Okay so Amanda will leave me alone :P

You know i love you girl..... Well this is my 32 week belly. I feel huge and can barely keep my balance. As if I didn't have issues with being clumsy before lol
Sorry it's so blurry. It's hard taking a pic in the mirror when you can't use flash. We are taking maternity photos this weekend with Heather. I can't wait to work with her. She's very talented. But since we won't have Koda with us on Saturday Lindsay will be taking maternity photos of the 3 of us. She has produced some amazing photos. Especially of Peyton! So I'm looking forward to her capturing this moment with Dakota.

And here are a few pics of the room. Sorry it's still messy in there. Now that I'm done with writing my millions of papers, I'm going to get in there and finish her room tomorrow. I want to have pics of it so that I can show everyone at the shower on Sunday and up at work. So my goal for tomorrow is to have her room completely done. I just need a shelf of some sort or for the screws to the changing table to magically re-appear. lol Well anyway here are the pics of Bella's girly room.

32 weeks! Only 8 left :)

Well I just got back from the doc. I've gained about 21 lbs, and lil Miss Bella decided to turn. So she is now head down and no longer breech. Lets just hope she stays that way :) Other than that everything is good. Except I can't hardly eat or drink anything with large amounts of dairy in it because it doens't agree with me. My next appt is on the 12th!

Had a blast

Saturday after I was done with class (which took forever and a day) I headed to my Aunt Arlene's for the Valigura Party. It was my first year going. And if I didn't have a TON of homework and wasn't overly huge I would have stayed the night :) But I had a blast while I was there. We had a marathon which everyone kept telling me make sure I didn't spill. lol I had no intentions of falling, but almost slipped once. But I schooled people on the first branch of the relay. But only cuz Tam changed it to walk really fast for those like me that couldn't have possibly run. lol There are some crazy women in that family, but they have a lot of SPUNK! I admire each of them, and am glad to be able to be a part of the family. I wish there was enough girls in my family to do this. Cuz it would be so much fun. I can't wait until next year to see what they have planned!

Here are a few pics that Nancy took while we were there! Enjoy!

Starting to spazz a lil bit

Well I'm just shy of 8 weeks til lil miss Bella makes her arrival. I decided early on that I wanted to breastfeed her. I wish I would have done it with Dakota, but now I"m becoming extremely intimidated by it. I know I will be pumping a majority of the time because I will have to go back to work. I'm just nervous that I won't be able to produce the milk she will need to grow. So just a forewarning that y'all might see a few frustrated posts after she comes. Hopefully I can get some help from other mama's that breastfed. I just don't want this to be something that I fail at.

Making Progress

Well I'm making some headway on my papers after we discussed the issues we're having in class last night. Glad we got some things cleared up. I'm still ging to have to pull an all-nighter tonight. Hopefully I make it. I ended up going to bed last night because I was tired. lol I'm almost done combing through the articles for one of my papers. hope to finish after dinner then going to start working on my outlines. I have my last saturday class this weekend. I'm totally stoked about that. It's one less class I have to worry about. After I'm done with these papers all I have to worry about is finals, and then I"m done! woohoo!

I'm going to the Valigura party on saturday. But doubt I'll dress up cuz I don't have any overalls, and i'll be coming straight from class I think. If we get out early then I might swing by the house first.

Next weekend is a busy weekend too! I have my maternity portraits on that Saturday. I'm totally stoked about those. I wish I was able to get them with dakota. Then Sunday will be my baby shower!!!

We'll see how timely I get my papers done though because I have a lot to do before the baby shower. I want her room to be completely ready so that everyone can see how pretty it is! And yes I'm partial to it cuz me and Brad came up with the style, and Koda picked the colors.

I'm freakin out man......

OMG.... I have got to get these 2 papers done before the weekend. I'm going to have to pull a few all-nighters. It blows. But I gotta do it so that I can go to the Valigura party on Saturday after class. I can't wait for that. I love those types of parties with my family. Except I can't be doing hardly anything if they do a relay :( maybe I can help Mel & Tammy....

Anyways wish me luck in getting these papers done..... One I have to completely start over with....

Koda's doc appt

Well I like the doctor, but wasn't crazy about the wait time. I was in there for a long amount of time. So we may just go back to the doc we used when Koda was little. But as for Dakota he did okay with his shot. He cried a lil bit. They aren't his favorite thing in the world. He weighs 47 lbs and is an inch shy of 4 feet. Other than that super healthy.

New doc....

