Weekly Update: Week 29

WAs going to take a picture at work but then I forgot so here it is haha

How far along? 29 weeks


How big is baby? 16 inches (head to feet) and close to 3 pounds


Weight gain/loss? Sticking with 30ish boooo


Maternity clothes? exclusively and I need to buy a swellybelly stat


Stretchies? just on boobs thank goodness


Sleep? Good honestly. I'm used to waking up every few hours for the bathroom but I can fall right back asleep


Best moment this week? I guess just making it to another week


Movement? Her movement has slowed actually...I'm guessing because it's getting tighter in there...but at night she moves to the front instead of hiding out and it gets really hard and funny shapes haha


Food cravings? coke but I've been thinking I really like ketchup...but only with fries, tots, and eggs but I eat it a lot


Food aversions/foods that make me sick? none whoot


Gender? Girly Poo


Labor signs? just some braxton hicks


Birth Prep? none really right now


Belly button in or out? It’s out generally and when she's under it, it pokes out.


What I miss? walking normal...and back pain free


What I am looking forward to next week? 10 weeks down, 7 until full term


Milestones? 85-90% viability!!


New things this week? Quite a few confirmations on our baby shower. So far 15 are a go and I have about 15-20ish more to see if they are or not.


Weekly Wisdom? I haven't gotten any really


Emotions? Pretty good...I mean I do cry easier but I'm not a spazoid like I had been


Belly/Body Changes? I am noticing more weight in my thighs now...and my back really seems to be the carrier of it all. I would say I don't notice a belly change from last week but it could be because I see myself everyday.

Gestational Diabetes

So it had been a week and I wanted to know the results of my GD testing because I'm impatient and didn't want to wait another week haha

The nurse called me back to say that I passed!!!!

I had an 82 and the max normal range is 130! So I wasn't even close to being at the max whooot

So so so happy. She also said I'm not anemic and that my CBC looks normal which looks at my red and white blood cells.

Very good news

Tree Decal

Auntie Mel came up and helped me put together the wall decal. It was a little tedious but we're perfectionist so that is why however the air conditioner froze up Saturday night (but some stupid kids came knocking at our door at 11:45 and freaked us out) so there was noway I was going out to check on it.

So yesterday morning I did and sure enough it was froze up bleh. So I had to turn the air off and just run our garage fan in the hallway into the room.

Eventually it thawed so I turned it back on but it was still hot as blazes in there haha

Uncle Ben came to the rescue and brought freon (worked at the plant then drove 2 hours to do that stayed about 5 minutes and drove back home another 2 hours)...he's a great uncle (and the only real one of all of them haha)

A 7 month pregnant lady can not live in South Louisiana with no air...it was like 115 with Heat Index.

Anyways these pictures are from my phone so they are kind of grainy but I LOVE LOVE LOVE how it turned out. The first picture on the left bottom you can kind of see the Fawn. It was very close to the wall color (silly me) but in person it kind of looks like a shadow which is pretty cool. It definitely was worth the money though.

Weekly Update- Week 28

How far along? 28 weeks ... 7 months....3rd Trimester weeeeeeeeeee

How big is baby? over 15 inches (head to feet) and probably over two pounds

Weight gain/loss? ugh so it is confirmed...I'm a fatass. Total gain...29lbs folks!!!! Honestly I don't understand it. I eat fairly healthy (only indulging here and there), don't overeat, and drink tons of water. For my weight before I should only gain 5 more lbs and I highly doubt that will happen. Boo

Maternity clothes? exclusively

Stretchies? still just the boobs...knock on wood

Sleep? great until I have to pee which is now about 5 times a night and then my constant fear on not being on my left side enough

Best moment this week? Hearing my boo's heartbeat at the docs

Movement? all the time. It's comical to even do fetal kick counts because she gets 10 in within 5 minutes haha

Food cravings? nothing really
Food aversions/foods that make me sick? none whoot

Gender? Girl!!!

Labor signs? Braxton Hicks but last night I was awoken with what felt like the worst cramps ever but more so on the right side...it lasted about 1.5 minutes and I was able to fall back asleep...it kind of freaked me out though!

Birth Prep? nothing this week...I'm exhausted

Belly button in or out? It’s out all the way some days and some it's halvsies

What I miss? sleep and having a normal back

What I am looking forward to next week? It’s my last week in the 20s! Then it’s really in the home stretch!

Milestones? 85-90% viability!! 3rd Trimester!

New things this week? Apparently from this week on, baby gains 1/2 a pound a week.

