Week 11

Pregnancy Update:

• I'm a walking zombie. A walking zombie that hasn't shaved her leg in over a week because I can't muster up enough strength or energy to do it.
• While I find that a hair tie holds my pants up better than the Be Band, it creates a weird bump from where my fly is completely open - so most days I use the Be Band (even though it tends to roll down).
• I can no longer wear any of the button up shirts that I own. The top buttons look as if they are holding on for dear life - and I'm afraid that one of them will just shoot off an hit a co-worker or a patient in the face. So for now, only shirts that pull on.
• My nausea is all but gone! Wahoo!! There are still foods that definitely gross me out still, but I don't have the constant feeling of just stepping off a rollercoaster.
• Had my second Dr. appointment and it well quite well - even had another ultrasound done. It's a nice reminder to see just who I'm going through all of this for.
  

Bagels

My mother is always learning new things. My favorite things that she learn are usually food related. Last week she learned how to make homemade bagels. So of course I headed over right away so she could show me how they are made. I was surprised to find out that there are only four ingredients - and they are really quite simple to make. While my mother claims they weren't her best bagels, we all enjoyed them with relish!

Before they have been boiled and baked.

We made cinnamon sugar ones - tasted just like Blue Sky! Not kidding.

The girls were being just too cute! They were hugging and giggling together for most of the night.

Kevin: always the first to snitch!

I love learning new thing - and especially easy ones. I definitely think this will become a new family tradition!

New Moon

The day finally arrived: the New Moon release! Honestly, I was excited to see the movie (partly because it's a very rare treat for me to see a movie in the theater) but not as excited as I was to see Twilight. The main reason is that I was a bit let down with Twilight. I didn't feel like the story was told the way it should be. It was choppy and left out key scenes that helped you understand the deep devotion and commitment between the two main characters. It's still a good movie - and I put it on when I want to "ooo" and "ahhh", but there are scenes that I will always fast forward since they make me cringe each time.

So with a bit of trepidation I headed to the movie. And honestly... it was GREAT!! I think there was at least a dozen times I turned to my sister or my mom and commented on the bigger budget they had for this film. I know money isn't everything, but man, does it help! The wolves were AMAZING (not just when they had their shirts off =D) and the special effects really recreated what I had envisioned when I read the book. Mostly they did a much better job following the book and making the story understandable for those who haven't read the books. I will definitely be buying the movie when it comes out - and I'm already excited for Eclipse to come out in June!!

Waiting to go into the theater. We arrived an hour early to the theater and there was already a line!

Jazzed about the popcorn - it's the small things in life.

Too excited for words!

Week 10

Pregnancy Update:

• My stomach is very upset lately. I feel pretty gross most of the time - and very few things sound appetizing. I pray all day that this is just a stage and that it will soon go away!
  
• I've been having a hard time getting a good nights rest. I have been tossing a lot more during the night - I think because I normally sleep on my stomach, but being on my stomach is already getting uncomfortable. So now I don't know how to get comfortable.
• Tyler has been gone this week - in California - and I have enjoyed sleeping on his side of the bed. It's closer to the bedroom door and thus has easier access to the bathroom.
  
• I'm starting to feel run down and very tired. It's especially hard right after lunch when my stomach is full and I just want to take a nap.
  
• We are both loving the new experiences we are having and trying to take everything in stride. =D
  

My Personal Ban on KFC

Although I love your deliciously greasy foods - and your "Oh so Yummy" sides - I will no longer be partaking of any of it. Don't take it personal, Colonel - It's not you, it's me - well, it's what you do to me... and my husband. I used to think it was your chicken that made my stomach lite on fire and then churn the whole night, but last night I concluded that it may or may not be your delectably fried chicken - but it's definitely your scrumptious side items that make my insides feel like they are dying. I'm so hurt that you've taken one of the few food items that sounds good to me these days, and you've made it miserable to digest. I'd blame last nights episode on the pregnancy if it had not also happened to me many times before - and created some very awkward ending dates. So for now our relationship must end, and I'm not sure we'll ever rebuild the bridge you burnt last night. I'm sorry it has to end like this, it's just that I deserve better than you.

