Just a Quickie

First off I hope all of you have an amazing Thanksgiving. I know I will because Matt and I have so very much to be thankful for!

I will get a post about my awesome shower and you will see firsthand just how the craftiness oozes from Laura's mom. However, I am at work and all the pictures are at home so hopefully this weekend.

Anywho, I had my NST (non stress test) yesterday. I will say the best part was sitting there for 30-40 minutes and listening to her heartbeat. She wasn't as active as they would have liked to see in the beginning but towards the end she woke up and started moving. Everything looked good from then on. My blood pressure was good so no increase in meds, YAY!!!! I go back on Wednesday for another one.

Finally, a big congratulations to Amanda @ Growing Griswolds who got an awesome beta number!!!

31 weeks

So yesterday on election day, we had our 3d ultrasound. I will be creating a tab soon I promise with some u/s pictures and a belly picture but in my hurry to leave this morning I walked off and forgot them. Anyways back to the appointment.

Matt met me at the doctor's fresh out of the combine so he had to be dusted off before we went in. This is actually very typical these days but I still love him! The tech asked if we knew what we were having and I said well last time you said it was a girl so she said she would verify for us. All Matt could say was well I still hope it is a girl or we will have to change some things!

Peanut was just chilling but the way the cord was we didn't get the clearest picture of her face but were still able to see it. I say she has Matt's nose which I make fun of (in his defense he makes fun of my ears). Peanut also let us know that she is a girl with her legs up in the air. Fluids and everything else was normal. Heartbeat was strong at 146. I will never get tired of hearing the heartbeat simple as it may be. She is measuring just over 4lbs. The doctor said she is measuring the weight of a baby whose due date would be the 28th of December but they are leaving my due date on January 7th.

Now the not so good news... my blood pressure was up again but the readings I have been doing at home have been normal so I am to keep monitoring it and if I notice an increase they will change my medicine. Because of that they want to do a stress test the next time I go which is the week of Thanksgiving. I will also have one the following week. Also my blood count is on the low side which means Peanut is stealing mine to help her grow. I wish she would steal some fat too but she is growing and that is all that matters. So I have to add an iron supplement to my routine. He was concerned but said it happens to a lot of woman. I am trying not to scare myself and to stay calm and not think about it just do what he says. We shall see if that works. To end on a positive note though, I did pass my glucose test! Diabetes runs in my family and with my weight I was at a higher risk but that is one thing I can check off!!

Regardless of How You are Voting...

I do hope you are voting on Tuesday. Quite frankly I am ready for the election to be over. A friend just posted this and if you are lucky enough to live in a swing state you will be able to relate and if you don't live in a swing state then you are just lucky. The clip is from the Jon Stewart show and cracked me up!!

Swing State Hell

Liebster Award!

The Lovely Alexis at Our Journey Through This Lovely Life nominated me for the Liebster Award!

This award is given to blogs with less than 200 followers. She gave me some questions to answer so here goes!

1. Do you remember your Dreams?

Here lately I have been and boy have they been vivid!

 

2. What was the last thing you bought?

 I bought a new desk for the spare room to put the computer and printer on. Exciting I know.

 

3. Is the glass half empty or half full?

I prefer to think the glass if half full but some days it is half empty. 

4. What's under your bed?

I'm sure a lot of dust bunnies, a dog bone or 2 and occasionally Chunky the cat goes under there.

5. Have you ever won the lottery?

Besides the occasional $5 or so on a scratch off nope never6.  Are you a morning person or a night owl?

 It depends on the season. Summer for sure a night owl, winter a morning person.

7. text or phone call?

Honestly depends on the person or situation. I'm on the phone a lot at work so text messages are some times easier

8. Do you sing in the shower?

 Doesn't everyone?

9. If you could change something about your home with out

 worrying about expense or mess what would it be?

 Gosh this is hard! I think though I would get rid of all the paneling and then be able to open up the house more. I could go on and on though on this question.

10. Do you blog for yourself or for your followers?

 It started out for me and a large part of it still is but it has allowed me to meet some awesome ladies.

11. Why did you start blogging?

A dear friend Laura @ The Adventures of an Infertile Myrtle

 showed me that it is ok to share your story and if nothing else be a safe place to spill your emotions because sometimes my friends and dear sweet husband can't take any more.

Now onto the new questions

1. What is that one movie, no matter how many times you have seen it when you catch it on tv you sit and watch?
2. Were you a band geek? If so what instrument(s) did you play?
3. What did you want to be when you grew up?
4. Are you an animal lover? 
5. Dream Car?
6. Biggest guilty pleasure?
7. If money wasn't an issue, what would be your dream vacation?
8. Favorite clothing store?
9. Favorite Disney movie?
10. Plain or Peanut M & M's 
11. What have you learned the most about yourself on your IF journey?      

