Thoughtless Thursday: Short and Sick Edition

Yep, that's right.  I'm still not feeling so hot.  This being dehydrated thing is NO FUN!  Word to the wise.  WEAR SUNSCREEN when you're in the pool for 2+ hours and have no idea how much sun you're getting.  I think I'm on the mend but definately not feeling 100% yet.  SO as a result this TT is not going to be very extensive.  But I wanted to make sure I got it up this morning so y'all could all play along and so I could come see what everyone posted!  So, without further ado, time for ...

And today I wanted to share with you what the bump.com sends me for baby updates.  Here is the disturbing illustration that came for my 23 week baby update yesterday ...

I'm sure the artist tried to draw a darling little baby illustration, however this leads me to believe I'm growing a Howie Mandel mini-me in my uterus instead of the darling little baby I've been imagining.  I'll stick to Baby Center's vajayjay diagram updates, even if they do label every part of my female anatomy on it.

And that's it from me for this TT.  I told you.  Short and sick, which basically means I'm going to go park my hiney back on the couch like I did yesterday and try and drink as much fluids as I can without making myself vom.  I'm looking forward to seeing what pictures y'all post (and for you newbies you basically post any random pictures you want, no matter HOW random, explain if you want or don't, your call)!!!  Happy Thoughtless Thursday!!!

MIA Yesterday ... And Maybe A Bit Today ...

Hi sweet blog friends!  I'm SO sorry for the MIA'ness yesterday, I started my day out at about 6:30am delivering this ...

To this guy ...

Before he went in to surgery.  That's my daddy.  He had rotator cuff surgery yesterday at 7am.  I ended up staying at the hospital until about 6:30pm with him, making sure he could eat, get things he needed, etc.  Poor guy, what kind of luck is it to have to have your RIGHT rotator cuff operated on.  He's going to have to learn to do everything with his left hand for at least the next 6 weeks while he's in that awesome cast.  The doc says it will be about 6 months until he's fully recovered.  However he told me he thinks that "Pops" (what the baby will call him) will be able to hold his grandson when he gets here in November.

On top of being MIA all day I've been feeling pretty sick.  Since about Monday afternoon-ish I've felt naseous, heart-burny, achy and tired.  The nurses at the hospital yesterday took my temp several times to make sure I didn't have one (and I didn't thank goodness) so they think I might be dehydrated from the sunburn I gave myself on Saturday.  However, I've tried and TRIED to drink tons of water but it just makes me feel more naseous.  I did wake up last night sweating so I'm not sure if I had a fever and it broke or if that's just being pregnant and hot all the time.  I'm really not able to keep much down for the moment, but I've put a call into the doc and luckily we have our 24 week appt. on Friday so if nothing else I'll make sure everything's okay then.  As for me, I'm heading back to bed.  And Koda bear's coming with me.  He doesn't feel too good either, the Mister came home to poop all over the house (Koda NEVER poops in the house) yesterday evening and then he pooped a bit of blood (sorry for all the poop talk, those with kids and pets understand) however he's been eating just fine and acting his normal self.  I'm going to watch him and see if we need to take him to the vet.  But like I said, for now we're going to go curl up on the couch and not leave unless nature calls.

Oh and one more funny fact.  Apparently (when I actually FEEL like eating) this little active baby boy likes him some kiddie sugary cereals as evidenced from the picture of my most recent grocery store purchase ...

Ridiculous right?  I do have to say that the one I've tried so far (the Marshmallow one) is pretty dang good.  I have high expectations for the cupcake version ...

Have a great day loverlies!!!

Weekend O' Fun & Dreams O' Creepiness ...

Good morning girls and boy (the Mister)!  I trust you've all had as fantabulous weekends as I did?  At least I hope you did ... Friday the Mister came home from being out of town ALL WEEK (you didn't even know he was gone right?  I don't divulge that on the blog, it is public you know, letting the WWW know you're home alone all week = probably not a good idea) and poor guy went STRAIGHT to bed.  He had tired eyes, I don't know if any of your misters get tired eyes but when mine has them, it's best to get him to sleep QUICK.  And I mean quick.  Like he was a sleep by 9:00.  Which left this pregnant insomniac some time to try and provide y'all with some BUMP pics!!!  It's not easy when you're taking them of yourself, but I think they turned out okay ...

