S N O W

Holy snow! 17 inches in Jackson, 14 inches at our house. That's so crazy! I have not seen this much snow in one day.... ever really. We shoveled the driveway three times today. Crazy!! 

The worse part of our snow was this mornings loss of power, however, there were some positives to the loss of power. 

1. I had nothing to do buy workout in the dark this morning. 

2. We went to Panera for lunch because we couldn't cook anything. 

3. When coming home, we got stuck right outside our driveway, then we met our neighbors. :) And he plowed our driveway. 

4. I went through all the materinty clothes that were offered to me, sorted, and put them all away to use for work the next few months. 

5. We napped.

6. SNOW DAY!!!

Being pregnant and trying to help with heavy snow isn't too fun. I hate feeling helpless. However, I'm glad I sorted through all the clothes and feel ready for the next 10 weeks of being fat. Lets hope they go by quickly. 

 

Birthday Party

Today we went to our nephew Wyatt's fourth birthday party. However, we had to dress up! Wyatt's request. Josh and I were fisherman. Josh had to look all over for our fishing gear too, but he found it. We love Wyatt! 

The party was a huge success. Family and some friends joined in singing, cake, and present opening. Wyatt was in heaven. 

Now, dressing up was a bit wild, but it was great to not have to squeeze into a tight shirt. Wearing one of Josh's fishing shirts was wonderful. :) ahhh. I ate pizza and cakes and ice cream without feeling it. Ha. 

Watching the cousins play is so fun. It makes me excited for our daughter too. Roman, Emersyn, and Baby Bassett will all have so much fun in the next few years. Looking forward to it. 

I'm thankful our family celebrates together. It's so fun!

Healthy

Friday

Friday I read about lots of unhealthy pregnancies. Not fun. I even saw some real posts about friends who were going through some rough times as well. They had loss numerous pregnancies just trying for their first. We know the feeling. Very sad. 

I felt Baby Bassett moving throughout the day and was thankful for still carrying her. It's crazy how many pregnancies don't workout. 

What to Expect App

As soon as I found out I was pregnant, we didn't want to share it with my family just yet. The pain we all faced in December 2011, was enough to make me not want to drag any other family members through the misery again. Plus, the family was a little stressed, Trish was having a baby and Tara too. Too much going on. One of the biggest things too was everyone telling me to 'take it easy', 'don't run', 'don't mow lawns', 'stay out of the sun', etc, etc. I wanted to enjoy my summer. So I did... We waited until the end of August to tell our families. 

Since I couldn't ask my sisters too many questions and I wanted to stay up with the daily symptoms I should feel, I downloaded the popular What to Expect When You're Expecting app on mg iPhone. It posts daily information corresponding with your due date. Each day, was freakishly accurate...teeth hurt, headaches, etc.

Most the posts are full of helpful slightly stressful information. Today's however, I found a bit too much. Why do they try to freak people out? Don't they know that years ago, mothers never even had a an ultra sound before delivering a baby? There was no daily updates or millions of books or 3D ultra sounds, or home monitors to check heartbeats. We are in the 21st century, spoiled! I'm happy and not happy to be part of this day and age of pregnancy. 

Below are some screenshots of my daily app. Please read the third one and tell me why they would write this?!?!! Who has the time to count the daily movements? And why freak out the new moms? Crazy!

Most days though, I'm tankful for my What to Expect app. 

Becoming a Parent in 2014

Well today was the start of a new year! What better way to spend in than by sleeping in!! It was awesome. Made a little breakfast and found my lazy butt back on my couch watching some TV. Loved it. It was on the couch that I decided I might change my blog slightly. I feel I still need to remain thankful each day, however, I may lean my daily blogs more toward my final stages of pregnancy and the preperation of becoming a parent. It's my blog, right? :)

Today, I decided that my four to five week lack of serious exercise had to stop. I reminded myself how much better I always feel after a good workout so I put on my running gear and hopped on my new treadmill (for my birthday) from Josh. I made my fat self run walk for a minute off and on for a total of 20 minutes. Halfway through, I was really feeling good about getting back into shape. I was sweaty and breathing hard. Also, the overwhelming feeling of having to pee was taking over. But I was so happy I felt good after the workout. 

Second, I've been reading the book, The Five Love Laguages of Children. I've read the adult version years ago. It's helped with my relationships with others and my coaching. This book I'm loving as I try to figure out each of my nieces and nephews love languages too. It's fun. I also want to make sure I'm prepared as a new mother to show our girl (no name, we can't agree) how much I love her without having to say the phrase "I love you." It doesn't so much for me... Anyway, the book is a good one. It has examples and real stories on parents with children all ages. I hope to pass it on to my sisters afterwards too. 

Well there's much more to preparing for parenthood than painting the baby room, working out, and reading a book, I'm aware, but it's vacation so I'm starting slowly. 

I looked in the mirror today after my workout and was reminded again that I do look pregnant. (I always forget more like try to forget.) A million stressful thoughts ran through my mind in a short minute's time, beginning with 'what will I wear to work? I wish I could wear jeans!' Deep breath, few days to plan for that still. :) I then reminded myself that so far this baby is healthy and I will not be pregnant for much longer. (Thank goodness!)

I'm thankful for my steps toward becoming a parent. I'm aware there are many more to take. "Deep breath!"

Baby Room is Done!

Today my goal was to get the baby room done. By done I mean painted and ready for the millions of overwhelming baby accessories to fill it. 

Yes, it was New Years Eve, but what fun can a fat, no clothes fitting, can't drink, 33 year old have? Lines to eat are out of control and it was snowing. Blah. So I asked Josh if we could just paint and he said yes. 

So I got up and set out to spend money at Lowes. Ugh. I was not in a good mood. But I went. The nice lady helped me with the mixing of paints. $50! Later, I left with our supplies. 

Before Josh got home, I primed the dark blue wall with some white. Just well enough to cover the blue. So when Josh got home, we ate dinner and started painting about 6:15pm. Now I want it noted that I HATE painting. Really hate it. Always have. Mostly because I'm not a detail person either. I just like to get projects done. Josh on the other hand, would spend hours one minor detail. Time isn't an issue to him like it is me. The way I see it, the room is for an infant who could possibly be color blind anyway. She won't even know what color her room is until she's about two years old. Ha! Then we will paint it again. Details weren't worth it to me. "Get it done!" was motto. Josh did finally agree and we moved pretty quickly. 5 hours later, we put everything back in the room after removing the tape too. At one point, Josh thought about finishing tomorrow, but no way. I was putting all the supplies away TONIGHT. We did!! :)

I'm so thankful we rung in the new year painting, but I'm glad it's over! 

Starting tomorrow, my blog will change a bit. :) Stay tuned....

Rest

Today I had to rest. Spent my morning running errands and grocery shopping. This enhanced my dizziness. Ugh. 

I was supposed to have the boys over today too. Telling Wyatt he couldn't come over was not easy. Poor kid cried and slammed his bedroom door. Sad. I really didn't feel like spreading my germs or that I would be that much fun tonight with kids. I suck. But I had to cancel. 

So I rested. I napped. I watched TV and movies. I did make dinner. :) But I enjoyed a day of rest. 

I'm thankful I got to rest.