Life Lately...

Life has been anything but slow and quiet lately. I am laying on the couch watching The Bachelorette and am thrilled to just be vegging out!

This weekend was my beautiful best friends bridal shower. It was absolutely perfect and she got so many great gifts! I wish I could say I have some pictures to share, but I have been really bad about remembering my camera.

Mom, Jess and I left straight from the shower and headed to Dallas for market. Mom was super excited because it was the big "Cash & Carry" market which means she can buy things off the floor that she wants for herself. Well, it ended up being more like an air conditioned version of Canton. Jessica and I were annoyed. Mom, of course, was still excited and managed to find herself some goodies. In more work related news, we ordered some PRECIOUS baby things and a super cute, trendy girls line. We can't wait for it all to come in! We hit the ground running Sunday morning and I was absolutely miserable by Sunday night. Market never wears me out that much. Especially only one day of it. My hip (it has been giving me all sorts of trouble) and my back were killing me and I just felt like an old lady. Mom thought it was hilarious and told me to wait until I really was an old lady!

On my way home from work today, I decided to go by the grocery store to get something healthy for dinner since Clayton had softball games and I'd be eating by myself. Here's what I ended up with.

Which probably has something to do with the fact that I feel like an absolutely whale. I did throw some corn in there though, so I guess that's a good thing!

And last but not least, here is a picture of my starting-to-look-pregnant belly! 15 weeks and 1 day. Three more weeks until we find out what sweet Baby P is! Please disregard the disgruntled look on my face. I didn't realize it was in the picture!

14 weeks!

For some reason I have been really nervous/anxious lately. I was completely convinced that something had gone wrong with the baby and I had no idea. I hardly slept last night in anticipation of my doctors appointment today. I am such a worrier! But for no reason of course...everything is PERFECT! My doctor said everything looks great. She doesn't like to fight with the doppler to hear the heartbeat, so if she doesn't find it within about a minute, she will go get the ultrasound machine...which is what happened today! So far I have gotten to see Baby P at every appointment! I fall more and more in love every time. (: I got to hear the heartbeat for the first time today too and it was the most beautiful sound I've ever heard! My next appointment is July 18th and she will give me my ultrasound order and we get to find out what this little baby is! We are still planning to do a gender reveal party...but can't really plan much until I know when my ultrasound will be. I would imagine I can go on the 19th, but it all depends on the hospital! I absoltuely cannot wait! Here's to hoping the next four weeks fly by!

Our Dogs are HORRIBLE.

The other day I noticed that Tucker kept disappearing. I'd hear him in the office (where their crates are) rustling around, and then he would run back in the living room really fast. He did this 4 or 5 times over a span of about an hour. Well the last time he came back in carrying a giant milkbone! These things are almost too big for Cooper (our lab). I went in the office and the box of them was sitting on the floor. So he had just helped himself. I started wondering what had taken him so long to get that one since it seemed he could easily get into the box. Tucker is notorious for hiding things. Toys, treats, anything any of the other dogs would want. And it could be months before anyone ever sees it again, but he will always remember where it is. So I put two and two together and started looking around the room. I finally looked in his crate and noticed a little something tucked under is bed in the far corner. He had hidden 5 milkbones back there! Sneaky.

So this morning I was eating my bagel and my yogurt when Tucker comes running in the room with his tail wagging as big as he can get it. He laid down on their bed, and this is what I saw.

I had to chase him around a little bit to get a picture of him because he was so afraid that if he stood still I was going to take his treasured bone that he worked so hard for away from him.

Cooper has also been really bad lately. He has started taking food off the coffee table if we look away, or even if we don't! He took a tortilla right in front of Clayton last night. So when I sat back down to eat the rest of my breakfast, he had eaten all of the rest of my yogurt!

While I was dealing with that, the both disappeared into our bedroom. I went in there after I had cleaned everything up and Tucker was sitting next to the bed barking where I have a stack of jackets and Cooper was sitting right in front of him staring at him. Well when I walked in the door, Tucker immediately started digging under my pile of coats. He had buried his bone under a stack of 10 heavy coats!

