Here I am, big belly, sausage fingers and all, just waiting for little Mac to start knocking at the door to meet everyone. I don't feel like I have an inch of space left in me and all my insides are so squashed! Just an example was tonight when Ray and I ate dinner, I stood up and let out an involuntary burp...I guess my poor stomach had been waiting to let that out, and how lady-like did it sound! :) I can't believe this journey is coming so close to an end. I have to say that it's been a really good pregnancy overall. I've been fortunate enough to not experience morning sickness, horrendous back pains, or excessive weight gain (thank goodness).
Despite me moisturizing my belly twice a day and massaging, nothing can keep the stretch marks away. I believe a lot of this has to do with genetics, not how religiously you apply your special lotions, belly balm or body oil (I tried several). Ray found a picture with a woman's stomach displaying some stretch marks and a caption on it saying, "your body is not ruined, you're a tiger who earned her stripes." He didn't want me to feel disappointed once I started to see those lovely marks appear. :)
So now my hospital bag is packed at the front door, along with a soon-to-be-occupied infant car seat. Every now and then I stop myself in the midst of all the baby preparations and sometimes look in the mirror and think, "I'm going to be a mother?!" Yes, yes that is true and there is a huge ball of emotions that go along with it. There is certainly no turning back now, I'll give it my best shot, I can't wait to meet my son and hope I can be a great mother.
Now here I sit in this roller coaster all buckled in and waiting for it to start and holding on tight, Mac just needs to press start.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Fall 2011, what's new?
I thought I would give a short update on what's been going on lately. Honestly, I wish I had more good news to report, but I will start by going over the best of it. My pregnancy has been going pretty well-although I still deal with my PVC's on a daily basis, so that's one thing I will be glad to get rid of once I have Mac (hopefully it's just a pregnancy thing for me). Right now I'm at 32 weeks and 4 days, time is beginning to fly now! I am so excited for my baby shower in a couple more weeks, I'll get to see family and my great friends all at once! I'm very thankful that my extended family is so loving and willing to put all this together for us and Mac. I have no worries for our son, because he will have so much love when he arrives-he won't be able to handle it. :) We may not have much money to provide him with everything we would like for him to have but I'm hoping we can make it all work.
I'm beginning to get nervous getting further along and Ray still can't find a job. It's so irritating that this stupid economy is still so bad, and now our bubble has burst since he is done with school, no more VA compensation. As much as I hated dealing with the VA I miss that benefit. We are getting a taste of what millions of Americans are dealing with these days, why does our economy seem no better off than it did 3 years ago? All this job creation talk and President Obama's speeches clearly aren't a remedy to the problem. I wish the nightmare of unemployment for us and so many others would end.
On a different note- fall is here already, which means our weather is cooling off (and we got some rain!), a new baby is around the corner and then my mom and hopefully at least one sister is coming to visit us during Christmas time! It's been a long time since I've spent a Christmas with my mom, and I'm glad she'll get to meet her first grandchild!
I'm beginning to get nervous getting further along and Ray still can't find a job. It's so irritating that this stupid economy is still so bad, and now our bubble has burst since he is done with school, no more VA compensation. As much as I hated dealing with the VA I miss that benefit. We are getting a taste of what millions of Americans are dealing with these days, why does our economy seem no better off than it did 3 years ago? All this job creation talk and President Obama's speeches clearly aren't a remedy to the problem. I wish the nightmare of unemployment for us and so many others would end.
On a different note- fall is here already, which means our weather is cooling off (and we got some rain!), a new baby is around the corner and then my mom and hopefully at least one sister is coming to visit us during Christmas time! It's been a long time since I've spent a Christmas with my mom, and I'm glad she'll get to meet her first grandchild!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Ahhh....time off, for a change!
Do I really have 5 days off from work, for once?? Yes I do! With taking so much time out from work lately due to normal OB or cardiologist appointments, I'm just glad I still have some time off. So what did I do with 3 weekdays off? I have booked appointments, again! :)
We don't have much extra money right now with Ray searching for a job so we couldn't go on any weekend trips or anything as I would have liked, so I decided now is the time these things need to get done-dogs are going to the vet, I am having my teeth cleaned, etc. Sounds fun, huh? I know someone reading this must envy me! haha!
I am hoping the fact that Ray has recently begun getting calls and emails are a good sign that companies want to start hiring for the fall....now will they pay well to start? That's the kicker. For now we wait and see.
The pregnancy is going well, slowly getting bigger, of course. Little Mac is moving around all the time now-including today while I was getting my nice, relaxing birthday massage that Heather treated me to. :) Maybe he liked the fact that I was relaxing for once-I certainly did. My two hours at the spa included a one-hour massage (using a special pillow to accommodate my belly), a wonderful organic facial and a sugar scrub on my hands and feet. You can bet I did not want to leave, I even took my time drinking the water they give you at the end. Then I had to convince myself that walking out into 100ยบ weather wasn't going to be so bad...not the case since the massage oils seemed to start melting down my arms, face....it's a gross feeling.
Anyway, I vow to enjoy this time off as much as possible no matter what I have on my schedule. I am going to have a great birthday even if I do nothing, and perhaps do a little baby shopping if I can find some good sales. I will not think about work, except for the fact that I don't have to face a certain someone who can make my day miserable so easily. I know that I deserve this time off, and don't feel one bit guilty that I'm not working overtime like they have been asking. My time is too precious and I don't want my health in jeopardy from more stress with this heart stuff I have going on, just to make a few piddly extra dollars since they tax the heck out of it. I'm off to enjoy my evening!
