New Year's, 6 months/25 weeks

I'm not one for New Year's Resolutions. Mostly because a. I don't end up keeping them, and b. things like that just don't work for me, thus the don't end up keeping them. 


Instead, I usually like picking a word to live my year by. Last year, I didn't. 2011 was not the best year in the world. In fact, it was rather sucky. The overall tone of the year was just bad. Now, there were good things that did happen. To highlight a couple: 


-Molly happened. Obviously. Amazing wonderful seriously awesome. And probably the highlight of the year for us. 


Along with that, Hubby and I celebrated 3 years of marriage! Wow. And to find out that we were having Molly just a week or so before was the perfect way to celebrate it. Also, in December, we celebrated 5 years of being together. And Hubby got to feel Molly kick for the first time! It was lovely. 


-Raises. We both got raises this past summer. And we are incredibly grateful for them. Especially in this economy. Hubby also got given sick days/vacation days/holidays too. Which is wonderful. 


Because of the raises, we were able to pay off a good amount of debt and such. Which is perfect, since that's what we wanted to try to do before we got pregnant. Worked out well! 


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Now, on to 2012. I've been thinking a lot about what kind of word I wanted to pick. My friend picked experience. Which I liked. 


So I think I'm going to go with that word too. Because I think I'm going to have a lot of new experiences in 2012, not the least of which will be childbirth and becoming a parent. In fact, pretty sure that will define most of 2012 for me. 


I also want to experience new things. See what this year has in store for us. Be willing to try things, even if they don't work out. 


So here's to 2012! And experiencing new, amazing things. 


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Also, sending out a HUGE thank you to all the family who bought us lovely things for Molly. She is going to look adorable. 


We're also very grateful to Hubby's parents for getting us the sleeper and stroller/carseat for Christmas! I practiced with it and was able to take out the carseat and fold the stroller down one-handed. Very happy about that. Plus, not that heavy either! 


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Molly Update:


She's moving a TON now. Uterus is the size of a soccer-ball (good lord). She's gaining fat and such, probably weighs 1 1/2 lbs. And overall, packs quite an oomph when she puts her mind to it. In Hubby's words, "Has she always been that active?!" "Yes. There's a reason I can't sleep at night sometimes." 


I have a dr's appointment next week, and another ultrasound the week after! Very excited for the ultrasound. She should be moving around enough to get a good picture. 


Here's my 6month/25 Week picture: (You know, the ratio of belly to my legs is getting quite hilarious. 9mos should be quite interesting. Also, belly button is doing weirrddd things.)

Post-Christmas, 23 weeks/Starting 24!

So...Christmas is over. Back to the daily grind!

Christmas was really nice this year. We got to see family. Got some wonderful gifts for Molly, including the big items we wanted (thanks, mom and dad!). We didn't end up seeing Sherlock Holmes2 like we thought we would, but that's ok. I was too tired after Christmas Eve to stay up for another few hours.

Christmas day was exciting because we had the other side of the family over for dinner, which turned out lovely. Had some great conversation and lots of good food (leftovers, yay!) and just overall had a nice weekend.

I can't believe 2012 is starting in a week. Where on earth did 2011 go?

Anyway! This week developmentally for Molly, I guess her face is almost all formed (whoa!) and she's going to start gaining weight from now until she's born. Yay! I also have been feeling her move quite often and regularly which is amazing. Also have figured out feeling where she is without her moving about (figured that out last night) and that is really cool. Hubby spent a good chunk last night just listening to her move about. He tried to hear her heartbeat with a stethoscope, which didn't work out as well, but she definitely could feel it and kicked it every time he moved it. Hehe.

In terms of pregnancy, I'm actually feeling great! The only real complaint I have is that my back has been hurting like mad a whole lot. I'm going to ask my doctor about that, next appointment I have (Middle of January). I can see why they say this is the best part of pregnancy. I have all my energy back (mostly), feel amazing, and look pretty good, if I do say so myself.

This week is another short week of work, as is next week. Get to skip out on the evil Mondays, woot! And hopefully things keep looking up and getting better as the new year kicks off. Though I can't imagine them not, given in four shorts months, we'll be holding our amazing Molly in our arms. Oh my goodness!

Picture from Christmas Eve (Week..23, I believe). As Hubby said, it's impossible for me to not look pregnant, which I do not mind in the slightest. Also, belly button is doing weird things. 0_o

21 Weeks + Lots of other exciting things

So...as you can tell, I'm about 2 weeks behind on this blog. But I have a very good reason for this! I was out of town last weekend! 


I went to visit my Twin, and had an absolutely lovely time. We relaxed, ate good food, wandered around all of the old places. I found some fun things for myself, some Christmas gifts for Hubby, and a couple things for Molly. 


It was a much-needed relaxing mini-vacation. I figured last weekend was the best weekend given that it was just after Thanksgiving but still far enough ahead of Christmas to not get in the way of all the Christmas craziness. Plus, 5 months pregnant is just enough to show off, but not enough for me to be super exhausted. I don't think. I'm still new to all of this, of course. 


Anyway, I had a lovely time! 


This past week was relatively uneventful. Work, school, office Christmas party. 