Weekly Wisdom? relax when you need to...I need to take this to heart because my f'n feet are killing me and I have them propped up right now

Belly/Body Changes? Bigger everyday...oy vey....and my back is starting to fill out a lot

30 Day Challenge- Day 30

What Have I learned from blogging?

Well I was a blogger before so I wouldn't say much other then the monetize button but that was by luck.

I think it was great that I actually stuck with it the entire time and really wasn't too late on any days (didn't count the weekends as being late).

It was fun and I'd like to do something like this again.

30 Day Challenge0 Day 29

My Best Feature

I get tons of compliments on my smile and more specifically being photo genic....hey I'm the eldest, and a Leo what did you expect haha

I also get a ton of compliments on my eyes...which is funny since most folks who have brown eyes wish they had a different color but I guess a lot of people want dark brown eyes...and something about the almond shape??

And as odd as this is my finger nails....I've never been one to chew and I've actually always had long nails...now with the pre-natal's they just seem stronger. I'll be sad when I cut them down so I don't hurt missy poo.

30 Day Challenge- Day 28

My most luxurious purchase?

Definitely going with our house haha.
Our wedding
and so far year to date....Butterball haha

30 Day Challenge- Day 27

What I'm good at???

I would say painting when I actually make the time.

Being loyal to friends and family....until you really hurt me then you're out.

Holding grudges haha I'm not going to lie if you hurt me, my family, or friends really badly that's it...don't even bother trying to get in again.

Communicating my feelings/emotions. Always have. I think that's why I didn't need therapy growing up (granted I'm sure it couldn't hurt) but I never made it quiet about how I grew up and where I'm at now...it has been a long process but I love to tell people my feelings and show emotion.

Drinking...especially for a girl...I'm a champ haha

Cooking when I do it

30 Day Challenge- Day 26

Most Surprising Moment

I guess I would say somewhat my engagement. I knew he got my grandmother's ring at Thanksgiving but didn't give it to me until January...stinker. But he just abruptly did it one night so that was a surprise but I also knew that it was going to happen eventually.

But honestly getting our BFP was the more surprising just because I thought I had just had my period (realizing soon after that it was implantation bleeding) but my period's for those two months had been off so I just didn't think I could be and we had just started ttc but Mr. B let loose two weeks before our actual set date of trying but he said after it was close enough to the date haha.

So when I got a bunch of test strips in just for shits and giggles I tested....and never thought in a million years that I would see 6 lines (for the 3 test strips that I HAD to test on to make sure haha).

Such an amazing surprise that I will never forget!

Weekend Recap

Oh boy folks...first off look at that cute picture of where I'm at haha...that foot is too cute..unless it's Ava's in my ribs.

I'm in serious pain right now...my back is killing me! I went and sat in the Ijoy we have here at work and that did work but now it's back...I'm sitting properly in my chair but anymore I have to be kind of laying down or in bed to feel ok.

This is going to be a long couple of months

Well we touched up the walls in Ava's room, repainted the ceiling, and repainted all the baseboards and trim around the doors.

We put together her furniture as well.

Now I just need to wash the rest of her clothes that I got recently and anything that I can put in her dresser I will.

I have to admit I started to feel a little overwhelmed last night as I was going through things and figuring out where to put stuff since we have two closets, the big dressing station, and endtable/changing table station.

I am itching ...ITCHING I tell you to buy the bedding but know I should wait in case someone wants to buy it for the shower and if not I'll order that sucker that night haha

The decal came in and they were so great...I got the two different colors for leaves and they even gave me the fawn in the brown color instead of pink....one issue. That brown I chose is pretty much exactly the dark khaki color for the walls haha but I didn't know if I was going to use it anyways

I was going to wait for Auntie Mel to come this weekend to help me but I may start on it this week haha...we'll see how tired I am.

Luckily I got all laundry done and my to do list isn't long...well it seems like it's long but that's split up over a week.

It won't happen tonight with my back like this I can tell you that...and grocery is out too...

I'm really starting to get nervous about the GD test...I mean we'll just have to wait and see I guess.

Started the fetal kick count yesterday and it literally takes her under 10 minutes to kick 10 times haha which is hilarious.

I have been getting Braxton Hicks here and there but last night I had this one the went across my lower abdomen and reached around my back that hurt sooo bad for about a minute. I reckon that's what a real one feels like...of course the others are just a kick tightening that doesn't really even hurt and they stop. I'm not worried just thought...hmm I wonder if this is what a real one (early in the game) is like.

