Friday Funnies

Because its Friday, and I am pregnant and these are so legit

Its All Mixed Up

I will apologize now if this post is random, does not make sense, contains spelling errors, or well just seems rather uninteresting. I am working on less than 2 hours of sleep for the past 4 nights. Between restless legs, the burning/pain under my right breast, frequent pee trips, and the non-stop running of my mind, sleep has been a lost concept.

I get up every morning in tears because I know I have to muster enough energy to get to work and be there for 9 plus hours. I have to be productive and produce quality work product. Its become a struggle at this point.

My body is just done. Kaput.

And I'm going to rant a tad here. People, watch what you say to pregnant women. Yes, I get that I am "all baby" and "look so tiny for 9 months" but that does not mean I am not miserable, uncomfortable, and tired. I know you think its a complement, but it makes me feel uncomfortable and awkward. I am sorry that you think I needed to gain 50 pounds in order to look pregnant, but I promise the 20-something pounds I have put on my body is killing me. My hips hurt, my back aches, the pain under my boob, the sciatica.... yes people I may not "look" pregnant from the back, but I feel every ounce of this baby girl and let me tell you, it hurts! So, please just stop. Ask me how I feel or just don't say anything at all at this point because I am liable to explode. I know, I know, its a complement again, but my hormones can't handle it.

End rant.T- 3 weeks and counting.

So Sweet

I wish I had something more than baby to discuss, but I got our maternity pics last night and had to share just a few.

Lots of thanks to the wonderful Paige Walker of Paige Walker Photography. She is wonderful to work with and does amazing work!

Before Baby

As promised, here is my list of things to do before baby arrives. Some are practical, some are comical, and some are just things we won't have time to do later.

• stay in bed all day watching pointless Lifetime Movies
• Go see any movie at the theater we want to see
• Hang out at hub's favorite bars
• Go out with our friends and stay out entirely too late
• Dance party to highly inappropriate songs for a baby
• get a mani/pedi
• Discuss things like baptism, parenting 101 and other important decisions
• take maternity pics
• bank extra overtime pay at work
• spoil the furbabies
• change out winter/summer clothes

I know some of these sound funny, but once Evie arrives there's no telling when some of this would get done.

Slowly But Surely

So,  slowly but surely a baby is coming. My body is telling me she is on the way, and my stress level may have her make an early appearance. Let's rewind to Thursday.

I woke up not feeling too well. I was having Braxton Hicks like crazy, but got my butt to work so I could get some things off my plate. I worked and worked, but just could not handle it. The contractions were crappy and I just felt like crap. I finally went home. This continued all night and into Friday. I worked from home Friday and did what my doctor ordered, which was rest. My body was trying to tell me to chill out.

Saturday J and I decided to knock some things off our "before baby comes" list. We got our whooping cough shots (FYI my arm is still sore), I took J to World of Beer that just opened near our house. J is a huge beer buy so man was in heaven! They give you an ipad to explore all your options. It was a rainy day, so it was nice to just spend some time with him.

After WOB, we headed to check off another list item: Cinderella. I was told to see movies at my own will before baby comes, so we did. It was cute and I would recommend it. It stayed true to the classic story, right down to Gus-gus the mouse.

And then Sunday arrived. I woke up early with every intention of church, but had a low-grade fever and let's just say, I only made it off the couch to get groceries and trips to potty. Apparently when my body says rest, it means rest.

Now, if I could just get comfortable. I am still dealing with the pain just beneath my right breast which comes and goes and often is a sharp shooting pain that cripples me. Is it sad I am looking forward to maternity leave just to relieve this pain?

3 weeks left! Check back tomorrow for my whole "Before Baby Comes" list.

Letter to Evie

With under a month away from her due date, I thought I would take this chance to write a letter to my baby girl.

Dear Evelyn-

You are going to be here in less than a month. Mommy is so over the moon excited. Daddy is too, along with terrified. We have been anxiously awaiting your arrival for what seems like the longest nine months ever.

These past nine months have been interesting to say the least. Mommy and Daddy got married, mommy acclimated to her new job and you have been growing away. We have loved each moment of seeing you develop. I remember feeling your first little kicks, to watching Daddy read to you and feeling you move. You have been a good baby so far!

