One month to go...

Today is July 15th and my due date is estimated to be August 15th. I have approximately 31 days to go. I can't believe it. These last couple of days, as my due date grows nearer, I have been thinking about a lot of things. How exhausted will I really be? What am I capable of? What exactly is going to happen? All of these questions, and many more, are driving me nuts. I'm a planner. I like to have things in order and I like to prepare myself, and with a birth of a child you just can't do that. So, I've been trying to get as much done as possible, but since this is our first child I have no idea what to expect at all. I'm not sure I have everything I need for when he gets here. I have the basics, but I feel like I need other stuff or that stuff is missing. I suppose tomorrow I should find out some news. I have an OB appointment and an ultrasound. The ultrasound is to check growth since he was measuring almost 4 weeks ahead at my last OB appt. I hope to hear something at my OB appt, as far as what, I don't know, just some kind of news. I'll also begin to see my OB weekly now. I'm basically just waiting to go now. But it's all worth it...

Party, party, party...

I'm seriously over parties. Party on Saturday, party on Sunday. What was supposed to be a small get together, turned into a party. Ugh. So, it was my mom and nephew's other birthday celebration yesterday, and there was supposed to be only a total of 20 guests but ended up being a total of 40. But I had fun. And had a chance to cool off in the pool. It was a pool party. Just means more fun, food, cake, and ice cream. We had nachos, deli sandwiches, and fried chicken. Here are a couple of pics...

More cake...


"Happy birthday to you..." again...


The boys playing poker...


My adorable little cousin Salina...


All in all, despite the heat and humidity, we had a good time.

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I've been trying to finish up Baby J's stuff, and one thing that I was procrastinating on is his name. Well, we finally decided on it, and I had custom wall letters made. Once everything is complete I'll post a pic, but for now here's a teaser pic...

Vegging out.

It's Saturday night, and I'm home alone doing nothing at all. Rumor Has It... is on in the background, but I don't feel like watching it. But I did spend my afternoon doing stuff. Kind of. We went to my little cousin's birthday party. It was quite a little shindig complete with bouncer and piñata. Oh and a taco guy. Yum. But it was hot as heck out there. I was melting and quite uncomfortable. We left after only a few hours. Looking forward to another "party" tomorrow.

Thursday, July 10th was my mom's and nephew's birthday. We celebrated with my mom's version of Chinese food which was delicious. She made fried rice with vegetables and chicken, and I made the cake...

I should be a cake decorator, don't you think? Yeah, right. But it was tasty. Actually, I've always wanted to do those cake decorating classes at Michael's but have always procrastinated doing them. Maybe one day I'll actually do it. So anyway, since it was their birthday we're going to have another little get together tomorrow afternoon. I think I've reached party overload.

Randomness...

So, let's talk TV. It's summer and usually there aren't too many new shows on, but can I say how obsessed I am with a few?! My favorite show at the moment, that I DVR religiously, is Jon & Kate Plus 8!


I watch this show every Monday night. It's basically about a husband and wife who have 2 sets of multiples, twins and sextuplets. The show follows their daily routine, and how this large family gets along in general. So here's why I think I relate. Jess is similar to Jon who's very passive, while Kate can be aggressive and is very anal and organized, and well, I can be somewhat too. I also have to say that Kate can come off as quite a b*tch, but with everything on her plate I think she does a fab job. The day this show goes off the air I think I may cry.

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Another show that I try to catch regularly is Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood. This one airs on Tuesday nights, and while I used to strongly dislike Tori Spelling, after watching the first season of their show, I changed my mind. With all the billions her father had, I assumed that she was pretty bratty and snobby, but after seeing the show it basically confirmed my thoughts. But I also saw the down-to-earth side of Tori. This show is basically about Tori and Dean's trials and tribulations being a "Hollywood" couple. Dean is busy doing voice overs and acting while Tori is pregnant with a second child, a girl, and busy with a book tour. This is somewhat of a guilty pleasure.

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Now the dorky side of me. A show that I catch every Wednesday night is...I'm so embarrassed to admit it. It's Ghost Hunters! There I said it/admitted it. Jess makes fun of me for it.

So this show is about a group of "investigators" who check out and try to debunk ghost/paranormal activity. Do I believe in ghost? Yes and no, I've never seen one in my life, but I'm sure there's something walking with us. Oh, and they also have another show called Ghost Hunters: International. I'm a geek.

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Another obsession that has nothing to do with TV...Mother's Circus Animal Cookies. I've always liked these but lately I just can't get enough of them. I also recently bought the patriotic version, and they were delicious!

Exhausted.

