Bedding Musings

Two posts in one day! Can you tell I'm bored???

I found my first bedding set that I actually REALLY like today, and would consider buying!


It's so pretty! The only thing I don't like about it is that there's no mocha. But our crib will be dark brown, so maybe that makes up for it?? But if I decide to follow through with making my own, here are my thoughts:

Take these 3 minky dot fabrics:





And for the bumper, use big squares of each one, and alternate all the way around. Green, brown, white, green, brown, white, etc. The back of the bumper probably mocha satin.

For the "look pretty but do nothing" quilt, use smaller squares and make a patchwork minky quilt with mocha satin edging and backing.

I'll use sage and white crib sheets, and then maybe the mocha satin skirt.

So, those are the ideas I'm tossing around! Which do you like better? Give me a vote!

Fraud, Furniture, & Flutters

Lots to talk about today!

Jeff had his softball championship last night (Jeff's team won! Yay!) so I was at home alone, doing some laundry, packing for Chicago, and watching some TV. I get a phone call from Capital One's Fraud department, asking to talk to Jeff. I told them he couldn't come to the phone, and they said to have him call back ASAP. I asked if something was wrong with the account, and they said they couldn't tell me anything because I wasn't the account holder.

I knew Jeff would be late, so I left him a note to call Capital One, then went and got ready for bed. Before turning out the lights, I was reading my "Baby Bargains" book discussing how to pick out a quality crib, dresser, etc etc.

The next thing I know, Jeff walks into our room, wakes me up and asks me, "Did you spend $350 at 'Beverages & More' tonight?" I started racking my brain.. then I said "Beverages and more.... That sounds like they sell furniture, but I haven't bought any furniture..." Then Jeff walked out of the room. I laid there for a few minutes, but as I woke up and processed what was going on, I got up and went out into the living room to see what was up. It turns out that our credit card number had been stolen, and they tried to purchase whatever that was at Beverages & More, and another $150 at some Halloween Warehouse. Luckily Capital One caught it in time, denied the purchases, and closed out our account for us.

After he hung up, he was like.... "Furniture at Beverages & More?" LOL! It's his fault for asking me something like that when I was still 90% asleep! We are still laughing about it today! He said the person on the other end of the line at Capital One was probably like, "yeah, that's a bright one you've got there...."

We have no clue how they might have gotten our CC#, but we're going to take some other precautions to try to make sure they can't get into anything else.

On a non-related note, for the last few weeks I've been thinking about Tin Star and their yummy corn salsa. I've been to afraid to walk into the restaurant though, for fear of throwing up! (Something about the smell of a mexican restaurant makes me want to hurl, big aversion!!!)

But today, my craving got the best of me, and I drove over to Tin Star. I went in and ordered a side order of chips, corn salsa, and a coke. The guy was like "Well, how big of an order do you want, how many people do you want to serve?" I was like, "oh! Just me, for lunch." He said "Oh, you don't have to pay for that!" He went and got me a coke, chips, and my salsa! WOW! What a sweet guy! I was so flabbergasted I just said thank you, took it, and left.. I should have given him a tip or something!

I'm wearing a maternity top for the first time today!! I got it on clearance at Gap and it's short-sleeved, so I figured why not wear it.... It's 80 degrees today and who knows how many more of these days we'll have. So it's fun to be wearing it! I'm wearing some elastic-waist gauchos so it feels GREAT to have no constriction anywhere! I feel so roomy! :) I probably don't NEED to be wearing it, but considering I'm almost 13 weeks, I deserve it. And I DO have a little tummy! I think the top helps accentuate it. :)

