Yes, I know, I SO need to update. So much has happened. But, alas, no baby yet. I'm quite ready for her though. All of our showers are wrapped up, and our exchanges and returns complete...and I'm excited to say, we have our nest ready for our little arrival! Can't wait! Just yesterday we had a doc appointment and we discussed herbal remedies to "encourage" the process. So we immediately ran to the health food store to buy "Red Raspberry Leaf Tea" (sipping it as I type this!) and "Evening Primrose Oil". I am all over that!!
I just can't get over that ticker at the top of our blog. When did we pass the half-way mark?? Did I miss something? I feel like time has handed me one of those soap opera kids who one minute is like newborn and a year later is a teenager with a major storyline. I just can't believe it.
Oh, and here are a few random weird things:
We own a stroller. And it's assembled in our mud room. Just sitting there.
Second, we have a baby swing. In our bedroom. What the hell?! I do a double take every time I see it!!
Next, I have a bag packed. With gargantuan pads that claim to do God-knows-what and a cute Betsy Johnson robe to fend off the "dowdy frumptitude" that pregnant hall walkers tend to sport.
And finally, who would have ever thought we would have spent Halloween at Babies R Us wrapping up our final purchases? Surely not us.
And from the Complaints Desk:
Really surprisingly, not too many right now. I have a very heavy sensation in my low low abdomen, stretch marks have finally made their appearance, my hands are more swollen than ever, and finally, I was diagnosed with a yeast infection on my FEET! (it is clearing up but not without itching in the fiercest way possible) HOWEVER, this whole pregnancy thing is just getting uncomfortable - not unbearable just uncomfortable. I'm lumbering, huffing and puffing to do anything. And the really irritating part is, this little bundle is nearly 6 pounds at this point... she is clearly capable of seeking residence in her adorable little nursery and vacating her island paradise. I say, most lovingly of course, "move it kid, rent is about to go up!"
:)
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Settling In
Well we're officially at our new address. I love it! We are so fortunate to have had the help of our friends and family. My parents came over on Sunday and helped us get truly settled. They surprised us with a microwave - an awesome microwave. I had taken note, during our initial tours of this house, that there was no microwave, but it wasn't until I went to use the *nonexistent* microwave that I about had a small panic attack. You turn to heat up some leftovers and start looking for the microwave and, alas, there isn't one. It's a very discomforting experience. I guess my parents took pity on us, knowing a microwave could play a vital role in our future...they bought us a Cadillac of microwaves. And then Poppa installed it for us - it looks perfect.
Another exciting bundle of treats I've acquired since the move -- every single kind of Swiffer product available! Mimi took me to Lowe's and we nearly cleaned the place out. Everything from the aforementioned Swiffers to a dimmer switch for the baby's room. We got two awesome lamps - oh and a really cute chandelier for little missie's room as well. We got trash cans, room accesories, a broom, and SO much more. We were afraid we wouldn't be able to get it all in my car! But really, back to the Swiffers. I got the Swiffer Wet Jet, the Swiffer Sticky Carpet cleaner thingy, and just the plain old Swiffer Sweeper. We are a Swiffer household! Haha! It's pretty funny. I guess the obsession stems from the fact that my old house had lots of carpet and this one has hardly any. Lots of wood and dust bunnies. But not anymore...Bunnies Beware!! I'm armed and dangerous! Perhaps it's the hormones and the nesting instinct but I cannot sit down when I get home from school. I'm tired beyond belief, but dammit, this place is CLEAN! (By the way, that Wet Jet is AMAZING!)
Next subject - broken legs. Josh's is healing nicely, but he's the most overly compliant patient EVER. Just this evening he started attempting to walk short distances without crutches. I'm like the pushy stage mom prodding him from behind...dance, Monkey! I know he's frustrated because he hasn't been able to participate in this move-in thing and all of the "settling in" that ensues. But yeesh, this is his first major injury and the swelling that comes standard with something like this really freaks him out. He feels compelled to "get off of it" the second it swells. Again, maybe it's the hormones, but I am SO over this leg break at this point. However, tonight I'm rather impressed. I'm able to sit here and leisurely type this blog most likely because of the meltdown I had last night. I couldn't stop sobbing about how tired I was and how I felt like I was never going to be done with all that I wanted to do. SO tonight, he cooked tacos for dinner and has hobbled around doing random chores and even cleaned up the kitchen after dinner. I was able to cross off about three things on my to-do list tonight when got home. So refreshing. I don't think he wants anymore meltdowns. Good to know I have those in my arsenal when necessary.
