Hopping down the bunny trail

Crazymama is asking the questions this week and this is what she wants to know:

{1} What is your favorite Easter tradition?
{2} Tell us about your Easter meal.
{3} Do you decorate for Easter?
{4} Your Easter basket is not complete without....
{5} Are you getting an Easter dress?

Here are MY answers...
 
{1} What is your favorite Easter tradition?

Sadly, I don't have any traditions. I hope to start some fun ones next year once our little guy is here. I've always loved Easter egg hunts so maybe we will do that.


{2} Tell us about your Easter meal.
We split the day between my husband's family and mine. His Mom makes random stuff, most of which I'm not a big fan of. (Whoops, did I really say that??) I do, however, LOVE her garlic mashed potatoes. And hubby's step-dad makes his own pickles....sooooo good! My Mom is such a good cook, it's insane. It definitely skipped me. She makes ham and turkey (which I don't eat because I'm a vegetarian but I hear they are amazing) plus tons of sides. She rotates the sides depending on what she's in the mood for. I'm always stuffed and super happy!

{3} Do you decorate for Easter?
Most years I do. This year I didn't simply because I'm pregnant. I'm working on getting the baby's room done and cleaning the house up for his arrival. I don't want to be climbing in the attic and dragging more stuff out.

{4} Your Easter basket is not complete without....
Peanut butter cups. Chocolate and peanut butter...nothing better!

{5} Are you getting an Easter dress?
Not anymore. I did when I was little. I always got a new dress, shoes, a hat and a purse. I loved getting dressed up back in the day. I always love seeing all my friends' kids dressed up in their Easter finery...too cute!



Hope everyone is having a great day!

Nesting? Me? But I'm not a bird?

Baby Liam's estimated date of arrival on the outside world is T minus 90 days. My pregnancy has been a blessing and a curse but I wouldn't have it any other way. Ok, maybe a little less morning sickness but mostly I've been counting my blessings.

I will fully admit, I am a bit of a slob. Technically that's an understatement. I am a huge slob. Before my hubby moved in, he was a neat freak. I've slowly converted him into my dark ways. Mmmmmmhhahahahaaha. I can remember being very young and getting in trouble for having such a messy room. I'm no where close to the people you see on "Hoarders"....but  I guess if I'm being honest, I'm not that good either. I'm sure people can read into it however they want. The truth is, I'm just lazy. I don't like to clean up after myself. I keep hoping the magic elves will just show up when I go to bed and clean for me. It never happens though. I know it's sad. I keep saying once the baby is born things will be different. I really hope it is.

Last month I started freaking out for no reason at all. I felt like I needed the baby's room done ASAP. We had rip up wood paneling and carpet. We needed to put up dry wall and spackle, sand, prime and paint. (And please know when I say we, I really mean hubby.) I needed the house cleaned, top to bottom, right then and there. What the heck was going on with me? This behavior was so not me. I'm normally the biggest procrastinator on the planet. I've still got 3 months before he's born.  Three entire months. That's plenty of time. 

I really couldn't stop obsessing with getting the room done. And Hubby has made some amazing progress (pictures to follow)! We started painting today. And yes, this time I mean we as in both of us. Don't worry, we used a no VOC paint and I wore a mask for extra protection. The room needs a few more coats and he needs to lay down the flooring. I should be a happy girl. But something inside of me is twitching. It's not enough. We need to get more done and faster.

Ok, seriously. What is wrong with me? What makes a procrastinator turn her ways 180 degrees?

The answer is simple. Apparently, I'm nesting. I had heard the term before but I didn't really believe in it. I mean, come on. Nesting? I'm not a bird. I read up on it and was pretty shocked. It all sounds like me. Hooray, I'm not a freak! It's just one more amazing thing happening to my mind and body on my path to motherhood. Wow!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

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Friday Confessional: Baby Blues (in a good way)

It has been quite some time since my last post. I sorta took a short hiatus from blogging. I wasn't feeling well. I was... Oh heck....

I confess...
I am 20 weeks pregnant! YAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Some of you might remember my struggle to get pregnant (which funny enough, was a topic on another Friday Confessional!). I'm so happy to say that is all behind me and I did kick infertility's ass. :)

I confess...
I had a realllllllllllllllllly rough 1st trimester. I was sick all day, every day. Whoever invented the phrase "morning sickness" should be shot. It was morning, noon and night. If I wasn't sick, I was sleeping. I had no energy. Zero. It was so hard to even make it from the couch to my bed. It totally sucked. I wasn't so sure it was all worth it. But it is. And I'm feeling so much better now.

I confess....
I cannot wait to meet our lil guy on or around June 25th. We've decided to name him Liam Andrew.

