Still Pregnant

For those of you who are unaware of my lack of patience....SURPRISE! I have a lack of patience, as a child and well into my adult years, suffice to say, it's just sad frankly. I'm ready to rush rush rush! And finish things, and do things, and keep the momentum going. Being 9.1 months pregnant is not really conducive to my lack of patience. So to fill my time, aside from walking, (and walking, and walking and more walking...did I mention WALKING?!) I have embarked on several projects in the house that have...kept me busy. For those of you who don't know I HATE TO CLEAN...I mean I'm no slob, I clean when I have to. But I loathe it....I would rather do laundry allllllll day then clean. (I loooooove the smell of fresh laundry). So the projects keep me busy while I try to get my husband to scrub the bathrooms and clean the kitchen. I know I'm wicked...but really, I'm ok with it :)

Here are some of the things we've been working on! (we as in me and Tyler..and sometimes Jake)

The original curtains are older ones that Jake had from his house in Michigan. The back of the curtains are heat resistant...so that when it gets to be 100 degrees outside, little Tyler's room won't bake like an oven! On the front of the curtains, I did some fun stuff! Instead of gluing the little safari animals on, (that's the theme for his room), I sewed the Velcro pieces on to the curtain itself, and then glued the Velcro pieces on to the back of the animals as well. This way I can still wash the curtains and just pull the pieces off when I'm ready. (I though this was pretty snazzy!) Jake loves the curtains! AND a great friend of mine bought little letters for Tyler's name, and on each letter are safari animals...guess what they match!!!!!!????? (more pics to come from that once we have hung the letters).



I tried hot glue and a hot glue gun, because I was feeling crafty. But the hot glue didn't stick! The little Velcro pieces fell off! So I used Gorilla Glue....this stuff is incredible! There is no NO NO Way the Velcro pieces are coming off the animals now.

Speaking of still being pregnant....(ok I spoke of it, there's my lack of patience again!)

This weekend my husband, and some friends of ours went to Ikea. I like going to Ikea because I don't have to buy everything, but I get some fabulous ideas! Well when we first got there, I had to use the little girls room...Ikea is about an hour from our house. Anyway..I waddle in there and some nice woman was just enamored with me. "Oooh look at you! You look about ready to pop. When's your due date?" I told her...I mentioned that I was ready N.O.W. and that my due date was the 24th of October. This is the response I got. "Oh...you still have a long way to go yet. New mommies don't understand this...but 1st time babies just don't come out near their due dates...they come out a week to two weeks after." My eyes kind of glazed over....I've heard this story and many variations of it quite often. She takes my silence for encouragement and continues, "It's not like I'm trying to give you bad news, but new mommies don't really understand that it takes time for him to come out, so not to get your hopes up, you do look about ready to pop, but you've still got a few weeks left." I mumbled my thank you for the invaluable information, and practically ran out of the restroom. ***

At 9.1 months pregnant...I'm here to tell you that I refrained from striking this poor clueless woman. But...I was very close. And LIVID the rest of the visit. She almost ruined my Ikea experience, but then I bought some mixing bowls and all was right with the world. But really...why do women say that. And it's not like she was offering the advice in a comforting way or a friendly way. She was completely condescending and semi rude. Had I not been in a good mood, I might have let her have it. I was complaining about this to my friend that Jake and I had gone with and she suggested that I have some fun with it from now on. She gave me a few witty comebacks, that I will SURELY be using in the future!! I'm posting a link to her blog about it because it was so HILARIOUS! She's just funny in general, but I really enjoyed these. The blog is titled "Pregnant Friends Please Read." Enjoy!




***Ahh you noticed the asterisks again....while I am athletic...running at 9.1 months isn't something I do...so I didn't really run. AND the conversation is not verbatim. You understand that in my present state, I forget more things than I remember...sooo....this is a general view of the overall conversation, I'm sure you get the point!!