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July 14, 2008

Quick quick!

Ok, this is going to be a fast and virtually photo-less post.  I have a doctor's appointment that I have to leave for in 10 minutes and then Steph is coming over (with Zucchini Bread, I might add), but I really wanted to share this with you.

First, to keep you from leaving, here is a cute picture of Thaya from a couple of months ago.11_months
After spending time "digging" through the hard drive, I found some great shots that I took and never processed or posted.  In fact, I'm very surprised I didn't post some of my pictures (like this one!), or even stick them up on flickr.  Oh well.

So, this weekend we went to Artsfest in State College.  We had a great time, but I have to admit I've been a little ho-hum because I'm so exhausted and I hope I didn't bring anyone down on the trip.  I tried to keep my mouth shut and a smile, but I may have slipped up a couple of times.

So, on Friday we got up super early and headed over to AT&T to get the new iPhone.  We were so excited, we got there and there were only about 40 people ahead of us in line.  I kept saying that there was no way they'd order less than 50 phones, I was sure that we were golden.

Well, 4 hours later, it turns out that Matt and I were numbers 40 & 41 in line, and they only ordered 40 phones.  Keep in mind, they refused to tell us how many phones they ordered, and if our waiting was worth it.  We were really pissed.  Really. Pissed.

But don't worry.  We got up and left PSU super early on Sunday (we were only the road by 6am!) and drove straight to King of Prussia, right outside of Philly.  We went to the Apple Store in the mall, because Apple has a great little feature up showing the iPhone status at individual stores.  They opened at 11 but Matt was told they unofficially open at 10, so we got there by 9.  Well, they secretly opened at 8 and didn't tell anyone, so we basically walked right in and got our phones! It was fantastic. 

Unfortunatly, the guy totally messed up our plans so we had to go right back to an AT&T store where we spent 3.5 painful hours as the guy tried to fix them.  2 SIM cards and 4 temporary numbers later, we are in business with our new phones and our original numbers!

HURRAY!

And, it was totally worth the wait.  I love the phone.  It has only been a day and I'm totally reliant on the notepad for reminders, the address book, the calendar, and the maps.  I LOVE MY iPHONE!

Oh, I finished this with a minute to spare!

July 08, 2008

Nine Months


Thaya's 9 month milestone page. I can't believe I'm almost caught up on these. Only 5 months to go! Oh yea, then there are the gazillion and one other events I have to scrap about. Why am I doing this again? Oh yea, it's relaxing.

Speaking of relaxing, I wish I could be in a current state of "relax". I am now 32 weeks. Yes, that's right, 32 weeks. I'm freaking exhausted. If it wasn't for the extra help from my hubby and my folks (thank you thank you thank you granna), I don't think I'd be able to physically get into bed at night, let alone out again in the morning.

I'm so tired.

"How tired are you?"

I'm so tired, that I actually thought it would be a good idea to go to the food store this morning. I thought we'd have "fun". Then, while at the store (in between all the time I spent bitching to Thaya about how tired I am) I came up with the brilliant idea to do self-checkout. Am I possessed? Maybe just dense. It took my 25 minutes to check out. I had like 4 bags of food. I had to key in all the stupid numbers for the fresh food, and then my cute little cotton string bags were being the bane of my existence and throwing off the weight sensors, so every 5 seconds the computer would yell something nasty at me involving unexpected items in the bagging area. I yelled back "BAGS! THERE ARE BAGS IN THE BAGGING AREA!"

The lady who controls the "master computer" was starring at me like there was something seriously wrong with me. I felt like saying, "I'm not an idiot, I'm just pregnant", but she didn't look like the kind of person who could relate.

I was actually some what relieved that I forgot my coupons (surprise surprise) so that I couldn't mess that up. I started to pay, then I remembered that I get my canvas bag discount. I told her that I have 7 bags. She looked at me again with those "you are such an idiot" eyes and said (rather slowly I might add, to ensure that I got every.last.word.) "you have to tell me that before you start to pay. now you have to cancel the payment". Seriously, is it that big of a deal?! So I canceled the payment, I got my $0.50 out of her, and went to pay again.

To make a long story short/even longer my fat swollen fingers decided that they didn't like the way my brain was sending signals to them and kept hitting the wrong button on the keypad so I had to cancel the payment and do that over like 15 times. Ok, maybe like 3 but it was still torture.

And to top it off, Thaya has had the runs all day and now I have to cancel swimming *again*. Last thing I want to do it bring my daughter to a swim class and have her blowout of those stupid swim diapers that don't hold anything anyway so whats the point of using them?!

I'm so freaking tired.

July 02, 2008

Eight Months


Wow, they sure do grow up fast! Especially when you do a milestone page a day :) She is literally changing right before my very eyes!

