37 weeks !! Officially at term!

It's official, I'm full term today and could potentially have a healthy baby any day now!! The other night I was sterilizing nipples and soothers and hubby walked by and asked "you're doing that already?" - now I'm not sure if he was trying to be funny or if he seriously doesn't realize just how close we are to having a baby!? I just gave him a look and he walked away! ;)

My boss has been letting me leave early the past few days, usually around 3ish, which is nice cause I'm so tired around 2pm - especially yesterday cause I didn't sleep so well the night before. Speaking of sleep, my crazy pregnancy dreams are back! I sometimes like to remember my dreams but some of the dreams I have been having aren't very nice ones and I really would rather not remember them!? I will be leaving extra early today cause I have my 37 week doctor appointment at 2pm and probably won't be coming back to work after. I think I get an internal today so I'm curious to see how close I really am to giving birth!? Then next week I think I will only be working till 1ish, depending on how busy we are - it seems like the busy we are the easier the day is but when we are slow I get very sleepy!! Then Friday the 13th will probably be my last day!? Even though I'm kinda superstitious and don't really like the idea of leaving on Friday the 13th~!?

On my way home yesterday I stopped in at the diaper service store and picked up my diaper pail, then after a quick nap and supper hubby finished painting the babies room. It looks pretty good so far, now we just need to finish it!! I feel so helpless, if only I could help hubby with the room it would probably go faster but instead I made muffins! ;) We have quite the list of things we still need for the room so I'm seriously hoping it rains all weekend (or at least in the morning, just enough to cancel the races then get nice again!). We need to still buy baseboards, chair rail, a vent, plug-ins/ covers, shelves, ceiling fan/ light, a heavy blind, flooring and some white paint!! :o It's suppose to rain but it was also suppose to rain yesterday and never did so keep doing that rain dance (at least in the morning) ! ;)

I also packed my bag last night, so I guess I'm kinda ready now!? Hopefully I remembered everything, if not I'm sure we can pick it up at a store or it's not really needed!? I do still have a few things I need to pick up, like a nursing bra, nursing pads and a change table cover but hopefully if it rains I will have lots of time to go shopping while hubby works on the bedroom.

mini - Friday !!

Apparently there is this thing called "pregnancy mask", that some pregnant women get while pregnant. Some say it looks like you have a mask around your face, I tried to find a pic of it on the net but they weren't very good. So, anyway ~ I think I am getting or have this !? My checks have these little rosy circles there that I don't think were there before ? It kinda looks like I stayed out in the cold for too long, maybe this is what they mean by "glow" ? I was thinking the other day that maybe we should have went with a puppy instead? And if you don't know that story I'll give you the short version ..... before Christmas I told my hubby that I either wanted a puppy or to be pregnant ... as you can guess, we got pregnant so no puppy for me at Christmas!! Which I was totally fine with at the time but now .... I'm thinking a puppy would have been easier and less painful! ;) I know .... it will all be worth it in the end and I will more then likely forget most of the crap I have been through and am going to go through and I know I will probably fall in love with being a Mom and try to convince hubby that we should just have one more but that won't happen! He will remind me, his memory is much better then mine! ;) So after this one, if I crave that mothering feeling I will go the puppy way instead!!

I got some diapers cut last night after I took the dog for a quick walk, I only have about two more dozen to go! :P Hubby is still going strong with the basement renos, which is nice, I'm sure it will be done before I now it! Or at least mostly done? He usually goes strong till the project is almost done and then slacks when it comes to the finishing details! ? But it will be livable and use able by the time baby gets here. I had some really bizarre dreams last night, of course I can't really remember them but I do remember waking up thinking ..... wow - that was weird?! he he I have this funny after taste in my mouth that is driving me nuts, I'm not sure if it is from the antibiotics I am on or if it is a pregnancy thing but it is definitely annoying! It makes me want to suck on candies or keep eating/ drinking to get rid of it but it soon comes back after the candy or food is gone!? I can't wait for my doctors appointment next week, I have a ton of questions for her, I think I felt my first braxton hicks yesterday but then again it could have just been gas?! he he

mini-friday!

I didn't sleep so well last night, between waking up in night sweats and having some bad dreams it wasn't a very good night's sleep! I think I may have to try and have a nap tonight before bowling or I may not last the night! ?

Not too much new has happened, I think I am starting to get a belly? I haven't gained much weight (3-4lbs) but my "fat" pants or starting to get tight! So I think I will probably go shopping in Dec. for some maternity clothes?! It should be fun -even though I have no idea where to shop? I also can't believe how strong my nails are! Usually I have brittle nails that I keep short cause they always split or break but lately they are really nice - no breaking or chipping and they are strong!

I so excited that it is already the end of November! Not only is Christmas just around the corner but so is my next doctors appointment where we get to hear the heartbeat! Then shortly after that ..... the ultrasound!! I can hardly wait to see our little "cub" on the screen and see it moving around! :)

Our south side store is moving this weekend (well they actually started moving a week ago) so they will be closed tomorrow - this means that ALL their customers will probably be phoning us! I will be extremely busy tomorrow so probably no blog!? :( I'm actually looking forward to having the phone ring off the hook, it should be exciting! Hopefully I don't get too stressed over it!? ;)

Thus far ....

