Nesting finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I have said it. I am finally nesting. It has come to that point where I have no choice but to do so. It didn't come naturally, I had to force myself. I put a picture up on facebook of the crazy nursery I'll try to get it up on this blog. There was stuff all over the floor color splotches all over the walls. It looked pretty bad....I thought it was funny, others did not. So I decided to get my butt in gear.  Paul and I have decided that we enjoy doing things...everything.......the hard way. :)
Nesting has consisted of
1.Finding a color for the walls
2. Stripping, sanding and painting (thank you Paul) the chest of drawers we had in the spare that we'll use for her dresser.
3. Putting in a white fan instead of brown. The brown one made the room look real dark.
4. Finding wooden letters for her name to put on the wall.
5. Putting together a book shelf thing that we got for a wedding gift. It will also go in her room.
6. Picked out fabric!! Finally. :)
So things are coming along...slowly.
Paul's mom is planning to come in next weekend to paint the room. Thank God! So I can check that off my check list. I have my first shower next week from my other home at Northwest, I can't wait to see those people. :)

Pregnancy:.....I feel really bad about complaining about it all the time but, I figured this is my blog and I'm telling the truth....it sucks. I cannot walk for any length of time without this GODLY amount of pressure in my pelvis area. Let me try to describe what it feels like. It feels like 60lbs of cinder blocks sitting in my pelvis trying to get out (her head) because of the amount of pressure my pelvis radiates heat!!!! It's pretty bad. Oh and this is a new and fun development, my right arm, every night at the same time hurts like a B****, during my nightly routine Paul has to massage it.
I would like to make a list of things you normal people should STOP right now taking for granted:
1. Bending over
2. Putting your shoes on (I procrastinate and DREAD putting my shoes on)
3. Reaching for something on the top shelf
4. Standing and cooking
5. Getting out of bed, off the couch, out of a chair and the tub
6. Putting pants on
I for one, will NEVER, EVER take any of those things for granted ever again.

I went to body pump the other day, I felt like a normal contributor to society once again. I was dying yesterday and today from the amount of soreness. But, in a way I liked it. :)

I think I have decided for sure to take all 12 weeks of my maternity leave. Even though we'll be out a whole pay check one month and half a pay check another week, I've heard it's worth it. If I go in on March 7th (her due date) it will be exactly 12 weeks on the last day of school. Soooooo I CANNOT have her early. I'll have to squeeze tight. ;)

Christmas, sprained ankle

 

 Well Christmas has come and gone.....We spent it with my mom and dad at their house. Melody and Auntie Barb also joined us. Every year my dad says "It's going to be a small Christmas this year" and every year it never is. We make it out of their like bandits. I got a pandora bracelet from Paul and a Kindle Fire from my mom and dad...completely addicted to it. My parents got Paul a grill also, which we needed. They are always wayyy too generous.
Melody, Paul and I decided to go for a nice Christmas walk. (Because we are athletes.) 2 blocks later...I must've not seen a curb, it was pretty much like slow motion I remember falling and screaming bloody murder at the same time crumbling to the ground. Melody instantly laughed, Paul ran up not knowing what was going on. I couldn't talk because I was just shocked. I tried to get up and new instantly that Paul needed to go and get a car to take me back to the house. Yes, folks.....I sprained my ankle. The pain was excrusiating!!! AWFUL!!!! I was thinking to myself, 30 weeks pregnant I am already dying because most days my groin feels like it's either ready to deliever a baby or it's going to fall off and I just sprained my flippin ankle....REALLY???! Story of my life. So after opening presents I spent the rest of my Christmas on the couch. Going to the bathroom every ehh 15 minutes because that's what pregnant people do. Paul had to help me each way unable to put any pressure on my foot. Once again Paul gets the prize of taking care of me and waiting on me hand and foot (literally.) He's so patient and I am so lucky. I nursed my ankle all day yesterday (day after Christmas). Today I am determined to get out of this house. I am feeling much better:

