Gender Reveal!

Whoops!

So apparently in my quest to make it so anonymous users can't leave comments on my blog, I made it so no one could.  Sorry about that!  I think I have the right settings now but if some of you would be so kind to do some test comments that would be so sweet of you!  

Busy Little Bee

That's me, a Busy Little Bee.

I've been busy with doctor appointments, physical therapy and moving.  So much fun but I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and I couldn't be happier.

FIVE days until we find out if the baby is a boy or girl.  I am so flipping excited to know.  We are planning the gender reveal party on the 29th for our immediate family so I've been having fun coming up with decorations and a little game.  Should be a fun time.  It will also be the first time that both sides of the family have gotten together since we found out we were pregnant so it will be nice to just see everyone and celebrate together.

I had a bit of a scare with my blood pressure but I'm happy to say that it has gone back down and the last time I went to the doctor I had lost SIX lbs in a week.  Yahoo!  I'm back on track, eating healthier and I am feeling so much better.  No more morning sickness.  Hallelujah! 

I'm out of my boot cast and wearing my sneaker again, at first it felt really weird but now it's normal.  I'm still limping and haven't been cleared for exercise.  My PT goal for myself is to be able to go outside for walks before it starts snowing.  Hopefully I can get there.

I've been keeping up with your blogs, just not commenting much.  I'm still thinking of all of you!

October is Here!

My mom was harping on me this weekend to post on my blog. She said she was sick of looking at the same post so here I am...blogging.

There has been a lot going on.  Marc & I were offered the chance to move into the downstairs of the house we rent.  It's larger, has two bedrooms with doors, which our upstairs lacks, has a screened in side porch and just overall is better for baby.  The wood floors are newer, so that means no ancient nails poking up from the floor.  It's the simple things in life.

But...with moving comes a lot of stress.  I know we are just moving downstairs but it's a lot of work and it stresses me out big time.  I need all new curtains, my mom is giving us two love seats and I can't find affordable couch covers for them, I hate hate hate the wallpaper downstairs and we are going to try to move before we host the gender reveal party on October 29.  We should be able to start moving in on October 21.  ACK!  That is just about a week to clean, move and get settled in to host the party.  Talk about stressing me out.  Everyone swears we can get everything done, my parents have offered to come down the weekend before the party and help move as Marc is starting a new part time job this week which means his free time to move is even more limited.

Deep Breaths.  I'm really trying to keep my cool and if it wasn't for the party I would be cool as cucumber but I want my house to look good for the party and most importantly I want to enjoy it.

I started physical therapy last night.  I wore my sneaker for the first time in almost 10 weeks on my fractured foot when I got home, it was weird.  I felt like my foot didn't weigh enough.  My first few steps were comical.  I am slowly going to start transitioning from my boot to sneaker now...yay!  One NSV from last night was the therapist asked me what my goal was in PT...and I didn't hesitate to say "I want to start my morning walks again, I really miss them."  Who would have thought I would ever miss exercise?

My eating has gotten better.  With my morning sickness gone, I've been able to start eating cottage cheese for breakfast again and I'm trying to eat less carb-a-licous snacks but it is hard.  I'm trying to get myself into the mentality that I don't need to constantly eat like I want too but it's hard.  I'm taking baby steps to get back to the super healthy eating and I know I will get there.  I have my OB appointment on Thursday and I'm interested to see if I have lost anything, I am just too scared of what # I will see on my home scale and right now not knowing is holding me more accountable.  My jeans did feel baggier this weekend, I'm taking that as a good sign.  

I'm so happy that those of you who went to BOOBs had a great time!  I've been having a fun time reading all about it and looking at the pictures! 

Bullet Style

• Today is a bullet day.  I'm too sleepy for paragraphs.
• I start physical therapy for my foot on October 3rd.  Finally!
• Turns out the Dr. I saw for my 2nd opinion spotted 3 fractures not 2.  Lucky me.
• I should be able to stop wearing my boot cast full time next week.  Yaya!
• Thursday will mark 9 weeks in this evil boot cast.  I am so over it.
• I am 14 weeks pregnant today!
• The baby is the size of a lemon, a cute little lemon.
• I'm slacking on sending out my Secret Bandit gift, I will get to the post office tomorrow, I pinky promise.
• I have not been eating very healthy at all.  I am so hungry and just want to eat constantly.
• My next doctor's appointment is Oct. 6th and I'm worried I will have gained more weight.  I don't want a lecture.  I know between being picky about what I eat and no exercise I'm not exactly doing well.
• I want to go for a walk like you wouldn't believe, I think it would be a great stress reliever right now.
• 29 days until we find out if baby is a boy or girl!
• We have baby names picked out, I really can't wait to start calling baby by it's name.
• I really can't wait to see that ultrasound and see that baby is looking more like a baby, our first ultrasound all we saw was this little baby blob which was completely adorable.
• We are throwing a gender reveal party for our parents, siblings and a few other family members after we find out.  I'm excited to reveal to everyone what the baby is at the same time.
• I haven't stepped on my personal scale at home for over 9 weeks.  I can put weight on my foot now barefoot but I'm scared to do it.  I'm so totally scared of what that number is going to be.  Sigh.
• I really wish pregnancy was that time in my life where I wouldn't have to worry about the scale but I guess that isn't going to be me.

Please Help!

Hi Everyone!!

Could you do me a super special favor and help out my friend, Caren.

She is an awesome teacher in a very poor area and she is in a contest to win some books for her classroom.  The contest was to make your classroom "go Disney" and she did a great job.  

This is the link.  Vote for Caren, she is #2.  

I normally wouldn't plug a link like this but Caren is a dedicated teacher.  She is always going above and beyond for her students when they don't have all the things they need in the classroom or at home.  

Thanks for your time and please go vote so a deserving teacher and students can get receive a box of Disney-themed classroom resources and supplies.  

Random Blogging Thoughts

I feel weird blogging about my pregnancy.  I feel like since this is a blog about my weight loss that I shouldn't but then the other part of me says this a blog about me and my journey with the Realize Band.  If I hadn't had the Realize Band and lost 100lbs I wouldn't be pregnant today.

So I'm going to blog about my pregnancy. 

Yesterday we had our 12 week appointment, the doctor changed my due date from April 1st to March 26, 2012.  Not really a big deal in the grand scheme of things except we can have our 18 week ultrasound a little sooner which is where we will find out what we are having.  Yay!  I can't wait to know if it's a boy or a girl.

I gained 5lbs from my last appointment but I'm trying not to feel guilty about that seeing as I haven't been able to exercise in 6 weeks and the fact that with the boot cast on I don't really walk around if I can help it.  Plus I have been eating way more carbs than normal.  They are the only thing I seem to really want to eat besides apples. 

I have a prenatal Yoga/Relaxation DVD and I think I'm going to try to do some of it that won't involve my foot.  I want to try that this weekend. 

I need to get back in the swing of things, since I fractured my foot I really haven't had any motivation or drive to do anything.  I want to start blogging on my Simple Sweetness blog again too.  I just need to get my butt in gear.  I also need to send out my Secret Bandit gift for September.  I'm kinda bummed because I never received anything in August from my Secret Bandit.

I guess this post is just me saying that I want to be around more, not be afraid of blogging about my pregnancy because afterall this is a blog ABOUT ME and just get back into the swing of things.  I feel like I have taken a 6 week detour.