Project Life Tuesday - Week 21

Still playing catch up for my POTD!  This is week 21:

Saturday - Renovation update: all of the popcorn ceilings have been removed and ceiling has been floated.

Sunday - Renovation update:  They have begun to install the crown molding, the power for the ceiling fans and new living room lighting has been installed.  They also have begun to fix all of the cracks.

Monday - Renovation update: they have begun tiling the bath room and have almost completed the dining and washer/dryer area.  They have not grouted anything yet.

Tuesday - Large hail storms hit Mesquite tonight.  Unfortunately Juan's car was parked outside and had major hail damage, almost $6000 worth!  The hail also damaged my mom's roof, screens, porch and fence.  This same storm produced softball sized hail in some areas and tornadoes, so we were very lucky that we were all safe.

Wednesday - All of the cracks have been fixed and the walls retextured.  They are now texturing the ceiling with a slight sand texture and painting.  They have covered the crown molding.

Thursday - 5/26/2011 - Today we had our monthly doctor's visit. My blood pressure was spot on and she measured my belly and listened for the heartbeat. I was a little concerned because I haven't really felt her move around a whole lot; but Dr. Farrow said everything was looking good. Weight 227.3 lbs. Juan said he was more exhausted than I was so he layed on the table instead of me before the doctor came in.

Friday - Renovation update:  they installed the glass tile today in the spare restroom and grouted the floors in the dining room and washer/dryer area.

Project Life Tuesday - Week 20

Yet another week of catch up for my POTD:  Here is week 20!

Saturday - Today the demolition started in our spare bathroom and the spare bedroom closet.  They cut out the fur down in the restroom, ripped out the toilet, lavatory and tub.  I was horrified to discover there was NO insulation in the wall behind the tub and surprised to see even a more horrible wall paper that the one we had underneath.....obviously from the 70's. They also started removing the popcorn ceiling in the spare bedroom and spare bedroom closet.

Sunday - I am almost officially 19 weeks pregnant! She is about the size of a large heirloom tomato. Today Juan was talking to the baby and said, "Coco, you are going to love me more than anyone has ever loved me; because I am going to give you anything you want!" He cracks me up!  Weight - 224.0lbs.

Monday - We had our level II sonogram for "advanced maternal age" today. We also found out it's a GIRL! She is 10oz and everything is perfect. She is in the 30th percentile and the doctor indicated that anything over the 10th percentile is normal. During the sonogram, Juan said, "Is that a vagina?" the doctor sort of skirted his question and then a few minutes later said, "Yes, daddy, it is a girl." Right after that I looked over at Juan to see him frantically texting on his phone. He literally missed the rest of the sonogram because he was too busy spreading the word. After the appointment, he said, "She did have two arms and two legs, right?" I replied, "Yes, and two ears." He replied, "She didn't show us her ears." Too which I responded, "Yes she did, you were just too busy texting to pay attention!!!" Needless to say, he is very excited. I was too. After we left, I couldn't stop bawling. I was just so happy that everything was ok. After all the packing and straining over the past week and a half, I was really worried that something would be wrong. I also don't think I really thought it was going to happen until they told us it was a girl. Now it sort of seems real. As we were driving around after the appointment, Juan says, "Oh my gosh, our baby is part mexican, part white....she's a little coconut! We should call her Coco!" We are NOT naming our baby Coco, but that has quickly become her nickname.

Tuesday - We came home yesterday from our sonogram to discover Mom's house filled with Congrats Girl Balloons.  There must have been 12-15 balloons all over the house, in our bedroom, the bathroom, the living room.  Thanks Mom!!!!  It's so exciting to know it's a girl!

Wednesday - I headed to Babies R Us to get a baby shower present for Tarah and I used the specialty parking space reserved especially for expectant Moms! 

Thursday - Tonight was the Art Show at Vanessa's school.  Since she is the art teacher, it was up to her to organize and put the entire show together.  It was a lot of work for her, but there was a great turn out and everything was displayed wonderfully.  The school had decided to make this an annual event.

Friday - Renovation updates:  they have setup the scaffolding, removed the existing tile in our dining and washer/dryer area, and they have installed the new tub and insulation in the walls. 

Project Life Tuesday - Week 19

Another week, as I try to catch up on my POTD.  Here is week 19!