{First attempt.  Notsomuch belly, moresomuch extreme close-up of the face ...}

{Definately my fave. Not bad for taking it of myself eh?}

So there's your 22 1/2 week bump pic.  Saturday we went to the pool for a few hours in the morning and then the Mister and I went and had an old man and woman date.  As in we ate lunch (at Snuffer's, I had a cheese fries craving, fat fairy rearing it's ugly wings again) at 2pm, went to a matinee movie (Inception.  AMAZING but I think you should have to take an IQ test before you see it.  Because I'm not sure I'd have passed.) and were home, showered and watching TV by 7pm.  On a Saturday night.  I will say we were NICE and rested on Sunday morning on our way to church.  Yesterday we just took care of stuff around the house, I put together the shower list for the shower that my MOH is throwing me and we turned in early.  A pretty laid back wonderful weekend if you ask me!

Now, onto the creepiness.  Something they tell you about in some of the books with pregnancy but you can't understand until you experience them.  Crazy, JACKED UP pregnancy dreams.  Let me expound upon that a little for you.  Let's start with the first of 3 dreams that I had 3 nights in a row.  I'm pretty sure there were a lot more parts involved, because you know when you wake up you can remember the dream being WAY more jacked up than you're remembering, but you can't remember why.  I do know that I dreamt that I had the baby, however it was about 4 months early, but amazingly it was full term (size wise) and it was a GIRL?  And that's really all I can remember.  The second night, I had almost the exact same dream however it was a boy.  And I forgot to feed him for 3 days.  Who gets mom of the year award?  I do.  The THIRD night is the most jacked up and by jacked up I mean eff'ed up.  In this dream I have the baby, however I don't remember having him.  Wouldn't this be nice if the pain is this minimal in real life?  "Oh it was so easy i almost don't REMEMBER the pain."  Right.  And he's full term and for some reason I'm not sure where the Mister is in this dream.  During the dream I leave the baby (WITH someone I'm guessing?  You know how things always seem perfectly logical in dreams when they're perfectly not) and realize it's been almost 11 hours since I've been home and that I need to get home (apparently I think the baby is a puppy and he needs to be "let out") and when I walk in the door I hear him crying.  So I go into his room (the place in my dream is not our house, I have no IDEA who's house it is, but again, perfectly logical in dreamland) to pick him up and he SITS UP.  Mind you, this baby is a few days old and LOOKS a few days old.  He then proceeds to TALK TO ME and at this point I notice he has a full set of teeth.  STILL ON A NEWBORN'S BODY.  I then decide I'll try and breastfeed him (because, who WOULDN'T pick up a newborn baby with a full set of teeth having an actual conversation with you and try and BREASTFEED IT?  Logical right?) and I'll just say this, HIS TEETH HURT!!!  And he laughed about it.  And then I wake up.  Horrified.  And really confused.  What the heck does this mean?  That I'm not sure of my baby's sex?  That I think I'm having twins?  That I think my baby will be smarter than me at a week old and also be a creepier (if possible) form of a Chucky Doll!?!  Or that I'm just having some jacked up dreams.  I'm hoping it's the latter.  We'll leave it up to the authorities to decide (and by authorities I mean the ones that are going to come and take me away in a lovely, white, jacket ...)

That's it from me for today loves!!!  Have a wonderful start to your week!!!

No Time Friday ...

Morning glories!  I literally have about 3 minutes to blog so this will be short and sweet.  Why do I only have 3 minutes?  Because I'm meeting one of my favorite women in world (and my namesake) ...

{My Mamo.  And I've decided to post pictures of my skinny days.  To motivate me of course, and to remind me that if I was once there I can get there again.  After sweet baby boy gets here of course!}

In like 45 minutes for lunch and my hair's still in a towel ...

BUT, I wanted to show y'all a few things I got yesterday while out shopping with my Mama being a productive housewife.

