Past-times of a Pregnancy

1. Online shop on maternity store sites, fill your basket of items and cancel the screen before your boss sees your shopping list. (Same goes for your Baby Registry)

2. Disinfecting everything.

3. Searching for the origin of whatever smell is driving you crazy in your car or house and vanquish it.

4. Cleaning floor boards, window sills, garbage cans, shampoo carpets, shaving all the hair off your dogs.

5. Washing baby clothes for 33 week old baby that hasn't arrived yet; folding and rearranging them by category, color, and size.

6. Counting all the different scenarios that could lead to you having to be forced into a C-Section and worry.

7. Watching your belly move. (Hello Jayden)

8. Lather whole body in Coco Butter 2x daily.

9. Search for stretch marks, veins, or any other marks that weren't on your body 8 months ago and cry about them.

10. Vow to go on the most strict diet of your life in 6 weeks.

11. Enjoy your pre-diet cuisine while you can.

12. Sike yourself out by watching way too many births on the Discovery Channel and cry along with the family on television when the baby is finally born.

13. Avoiding full length mirrors, snapshot pictures, and the scale.

14. Look for things that you've misplaced for the third time that day.

15. Trying not to fart around any innocent bystanders. (Sorry Paul)

Preggo and Losing Brain Cells

Preggo brain story: Yesterday, I couldn't find my phone for an hour. I looked and looked and I didn't want to leave the house without it. My apartment is only so big. I hadn't left the house yet. I just made a call. What the heck? Keep in mind Paul and I only have cell phones no land-line.
I emailed a friend at work and asked her to call me. Later, I find out She was out to lunch. While waiting I did what any "nesting" fat lady would do: I cleaned and rearranged things for the 15th time this month. Complete with disinfecting all the doorknobs and cabinet handles. I didn't get call from her until about a half hour later. The phone was in the bathroom under a hand towel... geese.
I fell asleep in the afternoon and woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. I fell asleep next to the pile of laundry that I was "planning" to putt away. I couldn't find the phone. It rang and rang. The ring was loud and clear. I knew it had to be right under my nose! I sifted through all the laundry on my bed and even turned my purse next to me completely inside out. Huffing and puffing, I was frustrated and losing my mind... 10 minutes later, after the ringing had stopped, I find that the phone was in my pocket.

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

Snuggle your sweetie. Kiss a cutie.

We started Childbirth101 class this week. I have been reading so much about this pregnancy and trying to share with Paul. But, it was really great to have Paul in the class with me so he could hear all the good stuff for himself. As an introduction exercise, the class talked about some of the aches and ills of pregnancy. I feel very lucky. A little back pain is manageable.

Paul is being a very good husband/daddy. Sometimes I get emotional, he asks why I'm crying and my answer is "I don't know!" It must be so confusing for guys. Thank you honey for putting up with me.

Some of my favorite "I'm bored" shows as of late:

A Baby Story

Bringing Home Baby

Birth Day

I have seen so many different births and situations on television and the Internet now. It makes me feel like I'm a little more prepared with what could happen. So words or procedures don't seem so foreign. I keep praying that he will be healthy. He will come on his own without induction and he moves down the birth canal on his own. I try not to hope too much, because the plan can always change.

Jayden is kicking and moving all the time. I can't believe there is a person in there that is going to be bigger than me someday. I can't wait to meet him and say hello face to face.

Birthday Fun

Happy Birthday to me! On the day of my B-Day my mom gave me a pretty garnet/birthstone ring, Auntie Rita spoiled me with a facial, and Paul had a wonderful candlelight dinner with flowers waiting for me when i got home.

That Saturday 10 of us met for dinner in Irvine and then went to the Improv. I have been dying to go to a comedy show for years, yey! Dinner was yummy. The show was hilarious. The headliner was DL Hughley. My belly was jiggling with laughter the whole time. Everyone enjoyed the show.