THE PACKING BEGINS!
For the past few days I've been packing, cleaning, doing laundry, more packing & oh yeah, MORE PACKING! I scored a whole bunch of boxes from Target & tomorrow I have to go to K-Mart and get all their shipment boxes they are holding for me. Thank God I use to work at Target & know for a fact they do nothing with their boxes besides crush them. The girl who I spoke to at the Target near me was trying to tell me they rip the boxes up & blah blah blah. Well I gave her a piece of my mind when she was arguing with me over how they don't even keep them. Finally I asked for the MOD & funny thing is, the MOD at the Target near me use to be my old manager at the Target I worked at. So he knew who I was and helped me out so much!
My little pooch, Charlie, seems to think he can help pack. He constantly tries to get in the boxes and when there is nothing in a box he jumps in it and lays down. I'm pretty sure he knows what's going on. He's a smart little fella. I keep talking to him & telling him how we're moving to a nice warm place & he gets to ride in the moving truck for 5 longgg days. He looks at me like I'm crazy when I talk to him. Ha, Oh well!
With each day that passes I'm getting more & more excited to move. My dad has to leave with the moving truck on April 22, so my mom & I are probably going to stay at a family members house for a week or so just until my dad has everything settled in our new place. The drive is going to be about 4-5 days & he starts his new job on May 2. So I'm hoping he makes it there on time. My birthday is on May 2, so I kind of want to stay here to spend that time with my family but I'll be pushing the cut off time to fly. My mom & I are flying down on a Southwest flight and I was told that I would be needing a doctors note saying I'm allowed to fly and S.W won't let you fly if you're over 33 weeks. I'll be I believe 33 or 34 weeks around my birthday.
Once I get down to Arizona I'll have so much to do before Chloe is here. I'll have to get insurance, set up her room, find a new doctor, get familar with the area around me, take a tour of the hospital, etc. It's all stressing me out, but I know everything will work out...I hope. As of right now I no longer have insurance so I have to pay out of pocket for my prenatil pills and my last doctors appointment I'm going to have on April 13. I'm hoping I can get approved quickly for Arizona state insurance once I apply. The lady who I spoke to that works for AHCCCS (the insurance) said I'll be approved with in 23 days but I can back date the insurance if I have an appointment before I get approved. I'm nervous to get a new doctor and a new hospital because I'm so confortable with the doctors I'm seeing now & I love the hospital up here. I'm happy that this is a fresh new start and there will be warm weather, a pool, tons of shopping places, resturants, different enviornment, just how it's going to be a different experiance. Just everything will be new and it's kind of exciting. I personally hate New Englad, the weather, the people, the time changes, everything up here. LOL! I am going to miss family & friends, but I will be coming back up here after Chloe is born so everyone can meet her & so I can spend time with family and hang out with my friends.
I'm dreading un-packing once I get down there. I get so tired as it is now trying to pack things. I'm dreading setting everything up & organizing my room & Chloe's. I am happy I get my own bathroom and I won't have to share a room with Chloe. If we were staying up here we would be in the same room. She will be in her bassinet for a couple months which is going to be in my room, but once I feel more comfortable with her sleeping alone I'll put her in her crib in her room. I'm just glad she gets her own room and my room wont hve to have all my furniture plus hers.
I told myself I'll only sit & blog for about 10 mins...I think I went over my relaxation time. LOL. Time to go do more packing & laundry!
Until next time bloggers :D
xoxo
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
IT'S BEEN...
So long since I've blogged! There is so much to talk about, hmm....where to start!?
I'm currently 27 weeks & 5 days pregnant. Only 86 days to go until my due date. Thank God! Chloe is doing great & she thinks she's a little kick boxer. She is so active at night and loves when I eat. She thinks it's fun to head butt my right rib all the time. I love watching her move around and her little feet kicking me. I also think she thinks she is a cast member on the Jersey Shore....she likes to fist pump in my stomach when Lady Gaga is playing. She has the best personality already. I'm so excited to met her. I'm still praying this little girl has hair!!! She has tons of hair clips already and I'm praying she has atleast a few little hair wispies to hold a clip in.
I had my baby shower this past Saturday & it was a lot of fun (I'll explaine whey I had it so early after I wright about the shower.). The cake was.to.die.for. Just saying! LOL. I had about 30 people come to the shower. I wanted it to be small with just family and a few friends. The food was really good. The people who worked at the restaurant / function hall were so nice. They helped out with alot of the setting up and catered to everything I needed.
I got tons and tons of gifts for Chloe. The only thing I need to get for her now is a white dresser. She has an all white crib, bassinet and changing table, so I want everything to match for her room. It's going to be pink & white. I really hope she likes pink! I'm so excited to have everything set up for her and get her room all ready. I'm still debating on if I want to paint her room a light pink color or keep it white. I'm not to sure yet.
