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.