So many people are excited for your arrival as well. You have grandparents, aunts and uncles and friends already born and ready for play dates. I can't wait for you to meet everyone that already loves you so much.

Sweet Evie, Mommy prayed for you for so long. She wanted you before you were even born and now she is just so ready for you to be in her arms. Know that no matter what, Mommy and Daddy love you so much. We have hopes and dreams for you, but most of all, we just want you to be happy and healthy.

xoxo Mommy

Luck to You

It's St. Patty's Day! Hope you wore your green, or I'll surely pinch you. I was a tad MIA the last couple days. Between work and catching up on sleep, this little ole blog has taken a small backseat.

So, this weekend, we had a Baby Q couples shower for Little Miss Evelyn. This was mostly J's friends from work and such. It was so much fun. We had BBQ and just hung out. I think Chloe and Sophie had the most fun, wandering from person to person stealing hugs, pets and probably food. I had another super cute cake by my fabulous friend Tiffany.

Evie was spoiled and we now have diaper for at least 2 months.

So, drink some green beer for me today!

Friday Loves

Oh, its Friday and although its dark and rainy outside, I am feeling excited for the weekend.

Tomorrow J's sweet friends are throwing us a Baby-Q couples shower at our house. It will be fun to get all his friends together for some BBQ and baby stuff. J and I are so blessed to have so many people who are excited for us, and his co workers have given him all kinds of advice already and I think its pretty cute that he finally part of the daddy-brigade.

And, J finally installed the carseat, in his car! I admit it seems strange to look back there and see that tiny thing ready to hold our sweet baby Evie. Now we just need to tackle the one in my car and we are set.

Spring. Oh how I am longing for her. So close, and according to Mr. Weatherman, 80 is in the forecast for next week! Hip hip hooray! And, J made a deal with me last night.... if I go through the two tubs of spring/summer clothes and purge I can splurge on some new things after Evie arrives! Yay!!! (Have I mentioned how sweet this man is).

Other than that, we are in the home stretch! Next week we will be one month away from the due date of our precious baby girl. And not soon enough since mama has run out of room for her and is feeling every ache, pain and movement with a vengeance.

So, I leave you this week with a little inspiration:

Timehop Thursday

Low and behold the sun came out and shined upon us! Spring is near and I am ecstatic! Today I bring you a #tbt, timehope thursday, well just a good ole' now and then.

Love the time lapse shown in these two pictures. And my oh, my how little baby girl has grown.

Then: 23 weeks
Now: 34 1/2 weeks
Then: marrying my best friend
Now: more in love than ever
Then: nay a bump in sight
Now: whoa bump

Spring

I walked into Loft on Monday with a mission of finding some cute accessories to wear during my maternity photoshoot that was supposed to take place yesterday. Key work, supposed to. Due to the rain and overcast skies it is being rescheduled.

But I digress, so here I am 8+ months preggo in one of my favorite stores. I admit the saleslady stared at my belly, but then saw me beeline towards the accessories. I may have sauntered over to the racks and tables full of glorious spring clothes and touched them longingly. Oh how I wish for light cottons and linen shirts, and soft hues to wrap around my.... oh yeah.... my very pregnant bod. It hit me. Here I am standing in a store that I love and I cannot buy a thing. Well, I mean I can, but not what I want to buy. So, I made a mental note of all the wonderful Spring things I will be purchasing come April 18th.

1/2/3/4

There is just something about corals and mints and turquoises that make me giddy.

Raining on Monday

That song is just stuck in my head. I know its Tuesday,  and technically the rain has subsided here in DFW, but its dreary nonetheless.

Its amazing how hard it is to start your day when its dreary outside, you pass three accidents on the way to work and realize you left tea in a mug on your desk  and you have not been at said desk in over a week and said tea has now grown mold and smells. Yeah, eww.

But today will be good. I am back in the office after working remotely for a few days and I am ready to get some stuff done and begin to prepare for maternity leave. We have another baby shower this weekend for J's friends, we chose a pediatrician and I have done way too much baby laundry to count.  We are excited and scared all in one. Just a little over a month and we will get to meet our baby girl.

Happy March ya'll!

