oh dear!

so, I hope no one minds, but, I will no longer be taking, well, at least posting, any more pregnant pictures of myself!! sorry to disappoint, but I have come to a very sad realization... I'M GIGANTIC! 

I took a picture tonight, and that's when I decided no more! It's crazy! I'm huge! I really did not think I was that big, but apparently I am wrong. I showed my mom the picture, and asked if I really looked that big, and she just looked at me smiling! ugh! 

I know, it's all part of the process, but, still, how is someone supposed to be "ok" with looking like a fat cow! haha! although, its really not that funny. just ya'll wait!! :) 

oh man...  

oh pregnancy..

I'm starting my 8th month!! whoa! and its really beginning to hit me that she could really start to come any time now! (granted, its still a little early, but still!) All this stuff I have been reading, like braxton hicks, which is like practice contractions!, which could start happening within the next few weeks! and stuff about labor... oh man!  this is going to be fun.. yeah right! 

ok, enough of that!

So I'm beginning to think I'm might just be an easy target! for what? suggestive selling food!! lol! me, sarah and our friend amanda went to see a movie for Amanda's birthday, and all i was going to get was a drink, and then he starts asking if i wanted a pretzel, which i was already debating, then he asked about an ice cream sandwhich, which also sounded good... then oreo cakesters, for $1.. sold! haha! I was suckered in! all someone has to do is just mention something to eat and i'm hungry! not good! haha. 

let me just tell you, this little girl has become VERY active! non stop movement! which is cool, for sure.. but sometimes, SIT STILL! haha! i will lay on my side and she'll start pushing against me, so i roll over, pushes again. i will wake up to her moving all around... needless to say, sleeping has become a bit of a battle! even if i'm just sitting, she starts kickin around. it was really weird at work the other day, i was just rocking in the rocking chair while the babies were sleeping and she just went to town! I could see my stomach moving from where she was going!! if i held my breath then i could really feel her move, like she was doing a flip.. totally crazy!! it was really strange to see my stomach bubble up when she moved! but also amazing!! :)

I've decided, heels are no more! my calves are so sore like I have never worn high heels before! my feet are throbbing.. and this is in my most comfortable heels! what the heck! although, I have been in them ALL day, not intentionally, i thought i was going to get a chance to change, and i didn't! after church, me, sarah and collin went to lunch at the harbor, then out to my aunt's in forney to drop collin off while me and sarah go to some antique stores. so we are at the store, which my feet are already hurting, and i'm telling you i could barely last! I finally told sarah we had to leave because i could no longer move my legs! haha. torture! so... instead of just taking a break and going somewhere else... we went to coldstone and got a pedicure!! lol! ah-mazing! one of the best pedi massages ever!! so.. if i wear heels again, i'm bringing back up shoes!! :)

I'm definitely ready for her to be here and out of me... but I know I will really miss being pregnant.. definitely bittersweet! but I just can not wait for her to be here!!!! i'm so curious to see how she will look! :)

alrighty.. that is all. 

~Laura~

first purchase!

Yes, I have finally bought something for the baby! As of yet I haven't really need to buy anything, but I did! A baby book! Its really cute, pink of course :) I'm sure I will start filling it out tonight! 

Also, I think I have completed my registering! I put the finishing touches on it today. I finally found a diaper bag that I like, so yay! I keep hearing that you don't want one too big, because you will end up using it as your purse too! so, the one I found has 2 bags! One large, and one smaller.. so, I can switch em for whatever occasion :) and its pink and brown. 

Doctor's appt. tomorrow! I think I'm going to get in trouble! My mom is going with me, as usual, and she keeps getting on to me about my asthma! haha. I have been taking allergy medicine everyday, sudafed until I ran out, and was doing my preventative inhaler until I started needing my rescue inhaler.. so, I have been good.. I can't help it if my asthma is still acting up! Plus, when I went to the ER they told me that from this point on my asthma could act up more and seem worse than it really is. so? I guess I will have to see what the Doc says! Also, I think she is going to tell the Doc that my shower is at Jenny's.. where there are cats. not good... lol. too late though, the invites are in the mail! :)

Hopefully I will get the crib put together tonight! that will be exciting! I can't wait to start putting everything together, and organizing, and decorating! fun! but I need my baby shower first :) 

Oh, and I'm keeping an eye out for a really cute newborn christmas pj's! how adorable will that be for her to wear christmas morning! hopefully she will be here!! haha! and hopefully early enough that I'm not still in the hospital on christmas. so, I'm thinking her due date (19th) would be really great! Hear that little one?! :)

Ok, well I'm going to see what kind of healthy food I can eat for dinner. I feel like I need to extra since I had Long John Silvers (which I never get!) for lunch! greasy greasy.. but delicious!! Hopefully that won't become a craving, because that could be dangerous! 

