What a day What a day

Last night I realized that I am actually less than 2 weeks away from being 7 months. Wow did that month go by quick. So it got me to thinking how quickly September has gone for me and how unprepared I am for baby girl. Soooooo this week we will be cleaning out the room for sure!

Yesterday was Kim's best friend's bridal shower. It was very nice. I had so many folks ask me my due date that I'm thinking of just saying mid December instead of the actual date. I really don't want to get close to that date and have people on my nerve about being due/overdue/ready to go etc. I don't really want to have to snap.

I also think it may be a good idea to have the first week at home to ourselves. This will allow us to get the hang of and settle into our family. At least a few days!

I haven't taken a 28 wk pic yet, but maybe tomorrow I'll post something. I've been taking it easier nwo that it's evident that I need to do so. One day during the work week I stay home and relax. I put my feet up, do a little cleaning and relax. Kim says she thinks I should be on bedrest but not me! I've got real estate to sell! I do believe I'll stop working as of Thanksgiving. I'll be 37 weeks by then.

Yesterday at the shower we received a couple of offers to help get the nursery together, one by someone who does some construction work. We are definitely going to take her and others up on their offer to help. My goal is to have the room done by the first week of November. I think we can make October that month, except of course my birthday weekend. Kim has said we are going to NYC to stay at a B&B I've been wanting to visit and see the Lion King (which I've never seen on Broadway) so I'm really looking forward to that.

Went to church today and enjoyed the spirit. Came home and became irritated with Kim because sometimes she truly waits until the last minute to do things and it irks my soul. I'm watching the Eagles game now (they're winning) and cooking rice, baked beans and turkey ham. That dinner started out being cabbage, sweet potatoes and turkey hame. I had ordered produce from church and saw the head of green and thought it would be good to make for dinner. When I went to the fridge, I found out it was lettuce. Then when I went to get the sweet potatoes I realized there was only one. I was literally laughing out loud at myself over that because I was looking forward to that dinner, but thank goodness for a pantry with other choices because I wasn't going out to get the right items.

Oh, one more thing. I started my hypnobabies course back up earlier this month and it's going pretty good. I'm doing one class every two weeks and am currently on class #2. I'm really excited and hope that I can keep up the practice so that I can have the fast, easy, comfortable birth that I know I can have!

I think I'll end up posting more often on here. Especially since I need to take it easy more.

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Feeling the baby!

Well as of today I am 18wks, 5 days. Here's a pic of me from two days ago:

I have been feeling the baby move more and more in the last few days. At first it was a kick here and there. Now I can feel kicks and I felt a rolling of sorts a few days ago that was interesting. It's such a welcome event to feel that and know the baby is doing well. We go for our 20 week scan next Friday and I'm excited to hear that the baby is growing on target. The heartburn is still going strong. I need to go look for another over the counter medicine to help because the Tums aren't doing their job too well. Sometimes the heartburn wakes me up in the middle of the night if its bad enough.

Kim is being over protective, which I'm used to, but more than usual. It's sweet though so I'm not going to harp on it, yet. It's hot here, but I've been in the a/c all day. Boy do I wish we had central air, but I'll have to do with the window a/c for now. My rings are starting to be a little hard to put on and off so I left them off today. I'm guessing at this rate I won't be able to wear them by September or so.

I'm sitting here watching one of my new fav shows, Two and a Half Men. Today was a rough day in real estate. I'm hoping that all works out on my difficult transactions by the end of the week.

Ta Ta!

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Just Checking in

Well I'm sitting in my office and I really need to get to work but I wanted to post. It's been a good week for me. Last week we went to the doc and found out that the baby is lying transverse so he couldn't tell the sex of the baby. He also said it looked like I had a heart shaped uterus which concerned me some but I'm trusting in God that everything will be ok.

We've had a good couple of weeks in real estate. Last week we had 3 closings and I listed two homes. I also have one offer that I'm waiting to see if its accepted and two listings have gone under contract in the last two weeks. Today my goal is to find some more folks that need to sell their home so I can schedule some appointments for the next week.

The holiday weekend was good. We saw fireworks live and on tv. We went to a bbq and we enjoyed spending time together. I was so happy that we had the extra day on Monday off to get it together for the week.

