Baby Updates

So the last appointment we obviously found out it is a girl, I only gained one pound and she is perfectly positioned! I think I am equally excited about all three of those things. I feel her kicking under my right ribs all the time. Sometimes she wakes me up at night. She is very active! Here I am at 30 weeks! The same day that I found out it’s a girl for sure I went out and bought the perfect fabric. I made this valence and I’m going to use the extra to cover that pillow in the chair.Also, my drawers are starting to fill with clothing. I’ve gotten some and my mom has gotten us LOTS! At first it was all gender neutral stuff, which I still enjoy because if we have a boy next time I don’t want to have to buy ALL new stuff. But now she’s gotten me some super duper cute pink stuff. (Thanks mom!) Along with blankets and toys and diapers and such. At this rate I won’t even need any showers!

And these are the “Congratulations we’re having a girl!” flowers that Jason brought home the other night. What a sweetie!

Trailer Updates

Here are some before and after pictures of the main living space of the trailer. I think it looks fantabulous and the inside at least is starting to feel like a home! The outside still feels a little like you’re stepping onto a barren planet somewhere in outer space (due to the expanse of dirt and craters and rocks everywhere) but that too will come along in IT’S OWN timing :)

Pumpkin Belly and other Baby tidbits

The people at my work love to get into every holiday and have a good time. This time they decided to use me to help them get their jollies. My supervisor came out and told me to close my eyes and then taped this pumpkin face on my belly. So fun! I wore it all day.

Oh and lately my favorite thing to do is to really freak people out. It involves poor unsuspecting strangers and it goes like this. The other day I was out shopping for our two new chairs and the attached at my hip salesman made a friendly comment about me obviously expecting. To which I got a really offended look on my face and go, “Excuse me?” and then I watch his reaction with amusement for a short bit. His face dropped, his eyes got big, he didn’t know what to say and he started to stammer and try to back track and then I cracked a smile and said, “Just kidding, yeah this is our first.” HA! Love it.

Also, here’s a picture of the crib that I put together ALL by myself. I’m very proud of that. AND I just came from my midwife and she did another sonogram and we found out it is DEFINITELY a girl! AND I only gained one pound in the last 4weeks which I'm very excited about! So much to do! So little time left people, so little!

Livin' in the Country

I grew up in what I thought was the country. We had 107 acres and big old barn, chickens, goats, sheep, and horses. However, I’m learning that the town we lived in really wasn’t “country”.

I’m pretty sure I live in the REAL country now. How do I know? Well, let me give you some of the evidence. Goats roam free on peoples land. The local taxidermist (also a dear friend of ours) lives just down the road and you can often see dead animal skins laying out to dry. At night packs of whooping, howling coyotes drown out the sound of the peaceful crickets. The other day I followed a young, flannel-clad man for a few miles as he rode his 4-wheeler down the middle of the road. Also, interestingly enough he had a rifle strapped to the front of it and the only thing in season at the time was bear and crows. There is no great bear hunting in these parts that I’m aware of and I’m pretty sure you don’t shoot crows with rifles. And last but not least, after one trip to the nearest supermarket you will realize there is absolutely no need whatsoever to shower, change out of your PJ’s or throw on a bra when you go to do your shopping! (Calm down people, I didn't say I DON'T shower, change or wear a bra when I go to the store, I just feel no pressure to do so whatsoever!)

Adventures in Trailerland

Well, we’re back! In the area that is, not online yet so blogging may still be few and far between. We’re finally living in the trailer for good. But it’s been quite the journey getting here so I thought I’d just highlight a few rich moments.

We were staying here a couple nights a week so I didn’t have to commute over an hour to work and back. We stayed on an air mattress and the first week we did this, we had no electricity, which meant no water. I cut myself off from fluids at an early hour and prayed that I would not have to pee in the middle of the night, but alas I woke up with a killer leg cramp and my first thought was, “CRAP! Now I have to pee!” We now live the middle of a giant 3acre field and I wasn’t about the walk all the way to the edge of the woods and let the coyotes eat me. I also was not going to deal with getting the step ladder to climb down from the trailer (We didn’t have any steps yet either.) SOooo, I just hung on to the doorway for dear life and hung on out over the door jam and let ‘er flow.

Then there was the time that I woke up at 2am in shivering convulsions because it was freezing outside (We also have no heat). We only had two thin blankets and the cold air of the air mattress beneath us and nothing else in the house really to speak of. We piled on as many clothing layers as we possibly could without cutting off our circulation, gathered all the towels we had in the house and put them over the top of us and snuggled together for warmth to save our lives. That was a good nights rest!

We then got plumbing hooked up but still no electricity so we graduated to being able to go in the toilette but had to flush with buckets of water. Then there was the time that I was there in a rainstorm and water started leaking in our bedroom window with the strength and speed of a fire hose. And then when we finally go the electricity turned on and could examine things up close and personal we discovered that the toilette tank in one bathroom leaks so we can’t use it and the tub floor is cracked and not water tight in the other bathroom so we can’t use that. Oh and did I mention that we have no stove or heat because there is no power to either and we have to get an electrician to figure out why. I tell ya what. THIS is the life!

Here's a few pictures. A view from our living room window and the Living/Dining/Kit before picture. It looks so different now! More after pictures to come....

Update and New Baby Pic

So the good news is that Billy and Bob did go pay the back taxes and we have a closing date! Wahoo! Tuesday at 3:30! The bad news is that the trailer will be moved Wed. hopefully and won't be all set up for us to be in it by the time my next work shift rolls around. So there will be just one more week of sleeping at friend's houses or commuting. Now that I type that I think I can deal with it, but when I came home from this last week after getting little to no sleep in 3 nights the thought of another week like that seemed unbearable.

With all of this madness going on, we haven't taken any baby belly pictures lately. The time has just slipped us by and I realized it's been like 5 weeks since we last took or posted a picture. Now that I look at the pictures side by side I realize there's been quite the difference!

We were just treated to a DELISCIOUS lobster lunch at Jason's parent's house and his mom took this baby belly picture. This is 26 weeks. Enjoy!

Jason Redeemed

So Jason found out that this whole thing isn't actually all his fault. While he did neglect to see that the title search was done on time, this whole lien thing didn't even show up in the title search. That came back totally clean. The only way anyone found out about this is because our mortgage company called the town office to get the tax bill info as standard procedure to figure out all the final closing details. So Jason feels better, I don't have to try not to be really really angry, and our child still has a chance of entering the world with parents who love each other.

After much waiting it finally seems we have a solution. Guy who owes the taxes (we'll call him Billy) and guy who currently owns the land (we'll call him Bob) are going to pay the taxes. Bob was trying like mad to get a hold of Billy. Billy finally called back Bob and Billy is going to pay a litle more than half of the money and Bob and his realestated partner are going to split the remaning money. Billy and Bob are supposed to take care of this tomorrow. Then Bob is supposed to have the proof of that faxed to our mortgage company and we are supposed to close Tues. at 3:30pm.

Please pray that that happens! I don't know if I just love my husband more and more or if it can be attributed to pregnancy hormones, but I've been away from him since Wed morning and won't see him again until Sat. afternoon (because I'm staying with friends on my worknights) and there have been numerous times when I've fought back tears because I'm so sad, and I really don't want to do this again next week. If we close on Tues, I hope and pray that the trailer can be moved on Wed. and then I will sleep on a matress on the floor with my hubby even though there will be no electricity.

So that's that. I'll keep you updated!