5/29/10 - Wonderful Day!

Today was wonderful!! The weather was beautiful, we had lots to do, and had lots of fun!!

We were up bright and early, had some breakfast, and just skipped all of our chores and played for a little while. Finally, it was time for everybody to get ready for the day and head off to run some errands. My car has been making some not so good sounds, so we stopped at the auto store to pick something up. Hopefully that does the trick. Then we stopped at a couple of grocery stores to catch a few sales. Finally, we were off to the Madrid's for some fun!

Kelly and I planned a little mom's day out...going to see "Sex and the City: 2" and lunch/dinner, while the boys were on babysitting duty. The little girls spent the nice, HOT day in the pool, running around the yard, and going on a bike ride with the dad's. Kelly and I went to the movie...which was good, and bad...I say definitely worth seeing if you are into Sex and the City, but it wasn't a "must see" in general. We then stopped at The Cheesecake Factory for lunch/dinner and just chatted for a while. It was nice to get out and get a little break! We spent the rest of the night playing outside all together, running around the house and watching some TV. It was a good mix of everything today!

Here are a couple pics from the girls' adventures!

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5/28/10 - Hello 3-Day Weekend!

Not only is it Friday, which is wonderful all in itself...but the day flew by AND I now have a 3-day weekend ahead of me. YAY. We had our interviews at work this morning, and everything went really well. I was very nervous, being my first panel...helping hire somebody is a lot of responsibility! But, I think I did well, and I'm excited! The interviews took up more than half the day, so the afternoon was packed trying to get some other stuff done. Luckily for me, the Friday before a long weekend is a very popular day for other people to take off, so that saved me from really having to rush around in the afternoon.

After work, Olivia and I hung out at home. Christian went out with "the boys" from work to celebrate a co-workers birthday for a few hours. Once he got home, we all went out and watered the flowers and "sprinklered" the front lawn. Then, it was bedtime for the short one, and quiet time for the not quite as short ones. It was a nice relaxing night...we watched the SERIES finale of 24 (so sad to see it go...) and hung out for a while. I am really starting to enjoy our new Friday night!

Olivia spent the evening running through the sprinkler...our neighbor was amazed by her bravery! She quite enjoyed herself!

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5/27/10 - OK...

It's Thursday! You know what that means...nothing interesting to report! Today is not really any different. It was a pretty low key evening for us. Tomorrow I am participating on my first ever interview panel at work, so I spent the evening reading over resumes and preparing. I'm nervous, but excited! We spent a little time outside, watering the flowers and of course getting very wet in the process. And, we had breakfast for dinner, which Olivia quite enjoyed :) It was a good night!

While outside watering the flowers, Christian was talking to a neighbor. After a short time, he yelled over to me, laughing, stating that this neighbor was asking him if I was "expecting". Ummm...I'm just shy of 8 months pregnant, and come one, you've seen the pictures...is it really questionable that I'm pregnant? At first, I got a little smile on my face and thought to myself "Hey, that's cool! I must not resemble a whale as much as the mirror tells me I do!". Then I thought...what do people think...do they just think I still look like this from last time? I hope not...I'd much rather have people think I'm pregnant again than think "wow, she's having trouble losing the weight...". So, really, it makes me sad in the end. I'll just have to convince myself it's option number 1!

Here's Olivia picture for today, enjoying her breakfast dinner!

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5/26/10 - 31 Weeks!

31 Weeks. I'm 31 weeks. 6 more weeks to full term, 9 more weeks to the due date! It's hard to believe, either way you look at it, single digit countdown! I feel like we're finally making some progress...clothes are ready to be put away and hung up (as soon as I get some hangers), I ordered the bedding and that should be here this afternoon, so in the next couple of weeks we'll be able to set up the crib. Finally, we're getting somewhere! Next weekend we'll probably be ordering the double stroller, and that is about it for major purchases. YAY!

Not much else has been going on. We're just moving right along. I've been feeling pretty well...just the normal tired, hard time sleeping kind of stuff. Otherwise, no problems there. I was having some pretty intense Braxton Hicks contractions for a while, but those have faded away for now. I'm still very satisfied with my weight gain and getting more excited every day! I can't wait to meet our new little lady (who will hopefully have a name...SOON)!

