31 Weeks!

I had my 31 week appointment today. Everything is pretty normal for me. I was having some issues that I was extremely worried about. Even though I could tell the doctor was in a hurry, he made sure to listen to all my concerns. I really love my doctor!

Doctor completely understands how miserable I am, and I think he feels really bad for me! Good thing is he told me, with my history, he'd be surprised if I don't go early. They plan on doing all the end of pregnancy stuff, like the strep B test, and the u/s around 36 weeks this time, since I was only 38.5 weeks with Peanut. He said too, if I don't have her before I hit 39 weeks, he plans on inducing me. Which, yay (assuming Bean's ready). It also is a big relief because we have been really worried DH wouldn't be able to take any time off with the playoffs starting on 9/29!!!

I just feel like a waddling penguin mixed with a duck now a-days and I can't breathe!!!! Sigh. Oh, and he wants me to go get my eyes checked to make sure that's not what is causing my headaches/migraines. It has been over a year since I had my last eye appointment. So, everything else is going great, so we shall see how it goes. Luckily, my next appointment is now only 2 weeks away!

Pink: Pregnant with Peanut White: Pregnant with Bean

both at 31 weeks! You can tell I'm a bit lighter now!!!

Tuesday evening, Peanut and I went to the IronPigs game (AAA affiliate of the Phillies). We got there around 5:15, and the line was ridiculously long. Apparently, they were handing out bobble heads of some player. What stunk is most people didn’t even stay for the game! They grabbed the give-a-way, then left!!!! I don’t understand that. Yes, I get it that you enjoy getting a free ‘gift’, but honestly!!! Anyway, here are a few photos of the ‘Nut from the game, as well as her being a little ham last night!

Peanut wasn't heavy enough to keep the seat down!!!!

Yelling at the guys in the back to "pipe down"!

Being a ham at home!

RoBrotz’ band is doing a charity gig to help a great friend with a fundraiser to help raise awareness and funds for breast cancer. This great friend I actually met through my mom, as she was a student of hers. My mom passed away over 11 years ago now from breast cancer. My friend does not only the 3-day walk for the cure, but also went into her field of designing drugs to help patients on chemo because of how my mom touched her life. My hubby then decided that they were going to make shirts to promote it too. I got mine in the mail today! See!!! Here I am modeling the new shirt. I was stoked that it fit over the Bean Belly and all!!! And apparently I don’t look pregnant from the back, according to my coworkers. Now that I see the photo, I can see why they say that!

View from the Front:

View of the Back:

Nesting Has Hit

I think I’m going to phone the doctor this morning and see about getting lab tests done for the ICP (Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy – not Insane Clown Posse). Last night, I couldn’t sleep because the soles of my feet started itching like crazy. There is no good way to itch your feet, and that is obnoxious! We just have to see when the office is actually open. They seem to have random hours, which does stink; however, recently, they’ve been extremely accommodating for me with bringing scripts to me and what not. That makes up for the one appointment that was rescheduled 5 separate times on me, and the two other appointments that I waited for over 30 minutes to even have someone acknowledge me at the office.

I started my second skein of Fantasy Natural for the Market Bag. Then I realized I had K1 where I was supposed to K2Tog and it was on the, maybe, third stitch of the round. Needless to say, I’m busy ripping out the past round. Oh well. I didn’t get much done with crafting because I was busy doing two things. One was taking new photos of little Miss Peanut and uploading them to my Facebook and the family webpages. As far as the 'bink' issue, last night, I had better resolve and didn't use it (bed around 6:45). Peanut stopped crying within 20-30 minutes, and then I heard some singing and jabbering for an additional 15 minutes. I think she was just over tired the past few nights and I need to have better resolve and get her to bed like normal. Anywho, this is my favorite from the group of photos!

Onto the second reason I didn’t knit too much last night. You see, being 30 weeks pregnant, I have a really bad pregnancy symptom called NESTING. Add that to the fact that I’m already OCD and actually enjoy cleaning and organizing, and you have a pregnant woman in a frenzy every time the house even starts to get cluttered up. I really want to get Bean’s room set up and organized before I get too much bigger and am too exhausted to do anything, oh wait, I’m already there! Oh well. Anywho, there are still a bunch of boxes leftover in the Bean’s room from RoBrotz’ office. He says that he'll move the boxes from Bean's room into the basement, but wants to put them in the closet under the stairs. Well, that closet has all his band amps and PA system. He wants to put that crap in the storage area of the basement, but can't because it's too jammed with his other crap. And yes, I do say crap, because I don’t know what half of it is, and it’s been sitting in the same boxes as when we moved into our apartment over 4 years ago and hasn’t been touched since. So, last week, I went to Staples and purchased 10 stackable storage bins.

