Goodbye...

Goodbye Little innie belly button. I will miss you as you are slowly disappearing. I know you will return one day after my beautiful sweet child is born, but for now.. you will be missed.

And on a lighter note (because the disappearing belly button is so tragic right?), I took this picture a few days ago when I was 27 weeks and 4 days. Belly is getting bigger! It is so weird to think I only have a little over 12 weeks left. There is so much to do!!!
The nursery has not even been started. I have, however, acquired all of the fabrics I am using for the crib set (Yes I am attempting to make my own. Am I nuts?) and picked out my crib, dresser and such to be ordered next week and should arrive within 4-6 weeks. I have paint picked out and my wonderful husband is ready to paint. ;) Hopefully we will tackle that this weekend, but I am not sure seeing as Sunday is Super Bowl and Saturday my husband and his friend are running a cable through the attic.

My baby shower is in the works and we have about a million other things we need to do before the end of April arrives. aaaaand it is already February. Oh boy!

Where do they come up with this?

I was reading random articles and came across this little gem...
It is marriage and dating according to kids. I just had to share. ;)


How would you make your marriage work?
Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck.
Ricky, age 10

How can a stranger tell if two people are married?
You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.
Derrick, age 8

What do you think your mom and dad have in common?
Both don’t want any more kids.
Lori, age 8

What do most people do on a date?
Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.
Lynnette, age 8 (isn’t she a treasure?)
On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.
Martin, age 10

What would you do on a first date that was turning sour?
I’d run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns.
Craig, age 9

When is it okay to kiss someone?
When they’re rich.
Pam, age 7
The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn’t want to mess with that.
Curt, age 7
The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It’s the right thing to do.
Howard, age 8

What is the right age to get married?
Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.
Camille, age 10
No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married.
Freddie, age 6 (very wise for his age)

Is it better to be single or married?
I don’t know which is better, but I’ll tell you one thing. I’m never going to have sex with my wife. I don’t want to be all grossed out.
Theodore, age 8
It’s better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.
Anita, age 9 (bless you child)

How do you decide whom to marry?
You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.
Alan, age 10
No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you’re stuck with.
Kristen, age 10

I think my favorite is still the first one. LOL

What is to come...

Well, we moved into our new house about a week and a half ago and are loving it. We do not have any interent over there at the moment so I have not been in the bloggy world much. I check up on the blogs when I visit my mom's house, but everyone else updates their blog so I just spend my time reading other people's blogs. I will try to update a little later this week.

Here is a little glimpse of what has been going on in the Thompson household:

Kurt's dog that he had since he was little had to be put down a few weeks ago. She was very old and had very bad arthritis. She was in pain all the time and would not even lay down anymore. His parents took her to the vet to get her medicine and it helped for a couple days, but then she started to get these large lumps on her chest and stomach. We, and the doctor, think they were cancer. So we had to put her down. It was a sad day.

Then a week later on Saturday morning, our little Daisy got into something and started throwing up and eating grass to get it out of her system. We decided to watch her and maker sure she was drinking water. She was still not eating on Sunday and we thought that she was just still not feeling good, but she was drinking plenty of water. Well, then on Monday morning, I went into the bathroom to check on her. (We put her in the bathroom because the night before, she was still throwing up decided to throw up in one of my shoes.) I took her to the vet on Monday morning and they wanted to run some tests. When the results came back, her kidney enzymes were very high and the vet thought she might have kidney disease. We were devestated. She is our baby and I could not bear the thought of losing her. I was a wreck for several days. They put her on fluids because she was dehydrated. There were 2 possible problems they had explained to us, the first could be kidney disease, the second was that she was so dehydrated and that could make the levels in her blood so high. They took her blood again on Wednesday after she was on IV fluids for a few days and she turned out to be just fine, but she still was not eating much. We decided to leave her there for one more night and pick her up on Thanksgiving morning. We had a lot to be thankful for.

