Recital time

Well Hello!





This post is not really baby related, but I know that I've got some cranky readers who say I'm not blogging fast enough ;) double winks! I am posting this only because I will have no life for the rest of this entire week due to our big, end of the year Recital taking place this Thursday and Friday, day off on Saturday, and then finishing up the year with a Summer Showcase performance of our production of "Aladdin" on Sunday. Wheww! I'm writing this in between mixing music and super gluing props & costumes....that's right... I don't sew anything! Get the picture!? :)


After the show, I will be able to post more regularly. Plus some cool stuff is about to happen inside Casa de womb so stay tuned.





I'm 17wks 4days and still having days where I feel & look 7 months pregnant, and then some days where I have no idea where that baby snuck off too?!? It's so crazy! I'm still getting the "OMG you're 4 months, I can't even tell you're pregnant!" Really? Let me show you my bubble butt and watch me try to fit in my skinny jeans and then tell me you don't think I look pregnant! Oh, and tee shirts that I thought surrrrely should still fit...well they don't.




We only have to wait 8 more days until we can HOPEFULLY find out what PSK is :) I'm sooooo ready for this! Early Tuesday morning, I got back in bed from a potty break and as I laid there, I thought I felt something. I'm not sure if it was the baby or not, but it was like little faint bubbles that lasted only a second. I stayed really still hoping to feel it again, but I didn't. bummer. Hopefully soon PSK will let me know she's really in there :)

Ok off to attack the rest of this craaazy week! Good luck to all my Backstage Studio Kids!!!


Jenn

SPA DAY!!!!

W.O.W. Yesterday was very awesome for a few reasons.

#1- I turned "Sweet" 16wks on May 16th (kind of a coinkeedink) and realized that I've almost been pregnant for 100 days. I am SHOCKED at how fast things are moving right along. We learned that lil Poppy Seed is now the size of an Avocado according to babycenter.com and that lil PSK is growing toenails, sucking her thumb, and growing like a weed! So fun!! I haven't been able to feel any movement yet, but should be able to anytime now. I just hope I know what it is when it happens!! I am at +9lbs and finally over the morning/all day/omg my insides are gonna come out sickness spell and have regained my energy back-whoo hoo!

Our lil Avocado

#2 My mom, when we first found out we were expecting, got us the most marvelous gift....a morning at the spa! Now that I have been feeling great I thought it was definitely time for us to use it! Brian and I started the morning off with breakfast at Panera, and then headed to the spa. We started the morning out with a massage, followed by pedicures, and then manicures. It was absolutely perfect. I didn't know how much I needed to be pampered!!! We're gonna have to keep those massages coming! After our pamper session, we headed to Best Buy and purchased a new video camera so we can start capturing some of the fun stuff we have coming up. It's very slick, tiny, and easy to use. We have a little something special planned for the announcement of the baby's gender, so we will post the video when the time comes! Once we finished up at Best Buy, we headed straight to CHIPOTLE!!!!! Baby looooves Chipotle. It was delish as usual and had accomplished all that we wanted to do that morning and so we headed for home.

#3 My cousin, Nikki, had prom yesterday and every year since she and her sister have been in High School, I've always helped them get ready. It's something I always look forward to--they are both like little sisters to me. She looked absolutely stunning! I only have one more year left to help her and then she'll be off to college, like her big sis, Natalie. That means I'll officially feel OLD as DIRT! :(

There it is...every reason why yesterday was a great day. I'm looking forward to more fun events coming our way!!! Most of all, I'm really looking forward to a nice relaxing summer.

PSK- keep growing in there lil peanut, feel free to let Mommy know you are really in there anytime now. It took me 2 times to figure it out, but I know now that you do not like when I eat at The Yard, so I promise I will stop for the next 5 months. We love you whole bunches and can't wait to find out if you like pink or blue!!!

Happy Sunday fellow readers. Enjoy your week!

Jenn

Happy Mother's Day!

Me and my Beautiful Mother :)

Happy Mother's Day to all the fabulous Moms and Mom's-to-be out there!

Today was really special for many reasons. Of course, I got to spend most of the day with my Mom- who has taught me many things throughout my life, and all that I am and have become, I owe to her. I love you, Mom!

Every year, my cousins and I have a cookout for our Moms & Grandma. Usually we do ALL the cooking, preparing, etc. However, this year was slightly different. When my husband went out to fire up our grill, we noticed that we had some tenants that had just moved in. That's right, a family of mice were now the proud home-owners of a Weber 2 story, all steel house, er..grill. Not only did Mr. & Mrs. Mouse move into our grill...but they TOTALLY SHACKED UP in our grill! I was told that there were 3 brand new, still pink, baby mice that seemed to be just born, right there in the grill. Not my idea of a BBQ, people. Luckily, my mom's boyfriend saved the day. He and my uncle went to his house and cooked our chicken breasts on his mouse-free grill. And Mother's Day cookout was now back on. Phewwww! We had a very nice meal followed by some homemade peanut butter cup cookies and fresh fruit for dessert! Poppy Seed's Uncle Billy stopped by for some cookies and fruit before heading back to Columbus, which was also a nice treat! After dinner, we had an intense game of Catch Phrase that lasted for 3 hours. We don't mess around, people. What a very interesting, and fun day this was. It's so hard to imagine that I will get to celebrate next Mother's Day with our precious little angel....whatever HE or SHE may be! :)

Another reason today was so special, was because Brian and I got to remember his mother, Patty. She was an amazing mother to her boys and she was very, very special to me. I know she is smiling down on us from Heaven and I know she would have been the greatest Mother-in-law I could have ever dreamed of having. I cannot wait to tell our child/children how much of a beautiful person she was and hopefully continue on many of the wonderful Motherly gifts that she was able to share with her boys. We love you and miss you dearly, Patty.

As far as our lil PSK goes, we had a doctors appointment this past Friday and we got to hear the heartbeat again and the nurse said that everything seems to be going well and we got to schedule our NEXT appointment!!! We go in 4 weeks to *hopefully* find out the sex of our precious little baby. I'm going to have a lil talk with PSK to make sure she cooperates since our lovely insurance does not cover any ultrasounds :) It's way worth it though!! Will keep you posted fellow readers. Stay tuned...

This is my final month of teaching dance and our recital is just 3 weeks away! I can't believe how fast this year went! My kids have made me so proud to be their teacher and I'm excited to see them up on the big stage working it out! I may be a little biased, but we have some really talented kids! It's going to be a great show! After recital, I should be able to start updating this blog a bit faster ;)

Well Poppy Seed, as much as I don't want to rush things, I'm very much looking forward to being able to call you by your proper sex, and then soon by your name! Keep baking in there little one...your Daddy and I love you so much already!

Brian and Me

Me, My Mom, Grandma, Cousin, Aunt, Cousin