TGIF!

Friday + Payday = happiness.

Another week here and gone. And oh how it went so fast! I'm having a hard time with the fact that today is the last weekend of July already. Slooooowww down, time. Seriously. I miss the days when summer seemed to last forever. It seemed like such a long time from when school got out to when it started in August/September. I remember being excited to see what people looked like when we went back to school. Did we really change that much during that short amount of time?! I also remember being SO bored some days. Whining to my mom, I'm sure, how bored I was. If only I could feel that again. I can't remember what bored feels like!

This weekend: think it's going to be another busy one. Tomorrow a possible trip to Tacoma--waiting for Joe to decide on that one. Sunday I have a baby shower (not mine) and then my sisters birthday. The only thing I want to do tonight is come home after work and have nothing to do or anywhere to go. We'll see if that happens!

Happy Friday!

Countdown: 11 weeks

What to Expect.com Update

Baby is almost 17 inches tall now, nearly as tall as he will be at birth, and close to three pounds. This weight will nearly double--or come close to tripling by delivery time. His wrinkled skin is smoothing out as more fat is deposited under the skin surface. This fat, called white fat, is different from the earlier brown fat that your developing fetus accumulated. Brown fat is necessary for body temperature regulation while white fat actually serves as an energy source.

Space in your baby's living quarters is now at a premium, so you'll be feeling jabs and pokes from elbows and knees mostly. But those kicks will be more vigorous than before because your baby is stronger and excitedly responding to all sorts of stimuli--movement, sounds, light and the food you ate half an hour ago.

I'm still feeling great and feel so lucky to have had such a smooth pregnancy. Being with Ashley on Monday made me feel bad for complaining about my back, a non-baby related injury. I still have mild heart burn from time to time but that's about it. I've given in and started taking Tylenol for my back though. The pain was just too much to handle---I feel guilty about taking it but it's helping so I think it's worth the guilt that comes with it!

Tonight we're having dinner with a friend I traveled around Europe with. Her and her husband just moved to Longview and are expecting their first 2 months after us. They find out this afternoon what they're having, I can't wait to hear! Girl or boy, it's another little playmate for Baby ____!

Happy Thursday!

Virgin daiquiris and episiotomies

Last night I went for dinner with Ashley and Tera in good ol' Castle Rock. Ashely is 4 weeks ahead of me in her pregnancy and has been on bed rest for the past few weeks but she escaped for dinner. It was a 4 hour dinner and we covered everything from babies to husbands to local gossip. Perfect! Seeing Ashley made me realize our little boys will be here soon. She's already got her hospital bag packed! I don't even know what I need to pack for the hospital! Joe and I really need to get busy, we don't have that much longer! So nice having someone who is going through all the same things though, Ashley even has the same doctor as I do. I see lots of play dates in our future!

Other big news: Joe and I got our stroller over the weekend and also got our glider ordered. Two more things marked off the list! Last week I also got to make a visit to the labor and delivery floor. I fell last weekend camping and last week started having bad back pain. I called my doctor and the nurse came back on the phone and said, "Don't worry but doctor wants you to go check into labor and delivery." WHAT?! It was 10:30am and I was at work. I didn't even know where labor and delivery was at the hospital! I went and checked myself in and got monitored for an hour. They said baby looks absolutely perfect. As for me and my back pain? Not sure about that. They think I might of pulled a muscle when I fell. Thank goodness baby is fine but mom is hurting! It hurts to walk. I didn't think I was going to make it out of bed yesterday! Massage tonight. I'm hoping for a miracle!

Happy Tuesday!

TGIF

Hello, Friday! You came so fast again. For the first time ever I wish you would take a little longer to get here. I mean, this is the last full weekend of July! I still catch myself writing June on things. Summer is quickly slipping away and I feel like it hasn't even started....

Last night we ended up going to the Black Bears baseball game. Clary's has a "party suite" for 2 or 3 games and there were 12 tickets and no one wanted to go. Kim and I had been wanting to go and since Joe was working (he really, really doesn't like baseball), we went for it. We were the only 3 in the party suite---which was basically just a roped off area with a tiny table and a few chairs. It was fun though, even if we did get there after the 4th inning and left before the 6th!

This weekend: up in the air! Maybe some golf, hopefully some yard work....and definitely a trip to Portland. Need to finish nursery furniture shopping. We're on the hunt for a glider now. Also need a changing table/dresser. I think we've decided on one, just want to make sure it's "the one." The one that goes with our crib is too big for the room.

Happy Friday, have a great weekend!

Babysitting adventure

Yesterday afternoon my sister called to see if Joe and I would want to babysit Sophie for a few hours at our house. My answer, of course, was YES! I already had dinner ready to go and it happened to be one of her favorites, pulled pork. Imagine that! We all love it!
She sat at the table with us like a big girl and did so good! It's amazing how much she has changed just in the last few months. She went on a kitty hunt (he was hiding and never came out to visit her), fed the fish with Uncle Joe and explored every square inch of our house. After dinner we took her to the park and then for a vanilla cone at McDonald's. It was so much fun! I've decided that when I have my baby, my sister and I are going to need to do baby swaps---I don't want to give up my one-on-one time with Sophie! She was having a blast running around and playing but then she found one of our DVDs. It had pictures of the characters on the front and one of the characters hair resembled my sisters. Sophie brought the DVD to me, pointed at the lady and then her lip started quivering. I think she saw it and realized that they were gone. She started bawling and saying, "Ma ma, ma ma, da da, da da..." She cried in my arms and let me comfort her but it was the most heart breaking thing I've ever seen! She loves her ma ma and da da, no doubt about that!

In other news, THIRD TRIMESTER today. Wow. This has all gone so fast!

Dinner success!

My in-laws stopped by yesterday on their way home from the Oregon Dunes. I wanted to have dinner for them but since I knew I had to work until 5 and they'd be at our house around 4, it had to be something simple. Pulled pork sandwiches it was! And this was the best pulled pork yet, thanks to the three ingredients above. My sister has a recipe she uses and said it had various ingredients besides the sauce but since I didn't have the exact amounts I just winged it. Mixed chopped onion, brown sugar, yellow mustard, apple cider vinegar and worchestire. After that I added the meat to the crock pot and brushed with a mixture of the super spicy Stubb's BBQ sauce and Sweet Baby Ray's. Turned it on to cook before I left for work and it was good to go when I walked in the door. SO. GOOD. This is definitely my favorite meal. Oh, and the Texas Champagne...can't get enough of it. Each bite of my sandwich is doused with it. The in-laws loved it too---even the pickiest of eaters, my father in law. A dinner success! And a great evening spent with them!

Oh, and the best thing about this pulled pork? Even though all four of us had sandwiches, we still have enough for dinner tonight. Yes!

Post-It Note Tuesday