Life is CrazY BUSY

Chad and I are so busy this next week. Well pretty much every week for us is crazy busy but next week especially since I'm working 10 days in a row ! (erg) It's been really hard trying to find time just to hang out, we usually always spend from about 12midnight to 1 am together though. Because many days Chad leaves the house around 7:30 for school then we see each other when I get home around Midnight. This sucks ! We can't wait when someday we have normal schedules where we can actually be involved in activities and hang out with friends..... until then we work, and study and work and study. Life is Crazy !

Freaking hot

Chad and I went to Seaside for the day ! It was still pretty hot, around 80 I would say, but not going to complain when Beaverton is 105 ! We enjoyed some fish and chips and a long walk in the ocean. It was so nice to splash around in the water and not be numb. I don't think that has ever happened to me at the oregon coast. Either way life is wonderful and chad is wonderful and we had such a great little day trip. Back to work tomorrow for us... Counting down the days till we get to get away for our anniversary.

Thanks hubby :)

Little Amalies Crib ! Chad was so cute, we got the crib a few days ago but we both had crazy schedules chad work 9-5 me work 6- 1 am so we had not had a time together to put it together. Chad was so anxious to though , so last night I got home a little after 11 pm and we set it all up ! It's so fun now walking by her room and seeing the crib. We can't wait to meet her.

Nursery

I don't think this picture really shows what color the room "actually is" but maybe you get the idea. Light green...

20 Weeks 1 day

Half Way !
For some reason I feel like in pictures my belly looks to be getting smaller .... but it is not. I have a pretty nice pooch going on now ;)

Money Saving Mama

Chad and I are less than a month away from our 2 year wedding anniversary and finally we are narrowing down on a budget for ourselves, and savings plan (well hopes of one when we have money to save.) It seams like time and time again we get things figured out we think we are on a roll we save a few hundred dollars then a CRISIS happens... tire blows out on I5, I get sick and have to spend 300+ on doctor visits, well you get the idea. We understand we are in a hard situation and we won't be newly married, students with a child on the way for the rest of our lives. But it seams so hard to get ahead sometimes ! We know we are not going to actually start putting money away for a house and new car any time soon but we are trying to get our budget down to a science to make sure each month we keep our heads above water until we graduate and move on to 2 full time paying jobs ! Trying to figure out how much we spend each month or certain things is so tough sometimes but with my new helpful friend Mint.com hopefully we will be on a strict budget for awhile ! (Thanks Shell for showing me this amazing site) I highly recommend anyone wanting to get a budget and manage it easily to use this, it is AMAZING !

With our budget goals we are tying to be more thrifty on certain things such as coffee outings ( We have already spend 75.00 dollars this month ! ) Next month our goal is 25/ each all month, hopefully watching it more closely will help us stay on track.

Blog of interest to cut money of your grocery bill. I haven't gone shopping yet this week but once I do I'll see how much I can save off my total bill !

http://krazycouponlady.blogspot.com

Bumper Crib Fabric : Amy Butler

My wonderful granna is going to be making Amalie's bedding for her crib. We haven't picked out all the fabric yet but my mom and I just ordered this lovely Amy Butler fabric from fabric.com a few days ago. It will be used for her bumper in the crib. It's been a lot of fun getting things figured out for her room, looking for lots of green and dark pink things !

It's starting !

I'm heading out soon to go buy paint at Fred Meyer ! It is actually quite exciting we can paint our apartment without getting evicted.... My mama is coming for the weekend to paint Amalie's room and also an accent wall in our living room. I'm looking forward to getting some color in here :) After much deliberation we decided on a light green for the room, I'll post pictures soon. Can't wait to finally start putting the room together it's just been empty for the past two months. We also just sold our beloved portable dishwasher we had in our old apartment so hopefully that will be able to fund a few more shopping trips for the nursery !

Excited for our little AMALIE CLAIRE !

I was totally convinced we were having a boy ! Everyone was thinking it was a boy (not like they really have a good reason to choose one or the other) but still once everyone ( well minus my bestie Shelly the only one who thought it was a girl all along) was saying "oh it's going to be a boy" I just kind of went along with it. So today came as a BIG surprise.

Ultrasound story:

This story will be way more funny to those of you who know I have the SMALLEST bladder in the whole world.

