Weekend in Review

It’s been a whirlwind of a week but in a great way. Let’s start from the beginning

Friday

I went into work for a few hours only to leave shortly after arriving to have a pizza party for my little guy’s birthday to kick off.  It went really well. Spiderman showed (and freaked out several of the kids) but it was good. We left there and headed out to run some last minute errands for his party that was taking place the next day. My in-laws also arrived early that afternoon and spent the day at their hotel resting. I managed to get the last of the things for the party before getting busy with everything else. Luckily we were able to do what we needed to do.

Saturday

The party was a success! We had about 16 kids show up in total and tons of family. I was glad they were all there. The food was good and so was the company. I highly recommend Dave and Busters if you need a place to have a birthday party. It’s going to cost a pretty penny (I cringe thinking about how much money we spent) but it was worth the convenience and the perks. We hung around there for a few hours before we left to meet up with family back at my house and the celebration continued until 11pm.

Sunday

The family (my parents and his) came back over and we had a morning celebration. The kids played the adults hung out. It was just good all around. Our parents are the best of the friends and let me tell you, it makes things GREAT! Shortly after my in-laws hit the road, my dad and husband went to the movies while my mom and  I took my son to Toys R Us/Babies R Us so he could get another gift with his birthday money and I could finish my baby registry. Later that afternoon, we all met back up for lunch and then went out to look at a couple of model homes (more on this later). Finally, we ended our day at my cousin’s city tennis championship (which he won!) and made it home late that night.

Monday

Monday was Baby Boy’s actual birthday and he had an entire list of things to do. First up was a birthday breakfast of pizza and bacon (don’t judge me; he asked for it) then we headed out to the movies. After the movies he wanted to go to Party City and the bookstore so we took him there. Finally, we picked up some lunch and went home to rest (really I needed a nap) before heading back out to Monkey Joe’s where the family met us to continue the celebration. My mom wanted to cook him a birthday dinner we had a cookout at my parent’s house and rolled into the bed about 11:30 that night.

 

All in all, it was a perfect weekend. My baby told me it was the best birthday ever and he couldn’t wait for his Transformers birthday party the next day ::pause:: Now that we’ve made it through this his birthday, its time to start getting things ready for Baby #2’s arrival in a few months.

Gender Reveal (Sorta)

Hubby and I attended my anatomy scan for the baby the other day. During this scan, the technician is basically taking pictures of baby's full anatomy for review by the OB. It's a normal procedure but it takes a while, especially if you have an active little one like mine.

For the most part, everything looks good. We told her we wanted to know gender immediately. About 20 minutes in she says its one sex and then a few minutes later says she wrong and that it was another sex. I asked her if she was sure and she said yes but since the baby was squirmy, I would have to come back to definitely confirm.

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Lady, you have got to be kidding me. By this point, Hubby is frustrated because she had him expecting one sex and then she says she's wrong. He would have preferred until she was absolutely sure before saying something, which I agree, but I babies move so it can happen.

Anyway, I'm not really the gender just yet until we are absolutely sure what we are having. I've told some family and we even revealed the name but we are going to hold another week before moving forward with anything.

I tell you, these babies are something else...

19 weeks pregnant

How I'm feeling:
Anxious and relieved. Big day today! My boss is finally back from maternity leave and I couldn't be happier to turn everything back over to her.

What I'm craving:
Pasta. I cooked dinner at my parent's house last night and made a pasta dish that I love, including homemade alfredo sauce. Everyone loved it.

How I'm sleeping:
Still pretty uncomfortable with sleeping. I can't seem to find a good position no matter what.

Thoughts:
19 weeks has gotten here quick! It's still hard to believe we are pretty much at the halfway point. Today is my anatomy scan and the day we will finally find out of this baby is a girl or boy. I am too geeked to focus on anything right now. Hubby is taking off work and will meet me at the doctor's office. I have to drink about 32 oz of water before the scan and manage to not pee somehow. We'll see how that goes.

My in-laws will arrive in town on Friday so I am going to spend the next few days cleaning up my house. Baby boy's birthday party is Saturday so I have tons to do for that. Really, I'm just coasting. Since the family will all be together, I plan to do a family night at my house Saturday night. We haven't all been together since our wedding and our parents get along really great. Which reminds me that we may need to stock up on some beer. Either way, I am looking forward to a fabulous weekend!

