Baby Shower Part 1

Lots of pictures!!
Wow! A baby shower for me?
This was odd in a great way. For me this was like "Always the bridesmaid never the bride." A lot of you know I have had quite the battle to get pregnant, both with myself and with my husband. This was a 6 year battle, not with fertility fortunately but making the decision to get pregnant. It's been very surreal for me to be the one who the shower was being held for, and to look through all of these pictures afterward.
Pregnancy has been great and I am fortunate to be surrounded by great people.
This is post 1 of baby shower 1, this was everyone I work with. I did not post pictures of anyone but myself because I didn't get permission from them to do so.
I would like to thank everyone who came and made this a great time for me. I received nothing but perfect gifts.
I came right home and ordered the crib set, I have been comparing prices with Walmart & Target on this set for about a month now. Target just lowered their price to $10 under Walmart, thank goodness they did because as of today Walmart ended the sale on theirs and it went up $30...Cripes!
These are just the pictures from my camera, I will post more as people e mail pictures they took.
Let's get to the pictures!!



The cake...duh. That's right no first name, we've decided to wait to see who she is when we meet her for that. Not to worry I think we have a GREAT list to choose from.


The belly at 31 weeks. Obviously I can't talk to the camera person while taking pictures....makes me look pissy & I hate posing so we just leave it.


The Tiara! I loved it, of course I did it's sparkly. My boss got the tiara & "made" me wear it, the wings have blinking lights in them. This was great!


Opening one of many gifts, I picked this one because I don't look horrible in it :) Sometimes I smile.


Dressing the belly :)


Not only is this a great picture of my favorite new shirt (sparkly) you may also note the baby doll I was holding appears to be nursing. Not planned, and shut up about the size of my chest versus the head of that poor doll.


"The Drive By" My camera has a slight delay and cameo appearances sometimes do happen.



Most of you know I have a "problem" with pink camo. "Problem" is I can't get enough of it! This is a pink camo hat...for the baby.



Me & my loot. This is me packing everything up to go home.


Again more packing. The end...for now

I Can't Wait

Bored online I located site for movie reviews that offers "diversions."
These are subjects that people comment on to kill time. This diversion was about the mispronunciation of common words. This one made me cry and have to leave the computer to go to the bathroom (yeah that's not hard anymore.)

My grandma regularly butchered words. She took us to see "Jur-uh-sick Park" when it came out in the theater. Semi unrelated, but she also was amazingly tolerant of cursing, such as when my 4 year old cousin, who had a speech impediment, asked for ice cream, and my grandma's response was, "Ass cream? What do you need ass cream for? What's wrong with your ass?"

What makes this so very funny is I know that between a child learning to speak and my hearing along with my mothers hearing, something like this is sure to come up....repeatedly.

Memorial Day

Memorial Day is for us to remember those who have fought, for our freedom throughout history, and for those who continue to fight. Whether or not you agree with this war, you still have soldiers to thank for your freedom to express your opinion and be safe in your home everyday.
I was in search of baby names today and Googled "lioness", since the baby is going to be of the astrological sign Leo my mom calls her "the lioness". In my search I found "Team Lioness" this is the documentary of women who serve our military in combat along side the men. Please take a moment and Google them, their story as with all of our soldiers is amazing and humbling.
We were supposed to go camping for this Memorial Day 2008, and every Memorial Day it rains. This year in the elevation we were supposed to camp in many inches of snow were expected, so we opted out. The plan now is to go next weekend, I have my work baby shower next weekend so I won't be camping then either. I would be spending most of the weekend alone anyway (save for a very bored Rottweiler named Kimber who will have about 60 feet to roam in because she thinks she should run free in the woods eating any dead thing she pleases),Cody and his friend who plan on going would be out and about most days hunting for bear. If I have to spend most of the weekend alone, at least at home I have all my comforts and a computer :). At some point this summer I will be making a camping trip.
AND I will have new baby stuff to play with, it has been driving me bonkers not to be able to go buy stuff lately! I am bringing my camera to the shower, so I will put up pictures.
Gramma says the baby quilt has taken on a new life, and is close to being done, she will send me pictures soon.

Best News!!!

This is the best news since November when I peed on a stick & got 2 lines.

I do not have Gestational Diabetes!!!!

