Doctor Day...

Another uneventful doctors appointment, which is a good thing! His heartbeat is good and I only gained a pound in the last month, go me!!! That means I gained baby weight and not extra me weight so I am happy with that. I have had two bad months when I more than made up for that so don't think I am not gaining weight, I have! There is something so nice about going to his office, it is so quiet and relaxing actually. He doesn't allow children so that is really nice, no sick kids or annoying kids that make you go "oh crap, it's too late now!" haha, you know you've thought it when you see some kids. It also makes it quicker when parents aren't towing around their kids. I have graduated to 3 weeks now instead of 4 weeks in between appointments. I guess that means I am getting somewhat closer! I can't wait to meet Carson-I wish it would go faster, but I will try to enjoy all the fun kicks and stretches I feel for now. I am even grateful for every kick during the night when I am trying to sleep! I really think after waiting longer to get him, I appreciate all the aches and pains of pregnancy, and there are some now. haha. It's okay Carson, your more than worth it!!!!
I also registered yesterday which took so much longer than I expected. How can a baby need so much stuff?! Before I pressed the trigger on the scanner I would ask myself "do I really need this?". I just don't like a lot of clutter, but I tried to get stuff that we could store pretty easily. I think some spring cleaning is in order to make room for baby stuff. Come on nesting instinct you can kick in any time!

It never ends...

And the work continues on Carson's room...here is his seat cushion covered in super cute cow print fabric. It is so soft and it is washable! My mom and her friend made it last week. It looks so good!

My mom also made the valance out of the wood looking fabric. I love that it looks like a plank of wood, it is so boyish.

We also had crown molding put up by some friends of our family. They did a great job, especially because we have 2 rounded corners that were tricky. I think the molding makes the room look more fresh and clean. It just finished it off really nice. Nine months is a long time to think about things to do to his room, I am surprised I am holding back so much really. haha. I am not the only one way into this though, Eric has had an opinion too, he is so excited and especially being a boy he is totally into getting his room all done and making sure it is 100% boy! I am just glad he let me do something other than sports because I know it will probably be sports soon enough so I was glad to have something different for a while at least. The next big thing is obviously the crib and dresser which we have looked a few times for, but I never seem to find anything I love for his room. It seems when I find a crib I like-the matching dresser is just too darn big for the room. Or the crib is so giant that it would take up the whole room itself. I don't know if anyone else has noticed how big cribs are now! Geez, you would have to have a really big room to have one of these giant cribs, plus all the other furniture. I really want a more simple style crib, most of them are really bulky and they are more solid and you can't even see the cute bumper that goes around the railing. I love the look of the Jenny Lind style cribs (they are more simple) , but they all have the matching open changing table and I want a dresser with drawers and I havn't found one that I could match a dresser with that even comes close. Then I found a set online that I love, but it is a little pricey, but looks really nice. This is more complicated than I thought it would be. I am not overly concerned with it making into a toddler bed or full size bed just because it will hopefully be a crib for a while and toddler beds are cheap so I am not worried about that. I want to love the crib though because however many kids we have, they will all sleep in it and so it will be around a while. So that is the next thing on the list, it is just proving to be harder than we thought. So that is the newest on the room situation. It is a long, but really fun process!

Date night...

We went and saw Jack Ingram perform at Buck Owens Crystal Palace last night. It was a lot of fun. The atmosphere there is so much better than an arena. Plus you can eat and enjoy the concert which is more relaxing. We enjoyed our date night, which we sadly don't get very often with Eric's schedule now. Oh well we will make up for it when he is done with school we will resume going on dates more often. And just because we have a kid on the way doesn't mean our date nights will just stop, so many people like to say that and I don't buy it for a minute. We will still go on dates and have time together just the two of us. I don't think of the next few months as we better hurry up and go on dates because that is the end of that. I don't think so. I think we will appreciate them even more though when we have a baby.

It was so much nicer to actually be able to see him, instead of being at an arena really far away from the action.

Gee don't look too happy being on a date with me! haha. I took it before he smiled, I promise he really did have fun!

We played with the camera while we waited for the concert to start.

Some pictures....

My belly looks big in this picture! I guess not just my belly looks bigger, oh well. Anyways, the funny thing about this picture is if you notice how Daisy is standing right next to the treadmill, for some reason she stands there almost the whole time I am on it, it is like she is in some sort of trance or something. It is really strange. Then when she comes out of her trance she runs around the house finding all her toys and she brings them to me. She does this every time. She might be upset with me because she hasn't gone on her walks much lately with the weather being bad and all.

The belly is growing!

Here is the window we decided to paint red. I need to go get some mattes made to fit in the panes now for pictures.

Here is the fabric for the valance. My mom is going to make it. I love that it looks like wood, such a boy looking fabric and it goes so well with his barnyard theme. I decided to say goodbye to the red corduroy fabric when I saw these! Strawberry Patches has the CUTEST fabric!

Here is the fabric for his storage bench seat. It is like a soft blanket material.

Oh no.... not the diet again!!!!!!!