The Nominees

Lucky @ Lucky As Sunshine

Faith @Faith Makes Things Possible Not Easy

Jen @ My Bum Ovaries 

Lilly @ Our Adventure through Infertility 

OSU GAME & 28 Week Appointment

 First off let me just say it was a good thing the Dr. wasn't going to check my blood pressure after that Ohio State game! Good grief talk about a game lasting to the very last seconds!! If you don't know, the Buckeyes won in OT 29-22 making us 8-0! It was a lot and I mean a lot of walking for this girl but it was good for me and worth it!

The title says it all. The guys pushing this around got a heck of a workout!

Brutus!!

Once upon a time I wanted to be him...then I realized I would never be that flexible

The only way my child is allowed to be a band geek (sorry former band geeks but I was one too!)

Script Ohio upside down- good thing our state is a small word!

Matt and I, not a good belly shot because I had lots of layers on

Monday was my 28 week appointment but it was almost a week behind because Tuesday I was 29 weeks. Holy cow technically only 11 more weeks!!! EEEEKKKKKK but hey it will be alright. I did make a list that Matt laughed at but it did make me feel better. Plus I've already crossed some items off it.I haven't gotten my glucose test results yet so keeping my fingers crossed I passed. Blood pressure was 134/68 and weight was the same.

I went to a baby shower of a high school friends on Sunday. Her and her husband had been trying for 5+ years and are going to welcome their miracle in a few short weeks and I couldn't be more excited for them. The food was amazing and her MIL is very talented because there were so many crocheted and knitted items around for this baby. He or she will certainly be loved. Funny thing too is that her husband went to school with Matt and wayyyy back in HS he was part of the crowd that brought Matt around before we started dating.

We go back to the Dr. on November 6th and we have our 3d ultrasound plus I start going every 2 weeks!!

Here's My Number So Call Me Crazy

1. I am not a Carly Rae Jepsen fan however I cannot seem to get from the song

Ok onto the real post and why you should call me crazy because that is where I feel like I am headed; Crazyville. Harvest is full go and this year working longer hours and 7+ days in a row is killing me.  I understand it is taking its toll because I have Peanut growing inside of me but I was not expecting to be this exhausted. I did have this weekend off because my boss stayed and worked which was nice.  I was able to get some cleaning done and laundry put away. Matt does a great job helping around the house such as doing the laundry so all I have to do is put it away, doing dishes, emptying and loading the dishwasher and taking out the trash. Those are all huge things that make the daily cleaning not pile up. I felt like a got a good cleaning done in the bathroom, kitchen and hallways. My goal before Peanut gets here is to either shampoo the rugs myself or just hire it out. I keep going back and forth because of the money and all the work moving furniture and such. I know I am probably wayyyy over thinking this which is the main reason I need a one way ticket to crazyville. 

Another reason, almost having a breakdown in Babies R Us because I was so overwhelmed. Now I have done research upon research about what is good to put on a registry, what can wait what you won't ever use etc etc. Well, when I got there everything I had read, prepared went right out the window. The 2 aisles of car seats alone was daunting. Not to mention the rows of bottles, strollers, swings I could go on and on. Don't get me wrong I was super excited to start my registry and I thought I was prepared but once again I was overthinking it. It probably didn't help that I was there by myself because Matt has been working very hard at getting the building up so we can move onto other things such as finishing the kitchen, setting up the spare room, putting a ceiling fan/light in the nursery and just getting everything in tip top shape.

So basically I just feel overwhelmed about getting everything done and done to the way I want it. Bird talked about this in her post too and I should just make a list because no matter how big it is crossing things off should in theory make me feel better. Right?

On another note and in my opinion a super exciting one. This is where Matt and I will be on Saturday! I will of course have pictures from this. It is Matt's first OSU game and I am so excited!!!!

My life in pictures

The big exciting (that is a big fat lie because lately my life is very boring but boring in a good way) life that I lead in picture format.

After a long Saturday at work Matt built a fire and this was the sunset so peaceful and pretty

After the sunset came the harvest moon

So many sweets at work these days. I also think I deserve a medal for driving to work with these sitting beside me and not eating a single one!

Up she goes, when trucks can't dump themselves we have to lift them up. Most elevators don't do this anymore because of the liability (can't imagine) but we still do.

Soybeans

That is pretty much it. Nothing exciting and new. Peanut has been very active lately which is just fine with me =). The painters are coming this weekend to do the first room so I will show pictures as soon as it gets done. I have also been busy researching registry items. I think we are going to go with BabiesRus and Wal-Mart. There just aren't many stores around that have baby items and that it is easy for people to get to. If it rains like it is supposed to Matt and I are going to take a trip and get started.

I also saw this pin today on pin.terest and it made me think of so many of you ladies and all of us in the IF community.

 

Happy Tuesday!