28, 29, 30,

Pregnancy so far has been going. :) To say the least. I am just one of those people that does not enjoy this. I am moody, fat, tired, unmotivated. I am still trying to work out but don't like it and don't want to. :( My sciatic sucks, my neck hurts, my groin hurts!!! I don't like asking for help or having people help me, I like to be able to do things on my own. I've gained 16 pounds and don't understand how anyone can carry an extra 16 pounds. It's pretty ridiculous.
On a lighter note. :) She's getting way big, and I am feeling her a lot more which is pretty great. I am ready to see her. We ended up getting a second opinion with a different fetal medicine doctor. The last one just wasn't communicating very well. I don't know how much I wrote on here about the last fetal specialist (which is different from my normal OB) The last appointment he had told me that he wanted to continue to look at this spot on her brain that "was normal" but he wanted to see me in 2 weeks just to check on it. I was very very upset.
The other doctor was great. I don't know if he was great because they gave us GREAT news or because they were really nice and I could understand them. Before the sonogram they looked at the notes from the last doctor and was confused in the first place as to why they were even worried about the false positive on the spinal bifida test. Apparently there wasn't even a 1% chance that she had spinal bifida. During the sonogram they said everything was normal and beautiful. Her head is huge. At the time I was 28 weeks, overall the baby is measuring an average of 32 weeks. Her head is the average size of a 33 week old baby. (Thank you Paul)
We got a CRIB!! One out of 10000000 things that we need has been marked off our list. We got it off of craiglist and pretty excited about it. Paul likes to say several times a day "WE HAVE A CRIB IN THIS HOUSE." It's pretty surreal to have a piece of baby furniture in the house. We touched it up with some more white paint because it had a few knicks in it.  I am working on deciding on bedding. My mom has a friend that has been willing to make it but there is just so much to choose from.

sciatic sciatic, I HATE YOU!

(pic uploader isn't working of course, I'll have to try to upload the rest later...booo!)
I feel bad I've been complaining a whole lot in these posts but it's the truth. Pregnancy sucks!! I am sick of this whole sciatic pain, I have also developed these awesome huge blue veins in my groin. They throb when I stand or walk and radiate heat!! It's awful!! I can't be on my feet or walk for any length of time before I have to sit and rest.  Once again, my poor husband. I can't thank him enough for putting up with me. I ask him to do stuff and he doesn't complain or question. Love him!
I do like when she kicks. <3. She's kicking as we speak.
I went to Dallas last weekend to see one of my best friends Ashley, we went to Canton with her sweet co-worker. I didn't do too bad. I got a cute picture frame for Myka's room and a cute outfit. The rest of the stuff I bought is for the house.
I finally got the Christmas stuff up in the house. Now for the Christmas shopping....I use to get excited about Christmas shopping, but not looking forward to the fun pain I'll have to put up with while doing it. (Speaking of, I had to sit while cooking today at the stove...) ridiculous!
I've been looking at bedding to try to get ideas. My mom has a good friend at work that has been willing to make me some. I'm very excited! I am liking the chevron pattern. But we'll see what I end up with.
I figured I'll pick out colors then go from there.
I have this week and half of next week to go before break! AND boy am I ready.
OMG!! I FOUND A LONG TERM SUB!! She subbed for my co-worker's class a few weeks ago and I snapped her up. She's taught before in Manor and just had a baby. I'm confident she will be great with my kids. It's a huge load off my back. :)

22, 23, 24 weeks!! oops.

Oops...it's been awhile. Sorry, technology has really made me mad lately. So mad I wanted to throw the computer across the room. I finally realized I was logging in the wrong way. As you can tell I DID figure it out.
Nothing much to report. Except she's moving like crazy and on my sciatic nerve like crazy. I figured out some exercises and stretches that give me some relief. Sleeping stinks.....she's on my diaphragm which makes it hard to breath.
I hate to admit it but I told my mom on the phone that I am not enjoying this whole pregnancy thing. I don't like all the limitations of not drinking (I miss wine) and happy hours. I don't even bother to go anymore because I can't drink. And my sleep habits are absolutely amazing! I go to bed at like 8 on Friday and Saturday nights! I am just SO. TIRED. The sciatic nerve thing is REALLY painful. Which sometimes limits what I can do at the gym. I am just ready for her to be out!! I want the baby and skip the whole pregnancy thing. I DO like the food part. I don't think twice when I shove something in my mouth. :) That's sorta fun.


I think we have finally established a spelling. I think we are solid on Myka. We are also playing around with the middle name Rowen...I know it's different. But so am I. AND SO IS PAUL...

