Have you ever seen something this cute???

Little Baby Berry Suit!

I almost dont want to update...

I love opening this page and seeing my blinkie and the cute pics of Ellie! I dont want to push her down the page, but life must go on I guess.
We are just getting used to the idea of having a little girl. I am getting all excited about pink clothes and little dresses. I was such a tom-boy that I am not quite sure what to do with a girl, but I have a feeling that a pony is in her future. We have already looked at cute little dresses for her to wear to Jennifers wedding, and Rob is excited that he will get to show her off while I am in the wedding party. Lets just hope she doesnt cry!
We are getting ready to fly to DC this weekend. The puppies are going to Greenbelt for boarding Thursday afternoon and we dont get to pick them up until we get back Monday night. So sad! I am sure they will have a good time playing with the other dogs. The owner Jean really likes them and pays special attention each time.
I think next weekend we will start focusing on the nursery and getting it organized so we can paint soon. It is amazing all the baby stuff that we have accumulated already. That is all for now, we are 35 in que...again. Grr. Today is not a good day at Wellmark!

Baby News!!

It's Official. We are having a little girl. The 3D ultrasound was so incredible. We saw every part of her. She has Robs long legs and skinny ankles and my nose and chubby cheeks. We are planning on naming her Elisabeth Anne and calling her Ellie. Now we just have to wait a few more months to meet her! Here are a couple pictures of her cute little face...

Note to anyone who may be attending the state wrestling meet...

I know that you may be confused while driving in Downtown Des Moines. Its not that difficult. Dont get distracted because you have never seen a building with more than 3 stories. Its ok, really. Please refrain from stopping in the middle of a 4 lane main artery into downtown because you are confused with so many lanes. Just get the hell out of my way!
Seriously. I understand there are many people who cannot drive in Des Moines. Its pathetic really, but I feel the pain. It is just NOT a good idea to send thousands of teenagers into a city they have never driven before. Chaos ensues. That is my rant of the day. I will stop now.
Tomorrow is the big ultrasound! (and thank heavens I dont have to come to work!)

Smart Peeps

Power outage!

Well, we had some excitement at Wellmark today. The power went out at about 11 am. I was 2 steps from the bathroom when it shut off. My first thought was "holy shit! I have to pee!" The bathroom has no windows and was pitch dark. I already have a fear about snakes biting me in the butt on the toilet, so a dark toilet doesnt help that any. Luckily a nice girl lent me her cell phone for some light and I was able to do my business.
The power was still out at 12:30, so Laura, Veronica and I headed out to get something to eat. State wrestling starts today so we expected the skywalk to be full of teenagers necking, but it wasnt bad at all. I got Subways Daily Special (turkey) Yum! A lunch downtown under 5 bucks. Pretty sweet.
As we were walking back towards work, we saw the lights pop on in the lobby. Unfortunately the entire building got power back, so the fun was over. Now we are super busy, and probably will stay that way. Oh well, only one more day this week!

2 days!

Just 2 days until the big ultrasound!
I have a chiro appt tonight, so Im hoping he can pop me back into place. It is amazing what a giant belly can do to your back. My kidneys hurt every day too, I think I might bug the nurses today at my OB office.
Just getting to work...Yuck. At least tomorrow is my last day this week!

You know you live in Des Moines when...

-Your 5 minute commute home takes 45 minutes at least twice a week.
-You see at least 3 crazy homeless people on the way home. (walking, hopping or twitching along the road faster than your car)
-State wrestling/farm show/anything else at Vets or Wells Fargo comes to town and you have to drive the "old" car to work in case some teen/farmer/etc hits it in your parking ramp. You also know not to go out to lunch or enter the skywalk during that week, because they will be standing in the middle of the skywalk staring at the map in hordes.
- You cannot work after 5pm for fear that you will be accosted after dark waiting for the bus to get to the parking ramp.

Oh, I love this city so much!

Can someone do the math for me?

