29 weeks!!

I haven't done this in a few weeks ..

How far along: 29 weeks!
Weight gain/loss: 131 lbs (I've gained 22 lbs so far!) Doctor says it's totally fine for my size. I'm still hoping for a 15 lb baby.
Maternity clothes: Absolutely. Still no maternity pants though. I can only wear maternity shirts though, unless it's a t-shirt, yet my size small t-shirts are getting tight so I can only wear them to bed or around the house. I'm still wearing regular jeans some buttoned, some not with my bella band.
Sleep: Yes, with my boppy pregnancy pillow curled in front of me, regular body pillow behind me, and three regular pillows under my head. No lie. It's annoying to roll over though! :)
Best moment this week: Seeing all the Christmas stuff start to go up! I know not really baby related, but it means it's getting closer to time for baby to come!
Food cravings: I've gone back to feeling starving all the time, but not really wanting anything.
Belly button in or out: It's weird. It's like half in half out. You can kinda see it when I wear tight shirts.
Movement: I can feel him poking at my ribs now!
What I miss: Being able to tie my shoes. Laying on my stomach. Seeing my girl bits, it's not easy to shave anymore. Buttoning my jeans. Comfortable sex. Going 15 minutes without having to pee.
What I'm looking forward to: I finally made a doctor appointment to see a doctor, other than my baby doctor. I'm going to see if I'm really crazy or not. I think this baby and my hormones have worsened my anxiety. And, my birthday is in two weeks. Yes, that's Thanksgiving Day. Honestly, I think that sucks. Tons of family all day, not my idea of fun. Good thing I'll be seeing my doctor before then ;) Plus, I think Hubby is going to finally get me a new phone. My ancient pile of crap doesn't even know the new existence of texting yet.
Milestones: I've made it to the THIRD Trimester!! Woo hoo!!! :)

I don't know what's getting bigger .. my love handles or my belly?

Going Insane or Completely Normal?!

My throat hurts from hollering at my kids all day, mainly Carson, my 3 year old. I've gave spankings, gave timeouts, and yelled, a lot. Probably too much.

I'm seriously considering:

1. Putting Carson in Preschool/daycare and possibly getting myself another job.

Or ..

2. Taking Xanax .. or something of the sort.

And I swear I'll be back soon to add pictures (lots of pictures) Halloween, Mountains and belly!

Right now I'm doing this:




Painting brick is MUCH harder than I ever thought. And much more time consuming than I imagined. What I thought I would get done in one day may take all week. Anyway, I'm getting it done.

Hormones Are Talking!

We just got back from the mountains (a couple days ago) and wow it feels so good to be home!! I don't mind taking vacations, but let me tell you .. the mountains will make you feel claustrophobic! Seriously, it was like long winding roads that led you to nowhere. We were literally miles away from anywhere and there wasn't much to do. Everything was closed. Did I mention the in-laws got the place .. Monday-Monday. They were supposed to get down there on Thursday, so we figured we would get there on Monday and stay for a few days that way we would have somewhat of a "family" vacation. Well, of course they show up on Tuesday. Call me a bitch but I was not thrilled. We left on Thursday and took the 5 hour drive home. They left soon after, imagine that. We only live about 10 seconds down the road from them, we see them enough already.

I very sadly, completely forgot my "anniversary". My husband and I were together for 10 years on October 10th. We both forgot! We met and started dating on October 10, 2000. Oh well, I guess we'll just have to celebrate next year at 11 years. That's even better, right?

I have a doctor appointment on Monday, already again! I'm going every two weeks now. I had a little situation .. well nasty situation happen over the week while I was at the mountains. (which is why we left when we did because I wanted to go to the doctor, but I couldn't be seen until Monday, which is when my next appointment is anyway!) Anyway, without rambling too much about this because it isn't something people like to read or talk about I'm sure .. I have a yeast infection. I'm sure it's from my pregnancy, hormones and all. Who knows but it's gross, I hate it and I hate the medicine. You can't take the one day pill when you're pregnant. I've only had one in my life other than this one, and I was pregnant with Jackson then. Gross stuff, but I'm getting it taken care of!

