Happy Fourth of July!!

Hi everyone,

It's been a while, but as you can imagine I've been on busy overdrive. As usual I suppose. I'm hoping things will wind down a bit at work so I can have more time to get ready for the little bugger. That and it's just darned hard working with this kid taking up all this space, sleeping on my lungs, making my feet look like potatoes, etc. :) Many of you have been asking for the pictures of the Shower back in May. For your patience, I have uploaded them and they should be visible to your right in a nice little section of it's own.----------->
Please let me know if you have trouble seeing it. I will work on the video later on when I actually have time to do so. That might take a while. Ha, ha, ha! Here is a sample of Kat's typical day (no details...):

• Get up and go to work (do the horrible drive)
  
• Try to survive the day without quitting
• Attempt the horrible drive again
• Come home and contemplate cooking/eating but end up passing out on the couch
• Wake up eat and fall asleep again...
• Wake up in the middle of the night all uncomfortable and confused as to why in the hell am I doing this again?
• Fall back asleep if not surfing the web and when I do fall asleep almost flinging the cell phone whose alarm is attempting to wake me up.

Of course then there are days where I stay late at work because I need to make up the time I took for medical issues.....Birth Classes....running errands...etc.

So...now you know why I'm always unavailable. It's probably because I'm taking what little free time I have to say hello to my husband before I fall asleep in mid-sentence. Ha ha ha!

Anyway, it all hasn't been bad. I had a very nice baby shower thrown for me at work. Here is a link to those pictures:

• Kat's Baby Shower thrown by EAG Services!!!

Got some very nice items and had a lot of fun sharing time with my co-workers playing games that were not embarrassing! I was very happy about that. Plus the food was really good, as always!

So...as of today...I have ONE MONTH TILL MY DUE DATE!!! TICK TICK TICK TICK. Time to place your bets as to when this kid will really come! Next week I get my 36 week check up and will be seeing my midwife every week from here on. She will do my Strep B culture test, take a look at my Elvis in the Pelvis and all the other normal stuff. I'm slowly getting my bag together for my trip to the Birth Center. Luckily I don't need too much since they let you go home pretty fast once the baby is born and everyone is happy and healthy. This week I will probably think about what music and candles and stuff I want for motivation. I joked with Skip and said that the picture I was thinking of having as my focal point was a nice piece of Medium Rare beef...preferably from El Gaucho in Aruba. Hee, hee! I know...weird, sick, demented...but by gosh, I like it!

The nursery is coming along as well. Skip and Mike painted the room last week and I helped put finishing touches, like painting the windowsill. (I wanted to paint SOMETHING!) Skip then built the crib (I ordered the mattress the other day, should be here next week!) and moved the dresser into the room. As I've started to put stuff away, I'm thinking I might want to start saving for the dresser hutch. It's just so friggin expensive! But I'd like the storage. I also can't wait to get my glider. I'm considering getting the dang thing with the gift certificate I got from work. Hopefully I can keep putting stuff together the next few weeks. I'm not too much in a rush, just want the room not to look messy! It's not like she's gonna be going there very soon! LOL! She will be with me in our room for a bit.

Anyway, I've ranted enough for now. I'm sleepy and my potatoes....I mean....feet hurt. I have a long day tomorrow. I'm just happy Skip is driving! I'm going to Little Derek's first BURFDAYYY! Woo hoo! (For those of you who don't know, that is Tatiana's adorable little son!). Anyway, she lives in College Station which is like 2 hours away from me. Guess it's training for next week when we go to San Antonio for the weekend! LOL! Let's see how many times I stop to pee!

Till next time! Keep reading! And hope you all continue to have a great HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!

Luv,
Kat

Baby Checkup with Mom

So, where was I?

When Mom got here I had a special treat for her. I got to take her to one of my prenatal appointments. She was soooo excited. :) She got to meet Jackie, my midwife, and see where Kaitlyn was going to be born. She said it was like a little Bed and Breakfast, which made me laugh, but yeah, I guess so. While I was there Jackie took my blood to check my hemoglobin and glucose and whatnot. At first glance, it looked like my glucose was borderline high so I had to wait a few days to see if I had to take the 3 hour test. Turns out that I have to take the dang test. (Which I will be going to in a little while actually....and I'm so hungry!). She also said I was anemic so I have to take some lovely iron supplements. Good news is that it hasn't affected my bowels. Yaaay! Hee hee. I've actually been really lucky! I usually suffer from plumbing clogs (to put it nicely) and so far it hasn't been a problem (I'm knocking on wood). Anyway, then mom got to hear the heartbeat and got all teary eyed. We also got to gab about my birth with Mom and how fast it was for her (knocking on wood again). It was really nice.

Of course she took pictures and I wanted to share some of them.That's me looking all constipated. I really am not, I swear. I don't know why I was making that weird face, but my face has a mind of it's own so I usually just go with the flow. Not the most flattering pose, I know. Thanks Mom. LOL.That's the last size of Jelly Reese, no more Jelly Babies after that one. I know some of you are freaked out by the little Jelly Babies.....so here is the collection of Jellies below for your enjoyment. Hee hee hee.They are very cold children so they like to huddle together. :) I don't blame them...being made of ballistics gel probably isn't the most warming sensation. I wonder if this is how Mythbuster babies are made....Hmmmmm...

So anyway, then I got to take Mom to work where I gave her an office and put her to some slave baby shower duty. LOL! She helped make the candle favors we gave out and did a GRRRRREAT job! And she learned a new craft so she was very happy. I even got to show her off and everyone was very friendly and nice to her as they always are.

And thus concludes another chapter of Kat's Dayz. Look for more updates, I haven't even gotten to the shower part, so that will probably be coming next if I don't get distracted again.

Have a great weekend everyone!