Week 9

Pregnancy Update:

• I'm nauseous pretty much all day every day. It's not strong enough that I throw up, but an annoying level of unease in my stomach.
• Because I'm so nauseous I constantly have to think about food - what I will eat next, if food items sounds good, if they'll sit well in my stomach, what snacks I can eat at my desk without being too noticeable, etc. I hate having to think about food all the time - it's so much effort!
  
• I'm starting to get quite sleepy now. I haven't been able to sleep very well this week. I wake up a couple times a night to go to the bathroom - and the rest of the night I spend tossing and turning.
  
• Several pairs of slacks no longer fit. They button up, but when I'm sitting they are too snug for comfort. I'm a bit disheartened that this has happened so early - I though I could get away with not having to buy any bigger clothes for at least another month.
• I'm having a hard time coping with not being able to eat sandwiches - unless they are grilled first. I miss having a turkey sandwich.
• I can't wait for Thanksgiving dinner! It is officially my first craving of pregnancy. I've been dying to eat it for a couple weeks now.
  

Perks

There are some pretty great perks that I get at my job. There are drug reps. that come into the office and always bring treats and goodies to stay on our doctors' good sides so they'll use their products. And these reps. bring in enough for all the staff - not just the doctors. The rep. for Rituxan brings in coffee every week - I don't care for coffee, so she brings me in a hot cocoa, apple cider, or Italian soda. The rep. for Enbrel brings in delicious sub sandwiches every other week - love me a turkey on rye! Today another doctor's office brought by fruit smoothies as a thank you for referring patients to them. I've received pens, coffee cups, a t-shirt, food, beverages, a small mirror you can keep in your purse, a tote bag, loads of sticky notes (which are like gold in our office because they go so fast), and even seasonal jams and jellies (not even joking!!).

Friday I received another great perk of working where I do - I'll be getting a free H1N1 shot in the comfort of my office. My OBGYN office is all of the vaccine - and I wasn't able to wait in the long lines last week because I was sick. I was starting to get worried that I may just not get one - and I've been a bit paranoid about getting the flu (I mean, I was taken down by the common cold - I can only imagine what it would be like to have the flu!) But a nurse that I work with worked her magic with a worker at Central District Health and snagged our office 20 shots - just enough for the people I work directly with. When she found out that they would be the mist kind (the form I can't take since I'm pregnant) she called the office back again and traded in one mist for one injectable shot - not an easy thing to do.

I am very thankful for the perks I have from my job. There are times that I am frustrated with my job, but I really am lucky to have it.

The Fever

So I haven't blogged in a while. This has been because I've been pretty sick for the past five days. It started on Tuesday night. I had rehearsal at the institute building on campus. I stayed a bit later than normal to work on my duet with my partner, so we were the last ones out of the building. We walked down the block to our cars, said good bye, and got in our cars. I was driving Tyler’s car that night and it started jolting as I drove out of the parking lot. I knew his brakes were pretty much shot, so I thought maybe his parking brake was on. So I pulled over to check the brake situation. It didn’t appear that the brake was on at all, so I just stepped out of the car to take a look. My front tire was flat. Very flat. It was dark, cold, windy, and late. I called Tyler at work, but he didn’t answer. So I texted him to let him know that both tires were flat and to give me a call. I waited in the car for several minutes, but he didn’t call me back. I thought of other people I knew who might still be up that late, but everyone I thought of lived clear across town. I decided that it would be stupid for making one of them come all the way downtown just to drive me a few blocks home. So I decided to just walk home.

I completely underestimated how far away I actually live from campus. It isn’t that long of a bike ride, but walking it took almost an hour and a half – not a twenty minute stroll home. I was wearing my super high heels, skirt, no winter coat, and it was 34 degrees in downtown Boise that night. It was blowing pretty hard as well. I called Tyler probably about 12 times and sent him probably 15 texts. He finally called me once I was to the Co-Op (almost home). He felt so terrible. He didn’t realize that on his new phone if you push the ignore button to silence the vibration of an incoming call, that it will then silence every incoming call or text until you open your phone up and view the missed call. So after he ignored my first call – since he was in the middle of teaching – it didn’t ring again after that.