People are starting to rsvp for our shower/party whoot! So excited to see everyone. It should be a great turn out and it will be a nice laid back casual event with football haha

I went ahead and filed my short term claim for pre-claim status. I wanted that done just in case something did happen. I then had to call another lady to see what the contract stated...she called and left me a message saying 60% which I knew of course but that with my company they had up to 11 weeks pay out!! I was shocked. I want to know if that is if the doctor writes and says that or if I just get it. Because I'd love to use up my vacation and sick (which will be about 2 weeks maybe a little more...well actually with 4 holidays it should be about 3 weeks) and then take 9 weeks of short term instead of the normal 6 if it's vaginal...I'd love to be home for 3 months instead of closer to 2.

We'll see though.

Since my doctor isn't in this month I'm not going to take the fmla form but will next month when she gets back from maternity leave. Well I guess it depends because I think I may have to do 2 appointments next month!!! agh so nuts to think that's starting and before I know it I'll be going weekly.

People are starting to ask us if we want to do things and I feel bad saying no but here's the next few weeks

20th-22nd
Mr. B may go golfing and he has a draft...Auntie Mel visits...I have my company picnic...decluttering our room

27th-29th
I have my draft and Mr. B will be going too...cleaning baseboards in living room and maybe even kitchen but won't be upset if that doesn't happen.

3rd-6th
Mr. B and I are in Destin!!!! No working on anything haha

10th-12th
In Law's are in town...my shower!!!!

17th-19th
Try and tidy up anywhere I can....First LSU home game!!! Probably put together or put away shower stuff

24th-26th
West Virginia game...going to try and go to that. Clean up laundry room (has a lot of Parle's hair that I find everywhere no matter how often I clean it haha)

1st-3rd
Tennessee game...pretty sure this will be my last game...may try the McNeese game on the 16th but just don't know. Since this will be my last game I probably won't do much around the house this weekend other then normal little things.

8th-10th
Is an away game but I don't feel comfortable traveling anywhere to see anyone that close to due date. Anything to me that is more then an hour from my hospital is too far away...

So basically if anyone wants to see me from now until Ava's born y'all better truck to my house because I'm not coming to yours haha

So I'm pretty much done...I need to go back to the Ijoy haha

30 Day Challenge- Day 25

My Dream Home

I'm stealing this haha

I like this look...but I'd definitely want a backyard oasis with an outdoor living area with a whole cooking area, with wine chiller, keg orator, etc an amazing pool with lush plants and tree's all around.

30 Day Challenge- Day 24

My To-Do List for the next 7 days

Get this freaking back situation under freaking control...seriously y'all

Ok but it's funny because even though this was meant for Saturday I didn't look until just now but had already wrote out my list for the week.

De-Wrinkle some previous washed sheets and a blanket haha (hey clothes had precedence over the sheets and blanket for getting wrinkles out)

Wash sheets and blankets in guest room

Make said guest bed

Clean hallway baseboards

spray for spiders

put up Ava's Decal

Wash rest of her clothes (that I may or may not have bought haha)

Put away said clothes

Make pinwheels for company picnic

Put away all clean dishes

Run the Roomba

Let's go with that for now haha

Weekly Update- 27 Weeks

How far along? 27 weeks

How big is baby? about 15 inches (head to feet) and probably over two pounds

Weight gain/loss? still waiting to see the doctor next week to see if it was the scale haha..thinking up about 20ish lbs but honestly I have no idea how.

Maternity clothes? A lot but I've gotten creative with shirts that I wouldn't wear before because I didn't like how I looked but now it's cute haha

Stretchies? just on my boobs luckily enough...knock on wood

Sleep? When I'm not up going to the bathroom I'm sleeping like a log

Best moment this week? I would say ordering our decal that's on our way, furniture and room coming together this weekend, a friend sent me some awesome chips, and another friend gave me some advice cards for my shower.

Movement? All the time

Food cravings? Nothing really in particular...I read some girls blog about how she was eating salt and vinegar chips so I bought some and I didn't think they were vinegary enough haha

Food aversions/foods that make me sick? none whoot

Gender? Girly :)

Labor signs? None. But got some Braxton Hicks going on.

Belly button in or out? Both

What I miss? bending over...doing tasks around the house and not having to stop literally every 3 minutes

What I am looking forward to next week? This week or next week is month 7. Not sure which one. Gestational diabetes as well...well not looking forward per say to that but I want to know

Milestones? Third trimester!