I put in about 2 hours on organizing the chaos that is our basement. I just started chucking crap into them. I freed up half the storage room just by doing that and being able to stack the bins. I might have used 7 full bins and thrown out 15-20 boxes (well, recycle). The basement is so much more open, and now he has no excuse of where to move his PA/amp in the storage room because there is PLENTY of room. It's just hard to have the "nesting" syndrome when I can't physically move a lot of this crap and RoBrotz doesn't understand that I get stressed by having things disorganized. I don't think he really believes me when I say I'm OCD. I really am, but not to the point where I can't function, it's just stressful if there is clutter in my house!

Here’s some photos of what the storage area now looks like. Yes, it’s still pretty cluttered, but if you look at the first photo, in the upper right area, that is how the ENTIRE basement storage area looked before I went in there. The main issue at the moment is the extra baby equipment that has nowhere else to go and can’t be easily broken down, so it’s sitting on top of the bins in the center of the basement.

Here's my list of things I feel as if I need to get done:

Peanut’s Room
~Fold all laundry and put away
~Move changing table and dresser into Bean’s room
~Dust & Vacuum

Bean’s Room
~Put remainder of boxes in basement closet under the stairs
~Put record player and other small shelf in basement
~Move desk to basement or put in storage
~Vacuum and steam vacuum carpet
~Get crib from Dad’s and set up
~Move in dresser from Peanut’s Room
~Move changing table in from Peanut’s Room
~Pick up closet organizers
~Go through clothes in bin in Peanut’s room to be put away in Bean’s room

Basement
~Move items out of cardboard boxes and into storage bins
~Reorganize band equipment in storage area
~Move band crap from closet under the stairs
~Place remainder of boxes from Bean’s room in closet under the stairs
~Throw away anything in storage area that can be thrown out
~Put together work out bench
~Clean sheets on Futon
~Pick up and organize
~Dust & vacuum

Ugh, too much to do and only roughly ten more weeks to do it all!

Things Not to Say/Do to a Pregnant Woman

I’m writing this because there seems to be a major lack in common sense spewing out of idiots around the world. Seriously, it’s like being pregnant gives everyone an opinion, no matter how rude, that they absolutely MUST state to a pregnant woman. So I’m making a list of things you should not say or do around a pregnant woman. This may be added to later on!!! The thing is, if we heard these comments only once or twice, it wouldn’t be too terrible. BUT, we get bombarded with these same questions numerous times a day. And let me tell you, patience isn’t high on any pregnant woman’s list of accomplishments during those 9 months of growing a little person, it’s just not. Granted, I’ve been one of those rude people, but I pray that the friends I said these things to know that it was out of naivety not to be rude!

Weight Comments:

First of all, under no circumstances, do you ask a woman if she’s pregnant unless you absolutely know she is. Some women are heftier than others and may ‘appear’ pregnant, but in fact, are not. So, unless you know, probably better to keep your mouth shut.

Do not ever tell a pregnant woman that she’s “HUGE!” How would you feel if someone came up to you while you were trying to maintain a healthy weight and say, “Damn, you’re fat!”? Because honestly, that’s how most pregnant women hear it.

Likewise, don’t say, “wow, you look so small for being X months.” Some woman wish they had a belly bump at least. Better yet, just don’t say anything regarding how big or small they are for how many weeks or months they are!

“Are you sure there’s only one in there?” Most likely, by the time a woman is showing in her pregnancy, she’s had a few ultrasounds and heartbeat checks. The doctors and techs would have probably heard a second/third heartbeat or seen two babies. Granted there are the occasional misses, but doubtful with today’s technology.

“How much weight have you gained?” Would you ask a non-pregnant woman this? Shut up. It’s no one’s business how much weight a woman gains during her pregnancy except her and her doctor, and even then a lot of women don’t want to know.

“You weren’t this big last time you were pregnant!” Hey dumbass, normally with sequential pregnancies, a woman tends to “show” sooner because her stomach muscles have already gone through this process. But for your information, I took photos of myself from last pregnancy, and I look the same this far along with this one! SO THERE!

Timing:

Don’t say, “You must be due any day now!” unless you know they’re due any day. Even then, just don’t say it. They are most likely so miserable if they’re due the next day and are paranoid they’re going to go over their due date.