And now he just running frantically around the house trying to find another place to hide it since we found his last hiding place. So that's what I'm dealing with this morning!

Best. Thing. Ever.

So I haven't really gotten a good nights sleep in about 6 weeks. I am a total stomach sleeper, and as I've started to grow, I can't seem to get comfortable. Everything I read says to sleep on your side, but I just can't get comfortable on my side. So I toss and turn. All night. I even diagnosed Clayton with Restless Leg Syndrome the other night because I was up all night watching him kick his legs around. As soon as he woke up I said, "I observed your sleeping habits in the middle of the night and I've diagnosed you with Restless Leg Syndrome." I pretty much just got a blank stare. I think sometimes he wonders what he got himself into when he married me. (:

Aaaaayway...I kept reading all these things that told me to get a pregnancy pillow. So I did some research and decided on one that was supposed to help stomach sleepers get comfortable on their side. I was all excited, so last night I went to Target and bought one. I got home and took it out of the package and it is GINORMOUS. I told Clayton he may be sleeping in the guest bedroom before this is all said and done! Between me and my huge pillow, there may not be room for him come October/November! I slept with my  amazing pillow last night and I must say I was SO much more comfortable! I still didn't sleep great...but I think I'll just have to get used to being on my side.

Here is a picture for your viewing pleasure. Go ahead. Laugh. It's funny looking. And it takes up the entire width of our king size bed!

Tucker is also a fan. I hadn't seen him in awhile, and I found him curled up with my pillow!

So here's to hoping for better sleep at night until December!

Almost...

To the official end of my first trimester! Woohoo! As of Monday I will start my 14th week. I can't believe it. It's been almost 10 weeks since I found out I was pregnant! I thought it would go by soooo slowly since I found out so early, but really it has flown by. I hope the remaining 6 months go by equally as quickly!

Here is the moment you've all been waiting for (I know, I know...everyone has just been on the edge of their seat waiting for me to post a picture...right). I actually did remember yesterday, but I wasn't wearing clothes very conducive to taking a picture of my ever growing stomach! So here is todays blurry picture. 12 weeks, 4 days and the baby is the size of a small plum!

It's at least starting to look like a bump, and not so much like I over ate the last 5 meals! I did have someone ask me the other night if I was pregnant. And of course I answered her super nicely and told her I was but the whole time I was thinking "girl, you should not be asking someone who really just looks fat if they are pregnant!" But it was kind of nice for someone to notice!

I found out yesterday that the junior college here does free ultrasounds, which I am super stoked about! It takes an hour, but you get to sit and watch your baby for an hour! Basically, you are a volunteer for the students to practice on. A girl I know actually first found out the gender of her baby there about 3 weeks earlier than her doctor would do the scan to tell her. I'll definitely be calling and volunteering! It's so hard going SO long without seeing the baby. I worry constantly that something has gone wrong and I have no idea.

In other news, Clayton bought my blowup pool! I was like a kid at Christmas. We went into town to get it and as soon as we got home I made him blow it up for me. Well, it started to storm that night and I was so afraid that my poor pool was going to be destroyed so I made him put it in the shop. The next morning I woke up and immediately put on my swimsuit and lathered on a ton of sunscreen, got my towel and my book and headed out to fill it up! Well, it is really big and awkward and I couldn't get it out of the shop. I was SO disappointed. So I got a chair and sat on the back porch and decided I'd get some sun anyway. While I was sitting there, Clayton pulled up and came to the rescue to get my pool all setup for me! Have I ever mentioned that I have the best husband ever?! (I know, so do you. But really.) I laid in there for about an hour and read my book and soaked up some sun! I'm determined to get some color on this preggo body before Mexico in August! My mom laughed so hard at me when I made her go with me to pick out this awesome pool and informed me that I truly was white trash...and now that she has seen it all setup she is jealous and wants one for herself! Here's a picture so you can all be jealous too.

