Stormy Night

I've found several of my frogs that I've collected over the years that I think would go really well in the baby's nursery.  I'd have to put them up where he's sure not to reach them though.  They're all glass and collectables.  I've got an all white bookshelf that I'd like to paint some kind of stencile on.  I'm thinking lily pads or frogs, something of that nature to go with the room.  Right now I feel more excited about doing the room than the baby itself.  That won't really feel real to me until I'm in labor I think.  It's hard to imagine something that you've never had any experience with whatsoever. 

We had some t-storms last night.  The first ones of the year.  I love the smell outside during and after a storm.  A lot of people say it smells like worms or dead fish but I think it smells like fresh air personally.  Everyone thinks I'm terrified of storms but it's not the storms that I have such a fear of, it's the tornadoes that can occasionally come with the storms.  My two biggest fears (disaster type fears) are tornadoes and fires.  It's more because I probably couldn't save all of my animals in the event that those two things occured.  It would be a miracle to save every one of them.  I'd have a better chance with a tornado than a fire though and I have been known to take all the cats and shove them in the basement if I thought the weather was getting too bad.  It's usually chaos.

Pregnancy Hormones = Crazy Person

Poor Shawn must think I've lost my mind.  A few months ago, we bought all our nursery bedding.  It's patchwork stars.  Well, very suddenly I've decided that I HATE the bedding and don't want it anymore.  (keep in mind I picked it out to begin with) Now I want to do it in frogs.  Kind of like a frog prince theme.  Sooo to shut me up, Shawn has agreed to return the previous bedding and buy the new stuff.  If I can't get the frogs then I want to do it in Mutt n' Jeff.  It's blue and green bedding with a dog and little bird on it.  I'm sure he's definitely wondering what he got himself into by now.  haha

We'll be picking Paul up from the bus station today.  Shawn has decided that he's taking the car in for an alignment tomorrow so there's no reason for me to pick Paul up.  I'll probably go with him anyways, otherwise I'll just be sitting here waiting for them to get back.  Later on in the day I'll have to take Shawn back up to the shop to pick up the car.  I just hope we make it there because Shawn is almost sure that the truck is on it's last legs. 

Long Weekend

I've been scolded for not using large enough font sizes so I'm working on changing my ways.  *grin* Our computer (for whatever stupid reason, I don't think the proper fonts were downloaded to the computer when it was set up last year) doesn't show much of a difference despite what font I use so I have no idea HOW small it can sometimes be so I'll use size 12 from now on and if anyone has trouble reading, please let me know.  I don't want you to all go blind just trying to read it.  lol

This weekend wasn't very much fun at all.  I was very emotional all weekend and just felt crappy.  BOTH of our vehicles decided they wanted to try and die at once on the SAME day.  The pontiac had a spring snap but it didn't hurt the strut, unfortunately, due to the holiday weekend, we weren't able to get a new spring till today AND then NO ONE has the stupid tool that you need to take the spring on and off the strut.  Eventually, Shawn called a mechanic and he's going to take the old spring off and put the new one on so that we can put it back on the car.  He's going to do it for ten bucks.  (he's a good mechanic, doesn't screw you over for stupid stuff and even helps you fix it yourself, he's loaned us tools before and everything) The truck is having some oil pressure "issues."  We haven't decided whether the engine is going to blow (and if it's going to, there's nothing we can do because it'd be piston rings) or if the gauge is just messed up.  One second we have normal pressure and the next it's past the high mark and then back down.  Everything else seems normal with it, no funny sounds or new oil leaks or anything.  Keep your fingers crossed that it's just the stupid gauge. 

Shawn is supposed to pick Paul up at the Greyhound bus station on Wednesday at noon.  Because he works nights, I've offered to do it but for whatever reason he says he'll just do it even though I KNOW I'll be awake.  He's so stubborn sometimes.  He plans on picking Paul up and then coming home and going to sleep.  I'm sure Paul has other plans though.  He likes to talk... and talk so even if Shawn says, hey I've gotta sleep for work and what not,he'll still keep talking.  It'd just be so much easier if I picked him up. 

