There may be hope.....

I finally got an email back from my builder... They just might.. And it is a big maybe have the house finished at the end of June... Hopefully the people who picked dates in July for baby to be born in our baby pool at work are right.

I am hoping and secretly want nothing more for my house to be somewhat ready before my first baby comes.. I must say that I love stress or something as John and I always seem to do the most stressful things in life at the same time. We built a house and planned a wedding and now we had to see if we could out do ourselves and build another house and have a baby. Wow some might call us smart even!

So keep your fingers crossed for me and hope that house comes before baby..

New Addicition ...Ebay

So my friend has been raving about how great EBay is and all the great cheap stuff she has bought for her wedding. She has been telling me to try it out for some time now. Thing is I was/am a chicken. I am still one of the believers of not putting your credit card number on the Internet. It just freaks me out. Never mind that I pretty much do everything else online like online banking.

Okay since work has been extremely slow I thought I will just search for some baby items on EBay. What's the harm? Well this just opened up a whole other world. I can bid on a new Baby Bjorn for like $5.00 they retail for like $150.00!!

Wow now what?? I start to search for a cool diaper bag.. I find this wonderful hand made silk bag and the starting bid is $2.00. Okay I can do this I figure worst case scenario I lose $2.00. So I set up an account and place my bid... Yeah I am the current highest bidder at $2.25. So I watch all day and track other items I am watching. So this becomes a great time killer its even better then face book.. The auction closes and I win my beautiful bag for the great price of $2.25.

Now I have to pay and this is where I learn my first lesson of EBay.. Dumb me doesn't look at shipping or anything else for that matter. My new $2.25 bag now has a shipping price of $18.00. WTF? Why so much to ship from the States... Well now I see that the item is from China.. Good job.. So what I thought was a steal has now become a little more pricey then it should have been.

Oh well my bag is pretty. Now I just have to convince my husband to carry it... He seems to think that because we are having a boy that we need a boy bag. But my theory is I am the one carrying it so I get to have whatever type of bag I like!!!

I guess my lesson is and live and learn.. Now I must say shipping is the first thing I check.. I now have a bid in on a Baby Bjorn ..

Ultrasounds

So we had our third ultrasound. We booked the 4D one. I must say I was a little disappointed. I fully expected to see my baby exactly the way he is supposed to look. He was not in the mood to cooperate and most of the shots were of his feet or hands. My thoughts at the time were that baby is trying to be funny.

We did mange to see the side of his face but it was not very clear and I was thinking gee I wonder who he looks like as I don't see any resemblance to me or my husband at this point. Well maybe I just had really high expectations. I kind of expected him to you know turn strike a pose and maybe give a wave.

The examiner was not the most friendly of ladies and made the whole process awkward. Neither one of us said anything, this is not what I pictured as we were so looking forward to the 4D ultrasound. We were hoping to get a CD but the clinic doesn't do that. So we just looked on in silence while the monotone lady expressed this is baby's spine, foot, head.... At least the pictures were in 4D and they are still pretty amazing...

Also since I like to self diagnosis myself I have decided that baby is breech at this point, his feet are down and his head is up. I am not to concerned about it right now as he can still turn. Keep in mind this is purely a self diagnosis, I will give further details when I actually go to the doctor next week and get my real results.

Oh well at the end of the day all that matters is that baby has two legs and arms and the proper amount of toes and fingers. He is doing well and weighs about 3.5 pounds. Funny how baby weighs that much but I have gained 20lbs!!

Yet Another Blood Test

Really.. I have to get another blood test?? This is just getting silly now.. I have had 4 blood tests in less then 6 months. Good thing I am pregnant and have more than enough to give.

The latest test is for Life Insurance. John and I decided that instead of getting the typical mortgage insurance we were going to be smart and get life insurance instead. It pretty much costs the same but you get better coverage and more cash.

So anyway some random lady from Clairica is going to show up at my house (well my parents house) and go through my health history and then draw some more blood. Soon I will be a pro at this and just start taking my own blood tests. Or maybe I could do this for a living! Yeah that was pretty funny. I still think it is pretty gross.

I have already started thinking about my plan of action .. I need to figure outwhere I am going to lie down, which direction I should face and hopefully I won't scare this poor women and start crying. But I can always blame hormones!

Gee sometimes it sucks being responsible!! I don't want to give any more blood.... Can't they just take my word for it..

Car Shopping

Gee what a way to spend a few weekends. Running around to car lot after car lot to try and find a vehicle that I am not sure I even want. I know the Jeep needs to go but am I happy about this? Honestly no. I love my Jeep. I have no idea what kind of vehicle I want I have always wanted a Jeep and that was that.

Then there is the cost. We just had to purchase a car for John as his was starting to cost more in repairs then it was worth. So we already have a nice car payment. Realistically buying another car right now is not the best timing but I guess I can not be at home with baby and a car that is pretty much useless to us.

I think the stressful part of the whole thing is going on mat leave and making like pennies a day and having to pay for all of this stuff. Never mind groceries and diapers..

My first experience at the whole car wheeling and dealing ending up with me crying in the sales guys office. I guess that is one way to get out of a deal. But I was really being pressured into a vehicle that I did not love, felt was too expensive and to me the worst was it was heavily smoked in and it was all I could smell.

Well I guess the right vehicle is out there I just have to find it!

So after looking and looking we finally bought me a nice 2005 Jeep Liberty. I must say I love my new car. While it was a sad day handing in my keys to the TJ I am super excited to have a vehicle that has power windows,locks and heat. WOW what a treat.