Love this..

I've been known to bust out the "Beyonce Bounce" to Beyonce's song Crazy in Love. A few weeks ago, I tried to bust out the move to Single Ladies, it didn't quite work out with the extra poundage I'm packing at this moment, and after 3 seconds I got a cramp in my stomach. I thought I was going to Beyonce Bounce Avery right on out of there. I would have if I could have though.... I saw this youtube video and it's not Crazy in Love but it's totally gonna be my kid in about 3 year. Dancing Leotard and all!!

heres the link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_0JiIIsWd0

Not nesting.

I'm still preggers. So I guess my nesting wasn't really nesting. Had another fun doctors appointment today, and I've made no progress since last week. It's not really a big deal, but I was hoping for some sort of change. She told me to go about my business and when it happens it happens. Thanks Doc.

nesting or just trying to kill time

This past Friday I was super bored at home that it was cranky and grouchy. So I decided to make a list today of things that I needed to do, or wanted to get done. This was my list.

• Go to Loew's to pick up shelves
• Go to 5below to look for Christmas presents for the boys
• Bring the laundry up from downstairs
• Clean out my car and take it to the car wash
• Write the kids names in glitter on their Christmas stockings

That was basically the list.

I managed to do all the above.. as well as vaccum out my car. I also used an electric drill and screws to put up a retractable gate in front of my bedroom door to keep the dogs out, and hung a coat rack type thing on the back of my bedroom door.

My hands are swollen, and my back is killing me. But I was not bored at all today :o)

I don't know if this would be considered "nesting" or if I'm just looking for any possible sign of labor, but I do know that tomorrow, I'm not doing diddly squat. Oh yeah, except for going to the drs I'm not getting my hopes up for anything, but I'm hoping that I've progressed further than 1 cm.

Here's hoping.. Fingers crossed!!

eff off full moon.

So the full moon had no effect of putting me into labor!!! I guess it's just an old wives tale...

Oh well.

I guess I should be thankful that I have some more alone time, because one A comes I won't have any. I was such a grouch yesterday, that I was hoping for something to happen.

Uggg...

So I've been home on Maternity Leave for 2 weeks now, and I'm officially bored!!! I know once the baby is born I won't feel like that...

I'm definitely ready for her to make her big debut. There's a full moon tonight which some say will stir up labor, so I'm kinda hoping that happens.

Is it wrong to just want the baby here so I'm not longer bored ?

Is it wierd that I'd like to be working right now, just so I had something to do ????

LABOR WATCH 2008

I'm officially on LABOR WATCH 2008. That's what Jen calls it anyways. I had my weekly doctors appointment tonight and I'm officially 1 cm dialiated and the baby's head is super low. Actually te doctors words were "Oh my, the head is really really low" which she said would make pushing easier since she's already pretty far down!! Also told me that she didn't think my baby would be bigger than 7 pounds but that's just her guess.

I will tell you that this internal exam was extremely painful. She said because the head is so low it pushes the cervix back and is harder to get to. Hence the reason I feel like I just lost my virginity all over again!!! Those weren't the doctors words, those are my words. I'll keep the details to myself, but having her try to find my cervix was no ride on the merry go round!!!

I'm starting to freak out about becoming a Mom. I guess it's just a mix of emotions wondering how I'm going to do it all. Wondering if I'm really ready for all of this!!!! I guess no one is really ever mentally prepared to becoming a first time parent though!

I've had an amazing pregnancy. I haven't had any real pregnancy symptoms except for the belly that I now have. I still forget sometimes that I'm not as little as I used to be, and try to squeeze behind chairs and things, but I get stuck often. I do love it though. I've loved being pregnant. I'm going to miss carrying Lil' Diva around with me wherever I go, even though I will be actually holding her in my arms. It's strange. I always knew that one day I wanted babies, but I never actually thought of what it'd be like to be pregnant, and it's more wonderful than I could have ever imagined. I'm sure If I was sick, and if I had gained a ridiculous amount of weight I would still think the same. I just can't wait to see her cute face!!

I thought I'd post pictures.. then and now...

June 2008. About 10-12 weeks

December 2008 36.5 weeks

Oh how I remember when I saw my belly in the first picture I thought it was huge!!! Funny how things change!!!! I now don't remember what it's like to have a belly that little!!!

little boys...

Random Post.



I have 5 nephews... 4 of who are 7 and under, and when they leave our house this is what the toilet seat looks like...

I had to invert the picture and those black sqiggly lines are so you know where to look. But yup, that's pee... all over the toilet seat, and if you don't have shoes on, it would also be on your socks.

Apparently they are too short to aim properly.

The won't put the seat up, but then when they're grown men they don't put it down ? I don't get it.

Thank Heaven for little girls :o)

i'm a slacker...

