So me and blogger had a fight...and...well...life has just been a busy mess! I was mad at blogger due to this big crash a couple of weeks ago and my big post was deleted about being pregnant. It was a LONG post and I didn't want to re-type it. As for life...it's just been super busy!
I was out of town last weekend for a friends fabulous wedding! It was such a great time and so good to see one of my favorite people. It was in Upstate NY, which we had never been too. It's always fun seeing friends, going some place new, and I love weddings, so it was the perfect weekend. What would have made it even more perfect was being able to drink the champagne! But that's ok...I am just making a list of things I want to eat and drink when this pregnancy is said and done with!
Other than that, last week was fast and furious. We got back from NY Sunday night, had a family thing on Monday, an ultrasound on Tuesday, then I eventually made it back into the office to make an appearance for a few days to then skip out early and Friday and get the long weekend started!
Not sure how it was where everyone else is at...but here in Massachusetts...it was HOT this weekend! But it felt good! The sun and the heat felt nice after all the rain we had been having. It was a great long weekend, lots of relaxing, some fireworks at the beach, a couple of cookouts, and starting a work week on a Tuesday. It doesn't get much better than that!
This week my goal is to get back on track with life, this pregnancy, and this little blog here. I haven't been on here much since I have just been sick and in a total funk. I have had nothing to say, and have completely been trying to avoid friends and family since I have just been in a completely weird state of mind. Just flat out blah. But the second trimester starts this week, and I feel like I am waking up from a 3 month coma at this point. This is only my 5th post in May which is flat out pathetic. I think I even missed my blogoversary! So you may be seeing more of me on here!
Hope everyone has a fabulous long weekend and Memorial Day! The kickoff to summer has officially arrived! Wooohoo!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The Big Announcement is HERE!
I have been a bad blogger. I have completely neglected this blog, my twitter, my family, my friends, my life pretty much has been at a complete halt lately. But due to good reason!
I am pregnant!!
And I have been sick!! And tired, and just completely out of commission lately! Getting to and from work has been a challenge enough so I typically have stopped there. So I very much apologize for my lack of activitiy here or commenting and keeping up with all my blogger friends!! But I have been busy cooking a baby!
I actually had no idea I was pregnant, I was convinced that it didn't work for that month. We went away for a weekend with friends, and one of our good friends asked me if I was pregnant. My other friend was appalled that she would come right out and ask when they really didn't even know we were trying. But she wanted to know so she asked, and I didn't care, that stuff doesn't phase me. Later on that night I was having tea with that friend in the Inn we were staying at and she was apologzing for asking so bluntly but said I had an "aura" about me and that she was getting this very strong pregnant vibe. I told her no big deal, that we were trying, but that this month didn't work since I had raging PMS symptoms I "knew" I wasn't. So the rest of the weekend went on, we got home Sunday night, and just for the heck of it I took a pregnancy test (she put the bug in my ear) even though I believed with all my heart it would be negative. And it was, negative. I tossed it away and went among my day.
So on Tuesday (my period wasn't expected till Wednesday) I came home from work and for some reason felt the need to pee on another stick, even though I still knew I wasn't pregnant. Immediately that first line showed up, so I got annoyed that I took the test since I wasn't sure what possessed me to do it in the first place. I took the test and threw it in a drawer in the bathroom (why not the trash?? who the heck knows!)
Suddenly the cable company was at the door to fix our cable. I had completely forgot we even scheduled it, so I ran to tend to that. Then the hubby came home from work. We went food shopping, then came back home and started cooking dinner. While cooking I had the urge to pee, so I went to the bathroom. While sitting on the toilet peeing (yes, I am getting THAT detailed) that stupid test crossed my mind. I thought "how gross to throw a pee stick in the drawer and not in the trash". I opened the drawer to throw it away and there it was...two damn lines. TWO FREAKIN LINES! I was pregnant?? Holy hell...
Now I am screaming the hubbys name, he comes running into the bathroom to find me standing there, pants around my ankles, standing up, hold a pee stick, yelling "I'm pregnant!". It was a sight to see, nothing romantic or beautiful about it. But it was our moment, and it was very "us".
We told immediate friends and family, but have kind of kept it a secret since then to protect our privacy in case anything happend.
So that's it, that's my story, and my excuse for being MIA.
Today I am officially 11 weeks along and our due date is December 1st right in time for Christmas! I am at a comfortable point in the pregnancy that I am not afraid to talk about, granted still anything could happen, but I feel like I am in a safer place to discuss it now.
Every Thursday I am going to put an update on here on where I am at with this whole thing! Feel free to read if you are interested, but if this isn't your thing, or you could care less I understand (kind of). Babies aren't on everyone's radar, but this blog is about me and my life, and this is my life now!
I promise, I won't get all Mama on you...but you might notice some little things here and there since it will be my new additional role in life!
Size of the baby: Today the baby is officially the size of a lime!
Total Weight Gain: I keep fluctuating between a few pounds, so no real loss or gain so far
Maternity Clothes: Oh yes...I am wearing them! Had to transition a couple of weeks ago. One week I went from be able to button my work pants on a Friday, then on Monday the pants wouldn't shut. Now my jeans don't either. So maternity wardrobe here I come!