I find that now things are getting better there are times throughout the day that I actually have to remind myself that I am pregnant? I'm not sure if it's because my symptoms are slowly fading or if it's because I have just learned to deal with them!? I feel like I have been eating horrible lately and I think my body knows it. I just feel like I have gained a ton of weight already, maybe I'm just paranoid but I do feel more sluggish lately and I think it's from my huge intake of carbs? So anyway I decided to weigh my self this morning and it's actually not as bad as I thought (174.2lbs) so I've only really gained about 4lbs? I think it's just cause I'm so bloated that I feel bigger, my pants are tighter and it feels so good at night to put my sweats on! ;)

There have been some things I've learned so far that I thought I would share...

#1- What tastes good does not always make you feel good! I have experienced this a lot - soda pop tastes good at first but doesn't make me feel very good, juice or flavored water also tastes really good at first ... till it hits my tummy!

#2- Once you think you have everything figured out ... it changes! I often remember my girlfriend telling me about her boy and every time she thought she had him figured out he would go and change. I believe that my baby is doing this to me already and just when I think it's OK to do/eat something the baby decides that nope whatever it is is not good!

#3- The power of smell! I have never smelt more stink in my life! Things that I would have never thought stunk before now turn my stomach and most of these smells are from other employees! :P There is one guy at work that I hold my breath around just because he is beyond stink, and everyone else here smokes which also makes my stomach queasy. I love when the one lady cleans the bathroom, the smell of something freshly cleaned makes me very happy!

That's really about it so far, I had another weird dream last night but this one was kinda a scary dream. I actually enjoy being able to remember my dreams, something I was rarely able to do before. I just don't really like the 'bad' dreams, the ones where people get hurt or the ones about the baby.

I think we are going to a Christmas party tomorrow night for a friend of my hubbies. It's a free meal and one that I don't have to cook so I'm excited about that! But I have mixed feelings about this "friend", he seems to take advantage of my hubby when ever it suits him and charges him to use tools and such even though my hubby is the one doing all the work!? This is not something that I would expect a "friend" to do!? He has known this guy for a long time (15-20 years), we haven't seen him for a while so I guess we will see how tomorrow night goes!? Hopefully I don't say anything to cause a scene!? ;)

Tuesday ....

This is what the roads looked like this morning on my way too work! I believe winter is finally trying to show it's ugly face! I hate winter, although I couldn't imagine a Christmas without snow and I don't think I would ever move to warmer climates because then you just have to deal with other elements (like tornado's, tropical storms, bugs, etc.). I always thought that when you are pregnant your body creates heat and you are always hot?! But in fact I am completely opposite and feel like I'm freezing all the time! ? At work I crank the thermostat up to 27C and still feel like it could go up a bit more but all my co-workers are telling me that it is warm in here! ? I wonder if this is normal or maybe I have poor blood circulation? Maybe I should ask my doctor? I'm worried that with winter coming it will only get worse and I will be sitting here at my desk with mittens and layers of clothes ?

So I waited to take my vitamin at bedtime again and I think it did make a difference!? I didn't feel as nauseous during the day and I only woke up once in the middle of the night but I think that is because my arm fell asleep and I was having some bazaar dream!? I think I will continue taking my vitamin at bedtime and hopefully all the sea sick feelings will just disappear!? The only negative side was that brushing my teeth this morning was a little bit harder then usual and I still feel a little queasy but as soon as I eat a bit more I'm sure that feeling will go away!? Everyday is different so it is hard to tell if what you are doing is actually helping a symptom or if you are just having a good day ?

mini - friday!

Lost my breakfast this morning, I didn't even feel sick but I had this cough that I think encouraged my tummy to reject breakfast?! So I brought a extra pack of oatmeal with me to work just in case I feel like having breakfast later?

Last night was a pretty rough night, I had cramps for most of the evening and even took a nice warm bath that seemed to help a bit. I haven't had a full nights sleep in so long I can't even remember!? We go to bed fairly early (9:30pm) cause we are tired but then I seem to always wake up at 1:30am just to look at the clock and confirm that yes it is only 1:30 and I need to go back to sleep. Then again I will wake up at 4:30am and usually toss and turn till 6:30 when it is finally time to get up!? Maybe it is my bodies way of getting me prepared for when baby is here? I also had some interesting dreams last night - first I had a dream about a wagon wheel!? not too sure what that is about but I did bring one in my lunch today!! ;) Then I had a weird dream about doing a cash out at some garage and counting the money but someone had tricked us and paid with "funny money" instead of real money and there was a $325 dollar bill!? I don't think they even make a $325 bill!? But I saw one in my dream! :) There was one more weird dream too but of course now I can't remember what it was about!?

I'm so excited for Christmas to get here, I feel like we are finally a "family", even though there is no little one yet. And at least this year no one will be asking me about "any baby news yet?". Everyone should know by then and I will just have to listen to everyone congratulating us and probably saying "it's about time"! Some people can be so rude without even knowing that what they are saying is kinda rude! How do they know that we haven't been trying since we got married two years ago, how do they know if we had to do some interesting things just in order to encourage the swimmers to swim (like maybe I had to stand on my head!?) LOL

I also need to find some motivation! Laundry is starting to pile up and it really doesn't look too appealing to me to finish! It's one of those tedious jobs that never seems to be finished and is always on going! I'm sure it will only get worse, especially since I plan on using cloth diapers! ;)