Yesterday I thought there were 5 days until the ultrasound, today I count 3. Hmm. Ok. So i guess the countdown is at 3 days.
Pregnancy brain has officially taken over. Last night I ran to the store to get ingredients for Stromboli. I ran home, got it all ready to put in the oven and began baking. I checked it every 5 minutes and it just wasnt baking. Finally, after 30 minutes I realized that the frickin stove wasnt on! That might explain the raw stromboli. So, I turned the oven on and that worked much better. I am losing it. Not only that, but this morning I ran out of the house with no lunch. Grrr.

Thank you Chevy...

for making idiot proof cars. I pulled into the parking ramp this morning with the Equniox, jumped out and locked the door. Then I realized that not only were the keys still in the car, it was running and I had locked the door. A couple of expletives later I tried the door, and it opened! Apparently the Equinox is smarter than I am and knows that it shouldnt lock the doors when the keys are still in the ignition. So, Thank You Chevy for making a car smarter than I am.
(only 5 more days until the ultrasound!)

The baby mystery continues...

Well, I had my regular appointment with my favorite OB Dr Garner. I didnt get an ultrasound yesterday, but he did schedule me for one on March 17 at the Westlakes office. They have a much nicer machine there and he said I would get some great pictures! So, im not complaining. It will be great to see the baby again and double check the sex. I also have to take the 1 hour glucose test that day which means drinking some super sugary soda, waiting an hour and then they will draw my blood to check my sugar levels. (why cant they just prick my finger??)
We are just cleaning the house today and Robby is going to organize the basement so that we can move the spare bed down there from the nursery. We want to start working on removing the wallpaper in there, so we can prepare to paint as soon as we know the sex of the baby. Im so excited! (6 days)

Success!

Well, we got the wireless all hooked up and ready to go on Wednesday. After 3 routers and many heated calls with Linksys tech support, its all done. I got 2 new email addresses set up for Shirley and Larry and they have internet access. Now, if we can just convince them to get rid of AOL!
Today is Friday and I am looking forward to the weekend. I get out of here at 3:30 today since we have a Dr appt at 4. Its just the regular OB appt, but I am hoping they will give me an ultrasound today. I just cant wait any longer to find out what this baby is! I doubt I get one though, Dr Garner sounded like he wanted to wait until closer to the end. Oh well, the wait is over next Friday anyway. (7 days!)

V-Day wrapup

I had a good V-day. Last night Robby came home from work early and cooked steak and twice baked potatoes with salad. It was Yummy! There is nothing I love more than a good medium rare steak. He cooked them perfectly too.
We agreed to no gifts this year since we are trying to save for the baby, but we each broke the rule a little bit. I got Robby a nice card and wrote something sappy in it and got him a little box of Chocolate Storybook chocolates. (chocolatestory.com) They are handmade here in Des Moines and put Stam to shame. So tasty. Robby got me a nice card and an awesome gift! I had been wanting this figurine of a pregnant lady since I saw it at Hallmark. It is so cute, and he remembered to go out and get it for me. That is all for now, Im just counting down the days until the 3D ultrasound! (9)

Happy V-Day!

Not much to report about this weekend, we spent most of it trying to get the wireless network working at our house. Grr to Linksys. After 2 routers and much cussing still no reliable wireless. Oh well. I think we are taking a night off of that tonight.
Rob is busy preparing to help his brother with a remodel on his house. In Virginia. Should be interesting! He is going to help draw up the plans, and do some technical stuff I dont understand. We are flying out there in March for a weekend so they can get a good start on it. I will get to show off my big belly! (God I hope I fit in the seat on the plane)
In baby news, we have (hopefully) solved the crib issue many of you have heard about. We went to K's the other night and took the crib home and they have ordered the combo changer from another store. Cross your fingers that it comes in! I put pictures of the below. We are getting the crib and the dresser that has 2 levels. They are solid wood and super nice. I love it! Im just so excited to get the room ready and all painted! We find out the gender of the baby on the 24th, so after that we are painting. Yeah!
Thats all for now, just having a low key night at home tonight. We are having steak and twice baked potatoes. We had our big dinner on Sunday night, I made Ginos dinner. We had cavatelli, ginos salad, garlic bread and cherry cheesecake. Pretty sweet when you can buy their sauces in the store and save about 50 bucks by making it yourself!
Have a good V-day everyone.

