Sewing

My sewing machine and I have started to get along a little better recently. When I first got it I had a hard time with the tension and whatnot so most of the things I made looked like crap. I stumbled upon http://indietutes.blogspot.com/2007/07/peasant-blouse.html this tutorial, I thought I'd give it a shot. The first shirt I started on made me SO MAD. I couldnt figure out how to put the back piece on and apparently I'm an idiot because I asked Patrick and he figured it out right away. Anyways, I found this stretchy material shoved in the bottom of my fabric box and thought it'd make a cute shirt. I have no clue what its called or even if its suitable for clothing but whatever I used it anyways and it turned out cute! I'm pretty happy with it. I didnt get around to putting elastic in the arms, I'll do that later. And dont mind my wonky lines, I still cant sew straight and making a casing for the elastic was a pain in my ass. Seriously.

I hope everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving!! I plan on gaining a few more pounds tomorrow ha.

Baby Update

I had my doc. appoint. today and it went good. Nothing exciting. I have only gained 6lbs so far, which I am proud of. The heartbeat was strong at 150bpm and I'm measuring right on track. B had to go with me since I didn't have someone to watch her. She did great! I was kind of shocked. We got there early and she played with a few kids out in the waiting room and she stood next to the exam table patiently as we were listening to the heartbeat. I got the quad screen done also which required blood to be drawn and I was a little worried about how B would react but she did just fine, sitting on my lap until I was done. The soonest they could get me in for my ultrasound is on Dec 15 and I'm not willing to wait that long to find out the sex so I made an appointment for Monday with an ultrasound place close by. I'm so anxious, I can not wait to find out what we're having! Everyone is saying boy. I even catch myself calling it a 'him' already. So we'll see :p.

I'm basically huge.

See? I can't believe how fast my stomach is growing with this one. And this kid is really active. I feel movement every day which is crazy since a lot of woman dont even feel flutters yet. Maybe he/she will be a 10 pounder :/ lol.

Outside Playtime

I love our new backyard and can't wait for it to snow so B can play in it for the first time! So I'm thinking about getting into photography professionally. I want to take pictures for other people so badly but I'm not really sure where to start. I've offered to take pictures for friends but so far none have taken me up on the offer :/ I want to stick with newborn/kid photography so I'll get a lot of practice once the new baby is born. I already have so many ideas, I wish I had a baby to use them on now! B's a little difficult because shes all over the place and she's in love with my camera, so if I sit on the floor to get a shot of her she runs to me as fast as possible just to touch the buttons and look at the pictures that I already took. I think she is a photographer in the making! I bought a really old camera from an antique shop that doesnt work and B has taken it over. She actually holds it up to her eye like she's going to take a picture. Its so funny! I'm trying to teach her to say, "Say Cheese!!!" and one of these days she will and it will be the cutest/funniest/greatest thing ever. I just hope I can catch it on video.

I'm not having much luck uploading pictures..... So the wider pictures are cut off a bit, I have no clue how to fix it!

Wordless Wednesday

Crafty

I am so crafty lately! I want to make things and I have ideas running through my head 24/7. It's so fun. My mom gave me 2 old end tables that are a little beaten up, the smaller one I decided to use in B's room so I sanded it down and put a primer on it. Now I'm waiting for it to dry so I can add another coat then it's going to be painted a light pink to match her bedding. I also plan on making her curtains as soon as I can get to Joanns to buy some material. I think I'm just going to make them plain pink like her table. Her room is green and her bedding is pink/green/white/yellow so a lot of colors match. Since we are moving everything upstairs before any new flooring/carpet is put in we'll just have to deal with the old nasty stuff for now and put a small rug in her room. It's turning out so nice, we get so many compliments on what we've done to the house so far. But our landlord wasn't very happy that we changed the wood trim to white. I'm not really sure why, the old wood stuff was gross! Whoever painted this house before didn't tape off the windows or trim so there was paint splatters everywhere and it looked horrible after we got the living room painted so we decided to change it. I think it looks great and it really brightened up the room.

I made 2 baby blankets for a friend of mine who is having a little girl in March. They turned out so cute! I was so proud of myself. One side is made of minky and the other is cotton so its nice and soft. I heard minky is really hard to work with but I didn't have to much trouble other then it is slippery and messy! I got fuzz everywhere. I'll post pictures of them as soon as I get them off my camera.

Oh my gosh, I can't believe I didn't mention this before. Did anyone hear about the shootings at Fort Hood yesterday?! I got a text from my mom saying "shooting in fort hood ,7 dead, jeremy is ok" I was like WHAT?!?! Jeremy is my brother and he is stationed there. We are really close, I hate that he joined the army because I can't imagine losing him. I freaked out and rushed to my moms work where we watched Obama give a speech on the whole thing, which I didn't like, he didn't seem sympathetic at all he was just reading off a piece of paper. It's nice to know that my brother was safe and out of harms way but how tragic, 12 dead and over 30 injured. I just can't imagine what those families are going through, they are in our thoughts and prayers.

All Moved In

Living room






half of the backyard




Bellas play room and soon to be office/sewing room

she's a good helper!