Not much new with the baby.  I get more uncomfortable everyday.  A part of me can't wait till he's born just so I can get rid of the baby weight.  I don't expect to get back to what I was but I want to be damn close.  I've been whining quite a bit lately about stretch marks and weight gain.  I hadn't realized I'd gained any weight in my face till we took those pictures the other day and not I'm upset about it.  I know it's supposed to happen and everything but I'm not used to looking that way.  I don't have many stretch marks on my belly (they're just starting) but my chest is awful.  I went up almost three cup sizes in three months so it's to be expected that I'd have some stretching.  I don't know how to "fix" those after he's born short of surgery.  (which I wouldn't do until I was completely done having kids, if I did it at all)  Well, I'm going to get ready for bed now.  I've only been sleeping for a few hours at a time lately.  It's weird.  I'm exhausted all the time but wake up four hundred times a night for no reason other than to roll over. 

Mscl. Pictures

The pictures I took of the horses are the last few.  I ran out and got them developed today.  There's also some awful pregnancy pictures in there.  The one of my belly was taken a few weeks ago but the rest of the pictures of me and Shawn were taken today.  Another reason why the horse photos didn't come out great, I had a horse trying to take the camera out of my hands the entire time.  Silly Danni girl.

Picture

I just got the coolest pictures!  I woke up and had to pee.  I thought I should check on the horses so I glanced out the window.  Belle, the goat was sleeping on the back of Rizzo, one of our horses.  ON HER BACK.  Now I got a nice fancy smancy camera for xmas from Shawn and thought, what better time than now to use it.  I figured by the time I got out there, she would've jumped down or something.  Nope!  I was able to get seven pictures before they moved.  I took half from the front pasture and the other half from the front gate.  I just had to tell someone, Shawn's sleeping and I don't think he'd appreciate it if I woke him up right now.  Although I'd love to wake him up and say TAKE ME TO WALMART.  LOL  I've never seen her lay on one of the horses before.  I've seen OTHER goats do it but not Belle.  I just had to tell someone!  Now let's see if I can fall back to sleep.

Quick Hello

Yesterday I was barely online.  I felt horrible.  The left side of my stomach kept getting sharp pains.  After a couple of hours they stopped and I was able to go to sleep.  I was told they were ligament pains.  I was just glad when they were over.  I can't believe that I'll be 29 weeks tomorrow.  I could give birth in ten weeks and he wouldn't be considered a premie.  TEN WEEKS!  Up till now it was just a thing moving around in my stomach, he wasn't REAL.  Now he's almost here so I'm getting a little nervous.  I try to think about it as little as possible, otherwise I'm bound to freak out about it.  Well, I'm a little sleepy so I'm going to go to bed.  I've only been getting between 5 and 6 hours a night which is nothing when you're seven months pregnant.

More bird and baby stuff

First things first, my doctor's appointment went fine.  I'm measuring normal and the baby's heartbeat was 156.  I also found out that they try to avoid episiotomy's as little as possible.  That made me happy because I know when it comes right down to it, it's the doctor's choice at the time and I would prefer to avoid it at all costs.  We were once again cleared for our trip in the beginning of April.  I have an appointment a few days before we leave so if we have any other concerns, we can voice them then.

This weekend will be a four day weekend for my mom and Shawn.  We're going to do a little to the babies room and get some cleaning done.  Shawn's going to take me to get some supplies for the bird crafts I want to do.  I also decided after last night that I want to start making my own toys.  All my birds love popsicle sticks so I'm going to start there.  I have a lot of bird friends and they've given me some ideas about how to add color and flavor to the sticks.  (regular jello)  We're going to get different sized sticks and some that are shapes.  That should keep me busy for a few days at least.  Right now, when I'm bored I spend a lot of time coloring.  I bought a cheap coloring book at walmart a few weeks ago (it was designed for little kids) and have been coloring in it and adding my own things to the pages.  It's very relaxing.