I was shopping yesterday for my friend Megan who is do on November 21st. That is next month and I can't believe it is already here. Before I know it she will be having her baby and then I am next...holy crap! Anyway, I was shopping and I fond the sweetest little beanie and gloves. They are brown knit with little ears. Gunnar is going to look so sweet in them. Check them out.

I couldn't decide what to get Megan for her sweet little baby. I walked around the clothes for a while but didn't find anything that I couldn't live without except a little onsie with a little hand turkey ( you know the ones you paint your hand and make in the first grade) on it...it was adorable and I figured he would probably be born before thanksgiving so he could wear it. I did finally settle on a diaper genie and refill since I heard you can't live without them. I also made her a blanket with that sweet owl print flannel I bought about four months ago. I hope she likes them.

OK...I have a lot to share and talk about so here we go.

First. Today is my brothers first Home Coming Dance...oh my god am I getting old. He wanted to rent a tux that was all black, white, and red so that he could look like the Hit Man(you know the movie). He looked so handsome it about made me sick. We also decided to let him use our $30,000 truck with the lift and tinted windows to drive himself to the dance(god help us) but we did give him a 5 mile limit and we wrote down the mileage so maybe that will help. Here are his pictures. The second one is my favorite.

Second. I wanted to share with you my latest assignment for Craft Warehouse. We had to decorate a jewelry box. They wanted us to seal the box which would make it look shiny and I didn't like that so I left it alone and let it look like a chalkboard. I thought the look was much better. They gave us these new bead things from 7 Gypsies and also some flowers from them and I loved them all. Here are the photos.

Thirdly. I also wanted to share the pictures of my latest layout. I absolutely love it! The monochromatic theme and the glitter really stand out for me. It is titled "Wondering about you". The journaling says: "We wonder...who you will look like more? What color is your hair? Will you be and athlete or a scholar? How tall will you be? What will be your favorite color? What we know is we love you more than life." I used products from Making Memories, American Crafts, Karen Foster, Rusty Pickle, Imaginesce, and Bazzill. The lace stamp was made with a sculpy texture plate that I painted and stamped with. They are my favorite things lately. I found one with coursive writing on it, a grid pattern or graphing paper pattern, this lace one and a few others. I also got them on clearance for about 0.95 cents...how can you beat that? Here check it out!

Well, the countdown begins. Only 10 days left until my baby shower and it seems like there is so much to do. I do have all the prizes, the location set up, the games planned, the cake ordered and the invitations out. Whew! I still need to get decorations and arrange the food thing with the restaurant we are having it at. I chose a local Mexican restaurant for three reasons.

1. I don't have to clean up or do any dishes. THANK GOD!

2. The girls can drink if they want to. Who doesn't like a good margarita after all?

3. I get to have Shrimp of the Devil for dinner! YES!!! Even though I will probably melt like the wicked witch of the west from the heartburn it is totally worth it.

I also have to make these little diaper things that you pin on every ones shirt and then at the end of the night you open the little diapers and whoever has the DIRTY diaper wins a prize. How disgustingly funny! I can't wait. We are also going to play a game where you take five different types of baby food and take the labels off them. You pass them around and everyone has to taste them and guess at what they think they are. The person with the most right guesses wins a prize. We are playing two more games, the can't cross your legs game and a game where everyone cuts a length of yarn that they think will fit around my belly without going over. The closest guess wins. They were the funnest games I could find.

My sister, mother, grandmother, and friend Megan have been helping a bit so that is nice. I like being the one to plan things and make the decisions...

Ohh...Gunnar is kicking and my stomach is moving back and forth...how cute!

...I just wish I could pawn the work off. Who doesn't?

I also have my third birthing class tonight. I can't believe that it is already the third week of class...it has gone by so fast. Adam goes to every class with me and he is hilarious! He asks all the questions that no one ells wants to ask or is afraid to ask.

Last week we watched a video on the "Stages of Labor" that was actually very informational. At one point we're watching the video and it is showing a woman who is having a baby early so it is covered in the white cheese looking stuff so I look over at Adam to see how he is handling it and he is seriously about to hyperventilate! It was so funny. Also every woman in the video who is having a baby is completely naked and you can see everyone looking around whispering to their partner..."why are they all so naked...do you have to be naked like that?"

My nurse who is teaching the class Sue was also showing us the positions of the baby in the hips and so she was holding up this little baby doll and a model of the pelvis and immediately I look at her like...you have got to be kidding, that is never going to work! I know logically that it has to work and has worked for thousands of years but every time I imagine that baby and the pelvis it freaks me out a bit. I guess it is normal to get freaked out. Adam helps out a lot with the questions that he asks and the jokes that he makes. He is like the class clown and it really helps to keep me calm and tone down the seriousness of the class. I don't know if I will be able to do this without him. I am so glad he will be there.

Sometimes I am overwhelmed at the range of emotions you feel when you are pregnant. Sometimes life is so great...especially now that I am pregnant...but at the same time life can be really shitty for the same reasons.

1. Back Pain: Oh my god...I thought my back hurt after a long day at work before. Now that Gunnar is HUGE my back is killing me. My boobs are getting bigger FINALLY...which by the way is awesome especially when the ones you have had all your life are almost nonexistent...you just have to deal with the back ache all the time.

2. Mood Swings: One second I am completely fine and my day is going great and all it takes is a look or a tone of voice...even if the other person is not aware of it...it doesn't matter all that happiness goes out the window and I am replaced with super bitch. After that there is no turning back.

3. Heart Burn: For GODS Sakes...where did that come from. I swear I could look at a piece of food and get heart burn. It doesn't matter if the food is and acidic one or not...I get heart burn regardless. Fruit, cheese, chocolate, soup, just about anything. It is particularly annoying when you wake up with the burning in your throat at about 2:oo in the morning, knowing that you have to be up at 4:30 to go to work. The only thing that helps is water, milk, and tums. I should by stock in tums...I would be a millionaire.

4. Peeing every FIVE seconds: how annoying...every time you take a step or sit down and stand up again you feel like you are going to pee your pants. Then you try to hold it because you seriously went only five minutes ago and it gets seriously UNCOMFORTABLE. When you finally do go you get...trickle, trickle, trickle. Are you fucking kidding me? All of that for two seconds of peeing. Give me a break.

5. Worrying: With everything that I am experiencing now there is a lot to worry about. With every little twitch, pain, movement or lack there of, and new occurrence I worry. I feel him move and he instantly has my attention. I don't feel him move when I am used to and he instantly has my attention. I feel a twinge or sharp pain anywhere in my stomach and instantly I am thinking, "What in the HELL does that mean?" Most of the time I want to call my Doctor with all these little questions but I also want to avoid the, "Oh...this is her first one." statement. Like all of the questions that I have are stupid and if I new anything I wouldn't be asking it. What the FUCK! Honestly.

Pregnancy is an awesome experience...truly eye opening. Not only do you learn a lot about life...a lot about yourself...and a lot of stuff about your body that you would rather have not known. LOL. Seriously...I wouldn't trade little Gunnar for any of these things or more. He is truly now my life...so I better get used to all the trouble he comes with. He is a Tamez after all.