The Dresser is done!

Well I know they aren't the best of pics. But I think the dresser looks really nice. We had a before pic on my phone but then it died so I think that really sucks cause it really looked like a junker. Jordan and Sara were giving me a hard time about it. But you can't pass up$20. I think in total it ended up costing us $40. So that is pretty good. I am super happy with it and think it looks great with the rest of the room.

Wow I can't believe we are in the single digits. That is soooooo crazy. I hope he comes soon. Although it seems to me that I have gotten more comfortable the last few days. A couple days ago the pressure and pain was pretty bad I was thinking for sure that he was going to come any day now. Now it just feels like he's unpacked his bags and he ready to stay for good. I hope not.

Some progress.

So I had my weekly appointment today. Jordan and I have decided it would be fun to guess what progress I have made. Jordan won this week with 1cm. Mine was 2. She said that the cervix has moved forward and is low and the babies head is right on the cervix. She said this is very good for a first time mom and that she thinks he should come before the 41 week deadline. Oh ya I asked how over due they would let me get and she said 41 weeks. Which makes me excited. The internet was saying that some dr.s let you go 3 weeks over due. The thought of being pregnant for over another month really scared me. But Heather doesn't think it will be even over due. So hopefully she is right, cause Jordan and I are both super excited to meet our son. As I am sure all of you are also. His heartbeat sounded great and my blood pressure is normal. What ever that is. I never did understand the numbers on the blood pressure thing. So that was my appointment. I was thinking today that I need a belly pick so I can remember how fat I am. HEHEHE. Any ways if I remember tonight when Jordan is home I will have him take my pic. I actually dried my hair today. I didnt' get makeup on, but I figure its a bit of a waist of time and its just going to give me zits anyways. Hehehehe

So work is getting pretty old, mostly cause it sucks having to move around. I am pretty lazy these days and take the elevator. Oh well. And its pretty boring cause I cant help out with the physical stuff. So I basically do paper work and yell at the girls. Which there really isn't that much paper work and the girls don't listen to me anyways.

I've given up on my house work too. Just the basics like dishes and laundry. And the toilets when they need them. i can't forget the toilets oh and vacuuming. But other than that the rest is going to have to wait.

I just have to say how proud I am of Jordan on his weight loss goal. He has been doing so well and I can see the improvement already. He is in so much better of a mood, than usual. Not that he is ever really in a bad mood and he seems to have more energy, which is a good thing cause it makes up for my total lack of energy.

Well that is all for now. Have a great week.

Weekly appointment update!

GBS(group b strep) came back negative, so we don't have to really worry about that. All they would do if I had it was give me antibiotics when I went into labor. So really no big deal there. Everything looks good. And that was about the extent of my visit. I have another visit next tuesday (Martin Luther King day, I guess they take that day of there) Then they will start checking progress every week. I don't really like scheduling appointments every week cause I can't get in very early. Actually each week it gets later and later. Work is really starting to get on my nerves. I think its cause I am so uncomfortable and I get kinda nasueas at night so right when I am at work. Plus the girls that live there are being total bratts. And they think that they can blame their mis behavior on me. I mean its not really them being bad, its just me, cause I am pregnant. What ever!

Things at home are really good. If only I could find the energy to get caught up on the house work. LOL! I doubt I will ever find that. Jordan has almost got the dresser done for Parkers room. So I will be able to put all his clothes away very soon. I bought some diapers today so we should be set and ready to go. And well thats all the updates I have.

Weekly Appointments hurray!

So I am down to going to dr appointments on a weekly basis. That is exciting cause its closer to when Parker gets here. However it just means I have to be at the dr. longer and more than likely it will take forever to get in. Since my appointments are every week it is harder to get in early. Like next monday my appointment is at 11:10. It took me an hrs to get in yesterday. But once I was in it didn't take long at all. Everything is looking good. The heart beat is great, she didn't say what it was other than that. I think my belly has finally caught up to where it should be. She said I have plenty of room in my pelvis so I have nothing to worry about as far as Parker getting stuck. Hehehe. She said his head was down and he is pretty low, that the contractions I have been having have been doing their job. So Im guessing we should expect to see him some time around my due date. Although Jordan is still insisting that he will be coming earlier. My boss is guessing 5 days early. LOL. Well that is all the updates I have for the baby.