New things this week? noticeable swelling and my belly is feeling heavy now (agree with Jin)

Weekly Wisdom? Buy the good wipes and laundry detergent for babies until you know if they can handle off brands

Emotions? cool as a cucumber whoot

Belly/Body Changes? Belly is massive...Mr. B thinks I'll go early (granted he knows nothing of pregnancy but I'm even on board with him that they'll induce me if I don't slow down) and I don't overeat and eat pretty healthy. I mean I treat myself here and there but only after I've done well. My face is fuller for sure....hands are swelling and if I'm on my feet too much like cleaning and cooking my feet start to swell.

Friday the 13th...whatever

I know things could still go wrong but I'm not thinking it as a bad day especially if Ava ends up being born on the due date...eventually she'll have a Friday the 13th bday.

Sometimes I think if one thing goes wrong then people are all ITS FRIDAY THE 13TH THATS WHY and then you start to have a bad day because mentally you've put yourself there.

So I'm going to focus on today is exactly 3 months until Ava's estimated Birth-Day...I want it to get here honestly! And I just started the uncomfortableness haha

Mornings I always get shaky no matter how much I eat or how much water I take in...
At night when I'm trying to watch tv in bed on my side I get tons of shortness of breath and have to keep moving around...

The bathroom trips I can handle.

I had to take off my other ring on my right hand this morning :( and forgot my fake one for my wedding ring so hopefully I don't look like a hillbilly with this lovely waddle of mine haha

But anyways so that's good news and Uncle Kevin is coming tomorrow whoot! And we're going to go ahead and do the ceiling and trim and touch up the paint too whoot!

I got my expense check in because I said I would use that to pay for the rest of the furniture which is only like 95 bucks haha and then order Ava's bedding set. Mr. B said to wait to see if someone buys it for us for our registry but honestly most won't spend that much and if someone is going to spend that much I'd rather get the glider or mattress something we will need.

So since the plan all along was to take the rest of the expense check and buy the bedding I think I will.

Our decal already shipped out yesterday! So flipping fast. I don't know if they gave me the fawn in another color because they never did say but even if it's pink oh well...not sure we'll even use it like I said.

I'm just so glad that it's all coming together...so tonight I'm going to shampoo her room one final time so it will be dry tomorrow when they take the stuff out and we do our thing.

Poor Mr. B won't be able to be in his L-Town Fantasy League because we'll be in Destin for Labor Day. I feel really bad about it because he's been in this league for like 5-7 years. But honestly I didn't even pressure him on it...before voting took place I told him that's something he has to do decide but he said no we're going because this will be the last thing we get to do before Ava is born.

I really love him for that haha

Today is going to be so boring at work....I have to restrain from buying online!

30 Day Challenge- Day 23

What's in my purse?

Car Insurance Cards
Gum
Plum
2 Breakfast Bars
Fruit Snacks
Checkbook
Grocery List/Menu for week
Wallet
Hair Clip
Band Aid
Keys
Eye Pencil Sharpener (haha)
Neosporin ???
Coin Purse
Phones

And I just cleaned this sucker out 3 days ago haha

Good Day

Today's a pretty good day...well it actually started last night when Uncle Kevin told Mr. B that their plans for the weekend have been moved to next weekend since we'll be getting rain from what I think is a tropical depression but not sure....and he was going to check with Auntie Jen to see if he could come in on Saturday and help Mr. B not only move that stuff out of Ava's room buuuuuut put together the furniture!!!! He was even like and WE CAN PAINT! haha he gets excited about stuff like that.

This would be great being we're just so busy the next couple of weeks and I'd have time to do my little touches here and there...so fingers crossed folks!

I emailed the etsy seller about my decal and they said it already shipped out this morning!!! whoot! That'll be something fun Auntie Mel and I can do next week.

Also I didn't even talk about my great friend who sent me some Grippo's which are these fabulous chips from the Cincinnati area.

Annnnd.....

My wonderful friend Eden is sending me these awesome little advice cards that she sells at her Etsy shop EdenCreativeStudios

Seriously go use her for wedding invites, baby shower invites, announcements, change of address etc...she's very talented!!!!

Annnd...there's more :)

I got a hold of my doctors nurse today ...I called yesterday and talked to the lab about what I had to do for my gestational diabetes test and did I have to fast and could I take the drink home....get this.

They said I had to fast but I could you know have water and plain coffee haha and that they'd be drawing blood before and than after so no I couldn't get my drink and take it home before hand.

