The Home stretch!

Any day now Baby Cakes. OK, not really. But maybe in 2 weeks you can make your arrival.
I'm hoping to make it to Easter. Partly b/c my mother decided to go to Florida between the 6th and 12th. Great timing mom! I just know if I go into labor while she is gone I will never hear the end of it.....NEVER.

And seriously, if I more person tells me b/c this is my first I will go late, I will seriously throat punch them! I'm very hostile these days.

The nursery is done. Just waiting for Baby Cakes. We went to BRU and purchased the PNP with the gift cards we have. I began working on my thank you notes yesterday....yea, I got about 15 done... out of 70. I'm pretty sure they will go out in batches. As long as they go out before the baby gets here, I'm cool with that.

B and I had what I am sure was our last baby free getaway this weekend. We went up to Windsor to see Chicago and do some gambling. Concert was awesome, the room was awesome, losing $140 to the slots, not so awesome. But we both had a great time and I managed to stay up till 2am with OUT a nap!

I have my 36 week appt on Thursday, so be sure to check back for that update!

One month or less

I am so hoping for the less part.
I feel as thou I have been 8 months pg FORever. I'm ready all ready.

Last night Baby Cakes had Party at the Disco on my bladder. I thought for sure I was going to lose all control and pee my pants. Then I starting having cramps, this along with my cankles...that B could see. I mean seriously, he couldn't see that I didn't have any ankles? Whatever. The rest of the night I was just uncomfortable.

I did manager to get some paperwork for the hospital filled out. Gotta love that pre-registration. And B and I continued our "little discussion".

The boy is crazy I tell you , down right crazy. I told him that when the time comes and I DO finally go into labor, I want to get to the hospital, get checked in and settled into a room before he starts dialing for dollars.

When I said that, he looked at me like I sprouted another head. He wants to drive 100MPH down the trail to get me to the hospital while calling everyone. UM, HELL TO THE NO! NO Fucking way! I don't know how many times I told him I would kill him or hide his phone from him. He just doesn't get it. I honestly think he watches too much tv. He thinks my water will break and if I am not to the hospital within 10 minutes I will have the baby in the Jeep. I have told him over and over that it could take onwards up to 24 hours before the baby would arrive. Again, you would have thought I sprouted another head. I don't know what to say to make him understand my position. His argument, but they are SO excited. I get that. I really do. But I don't want to have to kill my MIL or SIL b/c they are all up in my business. And knowing my MIL, if B does call her while we are on our way, she will be there before me. No lie.

Moving on. I am so annoyed lately. People drive me bat shit crazy. I cant take it anymore. I just want to throat punch a bitch. Maybe I just need more sleep.

I'm going to be an attention whore for a minute. As you all know from following my blog, I have GD. I have been doing really well (except for lately). I was weighed at the doctors last week and then I weighed myself again yesterday and WTF, I weigh less today than I did BEFORE I got pg. I am in no way complaining, but holy shit, how awesome is that? Everyone said I would most likely lose weight being on this diet, but I honestly didn't believe them.

That's all for now.

Where is my brain?

This has been going on for a while now, but last night it really hit me that I am losing it.

I swing by the ATM and CAN NOT remember my pin number. OMFG. Of course, the first time I enter it, its wrong... so then I had to think, think, think about what the number was. Thank god I got it right. I can only imagine how pissed I would have been if the machine ate my card. More pissed if I didnt have the cash to stop and get the ice cream I so badly wanted.

Then this morning, I get up and totally space about testing my BS before I ate. It wasn't until I was walking out the door to leave for work that I realized I had already eaten breakfast and not tested...oh well.

With all that being said. Lets see what I can remember from my 34 week appointment.

My BP is good, I lost 2 pounds, Baby Cakes HR is 134 and I am measuring right on track.

We talked in great length about being induced and what are the odds of having a c/s. I go back in two weeks and begin my internal exam.....EEEK! At week 37, I will have an U/S to check the size of Baby Cakes and we can decided from there what course of action we want to take. My OB is very optimistic and wants everything to take its own course. As of now, I agree with her.

