39 Weeks

• How far along: 39 weeks
  

• Weight gain: 25 lbs. give or take a 2
  


• Maternity clothes: Yes! If I get dressed and leave the house. Otherwise...sweats for me!
  


• Belly button in or out: Outtie all the way!


• Sleep: What's that? Needless to say, haven't been sleeping so well. I toss and turn all night, then get up to use the restroom, go to the living room, so I don't wake M up, and lie there wishing I could just get comfortable! If I'm lucky, I fall asleep...until M wakes up to get ready for work at 5 am!
  


• Stretch marks: Unfortunately yes, just between my belly button :(
  


• Food cravings: I had an urge for Dog N' Suds coney dogs yesterday..and I'm trying to eat spicy stuff! (wishful thinking???)
  


• Movement: Definitely still feel the little man moving, but now I have to try to differentiate between movement and contractions. Not as easy as it sounds!
  


• Labor signs: I am 1 cm dialated, and 70% effaced, at a -1 station. To sum that up, it means basically nothing...as I could walk around like that for DAYS or even WEEKS! At the same time, at least it's SOMETHING! I like to think of it as only 9 cm more to go!
  


• What I'm looking forward to: Going into Labor! If you would have asked me this even a month ago, I would've been petrified still! However, now I just want to get this show on the road! We are both soooo ready to meet our little boy!
  


• What I miss most: Laying on my stomach (I can ALWAYS fall asleep like that), SLEEP, having something to do (maternity leave isn't too much fun without a baby), and my old clothes (I don't have many maternity clothes that will fit for this warm weather).
  


• Milestones: The end is near?!.... :hopefully)
  

38 Weeks

• How far along: 38 weeks
  

• Weight gain: 23 lbs.


• Maternity clothes: Oh yes! Although I can still wear some non-maternity tops!


• Belly button in or out: Outtie all the way!


• Sleep: Waking up at least once a night to use the restroom. Then, I tend to struggle with falling back asleep which ends up leading me to the couch for the rest of the night.


• Stretch marks: I think I spotted my first one!! :( Right between my holes from my belly button piercing!


• Food cravings: I guess you could say sweets!


• Movement: He is still movin' and groovin' around in there! There is not much space for him anymore, but that just means it rocks my body more!


• Labor signs: I had some cramping and difficulty breathing a little bit this week! I will have my check-up on Monday, so hopefully there will be some progress!


• What I'm looking forward to: Meeting our little man! It has pretty much taken over my mind all day, every day!


• What I miss most: Fitting in my old clothes, getting off the couch/bed/chair without gearing up to do so first!, and having a beer/wine on the deck


• Milestones: We are FULL TERM! Although this has been the case for a week now, it still shocks me I could have this baby at ANY time!
  

The Nursery

When thinking about creating our little man's nursery, I was at a complete loss at what to do. I knew I wanted something different, more "me" than the usual pastels or animal themes of many nurseries. I searched high and low and finally found some inspiration from the Baby Room Bio site. I knew I wanted to do something with black and white...what's new right?! Well then I found some cute bedding from Target.com that I immediately fell in love with! Much to my luck, I went to our local Target and someone had returned the exact same bedding set I had just been lusting after online!!! And to boot...it was marked down from the online price! SCORE!!!

Then came the furniture...and like everything with this room (and my life for that matter) I was very indecisive! We finally decided on buying a crib and dresser/changing table from Walmart.com. I did a lot of research but they had the best prices and for the quality, I was sold.

I then realized I wanted to add some color to this black and white masterpiece....so I stuck to my favorite combination...black, white, and....TEAL! I recruited my mom and dad to help come tape, paint, and put together furniture!

I absolutely LOVE how it turned out! Lots of more things have been added, and it is 95% finished now. Just need to finish a couple of last minute details and we should be good to go! (Nothing like procrastinating huh??) I will leave you in suspense for the final reveal! :)

Up to Speed

Well as they say "to make a long story short," I'm PREGO! (37 1/2 weeks actually), so technically I'm almost done being pregnant! I have just started my maternity leave from school, and with lots of extra time on my hands before the little man's arrival, I figured I would get back to blogging. I have high hopes of being able to keep this up after he comes in order to keep better in touch with friends and family who don't get to see us on a regular basis. Here is a little update in pictures..

