baby kicking fund

My mom LOVED being pregnant! She would probably be pregnant all the time if is wasn't such a weird concept. Anyway, a long time ago (possibly before Joey) my mom was talking about how cool it was to feel the baby kick. Being the entrepreneur that I am, I figured that someday when I was pregnant I would be able to make money off of the kicks in my belly! So as a joke she put "Baby Kicking Fund" on an envelope and threw in a few bucks. Well, once I got pregnant and the reality was getting closer that a baby would be kicking she started throwing in a few more bucks. Somehow a $20 got put in there...so she decided that was for the first kick! In the last week I have felt more movement/kicking, but it's not consistant or anything and I can't really time it...but yesterday I felt two in a row so I decided I'd call her over to see if the baby would kick again. Bingo! Apparently my baby has a strong kick because my mom jumped back pretty far and started to cry :-) Ok, so it was probably just her being happy and emotional, but I like to think my baby can kick some butt! haha! So now the $20 just moved into an envelope in my desk. When it's all done I'll be able to buy a nice present for Juliette...I think I'll get her shoes!!!

chicago

I took a mini-vaca to Chicago this weekend. I left Thursday night and came home Sunday. I FINALLY got down to see Meghan's baby!!! In his pictures he was starting to look so big, but he was still little and cute when I got there :-) Also, such a GOOD baby...I need me one of those!

On Friday we had craft day and made these AWESOME onesies!!! I think when we were done we were literally so proud of ourselves that we couldn't even talk. There is this stuff where you can iron fabric onto fabric (which the lady at the store screwed up the first time, so we had to go back) and it is really cool. Meghan bought a bunch of white onesies and then we made designs with the fabrics. She also got out her sewing machine and did some stiching on some of the designs. Very Martha! Here are our finished products...

Saturday we went to the mall and went to some cute kid stores. I do not like buying clothes in Chicago though because they have clothes tax! Boo! I did accidentally by a coat, but I had it shipped to MN, so no tax!! We came home Saturday night and made some homemade pizzas...quite tasty! I tried to get Harrison to pose for a pic with me, but he wasn't all that interested in the camera! (notice his onesie!!)

For dinner Meghan got this raspberry carbonated drink thing that I wanted to drink out of wine glasses, since I missed them!!!

Another photo op of Harrison, although we don't think this picture looks like him...something with the flash on my camera...VERY cute though!

See...BEST baby!! Sleeping :-)

He was very smiley on Sunday when I had to leave, so I took this chance at getting in one more photo. He also gave me a BIG smile when I told him next time I saw him he would be meeting his future wife!

Pretty much, it was a great trip. I had an awesome time with the Poulsoms...wish they lived closer (but then maybe I wouldn't like them as much...haha jk Meg!).

p.s. While I was gone Joey was the bestest hubby! He cleaned the entire house...scrubbed floors, vacuumed, did laundry, made the bed, cleaned bathrooms!

BRITNEY!!

Yeah, that's right, I'll say it...I love Britney! I have always liked her music (realizing that it's not legendary stuff, but it makes me want to dance and I like some of the lyrics). I buy her cd's the day they come out. I think her story is quite interesting...and you can't blame her for half of the crap she's gone through. I like that she's made a comeback. And, I think she is a good entertainer...which is why I wanted to go to her show. I was going to wait until the end and make a game time decision, but the thing SOLD OUT! Luckily, VK (Laura's company) is going to try to woo Green Mill into being a client by giving us tickets to the Britney concert!! So not only am I going to see Britney, I am going with my mom in awesome seats! (section 130, row L!!)

I need to get me that golden ticket t-shirt....

more presents! ...and a brush with death

What is better than getting presents? Getting more presents...and in the mail!! I remember how fun it was to get packages when I was getting married, but those were mostly delivered to my parents house. Yesterday Joey and I went to get the mail and we had a key in our box (it's a tower of mailboxes so if you get something really big, then you get a key and get to open one of the big boxes...soooooo exciting!!). I knew it was probably from Meghan since she'd called for my address last week, but it was still exciting! My favorite part of getting mail from Meghan is she usually includes some kind of drawing on notebook paper with a blue pen (Meghan is a writer, not a drawer...). So the front has a picture of us holding our babies with our matching strollers- super cute. Her presents were thoughtful, and probably difficult for her to buy. Meghan, for whatever reason, is not really all that into Disney (yes, we're still friends...amazing, I know!). But before I was pregnant she found these cute books for me and kept them until now (since they are vintage it ups the cool factor, making a Disney gift ok to give):I also got some fake Ugg looking boots (there's a story with this one) and some Winnie the Pooh pacifiers. It was super fun and thoughtful and much needed yesterday!!