Finally, we are done moving!! I'm a little irritated with our landlord right now because they asked me to clean up our old duplex and I said yes. I got my mom to help and we packed all the cleaning supplies up and headed to the old place, when we got there a cleaning lady had already been there for a few hours and was half way done with the house. I figure maybe our landlord just wanted it done a certain way so she hired someone. I get a call about 3 hours later from my landlord saying "I'm going to charge you what I charge her." Uh what? I told them I was willing to clean the place and I would'nt have done it half ass, it would've been done GOOD. The cleaning lady charges $10/hr. The duplex was already clean, I wiped down the cabinets, vaccumed 3 of the rooms and cleaned the bathrooms. So I thought she would be just there a few hours, I drove by at 430 and she was still there!!! Almost 10 hours later. I was like wtf I am not paying this lady 100 dollars to clean a house that didn't need that much cleaning!!!! We went to scope out the house after she left to see exactly what took her so long. Nothing. It looked the freaking same! The cieling fan was cleaned off, everything was vaccumed and wiped down (which I had already done). It should've taken her a couple hours at the most, 10 hours is just ridiculous. If I was charging by the hour, I would take my time and I think thats exactly what she did. I was expecting the carpets to be shampooed, every window to be sparkling clean, the bathrooms shining. None of that was done, it was just a basic cleaning. That I was completely capable of doing. Ridiculous.

The weather has been gorgeous the past few days and I've been going without heat as long as I can but over night we need something. We also arent using the upstairs yet. So since they are on seperate thermostats we have just left it turned off up there. We are moving everything upstairs this weekend so even though heat rises and it feels nice up there during the day, the nights are going to be to cold. Have I mentioned how much I love this house? And I wish it was OURS. Everyone that walks in says "This house is huge!" Heck yes it is! And I love it! I open all the curtains during the day and its so bright.

For some reason I'm having a hard time uploading pictures from flikr so I have to use the uploader on here that squishes the pictures and makes them look terrible.

So busy!

We have been working non-stop on this new house, getting it ready to move in. We sign our lease on Sunday and all our utilities are going to be switched over today so moving our stuff in needs to happen soon. We painted the living room a really pretty red and the baseboards were all splattered with old paint from the previous tenants and they looked gross so they are now white and it looks awesome! I can't wait to get stuff moved in. I'm going in a little bit to mop the whole house because the cleaning lady that was there for 2 days did NO cleaning. There is dog hair everywhere and it smells terrible and there is dust all over the beautiful hardwood floors so I'm getting it cleaned up. We also got a pretty like brown/tan color for the other room downstairs, that will be B's playroom for now. And eventually we are going to take the double doors out, sand them and re-stain them because on one side they are painted a dark purple and on the other one is white and one is brown. Weird right? These people had an obsession with bright ass colors. The ceiling in the kitchen is neon green.

Upstairs needs lot of repairs but that will be a project for later. The room B is going in is painted a light green, that I actually like and it matches her bedding so we're just going to leave it. And the baby will be in our room with us. Since our house used to be duplexes, one upstairs and one downstairs, the upstairs has 2 large rooms in the middle, one is going to be ours and the other we are going to put the baby in, so he/she is close. I also have to figure out how to safely clean the tub upstairs, its an OLD claw tub. And I mean OLD! About as old as the house. Its got stains at the bottom but I think they can be brought out with a cleaning solution, but I'm not sure what I can breathe in being pregnant. I'll probably just buy a good pair of gloves and a ventilated mask, there's also a window I could open.

Things are finally getting done! I saw my midwife on tuesday and she's just awesome. She heard the heartbeat right away and my uterus is pretty high. I've been feeling baby move for a little while now. It's the coolest thing ever, yesterday when I was driving I felt him/her roll across my stomach. We keep calling this baby a her and I'm not sure if that means we are having a girl or if its just because we are so used to saying her for everything since we have B. I can't say one was or the other what sex I want this baby to be. I keep going back and forth. I love the idea of another girl but a boy would be really fun. We find out in the beginning of December :)! It seems like so far away but its going by so quick that it'll be here before we know it. Not to mention there is so much going on in between now and then, moving, next doc appt, thanksgiving. So it should fly by since we will be pretty busy. And, great news, I've only gained 1lb since becoming pregnant. That is a HUGE deal to me because with B I gained 55lbs, and at 14 weeks I was already up about 10. This time around I've been watching what I eat and trying to stay active. Having a 13 month old to chase after 24/7 has really helped I think. Plus, I don't have much of an appetite this time. These pregnancies are SO much alike but at the same time SO much different.

In other news, Patrick has the flu. He's been sick since about tuesday. He is on tamiflu and it seems to be helping a lot but he's still sore. So it looks like I'll be finishing the house myself which is ok, I can do it. I'm just hoping B and I don't get it! It's hard to take care of myself with a child to watch and its hard to take care of her little sick butt all by myself, when I'm pregnant and exhausted! We are praying to stay healthy. Washing our hands like crazy and taking extra vitamin D. So far it seems to be helping.