I have to give a shout out to my friend Jill, whose water broke last night and we should be expecting her little bundle of joy sometime today!! He is TWO weeks early! OMG, I am so excited for her and her hubby!!!

3 is my lucky number

Not really. But every night this week I have woke up at 3am. And not just 3am, 3:08 to be exact. Whats up with that?

And whoever said sleep was over rated couldn't be farther from the truth. I slept from 6:30-8:30, 11:00-3:08, 3:15-5:45 last night. OMG.... it was heaven.

I'm feeling 95% better, but now B is sick. And of course being a man, it is TEN times worse than what I had and he doesn't know how he will make it thru the day. ***rolls eyes*** So I tell him to stop and buy some dayquil. His response. I don't like that stuff. I said the pill, not the liquid... and if you don't like it, then you can suffer all day. He told me I didn't have to be mean about it. I said, I am sorry but in all honesty, you can get over this quicker than I did. And you can take the good stuff.

Aside from my dying husband, I have my 34 week OB appt today. Hopefully they don't piss me off and make me wait 45 minutes.

Nursery Updates

Thanks to my wonderful, extremely talented friend Cyndi, I now have the valance and rocking chair pads. I LOVE them. They are oh so awesome.

She hand stitched those little balloon buttons on there.

Here is a picture of the ceiling fan we purchased off eBay.

And here are just a few pictures of the room overall with the pictures on the wall I put together. I got the frames at IKEA and printed the pictures from the Internet.

Too bad the room looks like a tornado went thru it. I finally got my red lamp, put the mattress in the crib and put the bedding on. After I sort thru the 646548 blankets I got, I will post finished pictures of the nursery.

Updates

I am still sick. I managed thru the shower and had a great time. Of course there are a bunch of snarky comment being tossed around, but whateves. I am so blessed to have an amazing group of family and family.

I do have one thing to get off my chest. My MIL and SIL need to realize they are not the only family this baby will have and I REALLY wish they would refrain from making all the grandma, at grandma's house, I'm the grandma, I'm the babysitter comments in front of my mother, who also happens to be a grandma as well. I mean seriously, do you think I was spawned from aliens? No, I have a set of parents just as B does. So before you make a snarky comment about being grandma, remember who you are in front of. I don't think I can hold my tongue much longer.

I am so blessed to have such an amazing group of friends and generous family. I think it took about 2 hours to open all the gifts. It looked like BRU exploded in our house and it will take me all weekend to sort thru all the gifts.

The best gift of all was spending some QT with Jene, who drove up from Cincinnati. I wish we lived closer. None of my friends share my excited for baseball like she does. But its all good. Baby Cakes and I will be taking a road trip down to see her and Baby Charlie this summer.

My shower Hostess, Nicole

Another Shower Host, Ms. Joyce.

My mom (AKA the other grandma) and I

My Nestie Besties!

Part of the aftermath. There is crap in the dining room and nursery.

Let the craziness begin

To start things off, I woke up sick as fuck this morning. Not as sick as I was in December but still feeling like ass none the less.


I can not breathe out my right nostril, my right ear is killing me and my throat hurts.



I decided the best thing for my sore throat was McDonald's for breakfast, which included a LARGE OJ....which I am SO not allowed to have.

I have two cakes to make this weekend. Lets see how creative I can be when I am sick....


AND my baby shower is Sunday. I really, really, really don't want to be sick for that. I think I will call the doctors office when they open this morning.

And I have a teaser photo for you. I had maternity pictures taken a few weeks back. Everlasting Images is beyond freaking awesome. You can check out their site for all their info or more of my photo session!

Things I need

* More sleep
* Tylenol
* A haircut
* Eyebrow wax
* More sleep
* A massage
* A day off from testing
* More sleep
* A day off with nothing to do. No housework included.

50 days...or less

Holy crap! I had another mild panic attack last night when I was marking appointments on the calendar. Yea, I am the intelligent one. Holy Shit! We are going to have a baby NEXT month!

