So I can’t relieve what the big news/change is until we tell our family. But it’s going to be awesome.
Something really exciting
July 22nd, 2010 Laid off. . . twice
July 13th, 2010Yes I was laid off twice in 8 days. I went from having two jobs to one job to zero jobs in a little over a week.
This really sucks, we will be loosing out on about $600 a month and that coupled with moving to a more expensive place is placing some stress on us. This will also be giving me a paid maternity leave starting now and probably going through the first of next year! I think that this will all work out for us in the long run.
Since I am looking quite pregnant these days I don’t really think many people are going to get into line to hire a 7 month pregnant woman who would like to take another two or three months off after the baby comes.
I’ll post some pictures of the growing belly soon.
Collicy 18 Month Old
July 3rd, 2010Xander does not really have colic and hasn’t ever had it, but he is now acting in full toddler form. And he spent several hours mostly crying this morning for various toddler frustrations. I usually and very patient but today it was just all day long, every five minutes he was crying then happy then crying then happy and this just went on and on.
So much going on
June 29th, 2010So we have so much change going on right now it is a little crazy to think about all at once.
We have been trying to short sell our house and just got an offer that we signed the papers for and submitted to the bank yesterday. Our Realtor says he has dealt with this mortgage company before and he expects us to be out of our house in 90 days! Which would be the beginning of September. But we are scheduled to go on vacation from September 4-11th in Colorado.
Also I am due October 31st and we are moving to Ann Arbor which puts the hospital where I was going to deliver, ABC Southfield, 40 minute long drive without traffic. I think that’s too much for me to handle in labor so I might be looking for a different provider and neither DH or I would be opposed to having a home birth if we are in a different house.
So when we move we are looking at renting a condo hopefully in Chapel Hill neighborhood in Ann Arbor, my grandma lives there and Dave’s work is literally two blocks from there, but when do we start to look for a place. When do I start to look for a new midwife/care provider, when do we plan the move. So much to think about and it all depends on what the bank decides to do.
So right now he said we should hear back the banks first counter offer within 30 days. So Dave says I should start thinking about any of this stuff until we hear back from the bank.
I am hoping to go down to just one job instead of two in the near future so I am working on getting rid of some bills. So I have sold my car and I am in the search for a new one which means we only have one car right now and I am borrowing my moms car which I only have for this week. I almost bought a car yesterday but the dealership called me back after I left and had signed the papers and all to say that they where putting in the new breaks and discovered the whole under body of the car was rusted out to the point it was dangerous.
Anyway I just have to think one thing at a time. Please keep me in your thoughts for a quick response from the bank and awesome cheap car in my future.
Half way and the big score!
June 15th, 2010So I am 20 weeks pregnant now which is pretty much half way! I am so excited to meet this new little guy and figure out what his name should be. I think we have made our list of like five names and Dave is just going to pick it when he is born.
I have been so tired lately it’s crazy I go to bed by 10 and get up at 8:30 and I’m ready for a nap by noon. Like right now I could be totally sleeping.
Xander is teething getting molars and I thought it was going to be easy then he got a fever for three days and has been cranky at night and I’m just not getting the work done at night that I should.
We are also selling our house as a short sale and it has been showing a ton so that means in all of my spare time (hahaha) I am cleaning to keep the house in show condition.
Oh and we got rid of our dogs.
Needless to say this week I am feeling sad and overwhelmed and hopefully something will work out soon, or everything will work out soon.
I also scored big this week with a awesome double stroller off of Craigslist that was listed at babies r us for $249 and I got it for $125.
19 weeks
June 9th, 2010So we are 19 weeks into our pregnancy and I still feel pretty good. I have been feeling a TON of movement. This is one of my favorite times of pregnancy when only I can feel the movement and no one else can yet. It’s like our little secret, although I am really excited for Dave to be able to feel it and join in on the baby fun.
Speaking of baby fun, I have handed over all naming responsibilities to Dave. We where arguing so much about names and I felt like he just turned down any names I suggested to him without reason or thinking about it so I just said here are my favorites you pick a name.
He says he is going to name the baby Optimus Prime. I think we might end up with an Apolo, which I think is really awesome.
On a side note we are selling out house, this information deserves it’s very own post and I might do that too but I just wanted to mention that we have had two showing so far and it’s really exciting.
I weight 175 right now, that’s up 9lbs at 19 weeks.
It’s a BOY
June 2nd, 2010
18 weeks
May 31st, 2010I should be really blogging more about this pregnancy as I am finding that reading my blogs and looking at my pictures from Xander’s pregnancy are really helping me along.
So tomorrow is our mid pregnancy ultrasound and we will hopefully learn the sex of the baby. I am really excited about this because if I end up having a girl I’ll have another shower and I have a few things that I am waiting on buying until we know the sex, like a belly button ring like this or a crib. And I want to get on with the big name search we are all set if we are having a girl she will be Zoey Morgan but if we are having a little boy it could be Owen, Westly or James David. I like James David the best.
I have been doing ok with weight gain although its something I really need to be mindful of every day. I am at 175 but will probably come down to 173 because I think those other two are just water weight. So if you count the 175 number I am up 9lbs at 18 weeks. During Xander’s pregnancy I was up 12lbs by this time.
On none weight related items I am feeling great. This pregnancy is much different from Xander’s I just feel much larger and like it is harder than his was but I can’t put it into exactly what it is. It is nice that i am so busy and I don’t spend all day every day thinking about this pregnancy, I spent way to much time thinking and talking about nothing but baby during my last pregnancy.
This week:
- I weight 175
- Started to feel real movement
- Started sleeping with a pillow between my legs
First Midwife Appointment
April 15th, 2010So tomorrow is my first real midwife appointment and I feel so nervous. I just have to say it, I don’t feel that pregnant and haven’t now for two weeks so I am afraid we aren’t going to hear a heartbeat on the doppler. Oh how I hate this time of pregnancy when its still early enough something can really happen and I might not know for some time.
Oh a good note I haven’t had any bad symptoms either like bleeding or cramping, so I will keep telling myself that tomorrow morning I’m going to hear the glorious heartbeat of a little boo and then I can get really excited about being pregnant and maybe go out and buy something for myself and for the baby.
Oh and I’m going to go run 5 miles in the woods after my appointment for practice for my race coming up on the 24th.
*UPDATE*
We heard a wonderful beautiful perfect heartbeat!
Boy Names
April 13th, 2010So we don’t know what the baby is yet, but we are pretty set on a girls name as we have had a lot longer to think about that one. But I have been playing around on Nymbler.com to find names I like and here is a list of my top favorites so far.
What do you think?
Corbin
Mason
Quentin
Kadin
Hunter
Tristan
Reed
Reid
Liam
Talon
Finn
Lane
Hudson
Luca
Garrett
Kai
Edited to add:
Davyn, http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Davyn
