Blogging Rut

I apologize for my lack of blogging. I guess you could say I am in a blogging rut. I either don't have anything to blog about or I am too tired or too busy to get a post up. I have received several comments about my lack of blogging, mainly from friends and family and I apologize.

This year I really wanted my blog to only be about me and my family and the events that were occurring in my life. I decided that I didn't want to do the random posts about shopping, television or celebrity news, not that there is anything wrong with that, I just wanted my blog to be about actual events in my life. I am in the process of making the first year of my blog into a book. The random posts I did about shopping or tv shows just don't seem to go with the purpose of the book. Hopefully I will finish the book before the end of this year. Ha!

I can't wait to make this year of blogging into a book. I don't scrapbook and I don't really make photo albums of all the pictures I take. My pictures just end up on my computer. Making my blog into a book is the best way for me to document everything. This year is very important because Grayson will be born. I realize the first half of this year (can you believe we are two months shy of being half way done with this year??) has been quite uneventful. I have mainly just blogged about my pregnancy. I want to remember it and I want to remember what I looked like. The second half of the year is going to be way more exciting and I just hope that I can find the time to document everything. I think having the books year after year will be so neat for my children and my great grandchildren to look back on.

So bare with me as I get through this blogging rut. I have a feeling that it will end soon. I have some exciting events coming up in May and June and of course nothing will beat July! If you are still reading my little ole blog, thank you. I promise I will be back to blogging soon!

28 Weeks

I am officially in my third trimester!  I was looking at a calendar yesterday and realized that in about 2 1/2 months Grayson will be here.  I still can't believe it! I still have so much to do.  I am getting more and more excited each day.  In a little less than a month I am having my maternity pictures taken and my baby shower.  I can't wait! 

Here I am at 28 weeks.  I feel huge but everyone keeps telling me I look small for how far along I am. 

I go to the doctor this week.  Hopefully she won't yell at me for any weight gain.  My appetite has slowed down and I am not as hungry as I have been.  Since my blood type is O negative I have to get a shot of Rogam in case Grayson's blood is positive. 

I am still feeling pretty great.  My feet are starting to hurt a lot more lately.  Even when I am wearing flip flops they hurt.  Sleep is still okay.  My hips start hurting during the night and I become more and more uncomfortable.  My hips are always sore.  My back is starting to hurt a lot more too.  I'm not complaining though because I have had a really great pregnancy so far.

The nursery is slowly coming along.  Our biggest mission right now is to find a dresser.  I am looking for something inexpensive to match the crib.  We are going to Canton in May to see if we can find one.  Once I get the dresser I think everything else will fall into place.  My glider rocker came in this week and I love it.  It matches perfectly and it is so comfortable. I will share pictures of the nursery once it is complete.  I am trying to get it finished by May 22 which is when I am taking my maternity pictures.  I want to take a few pictures in the nursery.  

I have a small wood cabinet that I have had since college.  My dad bought it unfinished and then stained it for me.  I am going to strip it and paint it.  Dustin and I went to Home Depot on Friday and got a few sample colors of paint.  We decided against painting the walls in the nursery though.  The walls are tan/beige and we think it looks really good with the crib and bedding. Plus I am sure we will change up his room once he out grows the crib and I didn't want to have to repaint.  I am kind of glad we don't have that task ahead of us.

Yesterday my mom and I went and she bought the stroller and car seat.  It is a Graco model and I found a pattern that I really liked.  Of all places I found it at Burlington Coat Factory.  I didn't even know they had a baby department.  They actually have a lot of baby stuff.  I think I am going to buy the matching pack n' play from there. 

Grayson's closet if filling up.  I have a lot of washing to do before he gets here.  I have slowed down on buying clothes.  It is so hard to buy clothes because I don't know exactly how big he will be and I don't want to have the wrong sized clothes for the seasons.  

He is moving more and more.  I usually feel him in the early mornings and in the evenings.  I love feeling him move and I just laugh when I see my stomach moving.  It is the greatest feeling!         

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend.  Mine was great and went by way too fast.  I didn't have Good Friday off but I was lucky and left work at noon.  On my way home my check engine light came on.  Dustin was at work so I met my dad and he went with me to get it checked out.  I hate having to take care of anything related to my car by myself.  Probably because I am clueless when it comes to cars.  Turns out it was my thermostat in my car is broken.  They had to order the part and will put it in this week.  I can still drive my car in the mean time which is good.  After taking care of my car I went to lunch with my dad and then went to run some errands.

