I have a hard time blogging because I don’t want to constantly blog about baby stuff. I mean.. it’s going to be most of what I talk about for the next.. forever, so I might as well slap the “mommy blog” label up in here and leave it be. I can’t just do that, though. I’m not the typical mommy blogger. I have no intention of flooding anyone with posts about breastfeeding and spit-up. Unless that’s what y’all want? Yeah?!

Anyways.

We’ve made new friends! I’ve been so excited over this new relationship that it’s probably quite obvious if you peek at my facebook. It’s a guy my husband works with and his wife, and they are very much like us in terms of.. they like to go to dinner & a movie, hang out, go bowling, have fun.. not necessarily partying it up like some our age. They don’t have kids so it’s not just baby talk all the time like it is with some of my mom friends (no offense to them, I love it, but it does get old! I’m a 25 year old girl, too, not just a mom).

Tonight we saw the new Underworld in 3D with them. I’m not sure how I feel about 3D movies. That was my first and I left with my eyes hurting along with the bridge of my nose where the hard glasses sat. I got used to it after a bit but it was still uncomfortable. I think I’ll stick to regular HD movies. After the movie we went to Cici’s Pizza for dinner, then skipped their dessert buffet & headed over to one of those fancy dancy yogurt bars that are all the rage nowadays. It was delish & totally worth it.

As for the baby talk, I’m 17 weeks as of yesterday. Last week I had an ultrasound and baby is doing great.. growth and weight are right on the marks and all tests have come back perfect! I’m so excited to progress further – especially once we get past 23 weeks which is when Jeremiah deployed when I was pregnant with Matthew. Woo!

THANK YOU for all of the congratulations on the last post! As of yesterday I’m 16 weeks pregnant.

It hasn’t quite become completely real, though every day I wake up feeling a little bit more fat. Unfortunately, even when I’m hungry, I really just feel and look like I ate way too much. I have two appointments this week; one with the perinatal doctor and one with my regular obstetrician. I can’t wait to see how the baby is doing.

I was telling my mom today that I keep forgetting that Jeremiah didn’t get to be around for my last pregnancy. I can never forget that he wasn’t there, I just forget that he didn’t get to experience all of the stuff that pregnancy entails. In a way I’m sure he sees it as a blessing, but he didn’t get to see or feel Matthew kick in my belly, he didn’t get to see him big on the ultrasounds and he didn’t get to be there for the birth or first 3 months.

I can’t wait for him to experience those things and see his reaction.. and see him get to be a part of all of this.

We’ve been waiting WEEKS to make it public, and now that I’ve told all family and friends I can say it here on a public website.. I AM PREGNANT!

This image was from a week ago, at 12w4d. Now I’m about 13w5d. Tentative due date is July 1st but of course they like to induce diabetics for health and safety reasons so that can always change. We’re very excited and can’t wait to watch our baby grow!

Did anyone do any customized gifts for family and friends this year? I saw a few people on facebook who got blankets with pictures or their names on it, or mugs with custom sayings. I even saw one guy who got a few custom lapel pins because he collects them. I think it’s cool that nowadays you can get basically anything done anyway you want it. I think I’d much prefer a thought out gift like that than a basic whatever that everyone got from the mall.

It’s hard to think about swimming now since it’s like, 30-something degrees outside, but I can’t wait for the summer when it’s time to hop in! I’m hoping we find a good pool to use. We have a YMCA membership but the pool at ours is lame and more for little kids, so I’d like to find something we can actually swim in. One of my friends here has a huge pool and wants us to come over to swim at least once a week. I think that’ll be great!

We used to have a little tiny pool when we lived in Florida. We bought it at the exchange on base but we had so many issues with keeping it clean and using it enough to justify keeping it. We had bought it a Pool Cover but decided less than a week later to just return it because it wasn’t getting used enough.

I can’t wait, though. Now that Matthew’s getting older I want him to get in the pool more. He did so great last summer!

It’s not that I shop for many people, but it still takes me a while to decide what I’m actually going to get everyone. Matthew’s presents have been purchased for a while since we went out on Black Friday when we were in Florida. Today I finished up by going to Cabela’s and Target for Jeremiah’s last couple of little gifts and now I’m done! I can’t wait to post about what I got him, but since he reads this site.. (sorry!)

I didn’t get him anything super cool or anything he’ll be doing a dance over, but I like that I actually thought about what to get him and then got him a few extra things I think he’ll like. I have a little bit of work to do tomorrow on one of the gifts and then I’ll be 100% finished.

My mom is getting what she asked for.. 3 CDs she doesn’t have and wants to have. She’s old school and listens to discs in her car rather than using an MP3 player. She does have an MP3 player, she just doesn’t really use it.

As for the site, like the new look? Ashley over at AccordingToAshley.net made it for me and finally sent it over a few days ago. I love it and it’s nice to have a non-premade layout for once, even if I didn’t make it myself.

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We definitely need to go soon. We tend to go there ridiculously often, since we just went a few days ago to buy wood to expand our DVD shelf and some other items. Then we were there a few days before that for Christmas garb.

There’s just a few things we need to pick up once we look at our budget. I know we need soaker hoses for the foundation, as well as another braided metal hose for our front yard. We have one in the back and I LOVE it, but the one in front is just a cheapo rubber hose that has all kinds of kinks and knots in it. I use that one the most, too, so I definitely need something of quality out there.

We also need to get some grout to fix up some of the tile in our house, as well as spackle and paint to fix some cracks. Our foundation has shifted a bit (which is common in this area) so you have to maintain as you go.

A few weeks ago we drove to Mineral Wells State Park and did a little trail walking. It was nothing crazy, as we brought Matthew and both dogs, but it was good to get out, the weather was nice and the park was beautiful. It definitely didn’t look like what I expected, though I’m not sure what I expected. All I know is that we sure need some more hiking stuff if we’re going to do that more often. I need some different shoes (I have great trail shoes, but when we were climbing up rocks I could feel the sharp points stabbing into my foot, lol) and I’ve been looking at dakine backpacks at RockyMountainTrail.com .. I need something better so that I can pack smarter. I should be bringing plenty of medical supplies including candy bars and my emergency kit. I’d hate to have something happen in the middle of nowhere. Also, it’d be nice to have something to carry a few other things in, such as sandwiches, extra bottles of water and the camera.

I had always thought I wanted Jeremiah to put on some jeans and a hat, with some pointy boots. I think cowboys are hot. However, at the store the other day I decided that some men do not belong being cowboys. He is a good looking guy, but not in a cowboy hat. He looks better in a baseball cap.

HOWEVER, he still looks good in jeans so I wouldn’t mind him wearing some carhartt jeans for men and maybe some hiking boots, but he just cannot pull off the all out Texan southern guy look.