29 weeks and some intern stuff!

Holy crap!  29 weeks already (tomorrow)!?!? 

The Little Mister is on the move this week!  He's been doing some crazy things in there, not just his ordinary kicks.  I'm talking full out karate chops and gymnast style flips!  It's great, but at times it catches me off guard and scares me a bit because it feels so weird.

I've been getting a bit more tired these days... I'm still sleeping ok, but by the time 1:00 hits, I'm pretty darn tired. 

Other than being tired, I'm feeling pretty good.  I went for a long walk the other night and on the way back, I had some terrible pains on my lower right side and it was not fun.  Hubby and I actually had to stop walking so I could rest, because that is the only time that it would go away.  I felt it again today for a brief moment, but haven't felt it since.  I'm hoping this doesn't happen everytime I walk, because I would sure like to continue to exercise, at least a little bit. 

I've been trying to upload photos for about 25 minutes now and blogger is not letting me do it..... Anyone else having problems with this??  If I can figure it out, I'll post them later!


Anyway, on to internship stuff.  I have 24 days left of my practicum!!  I cannot wait.  I'm thinking my last day will be sometime during the second week in November.  After Oct. I do start going only 3 days a week, so that'll be a nice needed break.

It's been very busy at my internship, so I think that's why I've been more tired as of late.  I have 7 large group guidance lessons per week, two small groups per week and about 3-4 individual sessions a week.  Planning for all of those is making my head spin and it's hard to keep track of!  Those will last until the end of my internship, so I'm thinking these next 4 weeks will fly by.

28 weeks- A little behind

Well, 28 weeks has come and gone!  I was actually 28 weeks on Thursday, Sept, 23rd.  We did not get a picture as we have been too busy!

So, you'll have to settle for the updates from our appointment.

Hello 3rd trimester!!  That has to be the biggest highlight of this week!  I'm so excited to be 2/3's finished with pregnancy and that much closer to actually meeting our little guy!

Heartbeat was at 163 which she said was perfect, so I'm hoping she's right and it's not too high!

I am up to 17 lbs gained already... I'm trying to think positive about this, but it's hard... Though I'm sure those kit kats and pumpkin muffins don't help! :-)

I had my glucose test as well.  Drinking that orange stuff wasn't as bad as I've heard, but I can't say I'd want to drink it all the time.

It's been 3 days since the test and I haven't heard anything back yet, so that's a good sign.  This doctor is a no news is good news doctor, so if there isn't anything wrong, she won't call, she'll just wait until our next appointment to share the info with us.

I had my flu shot as well.  Did you guys get this?  I was leery at first, but she highly recommended it, so I got it.  I figured better safe than sorry with that H1N1 stuff.  I've never had one before and the shot itself didn't hurt, but whow baby my arm was sore for two days. 

Other than that, things went fine, she said I was measuring right on at 28 weeks, but she couldn't quite tell which way baby was facing yet.

We're now going every 2 weeks to the doc!  I'm excited to hear the little mister's heartbeat more frequently, I just love it!

That's all for now!  Hope you had an awesome Tuesday and remember that we're going private here at Livin the Great Life, so if you want to continue to read my blog, send me an e-mail at kaylajcrane at gmail dot com and I'll add you to my list.

It's time.....

It's time to go private.  I've thought a lot about it and I've just decided that it's the next step.  I may be back to the real blog world eventually, but right now, I just need to keep things a little less all over the internet.  With that said, I would love some of you, any of you, who want to continue reading to e-mail me at kaylajcrane at gmail dot com to let me know and I'll add you.  Thanks! 

I'll be going private starting Thursday, Sept 30th.  So just shoot me an e-mail and you're in!  Hope you're all enjoying the last week in September!

Fall TV

I am so thrilled for the return of my fall TV shows!!!!

Here's what I'm looking forward to...

One Tree Hill

Brothers and Sisters

Desperate Housewives

Grey's Anatomy

House

Private Practice

All images complements of Google.

I think I have a problem, because this is not the entire list of Fall shows I'm excited for, but I thought I would spare myself some embarrassment. 

Do you get into any of these shows??

New Purchase

I finally received my video camera!  I originally purchased the Flip camera, but found one that I figured we would be able to use more.  We decided on the:

Kodak Playsport Video Camera

Why did we choose this one, you might ask?  Well, we wanted to be able to use more than 120mins of video.  This one can hold as much as your memory card holds.  We also liked the added feature of being able to take it in the water with us.  I know this won't happen often, but how cool to be able to take it snorkeling or to the pool and not worry about it getting wet??  

I've only used it once so far, but I'm pretty happy with it overall.  I got it off Amazon, so it wasn't quite as expensive as at the regular Kodak Website.

27 Weeks!

Yes, it has been a week since I've posted and I am so very sorry.  This internship is really kicking my butt and I'm doing my best to keep up with everything else as well.

So, 27 weeks!  I'm pretty excited about this.  It means that next week we start the 3rd trimester!!  I also have my glucose test which I'm hoping goes well. 

I'm up a total of 14-15 lbs and I'm pretty sure my belly button is going to pop out at any second.  Baby boy has been pretty active, but today was an exceptionally quite day for him.  It makes me very nervous, but when I laid down tonight to type this out, I could tell there was some movement in there, so that was reassuring. 

Sleep is still an issue, but I'm getting through it. 

Nothing else new to report this week.  Sorry I'm short on interesting things!  

Here are the pictures I'm sure you're really wanting for!