Saturday I ran some errands and did some shopping.  I got Grayson some really cute outfits from The Children's Place and they were all 50% off.  They were having a really good sale.  I met my mom and sister for lunch and then we headed to get pedicures.  Saturday afternoon Dustin and I made a trip to Home Depot and then came home and worked in the yard.  We planted flowers and put new mulch in our flower beds.  Dustin did most of the work but I did pull weeds and helped as much as I could.  The yards looks good, I just hope the flowers survive through the summer.  After working in the yard we were starving so we went to dinner at Villa Grande.  I love me some Mexican food! 

After dinner my sister and her fiance Clark came over and brought their new Golden Retriever puppy Carly! 

Isn't she precious! I just love puppies!

Today we went to church with my family.  Before we left Dustin and I tried to get a picture with the camera's self timer and here are the shots we got.

Maribel wouldn't leave us alone.

The second shot my eyes were closed.  We gave up because we were running late but we attempted to get a picture.

Tomorrow is my parent's 30th anniversary so we went out to eat tonight to celebrate.  We went to a yummy place called Cowtown Diner in downtown Ft. Worth.  It was fabulous!  It is an upscale diner with home cooked food.  I had chicken fried steak and it was so good. 

My wonderful parents!

I am so thankful for my parents and am so happy that we got to celebrate their 30th with them.  God has truly blessed me and I hope that Dustin and I can be at least half the parents my parent's were to me. 

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad! I love you so much!

25 Week Update

Wow! I can't believe it has been 2 weeks since I last posted.  I have just been busy/lazy lately.  I have a few things to update you on.  This past Monday I went for my monthly check up and had my glucose test.  The drink really wasn't that bad at all.  It tasted like an orange soda.  It was just hard to drink it really fast. I don't think Grayson liked the drink because after I drank it and went back to the waiting room before seeing the doctor, he started moving and kicking like crazy.  I guess he was on a sugar high! They told me if I passed the test I wouldn't hear from them.  I still haven't heard from the doctor so hopefully I passed!

The doctor said everything looked good except my weight.  I gained another 8 pounds.  So not only do I feel HUGE, I feel like a failure.  I really didn't want to gain more than 2 or 3 pounds.  I am just always hungry...like I mean starving.  I will eat and 5 minutes later and I am hungry again.  It doesn't help that I don't always make the best choices in foods.  Dustin gets on to me all the time.  I get no sympathy from him. I am trying to make better choices even though they aren't satisfying or fill me up.  I have gained a total of 20 pounds.  20 pounds people!!  That means I have 40 pounds to loose after this baby because I had wanted to loose 20 pounds before getting pregnant.  I know that I am still going to gain more weight before this pregnancy is over.  So in reality I will probably have at least 50 or 60 pounds to loose after Grayson gets here. Yikes! I am already planning on doing Weight Watchers as soon as the doctor gives me the green light.  There is a local boot camp not far my house so I plan on signing up for that as soon as I can.

Here I am at 25 weeks.  Excuse my outfit, I didn't feel like changing.

I did get some exciting news this past week!  The bedding is finished and is being shipped this week!  The lady who made it sent me a picture and I love it! I can't wait for it to get here.  Our office, which is becoming the nursery, is finally all cleaned out.  I am ready to start decorating.  Now if only I could get some creative juices flowing. 

Even more exciting news, Dustin finally got to feel Grayson move for the first time.  It was early in the morning, like 5:30 am, and we were both laying in bed ignoring our alarms.  Grayson was kicking up a storm and Dustin was finally able to feel him kick.  Lately it seems that Grayson knows Daddy is putting his hand on my stomach and he will stop kicking instantly.  Stubborn little fella!! He moves more and more every day. 

A few other things not related to me being pregnant, last weekend it was 70 degrees one day and it snowed the next.  Gotta love Texas weather!  This weekend has been gorgeous except for the wind.  I didn't really do much this weekend.  I did do a little shopping yesterday and bought a mattress for the crib. Today I went to my friend Kendall's baby shower! Her little boy Mason is due next month! She got lots of cute things!

I am already looking forward to next weekend.  Dustin and I plan on registering, it is Easter weekend and it is my parent's 30th wedding anniversary.  It should be a fun weekend!   

Birthday Weekend!

