30 down, 10 to go...

Weeks of my pregnancy, that is.

I can't believe that there is only about 2 and a half months left before we get to finally meet this little girl. Clearly she is ready to get out as well....she practically never stops moving around! Even as I type this she is doing some weirdo gymnastics or something in my stomach. I would say I have gotten used to it by now....but sometimes it just feels so strange or the movement is really big or I can see my stomach moving all around.

I don't really have too much to complain about, health wise, for this pregnancy. I never threw up, haven't been put on any kind of bed rest, the doctor always says things look great when I have an appointment. I do feel like I have been tired every day of it though. I have had some periodic killer heartburn (like all last night...I guess a volcano erupted in my chest cause it felt like lava in my throat for hours) and times when I feel more swollen than others (not wearing any of my rings right now, even took off the toe ring...but most days are fine) and I feel pretty giant all around but I know that some expectant mothers have it way worse than I have these last 30 weeks. I haven't even really had any major cravings (maybe I have been a little pickier with food than usual) and the most that Michael has had to get for me in the middle of the night is Tums (and from the closet, not the store). I hope there isn't some saying that if you had a great pregnancy you'll have a horrible labor, haha.

Michael and I go to our "birthing essentials" class this Saturday. Should be interesting....hopefully Michael won't spend the next 10 weeks in terror of the event of labor, haha. I am sure it won't be a picnic but at this point I am ready to just get on with it, so she can be here with us.

A couple of weeks ago we had some 3D shots of our girl taken....here are just a few:

Sleepy Girl
Little smile for Mommy and Daddy

And then she was done!

She didn't want to move around much the whole time, even when I changed into different (uncomfortable) positions. But we did get some cute shots of her face...the technology is so amazing, that we can see her so clearly well before she gets here. She already has chubby cheeks and I think she has her Daddy's mouth. :-)

The next 10 weeks will be full of getting the baby's room ready and preparing for this little one to get here....should be exciting and I bet will go by far faster than I think it will!

Monday Movie Review

Not that every Monday will have a movie review....but on this particular weekend we had my brother, Dillon, spend the night with us and we rented 5 movies to be watched in a little over 24 hours. And it was only $4 for all 5 movies (we rented from Blockbuster Express and had a rent 2, get 1 free coupon)!! It was a lot of fun and we accomplished our goal (watch 3 on Saturday night and 2 on Sunday), with a lot of salty and sugary snacks to keep us going.

The first movie we watched was 2012. Dillon recommended it since he had already seen it and said it was good and action packed...and he was right. The premise is that on a particular date in 2012 the earth as we know it will cease to exist due to extreme core temperatures rising, shifting of the crust and plates, etc. You get some background info on how they find out a few years before that this will happen and pretty quickly you fast forward to when things start to go bad. It was a very action packed movie, with pretty great visual effects....although a tad unrealistic that this one particular family would be able to avoid every single catastrophic event throughout the movie....which I guess makes it a movie. Not sure if my sister should see this movie since she seems to have some sort of tsunami phobia....and I don't think her plan of what to do in the event of a tsunami would work out all that well in this instance. I really liked this movie and if you haven't seen it, it is definitely worth renting.

Next we watched Shutter Island. I am all about some Leo Dicaprio. I could watch him in a movie if all he did was stare at the wall. Not sure how to sum up this movie, it was crazy. For a while, we weren't quite totally sure what was going on....there are a lot of flashback type scenes so it is definitely a movie that you will need to pay close attention to. The music is well worth noting...not sure who did the score, but they should get some type of award...it kept the entire movie full of suspense. I wouldn't really classify this as a horror movie at all...but there were some scenes that made you jump...including one that even had my brother practically jump off the couch!! Without revealing the end...it was....well, something I didn't see coming. I didn't dislike this movie, it wasn't bad, but it is not one that I will run out and purchase (which is what I do with most Leo movies). Still, I would say it is worth seeing (if you are a Leo fanatic, such as myself).

Our final movie of Saturday night was Youth in Revolt starring Michael Cera. We thought we would end the night with something to counteract all the suspense and this comedy did the trick. I went into this movie not really having a clue what it was about, couldn't remember seeing any previews for it, but that was ok. Basically the main character is kind of a loser who falls in love with this girl and creates this cool, sly, rebellious alter-ego for himself so he can win her heart. He ends up in all kinds of hilarious trouble just to win this girl. You feel bad for him, but you really can't help but laugh at him all along the way. I thought this was a good, funny movie. We all liked it and would recommend watching it if you were looking for a laugh. (But it is not a kids movie, too many adult type situations....really all the movies we watched weren't for kids, since I haven't mentioned that so far)

On Sunday we continued our movie marathon with The Hurt Locker. I am not always big into war movies, but we were again going on Dillon's recommendation that this was a great movie...and he was right. Essentially you follow a small group of specialized soldiers whose job it is to disarm and dispose of bombs that are set up all over Iraq. They gain a new leader and quickly find out that he just might be crazy....and definitely not scared to die, or put them in dangerous situations. This movie had suspense and made you think, also had some sad parts too. I ended up really liking it, and very thankful that we have so many brave men that will become soldiers and put their lives on the line to protect our country. I could never do that job, or do it as well as these guys did.

