Tuesday, January 1, 2013

DECEMBER 15, 2012

BEST DAY EVER!

SO IT WAS FRIDAY THE 14TH OF DECEMBER...
MY DAD HAD PUT TOGETHER A LIL COMPETITION TO
SEE WHO COULD GUESS THE DAY OUR LIL GIRL WOULD BE
BORN AND HER WEIGHT!
YOU HAD TO PUT IN YOUR GUESSES AND $2.00 FOR
EACH GUESS!
THEN WHOEVER WON, GOTTHE POT!
SO KYLE PICKED THE 14TH JUST BECAUSE
HE HAS THE WEEKENDS OFF SO HE FIGURED THAT WOULD
BE A GOOD DAY!
SO THAT MORNING WE WOKE UP AND
I WAS HAVING LOTS OF CONTRACTIONS THAT HURT...
BUT THEY WEREN'T STEADY!
WE WENT TO TARGET TO GET THE LAST FEW THINGS
WE NEEDED FOR OUR GIRL AND THEN
WE WENT TO TACO BELL FOR LUNCH!
KYLE BROUGHT ME HOME AND WE PUT UP OUR TREE
AND THE HE HAD TO GO TO WORK!
HE WAS CONVINCED THAT TODAY WAS THE DAY...
SO HE DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO PACK DINNER
FOR WORK!
HAHA I LOVE HIM!
HE WENT TO WORK AND I KEPT GETTING TEXTS ASKING
IF IT WAS TIME YET!
IT WASN'T...
BUT EVERYONE WAS WORRIED THAT I WAS HOME ALONE,
SO I WENT TO MY PARENTS HOUSE!
MY MOM WAS DECORATING HER TREE AND WE DECIDED
WE BOTH NEEDED MORE STUFF SO WE WENT TO HOBBY LOBBY!
AFTER WALKING AROUND THERE FOR 2 HOURS, I HAD HAD ENOUGH!
I WAS SO READY FOR BED!
I WENT HOME AND PUT THE LIGHTS ON OUR TREE AND
WAITED FOR KYLE TO COME HOME!
HE GOT HOME AND I TOLD HIM IT WAS HAPPENING...
BUT REALLY I WASN'T TOO SURE!
WE SHOWERED AND STARTED WATCHING
THE SANTA CLAUSE 2 WITH TIM ALLEN!
I COULDN'T CONCENTRATE THOUGH BECAUSE I WAS SURE THIS
WAS IT!
IT WAS BABY TIME!
KYLE GOT OUT HIS PHONE AND FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR WE TIMED
MY CONTRACTIONS!
THEY WERE ALL 4 TO 5 MINUTES APART AND AT LEAST 30 SECONDS LONG!
SO I GOT UP AND GOT READY TO GO
AND FINISHED PACKING ALL WE NEEDED FOR
THE HOSPITAL!
KYLE PACKED THE CAR AND WE BOTH GOT DRESSED
AND HEADED OUT!
I KEPT TELLING HIM I WAS SORRY IF THEY SENT US
HOME SINCE I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT
AND MY WATER HADN'T BROKEN!
THE FIRST SONG PLAYING IN THE CAR ON THE WAY TO THE
HOSPITAL WAS KENNY CHESNEY "THERE GOES MY LIFE"...
YEP THAT WAS FITTING!!!!
IT STARTS OUT  "ALL HE COULD THINK ABOUT WAS I'M
TOO YOUNG FOR THIS..." AND GOES ON FROM THERE!
SERIOUSLY FITTING!
SO WE GET TO THE HOSPITAL AND I GET CHECKED.
I WAS AT A 3 AND 90% THINNED OUT...
SO I HAD TO WALK AROUND FOR AN HOUR!
SHOOT ME!
IT WAS 1:30 IN THE MORNING!
I WAS TIRED AND MY CONTRACTIONS HURT!
BUT KYLE AND I WALKED AROUND!
AT 2:30 I GOT CHECKED AGAIN...
I WASN'T TO A 4 YET...
SO I HAD TO WALK AROUND FOR ANOTHER HOUR!
WERE THEY KIDDING?
NO THEY WERE NOT!
SO AGAIN, KYLE HELD MY HAND AND I WALKED
AROUND FOR ANOTHER HOUR!
WE WENT BACK AND GOT CHECKED AGAIN AND I
STILL HADN'T PROGRESSED MUCH BUT THE NURSE COULD
TELL HOW CLOSE MY CONTRACTIONS WERE AND THEY WERE A LITTLE WORRIED
