Interdisiplinary

I have an oral presentation today. And instead of having an amazing partner, who helps, who cares, WHO DOES ANYTHING, I am stuck with a girl who SUCKS. Not only did I do this entire paper...[she did add in a little here and there...but when I say a little...I mean a sentence or two]...but I have been waiting around for her to "send" it back to me. OH and come to find out...she also has been sending OUT my project to HER friends. Are you kidding me? UGHHHHHHHHHH!!!! We're in Law School my dear...we need to be and stay competitive. This is why I hate group work.

Last night I literally had a melt down over it. Not good. Dave thinks I am being over emotional about the whole situation, but honestly, I am just so sick of everything!

I am soooo done with this semester. I need to study. I need to memorize my "sound bites", and I need to do that um...NOW...as well as finish a lot of other work for Monday.

So wish me luck today...all my peers have said it was a huge joke. And that they were all over prepared. So I shall be wearing my Banana Republic pencil skirt suit, my 4 inch heels, and a low cut tank underneath.....with the help of my ever amazing push up bra, and I shall be bringing with me a 6 pack of Coronas!

And don't judge me....I will do what it takes (without sleeping with the professors, come on now ladies...I am not a slut! LOL) to get through law school...and hey if these newly found "boobs" are going to work to my advantage then let it be so!

I will just have to "take control" of the situation...hello BITCHY Stephanie [my alter ego, the not so nice, snobby, know it all, extra super confident girl...aka. regina george]....nice to see you again...glad you're ready to make a come back and hit this project out of the park...hurry up and get fed up enough already!!! LETS GO!


Love always, the still "normal",

Just Thursday...

Just Thursday...
Saw this over at 6 Months Down...800 More to Go!! And I had to do it!!

Outside my window..it is sunny but really windy. Atleast it is not raining like yesterday! EEK!

The time is..a quarter until five!

Today I feel..a bit bitchy! I have a group project that is kicking my butt, along with finals...and don't forget the pregnancy hormones!

I am thinking..that I am just not meant to be in Law School. :/

At the moment, I am thankful..for the movement going on in my belly! This has been the best experience of my life so far!! :)

I am going..to go to school tonight to meet with my partner. She hates me. I have completely different views in EVERYTHING in life, and also our project. Wish me luck. I do not know what to do with her. Don't worry, she shall be an entire post when I get through this period of finals!

I am wearing..brown yoga pants, a pink tank, a white tee...and flip flops!

I wish..that the power will magically go back on before I get home!!!

I am reading..crunch time for Torts..super fun..NOT!!

I am working on..my open memo, my final packet for Legal Writing and research, and my interdisciplinary.

I am hoping that..I get a good grade tomorrow during the interdis...I have worked very hard on it!

I am hearing..the tv. Yes..it is on.

Around the house..I need to do nothing! Well, maybe fold some laundry/put it away...but that can wait!

I bet you didn't know.. I need to find a new eyebrow/mustache lady...mine moved this month...and most of you know...you just don't switch it up...

One of my favorite..foods in the whole wide world is a mixture of mac-a-roni and cheese with Corn and applesauce!!

Half Baked!!!!!

That is right...YOU HAVE MET ME HALF WAY...only 20 more weeks to the finish line! OWW OWWW!!!!! We are getting ready for the baby...well, as ready as I can get until finals are over (aka May 17th), then I will be cleaning the office and switching it over to the nursery, and figuring out where to put our furniture!! ALSO this weekend we're ordering the crib! :)

Also, question for you ladies...is it okay to keep this blog and title after the baby is born? Or should I change it? Hmmm...I obviously was too ecstatic to think about that when I created it!

How Far Along? 20 weeks 2 days

Total Weight Gained/Loss? Last week or so I was up only 6lbs...but let me tell you...it's going to go up and up and up...I just read 10lbs a week!?? WHAT?! That has to be wrong! I would gain a million pounds!

Maternity Clothes? I can fit into my clothes still, but they ride up on my crotch...yes, I did just say that. So I am in my small maternity pants!