26 weeks

I definitely think my belly has popped this week.  It's getting bigger and bigger, though... I suppose that's the idea, huh?

He's becoming more active which is amazing! I just love it.  We were able to start on his room, finally.  This past weekend we got the crib and changing table all set up!  Now, I can't wait for my showers so that we can start to fill his room with everything else. 

Sorry for my venting session yesterday, I realize that gaining weight is a part of pregnancy, it just sorta stinks.  However; I am so very thankful for this oppourtunity that I have been blessed with and I am not saying being pregnant isn't the most wonderful thing in the world, because it is.  So please do not let my venting let you think anything differently.  I am so loving this and I know I'll miss feeling his kicks!

This week I've gained about 12-13 lbs and am feeling like I have a lot more energy.  It's nice not to be tired all the time. 

Sleeping is still an issue, I get enough sleep but my back is killing me when I wake up. 

I can't believe we have less than 100 days to go (hopefully!) to meet our Little Mister!  It is incredible! :-)

Image, is it just me?

Well, its started.  The feeling I've lost control of my weight and body image.  My body is doing a miraculous thing and I am so very thankful for it each and everyday.  But I can't help but look at myself in the mirror and feel anything but good about the way I look.  I've gained about 12 lbs in 26 weeks of pregnancy.  I have no idea if that is a lot or not.

I feel so yucky about the extra weight that I have no desire to go work out.  It just takes too much effort and energy right now, is that just sad and pathetic or what? 

I should be working out everyday, yet I get home from work and definitely do not want to.  Is this normal during pregnancy?  I know I need to gain weight for the baby to be healthy, that's not the issue.  The issue is I definitely do not feel good about myself at all anymore.  Some people get pregnant and look amazing the entire time, though I suppose maybe they are feeling the same way I am?

I'm not even close to gaining as much weight as I will eventually gain during this pregnancy.  Doc says I should gain 25-30 lbs.  So, I have another 13-18 lbs to go until 40 weeks, if all goes well.  It creeps me out that every week I step on the scale, the weight goes up by at least one lb sometimes two. 

I've got to stop worrying about this, because such is life when you are pregnant.  I'm just worried that it'll be very hard to get the weight off once I put it on. 

I worked really hard to lose about 7 lbs before I got pregnant, and that put me right where I felt comfortable and now I'm trying to get comfortable with putting more than quadruple that back on!

It's a mind game, and I've got to let it go.

Sorry for the venting session, just something I've been feeling lately! 

I believe pregnancy is a wonderful, beautiful thing, I just have to remind myself of that more often (Hubby, are you out there?? :-)  hint hint! haha)

Labor Day Weekend

We had a wonderfully productive weekend!  This weekend we were able to:

Saturday:
Grab some Panera breakfast, hubby's favorite!  (Have you had their breakfast sandwiches??)
Add to our registry for Baby
Buy some diapers and wipes with a gift card given to us by Target for making a new registry! (Thanks Target!)
Get our tire fixed, that had another screw in it... 2nd within 3 months! Yikes!
Clean out the office (that is going to be baby's room)
Relax
Go for a much needed walk together
Etc...

Sunday:
My parents visited
They graciously got our crib and changing table for us!! (Thanks Mom & Dad!!!  It helped tremendously)
Looked at a chair for the baby's room, but decided it was too expensive
Had breakfast with my parents
Put together baby's crib!

Monday:
Put together baby's changing table
Make and ate a delicious breakfast of waffles and muffins
Hung our wedding pictures, finally! (after almost 2 years of marriage)
Rearranged our living room
Hung smoke detectors in all 3 bedrooms 
Have some friends over for a movie & pizza night which was a perfect end to a great weekend!

Whew!  That's about it.  We got a lot finished and I am very pleased!

I hope you all had a wonderful, productive weekend as well! Have a great short 4 day week!

3 day weekend

I have been looking forward to this weekend for SOOOOO long! A 3 day weekend and we actually get to spend it at home!!

This weekend we will be:

Starting on Baby Boy's room!!
Cleaning
Eating delicious Chinese for dinner
Celebrating my parents 31st anniversary with them by going out to eat.
Visiting with my parents because they will be here on Sunday
Relaxing
Sleeping in
Going for walks
Enjoying the beautiful fall weather we will be having!  70 degrees and breezy! Doesn't get any better than that.

Hope you have a fabulous holiday weekend!!

25 Weeks

Whew!  25 weeks already!  I know I probably say this every week, but holy crap!  The time is flying by and I can hardly believe it.

This week has been so fun!  He has finally started moving more and more and I can see my belly move in weird ways and feel it at the same time.  I LOVE IT!

It is seriously the best feeling in the world, finally knowing there's a little life in there that's doing just fine! 

We have started to plan for His room, hopefully getting the crib and changing table this weekend.  I can't wait to see it start to fall into place.  It is so fun and exciting to know that we'll have a little baby to call our own living in there come December!

I've gained about 11 lbs thus far and had an appointment today.  His heartbeat was 160 which I thought was a bit high, but apparently it's still normal and ok.  They didn't say anything differently and she said everything looked good, so I'm going to not worry.  We go back in 3 weeks for my 28 week appointment and my glucose testing.  I'm hoping that goes ok so I don't have to go back and do it again!

Everything seems to be progressing just fine and I can't really complain about anything.  So far I love being pregnant, but I know I have a long ways to go.  I think it'll go pretty fast though.