Sunday, February 6, 2011

Woot Woot Big Day!

Super Bowl Sunday!
And the Packers are in it!

Im normally all for the Bears, but since my hometown is Green Bay, I still have love for the team. I am definitely rooting for them! I remember when I was younger, I think I was only about 13, the Packers won Super Bowl XXXII. It was a good time. I was in a skybox when they came back for the parade. It was really fun, and I was so young I just remember seeing he players and all the food and the wives that came up to talk to us (including Reggie White's wife). This super bowl will be a little different. I wont be going to the parade. Mainly because me and my big ole belly won't want to stand around for that long. Hahaha!

Well, other than that...Not too much has been happening. Got woken up yesterday by a phone call/voicemail from my dad and his fiance Cindy. Turns out my grandma and two of my aunts were at their house and wanted to talk with me. They are throwing me a baby shower next month and wanted to see what I all needed.. to put it short.. everything. haha! I told them, I really dont have everything we need. Which is stressing me out, but we are getting there. I am trying to get everything done.. Just really hard during the third trimester. I am so tired all the time and I just wanna rest, but I know there is so much to do. I am trying though.  :)  Can't wait to just have it all done and just be waiting for my little girl. It's really a very exciting feeling.

I feel like I can never catch up on what all needs to be done. Around the house, for Lyli, just in general. I know that its a long process, but I just want to feel like its all done already. LoL. It would just be so much easier! haha.

Well, I hope to possibly get back at this later, gotta get something done today. haah!

Friday, February 4, 2011

Been awhile

So we have had a busy little week this week, and that makes it a little more difficult to come on here and blog.

After my little scare with the doctor last week (pulled the ligament on my uterus) Ive been a little more worried about if I go into labor early. I have been preparing myself so much lately. I just want to get Lyli's room entirely done and painted and just set, to be waiting for her. This week we had someone come in and clean all the carpets in the house. We moved our living room furniture to the basement so we can have room for when we order the new furniture upstairs... which I can't wait for. Erik says it should only be a week or so before we can order it. I just can't wait! We went and picked out the one we want from Ashley Furniture. Beautiful! I will have to put up some pictures once we get them though. Well, so since we had the carpets cleaned we moved basically all our other movable furniture and knick-knacks into our kitchen. The very next morning, when we were going to move everything out how we wanted it, we had someone come take a look at our furnace. Its been having issues for the longest time and I am just sick of it. So we called and had someone out here for that.

Low and behold, the heater guy leaves and within a couple hours the place calls us and says, the guy left his jacket behind... but we need some other stuff done to the furnace yet so we had to set up yet another appt for him to come back out here and replace yet another part.. i will tell you, having a house, even just renting this from my in-laws sucks. lol. its so expensive.. but with everything we are doing, I just keep reminding Erik, ' well this is something we will know not to have or to fix before we actually buy or build our next house.' We are still debating on what we are gonna be able to do. I guess that really just depends on Lyli and if we do decide to have another kid right away.

Speaking of that... We have been talking, and I think its time for me and Erik to really start our family.. I mean like, I wouldn't mind having another kid within the next year or so.. I don't know. I feel like, we have been together for a long time, we are married, we have a steady living situation, and we have our first daughter on the way... why not go ahead and start on the family I want. I always told him I want a big family, like 5 kids. I think I get that since I was one of 4 kids. I just feel like having the siblings really makes a difference. I always had someone to play with as a kid. and i don't want Lyli to be alone all the time. Me and my sister are 17 months apart and we were very close growing up. I would like to be able to give that to Lyli too. I don't know. I guess we will just have to see if we can even have more children after this little one. She is my miracle as it is. :)

So besides all that, my sister has been having car issues and I have been giving my niece rides to school, which I love doing because I miss that little girl so much. And Eriks family has been going thru times. So we have been standing by them and trying to help and be there whenever possible. But I just feel like this entire month is a whirlwind just starting. Last month passed by super quick, but this month I have so much going on I feel like it will probably fly by too. LoL.

