Mission Successful!

As stated in my title ... Mission Successful! After driving for 4 hours to Edmonton going for a quick shop at the Bay to see what they have... Not Helpful At ALL!!! The woman that was trying to help us didn't know the answer to ANY of our questions... seriously.. don't work in the Nursery department then! We went to our friends house to chill for the evening and took off around noon the next day for Babies R Us. The ladies there were AMAZING!!! So incredibly helpful, we decided to buy our stroller and our crib there. We bought a Graco stroller and I LOVE it already.. the exact one is posted below and the crib is a little darker than that but it converts to a double bed!!! Which is AWESOME! We ended up going to The Bay to buy our accessories and bought the awesome bedding below. Spent a lot of money of course but it feels so good to have these things done! We also bought a dresser at Ikea and are going to set it up for a change table as well. It is the perfect height!
So in terms of how I am feeling... other than the cankles from shopping on Friday I have been feeling alright. I have a massage scheduled for tonight and I am really looking forward to her getting some of the water out of my legs ... gotta love water retention! I am having problems getting out of our couch but I blame the couch more than me, it is one of those old sucks you in couches. I prefer my glider rocker but the cats seem to really like that one too! They have taken to sleeping there instead of on our bed, it is pretty funny to see! I have super long hair and I now dread taking the shower to wash my hair it is exhausting, but has to be done. K is pretty good with helping me do things, he helps me get up from the couch or laughs at me one of the two, he carries all the heavy stuff since I can't anymore. Although I do feel frustrated sometimes... I want to help with things and I don't feel like I am doing my part and poor K has to do all the heavy stuff. We set up the dresser last night and took down the desk that was in that room so I feel that we have accomplished something. Have I rambled enough... I have more pics to post of me at 29 weeks but those will have to wait as I left the camera at home. So I guess there is more to come!
Only 52 days until Mat leave!!!!!!!

Shopping!!!!!!

So today my K and I are heading off to Edmonton for some much needed baby furniture shopping....yipeeee!!! The only thing is that I don't last to long on my feet and by the end of a regular day they are usually cankles. YUCK! I should post a pic of them from Feb.. they were pretty bad. And yet I find them mildly amusing. I can't even wear my wedding rings anymore so I am currently wearing a ring that I bought for Kyle when we first moved in together.
Ok back to shopping... soooo excited!!! We are hoping to be able to pick up our crib, dresser/change table and stroller! I am very excited about this stroller. I guess I am becoming a bit of a grown up after all I never thought I would be excited about something like this!
Well in one hour we will be on the road for the BORING 4 hour drive, which is immediately followed by us signing our taxes, K stopping by the branch down there and then finally off to the Bay to see what we love and if anyone has it in stock. That is our other problem. This stuff we want is all special order and they don't always have it in stock, which means that we can't be as picky if we want to pick it up this weekend. Ahh well... our friends are coming up in a couple weeks and they can always bring it with them! Yay for friends!
So other than the water retention I have been feeling ok.. a little tired and I am up usually about 3 or 4 times a night! YUCK! I have a heating pad that comes everywhere with me! It is my life saver right now.. makes work a little more comfortable. Oh and also found out that the baby is sitting head down! yipee! Heartbeat is 142 which is nice and healthy and some people say it means boy! K is pretty happy about that.
Anyways I am off but I will post more pics when I get home.. hopefully with all of our new furniture!!!!

So here is another updated pic... taken at 27 weeks! I am tired... I get up toooo many times during the night to either pee or cry from a silly leg cramp. Things are going better, now that K is home I don't feel so alone which is nice. 9 more days and we head to edmonton for some good visiting and some shopping for baby funiture which I am really excited about! Anyways I will write more later just wanted to put this on. Oh and went for my Diabetes test today.. praying that all went well!!!!

Here's to the Third Trimester

27 weeks today!!! Man that just seems crazy, and yet I am having a hard time being happy today, or for the whole weekend for that matter. For those of you who know me you know that my grampa passed away last month. I don't know if I am feeling down because of that, (it has almost been one month) or if I am battling depression... again. K was gone this weekend which might have contributed to my feelings a lot, I don't really know. I think I have been leaning a little too heavily on him this past couple of months. I am not sure if I should be doing that and yet I can't seem to stand without him. Funny I always considered myself a very independent person, my family considers me to be a very strong person. I try to live up to this but I am finding it exhausting. I know that my family does not expect this of me, they never would they are amazing. It is me pushing myself past my limits, I am good at that. I don't know when to say enough is enough, I need a break. I am tired of being sore all the time, and I am so scared to be a mom. I am sure that most moms to be feel this way I even have a friend back home in Van who went through the same loss as me while she was pregnant with her first. It is just today and this last weekend I couldn't handle it. Deep down I know that I am going to love this baby, and that I will get through this. That this baby will have the best father in the world, he is amazing. That just because I feel this way today doesn't mean I will always feel this way. I just need to deal with it and take a break.
I know that this is normally a happy place for me to post but today I just needed to get a few things out. I hope that my honestly doesn't scare people away. Please keep me in your prayers and K as well. I know I need it.

73 Days till mat leave!!!

Yea so I am excited... excited to start fixing up the nursery, excited to start being a mommy and excited just in life right now. I am also excited that Starbucks made a new frap flavour... mmmm honey Frap... yum! The countdown is on 97 days till my due date, 73 days till my maternity leave and 17 days until we get to go to Edmonton to do some baby shopping! yipeee! Yes my life revolves around how many sleeps until the next big event... what can I say I was born a dork! haha!
Yesterdays doc appointment went really well, heartbeat is still at 148 bpm, the baby is growing nicely and my uterus measured 28 cm I think. I have to start going every two weeks now so that is going to be nice... every two weeks I get to hear my baby's little heartbeat and ask questions about things and figure how I am going to do this whole birthing thing. I am sooo nervous. I spoke with a friend last night who has gone through both a regular birth and an emerg c-section. To look at her and see that she pulled through and she has two wonderful (although quirky) boys makes me feel better about it. I know I can get through anything and that I have been blessed lately with some wonderful friends up here in Grande Prairie. Two girls that I know I can count on and who are sooo extremely opposite that you always get all perspectives when you talk with them. Come to think of it I think that all three of us are totally completely different personalities from each other, we all seem to have different outlooks on life and I think that is what makes it interesting being friends. I honestly don't know what I did in this town for the 2 and a half years that I didn't know these ladies! So thanks!!!!
Swimming.... yup started swimming, one of my aunts told me to do it as did my uncle who is a doctor. I was having problems doing any other sort of exercise and it was awesome last Sat to feel weightless and be able to "work out" for almost an hour! So I think that this will be a weekly if not twice a week thing.
Other than that no big news... got a horrible leg cramp last night when I was sleeping... luckily kyle was home or I would have woken him up with my terrible scream. I swear it went on FOREVER!! ahh well!