Mother's Day Recap and Bumpdate - 32 Weeks

Since it's not technically my first Mother's Day yet....just a pseudo Mother's Day I thought I would share with you what we did this year. First off baby girl woke me up at quarter to six wiggling around and kicking me as a reminder that she's still in there! I love her kicks, but I really wanted to sleep in....guess that didn't happen, so I just lied there til about 8 feeling her moving until I woke up the hubby. He went downstairs to get my gift, a custom box of Sees candy! YUM YUM and my card. He is also taking me for a mani/pedi soon for my gift as well. Can't wait for that! Some relaxation time is in order!

We got out of bed to get ready for our day and head out to the golf club for Mother's Day brunch with my in-laws. My brother-in-law is a chef at the restaurant so we all had bomb omelets and yummy breakfast foods with all the fixings. I was so full when we left. It was kind of exciting as I am perusing my way through the muffins I look up and see Mark Paul Gosselar! You know Zach Morris from Saved by the Bell! I had a mini heart attack and the hubby, who was watching my reaction and laughing at me wandered over and confirmed my suspicions! I was fan-girling hardcore, but left him alone to be with his family. Would have loved to have gotten his autograph though! Next time.

After brunch we walked home, called my mom, and waited for my mother-in-law's cousin and niece to stop by for a quick visit. While we waited I updated the chalkboard for 32 weeks and just relaxed on the couch. After all the family left, I passed out for a solid two hours. I guess that was my body's way of letting me know that I needed to rest! Once I finally woke up, the hubby and I took our bump shot and relaxed for the evening. It was a great day and super relaxing!

What's baby up to this week? She is the size of a large jicama (might have to send the hubby to get one of those! YUM!), measuring 16.75" long and weighs about 3.75 pounds. She will gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She has toenails, fingernails, and hair. Her skin is becoming soft and smooth.

What's been going on with mom? Super tired as the heat gradually gets worse and she gets bigger in front of me. I can still see and reach my toes which is nice to be able to update my colors. Sleep, and getting in and out of a reclined position is really difficult. Getting really hard to keep up on my "grooming" because I can no longer see certain areas! I asked for the acne to move somewhere else other than my face, and my body accepted that challenge....by letting pimples pop up on my neck, chest and back.....while still coming up on my face. Thanks universe!

Symptoms: Exhaustion, heartburn, this is not going away, acne, mild charlie horses. Emotional

Yummy/Icky: Jicama sounds yummers! Juicy fruits (watermelon, grapes, oranges) and ICE COLD water.

Clothing: Maternity, however I can still wear some pre-pregnancy items. Need some hot weather shirts STAT!

Movement: Everyday there's a wiggle section. The kicks and punches have slowed but she still likes to shift around!

Belly Button In/Out: Teeny tiny!

Wedding Rings On/Off: On, can still get tight.....hopefully the will stay on!

Best Moment this Week: Probably getting to celebrate my unofficial first Mother's Day.

Looking forward to: My baby shower this weekend!!!!! EEP!

Loved this weeks chalkboard.....got inspiration from Little Baby Garvin!

A look into my habits and all about the Mom's weekend!

So the girls behind Coffee and Conversations opened up the topics to all the readers to submit questions for the discussion. A while back I submitted three or four questions and this week they are featuring one of my questions for the discussion. Unfortunately, it was the one question that I was least prepared to answer! What's the habit your most proud of breaking? So, I have a bad habit (pun intended) of starting a goal and not always following it through, so I thought that I would put down a couple of my biggies in an attempt to start really focusing on them and working them through.

1. I want to cut the soda out of my life. Diet cola is so bad for you, but since I am not really a coffee drinker I get my caffeine jolt from my daily Diet Pepsi. This has been an especially hard thing for me. I have cut it way back and usually only have one in the morning to have my pick me up and have water the rest of the day. However, there are those weeks when I am out of the office all week, having to get take out for lunch and I fall back into the soda habit and the cycle continues. My hubby, who had a worse addiction to the stuff has almost entirely cut it out, with the exception of one 12oz can a day! That's something to be proud of and I really want to be right there with him! Working on it!

2. I am a face picker/toucher! It's awful and I always have breakouts because of it! Then I pick the scab and make the ugly blemish worse! I have tried desperately to keep my hands off of my face as of late and have seen an slight improvement in my skin, but when I am stressed I go right back to rubbing and picking! SLAP! Stop it!