We don't have much extra money right now with Ray searching for a job so we couldn't go on any weekend trips or anything as I would have liked, so I decided now is the time these things need to get done-dogs are going to the vet, I am having my teeth cleaned, etc. Sounds fun, huh? I know someone reading this must envy me! haha!
I am hoping the fact that Ray has recently begun getting calls and emails are a good sign that companies want to start hiring for the fall....now will they pay well to start? That's the kicker. For now we wait and see.
The pregnancy is going well, slowly getting bigger, of course. Little Mac is moving around all the time now-including today while I was getting my nice, relaxing birthday massage that Heather treated me to. :) Maybe he liked the fact that I was relaxing for once-I certainly did. My two hours at the spa included a one-hour massage (using a special pillow to accommodate my belly), a wonderful organic facial and a sugar scrub on my hands and feet. You can bet I did not want to leave, I even took my time drinking the water they give you at the end. Then I had to convince myself that walking out into 100ยบ weather wasn't going to be so bad...not the case since the massage oils seemed to start melting down my arms, face....it's a gross feeling.
Anyway, I vow to enjoy this time off as much as possible no matter what I have on my schedule. I am going to have a great birthday even if I do nothing, and perhaps do a little baby shopping if I can find some good sales. I will not think about work, except for the fact that I don't have to face a certain someone who can make my day miserable so easily. I know that I deserve this time off, and don't feel one bit guilty that I'm not working overtime like they have been asking. My time is too precious and I don't want my health in jeopardy from more stress with this heart stuff I have going on, just to make a few piddly extra dollars since they tax the heck out of it. I'm off to enjoy my evening!
Saturday, July 2, 2011
A mini me on the way, I have a parasite, there's a bun baking-whatever you wanna call it :)
If you've been living under a rock you probably don't know this, but I am pregnant. :) Shocking, I know, since I have been married for 7 1/2 years now and we just now found this to be our time to become parents. Maybe that makes us old fashioned? Many couples we know chose to mix up the order of starting a family-which is fine but then everyone turned to us for so many years asking, "So when are YOU guys going to have kids??" Well ask no more! We get more and more excited as each day goes by and I look down everyday and see less and less of my feet-eventually it'll look like I'm just floating I'm sure, from my point of view. A growing belly makes it seem more real to me, and the fact that in 5 more days we will know if it's going to be a little Ray or Andrea!
It's a funny feeling to know that for so long I watched childhood friends announce their pregnancies, post ultrasound pictures, belly pictures, how many weeks they are...EVERY week, pregnancy tickers, etc. on networking sites and now that could be me. I know it's the excitement that drives people to post this stuff but I don't really see the point in posting every little thing. So for me, I mostly post about the stuff that pertains to me, and if you want to know more beyond what I post you can ask. I just think some of these things can get annoying when you see person after person posting the same stuff. Sorry if all that sounded grumpy or mean-I'm not, it's just been my opinion.
As I sit on my couch on a bright and sunny Saturday morning I am fighting the urge to want to buy baby stuff. I have found that trying to stick to gender neutral things just does not work for me, it only gets me frustrated because they really aren't neutral! I stepped into a Baby's R Us recently with a friend for my first time and found myself completely overwhelmed with the variety and extent of what they carry-how the heck do you know which ones to pick??!!! Even walking through HEB (our grocery store here) down the baby aisle is too much for me, is there a class I can just take to tell me what I really need and what stuff is optional??!! I would love that. The other thing driving me absolutely nuts right now is baby names. 98% of the ones I hear or read about are either stupid, I have/had friends with that name, celebrities share the name etc. and we only have middle names picked out. I don't want names like Joe or Bob, or Jessica (no offense to those who have them)-too common for me, so what do people do in this situation? My luck we'll be arguing about names as I am pushing....it gives me a headache just thinking about it.
It's a funny feeling to know that for so long I watched childhood friends announce their pregnancies, post ultrasound pictures, belly pictures, how many weeks they are...EVERY week, pregnancy tickers, etc. on networking sites and now that could be me. I know it's the excitement that drives people to post this stuff but I don't really see the point in posting every little thing. So for me, I mostly post about the stuff that pertains to me, and if you want to know more beyond what I post you can ask. I just think some of these things can get annoying when you see person after person posting the same stuff. Sorry if all that sounded grumpy or mean-I'm not, it's just been my opinion.
As I sit on my couch on a bright and sunny Saturday morning I am fighting the urge to want to buy baby stuff. I have found that trying to stick to gender neutral things just does not work for me, it only gets me frustrated because they really aren't neutral! I stepped into a Baby's R Us recently with a friend for my first time and found myself completely overwhelmed with the variety and extent of what they carry-how the heck do you know which ones to pick??!!! Even walking through HEB (our grocery store here) down the baby aisle is too much for me, is there a class I can just take to tell me what I really need and what stuff is optional??!! I would love that. The other thing driving me absolutely nuts right now is baby names. 98% of the ones I hear or read about are either stupid, I have/had friends with that name, celebrities share the name etc. and we only have middle names picked out. I don't want names like Joe or Bob, or Jessica (no offense to those who have them)-too common for me, so what do people do in this situation? My luck we'll be arguing about names as I am pushing....it gives me a headache just thinking about it.
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