Belly Status - 22 weeks

I can not believe I am on the down hill already. I have made it past the half way mark and it is just a count down from here on out! Incredible!

I feel like Blueberry grows every night. I wake up in the morning and do the 'ol stand side ways in the mirror and my mouth drops and I say, baby girl you grew again!!



This picture is a little darker then normal because it was full morning sunshine out... but I had to close the curtain because my little brother counts the curtain squares to see if I am growing. Pretty sure he doesn't need to count this time... you can tell just by looking at me!

I have begun the search for the perfect colors and accessories to complete a little girl room. Can I just say there is some incredibly cute stuff out there. So far I'm leaning towards the light pastel colors of green, pink and yellow. No surprise that green is thrown in there - I can't turn my eye away from it. I just have to have pops and splashes of pink too!!! The bedding I found has yellow in it which amazingly goes really well together. I never would of thought that until I saw it all together.

Ups:
~ I am still feeling wonderful and loving every moment.

~ The best fingernails ever! I think it is all vitamins, but my nails have never looked so good. My pointer finger I smashed in the door when I was in middle school and it never looked the same, but is looking rather normal these days. Then my middle finger (which I rest my pencil/pen on when I write) could never grow and it would split and get icky... it is looking like a normal one too! Love it!! I could be a hand model... kidding!!

~ Baby girl has a name! We saw my niece Elly a couple weeks ago and she told me what our baby's name is going to be. Elly's official name is... Ellyn Mae Laska. She thinks that our baby's name is going to be... Mae Ellyn Laska. I tried to tell her that my last name was Frey and she tips her little head to the side and puts her hand on her hip and gives me that look of... are you kidding me?

~ Big Wiggles! Blueberry is doing full body movements now. I swear I can feel every inch of her move, like she is doing a big somersault. The other night my belly was uneven and had Jesse come over and look down at my belly and he started laughing. The left side of my belly was sticking out farther then right. So he starts poking at her!! She held her ground though and didn't move.

~ Babymoon! We are not going somewhere tropical full of heat and sunshine, but we are getting away for a weekend in March! We are both so excited!!

Downs:

~ Strangers don't know that I am pregnant. I know that is silly... but here in the winter we wear huge fluffy winter coats and I went shopping the other day and bought maternity pants and the checkout lady probably thought I was nuts! I even feel funny looking at maternity clothes because they can't actually see that yes I do have a little something sticking out of my mid-section that I really do need these clothes! Then I saw a girl I went to high school with and she asked if we had any kids... one on the way I say and she does the look from head to toe and looks back and me and says "how far along?" Again, wearing that darn winter jacket!

~ Speaking of clothes... do they think that all pregnant people are short? I have the hardest time finding maternity jeans that are long enough. And the jeans that are long enough totally look geeky. They think if you are tall your ankles must be 2ft wide - and the jeans are bell bottoms! I have 2 pairs of jeans and I had to search high and low for them. I had to learn my lesson the hard way one day and it still burns. I was on Old Navy's website looking and I found a super cute pair of jeans for only $20! I put them in my checkout cart and went to make supper and came back after supper and they (the website) updated my cart and took them out and sold them to someone else!! They were then out of stock on all their jeans!!! If you find a pair of jeans buy them, don't go make supper and think that since they are in your cart they are safe... they aren't!!

~ Still have problems with low blood pressure. I even had to leave work one day for about an hour and half and go lay down because I felt like I was going to fall out of my chair.

Enjoy the Super Bowl this weekend!! Eat lots good yummy snacks!

Slightly Addicted

The beginning of last year I started getting creative with my pictures and doing some digital artwork with them. Kind of like a digital scrapbook. I searched the internet for free digital scrapbooking and came across loads of stuff. I have been downloading and creating every since. Well today I hit the mother load of free stuff!! My goodness! And I can't stop downloading! I think I need to go therapy for this. My computer is bulging at the seams and I don't have anything backed up. Forget the therapy I need a removable hard drive for storage and safety!!

Anyway my creative juices have been running wild the last two days and I have made some fun pages... or I think they are fun anyways. I thought I would share with you. Enjoy!

One of the projects I want to do is a baby book. So I started it last night. I know how the first child works... you do this whole baby book with all the details and the pictures and by the time baby #7 rolls around and you'll be lucky if baby #7 gets a bath every night let alone a full on baby book with details and pictures galore. Oh well, I'll give it a shot and see what happens! ; )

Cover page... a picture will eventually go in the square and possibly her name or initials.

Jesse wants to know what happens if the ultra sound tech was wrong and we are really having a boy. I told him that is when I get my black marker out and write "OOPS!" over the girly part! : )

Pretty Morning

The last couple of mornings have been so pretty here. The trees are frosted, the skies are gray, big huge snowflakes are falling, and everything just looks so peaceful and calm. I took this picture out our basement (my office) window this morning. This is looking out at our backyard towards the field and woods behind us.

Almost every night we take Maggy on a walk back here in this field. There is a permanent "Maggy trail" that goes back along woods. Way back and to the left there is a brand new house that is sitting empty and for sale. (You can't see it in this picture.) Jesse and I are beginning to think the place is haunted!! It gives me the heepy-jeepys just thinking about it. We have been doing this walk since we had Maggy... but the other night we were walking and the front porch light came on and it looked like the front door was opened just a bit. We kept walking... probably at a little faster pace... and kept our eyes on the door waiting for someone to poke their head out at us. Nothing. We kept saying over and over... is that door open? it looks like it is open. why did that light come one? is there a motion sensor? we are way over here on the other side of the street in the field? it couldn't of sensored us? did Maggy set it off when she went a little too far over that snow bank? okay this is getting creepy... walk faster!!

The next night Jesse took Maggy on her walk and I stayed home. He came back and said the light never went off.

Last night we both went on the walk and we get to this house again and Jesse is bound to set this light off again so we can rest assure that is on a motion sensor. He walks right up the driveway and nothing!!!! We get almost past the house and the porch light comes on!!! I am starting to get very creeped out and trying to figure out how in the world am I going to run, and run fast, with 5 pounds of winter snow gear on, in a field of snow to get away from this boogy-monster!! I pick up the pace real quick and tell Jesse to stop looking at the house! Then he says to me... I just want to see someone step out onto the porch! Are you kidding me!!!!?! Oh and did I tell you we go on our walks pretty late at night and it is fully dark out with only the stars lighting our path!!!

Jesse tells me I shouldn't be scared we have Maggy to protect us. Yeah right! She is so far ahead of us with her nose in every snow bank that I can't even see her anymore. Plus what she is going to do... run up to them and fall on her back so they can scratch her belly!!! Real guard dog she'll be!!

When is daylight savings time again? When will it be light out until 10? I'm so ready for long bright nights!! So ready for walks where I don't have to wear 5 pounds of extra clothing... although I am sure it is a great workout.