Later haters :) 

getting excited!!

So, me and my mom just about finished registering at babies r us tonight! still lacking a few things, although my brain is on overload so i can't really remember what things! things (as in the baby!) are really starting to set in.. big time. she is going to be here in just a couple of months! hello.. crazy! yet i'm so anxious for her to be here. work gave all the teachers this parenting magazine, so i was looking at it, and there were all these cute ideas to do with your kids, like snacks to make, places to go, etc., i cannot wait till she is big enough to enjoy all those kinds of things! fun stuff! 

also, i have de

cided to just create my own bedding. i couldn't settle on one i really wanted (well

, the one i really want is only available online so i can't see how it looks and feels in person, and its $300! so.. ) i found this really soft off white bumper, that has little polka dots in the same color on it- like raised up, then these really cute sheets that have different color and size pink circles, and a cute mobile that has butterflies and dragonflies.. and the colors match really well! i know i will get a dozen blankets, so i'm not real worried about that, but i will keep my eyes open for a more heavy duty one, or just have someone make me one :) my mom bought one set of the sheets (apparently i will need several!) and the mobile.. and this cute, pink dragonfly that has glitter on it.. i guess that's what mostly pushed me into making my own bedding.. that, and the sheets.. they're really cute and soft. haha.  and organic! LOL. which apparently i'm be

coming, several of the things i registered for are organic or "earth friendly" haha.. oh well, good i guess :) I can't wait to start putting everything together!! I just have to wait a few more weeks till i get everything else! oh fun! and i'm going to get really crafty and make something.. hopefully it won't turn out like crap! haha! it involves paint.. so we'll see how that goes! I'm going to buy some blank canvas picture things, at least one, i want to make some kind of design and put her name on it. if i can put what i have pictured on the canvas, it will be a miracle! i'm not so talented when it comes to drawing or painting.. so wish me luck! haha. 

ok, so i guess that does it for now. 

love,

 little-momma-to-be!  :)

annoyed!

Apparently emotions run high again in the third trimester! at least they do for me! This past week has been ridiculous! I have cried or been on the verge of tears several different days now, and over things most people wouldn't get that upset about! or I just keep getting upset over nothing.. literally, I will have no actual reason to be upset and I just want to cry! lol. its craziness! and little things are really really starting to get to me! For instance, this lady at work. she is like 60 years old and she is the other Infant I teacher, so she comes in to relieve me. She is a nice old lady. but she is seriously driving me nuts! If I'm not careful I can see myself just totally going off on her! We obviously have our different ways of doing things, with the babies, the room itself, etc. She leaves me notes all the time telling me what I need to do (like I don't know how!), when she comes in she will change everything I have done. Today, she comes in and 2 of the babies are still finishing their bottles, but they are taking their sweet precious time (no bitterness there! lol), so I set the bottles aside and let Maggie now they are still eating on them so she can still use them. I walk out to go in the kitchen to put the dishes away, I look in the room and she is dumping Wyatt's bottle! hello- he was drinking that! then she starts going through all the diaper bags to see what I have put in there and starts fixing things! seriously? and on their charts we mark how their day was, what they need to bring, when they ate, changed diapers.. so every morning when I look on the chart she will have corrected (not that there needs to be correcting going on!) what I filled in! like if I just check a box, she will go back and fill it in, like a check isn't good enough, or I thought one of the babies needed more wipes so I marked it, then I found their extras and so I scratched it out and put "oops", so then Maggie goes back and puts "ok" next to it! and she is ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS late!!! and then tells me she will be right back bc she wants to go get some tea.. and then she has to put all her stuff away.. ugh!  Clearly this is all bothering me just a bit too much! lol! I'm sure nobody cares about all this, but I do! I'm about to lose my mind over this lady!! 

oh, and then I just read Lauren Coats blog, where she was annoyed.. so that just stirred it all up! haha! 

I think I need a nap! ......