From Breakdown to Overboard

So a few days ago I might have had a slight emotional breakdown....personally I feel like I did pretty good making it this long before I kind of 'freaked' out about all of the craziness going on.  Here is basically what occurred...

the Man and I just hanging out have a grand ole time, all smiles and laughter.

5-10 min later I am completely upset and frustrated.

the Man asks whats wrong and I proceed to inform him that we will be the WORST PARENTS EVER! because we have absolutely nothing for when this baby arrives.

So being this was the 1st breakdown I have had at least that the Man was home for, to say he was a little shocked at how fast the mood went from happy laughter to almost tears is an understatement.  But I do have to say he handled it pretty well.  After listening to everything I was saying about how we wouldn't be able to take care of our baby because we didn't even own a diaper bag, bottles or more than 3 outfits (that would fit him before 3 months).  He agreed that we might want to change our minds and buy a few more things now so we are not scrambling to get everything ready in the new apartment plus buying everything we will need for the baby 2-3 weeks before the baby is suppose to arrive.  That night we ended up purchasing  over $100 worth of baby things that we will need and then this weekend we went to Babies R Us and got another $200 worth of stuff.  Who knew baby stuff was so expensive!! ok well most of you probably knew that because you have had a baby or two but the Man and I were a tad surprised at how fast everything added up and how little we actually got.

Here are some of the things we got:
-a little jacket
-about 10 different onsies/sleepers/outfits
-a diaper bag
-bottles
-bottle cleaner
-sheets for the pack-n-play
-thermometer
-burp clothes

Now I know we have tons of things we still need to purchase but I at least feel like if this baby decides to come a little early we will have enough things to at least bring our baby home from the hospital. We might have gone a little overboard since our goal was to only buy what we thought we really needed & not too much of anything and we probably didn't need to buy as much clothes as we actually did but its all so cute!!

And now everything is good and I might even go have some ice cream :)

Our Soon-To-Be New Home

Last week we finally found out exactly where I would be working.  Knowing that critical piece of information has allowed us to figure out where we wanted to live and actually start implementing this move across the country.

In case you weren't aware the Man and I are pretty fast decision makers and choosing a place to live without ever stepping foot into the state didn't slow us down at all.

This is how last week went:
Tuesday afternoon - we find out where I will be working
Tuesday afternoon - we research the crap out of apartments in the area
Tuesday afternoon - call for more info on 1 apartment that we think we might like
Tuesday evening - do more research on area apartments
Tuesday evening - decide we really like the one we called on but decide we will not make a decision till next week
Wednesday morning - email back and forth with the lady at the apartment we liked 
Wednesday morning - decide we really like this apartment and its the one we are going to rent
Wednesday afternoon - fill out paperwork and mail in security deposit and credit check info
Thursday morning - everything came back perfect and the apartment is ours!!


We are very excited about our new apartment and cannot wait to get there!  We are renting a 2 bedroom, 2 bath and it is newly renovated.  So the cabinets, counter-tops, appliances and carpet are all new! Plus the balcony is being redone.  The actual apartment that we are renting is vacant right now so the lady we were working with was able to go and take a few pictures of our actual place and not just an apartment with the same floor plan or similar features.

Our floor plan - The Howard

Picture of OUR actual kitchen

Our Living Room

One of our bathrooms

29 Weeks!!

Holy Crap we are already at 29 weeks!!!  Where has this pregnancy gone?!?! I can't believe that there should be around 77 more days before we get to meet this baby I say "should be around" because most people think that this little guy is going to arrive early and I am actually hoping he chooses to be a little late, it would be more convenient for me...so on that note he will probably be here early :)


The Scoop:

Weeks Pregnant ~ 29 weeks, day 1

Size of Baby ~ 15.25 in. or the size of a butternut squash

Baby's Weight ~ again it should be around 2.5 lbs. but when I had my appt. 2 weeks ago he was already at 2 lbs. 12 oz. and in the 87%   there is no hope for a nice happy, healthy 8 lb. baby

My Weight ~ At my last appointment I was at a total weight gain of 17 lbs.  I am pretty sure I gained at least 10 lbs while I was home for Christmas but then lost it when I got back to Cali because I was sick for 5 days and on a saltines diet...so back to a gain of 17 lbs.

