Austin the Cat - etc ...

He's driving me crazy.

All I want to do is throw that cat outside as far as I can throw. He has food and water, but jumps on the counter to get into trouble, pulls down the garbage can and occasionally poops where he wants. He stays up all night playing with any small toy he can find, usually in William's room - driving me utterly insane. Spring better hurry up because this cat's life depends on it. The only thing keeping this cat alive ... is the fact that he LOVES Amélie. He follows her everywhere and wants to sleep right beside her at all times.

Scentsy :

I'm planning a Scentsy relaunch. In February I will be attending a big Spring Sprint and hope to have some great ideas. :)

27 weeks :

I have no idea how I got to be 27 weeks pregnant. Seriously, it's like I blinked and then here I am ... I think I might be rather big for how many weeks I am but it's like I'm petite with a huge belly and some wider hips ... it's weird ... 0_o.

Baby N :

Amélie loves this baby already. I hope it sticks. I'm not even a little bit worried about juggling three kids because I am secure and confident enough to say no to things I think will be too much. There is no reason to spread myself thin to please other people and I trust that they will consider that when I say no instead of flipping out. The people in our family and friends are pretty considerate.

Maternity Leave :

Holy Hannah I'm so looking forward to it. I like to take at least a month ahead of time to get the house ready, to spend time with kids, to be able to sleep on a schedule that my body wants instead of what work needs. I have some sick days as well so I am going to use some and be done in March. I have a day in mind but still juggling it around.

Spring :

Usually I don't get antsy about spring until February but, is it just me, or is winter extra long this year?

26 weeks

Or ... you know ... whatever ....


Baby N moves around a lot, when I'm sitting down and driving it's the most annoying. At first, the amount of weight that I've put on in such a short span was driving me crazy, but then ... I remembered this IS my third child ... I mean ... my body is just stretchier .... isn't it?

I'm more tired this time around, and kind of wish I could cut down my work days but ... with this cold and crappy weather it almost HAS been cut down because I refuse to drive when it's -40. Blech!

On Thursday I'll have more stats, maybe ... unless I forget all the info ... which is possible.

The ultrasound we had in December told us that so far everything was good so that's helpful.

I don't have anything else to say ... this is a really boring update.

Want to hear about Pinterest instead?

I found some great recipes there! (oh sorry you said no?)
I also found some 'why are these on here' recipes ...

Then I started pinning things I would like to get for Baby N.

Pinterest is a really great way for me to keep things organized ...

Now that I look at how many weeks pregnant I am ... I'm still pretty far away ... darn it. I wish spring would show up already (BAHAHAHAHA it's only January)

That's all I got for tonight ... hm. Maybe next post will be more entertaining ...

I'm looking for soup recipes if anyone has any? Some that are great to freeze?

Ultrasound! It's a ..........

We did find out.

Well ... it just happened that way - that and our ultrasound technician really wanted to tell us like ... puppy dog eyes. I SWEARZ! 

The baby is doing great and the placenta is in a good spot. To me, this is important. It should be important to everyone but it's mostly something that doesn't really come to mind when you think ultrasound.

I won't be having another ultrasound, nor will I subject my baby to a 3D ultrasound. Seriously. It looks healthy and adorable and .... fetus-y. As I scanned for abnormalities with my untrained professional eye (haha) I noticed the little hands up over the eyes and I thought adorable - but okay now done because obviously baby does not like the ultrasound. Luckily, we were done.

William didn't either and had curled up into a ball making it impossible for them to finish the ultrasound on his. I didn't subject him to another one either.

Official 'due date' according to ultrasound is May 1st, which actually is what I said it would be. Corey picked May 3rd. Amélie was predicted May 5th at her ultrasound (born May 5th) and William was predicted April 30th (born May 2nd). It's kind of interesting to see if we will have a May baby ... OR a rebelious APRIL baby. Bahahahaha!!!

Also - so glad we waited a little and put some room between BL3 and William because ... well ... William is William. ;)