31 Weeks!

This past week was rather uneventful, as far as pregnancy-weeks go.  Here's what I can remember.


Hopefully, Saturday night's dream was the beginning of the "Return of the Amusing Pregnancy Dreams."

I was in a video game.  Let's see if I can accurately describe it:  I was fighting for my brother (I don't have a brother in real life) who was being held captive by a humongous snake-like creature.  We seemed to be in a pirate ship like place, with worn wooden-plank floors and port holes that opened up on water as far as I could see.

There were various baddies that I was fighting against and my weapons were guitars--electric mostly, I think.  There were different guitars that did different things when you strummed the strings--one shot fire, one shot ice, another had such strong sound waves that it would vibrate the bad guy apart, and the last one I remember was one that would open a sort of portal to a different part of the ship if I was starting to lose or needed a break.

The best part, to me, is that I wasn't the only one there:  Ryan was there as well as various other friends (undefined, though).  And Ryan and said various friends kept telling me what to do.

The worst part:  I woke up before I could see how the video game ended.

I told Ryan about this dream and he said that the game sounded marketable.  That was the word he used.  So, I guess this would be a new version of "Guitar Hero"???


Declan squirms all the time!  It is wonderful except when he squirms behind my ribs.  He is over 3.3 pounds (that's about all I know right now!) and is heading into a growth spurt.  He can turn his head from side-to-side and his arms, legs, and body are beginning to plump out!  All the moving means Declan is active and healthy, so I {mostly} don't mind it too much.

I got my first baby shower gift (even though the shower isn't until this Saturday--I'm SUPER excited) on Sunday {thanks Jean!} and it is two cute sets of fleece clothes!  Little Declan should be able to keep warm in them!

I have discovered that yes, indeed, Declan can hear/feel the cat purring when he's on my lap.  He tends to get a little more active and has even kicked/poked the cat.  Curly then gives me the evil-eye and gets off my lap.  I just have to laugh!

Below is my pregnancy update photo.  I was looking at myself in the mirror on Monday and had the realization:  I'm pretty huge!  It's glorious!  Life is being formed and grown within me, what a wonderful experience!  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

I am still craving homemade potatoes--especially with Thanksgiving coming up next week but that's about it.  I had a burst of energy on Sunday night:  I made all my lunches for the week, made lunch for myself, tried to make a lotion recipe I've been meaning to f-o-r-e-v-e-r, baked muffins, made dinner...I feel like there was more, but I just can't remember it!  I felt very accomplished for the first time in a very long time.  Hopefully, I'll get the curtains done at some point this week before my family comes for the baby shower this weekend...

Thanks for checking in with us this week!  I hope you have a blessed week!

Cheers!

~ N~

Project Nursery :: Declan Wall Deco

This is the third installment of my Project Nursery "series."  Today, I have another Pinterest-inspired project to show you!

My original inspiration (or, pinspiration!) courtesy of Dersken Photography:  http://pinterest.com/pin/275212227199420127/

How mine turned out: 

I still have to add the crib to mine and based on the wall space available and the height of the crib, I don't think I'll be able to add a shelf like the inspiration.  But that's ok with me.

First, we went to JoAnn Fabrics and picked out some letters that I liked the look of.  Ryan and I tested the look out multiple times by laying out the letters on the floor!  We must've looked a tad bit c-r-a-z-y!!!  I don't mind, I just blame everything on pregnancy...

Next, I went to Goodwill & our local St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Store and picked out some {cheap} frames that I thought would do nicely to frame the letters.

After that, I went to Home Depot and found a dark gray spray paint that would cover wood, plastic, and metal; as my frames were of various materials.  

Then I went to Walmart and chose various shades of blue acrylic paint.  I chose various shades because then it is more likely that the "random" things that I choose for the nursery (sheets, other accessories) would "match" and then I don't have to worry so much about everything being the same color blue (a propensity I know I have if I didn't plan accordingly).

Finally, I went through the vintage sheet music I had acquired, finding a beautiful book of advanced trumpet exercises.  

I painted the letters and my mom spray painted the frames.  I then cut the sheet music to fit just inside the frames and got out finishing nails and sticky-poster-tack. After all this prep work, I was ready to put it all up together.  I used the sticky-poster-tack to attach the sheet music to the wall, then used the finishing nails to support the letter at the center of the sheet music and finally put up nails to hold the frames.  This sounds easy, but for my pregnancy-addle pated brain, it was no easy task.  I was quickly frustrated to tears but persevered {with a little help from my wonderful hubby} and I am pleased with the outcome!

That's about it for this installment of Project Nursery.  I hope you enjoyed and thanks for keeping up with us!

Much love!

~N~

Doctor's Appointment and Forgotten Things

Well, today was my doctor's appointment.  Here's what happened: not much.  I went in there, was weighed (gained 2-ish pounds in the 6 weeks since my last appointment, which still puts my total weight gain since my first appointment at  -1 pound), then escorted to the room. 

We listened to the Mini-Miller's heartbeat (150's she said), I complained about my difficulties in actually sleeping, for which the doctor provided no answer (I didn't expect her to) and then went to the Ultrasound Department to schedule THE ultrasound where we will find out the Mini-Miller's name!!!  

I wait with bated breath for Wednesday, September 5 at 8:30 am.  I think I would've been able to find out sooner if the stupid Labor Day weekend hadn't messed things up for me.  Oh foo bunnies!

Oh, and some of those interesting things I forgot to post about yesterday:  I managed to put both my phone and sunglasses into my refrigerator overnight...I hope I haven't ruined my phone. Though, I suspect I might have and our contract isn't up until January...and I refuse to buy a new phone.  Refuse.

My energy level seems to have gone up a little bit.  A teensy-tiny bit, even though I'm still not sleeping well.  Sorry to sound like a broken record and if anyone has suggestions, I am all ears....particularly if they don't cost too much money!

Cravings:  whatever food combination that comes into my head consisting of ingredients we do not have at home...even when we have a refrigerator full of food (and, apparently other odds and ends that do not belong in there) and my husband has just gone grocery shopping.  Oh, and beans, black beans, chili-with-beans, refried beans...but, as I stated in a previous post, beans are from the devil right now...so I cannot have them.  But they pretty much sound good all the time.  I know, I'm strange.  Deal with it...I have to!

Other random observations:  When I stop and think about it, what is going on inside of me is pretty amazing.  Pretty durn amazing what God is doing in and to my body.  

The whole memory-loss thing is irritating and somewhat selective.  I wish people in general were better at finishing my sentences.  They need to work on that.  :)  

I think I've felt the M-M move this week.  Like REALLY move.  

I've read that others describe it as a "popping/gas/bubble" type dealio, but get ready for my description of what I've felt so far:  it's like a heartbeat in another part of my body, only it doesn't match my heartbeat (I checked).  And it was happening when I was leaning forward, probably making the M-M VERY uncomfortable.  

Have you ever had that happen to you?  When I described it to my hubby, he instinctively reached over and put his had on my belly (ironically, WAY too high) and said that he understood what I was talking about.  If not, chalk it up to the craziness that I've already admitted to.

I'll let you know if anything else interesting happens this week...but probably not until next week...if I remember.  :)

TTFN,

~N~

And So It Begins...

I will state that the purpose of this blog is to keep my family updated on my pregnancy (due January 12th, 2013) and to share some of my creativity with the world.  And so it begins.

I am currently 15 weeks along with my first pregnancy.  Everything is new to me.  I hope to be real and possibly amusing at the same time.