Life

I am totally in love with not going to work. I know. Shocker. I do truly love my job. But, I do love doing whatever I want, when I want. And also the complete opposite, doing nothing, never. My sleep schedule is all outta wack, but I was sick, still sorta am. So 2 weeks of dying, I let myself sleep in til... my body couldn't sleep anymore. That will be fun next week when I have to be up. Depressing !

So what have I been doing? Christmas kept us pretty busy. Got a ton of gift cards :] which is awesome, since we don't know what we want and now we can just have the money! I loved seeing family, especially my cousins since I pretty much only see them at this time of year. And I love seeing all the Perry's together. There's so many of us. I loved all my gifts. My amazing husband got me a fancy wedding band to replace the ones we got from my aunt and uncle. This one has lots of little diamonds and "matches" my engagement ring so much better. I'm sad we don't have matching bands but love how shiny my finger looks. And I wasn't expecting it. Usually I ruin my surprises or find out or something ! But this one, even when I got down to the little jewelry box, I still didn't expect a ring, but maybe a necklace, or earrings. It was such a fun present. Love it ! And Chris and his mom went in together and got me a nice sewing machine ! Woo ! I'm so excited to use it. I apparently have a long list of things that need fixed. And I can finally make all the clothes I have pinned in my "DIY Clothes" board. I love clothes. I love sewing. There's something so soothing about that sound. And it's mine. No more borrowing, or breaking, or figuring out. I need to find a learn your sewing machine class. This one has SO many stitches and needles and all this crazy stuff. Yay presents ! And Baby Peaches got his/her first present ! My grandma sent us a little floor mat gym thing. It's so cute. I'm so excited to find out what the baby is and see all the cute stuff we get and finally get to buy stuff since I've held off until we find out. Woo !

And I'm so excited for the shower next week. Invitations are out so in the next few days everyone will know if its a boy or a girl. And then one more week and we get to know !! Ah !! It's true that doing this right after the holidays made the time go so much quicker. One more week. I love my little baby. I love feeling her move around, and push against my tummy and all those fun little things. And seeing her on the ultrasound, hearing her beautiful heartbeat. But to finally know if we're having a little boy or girl will be so wonderful. To finally know ! Logan or Lizzie. Mickey or Minnie. Pink or Blue ! Ah ! I love it. I can't wait to know ! 7 more days !

 So now that I have no idea what else happened this last week since I'm so excited for next week, I'll move on to the baby survey!


How far along? 21 weeks 
Total weight gain: I've gained 2 since last appt, but still -1. I dont care anymore 
Maternity clothes? Yes maam ! Love all the comfy ones. Might have to graduate to bigger shirts since all my big tshirts are getting tight. Lame !
Stretch marks? No?
Sleep: I sleep for forever, but never feel like it when I wake up. And no position is comfy. Lame.
Best moment this week: Well last week someone who doesnt know me asked me a question regarding being pregnant ! Woo ! It's finally noticeable !
Miss Anything? Not being sick. Every other day about I throw up. I thought this was over.  
Movement: Lots. Nothing consistent. And I swear I felt a kick on the outside ! So close ! 
Food cravings: Fruits. Apparently anything out of season and a million dollars for crappy fruit. Next pregnancy is during the spring/summer when fruit is delicious ! 
Anything making you queasy or sick: Coughing makes me gag, cold to hot, it's lovely.   
Gender: This week I'll say boy, cause I'm too excited to use Logan :] 1 week !
Labor Signs: No way
Symptoms: Throwing up, pregnancy brain, tired, fat.    
Belly Button in or out? In.
Wedding rings on or off? On. Still loose
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy? lol 
Looking forward to: THE SHOWER !! ahh !!

Oh and I did remember an awesome thing from this last week (pregnancy brain... sorry!) We all got to go to the Columbus Temple with Madison for her to receive her endowments. That's where someone asked me about being pregnant. I got to wear the comfiest skirt. It was stretchy. Loved it ! It was really nice being in the Temple with all the family and friends. It was lovely. I love being in the Temple ! Here's some links for those interested or if you have question ! http://www.lds.org/church/temples?lang=eng (for temple info) and http://www.lds.org/scriptures/gs/endowment?lang=eng&letter=e (for endownment info!)