Sleep? THANK GOD for my body pillow! Did anyone see the "backup plan" with Jennifer Lopez? SERIOUSLY the pillow scene is a daily one in my house!!!

Best Moment of the Week? Having our 2nd Level II ultrasound and the ecocardiogram! And having the doctors tell us that we are "normal"!! WAHOOO!! Dave actually said: "Is there enough room in there?" And the doctor looked at us like we were CRAZY! lol!! She's a long baby!!! VERY LONG! Dave is over 6 feet tall, so I expect a bigger baby!

Movement? Yup!! There is popping. It literally feels like popcorn! And it happens down low...soooo she must be a low lying baby!

Food Cravings? Nothing really....just normal food...

Food aversions? Nothing really

Morning sickness? A little...but only when I get too hungry

Gender? TEAM PINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Belly Button? I was told by our OBGYN that I have one that will "pop"...it has come out more than ever...I can see what it actually looks like!!

What I miss: Nothing really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited to have this happen!!

What I'm looking forward to: Everything!!!!!!!!!! OOO I bought a new bag..yes...a new baby diaper bag. I found one from Kate Spade yesterday normally for $385....ON SALE for $159!!! EEK!! Huge deal! And I cracked under pressure!!! :) IT comes in the 11th of May!

Milestones? Getting the "green flag" from the doctors saying that everything is normal!

Love always,
Me....

Without Further Waiting....

I am not sure if anyone else out of the "real world" reads my posts or not....but if you do...please please please keep what you are about to read confidential. No tweeting, facebooking or talking about this with ANYONE.....Thank you!

After the LONG wait....and the poll that basically was right all along......

We are pleased to announce that.......

WE ARE HAVING A GIRL!!!!

The doctors confirmed what they said earlier this month at 16 weeks!

We are TEAM PINK!!!!

Dave and I could not be any happier! He is a little nervous because, well, he doesn't have a you-know-what and doesn't know what to do! (I think that it is just too funny...I will have to tell you his "theory" on vajayjay's later....)

Our last pregnancy the sex was a little girl as well, and Dave made a comment that made me feel good yesterday, he said: "See, God thought that this was the right time for her to come out, this was our baby all along. She just wasn't ready yet".

Thank you ALL for your prayers, wishes and good thoughts! We appreciate you!!

Also...we are 20 weeks along today!!! We are HALF-WAY there!!!!

AND.....

AND THE VERDICT IS.......

EVERYTHING IS NORMAL!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALL results from ALL of the DOCTORS came back as NORMAL!!!

We are NO LONGER HIGH-RISK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you SO MUCH to all who have prayed for us!!!

We appreciate you!!! ♥

Today and Tomorrow

Today we are in Boston! For a mini-weekend vacation! And the girls (aka our dogs) are in boarding tonight and daycare tomorrow....(yes our girls go to daycare, busy dogs are happy dogs...and cannot get into anything at home)!

We drove in this morning, arrived at the Inn (which is close to everything I may add...it's an Inn because it is small and intimate), went for lunch in Fanueil hall, spent some time at the New England Aquarium, and went to dinner near Quincy Market at Bertucci's! I took some silly photos....I sent a few over to Twitter...so you all could see how much fun we had!! We bought a stuffed animal too for the baby (we've been doing that a lot lately...just picking things up here and there that we love).

We have had so much fun together, just spending time together! He is really my best friend, and lately, probably due to my crazy pregnancy hormones, I have been getting all teary when I think about how much he means to me (Literally, he is my everything)!

Tomorrow we head over for the two of the most important appointments for the baby so far. The first is our second Level II ultra sound and then we have the eco-cardiogram. If all goes well, and we get the stamp of "normal", we will no longer be considered "high risk"!!!! We also can "confirm" the sex. My only RLF who knows about this blog (Hi Heather) knows the sex that was confirmed so far...so I will be able to tell you ladies without spilling the beans to anyone...she is keeping it a secret!!

