8 Months



Well Chase and I are finally done with the "construction and design" of our new little nursery.  We're really quite proud of it considering we had very little to work with.  Surprisingly, Chase has quite an eye for design and helped out a ton.  We love it so much we like to just sit in there and look around.  We still can't believe we are going to be parents in about a month.  So hooray for us!  Happy days!! I hate putting pictures of me on here and don't think there will be anymore until I'm back to "normal," not pregnant that is.  Pictures are just too unbearable to look at when you've gained 35 pounds.





We decided we didn't want to go the pink route and went for all the colors of the rainbow with an emphasis on red.  I'm just sick of seeing so much pink.  I also made her a blanket.  Look at me...I've become all domestic.  Up close you can tell that it's VERY homemade, but I'm proud of myself nonetheless.  You can just call me Martha Stewart if you please.  The one I made is the ugly one I am sleeping with.



Chase really got into the whole construction of the nursery and had many pointers.  I was surprised to find that he even had an opinion.  I was looking at strollers on eBay and he put his foot down and said "Sadie is not going to have a stroller with some other babies spit all over it."  Well, they're a heck of a whole lot cheaper!  That's for sure.  I just think it's cute how protective he already is of his little girl.  How exciting.  We are going to parents in one month!!!! 



I am just about ready to give birth.  I don't care how scary or painful it's going to be...I'M READY!!!  BRING IT ON!!!  I am sooooo sick of being pregnant.  No one told me I was going to be this uncomfortable, and if they did I either don't remember, or didn't believe them.  Chase and I feel totally prepared for her arrival, despite the fact that we still haven't taken a tour of the hospital or found a pediatrician.  I have looked under our insurance and there are about a billion doctors to choose from.  How on earth can I make this decision?  I don't want to go around interviewing doctors.  Oh well.  I'm sure everything will fall into place.  Hopefully. 

 

Lately I have felt like a gorilla.  It was the funniest thing.  I was sitting on a low stool and had my arms hanging down between my legs.  Chase and I started laughing because I looked like a gorilla the way I was sitting with my HUGE belly.  We both think this state of obesity is hilarious.  I weigh more than him now.  It's great.  It doesn't help that he keeps running these triathalons and getting all muscular. 

 

 



Chase and I have been trying to get out a lot more because we have heard how hard it is to get out when you have a baby.  Yesterday we went to the beach and just sat on a blanket for a couple of hours until the sun set.  It was pretty amazing.  I totally recommend it.  Did you know our anniversary was last week?  How hilarious is that that I am almost 9 months pregnant and having my first anniversary?  Oh well.  We LOVE surprises. 

I want my tummy back!!

Hyperventilating and a little nesting

I got a new job.  I'm working at Hinzman and Associates and they were kind enough to give me a job even though I'm the "large marge" prego lady and pretty pathetic to say the least.  Finding a job here has been such a struggle!  I can't tell you how many interviews I've had.  At first I would try to hide the belly but after a few months I had to tell the interviewers that I would be having a baby in May which pretty much says "I'm only useful to you for a few months and then I'm splitting."  I'm grateful to be pregnant but geez, it is hard to find a job.  I feel totally handicapped!  Hinzman hired me just for tax season which is perfect because Sadie is coming right after that.  My fancy shmancy BA from the University of Utah got me a job filing papers, and mailing the said papers to clients.  I feel super special!!  The best part about the job search was being told I couldn't be a teller at a bank because I didn't have previous experience.  So they're telling me that the teenager behind the counter is a better candidate because he's had two months of experience?  RIDICULOUS!

 

This job is actually WAY better than my last one (that fired me because I was pregnant...I should sue) because I'm actually pretty busy. This CPA firm is very busy and they keep me quite occupied most of the time. The only problem is that even though I graduated from college, the high school teller at the bank is probably more dependable because he doesn't have a baby inside sucking all his brain cells out.  They call it "pregnancy brain" and I've got it!! Oh well, I'm pretty used to feeling "out of it" these days.  I can't count the times I have had a dyslexic moment or said something totally stupid.  Sometimes when I am trying to say one sentence, even a short one, it takes me like thirty seconds to get my thoughts organized.  This drives Chase crazy, he will always do these hand motions implying that I need to "keep it coming, spit it out", or "any time now."  The worst is that I've heard that I don't regain my lost or "stolen" brain cells.  I will just get dumber with every pregnancy, however I think I've decided this will be the last one for a very long time.  As of today the 20th of March, I never want to be pregnant again! But don't let my woes of pregnancy scare you.  There have been some wonderfully spiritual times as well that I wouldn't give up for anything.  It's amazing to have a growing human being living inside of you...INCREDIBLE!!! 

