So I did WAY TOO MUCH yesterday. BUT the room looks great. Thanks to help from my dear friend Diane who should seriously become an interior designer.
So today, Nick says I am to stay home all day, sit on my butt and grow baby. So here I am...updating the neglected blog.
Check out the new pictures below!
I added some pics of Loki and I at the bottom of the blog...both of us swelling in the summer heat. I also added some older pictures of Riley's first and second ultrasound. They are at the beginning of the ultrasound pics.
Happy 1st day of summer!!!!!!
Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
5 more weeks...WHOA
So, its been awhile since I have written. I feel sort of guilty since a lot of people said they were enjoying the blog. BUT I have had carpal tunnel so bad that I can only be on the computer for about 5 minutes before my hands go completely numb. Annoying! Yes. But managable if I stay off the computer and wear my "Tron" braces, as Nick calls them. Incidentally, I looked up a picture of Tron since I didnt know what the heck he was talking about, and aside from the helmet and full body suit, I suppose my hand braces do look a bit Tronesq.
Carpal tunnel in mind, this will be short and sweet.
Update:
I watch a lot of TV, primarily "A Haunting," "The Deadliest Catch" and in the past few days, "Oprah." All on DVR. Why watch them live when you can record them and watch them when you want :)
It now takes me about an hour to get ready if I go anywhere. It used to take me 15-20 minutes. My hands have become so swollen and numb that I cant feel when I wash my hair or put lotion on. And I can barely even close my fists. Weird. Putting on lotion has also become a big chore. I can barely reach my legs now :) Can I remind you...pregnancy is sweeeeeeeeeeeet!
We have managed to get Riley's room in some semblance of order. Well, the crib is up with the bedding in it and that is cool. We still have some last minute details to attend to, like wall decorations, but as Nick keeps saying: he wont even know the difference...AND he wont even be in that room for months so we have some time. Even though I logically know that Nick is right, my type A personality says...get the room done before July 23. And so we will :)
I have been able to do random chores and have successfully renewed my drivers license and am currently applying to the BBS to get my intern # for MFT. Whoo Whooo! Fingerprinting tomorrow. I wonder if my swollen fingers will skew my fingerprints. Man, I hope I dont come back as a serial murderer. Cause a lot of them probably have chubby fingers. Or not.
Loki had his surgery to get neutered a few weeks ago. Poor buddy. But he is doing great! Still getting bigger. Doozer and him are becoming besties. Its super cute. And Puppy is still cranky, but since she is almost 80 in cat years, I think that is ok.
Nick is busy, busy, busy at work. He got top 8 at the Jiu Jitsu World Championships. Out of 47, I thought that was pretty cool.
Nick had his first almost fathers day this past weekend. We spent it with his little bro, his wife and our niece in Santa Cruz. That was a ton of fun! And so was Cobbs wedding. Congrats again you guys!!!
I have been trying to sleep in a lot since I keep hearing everyone say "catch up on sleep now." I pretty much feel like a fat, lazy turd when I sleep in, but I am sure in a few months I will regret it if I dont take advantage now.
Time keeps feeling like it is FLYING by! Its kinda sad. I really like this time off thing :)
We finally went to a baby class without that annoying couple that I always talk about. But this time there was a replacement annoying couple. This lady in front of us wanted everyone to know that she knew more than the instructor even though it was obvious she had no clue. At one point the instructor asked: "how many of your babies have had the hiccups?" To which the annoying lady responded "Um, we dont have babies yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!" As if to say DUH instructor. And then the lady next to her said "In the womb...DUH!" Hahahaha. And then to make things more annoying...her husband kept turning around and staring down Nick and me. It was really creepy! They also copied us when we were learning how to swaddle our baby doll.
So...I think that is a pretty good update. I have just been waddling around and making my way through every day.