“Wow, you’re only X months? You still have a long way to go!” or the opposite, “You’re already X months? It’s only a bit longer.” If the woman is a happy pregnant woman, this might not be too bad, but to the miserable pregnant woman who is suffering with a lot of bad pregnancy symptoms, she really doesn’t need to be reminded about how close or far the finish line is!

“Pregnancy in the summer/winter sucks, doesn’t it?” For me, yes, the summer pregnancy sucks. I’ll take a winter one any day. However, you don’t know how long some women have been trying for a baby. A lot of things suck during the winter or summer months, but do you make a point to explain that to everyone? So what makes the pregnant woman so acceptable to say stupid things to?

Reproduction:

“Don’t you know what causes this?” Like a mom who has more than one kid hasn’t heard this one before :::eyeroll::: I’m fairly certain anyone who went to a public middle/high school knows how babies are made. Stop asking stupid questions.

“Are you done after this one?” If they are, they are, if they’re not, they’re not. It’s not up for discussion besides the mom and dad (and maybe anyone that might be financing them and their kids – but I won’t go there!).

“Will you be getting your tubes tied/Will your husband get the big ‘V’ done?” Again, this is not something that needs to be discussed except the mom, dad, and their medical team.

“Are you going to keep trying for a boy/girl?” in response to the second/third/fourth girl/boy of the family. This could be extremely offensive. It implies that a family doesn’t love their daughter or son simply because of their gender.

“Aren’t you upset that you aren’t having (insert opposite gender here)?” Not many pregnant women will admit they are if they truly are. Most women just want a healthy baby. Aren’t you upset that you’re an idiot and ask stupid questions?

“Was the baby planned?” Umm, does it matter?

Food:

“You shouldn’t eat that!” Don’t tell a pregnant woman what she should or shouldn’t eat, unless you are her doctor!

“You’re eating for two! You need to eat more!” Umm, actually, according to most doctors, you only need an additional 300 calories while pregnant. That is equivalent to a bit over regular size snickers bar.

Advice:

“You think you’re X now? Just wait!” No pregnant woman wants to hear that even though they have sleepless nights now, they’re going to have even less with a newborn. Even first time moms (FTM) are aware of this. Let them live in naive bliss!

“You better rest now, because you won’t have any time to when the baby arrives!” Umm, yea, we will. And besides, the newborn stage doesn’t last forever.

“You can sleep when the baby sleeps!” This was the absolute WORST advice I heard during my first pregnancy. Why, you may ask. Because I’m OCD. I can’t stand when my house is a mess. So when my DD was sleeping, I actually wanted to clean up my house. I know my limits, and if I was really tired, I took a nap.

"Are you sure you’re ready for this?” Unless you know the mom personally, don’t assume anything. I’ve had friends who went years trying to conceive and this comment would absolutely crush them. Of course they’re ready, and even if they’re not, well, it’s a bit late for that one!

"Your DS (dear son)/DD (dear daughter) is going to be the absolute worst when s/he realizes they are no longer the center of attention." Again, shut it. You are not God. You have no idea how a pregnant woman’s older children/child will be affected by an addition to the household.

“Let me tell you about my (horrendous, terrifying, awful, horrible) birth of my child.” Don’t try to scare the FTMs with your horrid birthing stories! You might think it’s awesome, but they might not!

Random other comments:

“How are you feeling?” If the woman stays, “fine” but looks horrible, chances are, she doesn’t want to go into details. And chances are, YOU don’t want her to go into details, so don’t ask it 10 times in a row because she looks awful and you’re SURE she’s not “fine” unless you’re her husband/partner. Even then, it might not be safe!

“I’d never want (insert gender of your baby here) first!” Now that’s rude. Just because you want a boy/girl first and the poor woman is having the opposite, doesn’t mean you should say anything. It’s probably why you don’t have a kid yet anyway!

“How many times are you going to go to the bathroom?!?!” Do you ask anyone else this question? No, then SHUT UP!

“You look like you’re carrying (insert gender).” The old wives takes are a lie. I carry high and in front only. I basically look like I have a basketball under my shirt. I’m having a girl, I had a girl my last pregnancy that looked exactly like this one. So yea, those aren’t exactly accurate, and again, the woman has probably already found out due to her 20 week anatomy scan.

“You’re taking the elevator already? You must really be out of shape!” Seriously, there are days I can walk up stairs, and days I can’t. Either way, shut up!

“You didn’t have that kid yet?” Umm, hey genius, here’s a clue, if I’m standing in front of you talking; I haven’t had the baby yet. Stop asking!!!

