Boom BABY!

Here we are 30 weeks and counting.... There are the bitter sweets to pregnancy and so many things that I couldn't possibly have anticipated. The best part of this stage is I love feeling the baby move even when he is jammed under my ribs. I feel like he is just so non-stop, a mover and a shaker.... Mothers tell me all the time about how after their babies are born they see their new arrival in certain positions or different movements and they believe that is how they were in the womb. Like the baby maintains the same mannerisms from the womb to after birth, if that is how Jr here is going to be Curtis and I will have a very active baby on our hands! I never was one to watch Aly McBeal but I do know about the famous dancing baby. That is what I imagine our baby is doing all day, just practicing his dance moves. I am starting to hit the more uncomfortable stage of the pregnancy. My lower back has constant strain and aches all of the time, not to mention trying to crunch my stomach in more than a 90 degree sitting position. Oh and also going from not needing to use the bathroom to all of a sudden feeling like you could pee your pants any second just because baby is pushing right against my bladder. That reminds me, LEG CRAMPS! no need for explanation there. Wow I sound like such a whiner! I feel like a terrible person for not being Sally Sunshine all of the time but instead Rebekah the Raincloud! Curtis and I couldn't be more excited about July when we can finally meet the little fella! Curtis is so cute he keeps harassing me to pack the bag for the hospital... He is getting pretty geared up for the big day! Oh this is baby's room, it is still a working progress and there is a lot I am working on but this is what we have so far!

I included a picture of dancing baby for all of your entertainment (I know instructions say to click on the picture to watch the baby dance but it doesn't work, sorry)

Like a kid in a candy store....

Saturday was my first ever experience with SuperCross. Curtis and I were finally able to get out of the house and do something since his surgery and this was a perfect opportunity. Everything worked out almost serendipitously, our seats were pretty awesome plus we got stellar parking with our ever so useful handicap sign. We had so much fun... I have never seen Curtis get more excited than during the races! I loved just the look he had on his face the whole time (see picture above because that will give you a perfect idea) It was a good weekend.

This is how I feel....

Lately I just can't stop eating!! Anything that is in sight I hunger for (with a few exceptions of course!) I have a feeling this baby is going to be pretty big, at times I think I will be birthing a toddler and if I keep eating like this it just might become reality! I just keep getting bigger and bigger.... AND BIGGER! Proof will come later

Spring cleaning...Well sort of

I just love that welcome home feeling of a clean house. Granted I definitely don't have an obsessive compulsive disorder when it comes to cleaning, but when the clutter becomes too intolerable I just cant take it anymore. Since Curtis' surgery our poor home has really suffered the consequences. Curtis has always done an incredible job with house chores and really gets things done but with him being down for the count I just felt slightly overwhelmed, still not a good excuse I know. Plus having a basketball blocking me from doing the everyday motions it becomes a little strenuous:) Well Saturday morning proved to be the perfect chance to catch up! Finally the refreshing feeling of a clean home is back, for the moment. Its amazing how a persons living space can really affect them.

On a side note Curtis is still trying to recover from his surgery. Unfortunately we have a had a few set backs, but I will save that for a later post.

n Now for a positive.... This last Thursday my sisters threw me a wonderful baby shower. It was so well put together! The theme was circles.... everything round like the tire of a motorcycle. They had my brother, Rory, cut out a motorcycle shape out of a sheet of metal. It was the coolest decoration! I loved how creative they were with the food selection. Serving cheese balls, lemon drop cookies, cake balls, grapes and cantaloupe, my fav chocolate donuts and many other flavorful options. People we so sweet and generous to us and Curtis and I are so grateful for all of the love and support that they have shown to us! It was just so great to see everbody! n


The table full of goodies!!

Kristi took some of Curtis' old motorcycle shirts and turned them into sleep sacks for the baby! She is so creative, I absolutely love how they turned out!!!

My sister and her bubble gum baby... Its a little baby riding a motorcycle!


A few guests

My sister Jennine, Momma Carin and my sister Rachael. Carin was so sweet she and Mitch got baby his carseat! They have been so good to us!

Me opening a gift from my lovely Aunt Donna, Thanks for all of the goodies:)

Ouch!!

So a couple of weeks ago Curtis has his ACL surgery. It was quite the nerve raking experience sitting in the waiting room for hours just waiting to hear that everything went well. Thankfully his surgery did go very smoothly. They ended up replacing the whole ACL with part of his hamstring and repaired his partially torn meniscus (Thank you Dr. West!) When they brought me into the recovery area where Curtis was coming to, it was pretty comical to see just how out of it he was. For some reason he was so concerned with the time and kept asking to tell him what time it was. Pain pills really hit him hard, possibly because Curtis is all about vitamins and refuses to use any other type of medication. It got pretty nasty too when it came to change his bandages, my weak stomach could barely handle it! Needless to say it has been a busy couple of weeks getting him back in the swing of things and trying to get our routine down. The toughest part of the this experience for Curtis was he got major cabin fever. Can't really blame him when he would have to just lay there, on the flat of his back with his leg elevated for practically a whole week. Also he has developed a nasty addiction to his ice machine. The clerks at both Smiths and Holiday Oil are my new friends, since this addiction takes about 3 small bags of crushed ice or 1 large bag every day and our freezer can only hold so much (so sad that I know this now!) I am frequenting these stores/gas station morning and night. We have also had to make a couple of trips to Costco this week which then means that Curtis gets to roll around in the electric wheelchair cart. I think he really enjoys that. I don't know if any of you have seen that Seinfeld where George pretends to be handicap and his boss buys him a Jazzy??? Shamefully our house has fallen into shambles and is desperate for a good clean which will be done this week, I hope!

As far as other updates I get all of the email updates from the pregnancy websites and have always thought it funny how week by week there is some type of comparison of your baby's growth to some type of fruit or vegetable. Accompanied by a photo.... This week my baby is the length of an English hothouse Cucumber (about 14 inches head to heal)

and moving on up to be as hefty as a head of cauliflower, weighing in at almost 2 pounds. (Length: about 14 1/2 inches.)

But that is just what they are telling me... I on the other hand feel like this baby is going to be huge!! When we went it at our 20 week ultrasound (that feels like so long ago!) our baby was measuring a couple days big but when they measured his femur he measured 2 weeks bigger!