Monday Madness

{The Weather}::: Rain, rain go away, come again another day! Over the next 10 days, rain is forecasted for 6 of those days! Boo! Slightly cooler temps too ranging for the mid 60s-mid 70s. This super preggo lady can deal with that! I've decided that if I were to ever be super preggo in the middle of summer, I may need to live naked! Between the heat and humidity I'm just roasting hot! 

{What's Cooking?}::: 

• Chicken kabobs
• Steaks and sweet potatoes 
• Turkey Burgers

Not a real extensive menu this week! With baby due any day now, I don't want to stock up on ingredients for meals that I won't be cooking for awhile. Going for the fast and easy options now. 

{My To-Do List}::: REST AND RELAXATION! Baby could be here any day so I'm going to enjoy these last few days to just rest and get ready for sleepless nights and long days. However, I DID get everything on my pregnancy check list completed!!!!! :) Except for finishing our wedding photo book. I should really work on that as it does not take much energy, but for some reason its just too overwhelming of a project right now lol 

Goal for the week: HAVE A BABY!! Walk, walk, walk! And do a lot of reading...about baby and labor! 

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! 

Hopefully I'll be updating you with a baby pic soon!!!!! :) :) :) 

My due date is technically TOMORROW!

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No Baby Yet!

If you don't follow me on facebook or on twitter, you have probably started to wonder by now if baby is here!! I have been a little MIA in blog world this past week. 

Well, no baby yet... 

Like I reported last week, my doctor was thinking I might end up getting induced THIS week. He was thinking I may be developing pre-eclampsia. 

We had a biophysical ultrasound last Wednesday and everything came back normal so I wasn't induced Wednesday. We also had some blood work done at that appointment which came back normal. 

At my appointment on Monday, my blood pressure was still high (especially for me) but not high enough to be considered pre-eclampsia. No protein in my urine either. So since all was looking good, there was no need to induce this week. 

I was a little bummed because I had mentally prepared myself for the possibility after being freaked out by it last week! I'm glad, though, that baby is staying in to cook a little longer until he is ready. Just hoping I don't go late and STILL end up getting induced! 

Life this week has looked a little different than normal. I'm starting to get more uncomfortable and can see the end in site. Soooo....I have been trying to relax and enjoy these last days before I start losing sleep and have a baby filled schedule. 

My days have been filled with lots of walking trying to get labor started. Unfortunately, if I start having contractions, they always stop when I stop walking...so I guess that's false labor or maybe just Braxton Hicks Contractions...Not really sure how all that works. 

I've also been doing a lot of reading and enjoying the weather. 

I planted my garden/plants on Monday after the doctor!

Flower bed

Veggies...Green Pepper and Tomato plants with pea pod seeds planted in back and lettuce in front

More flowers...

Plus more flower pots in the front of the house but I didn't get pictures...

Tuesday hubby took off work to spend the day with me! We did a lot of walking, worked out at the gym and did some swimming and tried everything we could think of to induce labor...still no baby..

On Sunday it was Mother's Day and since I'm technically not a mom yet, as in baby isn't born yet, I didn't really expect to really celebrate Mother's Day. I should have known different with my extra sweet and thoughtful hubby :) 

We were exhausted on Saturday and in bed sleeping before 9pm!!! Needless to say, hubby was up by about 5am tidying up the house and making me breakfast which he brought to me in bed at 6am! Very sweet, but I was also super grateful that we had went to bed early the night before or I may have been slightly less grateful :) ha ha 

Oh! And I got a card from Hubby and Baxter and a cute picture frame that says "Mom" with a picture of Baxter! LOVE IT! 

PLUS another card from Christian. Too cute! 

We then served in children's ministry at church all morning. After church hubby took me shopping and we bought a ton of beautiful flowers and plants for my patio garden along with some new matching pots! I was sooo excited! If I remember right, we ended the day with a long walk. Hubby is so good to me :) I'm a lucky lady and Christian is going to be one lucky boy to call him daddy!

Everything loaded in the car after our shopping spree!

Hope you are all having a great week! 

39 Week Bumpdate coming soon!!! 

As of Sunday we have been in the single digits until Christian's due date! 