“What’s the baby’s name?” “(insert baby’s name).” “Oh, well, that’s interesting.” There is a reason a lot of families do not divulge the baby’s name before he or she is born. They really don’t want to hear you’re smart ass responses. If you don’t like the baby’s name so much, go out and have your own. This is especially true for family members (that aren’t the mom/dad).

Things not to do:

Never touch a pregnant woman’s belly unless she’s given you permission, even if you are her parents, her SO’s parents, or family. And for Pete’s sake don’t touch a random stranger’s belly!!!! WTF is wrong with you!?!?

Don’t stare. It just makes someone feel self-conscious.

Appropriate comments: (I really don’t think I need to provide explanations for these ones)

“Wow, you look great!”

“From behind, you don’t even LOOK pregnant!”

“Man, I wish my pregnancy was as awesome as yours!” (and mean it)

And when a woman tells you she’s pregnant, the only correct response is “Congratulations!” Anything else is rude.

Overall, a lot of this could be avoided if most people THOUGHT before speaking. Ask yourself, if this woman wasn’t pregnant, would I still ask her this/say this to her? If the answer is no, then there you go. If you aren’t close to said woman, then most likely, she’s not going to divulge any major issues with you. And seriously, if you are a guy, don’t comment about most pregnancy related issues. You have not, nor will ever be pregnant, so don’t pretend you “know it all” unless you are a medical OB. Even then, unless you’re this woman’s OB, shut it. Most of the time, we’re cranky, tired, sore, etc and we really don’t need to be bother by your “humorous” comments!

30 Weeks Down

There’s another week down, and now only 10 to go until my due date. Less than that if I end up in labor earlier than that (which as long as Bean is ready, SO AM I!!!). Pregnancy has been a complete 180 from my last one. I don’t think it really has to do with running around after Peanut anymore. I honestly think it’s just that different of a pregnancy. Here’s a list of my symptoms this time around:

- Extreme fatigue, like, I can't really function past 10-11 am, when I'm up at 6 AM. It's bad. I can barely get off the couch to do anything throughout the day. Work is a joke for me at this point.

- BH and regular contractions. Half the time, they happen when I'm not doing anything at all. The other time, they start if I carry Peanut (all of 19 lbs soaking wet) up stairs for bed, etc, or when I do more than 15 minutes worth of work a day.

- zero appetite. I try to eat, but anything larger than my fist over the course of 3 hours, and I'm almost vomiting nonstop.

- cramping. It is normally a lot worse in the mornings or if I walk around for all of 5 minutes. Sigh. I guess I’m just going to sit at my desk and relax.

- back pain. Ugh, my poor back is killing me. The other day I was sure it was from sleeping in the wrong position because the pain was in the middle of my back but in the days since, it’s traveled to my lower back and is around my kidney’s which isn’t a good thing. Very annoying!

- the itchies. This is awful. I itch and the only thing that helps is ice and cold. I’m forced to take luke warm showers at best. It doesn’t look awful, but it itches so bad that I turn red from scratching so much! I know I shouldn’t but honestly, once my hands and feet start itching, there’s really no stopping me! How do your palms of your hands itch all the time?!?!? It’s aggravating!!!

But here is me at 30 weeks with the Bean!!!!

In Peanut News:

Peanut’s been up a lot later than usual the past week. We took her bink away last Monday, July 11th. On Friday, the 15th, she decided she wanted to stay up later. She finally went down around 7:30-8ish, but not without a fight. Talk about temper tantrums. UGH. She is only 15 months old. I think the terrible twos are coming sooner rather than later. She is too smart for her own good some days! Anywho, she’s been throwing fits faster and faster as the days progressed and the less amount of sleep she got. Yesterday, I was told she was very unhappy at daycare. Any time they would redirect her, she would throw a tantrum. That is not usual for my little Peanut Munster. And, she was only sleeping roughly 20 minutes during the day. So last night, as she’s rubbing her eyes, a sure sign she is tired, I attempt to put her down and she does her normal scream fest because she doesn’t want to go to bed. There’s just too much to do and learn! I gave her the bink for all of 5 minutes around 6:45, and she was out within 10. I then took the bink away and she slept until 7 this morning with no issues. She was back to being her pleasant, happy self. I don’t know if I should continue this or attempt the ‘no bink’ again tonight and see what it does. I think I’d have a lot more patience and resolve if I wasn’t 30 weeks along and having zero energy to do even menial tasks around the house! So now, I don’t know what to do. We’ll see how it goes tonight. I wanted to make sure Peanut was “off the bink” before Bean arrived in case Bean would need a pacifier (so Peanut wouldn’t attempt to steal it). I guess we’ll just see what happens.