3. I over analyze EVERY situation. Anything that I can stew over for months at a time I usually will. If it happened I am probably still harping over it! It is really bad and not good for my psyche! I also over analyze situations that haven't happened! I will stress out over something that I think might happen, that actually never does! Sigh. Why do I do this to myself?!!?? I know this has been an ongoing lesson to myself and a major thing that I need to work on. I continue to grow within this aspect, but I still need to continue to work on this aspect of my life, and probably will have to for the rest of my life. Another area, that is along the same lines is going above and beyond to make others happy. Sometimes I go overboard when trying to help someone that I get over-involved and am left feeling under appreciated. I don't do things to get recognition, but when I am left feeling used and abused it really hurts me. I have stopped doing things for people who don't appreciate what I have done for them and try to only do the things that I want and would make my life better and happier. I love helping people and it does make me happy when someone asks for my input, or assistance. I love to give, but have learned to not give so much that my happiness is taken away from me.

Well I hope that was a good response, because honestly I haven't "broken" any habits yet, but continue to grow with each one and take a step further in the right direction. Lauren and Kalyn have decided to make this link up every other week, so my next post won't be until May 27th and the question in the pipeline is: How would you describe modesty for the modern woman & why is (or isn't) it important in today's world? 

And NOW, a recap of the weekend! We all know it was Mother's Day yesterday. A couple of years ago I made this little triptych as a tribute to the three wonderful women I have the privilege of calling mom. My own mom on the left, my step mom in the middle and my M.I.L. on the right. All these women are great people to have in my life and are people that I can talk to when I need to vent, ask for advice or just want to spend time with!

Anyways, lets go in order.....Friday was our typical night to spend time with friends and just hang out. We went over to our friend's Mr. L's for a celebration that his roommate has tolerated the craziness for an entire year! Go S! We had a lot of laughs, some good food, drinks and conversation! Always a blast!

Saturday, I drug my slightly hungover bootay out of bed and met my wonderful mom in Palmdale to treat her to lunch and some shopping. We both got some great comfy summer dresses and I can't wait to wear mine next weekend to all the parties that are going on! Whoop! We had a nice lunch at the Olive Garden and then wandered around the mall for hours. It was good because we got an unusual heat wave this weekend and temps soared to over 100° and it was sweltering outside ! I re-found my favorite conditioner at one of the salons! Off to stock up! Once we said our goodbyes, and I got her part of our gift for the shower, I made my way back home cooked us up some dinner and we caught up on some Game of Thrones Ssn 2! Oh how I missed it!

Sunday I awoke really early, because it was just so hot. I got up and continued to work on an upcoming project! It's starting to look good! Stay tuned for that bad boy! Patriotic and glittery, can we say of course!! We called my step mom and chatted with her for a bit, then the hubby and I got cleaned up and made our way over to his parents to celebrate with his mom. He cooked up some mean steaks and corn on the cob, and I made the salad and the rest of the sides. We toasted a good glass of wine and ended the meal with strawberry shortcake. We had great conversation and a lovely time.

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend! Linking up!

Flowers? On a Thursday?

Today is a typical Thursday.....or is it? Here I was going about my daily business at work. Email checking, renderings, sample requests and meetings with reps. However today was not a typical Thursday. This morning I got an email that Darin and I will be attending a Red Carpet Event! There will be no paparazzi, but we are attending the Calibre Awards next Friday. It's like the Oscar's for Southern California Design firms. But hey, we get dinner, drinks and it's an excuse to get dolled up and walk on a red carpet! What more could a girl ask for?

At 2PM we got a visit from one of our wall covering reps. We got caught up on our gossip about the Royal Wedding and other things while she showed us the new and best of her products. When she was done I returned to my desk to find a large green box from Pro Flowers. I thought in my head the usual things....Not my birthday, not an anniversary, my husband and I have not gotten into a fight.....what were these for??? I cut off the tape and open the box to see a Mother's Day card in it. My boss said to me "Is there something we don't know?" and I thought to myself, well it would be a surprise to me too! When I opened the card and read the note, I realized that it was from my baby God Daughter Charlotte! I felt so honored that Amy and Anthony sent me my first Mother's Day gift! I immediately went to work assembling the vase and flowers and realized that there were chocolates too! Yes! This brigtened up my afternoon immensley! I feel so special.

Thank you Charlotte! I love you!