Sewing, my new obsession!

I was over at Aubrey's again sewing. I wanted to do some work on my quilt, but Walmart didn't have fabric spray adhesive, so I couldn't do anymore with it. I decided to start on doing on of the dresses for baby girl. Can you believe I finished it!?! I haven't made a dress since 8th grade. I was so impressed with myself. It is so cute! This picture doesn't do it justice.

I am really enjoying sewing. I have actually considered making it a job/hobby of it and sell stuff on Etsy or something. It would be cool if I could do that. maybe when we are done in Dominica and we are back in the states and I can have my sewing machine with me.

Girls days

So I have been spending a lot of time over at Aubrey's house. Mary told me at dinner that Tanner was missing me all day. How sweet is that? I've been going over there to try to help her out. She is making a wedding dress and a bridesmaid dress for a lady in the ward, so I go over and distract the girls as well as I can. I'm always wiped out at the end of the day, but I have a ton of fun with them.

On Saturday she took a day off from the sewing and took a trip over to Pueblo with me she brought her kids an her friend Julia. I have been wanting to go for awhile to get stuff for the quilt I want to make for my baby girl and to get stuff for the baby shower. We had a really great time and I got the cutest fabrics for my quilt. I also couldn't resist a couple of fabrics so I decided I would make baby a couple dresses for church since I haven't found any dresses I like in the stores.

Today Aubrey, Julia and I had a sewing party. We all brought our sewing machines and we went to town on our projects. I was so happy to have Julia to help me pick out fabrics and to help me figure out some of the quilt stuff today. She is a semi experienced quilter and this is the first real one I've attempted. (I made one from my high school t-shirts and it turned out horribly.) I am doing really well on this one though. It came together really nicely and very quickly. I finished the whole front of it today. Now I have to do the hard part, the actual quilting part. AAAHHHH! I am so intimidated by machine quilting, but don't think I would ever finish it if I did it by hand. I have been watching videos of people doing it and it looks so easy when they do it, but I know its going to be a challenge for me.

Since it is Memorial Day today some of the people in the ward invited s to come to the park for a BBQ. It was fun and the food was good, but I didn't stay very long because my back was KILLING me and the wind was so strong it was draining my strength or sanity, I don't know which,. Mary suggested getting in the big jetted tub when I got home and it did the trick. I feel much better and my back feels relaxed. Hurray for jets and warm water!

Now I'm just waiting.

What I'm feeling this week!

1. Happy- I made it to the 30 week mark, only 10 more weeks! I'm 3/4 of the way done!!!
2. Movement- and lots of it. I can tell she is running out of room and getting stronger though cause now instead of tickling some of her movements hurt.
3. Tired- I still have trouble sleeping, some days its because I can't get comfy others its because I can't keep my mind clear.
4. Like I can't breathe or move- Things like bending down to pick something up or putting my tennis shoes on are defiantly getting harder. After I eat there is no room to breathe.
5. Weepy- I don't know if my hormones have taken another dip or hike up or something, but almost anything can bring me to tears. I really have not been very moody during this pregnancy,(my mother-in-love actually thinks I'm less moody pregnant) but this last week I feel like I'm on the verge of a mental breakdown.
6. Impatient- but patients has never been one of my strongest virtues. I can't wait anymore, for anything: the baby, going back to Dominica, to get my stuff for a quilt I want to make for the baby, for our trip to Chicago, for my baby shower, for lunch..........not for anything.

Like I said we haven't been doing much. I'm just home on my computer most of the time. I am excited for this next month, because I feel like it is full of fun things to do. Hopefully I'll have more wonderful things to blog about in the near future.

Not much going on, but I promised I would.

So I've settled into life here in Lamar. My days go pretty much the same everyday. I try to sleep in, but am waken-up when Mary gets the kids up for school. I lay in bed trying to fall back to sleep until about 9-9:30. I get up an make myself breakfast, and get ready for the day of nothing ahead of me. Sometimes Mary and I have errands to run, but most the time we just hang out at home. The kids get back home around 4 and then its time to make dinner. Then the day is over. I go to bed after dinner to talk to Johnny, than I go to sleep and start it all over again.

I am looking forward to some things that are coming up this next month. The kids are done with school on Thursday, and I'm hoping to help the kids find things to do. I think we will be spending a lot of time at the pool. In a couple weeks I will be singing in Ward Conference. I'm excited but really nervous. My rapidly expanding belly is giving my lungs less room, so hopefully I can breathe while I'm singing. I have another doctors appointment on the 8th. You can tell your getting closer to delivery when your appointments start getting closer together. My baby shower is going to be on the 18th! Then the last week of June we are heading to Chicago for a family reunion. I'm nervous for this too. At my next doctors appointment I'm going to make sure its okay for me to make such a long journey in a car when I'm 8 months pregnant. If not I don't know what I'll do for a week while the family is gone. I really hope I can go!

I'm starting to have a lot more dreams about having the baby and being a mother. I'm also dreaming a lot about the baby shower and how much we need to do to get ready for it. Its fun to be having these dreams, but it keeps me up at night cause I wake-up thinking its all real. It is making me really anxious and excited!

Baby is doing GREAT!

