Week 36

Saw the doctor today and everything is going well. Baby's heart beat is 140 bpm and sounds normal. It's been kicking like crazy making it feel tight in certain areas. It did feel painful this morning like the baby is hitting my hip bone. The doctor felt around and mentioned that it is very low and its head is settled down there= head first, no breaching! Love that everything has been uneventful so far. Uneventful is good especially when carrying a baby.

WEEK 36

CRAVING Sweets! Georgetown Cupcakes and Ice cream. 

DRINKING Kung Fu tea Boba- Signature White Gourd Tea is currently my favorite

SLEEPING I nap and still get tired afterwards. I can sleep throughout the night but I always wake up at 6am to pee. 

WEARING 

I have succumb to wearing slippers. Flats are too uncomfortable especially since my edema is just going over the top. It started traveling from my feet now to my hands while I was working. The sensation is numbing and feels hot. I told my husband and this is how the conversation ended.

I was small during the first and semester trimester but recently gain a bit of weight. It really is true, you gain 1 to 1 and 1/2 lb a week in the last month.

FEELING tired and energetic. Does that make sense? Yesterday I was willing to walk 1/2 mile to get cupcakes when normally I can't walk a block down to mail out thank you cards without having to pee.

LOVING the foot and back rubs the mister gives me at the end of the day. It's nice to just hang out and cherish the moments of just us two. 

I am also loving that my belly can multitask as a table.

Halloween Post: Spider egg sac

Halloween is my favorite holiday and this year's porch theme is Spiders!!! Last year I saw Martha Stewart's spider egg sac project and I was in love. It doesn't look as good as her's but it was fun to do! 
Tips: - We grabbed white stockings from Walmart. It was $1.97/pair in the girls section.  -Instead of using foam egg, I used baseballs because of the weight and it looks more stretchy with it. 

We also installed some moving objects and a scarecrow that makes scary noises and pops up when you walk into the porch. Unfortunately we had to turn it off because our FEDEX/UPS stopped placing our packages inside our porch and left it outside.  More pics of my front yard to come soon!

Week 35: The Home Stretch

In case you haven't heard... 

WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!! Time goes by so quickly. It seemed like yesterday that I just peed on that darn stick. Instead of having to wait those horrible 2 minutes of am I or aren't, that stick changed color instantly confirming I was SUPER pregnant. 
Are we ready?  I have no idea. How can we be ready. We are so happy and excited but it's scary to think that we will be taking care of a living breathing human being. When I sit down and actually think about it, there is an overwhelming feeling of love. I can't wait to meet this miniature version of what we created.    The Mister has organized and rearranged our house to make it baby friendly. We have already set up the high chair, car seat, stroller, crib, and the diaper changing station. The toys that BabyT won't even get to play with until its a few months old is set up! Everything has its place that when we had a guest come visit, they asked if we had another child around.  *** WEEK 35 CRAVING Cereal and Milk! Sort of just want to eat everything in my path right now DRINKING Starbucks Caramel Apple Cider, 'tis the season! WATCHING Mister and I have been youtubing everything from how to care for a baby, how to bathe a baby, how to swaddle. What the heck is the difference between Desitin, Vaseline, and baby wipes- who knows.  This video made us laugh because 1) this is the worst tip ever and 2) I think there is sometime as too much rash creme. Skip to 1:00

SLEEPING I know your not suppose to stop drinking water but after drinking half a cup of water before bed, I have to get up 3-4 times to pee. Sleeping is hard from the tossing and turning which seemed easier in the early trimester is now difficult because its just very hard to breath. I feel like i'm running a marathon just from the exertion of turning. 

WEARING 

*Leggings! Uniqlo came to my hometown at a perfect time and opened up 3-4 new locations, their leggings are a bit thicker so it looks like work pants ( or at least I hope it does to my boss). Makes me sad though because I can't fit into my old jeans, even my pajamas pants are too tight!

*Coobie Bra. Mannnn my friend recommended them and that is all I am wearing right now because it's stretchy and comfortable and my boobs are growing so basically I can't fit into anything else. 

