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.

What's up this week...

It's amazing how one week can make such a difference, but I really feel Carson moving around inside now, no longer just little fluttery feelings! I get so excited every time I feel him. He is moving around so much and so often I think my bladder feels it the most. I realize he is going to get a lot bigger and I don't know how my bladder can take much more! Oh well he is worth the getting up 4 times a night to pee! I even thought I had a UTI and got checked out and everything, but it is just baby. My back has begun to hurt this last week as well. I realize high heels are a bad idea when your center of gravity changes and the back pain is just not worth it. I hope the back pain was because of wearing heels to a wedding instead of just from pregnancy, because it was killing me the next few days. I guess wearing them to church today was also a bad idea! whoops. I have had back issues in the past anyways so I figured back pain was going to be something I would have to endure anyway, so that is no surprise. Once again so worth it! Especially when you know how temporary pregnancy really is, I mean I am halfway there and I am just now getting some aches and pains, but not much longer and it will all be gone! Just remind me this when it gets worse!!!! haha.

As I write this Eric is hammering away in Carson's room nailing up baseboards. It is looking very nice in there. I got the wrong crown molding and have to return it so that will go up later. A toy chest/bench and bookshelf has been ordered and is on its way, that is really exciting! It is in sage green. And we found a crib we like, we are just going to look a little bit more before we place the order.

Eric painting Carson's room.

In other news, Daisy is doing good, haha. She is not forgotten with Carson on his way! Daisy is still on medicine for her mange issue she has had. The first medicine she was on for a whole month and it didn't work so she is taking another one, poor mangy doggie! We still love her though!

While Eric has been working in the garage today, Daisy has been guarding her house. And she still runs away from us, hence the leash!

Daisy with her favorite toys she got for Christmas, she loves stuffed toys.

Showing me her toys.

Halfway mark and Carson's room...

Halfway there to meeting our baby boy!!!! We can't wait! That means time for the fun stuff, like working on his room!

Carson's room was once the room we threw stuff in that we didn't know where to store otherwise. That had to change and so now Eric has been busy on his days off cleaning out the room by finding a place for all the stuff, mostly goodwill. Then we picked out the paint color and on his days off he is busy painting. He started with a fresh coat of white on the ceiling and now the walls are "applesauce cake". It is nice to see the room looking good after being a junk room for so long. He still has another coat to do on the walls, it just takes a while when you don't have several days off in a row to work on projects. We also got crown molding and new baseboards for Carson, becuase he is so worth it! haha. We got a new fan for Christmas for his room since we took the one out of there to put in the office, so that has also made a big difference. His bedding has also already been purchased, his room is a barnyard theme with animals. I love his bedding, the horse and barn and some other parts are done in corduroy, so I am trying to find some red corduroy fabric to have my mom make a valence out of it. I want to use a lot of red accents in the room. I love his bedding because it is baby looking without the pastel colors. He will have a big boy room soon enough, he'll want sports once his daddy gets a hold of him I am sure, so I am going to enjoy his baby room while I can! We still have furniture to get and I really want an old antique window to hang in his room that I can paint red, so I am looking for one of those too-maybe to hang pictures in above his changing table. I probably won't hang much else on the walls other than that so that we can have a muralist come and paint some cute vintage looking barnyard stuff on the walls to fill in. We also have a little niche in the wall where we either need to get some sort of bookshelf or have shelving made to fit there. So we have been able to get some stuff done now while Eric has had some time off, but luckily there is more to do to keep us busy while we wait for Carson. I will post pictures of the room as soon as the moldings are up so you can see the color we chose. For now here is a picture of Carson's barnyard bedding.