Yay life !

Time flies !

Where the heck does the time go ! It's almost Christmas, and then it's New Years, and then hello, it's 2013. What the heck !! Why does time go faster the older you get instead of the other way around ? That would make so much more sense to me. When I rule everything, that's what I'll do...Noted.

Well, not much has been happening. Work has just been work. We have too many people and not enough to do, especially since it was getting towards break and everything slows down. I do still enjoy it tho! I say that like I'm waiting to one day hate it. Never gonna happen ! So work is work. I have off for 3ish weeks. Which is super nice and awesome. And another reason why I adore my job.

We had our baby appointment last week. Goodness, it seems so long ago. I love ultrasound appointments and being able to see our little one. And he/she is big enough to see all kinds of details. We counted all the fingers and toes :] That was awesome. Measured everything. Tech says baby peaches is looking good. So that's comforting. So far I haven't done anything wrong. We went through with our crazy idea of not finding out then. The tech was so good about it and joked with us and kept telling us to look away just in case. I'm glad. I was afraid we'd see something. And Chris has been such a good sport. He hates, HATES this idea, but he's been good about it. I said just give me this one baby and this one fun idea, and then he can do whatever he wants for the rest of them. But, I resisted the urge to peek in the envelope, and handed it off asap, and so far so good. Take that all you nay-sayers ! We've lasted a week without any mess ups. Chris keeps saying Angel is giving it away, but I'm just not paying attention enough. So two more weeks. Yay for baby shower ! Ah, I've gotta register ! Arg. I'm excited though. Everyone planning it and all their little comments and their excitement makes me so excited. And so thankful for everyone helping. I can't wait to see their ideas and their work and everything. It's going to be great. Aleshia keeps saying I hope you like it, or it's what you want and I just keep saying as long as I know it's a boy or girl when I walk in, and as long as no one ruins it before Jan 5th, everything will be perfect. So... 2 weeks. We got this.

I finally got sick too. Stupid cold. It's been my turn, everyone's been sick around me for forever and I'm so surprised I hadn't gotten something sooner. But it didn't turn into the flu, or pneumonia or anything. I just sound horrible, cough up a lung every morning, and can't breathe 90% of the time. But hey, "this too shall pass" right?? If only I could take my dear sweet NyQuil and conk out for the night. I can dream...

Luckily with this break, I can just sleep all day (not always a good thing) and get better and take it easy. And that's what I've been doing. Take that.

Chris got that job at Radio Shack. He was supposed to go in sometime to train this week, but they never called... weird. But hey, it's supposed to snow ! Who called it? Me? He hasn't even started yet and it's supposed to snow. I guess I shouldn't gloat until I actually see snow. Usually there's a 100% chance of 1in or more and then there's nothing. But, he's out salting right now. Yay money ! We're so broke. It's awesome. In the worst way.

Anything else? Busy busy with the holidays. Can't wait to see everyone. Can't wait for the shower. Jan 5, 2pm. Be there.


How far along? 20 weeks ! Halfway. And I barely feel pregnant...
Total weight gain: According to me like 8lbs, but we'll see at my appt next week. 
Maternity clothes? Heck yeah ! I love love maternity pants. And the super slicky black ones Lorien sent <3
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Actually slept from midnight til 1030 one morning straight. no potty breaks. NOTHING
Best moment this week: Feeling the little baby pushing up against my belly and pushing it back. So fun !
Miss Anything? Not feeing outta breathe. and I know I am barely experiencing part of that issue 
Movement: Little jabs, and then full on pressure against my tummy. and i push back. lol its fun  
Food cravings: Stilly my Wendys salad. YUM. 
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not lately. Please don't ask or something will happen.   
Gender: I'm saying girl. 2 weeks!
Labor Signs: Nope
Symptoms: I'm such a ditz. Love it.   
Belly Button in or out? In.
Wedding rings on or off? On. Soooo loose
Happy or Moody most of the time: I can see my swings more now. Sorry Chris ! 
Looking forward to: Feeling better. and then next survey will be about the shower ! ah !

December !

