Wiebeosaurus

So lots of people call their unborn baby a peanut, or maybe an alien… forget that, at this point we are very clearly having a baby dinosaur. Our very own little Wiebeosaurus.

Pardon the poor image but here's a diagram to help.

Hopefully our Wiebosaurus is born without claws and is not a Velociraptor, I saw Jurassic Park. L

Week 6

So far (fingers crossed) I haven't been sick. I've often (almost always) felt nauseous but I've appreciated that I haven't been throwing up every morning. I realize it's still early and it could definitely still be coming but I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope I haven't just jinxed myself.

There are two things I have noticed. One is that I'm exhausted. All the time. Today at lunch I went into the "Wellness" room and tried to nap, the only problem is I'm a terrible napper! It takes me a long time to fall asleep so I generally lie there waiting for sleep to come and long before it does it's time to get up.

The other thing I've noticed is how emotional I am. I'll be watching some tv show and it won't even be a big tear jerk moment and I'll start to tear up. I mean come on, I cried in Transformers. Hoping this symptom doesn't last though I suspect I'll be an emotional wreck by the time the baby comes.
L

Kind of Boring - sorry

Wow, I just opened up my blog and was shocked that my last post was the Green Mist one, I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted anything.

I apologize, I've just been so busy at work and then I have no desire to use a computer when I get home.

Since this entry we've celebrated Brad's birthday. We started with dinner at the Keg and I'm not sure I've ever enjoyed it more than I did that night. We followed up dinner with a movie at his parents house on their big screen tv.

One difference we've noticed between our old apartment and our new place is the sound travel. We don't necessarily hear our neighbors but the other day we were watching a movie and our upstairs neighbor came to complain that it was too loud, that definitely never would have happened in our old cement block. So we took advantage of their sound system as well and watched it especially loud.

We continued the celebration on Monday by having his family over for dinner and it was such a nice evening. I still can't believe that we have the room to host his whole family but we had a great meal and I think everyone was comfortable.

I'm reminded nearly every day how blessed we are to have our new apartment.
L

Green Mist

I finally did it. I've had this same green purse for the last 3 years and it was the perfect size and nice and plain, no buckles or rhinestones; just cute green with black trim and I loved it. Sadly, nothing lasts forever and after 3 years it was in pretty rough shape. The straps were no longer green as the covering had all peeled off and it was just the threads underneath, the corners all had holes and it was dirty. I've been looking for something new for quite some time but everything in style right now has the aforementioned buckles and rhinestones so I continued with my sad worn out bag.

A couple months I actually found one that I liked but the $53 price tag was a bit much for me so I dismissed it, bought a cute wallet instead and kept on with the threadbare version.

Then as a pleasant surprise we found out that Brad gets a bonus from work. We decided to be both fun and practical with it. Brad got some iPod speakers and I decided I would splurge and buy the much needed purse. It's slightly larger than the previous model and has really handy inside pockets and is green (which I loved). It's been a great purchase, there's just been one downside that I discovered this morning.

This inside of the purse is covered in this green, fuzzy, almost plasticky material. This morning I pulled my Palm out to add to my calendar and noticed that it had this slight green film on it, apparently the green fuzz is wearing off, and coating the contents of the purse. Hopefully this is a temporary affliction.
L

This picture is the best I could find, my purse is the same only a lime green with red and white flowers. You should check out the website, they have really cute products.

A Little Personal

This goes along with the Trust post and is a little personal but I thought it worth recording so here goes.

This new phase in our life is a pretty huge one, a baby changes things in an exciting way so I decided this would be a good time for a Priesthood blessing from Brad. Kind of like a going to school blessing but instead this would be a having a baby blessing.

As part of the blessing Brad mentioned that our baby (correction, children) would be healthy. He also mentioned that through trusting the Lord, reaching out to him and listening to the Spirit I would know how to comfort our children and that I would be able to quickly recognize prompting when concerning them.

