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am i doomed with bad luck when i purchase stuff online? lol. i ordered my stroller hanger for my bugaboo stroller that is collecting cat hair since the cats love it as a bed sitting on the living room floor, TEN DAYS AGO. i finally get an email with a UPS tracking code and it was just shipped today. ten days to process an order? bummer. i was hoping to have it in a few days. i am ready to get this stroller off the floor!

today was the first day since my BFP that i have felt so much energy! i was able to do laundry without feeling exhausted! and i have been able to get a lot of things on my 'to do list' done. i still get out of breath if i have to climb stairs. i made several trips to the laundry room today[which is a hike]. i decided to wash my prefolds [we plan on cloth diapering and i ordered a few to check out sizes and quality]. did you know you have to "prep" cloth diapers? yeah. it sucks [really it only sucks if you don't have your own washer/dryer]. you have to wash the diapers. dry. then wash again dry. wash again dry. wash again and finally your last dry.. i washed them a total of FOUR times! [as recommended] phew. so i had a lot of trips to the laundry room and by the end of it was able to climb up the stairs without feeling so out of breath. the bonus, i did this all in the horrible texas heat. i survived whoot!

i also found a diaper we plan on using once the baby gets into mediums.. we plan on using prefolds for the first few months since modern diapers are expensive [$20+ a diaper]. newborns usually go through more diapers than they do as they get older.. so wasting all that money on expensive diapers seems pointless to me. anyway, as i said. i think we found a diaper we are going to be really happy with. bum-ware AIO's [AIO=all in ones]. they are pretty neat diapers.. they don't require any work. just put on baby. throw in the wash when dirty and repeat. no stuffing. no diaper covers. no pins. nothing. they also received high ratings from users so it appears promising! david is excited about using cloth diapers. i am so happy to have a supportive husband. for a short moment a few months ago, i started telling him maybe we should stick with disposables [which we still plan to use on vacations and when our baby is left with family members not comfortable with cloth etc]. not once did he agree.. he kept insisting we stick with cloth.. he wants to do cloth over disposables. amazing. i have the most amazing husband ever! so supportive. he is 100% supportive of my decision to go through labor med free in a birthing center with a midwife. most husbands aren't comfortable with these type of things so i am truly blessed.

i don't think i praise him enough though. he is seriously the best ever. the last 14 weeks have been hard for me to keep up with my daily chores.. i got really behind most of the time and he would come home to a messy apartment. instead of complaining or getting upset he would DO all my chores with a smile on his face and a sweet "don't worry about it sweetie. i will do it all. lay down and rest". i haven't felt like cooking in forever since smells set me off.. so he would drive ANYWHERE i wanted to pick up food. WITHOUT COMPLAINING! david works his butt off all day in the texas heat and has to come home only to have to keep working. it just amazes me. david and i have been together for 9 years now. he has never called me a name or even CUSSED! i know that sounds impossible but david has never uttered a cuss word. ever! he never puts me down for anything i do. when i do something stupid and i know it's stupid, i often criticize myself outloud with "gosh why am i so stupid".. david would immediately look at me and say "honey. you are NOT stupid" EVEN though we both know whatever i did was stupid lol. in fact i recall our trip to las vegas last fall and i screwed up the dates on our flight back home. we ended up having to pay twice for our tickets back home.. i was in TEARS. david didn't even get mad. he hugged me and said "it's not a big deal. you are not stupid. quit saying that.. it could happen to anyone.".. i couldn't have loved him more that day. if it was the other way around i guarantee i would have not been so happy and supportive as him. david has always been like this. anyone who knows him, knows this. my mom could go on and on how great i have it. i don't praise him enough. why God blessed me with such a beautiful adventurous life with the most amazing husband, i don't know. i keep wondering what i did to deserve it. i just hope i am not taking it for granted and God knows how much i appreciate everything he has done/provided for me! especially david. he really is my rock! my best friend. he is everything to me! and i can't believe he is going to be a father.. the unconditional love i feel from him, just proves how amazing of a father he is going to be. he deserves the baby more than i do. i can't wait to see our first child in his arms.

i am so sappy tonight.. lol. i can't help it.. i really don't praise him enough. especially with my pregnant mood swings.. im sure he feels deflated and exhausted. yet the love i saw in him when he first told me he loved me is still there and stronger than ever! and i can't help but shout out to everyone how awesome he is!

:::sigh::: okay i will stop with the sappiness

i realized the day i get to stop metformin [less than a week away] is the same day I DREAM OF JEANNIE season 5 on dvd comes out! i know i have mentioned this before. but i go through rotations of old tv sitcoms on dvd. i usually start with I LOVE LUCY, continue with BEWITCHED and end with I DREAM OF JEANNIE and start ALL over. i finished all my I DREAM OF JEANNIE dvds over a week ago. i was going to wait until season 5 came out to start I LOVE LUCY but couldn't. i usually watch these right before bed.. they tend to relax me. i can't explain it. so i had to start I LOVE LUCY all over again last night.. i swear no matter how often i watch these sitcoms, i never get sick of them.. i bet you a million bucks I LOVE LUCY will be playing in the background when i give birth to my kid! lol. david is probably sitting there reading this part and shaking his head at me because he knows it's true lmao. i often imagine myself breastfeeding our children while watching the sitcoms. because again. they RELAX me lmao. whew.. issues i say.

david has his favorites too.. though he isn't as OCD as i am. he loves SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU! [the original]. ADAMS FAMILY [the 50's sitcom] and the original TWILIGHT ZONES [again 50's]. see we are perfect for each other.. we both love 50's shows lmao. oh yeah, can't forget THREE STOOGES.. david LOOOOVES them, in fact THREE STOOGES is his absolute favorite!! no wonder we have been able to live without cable lol. TV on DVD seriously ROCKS! we couldn't live without it! our kids are going to watch TV at their grandparents house, who both have satellite.. and turn to us with these huge eyes saying, "YOU MEAN TV IS IN COLOR?".. HAHAHAHAHAHA. nothing wrong with loving classic tv shows.