What a Pain

I have perhaps slept 9 hours in the past three days and needless to say, I am exhausted. This last few months of pregnancy has been less than kind to my little body.

Yes, ladies, I have the I want this baby out of me pregnancy blues.

I cannot sit for more than 30 minutes without needing to get up and either walk around, or pee or both. My legs ache every night. And now I have developed a burning pain just below my right breast that has not let up since Saturday evening.I love this precious life growing inside me, but I am kind ready to evict her. I need this pain gone and just one night of sleep.

Yes, this little one has become a pain and she is not even born yet!

But, then I look around our home and see all the tiny things we have for her and J reads  books to her and I smile and think, this must all be worth it.

Fabulous Friday

Oh Thanks Heaven Its Friday! And, although its only 25 degrees here at the moment, its thawing out and spring is around the corner.

I wish I had some wonderful news for the week, but I do not. I have spent most of my week inside a courtroom and avoiding the frigid temperatures outside. And my evenings have been spent catching up on emails and work not gotten to during the day. Needless to say, I am in need of the weekend.

We have our prepared childbirth class tomorrow ans then maternity pictures Sunday, so lots of baby readiness in store.

Thank you for all your wonderful love after my post this week. Have a splendid weekend and here's to Spring.

Snowed In: Day 3

Yup, another snow day in Texas. This would be third one in less than a week and for us Texans its a record. If you need me I will me working from the comfort of my pj's and couch, complete with puppy assistants.

Win, Lose or Survive

I am a perfectionist.  Surprise, surprise. Yes, type A lawyer me wants to be perfect.

I admit it sometimes comes in handy as it requires me to strive towards doing my best, I know that while I cannot be perfect, I can put forth my best effort in order to be the best. Does it cause some undue stress at times, yes, but does it push me towards my goals, you bet.

But it has its downsides, i.e., stress. But it also makes the loss part worse. It brings on feelings of hopelessness and failure. I have often found myself wallowing in the downside of my perfectionist ways. I tend to dwell on it and let it get me so down that I cannot push forward. Its the one thing I know I need to work on as I enter motherhood,

And then there is survival mode. Yes, that is me lately. I have been forced to realize that perfection is unattainable and failure is inevitable at times. Yes, as I struggle to manage a 6 hour + job, a 2 hour commute daily, being a wife and preparing for baby, I am in survival mode.

This realization came late yesterday morning when I received an email that was less than complimentary of my work. I was upset at first because I had worked so hard in this project. I had asked for help, sought out advice and did what I thought was the best job I could do. So, seeing that it was indeed not the best hurt. But then I realized it wasn't the end of the world. I cannot be perfect, the best, on top all of the time. There will be times when I simply do not "get" something. If I truly did my best, then that is all I can do. I do not know everything, I cannot know everything. I am not perfect.

There, I said it. I have limitations to both my brain power and analytic thinking. Sometimes, just to survive you admit you did your best, it was not good enough and force yourself to survive. Survive by taking a deep breath and moving on. Accomplishing task and not letting the one black mark ruin your day.

Its about taking control of your life, your emotions and your outlook. Sometimes loss is good enough.

Weekend in a Nutshell.

This weekend report is brought to you courtesy of the letter "S." As in snow. No, we did not get more, but due to snow and some other things I am writing this post from home and at a decent hour.

Yes Texas was plummeted by a snow storm Friday that shut down highways, closed the airport and had me on a 2 1/2 hour commute home. As pretty as it was, it was one scary backroad commute home.  Sophie did get to see her first real snow and she was a fan I think.

Friday night we managed to get our and grab a nice dinner. Followed by a yummy coconut cream pie.

Saturday we were up and well, snowed in for a bit. After the nice/snow melted, J headed into work and I headed out to get some organizing supplies. Little girls' room was in desperate need of some things to get organized.

I also did the rest of the baby laundry. Let's just say she will have plenty to wear in the next couple months.

Sunday was more of the same. J worked, I worked, we worked on organizing the pantry. So, despite the snow and cold, we got a lot of stuff done around the house that was needed. Amazing what happens when both of us are home .

I ended the weekend with Downtown Abbey and House of Cards.

And here is small sneak peak at some Nursery Decor.

Sweet E from my baby shower

Mother's Prayer from my MIL