Playing Around With Photoshop

Tried playing around with CS2 today and made some social media buttons. I've never used photo editing software before so I'm really just winging it at this point! The button colors look a little off to me, and the Instagram badge looks slightly smaller. Or maybe I'm just looking too hard/tired at staring at the computer screen. If anyone has any tips they'd like to share, feel free to drop 'em in the comments!

30 Weeks- Now I begin the real countdown!

We've actually had a very productive week!  We bought and assembled Connor's crib which puts us about a billion steps ahead of where we were when Zooey was born.  (We didn't expect her for another month so her crib was still hanging out in its box. Ooops!)  We actually moved Zooey to the new crib and Connor will take over her old one.  Today is her first day napping in it and it isn't going well so far.  Granted she's completely off her schedule; I think that has more to do with it than the fact she's in a new bed.

This morning I got a call from a nurse with my insurance.  It was...strange but appreciated.  However, it gave me a few more things to worry about.  "I see you delivered your first early.  What happened there?"  I told her what happened- I woke up, water broke, delivered Z within a few hours- and she seemed satisfied with that.  "Well, boys don't have as good of a chance when they're born as early as she was."  Excuse me?  This was followed by a string of questions.  "Have you been seen by the high risk doctors?"  "Have they been using a probe to check your cervix?"  "Have they given you any medication to mature his lungs more quickly?"  My doctors haven't mentioned any of those things.  When I asked them at my last appointment if I should be concerned about this baby coming early they just kind of shrugged and said "we'll monitor you as you get closer".  I know she wasn't trying to scare me.  She was just doing her job, letting me know what I may need as this pregnancy progresses.  In one phone call she was more helpful to me than all the doctors in all my visits combined.

Weekly update time?  WEEKLY UPDATE TIME!

Big Sister

 Just to be clear, we definitely don't hate babies in this house.  I actually do encourage Zooey to kiss and pat my belly and tell her all about her baby brother.  She's heard his heart beat and has been tirelessly practicing gentle touches.  I'm pretty sure she's excited to be a big sister (for now, anyway).  Hopefully this will at least make you laugh or make your Monday a bit more bearable.  "If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane."  (Daniel will roll his eyes at the Jimmy Buffet reference when he reads this.  Doesn't help that she's actually wearing a Margaritaville t-shirt in the picture.  Thanks, Dad!)

Enjoy more pictures of the sweetest big sis after the cut.  :)

29 Weeks- And the Madness Continues!

I went for my next-to-last 3 week check up yesterday.  It ended up being the most interesting visit to date.  Not only did I forget to leave a urine sample, but just before the nurse hooked me up to check my blood pressure my nose started gushing blood.  Okay, maybe gushing is a bit exaggerated but "steady flow" is too menstrual.  Either way it was creepy and gross and would have made Creepy-chan totally jealous.  (ANTM reference.  You're welcome.)  To summarize: everything looks great, measuring right on time, passed my sugar test and doctors still shrug their shoulders and say "pregnancy" when you ask about back pains that keep you curled up in bed.

28 Weeks, 1 Day- Beginning the Third Trimester!

Its been another rough week, physically.  This whole combo of having a toddler and being pregnant is just not working for me right now.  My temper is really short and that isn't helped by being in pain about 95% of the time.  I simultaneously want to spend all my time with my friends and hide under my bed until this baby decided to come.  I'm really hoping he come early like Zooey did; I already feel like he's trying to crack my pelvic area in half and bust out!  I'm definitely going to have lots of questions for the poor doctor when I go back on Wednesday!

Big News, Guys!

We started the journey of naming our little boy with no clear direction.  Should we include family names or be strictly against them like we were with Zooey?  Should we try to pick something that has a similar meaning or origin as Zooey?  We still had Oliver Patrick left over from when weren't sure if Z was a boy or girl, but we quickly ruled that out.

We eventually decided on a middle name: Lee.  It's a family name on Daniel's side.  It looks like we'll be the only ones producing a male man-cub any time soon so we decided it was worth breaking our previous rule about family names.  (It means a lot to Daniel, too; its a sweet reminder of his dad.)  Then began the arduous task of choosing a name to pair with it.  Lee is pretty basic so there were still lots of options available.  For some reason my first three picks all began with G (Grayson, Gabriel, Gavin).  Weird.  Then Lucas Lee was jokingly tossed around over lunch at Olive Garden.  Finally Connor joined the group, completely out of nowhere.  (There's Connor Shaw, obviously, but I would never think to name my child after an athlete.)

We finally narrowed it down to two and over the weekend, a victor emerged...

When Pregnant Crazy Takes Over

I started this post sometime last week.  Thought I would continue/finish since most of these feelings seem to still be relevant.  I never meant for this to be a mommy-to-be centered blog but that's where I'm at right now.  That's what I'm dealing with.  Maybe soon I can bake or craft something worth posting about.  Until then, enjoy me either whining like an angsty 14 year old or delighting in the fact that I'll be a mom again.

27 Weeks, 1 Day

Hey there!  Hope everyone had an awesome 4th of July!  We had random down-pours all day long, so we didn't really get the opportunity to blow anything up.  We made up for it by eating twice as much, I think.  My crazy, pregnant self decided we needed pumpkin pie to celebrate America's birthday.  Shh, it was delicious!  We were bad parents and didn't take any pictures of our little one decked out in her red, white, & blue outfit.  We were kind of busy half napping on the couch.  Ooops...  So instead, we'll just throw it back and enjoy a picture of Zooey from Freedom Day 2012.

Look at all that precious fat!  I miss those big, hammy legs!