Minnie's Weigh-In UPDATED below in "Just a fun little..."

HELP! (Part 2) The Weekend Report...

Picture the Wonder Years song playing in the background... "What would you do...." blah blah "I get BY with a lil' help from my FRIENDS" :) There's Mama H who offered to help me put together my meals for our freezer before Minnie comes...wait... who's that in between us? Oh yes... the nephew we share :) Daws was a HUGE help stuffing shells, slicing veggies and running up and down the basement stairs... The three of us managed, in 3.5 hours no less... 3 chicken pot pies, over 50 stuffed shells, 8 chicken enchilladas with refriend beans, 2 red sauce meat lasagnas, 2 white sauce veggie lasagnas and I made twice baked potatoes on Saturday and already had those in the freezer... oh yah... and a whole PILE 'O DISHES! :) Meanwhile, outside... while Husband was leaf blowing... these two were leaf JUMPING!!! I used to do the same thing with my cousins and JJ when we were this age at Nannie and Grampa's house... so fun...

I think they are pretty psyched they don't have to help in the kitchen and that Daws is taking their pic :)

Thanks for all the help... I truely feel like it is ooookkkk for Minnie to come now... well... minus the list of things I still WANT to do... ok ok... I *might* be nesting... :)

HELP! (Part 1) The Weekend Report....

Country Dad said that if I wanted my grandmother's flowers I HAD to get them and SOON...hrrrm.... being that it is November I knew Husband would be in the woods on a Saturday... and not sure if I've mentioned or not... but I am 36 weeks PG and apparently digging up big huge plants is not really the thing to be doing... sooooo I batted my eyelashes and smiled real coy and coerced these two into helping me...

Nah... really... I actually just sent them both an email and said "hey, can you help dig up flowers for me on Saturday?" and because they are seriously two of THE NICEST guys they just said... YES...

It was def. not EASY work but they got it done in about an hour and had BOTH of their trucks filled to the brim...

I got them to stop long enough for a photo op when we got to the Mouse House and you can see the rows of flowers behind them...

I am SOOOOOOOO blessed with the family I have in my life and SO thankful for the brothers that I have that will step up and help me with something like flowers!

I should also note that I am SO THANKFUL for the Mama's/Wives that had to do without so that I could borrow their men for the AM. Thanks SIL L and J!!! :)

Oh yeah... and he was there too... handsome in his vest isn't he? :)

Just a "fun" little comparison....36 Weeks...

How far along: 36 Weeks
Net weight gain/loss: up 37 lbs at my appt Thursday ~ Monday I should find out how much of that they think is Minnie ~ 7lbs 14oz and my big girl is in the 90% this week...
Maternity clothes: course...but I STILL prefer jammies...but really...even those are really not THAT comfy ~ 'bout done with the pants falling off or digging into my sides or leaving an imprint on my body of my pump tubing... :) I read in one of my PG books to bring something to the hospital that fit you when you were 5 months PG....wow.
Stretch marks: yeah...dern it.
Belly button: Out
Sleep: Funny? story from the week... I woke up at 2AM on Tuesday morning and Husband was NOT next to me... The dog was upstairs the lights were all off and I went looking for him... he was downstairs all snuggled up in the guest bed because... oh yes... you've guessed it...his wife SNORES LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN and the man laid in bed for 25 min with a pillow over his head before he thought "This is RIDICULOUS" :) and went downstairs to sleep... sad. (but I do have to say we both slept better than we had in days....)
Baby movement: Yes and I still like it... especially comparatively speaking to the Braxton Hicks YOWCH! NOT.A.FAN. They started full force on 10/29 and have really not let up since...
:(
Food cravings: Chocolate? I can't tell if that is just ME, old Halloween candy or the PGCY though? :)
Food aversions: still burgers...didn't want that for dinner when Husband suggested it on Wednesday... bleck.
What I miss: Sleep and comfy clothes
Looking forward to: A quieter schedule than October was before she makes her arrival...
Best moment this week: All my showerssssssssss
Milestones: "Hippo"- Birthing class is over... Her room is put together (minus just a couple of things), her laundry is washed, dried, folded and put away, I have newborn dipes and she literally could come and we'd be "ready"....whatever THAT means!

And just to "toot toot" my own horn...(see below belly pics you should be able to click to enlarge the picture of the report...) the Docs and RN's are psyched with a diabetic that is 50% in the "Target" range... I've been above 50% for the PGCY (above 65% in the beginning) but typically around 53-55% once the placenta kicked in and started causing a ruckus for me... but THIS made me happy when I printed my reports for Loretta, the diabetic RN :)

4 Weeks...

32 Weeks 3 Days...

36 Weeks 1 Day...

yet ANOTHER one... :)

On Tuesday after hours the girls at work wanted to do a lil' get-to-gether....

and we were OVERWHELMED with generosity once again... my cake was made special for me by the daughter of one of my ex co-workers who is a freshman in high school... she decorated it while her mother was on the phone and when she got off she asked if she could just put the first initial of my name... her mother said no because that is my brother's name and the girl's response? "Well, I just didn't know how GOOD I was going to be with the decorating but I was GOOD so I finished it :)" funny funny modest girl... :) I LOVED the cake...

some of the smaller attendees that came with their Mama's :)You know I love practicial and this was filled with lotions, soaps and bath fun for Minnie...

and a fun bow :)

I'm trying REALLY hard not to cry here while I look at the Target G.C. and the amount that they collected...clearly my little friend next to me is awestruck as well....

Husband got to enjoy the benefits of the pah-ty when I got home... :) and Minnie will enjoy the Target benefits for a LONG LONG time to come.....

WOW!

Sneak Peek...glimpses into Minnie's room...

I promise there is a big reveal coming soon :) I just want it to be PERFECT and COMPLETE :) almost there...

But to tide you over... :)

SOME...

of what Husband has been doing in his "spare" time...

I think he's ready... :)