Fun Times!

Today we went to watch the girls playoff game, then onto baby shopping. As some have referred to it as overwhelming, sure it was...but I went in prepared with the big things already researched which really seemed to help. Kent was patient, but he was the little boy with the toy gun shooting away. I'm not sure how we did overall, but as I continue to play with my registries and move things back and forth and add and delete I'm sure it will all come into place. I'm trying to get things all situated before the end of March so my registry is finalized. I know some of the things I scanned, I really had no idea what they were used for...but they looked like I might need them.?....We might continue our quest tomorrow and go into the Target store in Menomenee Falls, rather than online. Kinda fun overall, made it a little more real....we are only 3 months off!! Oh, and Jaimi....I have heartburn too!!

Massage...ahhhhhh!

What a wonderful way to start my weekend! I had a massage tonight, and I have to say ahhh! That is the one thing I have splurged on this year and it is definately worth it now!! (Especially if you find a therapist you like!) If you are my one of many friends that are pregnant....GO GET A MASSAGE!! If you aren't pregnant...go get one anyway! :)

Black Hole?

For years I have joked that my belly button was a bottomless abyss. Embarrassed by the fact that it makes the extra storage of fat in my abdomen a little more obvious as it is not taught, but a hole that speaks to you when you run with just a sports bra on. Something I only would do when I was out in the country at Ma and Pa's on a hot day. The thought of someone seeing my hidden treasure stored there, left me grabbing for my shirt that was tucked in the back whenever a car would approach. During my spring break of my third year teaching I went out to Colorado and then onto a road trip with a few friends. I came home with a souvinier of a belly button piercing that half hid the hole, or atleast the depth of it. It is the type of belly button hole that if you stuck your finger in, it would get sucked right up...you'd be lucky if you could retrieve your finger at all.

Well, that abyss opened again when I found out I was pregnant and my OB-GYN told me I had to take out my belly button ring. Ugh! Right now, I am excited to say there is a bottom to that black hole! I checked it out and not an ounce of lint present! I have about a half inch left to my belly button, what would be a typical innie belly button. However, there are high hopes that as we near the end of pregnancy, I will be one of the few that the belly button will pop out and never go back in. I guess if it doesn't , at least it will continue to be good for storing a jelly bean or two or we can go back a few years and do some body shots...it is like an automatic shot glass that I can carry everywhere!

A week without work...

Well, ok, I did work a few days part-time. My Dr. told me to stay home again tomorrow, so I guess Monday will be my next day of work...hopefully. I'm feeling a little better tonight. I went to my Dr. today and she said I had bronchitis. So now I am on antibiotics and despite that I just went on them today, the Benedryl seems to have helped quite a bit. Hopefully I'll feel even better tomorrow and get some work done around here too. Maybe? I don't think I could spend any more time in bed!

I want my mommy!!

I am still sick, if not a worse kind....atleast with the flulike symptoms I had this weekend I could sleep....now it is cold...miserable, stuffy yet runny...Is that possible? Hacky cough and aah...Just miserable. So I made it to school today to make my day even better! At the beginning of third hour I did the not so graceful fall down 3 stairs landing flat on my knees and twisting my ankle. That broke whatever I had left in me so I went home after the hour was over. My ankle hurt like no other....little swelling, but a high ankle sprain most likely...hopefully no tear or broken ankle. I iced all day long so it does feel better, just don't touch it. My knee is bruised, my other knee has a floor burn and I burned my pants on the fall. Any other day I probably would have sucked it up, but my ankle just killed down into my foot and up my leg and I had nothing left...plus it didnt' help that there were a few kids in my 3rd hour that just annoyed the heck out of me. On the plus side, I didn' t land on my stomache and BW is still moving. I don't think BW is moving as much, but I'm really sick and am more overwhelmed by how miserable I am. Pulled out the Vicks tonight, and my coughing has diminished...plan on putting it on my feet when I go to sleep. Kent will probably sleep in the guest room again tonight.

