Otto's Birthday Pictures

For all those who didn't experience the joy of Otto's Birthday Party at Chuck E. Cheese... Here are some things you did or didn't miss: One million kids running around Chuck E. Cheese, The chance to play Air Hockey and kick everyone's butt, The delicious grease ball food (I mean pizza), and.... Otto's face repeatedly ending up in the cake!!!

Thank You to the Arnolds!!!

Thanks to Brent and Sarah I was able to take pictures this weekend and able to have Darren take pictures of my big ol' belly!! So here is to Brent and Sarah hope that you enjoy the pics and don't laugh too hard...
Pic 1: Jacob and I at Otto's B-day
Pic 2: Darren and I at Debbie's for Thanksgiving (holding a wishbone)
Pic 3:Darren and I at Dinner in Willows with my Family (not sure but I think I was about 5 months)
Pic 4: A picture of my Belly at 36 1/2 weeks taken on 12/18/06

Christmas Wish List!

1. A Healthy Baby
2. A new Memory Card (Check)
3. A Loving, Caring and Supportive Man (Check)
4. A Safe and Natural Birth without complications
5. Time to spend with Family
6. A Pack and Play for the Baby

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEY!!!

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY JOEY!!!

I really wish that I had a memory card for my camera. Tonight we are going out to Debbie and Clinton's house for dinner for Joey's Birthday. Dinner sounds so yummy and I hope that I can at least keep down a tiny piece of Tri-tip, red meat is really hard for me to eat. But, baked potatoe sounds really good. I am looking forward to having dinner with my family and hanging out at Debbie's house, her new room is really relaxing and looks great... I enjoyed my last visit there on Thanksgiving, Debbie and I took a few minutes to enjoy her room and just sit there and talk, it was great! Anyways, sorry Joey I won't be able to take any pictures for you tonight. Love you Little Roo and hope you have a good Birthday, I know you will like my gift....

Good or Bad??

So, I had a Dr. Appointment yesterday and everything went well. This time I didn't get upset and frustrated and have a very hard winded conversation with the Dr. I just simply let him do his job and trust that my baby and I are in good hands. Anyways, each time I go to the Dr. they take a Urine sample, Blood Pressure, Fetal Heartbeat and a measurement of my stomach growth. Everything is just fine other than I can't decide if it is a good or bad thing when the Dr. looks at you after doing all these things and says with a loud expression "Wow, quite a BIG growth spurt these last two weeks, huh?" I only have two explanations for why that might have happened: One, if I don't eat something at least every hour to two hours I get a headache and a stomach ache; and Two, in those two weeks was Thanksgiving, what pregnant lady can resist Cheesecake, Apple Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Apple Crisp. And those are just the desserts, add in all the Turkey, stuffing, mashed patatoes, cranberry, etc. So, that is my explanation for the 7 pound weight gain and 3-4 cm stomach growth. I suppose for the health of the baby I can afford to gain those pounds in the last month or two. It's not like I don't get my exercise walking in the freezing cold nights up and down the driveway, but this tummy really feels like it is getting out there. Unlike other pregnant women that I have seen, my stomach is going straight out rather than up or down. Thanks for sticking with my boring blog and reading these long posts...

Technological Errors....

Well as we all know, I haven't had a computer for a long time. As a result I haven't emptied my memory card on my camera and it was completely full. So on Sunday I frantically tried to hook up Darren's laptop as a last result and download the pics from my memory card to the laptop. Well, everthing there went just fine but it would not allow me to delete the pics off the memory card using the computer, so I unhooked the memory card and put it back into my camera and was in a huge rush to try and delete pictures so that I could get to my babyshower and take some new ones. Needless to say, my batteries went dead in my camera and the camera automatically shut off as I was deleting pictures. To my suprise I already had another set charged, and began to put the charged set into the camera when I got the two sets mixed up and didn't know which were which, as I finally figured it out and turned the camera on.... Only to find out that in the process I somehow messed up my memory card and now all my camera will say when I try to access pictures for review is "Corrupted Files"... I am able to take pictures but unable to review or access them?? Stupid technology anyways...

Okay so my whole point behind this fusterating expierence was simply to say that my camera is broken until I am able to figure out how to get the "corrupted files" deleted or until I am able to get a new memory card and hope that my entire camera isn't destroyed :( Therefore, I was unable to take pictures at my babyshower and will now have to depend on Darren's Aunt to make me a CD of the pictures that she took and then I will hopefully be able to post some of them.

Overall, other than being extremely fustrated with my camera, I had a great time at the shower and am very thankful!!! I received many great gifts and had even more fun going through them again at home with Darren. He even put together our stroller and car seat set late last night. It is very nice and we were both extremely excited that we had actually received that item from our gift registry list at Toys R Us.

We have intentions to hopefully all this week after work continue and maybe even finish our Nursery this week... Other than grocery shopping tonight (definatly need lunch and snack food) because you need to have food/energy in order to tackle a project of this size... We have emptied the room, except for the huge desk that will need to taken apart and we have bought a quart of paint and painted a test spot on the wall. The color is just perfect and we will pick up another gallon of paint and begin painting.

I am at work and need to continue working, I will update more later.

A Baby Story!

Wow, how time flies!!! Today, I am starting is my 34th week, just six more weeks after this... It seems like just yesterday, that I was sitting at Home Town Buffet for Mother's Day Breakfast and feeling extremely sick. The smallest bite of food made me want to run straight to the bathroom and man did it seem cold that day, or maybe my breasts were just extra sensitive. It was a shot in the woods but I mentioned all of this to Darren and we decided right there in the parking lot, that first thing Monday I was going to take a test... Now, we are attempting to some day soon start preparing our Nursery for the new arrival that is supposed to be here just six weeks away!

The baby and I have avoided the hospital in the last few weeks and seem to be doing just fine. I am a little disappointed in the ultrasound tech at the hospital cause I told him that I did not want to know the sex of the baby and the first thing he said was "You might want to turn you head cause it is pretty obvious", now Darren has his hopes up that it is a boy... So, I guess now that Mommy is feeling better, the baby has decided to be very active in the last week. The baby has become very familiar with Daddy's touch and voice, it really enjoys when Daddy comes home and talks to it and we both enjoy the evening when he rubs my belly and talks with the baby!!! All in all things seem to be doing just fine and we have another Dr. Appointment of Monday. Lets see if I can beat last appointments record of a 3 pound wait gain in a two week period. Maternity cloths are beginning to get tight and a little short on the belly so I guess I will finally be fitting into size Medium in Maternity... Not looking forward to the huge belly in the next few weeks to come and hope that the stretching doesn't show.... Thanks for all the support from my family and friends...

Now for the fun stuff and upcoming events! This Sunday, I am very excited to be attending a special Baby Shower. The Shower will be given by Darren's Aunt Vicky and Aunt Janet. I am very excited and happy that my mom and some of my sisters will be there physically and one at heart, to enjoy the fun with me... I can't wait! We will foresure need to set up the Nursery or clear a room, any room, to fit all of our baby stuff into the house. I am hoping to be able to update pictures soon, as we are hoping to get stuff situated at the house so that we can hook up the laptop to the Internet. Maybe I will be able to post pictures from the Shower for those who are unable to attend physically but will be there in heart!!! Lots of Love for now, and please don't give up on my blog yet...