I had a little annoyance tonight. We just got a new puppy not long ago. Well, all day today we couldn't find her, we were home all day until nearly 5. We had a wedding to go to at 5pm. We hadn't seen our dog once all day. We were kinda freaking thinking someone had stolen her. Anyway, we didn't think too much about it since we were gone all week and we thought too she might just be hanging out somewhere she was while we were gone. We just had a guy come feed her over the few days we were gone, she doesn't runaway! So anyway, I get home before hubby because we drove separate so he could stay a little longer and so I could go by Walmart for a minute. There was a note on my door ..

"Hey,

When you get home come and get Bell plz she is at Jose's house."

I read this and turn around and there is their son, Alex standing in my garage telling my they have my dog. I asked him, "at your house?" and he said yes. I was freaking PISSED. Because then I remember we have been wondering where my dog was all day. We don't keep her inside. She seriously pees and craps as soon as she comes in, chews the kids toys, their shoes and my furniture, maybe I'm hateful, whatever. The kid, said it's freezing outside. Pissed me off again. Then said his house now has flees all over it. Did I tell them to put my dog in their house? NO. Did I ever tell them it was even okay to put MY dog in THEIR house? NO. And ALL day long at that. Then they waited to come tell us they had her AFTER we left our house. So basically I talked all shitty to the kid basically telling him that my dog should never be put in their house again, no matter the circumstance. It is our dog and they have no business treating her as their own, regardless if we are home, or not home, if it's cold or not cold. PISSED ME OFF.

We're hopefully soon putting our house on the market. I'm ready to move. Obviously, for many reasons not just ignorant neighbors.

I've got a bunch of new pictures .. when I get a little extra time I'll make a new post! I'm tired!! :) Plus maybe by then I won't be in such a awful mood! My hormones are a little wacky lately. I seriously just cried watching the ending of Toy Story 3!

1 Hour Test

I had my regular Doctor visit Monday and she told me all about what I needed to do for today, my one hour glucose test. She told me to eat 1 and 3/4 banana's 1 hour and 5 minutes before my appointment. Which was today (Friday) at 9:15am. Which means I needed to start eating my bananas at 8:10 and have them finished by 8:15. Go in at 9:15 tell them I ate the bananas and have my blood drawn. That way I wouldn't have to drink the nasty drink and sit for an hour with the kids. Simple enough right?

Welllllllllll ..

I woke up late.

Who would have thought I would sleep after 8am? I'm always up before then or at least wake up and check the clock a dozen times before then. I'm a LIGHT sleeper.

I got up at 8:30am. Scarfed down 1 and 3/4 bananas and jumped in the shower. I have no idea what the hell I was thinking. It takes me DAYS to get ready especially with the kids. I half dried my hair, didn't fix it, NO makeup, NO lotion, NO smelly good spray, woke up the kids, threw clothes on them and hauled ass out of the house.

I didn't grab any money and forgot my phone. I had $21 in cash in my wallet, which I checked the price sheet list and the test was supposed to cost $17.50. Fine right? Apparently not.

I walked in at 9:35. I lied, said I at the bananas at 8:35 .. not a complete lie because I at them at 8:32 and was finished at 8:34. I just didn't want them to say I was ONE minute late and make me come back all over again! So they sent me back at 9:40! I hope to God my test is accurate, well honestly either way I don't care .. I just want to pass!!!

Anyway, had the blood work done, while Jackson screamed his head off because I had to throw him in a corner chair, I didn't want him yanking needles out my arm. Went to pay AND of COURSE guess what? $56.50!! WHAT IN THE HELL.

I've got to go back and pay sometime today, great. This baby is costing us gazillions already. I'd rather be buying diapers for the child than paying $90 every other week and money here and there for all these tests. Looks like I'll be having a medication-free all natural birth, not because I want to .. but because I want to save money some damn way while having this child!

If I fail this test, I'm totally blaming my awful bad cravings this week for shitloads of awful bad foods.