I confess...
I really, really, really wanted a girl and cried a little (a lot) when I found out there was a tiny penis growing inside me. I'm completely over that now. I'm just super excited. 

I confess...
I've never been so excited in my entire life. Excited and terrified at the same time!

I confess...
I want to start getting his room ready but both hubby and I are huge procrastinators. He's over at his friend's house and I'm blogging. Way to be proactive! HA!

I confess...
I joined Pinterest the other day to get ideas for his room. Now I'm obsessed. I just want to pin shit all day long. Notice I didn't say I wanted to actually DO any of the ideas I pin...I just want to pin. :)

I confess...
I picked out Liam's bedding already. It's gray. Everyone keeps saying, "Gray bedding? For a baby?" Yes. It's awesome. Get over it.


What are you confessing this week? Link up here!

I have to go eat dinner now. Liam is hungry.  :)  I promise to get back to blogging regularly.

Hope everyone has a great night!

Wait, whaaaaaaaaat?

I confess...

It takes a lot to set me off really bad but it's recently happened.

I confess...

I really want to punch someone in the face right now. Ok, maybe that's a bit dramatic but I'm seriously pissed.

I confess...
I really need some advice.

Ok, so here's the deal.....

I got a call from my cousin, Michele. She started rambling on and on about some weekend where she was expected to pay $500 to stay in a hotel. I really had no idea what she meant. At first I thought she was talking about Disney World because she's going with her family in a few weeks. Nope, that wasn't it. My brother's wedding? Nope. I just wasn't following. Then the conversation went like this:

Michele: Why didn't you tell me about Jackie's bachelorette party?
Kelly: I was going to tell you, Jenn (her sister) & Nicole (our cousin) when everything was planned and finalized.
M: Kel, the E-vite went out. It's a little late for that.
K: E-vite? What E-vite?
M: You tell me. It says "thrown by the bridal party"
K: I have no idea what you're talking about. Read it to me.

So she proceeds to read the E-vite that was sent out on “behalf of the bridal party.” It details an entire weekend from Friday at 6pm to Sunday at noon. The hotel is $245 a night and sleeps 4. The bridal party has reserved 2 rooms. On Saturday we are going to a club (which costs $100 to get into) in NY. Blah, blah, blah...

Wait…whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? I was speechless. Completely speechless. None of the other bridesmaids asked for my input, opinions or even emailed/called/text to tell me about the plans. When Michele and I got off the phone I went into my email. I checked my inbox, my deleted emails and my spam. Not one single message about the girls’ weekend. Not even the E-vite. What the fuck was going on???

I text Michele to ask her if she could send me the E-vite. When I opened it, I scrolled down the list of guests. Each bridesmaid was invited along with several of Jackie's friends and relatives. Michele & Nicole were invited, but Jenn was not. Neither was I.

Yes, you heard correctly. I was not invited to my sister-in-law to be's bachelorette party. 2 of my cousins were. I was not.

I confess...
I'm really pissed and hurt that they completely forgot about me. I mean, the last time I checked, I was a bridesmaid. Oh, not to mention, the groom's sister!! Grrrrr.

I confess...
Part of me wants to be a super bitch and call them out on it...to let them KNOW they forgot about me. The other part of me thinks that since they didn't bother to invite me that I'm not obligated to respond at all. Michele says I have to go but I don't want to. The bachelorette party is 2 weeks from Christmas and a month from their wedding. I’d rather spend the money on those things than to waste hundreds of dollars for one weekend... not to mention be stuck with a bunch of bitches that don't care enough to make sure the entire bridal party was invited. No thanks.

I confess...
I really hope that since they couldn’t bother to fill me in on their plans or hell - invite me - that I don’t factor into their financial calculations. I hope they don’t expect me to put in money for the weekend that I’m not invited to. Fuck that. Not happening!


What would you do? Should I say something to them or ignore it? I told my brother what happened but I haven’t told Jackie. I know that planning a wedding is stressful. I really don’t want to add to her stress.

What to do?? Akkkk!

What are you confessing this week? Link up.

TGIF!

730 days of HAPPY!

Oh my goodness! I almost forgot that the Happy List moved to Tuesdays. Good thing I remembered at the last minute. This is more of an over all HAPPY POST as opposed to a Happy List.

Yesterday Hubby & I celebrated our 2 year anniversary. I cannot believe it's been two whole years since we tied the knot! It seems like it was only a few months ago.

Our wedding day was really fun and everyone remarked how you could just feel the love in the room. Kind of sappy but true. The weather didn't cooperate and I hated our photographer but it was still perfect.

 

Gary, our bagpiper



Celtic tradition of hand-tying (where the phrase "tying the knot came from!)

 

Trying to breathe :)



You may kiss the bride!