Is this what happens when you become a parent???

So, this morning I got to take the Equinox. It snowed last night, and since I have the baby I get to drive the nice car. Sweet. As I was driving into work and jamming out to Eminem, I got this guilty feeling. I wondered if the baby is a girl, will it be traumatizing for her to hear the b-word etc. What if its a boy, should I not listen and let him think its ok to say those words? What has happened to me!? I think Im beginning to understand what Mom meant when she talks about the years of guilt I have ahead of me. Dammit.

Mmmmmm...Qdoba

Well- I am sure you all know that Rob and I have a special love for Mexican food. We love it all from Taco Bell to Pancheros to authentic.
We went to Best Buy the other night and saw that there was a Qdoba opening. I have been waiting for a Chipotle (like Pancheros, but more sauces etc) but Qdoba is supposed to be just as good. Yay!
So tonight was the grand opening. We didnt know til we pulled up there. (Man I would be pissed if we tried to go yesterday!) Anywho, we got some tasty burritos and tried some super hot "burn your ass" sauce. (and it does indeed burn your ass) They actually call it Fiery Habanero sauce. Wimps.
Overall- I recommend the Qdoba. Yum! It is right across the street from HuHot, which we get to try when Mom and Kurtis come into town in a couple weeks. Im looking forward to the Kung Pao sauce there. I think this kid has turned me into a hot sauce girl!

Hi-YA!

Well, last night i got a little bored during the Superbowl. (didnt everyone??) So i decided to harass the baby with a flashlight. It worked well for Vincent while in utero, and I figured my little baby is almost old enough to be annoyed. The premise is this- shine a flashlight on your belly and the baby will kick it, or hide from it.
I put the flashlight right below my belly button where the baby likes to hang out. Pretty soon there was a really hard kick there! I had never felt one that strong before. I put my hand there to see if I could get the baby to kick again and BAM! I felt the kick on my hand. So, I guess he/she is strong enough to be felt from the outside now.
I called Rob over to see if he could feel it too, but the baby was not cooperating. We will have to try again in the next few days.
Now Im just getting scared that this baby has 19 weeks left to get bigger, and bigger. I have a feeling that these kicks wont be quite so fun when they are in my ribs.
Well, I am in the midst of taco salad preparation, so i should sign out. Later!

Death of a Big Screen

Well, due to a death in the family we have been forced to buy a new TV. It is so freaking sweet though! We figured that we would buy a cheap little TV, since we are in the poor house right now but Target is having an insane sale. We were able to buy much more for our money. Nice! Apparently it helps when your TV dies right before the Super Bowl.
So- here is the new Tv. It is a 32" Magnavox LCD and it is about 2-3 inches thick. Much better than the big screen which was about 4 feet thick!

If they are old enough to ask for it...

So last night I was in Target. I desperately needed a pair of black shoes to fit my now giant feet. (im up to an 8 1/2!) I also walked over to the panties area to buy myself some giant bloomers to fit over this belly. As if that wasnt embarassing enough, a woman with a little 3 or 4 year old boy in her cart comes walking thru. Ok, no problem. Then the kid starts yelling at the top of his lungs "MOM! Open your shirt and give me some TIT!" So- I thought maybe I heard wrong. Nope- he repeated it over and over about 10-15 times. The woman didnt even tell him to shut up! It was the most disturbing thing I have ever witnessed. I went running out of that department as quick as I could. I hope that kid gets some serious therapy someday, can you imagine remembering breastfeeding?? (especially for a man) Ick. I feel sorry for his first girlfriend!! HAHA!
Anyway, I should get to work now but I couldnt help sharing that tidbit.