{I needed a new robe because a size medium doesn't fit around this not-so size medium belly anymore.  Best part besides being cute?  It was $6.99!  Hooray for Macy's!  Thank you Mama!}

{And I might be more excited about this than I've been about anything I've gotten in a long time.  It's baby boy's birthstone on a gorgeous ring.  A citrine.  I've been looking for his birthstone on something for a long time and we found this beauty yesterday.  I'm in LOVE with it!  Thank you Mama!}

And that's about it for today's post.  I usually link up with Jen over at her blog for Favorite Friday's but today's subject is "Favorite Healthy Snack" and sadly, since I've been pregnant all the answers I would have said pre-pregnancy no longer apply.  Only sandwiches and cereal really "sound" good these days!  Not that I'm naseaus, it's just grilled meat and veggies no longer appeal to me (or apparently baby boy, he is his father's son for SURE, no wonder he only wants pizza and Chick Fil-A!) 

I hope y'all have wonderful, summer fun filled weekends loves!!!  Sorry to be so short and sweet today, I'm sure you didn't mind ;-)

Thoughtless Thursday!

You know what Thursday means.  Time for ...

And for this week's TT, I wanted to show y'all a few things that have made me happy the last few days. #1, I received my ADORABLE mousepad that my incredibly talented monogramming friend, Ellen made for me. Please behold the cuteness ...

{It's hard to see my monogram on the middle because I took it with my iPhone, but you get the idea. She is INCREDIBLY reasonably priced so go visit her blog and give her some bidness if you want anything monogrammed!}

#2, since we've been missing daddy since he's gone back to work this week, Koda bear and I have been having some quality time together. The night before last, I gave him his doggy crack a brand new tennis ball and I just had to take a picture of him because of the way he had it tucked in his little paw it looked like he was hugging it like a teddy bear. However he woke up and shot me the "don'tchou tutch mah ball" look right as I was taking it which made it even funnier.

{"Sewiuswy mummy, dis is mah ball. Don' tush it, k?"}

And yesterday morning I took him with me to Starbucks and he got himself a puppy latte (i.e. whip cream in a kiddie cup). I would venture to say that he liked it ...

{"Om nom nom, hay mummy I wike dis schtuff, nom nom slurp, k? Slurp, slurp, slurp. Gits me dis evury dey, k? Om nom nom."}

Now y'all know the drill.  Grab the button.  Play along (meaning post random pictures from whatever, whenever and 'splain or don't 'splain, your choice) and come back and McStinky up!  I can't wait to come over and see what pictures you picked!  Happy Thoughtless Thursday loves!!!

A Big THANK YOU & Bumpdates!

First off, holy moly.  I would like to throw a giant T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U out to all of you my wonderful WONDERFUL readers!  I was really just speaking from a place of honesty, to let y'all know where I was coming from when I constantly make fun of myself in pictures and poke fun at the pregnancy weight gain because even though I was "kidding" most of the time, it was coming from a place of truth (in my mind at least).  And as a result I got the best support, love and motivation EVER from you all and I can't explain to you what that means to me.  So again, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart, y'all really know how to lift a girl's spirits!!!  I am really glad I was able to speak to a few of you as well that are dealing with the same issue, whether it be in pregnancy or not, and I hope that Natalie Grant's song will pop into your mind when those thoughts start to surface.  And on a sidenote, the CD that that song, The Real Me, is on is ALL good.  I don't know about y'all but I like to know when a whole CD is actually worth buying or if the song is a "one shot iTunes'er" because I hate wasting my money on a CD for one song when the rest aren't worth it.  But that one is.  I promise, you won't be disappointed.

Now, onto the ...

BUMPDATES

And for the bumpdates this week I think I'm going to copy the survey that one of my preggo friends, Elizabeth, put on her blog.  And yes, she's one of the ones I was talking about, who weighs 116 lbs at 16 weeks preggo, but she's a doll and I've known her since she was 12 so I can't hate her (angelic smile). 

About the mommy:

Name: Katie Fulmer

Age: 29

Is this the first child?: Besides my giant furry one with a big black nose, yes.