December is going by so fast. Oh yeah and Christmas... I should probably get on that whole present buying thing. Oh wait ! You need money for that. Haha ! Silly me. But Chris has a second interview at Radio Shack today. I'm really sad cause it's cheap-y mall pay but hey, its better than what he's making right now, with no snow, and no job. Lame. And (hoepfully) it will start snowing ASAP. Cause that's how it goes. But yay for job interviews ! I thought about a second job, except who would hire me for 5 months... Lame.

This week was pretty fun. Decorated work with lots of snow flakes. I love them. Watched Elf (not at work, I would never do that...) and had fun with my people. We're coming up on our last week of work. I'm so excited !! This week should be pretty simple. Lab lunch, yay free food! Then OB appt to see the sex of the baby Thursday !! Then Friday is the big department lunch. More free food ! I like food.

So, regarding the gender, don't ask me what I'm having. I won't know. You'll know. If you want an invite/save the date, let me know ! I think they're sending out "save the date" type things first, with all the info, then later you'll find out what it actually is. DONT TELL ME!! I will punch you in the face. I'll let you know the date ASAP. People won't confirm or deny. But yay. It stresses me out cause I feel like there's so much I need to do ! Ah ! Help ! **UPDATE: The date has been confirmed. Jan 5th will be the shower. Please let me know your contact info. Location is still to be determined. I doubt it will be anywhere but the church but that's not confirmed yet !

I've finally jumped into maternity clothes. At least pants. Shirts tend to slide up the little stretchy belly part cause its slicky. But they're so much more comfy then waiting until I'm absolutely uncomfortable in my jeans and have to unbotton them. Then I'm paranoid people can see and they're like look at crazy lady. But thanks to some wonderful people in my life, I've gotten hand-me-downs and they fit ! So I've only had to buy 1 pair of pants and that was from the consignment sale for $10. Oh yeah ! Go me. But they're comfy. I don't know why normal people don't wear them all the time.

So I've been having these crazy thoughts now that all the blogs say the baby can hear me and will start hearing outside stuff. I'm so paranoid about what I say. Nothing bad, obviously I don't have a potty mouth. But there's stuff I'm like my child will never watch this or whatever, but there I am talking about it, or watching it. And I'm like OH NO, my poor little babies ears ! I'm going crazy ! Except last night, I went to my Aunt Linda's Christmas Festival thing at her church. It was awesome. Pretty sure they have more people in their choir then we have attend our normal church service. COOL. I was jealous. They did amazing. So many different types of songs, not just the traditional normal boring Christmas music. And I was really sad at first cause I went alone (screw you world, I do what I want!) and felt like such a loser, except I fellowshipped and made friends :] But I was sitting there with my newly showing belly, and was super excited that my baby could hear. I'm like yay ! you'll love Christmas music ! And how beautiful it sounds and then I was like, wait, I'm not alone. I'm never alone (freaky weird thought I know) but I was happy to enjoy this first little Christmas moment with my little one. I know, I'm a crazy mom-to-be with my psycho thoughts. But it was a cute little moment and like a :p moment to all the people that didn't come with me ! I was alone. Let me comfort myself.

And... that's all I have for ya. I really can't remember all the other craziness that is my life.

I'll post pictures of stuff. My g-mail is being lame.

 Happy 19 weeks. Almost halfway !

 At the sweet concert. Aunt Linda being a "ding-a-ling" as she called it !

First MU Basketball game. We barely won. Slackers.

How far along? 19 weeks ! Almost half way. Weird.
Total weight gain: Might have actually gained this time. 
Maternity clothes? Yay for stretchy pants, the maternity bottoms I have, and i've got my eye on a belly band.
Stretch marks? Not that I've noticed
Sleep: Normal
Best moment this week: When Robert called my Chubbs. THANKS
Miss Anything? When we talked about sushi again. 
Movement: Little jabs, little waterbed type movements.  
Food cravings: Salads. I know its not "good" but wendys salads and baked potato. I had one Sat. Will have another for lunch.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Decided I wanted to get sick out of nowhere Saturday. COOL.   
Gender: Everyone finds out this week ! Thursday !
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Total forgetfulness. It's awesome.  
Belly Button in or out? In.
Wedding rings on or off? On. Fall off tho
Happy or Moody most of the time: Um... happy? 
Looking forward to: Seeing my baby on the ultrasound again. Even if I won't get to know the sex, I love seeing him/her!

