Being pregnant for 9 months seem to be a long and a short time...yeah, both at the same time if you ask me. It took 'forever' to show my baby belly, to the point where people said weird stuff to me like 'you don't even look pregnant!' (when I was 6 months pregnant actually) to 'I think you are lying to us, there is no baby bump to see!'....Finally it is visible for everyone around me and although from my point of view (looking down on my belly) it seems like a nice little belly...looking in the mirror I feel HUGE! I said to Adam the other day, that I wished I would've been a little taller, so my belly would 'stretch out' a little ;)...he laughed at me.
Well, today (Feb 18th) was Adam's guess on when our baby girl would arrive. It is 3pm already and nothing happened so far, so I am kinda glad that Adam wasn't right...haha! It would've been a little creepy as he already was right with the gender-guessing in my early pregnancy (before the ultrasound showed us).
We got so many gifts for our little girl that I can't wait to use all of them...clothes (SO many clothes!), socks, blankets, arm rattles, the crib and stroller we bought...I wanna take so many pictures of her, she will have her own daily-picture-dairy...LOL!
I haven't been able to paint animals on the nursery walls yet...I'm running out of time if I want this to be done BEFORE she arrives ;) But I need to be in a creative mood and there was so much else going on lately that I couldn't get myself up from the couch and do it. Being sick now doesn't really help ;) Anyhow I think it is a nice change of my daily life with baby too, so I'm guessing she will be ok if I paint her room later :D
Btw. we don't have a name yet...it is SO HARD!! I am usually not as indecisive about things, but the name search is 'kicking my butt', so to speak. In Germany you have 2 weeks after the birth to decide for a name...not sure if I want to wait until she is born though. Usually I want to be 'prepared' for (anything possible) things that could happen.
Last but not least I hope I'll have an easy delivery without any medical problems for me or my little girl. As I wasn't working out for a long time a part of me can't wait to get back in shape! Although I know it will be definitely hard to work out with the baby around, I still want it to be a steady part in my weekly schedule :) Let's hope that she will be cooperative and get on a good sleeping schedule soon ;)
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
8 months pregnant...
Well, well...it is January 2010 and although it took what felt like 'forever' it is almost already time for our baby to be born! :) Just a few more weeks and it could happen every day! I'm excited, but a little part of me wants the baby to wait until March to be born :D haha, I know, I don't have any saying in this, but I just find March to have more of a spring feeling :)
Our Christmas and New Years 2009 were pretty much relaxed with a few family visits. We also had a brunch with friends on the 26th. We had a tree at the house and some extra decoration in our hallway. The only thing missing on Christmas Eve/Day was SNOW! We have it now, but it is always cool to have it on Christmas...I'm sure the kids agree on this! We're supposed to have more snow coming our way this weekend!
Well, back to the baby stuff ;) We still have lots to do! The room didn't make any progress unfortunately. I bought paint to be artsy on the walls, bringing animals to life in the baby room :) My Mom gave me today a bag with my old (and washed) stuffed animals...she is all about being a grandma I suppose. She bought almost more things for our baby than we did! Hahaha!
Adam is cracking up every time we visit them ;)
I am still adjusting to being at home, not going back to work is what I wanted for quite a while, but now that I AM at home I need to organize my days new. I am positive that it will happen soon though. Probably sooner than I think and by the time I have it all organized I need to change it again when our baby is born...LOL! :D
Our Christmas and New Years 2009 were pretty much relaxed with a few family visits. We also had a brunch with friends on the 26th. We had a tree at the house and some extra decoration in our hallway. The only thing missing on Christmas Eve/Day was SNOW! We have it now, but it is always cool to have it on Christmas...I'm sure the kids agree on this! We're supposed to have more snow coming our way this weekend!
Well, back to the baby stuff ;) We still have lots to do! The room didn't make any progress unfortunately. I bought paint to be artsy on the walls, bringing animals to life in the baby room :) My Mom gave me today a bag with my old (and washed) stuffed animals...she is all about being a grandma I suppose. She bought almost more things for our baby than we did! Hahaha!
