Oh baby!

I've been so spoiled lately! I have found so many cute baby things at the goodwill and yard sales! I love going to yard sales on base because people sell their nice baby things for dirt cheap! I went to one where the girl had TONS of baby girl clothes! I was in heaven and spent about $15 on outfits. I started talking to her and she said she couldn't have anymore kids... I was really sad for her. She said she was trying to get rid of all the baby things she had because she didn't want it lingering reminding her of not having another baby. :( She then said, "you know what, take anything you want for free." I tried to give her more money for all the stuff she gave me, but she wouldn't let me. So I got tons of super cute baby clothes and made a friend out of it.

Today I went to motherhood maternity with my friend Christie. I tried on this dress that was super cute, but I didn't look at the price tag so I decided not to get it when I saw it was $40 just because I am trying not to spend any money if it's not necessary spending. Anyways, I give it to the lady to hang back up while in the mean time Christie got it from her and paid for it when I went to the bathroom. Sneaky sneaky. It was sweet and totally made my day!

I've realized just how blessed I am to have such good friends... I just hope I can be half the friend that they are to me! I definitely need to be better at being a friend. It's just easy to get caught up in life sometimes I just forget to do things for others. Something to work on for sure!

I'm just sitting here watching my belly. It's so funny! She'll just start kicking really hard and my belly will move all over the place. I love feeling her little foot too! She really likes to start kicking hard around 10:30 at night. Not sure why 10:30... I guess she's on a schedule. :) Hopefully I can change that schedule when she's born. :p

I had my doctors appointment the other day and the doctor again told me she was concerned I hadn't put on enough weight. I really don't know what else I can do... I eat at least every 2-3 hours and only throw up a couple times a week now. I feel like a fatty- that's for sure, so I'm kinda scared to put on 21 more pounds like she say I should to get my full 25 pound weight gain. YIKES! I'm pretty sure all my muscle has turned into flab and that's why I haven't put on any weight hardly... since muscle weighs more than fat. I know I have definitely lost any sort on toning I had before baby. Blah. Now that I am very motivated to run, I'm told not to. I've just go on walks with my 2 pregnant friends on weekdays. Sometimes if I'm feeling really good, I'll ride my mother-in-laws bike too. :)

Yesterday I went to the commissary and bought a bunch of groceries and brought them home, but couldn't find room in the fridge. So suddenly I was very motivated to clean out the fridge and freezer. It was pretty bad in there. I was throwing away things that expired in 2005. Yuck! Needless to say after I was done, there was tons of room for food that was good. It only took 6 hours to get through the project and cleaning the kitchen very thoroughly, but it was well worth it. :D

Adam's doing well too. He's pretty worn out all the time from working such long shifts and taking a class, but he'll be home soon, so we are getting pretty stoked! We are thinking we might take a trip to Alberta in August because I have family there I haven't seen in years and they've never met Adam. Thinking about it- I haven't been to Alberta since 1999! Wow! I didn't realize it had been that long! I think a trip to West Edmonton Mall, camping in Banff, and eating poutine at Harvy's (fries with gravy and cheese- YUM!) is long overdue. :)

I've never understood why it is almost everyone feels the need to park in the parking spot closest to the store. Have we become that lazy where we have to fight with someone else to get a parking spot 2 spots up from where there's another available? Just curious. Someone told me once if you just park closer to the back of the parking lot you end up walking 50 more miles a year than if you park up close. I don't know if that's true or not, but it sounds good to me. So for years I've just parked closer to the back so I walk further, get a little more exercise, and get to laugh at all the dummies fighting for the closest spot available. Just a thought after seeing people fight over a parking spot today. :)

Hmm... what's new here. Adam is coming home between July 10-30! Yay! It makes me happy he will be here for the last few months of being pregnant and so he can feel this ninja of a baby in me kicking and moving. It's the funniest thing feeling the baby using my bladder as a trampoline. Haha! Seriously though. I will go to the bathroom and not even 5 minutes later have to go again. It doesn't help that I've been drinking 100oz of water a day so I don't have to go to the hospital EVER again for dehydration, but I figure a few (dozen) extra bathroom runs aren't that bad if it means not getting dehydrated. :)

Well that's it folks. :)

Good news

So I got some surprising and good news tonight! I was hanging out with my good friends the Luellen's and Wilson's when I get a call from Adam. I had just talked to him a couple hours earlier before he went to work and was surprised he called me while at work. He said he's most likely coming home from Iraq early!! Yay! Since they are drawing the troops back in Iraq, a lot of guys in his unit are being sent home between June-August!! That would be so amazing if he could come home early so he can be here with me pregnant. I've been sad because he can't be here to feel the baby kick or anything, so it would be so great to have him here the last few months when he can really feel the baby moving. :) Woo hoo! :) He does want to stay until at least July so he can have his 180 days deployed because there's way more benefits (like education being paid for, being a vet, etc), but that's only like a month and a half away! A lot more do-able than 7-8 months away. I've been trying not to get my hopes up because things change really fast in the Army, but it's looking pretty certain- and I guess it's too late to not get my hopes up! :)

Anyways my sweet little gal has been moving all over the place- she's definitely a mover. She likes to get extremely active right after I eat for some reason. That's usually when I'm ready to take a nap, but she gets really energetic. :) The food must energize her. :)

and it's going to be a....

GIRL!!!! Adam and I both guessed it right. She was a very active baby on the ultrasound and would barely sit still long enough for the lady to take pictures. She definitely likes to kick my bladder and had no problem showing us she was a girl... oh my!

Ultrasound today!!!

Ahh! Today I find out what gender my baby is!! Woo hoo! Only 3 more hours to go and I am going crazy because it's SO close, yet SO far away! hahaha!

In other news- Adam is on his way back to Iraq from Germany. Sadly the fun had to end. :) Even though he went there for surgery, he also got a little spoiled (deservingly :) ) and had a lot of fun with his new friends touring and not working 12 hour shifts everyday. I can't remember if I said what the results were from his biopsy, but it was an adverse reaction to the smallpox vaccine that caused a blockage in his lymph nodes, but all is well now. :)

I will make sure to update later with the gender of my sweet baby! =D

A new friend Adam met in Germany who also happened to be LDS.







Hahaha! I love this picture. It's my sweet hubby sitting on Saddam's thrown/chair in his palace. cool, huh? This was the morning before he left for Germany.

Adam had a reaction to the smallpox vaccine which clogged his lymph nodes and caused him to get a big lump. The doctors were concerned that it could be cancerous, so they sent him to Germany to have a biopsy done. It wasn't cancerous, but they did surgery to remove the lump and a couple of his lymph nodes that were swollen. He should only be in Germany a few more days. Even though he went there for surgery, he's been a little spoiled by getting to tour around and not having to work 12 hour shifts everyday. ;) It's a well deserved break for him especially since he's such a hard worker. I just wish we could have been spoiled enough for him to come home. ;) I was looking into going to see him in Germany, however tickets were $1500!! Yikes! Although I wouldn't put a price on seeing him, we just decided it would be better to not spend the money, especially since he's pretty much locked down, except to get day passes here and there to go on tours, plus I would have had to find a place to stay. I'm happy he's been able to relax and revamp since he'll be heading back to Iraq soon. :)