Just married

It was time for the first dance. We danced to "All I want is you" by U2. I have a hard time being serious for too long so I started singing along. "All I want is youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

Bbbbhahahahahaha! I love that picture! Now that all the formalities were over, it was time for my girls and I to relax and have a few drinks....oh, and dance our asses off!

Did you do a double take? Yes, you counted correctly.  I had eight bridesmaids. 8. I wouldn't have had it any other way. Each one of those women is significant to me in one way or another and I couldn't imagine getting married without each one by my side. I remember jamming to "I gotta feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas. That song will forever remind me of my wedding day and my girls. I love them all so much!!

I am so HAPPY to have such an amazing man in my life. I'm also so HAPPY to have such wonderful friends and family. Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate our special day. You all make me ridiculously HAPPY! I am one lucky girl to be celebrating 730 days of wedded bliss!

Have a HAPPY night!

My Happy List

I am so HAPPY that the Happy List lives on. I don't always get a chance to post but I always remember to count my blessings, however small. It's so nice to see others doing so as well.

I am very thankful that I have such wonderful friends and family. This whole fertility thing gets me down sometimes...it makes me HAPPY to know that I can count on people around me to pick me back up.

I am so glad that my health insurance finally kicked in. I was paying $100 a month for one medication (I think I'm about 5 or 6). Yesterday I picked it up for $35. HAPPY!

October is here and it's my favorite month. There is so much to do around Halloween and it's also the start of hockey season. And I love myself some hockey! My Dad and I have season tickets to a minor league team (Go Titans!) It's our thing and we've done it for the past 6 years. It makes me really HAPPY to spend so much time with him.

My Happy List is short and sweet this week. What are you happy for? Link up with Mamarazzi!

Have a great day!

Time flies and skunks are stinky

I can't believe it's October. I always seem to say stuff like that. I'm always amazed at how fast time flies. So to bring you up to speed, I've been buried at work (I actually have to go in tomorrow, sad me) but what's new? I'm still trying to get pregnant. We did a round of IUI. Despite the success rates for women in general, and especially women of my age - we are considered "advanced maternal age" (I'm 36 in case you were wondering...not 56) - I just knew was going to work. It didn't. I cried for 2 days straight. :(   But I eventually brought myself out of my funk and moved on. There's nothing else to do. I think it's stress honestly, that's preventing me from getting pregnant. I'm trying to relax as much as possible...and to breathe...which is something I think I forget to do sometimes.

So in the spirit of relaxing, hubby and I decided to just stay in and watch movies last night. We were all curled up on the couch when the pup had to go outside. Once she went out, hubby saw her crawling on her belly and heard her start growling. Then he started yelling for her to come in...but of course she didn't. I ran to the door but couldn't see anything. The all of the sudden we saw a white tail - oh nooooooooo, skunk! My pup believed (and still believes) that she is the house protector & it is her duty to save us from any possible harm. She got sprayed....right in the face. In the eye to be exact. My poor pup. :(   She finally came inside and just plopped on top of me. It was like she had given up and was saying, "Mom, help me!" Her eye was completely swollen and red. I did my best to wipe her eye out but a 70 pound pit bull can be pretty stubborn so it was not easy. I had heard that tomato juice gets the smell out of their coats. Oh did I mention the smell? It was HORRIBLE. I mean vile. Gross. So I ran to the cabinets. No tomato juice. I did have tomato sauce so I figured, it's got to be the same thing, right? We put Maddy into the shower and poured tomato sauce all over her (she tried to eat it all off). The smell lessened but she was still pretty stinky. Her eye looked pretty bad still, so we took her to the emergency vet's office. They washed her eye out with saline and sent us on our way. They didn't even charge us for the visit which made my day cause I was dreading the bill. They also gave us a recipe to use to really get the smell out. The vet said it was made of simple household items that everyone has in their house at all times. Everyone that is, but us. We're so ghetto.  :)  After a quick trip to the store we put Maddy back in the shower. She smelled a million times better. She's still a little stinky today so I might mix up another batch.

Here is the recipe in case you ever need it....but I really hope you don't!

32-ounce bottle of hydrogen peroxide

1 cup vinegar
1/2 cup baking soda
1 tablespoon liquid dish soap
1 gallon of warm water

Combine ingredients and sponge onto animal, allowing mixture to soak to the skin. Allow to air dry. Repeat application if necessary. (This mixture will not bleach your pet’s coat.)

So my relaxing weekend has not been that relaxing but I wouldn't be me if it everything ran smoothly. I'm hoping it calms down today. It's a bright sunny day out. Maybe a nice trip to the park is in order. :)
 
I hope you're having a wonderful, stress-free weekend!
 

 
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