Saturday - We went to Abby's to celebrate Ellie turning 2 and to see the new baby Alice.  There were a ton of kids running around and it was quite interesting to see how much our lives have all changed in the past 5 years. 

Sunday - Between the birthday party and packing up my loft and dragging it all to storage, I managed to squeeze in a couple of hours with Mom to walk around the Cottonwood Art Festival.  There was a ton of cool stuff, although definitely pricey!

Monday - A few of the remaining indoor storage boxes packed and ready to go.  It's been a really long and tiring weekend and we still have to pack the rest of the house!  What did we get ourselves into?

Tuesday - I am travelling this entire week to Overland Park, KS.  It is a terrible week to not be at home and able to pack for this weekends move.  Tonight, we had steak dinner at a great little place that almost made up for us having to travel.

Wednesday - After our first full day of DD meetings, we were starving and headed out for sushi.  Since I'm not supposed to eat raw, I ordered bento box and filled up on edamame.  No belly photo again this week, but I am 18 weeks pregnant today!  Baby is the size of a bell pepper at 5-1/2" long!  Pregnancy weight - not sure, but I feel like I've already gained a ton this week.

Thursday - I found out that our hotel is only a couple of miles away from the Cupcakery!  I have been talking to everyone about how delicious these cupcakes are.  They may even be better than Sprinkles.  This afternoon, I went and purchased a dozen for the team to try.  They were definitely a hit!

Friday - Back home today and gearing up for a crazy day of packing tomorrow.  Mom is scheduled to arrive at 4am as Juan has told the contractors that they can start demolition at noon....except, we are not packed, and our POD is not scheduled to arrive until tomorrow at noon.  This photo is actually from tomorrow as the POD was being delivered.  Crazy, chaotic day in which I was about to strangle my husband for allowing the contractors to start two days early!

More exciting news, we hit a ton of turbulence on the flight home today and I swear I felt the baby move for the first time.  It took me a while to realize what it was, but the little air bubble feeling didn't seem to go away.


 

Project Life Tuesday - Week 18

I am very behind for my POTD, but I am determined to catch up!

Saturday - I really haven't had any cravings with my pregnancy; but for the last couple of days I haven't been able to get a Butterfinger Blizzard out of my head.....so today I gave in and it was totally delicious!

Sunday - Big News today - Bin Laden was found and killed!  US special forces located his complex, captured, and executed him 10 years after the Attack on 911.

Monday - This is a common site around our house, rolls of drawings everywhere.  It seems that either Juan or I always have a roll of drawings for some project laying around.

Tuesday - I've been doing very good avoiding fast food; but today I couldn't resist the golden arches.  Terrible for you, but oh so delicious.

Wednesday - Dinner tonight at Bennihana's! One of our favorites.  Check out my cutie husband!  I don't have a belly picture this week, but I am 17 weeks pregnant and our little one is the size of a turnip at 5" from head to bottom.  Preganancy weight 225.6 lbs.

Thursday - Mom called this afternoon in a panic because she bought Jeff and Vanessa chairs for their patio, but they wouldn't fit in her car.  I headed out after work to see if they would fit in my car and they did....barely.  I'm glad that she lives in Mesquite, because I definitely felt white trash driving down the street at 10 miles per hour with chairs hanging out my trunk.

Friday - We are moving out of our house to allow some major renovation.  We are moving stuff into an indoor storage unit and the remainder into a PODS unit.  The indoor storage is a climate controlled unit so that my scrapbook stuff doesn't get hot during our renovation work.

It's a GIRL!!!!!

We had our level II sonogram Monday and found out it is a GIRL!!!!!  She is perfect, healthy and right on track.  I will post sonogram pictures soon.  We are doing major home renovations and have literally moved out of our house.  We are staying with my mom for a couple of weeks while the work is completed, so I am MIA from a scrapbook standpoint; but I will return shortly!

Miracles

My friend Anna sent me a quote today that I simply love and wanted to share:

"Trust in My timing, rely on My promises, wait for My answers, believe in My miracles, rejoice in My goodness."

Let's Scrap NSD Challenges!!!!

Hey scrappy girls!  Let's Scrap has turned NSD (National Scrapbook Day) into a full long month.  They are having a ton of fabulous challenges with prizes that are sure to get your creative juices flowing!  Head on over and check out all the fun....whether you do one challenge, or all of them..... I promise you'll love this blog site!   Here is the master list of all the challenges.

