8 months big

Jon told me that at work today every one agrees I am having twins because I am so big and I still have 1 month left. They started this because there are a few ladies at work who are due in a few days and I am so much bigger than them. I would be offended but I really haven't gained a lot of extra pounds. Jon assured me no one thinks I'm fat. I just thought I'd share pictures of me at 8 months along. It has been fun to see the growth throughout these past few months and I know family would like to see how i've grown.

Pumpkin carving

Me and Jon did our pumpkin carving and here are the results. Mine is the big one and Jon's is the one with a Buccaneer football flag carved into it.

Cute Baby clothes

We bought some clothes for baby london and wanted to share them. Here are two of our faves.

Update

I have not blogged for a long time. We have been so busy. We just finished moving a few weeks ago and a few days ago we finished setting up the new place. It is a lot smaller than our last place but we like it so much more. We went from renting a house to an apartment. All I have been doing lately is packing, unpacking and working. Well I have a lot of time on my hands now.

My doctors put me on bed rest for the rest of the week until I get re evaluated on monday. This past monday after 11pm sometime I had to go into the hospital. I was contracting and it was causing me to dialate. I am only 33 weeks so they were pretty worried. I had been contracting for at least a week now and didn't know it. When I was being monitored I saw each time I was having a contraction but I could hardly tell unless I presses my stomach to feel how hard it was. They gave me an IV. They also gave me 2 shots of terbutaline and a terbutaline pill. None of them worked, my heartrate hardly got above 72. By about 3am I finally got to go home because the contractions stopped. So on tuesday my doctor put me on bedrest for the rest of the week and I'm not sure if I can go back to work yet. I'm still contracting but they are not causing me to dialate. In 10 more days my doctors are not going to try to stop those contractions anymore if I am having them.

So we might have the baby sooner than thanksgiving. I just hope we can hold it off enough for at least 3-4 more weeks. But then again I might be fine until her due date. This week and next week we will be getting the rest of the stuff we need for a new baby. I thought we might be okay for a few more weeks on some of the items but we should probaby get it all now. I don't think I want Jon picking out all the stuff by himself. It may end up seeming like we have a boy instead of a girl.

3D Baby

Well we just got the 3D ultrasound and it's confirmed, a girl for sure. The pictures are so alien-like. She's sooo cute though! She is getting so big. This far along we could not get a snapshot of her whole body in 3D.

This same appointment I took my glucose drink. I don't know if it was the drink, but all day she seemed to be on a sugar high. Her elbow was sticking out of my belly for almost a minute and she wouldn't put it back in. We could not get the best ultrasound pictures either. She was kicking out of my belly and her hand was in front of her face the whole time. She even pulled the umbilical cord in front of her face. Some of the pictures we were able to edit out the cord. I love the one with her fist in front of her face.

Recipe Time!

Every now and again I will post a new recipe of mine in the "Recipe Corner" below my blog list. I love to create new foods sometimes and twists on foods. This time I am featuring my famous Baked Sausage Wonton Amazings. They are a hit with all my friends and they always ask me to make them. I made up the recipe one day and it stuck.

ALSO check out some youtube links I just added on the right below the recipe corner. They are some of my favorite funny clips. The first box with the panda clip was the only one that I was trying to put on. The others are something else, but I can't quite get just the one on there. The clips also change every now and again to stuff I have no idea about. I'll have to figure that out. If you know anything about it please let me know.

Jon's "glorified scooter"

We just sold Jon's truck. We needed some extra money and needed to save some as well. Jon asked if he sold his truck could he get a bike, and I said yes. So he bought a street bike. Insurance and gas is a lot less expensive now. He gets anywhere from 50-60 mpg. So now we have a car and a street bike. He is really happy about it. He got a new helmet for it too. I'm not going to ride it until after the baby is born. Here are some pictures. Jon calls it his "glorified scooter". It's not too powerful, but a great starter.