7 Quick Takes Friday: Volume 1

So there is this thing a lot of bloggers are doing called 7 Quick Takes Friday where you blog about 7 different things that don't really necessitate their very own blog post. I thought that I would give it a try since there are a lot of things floating around in my head that don't really need their very own blog post. So here it goes...

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Yesterday I had my 6 month (24 week) prenatal checkup and apparently the little boy is measuring bigger than average. Which means I will probably have an 8 pound or larger baby that will be trying to make it's way out of me. Umm...no thanks. This is obviously just an estimate by the doctor so there is a chance that the baby won't be that big, so we will see. He also told me cutting out as much carbs as possible could possibly help keep the baby's weight down, but no guarantee. If he gets too big the doctor said that there might be a chance that I won't be able to deliver the little (or should I say big) guy which means the only other option would be a cesarean, duh. I was so overwhelmed by this information that I left the doctor's office in a little bit of a daze.

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I am sick. Boo! Just a cold, but it's making being pregnant even more tiring. On top of being a little stressed out by the news above, yesterday wasn't a great day for me. But Paul swooped in on his white horse (if only he really had a white horse) and made a really yummy low carb (see above for reason why) dinner and let me curl up on the couch for the rest of the night and just wallow in my sorrows and illness. He is the best! By the way, early next week I will post the recipe for what Paul made because it was pretty delish. I was planning on making it last night, but again see above for reason why I wasn't in the mood to cook.

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I have a great little sister. She just moved down the road from us (only three minutes away). She called up yesterday and asked if Ella could come hang out with her. It was perfect timing for us. It allowed Paul to easily get dinner ready and me to wallow (again, see above) without worrying about Ella. Plus it wore her out so much that she slept in until almost 8:30 A.M. today. Which in turn allowed me to sleep a little longer.

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Because I got to sleep in a little longer this morning I woke-up feeling a little better than yesterday. I had a burst of energy and made Ella a Mickey Mouse pancake (topped with chocolate chips and whipped cream). She was kind of bummed, actually more like extremely sad and cried when she realized Daddy was at work today. So to get her to feel better I enticed her with a Mickey Mouse pancake, which she never had before. But of course to her Mickey Mouse and pancake is the best combination of words she could ever hear and it cheered her up immediately. Don't worry, we don't always feed her unhealthy stuff like this, only on special occasions or circumstances.

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So, I know I have said that we are not planning on telling anyone what name we are planning on naming the baby. But, I can at least say this. Whenever Ella tries to say the name that we like it tends to come out as "Corn". We are having a difficult time trying to come up with a middle name that fits well with the name we like. Well, I am not having a difficult time, Paul just doesn't really like the names I pick out. I am not too worried right now, I mean, we still have 16 weeks more to go and all.

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Paul is picking up Ella's big girl bed today after work. Technically it's just the mattress, box spring and metal bed frame. Ella is getting an antique bed that was her great grandma's and then mine and my sister's. We are planning on painting the wood white and right now with this weather it's not the greatest time to paint so for now she will just be using a metal bed frame until we get the bed ready for her. Ella isn't really into the idea of having a big girl bed so tonight will probably be an interesting night for us.

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Snow! Well, not really. But last night when I last checked the weather they were saying possibly snow/rain showers later today in the lowlands, which is us! Which means, we will get to see a few pretty snow flakes fall down, but nothing that will stick around. Oh wait, never-mind. I just checked the weather and now they are saying thunderstorms and nothing about snow. Darn. I was kind of expecting that, though, since we live so close to water which everyone knows means it's warmer and you don't get as much snow. I love snow. I love it more than ever now because I don't work so I don't have to stress about driving to work in it. I have been craving snow for the last few weeks now. I am sure it will be a while before we see any here, though. Craving snow I think goes hand in hand with wanting to decorate for Christmas right now, which I really want to do, but I am holding out until the day after Thanksgiving. I just love the holidays and the cheerfulness and coziness of the winter holidays. I did break out my Christmas music a week ago, which helped curb my cravings for Christmas. Ella fell in love with the Chipmunks Christmas record and after listening to it probably 20 times now, it's starting to grow on me as well.