This Weekend I...

Another weekend has come and gone...booo!!! I only have a few weekends left before tax season starts, which means working Saturdays until the tax deadline of April 16, 2013.

We had a weekend full of stuff to do and a list of things I wanted to get done!!

Tate had a wrestling tournament all day Saturday. I went towards the end of the tournament because we were going to go to a lasagna dinner at the coaches house after and then head to his works Christmas party. I had fun going and supporting my husband and then going to hang out with the wrestlers and their families and attend the Christmas Party. We watched the game @ the Christmas party and of course...I was really disappointed...but I had a very happy husband!

Sunday was my day of getting stuff done around the house since Saturday was busy with running around. We met another couple in the morning to sell another Craigslist item...love getting rid of that stuff! Tate had to work so I headed to church and then the gym!

I also hit up Menards for some shoe racks that they had on sale for $10. I bought 2 of them because our closet was in desperate need of organization. I didn't take a before picture...but you can see how pretty it looks now with the shoe rack!

Tate has more shoes than 5 pairs...don't let this photo fool you! He is one of those

guys that loves shoes....mainly Nike's!

 

This weekend was all about 'closet organization'! Since we moved the guest bedroom to the downstairs, organizing the closet in that room, the nursery and our closet are much needed!

 

I only started on the closets...as they have a lot of work. But here is what I started with in the nursery!

 

It's a small walk in closet...but very roomy for a nursery! I'm excited with what we can do with it. It currently holds my scarves, pillows, blankets, sheets, dresses, candles, iron, iron board and whole lot of other stuff that needs to be put elsewhere.

 

I then made my husband a nice batch of chili (I say husband because I don't eat chili, I made eggs, turkey bacon and toast for myself)!

 

We ended the weekend watching the season premiere of The Biggest Loser. I love inspirational shows like this and each episode makes my cry (worse now that I am pregnant and hormones are going crazy). Anybody else watch? Only thing...I just wish each episode wasn't 2 hours long!

 

 

  

Christmas 2012

Finally...the Christmas post! Lots to recap so let's get to it :)

 

Our first Christmas took place on December 15th on my Mom's side of the family. We decided to also celebrate my Grandpa's 91st birthday on the same day since his birthday was a few days later.


The little kids always exchange names for gifts and the adults bring a boy or girl gift and then we draw numbers and do the whole pick a gift or steal someone's gift and you always want a later number. Tate ended up with a wrench set and I ended up with the game, Cards Against Humanity!!! We were excited about our gifts!

 

After spending a wonderful time with my Mom's side of the family, it was back to work for the week before heading out of town for a long Christmas vacation. We left town on the Friday before Christmas to head to Tate's hometown in eastern WI.

 

We loved hanging out with friends and family while in WI.

Mya loving spending time with her Grandpa!!

 

Love my in-laws!!!

 

The dogs are very interested in all the presents...especially when they are for them!!!

 

After spending time with Tate's family, we headed down to my hometown on Christmas Eve morning to spend Christmas with my side of the family! Long drive...but it is very worth it!

 

Mya fell in love with her new football from my parents...and so did I because it keeps her busy for longer than 5 minutes :)

 

Loved wearing this cute Gap dress that I have had for a while...perfect lil' black pregnancy dress! Shows off the 'bump' nicely!!!

 

My parent's with my Grandparents (Dad's side) - Sister very excited about her gift

 

Baby W was spoiled for Christmas! A few hoodie towels, a Vikings & Packers outfit...making it equal :) Tate's lil' brother gave us the onesie with a football on it that says 'born to compete' which is PERFECT if you knew my husband...most competitive person!! Also received a Twins Mauer jersey, books, and toys! Love the variety! Can't wait for lil' to wear and use these things!!!

 

Christmas 2012 was wonderful. It's very exciting knowing that next Christmas we will have a lil' one to celebrate with and to share with our family! I look forward to Baby W's first Christmas!!!

 

2013 Goals

Call them goals, New Year resolutions...what you  may!!! I love GOALS...so this year, I don't have New Year resolutions...I have goals!

Watch less TV

There are so many shows out there that I watch that are junk. I wouldn't mind downgrading our current package to get less channels. It's very difficult when your husband has to have ESPN. Only channel on his request list. I'll look into possible new options when our contract is up in July but for now I have deleted shows on my DVR list and will try not to come home every night and turn on the TV.

Fully fund our emergency fund

Being an accountant, I am very conscious of where we spend our money and we have a budget every month. Some may think it's extreme, but I love the way we do it and I look forward to doing our budget every month. Tate and I decided in May last year that we would get serious about our financial goals and we are reaching them and it feels GREAT! We would have had our emergency funded by December 2012 if we hadn't decided to remodel 3 rooms in our house, but it was needed and we really wanted it done before we had a child. If everything goes to plan, we should have our emergency fund fully funded by April 2013.

