Life Goes On

School is kicking my butt. Hell who am I kidding? Life is kicking my butt. But...I'm focusing...and I'm wading through it and with cooler weather is coming rejuvenation. Right now I'm doing my best to find a bit of zen and not take my overwhelming exhaustion and overall feeling of crumminess out on my husband and anyone else I come in contact with. I think being able to go out for a run/walk will help (now that it's not 100+ degrees!!).

We've had SO many things going on. Getting back into school. Working on baby girl's nursery. Dr's appointments. And believe it or not, the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention ruled our lives for six long days. Because of those conventions, I crawled in bed alone quite a few nights. My husband was enthralled and couldn't wait to watch, cheer and curse at the TV. :) Parker and I other hand, watched when it was interesting but found our bed to be a much better place to spend our time.

I know one thing...I can not wait for the election to be over. It must've been my grandparents who taught me religion and politics should be discussed lightly and rarely.

The teachers at school have already begun to spoil Miss Parker. I can NOT wait to see her little tootsies in these. :)

Gina...I'm sure we'll take you up on your offer to babysit more times than you'd like!

I got to hang out with Mr. Maverick for a bit on Labor Day. That kid is a MESS. He annihilated a potato. Turned the water on in the sink. Had my grandma chasing him all over the house. Argued with my grandpa about shutting the door and more or less reeked havoc on everyone in sight.

He's pretty much awesome.

 Parker's nursery is coming along beautifully. Her crib is together...and for the most part it's decorated.

Thanks to our parents and grandparents she is pretty well set!! The pile of quilts/baby blankets have all come from family. I'm excited she'll be born in winter so we'll be able to bundle her up!!

 

We had a check up last week. She is growing like a weed (and so am I). She weighed a little over a pound and my book says she's the size of a papaya!

I have to say...even in fuzzy black and white, her ultrasound pics were amazing. Apparently she's found her hands...because we caught her sucking on her fingers/thumb. Pretty freaking incredible.

Even though there's an overall sense of being tired, cranky and just feeling a bit frumpy...all is well in the world and come late December/early January the crazy little bug that is currently reeking havoc on my rib cage will make her presence known. :)