Gender: We go back in forth on this one! The only thing people have said is I think your having a girl, no one has said boy. And because of that I bet we are having a boy! Based on the Chinese "Gender" Calendar it says Boy, based on my "Lunar Birth Date" it says girl, and when I do the silly pendulum test it says girl over and over again. So really it could go either way! We won't know for sure for a little while!
Movement: Nothing happening yet. Our most recent ultrasound we saw it wiggling around, but I couldn't feel it.
Sleep: Sleep...what sleep?!?!? Sleep is a royal pain in the ass at the moment! I want to sleep, but can't sleep very well. I am up at least twice to eat in the middle of the night (who wakes up from a dead sleep being hungry?), and it really feels like a live or die hunger feeling. And then I typically pee at least twice if not 3 times. And of course...I can't pee and be hungry at the same time. So needless to say, sleep is kind of non-existent lately.
Cravings: I crave fruit, but it does nothing to cut the hunger so I tend to just eat what works as oppose to what I want or crave.
Symptoms: I have had morning sickness, but not the puking part. Just a lot of nausea. The exhaustion is pretty intense, I constantly have an awful taste in my mouth, the hunger things I mentioned before, headaches, lack of sleeping, lower back pain, lack of concentration, hormones are CRAZY! I cry over everything, and get mad over nothing. Basically, I am just a hot mess lately!
What I miss: Roast Beef, I can't stop thinking about it! And white wine. Now I didn't eat Roast Beef and white wine daily or anything before, but since I can't have them I want them so badly!
Best Moment of the Week: This week has been a long one. Nothing in particular that stands out for this week yet. Although it isn't over! I would have to say Fridays are typically my best day in general. It's a relief to know I can just go home and crash instead of worrying about work in the AM.
That is it for now! Any readers out there already Mom's, on the way to being Mom's??
I am pregnant!!
And I have been sick!! And tired, and just completely out of commission lately! Getting to and from work has been a challenge enough so I typically have stopped there. So I very much apologize for my lack of activitiy here or commenting and keeping up with all my blogger friends!! But I have been busy cooking a baby!
Here is my story (warming TMI!)
We found out on Tuesday March 22nd that this whole baby thing was a go! We had been "trying" but really only for 2 months. We were very, very fortunate that it happened so quickly for us. But, boy is it scary!! I actually had no idea I was pregnant, I was convinced that it didn't work for that month. We went away for a weekend with friends, and one of our good friends asked me if I was pregnant. My other friend was appalled that she would come right out and ask when they really didn't even know we were trying. But she wanted to know so she asked, and I didn't care, that stuff doesn't phase me. Later on that night I was having tea with that friend in the Inn we were staying at and she was apologzing for asking so bluntly but said I had an "aura" about me and that she was getting this very strong pregnant vibe. I told her no big deal, that we were trying, but that this month didn't work since I had raging PMS symptoms I "knew" I wasn't. So the rest of the weekend went on, we got home Sunday night, and just for the heck of it I took a pregnancy test (she put the bug in my ear) even though I believed with all my heart it would be negative. And it was, negative. I tossed it away and went among my day.
So on Tuesday (my period wasn't expected till Wednesday) I came home from work and for some reason felt the need to pee on another stick, even though I still knew I wasn't pregnant. Immediately that first line showed up, so I got annoyed that I took the test since I wasn't sure what possessed me to do it in the first place. I took the test and threw it in a drawer in the bathroom (why not the trash?? who the heck knows!)
Suddenly the cable company was at the door to fix our cable. I had completely forgot we even scheduled it, so I ran to tend to that. Then the hubby came home from work. We went food shopping, then came back home and started cooking dinner. While cooking I had the urge to pee, so I went to the bathroom. While sitting on the toilet peeing (yes, I am getting THAT detailed) that stupid test crossed my mind. I thought "how gross to throw a pee stick in the drawer and not in the trash". I opened the drawer to throw it away and there it was...two damn lines. TWO FREAKIN LINES! I was pregnant?? Holy hell...
Now I am screaming the hubbys name, he comes running into the bathroom to find me standing there, pants around my ankles, standing up, hold a pee stick, yelling "I'm pregnant!". It was a sight to see, nothing romantic or beautiful about it. But it was our moment, and it was very "us".
We told immediate friends and family, but have kind of kept it a secret since then to protect our privacy in case anything happend.
So that's it, that's my story, and my excuse for being MIA.
Today I am officially 11 weeks along and our due date is December 1st right in time for Christmas! I am at a comfortable point in the pregnancy that I am not afraid to talk about, granted still anything could happen, but I feel like I am in a safer place to discuss it now.
Every Thursday I am going to put an update on here on where I am at with this whole thing! Feel free to read if you are interested, but if this isn't your thing, or you could care less I understand (kind of). Babies aren't on everyone's radar, but this blog is about me and my life, and this is my life now!
I promise, I won't get all Mama on you...but you might notice some little things here and there since it will be my new additional role in life!