I am so tired. I had such a busy weekend. Let's start with Friday. BTW, Happy *belated* 4th of July! I spent my 4th swimming, eating, and relaxing. Saturday was a little more eventful. Saturday morning Jess and I took an L & D tour of our hospital. Boy, was that a a waste of time. With all of the trips we'd done already, we could've given the tour. Saturday afternoon we headed to my brother's house and had the best nachos ever. These nachos are sooo good that it's a special treat when we get them. We also watched Hot Rod. The. Dumbest. Movie. Ever. After that we headed home, and just relaxed. Sunday was awesome!

My sister's good friend lives down in Carlsbad, and she invited us over for Sunday breakfast. She made us home made Belgium waffles, apricot turnovers, bacon, sausage, eggs, and hash browns! It was all sooo delicious. She even made me decaf coffee. My first cup in over 8 months. I loved it! So, the night before we had decided that since we'd be in Carlsbad that we'd head down to the outlets. Like the savvy little shopper that I am, I printed out some outlet coupons and was ready to go. We hit the outlets at around 11am, got really good parking, the weather was slightly overcast, and we were full from our grub. The first store we hit up was Coach! And I scored. I bought the following purse, which was originally 328.00, marked down to 199.99 plus an additional 20% off! Yes, I got this bag for 159.20!

I didn't stop there! I needed another diaper bag (aside from the one I just bought earlier in the week - pic below). So I tried to find a Coach one, and I did! I bought this black beauty originally 398.00 marked down more than 45% to 207.99!

Love them both, especially for the awesome price. But I wasn't done shopping. I hit up the Carter's store with my $10 off coupon! I bought baby boy some outfits and a couple of essentials, too:

After walking quite a bit, I was starting to get tired, so I knew we were coming to an end, but I made one final stop at the Vans store and bought these things:

Aren't they the cutest?! I'd like to say these are the first pair of shoes I bought him, but last week I bought him 2 pairs from Me In Mind. Anywho, we finished off shopping with some Hot Dog On A Stick. I had the cherry lemonade. It was tasty, and we headed back home. Last night, we just relaxed with The Simpson's Movie and ice cream.

Finally, today my sister and I attended a conference on Asperger's Syndrome. For those that don't know, I have a 12 year old nephew who was diagnosed with autism at the age of 2.5. The conference was held from 8:30a to 4:30p, and was rather interesting. We got so much out of it. So much so that we had information overload, but I'm extremely glad we went. The information we gained will be very helpful for the upcoming school year! And I am pooped!

Twice in 1 day...

I've yet to post twice in one day, but here's my chance. I wanted to update about my OB appointment from this morning 'cause I got some good news. So, my appointment was scheduled to be at 10:45a, and I got there and the nurses were starting to turn appointments away. Apparently my doc had a delivery, and when I over heard him in the hallway he mentioned he'd be back in 30 - 45 minutes 'cause the lady had 3 kids already and this one should be easy. So, needless to say I didn't see my doc 'til about 12:30p. I didn't mind 'cause I just wanted to get it over with, and am I glad I did. Th doc said everything was still looking good, my BP was normal, and baby's HB was great at around 150. Oh, and baby is measuring 37 weeks! Hello! I'm only 33.5 weeks! So, he's ordering a growth ultrasound. Ummm, he said some of it could be mommy and let's just hope most of it is just mommy. Then he also mentioned that since my NSTs and ultrasounds have been great along with my BP, he said we could cancel them! Yay! I mean they were a great peace of mind thing, but they're sooo time consuming. I mean, me and Jess had to set aside a good 2-4 hours of time. And he said that since I'm so "normal" we are looking to go ALL THE WAY! All the way to my due date that is, of course permitting good health. Ack! I'm so relieved...for now.

Bed rest...

So, I have been on official bed rest since Monday, and can I just say that it is so boring. I mean, I love being lazy some days, but not to be able to do anything all day everyday just stinks. Of course, I've done a couple of things and Jess was not too pleased about it. But it's so hard to stay in bed. So far I've gotten baby's clothes together to wash, and I made the bed once this week. Other than that it's a day filled with online activities and TV. Thank goodness Jess has a laptop, unfortunately I have a desktop, but his laptop has kept me sane. However, a few of the websites I frequent on a daily basis have been down so I've been looking for fun anywhere I can and that includes shopping online. So, what I have a I bought so far:

A diaper bag by Bumble...

A hat with baby's name...

And a ton of "window" shopping for other things I want, and will eventually get.

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Update for Monday: I went for baby's NST and ultrasound. Guess what?! Baby's head down again! For the last couple of weeks every other visit he flips. One day he'll be breech and the next he's head down. I wish he would stay head down already. It makes me nervous. But on the health front momma and baby are still perfect. However, I do have a regular OB appointment today, so we'll see how that goes. Wish us luck!