Fetal Brain Drain in action!

I CAN'T BELIEVE I forgot to mention this already!!! Bob finally felt Decovin kick on Monday night during football...I think he is going to be a sports fan! Bob was like "Weird, I can't tell if that's you or him!" I told him it was Decovin cuz I can't make my stomach do that normally...HELLO! I was excited he got to feel him though! WHOO HOO! GO DADDY!

How pregnant am I?

So my mom and I got into a discussion last night about how pregnant I was...I told her I was just about 24 weeks along and she was like...no you are only 5 months along...it took us awhile to figure out that some months only have 4 weeks and other have 5...plus you should really count weeks b/c it is more accurate and the normal gestation period is 40 weeks long...SOOO...I'll leave it up to you to calculate how pregnant I am...lol! I am tired just thinking about it...

"Excel Happy"

My boss is what I call "Excel Happy", he thinks that everything should be made into an Excel spreadsheet. Thank goodness he is easily convinced that it is not necessary usually, but I am getting pretty handy with Excel anyway! **sigh**

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Mandy, to answer your question in your comment, yes, I made the poncho in the picture. :)

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I found myself the other day using the word "doo-hickey" to replace the actual word of the item I was referring to. This could be blamed on Fetal Brain Drain again but I think mostly I just didn't know the actual name for the item. Hmmm...something to ponder...where do we get these made up words anyway?! :-)

Success!

So all my co-workers LOVED my pumpkin roll and one lady was like...we needed a pregnant lady to be around us a long time ago! haha! One guy even said..."YOU MADE THIS?! Wow, it looks like something you would buy..." He loved it too!

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Oh and I finished my poncho that I have been working on just in time for Fall also, however, I don't think I will be using it anytime soon thanks to Hell's Kitchen outside! Geesh! :-( It is pretty though! :-) I love it!

Baking while preggers

So tonight I decided I would be Suzy Homemaker and bake a Pumpkin Roll for my co-workers to enjoy on our first official day of Fall tomorrow. Well, let me tell you...I for sure need to invest in an apron b/c when I got done, I had a combination of flour and powdered sugar in a line across the biggest part of my belly...**sigh** And to think...it is only going to get worse...LOVELY!

He moved!

So, I am now currently and actively feeling Decovin move on a regular basis. It is weird and cool at the same time. I tried to see if Bob could feel him kick, but his little legs aren't strong enough for daddy to feel yet. I know it will be soon as he is an active little thing...let me tell ya! :-)

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We got our first official gift from our registry today from our friends in San Diego, Jerusha and Eli Bookhamer. They got us our crib mobile! It is so cute! Thanks guys...we love it! :-)

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This weekend, I also received my first official belly talk...my best friend Crystal had the best time rubbing my belly and getting all close and personal with it all the while, cooing and cawing to Decovin...I think he liked it...you tell me?

Wedding #6

Well, I survived our last wedding of the season. My best friend, Kim Gibson (now Kim Grooms) was married on 09/17/05 to Justin Grooms. It was a beautiful ceremony and I am so happy for them! I was a bridesmaid and I have included a picture of the beautiful bride and myself...

Progression Shots...

Here I am at 22 weeks...

The Pooch...

So today while I was laying down on my bed, I looked down at my stomach and decided to try the old "suck it in" routine to see how flat I could get my stomach. Only the top half of my stomach concaved and left a pooch at the bottom...this really creeped me out at first...I was thinking, "Whoa! There really IS a baby in there!" And for the first time since I found out I was pregnant, I actually felt pregnant. You'd think a sonogram would convince a person, but for me, it was the pooch! :-)

The Midwest prevails again...

I have noticed that a lot of people when emailing at work either choose not to proofread before they send an email or do not understand the meaning of proofread...for example, this is a direct email I received the other day from a co-worker (disregard work lingo, just focus on the grammar):

"With looking in BAAN it don't show anything on this order # ever shipping exceptfreight."

If you are reading this and going, WOW...then I am not alone!

