Just some fun and games ..

So today I decided to browse the "Gender Myths"...

The first myth I looked into is the "Chinese Gender Myth".... outcome: BOY!

Second: "Old wives tale gender prediction".... outcome: GIRL!

Third:  "Gender prediction based on heart rate" .... outcome: GIRL!

Forth: "Wedding ring w/ straind of hair" .... outcome: GIRL!



Time will tell!
How exciting : )

RIP Max : (

Max was just over a year old and was quite the amazing puppy. It was love at first site with Lily and Max. She loved that dog so much.

Yesterday Max got hit by a car and died. It has been really hard for Colleen and Adam and as of right now the girls just think he ran away. I am not sure if they are going to tell them or not. Lily is 5 years old and Julia 4 years old. I don't personally think they should tell them. Lily is already heart broken at the fact that he ran away. Lily has said before "I hope Max will go to the same heaven I will go to when he dies because I want to be together". She has such a big heart : (

Love the way the blankie turned out : )

FRONT AND BACK

BEAUTIFUL : )

Not that I don't have enough projects going on...

This is the beginning of Peanuts first blanket! It is all fleece and no NEEDLES or KNOTS needed. It is a really neat technique that I saw yesterday at the craftstore and decided to do it! The end result will be a quilt like fleece baby blanket. The color scheme is neutral since we don't know what the little one is yet : ) The pattern with writing says "I love my daddy & I love my mommy". Definitely fell in love with that one.

The yellow with polka dot fabric will be the back of the blanket. Can't wait to finish it : )

This was a mutual effort for Baby Bruce by Mommy and Daddy : ) Our first Peanut project!

22 weeks and counting!

Here is my bump : )

We are now at the 22 week mark. More than halfway through the pregnancy. (average pregnancy is 38-40 weeks). Peanut is very active! Maybe it's a boy haha. Time will tell. At this point in the pregnancy the average weight gain is 10-16lbs. I have gained a total of 7lbs which is good because I am already a bigger woman. I have always been nervous about being pregnant because my body can gain weight so easily. One of my friends, who is much smaller than I am, gained 80lbs during her first pregnancy. Talk about a scare tactic! I am just glad things have been going so smoothly for us. I don't crave junk or fried food. Fruits, veggies, smoothies, yummmmm. It is actually hard for me to eat the amount that I am supposed to be eating. I am not used to eating so much and I even give myself a headache quite often for not eating enough on time. Water has been easy to drink as well. If my back didn't hurt so much this pregnancy would be pretty easy. Unfortunately my tail bone, which I broke 14 years ago, is in alot of pain. It has been waking me up at night and sending pains through my legs. But if that is the worst thing I have to deal with then life is pretty good! 

Our house will be ready for move in, in one month! I can't wait to get everything organized and see how beautiful our home is. We have worked so hard! We were hoping to finish in 8 months, the program states about 10 months but unfortunetly we are finishing in 11 months. All things do happen for a reason though!

Justin's Birthday.. 24 years young

Justin's Birthday is March 18th. Good ol day after St. Patty's day. This year he decided he wanted to go to Traxx (a very fast go-cart race track) and then after he wanted to go bowling. So about a week before his birthday I sent out a text message to about 25 people who we are friends with. Or I guess we thought we were friends with. After a few days I realized.. hmmm.. Only four people responded to the text message. Now, first off, I don't expect eveyone to drop what they are doing and attend Justin's birthday, but what I do expect is a response, especially when I specifically said "I hope you can come, let me know if you can make it so that I can reserve bowling lanes". I don't think it is much to ask to expect people who say they are "friends" to reply, even with a "sorry we have plans already".

So after not getting responses from about 20 people, I then sent out a message on facebook. This message went out to 26 people. ONE person responded.

Since I normally try to stay as positive as possible and NEVER air dirty laundry on my blog or facebook, this is out of character for me to be upset about, but what it comes down to is, I AM DONE! I am so sick of everyone pretending to be our friends and then they can't even respond and let me know "hey, can't make it". Is that really so much to ask? If I had a dollar for everyone who said "I will help you with your house" and yet, 10 months later, still haven't even tried to come help. Oh man. But anyways.

All in all, Justin did have a great time on his birthday. He had 5 people show up at Traxx to race with him ( I was a spectator). And then for bowling a few more people showed up and he had a great time. He is a very easy going person and enjoyed every minute of his birthday.

Happy Birthday Hubby of mine : )

19 weeks.. Just about half way!

Half way there!

Peanut is growing like crazy. I am happy to say that I have only gained 5lbs. so far during the pregnancy. The average at this point is 8-14lbs. But since I am already bigger, it would be better if I stay below the average. Last week we had our "big" ultrasound. Obviously we didn't find out the sex though : ) It was really exciting seeing Peanut moving around. At first Peanut was breached and asleep on he/she's feet. So the nurse thought it was funny that we didn't want to know the sex of the baby because oddly enough he/she was in the most difficult position ever! Peanut weighed 8oz during the ultrasound which puts him/her at the 55% range, which is great!

And then there was a floor...

Our kitchen is just about finished! We have cabinets, counters, a sink, and now a floor! The only thing that is left is our appliances! (I think).. lol..

In the beginning of our building process we had made excellent time and were scheduled to hopefully be moved in by Feb 1st. That clearly didn't happen. Although many people try to remind us that building a house rarely finishes on time, it is still a little dissapointing that we still aren't moved in. On the plus side, Justin starts working at Boeing this week. He has orientation tomorrow and then his first day of training starts Friday. Since his current company has had ZERO work in the last few months, it is nice that he will be at Boeing for about a month before we move in.

We still have over a month left of work on the house so hopefully we will be moved in during the middle of April.

We can see the end of the road and it looks amazing!

If we are moved in by the end of April that will give us about 3 months to get the house all organized and prep the babys room for Peanuts arrival : )

17 weeks

http://www.baby2see.com/development/week17.html

The above link is to a great website I was referred to that shows weekly development for Peanut. I love seeing step-by-step, how Peanut is growing. It is a hard adjustment to just know you are pregnant but not be able to see anything. This helps me know just exactly whats going on and how hard my body, and Peanuts, is working. Next week is the big ultrasound, getting excited, nervous, anxious, all of the above!
The other day we heard a commercial on the radio for Kohls and the commercial was about "mom thought she was having a girl, but turned out to have a boy. She can exchange all that she bought for the little girl for her little boy, even without a receipt!" blah blah blah.. anyways.. This got me thinking about 1. that is one of the reasons we don't want to find out, we don't want a wrong answer! but also 2. I think we are going to have to buy some boy and girl clothes and return whatever we don't need. haha. I am sooooo excited because buying nuetral is fine, but I can't wait to pick out some cute girly and boy clothes : )

The house

Our cabinets and counters look great together! & love our dining room lights : )

Getting so close to the finish line! Yippee!