>A Day in the Life..

>I am not quite sure as to why I have been so motivated to write this kind of post, but I feel like if I don't I will wish I had. Since my memory is not very dependable these days, I have resorted to my blog to document the things I feel are worth documenting.

Things I used to hate before I was pregnant:

*Steak: I could eat steak almost every night and the way B prepares it is divine. Tip? Use sea salt to salt the meat with other seasonings instead of regular salt.

*Not wearing socks to bed: Aside from VERY hot summer days, I rarely ever went to bed without socks on. This used to bug bestie when we were roomies as she could not even fathom the thought of wearing socks to bed, even in the dead of winter. Well I am here to say that I now rarely ever wear socks to bed and I looooovve the way that feels.

*Showering/hot showers: I have never liked showering mostly because it just takes up so much time and I am NOT a high maintenance person when it comes to beauty. Yes, I would get clean and I liked that feeling, but I could never understand why B would just stand in the shower for 10 minutes because "it feels good". Now I totally understand and not only do I really enjoy my showers, I take super hot showers. I think this also became something I liked when I noticed how much Mister loves when I am in the water. He groves like he is a little fish and I hope he loves baths that much when he gets here.

*A Lack of Manners: I've got to be honest here. I cuss like a sailor and burp and fart like a college guy. Yes, folks, this drives B crazy to no end and at times, even me. If I hold anything in, I am literally in physical pain. B does not want me to be in pain. The only problem is, which I have mentioned before, that never in my life have my farts been so rank I get up and leave! It is unbelievable and I really hope that gets better post baby.

Those things are the most obvious to me that have changed and I am pretty sure most of those will stay the same, minus the manners. I want to get those back.

Next, here is a day in the life. What we do while we wait for a baby as I am sure many of these things will change VERY soon.

Work day:

6am: alarm goes off

6:15am: out of bed, get dressed, do hair and make-up, brush teeth

6:30am: (I told you I was low maintenance) Eat breakfast, feed dogs, check FB

6:50am: Leave for work

7am: Get to work

12pm: Go home for lunch, which B usually makes me, put feet up and watch A Baby Story

1pm: Back to work

3:15pm: Home from work

3:30-6ish: Watch Gilmore Girls, play around on the net, write a blog, create a music playlist, relax on the couch

6ish: Dinner (usually made by B or ordered in)

7ish-10pm: Relax, crochet, read, watch shows...

10pm: Go to bed

Non-work day:

8-9am: Sleep in, make breakfast, start a load of laundry

9am-whenever: Rest, nap, read, crochet, nap, watch a movie, play video games with B, nap, finish laundry, EAT....

Basically, I don't do a whole lot when I am at home and I like that as I am usually sore, tired and hungry and the thought of doing much else is not very appetizing. So I know this will all change and maybe sometime after mister comes I will do something similar and see how different things are. I currently feel like I am in limbo, waiting for the most life-changing thing to occur while I am still living and doing my daily routines. It's surreal and awesome and totally making me impatient. I sat in front of the TV tonight and squatted and while I squatted I swayed, hoping to open things up and get things moving some more. Send me labor dust people!

>37 Weeks!

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Compare to:

Wowza! This baby is a growing!! Amazing what can happen in 9 short months. I am getting SO impatient it is not even funny! I am sure I am driving B nuts with all my "He's almost here!" comments. I know he is just as excited as I am. I feel done. This turkey has cooked long enough folks and I am ready to meet my son, get my body back, and actually do something for myself. B has been so wonderful, helping me out with almost everything and I feel SO GUILTY! I want to step in but oh that step causes a shooting pain down my leg, my ribs hurt my hips are sore, and I am too hungry for words most of the time. So I will just have to wait a few more weeks (including a few post baby weeks to recover). We went for a 45 minute walk this afternoon and brought on some strong BH contractions. I had 3 in 30 minutes but now that we are home they stopped. :( I had an OB appointment today and it was the easiest, quickest appointment ever! We came in, my BP was 106/54, I have stayed at about 42 pounds (yay! a week I did NOT gain a pound!), HB was 145 and all is well! The nurse started to pull out the paper cover and I said I was not getting checked this week. My vadge needs a break people! She said that was fine but that they would next week and I am okay with that. I want to try and walk every day, as long as it is warm enough, to get things moving more!