Our final movie of the weekend was The Shooter with Marky Mark Walhberg. Boy, do I love some Marky Mark. Another actor that I could watch doing nothing. And if he was shirtless I could watch for even longer. Thankfully, he had a few shirtless scenes in this movie. But even if he hadn't, the movie still would've been great. He plays a former sniper who was living all alone in the mountains, but gets talked back into helping the government figure out a possible assassination attempt on the president.....but things go wrong pretty quickly and he himself is the main suspect, totally double-crossed by the guys in DC. This movie has action, that is for sure. And you are drawn into the story from the moment the movie begins, rooting for the main character as he tries to clear his name and bring to justice against the real bad guys. We all liked this movie a lot, I could easily watch it again, and might even buy it. It turned out to be a great finish to our movie marathon weekend.

So, I probably won't be contacted by any publications to write up movie reviews any time soon....which is just fine with me. But we had such a fun weekend of movie watching and junk food eating (Dillon made rice krispy treats, I made cupcakes, Michael made chocolate chip cookies....plus we had popcorn, some chips and lots of raspberry ginger ale) I couldn't resist blogging about it. We were all happily surprised that all 5 movies turned out to be pretty decent, you'd expect at least one dud in the bunch and this weekend that was not the case. I really like having relaxing weekends like these after feeling like the past few weeks we have been just going and going....plus we really enjoy when my brother spends the night at our house. I definitely hope to be having many more of these weekends in my near future...especially before the baby gets here and then I probably won't see 5 movies in 5 months!! :-)

Some people are so strange.....

I have read a lot of different things that pregnant ladies have posted in various places about random people touching their stomach and saying inappropriate things to them....up until this week I have not had the personal experience of this.

My first encounter happened earlier in the week....a lady came into the jewelry store to pick up a repair we had done for her. She doesn't come in too often, but I like seeing her, she is a nice lady and I always like to see what purse she is carrying, what sunglasses she has (I happen to own a pair of Chanel sunglasses that she owns as well), how she is dressed, etc. The last time she came in I told her I was pregnant and we chatted about it a little....I didn't know we were having a girl at the time and probably wasn't showing near as much as I am now. On this visit, she asked if we knew yet and I said, yup, we are having a little girl. And then she proceeded to ask how much I had gained so far. Um, what? I can count on one hand the number of people who know this (and one is the doctor, so that sort of doesn't count) and can't really count any number of people that I would really like to share that little fact with. I told her I wasn't totally sure, had been trying to ignore the number at my doc appointments, and guessed an approximate number, something like that to kind of just blow it off.

A much more traumatic event occurred yesterday. Another customer who comes in from time to time came in to pick something up....now she had actually just been here earlier in the week and didn't notice me much, but yesterday she immediately said, oh, you're pregnant. Yup (just like I was the other day). And then she said, and it's a boy! Um, no, lady, it's a girl. Definitely need to get a new prescription on those x-ray glasses I guess. She goes on to guess how far along I am (she said 7 months, I am about 6 and a half, so not bad) and then on and on about how the way I am carrying almost 99% of the time says boy. But it actually got worse. She told me to turn around (for a back view, I guess) and then was groping my stomach and even my hips. She finally decided that since I did have some thickness in my hips (she used the words 'love handles' at one point) that maybe I was in fact having a girl. Well, thanks, Doc. Actually, she is doctor of some sort...but I know she now mostly does research and stuff (and gets Botox for migraines in an unrelated topic, haha) so I am not totally sure how that qualifies her as an OB. It got a little worse from there but I am trying to block it out so I don't need therapy for years (for this issue anyway). I felt like I had been totally molested, to say the least.

Which brings me to my point....why do people feel like they can just do or say whatever to a pregnant lady? Hello, surely you know that are our hormones are in complete overdrive now, right? Why chance getting your head knocked right off your body if the comment or action is not received well?! Or it is because, like me, pregnant ladies everywhere are like deer caught in the headlights when something like this happens and don't call the person out on their inappropriate/rude behavior? Do women who are not pregnant (but maybe have been in the past) just want to compare their personal stats with someone else, even if it is not someone that they personally know? But it sure isn't like I am asking the same rude questions right back. Maybe I should. That might shut them up. Not sure what to do in response to the groping though, haha.

I really like talking with my family and close friends about pregnancy and babies and I appreciate that they are able to be open and honest with me every step of the way. I don't feel weirded out when they ask me something personal because surely they have either told me or would tell me the answer if I were to ask the same question. But someone I hardly know, someone I barely see a handful of times in a whole year??? Just weird and nosey and uncomfortable!

All I can say is that I am glad I will only be pregnant for approximately 11 more weeks (a little less if I am lucky) and won't have to worry about this issue anymore. Of course then I am sure I will get all sorts of strange, unsolicited advice from the same kind of people about everything from losing pregnancy weight to how I should raise my kid....can't wait!!!