Oh and I got a new car! (Change is good, right -- while we're changing addresses, adding a baby, and healing from broken legs, why not add a new car, right?) It's a Honda CRV. It's SUPER awesome - silver exterior, XM radio, black leather interior (strategically chosen for its "wipe-up-ability"), sun roof, etc!! It's my first SUV - Josh already had one, but this is in place of where I've traditionally had an Accord. Such a life change. Not just the fact that it's an SUV, but because of what it represents. I keep looking in the back seat just picturing what will be riding back there. A car seat?! Me?! Now there's an accessory I never pictured in my vehicle.
Now here's some fun medical info for the record books:
My feet have been swelling in a cartoon-like capacity. No matter what socks I wear, at the end of the day, I have a massive pooling right above them. It's ridiculous. The swelling is so bad that I'm down to about four pairs of shoes I can wear. One is tennis shoes, which I can't exactly wear and look professional, so I live for jeans days! The other shoes are a really stretched out pair of somewhat cute black loafer type shoes. They're Steve Maddens, but they're also like 6 years old. Not overly cute, but I kept them on stand-by all these years for when I needed something with a lower heel and a comfy fit. But these are SO not my everyday style. It's really bugging me to feel like such a shoe frump everyday. And the other two are like one strap sandal type things, like Dr. Scholl's but a little cuter. As we approach November, we clearly have a problem. When these are out of the question, I'm going to be left with little choice. Oh, and did I point out I have nothing in brown? So when I wear an outfit of the "brown/tan" persuasion, what are my options?? I tried to squeeze into my brown boots the other day and it wore me out simply trying to pull the zipper up the side and it never budged. I had to give up, totally winded and defeated. I ended up wearing the sandals. Yes, I know enough rant about the shoe issue, but it's clearly plaguing me every morning before I leave the house. OH and more "feet fun", I have some kind of rash or athletes foot going on. Many pregnancy books/magazines say that you can get itchy soles with pregnancy due to hormones -- how random is that??! Well, I can't figure it out, but it's enough to make me want to saw my feet off. I wake up itching and I've given myself like blood blister/bruise type things as a result. It's just ugly. Swollen, bruised, rashy, no fresh pedicure.... hot. Really really hot. And you put that together with the fact that I'm still wearing sandals... 'nuff said.
Little Missie is of course getting HUGE - all the books and stuff say she's well over 4 pounds. That's perfectly big enough to get born, right? If it weren't for the logistics of "where is she going to sleep" (Mimi's crib bedding is coming along and looking absolutely dreamy!!) I'd say, I'm ready. Bring it on. But, AGGHH!! Every time I say that, I come to a screeching stop and realize I have no idea what I'm talking about. I have no idea what I've gotten myself in to!! Neither one of us do!!
Well on a final note, and speaking of preparing for the baby, tomorrow is my first shower. My co-workers are throwing it right after school. It's so bizarre. I know it sounds so stupid and obvious to say, but it's my first shower. That's just strange to me - showers aren't something you get very often. You know, like a birthday. You get those every year. Christmas, an annual treat. But a BABY shower. Not something you do very often in life. So it's such a milestone. It's like, she's really coming. We're even getting presents because of it. Hmm. Just...wow! (Oh, and good thing we spent all that time this summer registering - it's nice to finally see that this did, in fact, have a purpose!!)
Alright, that's all for now. I'm going to rub some salve on my itchy, repulsive feet and pick out my not-brown outfit for tomorrow. I will be unloading a lot of fun pictures soon - new house, new car, baby shower, etc. FUN TIMES!!
Another exciting bundle of treats I've acquired since the move -- every single kind of Swiffer product available! Mimi took me to Lowe's and we nearly cleaned the place out. Everything from the aforementioned Swiffers to a dimmer switch for the baby's room. We got two awesome lamps - oh and a really cute chandelier for little missie's room as well. We got trash cans, room accesories, a broom, and SO much more. We were afraid we wouldn't be able to get it all in my car! But really, back to the Swiffers. I got the Swiffer Wet Jet, the Swiffer Sticky Carpet cleaner thingy, and just the plain old Swiffer Sweeper. We are a Swiffer household! Haha! It's pretty funny. I guess the obsession stems from the fact that my old house had lots of carpet and this one has hardly any. Lots of wood and dust bunnies. But not anymore...Bunnies Beware!! I'm armed and dangerous! Perhaps it's the hormones and the nesting instinct but I cannot sit down when I get home from school. I'm tired beyond belief, but dammit, this place is CLEAN! (By the way, that Wet Jet is AMAZING!)