20 and 21 weeks.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Well almost... Halloween is on a Wednesday, that pretty much sucks.
Paul and I went to a Halloween party last night at his co-workers house. He was the Biebs nad I was a marine. I was going to sport my Lego costume again this year but chose not to cause I can't sit in it...womp womp. We were ehhhhhh one of maybe 4 people that dressed up. (that wasn't awkward ;))

Last weekend I caved in a bought this ugly belly band thing that helps my back. My back has been KILLING me. I bought it at Babies R' Us. My friends have been telling me that I need to start registering for baby showers my first one isn't til Jan. I didn't think I needed to start this soon. So I went ahead and did it. I am completely turned off by baby stuff right now because it is just so overwhelming. There is too much out there. We ended up registering for who knows what.

 My friend Shannon and I went to this Modern Mom's thing at a place called Plug and Play. They served us dinner and we got to look at a handful of the newest baby items out there. They had the Bob stroller, Joovy walkers, expensive breast pumps and some other high end stuff. They raffled off all of the items. We each got to pick a number. There was 30 people in the room, and I got number 27...that is usually my luck. :) Shannon got 18. Shannon ended up with an expensive breast pump and I got a SIDS detector. You attach this thing to the baby's diaper (it's real small) and when the baby stops breathing or moving the SIDS thing will vibrate to get the baby to move, if the baby still doesn't move it sets off this alarm. My question was...then what? It'll either be a life savor or drive me insane.

This week was red ribbon week. The last day of the week we all had to dress up as what we wanted to be when we grew up. I dressed up as a Marine again (the only thing that was in the house.) It was fun.

Around 20 weeks I really started feeling her. She likes to move at night, right before bed, around 10am during my planning time, and in the morning right when I wake up. It's a really really cool feeling. You can even see my stomach move. So strange, but so cool. I'm excited to feel limbs. She doesn't like it when you put your or my hand on my stomach she stops then, Paul has felt her once.

19 weeks and counting...

From my sweet husband for my awful
week

Oh my goodness. Paul and I have had a week to say the least.......Last week, I got a call from my doctor. I accidentally answered in the middle of taking my kids to the bathroom (I keep my phone with me for the time.) The nurse wanted to talk to me about my last blood test (spinal bifada)  that I had at my "20 week" appointment which was really my 17 week appointment. When they ask me to go in and get blood tests I don't even ask anymore because there are so many....and this will be my last. The nurse told me that the test came back positive for spinal bifida!?!?! I tried to stay as calm as possible with 21, 7 year olds. She told me  that there was a 1% chance that my child could have spinal bifada, and I needed to call another place to get a high resolution ultrasound to look into it a little more. Yes, I know what you are thinking 1% big whoop. Well, it's a little different when the 1% could be inside of your body and that 1% could be your child. I was pretty much a basket case....I got teary eyed thinking about it. Anytime anyone would come and say something to be about it I would lose it. It sucked...to say the least.
THEN, the next step was to make the freakin appointment for the ultrasound....this process that I am going to tell you took 2 agonizing days. I called ehhh maybe 8 times over and over, they would put me on hold to only come back and tell me that they would call me back. The "special" lady that was suppose to make the appointment for me called me back, when of course, I was in the bathroom She left a message informing me that she would be in the office til 5. I called her right back and I got the secretary again. Around 4:30....still no call back....still no appointment I decided I would call one LAST time. And the OFFICE. WAS. CLOSED. I got the after hours operator and raised major hell, crying hysterically etc..He did end up transferring me and of course they were there. I cried some more telling the secretary how ridiculous this was...the process of making JUST an appointment. She said "please hold."..she put the phone down, thinking she put me on hold and I heard her say "It's that one again." The "special" lady said "I called her 5 times and she didn't answer." O.M.G I was already upset and I pretty sure at that point couldn't get anymore upset then I had. I lost it on both of them.
To make a long story short I got an appointment...
The ultrasound was yesterday. It was a 40 minute ultrasound. They measured EVERYTHING. After the ultrasound the doctor came in and told me he didn't have any concerns, as far as the brain is concerned. Apparently spinal bifida can affect the brain. She wouldn't turn so he could see a part of her spin so I have to come back on the 29th so they can try again...so it's not completely ruled out. But I'm confident that she is fine...fingers crossed.

Other than that everything is going really well. I am a beast, and continue to eat..a lot. I have been really grumpy especially with my poor husband. He continues to be so supportive.
 The other night I fell outta bed. I rolled over, I was apparently on an incline and landed on my butt beside my bed. Paul asked me what I was doing. The next day we talked about it and he didn't remember any of that. I am feeling a lot of movement. I am waiting to feel limbs. I can't wait for that.