Good Ol’ Presidents Day

You know, having to work on these government holidays, as I like to call them, isn’t so bad. It is s-l-o-w in the office and will be all day long.

In pregnancy land… I am now 22 weeks and two days. My nails grow like weeds and are super strong, and my hair grows super fast. Its driving me nuts, but it’s the perfect time to grow it out and that’s what I intend to do, but we’ll see how long I can stick with that! I have heartburn more frequently and I’ve had legs cramps for the last 3-4 nights, and boy was Champ a movin’ yesterday! Which is actually funny because I had mentioned to Joe on Saturday that I wish I felt him move more often, and what do you know! I think that feeling our baby move inside of MY belly has got to be one of the coolest things ever. Sometimes I still can’t believe that I’m pregnant! It makes me laugh because back in the day I was the one in my group of friends that couldn’t wait to get married and have babies. Everyone else was all about having fun in college and joining a sorority and doing this and that and I’m sure they thought I was nuts, but in reality, two of the three got married before I did and all three of them either have two beautiful baby girls or have one with one on the way!! Believe it or not, Joe had to talk me into getting off of birth control, and believe it or not I’m really scared, but we’ll save that for a different blogging day!




Valentine’s Day was this last weekend and believe it or not Joe actually had that Saturday off. It was a very nice weekend I might add! I had a Jean party on Thursday which was totally fun. And because they made almost $700 and two people booked parties I got a free pair of jeans, and because I had a credit with them I also got two freaking cute new shirts and only spent $17.03, woot woot! Getting a pair of jeans that I would have paid $72 for, for free would start any girls weekend rockin'! On Friday we had dinner at a friends house and us girls did a little crafting! And on Saturday Joe and I met another couple at Happy Sumo for lunch. But I must say that I refuse to spend that much moola on sushi that isn’t even real sushi. (And for those who would like to give me shit or say something about my love for sushi while I’m pregnant…I’m not stupid. I don’t order the things that I would normally order, which means zero raw fish for me. And I only order things that we’ve talked to the dr. about, thank you very much. And since I’m on a little rant here, I had mentioned the other day at work that Joe had some wine the other night and that I had a sip of it and actually liked it. Then I got the “did you have a glass” and as I said no I then got the “WELL YOU KNOW…wine is really good for you and the baby and blah, blah, blah", and then I got a smirk. Mind you that this is coming from someone who doesn’t have kids. I have heard that a glass of wine occasionally is ok when you are pregnant but there is just something about consuming the slightest bit of alcohol when you have a growing baby inside you that just makes it seem wrong and makes you think why in the hell would anyone ever. Maybe she’ll understand one day when she has her own baby inside of her. I think it’s the protectiveness of motherhood coming out in me already!) Anyway, after lunch we went to go see Friday the 13th. And for those who don’t know, I LOVE scary movies. The Friday the 13th movies and the Halloween movies are among my most favorite. It wasn’t a silly re-make either. It was just like a modern day Jason movie. And once again I laugh because we saw this as our V-day date movie and on our honeymoon we went to go see Halloween. Back to the weekend…when Joe left to go take his run Sunday morning I started to make him breakfast and since it was the 15th I made his pancakes in the shapes of hearts! Joe and I have always done something cutesy and special on February 15th as well as V-day because February 15th has always marked the 5th month for us and it comes after Valentine’s Day! That being said, we’ve been married for 1 year and 5 months!! (and a day!)