FEELING tired. A month ago my feet started to swell up and it is NOT PRETTY! When I wake up in the morning it feels funny to walk because of that pressure. I can't fit any of my flats so that bums me out. 

LOVING that it is so close to the end but also scared. 

Paint Nite Date Night

This was from wayyy in Feb I think - so very late post.  ..... Paint Nite is something I wanted to do with the hubby so basically that means I FORCED him. 
Paint Nite is one of those activities that you can do with a date or a girls night. There are so many groupons and online deals right now for it that makes it much more worth it. The con is that if you live with the person your going with, you have 2 of the same paintings in your house soooo that can be problematic. 

We went with our favorite couple!

Here is the final masterpiece! 

P.S. I miss my long hair. It's super short now. 

EVERYTHING IS AWESOME - Heart Shaped Sushi bonding time

To celebrate our 1st valentine's  - as a married couple who is finally living together under one roof no longer long distance love -  YAY day we stayed in and decided to make a weekend out of it.  Friday Night  We DIY Sushi 

quick link for heart shaped sushi Bonded over how badly we made the sushi rice. We still have not perfected the ratio of vinegar to rice.

Tried to be all romantic and made some heart shape sushi. It's my first time soooo..not perfect but he got the message.  Saturday Watched THE LEGO MOVIE.  We may have been there during matinee hour with a room full of ages 4+ but didn't care because it was so awesomely HILARIOUS. During the film we realized the villain Lord Business was someone we both knew- THE MISTER!!!!! If you know the Mister and see how they describe Lord Business in the movie: A tyrant that likes to separate things and have a place for everything.... THAT'S HIM!

After the movie you definitely catch us singing 'EVERYTHING IS AWESOME'
Catch Phases that makes us laugh to ourselves 'RELEASE the KRAGLE' 'EXACT-ZERO' 'POLICE REMOVER' If you haven't watched it, we highly recommend it!

Cute Valentine's Ideas

Not my ideas but random cute heart recipes or love messages that I am loving this valentine's season and wanted to share. 

http://www.livinginyellow.com

http://www.100layercake.com

DIY Canvas Art

http://www.simplyxclassic.com

http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2013/02/salted-caramel-brownies/

Baby Shower DIY: Owl Theme

As promised here are the goodies that her best friends and I concocted for my sister's baby shower! The theme was owls. At first, I had no clue why she was obsessed with them but after working with everything, Owls can be PRETTY CUTE!

the decorations

Diaper Owl Cake ( tutorial here)  

the desserts

BIG EYE Owl Cupcake Recipe(HERE)

My scary melon baby (Here)

A lot of the guests wouldn't touch the crib because they were scared Chucky might come out of it or something.

Homemade Watermelon Lemonade 50/50 Punch with ginger ale

This was a hit! We used real watermelon and store bought lemonade and blended them together. Then added Gingle Ale to taste. It is pretty easy to do and was very refreshing.

From afar you couldn't tell which was the real cake  (L) versus the diaper cake (R). My aunt did an amazing job making the diaper cake!

and I wasn't sure if I should post my version of an owl cake pop but here it is...

WARNING: IF YOU OWN ANY PET CHICKENS, COVER THEIR EYES. 

It is my first time making any sort of creative cake pop so of course the first times always the most hardest -slash- ugliest. I mean COME ON, look at the cake pop on the right, it looks like the brain exploded.


CLOSE UP OF EXPLODING BRAIN 

But at least it tasted good!


Our generation's most popular motto:

Congrats to the happy couple on their bundle of joy!  

...and if you didn't get a chance to see their city hall wedding- They are HERE. So beautiful!

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P.S.

Everyone's been asking us when we are going to have kids and my honest to god answer is... I have no FREAKING CLUE. I hope not soon. SO STOP ASKING ME! 

I find that to be the most annoying question you can ever ask a married couple especially newly weds because general opinion of people getting married is to have kids. BUT I am in the group where we want to be married because we want to be committed, not to procreate.

ok- I am no longer venting.  BUT.... now it JUST got awkward....

Posting now!