Well, off to wash some walls and possibly get some painting done... oh yeah, and on top of all this going on, I am hoping that once I have Lyli's room all done, I will film my first YouTube Video.. I want to use her room as my filming room because of how we are setting it all up. So cross your fingers that it will be done ASAP! lol

And on that note, I shall type to whomever is reading this soonly! Thanks for checking in on us!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Man O Man

So I am not very good at this whole everyday blog thing. I really need to keep up with it just to push myself a bit more..

Well, not much has been happening. I went to the hospital the other day, pulled a ligament that is on my uterus. I was in horribly pain for like 3 hours straight and then I finally could go into my doctor's and have her check it out. Of course there isn't much they can do when its a pulled muscle, but I felt I needed to go in to get it checked out to be on the safe side. Luckily the pain has gone away, for the most part, and things are kind of back to normal.

I have been talking with my husband and this is the week we are going to really get things on the road. We are going to get Lyli's room done, hopefully. And possibly get the living room re-decorated. I just want to get it all done in case I go into early labor. I don't want to end up not being entirely ready for my little girl if she is a little bit earlier than we expect. It's a lot of work getting things done though. We have painting and rearranging, and decorating, and safelocking, and just so much more. I know I have alot of friends and family that want to help, and I am sure we will utilize them, but for now, I want to be able to do this with him.

I have been kind of sick lately. I had a doctor's appt on Tuesday and when I got there I was just really hot and felt like I was overheating. So, the smart thing to apparently do is, I didn't button my jacket when we left the office. I live in Wisconsin. It's definitely still winter; in fact just got another couple inches of snow last night. But I went out of the office with my jacket unbuttoned and this is what happens. Ugh! I got so sick the next day. I woke up completely congested, so badly that I was throwing up. I couldn't keep food down. I talked to my nurse and she was just telling me to take some Tylenol. Now, not to bash on anyone who does, but I haven't taken any medicine what so ever, besides the prenatal pills, since I found out I was pregnant. I just don't want to take any chances. I know they say its okay to take them, as long as it isn't like everyday, but I just don't feel right taking the medicine. So I have toughed it out and am still recovering. I am still congested and sometimes have a slight fever, but nothing too hard to deal with.

Lyli has been moving around so much inside me. Its so much fun to just watch and feel her little legs and arms moving all around. Its just amazing to me that I have a little person inside me. Amazing. Erik likes to sit and just be around my belly and talk to her and rub my belly. It's the sweetest thing. I love the feeling of being so close together, all 3 of us. I just can't wait to see what my little girl looks like. I feel like I am getting impatient. Hahah. But as everyone tells me, I need to enjoy these moments while I can. She will grow up very fast. I know this, but I just can't wait to see her, to hold her, to kiss her, to read to her. Everything! I will be 30 weeks on Monday so I am getting quite large. And I am feeling it more and more everyday. I swear I wake up every morning going, 'I feel like she is double her size already!' haha!

Well, I can't think of much else to write about right now, possibly later today I will do an update, if we get somethings done around this house. I really feel like I need to get my butt in gear for Lyli and for Erik. Just so I can be the mom and wife they both deserve.

Much Love to you all out there. Thanks for checking in!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

My Reason

When I think of you
My life is full of hope and wonder
When I think of you
I know my life was meant to be like this

You, my daughter,
You are my reason
You are my inspiration
You are me.

You are my amazing little girl
The one that I dream of
The one I hope to inspire someday

Thank you for being the person you are
Thank you for being unconditional
Thank you for being my angel
My daughter

You have brought so much to our lives
Without you, I would feel incomplete
You are my everything
You have changed my world.

I love you my Lylianna
With all my heart and soul
Nothing will ever change that
You are my everything

Thinking of the day you come into my world
Is the day that my life will truly begin
The day that my life is what it is supposed to be
You have given me what Ive always wanted...
Motherhood

You have given me more than you will know
You have changed me more than anyone knows
You have given me reason to better myself
You have given me another life.

I love you my Lylianna
You have changed me
And I love you for it
More and more
Everyday

Saturday, January 15, 2011

And The Story Only Continues...