Also, I KNOW KNOW KNOW it's too early, but I wanted to record it for recording's sake. I set my alarm a little earlier this morning because I needed to shave because I was wearing my gauchos. On a normal morning I wake up when Jeff's alarm goes off, and then I lay in bed for 15-20 min until my alarm goes off, in a half-awake mode. Well, when my alarm goes off before Jeff's I'm UP and AWAKE right now. I was in the shower, and after about 30 seconds of nice hot water, I felt something strange. After being paranoid about several months ago when I was on Clomid, trying to feel ovulation pains, then being newly pregnant and being paranoid about cramping, I feel like I'm pretty in tune with which feelings are uterine... And I swear I felt something that felt like air bubbles bouncing in my uterus. Very very light. It lasted about 10 seconds, then was done. I know all the books and stuff will say that it was gas, and who knows. Might have been, probably was, I had some heartburn issues last night, but this definitely felt different than anything I've felt before. Once I really do start feeling the baby it'll be interesting to compare it to this and see how the sensation is different.

12 Week Picture

So here I am at 12 weeks!


I feel like if anything, I look smaller than the 11 week picture! How frustrating! I'm just ready to be showing, dang it! haha. Soon enough, maybe 15 weeks or so.

I had another baby dream last night! I love those. The baby was a girl (Boy count: 1 Girl count: 2). In most dreams I never get to see anything, but I got to see her profile! She was so beautiful! Medium skin, light brown hair, and a freckle on her forehead! The second I saw her (in my dream) I knew we had to name her Reese. (Which is in the running, but not the front runner) So I thought that was an interesting reaction from myself. She was born May 13. (Hopefully that's not a sign that I'll be overdue!) I remember in my dream having to call my boss to tell him I wouldn't be coming into work that day. HAHA!

Goodbye Metformin and No Camera Batteries!

I'm officially OFF Metformin now!! YAY!!! My last pill was Saturday night. The weaning process wasn't as scary as I thought it would be, and it feels great to no longer be taking it. That stuff made me so miserable!

I have had a headache yesterday and today though... Could it be connected? Who knows. I guess I'd rather have a headache than feel how I felt while taking Metformin.

My apologies for not having my 12 week picture up. At this rate, I'll practically be 13 weeks by the time I take my 12 week picture! When Jeff and I bought our digital camera, we bought several sets of rechargeable batteries. They are to the point now where you spend 8 hours charging them, and all they have left is enough energy to get MAYBE one picture out, so I haven't been able to get the 12 week picture yet! I'm going to go buy more batteries on my lunch break today, so I should be able to get the picture tonight.

Over the weekend I also bought my first maternity pants! I can still generally wear all my pants, but by the end of the day, I'm sorry, those solid waist lines just aren't cutting it! I'm always unbuttoning my pants by the end of the day. HA! I wore those maternity pants to a party last night, and it was greatness! I'm loving the elasticity. It's going to be hard to go back after the baby is born!

Jeff and I are greatly anticipating this weekend - we're flying up to Chicago to meet Baby Micah! We can't wait. And we're going to get a realistic taste of what it's like to have an infant around... I'm afraid it's too late to back out of ours! haha! :)

12 Weeks and my Weirdest Craving!

If you time things based on my last ultrasound, I'm 12 Weeks today! Or if I base things on my own timing, I'm 12 Weeks tomorrow! Close enough! :) I can't believe I've made it to this point. I wanted to believe this would be a normal, healthy pregnancy, and that God would give us this baby, but I always had this nagging worry in the back of my mind that I wouldn't be that lucky. Especially with PCOS, the chances of keeping any baby, much less your first, are lower than a normal pregnancy! I am so thankful to God for keeping this baby safe and strong. He has taught me a lot about relying on him in the last 8 1/2 weeks since we found out about the pregnancy.

In the last few weeks I've felt a big weight lifted off my shoulders as I relax about my worries. It feels good to just enjoy where I'm at, and enjoy the pregnancy. I'm feeling GREAT now. Hungry more, sick less, and eating more. I'm dreading the weight gain though!

