so, a while back i opened up this contest. leah and her team got the word out and along with my blog readers they helped her earn nearly $100. now, there were a few people that commented twice and i was really starting to wonder just who in the world heather was (and i'm still wondering since it looks like her whole family commented) ... but it was all good. literally for a good cause. so, leah, i'll be sending you the money soon. i'm so happy i could do this for you.
now, the other part of the contest was where i randomly pick someone as the winner of this cookbook. don't hate me, i thought there were 100 enteries when i did this and i wasn't doing it all over again once i copy/paste/crop/saved this image to share with you:
the winner of the cookbook is jan (#9)! congrats! i'll get your address and i'll ship that bad boy out soon. thanks to everyone for playing.
today i had my 16 week appointment. pretty routine appointment except for the fact i started getting my progesterone shots. that's right, from here on out, i'll be getting a weekly shot of progesterone. some people have questioned me why i'm doing this. well, because although i could have like ten more babies and they all might go full term, there are no guarantees. and since i had a pre-term labor/delivery, i'll do just about anything to prevent that from happening again. progesterone shots give me a 50% better chance of making it full term. and there are no known side effects. it's just a supplement to the progesterone my body is making right now. the practice of using it later during pregnancy started about 4 years ago (in case you were really curious about that).
now that i've told you all about that boring stuff, i'll tell you about the actual shot. um, first let me say ... IT FRICKEN BURNED. my dad came with me to this appointment as he'll be giving me the shot every week. he's an old pro at giving shots, so i signed him up. when he gives my sister shots, they use the smallest needle made. when i seen him look at the needle that would be jabbed into my ass (his eyes got big and the eyebrows went up), i knew it was thick. and yep, it was. because the serum is thick, the needle needs to be too i guess. AWESOME. you might as well stick a fork in me. literally. and it burned baby. it burned. but it's all for a good cause. :)
heartbeat was holding steady at 150.
i'm at a total of one pound gained in 16 weeks. well, three pounds lost last month, four pounds gained this month so i like the grand total better. so much better than the dream nightmare i had where i gained 37 pounds in one month. whew. let's hope that isn't my reality anytime soon.
my next appointment is in four weeks. in four weeks, we'll hopefully get to learn just WHAT is in there. tucker has been insisting on a sister since this whole party started, but i'm hoping he's open to having a little brother to SHARE everything with. :) i'm not sure if i really have a feeling yet. i think in january i'll do all the 'tests' and see what they say. i've felt different obviously in this pregnancy, but i'm not sure if that really means much.
i'm sure at some point i'll have to take a picture of myself to share on here. i basically am just a big chub anyways, so we'll see how that goes. i don't have many pictures from when i was pregnant with tucker. well, pictures where you can really SEE my belly anyways. after the holidays, i'll have to get creative with the baby bump.
there's my update for now. now i think it's time for bed. i'm shot. :)
tucker is very animated. he has little quirks about him that i both love and hate.
like how he goes from happy to TICKED OFF in about .2 seconds. he usually will put his hands down straight at his sides, shoulders a tinge up and will GRRRRRRR under his breath. then, he usually says something like, 'i am getting SO MAD' or 'this is NOT FAIR' or 'i am so STRUSTRATED'.
he also makes the BEST facial expressions when he is mad. he has his 'mad' face and he will make it upon my command. he will scrunch up his face and get it all grinch-like. i used to ask him to make faces a lot this summer. i've stopped now, but yet, he still sits there making all the faces in his arsenal.
i was looking at outtakes from our little christmas card session and found this beauty.
he takes right after his mother.
why?
his dad cannot cross his eyes.
what? did you think i would say i'm mad and crazy looking all the time? :)
i am ...
waiting for photoshop to finish batch processing.
happy that my christmas cards will go out tomorrow.
sick that i just ate more than a serving of baked doritos.
excited for our weekend projects.
feeling like an elephant lately.
looking forward to taking pictures for myself soon.
grateful for what i have.
so freaking cold.
loving our new washer and dryer.
excited to spend time with family over the holidays.
going to schedule haircuts for tucker and i tomorrow.
tired.
thinking i should fit exercise in, but where?
wondering why our netflix didn't show up in the mail today?
in need of a pedicure.
wishing for a good snowfall before christmas.
craving that damn lucca pasta!
if i was a detective investigating this story, i would SO have the husband at the top of my suspect list. it is just sick you have to see this same old story line in the news. wife goes missing ... husband isn't talking. well, no shit he's not talking! he killed his damn wife! i hate jumping to conclusions, but seriously. do you REALLY think he took off in the middle of the freaking dark cold night with his small children to go camping without his wife? then she just disappeared? RIGHT.
here is what i think happened.
an argument started after dinner and whoops! somehow he ended up killing his wife. there was blood on the floor. he spent the next few hours trying to clean that spot up (leaving fans on the area to dry). then, he loaded his wife's body up in the vehicle and took off to no-man's-land to dump her body. NO CLUE how much the children seen/heard through all this. then, he just says he doesn't know what happened because they went on a little camping trip in the middle of the night while she stayed home.
like doesn't that make more sense? yeah, i thought so. i think we'll see this guy on trial for his wife's murder in less than a year and a dateline special should be coming soon.
i just had to get this off my mind.
what do you guys think?
okay peeps. it's time to make this little contest worthwhile.
a while back, i tried doing a sweet contest. well, it sort of failed. but that's not the end of the story. it looks like kim and jill were the only takers in my contest, so they'll get a little something from me thanking them for their support. but i'm not going to let leah and her team down. i believe in what she's doing and know many people that benefit from what they are doing. if you're wondering about what they are up to, read this post.
so, i've got a new plan. a new spin on things.
the rules:
so, you comment. i pay. you win. we're all happy going into the new year. well, unless you don't win, then you could be a little sad. but maybe santa will still bring you the cookbook anyways. :)
let's get started! happy commenting!
the last three weeks have been nuts. i usually look forward to being at home in the evenings and on weekends, but lately, it's just been more work waiting for me so it hasn't thrilled me to be, well, anywhere. i'm going to TURN THINGS AROUND this weekend though.
by turning things around, i mean:
oh, and this little CONTEST was not very successful. so, i'm going to do a little something else starting tomorrow. it will be um, an amendment to the previous contest, so make sure to check back in tomorrow!
i had high hopes for november. hell, i had high hopes for this evening. both seemed to have crashed and burned before my eyes.
i failed november because: i have not answered all of your questions. i know nablopomo is over after today, but no matter what, i WILL finish answering your questions. i just have not had the time to sit down and give them proper answers.
i failed this evening because: i was on a roll before tucker's bedtime with editing, then i read him three books and it is like the sleep monster put a spell on me. i fell asleep in his room for over an hour (just waking up a bit ago) and now i have a raging headache. oh sweetness with extra sweet on top.
however, i see i can take back some of the night. i'll pop open a can of cherry coke glass of water and get a spoonful of cookie dough handful of carrots and we'll be right back on track.
not much to report around here. was busy editing, cleaning, and putting up the christmas tree today. i didn't plan to put the tree up, but tucker had other ideas. then, i took a few pictures of him finally and ended up with a new header.
oh, and i was also busy coughing my lungs off. it sucks. just like nablopomo.
the end.