OH, and just remember, if I dont write you back on email, its cause my hands are numb, not cause I dont like you. And same goes for Thank You cards. I am slowly working on those too. Not to be too generic, but I have been feeling guilty...so I feel like I should say this now...THANK YOU to everyone who has bought us gifts. We love all of them! You guys ROCK! Riley's room wouldnt be the same without you guys!
And I am out...
Carpal tunnel in mind, this will be short and sweet.
Update:
I watch a lot of TV, primarily "A Haunting," "The Deadliest Catch" and in the past few days, "Oprah." All on DVR. Why watch them live when you can record them and watch them when you want :)
It now takes me about an hour to get ready if I go anywhere. It used to take me 15-20 minutes. My hands have become so swollen and numb that I cant feel when I wash my hair or put lotion on. And I can barely even close my fists. Weird. Putting on lotion has also become a big chore. I can barely reach my legs now :) Can I remind you...pregnancy is sweeeeeeeeeeeet!
We have managed to get Riley's room in some semblance of order. Well, the crib is up with the bedding in it and that is cool. We still have some last minute details to attend to, like wall decorations, but as Nick keeps saying: he wont even know the difference...AND he wont even be in that room for months so we have some time. Even though I logically know that Nick is right, my type A personality says...get the room done before July 23. And so we will :)
I have been able to do random chores and have successfully renewed my drivers license and am currently applying to the BBS to get my intern # for MFT. Whoo Whooo! Fingerprinting tomorrow. I wonder if my swollen fingers will skew my fingerprints. Man, I hope I dont come back as a serial murderer. Cause a lot of them probably have chubby fingers. Or not.
Loki had his surgery to get neutered a few weeks ago. Poor buddy. But he is doing great! Still getting bigger. Doozer and him are becoming besties. Its super cute. And Puppy is still cranky, but since she is almost 80 in cat years, I think that is ok.
Nick is busy, busy, busy at work. He got top 8 at the Jiu Jitsu World Championships. Out of 47, I thought that was pretty cool.
Nick had his first almost fathers day this past weekend. We spent it with his little bro, his wife and our niece in Santa Cruz. That was a ton of fun! And so was Cobbs wedding. Congrats again you guys!!!
I have been trying to sleep in a lot since I keep hearing everyone say "catch up on sleep now." I pretty much feel like a fat, lazy turd when I sleep in, but I am sure in a few months I will regret it if I dont take advantage now.
Time keeps feeling like it is FLYING by! Its kinda sad. I really like this time off thing :)
We finally went to a baby class without that annoying couple that I always talk about. But this time there was a replacement annoying couple. This lady in front of us wanted everyone to know that she knew more than the instructor even though it was obvious she had no clue. At one point the instructor asked: "how many of your babies have had the hiccups?" To which the annoying lady responded "Um, we dont have babies yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!" As if to say DUH instructor. And then the lady next to her said "In the womb...DUH!" Hahahaha. And then to make things more annoying...her husband kept turning around and staring down Nick and me. It was really creepy! They also copied us when we were learning how to swaddle our baby doll.
So...I think that is a pretty good update. I have just been waddling around and making my way through every day.
OH, and just remember, if I dont write you back on email, its cause my hands are numb, not cause I dont like you. And same goes for Thank You cards. I am slowly working on those too. Not to be too generic, but I have been feeling guilty...so I feel like I should say this now...THANK YOU to everyone who has bought us gifts. We love all of them! You guys ROCK! Riley's room wouldnt be the same without you guys!
And I am out...
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Carpal Tunnel Heat Wave
So in the last 3 days I have developed symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome brought on by preggo swelling. And remember that awesome thing I talked about months ago where I think I am going to puke, but then I sneeze. Ya, thats back in full swing too. No vomiting, yet, but the nausea is back. Sweeeeeeeeeeet!
Luckily sneezing helps take it away. Weird, but true. Perhaps I should start keeping a pepper shaker near me at all times. Hmmm.