Adam is cracking up every time we visit them ;)
I am still adjusting to being at home, not going back to work is what I wanted for quite a while, but now that I AM at home I need to organize my days new. I am positive that it will happen soon though. Probably sooner than I think and by the time I have it all organized I need to change it again when our baby is born...LOL! :D
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Lots of changes
So, I JUST saw the comments on my last post...here is one link...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdBZhHYWEQ8&feature=channel
not my best day to sing "Son of a preacher man"...it was our first Gig and I know, I can do way better...the other videos on YouTube are from the other singers. Nothing newer...and now I left the band already. For various reasons, one of them being too tired and exhausted to go to rehearsal and Gigs in the middle of the night. Pregnancy is just kicking my butt there ;) Plus, I realized I want to sing in a smaller band, more Motown, Pop and just other songs than what I had to deal with the "Crazy Crocodile Band". Anyways, no band no more.
Adam is again NOT at home but in the States. We went for vacation in August, visiting the kids for a week and chill in the Baltimore area for a couple of days. Adam stayed there and I flew home alone on August 16th. Since then I am totally alone at home...It's boring. Last week I even got a cold and it was even MORE boring! At least when I'm healthy I can occupy myself with some cleaning or organizing at the house! Well, Adam will come home in about 2 weeks! Yeah! Finally...I hope he can stay at home a while, we have loads of stuff to do before the baby is born! Alyssa is not coming back to live with us. All kids are in WI. School already started...High School for Alyssa (9th grade), Middle School for Haley (7th grade) and Elementary School for Jason (5th grade). It's way quieter at the house...less drama, which I am pleased with. I don't think I could handle being overly stressed in my free time while pregnant. The way it worked out it seems to be ok for everybody.
OH! Hopefully on the 28th we'll find out the gender of our baby :) I'm excited! Adam thinks we're going to have a girl. I just wait for the result from my doc ;) I have just a little baby belly, I'm totally impatient for the belly to grow and to be done with the 9 months! Haha...don't know why. I probably want to hold our little one in my arms...Wish me luck so the baby cooperates! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdBZhHYWEQ8&feature=channel
not my best day to sing "Son of a preacher man"...it was our first Gig and I know, I can do way better...the other videos on YouTube are from the other singers. Nothing newer...and now I left the band already. For various reasons, one of them being too tired and exhausted to go to rehearsal and Gigs in the middle of the night. Pregnancy is just kicking my butt there ;) Plus, I realized I want to sing in a smaller band, more Motown, Pop and just other songs than what I had to deal with the "Crazy Crocodile Band". Anyways, no band no more.
Adam is again NOT at home but in the States. We went for vacation in August, visiting the kids for a week and chill in the Baltimore area for a couple of days. Adam stayed there and I flew home alone on August 16th. Since then I am totally alone at home...It's boring. Last week I even got a cold and it was even MORE boring! At least when I'm healthy I can occupy myself with some cleaning or organizing at the house! Well, Adam will come home in about 2 weeks! Yeah! Finally...I hope he can stay at home a while, we have loads of stuff to do before the baby is born! Alyssa is not coming back to live with us. All kids are in WI. School already started...High School for Alyssa (9th grade), Middle School for Haley (7th grade) and Elementary School for Jason (5th grade). It's way quieter at the house...less drama, which I am pleased with. I don't think I could handle being overly stressed in my free time while pregnant. The way it worked out it seems to be ok for everybody.
OH! Hopefully on the 28th we'll find out the gender of our baby :) I'm excited! Adam thinks we're going to have a girl. I just wait for the result from my doc ;) I have just a little baby belly, I'm totally impatient for the belly to grow and to be done with the 9 months! Haha...don't know why. I probably want to hold our little one in my arms...Wish me luck so the baby cooperates! :)
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Summer, sun, holidays and news...
