I'm sorry

I'm here and I'm fine. No baby still. I don't blog so much now b/c of this stupid tingling/numbness stuff going on in my right hand. It was absolute TORTURE trying to get all the thank you cards written and addressed. But they are done and in the mail. Now I'll only have to do one or two at a time.

I thought I'd have shower pics for you but well, they aren't pretty. So maybe not.

On the baby front, all bed linens, clothes, and bottles are washed and ready to be used, the monitors are charged and ready to go. I just need to pack my bag for the hospital. Today I plan on making spaghetti sauce and a ziti to freeze for 'future use'. I'm also making a cheesecake for one of the ministers at our church who has been 'on my list' since Christmas!!!

Oh if you are looking for an update on C's blog... keep looking! The doofis forgot his password. He thinks it'll come to him eventually. He also thinks it starts with the letter R and that it might have a number in it. Can you tell I'm rolling my eyes!?!?!?

Ok, well, that's all I've got for now... I'm gonna jump off of here before I lose too much sensation in my hand.

Oh look here's a shower pic.....

We've been showered!

Last night C and I went to a shower that some of the ladies from church hosted for us. There was a great turnout and an amazing outpouring of love for us. We wound up staying up until 4:30 in the morning putting the baby's goodies away. I'm sure there are pictures on my camera, but I haven't even seen them yet. I'll post them tomorrow or one day next week.

We had a bit of a scare regarding C's job situation. The project he was working on was ending, and they gave him a release date of August 31st. But he got 'unofficial' word that they had gotten a new contract for at least another year. This week it was made official. We are breathing much easier now.

I'm totally done being pregnant, but so not ready to have a baby in the house. I can't wait to be able to move without it being a huge ordeal, and I so can't wait to sleep on my stomach again. I really can't wait for this numbness/tingling in my arm to go away. The dr said its from the extra fluids pushing on my nerves and causing carpal tunnel like symptoms. It's at its worst when I'm on the computer so that may be why I haven't been blogging much.

~til next time!

Here's your update!!

Last weekend, I was at a scrapbooking crop. I'm a member of a message board online that I am pretty much addicted to... it was decided that the TX girls needed to get together. Well, this TX crop turned into a very big event. It was held up in Lewisville at a scrapbook store, and ladies (and some spouses) flew in from as far as Canada and California!!! It was so awesome to meet everyone! These awesome ladies also presented me with a baby gift. We received the play yard that was on our registry. I was so overwhelmed by their generosity. Its so amazing, I mean they had never even met me before and here they are being so thoughtful and caring to a stranger (practically). I must say that it was totally weird for me to be recognized by everyone. I had to keep asking people who they were and what their screen name was... and yet they all knew exactly who I was immediately. The belly was the dead give away! LOL!!! I was so exhausted from the weekend but it was so totally worth it!

Saturday night, we (C drove me to and from the event both days) didn't get home til close to midnight and Friday night it was close to 1am. We were both so excited about the play yard that we stayed up so that C could put it together. Then on Sunday, he was so excited about putting the furniture in the nursery that he didn't even wait for a friend to help him get the stuff up there. He somehow maneuvered all 3 pieces upstairs by himself. My idea was that he just take the parts to the crib upstairs individually. But once he got the crib together there was no stopping the man! The room looks so great! And yes, I took pictures and I will share them here with you now!






I had a dr appt on Monday... she did an exam... said my cervix was 'up in china' but that she thought I'd be doing 'this myself' and not in the distant future either.
My counter at the top of the blog is a week off... it's going by a 40 week schedule and the dr said that no matter what I wouldn't be going past 39 weeks. So if I don't 'do this myself' before 39 weeks comes, she wants to do a c-section. I told her about the contractions I had last week, she said that I'm building up to something. For now, we are still playing the waiting game. I'll definitely keep you posted!

~Till next time

sorry.

So my Monday didn't turn out as planned. I cleaned up the office this morning, then ran a few errands after lunch and wound up sitting in my dr's office for an hour and forty minutes before I even got into an exam room! Let me just say that I wasn't happy, I was so frustrated, tired, and hungry; I really had to work hard not to burst into tears. Then when I was checking out of the office and scheduling my appt for next week, the receptionist says to me so how about next Monday at 1:40pm? I said fine. Then she added you may have a bit of a wait though. I nearly came undone. I just stared at her. DO NOT TELL ME A WEEK IN ADVANCE that I'm going to have to wait, especially after I just sat in your office for almost 2 hours!!!!!! I'm calling tomorrow to see if I can get a different appt. I didn't say anyting today b/c I really thought I was going to start crying. I went straight home, got some food in me and fell asleep on the couch for about 30 minutes, then C came home and we had to go out again. While wandering through Home Depot I had a few contractions, the most intense I've had so far... C was a bit freaked, I hope he calms down some when its the real deal.
Tomorrow morning, I'll clean up from the construction over the weekend, the project isn't entirely done, I need to paint and I want C to add some small finishing touches. But I'll take pics of what we (he and Uncle R and Aunt D) did this weekend. (I sat there 'supervising' :D )
We got a call today from the store, the baby's furniture is in, we should be picking it up tomorrow night. YAY! The carpets are getting cleaned this week, so I don't want to put the furniture upstairs in the room til that is done, so most likely we won't have baby room pics til next week. Sorry folks!
This weekend I am attending a crop, I'm excited to meet a lot of people that I 'chat' with online at the scrapbook store, I'm also nervous. I'm really hoping to get a lot of work done on this one project I'm being paid to work on.
Next weekend, the ladies at church are having a baby shower for us, I'm excitd about that too! I'll be sure to share pics from that!
Tomorrow I'm getting a bit of pampering done! I'm getting a manicure and a pedicure! I hope the lady is gentle on my toe... the nail is still very purple from its unfortunate encounter with the coffee table in the front living room on July 3rd! After my pampering, then I have to go to the diabetes consult and learn how to inject myself with insulin twice a day! So if you've been following my blog at all, after tomorrow I will be giving myself THREE shots a day!!!!! I'm super disappointed that I wasn't able to control the diabetes strictly with diet. I really tried, I've been doing it since the first of May, but evidently its just too much now and I need the meds. On the upside, I have to watch to make sure now that my sugar levels don't go too low, so that means I get to add a little more 'goodies' to my diet. So that should make me a little bit happier.

~til next time!

hmmm who'd a thunk??? :D

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I'll be back on Monday with better blog material, I promise!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

~Til next time!

OH and that ladybug up there is getting AWFULLY close to that flower!!!!! :O