Today also brought my strangest craving. I had 2 soft shell tacos from Taco Bell! Now anyone who knows me knows that Taco Bell would NEVER be my first choice in dining options! But today, that was all I wanted. I had to drive a little bit out of my way to get it, but it was oh so worth it. :) Craving satisfied. And no, this doesn't mean my Mexican aversion is over. A Taco Bell taco hardly counts as Mexican. Sorry friends, it's going to be a little while still before you get me back in a Mexican restaurant!

And tonight we're making the pregnancy "public." We are so excited! Hopefully I'll gain some more readers too once I reveal the address to this blog. :)

11 Week Picture

Now that I'm halfway to 12 weeks, I figured it's probably time to post my 11 week picture!



Not too much change I guess! I'm SO excited to be 12 weeks in a few days. That's when we're going to make it "public." I can't wait! Then everyone can know about this blog!

And just to even things out, I had a boy dream this week. I really don't remember much about the dream, other than that the baby was a boy! I also had a dream about labor last night - that I totally couldn't feel anything. Man, was that nice! hehe.

10 Week, 5 Day Ultrasound

After a mini-scare (not really) yesterday, when the doctor couldn't find the heartbeat via Doppler, he wanted me to come back for an ultrasound in the afternoon just to make sure all was well.

Everything looks GREAT! Measuring right on schedule, they gave me an EDD of May 8 but I'm going to keep May 9 because it's Joel's & Blaze's birthday. :)

Loud and strong Heart rate 169 bpm. It's so cute! It actually looks like a baby now, and it was jumping & bouncing all over the place, and waving it's arms... Sooo cute!



I have been eating GREAT lately. I can basically eat all I want and never get sick! It's a miracle, the first time in my life! I weigh myself every morning, fully expecting THIS to be the day it takes a 4 pound jump. It never does! I weighed in this morning and am now -12 pounds from the day I got my positive pregnancy test. Wow. Apparently I have crazy good pregnancy metabolism or something?! It should start going up soon!

10 Week Picture

Here's my 10 week picture!! Wow am I starting to look fat! But it's fun!



For comparison sake, here's 6 weeks! There's a real difference there!

A Fun Weekend in Oklahoma

We made our first big trip in the 4Runner this weekend up to Oklahoma to visit the Blairs. We still had all 3 dogs, so that made everything all the more interesting! I love the versatility of the SUV. We put the back seats down, then laid the dogs beds down. It was great! They had a nice even "floor" to walk around on and rest. I can't say they (especially Bailey) completely loved being "forced" to stay in the back, but they eventually sacked out in their each individual beds. It was very cute.

When we got there, the Blairs gave us an adorable OU windsuit for the baby to wear. It's 6-9 months, so it'll be the perfect size for next Fall's football season. Saturday was a fun, but long day. We left mid-morning to head up to Norman, and grabbed some lunch at Applebees. After lunch we drove over to campus. I went up to Balfours to buy a cute OU maternity shirt that I had found online. I can't wait to be big enough to wear it! Maybe by the next game we go to. :) The game was fun, and of course all the more fun that we won, and LSU and Cal lost! A HUGE cheer went through the crowd when the news came in that LSU had lost. That was awesome! I fell asleep in the car on the way home from the game. I was exhausted!

When we got back home to Texas last night, I decided I was hungry about 9:00 pm. I told Jeff that I wanted a home made pizza, but I wasn't patient enough to #1 make one, or #2 wait for the time it would take to cook. Jeff offered to run out and get me a pizza, so I took him up on the offer. :) Jeff is so sweet. He's the best husband a pregnant girl could ask for!

10 Weeks

I'm 10 weeks today! I can't believe I've made it this far! I dropped Jeff off at the train station this morning and as we were driving I told him that this means we've known about the pregnancy for 6.5 weeks now! That is crazy. It doesn't seem that long!

It's so fun to be in the double digits... Only a few weeks and I'll be moving on to the Second Trimester. What?? When did that happen? I can't believe I'll be 1/3 done at that point. That is just bizarre! I also can't wait to be able to tell EVERYONE. I think we'll let it out at 12 weeks, so only 2 more to go! It'll be so fun to have it out there in the open and be able to share pictures (and the link to this blog!) with everyone.