Oh! I never told you about the Ultrasound appointment besides the picture! Well, we ended up waiting around for a good hour and a half or so, and then got seen for a grand total of 30 minutes probably. The guy was incredibly efficient. I am chuckling to say that Molly did not cooperate very much. As in, she would not move. She just kind laid there and when he tried to get her to move (ouch), she just would turn her head and then go back to sucking her thumb. But! He is 95% sure she is a she. I have another appointment in January, and I'm guessing it will be a LOT easier to see then. 


Though, typical, she then started moving up a STORM just a day or two after the appointment. And now won't stop moving. It's a very obvious "whomp whomp" too. Not any fluttering anymore. 


Which leads to my next exciting news! Hubby got to feel Molly kick last night! Several times, in fact!! The first time we were watching a movie, and she was moving quite a lot, so I told him to stick his hand where she was moving. He suddenly got this look on his face and went, "Was that-...?" "yep!" He wouldn't move his hand the rest of the movie. Then we went and laid in bed talking. She really started moving about, and I told him to feel her. He was getting confused a bit between his hand with his pulse, so he stuck his head on my stomach (well, ear/cheek), and Molly promptly kicked him in the head. Or elbowed him. We aren't sure. But at any rate, I then went, "Hi Molly!" And she went crazy. He then said the same thing, and she started moving around and kicking. He could actually hear her moving around and such. 


This was an amazing end to a wonderful happy day, because yesterday marked our 5th year of being together! Yes, five years ago yesterday, the love of my life asked me out on a date to the LA Library to study for finals. Five years later, we are having a daughter! Amazing! 


As for Molly's growth, apparently she is the size of a large banana (seriously, who comes up with these analogies?) and can actually taste the food I eat! Or rather, has her tastebuds developing. So if I want her to love her veggies when she's born, better start eating them now. Haha. I have an appointment with my regular OB this Wednesday. Should just be a routine checkup! 


Next post might not be for a couple of weeks, given that Christmas is only 2 weeks away (EEP!) and Hubby's family is flying in a week from today (yay!). So I'm going to assume that these next two weeks are going to be super busy and crazy. Need to finish Christmas shopping, mail out packages, bake, etc. 


That's it from me!


Here's the photo I took earlier in the week. I can't believe we're over halfway there! 

It's going to be a happy new year!!

Hey Everyone,

Well...Christmas has come and gone. Twenty-ten starts on Friday. Someone please tell me where the hell did 2009 go?? Wasn't only just yesterday that we were celebrating the '09 New Year? Well, apparently not.

Christmas was good. We had a wonderful time with our family. Had the day off, had wonderful food, and hanging out with family. Church was beautiful as usual. Ended up hanging out till almost 11:30. Then instead of going home, my hubby surprised me and took me to see the midnight showing of Sherlock Holmes at Downtown Disney. Such a wonderful Christmas surprise! Christmas morning, we took Mom/Dad/Tall-Little Bro to LAX for their flight home. Which was sad. We miss them already.

Oh, yes. Remember that food poisoning my hubby got? Wasn't food poisoning. It was the flu. Bright side: I lost some weight. Bad side: I was sick for two days straight, missed work, and felt awful. You know, I never really saw the appeal of bulimia. Now I really don't. Yuck yuck yuck. I'm slowly getting my appetite back, but it's slow in coming. I think I've eaten one full meal a day since Wednesday, and I'm not getting any urge to eat more. Ah well.

Sherlock Holmes was an amazing movie. I was a bit unsure how well they were going to stay to the book (I knew it wasn't an actual plot from any of the stories, but to the character/spirit of the book itself), and needless to say, it exceeded my expectations. Not only did they stay true to the characters, they also did so many little hints of things from the book. Such as showing you the clues as Holmes saw them. When he's thinking and figuring stuff out, it quickly zooms all over the clues--giving you, I'd assume, the ability to solve it if you were smart enough. They also had erratic violin playing (Yay!), the playful hilarious love/hate relationship with Holmes/Watson. Even down to the socially awkward Holmes is in person and out and about. I think one of my favorite things was the supernatural aspect of the movie like every story has. All in all, amazing! Go see it.

For once, I was actually excited to get back into work. After being gone since last Monday (not really of my own volition), I felt rested enough to be happy to be at work again. Though I realized today that I have Friday off again because of New Year's, which I totally forgot about. So, yay a three-day weekend!! I have no idea what we're doing, considering our money is pretty tight right now. It's cause of Finals week/graduation. Once the 15th pay period comes around, things should start evening out and settling into a pattern. It will definitely help that Hubby is going from 23 hours every two weeks to 80 hours. Huzzah!

Hubby and I had some fun printing out pictures of projects/wishlists to keep track of things we should/want to get. The top priority for me is glasses. My eyes are getting bad, and I desperately need them. Probably will at least help stop the migraines I get. So that's the top priority for me, though with some fun things and practical things thrown in. Hehe. Now I just need to get a board so we can pin them up and take them down as they are accomplished. Hm....

Overall, I'm rather excited to get this New Year going. It should be pretty fun and full of some great changes. For once, I'm looking forward to change and new experiences and new things. I generally like staying comfortable, but...for some odd reason, I'm excited to experience new things and be put in new situations.

