Pregnancy update

Today I am at the doctors office for a three hour Glucose test. What better time to update the ol blog. Keep your fingers crossed that I pass and don't have gestational diabetes.

I am am twenty eight weeks and am feeling full. My belly just seems so tight, it is all out front. I kinda wish it was going out to the sides to just make a little more room in there, but I am sure that is to come.

Heartburn has definitely set in, ugh it might be the worst part. You really can't enjoy a meal unless I've had my Zantac 75. The "pain in the butt problem" is there too, but nothing major yet and it's not painfull yet. TMI... I know :)

Ashley is sooo cute, she always want to know what the baby is saying. She will push on my belly and ask, so I am channeling my inner child and coming up with lots of tidbits from the inside. She also bugs Dave daily to tell her if it is a boy or girl. She promises she can keep the secret. So far he hasn't told anyone. Ashley has names all picked out; Hannah for a girl (she doesn't get that it is our new nieces name) and always something weird for a boy (cookey, mankey, keeky) because she really really really wants it to be a girl.

Dave and I haven't even started to bounce names back and forth. We still have time right?

Overall ready for it to be done, and I know I still have a ways to go.

Second Child Syndrome

Most of you all know we are expecting!

I already feel like a slacker with this baby, I blogged almost every week from the beginning with Ashley and here I am 25 weeks prego and I am just now getting around to mentioning it on the ol' blog.

In general I am feeling good, glad to be past the first trimester and the morning sickness. I haven't had many crazy food cravings; loving fish, cheery lime-aids and shakes (which are all carry overs from Ashley's pregnancy). The baby and I are measuring big already even though I have not gained very much weight. But just to be safe I have tried to cut down on my carbs/sugars so I pass my glucose test in two weeks. Keep your fingers crossed.

I did not find out what we are having (beside one healthy baby) at either of my two ultrasounds, but Dave knows. He really really wanted to know so I let him find out the sex of the baby. I have not really bugged him to spill the beans (because I am okay with not knowing) but everyone else sure is pressuring him to tell. Especially Ashley, she promises she can keep a secret (yeah right).

We are excited, I can't believe I am three months away from having a new baby. It goes by so slow but then again so fast.

Scrapbooking

It has been a long long time since I have scrapbooked. We have been spending every free weekend at the Lake and definitely no scrapbooking gets done there. But this weekend we stayed in town to hopefully welcome our new niece (who waited to appear until yesterday) and I got to crop at Archivers!
This one is not quite done, I thought I had some Disney paper at home I could add to spruce it up but I could not find any. So it might just have to stay this way.

This page is from a Studio Calico class we took at Creating Keepsakes Convention. My first time misting!

Another Studio Calico CKC class layout that went together in minutes.
Love this place and Ashley asks about going back all the time. It makes me sad to think I am scrapbooking a year behind (so let's not think about that).

Ahh the ladies partying New Years Weekend. I love all these girls to death and (BIG AND) I get to see them all again this weekend!!!! I can not wait! There might even be a return visit to Hollywood Dolly's!!!
One of many float trip layouts. I do so many it seems like I should be running out of ideas! This time only the guys made it onto to the layout, trying to change things up a bit.

Testing 1 2 3 Testing

Is there anyone out there?

P.S. I might have scrapbooked this weekend and have something to actually blog about.

Well truthfully there is LOTS to blog about; babies, moving, etc.

:)

To the top

Ashley's 4th birthday was Saturday. Everytime we cross over the Mississippi to go to my parents Ashley comments about the Arch and how she wants to go up in it. So for her birthday we got tickets to do just that.

She had no reservations about getting in those tiny tiny capsules to get to the top and I think had a really great time.

Scrapbooking

This past Friday I was blessed with a few free hours and a crop at Archivers. I again only worked on pages, which is so unlike me. I usually like to get projects done with that much free time.
Cedarhurst Art Center in Mt Vernon, IL is definitely worth the drive on a nice Sunday if you are looking for something to do. The kids area was just great and there was lots to do outside also. Used my Studio Calico March kit and based it off this Studio Calico Sunday Sketch.

I love that Ann always gets great tickets to Cardinal games and she always asks me to go! This was a special game because we went with Teresa Collins when she was in town for ScrapSTL and it was also Megan's 1st CARDS game.
I need to journal on this about Dave and his new boat. I just have to get the facts right first, I would never hear the end of it if I messed up all those numbers.... Searay 270SLX I think is right. This layout is from the free scrap pack that we got at Archivers!
Ahhh beer, don't you just love it! Based off of this Studio Calico Sunday Sketch.
The boat races that I didn't really want to go to, but ended up really enjoying myself, Ashley too! The most fun was probably watching the crane load the boats into the water. Again I used my Studio Calico March kit.

Busy buys busy!

I have been extremely busy with work. I have been working on lots and lots of estimates and therefore my blog has been neglected. So has my Scrapbooking. I started this layout two weeks ago and finally found time last night (after 24!) to finish it. Not my most favorite but it is a complete page and that makes me happy.

Not much else going on in our world. We did make it to the Lake this weekend and enjoyed the 70 degree temps. I love my family and friends but it was nice to just be "us" this past weekend. We spent lots of time outside... walking (or on an adventure, per Ashley), cleaning up leaves and just enjoying the spring like temps. All of my bulbs are starting to come up... I love Spring! Trinity was exhausted from the weekend, she spent almost all day Saturday outside, she even went for a swim or two!

This weekend is the annual Post-Rolla St. Pat's party at the Schmidt's in Columbia, MO. Don't forget to wear your green on Friday and drink a green beer for all those awesome Rolla engineers you know!