We got our tax money in! Yay! We also had two showings scheduled today and had to be out of the house from 11 to 1, so we did a little baby shopping. First we went to Once Upon A Child to see if any of the things I wanted were available "gently used" and cheaper. Didn't find anything there, so we went to lunch. After lunch we still had about an hour to kill, so we headed to Babies R Us. I had several coupons that expire next weekend including $20 off a stroller, 15% off crib bedding, 10% off Koala Baby bedding, and a $5 off purchase of $25 (exp. 4/08).
I thought since I had the coupons, the cash and the time, we pick up a couple things. We bought a Joovy sit&stand stroller. It has an attachment to hold the baby carrier, you can remove the attachment and there's a seat when baby is old enough to sit. Plus in the back there is a place for a toddler to stand and hold on or a bench seat so they can sit and ride. For our situation it's much better than a traditional double stroller, since Grace rarely will sit in a stroller any more. We also were looking at bedding and found a new bedding set that wasn't there when we registered. Both Eric and I liked it better, so we changed our theme up a bit and bought the new stuff instead. Glad he was with me! Because we changed the theme and thus some of the colors, I also wanted to get the crib sheets and changing pad covers, as the ones we had on the registry wouldn't have matched. We went with Navy instead of baby blue.
In the end we had a cart load including a stroller, 6-pc bedding set, 2 crib sheets, the changing pad (Grace's had too much wear and tear after two years of daily use), and 2 changing pad covers. Everything that we purchased was on my essentials list, thus my budget. Also, because we shopped this weekend and used my coupons I saved $63 on the order! Still spent $400, but I came in under budget. It sure is hard using only cash, but it feels good that this baby hasn't increased our debt!
Grace was ready for a nap though and I'm sure the store cheered when we left. She made it until we were about 3 minutes from home and then crashed in her seat. She was much better after her nap, thank goodness.
This afternoon, I went online and updated my registry. I removed all the old bedding stuff we registered for and added the new stuff we bought (and showed it as purchased). Just in case anyone shops for us, I want them to know what our actual theme is. There are two more pictures of the bedding and room if you go to my set on Flickr.
Good weekend so far. I still have things to buy and money to spend on Luke which will be fun. I think Samara and I may leave the girls and go shopping for most of the other stuff in 2 weeks, my little birthday gift to myself. I would have waited on this stuff, but the coupons were too good!
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
25 Week Photo Shoot
I know it's been a while and I haven't officially taken any more "belly" pictures, but last weekend Danialle did a mini-photo shoot for me and we got this one. It doesn't show the side profile shot, but it's much prettier and classier than my typical shots, so I think I'll share.
This month has been so busy. School has been picking back up (only 1 more month until after baby). Work is entering my busiest time of the year and dealing with a 3-year old has my hands full.
On top of that I got a really bad upper respitory virus that lingered for about 2 weeks. I knew I was getting sick, so I went to my primary care doctor, but think I went a day early. Because it was a virus they couldn't prescribe any antibiotics and because I was pregnant, they limited me to Robitussun. I also had a really high pulse (130), so they told me to stay away from Sudafed which can be a stimulant. I took the next day off work and was so icky feeling that I had to stop to catch my breath just walking from the living room to the kitchen. I was wheezing to catch my breath and coughing something awful. I was running low on Robitussin, so I went to the pharmacy to get more and used the blood pressure machine and found my pulse was still high at 135! I called my doctor's office again to tell them I was worse and about my pulse and they told me to go to the ER! So another $75 later I was told that it was still a virus, but they decided to go ahead and prescribe me a stronger cough medicine and a decongestant. They weren't in the safest pregnancy category, but I think a small risk was better than the way I was feeling. I took another day off work and finally went back the third day although my cough and stuffy nose lasted another week and a half.
Last weekend I had a GWO at Heather's. It was heavenly. I think I really needed a break from Grace who has really been testing the limits, including getting up extremely early or multiple times a night. I feel like she's trying to get us ready for the baby, but I don't know that we need any extra practice! Anyway, none of us had much money to spend, so it was a really low key weekend. I got just after 9 p.m. and we chatted for a bit before we hit the sack. Heather had to work in the morning and I had a 9:30 a.m. conference call that I couldn't get out of, so I went to Heather's work with her to make the call. Once we got back, Danialle set up for a photo shoot. Most of the pictures were of Erica who was looking for a nice Valentine's present for her husband, but we took a couple of pregnant poses of me. I think I get my full photo shoot in Chicago at our March GWO. After we wrapped up the picture taking, we were hungry, so we had an early dinner at Applebee's and then went to a couple stores before heading home to organize our coupons (yes, that's lame, but I swear we enjoyed ourselves). We also played a late into the night game of dominos which I won.
On Saturday, Heather made us breakfast and then after we all dressed, we went to a movie. We saw P.S. I Love You which was a total chick flick and many tears were shed, but it was wonderful to actually sit in a theater. We got ice cream on the way home and then got ready for a "surprise" party/get together that Heather planned for the evening. Nick grilled us some of Heather's gormet burgers. A couple of Heather's other friends came buy for the party. It was really fun, I won't give all the details, but you had to be at least 18 to buy any products and the products could be used alone or with a partner...