Start paying off mortgage early

All our 'extra' money is going to our emergency fund so after that is funded, we have the baby and I am back to work, we will like to put that extra money towards our mortgage and pay it off early. I am not a fan of debt...never have been and never will be. I just imagine what we could do with that money every month if we had our house paid off and we are not paying interest on a huge loan. We put a little tiny bit towards it each month, but not enough to really do anything so adding to it and having it move faster to zero would make this goal achievable in due time!

Make work lunches night before

Yes, I am one of those wives that makes her husband's lunch everyday! We save a lot of money doing it that way and I don't mind doing it. Besides, Tate is such a workaholic hard-worker and barely stops to eat what I pack for him, he wouldn't take the time to go buy something so he would go hungry all day!! Men?!?! It seriously saves so much time doing it the night before so I don't know why I just don't do it! I just get lazy @ night. Well I am going to start and hopefully stick with it!

Meet my pregnancy goal
A fellow blogger, Kristin, did this goal during her pregnancy and I thought it was so great that I wanted to do it during mine. The day I found out I was pregnant, I started. I was about 3 days shy of being 5 weeks pregnant so I made the goal of doing 10 miles a week for a total of 350 miles during my pregnancy. I like to run and did it regularly before my pregnancy so I thought that 350 of walking, jogging and elliptical shouldn't be a problem. So far I have done mostly walking. I have done a total of 125.61 (as of 1/1/13) miles since September 28, 2012. I am still on pace of about 10 miles a week and really hope that this goal is still attainable later in my pregnancy!

Become more organized

This whole 'nesting' thing is so awesome! I have bags ready for Goodwill and feel like how house is becoming so organized. I want to continue to improve. I don't like being at work thinking about what I need to get done @ home. I want to feel less stress and being more organized will help!

Have a healthy baby

We pray lots for a healthy baby! We pray that everything will go great throughout my pregnancy and that I have a healthy delivery. I'm not sure if this is a 'goal' but it is something BIG happening in 2013 for us so I felt it was necessary to mention!

Week 18

*Note to self...don't wear loose sweater for belly shots, make you look bigger than you really are*

 

Baby W this week…

-baby is yawning, hiccuping, sucking, & swallowing

-baby is also twisting, punching, rolling & kicking.

 

Size of the baby?

Baby is the size of a sweet potato

 

Total Weight Gain/Loss?

Still haven't bought a scale...so we sit @ +5lbs from my 16 week appt

 

Maternity Clothes?

Bought a pair of black maternity pants from Old Navy

 

Stretch Marks?

Zero, zip...nada

 

Best Moments?

Feeling the baby move! I wasn't sure if what I was actually feeling was a hungry stomach or gas, but I am pretty sure it was the baby!!! Best thing ever!!

 

Movement?

Just starting to feel it! Can't wait for more and for Tate to feel it!

 

Food Cravings?

Still just want milk, pickles and mac & cheese

 

Anything making you queasy or sick?

Nothing making actually queasy or sick...but I can't eat veggies

 

What I miss?

Fitting into my clothes.

 

Nausea/Vomiting?

Nope

 

Symptoms?

Aches and pains, belly and boobies continue to grow

 

Labor Signs?

Way too soon for this!

 

Gender?

Unknown for 2 more weeks

 

Belly Button In or Out?

Still an in...but getting more and more shallow

 

Wedding Rings On or Off?

Still on!

 

Sleep?

Good. I don't ever wake up in the night. Pregnancy pillow is wonderful!

 

What I am looking forward to?

Continuing setting up the nursery. Tate set up the crib and changing table when he was off on Monday!!!



Top 2012 moments

I can't believe that 2012 has come and gone. Another year for the books. I feel like 2012 was a great blessing and 2013 will be even better!

We started 2012 out right by celebrating big (big for us)!!


In July we attended an annual Canoe Trip down the St. Croix and it was SUPER FUN!!!

 

In May we took a 'mini-vacation' to Chicago.

 

My best friend welcomed twin girls into the world...an AMAZING blessing!!!

 

I met some pretty amazing bloggers at not ONE or TWO get together...but THREE!!

 

My siblings and I threw my Mom a 'surprise' 60th birthday party!!!

 

I attended my first Streetball tournament with Tate!!

 

I competed and finished another sprint triathlon!

 

We celebrated our One Year Wedding Anniversary!!!

 

Of course our #1 moment of 2012 was finding out we were expecting!!!! We are very very VERY excited for this journey and can't wait to meet Baby W in late spring!!!

 

 I hope you all had a safe and happy New Year!!
 

This Weekend I...

 

Was so productive...even if it did involve me repeating something 3 times (more on that later)!

 

Tate was out of town coaching wrestling at a tournament so I was solo on the social scene and solo on the 'get shit done' scene!!!!

 

On Friday I went out to eat @ Crave for a friends birthday and then hit up Toby Keith's bar to celebrate. I only stayed until 10 pm...but I loved seeing all my girls and hanging with Molly again who was home for Christmas from CA.