Mr. Grey Will see you now

The official trailer for "Fifty Shades of Grey" was released yesterday and it took the internet by storm. I have to admit, I can't wait to see this movie and see if it does the book justice. And I'm loving Bey's remixed "Crazy in Love" on the soundtrack. How appropriate.

What do you think?

Pregnancy and Body Image

Pregnancy is one of the most precious gifts God could ever give us. The ability to grow a life inside of you and feed it from your body is simply amazing and not something we should take for granted. It is truly a beautiful and miraculous thing. For 9 months you watch your body change and evolve in ways you never thought possible.

I love being pregnant but like many other women, I suffer from body image issues while pregnant also. Before you go screaming, "but a pregnant body is beautiful", hear me out. I'm not saying it's not but for the pregnant woman, we too struggle with accepting our changing body.

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My husband, God bless him, absolutely loves my pregnant body. He loves talking to my belly, rubbing it in his sleep as we spoon and massaging whatever is aching me. He is amazing! But sometimes I wonder if this big bump, stretch marks and spreading hips is a turn off to him. He will tell me by no means is it but of course my mind says otherwise.

Then I walk into my closet to attempt to find something to wear and nothing fits. Even the stretchy stuff isn't stretchy enough, and quite frankly, I'm not quite comfortable with my bump yet to just put it out there. I think part of it is fear of strangers wanting to rub my belly. It freaks me out! And Hubby DOES NOT like that at all.

Last night, as we were getting ready for bed, I got a little teary and said "I feel like a big whale." Oh, did I forget the mention the extra emotional sensitivity that comes with pregnancy? Lord, I feel like I cry about thing now and I am so not the crying/emotional type. Back to body image.....

I can't control the shape my body takes while pregnant; that is beyond me. What I can control are the things I put into to ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby. While I try not to get too hung on body image, I'm also human and understand that this is part of the process. To all you mommies-to-be out there, don't feel bad if you don't like how your body looks some days. It's perfectly normal and ok. Just know that this too shall...

18 weeks pregnant

I forgot to do my 18 week update. Whoops!

How I'm feeling:
Pretty good today although earlier this week was a little rough. I had to take Wednesday off due to nausea and exhaustion.

What I'm craving:
Salads! I went to Subway twice in 3 hours to get a chopped salad. It's ridiculous, I know.

How I'm sleeping:
This week has been horrible. I literally wanted to cry one night because I couldn't get comfortable and could not sleep. Bless my husband's heart, he's left with one pillow to sleep on since I use about 6 0_0

Thoughts:
Baby boy is fully moved into his new big bedroom. I can't remember if I mentioned it last week but we decided to move him into the guest room, which is huge, and the baby will take over his room. I think it's a great move but unfortunately for my husband, that leaves him without a room to play in. He will be moving his desk into the sunroom with mine, of course he isn't fond of this idea but we have to make do. I told him, you keep adding kids, the space gets smaller. And he wants a 3rd kid after this so I told him he needs to buy me another house before that one gets here LOL

Seriously, we were planning to buy another house in 4 years but it looks like our timetable will be shifting quickly. We are outgrowing this 3 bedroom plus a sunroom home really quick.

On the baby front all is well. I have had some pretty rough night's of sleep this week with lots of discomfort due to my expanding belly and round ligament pain. I know that these are just the growing pains of pregnancy but it hurts! Hubby has been very helpful and supportive with everything. Sometimes I feel like I treat  him so bad and that I'm being a horrible wife but he doesn't complain and loves me anyway :) I realized that I need to plan some time with just the two of us before the baby gets here. I'm hoping my parents will keep baby boy one night a month so that we can have some time to ourselves before the baby gets here.

Last Friday night he endured a technology-free night and watched Frozen with Baby Boy and I. I know he didn't want to but I make sure we spend that family time together. it's important.

Tuesday is the day! We do our anatomy scan and find out if this little bean is a boy or girl, if they cooperate. Please Lord let my child cooperate. I can't stand waiting any longer. I need to know who I will be meeting in December. Plus I need to know how to revise my registry - should it be pink or green. I'm so obsessed with finding out the sex that I bought was one of those gender reveal tests on Amazon. If it came up blue, it was a boy; pink, a girl. Look at my results:

PINK!

Of course my husband thinks its ridiculous but he wants a girl so bad so I'm sure he kinda believe its LOL Well, this kid is dancing in my belly so I guess that means its time to eat!

Random Thoughts

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Story of my life right now...