the baby's (?) room.

Honestly, I can't even believe I'm about to show y'all this. This is our current office. Since I found out I was pregnant, I have not touched it. I still throw stuff in there occasionally, literally opening the door, tossing something in, and closing the door, but as for actually entering the room and cleaning it? Has not happened in months. Don't judge me! The rest of my house is immaculate. This is my *"Monica's closet".

*Friends fans you know...

I've been telling myself we're going to have to completely redo it for the nursery anyway, so I'm not worrying about it today.

Yea, apparently I'm Scarlett O'Hara.

So now I have about 4 months to make this...



into my dream nursery.

Ay yi yi.

18 weeks

How Far Along? 18 weeks

Total Weight Gained/Loss? Haven't been back to the doc. My scale at home says I'm down 1 from the docs scale. I knew that Mexican I ate before my appointment totally screwed my weight up!

Maternity Clothes: still no. But honestly if I didn't work in scrubs I think I would have had to give in by now.

Sleep? Not so great. I wake up all the time. My feet keep going numb on me. I guess I'm not doing so great at the not sleeping on my back thing or something. Mr. Perfect is going to run out of room to sleep if I keep adding in pillows to our bed!

Best Moment of the Week? ? Nothing big this week.

Movement- not yet

Food Craving- Chocolate chip cookies. There's nutrients in those right?!

Food aversions- I'm having a really hard time with food. Nothing tastes the same way it did and honestly? I don't want much of anything. I'm having to force myself to eat stuff and it's getting hard to do.

Morning sickness?- nope. But I'm super tired again.

Gender- 2 more weeks...

Labor Signs- none.

Belly Button- in.

What I miss- sleeping on my back. Oh it was nice...

What I'm looking forward to- movement. Come on little one.. your crazy mom is dying here!

Weekly Wisdom- Sleep. Whenever you can. If it's not at night, then take naps.

Milestones- We're in month 5!

Pumpkin Carving = fun for everyone!

So a couple weeks ago (yes I suck at posting on time), the bff, Mr. Perfect, and I got together for dinner and some good 'ol pumpkin carving. Dinner was delish (thanks AP!) and carving was awesome. Until my dog had to go rustle up a rattlesnake and creep me out for the rest of the night. Thanks Duke.

But I digress.

Mr. Perfect and I make sure we carve a pumpkin every year. It's one of those sappy little traditions that I love and can't wait to do long term with my little family. Of course having Mr. Perfect and AP together gave me perfect opportunity to practice for little children.

Super excited about our carving kit.


The pumpkins.



Mr. Perfect decided he needed to take off the top of ours with a samurai sword. You can see how excited I am about it.

It didn't work.

Scooping out the seeds. Apparently Mr. Perfect thought it was a smelly job.

I think I was the only one taking this seriously....



Some serious carving...



Finished products!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Today is my beloved father's birthday. I can't say enough about how special he is to me. You know that father/daughter bond that's all hyped about?

Yea. We got that.

He is a constant support, a great friend, and an amazing father. He makes me long for the day I have a daughter so Mr. Perfect can experience this sort of relationship. He cracks me up. He always knows just what to say. On my wedding day, when I was so nervous I didn't know how I would walk, he gave me a pocket knife.. you know, just in case. Yea it was weird, but it made me laugh hysterically and forget all about the millions (it felt like) of people that were about to be staring at me.

And I still have that knife.

I love my Daddy. I'm so glad I am his "Daddy's little girl"....

17 weeks

How Far Along? 17 weeks

Total Weight Gained/Loss? I don't even want to talk about it. According to my doc, I gained 7. Just now at 2 pounds over where I started. Gah. My doc seriously looked at my weight and said "Guess we're feeling better huh?!". Yea toolbag, I am. I might be having a hard time with this weight gain thing....

Maternity Clothes: still no. But can no longer button my pants. Thank you Bella Band.

Sleep? Getting a little awkward. Stomach is poking a bit too much to sleep on my stomach, and I LOVE to sleep on my stomach. Trying to figure that one out.

Best Moment of the Week? Tuesday appointment. Heart is beating away at 151 bpm. Big difference from the 170's where it was.

Movement- not yet

Food Craving- I don't know. I'm still having a hard time finding stuff I like to eat. Sweets are slowly becoming something I must have.

Food aversions- most things that I liked before pregnancy, I'm not such a fan of now. It's getting hard to find something I want to eat.

Morning sickness?- No more and the nausea I was feeling from the migraines seems to be under control.

Gender- 3 more weeks...

Labor Signs- none.

Belly Button- in.

What I miss- sleeping on my stomach.

What I'm looking forward to- I just want to feel it move already!

Weekly Wisdom- This is for the boys.. do not blame everything on your wife's "hormones". It will piss her off more.

Milestones- Almost in the 5th month!