About the daddy:

Name: The Mister

Age: 29

Is this the first child?: That I know of ... but come to think of it, that kid down the street SURE does look a lot like him though?

Finding out:

What day did you find out you were pregnant?: Monday, March 15 @ 6:00am

How did you feel when you found out?: Complete disbelief.  I believe my first thoughts were "Is that a line or isn't it?  IS THAT A LINE OR ISN'T IT!?!?  Why did I buy the cheapest test they had!??!"

Who was with you?: Mr. Toliet.

How did the daddy react?: Shocked, followed by overjoyed, followed by "holy &*$@ I'm going to be a dad", followed by overjoyed.

Telling the grandparents:

How did you parents react?: My mom cried, said "are you serious?" in a tone only dogs could hear a million times and cried some more.  My dad opened an expensive bottle of scotch to toast with the Mister and hugged me for a really long time, my step-dad was pretty shocked, gave me a hug and told the Mister congrats.

How did his parents react?: Completely opposite than we thought.  They are huge criers so we assumed that would be the reaction.  They were totally shocked, plus the fact that we drove all the way over to their house at 10:30pm on a weeknight confused the H out of them at first.  I believe the Mister's dad (who is the BIGGEST crier of them all) said "Well, good luck."  HA!  Now they tear up all the time about it.

How often do they call to check on you?: My dad definately started checking up on me a lot more than usual.  It's hard to tell with my mom, we talk on a daily basis close to 3 times anyways.

About the pregnancy:

When is your due date?: November 24, the day before Thanksgiving.  I really hope he holds out or comes late (first time you'll ever hear a mommy say that ...).  There is some serious craft-fairing/holiday-bazaaring going on early November that I REALLY want to attend ...

How far along are you right now?: 22 weeks!  Wait for it ... here's the V diagram ...

Have you had an ultra sound?: Yep.  3 of them.  I could have one every day and never grow tired of it.  The next one's at 28 weeks and I'm counting down the days!

Have you heard the heartbeat?: Yep.  Music to mommy's ears.

Sex of the baby:

What do you want. Boy or Girl?: I didn't care, but totally thought it was a boy from week 10 on.

Do you know what you are having now?: Boy oh BOY do we! 

Are you happy with what you are having?: Definately.  I kind of wanted a boy first ...

About the birth:
Who is going to be with you?: The Mister is the only one besides the doc and the nurses that will be allowed anywhere near the "spread eagleness" that eventually will have to happen.  I'm pretty sure everyone in my immediate family along with the Mister's parents and brother will be in the waiting room though.  They're really good at that.

Are you going to video tape it?: I don't think so ... I'm not sure I want my "spread eagleness" caught on tape ...

Natural or medicated?: Give me the good stuff.  No seriously, like can I have some now?

Do you think you will have a c-section?: I sure hope not.

Do you think you will cry when you first hold your baby?: I cry when people on The Discovery Channel hold their babies for the first time.  I'm pretty sure this one's a given.  I'll be a big sobby mess.  Those pictures are going to be greatness.

Do you know what you will say to the baby when you first hold it?: Probably something that's not comprehensible due to the flood of sobbing blubbering emotion I'm sure to have.  Thank goodness he won't be able to talk yet ... 

Are you scared about the labor?: Are YOU scared of something the size of a watermelon coming out of your something the size of a raisin?  Yeah, that's what I thought ...

Names:

Do you have a name picked out?: Refer to the Mister on this one.  He's agreed to a deadline.  First week of August it is.

Is your baby going to be named after anyone?: The middle name yes. 

Did the daddy help pick the name?: He WILL.  Is it an option to not let them help?  No one informed me of this ...

Other random questions:

Where was your baby concieved?: In my uterus.

Have you felt the baby move?: YES!  It's my favorite time of each day.

What was your first symptom?: The plus sign on the pregnancy test I took.

Will you have godparents?: I don't think so, I think that's more of a Catholic thing?

Who will be the god mommy?:

Who will be the god daddy?:

What is the babys room theme?: This bedding ...

