2011

Baby belly 18 weeks

It's a new year and time for goals, resolutions, etc. Usually I would say to lose weight but since I'm expecting a baby that isn't the best goal, at least not for the first half of the year. ;)

There are some things I would like to do this year, my to do/goal list. Nothing all to exciting. The normal things...get out of debt, spend more fun time with the family, eat better...things like that. Other things I want to get done, organize the basement, rearrange/decorate the kids rooms, get ready for the baby. 

Nothing amazing, nothing outrageous. Just the normal stuff we so often seem to be working on. 

I am itching to go on vacation. I know, it does sort of contradict the getting out of debt. I think it is winter that does it to me though. I get cabin fever and just want a change of scenery. We were supposed to go to Seattle this April but I'll be 35 weeks pregnant and don't really want to drive 12 hours and then walk around the city all day, for 5 or 6 days. We'll have to put it off for a little while. I am planning on a girls weekend with a few of my very good friends and also another one with my sisters and niece at the end of April. (Yes I'll be almost 36 weeks but it is close to home and I'll be wanting something to do to take my mind off of my hugeness and impatience to have the baby) :)

I want fresh fruits and veggies. This happens to me when I'm pregnant and it is usually in the winter when they aren't in season at all. So then I end up eating chocolate, and too much of it. 

Thank goodness I am feeling like eating again though. The worst part of the pregnancy is over and I am entering the fun stuff. Getting a big belly, feeling the baby move, and next week we have our ultrasound and *hopefully* we'll be able to find out if the little one is a boy or girl. Put your votes in now. I keep saying girl but find myself saying "him" when I talk about the baby. Is it a "premonition" or just a slip of the tongue? We shall see, either next week or in another 20 weeks. 

Also new at our house...I quit my job. I was planning on quitting once the baby came but it looks like my Mom, who is my direct boss, will be out having knee replacement soon so I thought I'd just bail early and work on things at home I want to get done before the baby comes. I did enjoy the work and am really going to miss a lot of the people that I've known for the past few years now, but it's time to move on and hopefully I'll be able to keep in touch with many of them. (There's always Facebook....lol)

Now that I'm feeling better I have the baking "bug". I want to bake and try new recipes. It is especially dangerous now that I'm not working because I was always able to take the extras to work so I didn't end up eating to many of them. (My co-workers were always willing participants) Now if I bake I am going to end up with lots of leftovers and find myself grazing upon them throughout the day, and consequently becoming as big as a house. ;) Guess its just time to just start selling my stuff.

Everyone goes back to school tomorrow so I'm hoping to get some cleaning and organizing done. Wish me luck ;) Happy new year all!