Glucose Test # 2

Today I took the 3 hour glucose test, this will confirm whether or not I have Gestational Diabetes . To take this test you must fast for 12 hours before, drink 10 ounces of pure glucose, and give 4 vials of blood spaced out over a 3 hour time span, no food until all the vials have been taken. So I had no food from 7:00 PM Tuesday night to 10:00AM Wednesday morning, that's hateful when you're pregnant AND Hypoglycemic. The good news is they have a leather recliner just for me & I brought a book, to pass time.
I found out I have weak veins, no surprise there since every time I have to get blood drawn they can never hit a vein on me the first time. I'd like to thank today's ladies who got it the first time every time, so instead of getting stabbed 8 times for 4 vials I was able to only get stabbed 4 times for 4 vials.
If I hadn't gotten an ultrasound last visit this one would have ranked higher giving blood and all, I didn't have to sit in the waiting room with any body fluids. :)
I think I will have to resign myself to the fact that Wednesdays are just going to be super busy for me. I took a 3 hour test, got registered for the birth and Lamaze, got my nails done and moustache waxed (shut up), stopped by the bank, went grocery shopping, made dinners and lunches for the week, and banana bread, doing laundry, and got the blog updated.
I know you like pictures the only thing new are the nails but they are SO fun. They have green vines with purple & white swirl Pansies.

Butterflies

Lots of pictures this time yay! I figured since I have solved the wall dilemma the least I can do is deliver a bunch of pictures to you.
The walls were such a pain in my ass because I originally wanted a strong female role model up on the wall for my little girl. Don't get me wrong princesses are great, but you try finding a wall hanging of a ball breaking ice princess. Don't act like you're surprised I want her a little rough around the edges like mommy, keeps a lot of jackasses at bay :)
Kidding!
I just wanted something strong and positive for her, that's not out there for little girls it's all flowers and damsels in distress. Yes butterflies are not strong, but I repeat you try finding something cooler for girls, boys have it made in this department, besides these butterflies are pretty kick ass.
I think the pictures turned out pretty well, the one with all of the butterflies appear to be ripping out of the wall.

What A Day

What a crazy day, I'll just start from the beginning and walk you through it.
I had a doctor appointment at 10:30 this morning, I was scheduled for an ultrasound and my glucose test to check for Gestational Diabetes. My stomach has hurt for the past 2 days, like when you've worked out too hard hurt. When I walked by the mirror this morning I found out why, she found a new home buried in my right hip, my stomach had a huge bulge on the right side.
I went to the doctor got my ultrasound and it was confirmed she was jammed tight in my hip, so tight I was lucky to get the 2 pictures I did get. After any ultrasound of course I have to pee, and they always want a sample. I emerge from the bathroom with my sample cup of pee, and ask for a pen to write my name on it so I can leave it for the nurse, I am then informed that I am to return to the waiting room, WITH my cup of pee and wait to be called. So, off to the waiting room, cup of pee and all, only one lady seemed to have noticed, she was going to sit by me until she saw the cup and promptly sat on the opposite side of the room. This got me to thinking, I'm not a huge people person anyway, maybe I should just start carrying a cup of pee with me everywhere I go to keep people at bay.
I then see the nurse, give her the offending cup of pee and run the gauntlet, weight is great, blood pressure is good, test for glucose-Flunk!
The good news is I measure right on track, baby looks great from what they could tell of her scrunched up self, and I only gained 2 pounds in a month, bringing my total weight to....none of your business. Back to the glucose test, I am hypoglycemic anyway, no big surprise they found a problem after they made me drink 5 ounces of syrup. What this means is that in 2 weeks I will have to drink 10 ounces of syrup, with no food and have my blood drawn every hour for 3 hours. Suck!
I told the nurse I am hypoglycemic & she agreed that's probably why my test was bad news, I have not been confirmed Gestational Diabetes positive just yet, that's what the test in 2 weeks is for. What blows my mind is how uninformed some trained professionals are. The nurse told me that I should start carbing up, not necessarily with bad things like sugar, but "good stuff like fruit & ice cream"....yeah I'm not making that up. I didn't say anything but I can't do that it messes me up too bad to go around all hopped up on sugar, so way to be Diabetic informed miss health care professional.
Went grocery shopping, then had lunch with Cody, and we spent most of the day price hunting for under ground sprinkler items. I did notice 2 things, old men stare at me more now, and wow people are sure nice to pregnant ladies, smile, say hi, move their asses out of my way. I bet that would be 10 fold with my new cup of pee idea. :) Then I mailed Gramma more pink material for finishing the quilt, had one of Cody's knives shipped off to the factory, came home updated blog, and off to doggie social hour.
I got the decals for the nursery, don't roll your eyes at me, I did actually buy some. I will try to put them up tonight.
So, without further adieu, here is Miss Lentz. Like I said I was lucky to get these pictures she was so jammed up. Both are face shots, with little fists on either side.

