A Baby?!

Happy New Year!!!! Can you believe that the holiday's are over already?! However, now that they are over that only means one thing....Baby B's arrival any day now. I've been having lots of BH contractions and haven't been feeling 100% over the past 2 days. I'm hoping that's a good sign ; )

I'm 37 weeks and 2 days today. I'm headed back to the Doctor tomorrow and hoping (praying) that she'll say we are cooked. (If my belly button is any indication of being well done then I'd say it's time to take this little turkey out!)

The nursery is still a work in progress...It's CLOSE to being finished; however, it's not quite there. The picture below is the bedding set we chose for her room and I love it! I broke down and ordered the wall elephants and can't wait to hang them up tonight.

Our friends from dinner club are hosting a shower for us this weekend and we can't wait to see everyone. With the holidays things have been so busy.

Doctor's Appointment

I've officially started my weekly visits to the Doctor. I had a heart-to-heart with Baby the other night and have let her know that whenever she's ready she can come out ;) Her room isn't quite ready, but we are getting there. I'll post pictures as soon as we get a little more done. It's really coming together though. I'll post more after my visit to the Doctor.

New Toy

A few weeks back my hubby surprised me with a "Happy Everything" gift. I guess that's the benefit to celebrating an anniversary, Christmas & Birthday within a matter of about 1 month! Well, he surprised me with a monogramming machine!!! When it arrived I was in the middle of giving and grading finals for my students so I really haven't had a chance to play with it until Monday.

Monday morning I took a class at a local sewing shop and learned some of the in's and out's of using this cool new "toy." I still have so much to learn! But, I felt MUCH better once I'd left the class Monday morning. Today I tried my hand (with the help of my mom) at creating a personalized burp cloth. It's not perfect; however, I'm certainly not unhappy with it. I bought a big pack of "testers" and can't wait to try my hand at decorating them over the next few weeks. Stay tuned for more (hopefully improved) burp cloths. : )

Errands...

So, I think I'm the only gal who can be on maternity leave and actually have more on her "to-do" list than I did when I was working...ha!

The past several days I've been making my lists and checking them twice. I've been all over town getting things together for the holdidays, Baby B. and general home stuff that's been neglected over the past several weeks.

Oh, and the loads of laundry...I think the pile of clean, folded laundry easily came up to my knee. The basket of clean, folded clothes was so heavy I had to get hubs to move it for me! I totally should have taken a photo.

Today I've been on the hunt for a few functional, warm clothes to get me through this home stretch of "baby cooking." I ended up at Old Navy and actually did pretty well. I bought one of these....

and two of these (one in white/off white and the other in black)....

Really, it PAINS me to have to purchase preggo-clothing the last month of my pregnancy; however, none of my warm winter clothes even remotely cover this ever-growing baby bump of mine. So, all-in-all I'm tickled with my new purchases and can't wait to wear them!

Happy Holidays!!!!!

So sorry it's been so very, very long....Here's a quick look back over the past couple of months...

FIRST.....

Way back in November, we had our 1st baby shower. It was so nice seeing all of our family and friends gathered together to celebrate the upcoming arrival of Baby B. : ) Her nursery went from nearly empty to being stocked full of all kinds of wonderful goodies. I'll have to post some nursery pics.

NEXT.....

Over Thanksgiving we went to visit my grandparents. It's kind of strange to think that the next time we visit there will be an extra little bundle of joy with us. I can't wait to bring Baby B. back to visit them. (By the way, I'm holding my 31 week sign!)

THEN....

When we got home from our Thanksgiving adventure visiting my grandparents we decorated for Christmas! As you can tell, Emma loves her new spot! Originally, I was thinking we'd go easy on the decorations since I'm about to pop; however, I kept thinking that if I'm going to be home I want to at least have pretty decorations to enjoy! Soooo, up went the tree and many, many other Christmas decorations.

FINALLY....

This month we celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary. WOW, what a busy, wonderful year it's been!!! I cannot believe how quickly it's passed. I gave hubs his Christmas present a little early (a brand new grill), so we had steak, baked potato, spinich and chocolate fondue for our anniversary dinner. BOY, was I stuffed to the gills.
Well, we're pretty much caught up on what's happening here. I promise to be better about updating : )

Waterproof Labels

I'm very new to this whole world of blogging so hang in there with me please :)

I came across this very cute blog: http://ohpicklesmommy.blogspot.com/

It's Caroline's 100th post and she's doing a giveaway for waterproof labels for sippie cups, bottles, etc. What a great idea!!! Being a soon-to-be new mom I love the idea of knowing that our baby's bottle actually belongs to her and not a friend.

Go on over to Caroline's page and check it out!!!!

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The rules:
Respond and re-work: Answer these questions on your blog. Replace one question you dislike with one of your own invention, and add another question of your own.

1. What's your favorite article of clothing? Right now, I loooove my stretchy yoga pants! Oh so comfy!

2. Who was the last person you hugged? My hubs :)

3. What's your favorite dinner?Probably breakfast! I love eggs, waffles, pancakes, etc....YUM-O!

4. What's the last thing you bought? Fabric for the wedding shower we are hosting.

5. How's your head feeling right now? Pretty good...Relaxing in the recliner and watching TV.

6. What's your favorite weather? Fall! Not too cold. Not too hot.

7. What is your least favorite season? Winter...The cold makes me grumpy!!!!!

8. What's in your purse? Oh geez. Good thing I just cleaned it out ;) My wallet, chapstick, tums, key and my camera (I bring it everywhere).

9. What is your favorite holiday? I love Halloween.

10. What is your favorite dessert? Vanilla Bean Ice Cream...YUUUUUUMMMMM

11. What did you want to become as a child? A teacher or a vet

12. What do you want to be now? a mommy : ) and a teacher

13. What is your favorite song? Peter Gabriel- In Your Eyes

14. What is your favorite country/state? The weather in Southern CA was awesome! I loved Ireland though and can't wait to go back with my hubs one day.

15. If you could go anywhere in the world in the next hour, where would you go? Australia

16. What are my most challenging goals right now? Paying off debt and saving for the future.

17. What is your five-year plan? To be teaching my college students and enjoying life with my hubs and sweet Caroline.

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? I really don't watch a ton of sports...Sorry to disappoint!

19. What show would you be a cast member of? Army Wives...HA! It's my guilty pleasure.

20. What is your most prized possession? My family and our pup

21. Name a favorite childhood memory. Spending the summer in MS

22. What is your favorite book? I really liked the Last Lecture.

23. What is your favorite quote? Depends...

24. What is your current desktop picture? A red flower.

25. What is your favorite pizza topping? I love it all but I try to opt for the healthy option- plain cheese or veggie.