ABOUT OUR BABY GIRLS HEART RATE SO WE WERE
FINALLY ADMITTED!
WOOOO!
KYLE WALKED ME TO OUR DELIVERY ROOM
AND I GOT THE CUTE LIL BACKLESS DRESS ON AND
THEN WE WAITED!
I GOT AN IV - THE NURSE STUCK ME 5 DIFFERENT TIMES
AND HAD TO TRY ON BOTH ARMS JUST TO GET THE NEEDLE
IN! KYLE ALMOST PASSED OUT!
I WAS WORRIED ABOUT HIM!!!
FINALLY I GOT SOME FLUIDS PUMPIN THROUGH ME...
AND MY CONTRACTIONS WERE A NEW
KIND OF HURT!
I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR HOW BAD THEY HURT!
OUR DOCTOR CAME AND BROKE MY WATER...
THEN MY CONTRACTIONS HURT WORSE!
KYLE WAS SO GOOD TO ME!
HE WAS BY MY SIDE THE WHOLE TIME!
HE KEPT TELLIN ME TO GRAB HIS HANDS BUT
I COULDN'T!
I HURT SO BAD THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO WITH THE REST OF MY BODY!
BUT I DID NOT CRY
OR BARF!!!
I WAS PROUD OF MYSELF FOR THAT!!!
FINALLY AROUND 7 A.M. I GOT AN EPIDURAL!
IT WAS AMAZING!
MY LEGS FELT LIKE THEY WERE ASLEEP FOR HOURS
BUT I WAS NO LONGER IN PAIN SO
IT WAS FINE!
THEN AROUND 10:00 IT WAS FINALLY TIME TO PUSH!
AND ON THE TV CAME THE SONG "DON'T WORRY
ABOUT A THING" - SO THAT IS HER THEME SONG!
ANYWAYS...
KYLE HELD MY RIGHT LEG AND MY NURSE
HELD MY LEFT WHILE
KYLE COUNTED TO 10 THREE DIFFERENT TIMES
FOR EACH CONTRACTION!
THIS DIDN'T HURT BUT IT SERIOUSLY WEARS YOU OUT!!!
I PUSHED FOR THREE HOURS!
AND POOR KYLE CHEERED ME ON AND COUNTED TO 10
AND STOOD NEXT TO ME AND FED ME ICE CHIPS FOR
THREE WHOLE HOURS!!
I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM ALL OVER AGAIN!
HE WAS SERIOUSLY AMAZING!!!!
HE IS THE BEST HUSBAND ANYONE COULD ASK FOR
AND I'M SO GLAD HE WAS THE ONE BY MY SIDE
FOR THE WHOLE DELIVERY!
I'M A LUCKY GIRL!
FINALLY AFTER THREE HOURS,
OUR SWEET BABY GIRL MADE HER APPEARANCE!
KYLE CUT HER CHORD BUT IT HAPPENED SO FAST
WE DIDN'T GET A PICTURE!
THEN I DIDN'T GET TO HOLD HER RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE
SHE WAS MACONIUM...
THIS MEANS THE NICU HAD TO BE PRESENT AS
SOON AS SHE WAS BORN AND THEY HAD TO SUCK ALL
THE MACONIUM OUT OF HER AND MAKE SURE
SHE WAS OKAY!
LUCKILY SHE WAS AND THEN I GOT TO HOLD HER!
THE BEST FEELING IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!
IT IS SERIOUSLY INDESCRIBABLE!!!!
KYLE AND I LOOKED AT EACHOTHER AND SAID "BLAIRE" AT
THE SAME TIME... IT JUST FIT!
MY EYES FILLED WITH TEARS AS I LOOKED AT
THIS SWEET LITTLE BABY!
I COULDN'T BELIEVE SHE WAS HERE
AND THAT SHE WAS OURS!
KYLE AND I ARE WERE SO BLESSED!
SHE IS PERFECT AND SHE GOT HERE SAFELY!
KYLE WAS INSTANTLY IN LOVE!
I COULDN'T WAIT FOR HIM TO HOLD HER!
AND I LOVE THAT HIS EYES FILLED WITH TEARS AS HE
SNUGGLED HER CLOSE!
THERE IS JUST SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT A BRAND
NEW BABY!
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS YOURS!!!

