Wednesday, August 31, 2011

6 months!


Here I am at week 28. 6 months down, and 2/3 of the way done. My doctors appointment went well and I passed my glucose test. Thank goodness. I'm also to the point where my doctors appointments are every two weeks, making the reality that we are having a baby, just a little more real. She is moving around a lot and tiring me out! I've been working overtime the last few weeks to save money and it has got me realizing how much harder it is getting. Bending over is a feat, more like squat awkwardly to pick up whatever it was that was worth picking up.
And just for your viewing pleasure, here is a picture of Sean. Sitting in front of our new desktop computer. We're moving on up in the world. Mostly out of necessity since our laptop got a virus and decided to poop out on us. My favorite part of the new computer so far is the sticky notes, and the 10 key:)


And here is a picture of Sean's head. Just so you remember how big it is. (For some reason this picture makes his head look HUGE... like an orange on a toothpick...)
This is a little rocking chair that Sean's mom bought and painted for us. Isn't it pretty?
Other than preparing for the baby, we've both been working overtime, and then spending our days off catching up on housework and hanging out with each other and family. I ordered a box of peaches (which are unfortunately all hard as a rock), which I will be canning tomorrow (so thankfully they'll be drowning in sugar). This picture is of a recent attempt to make calzones. Rather than making one big one for the two of us, we each made our own so that we could have slightly different toppings (or innards, whatever you call them in a calzone...), and had a major fail. First of all, the dough did not want to be round, so both of ours ended up being more awkwardly oval. Secondly, I made mine on the pan, which was on the heated oven. So when I went to flip the top over, the dough had started to cook and stick to the pan. Thirdly, Sean made his on the counter top, and filled it full, and had the most hilariously difficult time getting it off the counter and onto the pizza pan. This picture is of said effort. It was probably one of our worst dinner attempts, but the time we had laughing together made it all worth it:)
Our fun plans this month include a 4 week parenting class, going to see Les Miserables, and moving to a new apartment at the end of the month. and being one month closer to having our little girl home with us!




Friday, August 12, 2011

mini vacation

This past weekend my sister threw me a baby shower in Utah so that all my relatives and friends could help me celebrate this little girl inside me! It was so cute and such a blast and I got so many awesome presents. It was good to see everyone who came and thank you to those who did! Here are some pictures:

This is me at 25 weeks. Starting to get big!


I'm not sure what's with my face, but the onsie with the outfit says "pretty like mommy":) (Thanks Tahsha!)


I had to put this one up because of Carly's face:) That's a teeny tiny bathing suit from Beth.
This is me and my gals after everyone else left. Not the most flatter picture, but I just love them!

All in all, it was so nice to just get away, see family and friends, and prepare for the baby! After the shower, my mom and sister drove back to Denver with me and all of our newly acquired baby gear. They stayed a couple days and we had a lot of fun going to the new IKEA and to Jerusalem for dinner!

I'm starting to get nervous about the whole, being a parent thing. It's hard to believe that in 3 months we'll have a little baby that we're responsible to take care of. We're super excited, but it's a little scary! Physically, things are getting a little more rough. My feet are swollen after work, it's getting harder to bend over, and my hips hurt when I sleep. I've also noticed that my cravings have changed. Now it's root beer, Sprite, and fruit, and occasionally something sweet.

We're also trying to find ways to save money. Any ideas? We'll be downsizing to a smaller apartment (which equals less rent) in October, I've been using coupons to buy diapers cheaper and stocking up, along with using coupons for grocery shopping, and we've been trying to stick to our budget. But any other ideas would be awesome. Also, has anyone has experience with either Amazon moms or diapers.com?