Well Koda will be going to see a new doctor tomorrow. I've been trying to find someone that is okay with delaying & selectively vaxing. And a great mom I know recommended this doc. So we will go tomorrow and see how everything pans out, and hopefully she'll be the doc for both our kiddos. She's also a family doc so we can go see her too! :) She's very holistic and doesn't push meds which I think is great as I'm not a person to run and get medicine every time something happens. Anyways.... I let you know how everything goes tomorrow. Wish little man luck, he has to get the 2nd dose of his hep shot in order to stay enrolled in school.

I thought this phase was over....

I thought the nausea was supposed to subside a long time ago and NOT come back. I've been feeling nauseated since around 9:30 last night and it sucks! I think I need to go get some crackers at lunch. Except that eating only makes it worse... ugh... frustrating. I hope I start feeling better so I can go to the Bluebonnet festival & Matthew's b-day party tomorrow.

Got to answer a lot of questions for Koda

This morning Koda witnessed his first car accident. I figured he would have been scared after seeing 2 cars hit each other. But he wasn't. He asked if everything was okay, and if teh people were hurt or not. And he asked why we had to wait after calling 911. I told him we had to let the police know what we saw in case the drivers involved were shaken up. He was upset that he was going to be late to school. I told him the school would excuse him being late under the circumstances and that we had to do the right thing so that everyone would be okay. That ended the questions. His next response is that he was mad because when I hit the breaks to avoid being a part of the accident, his cereal fell on the floorboard. I was like of all things to be mad about. lol I told him it was fine we'd clean it up later. So this morning was an eventful morning. Hopefully tonight will be less dramatic. And for those wondering those involved in the accident are okay. Just some bruises & bumps.

Easter

Well the kids had a fun Easter. Koda was sad that the day didn't last longer. But he got over it. He slept hard last night that's for sure.I think they all probably did. Here are the pics from our weekend.

I'm hoping to get some bluebonnet pics tonight or tomorrow. So keep a look out for those.

Doc Appt.

Well the doc appt went great! Evertyhing it perfect. Bella made the doc laugh because she kicks really hard and all over the place, so it's looks crazy when my stomach is moving. She's got a strong heart beat. We're only a lil over 10 weeks away from meeting our precious baby girl.

I'm slacking....

I'm slacking at keeping this blog updated. Y'all gotta stay on me. lol Here's what's been going on in everyone's world...

Lil miss Bella: we are 29 weeks! Only 11ish weeks until we get to meet our baby girl. When we had her 3d sono pics done they said she was breech. I'm hoping she turns and stays the way she needs to be. lol At my last appt the doc said i've only gained 9 lbs but everything is perfect. I have another doc appt. on Thursday so I'll update when I get back from that. She's still practicing her kick-boxing. It's getting less painful now :P And so far it seems like she's gonna have her mommy's taste in music. She especially likes the "he's just not that into you" soundtack. She starts moving like crazy on the songs she likes. If it's a song she doesn't like she is completely still. It's funny. She also moves like crazy when Koda talks to her.

Koda: We were having a few behavior issues with him the past couple of weeks but I think those have subsided. We haven't had any reports lately. Although I think i'm going to have to tell his Daycare teacher to keep him away from one little girl in his class because they can't ever play nicely together! They fight constantly. But that's kids for ya. He ended up getting a free haircut over the weekend. His dad took him to get it cut and they messed it up. It doesn't look real bad, but it's definitely not how he usually gets it cut. He has his very first field trip next week to the zoo. I'm hoping I'll be able to get off so I'll be able to help volunteer. Dakota & I had a talk last night about his room staying a mess. I told him he'll have to keep it clean or if he wanted we could get rid of some of his toys to make it easier to clean. So he's been going through his toys to see which ones he wants and which ones he doesn't. He's becoming such a big boy!

Brad & I: We are doing good. Just trying to keep trucking with the crappy times. But we'll get through it. It's hard to stay positive but we're trying. It's probably a good thing I'm a homebody. lol He's been trying to work as much as possible so that's always a good thing. I'm trying to get some of my baby items sold, and selling a few things I don't use anymore on craigslist & ebay. I've got a busy few weeks ahead. Have a few papers to finish & get ready for finals. I can't believe the semester is almost over. But I'm really glad because I need a break before miss priss gets here.

We're hoping to have a good Easter weekend. We can't get anything for lil man's easter basket so I'll be making him a beanie or two since he's been bugging me for one. And I'm sure I can find something else to make him. Maybe a memory board or book for all his Disney pictures & memoribilia.

But I'll finish my novel out. til next time (aka Thursday) XOXOXO