In Other Home News:

RoBrotz is in Boston for work. So it’s just me and the ‘Nut Ball. So, I had my dad over last night to hang out. I haven't really spent much time just the two of us (well, three, but the 'Nut went down half way through our hanging out). We were able to chat about random stuff and it was nice. I can tell my dad is lonely, but it was nice to hear he was going out with a lady friend a few times in the past month. I know he's probably never going to remarry, but I hope that he is able to have a good friendship or something with someone so that he isn’t so lonely.

Crafting News:

I completed Leslie’s 30th birthday Tote, only 3 years later. She purchased the yarn at the Skiprock Wine Festival in July of 2008 for me. I actually knitted up the Viking Bag over the course of the Christmas Season in 2008, but never got around to sewing in the lining and putting the handles on it. So I figured since her birthday was this past Sunday, I was finally going to put her bag together. And I did, with no time to spare before going out to celebrate. I completely forgot to get a photo of it, and now am waiting to see her to get a few shots of it, or at least have her send me one or two so I have it!

I’m working on another Market Bag with the Fantasy Naturale by Plymouth Yarn Co, in a deep burgundy colorway. I’m half way done with the bag, and I’m hopefully going to add a black lining in it. I was hoping to get it knitted up a bit faster, but with Peanut not sleeping until 8 or 9 at night, it has been a bit difficult.

I’m also working on this cute quilt project. I don’t know if I’ll keep it for the Bean/Peanut to share of if I’ll finally get on myself to put things on my Etsy.com shop!!! Hopefully I can get some of these projects done in the next week or so!

Peanut Belly shots

I realized I never updated my belly shots when I was expecting Peanut!

Here I am with Peanut at 28 weeks. This was on January 22, 2010!

Here I am with Peanut at 38 Weeks on April 5, 2010. This was only 3 days before she decided to make her early appearance!

29 Weeks!

Wow, it didn't occur to me until I was home that I am 29 weeks today. So here's my newest photo!!! I seriously think Bean got way bigger over the past week! The last week of September cannot get here FAST enough!!! I can't wait to meet her. Luckily the camera is awesome so you can't see how terrible my skin actually is with the rash. The worse is on my belly, followed in a short second by arms. Blah! And, J/M and I decided to eat lunch outside since it was a nice cool 80*F out. Bad idea! The sun made me break out worse. Stupid PUPPS! The only thing that helps is being in a freezing cold room, cold showers, or draping really cold compresses all over me. BOO!!! Is it September yet?

In other good news, RoBrotz found out he gets a full week PAID time off for Paternity Leave! That's a pretty sweet deal! We had assumed he'd need to take vacation time, but looks like he's got some pretty awesome job benefits! Which means, he'll still be able to take about 2 weeks off during the Christmas/New Years break! SCORE!

Alright, I'm off to lay down and pray that these stupid contractions stop. They're pretty irregular, but enough to annoy the crap out of me. I have a feeling I'm going to be fairly useless over the next 11 weeks. Sigh. I'll take a winter pregnancy over a summer one, ice/snow risks and all!

Weekend and Quilt Complete!

I finished my niece’s quilt just in time for SIL’s baby shower on Saturday afternoon. I decided not to do the “taggies” on this quilt. As nice as it is for really little babies, mostly under 6 months, they do become a hassle if you’d like to use the quilt on a toddler bed. I think if I had had more time and energy, I would have added a ribbon as edging, instead of just sewing around the edges. I did end up sewing around every square to make the padding stay in place. I did them by rows, sewing horizontally, then vertically, not in actual blocks. I was very happy with the outcome. I hope it’s something that will last for a good long while for them!

Quilt completely finished!!! Hooray!

A little closer look at the pattern.

Half folded up to show the underside.

All folded up read to be put in the bag!

SIL and FBIL opening the quilt. Glad to know they liked it and FBIL was thrilled it wasn't all pink! He thinks there are tons of other "girlie" colors other than pink!!!

After the shower and a friend’s Luau on Saturday, I was extremely itchy from the PUPPS (which seems to have gotten worse) and my feet started to swell. So we pretty much just sat around on Sunday and relaxed. It was very nice. We did run out quick to Lowe’s to purchase a new ceiling fan/light for the master bedroom. Here’s Peanut and Daddy both playing on their phones!! Like daddy, like daughter!