Almost halfway... weird !

Well... I'm bored. Not really sure what I'm updating for except a few things I have to share. Nothing monumental. 

We were crazy people and had our insane DC overnight trip. Drove up Friday, way to late getting started. Stayed with friends out there. It's fun having friends. Being little grown ups with other grown ups. Then rushed off to go to the DC Temple. Which is gorgeous and like a castle if you ever have the chance to see it in person. I'm going to talk like you know what I'm talking about but if you have questions, just ask cause I don't know if I want to explain it all here if I don't need to. For the first time I was able to use names from my personal family history and take those names to have work done at the Temple. We just did their baptism and confirmation, which is the first step. But it was such an incredible experience to bring those by no one else's efforts (minus my dad who helped a lot) and get their work started. It was pretty amazing. Here's a brief intro to part of what I did: Temple Baptisms. So that was a great start to the day. 

Then we took some pictures and I had this whole itinerary scheduled and ready to get going and it all got shot to Hades. So it ended up just being Chris and I in downtown DC walking around the mall looking at the sites, which was totally fine cause we like to spend time together and we have fun. And neither of us had been down there in years, so it was a-ok. We wish we could have scheduled a segway tour. MAN that woulda been sweet. Oh well. Then it was rush back up to where the Temple is (it's actually not in DC, it's in Kensington, MD, about 30 mins north of DC) to get food from Cafe Rio !! The best place to eat cause I miss it so much from Utah. ::sob:: We had to rush through the line and I had to eat in the car. Lame. Silly time constraints. Oh well. It was delicious. Even the next day. So rush back to the Temple where they have a Visitor's Center with all kinds of fun things to do, exhibits, murals, statues, videos, learning things. Fun Fun. Well the whole point for the trip was to go see this Christmas concert with Jenny Oaks Baker, an amazing violinist that my little sister in law loves. The concert was free why not. We made it to the concert 2 minutes before they gave away our seats. Rude. But it was cute little Christmas thing. We walked around to see all the pretty lights that are strung up everywhere. Said bye to everyone and hit the road. Ugh. 9pm. Yay...? I had to be back to make it to church the next day because I was teaching. Silly teaching. But we made it. We thought it would be a lot later like 4 or 5am by the time we got home, but we pulled in right after 3am. Sleep. Church. More sleep. The end of the weekend trip. 

So baby news. Went to my appt last week. Everything looks great. I heard the baby's heartbeat <3 Which was such a wonderful sound to make me feel better about everything. I didn't hurt my baby when I fell, my baby was fine even if I wasn't growing, etc. Silly mommy thoughts. The best part of the appt was leaving and scheduling my next appt for the gender ultrasound ! AH !! I can't believe it's already been long enough to see what my baby is... where is the time going!! So in a week, Dec 13th, I'll go get the ultrasound, keep it a secret from myself (I'm pretty sure I'll let Chris know, since he's being a butt about it) and then sometime after Christmas or the New Year I'll have my baby shower and find out. YAY! I'm super excited. Pretty sure I won't be fat for my baby shower. How lame is that? Except that, especially today, my jeans are NOT comfy and for the longest time this morning they were unbuttoned and unzipped. Thank you big t-shirt and hoodie. So maybe I am starting to grow. Woo ! So that's the fun news. So if you're coming to my baby shower, or whatever, I think it will be that week after the New Year when people are getting back from vacation and such. Oh So Excited ! And then I remembered everything I have to do. Anyone wanna help me register. Cause I don't want to. haha Or send me some suggestions :] THANKS !

Such a good looking group ! 

 Pretty Temple !

    The Washington Monument, in case you didn't know.

So that's been fun. Now this week is just work, survive, and make it to our break in a few weeks. And keep my fingers crossed that Chris passes all this classes.