I don't do New Year's Resolutions, generally, because they always have a habit of breaking and getting forgotten. But I might this year. We shall see. This New Year is going to have some fun changes, that it seems a shame not to have a couple New Years Resolutions. I'll have to think about it.

Oh! We also saw Pirate Radio on a whim last night with friends at the dollar theater. Pretty entertaining. And the soundtrack is awesome. Though, I probably would watch anything that had Kenneth Branagh's name on it. Shameless fangirl, I do admit. Also, Emma Thompson had a small role!! Which makes such sense, considering that they always do things together. It's very entertaining. Go see it if you enjoy good classic rock and roll, British humor, don't mind cussing and some slight sexuality. Well, there's nothing graphic or anything, more just lots of talking about it. I'm going to go find the soundtrack now.

Speaking of British humor, I need to catch up on Dr. Who. Gah!!

And one of the other awesome Christmas Presents I got was a Palm Pixi from my wonderful mom-in-love. Hubby and I needed to upgrade our phones, which we did, and I ended up getting a wonderful phone that suits me amazingly. Hubby got a Hero HTC, which he's absolutely loving.

All in all, a wonderful week it's been (besides the whole sick thing).

I've just been informed it's time for lunch. Time to wrap this up!

bingle bongle dingle dangle lickety do lickety da ping pong lippy tappy too ta

Well, it's been a while. It's almost 2AM, I am still up because Hubby got a bad case of food poisoning so I'm staying awake for now to make sure he's alright. stupid food poisoning :(

Big things have been happening. The biggest of which is that Hubby graduated!! We've been celebrating all weekend, and we are all so proud of him. Because of graduation, Hubby's family came out from VA. It's been sooo good to visit with them and hang out and see them. As Mom states, "It's soo good to be able to touch you!" :-)

Christmas is in a week. I can hardly believe it. This semester and year feels like they've flown by so very quickly. It feels like we were just celebrating our first married Christmas together. Now we're celebrating our second, with Hubby's family in town. This entire year has had its ups and downs as years always do. But it's been such a good year for both of us, and an awesome time of growth and learning and love between us as a married couple.

Hubby's family saw us and coudln't stop complimenting both of us about how good we looked and how awesome things were going for us. It really blesses us, because we've been trying our hardest to keep life good for both of us and to do what God has called us to do.
The speaker at Hubby's graduation said a not exactly profound but interesting point of how we should find the Lane God wants us in and just keep going straight. It is very true, and a good reminder. I haven't had the best relationship with God this year as I would have liked, but with circumstances, it makes sense. But no matter what, I always keep trying to do what I;m supposed to wherever I am. And God has blessed us immensely over this past year, and especially the last month or so. It's hard to remember sometimes, but He really has blessed us, and things could be a lot worse. That being said, I"m going to just keep doing what God would have me do, and support Hubby as he figures out life post-graduation (though to be fair, we haw figured some of it out) and just see what God has in store for us over the next few months.

Hubby and I are both sooo happy to have our family in town (since I know you read this, Mom :-) xo). We've been blessed to see everyone and to be able to hang out and have some fun. God has truly blessed us with an amazing awesome supportive family. I am very blessed and overjoyed about this fact.

Btw, Avatar is the most amazing movie I have ever seen in 3D EVER!!!!!!! Go see it. The story is good. The characters are awesome, and the cinematography is sooo awesome. The 3D feels like it actually enhances the story, not as some cheap trick to get more money. First time I"ve watched a movie and tried ot wipe away the dirt getting flung at my face,

Ok, I think it's time for a doze now,

In the words of Dr. Who:
bingle bongle dingle dangle lickety do lickety da ping pong lippy tappy too ta

Life and all that jazz....

Well, it's been a month. And what a month. Hard to believe time's flown by that fast. Haven't had as much success as I would have hoped to get things cleared up in my own head, but that's life for you, I suppose.

Thanksgiving was very fun. We spent it at Hubby's aunt's house, and had amazing food, good fellowship, and just hanging out time. Hard to believe Thanksgiving has come and gone. December is tomorrow. Where on earth did the month go? It's crazy how fast this year has been going.

Hubby graduates in a few weeks which means both of us have finals and papers piled on to finish up before the end of school. Which also means the house is in disarray to the point of making me want to scream, but it's either cleaning or writing the 15 page research paper I have due... So the cleaning gets put on hold. But once this paper is done, I shall do a massive cleaning, decorating of our house, and loads of baking. I'll probably end up doing that Wednesday night, since I'm having some girlfriends over to do a Girl's Night Thursday. So...yah, Wednesday shall be my designated clean, bake, and cook day.

We found out a few weeks ago that both of our best friends are expecting babies (one, in fact, is expecting twins!). Such an amazing thing to hear! We're so happy for them!! Talk about a wonderful Christmas present. Both of them are going to make such good parents. Can't wait to have little ones running around calling me "Aunti!" Hehe.

Speaking of that fifteen page research paper....I should get to it. I'll be back more regularly now, though I really don't know how many actually read this.

Merry Christmas!