Well really that is all the updates I have for you today too. I am back on a regular schedule at work. So that means I work every other wednesday. Every thursday, friday nights. Saturday mornings, and every other sunday morning and evenings. For any one who would like to know when I won't be home. My maternity leave starts on feb 2nd, or when ever the baby comes. I haven't decided yet what I am going to do if he is late. If I will start taking the leave when it is scheduled or work. Probably work so I can have all that extra time after he comes. But who knows how I will feel then.

Goals For 2008

Well I had a lot of free time at work today so I sat down to work on mom's goal challenge. Ever since my mission I have really liked this, however I have never been good at remembering the goals and working on them throughout the year like I should. Hopefully this year I will be able to do so. I have a set plan and I think it will work. Hopefully! So here they are.

-Church- I've never been good at doing my visiting teaching. I want to be better. Not one of those sisters that just call at the end of the month. I would like to get to know the sisters that I am assigned to. I think this will help me for several reasons. I don't have a lot of friends that are married and have kids and it would be nice to know a few people with children since I will have one soon. (is that selfish?) Maybe it is but also because I know that the visiting teachers that have been assigned to me and have actually visited with me have been a great help to me.
-I have two for this one. Because this one I should be doing already but Im just no good at it. Seeing how I will be working every other sunday for most of this year I need to do daily scripture study. So I was thinking I would study the lesson for relief society on day, sunday school another and the Book of Mormon the others. Which will fit in really well with the sunday school lesson.

-Family- I want to start making dinners on the nights that I don't work. I enjoy the time I get to spend with Jordan and I think we will eat healthier if I start making the meals. Plus I read some where about a study of families that eat dinner together. I wish I could remember it.

-Personal- For this one I would like to complete the training for a marathon. I don't really want to run a marathon for this reason, I think it would be boring to run for 6hrs straight. However, I think that the training would be a good way to get back into running. I really enjoyed running when I was doing it before. Once I complete this training I want to run 5 miles/ 4 days a week. These two goals will be accomplished by either tredmill. Thankfully we've got one at home. And buy running on a trial out side in the spring/summer/fall (weather permitting) I probably won't be able to run at my most favorite time (when its raining) unless Jordan is home. (side note-I like running in the rain cause it cools you off, and its not so gross (sp?), you can't tell the sweat from the rain.

-Education-Read one book a month. This one is kinda personal and educational. I really enjoy reading and don't think that I take the time to do it enough, so that is why I picked that as a goal.

-Work-Ok I have a few for work but I'm not going to put them all on here. For one I have to set several goals for work every year and I think they are pretty lame. So here is my goal, make the best out of work everyday. No it doesn't really seem measurable. But trust me it is the way I have it written out. There is more detail to it but it would make no sense to any of you. Only because I have to be able to understand exactly what I do. Ok I think I am more confusing than anything. What inspired this one? There is a commercial on tbs for 10 item only. Or something like that. The guy is a manager for a grocery store. And I the commercial he says "do I really want to be here working retail? No, but this is where I am at and I might as well make the best of it." I've really gotten into the habbit of looking at all the negative aspects of my job. I really liked my job at one point. Im not so happy with what it is becoming, and I don't really feel appriciated there. (thanks to managment) But it is a good job, I like the idea of what we are trying to accomplish, and my not being up set about what is going on isn't hurting who it should. Its hurting me and the girls that I am working with. And really that isn't fair. So I really want to make the best of my job, and focus on what I am there to do. Not the politics of it all. I think over all it will make me a happier person while I am at work.

-Ok so here is my plan to stay focused on these things. I am going to break what I need to do each month for these goals. (I didn't quite get that done tonight) Then each sunday I will look at what I need to do for the week to help accomplish the goal for the month, and schedule it in. It may seem a bit, oh I don't really know the word for it. But this is how I did my goals on my mission. Slightly adapted, and it really works. Plus it keeps you focused on the goals. I was doing it also for a while a few months before I got married and it was working pretty well.

So there you have it, my goals for 2008. Also my goal is to start thinking about my goals earlier on for next year. I think that if I would have put more thought into it I could come up with some really good goals. One thing for this year that I think made setting goals a little harder is that Parker will be here in February. My life will be changing alot. It already has changed a lot but it will even more. I don't exactly know what I can commit myself to. Im not even sure when I will actually be able to start running (as much as I would like to). But the great thing about goals is that you can stop and re-evaluate if you need to. It doesn't make you a failure if you have to adjust cause you set the goal to hard. Well that is enough for now. I just wanted to get this posted. And since I wasn't tired at all when I got home I decided to do it now.