As of today, only 6 days to go! Hopefully :) 

 

 

Monday Madness

{The Weather}::: BEAUTIFUL!!! Now...let's just hope it's finally here to stay! Sitting outside as I write this...Highs in the 60s all week! Some rain expected but trying to remember this will get the grass nice and green!

{What's Cooking}::: To be honest, I only have 2 meals planned for this week...

• Cheesy Broccoli Quinoa and Chicken 
• Turkey Breast Tenderloin...which I need to figure out how I want to cook this still

Will hopefully be doing a lot of grilling with the great weather! 

{My To-Do List}::: YAY! Got everything done last week! Now to see how productive I can be this week :)

• STILL working on our wedding photo book...Might I admit that I have barely started it? :/ I'm starting to think this may 1) not be finished before Christian gets here...or 2) plain just never get finished....
• Sweep out the garage
• Get a haircut
• Shampoo the carpets...I have been looking forward to this for a LONG while!!! :) 
• Go for lots of walks and enjoy this weather! 

 

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Monday Madness

{The Weather}::: Can you say summer!??!?! Not sure how we went from snow last week to nearly 80 yesterday!!! But I'll take it! Except...the warmer weather really limits my wardrobe and requires me to get creative with some of my pre-pregnancy clothes trying to find something to wear. Might need to do a little shopping if the weather stays like this...but with pretty much only 3 weeks left, I'm just not sure it's worth it.... Today it should get up to 71 degrees, but the rest of the week is looking like rain and highs in the 40s....

{What's Cooking?}::: Hmmm...not really sure what we ended up eating last week, but it seems I only cooked one of the meals on our meal plan, but I know I cooked everyday...weird. So I guess we will be shooting to eat a lot of those same things again this week...at least try ha ha 

• Meatballs
• Cheesy Broccoli Quinoa and Chicken
• Lasagna
• Hot dogs, Burgers, and Brats (Cook out with small group on Thursday) 
• Broccoli Soup

{My To-Do List}:::

• Decorate my belly cast
• A surprise project for my grandma's birthday... :) 
• Start and continue to work on our wedding photo book (there are just so many pictures that it's a little overwhelming so I think I keep avoiding it...ha ha) 

What are you up to this week? 

Make it a great one! :)

 

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Monday Madness

{The Weather}::: Crazy? Yep. That about sums it up! Spring in Minnesota, I tell ya! We are under a 'Winter Weather Warning' starting at 7pm tonight until 7am tomorrow! 6-9 inches of snow expected! And THEN near 60/70 by the end of the week! Crazy, I tell ya! Just crazy!

{My To-Do List}::: Looking back at last week, I actually got most of my to-do list done! :) YAY! Going on 2 weeks of fighting this cold, but I finished our Honeymoon Photo Book and finalized our hospital bag! I'll be posting about that soon too!

Now...on to this week!

1. Make clothes dividers for Baby Christian's closet to divide his clothes by sizes
2. Maybe FINALLY finish The 'Before You Were Here' Book!! Baby is going to be here soon so this NEEDS to get finished soon! 
3. Get a good start on our wedding photo book 

{What's Cooking?}::: I actually did really well at following my list of cooking options last week! But...now I can't remember what I actually made! Ooops. Well, here is what we are hopefully going to eat this week!

• Steak Stir Fry
• Meatballs 
• Broccoli Soup (hopefully can freeze some of this for when baby comes too!)
• Cheesy Broccoli Cheddar Quinoa (should also be freezable)
• Paleasgna (might freeze this too!) 

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Monday Madness

{The Weather}::: Sucks. Need I say more? It is currently only 34 degrees but feels like only 27 degrees!! On the 15th of APRIL! I'm pretty sure the saying "April Showers, Brings May Flowers" was not referring to all of the SNOW showers we have been getting! :( It is supposed to be in the 40s tomorrow, but only the 30s with rain/snow the rest of the week. Boo to that. I'm just hoping the snow is all melted by April 27th because we have our maternity pics that day and were hoping for some good "Spring" shots then!

