Elem's bedding fabric!!!!

So this morning I was so busy updating on the doc appt. that I almost forgot what I bought this weekend! I FINALLY bought some fabric that we are going to use for his bedding. My mom is going to sew it! So all I have to do is go ahead and get it to her and we can finally get going on something for his room! yay! I am so excited.

I hope you can tell from the pics what it looks like. I didnt want to do the traditional blue, of course every single boy in america has a blue room! And I didnt want to do anything too babyish! I really wanted a cool little room for him! So I was focused and set on getting green and chocolate brown. And then the rest was kinda up in the air. But I found something that both me and Seth love and I think Elem will too.

So as far as where the fabric will go, the chocolate and cream striped one will be the ruffle around the bottom-but it wont be a "ruffle", it is going to be flat. So no ruffles for Elem. I think that might be a little too girly. And then the swirlies are going to be the outside of the bumper-I think, and then the light green is going to be the inside of the bumper. And on the inside of the green squares i want to get like some big chocolate colored buttons to kinda bring in some more dark brown. And as far as the sheet I am not toally for certain.

So I think that is how it is going to go. Unless we alternate the bumper squares and do one green and then on swirlies. I guess we will just have to see! :) Anyways, I am so so excited and happy to have something in the works. Hope you all enjoy it!

My 7 month check up

Well today I went in for my 7 month check up! I can not believe I am already 2/3rds of the way done with this. Its crazy. :) So I went in to see my to my new doctor, Laura Collins. I went ahead and switched to UAMS from Horizons, mostly due to the distance, but also because of the hospital circumstances. Apparently Rebsamen is not one of the greatest hospitals, and UAMS is supposed to be better. Not too sure about all that, but everyone was giving me a hard time about it so I finally just switched over.

So anyways, I showed up early this morning and of course got the official weigh in-which was much more positive than my visit last month. haha. Of course I stepped up there cringing hoping that they wouldnt say I had gained another 9 pounds, and luckily I got to hear the fabulous words of you have gained 3 pounds!!! So I am down with that!! Fo sho! So now I am up to a whopping 174, which means I have officially gained 29 pounds. I can not believe that! Seeing that my goal gain was 25-30-hah-uhm...I think I might have to do some rethinking. Maybe I can push it to 35 and hope for the best. But it is totally looking like I am going to gain about 40 pounds. I guess I just need to be happy with the fact that I have not already gained like 40 at this point, right.

So anyways, she measured my uterous and what not, and like I said last time, you are supposed to be the number in cm that you are in weeks give or take a couple. And I measured to 27, which is exactly how many weeks I am. Well I am actually 28 weeks this week, so I am right on track. Meaning that my uterous is approx. the size of a basketball. Insane! Purely insane I tell you!

And I was supposed to take this glucose test to test for gestational diabetes but for some reaso they didnt do it. I dont know why, but anyways, I guess I will just get that done next time. It is definitly not a test I am looking forward to, that is for sure. You have to drink this glass of apparently nasty stuff and then wait like an hour to run some tests and get your results. So first of all I am like the pickiest person in the whole world, and I will probably throw up when I have to drink it, and second of all, who wants to wait like an hour in a waiting room, when it is already so hard to get comfortable sitting down anywhere.

But while I was in there I did get to get a good look at the baby because she did an ultrasound. Which was awesome. And she took pictures, but they are aweful. You cant tell what anything is. I mean, I can cause she was talking to me while she was taking them, but I really wanted some better pics. One thing though that Elem is still doing is sitting indian style with his little legs crossed, which is what he was doing at 5 months on the video that we got. She said he looked like he liked that position. So I thought that was cute. You could just see him little legs crossed and what not. Oh and for right now, he is sitting head down. She said he would probable flip a couple of times but that it was pretty good that he was already facing that way. And too that gives me and idea of what is actually moving in there when I feel all these crazy movements. Usually I feel more movements towards the tops and sides of my belly button, so for today Ill know that those movements are his legs. haha. I am silly I know. But its super cool to know what is moving. I am still trying to get down what part I am looking at when one side of my belly is significantly bigger than the other. It always looks like a little butt to me, but I guess that cause its round. Anyways, I am super happy that all went well. And so far we still have a happy little baby Elem.

Some major dancin going down in there...

Well, I do not know what exactly little Elem is doing in my stomach these days, but whatever it is, he must be having a blast! He is moving aruond like crazy and it is just the most awesome feeling ever. A little scary from time to time, but still overall just amazing.

Last night, I went to bed around 10:00pm or so and was amazingly enough awaken at about 10:45 pm. What was I awoken by you ask?? Well that would be the massive tumbling and kicking that was going on inside my stomach. Seriously, it was the biggest kick I have ever felt. And it woke me up out of a dead sleep. Crazy!!!

And I have just been watching my belly non stop every time I feel him start dancing or tumbling or whatever it is that he does all the time, just to watch it role across my stomach. So so neat. And for real, there have been a couple where it feels like he is going to bust out of my stomahc. Like a leg or something is just going tocome right out. I mean what if that happened? haha. Cuold that happen? haha . No I know it cant but still, it sure does feel like it.

