OBGYN: So are you having any contractions?
Me: Nope! Not a single one, not even an Braxton Hicks.
OBGYN: Okay, well how have you been feeling?
Me: Good, the only weird thing I'm feeling is several times a day I just can't catch my breath. It comes out of nowhere.
OBGYN: Does it feel like you've been running and your stomach kind of tenses up and you can't catch your breath?
Me: YES! Exactly!
OBGYN: Yeah, that's a Braxton hicks contraction.
Me: Holy crap. I'm totally having contractions.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
And the best friend of the year award goes to....
Here is one of the many conundrums I have faced in my third trimester- I am list making maniac, I have to to-buy list (with no less than 5 categories going at a time), an always growing to-do list (that is simply title "It's crunch time baby!" at the top) and then I just simply look at these list cause I'm tired. Dang tired. And it's 105 degrees outside and I'm already swelteringly hot laying on the couch with two fans on high directed at me eating a bowl of ice cream balancing on my belly. So yeah, not many crossed off items on the old to do list.
Enter Sara McBride.
She rocked my world this weekend. Most of you know she is one of my oldest friends and has been driving me crazy since 6th grade. I say that because Sara and I couldn't be more opposite. I'm a sitter, she is a do-er. I'm a "eh- looks good enough" kind of girl, she's a "let's double check that with a ruler" kind of girl. Wow, as I read this, maybe our only difference is just that I'm lazy, but let's say I'm not as intrinsically rewarded by project completion as Sara is because that sounds a heck of a lot better than me being lazy and it's my blog so I can put whatever kind of spin I want on my bad habits right?
I digress, so Sara drove down from OKC Friday and we did a little shopping, a little frozen yogurt eating- because I am convinced Ruby cannot go more than a day w/o some sort of frozen dairy product, so in the spirit of being a good mother I have been sacrificing and eating ice cream at least once (cough cough twice) a day.
So we spent nearly all day Saturday shopping. It was seriously more shopping than I've done the last few years put together. But we got it all. Let me repeat that cause it feels so good to say. We got it all. Seriously, Ruby could come tomorrow (Please God don't let her come tomorrow) and it would be okay!
If you ever want to test a friendship and really see what kind of person you are dealing with, I suggest being the most crazy indecisive person ever and spending an hour on the diaper bag aisle. Seriously, I was even starting to make myself crazy. Diaper bags are so hard to figure out! I mean this is basically going to be your purse for like 2 years, that kind of commitment to an accessory is scary. But after MUCH debate she helped me decide (I got the one on the right) and didn't waver in her commitment to helping me find a diaper bag. That's love people.
Everything got bought, washed, organized and put up. Then we completed the nursery. Again, indulge me and let me say these beautiful sentences twice. The nursery is completed. Man, that makes my crazy brain a little less crazy knowing that. I will post pictures of the nursery soon, but I feel like it deserves it's own post. Sara McBride + completed nursery pics in one blog= too much awesomeness. Your computer might explode. Let's not risk it.
Folding and organizing clothes by size...
One of my favorite things we did was make a bunch of art for a wall of frames that are all Beatles themed. As you can tell I really put a lot of effort into them ;) Seriously, that whole I'm not lazy theory is coming into question with this picture. Sara was working hard photo-shopping all sorts of things for Ruby's room, and well, I'm clearly not. Come on people give me a little bit of a break, can I pull out the 8 month pregnant card to excuse this?
Andy+ Sara= funny combination because they are both very thorough and precise in how they think something should be done and it doesn't always match up. I'm so glad they are such good friends too.
So it was an amazing weekend and just what this 36 week pregnant mama needed. Not just the taking care of business part of it. But to spend 72 hours with my best friend talking all things baby, using the phrase "so stinkin cute" no less than 300 times, and feeling so very loved that she cares so much about Ruby and I.
Okay, I can't stand it, gotta show off the nursery a little, here is a sneak peek.
Love you Sara! Thank you x 100!
Enter Sara McBride.
She rocked my world this weekend. Most of you know she is one of my oldest friends and has been driving me crazy since 6th grade. I say that because Sara and I couldn't be more opposite. I'm a sitter, she is a do-er. I'm a "eh- looks good enough" kind of girl, she's a "let's double check that with a ruler" kind of girl. Wow, as I read this, maybe our only difference is just that I'm lazy, but let's say I'm not as intrinsically rewarded by project completion as Sara is because that sounds a heck of a lot better than me being lazy and it's my blog so I can put whatever kind of spin I want on my bad habits right?
