The Shoe Fits

Instead of making excuses, I will just write this blog post like I’ve never stopped

There hasn’t been anything truly exciting that has happened. I am definitely looking forward to this new year: to have Caden, finish my masters and move out of the current town I am in to Phoenix, AZ (excited about moving, not necessarily moving to Phoenix). I also got a prenatal massage this past weekend and it is definitely something I plan on doing monthly. It was AMAZING. In addition, my hubby bought me a spa package to this place in town and I get to get a facial on Friday plus other amazing things over the course of this spring.

As far as pregnancy goes, I’ve felt really good about myself physically. No extreme symptoms, except the running to the bathroom every five seconds and eating everything in sight. Caden is moving very happily in the womb and kicks me every other hour or so. It feels like huge kernals of popcorn popping, it’s pretty awesome. Some times it feels like he is shifting his whole body and it maeks it feel like I’m doing down a hill on a rollercoaster or something. Pregnancy has been good so far so I am not complaining too much. I don’t necessarily like it, but I definitely am getting more anxious by the week for the arrival of Caden! My mom and dad bought me a rocking chair with the little foot rest thing. It’s amazing and is definitely getting its use right now. My sister also bought some clothes for Caden too and I had to buy this cute mickey mouse outfit that was only $3 at walmart.

In other news, I’ve just been trying to focus on the positive this year and continue to do what I need to be successful: in school, at work, and in birth/parenting.

Once I get home, I’ll probably make another post with pictures, mostly of my cooking in the last few days

I’ve done it again. Gone a few weeks without blogging! I swear I want to, it’s just so hard to! But school is about over and so is work, so I will definitely have a lot of time on my hands. I plan on working more on the website and whatnot because I want to get back into paid blogging but I also am debating whether to have a pregnancy/motherhood blog. What do you all think?

I’ll post more tomorrow. Promise

So I almost messed up my comeback. I haven’t posted in a good week and I didn’t realize it until tonight.

First off, I wanted to do my usual mention about Veterans Day. Call me an army brat, I don’t care, but my support and love for the military will never falter. These men and women who go out and serve our country have a lot of guts (bravery) to do what they do. Most do it to support their families, others do it because its “in their blood” while others do it because they just feel its the right thing to do. My dad, uncle, aunt, cousin and lots of friends are in or were in the military and though its corny to tell them everyday, I do want to tell them how much I appreciate what they do. I’ve grown up military and it will never leave my life, even after my dad retires. It’s apart of who I am and apart of this country and for that I support our troops! (now the “upper management” who makes the decisions….hmm…maybe not so much).

On that note, I’ve been patiently waiting for December to come because I will find out the sex of this baby. My mom is absolutely positive its a boy and its blasphemy to mention the baby as anything but boy. But I can see how excited she is and it really makes me heart warm up. I am also super excited that she is 100% on board for breastfeeding (actually she said something along the lines of …. you better be breastfeeding…). She helped me picked out stuff for my registry and even commented that she hopes I don’t have any problems. She even said she’d be only be watching my breastfeed to make sure I am doing it right lol. I also decided to go with gDiapers to try out but I am also cloth diapering too. I just want to get a feel for whats out there. My reasons for not doing disposable are mostly environmental but I do understand and note the benefits of cloth diapering. I even found out my grandma used cloth diapering for all her kids so that very insightful (though she did have her gripes about it). Otherwise, I am pretty sure of my plans and luckily I have all my family (that matters anyway) behind me on it 100%.

As far as work and school, I don’t feel like I am doing so hot. It’s mostly because that first few months I really did not want to do anything but puke or sleep. Luckily I have had understanding profs but I don’t know if that means they’ll go easy on me or if I really will get Cs (and as a grad student I cannot get anymore than 2 Cs in my whole program). We shall see what happens! *nervous laugh*

So question for the day:

What are you looking forward to most in 2010?

So, after a hiatus (which was unintentional) I have decided to come back to the blogging world and keep up  my website. I really wanted to come back sooner, but it’s been crazy crazy! I guess the biggest thing that I haven’t announced yet is that I am pregnant. As of now, 14 weeks to be exact! woohoo! So far so good, I’ve got loads to think about and even more to plan out for. I wouldn’t say the pregnancy was a surprise (ok I wouldn’t even say it was sort of a surprise, I planned it, I’m guilty!) but it’s definitely been a journey for these beginning months and even more exciting to see the reactions of my loved ones. My mom is convinced it’s a boy (Won’t know until December) and Marcus wants a girl, while everyone in between has their own idea and hopes. As for me, I do want a boy but of course a girl would be fantastic

My first trimester was hell. I’ve never been so nauseas in my life. I was really scared that it would not go away but luckily in the last few weeks it has calmed down. I only get that bad if I don’t eat as often as I should. I think I am already showing (I don’t think my stomach poked out this much before) and I am definitely getting all the unpleasant joys of pregnancy (i.e. small bladder=embarrassing intimate time with hubby). Overall, I am enjoying myself and it’s definitely exciting every morning to see what’s changed and new with my body. I will be blogging more so for those who wanted some blow by blow details *ahem Krista* of my pregnancy, be prepared! I am not holding back!

Otherwise, I am super excited for the holidays and even MORE excited to cook. I’ve never enjoyed cooking,  but I am not sure if its the pregnancy but I want to cook ALL the time. (I never said it was good cooking….) So for TG and XMAS I am planning on cooking my little butt off. It should be new for my family! Also new is that I get to spend both TG and XMAS with my family since this is the first year in 4 that they live within 2 hours of me by car (prior they lived in Missouri…I am in Arizona…definitely not less than 2 hours away..by car)

Well that’s all I can get out of me today for bloggin, I hope I still have readers!

P.S. Anyone excited about New Moon?