have some similarity to what were working with, similar carpet colour etc.

So our carpet is a beige/off white, the window trim and doors are white, crib is "natural" not sure what it's really called.

This is what I've come up with so far. I'm thinking a combination of these 3 pics
- I like the idea of grey walls with green and blue/teal accents exact shades undecided.

2nd Trimester Recap

I have at least 5 different blog topics in my head right now but I think I should do a quick recap before I get too far ahead of myself!

I am in my third trimester :)

Currently 28w1d

weight gain so far:

Yikes! a whopping 32lbs!!! I am trying not to stress about that number. My OB didn't seem the least bit concerned, I even pointed it out and her response was that I don't appear to have gained so much, so no big deal. Since I am not a total fatty, just belly and thighs I guess its fine.

stretch marks?:

Nothing on my belly so far! I'm shocked since its stretched so much. I have 1 tiny one on my right hip, and a couple on each thigh, but none of them are really that noticeable.

cravings?:

I love gravy. I'm not "craving" it per say... but if gravy is an option I'm for sure taking it.

movement?:

Pretty much all the time now, this little man is a total wiggle worm. He doesn't kick and punch too much, or too hard but I often feel body parts sliding under my skin. Its kinda cool and alien like at the same time lol

gender?:

Boy! we had this reconfirmed a few weeks ago when I was in for stress testing (we got in a little fender bender I didn't tell you about). Everything looked good on the tests as I suspected and I had them take a peek during the ultrasound to re confirm.

sleep?:

I'm sleeping... just not a lot. Between having to get up every few hours to pee, and reposition in the hours in between its more like napping than sleeping through the night. I like to nap whenever possible in the day which lately is not too much :(

 mood?:

Generally I am happy go lucky... I have always been "crabby" when tired.. I think this has escalated lol. If I'm tired then I may be a little short tempered and lacking patience but I've managed to keep it under control and only had a small handful of days where I may or may not have been not so nice to someone. 

swelling?:

 I haven't been wearing my rings probably since October sometime, my hands will swell up unpredictably and it only took that happening once or twice before I just gave up on the rings. My ankles and feet are swollen on a daily basis it doesn't seem to matter what I'm doing.

 other mentionable points?: 

- I am most definitely nesting. So far its been all about organization, I'm sure hubby wishes it was cleaning ;)

- I'm doing my diabetes screening tomorrow, fingers crossed I pass! I have this feeling I won't

- despite my desire to be organized I feel like I have ADD and my mental state is slipping, I need to write everything down and hope I don't lose the list or I'm screwed. Total baby brain. 

I'm sure there is more worth mentioning but I've forgotten ;)

 

Room Swap - Part 1

Whoa has it seriously been over a week already since I wrote last?

Ive been busy. Very busy in fact. 

I probably have been busy enough to post once a day for the next few days, 

no promises tho ;) 

The living room / dinning room swap phase 1 is complete! 

I am soo happy and excited it is done :) 

I just feel like the flow in here is so much better.

It is slightly awkward to have the dinning room so far from the kitchen,

but not enough to make me switch it back. 

Our old set up consisted of walking in the front door and having a very small,

very square and confined living room right upon entry.

It felt cramped, slightly claustrophobic.  

And the thought of having more stuff (baby items) cramped into that space in a few months really was starting to make me twitch lol

We also put our tree and decorations up last 

week, we still don't have alot to decorate with since we were in such 

a small space the last few years. But I did inherited some decorations from Hubby's Aunt as she was switching  things up at her place. Score! I won't have to buy anything else 

until the holidays are over and hopefully get it all on clearance.

Another task which has been started is moving our desktop computer from the basement

living space (which we never use) upstairs to our new living space. 

I still want a corner desk so it can be nice and 

tidy and not take up so much room but its a start.

And so I will leave you with a few before and after pictures of phase 1 of the room swap. I still have things I need to do before the rooms are finished. 

The old dinning room aka new living room

The old dinning room aka new living room

New dinning room

New dinning room

Old living room aka new dinning room

Old living room aka New dinning room

New living room - still narrow but feels more spacious

New living room aka old dinning room

I'm having a moment

This morning started as any other day off; I rolled myself out of bed at 6:30am and climbed into the passenger seat of our car as Hubby drove himself to work. I need the car today for errands so sleeping in was not an option.