BLAIRE K. BUNDY
BORN DECEMBER 15, 2012
AT 1:12 P.M.
6 LBS 9 0Z
19 1/4 INCHES LONG

SHE IS PERFECT!
WE LOVE HER!

SHE HAD A WHOLE WAITING ROOM FILLED
WITH PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T WAIT TO MEET HER!
SHE IS A LUCKY GIRL!
I LOVE MY FAMILY AND HOW SUPPORTIVE THEY ARE!
MY DAD CAME HOME FROM HUNTING TO SIT AND
WAIT AT THE HOSPITAL FOR HOURS AND MY MOM
WAS THE FIRST ONE THERE!!!
AND LYNDS OF COURSE CAME BEARING GIFTS
AND DIET COKE!!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!
AND KYLE'S FAMILY WAS THERE TOO!
KEV WASN'T VERY PATIENT!
BUT HE MADE IT!
AND THEY ALL CAME TO THE DELIVERY ROOM
TO MEET HER FOR THE FIRST TIME!


LABOR WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST
AND COOLEST THINGS I'VE EVER DONE!!!!!
I LOVED IT!
I WOULD SO DO IT AGAIN!
TOMORROW!
SERIOUSLY THOUGH!

14 HOURS OF LABOR
IS MORE THAN WORTH THE OUT COME!
NOT TO MENTION HOW MUCH
MORE IT MADE ME LOVE KYLE!
 
 
 
 

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IT IS BABY TIME!!!
 
 
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I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!
AND I'M SO LUCKY HE LOVES ME!
 
 
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MOMMY CAME :]
 
 
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POOR MACONIUM BABE!
I JUST WANTED TO HOLD HER!!!
 
 
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BEST MOMMY MOMENT EVER!
SO SPECIAL!
 
 
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KYLE AND I MADE THAT!
WHOEVER CLAIMS THEIR ISN'T A GOD...
HAS NEVER BEEN IN THIS POSITION I SWEAR!
 
 
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DR. CHRISTENSEN!
HE DID AWESOME AND GOT OUR BABY HERE SAFE
AND SOUND!
 
 
 
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OUR NURSE!
SHE WAS SO PATIENT AND NICE!
 
 
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FOOTPRINTS :]
 
 
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INSTANTLY IN LOVE!
PROUD DADDY!!!
 
 
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SOMETHIN' SPECIAL ABOUT A DADDY
AND HIS NEW BABY GIRL!
 
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FIRST FAMILY PICTURE!
THESE TWO ARE MY WORLD!
 
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THIS LIL GIRL REALLY IS A MIRACLE...
LOOK AT GRANDPA'S SMILE!!!
 
 
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FIRST KISSES FROM GRAM!
 
 
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AUNT LOU IS IN LOVE!
 
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PAPA BUNDY AND GRANDMA BUNDY!
 
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SUCH A SUPPORTIVE FAMILY!
LOVE THEM!
 
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AND THEN THERE WERE THREE :]
 
 
HER NAME WAS JUST AN IDEA OF MINE
AND HER DADDY FINALLY APPROVED AND HE LET
ME SPELL IT HOW I WANTED!
WE COULDN'T AGREE ON A NAME FOR FOREVER
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING SET IN STONE
UNTIL WE SAW HER!
IT WORKED OUT PERFECT!
THE GIRLS IN MY FAMILY ALL HAVE WEIRD SPELLINGS
AND WE ALL LOVE IT THAT WAY!
SO WE HAD TO ADD A LITTLE SOMETHING TO IT!
HOPEFULLY SHE WONT BE MAD WHEN SHE CAN'T HAVE A KEY
CHAIN SINCE SHE HAS A NOT SO NORMAL NAME WITH
A LITTLE DIFFERENT SPELLING!
AND HER MIDDLE NAME... IS JUST A "K"
THIS WAS ALSO A LITTLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT!
EVERYONE GOES BY JUST THEIR MIDDLE INITIAL...
SO WHY NOT JUST HAVE AN INITIAL?!
THE K IS FOR HER DADDY! KYLE!
& WHAT LIL GIRL DOESN'T WANT TO BE NAMED
AFTER THEIR DADDY :]
 
 
THIS WAS SUPER LONG,
BUT I WANTED TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING!
I LOVE OUR NEW LIL GIRL
AND OUR TINY LIL FAMILY!!!!

I'M GUNNA MISS...

