Operation: Get my butt to water aerobics

Since I have been pregnant, working out at the gym has been a real challenge. Here's why...
*My ankle dr says not to get on the Treadmill and only to use the Elliptical.
*My baby dr says not to get on the Elliptical and only to use the Treadmill.

**Um, really doctors? What does that leave me for cardio? Well, it leaves the bike.

Soooo.....I ventured onto the bike and it went something like this...pedal, knee self in baby belly....pedal, knee self in baby belly....pedal, knee self in baby belly....You get the picture.

That left me stranded for options and since prenatal yoga is only offered at 8 AM on Saturdays (WHY? and No.), I had to keep searching.

Here's what I came up with. Water aerobics...Ta-daaah! You know, like the kind for 90 year old saggy ladies! Wahoo! They'll never even notice the belly!


I've been trying to convince myself all summer to get my bum out of bed at try out water aerobics, after all, part of my New Year's resolution was to "try new things." Well, today was the day!!!! (and I loved it!!)

I was the youngest by about 40 years or so...no big deal. I think I'm officially a water aerobic-er.

Sister's NYC Mission Trip

My sister is on a mission trip in NYC all week. They left today and return on Saturday. Please pray for them.

Furniture

Here's the furniture we have finally chosen! We have researched and debated and changed our minds and gone to the store to test them out and gone back to the store for a re-test and on and on and on. We have FINALLY made a decision! Baby W will rest his sweet little head in the Europa Baby Palisades Lifetime Convertible Crib. Now, if I could only get the pictures to all be the same size....

The problem with Walmart

The problem with shopping at Walmart while you are pregnant is that you WILL have to use the restroom (at least once) and if you are like me, you have spent your entire life trying to avoid this exact situation. Bum deal.

25 week check-up

Dr. appt today:

-The baby looks good. It was only a 2D ultrasound so I don't have any pictures.

-I feel GREAT! She actually wrote that in my file because she said that she never gets to hear that!

-I have gained 9 lbs...scary! She said that 9 lbs isn't much to have gained by now and at the next visit, they may discuss getting me to gain more weight. What?!?! No thanks!

-I go back in 4 weeks for my first glucose test and I'm not excited. I have only heard horror stories about these things. Bummer. Oh well, anything for baby!

-Finally, I feel the baby moving a lot! I actually can SEE him kicking now. He mainly moves around when I am still or about 30 minutes after I eat. It's so cool and it still doesn't hurt. Yeah!

Sex Bet Cont....

Do you remember how Ross and I had a "sex bet" about the baby? Here's the original post. Basically, the bet was that if it was a girl, Ross would take me to see a chick flick and while watching it, would tell me, "This is the best movie I've ever seen!" Then he'd take me to get a pedicure. If the baby was a boy, I would be subjected to watching hours upon hours of Star Wars (the old ones), something that I have worked my entire life NOT to do. Well, it's a boy and the Star Wars battle has begun.


Yesterday, we got a package from his mom that contained *sigh* Star Wars cookie cutters. *double sigh* I figured that this was as good of a time as any to begin to acquaint myself with some of the main characters, seeing as though they are going to become a permanent fixture in my soon to be boy filled life. I spent the majority of the day baking and decorating the cast of Star Wars and actually had quite a lot of fun. Here's the outcome. Turns out, Darth Vader and Yoda are really difficult to make out of icing! Who knew?!?!

Banana Hammock

For Father's Day, we got my dad a hammock. My parents just bought a lake house and so we thought it was an appropriate gift. The problem is that it is huge and I couldn't figure out how to wrap it! Ross had a genius solution!! Wrap it like a banana!! HAHAHA---It's a banana hammock! My dad got a kick out of it. Here it is, sitting in my brother's recliner so that you can see how huge it was.