It's raining again, which sucks. I dislike rain in December, it's cold it's wet, it should just be snow. My morning task is to get my holiday decorating done, so a quick stop thru the mcdonalds drive thru for breakfast and I head back home.... Only to find myself snuggled back in bed.

So thats where I've been for the past 2 hours, cozy in bed. Browsing my usual Internet sites, playing a couple apps on my iPad and spending some time really thinking about the little human inside me who has been jabbing my belly most of this said time.

We are at the point now where I really can feel him. I have a sense of wether those jabs are kicks or punches, I'm aware of him flipping back and forth between head down and breech, and I had a moment where I realized I am not so weirded out by this in fact I am amazed.

I've been feeling him move for the last 8 weeks but he's getting bigger, and stronger, and developing a bit of a routine.

There is human inside me.

I always felt like this was going to be gross and weird so I tried not too think too much about the actual logistics of it all. But this morning I am feeling nothing but love and fascination by it all. Don't get me wrong I've loved him all along, but somehow this feeling is different. Time is flying by, I'm about to enter my third trimester, in less than 100 days it will be my due date and we will be meeting our son.

I'm going to be a mother.

Responsible for keeping another human being alive.

There will be sleepless nights and early mornings, lots of laughter and tears, noisy annoying toys, sports games to attend, sleep overs and parties to host, Santa, the Easter bunny and tooth fairy will all make their return to our home, and lots of memories to make.

I'm ready. The reality of it all has set in, I've made the switch of "I'm pregnant" mentality to "I'm going to be a mom".

Makin a list...

Checking it twice,
Gonna get rid of all this junk!

Ok so maybe that line didn't quite fit in with the song but oh well ;)

Do you remember me saying i was going to get rid of 100 things by the end of November? Well it's December 1st folks! Times up!

I will admit these things are technically in my home currently but only because I didn't expect to be too busy with work to drop it all off. But by Monday morning at the latest it will be gone, it's just sitting in nice piles all boxed and bagged up ready to go.

My piles include 148 things! Yahoo! I'm impressed but honestly feel like more needs to go. I'm hoping once the next project is under way I will feel like what's left is more organized and has purpose.

So here is a run down of my list. I've sold some things, donated some to a women's shelter, and dropped the rest off at a Value village (second hand store).

Value village pile:
Stuffed dog
Photo album
2 packs of unopened pantyhose
Furniture cleaner
Portable phone
3 CDs
Cell phone
19 clear picture frames
2 bracelets
2 vases
Hair accessories
3 belts
4 necklaces
Nursing medication cards
3 glass frames
3 books
Key chain frame
2 video games
Wedding candle holder
19" tv
2 wall decals
Unopened hand sanitizers
Glasses case
Compact mirror
2 decorative pictures
3 backpacks
5 men's shirts
Baby brag book

Shelter pile:
Scarf
Comforter
5 towels
4 hand towels
13 baby clothes
6 maternity pants
18 women's shirts
4 women's pants
Pillow case
Purse
Bra
3 panty hose
6 pairs of socks
Archie comic
Chicken soup book

Sold:
Nintendo DS
5 DS games
6 paper lanterns
Bag of decorative crystals
Drafting board
Cell phone

Throw away:
Old agenda
Broken iPod

So that's my list! Not bad :) I'm sure as I reorganize rooms I will come across more to get rid of but I am very happy with my start.

Does this count as nesting? lol Sort of a nesting, end of year clean out.

Next job phase 1 of the room swap!

25 weeks

I am currently laying on the couch with my feet pressed against the wall in the air trying to decrease the swelling.

This swelling is becoming a daily thing, it's kind of annoying in the sense it just gives me something to worry about.

Today it was caused my bowling. Yup I went bowling but for a good cause, a fundraiser for heart and stroke. It was just 5 pin so the balls were just the tiny fit in your hand ones. Hubby took a few of my turns for me whenever I got too winded.

That's also happening a lot lately too, I'm out of breath all the time, my poor lungs must be squished. I even had to get Hubby to put on socks for me the other day I was just too winded to bend to do it.