Last week we also had a chance to visit a baby store in the area. They had the lightweight frame that we've been talking about to use as a stroller while the baby is an infant. It was only $80. They also had this convertible stroller that you can use from infancy to toddler but when they told me it was $1100 I quickly turned from that one. Kim said, "That's a mortgage payment!".

Well here's today's 17 week pic. I really should take another to face the same way as the previous one. I'm tired right now so let me get some work done while I can.

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Graduation Day!

Well, today I graduated from my fertility doc! I thought I would be there another 1 - 2 weeks but he said everything was looking good and I needed to see my ob within 2 weeks. My progesterone level is at 14.5, so I'm still concerned about that but I'm also still taking 200mg of Prometrium twice a day to make sure it stays elevated enough to hold the baby. In another 3 weeks, I'll be off of it and the placenta will take over.

So we saw the baby this morning, wiggling a little bit as the nurse tried to get the heart rate. 154 bpm. Nice. We are so amazed how this one is growing from week to week. Today he is 22 mm in size, 9 over the last time last week this time. Kim is thinking that it's a boy this time around. I'm not sure what it is but I'm getting more anxious to actually find out. We talked about whether or not we're going to find out or not and we're not sure. I'm leaning more towards yes right now though. Maybe we'll find out and not tell anyone. I don't know, we'll see.

This morning when I put my pants on, they were a bit snug. Yesterday, my MIL said I was carrying high. I was like, I'm not showing yet that's from dinner. But this morning I did look like I could be, but maybe that's just pregnancy bloat. They say you show sooner if you were pregnant before. I'm not sure I was pregnant long enough last time for that to happen or not but the maternity pants are much more comfortable than the others I have in my closet and I've started to wear them.

So, I'm at the office. We need to get some more sales to do some repair work to the house and save for the baby. I have to make 12 calls today to get at least one appointment. Right now, I'm tired and putting off work for a bit. It's also cold.

Okay, I need to start to get in the work mindset so ta ta for now.

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I'm tired...

So, this week we went to the Gyn and saw another shot of the baby. The baby's head was laying on the placenta and the hand was up saying high. Also, we saw a kick and the doc said I would feel that in a couple of weeks. It was funny that he said I may feel it as a flutter right now but will think it's gas. A few days ago, my partner Kim was talking to the baby and I thought I felt a flutter. She continued and I told her it must've been gas.

So I've been getting up, going for a walk, eating breakfast & coming into the office. But when I get here, I'm tired as if I've had very little sleep. It especially hits me after lunch. If I worked from home right now, I don't know if I'd be selling many houses. Right now I feel like going home, cuddling up on the couch and taking a good nap. I didn't get to walk this morning so I'm going to do so after dinner this evening.

I've got 17 listings that need to get sold before Christmas. I've got two under contract, which is always good but I've got to work on getting a few others there as well. This morning, I met with Congressman Sestak to talk about extending the $8,000 tax credit. He is pushing for it and wants to do a press conference in front of one of my listings Monday, so stay tuned for a link to the interview.

I also need to figure out how to post a video here. I'll try later.

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Exhausted too

So, last night I woke up for one of my usual bathroom times and couldn't go back to sleep for an hour. I was tossing and turning thinking about money and what we need to do to prepare for the baby and life in general. We found a house we really like in Abington. Now, let me first say that I was all gung ho to move to NJ because of the benefits we get as a result of our civil union there, but my partner seems to have other plans. She believes that we have more support here and should stay in PA. This house is beautiful and priced excellently! But we aren't ready to buy it yet. I almost wish I didn't know about it so that I couldn't stress about it. We are supposed to go take a look at it Friday.

So, I need to put a plan/goal together on how much business I need to do to meet the goals we have including doing some house renovations, paying down debt, figuring out what to do with my investment property, preparing for baby and time off, etc. This is what is keeping me up at night right now.

I showed my grandfather the last ultrasound picture we got and he asked if it was me and I said yes and his response was "Oh Lord". Let me just say for the record that some of my family are not too crazy about how I live my life. The fact that I am a lesbian does not chide too well with them all the time. They love my partner but getting married and now having a baby I think has thrown them a bit. But I'm happy so they'll just have to deal. I just wanted to make sure he knew I was pregnant before he saw me with a big belly and was upset because I didn't tell.

I need a nap soooo bad!

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