{And yes, that crib sheet and the detail that looks tan is actually a lime-ish green}

And this crib which we're ordering SOON ...

{This converts to a full-size bed so we'll never have to buy him furniture again.  Kidding.  Kind of.}

Are you ready to be a mommy?: Sure am!  I've been ready to be a mommy since I was 10.  But apparently that's frowned upon ...

What do you think the baby will be a "daddys girl/boy" or a "mommys girl/boy"?: I'm sure daddy's boy.  But I DO hear little boys love their mommas!

And that's about it from me today loves!!!  Sheesh I should hope so this was a LONG'UN!  Have wonderful evenings (apparently I'm an evening blogger now) and I'll see y'all back here tomorrow morning for Thoughtless Thursday!!!

Pregnancy and Weight Gain ...

Warning:  This is going to be a sewious post.  Except I just said "sewious".  Okay for real, from this point on, all seriousness ensues.  I wanted to "chat" about one part of pregnancy that has been hard for me thus far and I feel is only going to get worse.  The weight gain.  Now granted, I'm not doing as much of my part as I could be.  I'm not working out every day, eating only veggies and grilled chicken salads (mainly because both those things still make me want to vom JUST a wittle bit, shoot - we're being serious Kate don't say wittle) and truthfully drinking as much water as I should be.  However, I'm not chowing down on Chick Fil-A, McDonald's and Sonic on a daily basis EITHER.  And thus the pounds are a-packin'.  As they should be.  I'm PREGNANT.  And everyone says "Embrace looking pregnant" and "It's a beautiful time" and "Pregnancy is adorable" which are all true however, telling that to someone who has dealt with weight her whole life (I was heavy during late elementary school and into junior high getting teased to the point of making me consider horrible alternatives in the place of living life) and the mental and emotional toll that takes on a person and the lifetime of work it takes to deal with those issues, isn't something that's easily absorbed.  Don't get me wrong, the belly, I like.  The belly, I LOVE.  I DO think that's adorable.  The fat arms, face, cankles, thalves (calves that not only morph into ankles but morph into thighs as well) and all around balloon-like quality that the rest of my body is taking on I don'tsomuch love.  I love the REASON for it, but I don't love what I see in pictures.  Not to mention the fact that I'm constantly sweating (because it's 100+ degrees daily and I'm carrying around extra weight and puffiness) which always makes a lady feel sexy and dainty.  NOTSOMUCH.  And I'm really just being honest here.  I don't know if anyone else can relate, but it's not easy "watching yourself" gain weight and being okay with it.  It doesn't help when you have friends that weight less at 20 weeks than you did BEFORE you got pregnant.  Now don't worry, heaven knows there is no way I will DIET when I'm pregnant or deprive my baby of ANYTHING while he's growing inside of me, but I can't say that I'm not chomping at the bits to get on a treadmill and start training for another half marathon as soon as my little guy gets here and the doc gives me the go-ahead.  I was thinking about this the other day in the car when one of my favorite songs came on the radio.  If you haven't heard it (and you're a woman) you have to go at least listen to it on iTunes or look the video up on youtube.  It's called "The Real Me" by Natalie Grant.  Natalie Grant had an eating disorder much of her life, so she really sings from a place where I think most of us women can relate.  Feeling inadequate and self conscious of our bodies and uncomfortable in our own skin.  In fact, instead of suggesting you go watch it on youtube, I'll post the video that includes the lyrics here ...

How thankful I am that the Lord sees the real me.  And has entrusted me and my body enough to carry His beautiful creation that he has blessed me and my Mister with, our sweet little boy.  And hopefully this met some of you where you are today.  Remember, HE sees the real you.  LOVE to all of you, my sweet readers!!!