O ya, I wanted to say thanks to those who were able to make the shower last weekend. We had a blast! And tons of thanks to Nicks sister, Cody, his mom, Betsy, and my friends Clark and Ed who got the whole thing together for us. You guys ROCK!!!!
Everyone rocks. Even those who couldnt make it.
We got lots of goodies which I am still trying to sort through. Its amazing how cute these little outfits are. And those little hooded towels...OMG! And all the Dino stuff we got. WOW!! Who knew that dino's were so popular. Like Nick said, I sure hope Riley likes dinosaurs, otherwise we may inadvertantly give him a fear of the extinct land reptiles.
I am sure he will love them. I know I did, especially when I was in 1st grade. Ms. Mattraw spent at least a whole week, which seemed like months back then, on dinosaurs. Plus they were fun to color. I think the Stegosaurus was my favorite.
So we are at 33 weeks today. 7 weeks to go. Man, time is flying by. Its hard to believe we have LESS than 2 months now. Unless he goes over. Which I have heard is quite possible since this is our first.
Last night we were in Safeway and this lady who was stocking candy asks...so, how far along are you? When I told her she said "good luck! My son was born on the hottest day of the year in 2006 and the hospitals power went out and there was NO air conditioning AND I was two weeks LATE. So...good luck." I nicely asked her what date that was and she said "July 21st."
Sweeeeeeeeeeet! Riley is due July 23rd. But if I am two weeks over, perhaps...er, wait, what am I saying. August is always hotter, isnt it? Well, I guess not in 2006.
Luckily she was in the newer, more up to date Kaiser. Hahaha. If her Kaiser lost power in a heat wave, I am sure our Kaiser will have us delivering in the parking lot cause they might be afraid that the building will collapse in the heat.
So...2 more preggo classes to go, Nicks jiu jitsu world championship tournament this weekend, a wedding, fathers day, bbqs, my birthday, 4th of July and then...Riley. Man, this summer is going to FLY by!!!
Luckily sneezing helps take it away. Weird, but true. Perhaps I should start keeping a pepper shaker near me at all times. Hmmm.
O ya, I wanted to say thanks to those who were able to make the shower last weekend. We had a blast! And tons of thanks to Nicks sister, Cody, his mom, Betsy, and my friends Clark and Ed who got the whole thing together for us. You guys ROCK!!!!
Everyone rocks. Even those who couldnt make it.
We got lots of goodies which I am still trying to sort through. Its amazing how cute these little outfits are. And those little hooded towels...OMG! And all the Dino stuff we got. WOW!! Who knew that dino's were so popular. Like Nick said, I sure hope Riley likes dinosaurs, otherwise we may inadvertantly give him a fear of the extinct land reptiles.
I am sure he will love them. I know I did, especially when I was in 1st grade. Ms. Mattraw spent at least a whole week, which seemed like months back then, on dinosaurs. Plus they were fun to color. I think the Stegosaurus was my favorite.
So we are at 33 weeks today. 7 weeks to go. Man, time is flying by. Its hard to believe we have LESS than 2 months now. Unless he goes over. Which I have heard is quite possible since this is our first.
Last night we were in Safeway and this lady who was stocking candy asks...so, how far along are you? When I told her she said "good luck! My son was born on the hottest day of the year in 2006 and the hospitals power went out and there was NO air conditioning AND I was two weeks LATE. So...good luck." I nicely asked her what date that was and she said "July 21st."
Sweeeeeeeeeeet! Riley is due July 23rd. But if I am two weeks over, perhaps...er, wait, what am I saying. August is always hotter, isnt it? Well, I guess not in 2006.
Luckily she was in the newer, more up to date Kaiser. Hahaha. If her Kaiser lost power in a heat wave, I am sure our Kaiser will have us delivering in the parking lot cause they might be afraid that the building will collapse in the heat.
So...2 more preggo classes to go, Nicks jiu jitsu world championship tournament this weekend, a wedding, fathers day, bbqs, my birthday, 4th of July and then...Riley. Man, this summer is going to FLY by!!!
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