Summer is here! It is getting warmer and sunnier. It is so bright outside that it feels like 5pm although it is already 8pm!! We definitely need higher temperatures though...this is not gonna cut it! ;)
School is over since June 11th for Alyssa. She had '8th grade commencement'. We met for a luncheon near the school. She was hanging out with friends and beginning of July she is going to Wisconsin for the summer. Adam is in the States (east coast) for 2 weeks in July because of work...I so wished we could go on vacation rather sooner than later! I can't believe I have to wait until August! And on top of that Adam has to stay for another 5 (!) weeks in the States for a language course...not at all happy about that!!
Big news from Adam this month...he is hired as a photographer on base!! :) He will work for MWR (they organize activities on base, have the craft shop and such) and will get paid for portrait and studio photography. It's as exciting as it is a little stressful to prepare everything until the actual 'fun' part begins with taking pictures.
On Saturday I had the first gig with my new band 'Crazy Crocodile Band' :) We played at a street festival in the town next to ours. We are a quite large band, saxophon, 2 guitars, drums, bass and 4 singers! I am one of the singers and we had a great time last weekend!! We played for 4 hours and the people were loving it! It makes it even better, that we had to replace our drummer not even 2 weeks ago. We had only 3 practices with the band as it exists right now. I think we can be proud of our first gig and I will soon post pics Adam took that day :)
Also, we are about to buy the apartment we live in :) It is a great deal and we are excited! Our own home! Woo hoo!!
School is over since June 11th for Alyssa. She had '8th grade commencement'. We met for a luncheon near the school. She was hanging out with friends and beginning of July she is going to Wisconsin for the summer. Adam is in the States (east coast) for 2 weeks in July because of work...I so wished we could go on vacation rather sooner than later! I can't believe I have to wait until August! And on top of that Adam has to stay for another 5 (!) weeks in the States for a language course...not at all happy about that!!
Big news from Adam this month...he is hired as a photographer on base!! :) He will work for MWR (they organize activities on base, have the craft shop and such) and will get paid for portrait and studio photography. It's as exciting as it is a little stressful to prepare everything until the actual 'fun' part begins with taking pictures.
On Saturday I had the first gig with my new band 'Crazy Crocodile Band' :) We played at a street festival in the town next to ours. We are a quite large band, saxophon, 2 guitars, drums, bass and 4 singers! I am one of the singers and we had a great time last weekend!! We played for 4 hours and the people were loving it! It makes it even better, that we had to replace our drummer not even 2 weeks ago. We had only 3 practices with the band as it exists right now. I think we can be proud of our first gig and I will soon post pics Adam took that day :)
Also, we are about to buy the apartment we live in :) It is a great deal and we are excited! Our own home! Woo hoo!!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
VACATION!!
So, because Adam comes home later than hoped...at the end of spring break (which is only a week) instead of the beginning our vacation to Greece had to be postponed. Unfortunately...we all have been excited for weeks to go to Greece for one week!
BUT the good news is, that Alyssa and I are going to Mallorca (spanish island) on April 4th for 4 days :)) We are going to enjoy the warm sun, the sandy beach and the pool in our hotel! We are both excited!! Although we are sad too, that Adam can't be with us...I think we deserve this short vacation as we spent half a year together without bigger problems. AND it will be just a piece of cake until Adam is back :) YEAH!!
Only 8 more days of work and up, up and away we are! man, i can't wait...we had the worst weather EVER today...rain, snow, sunshine, clouds, wind...whatever you can think of! Every glance out the window gave you a different view...I can't stand it anymore! I want spring!! NOW!! ;)
BUT the good news is, that Alyssa and I are going to Mallorca (spanish island) on April 4th for 4 days :)) We are going to enjoy the warm sun, the sandy beach and the pool in our hotel! We are both excited!! Although we are sad too, that Adam can't be with us...I think we deserve this short vacation as we spent half a year together without bigger problems. AND it will be just a piece of cake until Adam is back :) YEAH!!