Weekend Wrap-Up Picture Post

Eeek!  Where did this day go?  Apparently by fast is where it went.  I hope y'all had fantasmic weekends!  We spent Friday night doing what we like to do best.  Dinner and a movie at home.  We watched It's Complicated.  If you haven't seen that movie I highly recommend it.  My Mister literally got a sore throat from laughing so hard.  Like he had to have a cough drop before bed.  That's some sewious hilarity.  Saturday I spent the day lounging at the pool with some friends and their darling kiddos (why I didn't take pics of this cuteness, I'll never know) while the Mister spent the day ripping up concrete from my brother and Silly's (what I call my sister-in-law for you new readers) patio.  Isn't he a sweet Mister?  Saturday night we celebrated one of my best friend's birfdays, Miss Alysia.  We went to Salt Grass and followed a fantastic meal with the funfetti cake that HER Mister made her (By request, her favorite cake is funfetti with white icing, luckily for me I don't discriminate against any cake, to me all cake is created equal.  Except fruit cake, I'm not even sure that should be considered edible) followed by a short bit of hanging out due to the tired jack-hammerer and his pooped preggo-meggo wife.

{Happy birfday birfday girl!}

{Sleepy girls from a day of poolin' it up!}

Sunday we forgot to set out alarm clocks and missed church got some much needed rest, woke up and proceeded to be useless and nap the rest of the day away have a lazy Sunday.  That night we celebrated the twinkie's birfdays (late obviously since their birfday was on July 7) and had a great time eating burgers, enjoying good conversation and endulging in the twins' birfday cookie cake.

{My beautiful momma and her daughter, The Good Year Preggo}

{Opening their presents ...}

{Happy Ally-belle}

{Happy Andrew}

{One of my parents' dogs, Bentley, doing what she does best.  Be cute and act strange ...}

{My momma and Bentley.  I'd have to say, she's the hottest 56 year old I've ever seen.  I've got some good genes ... And hopefully she doesn't kill me for divulging her age to the WWW}

{Dewishous cakes and cheesy smiles ...}

{Daddy and mommy to be with uncle and auntie to be ...}

And THEEEENNNNN, after the party, we proceeded to head home and go to bed.  And by WE went to bed I mean the Mister went to bed and I tried to fall asleep until 3 am.  And I've been told that there is such thing as pregnancy induced insomnia.  And this is night number 2 that I've not been able to go to sleep.  And I'm praying it's a fluke.  I would appreciate you all joining me in that prayer because 18 more weeks of not being able to sleep = CRANKY MOMMY.  So I'll let you know how tonight goes in the manana.  Speaking of tonight, as for now, I'm actually feeling a little sleepy so I'm going to go test my luck at actually sleeping.  Wish me luck blogosphere!  Good night y'all!!!

New EXCITING Blog!

I know, you're all SHOCKED that I'm posting on a weekend!  To tell you the truth I am too ... BUT I just had to share with you this exciting tidbit of information!  Remember my friend Ginny that moved to Taiwan with her husb?  Remember how I told you I was bugging her to start a blog?!?  Well, she (they) did!  I'm so excited to follow along and live vicariously through them.  For all of those that said you'd be interested in following along too, here's the link http://www.ourincitingincident.com/

I miss you already Gin!

Favorite Fridays & Girl's Night!

Happy Friday loverlies!  Friday means a lot of things.  It means no working for 2 days, it means the weekend is HERE and it also means ...

And this week's topic is just. plain. mean.  Why you ask?  Because today's topic is ...

Favorite Cocktail

Like I need any more reason to remember that I'm not endulging in these tasty treats!  I had a reminder of one last night when we went out to celebrate my best friends divorce (I realize that sounds strange, but it's been a long time coming and a COMPLETE blessing that it's over and DONE with!)

Here's the one I was reminded of last night ...

And second, any fruity, tropical, umbrella added version of these ...

Oh how I miss you tasty treats.  BUT OH how worth it it is to abstain from them for a measly 9 months!

Now, back to last night.  I got a group of girls together to celebrate my MOH's (and best friend since 8th grade) recent divorce being finalized.  It's been a long time coming, a lot of stress and sleepless nights and a lot more hassle than it needed to be but our prayers were answered last Tuesday when it was all DONE and put behind her!  Now she's single and ready to mingle (at least that was the theme last night) and I don't think she's going to have ANY problem finding someone wonderful.  I mean just look at the girl ...