How far along? 18 weeks !
Total weight gain: -3 pounds. Cool. 
Maternity clothes? I'm in the market for belly bands since I'm not so huge to not need my normal pants. Oh and another bigger bra. Cool!
Stretch marks? nope?
Sleep: The norm  
Best moment this week: hearing the reassuring slushy heartbeat of my peaches
Miss Anything? Um... no? 
Movement: Little pokes and jabs. Kinda like if I have the slightest twitch of a muscle deep inside me.  
Food cravings: Nope. but my baked potato today was divine. and i always want danged fruit
Anything making you queasy or sick: When we got back from our trip and i was so exhausted   
Gender: My prediction... since next week everyone will find out... is GIRL haha we'll see
Labor Signs: Nope
Symptoms: My belly feels like its in the way and I'm squishing it when i lean to grab something  
Belly Button in or out? In.
Wedding rings on or off? On. Fall off tho
Happy or Moody most of the time: Moody. I think it's stressed 
Looking forward to: Everyone finding out the sex next week so they can get excited !

Oops

I missed last week ! Oh well. It was my ever so interesting week of laying on the couch. No joke. My last day of work was last Thursday, and only half a day, then Friday off, then the whole week of Thanksgiving. I seriously love(!!!) my job. So it consisted of me being so sick the first few days (nice timing jerk) and really thought I was going to be spending my vacation on the couch wasting away from want of food. But, alas, it was only a few days. And now I feel great. I hate to say it, cause it will come back to bite me, but I honestly do. This is the best I've felt in a looong time. I'm slightly exhausted but nothing like before where I couldn't keep my eyes open no matter how much I tired, and would laugh at the thought of making it through the day without at least one nap. Oh life is gettin' good!

Thanksgiving was fun. As always. I love seeing family. We never get to even though everyone pretty much lives within a 30 min drive. What's up with that?? And we only had 2 dinners this year as opposed to the three in one night last year. It's too hard to eat that much food. You feel obligated even though you just ate. And I love seeing my family. We got there 2nd again, and after the 30ish (haha) people we had at the Perry party my 8 people party at my grandma's was low-key. They thought it was rowdy, but really? Wanna bet?? I love turkey. And mashed potatoes and gravy. YUM. I'd eat it once a week if it wasn't such a pain to make a whole stinkin' turkey ! And tatoes, and gravy and casseroles, etc, etc, etc. 

Anywho. Life. Um... yeah. Pretty normal I guess. Getting geared up for Christmas. I'm finally "allowed" to listen to Christmas music. So woo ! And I think today (finally!) I'll get the last bit so I can finish my tree. I mean our tree. Nope, it's my tree. Chris hates Christmas. He even called himself a Scrooge. So :p My tree! I'm pretty excited. I love Christmas. Not excited about finding presents for everyone. Or finding the money for the presents for everyone. But the whole spirit, and the whole mood of society changes. I love it. It makes me so happy. And I love that people actually focus on Christ. Even if they dont for the other 11 months out of the year, at least 1/12 of their life will be spent on remembering His birth. Yay!

So baby stuff. Yay? I'm 16 weeks and some days along. Still fit in to all my clothes. Just fine. Jeans get a little snug if I sit for too long. But... nope. All these blogs with "this is where you should be" weekly ticker things I used to love. Now they're just telling me all the things I'm not experiencing. For instance, alphamom.com, LOVE her blog. Found it months and months before I was even pregnant. Hilarious ! Excerpt: Week 17 (where I am) 

"Possibly feel immensely huge and very pregnant (nope), but your bump probably isn’t as noticeable as you think it is (bump?). People may hesitate to comment or miss it completely, like the woman last night who came up and handed me an alcoholic cocktail and seemed genuinely shocked when I politely refused it, despite the fact that I feel like my belly eclipses my shoes at this point (eclipse?)."

Ugh. I hate you hilarious blog writing mother. While I'm honestly not bitter at all for not gaining wait and being huge and busting out of my clothes, I'm just slightly frustrated cause I feel like I've just been sick, and tired and basically battling the flu for 3 months. Are you sure I'm pregnant? Are you sure that whole ultrasound thing you did wasn't a pre-recorded baby video from someone else who's actually pregnant?? Ugh. Next topic !