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Let me first preface this next story with this: I work with an abundance of older people almost elderly...so today, I am sitting in my cubicle minding my own business when one of the older ladies walks by my cube to get to the printer and on her quest to retrieve her freshly printed documents out it comes...that's right ladies and gentlemen--she farted and it wasn't a quiet one either...oh no...just let it rip, loud and proud and with every step she took more and more kept leaking out! Can I tell you how hard it was for me to not burst out into laughter right there! It makes my side hurt just thinking about it!

Registry, part II

Today, I registered at Wal-Mart...I am glad this is over and hope that I remembered everything!

Absentmindedness is NOT amusing

So today, my best friend Crystal calls me and we chatted for about 30 minutes or so about this and that. She had called to thank me for a "thinking of you" card I had sent her and how she really appreciated it b/c she was sick that week and it really cheered her up. So here I am thinking, YEAH, I did good! Then she kindly and subtly mentions that her birthday sucked this year b/c she had to spend it at work ALL day! I was like..."NO WAY DID I MISS YOUR BIRTHDAY AGAIN!" This is not fetal drain brain syndrome people...this is an every year event that poor Kim and Crystal have to go through...and most of my family as well--what can I say...I am REALLY bad with birthdays...someone HELP ME PLEASE!!!

To Crystal--Happy Belated 27th Birthday, I love you-Please forgive me...AGAIN!
To Kim--In case I forget next month, Happy early 27th birthday, I love you--

Ok, I think my bases are semi-covered...GEESH...what am I gonna do with myself?!

Baby Border

We figured out how to put up the border in our baby's room without killing each other! It was a miracle! HAHA! I think it turned out great...see for yourselves! This is the theme we chose from Babies "R" Us, it is called Malawi.

Family Reunion

Labor Day Weekend turned out to be eventful. We went to Holts Summit, MO to visit family that we had not seen in 4 years! It was fun and we got to spend time with other family members that are seen more frequently but not as much as I would like. My cousin, Stacy, is pregnant too and it is fun to be able to share the trials and tribulations of pregnancy together. She is due in December (5 weeks ahead of me) and we did some fun comparison shots...I hope you enjoy!

Ahhh...the Midwest!

I have forgotten how "country" the Midwest truly is since I haven't lived here in 5+ years. I noticed myself snickering quietly at work the other day in my cube when I overheard some of my co-workers talking. The topic of conversation you might ask? Chickens! Not for dinner...the real live ones! There was mention of how recently coyotes had eaten some of his chickens (so, I guess in this case it would be dinner for the coyote) and so he didn't have any eggs to bring to anyone...Now that's country! I love the Midwest! :-)

Absentmindedness is amusing...Part II

Yes, so quickly it is now happening that they are almost back-to-back! Tonight I was doing the dishes and Bob was trying to help me but I was already there so he just ended up talking to me while I was doing them. Half-way through the first side of the sink's dishes, Bob pipes up..."Hun, why is the tub of butter in the sink?" I just looked at him and said..."WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?" I had used it the other night to melt some for my artichoke that I steamed and apparently thought it was a dirty dish! Please tell me this will get better!!!! (P.S. Bob found it VERY amusing!)

Belly Progression cont...

18 weeks

Belly Progression...

16 weeks

Doctor Visit...AGAIN!

Today was just a check up, I voiced my concerns with how the office staff handled my lab result situation (see blog dated 08/17/05) to my doctor and she apologized and was very empathetic. I am glad she listened and didn't interupt me...heard Decovin's heartbeat again today...it was much faster than before, I think she said like 162/bpm or something close to that...she said he is going to give me a run for my money...will probably keep me up at night when he gets a little bit bigger and I start to feel his movements! CRAZY!

Absentmindedness is amusing

So, I was making Spaghetti tonight and I had everything cooking and ready to go...the sauce was simmering the garlic bread (of which I used fresh garlic on) was in the oven with only 2 minutes reamaing when I realize...CRAP! I forgot to put water on for boiling to make the noodles! DUH! Well, Bob and I got a good laugh at it anyway! Dinner ended up being a little later than I planned but it was still good! HAHA!