Terrible 2s? Hell yes!

MAN! It was slowly building up.. slowly slowly.
But the terrible 2s is earning its name. Holy crap Zoe is becoming a little holy terror!
Defiant, fussy, total drama queen.
YIKES!
Toddlers man......... toddlers......

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Sorry that was so disjointed but I don't know what else to say about it other than... UGH! lol
Zoe will be my sweet loving baby girl and then a switch flips and she turns in to this tiny cute little asshole :P
Well she's gonna be SUPER grumpy for a while b/c DH just took all of the leftover candy to work with him. She's not gonna like not having anymore candy :P
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I actually slept well last night! Only woke up twice to pee and didn't wake up once b/c I was achy and uncomfortable. WOO! Could still use a few more hours of sleep, but this is such a rare occurrence now.. I had to share it lol.
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I was hoping I'd avoid getting any new stretch marks this pregnancy... PFFT NOPE!
I saw a new one the other day right smack dab center on my belly.
It's only about an inch long but I'm sure it will get bigger and/or be joined by some buddies. BOOOO

Little bit of this and that

Took a photo yesterday... 21w4d

I'm huge and I love it! :D
Sure most of that bump is fat and all of the organs pushed up but meh.. I'll take it hehe
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Our camera is SCREWED. It's not focusing any longer so yeah... we're def needing to get a new one now. Oops. Hopefully we can find a good one for not that much.
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I need to stop giving Zoe yogurt. She doesn't even bother eating it any longer. As soon as I turn my back, she has herself covered in it.
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TMI..... had sex last night and it was pretty intense. Afterwards I had some bad bad RLP. I've cramped after before, but this wasn't cramping, just RLP and it lasted for a while after too. Yeesh!
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Also got woken up last night with terrible gut cramps. My groggy brain actually thought I might be in labor lol, but that thought only lasted for a split second. I know gut cramps when I feel them. *grumble*
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Have to take puppy and cat back in to the vet today... joy :\ Puppy gets his 2nd set of shots and the cat... no idea. The meds we were giving him didn't do anything for him so.. back to the drawing board. I doubt anything we do will help his paws.
We'll just have to live with him pooping and peeing on puppy pads... which I'm fine with so long as he doesn't do it straight on the carpet any longer. Just wish he had picked a different spot. He picked the area right beside Zoe's play kitchen.
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Holy crap, that reminds me... did I ever post photos of the play kitchen DH built for Zoe? I don't think I did! OOPS! We're still not done with it actually... again... OOPS. I'll try to remember to get some photos of it soon.
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And a bigger HOLY CRAP.... Our baby boy is going to be here in just FOUR MONTHS!!! WTH?? I don't know what I was thinking but for some reason... I thought we had longer. Now it really feels like we need to rush to complete everything and that we don't have enough time.
Sure the nursery really doesn't need to be done before he is born but pffft, like I'm going to want to do anything with it after he is.
Holy shit though... 4 months... that's it!!

So much junk!!!

Ok, I THINK I'm just about done with throwing away all the junk from my closet.
Holy hell do I have a lot of unused sketchbooks (gifted to me). I have at least a dozen+. Going to have to start drawing again. Can't get too rusty and I do want to draw a few things, like a Zoe portrait.
But that's for later...
Now to figure out what else is going in there. I know some of the stuff from the computer closet will be put in there and some of the junk off my desk will find a home in there too.
We really need to have a yard sale. I could probably clear out half of what is still in there. Like all of the wedding undergarments. May just donate those though.
Which reminds me that I need to go through my dresser too. So much to do!
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This is my last week of eating whatever I want. My metformin is dwindling down and I was serious about saving some for Thanksgiving lol.
No more sweet sweet Dr pepper, no more candy (which I'm sick of anyway), no more sugar. Just good healthy foods.
I need it though. All of this sugar I've been eating has really been sticking to my ass lately and the scale keeps going up up up.
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Love that I can feel baby boy every day now. It's not all the time, but he does seem to get active in the morning. The movement is still light, but there's no denying that it's him. I doubt I'll be able to feel movement from the outside until.. hell, MUCH later. Have the placenta and a nice thick layer of fat to block it all lol.
It shouldn't be a problem when it comes to NST time though right? He should be big enough by then that fat & placenta shouldn't matter.
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Feels like I wanted to mention something else but I can't remember what now.
Kind of in a sleep deprived caffeine haze. Tired but also kind of wired feeling.
Sleep has been AWFUL.
It's colder and we haven't turned the heater on yet (I do when I take a shower though.. MUAHAHAHA). So it's cold at night and I finally have to use a blanket. Well the blanket gets all tangled in the sheet and my tossing and turning doesn't help and BLAH! It's so frustrating :( I just want to sleep well damnit!
I'm SO tempted to just sleep in one of the recliners, but I know the sound of the aquarium (water trickling) would drive me crazy.

