the weird pregnancy symptoms post!

you know, the ones you always hear about, but never really know how strange they are until they hit you... (so i wrote these fairly in order of how they hit me from first trimester to third).  here we go!

1. burping. not just any burping - i mean 300 lb man burps!

2. the need to pee - like, NOW. then you get there, and it turns out it wasn't quite the crisis situation you thought it was.  but it was a situation nonetheless. 

3. the dizzies - the earth is rotating and i might fall out of my bed.

4. aversion to smells - my shampoo made me nauseous.

5. constipation - i deserve a treat for poo-ing! um, yeah...it's kind of a big deal!

6. forgetfullness - i think i threw away my keys, and i cant find my yogurt!

7. constant eating - i need food ASAP or you will be sorry!  and so will i.

8. klutziness - everything i touch ends up on the floor, and i bump in to everything in sight (walls, doorways, little kiddos... you name it!) this may largely be due to the fact that i constantly underestimate the amount of space this huge belly will actually need.

9. leg cramps - i woke up with a mad charlie horse in the middle of the night!

10. tastiness. some things are just so dang tasty! i live to eat pears and brush my teeth!

11. baby moves! and she kicks, and she punches, and she jabs, and she cartwheels, and she somersaults...

12. carpal tunnel? yeah pretty sure my right hand is consta-asleep.

13.  puffy!  my feet are just plain puffy.  oh, and can we say kankles?  (is that how you spell that?!)



this post i wrote as a sidebar thingy.  but i decided it was time to move the preggo stuff out of the way since, you know, BabyDallie is here!

a sequence of bumps

this is about as photo-editing savvy as i get!  and i may or may not have done it all in 'paint.'  but there's no way of knowing...  apparently i favor my left side when getting pictures taken!

isn't it december yet?

this is going to be a rather random post, but i just have so many unrelated things to blog about right now  =)

tomorrow is my last day of work before maternity leave!  and it's a good thing, too, because those little preschool kids are totally kicking my butt.  they all got faster.  or i got about 20 times slower.  one of those.  can you tell i am excited?  well, i am!!! 

tys and i set up our christmas tree yesterday, and have been listening to christas music for the past week.  we also got some carpet remnants to help insulate our ice-box apartment.  california is so not living up to its reputation these days, with lows like 34 degrees (which is exactly what our apartment ends up being...)  here i am contemplating whether or not the left side of the tree has more ornaments than the right side.  i love our little christmas tree. 

not too long ago we had this combination birthday party/baby shower thing.  it was a party for tyson, and john (who goes to school with tyson) and our little baby (who ended up stealing the show, if you ask me)!  anyways, it was a good time, and i snapped some pretty funny shots, like this one, of tyson getting ready to bob for pacifiers.  oh boy... what a trooper! 

oh, how i miss you!

1.  AMIGOS!   we had so many crazy adventures.  like the time the boys decided to climb the poor baby pine tree, resulting in broken tree, broken pride, and hours of laughter. a must see!

2.  Messy hair that actually looked good/the ease of a short hair cut (check that teeny tiny stub of a pony tail!  so sweet...)! well, i thought so.  which leads me onto # 3...

3.  Exclamations of que rubia! as i walk by.  yes, yes, my eyes are super closed, but the hair... oh to be a blondie again!

4.   Winter, Winter, Winter!  i truly do miss the snow.  limited visiblity, icy wind, slippery sidewalks, dreading going outside, red puffy cheeks and flat wet hair included! 

5.  Fireworks.  not really sure why monterey has BANNED all firework awesomeness from the 4th of july.  PS - speaking of awesomeness, didnt tys do an incredible job with this picture?!?

6.  Fitting into a size 2.  ok ok ok... an altered size 2 (but not that much), and i may have been super uncomfortable by the end of the evening, but there's no way of knowing for sure ;)  but let me tell you, all this weight gain is totally worth it!

7.  Maine!  i heart ME!  we went there for christmas a few years ago.  my mom does an awesome job decorating (there is not an un-festive corner in the house!)

10 weeks to go

today has been a wiggly baby day
=)

fall

today it feels like fall.  the sky is cloudy (not foggy!), its nice and cool, and when i look out the window i can almost imagine little snow flurries coming down.  no such luck here in monterey, though.  here's a rundown of why fall is the greatest: 

it all starts with my birthday!

as if that isn't enough, we get halloween.

then there's tyson's birthday!

scarf and sweater weather.

and thanksgiving!

and to top it all off, there is christmas.

plus, this year we get another awesome treat - a little baby!

here are some pictures of fall in rexburg (where fall is literally about 1 day long, then the weather jumps straight from summer to icy cold winter).

i've been wanting to

get new bedding.  that would make me mucho happy!

i have these ambitions of making my own bedding. now that ive done the baby quilt, i feel a bit more confident, but there are so many more complications with a biggie like a queen sized quilt.   i havent got around to even attempting it, but i like these fabric ideas from ikea.

or i could just get this from anthropologie...i know, right?

PS, this day begins trimester numero 3!  1/2 of october, november, then, december, and baby is here!!!