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It has been wonderful that Brandon and Chrissy live in Gainesville as they are so much closer now and we get to see them more often! We decided awhile ago that we'd use our house to celebrate Brandon's 21st birthday since we are closer for them and we have more room for guests than they do at the apartment! I was really ready for some company! I get this little itch when I've been in Valdosta for too long without a vacation and having company for the weekend really helped me deal until we can get away the first weekend in October :) Mom is so thrilled to be a grandma soon and I was very excited to see her since I haven't had a visit since we told them the good news! She has gone overboard buying us cute baby things...she even joined a book club! It was so sweet of her though and I was sooo happy for her to finally see all the baby things I've bought including all my maternity clothes (that I am still not wearing yet!) It was also really sweet that Nana sent ...
Google has become my new best friend lately (or enemy depending on how you look at it). Since we have already ordered our nursery furniture I decided to start searching the internet for baby room theme ideas! I figured we'd pick bedding first then decide colors etc...well it's been WAY more difficult than I'd imagined. Originally I liked the idea of painting the whole room navy and doing "star light star bright" theme with white wooden stars everywhere and the words to the rhyme somewhere in the room. This idea created two issues: one I googled for hours and couldn't find any matching bedding and two Zach hated it. So I started googling again. Now before I went through the effort at looking at ALL the baby bedding in the world I talked to Zach and he said the only bedding he will really be happy with is sports themed. Keep in mind, we are not finding out the sex!!! So obviously that idea is out. After spending a lot of time and energy annoying Zach p...
All this talk about baby bedding right before bed may have annoyed me but it did do some good! I had my FIRST dream about our baby last night (well at least the first overall good one!) Of course all this talk about "gay" bedding in case it's a boy made me dream that our baby was a boy! However, I still feel in my gut that it's a girl so I'm not changing my vote over there on that one just yet! It was so cool b/c I could see the baby and it was healthy, perfect and beautiful! It took to breastfeeding right away and it wasn't as hard or painful or annoying as I had thought it would be. The whole thing was so nice, just holding "him" and feeding him and comforting him and even changing him! Now, I have never my whole life had normal sweet dreams. Even good dreams turn bad at some point for me and this one did too. I was shopping with Mrs. Charlotte, Courtney, Colt and my baby and I went into a dressing room to feed "him" and this cree...
Okay so I know the show has been on forever...but I have never watched TLC until my pregnancy! I started with A Baby Story and now I am IN LOVE with Jon and Kate Plus Eight . It is so awesome to see such a huge family and how they manage it all! The main reason I fell in love with the show is that they are Christians. You can see little bible verses on notecards around their house and they often talk about God and the importance of Him in their lives. I read their website today and was even more inspired. So many doctors told them to abort some of the babies when they found out there were SIX in Kate's tummy but she and Jon didn't listen. The website mentions God over and over and how they knew He'd get them through anything! When I told Zach how impressed I am with them and their Christianity he said "Well duh they are Christians..do you think God would allow a couple to have six babies at one time if they weren't?" That made so much sense to me! God ble...
My second trimester has NOT been fun so far. I have always had bad headaches but had them under control using IBProfin (like 6 of them if needed). I really thought once I got pregnant the headaches would go away because they did for my mom! Well instead they are MORE intense and I can't take anything but Tylenol for them. I am so nervous about taking Tylenol that I wait as long as possible then only take ONE if I really need it which basically does no good at all for me. It has been awful dealing with them. Both last Tuesday and this Tuesday I had such bad ones that I literally couldn't move from the couch, I just kept my head pressed against one pillow and used my other arm to press against the other side of my face. Last Tuesday I watched 7 HOURS of tv due to the headache! I usuallly go to a women's bible study Tuesday mornings at 10:30 but I have to keep missing it :( I was looking forward to Tuesday ending and Wednesday beginning because I've never had a migrain...
