Addy's Baby Shower 2010

Yesterday we had our baby girl's baby shower. I haven't read the baby shower book yet but we had tons of people come and celebrate the up coming of our baby. Josh came which I was really happy he did because he helped me open gifts. At first they were around me and I had to bend down to get them but I couldn't do it for every long. My sister & sister-in-law wore shorts because it was a beautiful day and I told them they are going to freeze, my lovely Alisha turned it up to 80 degrees. I was literally sweaty all over. The night before the baby shower Grandma Rhonda [Mom] made the baby cake, I thought it was cute. It was yummy too! My mom made cupcakes and used chocolate pudding & whip topping for the frosting. We had some really good food there as well. It was really nice to see familiar faces. We got tons of gifts at first we thought we aren't going to be able to come home with all of our stuff. We'll manage. It was a fun time and I am glad everything worked out so well. The grandmas-to-be did a good job!

Idaho Trip

Today we are leaving for Idaho. I hope it is a smooth going trip. The little one seems very calm today. Probably because yesterday she was constantly on the move. (she just moved, must know I'm talking about her) I was almost in tears. Yesterday I forgot that I had to make brownie (pops) bites for the baby shower. They turned out yummy. I had to try one. Thanks to Mandy for bring me some eggs! I hope that other people love them just as much as I do, or else I get them all to myself. Josh is very excited to get to go home. It's been ten months since he's last been home. I even packed some of the things we've gotten for the baby to show our families. (If they are interested) I can't wait only two hours until we leave.

stretch marks & idaho bound

the other night i was feeling around on my belly to see if there was any stretch marks appearing. I felt one. I am not surprise I have one. It's where I think she puts her head when she is moving around. It always sticks out right there.

some more good news. Josh and I were going to leave for Idaho on Friday at 2 o'clock in the morning but we decided what would be the difference if we did that then leaving Thursday after work. So we decided to take off Thursday. We'll get to his grandpa's at 2 a.m. so I think we can do it. It might be uncomfortable for me but I really want to leave. I can't wait anymore.

Plus I keep having dreams about going home. I think its time for us to leave. Four months is hard to avoid going home. Tomorrow night; we're Idaho bound!

A few pictures..

... that go along with this weeks events. The big belly at 7 months, the new stretch marks I discovered at 8:14 p.m. tonight & the lovely bruise that I got from the GTT test.

Childeducation Class; 3

Class 3; Last night our class was about breastfeeding. At first Josh is like you should just go since its about breastfeeding. I am sure glad he didn't ditch me because the instructor had the dad's do stuff like getting the baby changed and wrapping them up like burritos. We got a fake baby and of course Josh picked a chunk but that's ok. He got recognized for the way he knew how to put a diaper on by grabbing the legs. The other dads weren't doing it that way. Then we got to watch a movie about breastfeeding. At first this made me nervous but after the instructor started talking it made me feel a lot better. I'm not at the hundred percent confident as I should be but hopefully with Josh he'll encourage me through it all. Next week is about Newborns. Hopefully we make it since we are leaving the next day for IDAHO.

28 Weeks - Her heart beat is music to my ears

This morning I went to the doctor for my 28th week appointment. I am measured to be 27 cm. The baby's heart beat started out to be 167 or something like that but after a few seconds her heart rate dropped down to 153 beats. Her head is pointed down, right at the bottom of my belly. Then her butt is clear up on the top of my belly with her legs facing to the right, where I feel the worse pain, and then her back is pointed towards the left. That is what the doctor gathered by feeling around. After that I had to sign papers for the epidural. Deep down natural sounds good but I'm in denial when I say that, I couldn't handle the pain. Afterwards, I went to the lab and drank some orange "sugar" soda and then waited an hour to get my blood drawn. I thought for sure I'd pass out when she stuck the needle in me but I did alright. I didn't even get sick. I think I was just thinking I need to get through this so I can leave. I was starved. Today Josh had his exam for E4-Petty Officer-3rd Class. He studied last night after the parade but he doesn't feel 100% about the test. I hope he did well, he deserves to do well. Tonight is our 3rd baby class.

St. Patty's Day 2010

Happy St. Patricks Day!
Coming from the small town of Weippe to the big city of Oak Harbor is a total change. I've never been in a town where they have a parade for St. Patricks Day. We were a little late to the parade because Josh had to get his hair cut and Mandy & I were looking at the baby stuff. We finally ditched Josh and went to try and catch it. I thought it was cute, some local business' decorated a car or just walked in the parade. We also stopped at the Mexican to have a drink and maybe some dinner. It was a good day. Something new and it was actually pretty warm except when the wind blew a few times.

Josh's Project Cont.

Tonight Josh finished up his project with the walls. There's a bunch of green flowers to kind of go off the bed skirt since we got a silly little brown, pink, and green so it kind of just all fits together. Just something fun and a little girly. He did a good job with being so creative and doing the work. Right now he is admiring his work. I just need to get the letters from Joann's this weekend so it won't look dumb with paper. I kind of helped and did the flowers. I'm truly lucky to have something done with that room. I just want the furniture to be in there its a little bare. I tried to take a picture of the bedding so you can get the idea for now. I just can't wait!!!