Sicko

Last weekend I left my sick husband behind as I made my journey North to Ma and Pa's. Thinking I outran the nasty bug, I've been fighting tiredness all week, this morning it ran out. I made it through my H.S. teaching and took a half day and went home and slept the rest of the day. I feel awful. I had cramping this morning where it hurt to lift my leg (I hope round pain!) and just buggy otherwise. I need to open the pool in the morning, but not sure if I will swim, might just sleep in the lockerroom. I'm hoping I slept enough today to fight off the worst....I think I can take Tylenol cold, but will call my trusted few if it gets to that point. Eating my chicken soup, drinking my smart water and Kefir and apple juice.....and hugging my blankey...

Jaimi Hoernke (Coleman) and I

Jaimi and I were bridesmaids for each others weddings. Now we are having babies with a due date 1 day apart! Craziness! (She really thinks she is having twins...)

Home Sweet Home

Nothing like going home. Kent came down with a nasty cold this week, and just prior to leaving with his bags packed we decided he wasn't coming home with me. So I left him behind with his sick self, so that none of us would be sick next week. I met up with Mom in Rib Mt. and we did some shopping on Friday afternoon. When we got home, I drove Dad to the shack so he could drive the four wheeler back to the house and then we walked out to the stand on the corner of the field by the big woods. Rickety the stand was, and uncertain it would hold my extra 20 pounds...I climbed it carefully, like it was a Jenga board game ready to topple at any minute. Looking through the binoculars I could see the deer one, two, three coming from the woods. In the end I think there were 10, but Dad had said the night before there were atleast 30. Fun to watch, but the wind was cold.

Sat. I was up early as I could not sleep. Beat everyone up for once. We had an egg sandwich for breakfast and mom and I went for a walk in the woods. It was a beautiful day, warming up. We checked out the woods taking two dogs for a walk and what mess the loggers had left! I slept for 3 hours that afternoon...don't know if I am fighting off Kent's bug, or just tuckered out. Sunday morning we had pancakes for breakfast and then mom and I started to tackle cleaning out the closet. Fun things we came across from my old school papers, trophies, stuffed animals to Dad's papers and his teacher yelling at him for his bad penmenship. I left this weekend with a handful of things including my quilt Grandma gave to me, my cupid doll, a few porcelain memorabilias from chlidhood for BW's room and my baby book. Fun times. Nothing like mommy hanging out with me.....She agreed to come down for 2 weeks when BW is born to help out. Phew....atleast I will have someone to watch when I take a shower and maybe to help make some good meals. :)

Phoenix

This weekend we spent 4 days in Phoenix on our last get-a-way before BW arrives...70 degree weather this time of year is nothing to complain about, that is for sure. It was a pretty laid back weekend. Kent and I did some shopping, went to Old Town Scottsdale to walk around and had a nice meal at the Saddle Ranch Friday. Kent got in a round of golf with Sanjay and Anna and I hit the spa for a prenatal massage. Anna is 30 weeks pregnant and bound and determined not to slow down. When we walked in on Sat. she was just getting back from mountain biking, pure craziness!! In any case, Anna and I went on an hour hike in the afternoon after our massage, which I had enough energy to do (after lazing around all afternoon watching T.V.) then we went out to eat when we got back. Sunday Kent, Sanjay and I did another hour and 15 min. hike at the Usery Recreation Park. We didn't quite make it up to the cave, but I was a little leary after hitting the wall on the way home on Sat. with Anna and almost passing out in the car...oops, needed to eat something a little sooner. It was a tougher hike, but nothing too grueling. We went out for lunch and parted our ways. Kent and I spent the remainder of the day checking out Maryville Park (Brewer's spring training camp), jumping in the pool and enjoying the last rays of sunshine, watching part of the game then grabbing something to eat before returning the rental car. A very laid back weekend for us, I definatly enjoyed the Marriott bed and pillows and all the fresh fruit. Today was a long day back to WI, but we managed to sit by the pool for 15 min. while waiting for our shuttle this morning....every last ray counts!

Gymnastics??

So I am finally sure that I can feel the baby moving, in fact it is a lot. You know you second guess all the time in the beginning....is that gas? Sideache...what? Now I can feel some punches and flips etc. Good to know this isn't in my head.