Speaking of Thanksgiving, Kurt and I hosted it this year in our new home. I was a crazy person for a few days between Daisy and getting the house ready for family to come over. Everything turned out great. Except that I did not cook the turkey long enough and had to put the half carved bird back in the oven for a bit. In my defense, I did everything I was supposed to. In the leg the fluids ran clear and it was the right temperature, just not at the bottom of the breast. I am glad we got that Honey Baked Ham too. ;) It was still a great evening with the family, which I do not have any pictures of because, like I said I was a crazy person. I get a little OCD when it comes to hosting functions. This time I was a little less particluar about it because my little Daisy was in the hospital and we were visiting her about 2-3 times a day.

Well that about covers it for the update.. except I am still trying to figure out which of these weird twinges and light cramps and flutters are baby moving and which are not. I wish there was a little sign that showed up to decipher which is baby and which is not. Hmm.. oh well. I am sure as baby gets bigger, I will be able to tell a lot better.

Sorry about the lack of pictures again, we moved our cameras over to the house and this is the only chance I had to blog. We should be setting up the computer soon and possibly getting internet before Christmas, but who knows. As soon and we have it, you will be the first to know. ;)

Quick post

I just got back from my doctor's appointment.. by the way thank you all so much for all yor advice and input, I really appreciate it. We decided to stay with our doctor since we have actually seen her and met with her. I like her, she has been nothing but nice to me and seems to truly care about answering my questions and concerns. When I posted about my confusion, I had only seen a nurse practitioner... Anyways, a little update on our growing little one. It's heartbeat is 156 today and was 165 last visit. (heartbeat of a girl perhaps?) We scheduled our ultrasound and are still not planning on finding out the gender. So guess all you like, but you will just have to wait until April. ;) We go in for the u/s on December 22nd. I will be 22 weeks then. We asked why it was at 22 weeks instead of 20, and she said something about not being far enough along and that I had to catch up to calender. I don't know, but we are just excited to have it done. So ya that is about it. Now I have a large pile of laundry that is unfortunately calling my name.

Slacker.. I know

It has been almost one month since I posted last... WOW. I am sorry. I have been around.. lurking, leaving comments, but not posting. Maybe it is because I am too lazy to go into the other room where the card reader that fits my camera is and upload some photos. I promise I have been busy also. We are making some good progress on the house that I will post about soon. Like as in probably tomorrow.

But to hold you over until then.. I will update you on a little more progress that has been going on around here. That's right.. it is my first official blog belly photo. ;)

Here is my belly at 15 weeks.

Frustrated.. and a little confused

I went in to by OB's office to get some blood tests done. (Glucola test= YUCK!) And as I was waiting I was talking to the nurse/receptionist and I was asking about ultrasounds and such.. since I have not had one. I was expecting to get one because, well everyone else on the planet seems to get them early. I was wondering if I was going to get one at my next (12 week) appointment. They said that insurance will only pay for 2 ultrasounds throughout my pregnancy. They give me the first one at 20 weeks.. and the next one later if they need to. Seriously.. I have to wait until I am 20 weeks? I have seen plenty of blogs and known people with ultrasounds done way earlier than that. So I guess I am just a little frustrated. They said it was because they have to send out for an ultrasound and it is not "within the office." I am seriously debating switching offices. Any suggestions for doctors or words of advice? I am so lost.. even the books say I am supposed to get one during this check-up. UGH! Help!?

Oh the Potential

We did not get our keys today. The lender still needs a verification of employment from Kurt's old job. They failed to tell us that they still needed things yesterday when they said we would close today. But that is just the way it is going to happen and we can't do anything to hurry it along. So instead of good news of us getting the keys.. I will show you the potential my home has. It may look something like this one day.

After "apple picking" on Saturday, we all went to the model homes on the other side of town. Barbie said they had our floor plan in a model and we decided to go look at it. Kurt and I are putting in all new floors in our new home and wanted to see what they model home had.

These are some photos of what that house looked like. You can see a little of the living floor plan. :)

This is the view of the front entry when you walk in. We will be getting hardwood floors much like these.

The living room and kitchen.

Tech center. Ours has no desk.. but we could have one like this.

The curtains Barbie and I are going to make for our houses. Mine will look like this.. and hers will be green instead of red.
I will post pictures of the house before we start the work. We took some the other day..but these make me happy. The list of projects that he have in store for this house is going to be a long one.