Well, I guess I am just not that great at doing this whole daily entry. Lately has been really hard. I have such horrible sleep patterns and it makes it so difficult to try and get things done. I am behind in housework, as well as this. Ugh! I hate when i get behind. I feel like I can never really catch back up.

I am watching Blood In, Blood Out with the husband for now. Munching on some Shrimp Cocktail his cousin's wife made for us. Amazing. I want a Mexican dinner now..mmmm..

I have been so tired and just uncomfortable lately. I can't sleep. When I do, its only for 2 or 3 hours. And it's restless when I get it. Hips kill, my back hurts, I toss and turn. Its just getting so hard to sleep with my little girl getting so big. My body sure is taking a toll. I am getting very big, and so is Lyli. She's moving a lot. And mainly when I am trying to sleep. It's hard to get the rest I need, but I love the feeling of her little movements.

I can't believe I am gonna be 28 weeks already on Monday. I feel like this pregnancy has just flown by me so fast. I know there is so much more I have to do. And with our cars having such issues lately, Erik's been busy with all that. And I have been just worn out. Bad timing. I will tell you that. I still have to paint Lyli's room. And get the baby shower all set up. I don't have anyone throwing one for me because I don't really have many close girlfriends that would do that for me. So I am throwing it myself. I don't mind though. I threw my sister's for her when she was pregnant, so at least I have an idea of what I am looking forward to.

I also really want to push myself to get my writing back on track. I have been thinking that I am going to come on here randomly and when I want to write a poem or a kids book entry or something, maybe I could put it on here for other people's opinions. I used to write all the time, but I haven't in a while. It used to come so naturally, all the time. Whenever I was just thinking  I would come up with what I wanted to express right on the paper. Its was so easy. I just hope it all comes back to me.

On top of that I would like to get back into selling things on Ebay more. I used to be able to make a decent little income when I did that a couple years ago. I have the items, I just never take the time to take the pictures and get them all posted. I know its easy, its just the process that I just think about it and then I get all lazy. I really need to work on that. Maybe this blog will help me to push it all into place. Push me to get things really going and moving.

I am making bread a lot lately. I was telling everyone in my family how much I wanted a bread maker for Christmas for about the last 10 months. So not so surprisingly, I got my bread maker! And actually, I got 2. My mom got me one since I talk about it all the time, and us kids did secret Santa this year and my brother Grant got me. He and his girlfriend, Hayley, got me another one. Its great. We have 2 bread makers now.. so Imma breadmakin fool. Awesomeness. LoL. Totally making every kind I can possibly think of.

Besides all that, I have been just hanging out and not doing too much. I have such ideas of things I want to do, just no gumption at this point. I am hoping its just the pregnancy that is temporarily slowing me down. I just am not used to carrying the extra weight anymore, and with no sleep its making it even harder. I know I sound like a complainer, but I just can't help it sometimes. I was a complainer before I was even pregnant. Haha.

Well, I can't think of much else to update on but I will be back when I get it all straightened out and have an idea of what else I can tell you all.

Much Love to everyone reading this!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Again...

So again, its almost 6pm on a Sunday afternoon and its been my super uber lazy day. I was up all night just not being able to sleep. Didn't actually get the chance to catch some shut eye until almost 1030 this morning. Then I slept only until about 5pm.

Sometimes this whole sleep thing really becomes an issue. I feel like I am up when no one else is. Which has its positives, but I feel like if I were like normal people and slept during the night and woke up early in the morning, I may be a little more productive.

I want to get Lylianna's room all clean and set up so that its one less thing that I will have to do as I get bigger and bigger. Speaking of getting bigger and bigger, I have been using the Palmer's Belly Creme and the Tummy Butter, but to no prevail. I have gotten the stretch marks. But in a wierd way, they give me the push to make sure that after the baby, I am not like the other girls around here. I am set on the idea that by my birthday I want to be back to my prebaby healthy weight. I was always the heaviest in my family and it really puts a damper on you sometimes. I was always thick, always solid, always not graceful. But about a year and  a half ago or two years, I finally got my weight in check and I was the thinnest I have been since I was little. And I felt great. Then I got prego and I am gaining the weight back.

