14 Days Till Baby

Here we are at 37 weeks! In a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that are too small! What can I say. This is a fancy outfit compared to my standard sweats:)

15 Days of Baby

Wade will be here before we know it! And we are ready. Really ready. We owe a large part of the readiness to Blizzard 2011 which dumped 14 inches on us and kept us house bound for 4 days! During those long long days, we were able to tie up some loose ends and put the last few things in order for our little buddy to arrive. Along with things like setting up the pack n play in our room and putting the baby safe mattress cover on the crib, we also cleaned the house! I mean, really cleaned. Used Magic Eraser on almost every surface I could reach! Those things are amazing. I don't know what is in them so I am perfectly fine believing it is magic. Curtains got washed, ironed and re-hung. Floors were mopped (hardwoods are ususally very neglected in my house). Took pictures and shelves off the walls and power washed them before they were hung back up. All this to say, thank you storm, you have changed our lives for the better.

It was also really fun to be home (I'd say until day 3.5) with my hubby! Not that we fight much anymore, but we got along very well and had a lot of fun together! 24/7 with someone usually gets old but not the Wallaces! We can't get enough of each other! :) By the way, they are predicting 5-8 more inches for Tuesday....

In all the storm chaos, I did manage to miss 2 doctors appointments and evedently for a diabetic I might as well have put a gun to my head. I am sure I will make up for it this week. The truth is, God be the glory for a fantastic pregnancy. I have had NO problems! The 36 doctors that are attempting to manage my care are completely turning a blind eye to this fact. I don't think that wellness is even considered. Oh you are a diabetic, well, you and the baby are gonners if we do not micro mangae the life out of you ourselves. I will say, I have not been a very good patient. I have refused and lied to my doctors to keep them at bay. I am not proud of this but they went to far! The one test that has been called for by our high risk OB Dr. Blake, is a contraction stress test where at the hospital they monitor the baby during strong contractions. I will spare the details of how they get those strong contractions started but it's a little over the top. Justin and I feel very at peace about deciding not to participate in those tests. Especially, since all the information I found showed that this test is called for only when you baby is failing the non-stress tests, or you have a crazy doctor:)

I want to close by saying that I have every intention of blogging regularly from now on and especially over the next 15 days. I didn't journal (even though I have 3 beautiful pregnancy journals) and I want to have a record of where my mind was during this time, while I am still sleeping and collected enough to sit at the computer.

Alissa's Pregnancy Tip of the Day:
Take 2 Benadryl every night before bed. Saved my life.

Lissy out!

ps--Have not taken any pictures lately. I will make it happen today. Maybe just from the chest down. Thunder neck is back, this time with a goat coat!

Maternity Pics!

My friend Nena so sweetly offered to take some pictures of me to document this pregnancy. We took them on Friday at Dilly Deli in downtown Tulsa. My baby shower was at the deli on Saturday! The other cool part was Nena is getting married this fall and having her reception there! So, she was excited to take photographs there too. I am 7 months along and now is when everyone says to take pics because you are not too big yet but are big enough to look pregnant, not just like a lardo. Poor me because my butt and my neck are inflating and I gave Nena the impossible task of trying to hide those things in the pics. No chance! But, it is what it is and she did a great job. These are some of my favorites! Oh yeah, and we decided to name the baby Wade! Wade William Wallace..... dot com.

25 Weeks

I am so bad at updating this blog. But, in my defense, there is little to say and no one really listening:) I am equally bad at remembering to take a photos of my growing belly. In truth, I think about it but am in my pj's and have no make up on 99% of the time when I am at home and no one wants to see that.

News:

1. Feeling baby boy move since week 20. He was fist pumping this morning at church. Still love it. Usually does a morning work out at about 5am. Still love it.

2. Grew some pretty long neck hair (like a goat) in the last few weeks. It was blond and peach fuzz like. Waxed it last nite. I started to be able to feel it blowing in the breeze--it was time.

3. More neck talk---let's just say my new nick name is 'thunder neck'. Leave it at that.

4. No baby name yet. It may come down to drawing a name out of a hat.

5. Started making crib bedding. Wish there were more hours in the day---don't know how I'm going to get it all done.

That's all for now. Still feeling great!

19 Week Old BOY!

So, I keep forgetting to have Justin take pictures of my growing mid-section. Last nite I just decided that even though I was in my pj's, it was picture time! I don't fee like I have grown that much until I compare this pic to the one we took at 15 weeks! Yowza!

We also found out yesterday at our first high risk OB appointment that we are having a BOY! It finally feels more real now. Justin is very very excited that he is having a son---we both wanted a boy and now that we are 98% sure that is what we are having it feels ok to admit that!

On the very graphic ultrasound picture, the arrow is pointing to the proof that we are having a boy. It's looking up at him--as if he were sitting on a glass top table. You can even see his cute little butt cheeks!

Let the name battle begin!

15 Weeks!

I have not had much to blog about lately but I think this bump is worth talking about! Feeling great and counting down to the High Risk OB appt on October 4th where hopefully we will find out what we are having! Either way the nursery is staying tan (we are NOT painting!) but I can't wait to start making the crib bedding and curtains!

This ultrasound picture was from our last OB visit at 13 weeks. Evidently, the monster face is normal!

Joe Mamas is For Real!

This is what Justin said midway through his meal. FACT! Joe Mammas is for real!

We have been dieting so going out to eat tonite was a big deal and I want to say that we made a splendid choice for blowing it! Ate at El Guapos last weekend with Dionne (another dieting mistake) and had a blast! We walked past Joe Mamma's Pizza on the way to the car and it looked cool. It is cool! And! The food is so so good! Our waiter was unique (he is in the background in the pic of me) as to be expected and kind of reminded us of Zach Galafinacus (no way that is spelled right).

Good date nite. New Tulsa favorite. Diet starts again tomorrow!