July 01, 2008

Seven Months


June 29, 2008

Five and Six Months


For the fam 'cause I know they are interested and need their dose of the little lady.  These milestone pages are coming right along.  So cute :)  Ooops, I already see two types on the 5 month one.  Good thing I save them in layers now!

Happenings


The other day we walked across the street to say hi to our three horsie neighbors.  They were out for some exercise, so we didn't get to see them, but we still had fun looking around and playing in the grass.  Thaya just loves animals, and she will say "hi!" and wave the whole way to the fence.  It is so cute!  She also has a new little squeal she does when she sees something exciting.  She says "Oh!" but it is all high-pitched and surprised sounding.  Very sweet.

There is also a great basic Deviled Eggs recipe up on Pinch My Salt that I tried out this morning.  It was a good starting point for the eggs.  I personally like mine with a lot of mustard so I added an extra squirt or two :P  Believe it or not, I've never hard boiled eggs before, never mind adding a little devil to them, so this was a fun adventure.  It went fast and they are yummy :)  I used these instructions for hard boiling, and it was perfect (except for the one that I mangled - I just took the yoke out of that one and threw the rest of it away.  It wasn't pretty).

I also found out that my husband apparently has "a yoke thing" and is particular about how his eggs are prepared.  This is very good news for Thaya and me - more yummy eggs for us!

Just a side note, I've been visiting the chiropractor and it has been going well so far.  He promises to take me right up to my delivery with a healthy happy back.  I'm all for it!

June 26, 2008

Upside Down


I can't get that Jack Johnson song out of my head now. I don't know whether it is this page that got it in, or the fact that I've watched the Curious George/Jack Johnson video of it a gazillion and one times on youtube. Yea, all those views are from me.

This is for a scraplift challenge at weeds & wildflowers. It will also be nestled in the March pages of Thaya's book :) All the credits for it are on flickr so click the picture to see!

June 23, 2008

Four Months


These pictures are a serious walk down memory lane for me. It is so nice to look back and remember all the moments of Thaya's baby time. I really can't believe how fast it went. I know she is still a little girl, but she just seems so much older than when these pictures were taken.

I'm glad I'm doing this before Aubrie comes (yes, we're back on Aubrie - after calling her that for 3 weeks, we can't seem to call her anything else!), it seems to be a nice little exercise to prepare me for what is to come. Of course these pictures don't reflect the sleep deprivation, occasional frustration, defeat, or even the sense of helplessness that we would feel once in awhile - instead they seem to be bringing up the memories of bonding, forming an attachment, responsibility, love, affection, and overall admiration for such a little being - a fresh and new soul.

4 down, 10 to go :)

Sorry, no knitting updates because I haven't been knitting. Ok, that is a total lie. I have been knitting but I'm too darn lazy to take pictures of it. Ok, that is a lie too. I'm not lazy I'm just in a lot of pain from my "PGP". We'll call it that for now.

I got a referral from my midwife today to see a chiropractor and a physical therapist. I will have an exam and adjustment on Friday with the chiropractor, so we'll see if that helps. The midwife seemed to believe that my spine is causing all the disruption. We'll see.

My body is trying to compensate for the pain in my pelvis, so now I'm having problems elsewhere. Today I started feeling stress fractures in my right foot (something I had a problem with about 5 or so years ago), shin splints, and sciatica.

Let's just hope the doc can help. I'm telling yah - then next 10 weeks are going to go reeeeeeeeeeeaaaaallllllyyy slllloooooowwww if I can't efficiently take care of Thaya. She is a busy bee and doesn't like being cooped up. Poor bear isn't going to have much choice if Mama can't make it up or down the stairs (up or down the stairs? How about in and out of a chair?!)

June 22, 2008

Two and Three Months


3 down, 11 to go :)

June 20, 2008

One Month


Sorry if you are sick of these, but I know some family members out there are enjoying them and may not see the completed book for awhile, so I'm going to keep them coming. Other updates will follow, I promise :)

This is the first milestone page I did, and I love it. I used bhg ScrapbooksEtc. magazine for the layout. DH got me the page planner issue, and the thing already looks like it was thrown out the window of a moving car on a rainy day (on a highway. During rush hour.). They have this layout and then a gazillion ways to edit it. I think I may use the basic layout for all the milestones and just use different colors, alpha, etc.

It is hard remembering back that far, I'm glad I took good notes. I'm going to have to make sure I keep up with these on #2 because you sure do forget quickly!

TGIF - Enjoy your weekend :)

And let me know if you've heard of PGP (Pelvis Girdle Pain) during pregnancy. I think I have it and I would love some advice/pointers!