Stats:

How Far Along? 37 weeks
Total Weight Gained/Loss? 42 pounds and holding
Maternity Clothes: all the time
Sleep? I wake up every time I roll over and pee maybe once or twice a night. My hips hurt after laying on one side to long.
Best Moment of the Week? Seeing my grandma and other family members yesterday.
Movement- still quite a bit even though he is getting squished in there
Food Craving- breakfast and strawberries
Food aversions- none
Morning sickness?- none
Gender- Wolverine
Labor Signs- stronger BH today, not painful, just tighter
Belly Button- out
What I miss- wearing my wedding ring
What I'm looking forward to-duh! meeting this little man!
Weekly Wisdom- Patience is a virtue. Or so I've been told.
Milestones- 3 more weeks!

>Name reveal...I just can't wait!

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First of all, I am losing followers. I know my blog is now private and so I am guessing those I have lost are people that chose not to continue to follow and that is fine, it is just weird to watch the number shrink.

Secondly, I am SO DONE! OMG this week and last week have been the LONGEST weeks of my pregnancy to date. I CANNOT WAIT to meet our baby!!

Which brings me to numero tres: I can't wait to tell you his name because this blog is more for me than for you so you ready??? Also, I am not sure that once he is here I will be able to summarize how we chose his name so easily so enjoy!

Our Precious Son will be

Logan Jack

Don't you love how that sounds?!

So here is the story of how we chose his name, because yes, there is a story.

Two and a half years ago B and I took a trip to the midwest to see our families. His family has a lovely cottage on Lake Erie in Ohio and that was our last stop. We spent several days there,

hanging out at the beach...

getting rained out at Cedar Point...

taking ferry rides to Put in Island...

and riding tandem bikes.

On our last night we went to a nice Italian restaurant down the street from the cottage. We had several glasses of wine and decided to walk back to the cottage alone to reflect on our vacation that was coming to an end (or do as much reflecting as one can do while inebriated). It was dark and we did get a little lost so B (yes, MY HUSBAND!) out of no where asked me what I thought of the name Logan. At this point in our relationship (about 6 months in pre-engagement) we knew we were going to get married. That was a done deal. So I told him I really liked that name.

And he said, "Great, because I always wanted to name our son after Wolverine!" Oh dear. My husband wants to name our son after a comic book character. It's a good thing that I was well aware of B's interest (more like hobby) in comics, X-Man being one of his favorites.

I think I laughed after he said that and told him "Okay! Whatever...".

He then asked, "So we can call him Wolverine?"

"No, honey. I am not calling my son Wolverine."

"What about Weapon X?" (complete with arm signals displaying an X).

"No B, I am not calling my son Weapon X."

Needless to say, from that day forward we had a name picked out for our first son and even though I am sure B may refer to him as one of the aforementioned "nicknames", I am okay with that.

Logan's middle name was easy. B's grandfather passed away a year and a half ago and his name was Jack. B really looked up to him and it was the best way to remember him by. The two names together really sound great and even better with our last name, which is Irish, by the way.

So have you noticed in my status updates that where it asks the gender I have been putting "wolverine"?? I was trying to hint at his name but no one really caught on...oh well!

Have a great weekend!

>36 weeks

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How Far Along? 36 weeks and a few days
Total Weight Gained/Loss? I said it in a previous post-a lot
Maternity Clothes: the things that fit me a month ago are barely fitting me now. I am down to about 3-4 shirts, sweats, work pants and jeans.
Sleep? I wake up every time I roll over and pee maybe once or twice a night. My hips hurt after laying on one side to long.
Best Moment of the Week? spending a wonderful day with B on Monday.
Movement- lots, but very specific: he will kick off the right side near my ribs, his butt will move to the left of my belly button and I will get a swift head butt into my cervix. rinse and repeat.
Food Craving- breakfast!
Food aversions- none
Morning sickness?- none
Gender- Wolverine
Labor Signs- some BH about every 2-3 hours. Nothing to worry about. 75% effaced and +1 station, no dilation
Belly Button- out and popped WAY out last night when I sneezed
What I miss- a nice glass of wine with dinner
What I'm looking forward to- having this baby!! We are only 3.5 weeks away from my EDD!
Weekly Wisdom- Don't let what people say convince you of anything. Everyone keeps telling me I am going to go early and well, that is a possibility but I could stay this way PAST my due date so I am ignoring people now.
Milestones- The feet are officially stuck up by my ribs, rather than just nudging them. THAT, my friends, feels SO GOOD! *NOT!*

>Shout out

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Before I make my shout out, a quick update:

1) Hanson is on in my living room, it's snowing, B is on his way home from shoveling and Tulo is anxiously waiting for both him and Butte to come home.