I'm leaving work early today to run home, pack up all 3 dogs, pick Jeff up, and then head off to Oklahoma for the weekend. We're both looking forward to a weekend away. We'll be celebrating Jeff's birthday with his family, and of course going to the Sooners game on Saturday. BOOMER SOONER! I'll have to post my 10 week pictures when we get back.

Bella Bands and Popcorn Balls

I think I reached a little milestone today - I went out and bought a Bella Band! I was going to wear a pair of khakis today, put them on, and while they DID fit, I could tell that it was NOT going to be comfortable sitting in them all day. So I nix'd that outfit and moved on. I still have lots of pants that fit (thanks to the weight loss!) but there are a few that are too tight now, that were borderline too tight pre-pregnancy anyway. So, I bought the Bella Band! I figure I'll be able to wear all the pants that are a little too tight now, and the Bella Band will stay with me in the next few weeks and months as I grow out of all my regular pants, but I'm not big enough yet for maternity.

I went to Walmart today at lunch to pick up my Metformin and Prenatals prescription, and wandered around until I found something that looked good for lunch. Just the other day I was thinking about popcorn balls and how yummy they were... Then low and behold, I turned a corner, and THERE THEY WERE!!!!!!!! I was SO excited. Of course they only came in a 20-pack, so now I have a million popcorn balls. But I HAD to eat one as soon as I got in the car! There was no waiting until I got back to the office, I had to have it NOW. :) It was all I dreamed it would be.

Jeff's latest thing is obsessing over my protein intake. I do recognize that I'm not getting enough. But the thought of most meats gross me out so what's a girl to do! I'm trying to eat nuts, peanut butter, etc etc. Last night on my way home from work he asked me how much protein I'd had, and I said none. He told me that if I don't eat some meat at dinner he was going to take me down to Scotty P's and force me to eat a double meat hamburger. (Gross and gross.) He always tells me "It's not about you anymore, it's about the health of the baby." A little annoying, but cute that he's into it. :)

9 Week Pictures

So, my 9 week pictures bring about the scariest pregnancy picture we've taken so far:

(Sorry for the blurriness, I think I need to give Jeff a refresher course on how to use a camera!)



Yikes. Someone want to tell me where that GUT came from??? I promise I'm not sticking anything out, either! Hello bloat! That's just gross.



The side view isn't quite so scary. Looks about like last week.

I've still overall been feeling pretty good through this weekend. Friday was a little rough, I felt sick, but then most of Saturday and yesterday I felt pretty good. I'm wondering if maybe I feel sicker when I eat sweet things? I'm not feeling very good right now, but a co-worker brought some carrot cake in this morning, and I ate a piece for breakfast... And bam, now I'm not feeling good. So I'm wondering if I'm getting that figured out. I also felt sick during and just after a baby shower on Saturday after I had eaten a bunch of sweet things as well.

I'm tired today and have a headache. I didn't sleep very well last night, first I went to bed late because I was so excited to get news from Andrea, and then once I went to bed I tossed and turned until Jeff came to bed at almost 2 and told me I have a message on my phone. Then after I listened to it and learned that Micah was here, I laid in bed thinking about them for a bit, and finally got to sleep! I woke up again around 3 am feeling sick, but I was able to fall back asleep after a bit. So I'm tired! I might try for a little office nap at lunch again!

Happy Birthday Micah Steven Hall!

My sweet nephew, Micah, was born this morning, October 8, 2007 at 1:18 am.

8 Pounds, 4 Ounces
20 1/2 inches long

So far mommy and baby are doing great! I haven't had a chance to talk to Andrea yet, but I heard she got 2 hours of sleep last night, so I'm sure she's exhausted!





I can't wait to meet you, little guy!!

My nephew is on his way!!