I digress, so Sara drove down from OKC Friday and we did a little shopping, a little frozen yogurt eating- because I am convinced Ruby cannot go more than a day w/o some sort of frozen dairy product, so in the spirit of being a good mother I have been sacrificing and eating ice cream at least once (cough cough twice) a day.
So we spent nearly all day Saturday shopping. It was seriously more shopping than I've done the last few years put together. But we got it all. Let me repeat that cause it feels so good to say. We got it all. Seriously, Ruby could come tomorrow (Please God don't let her come tomorrow) and it would be okay!
If you ever want to test a friendship and really see what kind of person you are dealing with, I suggest being the most crazy indecisive person ever and spending an hour on the diaper bag aisle. Seriously, I was even starting to make myself crazy. Diaper bags are so hard to figure out! I mean this is basically going to be your purse for like 2 years, that kind of commitment to an accessory is scary. But after MUCH debate she helped me decide (I got the one on the right) and didn't waver in her commitment to helping me find a diaper bag. That's love people.
Everything got bought, washed, organized and put up. Then we completed the nursery. Again, indulge me and let me say these beautiful sentences twice. The nursery is completed. Man, that makes my crazy brain a little less crazy knowing that. I will post pictures of the nursery soon, but I feel like it deserves it's own post. Sara McBride + completed nursery pics in one blog= too much awesomeness. Your computer might explode. Let's not risk it.
Folding and organizing clothes by size...
One of my favorite things we did was make a bunch of art for a wall of frames that are all Beatles themed. As you can tell I really put a lot of effort into them ;) Seriously, that whole I'm not lazy theory is coming into question with this picture. Sara was working hard photo-shopping all sorts of things for Ruby's room, and well, I'm clearly not. Come on people give me a little bit of a break, can I pull out the 8 month pregnant card to excuse this?
Andy+ Sara= funny combination because they are both very thorough and precise in how they think something should be done and it doesn't always match up. I'm so glad they are such good friends too.
So it was an amazing weekend and just what this 36 week pregnant mama needed. Not just the taking care of business part of it. But to spend 72 hours with my best friend talking all things baby, using the phrase "so stinkin cute" no less than 300 times, and feeling so very loved that she cares so much about Ruby and I.
Okay, I can't stand it, gotta show off the nursery a little, here is a sneak peek.
Love you Sara! Thank you x 100!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Our little guinea pig
Molly will be very happy when Ruby comes so we can stop testing everything out on her..
That is not a happy face
That is not a happy face
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Port Aransas 2011
Our last hoorah before we attempt to be responsible parents was a uber fun trip to the beach with some friends. We spend 4 days in Port Aransas, it was awesome. We are so blessed to have such an amazing group of friends, live 4 hours from the beach, and be able to do fun stuff like this. Now I was going to post some really funny pictures of my ginormous self on the beach not because they are cute but because they make me laugh at how very pregnant I look. I now think the reason you aren't suppose to travel at a certain point in your pregnancy isn't for safety but because no one wants to see a 32 week pregnant lady in a bathing suit. It ain't pretty.
So here's the crew:
Rachel and Paul
Becky and James
Peter and Brandie
Ryan and Elana
And us
Hanging out! And yes, I know, my hat is awesome ;) Not really, but after a scare of what I thought were contractions the day before and the doctor telling me to stay out of the heat and well hydrated I wasn't taking any chances.
Ate some delicious sea food of course!
Woo Hoo- look at those hotties on the beach!
Can't remember the name of this game, just know it got pretty intense!
One morning we got up early to walk the beach and then sat and watch sea turtles and dolphins in the water.
The dogs loved the beach!