DH turned the mattress so we weren't sleeping in the giant indentations any longer, but it hasn't really helped. I wake up with my knees hurting b/c of the way I was laying was putting pressure on them, or I wake with my arm, shoulders, back, whatever aching.

MAN! I thought everything said boy pregnancies were supposed to be a breeze compared to girl ones lol.

Tantrums!

Just had to share really quick.
Zoe was obviously very tired. It's around her nap time and she was displaying her usual "I'm tired" signs like rubbing her eyes and being fussy.

Girl did NOT want to go to bed though. Whenever I said it was , night night time, she would run off and say "No! TV!" and sit down and watch the tv she had been ignoring before lol.
I finally said "No, it's night night time." She did it again, I took her hand and started walking her to her room and that's when the tantrum started. Just a mild one, but it was HILARIOUS!
I couldn't help but laugh.
She did the limp noodle move.
Just totally limp and not cooperating at all. I could barely pick her up b/c I was laughing so hard. Kinda of cruel considering she was crying the entire time, but I couldn't help it... it was funny :P

She quieted down just a few minutes ago. Now time for me to stop being lazy and go clean that closet up already!

Boooo, but yay too!

So we forgot to bring any overnight stuff for Zoe. That was ok though b/c it gave MiL and aunt a reason to go shopping at Goodwill heh.
Well DH gets a call and hands me the phone. It's aunt asking if I needed maternity pants and if I could fit in to XL.
Women's clothes usually run small on me so I said sure! I needed some and could probably wear XL.
She gives them to DH the next day after church and I get excited to put them on (she washed them).
Welp... they're too big.... WAY too big.
I decided to wear them out anyway and the entire time I have to keep pulling them up... nevermind that the maternity panel started making my stomach itch like crazy.
So bummed out that they don't fit me, but also kind of happy that XL is too big lol.

Also, I think the majority of my pants are size 18's. I wore one of them and it fit great. Was also a little too big (not as bad as the maternity ones) which also made me happy hehe. Hopefully this means I won't have to buy anything new... although I would really like some sweatpants.

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DH cleaned out the computer room closet yesterday. Well it's not completely cleaned out just yet but 90% of it has been thrown away or put up. I'm working on my closet now so we can fill it with my items that were in there.
Never realized just how much useless crap I've accumulated over the years. And most of it is crap I've gotten for Christmas. You know when you get a present from someone that doesn't really know you? They learn one thing about you and go with it. Like my SiL loves horses and she ALWAYS used to get horse related stuff from people that never bothered learning any of her other interests.
Well that's what my closet is filled with. Art crap. I don't mind some of it, but a girl only needs so many pencils.

I already filled up one bag full of trash and crap.... I have another box to go through and then need to make some decisions on a few other things. If we ever have a yard sale, we'll have plenty of junk to sell.

Oh I did find a surprise in the closet! My last HPT with Zoe!! :D It was the one I took either right before or right after the last beta with her. So happy I saved it... didn't think I had. I put the last one I took with this little guy's in with hers. :) It will be kinda gross little reminders for when they're older heh.

It's exciting to finally start doing something with this room though. After I clean the closet... it's time to clean off this desk.
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Looks like I accidently broke the camera. Oops. I was wanting to take pics of the other baby clothes that we bought and it fell on the floor. It still works, it's just the little protective thing that opens on the lense doesn't open/close right anymore.
We need to get a new camera anyway. Something we've talked about doing for years now but never have. Guess we'll have to sooner rather than later.

Things I forgot

So DH still isn't telling his parents what the name is. It's driving his mom crazy lol.
We went out to dinner with them last night and they asked him about it. He said we didn't have anything definite yet... which we don't.

Well this brought on a nice little montage of name suggestions from MiL and aunt.
They can suggest all they want, but their names.... no.
Nothing wrong with the names they did suggest, but a lot of them are SUPER popular right now. At least from what I've seen on some of the message boards I go to.