So please wish us luck! I really need these appointments to go well. I know that we can make it through anything, because we have, but I really need this to go well.

Love,



P.S. Also (because I am blogging from the hotel, I can not link over...but PLEASE pray for SassBee because her and her husband Lex are waiting for results on Tuesday for their IVF babies...Pray that they get the news that their two eggs have continued to grow and that they can be implanted in Miss.Sass ASAP)

GrumpyBump

I am so sick of everyone, and everything. I have a VERY short fuse.

I am sick of group projects. I have a partner who clearly is not doing any work. Saturday we met to go over our project, and she hadn't even read the fact pattern (hypo) we were given. I emailed her my stuff, and she was supposed to email me back all weekend. COME Tuesday I still hadn't heard from her and so I emailed again...STILL NOTHING...So I called, and her "email wouldn't let her email me back", but she worked on the project supposedly. She said she did for "four hours". #1 if you work on somehting for FOUR hours it should be DONE. #2 If you did work on it for so long, and couldnt get a hold of me via email, WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL? So I had her email me again with all of her information (in front of me...and wow..IT WORKED)...and so Tuesday night I put it into a memo format. I emailed her Wednesday, didn't hear back. CALLED HER...she was impressed but needed to make changes....saw her last night in class...and she was still making changes. And today she was supposed to email it to me so I could work on it and..well...nothing yet. I HATE GROUP PROJECTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I need a vacation away. I am trying to find a vacation to go away even someplace close, but it seems to be that EVERY coming weekend looks like it will be raining....literally for the NEXT few weekends.

I tried to book the dogs for a weekend in boarding....(the place that we always go, and that they go every Saturday for daycare)....and they told me that their kennel cough is up as of TWO days ago...SO I can not board or do daycare until that is fixed....SO Dave has to bring them both Friday.....which he will be miffed about, be he KNOWS that Hope needs daycare to run around! All week we have a countdown for how many more days until she can go...(she gets excited about seeing the puppies), and Dakota likes to be social...

I am sick of studying already, and I have just begun....

Sorry for the whoa is me post....but I am just in a rut....and I HATE HATE HATE the fact that I wont be home until 7ish tonight....when all I want to do is crawl back into bed.

Interested in some GiveAways!?

Alyssa over at Twists of Fate
Has been having some cute giveaways!!

Last week or so there was one for this piglet...

WHICH I WON!!!

And THIS time she is doing a giveaway that is ending on 4/28 for
this super duper cute BebeBeanie Bumblebee edition!

So if you are interested in some cute new giveaways...go see Alyssa...AND let me know of any others that are going on! With finals coming up...my mind is a bit crazy...and I've been missing out!!!

Movement

So I am pretty sure that today, I felt the baby move. Yes, an actual movement. And only a few times..probably 3 times I have noticed it today. I have been feeling "popcorn" type pops the past few days...but today it was definitely different...more of a gliding feeling.

The doctor appt went very well yesterday! They said that I have the type of bellybutton that will pop out...seeing as though it has stretched already (not sure how happy I am about this...I may have to put a band-aid over it...)! The babies heartbeat was 150!

AND she told us that if things go well with our next level II ultrasound....we shall no longer be "high-risk"...and could deliver here in New Hampshire...verses heading into Boston, Mass....HOORAY!!!!

OHHHH and I am 19 weeks today....and I have ONLY gained 6lbs so far! But I think their machine is wrong...mine says that I have only gained 3...so I am sticking to that! :)

Wow...

It has been a while since I posted....again, I am so sorry to keep doing that!

I don't really know what to write about, so I just haven't been writing....

SO I will write about our weekend! I think it is sort of boring...BUT my people need to know....MY PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!

1. We went back to Buy Buy Baby....and we bought the UppaBaby Stroller....but we got the yellow one. YUP, not the red like I thought, but the yellow. It was a little more money, but Dave wanted the yellow one...and honestly, he is the dad...sooo....he gets to pick things out too! (and yellow is my favorite color...did I mention that?). And we registered!
   