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5/25/10 - Much Needed "Me Time"

It was a long night for me...lots of tossing and turning, a hard time sleeping all together. The alarm went off, and I just couldn't bring myself to get up. I just kept thinking...that can't be possible, it can't be time to get up already! But, alas, it was. I laid there, contemplating...should I go to work, or should I use 9 hours of vacation and stay home. I decided to just take a couple hours off and sleep in...but when it was again time to get up, I again just couldn't do it. I didn't have any meetings schedule, and I knew all of my most important stuff was done, so I decided to bite the bullet and take the day off (anybody who knows me, knows how huge this is...I NEVER take time off, especially when I'm saving for my leave). It was so great, I spent the day lounging around, watching some TV, eating yummy, bad food and I even did something productive...I washed all of the baby's clothes and got them ready to put away!

It was so needed, and might I say so deserved! A day, all to myself. Sigh, it was wonderful! Christian and Olivia got home at the normal time, we ate some dinner and hung out. It was a beautiful day...until around dinner time. The sky around out house quickly blackened, and in rolled a storm. Lots of thunder and lightening and LOTS of rain. Loved it, I love thunderstorms. Of course this meant we were in for the night, but as you can see in the picture below, we still find plenty of fun to have! And you can see how dark it is out the window...this was at like 7:00 (it's usually light until at least 8:30 or so this time of year)...crazy!

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5/24/10 - A Lil' Disappointed...

...So, I must admit, I'm a little disappointed right now. I participate in a local Relay for Life event every year (this will be my third). I initially joined the team "Aleena's Hope" in memory of my best friends niece, Aleena, who I had known since she was just a little baby. Aleena passed away in 2008 after a heroic 4 year battle. Last year, we joined forces with another team, who also lost a young daughter, Madison. Relay for Life is such an amazing event...to see so many people come together to fight against such a horrible disease, Cancer...a disease that affects just about every person on this planet, it's a very touching event, and I'm so proud to be a part of it. This years Relay will take place on Friday, August 6th. Now...being a week after I'm due, it's highly unlikely I will be able to participate much, if at all, but I will be doing everything I can to support my team!

Now...the disappointed part. I sent out an e-mail last week to my family and friends (well, all of the ones I have e-mail addresses for), as I do every year, letting everybody know of the event and asking for their support. I also added a button to my blog AND to my facebook page. And, much to my surprise, and dismay, not a single donation has been made. I find this so hard to believe...it actually pains me a little bit. Obviously times are tough right now...they are for all of us, but not a single donation? Not even $5.00 (which really DOES make a big difference)...I'm still in shock....truly in shock. I debated stating this on here, but, while I do find myself being a little tacky in calling this out, I just couldn't hold it in. I'm just hoping that there was some kind of crazy breakdown on the World Wide Web that day and somehow my message just did not reach anybody...otherwise, how terribly sad...

If anybody reading is interested in donating, you can click on the "Relay for Life Supporter" button at the top of my blog, and it will bring you right to my page.

In other news, it was a pretty low key day. We ran to Menards (one that actually has a garden center) after work, picked up our flowers and filled up our pots! While I'm not excited to water them and be responsible for them, I am excited to see how they turn out! YAY, flowers :) Here are our before and after pics!

5/23/10 - Where Does the Time Go??

Oh man, it's Sunday...already! I can't believe it. So much done this weekend, but still so much to do! And, there just is never enough time. I need more hours, that is for sure!

Today we did get to sleep in a little bit, which was very nice! Once we were up, Christian headed out to do some yard work. He cut the front and back grass, and layed down the last of the edging brick in the back yard. Glad to have that task done. While he did that, I washed all of Olivia's new stuff and got that folded and put away...even packed up some of her too small/too warm stuff. Sad, already packing clothes away! Then, she was down for a nap (which, ended up not lasting TOO long).

Once she was up, got ready and were out the door for some quick errands. We stopped at Sam's club to pick up some necessities, then were off to Menards. We need a few odds and ends, mostly needed flowers for the big pots from his parents. However, we did not realize that our Menards does not have a garden center, so that did not happen. And, news of that made us forget pretty much everything we went there for! Needless to say, that errand did not get completed. Instead, we headed home and jumped in the pool again! Much better way to spend the day.

I can't even describe how hot it was today. It was SO humid, and SO hot. I finally resorted to turning on the air conditioning...in May! Not cool. Dipping my feet in the cold pool was just what I needed after this long, hot weekend! It's just supposed to get worse as the week goes on too...so I'm not sure how I'll survive :)

Today's picture is Olivia modeling one of her new outfits (our favorite new outfit). So cute, and she even had quite the little pose going on :)