I don't know about yall but I had a fabulous weekend!  I did not want it to end.  Friday I left work at noon, headed to get my hair done, got my car washed and enjoyed the beautiful weather.  Friday night my family went out to eat for my birthday.  We went to a local Mexican food restaurant. 

My yummy cookie cake! I get one every year for my birthday.

My sister and Clark

Saturday I slept in and then I met my mom and sister for lunch.  After lunch we went to order my birthday present.  I asked for a Glider Rocker for the nursery.  I went to pick it out and pick the fabric.  It should be here in 3-5 weeks.  Then we went to Babies R Us  and DSW.  My heels that I got last spring for work aren't going to work this spring/summer.  They hurt my feet so bad.  I was looking for some more comfortable shoes to wear to work.  I found a pair of cute wedges.  I wore them to work today and they were kind of comfortable but my feet started hurting this afternoon.  I had to buy a shoe size bigger than what I wore before I got pregnant.  I just read that my feet will probably get even bigger in the coming weeks.  Yuck! I am thinking my boss will just have to deal with flip flops every day.  My feet can't take it.

Saturday night Dustin and I went to eat at the Melting Pot.  It is a fondue restaurant.  It was good but the dessert was the best!  We got a chocolate marshmallow fondue with oreos.  We dipped strawberries, bananas, rice krispies, marshmallows, brownies, cheesecake and pound cake into the chocolate fondue.  It was so good! I completely forgot to take pictures at dinner.  I guess we were too busy stuffing our faces.

Sunday was a lazy day!  It was so nice here and we took advantage of the beautiful weather.  It was in the 70's and nothing but sunshine.  We took the dogs for a walk at the park and then did some stuff around the house.  Dustin grilled out Sunday night and we took it easy.  It was the perfect weekend!  I really wish I was enjoying Spring Break like a lot of you but I don't get a Spring Break anymore. Boo! 

Have a great week!

It's Not All About Me Anymore

Saturday is my 26th birthday and I just realized it isn't all about me anymore.  Yes, I am one of those people that gets all giddy about my birthday.  I'm not sure why because I am very shy and I hate being the center of attention.  But I love birthdays especially mine!

We celebrate birthdays at my office and today we celebrated mine!  I am taking off tomorrow afternoon so we celebrated today.  This is when I first realized my birthday isn't about me anymore.  Oh sure I got a yummy snickerdoodle cake but these are just a few of my presents that I got.

A fire truck piggy bank for Grayson's room

A cute onesie and shoes for Grayson

I also got a gift card to Babies R Us to buy things for Grayson.  Everything I got was for Grayson.  I wouldn't have it any other way though!

I have a pretty fun weekend in store.  I am getting my hair done tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night I am going out to eat with my family for dinner.  Saturday I have plans to do some shopping and then Dustin and I are going out to eat for dinner.  We plan on eating at the Melting Pot which is a fondue place.  

I hope you all enjoy your weekend as much as I will! 

22 Weeks

I can't believe I am already 22 weeks.  Time is flying by so fast and I am starting to feel overwhelmed.  I feel like there is so much to do.  I just keep thinking of things that I need or need to do.  I don't think my list can get any longer. On top of that I feel like I am forgetting things too.  I know that there is going to be something I forget I just hope it isn't something important.

Here I am at 22 weeks. I don't really feel like my belly has grown any, just other parts of my body.  My butt and legs feel huge.  Yesterday I went and tried on some spring maternity clothes and it was an awful experience.  For the first time ever, I think I am starting to get cankles.  It is not a pretty site.  I just don't feel attractive and I know that I am only going to get bigger. 

Other than feeling like a beached whale, I am feeling pretty great.  I can't wait to breathe again.  My nose is constantly congested and I can't breathe at night.  Some nights I sleep better than others.  I really wish I was able to take a nap in the afternoons.  Usually by 3 I am so tired and don't want to do anything. I loose my balance really easy.  I fell a week or two ago while trying to measure my curtains.  I had both feet on the floor and I still fell.  Luckily I fell on my back.  It was pretty sore for a few days.   

I still don't have any cravings really.  Here lately nothing sounds good but I am always starving.  My next appointment is on the 22nd and I have my glucose test. I am praying that the results are good.  I am not looking forward to drinking that nasty sugary drink though.

For the most part I am still enjoying my pregnancy and I can't wait to see what is ahead!