 

So I was reading my weekly update email from Pregnancy Weekly and they had a whole article on labor and delivery.  I was also reading about this in my "What to Expect When You're Expecting" book. I was at work and started to hyperventilate.  I seriously couldn't breath!  I know it's good to be informed but I have never been one for pain, needles, or blood and was a sorry sight in front of my computer.  Here I am at work, breathing quite heavily with tears in my eyes every time I read about "holding your baby for the first time" or "hearing the baby's first cry after the mucus is cleaned out of her nostrils and stuff."  I'm actually getting pretty emotional right now just typing this.  If y'all thought I was an emotional wreck before, you should see me now.  It's insane.  I can't believe what I will cry over.  I cry if Chase leaves me for five minutes to take a shower.  I made the mistake of watching Life is Beautiful when it appeared on television.  No one was around so I could cry as loud as I wanted to and I'm sure the neighbors heard me.  I just couldn't control myself.  So lets just say I am in a state of terrified bliss if that is at all possible to explain.  I am so excited but absolutely freaked out.  That would explain the hyperventilation mixed with tears.  Geez, all those years of studying human behavior have totally paid off!  I must be some sort of genius that I just diagnosed my own freaking problem. 

 

So yesterday was my 1st wedding anniversary and because it was a Sunday, Chase and I decided to celebrate the night before by going to the symphony.  I forgot how much I love getting all gussied up and going out on the town.  San Diego is so charming at night and being in Symphony Hall was just what I needed to feel a little less frumpy with these extra 35 pounds.  It was spectacular even though Chase and I nearly fell asleep at the end because I'm prego and he ran another Iron Man that day.  We were a sad sight, I waddled in as he supported me with his limping body.  Poor kid.  It's hard to see him so fit and tan while I weigh more than him, yes that's right, I weigh more than Chase now.  That's what I get for marrying a little guy.  When we got home we turned on Frank Sinatra and danced in our living room.  It was wonderful and just proves that you don't have to have a lot of money to have a memorable anniversary.

 

 

I am in nesting mode (even though I don't feel like cleaning one bit which I've heard is one of the characteristics) and want to get everything ready for our little bundle of joy.  I've decided that I want to have diaper bags like I have purses and switch them out with whatever I'm wearing so I bought one with red in it too to wear on my red days.  Chase has a plain black one.  I guess we are all set on diaper bags.  I even got a diaper cake at my ward shower and the little diapers are so stinking cute because of their itty bitty size.  I can't get over how little they are when they are first born.  I am so excited!

 



I am going to go finish reading Baby Wise now and try to get my prego brain to understand all it's concepts.  So is it feed, sleep then wake time, or feed, wake time then sleep?  Hopefully it will all fall into place once Sadie arrives and my motherly intuition will kick in.  I hope I hope I hope. 

About the pictures.  Above is my ugly nursery because I haven't finished it.  In the picture I still have some strange things lurking around.  Like for example.  I watched someone's kid the other day and she needed to take a nap so I put a queen size bed sheet around the mattress and I just bought a crib skirt.  I'll post a picture of the finished product when it's all done.  Also don't mind the dog food looking meal I'm eating.  It's whole wheat pasta and I hate it, but it's for Sadie and all that jazz.

 

 

 

 

Baby Shower

My fantastic friends threw me a baby shower. I have to admit (and I'm already ashamed to say it) that when we found out we were pregnant one of the only reasons I was sad was because I had just moved to San Diego and didn't have any friends yet. Who would throw me a baby shower?

I had this vision of how it would be to be pregnant. Picking out clothes, shopping for nursery items and having a big baby shower thrown my bosom buddies of course.

We are so ridiculously poor that shopping for outfits for Sadie will probably result in a trip to the thrift store, and nursery items will definitely be coming from Craig's List. I have however been fortunate enough to make some AMAZING friends here in San Diego. In the short time we've been here we really feel like we have family around us. We love our game nights and Sunday dinners and everyone here is so fun.

Lilly, Brandi, Andrea and Angelica all helped with the shower and it was so fun. I told them I was totally over the color pink for girls so they made it a red themed party and everyone wore red. It was awesome and I feel so loved. Thanks again girls!!