Peter totally won the He-Man award, while out in the ocean he got a shark hook through his leg! Like it went in him and back out- he got "caught"! It was so scary! As crazy as it was, the crazier part is that the boys just took him to hardware store to get pliers and they clipped the ends off the hook and pulled it right out of him! The moral of that story is that Paul and Ryan and an apparently really rough looking fisherman in the parking lot of a tiny hardware store can really save you some money and time by performing medical procedures ;)
A trip to Port Aransas without a picture in the shark's mouth well, it just isn't a trip at all. Doing our vacation duty of a group shot in the shark's mouth
Sunburned, exhausted, and happy- last group shot just hanging out at the house
Our last night there the boys treated us by shopping for and making one super awesome meal while we laid on the couch and watch Legally Blonde- doesn't get much better than that!
So, yeah it was great and just the perfect last trip of the summer. No more traveling for us for a while. Weird to think our next trip will be with a teeny tiny in the back seat!
So here's the crew:
Rachel and Paul
Becky and James
Peter and Brandie
Ryan and Elana
And us
Hanging out! And yes, I know, my hat is awesome ;) Not really, but after a scare of what I thought were contractions the day before and the doctor telling me to stay out of the heat and well hydrated I wasn't taking any chances.
Ate some delicious sea food of course!
Woo Hoo- look at those hotties on the beach!
Can't remember the name of this game, just know it got pretty intense!
One morning we got up early to walk the beach and then sat and watch sea turtles and dolphins in the water.
The dogs loved the beach!
Peter totally won the He-Man award, while out in the ocean he got a shark hook through his leg! Like it went in him and back out- he got "caught"! It was so scary! As crazy as it was, the crazier part is that the boys just took him to hardware store to get pliers and they clipped the ends off the hook and pulled it right out of him! The moral of that story is that Paul and Ryan and an apparently really rough looking fisherman in the parking lot of a tiny hardware store can really save you some money and time by performing medical procedures ;)
A trip to Port Aransas without a picture in the shark's mouth well, it just isn't a trip at all. Doing our vacation duty of a group shot in the shark's mouth
Sunburned, exhausted, and happy- last group shot just hanging out at the house
Our last night there the boys treated us by shopping for and making one super awesome meal while we laid on the couch and watch Legally Blonde- doesn't get much better than that!
So, yeah it was great and just the perfect last trip of the summer. No more traveling for us for a while. Weird to think our next trip will be with a teeny tiny in the back seat!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Goodbye Job.
So today is my last day of work. It is bitter sweet, mostly sweet, like 95% sweet because as most of you know my job was draining me, but it is like 5% sad because I think one of my callings is to help those in need- and people trying to quit smoking are absolutely in need. I wanted to write about my job so I don't just look back on it as the soul-sucking job that wore me out.
I started August of 2007 at American Cancer Society where I worked with an awesome group of people. It was super social, nearly everyone in my same boat- mid twenties with a psychology degree just trying to figure out what we wanted to do with our lives (and what seems to be a relatively useless degree). When I first started we had lots of free time so it was a lot like sitting around for 8 hours with a bunch of friends. We would just hang out, take long walks around the building, scope out who was having the best pot lucks in the building and crash their party. I made some really good friends that I plan on keeping around for a very long time (Yes, I am talking to you, Kim, Dinah, and John) Then things started to pick up, not as much free time, I began working from home. Working from home is amazing. I mean, come on, no make-up, no shower, no problem. I was in slob heaven. But it was really hard to go from a super social environment to my only social outlet during the day was Molly, and although she is cute, she's not so good with carrying a conversation.
So then I got the phone call that while I was on vacation in Las Vegas in 2009 there was a big fancy meeting to tell everyone ACS Quitline was no more and we would all be laid off. Yikes. We had an opportunity to interview with our competitor company who had basically bought us out. So I got a job doing the exact same thing for a company called Free and Clear based out of Seattle. Yeah for not being unemployed!
So I've been with Free and Clear now for nearly 2 years. It is a business, and the difference in working for a business and a non-profit company are very clear. It is very numbers-driven and a big focus of productivity and my little bleeding heart just simply doesn't do so hot in that environment. That is why I haven't been very passionate about my job for a while and it's been really hard to stick with it this long.
So I have been writing this all through today and now I have 30 minutes left of my shift. I probably could squeeze in one more call but the last lady I spoke with was great. Our main focus of the call was talking about she had quit smoking and not because the medication she was on. Building her confidence up so she could remain smoke free after she stopped using the medication. She ended the call by saying "This was a great session." For those that work in any kind of social work field you know it's not often you get that kind of positive reinforcement so I think I am going to end my coaching career remembering that and not some of the less positive (okay, I will say it, down right mean and nasty) clients I get to deal with.