But she said check with your doctor who happens to be out so I checked with the nurse and boy am I glad!

She said that on the 1 hour I did NOT have to fast only the 3 hour...she recommended two scrambled eggs, some plain wheat toast and water. She said nothing too carby and of course no sugar...a girl ate a waffle with no syrup and still failed it so I will definitely be eating correctly haha

Also they didn't have to draw blood beforehand because it wasn't the 3 hour...so that's great.

Since my appointment is at 8:40 I'll just get there a few minutes early to drink the drink and then go see the nurse and then it should be about an hour and then I can get my blood drawn and go on my merry way most likely eating some more snacks in my purse haha

I think everyone has gotten the invite for the baby shower as well whoot!

It seems so far away but it will be here before we know it!

30 Day Challenge- Day 22

What would I do with a million dollars?

Well I'm going to say this million is after taxes haha...but honestly a million isn't a ton ton.

Soooo we'd sell our house and hopefully at least make 10-15k on it.. haha

Then we'd build our own house and I'm thinking about 250k so it would be worth hopefully more then 300k.

I would probably get an SUV, sell my car, and H would buy a truck.

We'd pay off my In Law's mortgage which I think is like 165k and I would say my grandparents but not sure how much theirs is haha so I would say we'd just give them the same amount.

Go on a nice vacation.

Donate some money to LSU and something else

And the rest would go into retirement. Which would probably only be 300k afer all is said and done so I don't know if I'm happy with that or not haha...so we may have to reassess the givings to everyone haha...maybe they'd only get 100k to go towards their homes haha

But we're still young so 300k with the smart investments of my grandpa would still be a good amount when we wanted to retire...well I think I could be a SAHM but you know haha

Wall Decal

Well of course we decided on the Bananfish LoveBird bedding set and I was strolling around on Etsy and found a girl who actually does a scene to match it!!!

I had it saved on my computer because it was like 80 bucks and just happened to randomly show Mr. B and he LOVED it and wanted it...so I ordered it yesterday!

Our walls are actually a darker khaki but it will be good I think. I was able to pick two leaf colors so I went with that green and a little darker green as well. I did ask if i could get the fawn (which not sure I'll actually use) in another color but how the seller has it set up is you choose one color for the birds, fawn, and flowers. So if I can't then oh well.

So excited!

30 Day Challenge- Day 21

3 Celebrity Crushes

Matthew McConaughey

Don't think I need to really say anymore about him

Dermot Mulroney

ughhh this man is my ultimate! He just has that scruffy manly I'll grab you and lift you up and do bad things to you swagger to him...and when he sings in My Best Friends Wedding oh that scruffy voice...and I love that cut above his lip...and he just gets better with age with his gray hair mmmmm

Marques Colston

Ok I could've easily picked Reggie Bush...and yes do not get me wrong he's a hottie but I have a crush on another Saints player....him in this hat with that little smirk sends me over the edge...and who doesn't love a hot guy in a tight pair of football pants with a cute butt??

30 Day Challenge- Day 20

The Hardest Thing I've Dealt With

Honestly this is a toughy...

I would say as a decade growing up in my household which I've already touched on in another post.

The other would be domestic violence.

My ex that to this day states he loves me had been playing mind games and I don't know why I finally got the courage to leave but I did...unfortunately I was young and naive and started dating another guy right after...but he had everyone fooled not just me...we actually ended up engaged but soon after he changed and I didn't like it. It just kept getting worse so I called it off...he wanted me to keep the ring in case things worked out but I gave it to him anyways.

We had the same group of friends and it was about a week or so later where we all were at the same house partying...I wasn't really that night and in fact when the whole thing went down I was stone cold sober.

We were all sitting on the floor of the hallway chatting (not sure why there) and I was eating an Uncle Mike's sub sandwich (sounds so good right now haha).

One of our friends was videotaping all of us chatting like he had been the entire night...not sure what the convo was but he was chatting to me and my ex was trying to talk to me but I was saying something to our friend...and my ex slapped me in the face!!!! I was like "YOU DIDN'T JUST FUCKING SMACK ME?!" and of course he was like "no I didn't!" and our friend was like dude you did...and he made our friend rewind the tape to show him...however said friend was drunk so he wasn't rewinding it at all.

I had already been emotionally and mentally been abused by not only my mother but two exes so I had had enough and I went off on him....

I told him he better never lay another hand on me again...he was getting extremely mad...keep in mind we're all sitting on the floor.

Then all of a sudden he lunges at me and starts to choke me and I black out.