Other than the swelling and breathlessness I don't think there's much else going on. Of course I am getting larger ;) oh and I'm pretty sure baby V is breached currently. His kicks were much stronger and higher until just over a week or so ago. Now they feel lighter and are very low. At first I was worried but it sounds like it's common. Still gonna mention it to my doctor next week.

That is all folks!

Christmas Fever

Christmas is less than a month away!

I hope all my American friends had themselves a yummy Thanksgiving :)

We have had a lazy night tonight, I've spent most of it on Pinterest collecting all sorts of Christmas ideas... The tree just might go up this week.




I had planed on posting a link but it doesn't seem to have worked...

Oh well, anyways I hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Hello Monday

I hope everyone had a nice weekend, the weather here had been fairly nice but with the exception of admiring it from inside my car as I drove around for work I didn't really get to enjoy it that much.

I've started to blog many times this past week, and each time I gave up. I am still trying to wrap my brain around the news I posted last about Hubby's cousin and her little family.

I don't remember if I told you ahead of time there was concern but basically this is the short version of it all: Being that she was pregnant with twins and considered high risk because of this fact alone girl cousin was having ultrasounds every 3 weeks. Baby "B" had always been measuring slightly smaller than baby "A". Two weeks ago the size difference between that two was becoming larger, and it was determined that baby "B"'s placenta had formed in a location that was causing him not to receive as much oxygen etc as he should. That is when they developed a plan to deliver early December and monitor them both with weekly ultrasounds.... Between that day and last Monday (7days) baby B's heart stopped. Baby b will stay where he is and deliver after his brother.

My understanding is that baby A is right on track where he should be for size. And the information that was given to family is that they may not deliver until their original due date late January. I haven't spoken to them personally yet so not too sure where things really stand. We chose not to partake in family dinner yesterday, not too sure if there even was one at hubby's aunts house. But if there was we figured we would stay away and let the immediate family be together.

This has all be very upsetting news of course. It's shocking because you know twins are high risk but you rarely hear about people losing them. For me this has caused the fear I experienced earlier to return again. Having had a loss myself I was scared from the beginning for this pregnancy, counting days and weeks until finally when I didn't notice the fear disappeared. But it's back. There was nothing she could have done to prevent it. That scares me beyond belief.

I also think of how she must be feeling now that she continues to carry both of her sons until the suriviving one is ready to be born. I had to go a week walking around knowing I had a missed miscarriage and I think I was a zombie. In my case I had only had 10 weeks of knowing I was pregnant. For her this is a fully formed baby in there, she is in her third trimester and potentially will be continuing on for another 8 or so weeks. She is stronger than me I don't know if I could do it.

I am very thankful for the little kicks I am feeling as I am writing this.
I am also very thankful to have successfully reached my 24 week milestone yesterday and to know if he needed to be born my son would stand a chance at survival.

My mood this last week has been frightened and low, but I feel it improving.

A little bit of cute and a lot of sadness

So this will be short. As promised here are the Onesies I made. I am really pleased and have lots of more ideas for our little one.

Here comes the sadness. Girl cousin had another ultrasound today to check the growth of the smaller twin.... Sometime between last Mondays scan and today his heart stopped beating...

We just found out. I am trying to digest this news we just found out this last hour. I wanna puke, wanna cry but hormones are a funny thing and at a true reason to the tears are dry.

Quick update

Still nothing too exciting going on.

Just really tired, I've been feeling like I can't keep up with time. It's just flying by.
I'm slacking on housework, slacking on my paperwork for my job, slacking on gift making (eek running out of time!), I am pretty much Queen Slacker. Bow down before me my loyal subjects ;) lol kidding of course no bows nessicary.

I've started making a private registry of baby items, once I make my final decision on things I will make it available for family and friends. It's been a nice way to pass the time, so much to choose from tho.

Girl cousin's baby shower for the twins is this weekend. I need to get my butt in gear with those onesies. It will be nice to see family from out of town, Not sure who all will be attending. The mood is supposed to be joyous, but it will be interesting to see if everyone can keep it up... The reason for that being she found out this week that one of the twins is not growing as much as expected. Developmentally is on track but the location of the placenta may be causing problems. She will for sure deliver in December. They are trying to get her to 35 weeks to allow the little one a better chance of survival. Of course there is a risk he may not make it that long, so she is having weekly ultrasounds. Nothing else she can do, it's all because of where the placenta attached.