WeScrap - Favourite Things Crop

What are you planning for NSD?  There is a cool crop with lots of prizes.....check it out over at: the WeScrap Blog

Project Life Tuesday - Week 17

Welcome to Project Life Tuesday 2011! If you are new to my blog, welcome! I hope you will stay awhile. I'm Jessica and I am participating in Project Life, a different way to record our lives by taking one photo a day. This was inspired by the fabulous Becky Higgins who has put together a wonderful kit to make this challenge easier.

This was a really rough week for me.  I was swampped with work and worked everynight until almost 11:30pm.  That left little time for the extra hours of rest my pregnant body has been requiring, or any sort of scrapping.  Needless to say, that also left me very cranky.  This weekend was packed full of stuff we had to do, so I didn't get caught up much there.  Next week I am traveling all week for work, so I am really hoping to get a bit of rest this week.

And finally, my POTW:

Saturday - Here is our crew at the Scrappin Pad.  Shannon, Shannon's mom Debbie, me, Angie, and my mom, Becky!  Aren't we cute in our scrapping attire with no make-up?  LOL, I think so.  We had a great time!

 

Sunday - Me and my mommy on our last day of scrappin!  We got massages and facials and did a lot of laughing!

Monday - My wonderful hubby cleaned out our front walk this weekend while I was away.  He cleared all the leaves from the flower beds and rearranged all of the potted plants for the Spring.  Isn't he sweet?

Tuesday - I knew our front walk area looked good, but I didn't realize until today that the Home Owner's Association came this weekend and sandblasted our front gate and repainted it black.  It was looking pretty bad and desperately need the upgrade.

Wednesday - I am officially 16 weeks pregnant today! This week, our little alien is the size of an avocado. Pregnancy stats: 223.6 lbs. I've noticed that my pants are all a little too tight this week. I think my baby belly is beginning to pooch too much for regular pants, do you think I am starting to show? I am pretty happy that I've managed to control my weight so much. Only 5 lbs gain since I first got pregnant. I'm hoping to keep that stat under control until the thrid trimester. This week was a horribly stressful week at work. I worked until almost 11pm every night this week and have been running on empty.

Thursday - We had our monthly OB doctor's appointment today. Official weight: 224.4lbs. Blood pressure was great, they drew blood as well. I almost always pass out when they draw blood, hence the photo where I'm laying down.  My veins are deep and run, so it is usually a major ordeal.  Most importantly, we FINALLY heard the heartbeat!!!! Strong and fast, it was quite amazing. Juan and I both recorded it on our I-Phones. Since I am 35 years old, my Dr. has recommended a level 2 sonogram for the 20 week check. This one is more in depth and checks everything from measuring sections of the heart to length of the leg bones. I have to go to a specialist and hopefully we will learn the sex of the baby at that appoinment.

Update 5/2/2011!!!!!  OB nurse just called with my blood work results from the neural-tube defect test. This includes things like spina bifida. It was NEGATIVE!!!! Yeah, just one more hurdle we've leaped! I'm sooooo happy that everything continues to be positive and on track!

Friday - Tonight we had tickets to Lisa Lampenelli, comedian, at the Majestic Theater in downtown Dallas.  We decided to do dinner before the show and tried the newly opened Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck in Reunion Tower.  The views are still amazing of the downtown Dallas and the food was good; but not quite worth all the hype and expense.  Lisa was hilarious, although definitely on the more raunchy side.  I was exhausted by the end of the night, but I think Juan desperately needed a night out.

2011 Scrap Your Stash April Update!

I am trying to participate in Denise's "Scrap Your Stash" monthly challenges, over at Lala's World.  I did horrible in March and failed miserably to keep from buying more stash; but I did better in April. 

Here were my total scrap stash spending in April:
$25.98 Paypal - Spellbinders
$28.98 Paypal - Spellbinders
$31.27 Paypal - Spellbinders
$31.98 Paypal - Quickutz set (I bought this the very first day of April before I signed up for the challenge, so I don't think it really counts!)  :)
$42.69 Hancock Fabrics - I really need 36 different sets of rickrack.....LOL
$7.37 Big Lots - Who can resist $1 thickers?
$62.48 Hobby Lobby - seriously EVERYTHING was on sale!

Total: $230.75  That is seriously about 600% better than I did last month.  I think I need to try again in May!

If you need to use your stash and save your cash, join in the challenge for May over at Lala's World!