FYI on yesterday... Joey and Jason (his friend he carpools with to work) were in an accident in the morning- Jason was driving, it was rainy, etc. They basically started hydroplaning, did a 360, hit the median, started spinning the other way across the right lane, hit a lightpost (took it out so it was laying in the freeway), hit a tree, and came back to a stop facing the wrong way half on the grass, half on the shoulder. Yeah, and they WALKED AWAY TOTALLY FINE!! WTF?!? Joey said he was lucky to be alive...which is what a pregnant wife loves to hear...ugh. This is the short version of the story, there would be a lot to type out, and I am sure if I talk to you in person in the next few weeks you'll get the long version! So last night we went to Chili's with Brent and Kristine to celebrate Joey being alive. Freaky!

presents :-)

Who doesn't love presents? I love to give them, get them...they are just fun! So my dad called me on Friday to tell me that there was a present dropped off at their house for "the Davern Family". I couldn't figure out who would drop something off there...so, as I have no patience, I told me dad he could open the card :-) That confused him because it was from the Muckerheides. My friend from high school, Erin Lee, got married so she had a different name. I explained it to my dad and all was good. Then I went there after work and picked it up! Yay! It was my first nicely wrapped present (see above!)! Even though I have no patience, I did wait to open it until I was with Joey! One gift was pretty much for me...a book of porn for new moms! Super cute! (**interjection: Brent thought I should explain this a bit better...it's not a freaky porn book. It's a book of some guys with their shirts off offering to clean diapers and stuff.) Then we also got a bath gift set with a cute towel, hand puppet/washcloth, and soap. I love it!

Then on Saturday mom and I went to get massages. Ahhhhh...I could never have too many of these! EVER! On the way home we stopped in Macy's and found some CUTE as hell (can you really say that when talking about a baby???) dresses. It was also their one day sale, so with my discount we got two dresses for $20. I will try to take a real picture tonight, but my internet googling found me one of them...the one I got is actually a dark pink though:

And finally, I did not get this b/c it was only in the bigger kid sizes, but HOW CUTE for when I coach tennis and have to bring my kid along???

That's it for now! Have a nice Monday!

self portrait at 23 weeks

So today is 23 weeks, which is also 17 to go!! There are lots of fun facts about the baby, but I am sure what you all really want is my belly :-) So this morning I woke up and took a self portrait... this was seriously a lot of work! I had to use two little shoebox sized plastic bins and my camera case tilted just so on my bed to try and get a picture. After about 10 tries of trying not to make my arm look fat b/c it's in the front of the picture, this was the 7am winner (and yes, I am wearing the same shirt as my other belly pic...):

Happy March Madness!!

funny T's

feel free to buy me any of these :-)

There are a bunch more funny ones, but I thought I'd just post a few! :-)

feet

Ok, if you know me, I hate feet. Pretty much always have. They are ugly...mine, yours, really anyone's. I just don't like them. I am thinking of making an excpetion to the rule with baby feet...they are still innocent and have not had the chance to grow ugly yet! I know they will eventually be ugly, but I am going to enjoy the time when they are cute and still smell nice :-)

The reason for this entry is because I finally felt Juliette kick! The best thing was that I was in bed so I quick grabbed Joey's hand hoping she would do it again, and she did! So that was pretty cool. Now I just have to get her to do it at work so that my mom can feel it (and I can make some money...she has a "Baby Kicking Fund" envelope!).

internet baby facts

Every week I get an email with an update of how far along I am, then it brings me to a link to tell me more about my baby, my body, and then tries to sell me some pillow or belly band or cream. Anyway, last week I had to laugh out loud at the analogy that they gave for my baby at 22 weeks: "This week your mini is about as long as a package of Oreos and as heavy as a large bag of tortilla chips." Cracked me up....love how they are always comparing the size of the baby to some food...do they have a deal with food companies or something?? (it did make me buy some Oreos at the grocery store this week).

attention blog creepers...