{Drinking her Mambo Taxi at Mi Cocina in her special "celebrate" flute that Julianne brought her.}

{Alysia, one of my bestest friends and her pregnant friend, Gigantor.}

{DEWISHOUS non-alcoholic beer.  This made me VERY happy ...}

{I just had to take a picture of how inappropriate this looks ...}

{All the single ladies.  Actually, there were only 3.  Don't ask what I'm doing, I have no idea ...}

And last but CERTAINLY not least I'd like to say a big, huge, FAT ...

to my blog bestie and Soulmatey for the AMAZING job she just landed at a prestigous law firm in ATLANTA!  I am SO proud and thrilled for you Soulmatey!!!  You SO deserve this!!!  Please feel free to go wish her congrats soon.  She had to go private during the interview process but will be back public again in no time with a totally new blog design from none other than MY fabulous designer and good friend, (who happens to be pictured up there in the girl's group photo) Fabulous K!  So hang in there and be patient with her!  She'll be back to her full force hilarious adorable self SOON!!!

 Okay, that's it from me today loverlies!!!  I hope you all have t-e-double-rrific weekends!!!

Thoughtless Thursday: Happy Birfday Willito!

Good morning dolls!  I'm sure you're ALL glad that it's one day away from being time to start your WEEKEND!  I feel like I've had a week long weekend (with having the Mister home all week n' all)!  Being Thursday, y'all know what that means!  Time for ...

And today's TT is dedicated to my little brother Will.  His actual birfday was on Sunday, but I wanted to wait and do his birfday tribute on TT so I could picture flood.  So happy (late) 15th birfday Will your big (not really big anymore since he's bigger than I am) sissy loves you SO much!

{For those of you that are new, first off HI and welcome!!!  I love having new readers!  Second, the idea of Thoughtless Thursday is simple.  It's random picture posting from whenever and whatever you want.  You can explain or not, it's you call!  Just grab my button, post away, and come back here and link up!  I can't wait to come by and see what you've posted!!!}

{There he is at our wedding.  These are all my siblings, my brother Clay (the tall one), the twins Andrew and Ally, and Will on the right.  This was 5 years ago so he was just about to be 10 at this point.  Oh skinny Katie, how I miss you so.}

{Will, my dad and me at my brother's rehearsal dinner}

{Will and his mom, my step-mom Kristen, checking him into school and getting his uniform.  Isn't my step-mom GORGEOUS?  It's kind of disgusting.  It's a good thing I love her so much and that she's so dang sweet because it'd be easy not to like her being so dang pretty!}

{I think he was 14 in this one ...}

{Will on the left at my brother and Mister's joint birfday celebration last year.  The country club made them wear balloon hats.  We HAD to take pictures!}

{Here we are at Coon Creek, the hunting/fishing club we're members of.  My brother Clay is on the left, dad, me and Will}

{Last Christmas ... "I gave you my heart but the very next day, you tore it apart" ... wroops, sorry got off track.  This was last Christmas, if you didn't catch that earlier.}

{This was him performing in the Silver Rifles.  He's on the drill team at the school he goes to.  They twirl and toss rifles like it's nobody's business.}

{This is he and I in San Antonio the weekend he competed in the drill team competition.  Their team won first place!  SO proud of you buddy!  This was also the weekend before I found out I was pregnant!}

{And here he is recently.  He's at a super cool camp doing some wilderness-y things.  The kid LOVES to be outdoors.}

And that's it for this TT, so happy HAPPY birfday buddy!  I know you don't have access to a computer, being all wilderness-y n' all, but hopefully you'll see this when you get back from camp.  I love you SO much!  As your mom would say, "To the moon and back!"

Wednesday Bumpdates!