I AM REALLY GOING TO MISS BEING PREGNANT!
ESPECIALLY SINCE IT IS A FIRST!
I WILL NEVER BE PREGNANT FOR THE FIRST
TIME EVER AGAIN!
IT IS CRAZY...
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS LIL JOURNEY IS ALMOST OVER
EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN SICK
MOST OF THE TIME...
I REALLY AM GOING TO MISS BEIN THE PREGNANT GIRL!
I WILL MISS ALL THE FIRSTS THAT
CAME WITH THIS PREGNANCY!
I WILL MISS SEEIN' OUR LIL GIRL ON THE ULTRASOUND!
I WILL MISS KYLE GIVING ME A MASSAGE EVERY NIGHT!
I WILL MISS KYLE TALKIN TO MY BELLY AND
CONSTANTLY FEELING HER KICKS AND TURNS!
I WILL MISS GETTING HER NURSERY READY
AND SEWING WITH MY MOM!
I'M GUNNA MISS ROCKIN' MY BELLY IN OUR GLIDER!
I'M GUNNA MISS ALL THE UNKNOWN!
I'M GUNNA MISS FIGHTING OVER NAMES WITH KYLE!
I'M GUNNA MISS BUYING ALL THE NEW THINGS WE
NEED FOR HER WITH KYLE!
I'M GUNNA MISS GOING TO DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS!
I'M GUNNA MISS LYNDS CONSTANTLY SHOWING UP AT
MY DOOR WITH A NEW NEWBORN OUTFIT FOR OUR LIL GIRL!
I'M GUNNA MISS WATCHING MY BELLY GROW (HOPEFULLY
IT WILL SHRINK AFTER THIS HAHA)!
I'M GUNNA MISS ALL THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT THIS LIL GIRL
FROM EVERYONE, EVEN STRANGERS!
I'M GUNNA MISS ALL THE STARES FROM EVERYONE IN PUBLIC
AND ALL THE RANDOM COMMENTS I WISH PEOPLE WOULD
KEEP TO THEMSELVES!
I'M GUNNA MISS PARKING IN THE EXPECTING MOTHERS
PARKING SPOT!
I'M GUNNA MISS IT BEING JUST ME AND KYLE...
I'M GUNNA MISS MY PANTS STARTING TO NOT FIT
AND HAVING TO BUY BIGGER SHIRTS!
I'M GUNNA MISS THE FOOD THAT MAKES ME INSTANTLY BARF!
MAN I AM GOING TO MISS EVERYTHING!!!!!
SERIOUSLY EVERYTHING!
I'M NOT READY FOR THIS LIL GIRL
BUT I AM!
IT IS A CRAZY BITTER SWEET FEELING!
IT IS SO SCARY!
BUT I'M SO LUCKY TO BE MARRIED TO KYLE
WHO IS GOING TO BE THE BEST DADDY EVER!
THIS LIL GIRL IS ALREADY HIS LIL PRINCESS!
SO EVEN THOUGH I WILL MISS
EVERYTHING...
IT IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD...
WHETHER I AM READY OR NOT...
SHE IS COMING SOON SO
I JUST HAVE TO EMBRACE IT!
AND EMBRACE IT I WILL!
BRING ON LABOR!
AND BRING ON THE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS!
I WILL NEVER REALLY BE READY...
BUT WHAT CAN YA DO?
 
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Sunday, December 30, 2012

BIG 22!

YEP... IT IS OFFICIAL...
I'M AN OLD LADY!
I TURNED 22!
WOOOOO!
 
THIS YEAR MY BIRTHDAY WAS
PRETTY LOW KEY SINCE
I WAS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT!
 
KYLE AND I WENT TO DINNER
AT MY PARENTS HOUSE
THE SUNDAY BEFORE MY BDAY!
PAPA GILL MADE MY FAVORITE...
BOBBY FLAY STEAKS AND BAKED
POTATOES!
YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD IT IS!
 
THEN ON MY ACTUAL BIRTHDAY I HAD TO
WORK... LAME!
BUT THEN RY HUNG OUT WITH ME AND
WE HAD BIRTHDAY BROWNIES!
HE SAID THEY WERE TASTY!
THEN WE WENT TO FLYING PIE WITH MY
DAD AND SISTER!
SO GOOD!
LYNDS SPOILED ME WITH MORE PRESENTS!
OF COURSE!
SHE IS GOOD AT THAT!
 
BUUUUUUUT
THE SAD THING IS...
KYLE LEGIT FORGOT IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY!
I KID YOU NOT!
WHO IS HE????
I WAS SO SAD!
BUT I TRIED TO PRETEND LIKE I WASN'T!!!
 