Next thing I remember is waking up and my roommate (who was getting it on with another guy in his room nearby haha) and him pulled back to where I was facing him but she was choking him not letting him go!

I told him that if he ever touched me again I would kill him and he was going to pay for this.

Of course he ran off and I had the guys take me back to my dorm...I had a beaded necklace on that night and I took it off and already had bruising in the forms of the different sized beads from how hard he was choking me...I mean it had to be hard in order for me to pass out.

So we called the cops and the idiot showed back up at that house and the cops arrested him and I had to go to the station to have pictures taken and they took the tape.

Luckily I didn't have to testify because the tape did the talking...the video didn't have him actually choking me but had the slap and then had what you could hear the altercation and then you could hear struggling and clearly me gasping for air.

Like an idiot him and his father showed up at my dorm room while I was at work the day of court trying to get his things...which I had already emailed him and set outside my room...too bad if someone took that nice sony tv and all those dvd's...they weren't in my possession anymore.

But my roommate called me panicking and I told her to call the case worker because I had a restraining order against him. They had told my roommate they had taken care of everything and it was settled and he had a right to his things...big lie!

So they are in court as this is going on and just so happen to get a female judge which I love....after playing the tape the judge asks the exes dad what he thought about this...and he responded "well this is college and the kids are young...I assume this happens a lot" She was furious!!!!

She let him know that NO it doesn't happen, and this is DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and when someone CHOKES someone else that is SERIOUS and there have been DEATHS over this...he shut up...

And meantime my roommate had called the case worker so she rushed into the court room like on a movie and told the judge what he had done and then she got really pissed that he had lied to my roommate and disregarded his restraining order....she gave him 90 days in jail, violence classes, and I think even alcohol classes, as well as some fines, and the restraining order I think was set for 3 years.

I saw through a site that he tried to not get jail and then missed it so ended up serving more time...loser!

Thank goodness that part of my life is over with...and that I had the sense to get out when I did because who knows what could've really happened to me if I had stayed.

Never would've thought he was the type to beat on woman at all....just goes to show you how surprising peoples true colors can really be.

Will it ever???

Come together?

Talking about the nursery that is...it just seems like we're so busy this month and my goal is to have the nursery at least like 80% finished by the time we have the baby shower on Sept 11th.

I want things put together so that when I come home I can wash clothes and blankets etc and put them away and put together the bedding etc.

But we have fantasy drafts people....yes this is pretty important in our household and since I'm doing my women's league again this year and Mr. B has two it takes up time since they aren't on the same day.

Mr. B has one on Fri the 20th and I have one on Fri the 27th. Even though he doesn't need to go on the 27th (since our friends wife does mine and friend is in another one that night) Mr. B wants to go hang out with his friend at his.

But we still don't know the date of the other one so Mr. B voted on the 21st in hopes that will happen but it's looking like Labor Day weekend but Mr. B said already that he won't do it since that is our Destin trip.

So then what do we do about having our friends come put furniture together???

Well Auntie Mel is coming on on Fri the 20th since I will not be accompanying Mr. B to that draft and she's going to help (well she doesn't know it yet but if I give her wine she'll do it hah) touching up the ceiling and the moldings etc.

I will have already shampooed the carpets again (did it once but want to do it again).

Then on Saturday the 21st (if Mr. B doesn't have the other draft) Uncle Kevin will come down to put the furniture together....or if he does have the draft we'll both come back home the morning of the 28th and he'll come down and do it.

Either way it will be done before Labor Day weekend since we're out and then the next week is my shower and I have to prepare for my wonderful MIL to come visit...and no I wasn't being a smart ass there...I truly love her and it's so awesome how excited they are. My FIL got laid off a week ago (he has a great chance of getting a job back here or in TX..either way closer to us) and they still were buying her stuff. They are too funny.

But it will just be a lot for me to get back and get things in order and not only for her because I'm sure we'll have others crashing at our house that weekend as well.


Oh I forgot! I scheduled our 3D/4D for Thursday September 9th!!!! So excited and people say that 31 weeks is a great time because if you wait too much longer they get cramped and its right before my shower so I can bring pictures whoot!