This month is going to be VERY busy for us, thus resulting in time flying by. Starting on the 15th, I have my shower that Sunday, start L&D classes on Monday, meet with the crortchmuffin Dietitian on Tuesday, and have my 34W appt on Thursday. I'm exhausted just thinking about it.

One exciting little fact, Mr. Freeze just so happens to be open. And they are so conveniently located right across the street from the OB's office. I will be sure to have cash on hand so I can get some ice cream for the drive home.

I had my 32W checkup yesterday. Went very well. Baby Cakes HR was 138. I talked to the doctor about the chances of being induced. Having GD isn't going to help.
Although, on the plus side, I get another look at Baby Cakes around week 36 to make sure s/he isn't gaining to much weight.

My OB said she doesn't like to induced b/c chances are it could be a hard labor for me and more time spent in the hospital and if all that can be avoided, she would rather have it that way. But if Baby Cakes starts getting to big, that's my only option. So I have to stay on top of this diet and make sure s/he doesn't get too big.

The doc did say that if I chose to be induced technically/medically speaking since I have GD I could. But it wouldn't be until week 39, hence the 50 days or less. She left it for me to decided. Like I need another decision to make.

I'm still trying to figure when my last day of work will be. In an ideal perfect world, I could work till the 24th and have the baby over the weekend. I only get 6-8 weeks off (unpaid at that) and I want to be able to spend ALL the time possible with Baby Cakes. I don't want to "waste" time off before hand.

That's it for now. I have a lot of decisions to make and a very busy schedule ahead of me!

The power of a nap and 32 week picture

The power of a nap is an amazing thing. As usual, I tossed and turned and got up to pee in the middle of the night. BUT I had a half hour nap after dinner last night. When I woke up, I didnt feel exhausted and today was the first day B didnt tell me how tired I looked. I think I need to make a 1/2 hour nap part of my evening routine.

Here is my 32w5day belly shot. Why in the hell do they copy so small? When I save them, they are so much bigger. Ugh.

**edit** If you click on the picture, a new BIGGER one will open for you.

Sympathy pains and Spring fever

It appears as thou B is having sympathy pains. He keeps getting charlie horses in his calf. I laugh. Aren't I the loving wife. My answer to everything these days is to drink more water...or is it B's answer. I cant remember.

I am so ready for spring to be here. Not because that means the arrival of Baby Cakes, but more so the fact that it will be WARM out. I don't know how much more I can take. Yes, the sunshine is nice. Whats not so nice is walking out into teen temperatures. I have had enough. This is right about the time B and I take off for a long weekend to someplace warm. I thought with Baby Cakes coming and having 8 weeks off, I could get thru the winter. I was wrong. I have spring fever in the worst way. I must have spent an hour looking online at 3 days cruises. **shakes fist at the ILs were on a cruise as we speak.**

Then I spent some more time looking at the deals on expedia for NYC and Vegas. I am desperate to go anywhere right about now. Just to get the hell out of Ohio would be a nice change up.

**sigh**

Wishful thinking.

Getting the hang of it

Do you have any idea how long it takes to grocery shop when you stop and read every label? A long time. Well, not really. But long enough for B to wonder WTH took me so long.

First let me bitch about the crotchmuffin dietitian I met with last week. I did not like her. We will just leave it at that. But she told me that pasta was pasta no matter what brand/type it was. She may be right. But I don't want to believe her. I picked up a box of Kroger Brand pasta and compared it to Healthy Choice, I think (I honestly cant remember for the life of me right now.) Anyhow, the carbs where WAY lower on the HC. So I bought that.

My Blood Sugar (BS) was low all day yesterday. I had a salad and spaghetti for dinner and two hours after I ate, my BS was 90. Not that it is bad. But when my numbers are low, I do stupid things. Like reward myself with ice cream or brownies. I really need to stop doing that.

I'm finally getting the hang of this testing and knowing what I can eat and what will fill me up without going over my carb intake. I also know what I should stay away from and which foods are free and I can eat all I want....Free foods help a lot. But do you have any idea how hard it is to make Jell-o and not put alcohol in it? Its hard. I had to read the instructions 3 times.