Week Off

I can't believe it's Sunday already and my week off is over. I'm very excited to see Hayden but it was so nice to have a week to do what I wanted. I could definitely see why people don't work. Now if I could only make money doing nothing :)

Here are some of the highlights from my week off. My sister and I saw the new Harry Potter movie. It was soooooo good. After watching it I wanted to have the last movie out to see it end. Even though I'll be disappointed when they are all over. I think I'm going to start reading the series again until the movie comes out. When my mom comes out here in Aug, my sister and I are going to take her to see the movie in Imax 3D. Can't wait for that.

Dave and I went shopping and found the crib we are going to buy. That was a big relief and one thing off our list of things to buy. We also registered and figured out a lot of the things that we want and need to buy. That was a big weight off our shoulders. Now we just need to slowly start buying everything. Crazy less than 4 months to go.

The other big thing my sister and I did was go to comic con on Thursday. I couldn't believe how many people were there. It took us about an hour and half to get down to the convention center and find parking. Then it was another half hour to wait in line to get our badges. We wanted to see the New Moon preview and see some of the actors from the movie. The show wasn't until 1:30 but when we got there at 11, the hall was already filled and people weren't leaving. So we didn't get to see that but still walked around and saw some crazy things. It was definitely a neat experience that I'm glad we did.

Unfortunately Dave ended up having bronchitis this week so we didn't get to do much. Every time we went out to do something he got sooo drained that we couldn't stay out long. Which I totally understood but sucked cause we didn't get to go away this weekend. I know we'll find another time to do something special one of the long weekends I have. All in all it was still a great week off because we got to spend the time together.

Great Week!!

This was a such a great week. It started off Tuesday with our 2 year anniversary. It was much better this year than last because we actually got to spend it together. Last year Dave was in Pittsburgh taking care of his mom. She was having health problems once again. I couldn't get off work at such a short notice so I wasn't able to get home. I was happy Dave's work gives them anniversaries and bdays off because he needed a day off. I wish I could have had the whole day off with him though. We ended up going to dinner at Buca Di Beppo. It was sooooo delicious!!! Afterwards we wanted to do something special so we went to Babies R' Us to shop for our little guy. We got some great ideas and pretty much know all of the major things we are going to buy. A little overwhelming knowing all the things we have to buy and get ready in less than 4 months but we had a good time shopping. I think the hardest thing is deciding the theme of his room so we can buy his bedding stuff. I liked soooo many of their things. We're going to shop around this week then make our minds up so we can register and be done with that. Dave bought me/us a baby monitor so we can hear our little man move and what not. Listening to him move around inside my belly was the perfect ending to our anniversary.

Work wasn't too bad this week because I knew I was going to have a week off when the family takes a vacation. I love that I'll still be getting paid so I'm a happy girl!! The week was topped off Friday after work when I felt David junior for the first time. After work on Friday I was laying on the couch watching some tv with Dave. I started feeling something different in the lower left half of my belly. It felt like gas bubbles popping so I didn't think much of it. Then it continued to happen and I didn't have gas. I told Dave to put his hand where I was feeling it. As soon as he put his hand on my belly he kicked. Dave unfortunately couldn't feel it. We decided to use our monitor to see if we could hear what was happening. He was definitely moving and kicking around exactly where I was feeling. I couldn't believe it!! I kept wondering when I was going to feel him. Now that I have he doesn't seem to stop. I'm afraid he's taking after his dad and going to be non stop. GREAT :/

This upcoming week should be just as good. Since I have the week off, I'm going to see Harry Potter tomorrow afternoon with my sister. Cannot wait for that! Then Dave is taking Wed, Thurs and Friday off. We're going to use that time to register and get a lot of things done. Dave said that he's going to surprise me and take me somewhere Friday so I'm very excited/nervous about that one. He's sooo good with surprises though so I'm more excited than anything. I'm sure I will have lots to write after the week off.

Great Friday Off

I absolutely love having every other Friday off. This one was exceptionally good. The nice thing is that someone at Dave's work was getting out of the military so they had the option to go golfing instead of work. Dave was more than happy to get out a day of work to play golf. Unfortunately he could only play 9 holes because we had our 20 week appointment at 12:30. I didn't mind though because that gave me more time to be with him on my day off.

So we went to our appointment and everything is great. The baby is developing right along schedule. It was a very short appointment but kind of annoying. Let me explain why. First off going through the military you have to check in 15 minutes early. I'm totally fine with that but they don't take you back until your appointment time. Then, the last 3 appointments we've had, we've been put in a room and had to sit at least 15 more minutes before the midwife comes in to see me. The midwife comes in and does her thing then we wait for a nurse to come schedule our next appointment. Sometimes they come in right away. Yesterday we sat for another 15 minutes before she stuck her head in to say she forgot about us and will be back in a few more minutes. We were there for an hour when the appointment took 15 minutes. Very frustrating.