30 Day Challenge- Day 19

20 Things I love

1. Mr. B
2. Parle
3. Butterball/Ava
4. Smell after it rains
5. The smell when we start tailgating
6. The sound of Brr Brr Brr Brr....at LSU
7. Clothes warm straight out of the dryer
8. When Mr. B kisses my forehead in public
9. Sales
10. Being with my family
11. Pictures especially of Mr. B and I
12. Food especially down in Louisiana
13. Rome
14. When it's cool enough to sit outside in our backyard and have a few drinks with friends
15. When I go all out for cooking a meal
16. The smell of garlic cooking in olive oil
17. My families traditions for Xmas
18. Vacationing anywhere with just Mr. B and soon to be Ava :)
19. Getting a pedicure
20. Being appreciated by anyone

30 Day Challenge- Day 18

What I collect....

Honestly I'm trying to think here. I guess I would say pictures...I love pictures and picture frames...I have them all over the house (Mr. B says I'm conceited because I have a ton of pictures of him and I around) but honestly I like them ok?! haha

I'm sure soon it will be children's clothes, books, bows, shoes etc haha

30 Day Challenge- Day 17

Pet Peeves

Honestly I have many but let me try and be brief

People who don't use their turn signals...especially if all of a sudden you just slam on your breaks and turn.

Lazy drivers in every sense.

Drivers who ride your ass when they could easily just get over or who can see you're passing someone and will glady get over (by way of using my turning signal)

People who just don't pay attention and will cut in front of your or turn in front of you or for those special jackasses who when I'm turning right onto a heavily congested road during rush hour decide to pull next to me on the left and completely cut me off!!! and almost side swipe me wtf?

People who smack their gum.
People who smack their food
People who talk with food in their mouths
People who constantly pick at their teeth especially if I'm still eating
People who eat like a pig in a trough
People who suck their fingers instead of using a napkin
People who wipe their food on their pants/shorts

People who use the word retarded

People who yell and scream or cuss at their children

People who have muffin tops
People who wear regular undies when their pants are so tight and you can see everything
People who have their thongs hanging above pants
People who wear dark undies or thongs with white/cream pants

oh my gosh I need to stop now!

Double Digits

Whooot! We're into double digits folks....so exciting! This time has honestly flown by. Now we just need the next 14 weeks to go by quickly.

Weekly Update- Week 26

How far along? 26 Weeks

How big is baby? About 14 inches in length and weighs about 2lbs...

Weight gain/loss? Still waiting to be weighed via my doctors scale...I did weigh myself at home and my weight was about what it was at the one doctors 2 weeks ago so I think her scale was wrong.

Maternity clothes? All unless dresses

Stretchies? just on the boobs boooooo

Sleep? The past few nights were great even if I got up a couple of times to go to the bathroom...I think this was because Mr. B wasn't hope to be snoring and tossing and turning haha..I think I may have to resort to sleeping in the guest room.

Best moment this week? Another week down! Ava moving around like crazy

Movement? seriously I think my girl may end up being a boxer! She is hitting/kicking/punching all over all the time. And she really dislikes it when I move from right to left on my side at night haha

Food cravings? nothing out of the ordinary but soda which really sucks

Food aversions/foods that make me sick? nothing really whoot

Gender? GIRL!!!!!

Labor signs? none..I have been having a little tightness but honestly I don't know if it's Braxton Hicks or not.


An outer-innie? both

What I miss? sleeping, and honestly drinking

What I am looking forward to? Well Uncle Ben couldn't come so looking forward to when someone can move the crap out and I can touch up paint and put together the furniture. We did get the shampooer so I'm going to shampoo her room around the two big items.

Milestones? Another week honestly and some say into 3rd Trimester. Double Digits!!!!

New things this week? Ava is moving so much....and I got excited about buying clothes...which I did haha

Weekly Wisdom? Honestly I really haven't gotten any but I'm starting to get tons of folks asking me when I'm due...one lady today asked if I was expecting...she was trying to be nice but what if I wasn't? She would've still looked bad haha

Emotions? In check and I hope to stay!

30 Day Challenge- Day 16

My Worst Habits

Oh boy....

I will admit I have a need to always be right and sometimes I'll push and prod until I get what I want or have someone admit I'm right even though I may not always be haha...it's a bad trait I know.

I hold grudges until the end of time...it's something that Mr. B doesn't like except for the fact that he still doesn't like an ex friend of mine for things she did to me that weren't as huge of a deal of some of his friends (and in most cases it doesn't directly hurt us).

I give and give and give so when someone crosses me or someone I love I get really angry and irritated. And it always seems like someone tries to put me in the middle because they know I'm a bonder and can work the issues out and I usually am still very angry.

And if you don't apologize to me and just act like nothing is wrong I may be nice but you better believe I still remember haha...and will use it against you.

