Bare Belly

So, here is a picture of my bare belly. Boy, am I pregnant. It gets bigger every day, too. My tat is holding up pretty nicely. Luckily, the baby is starting to move up and doesn't kick me in the bladder as much. It is really annoying when you've just gone to the bathroom, and you get a kick in the bladder and immediately have to go again. My next appointment is on Sept. 10. My next ultrasound should be a couple of weeks after that. That's all the to update for now.

Bigger by the day

So, as the days go on, I get bigger and bigger. I guess that's how this whole pregnancy thing works, huh? Haha.

So, the picture to the right was taken last Friday while I was at work. I'll have another picture taken and post it soon because I swear, I'm way bigger now. I definitely look pregnant now. My belly is getting so big that when I look at my belly button (sans belly button ring-that's right, I took it out), I can actually see to the very back of my belly button! I figure it'll pop out in a month or so. Luckily, as predicted, just my belly is getting giant. My thighs are bigger, but not huge. I'm starting to get pregnancy aches and pains. My back is starting to ache and my feet are sore by the end of day. I'm starting to get short of breath, too. I'm still wiped out by the time I get home.

The baby is kicking as I type. He sits so low in my belly that all he does is kick my bladder. Not fun, let me tell you. He is definitely getting stronger, too. It still blows my mind a little that I have a little human growing inside me. Crazy.

I will eventually get the new ultrasound pictures scanned and post them up. They aren't as good as I was hoping they would be. I'll have another ultrasound in late September. Hopefully, those pictures will be better.

Other than the pregnancy changes, not much else is new. Still just making it through one day at a time.

Jackpot!

So, we hit the jackpot this weekend-no, not the lottery, but the baby/maternity clothes jackpot. The owner of our apartment complex has been giving us things here and there for the baby-a high chair, a bit plastic tyco kids table, a motorized swing thing, etc.

Well, this weekend he had a garage sale-a garage that is right next to our apartment. He is going to try to rent it out, so he spent this weekend cleaning it out and had a garage sale on Saturday and Sunday.

Well, he has supplied us with 0-18 month old clothes-probably enough new born clothes to get us through the first 6 months, at least without having to buy things-not that this will stop us from buying any cute clothes that we see/can afford. But anyway, that still helps us be more prepared. Also, his wife had a ton of big rubbermaid containers full of maternity clothes. The best part is it was mostly clothes that she wore to work and some casual clothes, so I pretty much don't need to shop for maternity clothes-woo! I hate shopping.

Also, we are getting a narrow 5 drawer dresser and a changing table for the baby. I'm telling you, this apartment was the best thing that could have happened to us and having an awesome landlord is definitely the cherry on top.

We also got a new futon from him for $20 and a rad double-wide ottoman for $10 that I am going to make a slip for, but otherwise it is awesome. It is one of those ones where the top opens up, and you can store things inside it. The futon is a pretty expensive one where the back folds up, and it is a couch, but if you lie fold it flat to make a bed, one of the ends can also be folded up, so you can have your head raised up. When it is laid flat, the futon is the size of a twin bed, which isn't huge, but it's good enough to be a guest bed when we have visitors (hint, hint...). It is pretty nice, though.

I definitely showed my thanks for everything that he has done/given us by helping out with the garage sale on Saturday. I woke up at 7:00 on Saturday morning to what I thought was the door bell. I thought I had dreamt it until Josh's phone rang, and it was the apartment manager calling. It turned out they needed us to move our cars for the garage sale. Well, I am at the point where I can't go back to sleep once I wake up, so I went out and helped with the garage sale. It started out with the owner of the building telling me to go through all the baby and maternity clothes to see what I wanted (for free). I then started helping move rubbermaid tubs, organize books, and helped people who were browsing if Dominic (the owner) was busy helping someone else. I helped the entire time they had the sale open on Saturday, so I think I did a pretty good job of showing my appreciation for what he has given us. He didn't ask me to help, and I probably would have even if he weren't giving us a lot of free stuff, but I think it helped make it a trade as opposed to him just giving us free stuff for nothing.

Anyway, this weekend was awesome, and we made out pretty darn well. I'm pretty happy with it. :)

1 Year goes by so fast

So, yeah, I definitely have the best guy in the world. As usual, I woke up today before anyone else in the house and ate some breakfast and took my prenatal vitamin. I stayed awake for a little while and watched some t.v. I ended up going back to bed to take a nap, and Josh and Nate got up. So, I woke up from my nap to a dozen roses and a smoothie. I knew Josh and my 1 year anniversary was around this time, but we had never really talked about the exact date. Well, it's official. August 3 is our anniversary date. We ended up getting some chicken and steak and having some BBQ for dinner. It was a perfect day.


A not so perfect part of the day was giving Weeble a bath and trying to de-flea our apartment. My legs look like I've got some kind of disease or something with all the flea bites they have. Apparently, all the hormones going through me make me a much better meal than Josh or Nate. Kitty cats really don't like baths or water at all. She wasn't as bad as the last time she had a bath. The worst part is you have to keep the flea shampoo on them for 5 minutes, so trying to hold her and keep her from freaking out is the hardest part. She was dirrrty. I vacuumed every surface in the house, and already notice a change. We gotta get all the fleas out before little Bubba gets here.

I can't believe it's been a year already, though. Thinking back, I know a lot has happened, like having a baby on the way, but at the same time, it doesn't seem like anything is really different. I don't know. It's hard to explain. All I know is that I am pretty damn happy with how things have turned out. I've got a great guy who will be an awesome Dad to our baby. I just need to get a position at work that suits me better and things will be truly perfect. That is, hopefully, soon to come.

Kicks & Punches!!!

So, the baby is really kicking away now. He kicks when Josh talks to my belly - it's really cute. He's also big enough to where if he's on one side of my belly, my belly gets lop-sided.

I was doing some work on my laptop the other day and the baby started going crazy. I don't know if it was the laptop being so close to my belly or what; that was a first. He is really getting strong. You can't see his kicks on my stomach yet, but people have been telling me as I get further along I'll be able to see when he kicks on the outside of my belly. That’s going to be crazy!

My belly continues to get bigger and bigger. I've still only gained about 7-8 pounds so far. I'll be 22 out of 40 weeks along as of Monday. I think my stomach is huge, but everyone that sees it says my belly is still so small. Seems pretty big to me – haha!

By the way, Margit did not think of the name Cole as the middle name. I told her what we were thinking of naming the baby, and she was commenting that she liked the name. I think Jeremy Cole is a pretty cute name; It flows.

Josh is already telling the baby he is going to have to learn karate and taekwondo to protect me when he isn't around - haha. He's definitely getting his practice kicking in my belly.

I can't believe it’s already August. This summer is going by so fast. It doesn't even seem like I've done anything; I've only been to the beach two times. Man, how time flies!