Oh yea, the doc said the dreaded words to me again. I am to stick to his diet and NOTHING else. Ugh. So much for being pregnant and eating what you want when you want it. I mean I havn't done that at all and I don't get to either. I seem to gain weight super easily when I am pregnant. So strict dieting is my life now. I have messed up hormones that doesn't help the situation, so I really do have to be more strict. The really bummer thing is that we were going to go to the beach and for V-Day I told Eric all I wanted was to be taken out to breakfast for waffles, mmmm....they have been sounding so good. Except I can't have waffles now because I am a fatty pregnant woman on a diet again. And if it is cold and rainy then really what fun is it when we can't go get food or anything. This totally ruined our trip to the beach, cuz Eric was counting on some good food at least. So much for that. That would be torture to watch him eat a fatty steak or waffles with maple syrup and all I get is lettuce or one egg, so forget that! I can only gain 10 more pounds during the rest of my pregnancy...that is way less than a pound a week from now on. I have gained too much up to this point. I have eaten out a lot lately, but I thought I was being good still. We went to elephant bar the other night, but I got a salad and didn't even put the dressing on it and I picked out most of the candied walnuts to cut some calories. I have been to Camilles and got half a turkey sandwich and salad with light dressing. I went to CPK last night and had a salad and only used a tiny bit of dressing (it did have the tortilla strips in it though). Where have I gone SO wrong! It seems everywhere I go I am trying to make healthy food choices. I cook healthy at home. I just don't get it!!!! So back onto my starvation diet, seriously, it feels like I am starving on it. This has definetely been the HARDEST thing about pregnancy, the weight gain! I don't think I will ever get use to the thought of gaining so much weight and then being slapped on the wrist for it. I think my doctor thinks I eat junk food and fast food all the time or something and that is not the case at all. Oh well the less I gain now, the less I have to lose later.

Since I am complaining already...I might as well keep going....I have been waking up with leg cramps, a charlie horse. It is a lovely way to be woken up. I use to get them when I was a swimmer, but havn't experienced them since then. I have been getting them a lot lately, doctor says it is normal. My lower back has been hurting too, but what pregnant woman doesn't get back pain. And the worst is my tail bone. It feels bruised all the time. Once again he said it was normal. So basically I have the same complaints as everyone else he sees.

Carson's heartbeat was also normal, which was the first "normal" I was really excited about! I feel him moving a lot and I love it!!!! Can't wait to meet our little man! Until then I will be crying about my diet! haha. I will dream about these....with lots of syrup and berries!

Maternity clothes galore!!!!

I went to Fresno the other day with my mom, her friend, and my grandma. There is the BEST maternity store there called Destination Maternity, as you can see I found so many things! I could have gotten a lot more, but I had to stop myself at some point. They carry Motherhood and Pea in a Pod. They bring you juice and water and get you whatever you need, it was so nice! Customer service, go figure! And they have the bellies to try on with your clothes to see if they will fit when you get bigger. I can't tell you how excited I was to be in a store with so many clothes to fit me, instead of a tiny little corner of a department store with frumpy looking clothes or our tiny little motherhood store that doesn't have that much. I was in heaven I tell you! All the young looking maternity clothes just waiting for me to buy! I was able to finish out my wardrobe and I will be keeping these for future pregnancies too, so it was well worth it. I got a couple of the things at old navy too, but mostly the other store. Destination maternity has a website too so you can order clothes as well. I recommend the drive to Fresno to experience how wonderful it really is though! Now the weather needs to be warmer again so I can wear my cute clothes!

Eric and his brother Kyle put together Carson's storage bench the other night. Kyle was over helping with computer stuff and so they put together the bench and it is SO cute!!! I think Carson will have the nicest furniture in the whole house! But hey, we waited a while for him and so did grandparents so he will just be spoiled the most.

Don't they look dorky sitting on the bench?! haha. I think they feel just as dorky too!

22 week picture and new room finds...

Here I am at 22 weeks on Super Bowl Sunday. I took the picture before the game because after the game I might look much bigger than I am after eating. I am feeling good still and my thyroid meds have been increased so I think I will be feeling even better when that kicks in. I also did a yoga class this week-I havn't done it since being pregnant, but it was really good for me I think, so I will probably continue doing that. It wasn't one for pregnant women, but I just improvised and the instructor helped me too. It is so relaxing and is suppose to help with labor so I think I will try to keep it up as long as I can.

Here is the bookshelf that was ordered, we love it! We have a matching storage bench too, but one of the parts is wrong so we are waiting on a new one. I can't wait to fill the bottom shelves with cute little kid books, so fun! For now he has little western rubber duckies and a doctor ducky to represent what his daddy does. Maybe Carson will be in the medical field like his daddy, you never know! Hope he doesn't take after his mommy and hate needles! My mom found the ducks a long time ago (before I was pregnant I think), they are so cute. I can't wait to fill the shelves with cute little baby things!

This is the window I found yesterday with my mother-in-law at an antique store. I was going to paint it red, but now I am thinking I might just sand it down smooth and do a whitewash. I want to get colored mattes made to fit into the panes so I can put a picture in each. It will be above his changing table-when we get one that is.