Being lazy...I'll be a cleaning, cooking, laundry doing, weed pulling machine and then when I hit my wall I'll be the laziest S.O.B. ever for weeks...and then I have to pep talk myself into it...I think this has to do with the fact that Mr. B doesn't do the stuff in the house and I have to do it alone which I'm fine with it just doesn't get done as fast or as good as I'd like it.

Children's Place gahhhh

Ok so yesterday someone I work with who has a baby said hey Children's Place has a great summer sale and she had a 15% code.

So I stroll on there not thinking I'll be getting anything...I made a decision to only buy things that were 2.99 haha but honestly they had great sales and heck we all know it's so hot down here in the summer that Ava will really need some stuff you know.

So this is what I got haha

The jean shorts and Khaki Bermuda's can go either either tank top so that's really 6 outfits. Then the pink shoes go with the pink outfit and the dress and who knows what other pink stuff we'll have haha.

Those darling white thongs go with the teal outfit as well as the dress and the swimsuit.

Doesn't everyone need a cute bonnet hat for the sun? And it will go with any swimsuit.

And she NEEDED a 4th of July swimsuit haha

With coupon each item was only 2.54 and at Children's Place shipping is one flat rate of 5 bucks.

I mean how could I pass up such a great deal. I got all of the clothes in either 6-9 or 12 months because I'm afraid she'll be a little plump but just the way I like it...squishy haha

30 Day Challenge- Day 15

Top 5 Things I must do before I die...


I have been very fortunate in going to a few places that I've really wanted to go so I need to think about this.



1. Australia....Mr. B and I have talked about this a lot.

2. Learn ASL




3. Copying Traubulous. I'd like to visit all 50 states

So I went through all of the states I have been to vs I haven't.

Here's the list of where I still need to go:

Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, South and North Dakota, Vermont, West Virgina (I think), Wyoming, Washington, Rhose Island, Oregon, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Nevada, Montana, Massachusetts...and I'd like to see D.C. as well

So so far I've visited 30 of the 50 states plus D.C. .....wow I have some work to do hah


4. Take my children to Italy...and I mean places that Mr. B didn't get to visit that I have as well as Venice that we both haven't seen.

5. Visit an active Volcano in Hawaii

30 Day Challenge- Day 14

Where I blog...

I would be cool if posted pics but I'm not haha

So I mainly blog at work but otherwise I do it in bed while watching tv haha

Yah I wish it was more interesting hah

30 Day Challenge- Day 13

My Ideal Age

hmm this is very interesting to think about.

As much as I hate to say it I think I'd like between 30-35.
Because then I'll have had all my babies (with the grace of God we'll be able to have and afford more then just Ava so she has someone) and we'll have been settled in hopefully new careers for at least H back to making what he's making now and probably way more. And our savings and retirement will look great and we'll be able to travel a little more.

And I think moms who are in their early 30's are just hot and that's when people I know started having fun again.

So yah that's what I'm going with haha

30 Day Challenge- Day 12

My Biggest Regret

You know this really is a tough one because I really try and live my life with no regrets but that's a little cliche isn't it?! haha

You know through all the crazy shit I dealt with growing up that's not my regret.

Mine is continually going back to someone who messed with my emotions and was mentally abusive.

It was ok for him to be out cheating on me but the moment I go out and have fun (not cheating or doing anything sexually) when we were broken up I was the whore who ruined everything.

I know that he broke me down just like my mom did and that's why I stayed and I wish I had enough confidence to have left his ass for good instead of the one time I did.

But to this day apparently I'm the one that got away bla bla bla and he's continued his pattern of cheating and moving on as normal.

So I think just being played like a fool and being so fragile and vulnerable that I'd be willing to do anything for someone who didn't deserve me was my biggest regret.

But I think it's a great learning experience and it's taught me a lot about control in my relationships (granted you can't control when someone cheats but you can control your self respect) and that is something I will make sure I teach Ava.

30 Day Challenge- Day 11

Where I live...

I live in Denham Springs, Louisiana...which is a country suburb of Baton Rouge the state capital.

Home of LSU Geaux Tigers!

Most people are familiar with New Orleans...specifically Bourbon St.

We used to live about 20 minutes from downtown and yes it was fun but we love where we are now.

We are known for of course our seafood....shrimp, oysters, and crawfish
Also known for our bayou's and oil

We're the only state in the country to use parishes instead of counties

We're known for growing rice, Cotton, soybeans, as well as salt, oil, and natural gas production, and fishing.