Pregnancy Highlights
How far along: 11 weeks
Size of the baby: Today the baby is officially the size of a lime!
Maternity Clothes: Oh yes...I am wearing them! Had to transition a couple of weeks ago. One week I went from be able to button my work pants on a Friday, then on Monday the pants wouldn't shut. Now my jeans don't either. So maternity wardrobe here I come!
Gender: We go back in forth on this one! The only thing people have said is I think your having a girl, no one has said boy. And because of that I bet we are having a boy! Based on the Chinese "Gender" Calendar it says Boy, based on my "Lunar Birth Date" it says girl, and when I do the silly pendulum test it says girl over and over again. So really it could go either way! We won't know for sure for a little while!
Movement: Nothing happening yet. Our most recent ultrasound we saw it wiggling around, but I couldn't feel it.
Sleep: Sleep...what sleep?!?!? Sleep is a royal pain in the ass at the moment! I want to sleep, but can't sleep very well. I am up at least twice to eat in the middle of the night (who wakes up from a dead sleep being hungry?), and it really feels like a live or die hunger feeling. And then I typically pee at least twice if not 3 times. And of course...I can't pee and be hungry at the same time. So needless to say, sleep is kind of non-existent lately.
Cravings: I crave fruit, but it does nothing to cut the hunger so I tend to just eat what works as oppose to what I want or crave.
Symptoms: I have had morning sickness, but not the puking part. Just a lot of nausea. The exhaustion is pretty intense, I constantly have an awful taste in my mouth, the hunger things I mentioned before, headaches, lack of sleeping, lower back pain, lack of concentration, hormones are CRAZY! I cry over everything, and get mad over nothing. Basically, I am just a hot mess lately!
What I miss: Roast Beef, I can't stop thinking about it! And white wine. Now I didn't eat Roast Beef and white wine daily or anything before, but since I can't have them I want them so badly!
Best Moment of the Week: This week has been a long one. Nothing in particular that stands out for this week yet. Although it isn't over! I would have to say Fridays are typically my best day in general. It's a relief to know I can just go home and crash instead of worrying about work in the AM.
That is it for now! Any readers out there already Mom's, on the way to being Mom's??
Thanks for reading and continuing to follow me even though I have been on a mini hiatus lately!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
My Big Announcement Post was deleted!
This wasn't intentional by me...this is a problem with blogger! Apparently a bunch of people's posts were deleted and completely removed from their drafts but blogger is in the process of trying to recover these posts. This was all due to some maintenance that blogger was doing.
Anyone else have this problem???!!!
That post was SO long and such an important one I do not have the energy to re-write it!!
But for those who missed it..I'm Pregnant! Hopefully my post with come back with the details!
Anyone else have this problem???!!!
That post was SO long and such an important one I do not have the energy to re-write it!!
But for those who missed it..I'm Pregnant! Hopefully my post with come back with the details!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Well hello there blog...
Haven't seen you in a while! But there is good reasons, I promise.
Stay tuned for a big announcement over here at Pink, Pearls and Polka Dots and it will explain my lack of blogging lately, I swear!!
Check back in the AM!
Stay tuned for a big announcement over here at Pink, Pearls and Polka Dots and it will explain my lack of blogging lately, I swear!!
Check back in the AM!
Monday, May 2, 2011
The Versatile Blogger Award
The wonderful Lyndsay over at Simply Lyndsay awarded me with the Versatile Blogger award!! Thank you so much Lyndsay!!
The guidelines for the award are:
1. Link back to the person who gave you the award.
2. List 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award onto other bloggers.
4. Contact the bloggers to let them know they've won the award.
The guidelines for the award are:
1. Link back to the person who gave you the award.
2. List 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award onto other bloggers.
4. Contact the bloggers to let them know they've won the award.
7 Things About Me
This should be challenging to not repeat the same things I have on other awards!!
1. I love the fall, it is my absolute favorite season! As much as I am looking forward to the spring and summer for some nice weather, nothing is better than the crisp fall days in New England!
2. I am addicted to scarves, they are one of my favorite accesories. I probably have about 75 of them!! Way too many I know, but they are hard to resist when I find a cute one!
3. I love sleeping in, but can never really do it. It's like this battle that if I sleep in I will lose so much of my weekend, but then again who doesn't love waking up nice and late and being refreshed!!
4. I currently have 8 different shampoos in my shower. I hate using the same shampoo everyday so I always have a variety of brands to switch it up.
5. I love to travel but hate to fly. I deal with flying to get to see places I want to see, but I absolutely hate being trapped in a plane.
6. I am obsessed with reality TV...I get hooked on all these crazy shows, good or bad!
7. I hate Mondays! Who doesn't really, right? But it is Monday today and I am so not a fan!!!
Now I get to pass along this award to some fabulous bloggers!! Many of my favorite bloggers have already gotten this, so I am going to list a few fabulous blogs that haven't gotten this yet!
Jessica @ Pearls and Pink Polka Dots
Lamb @ Lamb Loves
Jes @ Sudden Departure
Mimi @ Aesthetic Lounge
Thanks again Lyndsay!
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