The other thing that bothered me about yesterdays appointment was the midwife I saw. Each time I've gone, I had a different lady. It's just worked out that way because I need the Friday's I have off and sometimes the same one isn't available. The first two midwives we've seen were great. I had such wonderful experiences with them. Well, this one was horrible. She was very quick and short with me. She wasn't very friendly at all. She even called me fat!! How do you call a pregnant lady fat??? Ok, maybe she didn't say those words but sure felt like it. I know I gained a little bit of weight but I'm not too worried. Dave is back on weight watchers which means we are back to eating healthy. I definitely wasn't doing a good job of that so I wasn't surprised I was a few pounds over the recommendation. But the way the midwife approached the subject was not very nice. She asked me if I exercise. I told her that I take the boy I nanny for a walk everyday. She says that's not exercise, maybe for the boy but not for me. I try to explain that I push him in the stroller but she still said that wasn't exercise. I'm sorry but if you've ever pushed a 20 pound baby in a stroller up and down hills for a half hour, you know that it is exercise. That just made me angry and want the appointment to be over. So I definitely will be requesting not to see her again.


Ready for our appointment...do I look fat???

Our boy is developing right on schedule. My blood work for diabetes came back normal so that made me very happy. I was a little concerned that I haven't felt any kind of movement but after looking at the paperwork from our last ultrasound she said that my placenta is in front acting like a cushion. She checked his heartbeat and had to actually push on my belly because he was moving around so much. She couldn't get the heartbeat because of his movements. So he's definitely an active baby. I should start feeling him move within the month. That gave me a sigh of relief too. I go back for another appointment in a month.

After our appointment my sister came over. It was great to spend some time with her because she's been in Pittsburgh for 2 weeks. She is going to be gone for another week starting today so it was great to spend the night with her. When my mom was out she really liked the place we are living in. She had been thinking about having my sister get a 2 bedroom apartment so she would be able to come out anytime she wants to see her grandson. So yesterday I took her to the leasing office to see if there were any places that she liked. She ended up finding a 2 bedroom townhouse that she liked. She is going to move in Aug 18th. It's great that my parents will have somewhere else to stay when they come out once the baby is here!! After that LONG process, we just hung at the apartment chit chatting. Dave and I have been wanting to go to the drive in for a few weeks now but just haven't. We all decided that it would be a great idea last night. They were showing Public Enemies and The Hangover together. Both of those movies Dave wanted to see so we went. We all had the best time. We opened Dave's Tahoe trunk and used it as a bed to watch the movies. It was very comfortable. I kept saying that I can't believe we just saw 2 new releases for $14 for Dave and me. It would cost us more for the two of us at the theater to see just one of those movies. We are definitely going to go back. Cheap and a fun time, can't go wrong with that.

Not sure what the rest of the weekend entails but it was a great start!!

I'll get around to cleaning one of these days

I'm avoiding cleaning my bedroom and bathroom. I'm avoiding my bathroom because I absolutely HATE cleaning bathrooms. I've left my bedroom dirty for too long so it just looks overwhelming to clean. I already have my mind set to tackle both rooms this weekend though. Hopefully I can stick to it!!

Drama, Drama, Drama

I'm not sure who all reads this so I don't want to put my foot in my mouth. All I want to say is that Dave's mom didn't take it well that we were asking her to stay in a hotel room when the baby is born. She thought she was going to be able to come out for Thanksgiving and stay with us through Christmas without even asking. Dave asked her if she comes for the birth to stay in a hotel or wait until Christmas to stay with us. She threw a fit and caused a lot of drama last night. She said some really mean things about me that are still hurting today. I have the best husband though and he didn't want to hear his mom talk about me like that and isn't on speaking terms with her now. The sad part is that Dave and I already talked about paying for her hotel room so she can be out here for the birth. I guess that didn't matter though cause she said that she will just see her grandchild whenever we make it back to Pittsburgh.

I don't know what to do about her. She is a big part of Dave but continues to try to come between us. It will truly hurt Dave if he doesn't have his mom out here when his son is born. Is it too much to ask for her to stay in a hotel though??

The other thing she was pissed about is the baby shower. My sister and I haven't even planned anything yet. All we know is that it will probably be within the first 2weeks of Aug. Dave's mom thinks that we are trying to exclude her in the planning of that like she thinks we did for the wedding (which is another post entirely). What can she do from Pittsburgh though and we haven't even started planning. It's just so frustrating cause we never know what she's going to be like when we talk to her.