Yeaaa for having a job I met amazing friends, could work from home, help people, but most importantly my heart is swollen with happiness that we have work and planned and God has blessed us so that my job is now going to be to take care of my daughter.
I started August of 2007 at American Cancer Society where I worked with an awesome group of people. It was super social, nearly everyone in my same boat- mid twenties with a psychology degree just trying to figure out what we wanted to do with our lives (and what seems to be a relatively useless degree). When I first started we had lots of free time so it was a lot like sitting around for 8 hours with a bunch of friends. We would just hang out, take long walks around the building, scope out who was having the best pot lucks in the building and crash their party. I made some really good friends that I plan on keeping around for a very long time (Yes, I am talking to you, Kim, Dinah, and John) Then things started to pick up, not as much free time, I began working from home. Working from home is amazing. I mean, come on, no make-up, no shower, no problem. I was in slob heaven. But it was really hard to go from a super social environment to my only social outlet during the day was Molly, and although she is cute, she's not so good with carrying a conversation.
So then I got the phone call that while I was on vacation in Las Vegas in 2009 there was a big fancy meeting to tell everyone ACS Quitline was no more and we would all be laid off. Yikes. We had an opportunity to interview with our competitor company who had basically bought us out. So I got a job doing the exact same thing for a company called Free and Clear based out of Seattle. Yeah for not being unemployed!
So I've been with Free and Clear now for nearly 2 years. It is a business, and the difference in working for a business and a non-profit company are very clear. It is very numbers-driven and a big focus of productivity and my little bleeding heart just simply doesn't do so hot in that environment. That is why I haven't been very passionate about my job for a while and it's been really hard to stick with it this long.
So I have been writing this all through today and now I have 30 minutes left of my shift. I probably could squeeze in one more call but the last lady I spoke with was great. Our main focus of the call was talking about she had quit smoking and not because the medication she was on. Building her confidence up so she could remain smoke free after she stopped using the medication. She ended the call by saying "This was a great session." For those that work in any kind of social work field you know it's not often you get that kind of positive reinforcement so I think I am going to end my coaching career remembering that and not some of the less positive (okay, I will say it, down right mean and nasty) clients I get to deal with.
Yeaaa for having a job I met amazing friends, could work from home, help people, but most importantly my heart is swollen with happiness that we have work and planned and God has blessed us so that my job is now going to be to take care of my daughter.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Oklahoma City Baby Shower!
This weekend we drove to Oklahoma City to stay with one of my best friends, Sara and her husband Drew. Sara is definitely the hostess with the mostess and she took good care of us all weekend. Also, she threw me a baby shower. It was just perfect and I just felt so loved. I've said it before and I will say it again, I am just so blessed with wonderful friends in my life. When I got back to Oklahoma it is especially nice because I am surrounded by people that have been in my life for a very very long time and there just isn't anything like a 10+ year friendship.
Here are my amazing hostesses- Sara, Holly, Marie, Lisa
Sara with her masterpiece of a spread...
What a sweet and beautiful group of ladies!
Cutest diaper cake I've ever seen!
Bubble bath punch!
And of course we played a few games!
So much cute stuff!
Of course she got some Sooner gear!
Everyone was so generous and I got so much cute stuff!
So it was a wonderful weekend with even more wonderful people and weird to think that our next trip to Oklahoma will be with little miss Ruby. Thank you to everyone who came and made the day so special!!!! Love you all!
Here are my amazing hostesses- Sara, Holly, Marie, Lisa
Sara with her masterpiece of a spread...
What a sweet and beautiful group of ladies!
Cutest diaper cake I've ever seen!
Bubble bath punch!
And of course we played a few games!
So much cute stuff!
Of course she got some Sooner gear!
Everyone was so generous and I got so much cute stuff!
So it was a wonderful weekend with even more wonderful people and weird to think that our next trip to Oklahoma will be with little miss Ruby. Thank you to everyone who came and made the day so special!!!! Love you all!
Friday, July 1, 2011
Maternity Pictures
My friend Jennifer Weeks took these pictures and I would definitely recommend her if anyone is looking for a good photographer. Her email is JWeeksphotography.com. Thanks Jenn!
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