I woke up this morning, got ready for church, and picked up my phone as we were walking out the door. I saw that I had missed 4 calls from my parents and Andrea, and I was like "OH MY GOSH she HAS to be in labor!!!" Sure enough, she was! I talked to both my dad and Andrea this morning about 8:00, on their way to the hospital.

Through the day, Mom and Dad have been faithfully calling just about every hour, giving me updates! I wish I could be there! I of course want to hear EVERYTHING, knowing that 7 months from now it will be my turn!

As I type, last I heard about an hour ago, she's at 8 cm and hopes to be pushing within an hour or two! Go Andrea, you are awesome!!! I can't wait to meet my nephew!!

9 Weeks - I Can Eat Again!!!

Something strange has happened in the last few days. It's making me nervous because I'm feeling "better" which makes me scared something is wrong with the baby!

But, Wednesday was a rough day. Starting around lunch time, I got so nauseated. It lasted all day, I couldn't bring myself to eat anything for lunch, or through the rest of the day, and I was miserable. I even left work early because I just wanted to be home on the couch. I felt that way until about 6:00 or 7:00, when some sort of switch flipped.

I was sitting on the couch and thought, "Hmm, pickles sound pretty good!" So I grabbed the jar of pickles and finished them off. (Don't worry, there were only like 6 or 7 baby pickles in there.) Then I had a popsicle. Jeff called on his way home from work and said that spaghetti sounded good to him, and of all miracles, that sounded good to me too! So we had spaghetti for dinner. I ate two servings! To top it off, for dessert, I had a piece of cherry chip cake.

That is the most I've eaten, probably in an entire day, so far this pregnancy. I just knew I'd "pay" for it, being up in the middle of the night sick. Much to my surprise, I woke up the next morning, my stomach feeling just fine. And it continued again yesterday. I was hungry for breakfast, lunch, AND dinner! And no stomach issues in 2 days now! It's a record!

It's a weird change, but one I'm enjoying. I can only hope I'm coming out of the first trimester yuckiness, even though I'm only 9 weeks... But you never know!

And I'm up 1 pound on the scale! Woohoo! Well I can't say I was too excited to see it go up, but after 10 pounds of weight loss, it's comforting to see it turn the other way back around now.

Crib Bedding

I've been thinking about my crib bedding situation, and how frustrated I am that I can't find anything in the colors I want (sage green, mocha brown, and white) without cutesy animals and stuff. I'm all about modern, sleek, chic, not teddy bears and balloons.

I was already planning on making my own curtains for the room, so I took that thought a level higher and thought.... Why not just make your own?

I was looking around online yesterday and saw several crib bedding patterns out there. I'm wondering what the level of difficulty on those things is. I'm wondering if my mom and I could tag team it? I could bring my sewing machine out to her house a few weekends, and with hers too, we could work together on it.

That way I could pick out the fabrics, designs, everything, and have the curtains I was going to make anyway, to match! I'm starting to get excited about it, but just wondering if it would be entirely too time consuming, and so on.

I have sent an email to my mom to see if she's willing to help, because I don't think I can do it alone! But she's on her way up to Chicago to wait for my sister's baby to be born, so it's going to be a while before we really get to talk about it!

I have the best Dad in the world!

For a few weeks now, I've been craving Sesame Chicken & Fried Rice from Leann Chin in Minneapolis/St Paul. Over this weekend, I realized my dad was in Minnesota!

I called him up and asked if he'd mind bringing me some. We devised a plan for him to buy it the night before he came back to Texas, keep it in a freezer overnight, then it would remain cool as he brought it to me.

Well, he landed this morning, then he and Mom brought it to me at work at lunch time today! He brought me 2 entrees of it!! I'm SO excited. Because of all my first trimester weight loss, my stomach has definitely shrunk, and I could only eat half of it! But that means I now can get 4 MEALS out of it! Woohoo! I think I'll re-freeze one of them and save it for a week or so from now.

Thanks Dad, you're the best!