I had a doctors appointment this morning and everything is looking great. I have gained 12 lbs. so far, my blood pressure remains low and I passed my glucose test! Baby is doing well too. Her heart beat was in the 140's, my belly is measuring right on target, and she moves all the time! I have always been nervous about how my pregnancies would go, but apparently they are pretty much the norm. YAY for 29 weeks!

One week down, who knows how many more to go.

Last week was uneventful. I was home alone everyday because Mary was subbing at school. Life improved as soon as people were back in the house. I've never liked being in an empty house, its to quiet.

The weekend was nice. Lamar was celebrating its 125th Birthday so they had a carnival and parade and stuff. It was so nice to get out of the house and have something to do. Rebekah also had a garage sale she was helping with to raise money to go to girls camp so I spent time there with her and Mary. There were lots of baby clothes and I picked up some sleepers and the cutes baby shoes that have never been worn. I also spent a lot of time over at my new friends Aubrey's house. She has two little girls and a new baby boy. It was fun to go play with them and give her somewhat of a break from her kids.

Today was eventful. It is nice to have Mary in the house and not be by myself all day. We kinda just lazed around the house and watched tv and talked during the morning. Mary decided she wanted to go out for lunch so we got ready and headed to a little Mexican place. It was so yummy. We talked about our first dates with our husbands. She knew a lot about mine and Johnny's, but I knew nothing about her and John's. It was fun to hear about him and his wonderful dorkyness. Living here and watching Johnny's dad has given me new perspective on why Johnny is how he is. They are so much alike. John will do something and I will think for a second that he is Johnny, its so weird. After our wonderful lunch we headed to a little consignment shop and looked around. Of course we ended up at the baby clothes and couldn't walk away without getting some stuff. I HAD to get this little pig outfit for her. I remember having a little pig dress as a girl that I loved and rarely took off. Had to get it for her!

(Sorry this one turned out crummy, I promise its super cute!)

We came home and I spent the rest of the afternoon with Mary planning stuff for my upcoming baby shower. I think it is going to be super cute and super fun. After I ate dinner I talked with Johnny as usual, but we stayed on for way to long. I may have deprived him of precious sleep, but I think we both thought it was worth it!

28 weeks

What am I feeling this week?

1. Excited- I can't believe I only have 12 weeks left! It sounds so short. I can't wait to meet this little girl!!!
2. Lonely- I miss Johnny so bad.
3. Sick- I got a very nasty chest cold a week after we got here to America and gave it to everyone in the house so we are all suffering.
4. The gurgles- well thats what I call them. I have never been able to burp, but I have gas constantly coming up my throat and it makes my tummy feel gross.
5. Tired- even though I'm sleeping through the night I'm exhausted by noon. I can't keep my eyes open. I think this girl is telling me she's kicked the growing factor into overdrive.
6. Movement- I put my hand on my belly the other day and it felt like waves going across my belly. She also likes to "get up" at 6am and have a party in my belly. She moves a whole lot when she is "awake" and I love every minute of it!
7. Heartburn- I've never had this before so it was new for me and I didn't even know what it was when it happened the first time. I thought it would burn in my chest but it burns in the back of my throat, but taking one Tum does the trick.

Yesterday I did my glucose test and got my RH- shot. I was dreading the glucose drink. I thought it would be thick and taste like Tang, but nope. It was fine. It tasted like a flat orange soda. Not my favorite drink, but something I could get down. They had it super cold and I think that helped a lot. Not being able to eat or drink two hours prior and the hour it took to take the test was worse that the actual drink. My shot went well to. The nurse said I would be really sore from it and it would hurt, but I barely felt when she poked me and no soreness! It hurt a lot more getting my blood drawn for the glucose test.

1.5 K Walk

This morning we got up early to do a 1.5 K walk that John's hospital was sponsoring. It was such a nice way to start the day. It was beautiful outside and the walk was the perfect length. Rebekah ran it with her friend and came in first, but John and I just took or time and had a nice chat with each other. I really enjoyed the breakfast too!

Saying goodbye

So Johnny left yesterday. We headed to Denver on Thursday so we didn't have to wake up at 2 am to get Johnny to the airport on Friday. We went and stayed up in Estes Park and we had a great time. We walked around all the shops (most were closed) and went to the Stanley hotel. When we got to our resort we swam in the heated pool and sat in the hot tub and just relaxed. The drive to the airport seemed like it took days. I of course was a baby and was crying most of the time. I had been dreading that day for a long time. We got there and said our goodbyes. It was hard and I just wanted him to keep holding me, but life has to go on and he left with his suitcase through the airport doors. Mary was so sweet and decided to take me and the kids to breakfast and get me some hot chocolate. We had decided to register for baby stuff while we were in town, but the Babies-R-Us we planned to go to was a dump in a crappy part of town when we got there, so we decided we would stop at one in Colorado Springs on the way home. We got there and were so happy that we decided to go. I got all registered and then we headed over to the mall. I got some cute maternity shirts and a couple of nursing bras! It was so nice to be able to shop for maternity stuff. It was a great detracting day. There were a few times I was shopping and would think where did Johnny run off to this time (he has a tendency to lose himself in stores), but then I would remember he is gone. Its going to take me awhile to get used to him not being here I think.

Hubby I love you and promise I will do to keep this updated so you can see how me and little baby are doing so you don't have to worry about us. We are in good hands!