Only 8 more days of work and up, up and away we are! man, i can't wait...we had the worst weather EVER today...rain, snow, sunshine, clouds, wind...whatever you can think of! Every glance out the window gave you a different view...I can't stand it anymore! I want spring!! NOW!! ;)
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Hanging in there...
Spring still doesn't seem around the corner. I heard yesterday that it snowed in WI...so I guess it could be worse. Unfortunately after one sunny day (still cold, but at least sunny) we have clouds coming up with lots of wind and probably rain/snow later.
Adam's arrival date moved back 3 days...now it seems to be the 9th of April instead of the 6th...not a huge difference, but still later. I can't stand not knowing exact dates or the changes every couple of days. It would be much easier with a planned schedule...I know, I know it is just not possible...but I can still mutter about it ;)
Here something funny from our family life that happened a few weeks ago and I just now remembered...(even 14 year old kids can put a smile on your face...besides all the teenage drama going on): Alyssa took a cashew and while putting it in her mouth she said with a smile on her face 'cashews are my favorite peanuts!'...(and she was serious btw.)
Yeah, I had a question mark on my face too...she honestly thought that nuts in general are called 'peanuts'!!! Oh my, I thought, what do they learn at school these days!! ;) I laughed for like 5 min...while she was kind of embarrassed I guess...I still can't believe it! Haha.
Adam's arrival date moved back 3 days...now it seems to be the 9th of April instead of the 6th...not a huge difference, but still later. I can't stand not knowing exact dates or the changes every couple of days. It would be much easier with a planned schedule...I know, I know it is just not possible...but I can still mutter about it ;)
Here something funny from our family life that happened a few weeks ago and I just now remembered...(even 14 year old kids can put a smile on your face...besides all the teenage drama going on): Alyssa took a cashew and while putting it in her mouth she said with a smile on her face 'cashews are my favorite peanuts!'...(and she was serious btw.)
Yeah, I had a question mark on my face too...she honestly thought that nuts in general are called 'peanuts'!!! Oh my, I thought, what do they learn at school these days!! ;) I laughed for like 5 min...while she was kind of embarrassed I guess...I still can't believe it! Haha.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
not so much new...
Another month passed and I hope that spring doesn't take too much longer to come to us...we have 3 Celsius (37 F), it is raining, little bits of snow laying around, it's cloudy and ...just nasty :(
I haven't seen the sun in what feels like AT LEAST a week ago and I can't see sweaters and big coats anymore...the winter season just seems to last forever this time!!
The most important thing is, that Adam is coming home soon! :D Another month and we're together again! Yeah!!! I can hardly wait...
What's bothering me is all the Easter chocolate and gifts in the stores since BEFORE Valentine's Day...that's just ridiculous. I mean Easter is in April for crying out loud...I can't see the stuff anymore until Easter is actually here! That's too much I think...I don't even know what else to say to that cause it is so unbelievable. Always makes me think of that song of Shania Twain, "Ka-chin".
I have a lot of work right now at my office. I soooo need a break of all the daily responsibilities and to-do-lists. I can't wait to be at a beach, relax and enjoy the sun. :)
I haven't seen the sun in what feels like AT LEAST a week ago and I can't see sweaters and big coats anymore...the winter season just seems to last forever this time!!
The most important thing is, that Adam is coming home soon! :D Another month and we're together again! Yeah!!! I can hardly wait...
What's bothering me is all the Easter chocolate and gifts in the stores since BEFORE Valentine's Day...that's just ridiculous. I mean Easter is in April for crying out loud...I can't see the stuff anymore until Easter is actually here! That's too much I think...I don't even know what else to say to that cause it is so unbelievable. Always makes me think of that song of Shania Twain, "Ka-chin".
I have a lot of work right now at my office. I soooo need a break of all the daily responsibilities and to-do-lists. I can't wait to be at a beach, relax and enjoy the sun. :)
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