One long weekend!

So, I am finally back and happy to report that Pat and I made it through registering at Target just fine! Since the weather was so bad on Thursday night, there was literally no one in the store and we got in and got our stuff done and got out! That doesn't happen too often :) I gave in and let Pat put a few things on the registry that he wanted - like a camo diaper bag and a jogger stroller! That made him very happy!

I had quite the encounter with my toaster oven this weekend - weird, I know! I baked homemade mini chocolate chip cookies on Friday - by the way, they turned out awesome - and I decided to store them in a big ziploc bag on the counter for easy access. When I was all done baking, I wiped up the kitchen counters and I guess I put the ziploc bag on top of the toaster oven so I could wipe up and forgot to put the cookies back down on the counter. Saturday morning I got up and decided a bagel with cream cheese sounded lovely, so I popped one in the toaster oven and set it and basically forgot about it. While it was toasting, I went and checked my email...not a very good idea. I heard the buzzer go off so I went into the kitchen and there was smoke coming out of the toaster, the bagel was black, and to top it all off the bag of cookies had begun to melt to the top of the toaster oven! Wow - I officially have "baby brain" or "mushy brain syndrome" as I like to call it! Moral of the story - pregnant women should only try to do one thing at a time! Multi-tasking is not as easy anymore ;) The good news, though, is the cookies were fine! Thank God! I pulled the bag off immediately - knowing that my bagel had no hope I decided to save the cookies first thing! I just had to put them in a new bag since this one had a whole eaten through it. Ha. After the toaster oven incident, Pat and I got to work painting 2 rooms and a hallway in our house...big job, but we got it all done this weekend! The kitchen is next, then off to the baby room we go to start on the nursery. We are making progress. Thank goodness for handy husbands. I don't know what I would do without him sometimes. Painting is probably one of the things I despise the most, so Pat pretty much took the lead on this project...just like all the other ones! What a difference a fresh coat of paint makes. Wow. He even decided that he'd make me dinner tonight since it had been such a long day and I needed to sit for a minute. It was a yummy dinner too. Man, I love him!

Well, that's all for now. I'll be back soon with more funny pregnant stories. I have attached the latest "belly" picture that we have taken. I am 22 weeks now and the belly isn't getting any smaller!! I can't wait to attach photos of our cute little baby girl instead of my growing belly!! LOL.

February 21st, 2008

OK, so I am jumping on the band waggon and starting a blog. I feel a little silly about doing this - but I have had some requests to document/journal my pregnancy experiences. So, this is my way of getting you all of the info (good and bad, pleasant and unpleasant) about my day to day encounters with being pregnant for the first time. And don't get me wrong - I will have to throw in some non-pregnant stuff now and then, too! Just to keep us all sane and also to ensure that my friends will in fact venture into the wonderful, but scary, world of mommyhood ;) Because I'm sure after reading some of my posts, you might think twice! Don't be scared, just do it!!

Here goes nothing!

Today was pretty uneventful. I decided to work from home since the weather was not on my side. Freezing rain all day is not what I call prime weather to be out and about making sales calls. So, I spent the majority of the day on my computer and on the phone. OK, I must confess - when I say I am working from home, I actually mean shopping online and researching anything and everything I can about pregnancy and baby gear!! There - now that this is off of my chest, I can continue! So, today I bought a pair of maternity "skinny" jeans! I've been looking for a pair that I liked for a while now - I've even ordered a couple with no luck and had to send them back. So, hopefully these will work. Not that they will make me look any skinnier, obviously, but they are too cute! I'm excited to get them in the mail. Tonight we are going to brave the horrible weather and head out to Target to see if we can't get the baby registry started. I excused Pat from having to go through a day of registering at Babies R Us last weekend (my Mom and I went through the pain together instead), so I figure the least he could do is join me for the Target registry. He happily accepted and was really greatful that I didn't subject him to our 6 hour day at Babies R Us! Yes, 6 hours...don't ask! So, I'll be back tomorrow to let you all know how Target went. Hopefully Pat won't get too overwhelmed with all the onesies, carseat/stroller combos, and binkies to choose from! ;)