You think with me being busy doing nothing that I'd be blogging alot more.... I wish that were true... I have finally developed the swelling of the hands that I've read so much about.... and it's not fun. It makes it hard to type for an extended period of time... Also I think I have some carpul tunnel going on. My fingers are tingling, and I woke up a few times during the night with throbbing arms. The dr. says its from the baby laying on nerves and that it should subside once I deliver. Fingers Crossed.

Thanksgiving was really quiet. It wasn't the normal craziness of the holidays, but it was nice. Even though I didn't have Turkey. My grandmother decided that she runs an "Italian Household, not an American one", which is news to me. Yes, she is 100% Italian, but I never knew she wasn't an American. She's strange. So for Thanksgiving I had, Baked Ziti, Antipasto, and Garlic Bread. It was good, but felt like a normal Sunday dinner at her house.

This past Wednesday was my last day of work. I wasn't as upset as I thought I was going to be. Although I did have quite the meltdown Tuesday on the way home thinking about it. I was so busy the entire day that I didn't actually have to time to think about it. It hasn't hit me yet that I'll be out of work for a while. When I was straightening up my desk it felt like I was leaving for vacation. So it'll probably hit me after I've been home from a week. Trust me, I don't LOVE my job, I like it. I'll miss the daily routine of it, but I'm sure that once I'm in the routine of not going I'll love being home.. I miss being the slacker like I was when I was younger.. so I welcome the few weeks before my Diva is born that I can pretend to be 17 again and be lazy.

I probably have the most boring blog ever. Apparently my life isn't as interesting as I thought, or I just can't remember anything due to the pregnancy brain. Maybe next time I'll have something more interesting to say.

35 weeks

I went to the doctors today for a final ultrasound of the Lil' Diva. Everything went really well. I'm 35 weeks and about 3 days. She's approx. 5 lbs 15 oz. Just under 6 pounds. The doctor things she'll be about 7 and a half pounds at birth which is just fine with me. I want her to be healthy, but anything bigger and my poor HooHa... I mean, I feel bad for it already, but the bigger the baby the worse I feel for 'her'. I only got 1 picture of her. Boo :o( and it's a really ridiculous picture. It looks like a bird hook nose of some sort. But in actuality, it's her hand covering her face. Maybe you can make that out. I tried to label it, but it's still really odd. I hope she doesn't come out with a bird beak.

While the was busy measuring her heart I saw her foot, and it was the cutest thing ever!!!! I guess because she's all scrunched up in there now her legs are in front of her chest. I kind of wish he would have snapped a picture of the foot, but I guess the bird hook nose is just as cute.

who does this.

My last day of work is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving so last night I went and picked up my disibility papers from the doctors. I get into my car and I start crying because I'm scared to not have to go to work.. As I was crying, I'm thinking, seriously, you're crying because you don't have to go to work. I cry every day that I have to go to work... but the thought of knowing that I don't HAVE to be at work scares me. For the past 7 and a half years, I've had the same routine. I may not always get to work on time, but I'm there every day. I eat breakfast the same time, I eat lunch at the same time. I leave the same time. I'm not one for organziation and routine but knowing that it's going to change drastically, even before the baby comes is really frightening!!!!
I think it's quite funny actually to be sad and upset about not having to be at work... give it a few days and I think I'm going to love it!!!

my first time.

I'm officially breaking my blogger cherry, as this is my first blog ever. (Besides the one on my.space which I've used to mainly post random surveys)


I'm more of a reader than a writer, but decided to start a blog. My BFF recently started one as well, so make sure you check hers out. I was never into reading blogs until she bought the 'mom blogs' to my attention. I now spend my days at work reading up on the Mom's that are now famous to me. And I give them alot of credit for putting thier lives out there in the blog world. I guess that's what I'm going to be doing now that I've created this blog.





Some basic facts about me. I'm Carrie. I'm 26, currently 34.5 weeks pregnant, with a little girl, Avery Noelle. Which is either 7 and half or 8 months pregnant. Depending on if you divide by 4, or 4.333 because there aren't exactly 4 weeks in each month. In other words... I have 6 weeks left to go. I'm due December 26th, and I'm secretly, or not so secretly hoping she comes somewhere between the 19th and 22nd of December. As long as she's fully cooked of course.

I'm single, and was single when I got pregnant. I wasn't artificially inseminated or anything like that. I got pregnant the good old fashion way. I wasn't expecting this but she couldn't be anymore excited. The baby's daddy is "around" but this point I'm not really too sure on how involved he is going to be. I'll get into that more some day.

I've had a really great pregnancy and can't really complain all that much. I mean, I do complain, but I'm allowed since I'm pregnant ;o)

I guess this blog is basically going to be about becoming a Mom... and going at it alone with the much needed help of my great family and friends.. and about the daily randomness that goes on in my life. So that's all I need to say right now. I'll try to keep this updated once I go out on Maternity Leave in 6 more working days. Woot Woot.