Now, all I really have on my knitting needles is a baby sweater for my friend’s son, due 9/14. I have only about half of it completed. I want to do it but I have no motivation. I also have Bean (or Peanut’s) blanket on my crochet hook, but I can’t seem to find the motivation to do that either. It sucks. Maybe once we get Bean’s room all cleaned out, I’ll find more energy to work on my projects. I know if I don’t complete my projects by Labor Day, they most likely won’t get worked on until at least Christmas time. I know I didn’t want to knit until close to 4 months postpartum after Peanut. Sigh. Motivation please!

Third Trimester!

Hooray, I’ve made it to 28 weeks with Bean. Twenty-eight!!!! That means my third trimester starts today!!!! Where has the time gone for this pregnancy?!?! I remember with Peanut thinking that it was dragging on, and that April would never get here. Well, since then, the year had flown by. I hardly had time to sit and do my blog (obviously, by seeing how little I blogged while Peanut was under a year). Now, I sit here realizing that this pregnancy is also flying by.

But I swear, if one more person either asks me if I’m due at the end of the month or tells me that I'm looking "just so big!", I'm going to scream!

I took my glucose test last Monday, June 27. I felt like crap afterwards though. I couldn’t even fold laundry because I was shaky and faint, even though I had eaten plenty of foods and was extremely hydrated. But the doctor did call me on Wednesday, June 29 to let me know that I passed no problem. Thank goodness!!!
I’ve also been having some fun vertigo. It’s not much, but it’s enough to make me get aggravated!

In other news pregnancy related; on Wednesday, June 22, I had left work early because I felt like a zombie. I was afraid my blood pressure was getting too high, so I went in to see the doctor. In fact, my blood pressure was only 100/66, so barely in the ‘normal’ range. My head was pounding terribly and they decided to give me some pregnancy related migraine medication. It works wonderfully. Unfortunately, if I don’t take it one day, then I’m like a zombie by the time Peanut goes to bed. At least it’s been doing its job when I’ve taken it, so that’s good.

Then, another thing arose last Wednesday, June 29. I woke up pretty itchy. So did RoBrotz. I decided to take a half day and scrub our bedroom. Peanut didn’t have anything on her, so we thought maybe we got bedbugs. RoBrotz travels enough that it is a definite possibility. Anywho, my ‘bites’ didn’t really look like bedbug bites. I cleaned, and scoured, and didn’t find any type of bedbug or other type of bugs, fleas, etc anywhere in our house. It took me 6 hours to fully scrub the whole room. It was a disaster! I even packed up a bunch of our old clothes and put them in storage. At least I can say I have a very nice and tidy room now! It looks so huge without all of RoBrotz’ laundry laying everywhere around!

As the week progressed and into the weekend, I noticed these little white bumps were popping up more and more all over me. My belly had them, my arms, back, legs, and neck. They started itching so badly that I couldn’t fall to sleep. I had my 27/28 week doctor appointment yesterday, and was told I have the classic case of PUPPS. Sigh. So I’m taking Benadryl nightly, and loading myself with hydrocortisone ointment. I really hope that all of this won’t affect Bean, and the doctor assures me it is safe to use, but I worry. This itching is horrible though. I’m not sure I’m going to last to my due date with my sanity intact!

I’m hoping that RoBrotz and I can clear a spot in the basement within the next week or two and move all the extra boxes from the old office so that Bean has her pretty new nursery soon!!!! Too bad this weekend is jam packed with the MLB Allstar game.

In other home life news, we went up to the cabin this past weekend for the holiday.

And she learned to walk, see, Zombie Walk!!! She took 2 steps between me and the couch on Friday, July 1, and realized how proud her Dada and I were, so she decided to start going back and forth and now she is walking everywhere. She still crawls a lot because it’s easier, and she “butt scoots” when she’s got something in hand. But she’s walking!

Lots of playing with her tractor!

I've got a little rockstar!

And a wonderful family photo of the three (well, four) of us!

Our friends Cortney and Jason came up. They are so cute! Totally me and Rob of 5 years ago!

And in crafting news: I’ve been plugging away at the Bean’s crochet blanket when I’ve got a spare minute or two, which seems to never happen. But SIL’s baby shower is this weekend, so I’ve been working on her quilt. It’s almost all done. I need to sew the front to the back to keep the fabric in place with the batting, and then add the edging. I hope I can pin down the quilt tonight.

Quilting fabric laid out

All my squares cut and arrainged in the correct pattern

The first two rows sewn together!

Close up of the squares sewn together!

The front of the quilt!