So after I whine, let me be humble. I count myself lucky. I have had this chance that many women fight for, spend $10,000s to do, sometimes a lot more than that. So yes, I am blessed. I am so extremely lucky. I know this. I can count many personal friends and family who struggle(d) so please don't hate me. But until my belly pops out, or I feel a flutter or something, I just feel like I've been sick. So cut me some slack :p But yes, I love it, I'd never trade it for not being pregnant. I'm just wishing away my time (and body apparently) so I can actually be pregnant! Oh future me don't punch me in the face. 

But I have an appt Thursday, just a check up. Which I'm excited for, cause I had scary stuff go down this past month, and hearing my baby's heartbeat will reassure me everything's fine, even if I'm not growing, as long and she is. And then (exciting!!) my next appt will be 4 weeks from that Dec 27th, and I'm pretty sure that will be the anatomy scan aka what is the baby!! Yay ! I'm no positive. I'll know more this week when we make the appt. But WOO! I'll be 20 weeks so I dang better freaking have that ultrasound. So, a few weeks after that then I'll get to know what my baby is ! Yay for my fun baby shower. If you're confused why I won't know until Jan, read here -----> My super awesome totally original baby shower idea! 

On a super sad note. My in-laws beautiful chocolate lab ran off. Which she never does. And didn't have her collar on. Posted signs, called shelters, went and looked for her. And thankfully (sorta) social media helps. Everyone in the family posted pics and posted the general area she might be in. And someone got a message there was a dog (not alive) on the interstate. We'd probably have checked there the next day, but how insane is Facebook that you can do that. Years ago, you'd never lost post and find your dog that quick. Anyways, sadly, it was her. My sweet husband who has such a tender heart for animals was so broken up about it. The whole family was and still is. They only had her for two years (got her for Christmas, and her name was Noel, adorable) and was such a sweet playful dog. She will be missed, by more than her human family. Just wanted to put a little something about her. 

The tree amigos <3

OK happy stuff before I start crying !
How far along? 16 weeks
Total weight gain: 0, but hopefully something when I got to my appt Thursday
Maternity clothes? Nope. See my angry rant above.
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Except for the husbands phone/text messages/alarms waking me up, I'm good
Best moment this week: Someone asking me when I'm going to start looking pregnant. Fo' realz!
Miss Anything? Um... no?  
Movement: I think so. Something. But it's so sporadic, and by the time it registers I forget what it felt like 
Food cravings: Fruit. ALL THE TIME. And artichokes. That aren't in season. 
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really. It's a nice change, let me tell you.   
Gender: Still saying girl. 
Labor Signs: No way
Symptoms: I get dizzy sometimes. COOL.   
Belly Button in or out? In.
Wedding rings on or off? On. Falling off actually.  
Happy or Moody most of the time: Defintely moody. Sorry honey :] 
Looking forward to: My appt this week to make sure everything's ok!

Honey-2nd Trimester-moon?

Well I'm slacking as far as keeping up like I wanted to on this. Life got "busy" which means it really didn't but I just don't like to do anything so when stuff starts happening I'm like what the heck. 

This past week was normal. I guess haha. Work was kinda slow. Everyone was going away and there wasn't much to do. 4 hour work days? Don't mind if I do ! It's been nice. Especially since I still don't feel well and like to lay around. Goodness. When will this 2nd trimester seriously hit me. And it a good way. Not a bus hitting me like the usual! 

On a good note. [I forget what I've talked about and what I haven't, so deal with the repeats. Blame it on pregnancy brain since that's finally kicking in] The little house we were going to "rent" fell thru. Almost literally. It had a crumbling foundation. But, she found another place. YAY. It's a cute little townhouse that doesn't look outdated at all. And it came with pictures. Which I'll post later when its all official so I don't feel like a total creeper posting someones pictures on here. But it's super cute. WASHER AND DRYER ! And from the pictures (not the description) DISHWASHER.  I'M SO EXCITED. Pretty sure I get to go see it. I'm actually having the discussion as I type. Fun. It's super cute. Beautiful wood floors. Little stone patio area out back. Quiet little neighborhood. Like 5 mins from the mall so Sarah can come visit me all the time :] or I can visit her. And... Yeah. I'm pretty excited. Paula said it should all go thru (inspection pending but it looks like it's in great condition) and we'd be able to move in before/by/around Christmas. YAY. AH! NEW HOUSE ! I don't think you all realize. Years 17-23 of my life were spent moving every year or less. Every year. And we've been in this "wonderful" apartment for almost 2 1/2 years. In the same place ! I'm dying over here. I'm so excited.  