Let's hope I can keep up with this!

Where Have I Been?

I really don't think anyone has missed my blogging, but in case you have...I promise I have a REALLY good reason why I've been MIA lately!

Stay tuned for more information!

My thoughts on the Bachelor

Watching The Bachelor last night, my Monday night ritual ,was nothing short of the drama I have been anticipating...But what I got instead was utterly insane. I don't even know if I have words for how the show played out. Of course I know that ABC has EVERYTHING to do with the situations they put on tv, or what they want to have happen, but honestly this is ruining people's lives here. I have been a huge fan of The Bachelor since the very beginning...and enjoy almost every minute of it...until last night. Now I was indecisive (what's new) on who I wanted Jason to pick because the two girls have been my favs since the very first episode. But honestly how can anyone think it is ok to have Jason break an engagement with Melissa on national TV, only to turn 5 minutes later and be making out with Molly? I think that ABC had the three under contract for the final show, and any news had to stay under wraps until the show aired...they DID sign a contract after all:) I sort of feel like Melissa might have even know what was coming, despite her "surprise" at the After The Final Rose show. I ALSO feel like Molly has been in contact with Jason, regardless of what either say.

I could go on and on, but really I hope everything works out for all three of them. I will be curious to hear what is said on tonight's recap. Hopefully, it won't be as dramatic as last night's grueling 3 hours! I don't think I can handle that much more drama...at least until next season :)

Amazing Weekend

This weekend was one of those weekends when I was really, REALLY, REALLY not ready to go back to work this morning! I think it has something to do with how busy/fun/amazing it was! I better start from the beginning...

Thursday night

M: So, we have to go back to Kokomo tomorrow night?

L: Huh? Why?

M: Umm..my dad needs me to help him with something.

L: Ok, like what? And do I have to go too?

M: Just something, and yes you have to go.

L: Hmm...are you sure? Because I want to stick around here and get some stuff done before our parents come up Saturday.

M:You're going to make this difficult aren't you? My parents are throwing us an anniversary party...so yes, you have to come!

L: Ohh, well why didn't you just say so?

M: Because it was supposed to be a surprise!
L: OOhhhh...oops :)

I blame it on the wine...lol

Friday

After a tiring, long Friday at school, M told me to be ready to go at 5:30. On our boring drive to K-town, and my 3rd hour in the car that day, I proceeded to poke/prode/pry information out of M about the party. Nope, he wasn't having it. So we get to his parents and begin visiting with family. Not too long into the get-together I realize no one has said anything about my parents coming over, Hmm...this seems kind of strange and something is off. Well, after about an hour, M's sister and her boyfriend arrive and we all start chatting. Then, all of sudden, her bf walks by me with a jewelry box behind his back and my jaw just about hit the floor! I found out later I guess I made a huge gasp...oops again! Anyways, he proposed to her and it was adorable! I am sooo happy for the two of them and can't wait for their wedding! Apparently, there was a whole big web of lies told to get HER there, and then I wasn't cooperating too much either, so M had to make up a lie to get me to come home too. He knew better than to tell me about the engagement, I would've been too tempted or obvious if I had known! And here I thought this was really for us...haha :) We spent the night chatting away and laughing at all the effort put into this night!

Saturday

We went to the Gary Allen/Darius Rucker concert at Purdue with both of our families and the newly engaged couple! We went out to dinner and then drinks back at one our fav. campus bars...boy how I miss those! Then on to the concert! We had so much fun and I was a TEENY bit obsessed with Hootie!

Sunday

Sunday was our 1st year wedding anniversary! I can hardly believe it has already been a year since we got married! I guess time flies when you're having fun :) We have had an amazing year and I am looking forward to many, many more to come! M spolied me by being the cutest darn husband ever!! He looked into the tradition gifts given on your first anniversary, and when he heard it was paper, he knew he was in luck! He had the cutest stationary personalized for me! He also knew my obsession for the Twilight series and that I have yet to get to the last book, so he went out and bought me Breaking Dawn. Not only that, he saw The Host by the same author and thought I would like that too :)

Seriously...how freaking cute is he? I was floating on cloud 9 :)

We proceeded to go to a local bar and have a few drinks to celebrate...which turned out to be a Sunday Funday! Oh well, it was well worth it spending the day with my hubby!