So amazing to me that little Elem is in there doing his thing while I am out here doing mine. But yet we are walking around together. :) I am just in awe right now. Ill keep you posted on any major outbursts as they come about.

Love ya! Mindy

My belly button...is so cool. haha

Okay one thing I forgot to include in this morning's rant about you smokers is how freaking cool my belly button is. I am sure most of you have seen it and touched it for that matter, because i have just been so amazed at it every day. Its like I used to have the most perfect inny ever! Like one that you never ever could see the end of. And now, I have this inny still...which is cool, cause I didnt want it to be poking out this whole time, but I can see the end of it. How crazy. My whole life, I have never one time been able to see the end of my belly button. Honestly, there have been many a day that I just knew there wasnt an "end" to it. hahaha.

Anyways, so now, I have become onsessed with looking at it every day. Its so weird, but it has now turned into basically this little belly button that looks more like the end of a balloo than a belly button. If you push around it, the belly button part like pops up. It is so weird. haha. So I just wanted to let all of you know, in case you are one of the many that hasnt had a chance to look at it. seriously it is a very cool thing. Crazy how it is transforming.

:):)hehehehe.

What is the deal with all you smokers????

So I have been pondering this thought for a while....what is the deal with the mass number of smokers???? You are everywhere? Why? Okay let me just start off with saying, I do understand that smoking is a habit, I have been there before, but ever since the day I found out I was pregnant, I just quit cold turkey. So it is possible. I know it is. I dont care what anyone says. But seriously, I can not seem to get away from the smoke, the smell, ohh just any of it. Its like I went to Walmart this morning to get some fruit. I try to walk in the front door and there is someone RIGHT there smoking. As if to ensure that I get a big wiff of it walking in, get it all over my clothes, so that I can smell it for the rest of the day, and also just enough to piss me off. Who wants to smell like a nasty ciggy all day long? Really? So then I come out of walmart, and I of course have to go by another smoker to get to my car. What is the deal? It is 8:30am! Are you people crazy? Its like there is this big deal about making sure that there are palces to smoke everywhere you go, but what about those of us who dont want to smell it. It is virtually impossible to get away from it. Because for those of you who dont know, even if you smoke and then spray yourself, you still smell like cigarettes. All day long. !!!

I know my nose is extra sensative right now, but it is just about enough to make me vomit. And that is no lie. I know I have been there, and yes if you go out to a smoky bar, then you have all the right to smoke that you want. But I just want to walk into a non smoking place and not have to walk through a cloud of nastyness to get in there, hoping that Elem isnt choking in there, due to the toxins that I just inhaled!! Its just grose.

Of course, the majority of my very best friends are smokers. Which also poses an issue, because I cant ever hang out with anyone. And when I do hang out, most of them smell like cigarettes anyways and I spend half the night just thinking to myself how bad it smells! haha. I do love all my girls, but I feel like I cant go anywhere. :( And that I am missing out on everything, because all extra curricular activities seem to take place in the smokiest of the smoky places. It is no fun. Just down right sucks. But then again, it is all worth it for the heath of the little baby. I do believe.

Which then again poses a new problem. What am I going to do with all you smokers that I want to be around my baby? I want Elem to be a social kid and grow up around a lot of people that love him. But I do not want him to grow up or even be held by people that smoke. I know that is such a harsh thing to say. But who wants their baby's face all snuggled up on someones shirt who just smoked a couple cigartettes on their way to the hospital? Its so grose. And then it gets on the babys outift, and on the blanket and just on him in general. Oh geez, I am so torn, because I am just anticipating that I am not going to be able to bring him around anyone!!! :( Cause all of you smoke! haha. What is a girl to do, what to do? I need to figure out something quick. Maybe Ill just require everyone who put on a plastic pancho before they get to hold the baby. That seems like the only reasonable thing to do here.

Ill be thinking about this all day!

Sweetest V-Day gift ever! Seth is the Best!

I am so so in love. I just have to get that out there. I know I rant and rave about him and how is not always gung ho on getting going with this baby stuff, but in all actuallity, he is pretty super. And last night he totally made my day! I got home after an hour of trying to find the perfect V-day gift for him, which I think I did, and he had a Valentines bag on the table waiting on me! And I was like no Ill wait till tomorrow, because usually we get so excited that we can never wait to give each other anything. But he said no I want you to be able to use it tonight. So I started digging through the bag, and there was a chocolate rose, that he got because he knows I dont really like candy that much! Then there was a little stuffed teddy bear that he got and said it was for me and sage. Okay so if that is not the cutest thing, then I dont know what is. He knows I like to always give her little things like that when someone gives em to me. hehe. And then there was this little bag he got that had some cool birds stenciled on it, which I of course think is super cool! And then there were all these little candy hearts which he grabbed because he said they were a standard on valentines day. And the best part about them was that they were in spanish. hahaha. And then they very best gift of all...Seth got me a heated back massager!! All because he knows my hurts all the time! I am sure he is sick of hearing me complain about it and asking him to rub my back, but seriously it was the most perfect guft I have ever gotten. And then he used it on my back for like 45 minutes. I am so so excited! And I can not wait to use it tonight either. Yipee! So needless to say I am head over heels for that boy and he is just the sweetest thing ever! :) Just wanted to share! Happy V-day to everyone!