Wednesday: Homemade Fettuccine Pasta with Homemade Chocolate Pie for Dessert
Thursday: The same homemade chocolate pie for breakfast, what was I thinking? Burger King for lunch, MCDONALD'S for supper!! All with Dr Pepper to drink! I usually drink water or sprite since it's caffeine free.

Okay, I'm an idiot. HUGE procrastinator. And soon will be poor from all these baby appointments.

Can I decline the 3 Hour if I fail? I can't imagine the cost of that one if the 1 hour was $56.50. That one is probably 3x the price.

So now I have to go to the doctor twice a month. Not sure if I've mentioned that yet? $90 a visit. Hubby says I'm healthy, don't go. Has he lost his mind?! I can't be the trashy woman who doesn't go to the doctor when she is pregnant and pretends she didn't know she was pregnant until the baby comes out, ha!

JANUARY, HURRY UP! :)

26.4 weeks!

How far along: 26 weeks 4 days!
Weight gain/loss: I weighed 126.6 today. I'm gaining an average 5lbs a month! Up 17lbs so far!
Maternity clothes: Maternity tops, regular bottoms. I'm still wearing a few of my regular jeans, buttoned! And leggings or comfy pants. No maternity pants yet, they don't fit!
Sleep: I'm a tired woman lately so I'm sleeping good, as long as someone is beside me. If Brandon is not home (fishing or something) then I have Jackson sleep with me! Carson doesn't like to sleep in our bed!
Best moment this week: Nothing specific really. My boys just continue to make me smile .. love them all.
Food cravings: Not any certain cravings lately. Anything hot is good when I'm hungry!
Gender: We're all (probably not so secretly) hoping for some miracle sex change. God help you baby. No really we will love him. But, wouldn't it be awesome to still get my girl. Ahhhh, to dream.
Belly button in or out: It's starting to look like my husbands. Not in or out .. just kinda flat but you can see it.
Movement: Definitely all the time now. Sometimes it hurts!
What I miss: Being able to bend down to get things easily. Getting up and down, picking up things, putting on my socks and shoes, things like that are getting harder. I can't wait to be able to button a pair of jeans and not think I'm suffocating a human (other than myself) while doing so.
What I'm looking forward to: Vacation next week in the mountains! Even though my in-laws will be joining us, I'm hoping we have a good time anyway! It will be good to get away from our BUSY BUSY life!!
Milestones: Well, baby is growing apparently because my belly sure is!! Hopefully I will take some belly pics soon. Right now my old and ancient camera is acting crazy and all my pictures are pink and blurry.

Crafty Mama

I've been busy! As always it seems.

Anyway, I guess since I have all boys I have this craving for cute girl things.

So, I've been making all kinds of bows, headbands, tutus, all kinds of cute girlie stuff lately, I'm hoping to be able to sell at the Tiki Hut. If not, I guess I'll just hit up the internet and compete with the rest of the world. I swear some day I'll have a girl.

We got a new dog! We named her Bell. It's weird because I was trying to come up with names with Carson and asked him if he liked Bell, of course he gave me no answer. Typical Carson, he doesn't say much. Anyway, long story short, hubby came home with her and said, "I have a name for the dog, it's Bell." All I could think was, shut up! You can't be serious? How weird is that?

And the reason for getting Bell is because we got rid of Grady. How awful, I know. I never thought I could just get rid of a dog. But, honestly I felt sorry for him. I didn't really like him. He stunk, even freshly bathed, he was hairy and shed really bad, he drooled a lot so if he rubbed up next to you he would get you wet, gross. Jackson was kind of scared of him since he was big, he would knock him down or try to take his food, chew his toys, and all that. Poor dog. Anyway, Brandon knew someone who wanted him and so he finally just let them have him. He's staying with some girl in Tennessee! Brandon says he is staying inside and she just loves him! We kept him outside, always! She even kept his name! I do have to say though, he was really smart, never messed up in the house and never tried to runaway. But that's about it, so he's gone, and hopefully happier too.