I had my shower so early because around April 22 I will be moving half way across the country to Arizona. All my family and friends are in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, so I wanted to have my shower before I moved. My dad got a really great job offer from the company he use to work for a few years ago and the job requiers him to work from the office in Arizona. He use to work from home (& does now) but since he's going to be at a pretty high position in the company he has to be in office. I'm so excited to move. I'm also nervous at the same time. I'll be around 33-34 weeks pregnant. My dad starts the job on May 2 (my birthday!). He needs to drive the moving truck down with a car dollie for the car and my mom & I are going to fly down once he is there & has everything all set up...well kind of set up. I'm so nervous to fly! I believe it's about an 8 hour flight. We'll be flying out of either Manchester NH or Boston Mass. I'm hoping my dad gets us a flight with a stop in the middle because I know I couldn't handel going that long with out walking around and eating some food other then chips and junk that will be going in my carry on bag. I'm also hoping that before we leave the whole family can get together so we can say bye and have dinner or something together.
I know that after Chloe is born her & I will be taking a trip back up here for a week or two to see the family, friends and to get her baptised. Her God mother & father are up here and I want to have her baptised at the church that my aunt & her God mother are very involved with. The priest is very nice and he is more then welcome to baptise Chloe. I'm not sure if my dad or mom will be coming up with me when I come back up here, if not I'll be fine with her. I'm going to talk to my Aunty Nicole & Uncle Jeff about staying with them when I come back up here for a week or two. I just want everyone to met her, especially my Nana & Grammy. They both arn't doing to good. So I want them to see her. I also want tons of pictures with her & the family.
I started talking to my ex again. There is a picture of him & I in one of my very first blog posts. We were together for about 3 years off & on. Technically 2 if you put it all together with out us breaking up. March 16th this year would of been our I believe 3 year anniversary. We got together the other day, sat down and had a very long talk about everything. He has changed alot for the better. I'm glad he is doing good in his life & I'm proud of him for being on the right track in life (for once). I love him and always will & he feels the same. If I wasn't moving I'm sure we would try working on things and try everything all over again. But considering I'm moving we're just going to stay friends. I'm hoping that eventually over time if we're really meant to be with each other it will happen. For some reason we always end up back in each others lives one way or another. I'll always keep in contact with him no matter what. Hopefully he can come down to Arizona for a visit once everything is all settled in. I'm honestly going to miss him so much once I'm gone.
I'm currently 27 weeks & 5 days pregnant. Only 86 days to go until my due date. Thank God! Chloe is doing great & she thinks she's a little kick boxer. She is so active at night and loves when I eat. She thinks it's fun to head butt my right rib all the time. I love watching her move around and her little feet kicking me. I also think she thinks she is a cast member on the Jersey Shore....she likes to fist pump in my stomach when Lady Gaga is playing. She has the best personality already. I'm so excited to met her. I'm still praying this little girl has hair!!! She has tons of hair clips already and I'm praying she has atleast a few little hair wispies to hold a clip in.
I had my baby shower this past Saturday & it was a lot of fun (I'll explaine whey I had it so early after I wright about the shower.). The cake was.to.die.for. Just saying! LOL. I had about 30 people come to the shower. I wanted it to be small with just family and a few friends. The food was really good. The people who worked at the restaurant / function hall were so nice. They helped out with alot of the setting up and catered to everything I needed.
I got tons and tons of gifts for Chloe. The only thing I need to get for her now is a white dresser. She has an all white crib, bassinet and changing table, so I want everything to match for her room. It's going to be pink & white. I really hope she likes pink! I'm so excited to have everything set up for her and get her room all ready. I'm still debating on if I want to paint her room a light pink color or keep it white. I'm not to sure yet.
I had my shower so early because around April 22 I will be moving half way across the country to Arizona. All my family and friends are in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, so I wanted to have my shower before I moved. My dad got a really great job offer from the company he use to work for a few years ago and the job requiers him to work from the office in Arizona. He use to work from home (& does now) but since he's going to be at a pretty high position in the company he has to be in office. I'm so excited to move. I'm also nervous at the same time. I'll be around 33-34 weeks pregnant. My dad starts the job on May 2 (my birthday!). He needs to drive the moving truck down with a car dollie for the car and my mom & I are going to fly down once he is there & has everything all set up...well kind of set up. I'm so nervous to fly! I believe it's about an 8 hour flight. We'll be flying out of either Manchester NH or Boston Mass. I'm hoping my dad gets us a flight with a stop in the middle because I know I couldn't handel going that long with out walking around and eating some food other then chips and junk that will be going in my carry on bag. I'm also hoping that before we leave the whole family can get together so we can say bye and have dinner or something together.