2. We also registered at BabysRUs!
3. We might have the condo rented! The lady is SO excited! And so am I! She is sending me the application via fax tomorrow, with all of the information, so I am PUMPED! One less thing I have to worry about! We rent out the condo, and our tenants just moved out! It is super cute, and super updated....but it's just too small for us! We've been here in the new place for a year....and I don't know how I could ever go back....soooooo we NEEDED to get it rented!
   
4. We had Dave's family birthday dinner today...and it was yummy! And Dave got some things just for him. We also went to Dave's cousins house for her birthday as well!
   
5. We went to the mall! :) I was able to get some new clothes! I know, it's Dave's birthday...but I needed longer tee-shirts and a smaller pair of jeans. I was wearing mediums, and they were too big. Literally FALLING off of me...and that was just annoying! So, I got a pair of small jeans and a bunch of new shirts!
   
6. We went for multiple walks with the dogs....I went to school....just the normal stuff...
7. OH...and the kicker...we found a new name...yup, a new name. One that again, Dave loves. And when I say love, I mean, he LOVES! It is a good name, it's beautiful!!!!!!!!!! The best part...the meaning of the name is PERFECT for us. But I love the old one....so I am stuck.
8. AND I have a doctors appointment tomorrow! :) Where they will yell at me about my weight gain! OOPS!
   

Happy Birthday David!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today is David's 27th Birthday....yes...he is 27 years old....hehehe I tell him every single day that I am only going to be 25 this year...and of course he gets mad!! He still tells me that as soon as October comes around, we will BOTH be getting older together...so basically he has stopped getting older since he turned 25...not so much bud..LOVE YA...but no so much!

I already did a post about his birthday presents...but did I mention that we also got for him a tool box for the back of his truck? Yep...a computer, a new shirt, and a tool box...am I missing anything!? It is hard to buy gifts for someone who always gets what they want!

I am very happy to say that he is the best husband in the world. I am very happy that he is my husband. He knows how to deal with me when I am moody (which is all of the time), and vise versa. I know that I have found the one who I love but DRIVES me CRAZY at the same exact time! Well...you know....(well some of you do) Marriage is NOT easy, but it makes it better knowing that I am surviving this with him :)

Thank you David for being the best hubby in the world! And Happy Birthday! I promise that I will not yell at you over the phone today...well, I promise I will try! LOL

P.S.
[on another note, today is a bit of a sad day too. I have been this pregnant before, last July, and this is when we were making our way to Boston to the hospital. 18 weeks 2 days. It is strange to have this feeling of sadness when we have so much to be happy for right now. But tomorrow is another day, and I am anxious about it.]

Wordless Wednesday [Colorado Style]

Baby Fun!

So, it's been a while since I posted last...sorry about that all...I realllllllly appreciate your comments on my last post about baby names.

AND with that....it's still been a little hectic...Dave has asked me not to type about all of the crazy drama....so we will just say...there is STILL drama about the name...so we've decided to not tell the sex of the baby at all until the baby comes out! Sorry all! It just makes it easier...that way they can't hate any of our names if they see the beautiful bambino!!

BUT HERE is what is going on (that I CAN tell you all about):

This weekend we went shopping... it started at BUY BUY BABY...and we found.....

The stroller/carseat that we LOVE....it's the Uppa Baby Vista 2010 in Red, with the attachment for the Key Fit 30 Fuego Car Seat by Chicco. We are going to buy the Uppa Baby ourselves, it is expensive and we don't want to put anyone in a strange place having to buy it....but I did register for the Chicco seat.
The GLIDER for the babies room...we found this at BOBS Discount Furniture....I can NOT believe it! The SAME one was at BabiesRUs and Buy Buy Baby for $599.00...sorry though... I can't find a good photo...but we bought two of them, one in this color and one in brown. They were SO INEXPENSIVE (Dave haggled...yes...we haggled) we thought...for the price, lets buy them both and put one in the nursery, and one in our room. (wow...it looks really super ugly here...but like I said...this color and dark brown....but it's not ugly...or super poofy...hmmm.....I will take a real life photo).
AND while moving the gliders into the house....I decided to help...Dave wasn't paying attention to me....and I thought I could carry the bottom half....well....I think hurt my finger...no no...no pictures will be posted....but lets just say....my finger was pinched so bad...that there was BLOOD everywhere...awesome...