After the party, we broke in Heather's new Karoke machine (trust me, I didn't sing), but once we found out we could watch music videos off of Erica's I-pod on the TV, we had a living room dance party trying to imitate the videos. It was fun and burned some calories. Sunday we all went home.
This week I had my 25 1/2 week doctor appointment. I had to do my glucose tolerance test which I do not have results on yet. I also had a couple questions this time. I asked about traveling because I have been trying to schedule lots of meetings for work for March and April and need to figure out how far and by what mode of transportation is safe. I also asked for some details as far as keeping an eye on the baby size and the possibility of early induction. The plan is to do an ultrasound at 32 weeks to get an idea of size. If he's at all more than average, we'll do another at 36 weeks and if he looks big, we'll probably induce about a week before my due date. I'm not sure that will help a whole lot since Grace came on her own 6 days early and was still 8 pounds 11 ounces, but we'll see how it goes. I have gained 14 pounds, he's head down at the moment, heart rate around 150, and I still have great blood pressure.
We've officially decided his name is Luke. He is an active baby and is now in a familiar position. His little feet kick me on my upper right side, just like Grace always did. It's starting to feel really real now. Once we get our tax money (hopefully another week or so), I'll get to buy the stuff for his room and I think that will help it set in. I really haven't bought anything. Also, my March is already getting completely booked with work stuff, so I think that month will fly by and suddenly I'll be 7 months pregnant. Wow, this is going too fast.
This month has been so busy. School has been picking back up (only 1 more month until after baby). Work is entering my busiest time of the year and dealing with a 3-year old has my hands full.
On top of that I got a really bad upper respitory virus that lingered for about 2 weeks. I knew I was getting sick, so I went to my primary care doctor, but think I went a day early. Because it was a virus they couldn't prescribe any antibiotics and because I was pregnant, they limited me to Robitussun. I also had a really high pulse (130), so they told me to stay away from Sudafed which can be a stimulant. I took the next day off work and was so icky feeling that I had to stop to catch my breath just walking from the living room to the kitchen. I was wheezing to catch my breath and coughing something awful. I was running low on Robitussin, so I went to the pharmacy to get more and used the blood pressure machine and found my pulse was still high at 135! I called my doctor's office again to tell them I was worse and about my pulse and they told me to go to the ER! So another $75 later I was told that it was still a virus, but they decided to go ahead and prescribe me a stronger cough medicine and a decongestant. They weren't in the safest pregnancy category, but I think a small risk was better than the way I was feeling. I took another day off work and finally went back the third day although my cough and stuffy nose lasted another week and a half.
Last weekend I had a GWO at Heather's. It was heavenly. I think I really needed a break from Grace who has really been testing the limits, including getting up extremely early or multiple times a night. I feel like she's trying to get us ready for the baby, but I don't know that we need any extra practice! Anyway, none of us had much money to spend, so it was a really low key weekend. I got just after 9 p.m. and we chatted for a bit before we hit the sack. Heather had to work in the morning and I had a 9:30 a.m. conference call that I couldn't get out of, so I went to Heather's work with her to make the call. Once we got back, Danialle set up for a photo shoot. Most of the pictures were of Erica who was looking for a nice Valentine's present for her husband, but we took a couple of pregnant poses of me. I think I get my full photo shoot in Chicago at our March GWO. After we wrapped up the picture taking, we were hungry, so we had an early dinner at Applebee's and then went to a couple stores before heading home to organize our coupons (yes, that's lame, but I swear we enjoyed ourselves). We also played a late into the night game of dominos which I won.
On Saturday, Heather made us breakfast and then after we all dressed, we went to a movie. We saw P.S. I Love You which was a total chick flick and many tears were shed, but it was wonderful to actually sit in a theater. We got ice cream on the way home and then got ready for a "surprise" party/get together that Heather planned for the evening. Nick grilled us some of Heather's gormet burgers. A couple of Heather's other friends came buy for the party. It was really fun, I won't give all the details, but you had to be at least 18 to buy any products and the products could be used alone or with a partner...
After the party, we broke in Heather's new Karoke machine (trust me, I didn't sing), but once we found out we could watch music videos off of Erica's I-pod on the TV, we had a living room dance party trying to imitate the videos. It was fun and burned some calories. Sunday we all went home.
This week I had my 25 1/2 week doctor appointment. I had to do my glucose tolerance test which I do not have results on yet. I also had a couple questions this time. I asked about traveling because I have been trying to schedule lots of meetings for work for March and April and need to figure out how far and by what mode of transportation is safe. I also asked for some details as far as keeping an eye on the baby size and the possibility of early induction. The plan is to do an ultrasound at 32 weeks to get an idea of size. If he's at all more than average, we'll do another at 36 weeks and if he looks big, we'll probably induce about a week before my due date. I'm not sure that will help a whole lot since Grace came on her own 6 days early and was still 8 pounds 11 ounces, but we'll see how it goes. I have gained 14 pounds, he's head down at the moment, heart rate around 150, and I still have great blood pressure.
We've officially decided his name is Luke. He is an active baby and is now in a familiar position. His little feet kick me on my upper right side, just like Grace always did. It's starting to feel really real now. Once we get our tax money (hopefully another week or so), I'll get to buy the stuff for his room and I think that will help it set in. I really haven't bought anything. Also, my March is already getting completely booked with work stuff, so I think that month will fly by and suddenly I'll be 7 months pregnant. Wow, this is going too fast.
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