 

Some of the SCSU girls - Elissa & I...she just announced on Christmas that her and her husband are expecting also...very exciting!!!

 

On Saturday I woke up with major plans to get stuff done. I had a bunch of errands to do so I left the house at 9 to hit up the gym, then ran my errands right after and was home by noon! I'm one of those people that doesn't 'take my time' when it comes to shopping, I usually know what I need or have to look @ and am out of there!

 

I made myself lunch (mac & cheese) and then got to work on painting the nursery. I hate how long it takes to prep for painting...but it took about 1.5 hours to remove outlet covers and tape off the trim. Here is what the painted walls looked like before as our guest bedroom...

 

We decided to paint the nursery a light gray color since gray will be incorporated in the color scheme for a boy or girl. We really liked the gray color we painted the upstairs bathroom when we remodeled so we just decided to used that color.

 

When I was 95% finished painting, I realized I used the WRONG gray paint color...I used the one that we used on the downstairs bathroom remodel and the room looked blue...not gray! I was not happy of course...but instead of getting mad, I just decided that I 'primed' the walls. It had taken me 2.5 hours to paint the wrong primer on. I was hoping to get the 2 coats of the right color on that night and be done with it...but clearly my brain had other plans and I painted the correct color for the next 2.5 hours and was done and in bed by 10:15.

 

I woke up at 6:15 ready to paint...well I did decide to eat first and was painting by 7 and then ran out of paint.  I decided to get ready for church and run to the store before to pick up a quart of paint to finish the job.

 

Since I had already spent 7 hours painting, when I got home I decided to clean the fridge because that was on my to-do list also. It's the best feeling have a clean and organized fridge...I just love it!!!

 

After that, I finished painting the nursery during commercials of the VIKINGS WIN!!!

 

Here is are the nice pretty walls of Baby W's nursery...

I love it!!! I can't wait until it's decorated and then occupied with our little one!!!

 

After that, I made these enchilada's for dinner! As they were cooking, I decided to prep the dresser to be primed that is going to go into the nursery. Tate needs to prime it because our primer is oil based and that is a big no-no for pregnant woman so he gets to do that in one.

 

This is the dresser. My dad made a dresser for all of us kids when we were little and this was mine growing up (well I actually think this is my sister's because of the 'flaw' on the top drawer...but since I will painting it anyway, I won't complain).

 

The bottom three draws are pretty deep and are good for storage in the early years as I don't think we will fill everything up with clothes as we have a good size closet too. I am excited to share what I do with this dresser once I finish it!!!

 

That puts me here right now...typing this post, dishing soaking in the sink for me to wash and Tate and I about to double team the bed sheets so we can sleep in nice fresh sheets tonight!

 

It's these weekends I love...where I am home to get stuff done. I hung out with friend and was very productive. I did miss my husband, but he is here now, sitting next to me watching football and relaxing!

 

I hope you all had a GREAT last weekend of 2012!!! Bring on the New Year...I am ready!!!

 

Week 17

Baby W this week…

-rubbery cartilage is now turning into bone

-growing meat on those bones...putting some fat

-growing a stronger, thicker umbilical cord, too

 

Size of the baby?

Baby is the size of an onion

 

 

Total Weight Gain/Loss?

As I have said before...we don't own a scale so I only know what I have gained when I visit the doctor. I may be getting a scale soon, but until then...I was up 5 pounds at 16 weeks.

 

Maternity Clothes?

None yet but my work pants and jeans don't button anymore. I bought the belly band which has worked great. I also enjoy wearing leggings with dresses.

 

Stretch Marks?

None

 

Best Moments?

Watching my belly grow and getting some great stuff for Christmas for baby!!!

 

Movement?

Still none...I keep hoping I will feel something soon!

 

Food Cravings?

This past few weeks I have been wanting to drink a pop....which is rare since I don't drink it. I drank it growing up but as an adult I actually have grown to kind of dislike it and now I have been craving some.

 

Anything making you queasy or sick?

No but I really don't ever feel like our regular meals that I make, especially if they have meat (ground turkey or chicken) in them.

 

What I miss?

Not having to itch my skin all the time. My skin is currently in the 'stretching' phase so it's itching like crazy and this super dry weather doesn't help.

 

Nausea/Vomiting?

None

 

Symptoms?

Boobs have officially gotten 'much' bigger because the bras are getting too small. I knew they got bigger right away...but when you are as small chested as I am, I think my bras just started to fit 'normal' as my boobs filled them out. Almost time to go bra shopping.

 

Labor Signs?

Way too early for this talk

 

Gender?

Coming soon

 

Belly Button In or Out?

Still in...but getting more shallow

 

Wedding Rings On or Off?

Still on

 

Sleep?

Considering I just got a 'pregnancy pillow' for Christmas and used it only once, I think the whole sleeping on my side will get better.

 

What I am looking forward to?

Getting the nursery started. We moved all the guest bedroom furniture down to our 4th bedroom when we got back yesterday and I can now prep the room to be painted.