Sunday, March 29, 2009

Pregnancy week 32 & 33

NEWS FLASH....BREAKING NEWS FLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have another tenant occupying space inside my body besides myself, an alien-like figure that squirms and pokes and prods bony protuberances inside my abdomen.

Baby Keldon is getting way too big and wiggly. He as been sticking his foot out on both my sides lately and hard enough to make me jump constantly. He is rolling his bum from right to left and back and forth. His head has been down for about 2 months now and I have a feeling he is coming early. Maybe just superstition? I would like to think that a nice mothers day present would be a little baby boy that just so happens to be a little gift from my mother and the man upstairs.... haha , wishful thinking huh? I am crossing my fingers. Chris got "let go," from his management job at the mobile home park which leaves us houseless. There is a mobile home within the park that he owns which is vacant right now. He has been having a hard time selling it and it so happens to be the nicest one he owns. It is newly remodeled and at least has new paint and new carpet. We might be moving over there this week and he is hoping to continuing working until his contract with the park ends which for right now is June. We are already paying lot rent and electricity so we might as well move there instead of staying in the place we are now. That will give me time to get ready for the baby and be ready and as non-stressed as I can be in case he comes early. I am excited to have a less ghetto house/trailer! I am having a couple of baby showers in the next month and will feel more prepared when they have come and gone. I haven't bought hardly anything so far. I want to wait until after the showers and then go get the things I still need. I suppose I should pack a hospital bag just in case. I talked Chris into childbirth classes. We have gone 3 weeks and have one week left with a private birth Doula and 3 other couples. I have really enjoyed it. I think he thinks it is a little out there. We draw "Birth Art," and express our inner feelings. HA, funny right? It is actually really cool and I think will help me tons. I am still planning on doing things natural for now and take it one step at a time. I think the classes have helped Chris to understand what I need as far as support. He is actually pretty into it and has formed his own little opinion about birthing which has been interesting. We will see how this baby goes. He keeps mentioning an at home water birth. Ha ha! Maybe he should try it first.
I love being pregnant! I rub my belly about 23 hours out of the day. My sister Kim was making fun of me the other day. This kid is going to be addicted to massages like his daddy!



A visit long past due

My friend Natalie and I had a long over due visit finally a couple of weeks ago. Chris was out of town for the weekend and I decided to drive to see Nat. We met when I was a beehive in young womens. She was my awesome leader with a brand new adopted baby boy. I loved her because she was real with us and never sugar coated "churchy stuff." I went through a couple of really rough years as a teenager and she was always my go to gal. She didn't judge, she always just listened. One time she showed up early in the morning at my house with a rented mustang convertible and we made a road trip to Coeur d' alene Idaho. We talked all day and went shopping. I will never forget that day. She and her family moved from Kennewick to Burbank out of our area, then to Spokane. I went a long time without talking to her and when I moved to Spokane we crossed lines again through a mutual friend and I found out she lived like 4 miles from my apartment. They moved a lot because of her husbands job. When I moved back to Kennewick to start my massage practice she was still in Spokane. I went another long block Natalie-less :( until my wedding day where she showed up to by my bridesmaid and help me get all dressed up in my pretty white dress. She has been through a lot. All three kids are adopted and Malachi the oldest was only 3 days old the first day I held him. His birth father fought for custody for about 10 years. Last fall, the courts finally granted Natalie and Ron full custody of their little (now big) boy. What a long time!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love her so much. When I left Spokane, the baby Callie was barely starting to talk. These are pictures from our visit..... I couldn't believe how big they were! OH my goodness. Nat and I went to lunch and talked all day about being good moms and how hard it is to be a good wife as well. Girly stuff! It's amazing that I am old enough to talk about grown up stuff with my grown up friend. Ha ha. She is a lot older than me but we have always had that sister bond. We can go 6 months or a
year without talking and next time we do we pick right up where we left off. I love good friends!




















































Sunday, March 15, 2009

ULTIMATE PREGNANCY FAVORITES


THURSDAY NIGHT SNUGGLES AND
GREYS ANATOMY WITH MY HUBBY














MEMORIES OF MY MOTHER THAT HELP
ME KEEP MY SANITY-HER ADVICE, HER SWEET
SPIRIT THAT I CAN STILL FEEL
AND HER RIGHTEOUS EXAMPLE OF CHRISTLIKE
MOTHERING















MOMMY READING













OBVIOUS NECESSITY












MY 2 SISTY UGLERS SUPPORT,
LONG TALKS & BAWL SESSIONS












LONG STRETCHY CUTE MOMMA SHIRTS














SLEEPING, TAKING NAPS,
BEDTIME, SNUGGLE TIME













MASSAGES FOR BABY
AND ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!








FEELING BABY'S KICKS
AND POKES













COMFY CLOTHES
& A GOOD BOOK









ICE CREAM IN WHATEVER
FLAVOR I FEEL LIKE TODAY










A FRIDGE STOCKED FULL OF CHOICES

(ESPECIALLY FRUIT)













THE BEST STRETCH MARK
PREVENTATIVE LOTION ON THE
MARKET. MELANIE'S RX: APPLY 1-4X A
DAY FOR EXTREME FEAR OF HORRENDOUS
STRETCH MARKS













DAILY PRAYER WITH MY HUSBAND
THAT GETS ME THROUGH
"MY PREGNANT DAYS!"

BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE
LONG-TERM THINGS. WHAT REALLY
MATTERS AND WHAT I WANT IN 50 YEARS
AND NOT AT WHAT I THINK I WANT
AT THE MOMENT


Sunday, March 8, 2009

Love This

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