Good morning glories!  Or should I say afternoon-ish ... ?  Apparently being a SAHW means I take a bit longer to get going.  This week may have something to do with the Mister being home.  We're having a lot of fun playing house, well, playing the version of house where both the grown-ups stay home, sleep late, watch movies and stil have an income coming in.  I like that kind of house.  I know all good things must come to an end, but at least we still have 4 (5 counting today) more days of playing fairy-tale house.  For instance, last night the Mister had soccer practice.  Let's talk about this for a second.  He's playing in a league with my brother and some of his other fraternity brothers and they have their next game next TUESDAY!  Speaking of my Mister and soccer, I'll let you all in on a little secret.  My Mister is good, and I mean GOOD, at soccer.  He played club all through high school and was even offered some scholarships to play in college.  Thank goodness he went with his gut and went to Baylor because I wouldn't be living on the Fulmer Lane if it weren't for that choice.  He did play on the club team at Baylor and also in intramurals for his fraternity.  But that's not the secret.  The secret is, I LOVE to watch my Mister play soccer.  It reminds me of when we started dating (because he was playing in intramurals at Baylor) when I'd go watch some of his games and let me tell you this boy. is. hot.  In general of course but especially when he's running around being all bad-A (yes I just said that, I feel like I'm 16) playing soccer.  Hubba hubba.  And yes I just said THAT too.  Now I feel 60.  SO, next Tuesday you can bet I'll be watching (along with my mom and Silly (what I call my sister in law for you new readers) - my brother's playing too of course) my Mister run around on the soccer field lookin' all hot n' stuff and trying to keep myself from charging the field to make out with him.  I know, TMI but he's just. that. hot.  Don't believe me?

{Yes this was his senior year in high school, but the men in the Fulmer family don't age.  I'm not kidding.  He pretty much still looks like this, if nothing else, hotter.}

Right, anyways, back to last night.  So the Mister came home around 9 from soccer practice and we decided to watch Analyze This (after I watched the Season Finales of both The Hills (let's not talk about how sad I am this is over) and The City) whilst eating Milk Duds (me) and Sour Patch Kids (him).  Who does that on a Tuesday night?  We do.  When we're playing the afore described version of house.  It was a fun night.  On tonight's agenda?  Grilling.  And then probably another movie.  I love this week.

Now, onto the

BUMPDATES!

How far along:  21 weeks!  Time for the vaj diagram.  You know you missed it ...

{holy cow he's starting to look like a full-size baby now!}

Maternity Clothes:  Really?  Did you see how big that baby is up there?  Um.  Yes.  Daily wearing tents disguised as clothes.

Sleep:  Fantastic now that I don't have to wake up to an alarm clock, except the fact that I have an all-night-LONG alarm clock that is bitterly referred to as the "Pee Clock" ...

Best Moment of the Week:  The Mister felt the baby!  He was moving a LOT on Sunday night and I reached over and put his hand on my belly and low and behold, little boy thumped his daddy!  His face (the Mister's, I don't have THAT good of intuition) was priceless.

Movement:  See. above.

Food Craving:  Um, I think I had my first one yesterday.  Cheese fries.  Correction.  Bacon, cheese and ranch fries.  If that doesn't spell Heaven I don't know what does ...

{and now I want some more ...}

Gender:  Bouncing baby BOY!

What I'm looking forward to:  Showers.  Especially one I've already been told about.  My mom's best friends (one of them being my 2nd cousin - my dad's first cousin) are throwing me a shower in October.  It's going to be Halloween themed and everyone is supposed to come dressed up.  If you know me at all you know that me + holidays + anything having to do with my baby = pure and total EXCITEMENT!  I can't wait!!!  When it gets closer I'll need suggestions from y'all as what I should go as at 8 months preggo ...

Weekly Wisdom:  Don't worry about everyone else's opinion of names you and your Mister like.  It's YOUR child.  Not theirs.

And in the subject of names, a lot of you have asked if we have names and if we're going to tell.  ABSOLUTELY we're going to tell.  I need things to be monogrammed.  That's just the kind of mommy I am.  The problem is we just don't know yet.  And the Mister doesn't really want to decide yet either.  SO, in true controlling fashion, I asked if we could have a cut off date that we could agree on a name by.  A date that would give people coming to showers (if they wanted) the option to monogram things.  And he agreed.  So this time next month I should have a name to share with you all!  So hang in there (Lord knows I'm trying to) one IS coming!

That's it from me today.  Off to the pool with the Mister!  Have fantabulous days loverlies!!!