Yeah FRIDAY!

ENDS TONIGHT @ 5 PM

It’s finally Friday! Yeah!  These past couple weeks have gone by soooo slooooow!  Everyone that walks into work says “Wow, you’re STILL here???”  I’m gonna be here until I pop.  The more time I can work now, the more maternity leave I can have later.  It’s been pretty rough though.  Yesterday I had to go buy some house shoes because the ones I was wearing were cutting off my circulation.  Thank goodness I work right next to a shoe store! LOL!

These things are EVIL (Reese’s peanut butter hearts)
These are my poor cankles last night
We went to the breastfeeding class last night and it was really informative and I’m glad we went.  There were so many young girls there with their Moms or Grandmas….I know I am nervous, but I can’t imagine how they must feel.  Oh-AND there is a Starbucks downstairs in the hospital lobby 🙂  PERFECT!
And here is my puffy self this morning sitting at work with my feet propped up in my slippers.
I won a Starbucks card from Sarah…so I didn’t hesitate to use it!  THANK YOU dear friend!
Tomorrow the ladies I work with are throwing me a baby shower and I’m so excited.  Hopefully I can get someone to take pictures.  Until then-HAVE A FAB FRIDAY EVERYONE!

Bling! Bling!

I have officially been pecked by the Twitter bug with this new phone.  It’s fun to read everyone’s updates….I can’t believe how much some people are constantly updating their twitters!  Some of them are so hilarious too!

If you want to follow me on Twitter, not that I am THAT exciting…but if you do my Twitter name is: BECKYLBRANCH

I went to Hobby Lobby today and I got this bling bling “B” for $1.99 and put it on the back of my phone case.  Isn’t it just presh???  I love me some bling!  What do you think…too much?

Also-this is a funny story that happened this week.  I went to get gas before work on Monday morning and I stopped at the QuickTrip because they have the lowest gas prices and they have the BEST crunchy ice in their drink machines.  I was about to start pumping my gas when I noticed it automatically selected the mid-grade gas instead of unleaded, which is 15 cents more expensive.  I didn’t want to pay the extra 15 cents per gallon, so I cancelled the transaction and swiped my card again.  The second time it STILL selected the more expensive gas!  I looked around and no other pumps were free so I just said “what the heck” and pumped the mid-grade more expensive gas anyway.  I had to get to work people!  I went inside to tell the sales clerk…or actually I waddled inside (as I do now days) and she asked if I tried to cancel and do it again…I said yes.  She just looked at me like I was crazy!  I walked or waddled away….and she saw the belly.  When I went back up to the counter after getting my drink she gave me about $3 cash to make up the difference between the premium and unleaded gas, some free drink coupons, and gave me my drink on the house.  I think she felt sorry for me! Ha..ha..
I GUESS PREGNANCY DOES HAVE SOME BENEFITS I NEVER THOUGHT OF BEFORE! LOL!

How did you say "I Love You"?

Valentine’s day is only 11 days away! 
What are your plans for V-day?  Do you have any traditions?
How did you tell your significant other/husband that you LOVED him?
-OR- Did he say it first?
This picture of Terence and I brings back so many memories.  It was taken about 10 years ago in T’s college dorm room.  We look so young!  I gave him that kissy pillow case for V-day that year and I told him I loved him by spelling it out on his wall in glow in the dark stars so he could see it every night before he went to bed.  I am sure his dorm mate JUST LOVED that!  Ha..ha..ha..
When we moved into our first house on the Air Force base I put the same stars up on the ceiling…I just don’t know where they are now after several moves.  I’d like to put “I love you” in stars back up on our ceiling someday 🙂
Terence bought me a HUGE box of Godiva chocolate that same year…I joke and tell him that is how I “knew” because chocolate was the key to my heart!  Not really-but ya know…..I do love chocolate!
This will be the last Valentine’s day just the two of us….next year we’ll be kissing on Connor…and I just can’t wait!

Weekend Stuff

Yesterday Terence and I went to Barnes and Noble and picked out some baby/parenting books to read.  Last night we lit a fire and just sat on the sofa and read about what is to come.  We signed up for a breastfeeding class on Thursday night, THREE hours long!  What?  Is it that much info?  Hmmmm…
Should be interesting and I hope to learn from it.   
Here is the book Terence picked out to read 🙂
Here are the ones I got
A breastfeeding book (very good so far!) & a book called The Baby Whisperer that Laura recommended.
AND-We both got new phones yesterday!
Woohoo!  We now have the internet on our phones!  I think we were the last in my family at least to jump on that wagon.  It’s really cool and I’m still figuring it out, but I think it’s going to be lots of fun!
It’s the Droid, which is Verizon’s version of the IPhone…..
And last but not least we’ve been hit up by the girl scouts….these things are BAAAD!  I love the thin mints myself! 
Today we’ve been trying to figure out these new phones and my feet are so swollen I can barely walk!  My ankle is KILLING me!  I long for the day when I can feel 100% again. I just hope Connor comes soon, this is wearing me out!  I just sent Terence to Target with a list for groceries…he HATES to shop alone…poor guy…oh well…I’m gonna need help these last few weeks so he may be doing most of that stuff for a bit.  Until tomorrow…nighty night!

Connor Bear

I ordered this little bear hat for Connor on Etsy.  I could spend ALL day on Etsy!

Terence wants to dress him in all boy clothing, but I like all the little cutsie stuff like this, might as well do it while I can!
I think it will look really cute in some newborn pictures
I also need to break down and finally buy a breast pump.  I have been waiting until the last minute to get one because I am nervous about spending $300 on a pump and then for some unknown reason not being able to pump.  I am planning on pumping though…so I guess I just need to take the plunge and do it.  These things are SO expensive though! Geesh!

Cankle-itis

What is a Cankle?
It’s where the calf meets the ankle and become ONE.

I’ve got some serious cankles going on and it’s scary! I wake up the next morning and “poof” they are gone! The magical disappearing cankles!

Terence thinks my cankles are funny.

T: “You look so funny!” “ha..ha..ha..”

B: “What do you mean?”

T: “Your feet look so weird“ laughing….

B: “I can’t help it!!! You better hush up if ya know what is good for you!”

T: Just walks away…that’s right…walk away…..

MEN=Don’t understand 98% of what happens to a pregnant body, therefore it’s always best to just keep your mouth shut!

I bet Heidi Klum never had cankles. I mean for goodness sakes she gives birth and then the very next day she’s cat walking the runway in a Victoria’s Secret fashion show! What up with that? This woman is a freak of nature and I am SURE normal women don’t snap back like that!

And then there is Posh Spice, or Victoria Beckham…whatever you want to call her. She’s had three c-sections (all scheduled around her husband’s soccer games) and I am sure she had a tummy tuck after each one. Nobody looks like this after three babies back to back right? She coined the term “Too posh to push” That is another thing that was in that video I wrote about below….women of Hollywood are scheduling their births around their work schedules. Isn’t that nuts?
Anyways…I would take a picture of my cankles, but I am too embarrassed. Especially because I can’t bend over and haven’t been able to paint my toes in like a million zillion years. I’ve lost all sense of vanity and I really don’t care if I go into the hospital with hairy legs….I mean it’s virtually impossible right now!

I am getting my hair cut after work today! Not sure what I am going to do, but I need something done and soon before I can’t get out of the house. I don’t think I have had a hair cut in 7-8 months…so we shall see!