Round Out the Week

I'm back! I must apologize for the lack of posts, it has been a busy two weeks. Since I posted last I have been to a Bachlorette Party, a Tiger's game (which they won!), worked 44 hours in 4 days (yes even while preggers), went to a fabulous wedding in Holland (Congrats Sarah and Jason), purchased a "little something" for the nursery (promise to show you in a later post) from a CUTE shop in downtown Holland called Tip Toes (sorry no website yet, but if you are ever there it is worth a stop), visited Emily and family in Paw Paw, emptied out the office and set it back up in the basement so Kelli had a room of her own for the summer (I am so excited to have her as a roomie for a little while), cleaned the house from top to bottom (well except for our bed room...maybe this weekend....), picked up our new laptop from Dave who helped get it cleaned up and on the wireless router (What a life saver you are Dave--Thanks so much!! And thanks to the Johnson's for helping us out with the purchase so MJ could have a laptop for school and get all A's...), worked another 37+ hours, shopped for a shower dress (thanks again Mitzi), grocery shopped and did a few thank you cards. Yeah, not bad for 2 weeks!

"How are you feeling" you may ask, like every other person who sees me? I feel good for the most part. My back is starting to hurt on a more regular basis and I think I am starting to lose the definition in my ankles...yikes! Heartburn is only a rare issue, thank heavens, but the waking-in-order-to-roll-over stage is setting in. Other than that, life is good. All in all I really don't have any complaints.

Peanut is still on the move. I can feel her rolling over and adjusting on a regular basis with an occasional elbow or knee jabbing my insides. She is big enough now that I can actually see her movements...that is a little strange and sometimes creeps me out, but I love it at the same time. Well, enough said, here we are at the end of 29 weeks:

I am growing for sure, but if I hear one more person's surprise when I answer their question of "when are you due" I will strangle someone. Example: today while shopping with Mitzi for a shower dress, three DIFFERENT women asked me when I was due. "August 9th" I replied, only to hear 1) "Oh..."(imagine a "yikes" face), 2) "Really..." (imagine a "Oh" face) and 3) "August?" (imagine a "are you sure" face). Comforting. Thanks for the reassurance people, have you ever been here and had to listen to comments like that??? They really don't help with one's self confidence. And to top it all off I have to share with you the Comment of the Week--"there is no way you are going to make it to August". Thanks. Thanks a lot.

Oh well, what can I say other than "love me the way I am people" :)

Round Out the Week

Yippie!! I made it on time! I have to make this quick, I am on my way to a Bachelorette party for my friend Sarah (no adult beverages for me...booooooo) but I promise another post either tonight or tomorrow :)

Here we are at the END of the 2nd trimester (Scary to put it that way!):

I don't think I look much bigger than last week and I really don't feel much bigger either. I am happy to report that Peanut is still a little wiggle-worm, probably practicing her water ballet! I did my glucose test this week, which wasn't too bad. It was like flat orange pop or super sweet McDonald's orange drink. I tested in the normal range, sugar came back at 98...what ever that means. The doc. told me that I am probably one of the most boring pregnancies he has had in a while. I will take that as a compliment :) (but just wait until it is time to check into the hospital, we will see what he has to say then). Well that is all for now, I am running late!!

Happy Mother's Day...

to Me!!! My "first" mother's day weekend was great! It started Friday with a delivery from the UPS man. My dad sent me a the cutest t-shirt with this on the belly:

So fun! I will post a pic. with me in the shirt later (I hate getting my picture taken...). Later that afternoon the mail came and there was a card from Peanut! She is so thoughtful and knew just what I needed: a haircut!! Sad to say, but I have not been to Stephanie in over 5 MONTHS!! Yes, months not weeks! So Saturday morning off to the salon I went!

Mommy's Day continued this morning with MJ getting up to feed the cats at 8 a.m. when they started calling at the door for breakfast...so nice to sleep in a little. He came back to bed about a half hour later with a present for me! Michael got me a shirt, a pink zip-up hoodie and some maternity undies. It is amazing how the little things can make you feel like a new person! Comfy clothes are the BEST right now...and I am only going to get bigger :) Next we went to out for a yummy breakfast then came home and got ready for our day. First we went to pick up paint (add taping and painting the baby's room to our to do list) then to the mall to grab a few items. Then it was on to the Johnson's for a little cook-out. The boys took care of everything and actually made a great dinner. I got a nice potted plant for the front porch and a couple of Mommy-to-be cards. So very thoughtful of everyone.

Now I am home, in my jammies, typing away and dreading another work week (it is a long one with night meetings Monday-Thursday....YUCK). What a wonderful Mother's Day! I hope yours was just as special and enjoyable.

On that note, I just want to say a little "Thank You" to all of the women in my life who have ever supported, encouraged, and loved me. Especially you Mom! I love you!

Round Out the Week

CRAP, I missed it by 12 hours! Right as I was falling asleep last night I remembered that I did not post the belly pic. I took. And I PROMISED you that it would be on time.....next week!!?!

Here we are at the end of 26 weeks:

I hope to post later tonight about my Mother's Day fun!

Still Learning About Blogging

Well I thought I would be smart by starting a post or two and save them as drafts so that I would be better about posting...little did I know that it would post under the start date instead of the published date. So, click here to read Decisions Have Been Made.

Round Out the Week

Happy Sunday night! Really, I am thinking "Yuck, I have to work tomorrow," but I guess I will survive...

I missed last week's "Round Out the Week" due to a lack of ambition...and I missed this Saturday update due to work. Next week, I promise it will be on time. Well here we are at 25 weeks:

Well I have to say that I am finally happy to be documenting this part of the journey; when people ask me how I'm feeling I usually reply "just tired and getting fat". By taking these pics, I can tell that it is more than just "fat" and really a BABY growing inside of me...weird when you put it that way and really think about it! I guess I need to get over my issues and enjoy the process no matter how weird it is to be in this larger version of my body (and besides, even middle school and high school girls are guessing that I have a bun in the oven--which means that I have to LOOK preggers by not). But then again, I guess I am just the Peanut's shell :)