She just doesn't understand how much we try to do for her. Dave and I talked about flying her out for the shower and 4D ultrasound we want to do then too. But again she didn't care to listen to us. She just feels like I'm the cause of all of this but doesn't realize that this is how both of us feel. We would like to begin our family with as little drama as possible when he first comes home. I just had to vent a little of the story even though there is plenty more. I'm sure this won't be the only time I have to vent about her either.

Need Some Advice

I know it's still awhile off but I started thinking last night laying in bed about having family out for our babies birth. I want as many people as possible to come out when I give birth. The thing is that I'm becoming nervous about having people stay with us. Particularly Dave's family. My parents have already stated that they will be here. My parents will either get a hotel room or stay with my sis though. They already know they don't want to get in the way. Plus I know I can tell my fam to give us some space and they will listen. Dave's family will barely be able to afford a flight out here let alone a hotel room. The thing is that we would have Dave's mom, step dad, his sister, his 2 nieces (7 and 5) and boyfriend. The problem is we only have a 2 bedroom apartment with one extra queen size bed.

Let me sidetrack real quick to give you some background why I'm really starting to freak. When Dave and I lived in Virginia, his family came to visit all at the same time. It was his mom, step dad, sister, 2 nieces, husband, and grandma. Luckily we had a house but it was still only 2 bedrooms. We had his gram sleep in the bed and the rest of the family slept on air mattresses. His mom and step dad were in the dining room. It just got WAY too crazy to have that many people in such a small place. And his family doesn't get along the best either so it was very stressful.

So I started picturing all of that happening again when they come out here in our small, and I mean small, apartment. On top of that we will have a newborn to take care of. I don't know how I'm going to react to having a newborn around either. I'm going to breastfeed so that means a lot of sleepless nights for me. I'm not the best when I'm tired and don't feel like having to entertain his family. The other thing that is bothering me is thinking about how his mom is going to constantly tell us what we should and shouldn't be doing. Since this is our first, I want Dave and I to have that experience of figuring things out ourselves. Dave is allowed 10 days leave when the baby is born. I kind of want Dave and I to have those days to bound with the baby and not have any kind of drama while he's off. Am I crazy to feel this way?? I'm hoping we can convince Dave's family to come out for xmas. That would give us some time to bound and adjust to a baby around but we'll see.

MIA

I just looked at my blog and realized that I haven't posted anything in FOREVER. I just don't seem to want to be on the computer when I get home from work nowadays. I was finally able to connect to the families internet at work so I'm hoping to be able to post a lot more now.

So much has happened I'm not sure where to start and if I even remember all of it. The past week and a half my mom was out visiting. We had such a good time. The first day she was out I was lucky enough to have a Tuesday off so my sister and I took her to the Aquarium. None of us had ever been so we thought it was a perfect place to go. It was really neat. The best part is there is a huge tank with all different kinds of fish. The day we were there they had divers go in the tank to clean and feed the fish. I have some really neat pictures from the day and hope to post them soon. My brother, Dave and I also took my mom to the San Diego county fair. We all enjoyed walking around and eating all the crazy stuff you can there. Dave tried a fried snickers that was pretty good. I could only eat 2 bites because it was too sweet for me. It was sad to see my mom leave but she already has plans to be out here Aug 4-24. I'm hoping my dad can make it out with her this time.

The most exciting news that we received on Saturday is we are having a baby boy!! We had an ultrasound only for that reason. Dave and I were both pretty nervous to find out. We both really wanted to have a boy and seemed scared about having a girl. Dave because he didn't want to think about dealing with her dating when she's older. Me only because I felt like I would have to teach and show her sooo many things that I learned on my own. My mom was never the best at telling us certain things about being a girl. But we don't have to worry about that because it's a boy!! That seemed to make this pregnancy A LOT more real to us.

Speaking of the pregnancy I couldn't be happier with it. I have had a pretty good one so far and hoping things continue like they are. I haven't taken a picture but I am definitely showing. I had to go out a few weekends ago to get maternity clothes. They are very cute and EXTREMELY comfortable. I joke with Dave that I could wear these clothes all the time even not pregnant. We have another appointment July 10th so hopefully everything continues to go as smooth with me and the baby.

Dave's one friend from his old sub is staying with us for a month while he takes a class here. I'm sure there will be plenty of things going on while he's here. We haven't decided on the plans for the 4th of July weekend yet. My brother mentioned having people over so if so we'll most likely be there. I'm thinking of taking a few trips to the pool while the weather has been pretty warm. Warm at least for San Diego ;) I hope everyone has a good and safe holiday weekend.