2) Butte has been on vacation with my parents since Sunday and she won't be home until tomorrow.

3) Mister is really trying to just fall out right now. I worry about walking upright as I am sure he has a plan to do just that. While I'm working. And wearing something cute. And totally not expecting it. Cuz that's how he rolls.

4) Sleeping sucks. I pee too much. And BH have increased to a few every couple hours. I'm exhausted just writing about it.

Okay bloggie friends. I have another fellow bloggie friend who needs some lovin so I hope she does not mind that I am going to link up HERE for you to check her out. Thanks!

>Confession: I'm Ashamed

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Dear Readers, please do not judge or hate on me for what I am about to say. I need to get this off my chest. K, thanks.

I would be lying if I said that my current weight does not bother me. I KNOW, I know it is natural and because I'm building a baby. I know. But in 9 short months I have managed to gain 42 pounds. I have no idea what my pant size would be since I am in maternity clothes and I think that is a good thing. I feel like the most shallow person to even be feeling this way but I really can't help it.

(December 13, 2009)

(August 8, 2008)
I can't help but dream about my pre-pregnancy body and wonder if I will ever get it back. I know it is possible but that is up to me. Nursing (assuming that works out) will defiantly help and I will have to wait a few weeks post birth before I can start any kind of work out routine. My dear cousin Heidi has created a great work out plan that is, so far, working out great for her so thanks H! I am totally stealing it from you. Ugh....I digress...

This sucks. I just hate feeling this way. My body image has NEVER been an issue for me. Ever. I have always been the tall, thin girl who has no athletic coordination to speak of, but a damn good metabolism that allowed me to eat just about anything I wanted. Before getting pregnant, I actually lost 5 pounds for Cabo and I felt great! During my first trimester, I never got morning sickness, but I also only gained 2 pounds. My doctor wanted to see me gain a little more as I was considered underweight so I drank a lot of milk, ate a lot of cheese, and upped my protein intake. I did not see a significant weight gain until I was almost 18 weeks pregnant and I was so proud! I wanted to gain a healthy weight for me and the baby. It became even more important when, at 29 weeks, we found out he was measuring a little small so I did not change anything in my diet. I have not had another growth scan, but I am pretty sure he weighs about 5-6 pounds now which is awesome!

I'm so torn for feeling the way I feel. I feel like I am being selfish. My weight should not bother me at all and B is so proud of me for growing a healthy baby and tells me I am "pregnant sexy" right now. But I want to me Sarah sexy!

This is a very sloppy vent and if anyone read it all, well thank you. Only a few more weeks! I know that the sacrifices are SO worth it and I could gain another 40 pounds I know it would not matter. All I want is a healthy baby and for me to make getting back to my prepreg weight a priority. I am sure there are things baby L would love to help me with: long walks, hanging out in the front pack while I climb the elliptical....we'll be a good team and I am sure all my feelings are both NORMAL and hormone-related. Until then, I will continue to eat healthy as I have been doing and TRY not to let the weight gain bother me.

>A Great End to a New Beginning

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Cliche title, I know.

Our New Years Eve was wonderful! But before I go into it, here are some 35 week belly shots. Can you say HELLO BELLY BUTTON!

We started our day off by sleeping in. I have gone to 4 days a week and Thursdays are my new day off. We ran a few errands in the morning and then I took a two hour nap on the couch after watching a little bit of Free Willy. Oh man does that movie bring back childhood memories! Then we hung out for another few hours, I took a shower, got dressed and did my hair. I wanted to look extra hot for our big date! This was our date to end the year AND to celebrate our new baby. It will be awhile before we do that again so I spent a little extra time to look good.

We went to Hibachi's, a Japanese restaurant where the chefs cook the food right in front of you. SO FUN!! I had chicken teriyaki and B had chicken with rib eye steak. It was so good! I could not stop smiling.

After dinner we went home and watched 500 Days of Summer--super cute movie!! B even liked it so I would say it is not so much a chick flick but more of a romantic comedy even dudes can enjoy. The music is awesome. I might need to get the soundtrack off iTunes.

And then I went to bed! It was perfect!

Happy New Year everyone!!