I know that after Chloe is born her & I will be taking a trip back up here for a week or two to see the family, friends and to get her baptised. Her God mother & father are up here and I want to have her baptised at the church that my aunt & her God mother are very involved with. The priest is very nice and he is more then welcome to baptise Chloe. I'm not sure if my dad or mom will be coming up with me when I come back up here, if not I'll be fine with her. I'm going to talk to my Aunty Nicole & Uncle Jeff about staying with them when I come back up here for a week or two. I just want everyone to met her, especially my Nana & Grammy. They both arn't doing to good. So I want them to see her. I also want tons of pictures with her & the family.
I started talking to my ex again. There is a picture of him & I in one of my very first blog posts. We were together for about 3 years off & on. Technically 2 if you put it all together with out us breaking up. March 16th this year would of been our I believe 3 year anniversary. We got together the other day, sat down and had a very long talk about everything. He has changed alot for the better. I'm glad he is doing good in his life & I'm proud of him for being on the right track in life (for once). I love him and always will & he feels the same. If I wasn't moving I'm sure we would try working on things and try everything all over again. But considering I'm moving we're just going to stay friends. I'm hoping that eventually over time if we're really meant to be with each other it will happen. For some reason we always end up back in each others lives one way or another. I'll always keep in contact with him no matter what. Hopefully he can come down to Arizona for a visit once everything is all settled in. I'm honestly going to miss him so much once I'm gone.
My cake!
Done by Carinas Cakes in Derry NH
Chocolate cake
with Chocolate ganashe filling
with raspberries & preserves
26 weeks & 5 days
at my baby shower
My cousin Kayla & I
she keeps telling me to take the baby out of my tummy!
Opening a gift
(there are over 200 pictures from the shower, so I'm just going to post a few)
Kaili
She is like my sister.
My parents were going to adopt her about 5 years ago, but things became very complicated in the adoption process so it didn't work out. But she will always be a sister to me. She is now 22 and has two kids of her own. A little girl and a baby boy.
My poor swolen sausage toes & ankles!
Pictures were taken by Allison Crawford
This is my 27 week belly picture
Taken Monday. Chloe is getting so big in my tummy.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
CHLOE GRACE...
Is a very healthy baby! I had another ultrasound on February 7th and she is doing great. She measured out at almost 12 inches from head to toe. She weighs over a pound. The ultrasound tech measured her foot and holy cow is it huge! It's almost an inch and a half. She is going to be one tall baby. The doctors and I thought I was further along in my pregnancy by a week or two, but nope. She is just going to be a tall baby. Hopefully not a huge baby. Like the 13 pound baby born in Massachusetts last week (God bless that poor woman's vagina...she did it all natural). My due date did change by a day so now instead of June 21st it's June 20th. I like June 21st better because it's the first day of summer. So I'm sticking with that due date :). During my ultrasound I received 19 pictures and a disk with 20 more pictures and 5 videos of the ultrasound. I have one more ultrasound when I am in my third trimester and that will be scheduled when I'm 26 weeks along. Then of course I'll have the ultrasound right before she is due to arrive to make sure everything is looking good with her and to get her exact weight and all that.
I have my monthly check up on the 15th of this month. When I went to my new doctor she did a thyroid test and that was an abnormal test. So I have to go for blood work again in a couple more weeks to see if anything changed.
I have my monthly check up on the 15th of this month. When I went to my new doctor she did a thyroid test and that was an abnormal test. So I have to go for blood work again in a couple more weeks to see if anything changed.
She is looking right at you!
Yep, she is a girl!
Chloe's HUGE inch and a half foot
Her profile
She loved having her arm over her head &
her leg was bent with her knee on her chest
Video of Chloe
Her tongue is moving a lot & her mouth is opening and closing
Also, you can see her heart beat
t was 146 bpm
Video number two!
Moving her arm around
She is a VERY active baby
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
HALF WAY THERE...
Chloe Grace is half way cooked!
140 days to go
I am so excited to be halfway through my pregnancy! Time has been going by kind of slow, so I'm hoping it will pick up some speed now. It is still hard to belive 126 days have passed. I can't wait until my little girl is here. June 21st can't come fast enough. I hope she comes on my due date, but I know there is a very slim chance of that happening. It's the first day of summer and I would love for her to be my little summer baby. I would hate to go over 40 weeks. I already know I will be dreading the heat in June & July. I get so hot now and it's below zero outside. I'm also going to be the size of a house by then. People think I look like I'm 30 something weeks, not 20!
I just wanted to post a quick update. It's only 7:30 and I am SOOOO ready for bed!
Night bloggers.
xoxo
Courtney
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