I guess that's about it for now! Gosh, for someone who "isn't very good at updating these things" I sure have gotten long winded!

Busy Busy!

I didn't have time for my usual Wednesday post last week, so I'm very sorry that you didn't get to see a picture of my growing belly (which I'm sad to say, STILL looks like a beer gut). I didn't even have a chance to TAKE a picture! I know, you're all super disappointed. (: I'll try to post one this week.

We've been super busy lately! I'd love to say that we had a nice relaxing Memorial Day weekend, but instead we had family fun (work) weekend at our house! Our wonderful families spent the entire weekend helping us finish up the many projects that we've begun on our house. We accomplished so much, and there's no way we could have done it without them!

I am feeling SO much better these past couple of weeks. I am still tired, but definitely getting my energy back and not nauseous at all. In fact, I can't seem to get enough food! I have become totally addicted to Icee's. I've probably had 10 in the past 3 weeks and probably haven't had that many in the past 10 years. They're just so delicious when it's so hot outside!

I've also noticed that my ADD has become incredibly worse. A couple of Sundays ago in church, our pastor was reading a verse and said "get away from me Satan" and from that point on, all I could think of was The White Stripes album/song Get Behind Me Satan. I'm laughing at myself even as I am writing this! I sang that song in my head for days! And now since I mentioned it, I'm sure I'll continue to sing it for a few more.

I'm so glad to be feeling better, but I didn't realize how absolutely miserable I must have seemed to everyone else. We had Clayton's grandmothers 85th birthday this weekend, so most of the family was in town and every single person that I've seen/talked to in the past 6 weeks commented on how much better I looked and seemed to be feeling. So I'm sorry if you've seen me lately and I've seemed totally out of it! I also didn't realize how reclusive I've been until Friday night when Clayton said "Soooo do you think maybe we could do something with our friends tonight?" I started thinking about the last time we hung out with anyone, and it had been over a month! I felt so bad.

Back to the whole not being able to get enough food thing. I'll share a funny day in my life with you (don't get too excited)! I had lunch with a dear friend at the new tea room in Lufkin on Friday afternoon. I was so excited to try it and couldn't possibly decide what I wanted to eat. Now, keep in mind that for 6 weeks I have hardly been able to choke down a piece of toast. Food has not sounded good at all! So as I'm looking at the menu, everything sounds delicious! My mouth was watering just reading about everything that had to offer this starving woman. I decided on the sampler plate, which was small portions of just about everything on the menu. I started with 2 small muffins and soup which I quickly devoured. Then came the main course...a green salad, broccoli salad, fruit salad, quiche, parmesan chips and I think there's something I'm leaving out. I finished EVERY last bite of it. I was full when we left and I came straight to work. Well, about an hour into the afternoon I realized I was starving again! We're not talking a little hungry and I just needed a snack...I felt like I hadn't had a thing to eat all day. So I had some fruit snacks. That held me over for about 30 minutes. So then I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. That lasted about another hour. Then more fruit snacks. When I got home, I was not particularly hungry until Clayton and I started talking about dinner. I told him I wanted a steak, so we decided on Outback. When we got there, I asked him if HE wanted some cheese fries...and being the sweet husband that he is, he just smiled and said "yes, those sound great!" So we had delicious cheese fries. And bread. When our meal finally came out, the girl said "Ma'am is this chicken flat bread yours?" I started laughing and said "No, that big plate with the steak on it is mine!"I could tell she was embarrassed for me. (:

Soooo I think those 3-4 pounds I had lost won't be gone for long! I'm trying to eat semi-healthy...but my sweet tooth is definitely coming back!

I decided this morning that I'm going to go look into a blow up pool to put in our backyard for the summer. It's so stinking hot. I'll let you know how well that goes over with Clayton. (: I guess that's about it from me (now that I've rambled on and on)! I'll try to remember to post a picture Wednesday!