Yay happy!

And I'm so extremely excited about Christmas. I jumped up and down at Home Depot when we were playing with this voice activated Christmas tree thing. I want it. Just a side note: http://www.homedepot.com/Decor-Holiday-Decorations-Christmas-Ornaments/h_d1/N-5yc1vZc3sd/R-203266260/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&storeId=10051#.UKPvsYc818E

It's awesome. And then walking around Target, I ended up in the Christmas section (I know, how did that ever happen, weird) and seriously just sat my stuff down, wandered the aisle singing the carols coming on, running my fingers along the decorations, just closed my eyes and smiled. Holy cow. It was like they pumped some drug in to that section and I was instantly happy. I want to live there. Build me a little elf house. I'll be set. Until they tear it all down post Holiday season :/

On a not fun/happy/cheery note. We did our big mouse study at work on Monday. 730am-530pm. Non stop. Woo. Horrid. Depressing. 36 mice. Lots of procedures and surgeries later (sorry, I'm trying to be as nondescript as I can!) and we're done. Ugh. So glad. I got thru it. I got lucky too cause I really didn't have to do any gross stuff. I just had to watch it.

Moving on! Baby thing.

How far along? 14 weeks
Total weight gain: Not that I can tell. Except 2 people have said I've lost weight and 1 said I gained...
Maternity clothes? Can't wait til I need them, and the ones I got are lovely :] Thanks Lorien!
Stretch marks? nope
Sleep: the norm  
Best moment this week: Getting my box of maternity clothes :] that I want to wear now
Miss Anything? Not gagging. And not needing to eat every 2hrs to keep my stomach from dying 
Movement: I keep thinking I do, but its too high. 
Food cravings: Nope.
Anything making you queasy or sick: When I wait to eat. And then smell things.   
Gender: Everyone's still saying girl.  I feel bad if I pick one.
Labor Signs: Nope
Symptoms: Gagging. All the time.  
Belly Button in or out? In.
Wedding rings on or off? On. 
Happy or Moody most of the time: Sick, so probably not happy 
Looking forward to: Feeling the baby move, or when I start to show. Almost a race to see which will happen first

*Update!

Went and looked at the apt.townhouse/whatever and I love it !! We were already talking about where to put stuff and all that. I'm pretty excited. Like dancing excited. Just gotta discuss details, wait for the closing, and give our notice and get outta here ! Yipee !! 

Happy November !

Weird. October went by so fast. In such a slow way. Does that even make sense??  Moving on !

What have I been up to... uh nothing. Feeling better obviously. [did I just jinx myself!] just a few gags and weird breathing fits over the sink every few days. But... I wasn't really bad before. I don't feel as tired. Which is weird. I actually made it thru Sunday without a nap. What is up with that ! Normal non pregnant me couldn't do that ! But this week has been pretty uneventful. It was weird handing out candy on Nov 1. Felt kinda creeper-ish. But we had left overs. I know a lot of counties rescheduled and people didn't know and all kinds of madness ensued and poor kids didn't get to trick or treat. Sad day. Next year I'm totally taking my 5 month old so I can swipe ALL of his/her candy. Oh yeah ! So excited :]

Then... MU game, went to Longhorn. Nummy! How I miss that place and how sad I am that I just now realized I love the Tonion... really? I worked there all the time, and there were always "left over" "sent back" "made too many" whatever, "here-vulture-servers-eat-this-free-tonion" and I'd walk right past it cause it was gross. What was wrong with me ! Anyways. It was a nice double date with my in-laws. I loved it. How weird. Who actually likes going out with their in-laws? It was my idea, and set up and I want to do it all the time. Especially if steak is involved. Speaking of steak. Stupid steak salesman. I hate door to door guys. Sorry if you do it. I loathe you. Especially cause I can't say no. So when I say no 4x and you still push me to get something. I officially want to call the cops. Especially when my husband isn't stepping up and saying "dude, she said no like 20 mins ago, why are you still here?" But on a happy note. I got a box of filets [my fave] that I have no clue how to cook in the amazing way that Longhorn does. So it will probably just be a waste. Oh well. Happy steaks.