This has caused me to obviously worry for her, but I've noticed it also makes me worried for my own little one. To have no control like that of the situation it's nerve wracking. Gotta keep up the positive thoughts and prayers.

This has to be kept short since I am working a split today. Gonna try for a quick cat nap then back to work I go. Later friends.

Ps I noticed everyone else is back in full force with their blogging, (I think everyone slowed down for about a week) I have much to read and catch up on! My goal is to read and comment accordingly by Saturday! :)

Nothing too exciting...

Well I had planned on sharing an article with you today; however I can no longer find the link... So I'm still on the hunt and hopefully will share it soon.

That leaves me with not much to say... But I wanted to say Hi anyway :)

I am working on making/ designing a bunch of onesies for girl cousin's twins. Her baby shower is next weekend and I'm tight on funds right now so I'm being creative. I will be on the hunt for supplies this weekend and will show them off soon :)

I hope everyone has been having a good week <3

Misc Monday

First of all is it really Monday already??
What happened to last week?! I seriously feel like I fell asleep and a week has past. Trying to think what I did but it hasn't been much...

~ I went to my first NHL game last night; watched Toronto play in Ottawa. They lost (of course) but it was still fun. I was a little surprised to see the stands at least 50% full of blue and white Toronto jerseys. Those Maple leaf fans are die hard. I will post a pic or two when I get them, my camera died so we took pics with friends cameras.

~ baby V has been moving like crazy the past 3 days, and I felt his first "outside" kick during the last 3 minutes of the game last night. I think all the loud cheering etc caused it he gave me a good little jab :) Hubby felt a light jab tonight too. He's getting stronger that's for sure.

~ work is going slow, some days I see only 2 hours worth of clients which sucks and i feel is pretty much a waste of my day. Both last week and this week tho I've got 2 shifts working in our clinic (our company does home nursing and runs a clinic) so that's a couple 8 hours days, plus my community hours. Better for my bank account.

~ I'm pretty much huge. Or at least feel like it, I'm noticing I can't move the same way I used too, getting in and out of the car feels slightly uncomfortable at times. This worries me, I am able to take a "sick leave" prior to my actual maternity leave for 15 weeks if needed. And as long as I have my required 600 hours for my maternity leave it won't affect me having a year off after baby V is born. but taking leave early means being on a smaller income for even longer. It could also mean more money monthly bc of my coordinator job last year but it's a stressful thing to consider right now. My friend works for service Canada and is going to come over so we can estimate numbers.

~ I gave my opinion on a article a friend posted on Facebook and I think this has caused some tension since my view does not match hers. Her view was also biased. I'm going to post the article for you this week along with my thoughts, despite the fact people may not agree with my thoughts I'm ok with that. I enjoy conflicting thoughts on these things. ;)

~ I'm slowly getting rid of stuff still, it's a slow process since I often don't have the energy after work. Im off again Thursday so hopefully I will acomplish more.

~ today is Halloween :) so happy Halloween everyone! It's our first year giving out candy, we had a few busy rushes and for the past 30 minutes nobody's came. Soon I will turn out that porch light and finish the candy myself :). No costumes or parties for us this year.

Hope everyone is having a safe and happy Halloween :)

Miscellaneous Monday

Hope everyone had a good weekend :)

~ project declutter is well underway :) I have give away piles forming and emails are coming in about the random stuff I am selling yay! So far I have sold two things and made $60!

~ I have decided to switch my living room with my dinning room. Total room swap. My mother in law suggested it when she was here in September and despite telling her it was a ridiculous idea it has been in the back of my head since. I think I have come up with a plan that will work and will look good. I'll keep you posted on that project. I'm hoping she forgets it was her idea ;)

~ I can now access my craft supplies and have several projects lined up... However the room swap and declutter project are taking up a lot of time. Soon enough I will make something again!

~ apparently all these home projects mean I'm "nesting" already. People keep telling me this so I guess it's true.

~ Sunday was the 20 week half way milestone :) only 20 more to go and only 4 weeks until viability. My mid section is now 38" !