{My To-Do List}::: 

1. Kick this cold! And get some energy back. That is first and foremost this week. So with that said, I'll probably be spending a lot of time on the couch doing relaxing things, like blogging, catching up on my magazines which hubby said I have 3 days to read before they get tossed, and working on our honeymoon photo book 
2. Honeymoon Photo book 
3. It would be great to finally finish our "Before You Were Here" Book too 
4. Double check to make sure our hospital bag is all ready to go

{What's Cooking?}::: Tonight for dinner I think we will be having grilled chicken salads...that's as far as I'm planning any more. Probably having stirfry sometime this week too. I need to find energy to cook real food again. 

{Weekly Goals}:::

• Relax and kick this cold! 

{Weekly Words of Wisdom}::: Check out the songs I shared in my Burning Lights Tour post :) 

Hope you have a healthy and happy week! 

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Monday Madness

{The Weather}::: Cloudy and dreary...but its in the 40s!!! High of 53 degrees today. I'll take it! Looks pretty icky all week, though. Highs in the mid to upper 30s and rain...even SNOW on Thursday! :( BOO! Looks like we might have spring back next week though!

{The Menu}::: I've stopped planning "menus" per se. No meal plans this week. We have food on hand to make several things. Tonight I'm hoping hubby will grill us some chicken and I'll make us some veggies for him to grill and maybe some sweet potatoes too!

{My To-Do List}::: This week is an appointment week. Still hoping to get some things done, though.

Appointments:

• Monday - Dentist 
• Tuesday - Healthy Pregnancy Session at Hubby's work 
• Wednesday - 34 week Doctor Appointment 
• Friday - Discipleship lunch with a friend 

Main Project/s: 

• Finish our "Before You Were Here" Book for Christian 
• Keep working on Christian's Baby Book 
• Start making photo book of our Honeymoon
• Paint legs of hamper to match Christian's room 

{Weekly Goals}::: I only walked and read the Bible 2 days last week... :( Hoping to improve that this week!

{Words of Wisdom}::: AND still haven't memorized my verse from the last 2 weeks...I think that's a sign that I'm not living this verse out...
"Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need." ~Matthew 6:33

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Monday Madness

{Weekend Recap}::: Friday night we went to Good Friday service at Hosanna! before heading to my hometown, Cornell, WI to spend the Easter weekend with my family. We didn't get there until late Friday night and then stayed up catching up with my family until nearly midnight! Saturday we had Easter dinner with my mom's boyfriend's side of the family and then hubby and I headed to my dad's to have Easter dinner with him and my brother and brother's girlfriend. It was a full day with a lot of eating! Then Sunday it was church and off to Fanny Hill for Easter brunch with my mom, her boyfriend, my grandma, my brother and his girlfriend, and hubby too of course! Then we headed back to Minnesota! Here are a few pictures to sum up the weekend...mostly of our little guy, Baxter! Love him!

Baxter drove us to Cornell :)

But after all that driving he got really sleepy and took a nap on Daddy's lap. 

Cuddling up with Daddy at Easter dinner on Saturday. Rock a bye Baxter.

Me and Baby Christian got our picture taken with the Easter Bunny at Fanny Hill too! Our niece Sarah saw another pregnant lady do this and asked me to do it too! Almost didn't think I was going to have a chance, but luckily the bunny was at Fanny Hill on Easter!

Here he is sleeping on my lap on our way home yesterday. He has been sleeping ever since we left Cornell!! My grandma really wears him out! 

{The Weather}::: After several days in the 40s, Saturday brought rain and cooler temps and Sunday actually brought a few snow showers and a dreary morning...followed by blue skies and sunshine! But still chilly! I woke up this morning to a windchill of only 5 degrees :( Might not be getting out for a walk today, but by tomorrow its supposed to be in the high 30s and even in the upper 40s-low 50s by Wednesday and the rest of the week! Hoping the snow is gone by next week!!