By the time I arrived home I was chilled, exhausted, had to go to the bathroom, my heel had broken on one foot, and I had a gash on the other. Tyler stopped at the store and bought me some Tylenol – since all we had was Aleve, Aspirin, Ibuprofen, and Advil – everything but the one drug I can take. I took a long warm shower, but I was still chilled when I got out, and by 1am I had a fever. I stayed home from work on Wednesday – I slept in a bit and just recovered - except for the trip with Tyler to change the flat tire and take the car to the *shop (which was miserable when all I wanted to do was climb back in bed). By that evening I felt better – I didn’t have a fever any more, just achy and sore. I headed back to work on Thursday – I was still very achy, but I didn’t have a fever so I assumed I was just sore from all the walking I had done. Well, by the afternoon I knew that my fever was coming back – so I headed out an hour early. I got home and immediately crashed. Tyler got home from work early that night and found me on the couch – drenched in sweat. So I had a fever all night Thursday – all day Friday and then it finally broke Saturday morning. Only to return Saturday night and last until Sunday night. So I stayed home from work Monday as well – just trying to recuperate before I headed back to work.

The worst part of being sick – besides not being able to take anything for it (oh how I wished I could just gulp down some Theraflu and get the fever over with!!!) - was that even though I was burning up and just wanted to sleep, I was still pregnant hungry – so I’d still need to eat all the time. But nothing sounded good to me since I was on fire. And I wasn’t up to going out to the store to get anything new, so I was stuck with what we had. It was a rough couple of days. And the worst part is that I didn’t even get to say goodbye to Tyler. He left for a week long business trip to Tennessee on Sunday morning and I was so out of it that I didn’t give him a hug or a kiss – nothing. It didn’t even hit me til the next day that he had really left, and I was all alone for a whole week. I’m now very sad that he is gone – and I didn’t get to have any fun with him before he left. So my goal is to get healthy by Saturday so that we can go and do something fun when he gets back.



*We ended up getting two new tires for his car, the brakes fixed, and the alignment done. $500 later we drove his car home. Isn’t it the worst to spend money on cars? It’s a necessary evil. You know you’ll never get that money back – and it’s such an unfun thing to spend money on.

Week 8

Pregnancy Update:

• Had my first doctors appointment and everything went great.
  
• I'm still nauseous when I wake up in the morning - and that includes when I wake up from a nap, or if I've just been sitting still for a while. I still haven't been "sick", but it's still not the greatest feeling - though it never stays for long.
• Certain anatomy parts are starting to get tender - ;)
• I'm super thirsty all the time - subsequently making the number of trips to the bathroom increase drastically.
• I'm becoming increasingly tired as the days go on.
  
• Tyler and I are no where close to deciding on names - not even close!
  

Halloween

Tyler and I are so glad that we have family that lives so close by, and we love that we are able to carry on traditions with them - like carving pumpkins. I'll be honest, it isn't one of my favorite holiday traditions - you have to clean out all the goop on the inside, then scrap the walls until they are thin enough to carve, and then you have to actually carve the thing - it's a lot of work for something that just sits outside and gets moldy. But nonetheless, I still enjoy carving one every year. It was a fun Sunday afternoon activity - here's the proof:

Before I knew that I had picked a ridiculously hard pattern... Look how blissfully happy I was.

I had to scarp the walls of my pumpkin several times - I swear I picked the thickest pumpkin ever grown!

Playing in the leaves...

Tyler was very proud of his Jack O' Lantern - he picked the easiest pattern and was done in 5 minutes. What bummed me out is that his looked just as cool as mine and I spend almost an hour on mine.

All our pumpkins lined up (from left to right): Tyler's, Mine, and then the last three were done by Karen (=D). Maddy wanted the flamingo one so Karen carved it.