I'm 26 weeks pregnant now! No new pics yet. I'm a slacker, I'll get to it soon, hopefully. I feel bigger though, baby moves all the time and sometimes it really hurts! Last weekend Brandon was away fishing and I swear I was having contractions, the fake ones I guess. Still scary, painful and I thought I was dying alone, lol. Only 3 more months left!

I gave in and bought Carson the movie Tinkerbell. He got a free lunchbox with it and my God the child loves it. He also wears hot pink Dora band-aids, loves shopping, Christmas decorations and decorating. He's the closest thing to a girl I'll ever have, it seems.

Jackson is my little mannish man. He likes to watch football, doesn't mind getting dirty, unlike his brother, he also isn't as sensitive as Carson. He'll be the one to drive a truck and Carson a car.

Oh I got dressed the other morning wearing leggings and boots, which I rarely do. I'm usually a bluejeans and simple shirt kinda girl. No one dresses up around here. For God sakes we live in the boondocks and if we dress up, people look at you like, "Where the hell are you going?" Anyway, with all that said, Carson saw me and was like, "Wow, look at you mama, I like it, I like your boots and your shirt." While turning a circle around me and rubbing my outfit. That child is going to be such a ladies man, that or, God bless him, gay. I love you Carson.

My boys are totally opposites. But, they love each other and really seem like best friends. Whatever one does, the other is right behind. I'm seriously going to have my hands full, but I know I'll love it.


Don't let this sweet face fool you ;) He can get evil. Especially in Walmart, where I think I can only return to if I start taking Xanax, or something of the sort.


Carson's signature pose, hands on hips.


Jackson was soaked from playing on the bounce house!


Jackson helping keep the plants watered for daddy. He was loving it!! And did such a good job.


I randomly made this one night, had a craving for chocolate at like 9pm. I mixed a few recipes I had and oh my goodness this was the BEST chocolate pie EVER. I will have to post a recipe when I compile all my ingredients I used off the different sites I used together myself. Yum. Still haven't gone to the fair yet, btw. Going on Sunday!


Carson decorating his tree in the garage he HAD to pull out. He even put a present under it. I have another pic with him literally posing with it. He is proud.


Tiki Hut with it mums and pumpkins.


Closeup!


Side view.


Road view. With all our signs and of course Jackson not far from Mama.


Our bouncy house with the Tiki Hut.


I swear it looks like I'm re-giving birth to Jackson, weird. But I thought he looked cute on the deflated bounce house. We were having fun!


Carson climbing around on the deflated castle too! (Notice the lunchbox!)


I found them like this once. Sitting all by their self, so quiet. Then I realized they were eating starburst out of the Tinkerbell lunchbox.


The Tiki Hut all mummified!


Oh my. I love him.


Jackson in my room, reading. Sweet boy!


Our new miss Bell :)


Jackson, Daddy, Bell, and Carson.


Our house all mummified. And a mattress. It's supposed to look as if someone was murdered. Yes, we wanted to freak out our neighbors. And everyone thought we got TP'd. :) And yes, it's still up. Whatever, we're celebrating Halloweeeen! The kids love it.

Okay so I'm off to go attempt to make a tutu, while relaxing on my bed with my sweet boys while they watch Nemo.

Krispy Kreme Burger

Yes, you read that right. Ever since I saw on the news them talking about this cheeseburger coming to the State Fair, I'm not going to lie, I've been wanting it.

The NC State Fair is going on now, yay! So anyway we're going this week, carrying the kids and going to eat a bunch of unhealthy stuff, and I'm thinking about trying these:



Oh my lord. Cheeseburger and a doughnut. Who couldn't love this? Looks like heaven to me.

I'm going to blame it on the fact that I'm pregnant and thank God I'm only 125 lbs. Because really, I could care less how much awful high calorie foods I eat while I'm at the fair.

And of course my husband will probably get a freaking apple and look at me like I'm an insane, fat, pregnant lady. Oh well, he loves me. And I'm not fat :) Not yet anyway. Looking at these is giving me double chin.