SO THE DAY AFTER MY BIRTHDAY
HE GOT ME UP AND TOOK ME TO KNEADERS
ALL YOU CAN EAT FRENCH TOAST BREAKFAST!
IT WAS REAL GOOD!
IM A LUCKY GIRL!
HE HAD SOME MAKIN UP TO DO FOR
FORGETTING!
BUT HE ACCOMPLISHED THAT OVER THE WEEKEND!
 
HE TOOK ME ON OUR LAST BIG "WE DON'T HAVE
AN OUTSIDE BABY" DATE/BIRTHDAY DATE
TO THE MELTING POT!
THEIR FONDUE IS BOMB!
 
AND TO TOP OFF THE BIRTHDAY WEEK...
KYLE MADE ME BREAKFAST IN BED SUNDAY MORNING!
COMPLETE WITH GRANDMA BUNDY'S HOME MADE
BREAD!
SHUT UP!
HE TOTALLY MADE UP FOR FORGETTING!
 
SO HERE IS TO YEAR 22!
I HOPE IT IS AS GOOD AS ALL THE
OTHER YEARS!
 
I LOVE MY FAMILY!
I REALLY AM LUCKY!!!
 
 
 
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OUR WAITER THOUGHT HE WAS PRETTY CLEVER! I'LL GIVE IT TO HIM!!!

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BABY BUMP :]

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39 WEEKS!

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SO... I HAD MY SIGN MADE BUT I FAILED AT GETTING MY LAST TUMMY
PICTURE... APPARENTLY I WAS BUSY DOING BETTER THINGS! LIKE HAVIN' A BEBE!
 
How far along? 39 WEEKS!
Total weight gain: 25 lbs…
Maternity clothes? I made it this long without them! But I do have to wear bigger hoodies!
Stretch marks? no!
Sleep: I need lots more!
Miss Anything? chocolate milk! mmmm!
Best moment this week? LABOR… Kyle being super excited about my contractions while putting up our Christmas tree!
Movement: oh yes!!!
Food cravings: no cravings dang it!
Anything making you queasy or sick: milk, duh!
Gender: GIRL!!!
Labor Signs: yeah… LOTS!
Symptoms: you name it :]
Belly Button in or out? surfaced but not sticking out!
Wedding rings on or off? on :]
Happy or Moody most of the time: So happy but it is crazy to think that Kyle and I are about to be parents!
Looking forward to: all of this lil girl’s firsts!!!


38 WEEKS!

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How far along? 38 WEEKS!
Total weight gain: 23 lbs…
Maternity clothes? still just the belly band sometimes… but my hoodies don’t zip haha
Stretch marks? no!
Sleep: I need some more!
Miss Anything? not worrying! I’m super nervous about her coming… it is all getting so real!
Best moment this week? packing her diaper bag haha it is weird!!
Movement: yeah my tummy is always dancing!
Food cravings: nothing! I want at least one haha
Anything making you queasy or sick: milk, duh!
Gender: GIRL!!!
Labor Signs: yeah…
Symptoms: contractions have started…
Belly Button in or out? it has surfaced but it isn’t out!
Wedding rings on or off? on :]
Happy or Moody most of the time: I’m everything! happy and excited and scared and nervous!
Looking forward to: hopefully two more weeks with her in my tummy!


Wednesday, December 5, 2012

BABY SHOWER

MY MOM GAVE ME AND LIL
GIRL BUNDY A SHOWER!
SHE IS SERIOUSLY THE BEST!!!!
SHE IS GOING TO BE SUCH A
GOOD GRAMMA!
THIS LIL GIRL IS SO LUCKY!
A LOT OF MY FAMILY CAME TO SUPPORT
AND THE THEME WAS
"BABY TIME"
IT WAS PERFECT!
AND WE HAD A HOT CHOCOLATE BAR...
YUM!!!
THANK YOU MOM!
I LOVE YOU!
 
 

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37 WEEKS!

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How far along? 37 WEEKS!
Total weight gain: 22 lbs…
Maternity clothes? I wear my belly band every couple days! but that is all!
Stretch marks? not yet!
Sleep: I can’t sleep until like 3 am lately! boo!
Miss Anything? sleeping already haha
Best moment this week? finishing her room and doing our first load of baby laundry!
Movement: yes, yes, yes!
Food cravings: still none! but I eat a lot of mints!
Anything making you queasy or sick: milk, yuck!
Gender: GIRL!!!
Labor Signs: oh yes!
Symptoms: definitely uncomfortable!
Belly Button in or out? it has surfaced but it isn’t out!
Wedding rings on or off? on :]
Happy or Moody most of the time: happy but scared she isn’t going to stay in until her due date…
Looking forward to: finishing school so then she can come!