They have you drink 16 oz of water before the visit, and it has to be finished atleast 30 min before you are seen. Are you joking me like I can drink that much and not pee within the first 1o min if i'm lucky. So I pee once...... head to the office and i'm bursting at the seams when I fly through the doors asking where I can go. The lady at the front desk told me polietly I was not able to use the restroom because I needed a full bladder. I tried to inform her I would have a full bladder in another 10min of waiting but just needed to pee !! She laughed and said your bladder only fills up once an hour.
I get called back right away and lay down, gripping the sides of the table praying I don't spring a leak. The baby is sleeping.... she pokes a little more to see if she'll wake up or stretch. Nothing.
I"m then told maybe my bladder is not full yet and I need to roll on my side and wait, she'll be back in 5 min. My bladder isn't full enough yet, has she not heard one word i've been saying ! I"m going to pee.. and pee soon. She comes back and takes some measurements that she can, mostly just of the head and brain. She says I might have to come back to finish the ultrasound another day. My heart drops, I was so excited to find out what we were having ! Chad knowing he would not have a happy wifey later if I could find out speaks up for me and asks if it's impossible to find out gender. The lady says she'll do in internal ultrasound for us and will probably be able to see what she needs to. For this you get to empty your bladder ! Hurray. Run down the hall pee and head back to the room. Lay down and get the whole thing started. She tries to measure a few more things during this time and within 2 min she said she is running against the clock to find the gender because my bladder is already 3/4 full again ! She was shocked ! I think now she believed me I could have peed several times and still had a full bladder for the ultrasound.

End of Story I do have the smallest bladder in the world and i'm not crazy !

After that we had her write down what we were having and we wen't out to lunch with Chad's parents and sis and opened it all together !

Now i'm all ready to start shopping for girlie stuff.

Amalie Claire we are so excited to have you in our family :)

19 Weeks

My Belly now sticks out further than my Booty ! I felt the baby's first big move/kick on the 4th of July ! It was so special ! I stopped in my tracks and dropped my purse and was just in awe for a bit. It felt like I had swallowed my cell phone and it was vibrating in my belly. Then later that evening when I was laying down I felt "pops" right below my belly button , assuming those are kicks. I feel like I have to be really still to know for sure if it's the baby or not. Can't wait until Chad can feel it too. He has been so cute always wants to put his hands over my belly, just in case the baby kicks hard enough he will feel it and not miss it.

We are getting so anxious to meet our little one. 9:40 tomorrow is our ultrasound, can't wait to see him/her and make sure they are looking healthy !

Mother knows best

After finally meeting my doctor for the first time last month ( I had seen a nurse, then the stand in Dr. while the doctor I had been recommended was still on maternity leave) She was very nice.... yet slightly over energetic for my taste ! I thought it would be fine, I told myself I couldn't be too picky and I am already 18 weeks along I can't switch now. But after a wonderful conversation with my mother I'm glad I realized damn straight I can be picky ! I'm going to be giving birth, not a time when I need to worry about if it's appropriate to be picky or not. I need to have someone with me that i'm totally 100 percent comfortable with. With much guidance from my mom, and talking over what is important to me and the experience I have decided to leave the OB practice I had started going to for a Midwife clinic that emphasizes more on holistic childbirth yet also is available to all types of pain medication administered by hospital staff if that is what I choose (which is what I'll be going with.) The clinic consists of 5 midwives which you rotate between during all your appointments so you'll be able to know each lady personally. Since who knows who's day it will be when I go into labor I felt more comfortable knowing I would know each midwife that might be assisting me. With the other doctor if she was not on call I could end up with someone I had never even met. The midwife will be with me during the Whole labor and delivery not just show up for the big push, continue to be with you through the hours following delivery to assist in breast feeding. Also the childbirth classes are taught in a small group 8 couples over 6 weeks. The classes are taught at a womens welness center that emphasizes yoga practice and nutrition for pre/post natal care. Overall I think I might the right decision to really think what is going to be best for me !

And on a side note I think it will cost less seeing a midwife, compared to the 3,988 bill for the doctor. Well once insurance hits it would only be 1,000.. but still. Having a baby is so expensive. The price above is only for the visits, to push on your belly and tell you how fat your getting. Not even including blood work and ultrasounds. Geez maybe I should just say i'm a teenager that got knocked up, then I wouldn't have to pay for anything ! The system is so screwed up.

I have been feeling really overweight and not attractice lately so no picture of me. Even though Chad is continually telling me I'm beautiful hearing it doesn't change the fact I hate getting dressed every morning. I do have a nice collection of mumu's now that make things easeir.

Overall Life is good ! And we are getting so excited for Wednesday ! We are going to have the ultrasound tech write down what we are having on a piece of paper and put it in an envelope then we are having lunch with chad's family and opening it up so we all find out together ! Then after that we will go shopping a bit so I can finally get something that isn't green or yellow !
We love our little one so much already, can't wait to meet our little (ezra jude,amalie claire)