OH and we decided to order the crib the week of the 26th!

OTHER than that we started our registry, did I already say that? I added a few cute items, a swing, a chair, a breast pump, and a video monitor! We are getting excited!! AND we're 18 weeks pregnant TODAY (and I'm still fitting into my regular jeans...unless I sit...but anywho...exciting)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Baby Names

My husband David and I are very picky. Almost too picky when it comes to baby names. We have a very Italian last-name...and want something that sounds like it matches our last-name.

When we started this "baby" adventure (and boy did we ever get into an adventure), we had a name picked out for a girl and one for a boy.

The boy name is obvious....David....yea...it's my absolute FAVORITE name...soooo we're sticking to it...and I didn't even give him the chance to disagree. When we started dating I said: "When we have or if we have a boy, I will name him David"....soooo......that was that!

Three years ago...we picked our our baby girl name. AND to say in the last....the name was not as popular as it is today. SIX girls I know have recently named their baby girl the name that Dave and I chose. SIXXXXXXXXX....so we decided to go a different route.

We have only told a handful of people the name that we love for a little girl. Did I mention that we LOVE it? And only one of them "likes" the name. My MIL HATES IT and refuses to accept that we are not pulling her leg...my mother isn't thrilled....she told me: "This is your baby, and if it's a girl, we will love her", my SIL didn't say anything...just gave us a look...and my one friends that I have told just said that she likes it.

I did email back and forth with others about the name (you know who you are) and one even said that she LOVED it...and it sounded like a Disney Princess name....(again..you know who you are...and you made my day...I LOVE YOU)!

We have decided to keep that name a secret...just in case we change our minds...but we are pretty much set in stone with BOTH names.

BUT ANYWAYS...the whole point of this post was....Did any of you get any slack for the names you chose????? And if so.....what did you do?

I hate you Social Security Office

Dear Social Security Office,

I am writing you this letter to tell you that I hate you. Now, this may actually not be your fault, and if that is the case, then I am sorry. I will also be writing this same letter to my accountant.

When I got married (now over 3 years ago)...I came to you and changed my name. I actually hyphened my name...that way there would be no confusion with school, bills, etc.

WELL...lets just say the last three years have been A HUGE FRIGGEN HASSLE...Not only do I have issues with school, school loans, my fafsa, my accountant, my taxes, my credit cards, my bills, but I basically have issues with well...EVERYTHING.

So please...FIX my life...or I am taking Sass up on her offer and when she moves to Brisbane (soon) and going to visit her so we can go shopping.

Love,

17 Weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How Far Along? 17 weeks

Total Weight Gained/Loss? EEEK...well I have eaten VERY poorly since I have not been as sick...lets just say....I have gained some weight...and will probably be yelled at for it!

Maternity Clothes? Yup, I have a few pairs of pants....two capris and a few longer shirts...it's too hot and my shorts/capris don't fit me anymore on my belly.

Sleep? HELLOOO pillow! Yes, except now when I sleep I have to get up a lot to pee...is that normal to do already?

Best Moment of the Week? Dave looking down at my belly going: "where did THAT come from?"

Movement? I have no idea...but I can tell where the baby is...there is more pressure on one side versus the other....is that strange?

Food Cravings? Nothing really....just normal food... I guess

Food aversions? NOTHING

Morning sickness? None!

Gender? We know....but we are not sure...they will let me know more on the 26th when they do the Ultra Sound again!

Belly Button? Still there....but it is sort of stretching wider....

What I miss: Not feeling like I have to pee and then getting to the bathroom and NOTHING comes out! LOL...well...just drips!

