Over and out

24 moving boxes later, 2 full size cars packed to the top and we are ready.  Watch out NC, here we come again.  I finished packing today!  Yippie!  When I originally took on the job of "full-time packer" I really thought I would be done in no time flat....hahaha.  More than a week later and I'm done.  You don't realize how much "stuff" you have until you start packing it all up.  Upon our return to NC there are 1 million and 1 things I MUST get done.  Top of the list are as follows:
1.  Do the baby's room  - completely
2.  Order new family room furniture
3.  Have someone come in and paint several rooms in the house.  Not because I'm lazy and don't want to do it, but our family room has cathedral ceilings and I don't think my OB would be a big fan of the 7 month pregnant girl on a 12 ft ladder, no?  And no my better half is not an option
4.  Figure out the landscaping
5.  Decorate
6.  Nest and get ready for our little bundle of joy!!

Speaking of our little bundle of joy  below are a catch-up on the last few weeks of bump pics.  ps - I figured out the lighting was half the issue with the horrid previous pictures.  These are muuuucchhh better...thank goodness! (minus week 27.  It was early morning, no makeup, greesy hair, and PJs...it's what I like to call "authentic")

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 28 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby M is the size of an eggplant.  Weighing in at about 2.5 lbs and about 14 inches long

Total Weight Gain: 17 lbs

Maternity Clothes: I wear all maternity pants - love the jeans and leggings! Everything else is my normal stuff

Gender: We shall find out when this little baby arrives

Movement: ALL the time especially after eating and at night

Sleep: Not that great - the amount of effort it takes to roll from one side to another is unreal

What I miss: Raw sushi, a fabulous nights sleep, occasional adult beverage 

Cravings: no real cravings, rather just hungry ALL the time

Symptoms: some backaches and pressure

Best Moment this week: Hearing Baby M's heartbeat at 150 beats per minute at our 28 week appointment

previous weeks bumps pics below:

For superbowl we went over to 2 of our great friends house, had many laughs and ate wayyy too much delicious food!  Of course I was too busy chatting, so I only got the 2 pictures below.  We had so much fun and thank you to both hosts!
(side note - the white shirt that seems to be ever-so-present in the bump pics and now these...I apologize, I didn't realize just how much I wore this beauty.  Note to self: ease up on the white shirt wearing)





It's rare we get a picture together - sad but true
(Note to self: change that.)

Until I blog from the South

The life of a stay-at-home-prego-wife

As I said in my last post, we are moving back to NC! Woohoo.  However, what I failed to mention was that the 7 month pregnant stay-at-home-wife would be doing most of the packing, while her other half must put in 60+ hours of work per week, this includes having to travel..... A LOT.  Oh, and we are suppose to be completely packed by Feburary 11th, as that is when the moving company comes.  Oh, and when we move we MUST do some work to our house -as the tenants who have lived it in the last 2 years didn't do the best job of "keeping it up."  Oh, and we have a wonderful famliy baby shower to attend in CT in the middle of March.  And oh, how can I forget to mention all the fun things we need to get done (EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE) before BABY M makes his/her grand debut (note:  all we have bought for this child is a crib and a mattress..which is a box).  And just to recap..I am 27 weeks pregnant and need frequent breaks to eat, put my feet up, check Facebook, read others blogs, debate between which Pack N Play to register for, etc...Oh yea, I forgot to mention, I am also in the midst of registering - Holy Hell! Registering, for someone as indecisive as me, is the most impossible task, not to mention we don't know the sex (which I'm happy about) but needless to say the registry is oozing with yellow and green - which if my baby looks anything like me yellow and green are NOT flattering colors.  Lucky for me, I have recruited a veteran mom and dear friend to sit down this Friday with me to tell me the good, the bad, and the ugly (also known as: what  you must have, what is optional, and what is the biggest baby wastes of all time). 

So, back to the 27 week pregnant stay-at-home-wife packing issue.  This is also known as "I put our essentials on Craigslist in an effort to not worry about how they will make the drive down to NC AND I think my decor tastes have changed and if I get rid of these items in PA I can buy new in NC."  
Example A:

This  is was our family room set.  Microfiber sectional with dark leather accompanied by dark leather ottoman.  To be honest and truthful, it just wasn't the most functional.  When you have people over someone ( normally me or the Mr - which is even more awkward) is having to curl up and act like they are comfortable right where the right side leather pillow is located in the picture.  And you know the curl up position I am speaking about....legs bent to your chest almost like you are hugging your knees - "Oh yea, this is how I sit all the time when company comes over....like a scared child who just peed their pants in the corner."  So for entertaining purposes this was just not functional (now give me a friday night on the chaise with my sweatpants and that's a whole new ball game folks).  So, I did what I thought was logical - sell it.  And I did.  Although, our plush seating for me and BK went from the above picture to ....
Example B:

The NC State tailgating chair serves as seating for my "Jenn, you idiot why did you get rid of the furniture when we still have 10+ days living here" husband and the beautiful coffee table is courtesy of Atlas Van Lines moving boxes.  If any of you are wondering where the hell I sit.....have no fear, I pull over one of the dining room chairs (much easier to get in and out of when you have a basketball hiding under your shirt). 

Here are more pictures to showcase my packing abilities and to also show you what exactly this household is livin' like these days...

TRUE - 3 wardrobe boxes the size of small men are hanging out in our bathroom.  Getting to the facilities, aka the toliet, is a sight to be seen.

FALSE - Abby, our dog child, is a wonderful helper to the packing.

OK, I think this blogging session used up almost all of my break time for today.  Back to selling, I mean packing.