Josh's Project

Today we did our grocery shopping and when we were in the car we were talking about how I am going to go crazy if nothing is getting done with the baby's room, I was just meaning getting a crib and the other furniture for it. I feel like we're behind but we still have a few more months. Josh sees it as we have a few months after the baby is born, but I as a pregnant nesting woman I want it done before the baby comes. So he decided he wanted to paint but not paint the entire walls since this isn't our home for long. So he made stencils and got paint. I didn't know how it would turn out because it's always different in your head than when you put it together. He did a good job making his own stencils with tracing and cutting out the shapes. Since we are doing elephants & flowers he got those for the stencils and then pink and brown for the colors. The paint was a tough one, we were going to buy regular paint but we didn't need a quart of paint, so we found paint in the craft section that seems to work out great. I can't wait till it all gets finished. My project I think will be ribbon and letters of her name. I've been seeing that a lot with nurseries and it must be popular, I just love it.

Childbirthing Education Class Two

Class Two; We were kind of late getting there this time. We didn't get a comfy chair around the table. We just continued a lot of what we we doing in class one. We had a lot of discussion about different things that could happen to you during labor. What the epidural is like and different things they might put on you or should I say up you when you are having the epidural. I am excited for class three because I think we get fake babies to work with. I think it has been worth taking time to go to these.

The past few days haven't been exciting. Josh has been working & I've been cleaning and I think I'm getting some kind of sickness. Probably Josh's cold. Right now my head feels like its on fire. I'm managing though. I've almost been in tears because the little one has been kicking me right on my ribs. I thought I'd just LOVE LOVE it, but I kind of want her to stop and kick somewhere else. I can't believe that in 17 days we'll be heading to Idaho. Hopefully Josh does get his leave time or else its going to be a short trip home, which I dont want to see happen. We can sure tell spring is coming but lately the weather has been bad around us, I guess its actually trying to snow which worries me about our trip. Paco has been sick today too, hes puked and for the first time in a while pee'd in the baby's room. Thankfully Josh's mom is letting us use her carpet cleaner (if it works) to clean our carpets. It's just been very ordinary here.

I fell in love all over....

Today we were very lazy. We slept in as much as we could so that we didn't have to be so bored cause we are trying to see if we can stay home without driving the car. I made hash browns but they weren't the best but I am working on it. I talked to my mom and we looked up different games for the baby shower, I don't know which ones Josh's mom and mine chose. Then finally I got to watch a movie and we just have been doing that all day. Meanwhile, a little someone has been kicking me all night. Josh kept missing the kicks but I finally sat right next to him where he could keep his hand on my stomach. After a few minutes he finally felt his little girl kick. I thought his eyes were going to fall out they got so big. His response to it was "she is kicking hard!" I felt a tear of joy come out of my eye as I stared at my husband and soon to be daddy. I think I just experience falling in love all over again. We did this for a while she was very active tonight. My ribs are probably going to be sore soon if she keeps going the way she is going. I am very thankful for my mom and Josh's getting together and having fun planning the baby shower. I just can't wait for our trip to Idaho to be with our family. Even if we only get to see our nephew for a few days it will be fun.

Childbirthing Education Class

Class One; So there are 10 couples in our birthing class on Thursday. We got to meet a lot of new people who are going through a lot of the things we are going through. Except two of the couples brought friends instead of their husbands, probably because they are deployed, which makes me really thankful Josh is here. I really enjoyed the class except the parts where they show you what your anatomy is now that you are having a baby, that stuff makes me a little sick. Josh learned a lot that he didn't know. So the two hours were worth it. Towards the end we watched a short video about this lady having a baby and her husband coaching her through it all. I wish they didn't show the baby coming out of the woman because that just scared me to death, I don't want her to come out now! Ha, But I know our bodies are made to do that but still, it bothers me. Then before we went to tour the Labor & Delivery rooms we got to do this breathing exercises. It was very relaxing. I need to find some peaceful music. The birthing area isn't as bad as I thought, I thought it was going to be a nightmare but I think its going to be alright, they try and give everyone their own room, they have four but once they are full they might have to double up with people. So the good news is that so far Josh & I are the only ones in our class having a baby in June, but there is probably others out there. [More than likly]. I can't wait till next weeks!

Today: Josh and I went for a long walk from our house clear to the park, simular to what Mandy & I did a while ago. I will NEVER EVER EVER do that again. My entire body is in pain all I want to do is cry. I dont know how I made it home from there. I'm almost seven months pregnant and I walked six miles. There & Back; up hills & down. I need to start doing squats but tonight I think I am going to call it a night and go to sleep. That was hard on my pregnant body & my hands & feet are now just going back to normal. Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to move better.