~ I am now feeling movement in my belly on a regular basis. Occasionally I feel distinct kicks/punches. :)

~ I am super excited for Halloween! Not to dress up or a party; simply excited that for the first time ever we are living in a house and we will get trick or treaters! I've been stocking up on candy :) (and trying not to eat it)

~ I am trying to decide if I want to do photography for income while on mat leave. I am not that comfortable charging people yet. I have my first (trial) paying client booked for a mother daughter photo shoot this weekend :s super nervous.

~ I am once again addicted to pinterest. This happens to me, I go crazy can't live without it and then I don't care for a while. Right now I am on it multiple times a day looking for ideas. I signed up using my iPad and was unable to set up the pin button for web browsing which makes me a pinterest stalker.

~ I desperately need to do something with my hair. Not sure what yet.

~ I am going to my first NHL game this Sunday. Pretty excited just hope my pink Toronto jersey still fits. The game is in Ottawa and personally I don't care enough about hockey to have a faveourite team I am however a Toronto maple leafs fan by marriage.

~ I have now run out of things to tell you and couldn't find a cartoon I liked so I'll leave you with my 20 week belly shot :) it looks a lot like the 19 week pic.

Project De Clutter my house

It's funny how one can go from living in a small 2 bedroom apartment to a 3 story townhouse and within 12 months feel as you've got too much stuff.

I think the fact we got married just over a year ago must have something to do with it. Shower and wedding gifts have accumulated but not replaced old possessions, furniture has been purchased to fill the extra space only to find something else later. Things we thought we would want to keep now just taking up space.

Somewhere (possibly on Pinterest) I saw this idea of 100 things in a 100 days or something of that sorts. I didn't have Pinterest at the time so I never saved it. The idea has however stuck with me, I've just been waiting for the right time to do it.

That time is now.

I don't have the patience for 100 days, I am going to set a closer goal of getting rid of 100 things by November 30th. That's 41 days. Now that I've told you I had better do it. I'll keep a list of it all and report back to you of how I did. There must be 100 things here I can get rid of.

I started today by trying to clean out the room that will be the nursery. I even post 3 adds on kijji offering things for free. Anything to get them out of here!

Sort of a spring cleaning project but in the fall.

Wish me luck!

Oh Boy!

Yesterday we had our anatomy ultrasound; you know the one where they check everything from the brain to the toes. Well ours went well and all the PIECES were there.

It was really cool to see everything in such detail! At first it took me a bit to get the hang of deciphering what I was looking at; at one point I thought maybe a boy, then maybe a girl....

At the end the tech asked if we saw everything we wanted to see... So I asked if she got a good view of baby's goods.

She said she saw right away, apparently babys bum was perfectly positioned so that when she put the probe on the first view was the money shot! She said she moved quickly incase we didn't want to know. She showed us again and we clearly are having a BOY! He was positioned perfectly we had a great view!

Hubby is super excited and slightly shocked because he was convinced it would be a girl lol. We both are extremely pleased.

Girl cousin had another scan an hour before us and turns out both her twins are boys! I can't wait for the three if them to become friends and grow up together :)

And now I'll leave you with some pics! Hope everyone is well :)

The itch has subsided

Did I tell you I was itchy?
Cause I was. Insanely itchy. Itching so bad there were moments when screaming at the tops of my lungs would quite possible have provided some relief.

And it was my whole body. Not just my belly or other areas you might expect to expand. MY WHOLE BODY.
My hands, my arms, my feet and legs. My back, my butt, my head and neck.

And of all the places to itch my belly itches the least. Go figure.

I told my doctor about it... Her response ... "oh that's normal" WTF kinda answer is that? That does not help me!

I did some research of my own (cause my own doctor has an accent and I didn't feel like having her repeat the reason), the extra blood flow combined with stretching skin cause itching during pregnancy. Since I did have some swelling in my hands I guess that answer will do. And thinking about it that may have been the proper translation for what the doctor told me too.

But as the title of this post says; the itching has subsided. i still itch at times but it's a more normal itch that is relieved by a quick scratch type of itch. Not too sure what changed, maybe it was just a phase, maybe my body adapted to the increased blood flow. Maybe it was my being a crazy mofo and soaking my body in bio oil and moisturizing lotion (alternating) multiple times a day.

Whatever it was its over (for now) thank god!

Since I have nothing else to tell you right now I'll leave you with this cartoon.