{The Menu}::: We actually ate all the meals I planned for last week! This week we have a lot of eating out planned, so less cooking for me :) Here is what we will probably be eating when I do cook this week:

• Poop on a Snowbank (AKA Shit on a Shingle but served on mashed potatoes instead of toast)
• Vegetable Soup (before soup season is over!)
• Chicken Enchiladas

{My To-Do List}::: I had already accomplished a lot when I posted last week on Tuesday. As for the rest of the week, all I got done was Baby Shower Thank Yous...but those were important! Here is what I'm hoping for this week:

• Finish Before You Were Here Book which I had hoped to finish last week

Other things going on this week: 

• Follow up ultrasound in 3D on Friday at 2:15pm
• Birthplace Tour of the hospital where I will be delivering at on Saturday at 10am

My complete list of things I would like to finish before baby gets here: 

1. Paint the wooden legs of his hamper black to match his room
2. Make a photo book of our honeymoon
3. Make a photo book of our wedding
4. Make a photo book of our first year of marriage...or get it started and up to date
5. Continue working on Christian's Baby Book 
6. Make clothing dividers for Christian's closet
7. Maybe make cushion covers for our rocker glider that is upstairs
8. Clean the carpets...planning to do this May 11th (our next free weekend!!) so hopefully baby doesn't come too early! ha ha 

Hoping to accomplish #1 and #2 next week. I think it should all be done (minus the carpets) by the end of April! :) 

{Weekly Goals}::: I actually blew this goal out of the water and walked FIVE days last week instead of only 3-4! Based on the weather...here is my goal for this week plus another goal:

• Walk at least 4 days
• Read the Bible at least 3 days

{Words of Wisdom}::: I still haven't memorized last week's verse, so we are sticking with that for this week :)
"Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need." ~Matthew 6:33

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Belated Monday Madness

{Weekend Recap}::: This post is belated because of my weekend. I'm still trying to catch up. The weekend started bright and early Saturday morning. My mom and grandma got to our house around 9am at which time we started prepping food for our baby shower that was going to be later that day! We prepped food for about 2 hours and then headed to The Heritage Center in Lakeville, MN and started setting up and decorating for the shower. The shower went great and we had a lot of fun and Baby Christian was spoiled already! We feel so blessed to have been able to share the day with all of our family and friends. Then after the shower it was home to put everything away and clean up. Then Sunday was off to church and a class at church afterwards. I of course couldn't wait to finish up our baby shopping so Monday I met hubby and one of his co-workers and his family for lunch and picked up the last of the needed/wanted things from our baby registries. Everything is now washed and put away and we are ready for baby! Post to come later this week with more baby shower details :) But, needless to say, my preoccupation with everything baby has delayed my blogging this week.

{The Weather}::: Although spring officially arrived LAST week, the more spring like weather held off until this week. Snow is finally starting to melt and we are reaching 40 degrees more consistently! or at least the high 30s...However, apparently this is warm enough for shorts and a t-shirt and no shoes! Just as the pre-teen down the street who was out for a bike ride this afternoon sporting her summer clothes! ha ha

{The Menu}::: Lately, a menu has not been followed at our house. It's more like a 'What is there to cook' list and then I cook what I feel up to. So far this week our menu has been like this:

• Baby Shower Leftovers
• Grilled Chicken Salads
• Pigs in a Blanket

and we will probably have the following later this week: 

• Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup
• Steaks and Sweet Potatoes 
• More Left Overs

Someday I will make meal plans again and actually stick to them...Someday. 

{My To-Do List}::: So far this week I have already accomplished this:

• Washing and putting away and organizing all of Baby Christian's stuff
• Finish shopping for Baby Christian...and trying not to go overboard...
• Organize Baby Shower Pictures
• Scheduled a much over due dentist appointment

Still to come: 

1. Baby Shower Thank You Cards 
2. Continue working on/Finish "Before You Were Here" book for Baby Christian - I kept a journal to hubby before we were married and last year for Christmas he got me a homemade binder designed with pictures of us called "Before You Were Here"...a scrapbook of sorts to put pictures and letters to baby Christian in of all the things that were his mommy and daddy's life before he came into the world. Hoping to finish this before baby actually arrives! 

I think those are the 2 main things I hope to accomplish...then on to more things next week! Also working to pack to go to my hometown Cornell, WI for Easter with my family! Road trip! 

{Weekly Goals}::: Since the weather is FINALLY warming up, I am confident that I will be able to reach my goal this week:

1. Walk 3-4 days this week...So far I have already walked 2 days! :) Halfway there! 

{Words of Wisdom}:::
"Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need." ~Matthew 6:33

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