Next subject - broken legs. Josh's is healing nicely, but he's the most overly compliant patient EVER. Just this evening he started attempting to walk short distances without crutches. I'm like the pushy stage mom prodding him from behind...dance, Monkey! I know he's frustrated because he hasn't been able to participate in this move-in thing and all of the "settling in" that ensues. But yeesh, this is his first major injury and the swelling that comes standard with something like this really freaks him out. He feels compelled to "get off of it" the second it swells. Again, maybe it's the hormones, but I am SO over this leg break at this point. However, tonight I'm rather impressed. I'm able to sit here and leisurely type this blog most likely because of the meltdown I had last night. I couldn't stop sobbing about how tired I was and how I felt like I was never going to be done with all that I wanted to do. SO tonight, he cooked tacos for dinner and has hobbled around doing random chores and even cleaned up the kitchen after dinner. I was able to cross off about three things on my to-do list tonight when got home. So refreshing. I don't think he wants anymore meltdowns. Good to know I have those in my arsenal when necessary.
Oh and I got a new car! (Change is good, right -- while we're changing addresses, adding a baby, and healing from broken legs, why not add a new car, right?) It's a Honda CRV. It's SUPER awesome - silver exterior, XM radio, black leather interior (strategically chosen for its "wipe-up-ability"), sun roof, etc!! It's my first SUV - Josh already had one, but this is in place of where I've traditionally had an Accord. Such a life change. Not just the fact that it's an SUV, but because of what it represents. I keep looking in the back seat just picturing what will be riding back there. A car seat?! Me?! Now there's an accessory I never pictured in my vehicle.
Now here's some fun medical info for the record books:
My feet have been swelling in a cartoon-like capacity. No matter what socks I wear, at the end of the day, I have a massive pooling right above them. It's ridiculous. The swelling is so bad that I'm down to about four pairs of shoes I can wear. One is tennis shoes, which I can't exactly wear and look professional, so I live for jeans days! The other shoes are a really stretched out pair of somewhat cute black loafer type shoes. They're Steve Maddens, but they're also like 6 years old. Not overly cute, but I kept them on stand-by all these years for when I needed something with a lower heel and a comfy fit. But these are SO not my everyday style. It's really bugging me to feel like such a shoe frump everyday. And the other two are like one strap sandal type things, like Dr. Scholl's but a little cuter. As we approach November, we clearly have a problem. When these are out of the question, I'm going to be left with little choice. Oh, and did I point out I have nothing in brown? So when I wear an outfit of the "brown/tan" persuasion, what are my options?? I tried to squeeze into my brown boots the other day and it wore me out simply trying to pull the zipper up the side and it never budged. I had to give up, totally winded and defeated. I ended up wearing the sandals. Yes, I know enough rant about the shoe issue, but it's clearly plaguing me every morning before I leave the house. OH and more "feet fun", I have some kind of rash or athletes foot going on. Many pregnancy books/magazines say that you can get itchy soles with pregnancy due to hormones -- how random is that??! Well, I can't figure it out, but it's enough to make me want to saw my feet off. I wake up itching and I've given myself like blood blister/bruise type things as a result. It's just ugly. Swollen, bruised, rashy, no fresh pedicure.... hot. Really really hot. And you put that together with the fact that I'm still wearing sandals... 'nuff said.
Little Missie is of course getting HUGE - all the books and stuff say she's well over 4 pounds. That's perfectly big enough to get born, right? If it weren't for the logistics of "where is she going to sleep" (Mimi's crib bedding is coming along and looking absolutely dreamy!!) I'd say, I'm ready. Bring it on. But, AGGHH!! Every time I say that, I come to a screeching stop and realize I have no idea what I'm talking about. I have no idea what I've gotten myself in to!! Neither one of us do!!
Well on a final note, and speaking of preparing for the baby, tomorrow is my first shower. My co-workers are throwing it right after school. It's so bizarre. I know it sounds so stupid and obvious to say, but it's my first shower. That's just strange to me - showers aren't something you get very often. You know, like a birthday. You get those every year. Christmas, an annual treat. But a BABY shower. Not something you do very often in life. So it's such a milestone. It's like, she's really coming. We're even getting presents because of it. Hmm. Just...wow! (Oh, and good thing we spent all that time this summer registering - it's nice to finally see that this did, in fact, have a purpose!!)
Alright, that's all for now. I'm going to rub some salve on my itchy, repulsive feet and pick out my not-brown outfit for tomorrow. I will be unloading a lot of fun pictures soon - new house, new car, baby shower, etc. FUN TIMES!!
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