I've been quite concerned about this baby, not for any justifiable reason but because I think it's too good to be true so it just seems like any day now something bad will happen. Because that's been my attitude I've been having a hard time being very excited, like I'm afraid to let myself be happy about this so I'm not disappointed when something does happen.

This is no way to think and certainly no way to show that I believe in what was said so I've turned over a new leaf. My part of fulfilling the blessing is to not have so many concerns and just know that Heavenly Father is looking out for me and things will be just fine, to get excited; to think about this baby often, to find out what's happening right now with it and to be so excited I can hardly wait to tell people.

March 1st can't come soon enough (the day we decided to tell people), I'm excited to ask my sister questions, she's one of the best Mom's I know so I'm looking forward to drawing on that knowledge.
L

The Poll - Conclusions Drawn

So the Poll was a big success, thanks for participating. In total 13 people voted which I think is pretty darn good.

I've removed the Poll and added the blogs I'm following feature, looking forward to finding out who you are.
L

One quick note…

I thought it worth mentioning that both of my positive tests were from the dollar store. I took one the day after I missed my period and it worked just fine so I definitely think they're the way to go and would recommend them to anyone. I have three left, anyone need some? L

Confirmation

So the doctor has confirmed it yet it still seems not real. To think that this little someone is one their way is such good news that I'm sure it can't be true. Despite my two positive at home tests I was sure the doctor would tell me I was wrong. I think I need a few weeks before I believe it.

One little tidbit I didn't know… I had gone to the doctor's office so soon after I found out because I figured they'd do a nice, indisputable blood test and I'd really feel confident. Turns out all they do is a pee test which I can do at home, I definitely could have waited to go in and felt just a tiny bit silly for going so early :)

Here's to September 19th!
L

Still Evil

We finally got the inspection report from Evil Landlandy and at first glance it looked not bad until I realized that she wasn't telling us she was deducting $148 she was telling us that she's deducting $988 so we owe her $148!

First of all that's not going to happen, second of all that's illegal, she can't charge us more than our damage deposit and thirdly it's just so ridiculous it's laughable. So we'll add this to our court case which we can now proceed on.

Oh yeah, she also plans on charging us 1% interest for every month she doesn't get her money (also not legal). Oh the joys of renting from awful people.
L

Trust

The last 6 months have been pretty hard for us. We've had a bunch of little things and big things go wrong.

There was the microwave that broke, and then the pipe in the kitchen that leaked. Then the car was broken into and Brad's books were stolen, we also had the awful landlady who didn't care that we had no heat when it was -30 outside. Through all of that the hardest one has been how badly we wanted a baby and how we had this perfect little plan, timing wise. The plan slipped away month after month until soon there was no plan and only stress.

And then we had no heat and we moved and I can't tell you what a blessing it has been. We looked at the new place on Friday and started moving in on Saturday. It's way bigger than our old apartment and the landlord doesn't charge any damage deposit so financially and emotionally this is the best thing that could have happened to us. And it seemed like a bit of a kick from Heavenly Father saying you thought I wasn't paying attention, but I was, and see how I made things work out so well for you? Remember I'm here, be more grateful for what you have and show me you're grateful. So we kicked up our prayers and have made an effort to rely on the Lord more and I kept having the overwhelming feeling that Heavenly Father is aware of us, he knows how great the baby plan would work but either his plan is better or there's something we're supposed to learn by waiting. It's okay if a baby doesn't come when I think it should, it will come when he thinks it should. So I calmed down, stopped being so stressed about it and just trusted.

As an attempt at sanity I came up with a new plan, instead of obsessing for a week while I wait to see if I'm pregnant I decided to take the test right away, no waiting (those Dollar Store ones are only a dollar after all). That way even when I'm sure I'm not pregnant there will be no little voice in my head saying, "What if…" I can quiet it with a confirmed no and stop being so devastated when I'm finally sure it's a no. So this morning I took the test, just as a formality.

There were two lines! Two completely unexpected lines!

I don't believe it yet, I'm in a bit of shock and I’m so blessed.
Brad's going to be so excited.
L