Thank you all for "loving" me...hehe. Ok, I have 8 "followers" on this blog, but I know that more of you read this! If you read it you should sign up to be a follower...it's only fair! I like to know who reads this. It only takes like 2 minutes and if you have enough time to waste reading my blog, then you have enough time to waste signing up to be a follower :-)

p.s. Go Raider hockey tonight!!

the value of makeup...

Today Meghan called me and wanted to know when I would be posting a new belly pic. Well, I like to do it "on the week", but last Thursday I got home really late (yeah Raiders hockey for making it to state!!), so I didn't wake Joey up to take a picture...then it was a busy weekend, and I decided we would just do it later this week. However, just for kicks (which I am not getting yet) I decided to have my mom take a quick belly shot at work. HOLY MAKEUP...as in, I should put some on my face! My face was soooooo horrible that I cut it out of this picture so you can actually focus on my belly and not my face....it was THAT bad (I am sure Brent has a wise ass comment for this, but I probably deserve it!). I now know that in order not to look like a frumpy pregnant lady (Meghan's words), I need makeup.

Anyway, I'll be posting a weekly pic later this week with the tight shirt and fully makeuped face, but for now, here is a belly fix...

attention moms...

Before I start registering or just buying things, I want some advice...please leave a comment to this blog entry about your top 5 "must have/best" items, and 3 things you've never used (or were not worth the money). Thanks in advance for your help!!

baby clothes

This is a picture of the first thing Joey and I bought for Juliette. It's a little Ralph Lauren nighty type thing. Joey picked it out because he liked the feet! I liked that it was Polo :-) That being said, here is my rant on clothes...I hate them. I think they are a waste of money. Babies grow out of things so fast you don't even have enough time to enjoy all of the stuff you get/buy. And you never know how big they're going to be when they are born, so you could get all this cute newborn stuff and then have a 9lb baby! Since we're having a summer baby, I am assuming she'll spend the first few months in a onesie trying to stay cool, so I am nervous about getting a bunch of clothes. I guess there are bigger things to worry about, but this just happens to be on my mind today.

it's a girl!!!

So it's official! We're having a girl! The socks in the picture above are how we told my family. We had the ultrasound on Friday morning and then went to my parents house for lunch (Brent and Kristine met us there). Once everyone was there, we had them close their eyes and hold out their hands. We put a pink sock in each of their hands and counted to 3 (yeah, pretty dramatic!). Then they all opened their eyes and screaming/squealing ensued.

At that point in the day it still hadn't hit me. About 90% of you/people were guessing boy, and for a while I thought it was a boy, so I think I just came to expect that it would be a boy. At the ultrasound the lady asked if she could tell what it was did we want to know. I told her I wasn't leaving until we knew! Anyway, about 5 minutes in she said she thought it was a girl, but needed another angle. So we couldn't really react because we weren't sure...then about 15 minutes later she was able to find a good angle (shown below) and confirm that it's a girl. But it didn't really hit me, I think I was just in a daze. Part of me wanted a boy for Joey because I thought it would calm him in the whole process. However, by Friday night when we were laying in bed I said I was over him and I was happy that it was a girl! hehe.

proof that it's a girl:

This girl thing has also changed my mind about nursery colors. I was totally into this neutral thing and using green...but my love for purple has come through pretty strong. It is taking some convincing on my part to get Joey to agree to purple, but a pregnant woman should never lose, right? We'll see what happens!

Here are a few more pics from the ultrasound...this 3D stuff is pretty amazing! And I suppose I should also report that everything is measuring normal, levels are good, and all that stuff that you want to hear at the 20 wk ultrasound. My placenta is currently in front of my cervix, so I get another ultrasound at 26wks to make sure it has moved out of the way (so yay, free ultrasound!).

Finally, my mom stopped by on Saturday to drop off some soup (we had a little cold in our house), my pregnancy pillow present, AND these cute little cupcakes!! You can't tell, but the muffin cups also have Tinkerbell on them! Yay!