Still love my job. Yup. My boss leaves for India tomorrow for the month. Life is going to get a lot more laid back around here [definitely didn't think that was possible] but I'm pretty excited for early days and a few hours of work and sleep :]

OH HELLO! Let me just forget the biggest thing ever. So last week I had my ultrasound. DUH. What the heck. I kept meaning to post stuff all weekend and be like yay babies ! But hello, apparently it wasn't a big deal. Whatever...

So last Thursday was my first ultrasound. I got nervous cause the tech asked me why I was having one when I got there to check-in and I thought she was going to nix it and I would have cried right there. But she said they normally don't do them this early [screw you, I was 13 weeks, I know people who got one at 5 and 7 and shove it] unless somethings wrong and blah blah. But she "squeezed" me through anyways. That's what I thought. Chris wasn't there yet. Sad day ! But I got in the room, loved the girl after we got past me possibly not getting to see my child, and I finally got to see my little one. Still doesn't seem real. Even tho she was shoving that thing into my full bladder and very clearly there was a little human in there. It was so incredible. Everything they say about how you feel in that moment was spot on. I still just couldn't believe it. And I could have laid there staring at that screen for hours and hours. Just watching him/her jump around, and wave, and arch her back and getting a tour "here's the head, here's the hands, count the fingers, here's the umbilical cord, etc" I soaked it all up ! THEN Chris finally arrived. But we got to do it all again :] I really should have recorded him watching since I'd seen it so I kept glancing at him to see his face. It was perfect. Hearing that heartbeat was so perfect. I want it was my ringtone. Not really lol... but sorta really. Such a good day. Got pictures printed, and got to see my little one jumping around like a little bean. Loved it ! I'll post pics at the end.

And I finally told people at work. I kept waiting for the "right moment" and it just felt awkward. I don't know why I find it hard to say "hey, I'm pregnant!" It's like this awkward, look at me look at me selfish spot light moment. I don't know. I'm weird. But my boss knew forever ago. But the techs I hadn't told. But I showed Katie the ultrasound pics and her reaction was good, but I could tell she knew. And she did know ! Piyali came right to her after I told her and was like can she work? OMG what are we going to do ! why didn't she tell us ! and Katie's like.. chill she's fine, she just can't work with toxins. [noted!] So she knew for weeks. And then Brent walked in and im like does he know too.. and she kinda looks sheepish and is like yeah... I told him about 2 weeks ago. I'm like FINE. I quit ! lol So the little students, they for sure don't know. So I'll at least get them. But Katie's fun now that she knows. She makes comments and looks out for me.. sniff sniff. It's cute :] I like us working together. We have fun.

OK no more typing. Sorta. On to my weekly-so-entertaining-pregnancy survey !

How far along? 13 weeks
Total weight gain: Nothing according to the scale at drs office last week. weird. 
Maternity clothes? I want to buy them all ! not cause i need them. But i have a box coming :] yay !
Stretch marks? nope
Sleep: Is sleep. Nothing different. Except peeing in the early AM.  
Best moment this week: the ultrasound and "telling" my coworkers :]
Miss Anything? Not feeling nauseous. Always what I say. 
Movement: don't feel it but it was crazy to see !
Food cravings: I'm loving wheat thins right now <3 especially with cheese. YUM.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Walking Dead. Thanks Chris. And smells still. Not as bad tho.  
Gender: I might have thought boy for a second today. Not going to lie. 
Labor Signs: no way jose !
Symptoms: Evil cramps. And gagging. Ugh 
Belly Button in or out? In!
Wedding rings on or off? On 
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy :] 
Looking forward to: the day I "pop" according to all these dang blogs ! being overweight doesnt help but geez !

My favorite ^^^

 So far all 10 fingers and toes :]

 creepy halloween face :]

 Strong 160ish heartbeat [superstition says girl!]

 The other awesome halloween shot

not really sure where you see foot... but ok ultrasound tech :]