2 of them from MiL were Xander & Liam. I've seen at least half a dozen women that are using Liam, and a little less wanting to use Xander.
Nothing wrong with either name and it's not like we're against using something popular (ie Zoe)... I dunno... was just kind of surprised that she even suggested those *shrugs*

Then aunt chimed in with Zachary and calling him Zach. She was dead set on this name too for some reason. Again, it's not a bad name, but not something we want to use. MiL didn't like that name though and shot it down when aunt kept suggesting it lol.

So yeah... if we do end up using Bishop (which we most likely will), I highly doubt they're going to like it. But oh well, tough crap for them. They better get used to it.

We went to the bookstore so DH could get his baby name book. Kept telling him to just look online but he gets distracted by other stuff while on the computer lol. We'll have something picked out eventually :)
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Zoe spent the night w/ aunt last night. When we were leaving the restaurant, DH went in to get some more hugs and Zoe actually started crying b/c she thought we were taking her home LOL.
Kinda makes me feel bad that she would rather go than come home, but also I'm glad that she's not scared to go spend the night somewhere else.
Mixed feelings.
I really need to take her out more. I just never feel like going anywhere after a certain time.
I'm happy to stay home, but her.... she's going to be a little social butterfly that's going to want to go out and about all the time.
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Think that was it. I'm sure I forgot something else.
Gotta clean the carpets again and try to start clearing the closet out of this room. Going to be a HUGE PITA b/c I'm not sure where we're going to store all the junk in there.

Perfect :D

Well today started off COLD AS HELL!
Woke up to see people on FB that actually got A LOT of snow today too. That is absolutely INSANE for here. Saw on the news that in recorded history (just from 1800something) it has NEVER snowed here this early before.
We didn't get any in our area (thankfully), but it looks like maybe as little as 10-20miles from here got 3 inches.
Just so unheard of for this time of year, especially considering that it got to mid-80's just a few days ago.
We just got a lot of snow w/ just a tiny bit of sleet thrown in every once in a while. Cold cold and cold.

Didn't stop us from going out though. Talked DH in to going to look at cribs since he wants an expensive one and we would have to start payments on it very soon to keep costs from building up all at once.
So we went to the same place we got Zoe's crib and..... we found one and got the matching dresser to go with it! WOO! Or more like, we picked one and will be paying on it for the next few months lol ;)
It's so nice and just what we both were wanting. He wanted nice thick solid wood legs on it, and I just wanted gray lol. We did both want a solid back on it too.
It's called the Tillen collection in gray wash. Here's a link if you're interested in taking a look at it.
http://www.babyfurnitureplus.net/shop/tillen-collection-gray/
We decided to just go ahead and get the dresser too since we kind of regret going cheap on Zoe's dresser. Nothing wrong with it, but you can tell the difference in quality. Hers.. we'll have to eventually replace, his should last until he moves out and takes it with him. Just a good sturdy solid wood dresser.
Was not expecting to get anything but it was exactly what we were wanting. Just don't ask how much O_O There's a reason this place has their own little layaway plan.

We then went to lunch then grocery shopping. Once Upon a Child is right next to the grocery store so we wanted to go in to see if they might have a bassinet. Was talking to DH on the way there and told him that if we can get a bassinet used, I'd rather do that than get one new. Just not worth it to buy new if we're only going to use it for 2, maybe 3 months.
They didn't have any unfortunately but we looked around some more, bought more shoes for Zoe, a pretty new coat, couple of cheap toys and.... baby boy clothes! :D
Right next to the toys they had clearance half off stuff and I couldn't resist looking through it.
Bought a cute fuzzy overalls thing that we'll need a shirt for in 0-3, a cute rocket sleep sack in 0-3... but the best score? This cute little body suit in newborn.
It's PERFECT... especially with the theme of the nursery!

How awesome is that??
It looks a lot bigger than newborn and I hope it actually is so we can put him in it all the time lol.
WOOT! Just feel so lucky to have found it, plus half off it was only 1.25 :D

 It's just feeling a little more real now and also like we don't have any time lol. We'll probably be taking a trip across town to go to buybuybaby and babies r us to look for an infant carrier soon... and check out the once upon a child there as well for a bassinet. I told DH we could probably wait until January but he wants to get one sooner which is fine with me. But we have to go before all of the Christmas shopping traffic nightmare starts. That part of town is already terrible for traffic at any given time...add in everyone and their mother wanting to go to the shops and mall there.... holy headaches Batman!