I just keep telling myself, I don't mind the weight gain because its for Lyli. But I DO know that I will be on a strict diet and exercise plan once my little miracle arrives. Not just for me, but so that my husband knows that I am still putting the effort. :) I love when he just looks at me and says something like, "You know... Your really beautiful." It just takes my breath away. Especially when its from the man I love whole heartedly.

Well, Ive been thinking of doing some rough draft poetry and children's book, just to keep myself a little more busy at night. Maybe that can help me sleep better. But I just feel like I need something that will keep me busy, besides the decorating. I haven't had a job in almost 2 months. Thats a really long time when your used to working since I was 14 years old.

Well people out there.. I don't know how many of you are reading this, but Thank you for the support!

And hopefully there will be a YouTube Video from me soon!

Saturday, January 8, 2011

And the Journey Begins

And this is the Beginning of a whole new life...

It's 4pm on a Saturday afternoon and I just woke up. Get that. Ever since I was about 3 months along in this pregnancy, I haven't been able to get more than a few hours of sleep at a time. It's crazy. And my body is definitely not used to it. I used to sleep almost 14 hours a day when me and Erik were just living our lives for us. But now that there is a little girl on the way, things have definitely changed... a lot.

Preparing for Lylianna has been nothing but the most wonderful feeling. We have been trying so hard for this to happen for us. We were told 3 years ago that we weren't gonna be able to really have kids because I was diagnosed with PCOS. But have we proven them wrong or what?! Hahaha! Well, we have been very blessed with our soon to be daughter. I can't wait and feel like there is sooo much for me to do yet. I just feel like I never have enough time to get it all done.

By the time we go to bed at night, its about 9pm and we sleep until about 1am and then I am up until about 6am and then I sleep until almost 2 or 3. Today seems to have been a little bit of an exception. Ha!

Well, more on me, and who I am and why I am starting this blog.
I am currently 24 and married to the most wonderful man in the world. He treats me so well, and tries so hard to give me everything I want.. He's my prince charming. And I was lucky enough to meet him 5 years ago. We just got married in November 2010, on our 5 year anniversary. And our little Lylianna is due April 11th. Things have really been going great for the two of us. We have been through the hardest of hard times, and just stuck it out together. That is how we know that we are meant to be together. Through all the fights, all the rough stuff, we have prevailed and still found our love for each other in each other.

I am currently not working because of being pregnant. Being that I was diagnosed with PCOS, I have had some issues with work. I get the worst pains and just can't function. I quit my job last November, and I think it was the best decision I could make. I just was having so much stress from the job and everything happening there. I just had to quit, and Erik takes care of me now. I am the stay-at-home mom I wanted to be. But I have aspirations to go to Cosmetology School and open my own salon someday. I want to start our family and get it going before I start any of that though. And its on its way!

I have been interested in Fashion/Hair since I was little, but really got into it around the age of 17. After graduation I didn't go to school because I had an awesome job, but it ended up closing here and we were let go. Since then its been a little harder to try and find the time and money to go to school. But now I  know more than anything that I need to go to school and really push myself to succeed in this dream of mine. Not only for me, but for my family. I want my kids to be able to say that they are proud of their mommy.

Well, I am thinking of stopping by our local CVS today to check out the awesome clearance sale they have going on yet. I have hit up two of the stores so far, there's just one left. Found some really awesome items. If I get enough people reading and checking this out, maybe I could do a haul of my CVS Clearance Items! I just don't know how many people are gonna really read this.

I am hoping this blog, will help me to open up a little so that I can gain the confidence to do a YouTube Beauty video. I have been hooked on watching YouTube for almost 3 years. I love the beauty community. Everyone is so nice and helpful and just there for anyone. It's an amazing thing. I just hope to be able to get a video up soon.

Well, please comment, ask questions, follow me!!! I am new at this so any advice or anything would be super helpful!!

Thanks to anyone who is reading! :)