Babies Galore!

My bestest friend in the whole wide world gave birth early this morning (2:55am) to a beautiful and healthy baby boy named Vaughn Hugo! So cute! That is the best news to start off a day!! I'm giving mommy time to rest and take care of what she needs to before bombarding her with messages or texts. I love her dearly and will be talking to her very soon. So happy for the new mommy & daddy!

I have another friend, Meagan, who is also due VERY soon and am excitedly waiting for her to announce the birth of her healthy baby boy!
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Pregnancy Stuff:
I feel like I'm way behind the finish line. Haha. All these spring babies! I know November will be here faster than I can comprehend right now but my goodness it still seems so far away. I barely ate anything yesterday after my chicken nugget lunch. I had another smoothie in the afternoon and then when Andrew got home around 6:15 he wanted frozen pizza. So, I made that up (added more cheese of course) and ended up eating 3 slices of that and then instantly felt poopy. Pizza wasn't the best choice for me but it honestly did taste good going down.....
I had an upset stomach the rest of the night and when I went to take my prenatal vitamins I had to choke down two cheese sticks so I wouldn't puke them back up.

I am enjoying a wonderful smoothie this morning and have another one for lunch. It has: plain greek yogurt, skim milk, banana, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, and of course, ice cubes.

Everything dumped in (the yogurt looks like whipped cream....mmmmm)

Blending process

All ready for the day!

I also packed a plain bagel with some cheese spread, cheese sticks, and cottage cheese. I'd die without cheese. Luckily (knock on wood) I have not experienced any constipation from all of this dairy. I seem to still be pretty OK on that end (haha) and hope that I don't have to give up cheese because it really is the only thing that sounds good all of the time.

Other feelings:

• Still crazy nauseous - just taking this one day at a time and hoping it tapers off after week 8 like my doctor promised. 
• Always tired - I sleep like a champ until about 4am when the urge to pee is unreal.
• Puffy - I know this will just continue to get worse, but right now knowing I haven't gained one damn pound it is weird. My clothes are so tight around the middle. Stretchy clothes and maxi dresses are fabulous
• The boobs - Gah. My boobs. I FINALLY found a bra that doesn't make me want to punch something. It is soft, thin, no wire, supportive, and I even forget I have it on sometimes. Thanks Meijer! It's almost like a sports bra but it hooks in the back and doesn't give you a uni-boob. 

That's about it right now. Yay? 

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Goals Before Move:

Yesterday I posted a lovely list of things I want to accomplish before we move. I went ahead and crossed three off the list last night!

• Clean out under the bathroom, wet bar, and kitchen sinks. Really. How do these areas accumulate so much weird stuff?
• Clean out coat closet. We are two people. Why is our coat closet full to the max? We each wear the same damn two coats all of the time.... 
• Clean out the bathroom closet. The closet in our bathroom is HUGE. Therefore, it has accumulated quite a bit of stuff on top of stuff (still fairly organized with baskets and rubber maid tub drawers) but they all need to be cleaned out. 
• Clean out the hall closet. I just don't even want to touch that one... I believe we still have boxes that weren't unpacked from when we move 2 years ago........ 
• Clean out Andrew's dresser. Clothes for donations
• Clean out my dresser. Clothes for donation
• Clean out our closet. Clothes, purses, and shoes for donations
• Clean out from under the bed. Again, rubber maid tubs and boxes just keep getting slid under there and they need a good going through.
• Clean out kitchen cabinets and drawers. Mostly organize this area. Pots, pans, dishes, etc. 
• We also have a kitchen "junk" drawer (so to speak) that needs organized..... pens, batteries, doggie medicine, doggie treats, etc.

Woohoo! I have three huge bags of stuff to donate. It amazes me how much stuff I was holding onto. Once upon a time (2009-2011) I was the thinest I've ever been. I wore an 8/10 and S/M. We all know this because I whine about it all of the time. Anyway, I have been holding on to a lot of those clothes because: 1) They were expensive and super cute (lots of Express stuff), 2) I want to wear them again after baby is born, and 3) because I have a hard time accepting the fact that I got so big again. However, some of the stuff I had I ended up doing the "I'm going to be a mom. Do I really need to keep this TINY jean skirt?" No, no I don't. I kept 6 pairs of jeans. The size I am now, a size 14, a size 12, and 3 size 10s that were my favorite. I basically kept things in each size so that when I do lose this weight again, I have go to clothes for each phase of weight loss. Other than that, I got rid of a lot of stuff. It feels good to clean everything out and get it organized. I also have the "If I haven't worn it in a year, get rid of it." That applied to shoes too. 

After I did all of that cleaning I was absolutely exhausted. I ended up plopping down on the couch and not moving until it was time to get up and go to bed. I don't know if I will tackle any projects tonight. It will depend on how I am feeling after my appointment with Linda. 

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Other than all of that, I'm still super excited about the house and get to sign more paperwork tonight!