What's New ~ The Man is home and has been able to feel and see the baby move like crazy.  I still have heartburn and berry flavored tums is a part of my diet EVERY day.  Recently the baby has started to do flips or at least now I can feel & see them.  I feel like he is on a carnival ride just flipping over and over and over again.  I now struggle to put shoes and socks on, so most days ballet flats are the way to go!  I also can no longer just get out of bed...its more of roll out of bed tactic.

Purchased Items ~  I am doing really awesome and haven't not purchased anything else for the baby.  After hearing today that we now have a moving weight limit of 8,000 lbs instead of the 5,000 we originally thought I might have to/need to/want to get something.  The Man did buy a super cute little scarf in some foreign country and a little onsie but that is it.  The baby did get a lot of really cute and awesome items for Christmas...which totally sheds some light on how spoiled this little man is probably going to be :)

So I had really good intentions of having the Man take a bump photo for this week but with so much else going on it slipped my mind...oops!  Cross your fingers for next week! 

a BIG change

Since sometime this summer the Man and I have been seriously talking about moving and what the next year was really going to have in-store for us.  Again because I am a little scattered brained I am not sure if I have mentioned that the Man is getting out of the Navy...well kind of...instead of being active duty he is going to be a reservist.  Both of us were glad for everything the Navy has done for us but we are both ready for a change.  

Back to where I was originally going with this post...

With the decision made to no longer be active duty we needed to decide what we wanted to do and where we wanted to live.  Both of us are not big fans of living in California and really wanted to try and somehow get back to or closer to our families.  Because I really really like my job we thought it would be pretty awesome to transfer my job...this way we weren't both unemployed and starting in a new city.  

So the search was on for my job to be open in a different state....first we thought we might go to Texas or Virginia, well both of those positions ended up being a down grade from my current job...so the hunt was still on.  While inquiring about the position in Virginia, we learned of a potential opening in the spring of 2012....this would be perfect for us, since the Man would be active duty till this time.

Well long story short ok maybe its not that short after talking to what would/will be my new boss the position is open and I will be doing my current job in Maryland!  We will be in the Washington D.C. area, just on the northern Maryland side of it.  So without knowing anyone or ever being in the area I am not counting the field trip after 8th grade since I don't really remember anything useful from that trip, sorry Mom & Dad!! we are going to just pick up and move there.  It is a little very scary thought but I think hope together we will love it.

I am sure I will have more posts about this subject that will probably clarify parts of this post that might not make sense due to the baby stealing my brains and making me a scatter-brained forgetful person

The Man Came HOME!!!!

I don't think any blog post that I could possibly write could express how frickin excited I am that the Man is home!  He has been home for exactly 2 weeks and it has been so awesome having him here.  It was a long 5 1/2 months with out him...I do have to thank Nicki for helping that time go by faster than if I was here by myself.

I am not sure if everyone is aware of how crazy the Man's journey home was, so let me summarize it: 5 days, 4 countries, & 7 flights after he left the boat he FINALLY made it home! He was exhausted but oh so glad to be back.  Our first stop after the airport was to the AT&T store to get him a new phone, then to Olive Garden to feed me & the baby and then we actually made it back to our place.

waiting to pick up his bags from baggage claim...1st picture since he left & 1st picture together of 2012 :)

I'm BACK!

OK soooooo the computer was delivered this week and it works again!!  I have so much to catch everyone up on, I just don't know where to begin.  Since this baby has pretty much taken over my brain I am just going to start with the first thing that comes to mind...so don't be surprised if the next few blogs are all over the place!

Broken :(

I am not sure if anyone still even reads my blog but just in case there is one or two people out there, here is whats going on. As I said in my previous post I wasn't going to blog while on vaca, which I didn't. BUT I came home to a broken laptop....super frustrating!!! Right now I am using the iPad to write this blog and it is a pain in the ass to put it nicely....so with that being said I will fill all of you in on the craziness going on hopefully in 2 weeks when my laptop is fixed!