A Little Blog About My Life
Thought I would share a pic of about how big the baby is this week. It's still amazing to me everyday that I have a growing person inside my body.
I hope to get a few more warm days to wear them before fall. I like the grey much better than the brown too.
The colors here are more muted than in real life but basically, it's a really cute aqua bath mat, a "wicker" (as John calls anything woven) low tray and a dark brown, green and cream vase. I spent all day yesterday cleaning things up around the house. Only part of the baby room left to do. Well and move some furniture around. Then I can start making progress. More pictures to come of all that soon.
Also, the ever dramatic Yorda thought it was about time she redeemed herself from the last photos she appeared in here on my blog. 
Today I feel icky. Sore throat, head ache, little bit of a cough. I really don't want to be sick. And I really don't want to be sick on the weekend. Oh well...
Oh the yumminess that was the fried okra, the hot rolls, the green beans. I was in heaven. Sadly my stomach doesn't let me eat like I used to and I didn't to wallow in the total self indulgence that is eating friend okra till the button on your pants pop off. We then proceeded to mess around town going here and there. I finally settled on a present from John. A new Singer sewing machine. It's a beauty and most importantly to me, easy to use. I have a sewing machine. A brand I can't even remember at this point but it's the most un-user friendly machine I've ever dealt with. 
My new one, Betsy as I'm calling her, is divine. Sunday mom and I attempted to sew together anything that would hold still long enough. We both made a "Frenchy Bag" from the Amy Butler pattern. 
Both turned out nice. As with any sewing project you always think of things you could have done different but I'm super happy with the end result. 
She belongs to our good friends Tiff & Dave. I was worried about her for a little bit because we ended up having eight dogs all together and I wasn't sure how she would handle that. She did awesome though. 
Sunday we went to the Royals game with John's work. We by chance saw Tiff and Dave while walking through the parking lot and got to see Willie for a few. He's getting so BIG! 
The game was fine. At least they won. Meeting most of the people John works with was kinda weird. A lot of nice guys though.
Today is my Gran's birthday. I'll be kind and keep the number under wraps because I know she would want it that way. She's of course going out of town before anyone can properly celebrate. I plan however to make her this once she comes back into the states:
It's a Banana Bourbon Cake and it's right up her alley. I haven't made a cake from scratch in ages and excited to try out a new recipe.
Just read that the Nov release date for the 6th installment of HP has been pushed back till July 09. Something to do with summer being a better time to sell movie tickets but honestly people, it's Harry Potter. People who are into the story would drive 100 miles to see the newest movie no matter what time of year. I'm pretty sad about it actually because I'm really looking forward to this movie. It's very dark. The book seemed to drag while I was reading it but thinking back on it, it was actually really good. 
At that time I didn't see Voldemort for the complex and interesting character he really is. This book explains is all. I also love the journey that Harry and Dumbledore take together to figure out Voldie's plan before something really terrible goes down. Also the relationship between the three main characters really changes in this one. They all really grow up in a major way. It's a new level of depth for everyone, characters and readers a like. 
It's no secret that this story consumed me while reading it. I could do almost nothing but read these books till I got done and started the next one. I did however put off reading the last one a little bit because I didn't want the story to end. I didn't want the characters to go away. That's what a good book should do.
"WTF Mom! Can't I just sleep in peace without you being all up in my face with that stupid camera!!!!"
Mine are darker brown than the pair above but I love the buckles and just the over all cuteness of these boots. I'm planning all manor of maternity outfit around these bad boys. Can't wait to wear them. I even considered wearing them today but thought people might look at me funny.
Also, got a really lovely early birthday gift from Gran. I've been on the hunt for a simple and delicate gold necklace for everyday for ages with no luck. We managed to come across the perfect one over the weekend. Behold:
Pregnancy has made me really not care so much about changing out my earrings and necklaces everyday. I'm pretty happy with the diamond studs from my Gaga and this little beauty everyday. One less thing to think about.
This week has seemed so long and I feel like I've accomplished nothing. At work or at home. I woke up thinking it was Friday but sadly I was wrong. I have however been working out everyday this week at the gym here at work. That's new for me. I haven't been doing anything super crazy but I figure getting some sort of physical activity in each day will help with the up and coming weight gain. I don't necessarily love working out but I do love getting away from my desk for a little over an hour each day AND getting to take a nice cool shower mid day is really pretty refreshing.
More pregnancy lunacy later...
In there someplace is my babies bedding, my kitchen curtains, new pillows for my couch and dare I say it, maybe even a funky shower curtain for my bathroom. I'm loaded with ideas and fear of commitment all at the same time! Oh the shame!
And if all that wasn't bad enough, she's now come out with this to torture me even further! I must go get it TONIGHT!
Awesome Swiss made water bottle I got in CO. Love everything about it.
Crappy picture of one of my favorite new things. Fell in love with the rain shower head thing in CO. Had to get one. This one it's exactly what I wanted but man I do love it!
New jacket/coat pattern for me. Figure I will need something that's big in the belly come winter. Sigh...
Dad painted my front door while he was here. It's a cute celery green color. We painted the shutters dark grey. Looks so much better than the white and burgundy.
Manny cracks me up. He can sleep just about anywhere and look at the size of that gut!!!
Yes, I'm alive but barely. Last week was insanely busy for me. Mostly as work. I ran an entire three day conference with countless execs on my own. By Wed I thought I would going to have an A1 melt down and do something stupid. I didn't though. Bedsides eat ice cream, which didn't turn out to be stupid at all. Things have luckily settled a little more and am back to my semi normal life with my semi normal hubby. We went to Worlds of Fun on Saturday night to a concert. I was really excited to see a new band I'm really loving right now called Tenth Avenue North but others (Hawk Nelson and David Crowder Band) were also there I wanted to see. The extremely expensive tickets said the show started at 5pm. We got there in time to park in the very last parking lot on earth, walk an hour to get to the show only to realize that the people I wanted to see the most, had already gone on at 3:25!!! I was ticked. Plus hot and frustrated because finding this ridiculous concert venue had been such a royal pain. We did manage to see Hawk Nelson (which was just ok. Either because of my grumpiness or they were just ok) and then David Crowder Band came on and made my world spin upside down.
I love those guys. I love David for sure. He's my number one example how beauty doesn't have to be about what you look like cuz seriously, he's one of the uglies guys I've ever seen but let me tell you something, he's the most amazing person and I'll be a big fat harry bumble bee if he isn't the most in love with God person I've ever had the privilege to be near. He's on the right track and is an awesome example for all those men of God out there struggling to believe that you can still be cool, funny and smart but still love God more than anything. John and I both had such a great time. We then realize that our tickets were so expensive because they also give us access to ride stuff and eat nasty Worlds of Fun food. So we set out into the park, me in my totally impractical shoes and John itchin for a bratwurst. I love to sit and watch people and HATE to ride rides. So I sat while he rode. It worked out pretty well. We were there till around 10pm. Walked the ten hundred miles back to the car and went home. I think we'll go back yet this summer. I'll wear shorts and tennis shoes this time and we'll all be a lot happier. Sunday we had a little 1 year old birthday party to go to out in KS. We couldn't believe all the stuff he got. Amazing! I'm thinking "where the crap are we going to put all those huge toys in our house?!" Guess we'll figure it out. Yesterday was one of the hottest I can remember. I seriously thought I was going to pass out at one point. It's just not right people!