The Score

I am a sucker for taggies! www.taggies.com take a look & you'll see why.
Taggies are unfortunately expensive, which is why when I was at TJ Max today I gasped upon my good fortune,Taggie blankies for $9.99!!! These normally sell for about $30.00 a piece.
I will keep one and Charlene will buy the other one from me, since she has 2 boys she needs 2 Taggies. I like them both so I'm going to let her decide which one she wants.

In the picture I flipped the blankets so you can sneak a peak at the reverse side of the blankets. These blankets are not only adorable but soft beyond belief.

Happy Mothers Day to me :)

P.S- I've changed my mind on the baby wall decor yet again ( I know shut up). I can't find it online so I'll post pictures when it comes in and I get it on the wall.

The Nursery...Part 2

Having the internet I think is giving me too many choices, by that I mean not helping me to settle on just one choice.
This is the new choice for the nursery crib set, I like it's clean lines better and it is $30 cheaper.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8033262

This is the new choice for the walls.
http://wallpaperbordersdiscount.com/item.php?item_no=RK315B&category=kid
I struggled a little bit with this one but enlisted help and decided that this was the best choice.
My concern was that with white furniture and white walls the room was looking too sterile. My interior decorator (Charlene) insists that the little bit of blue in this border will be more than enough color to pull off what I am looking for. So butterflies it is!

Pregnancy So Far...

Yes I am in my 3rd Trimester, but I decided this would be a great update for Gramma and the baby when she's old enough to read this.
As far as pregnancy goes I have had it very easy, I am for the most part enjoying myself.
In my first trimester I was tired, not "Nyquil" tired, but still tired. Working a 5 day 40 hour work week by the time Friday came I was done. I also had to clean the house in bits and pieces, no more one day clean-a-thons.
I am hypoglycemic that puts a whole new twist on eating when you're pregnant. When I am not pregnant I need to try to eat a very balanced diet anyway, or I get moody, the shakes , weak and dizzy. When I'm pregnant that is about 10 fold, took some getting used to.
"Breast tenderness" this is like calling a house fire a marsh mellow roast. My breasts were so "tender" walking hurt, rolling over in the middle of the night hurt, a strong breeze hurt, tender indeed.
The last two first trimester items on the list were mild cravings and mood swings. I craved meat all the time, then graduated to hot dogs and tater tots. My lowest moment came when the baby decided we should cut up some hot dogs and put that into vegetable soup, she lost that battle, as good as it sounded (and it did) that was too much for mommy. Last but not least my love affair with the fountain soda!
"Mood swings", this is like the "breast tenderness" title, "mood swings" much more like Jekyll & Hyde. I had 2 melt downs before I found out I was pregnant and I'd like to thank my bosses for letting me keep my job after those episodes. After I found out I was pregnant I was able to understand why I was feeling what I was feeling and do my "best" to control it. There are still about 3 people on my list who at any given moment I would like to stab in the neck. These people do not have to do or say anything to me at all to provoke this reaction....scary.

Second trimester was great I wasn't tired anymore, and I could clean the whole house again, but any form of exercise would leave me completely spent.
I also started to get the belly, which at this point in time was still small and cute, but did cause me to look more pudgy than pregnant.
I got to start to feel all the movements and get used to her movement schedule. She responds to my moods but not as much to our voices, if there's a song on that I really like she moves a lot.
Second trimester for me was a great get to know your baby as much as you can before she gets here phase.

Third trimester so far has been great, the belly is much bigger, no longer cute to me, but everyone else enjoys it and I do look pregnant instead of pudgy. Don't get me wrong I enjoy the belly, it means she's doing well and getting bigger, it just does nothing for my body image issues. I say that knowing I will long for the firm round pregnant belly rather than the lump of unrisen bread dough belly I will be left with right after she arrives.
I still love fountain soda, raspberry flavored peaches and I would rob a bank for some ice cream. Having a wheat and dairy allergy I don't get ice cream, it's also no longer worth it. I have been off dairy so long now I am close to lactose intolerant, that makes dairy very painful for me.

Stretch Marks

I'm starting to get stretch marks, no surprise there. I have stretch marks all over from puberty, 5'7" at 13 will do that to a girl.
What does surprise me about stretch marks is that I didn't need to run out of skin before they showed up. What the hell does that mean you ask? Allow me to explain, I still have fat hips with extra skin, I still have a fat roll in my back with extra skin. Why is my stomach not pulling from these "resources" before deciding that it needs to stretch my stomach?
I have been fortunate to locate a stretch mark lotion, no I do not believe it will keep these feinds at bay, but it does stop the belly from itching and that's good enough for me.