Goodbye Pre-Prego Jeans!!

Today I finally gave in and bought more maternity clothes. All of my pre-maternity clothes have finally gotten a little too short and a little too tight. 

I went to Old Navy because I had heard that they had cute maternity clothes. The location I went to had the maternity section shoved into a back corner, and nothing was hung up and everything just looked wrinkled and worn out. I sifted through the racks anyways, and there were actually extra large non maternity clothes on the racks! As if pregnancy wasn't an emotionally charged time already, I have to pick from extra large clothing? I left Old Navy and went home very discouraged and feeling like a cow. 

I looked online for some boutiques and went back out. I'm glad I did because I hit the jackpot at Destination Maternity.

I bought some really comfy denim capris and some cute tops at Destination Maternity. I think I'm set for the rest of the pregnancy. All I need is a tankini, maybe, if I'm brave enough.... and a cute dress for my baby shower.  I feel cute again! 

The Replacements

This week I've started training my replacement at work. She is the sweetest thing. She's an Aggie and wants to go to Law School, so she is just diving into everything I give her, which is awesome.

She insists on doing things around the office for me so I don't have to lean over and pick things up or go and fetch things from another room. She went to lunch the other day, and brought me chocolate chip cookies on her way back to the office. She scored points in my book with that! haha!

It's very odd training her. The things I do at work just come naturally now, and having to stop and think about what all I've done over the past two years just wears me out!

In one month I'll be leaving the firm. I'll be sad to go. These folks have been like family to me. I'll miss the great benefits and pay too. Something I definitely won't have in Houston for a long while.

Well, every chapter has to end sometime, right? A new chapter must always be written. I'm about to start writing the biggest chapter of my life: motherhood.

We found it!!

After several months of research and a day of pounding the pavement, A and I found our apartment in Houston! The apartment is at Richmond and Beltway 8 in the Westchase District. It's brand new and it is VERY spacious. Lots of room for a little one, AND they are going to paint the nursery for us in a baby blue!! I'm excited! 

This definitely made me feel more anxious and excited about moving home. I have a new home in Houston and I can't wait to move in and SPREAD OUT!!! 

I've got so many things to do between now and then. I haven't started packing. I'll get as far as surveying the area I want to pack, and maybe putting a box together, and that's about as far as I get. My mom is coming up during Memorial Day weekend to help me pack! yes!!!

This next month will go by fast. 

Bye Bye Belly Button

I just noticed that my belly button has disappeared. My innie went to an outie about 3 weeks ago and now I'm so stretched out that my belly button is barely there.  It's rather funny looking. Just in time for bathing suit weather, too! Well, let's face it, I probably won't be doing much in the way of tanning and hanging out poolside during the summer months. haha!

The Wonderful World of Babydom

I finally finished my registries today!!  The only things I'm missing are baby clothes and extra blankets and sheets, but I can pick those up whenever as we go. I need basics right now. 

I never imagined that it would be such a big task!! 

I spent 6 hours yesterday doing my Babies R Us registry and spent nearly 2 hours just trying to pick out bottles!!

Today A and I took a trip to BRU and looked at strollers and car seats. I am so glad we went or else I would have registered for a rather terrible stroller. I think I pulled a muscle trying to get one of the strollers closed and opened back up!

A got in to the whole process and it was just too cute watching him push the stroller and practice taking the car seat in and out of the stroller.

We've decided to do a light green and light blue color scheme with froggies, snails and turtles. I can't wait to see it all come together! 

I feel pretty good about my choices and now just have to hope that we get enough of everything to get by for a while!

Today at BRU, A and I were walking through the nursery furniture section, and he stopped in front of one of the cribs and leaned over it. He had the biggest smile on his face. I asked what he was smiling about, and he said "Just thinking about how cute our little boy is going to look sleeping in a crib." I can not wait to see him with our baby boy. It will be so darn cute!

In the clear....sorta

I went back to the doctor today for my check up. The pains and cramps that I was having have diminished somewhat, and now she just thinks I might have an infection. I'm getting treated for that, and hopefully when I go back to the doctor's next week, I'll feel much better.

My little boy is a whopping 1 pound 2 ounces already!!! He is so cute. During our ultrasound, he kept sticking his pointer finger up in the air and wiggling it around. I don't know why he was doing that, but it was just too cute. 

So, I hope in another week I'll feel better and be all back to normal.

Bedrest sucks!!

So, this week has been rather interesting. It started out like any other week. On Tuesday I had my monthly pregnancy check up. I told my doctor about some weird and rather painful cramps and pains that I had been having for the past week. My doctor's eyes got big and said "Can you take a few days off?" I said, "yeah, but I'm supposed to be in Houston on Friday for my friend's wedding." 

Her head sunk. She told me, "you can't go, you are having what sounds like pre-term contractions and you need to stay in Dallas." Basically, this means that these pains I had been having and ignoring could have led to premature labor. Because I was only 21 weeks along, and babies aren't viable outside of the womb until 24 weeks, my doctor freaked out. 

She placed me on bedrest until Monday the following week. I drove home in tears, at first because I was going to have to miss CC's wedding and I was worried at how she would take the news (she was VERY understanding and supportive, by the way, love you CC!) , but then the reality sunk in that I could really loose my baby and there wasn't a darn thing I could do about it.  My body was going to do what it was going to do. 

I think I cried for a day straight and then I just laid around my apartment all week. I caught up on some of the books that I had put away months ago. It was kind of nice to have a short break from work. 

I'm feeling better now. I still have pains in the nether regions and I'm not sure if that's normal or not. I go back to the doctor on Tuesday for a follow up. If after my examination I don't show signs of improvement, I may have to go on prolonged bedrest, which would REALLY suck. I realized that staying home would drive me crazy. As much as my job gives me a perma-headache, I'm keeping busy and being productive. Sitting at home and seeing the dirty dishes and laundry pile up and not being able to do chores on doctors orders really irritated me. 

Hopefully, this will all go away and I'll be back to normal soon. 

Well, its off to shower. My parents are in town today and they are coming over for lunch and a visit this afternoon to cheer me up. 

Until the next rumble...