Have a good weekend! :)

Miscellaneous Mondays

I wanted to do a random post with random thoughts and events that had occurred; however I could not decide what day to do it, if I was even going to stay consistent with that day etc etc.

So I have decided on doing a Miscellaneous Monday post. We will have to see if this continues every Monday or just every couple Mondays.

So here we go:

~ First off Happy Turkey Loving Day (a.k.a Thanksgiving)!! Cause of course we Canadian's are crazy and celebrate this holiday before Halloween *gasp* lol. Recently on the msg boards for my baby bump app a bunch of American's let loose on how they felt about us celebrating this holiday early. Whats the big deal? I get turkey this weekend, you get it next month? meh. whatever floats your boat. I actually know a few Canadian's that take advantage and celebrate next month too hehehe sneaky devils. 

~  I felt my very first two distinct "jabs" in my belly last Wednesday evening. I wasn't 100% positive at first but they were two high up to be gas and when I had my prenatal the heartbeat was detected in the same area. We could also hear lots of movement and more "jabs" :)

~  I am on the search for yummy vegetarian meals since my meat intake is very limited. At this point there has been some improvement as I can eat some bites of chicken and ground beef as long as its mixed with something. We'll have to see if this aversion completely goes away or not.

~  I can not get at any of my crafting supplies or desk because there is an old double bed propped up against that wall. Hubby and I upgraded a couple weeks ago to a king size and have yet to figure out how to get rid of the old bed. 

~  I've recently started a new job (again) this time doing travel to homes nursing. I get to use a lot more of my hands on clinical skills which I love; however I have taken yet again another pay cut. I'm hoping this works out and  I can bring in enough to not make us stress the next coming months. 

~  I am going to start exercising again ( I got clearance from my doctor) and weigh myself once a week... I gained 9lbs in 4 weeks apparently. You can't see it except how much my belly has popped out but this huge jump can not become a trend or else I will be a total fatty.*edit* I started this post early; I have now concluded that I have started to bloat already and today is totally a fat bloated day. Damn water retention.

~ My Parents have decided to try to work on things (for now), mainly because my step father could not move out since his mother has not been placed in a nursing home yet and my mom owns the house so she's not going anywhere.

~ Hubby and I took Daisy (our beagle) out for a 2 hour (wasnt supposed to be that long) nature walk/hike at a nearby conservation area today. The weather was beautiful and Daisy LOVED it! She had never been there before and her little hound nose was in overdrive so many smells and noises! I brought my camera and took pics, even got some of these little birdies eating from our hands :) I might share them later... but note above the fatty bloated day so maybe not lol. 

~ I am fairly certain that I am going to make a specific baby blog after all. I wasn't going to do it but this weekend Hubby's Aunt made a comment on how its too bad there wasn't websites where family could check in on the pregnancy and include a wishlist of needed items, preview of nursery etc. I kinda don't want to be handing out the url to this one still so we'll see what happens.

And that is all! Hope everyone had a great weekend :)

Where were you this time last year?

Fall is offically here,

there's frost in the morning, 

refreshingly crisp cool breeze in the wind,

and as much as I LOVE this season 

I can't help but think of where we were last year.

Slightly wishing I was there, 

and envious of anyone doing any traveling right now.

Hubby and I were enjoying Barbado's and all its glory,

where were you? 

Boogie Boarding in the Ocean

Drinking out of coconuts

Sailing on a catamaran

Snorkeling with the turtles

Deep Sea fishing

What's vacation without a Pina Colada?

So I ask;

at what age is it appropriate to travel with a baby?

Cause I'm thinking its time to start pre planning the next trip!

Welcome

Welcome to my new blog! 

Hello and welcome to new friends and old :) 

If you've come from my old blog you will notice a difference here, one I hope you will enjoy and decide to stick around for.

I needed a change. A more positive atmosphere if you will. 

I was stuck in a rut and couldn't get out!

My plan for this blog is to show you all a little more of me, be a little more open, a little more honest and have a little more fun of course too. 

I plan to blog of course about this pregnancy and life following it HOWEVER please note this is not going to be a baby blog!

I plan to blog about all the things I enjoy, my photography, my crafts, my desire to be organized but lack there of (This will be a mission to solve) and of course every other little thing that comes up in between.

I hope you will stick around and join me. 

My first official post will be coming soon :)