What I'm looking forward to: Everything!!!!!!!!!!

Milestones? Getting the "green flag" from the doctors saying that everything is normal!

I've BEEN tagged!

Helloooo ladies!
So...I was tagged by the lovely Christa over at Little BGCG...
...to do this lovely 5-5-5 post!

SO here goes:

5-5-5 Questions:

Question 1: Where were you five years ago?

1. I was getting my undergraduate degree...

2. Working as a waitress, and a swim instructor....making good money for someone who had no bills yet!

3. Looking at condo's to buy! Anddddd signing on the 13th (of April) for our Condo!

4. Living at home with my parents, mostly staying at Dave's....unless I was at College.

5. Excited that Dave and I had been together for almost a year!

Question 2: What is (was) on your to-do list today?

1. Pay Bills

2. Go to the bank...

3. Post the Condo for RENT

4. Get my open memo finished

5. Go to class tonight...

Question 3: What five snacks do you enjoy?

1. Apples

2. Chips and Dip

3. Anything Iced-coffeeish...coolatas work!

4. Popcorn

5. Gobstoppers

Question 5: What five things would you do if you were a billionaire?

1. Pay OFF my bills! lol!! I don't need a billion dollars, and I have no debt other than the condo, our cars, and school loans...but I would pay all of that off!

2. Buy myself and close family members homes!

3. Trust Funds for my children. I know we don't have any yet...this baby will be our first, but I would set some money aside for my children.

4. Give a lot of money to the Breast Cancer research.

5. Buy myself WHATEVER I WANTED! LOL

And Now I get to tag five people!
Make sure to check out all these lovey ladies:

1. Ally over at Life's a Beach
   
2. Megan over at INfertile Myrtle
3. Alexis over at Depressions and Confessions
4. Alyssa over at Twists of Fate
5. Steph over at Steph in the City
6. OK...and ONE MORE (Ican't stick to the 5 thing) SASS over at Secret Life of Sass & Lex

OHHHH and over at Alexis's site...I WON!!! Yes..a giveaway...YES!!!!!!!!

AND.....

We are happy to report.....

THAT EVERYTHING IS NORMAL!!!!!

Yes...YOU JUST READ THAT...IT IS NOT A JOKE...

ALLL the PRAYING & WISH has PAYED OFF!

At our first Level II Ultra Sound in Boston yesterday....the doctor was able to give us the "green flag" and say that this pregnancy and this baby is normal! Everything measured GREAT! We saw two kidneys, NO whole in the babies heart, THREE vessels in the umbilical cord, NO bowed ANYTHING, andddd they could see the bladder and stomach of the baby!

We even were able to learn what they "think" the sex of the baby is. The baby was crossed legged, crouched, etc. So, we will be asking again to make sure and get a more definite answer!

We are very happy, and very excited!

I SUCK at GIFT GIVING!

It is Dave's 27th Birthday soon...yes...his Birthday is in April!!! This is NOT a joke! LOL! And well, every year I sort of suck, no, not sort of...I REALLY SUCK...at getting him gifts....other than the normal clothes, underwear, socks...I SUCK! I usually BLOCK OUT my suckiness...and continue each year to be a BAD gift giver!

So this year I bought him two things...two things in which he already has received!

First FOR THIS 2010 YEAR.... I bought him this:
He has been complaining that the computer is always in my possession...due to buying it and taking it with me for Lawschool (we do have a desktop...but he refuses to use it...or he just doesn't know how to turn it on)...soooo I wanted to make his days extra special...and bought him his VERY OWNNNNNNN Dell!

AND THEN....I bought him this:
I LOVE LOVE LOVE CAFEPRESS and it was wicked cheap! AND so...he now has his "outfit" for the hospital! When I pack my hospital bag I will make sure to slip this in so he can wear it!

NOW I just have to find a good place to go to eat...We will probably go into Boston to his favorite restaurant Fire & Ice!!!

Anything else I should do? I really need to make up for the past 6 years! And I think I am on my way there! :)