Success!

Before I married Ryan my cute adorable bulldog Zoey slept on my bed with me.

 

I mean look at this face as a puppy how could you not want her to sleep with you?

 

 

  

 

But I digress,   at first she slept with me because it's easier to potty train I think with them sleeping on your bed,  the minute they wake up and move it's out the door to potty at night.  I did the same thing with Maggie, but the difference was once she was potty trained she didn't want to sleep on the bed anymore.   Not so much with Zoey,  she was fine snuggling next to her mama at night and no one was sleeping on that side of the bed so it didn't bother me.

 

But then Ryan entered the picture, and he was not okay with a dog on the bed.   I was sad but told him we would work on weaning her off the bed,  so for the first month or two (oh okay maybe 3 or 4) she slept on the bed but on my side in between my legs.  She is not a teacup yorkie, she is a 50lb bulldog and it wasn't that comfortable so it motivated me to get her to the floor.  The next move was to buy a new dog bed and place it next to my side of the bed so she could sleep there.   It worked most of the time, but she would wake up in the middle of the night and scratch to come up or scratch so I would know she was there,  this went on for about a year. 

 

About this time Ryan and I bought a bigger bed and the room on the side of the bed on my side was getting smaller, so I moved her bed to the end of the bed to see how that would go.  It was rough at first with her waking up and coming over to my side to scratch but eventually she was okay with it and slept at the end of the bed.  

Now one thing that is not great about a bulldog is they snore, and not light either.   If Zoey is laying on her side she is much quieter and we can go to sleep,  if she is laying flat with her head in between her paws.  Oh its loud!  So I was getting up once or twice a night to roll her onto her side,  well the most amazing thing happened about a month ago.   I got up to roll her on her side and she looked at me with the annoyed look in her face and got up and walked out and went into the living room and slept on the couch!!!   I thought it had to be a fluke thing because the next night she was back in our room at bedtime again,  but once again when I rolled her over she got up and walked out.   Now most nights she doesn't even come into our room anymore,  she is perfectly happy sleeping by herself on the couch with no one to bother her and she can snore as loud as she wants.

No we just need to wait and see if she stays out there once the pack n play is in our room.  I have a feeling both girls are going to want to sleep by their baby at first.  Or at least our German Shepherd Maggie,  she is very protective...

I call this success!






Random..

It has been forever since I have blogged.  

 I haven't even posted about our trip to San Diego for Christmas. 

I need to post about our babymoon to Hawaii, which was AWESOME,

and progress on Holden's room, it's coming together!

 

But today I am just going to put a few random thoughts.

 

I will NOT miss this big fat belly when Holden gets here, but I will miss Ryan rubbing, kissing and talking to his baby at night through my belly.   My love for that man grows everyday. 

 

I love feeling Holden kick me every day, even if my poor bladder suffers.  Let's me know he is okay.

 

He is still breach and I still have placenta previa, so we find out next week if we have to have a c-section or not. If the placenta doesn't move I don't have a choice.  And my Dr. would want to do it at 36-37 weeks so then I would only have 10 weeks left.  Yikes!

 

I have lived in our house for 6 years and Ryan has lived there for 3,  and until the front guest room became Holden's room we apparently didn't need window locks.  But the minute it became babies room Ryan went out and got window locks. Because as he says "People are crazy and no one is going to try to take my baby"

 

It's hard to fathom that the next Mother's Day that rolls around I actually WILL be a Mother.   I told Ryan he better make it a good present :) 

 

I feel like a fool talking to my dogs about their baby brother coming,  carrying around the carseat or turning on the swing and letting them investigate everything, but the book says this is how you get your fur babies ready for their world to be rocked!

 

Pregnancy makes me snore, Ryan can't sleep through snoring.  I have tried a humidifier, breathe right strips, Vick's tent you name it.  Doctor just says some women snore during pregnancy.   Hopefully it goes away after because Ryan is sleeping in the guest room half the time and I miss him!

 

Finally at 18weeks I stopped being sick,  I want to document this so hopefully with my next pregnancy I can say it didn't last as long.  It was NOT fun and I was NOT enjoying pregnancy at all.   From 18 weeks to today (almost 27 weeks) I have loved it.

 

The only thing good about being sick during pregnancy is you don't gain a ton of weight.  Hoping to be at 20lbs for the whole pregnancy,  at +7 right now.

 

Not going to lie, the hospital tour at Summerlin Hospital scared me a little.   Watching them take off the bottom half of the labor bed and reveal the bucket underneath that catches all the mess.  My eyes were wide open after that.  Or learning about the lovely diaper's we get to wear afterwards because you are still bleeding.  So fun!

 

I never drank milk, except in cereal or to dip oreo's in.  I drink probably 2-3 glasses a day and go through a gallon a week by myself.   It's crazy.

 

Other cravings,   cutie oranges (eat 4 a day),  Captn Crunch cereal for breakfast everymorning,  cheeseburgers, banana's, popcorn, strawberries, apple juice and apples.

 

Things I am not liking,  sweets (which makes me so sad, I normally love sweets), sandwiches,  fish.

 

I am a shopaholic,  I can't stop buying him clothes and room decor.  I have a problem. He already has 10 pairs of shoes.

 

I need to stop though because looking at our budget after baby is born with day care, diapers and insurance going up.  We are going to be broke :)

 

 We have the crib, glider, changing table (bought at garage sale and grandpa refinishing), video monitor (gift), carseat (gift), bedding, swing and breastpump. 

 

When Holden is born Ryan will be 1 month away from finishing his first year of grad school.  We made it a year and only 2 left!!!

 

My mom and dad are going to watch Holden on Friday's while I work from 9-1 and my mom has already told me that she is not following my baby wise schedule,  she is rocking her grandson to sleep.  She is looking for a glider for her house as we speak :)

 

My Aunt is making Holden's blessing outfit and my Mother in Law is making a blanket to go with his blessing outfit.  I love that people I love are contributing to his special day,  they will go in his keepsake box for sure!

 

My boss is already negotiating with me on maternity leave,  asking if I can come in 1 day a week and add it on to the back end of my time off,  so I'll be out longer but work 1 day.  He is freaking out that the place will fall apart.

 

I feel like the next 13 weeks are going to go by the slowest in my life,  but the last week I know I am going to be so scared and wish I had more time!!

 

 



Our 2012 Christmas

I just typed a whole blog on my phone and lost it :(. So I'm going to try again but it probably will be much shorter.

Our Christmas was great, Ryan and I were both off and able to stay home and get some things ready for the nursery. We moved our guest bed to the office so we can still have guests. It's coming along nicely and I am in love with the nursery..

Holden was spoiled and isn't even born yet, he got blankets and books from grandma and grandpa stewart and a carseat and blankets from my parents he got a baby video monitor from my brother and clothes from Ryans sister Roxanne.

Ryan and I were spoiled also we got each other clothes and I got a purse and he got shoes. My brothers bought us a surround sound and a new iPad so we can FaceTime with my mom when the baby comes.

I am getting bigger by the day. I definitely look pregnant now I go to the doctor again next week and will be 23 weeks we are getting closer! I can't wait for him to get here, I wouldn't trade this for anything because at the end I will have my baby boy, but man pregnancy is not fun!

I'll post about my parents Christmas gift to us in my next blog, our trip to San Diego.