left: david's idea;

center: my idea;

right: the reason we had gym socks on our bed for over a year

i completed the bedpost (cat scratcher) covers and curtains! i lol'ed everytime i saw those nasty gym socks on the bed. david had good intentions and did what any guy would have done. i didn't have a pattern to follow and designed my own. the finished product was not the original design. after i cut the fabric i realized i screwed up in a major way and had to redesign the entire thing. it took me four hours to sew/make the bedpost covers (3 hours over what i estimated).

the curtains (you can see them in the center picture) are nothing special. they are over 10 years old and were way too long for the area. it's near velveeta's "living quarters" and would get gross. i sewed the two panels together to make a swag curtain and shortened the length. i wanted to buy all new curtains but considering we might not be here much longer, i saved the money for some decent ones when we move into a house. david isn't too keen about our revamped curtains and actually liked the way it was before. but to me it's better and that is all that matters at this point. :oP

i plan on getting ashton's bunting bag for the stroller and some hooded towels completed by tomorrow. exhaustion has hit me again. i sleep a good 8 hours at night and need a two hour nap shortly after i get up. i know it's normal and expected since i am in the middle of my third trimester. but it really takes it out of me. feeling good though. excited about thanksgiving!

MoMo (one of my many cats) scratches the door wanting out (litter box is outside). first, i tempted him a few times by cuddling, "MoMo come here.. you don't want out.. no you don't" ::pets momo::. two seconds later he is back at the door wanting out.. ugh.  i struggled to get up from the couch. i open the door and instead of appreciating the fact i opened the door for him, he just sits there staring at it.. i tried coaxing him out since i did not just spend 5minutes trying to get up from the couch for nothing, so i try to bend down to pick him up to put him outside. (no way in hell i am going to close the door, sit back down on the couch only to have him beg again) and can you believe it! the cat has the nerve to run away from me. i follow him.. pick him up. take him back to the (still open, letting very cold winter air in) door and stick him RIGHT in front of the opening. a second later he turns right back around and runs under the dining room table. once again, i follow, lift MoMo out from underneath the table. which required me to get on all fours and figure out a clever way to get back up with a squirmy cat in my hands. (not easy or fun). i PLACED him outside and quickly shut the door. he looks at me for a few seconds and demands to be let back in.

HA! don't think so. he's spending at least 10mins out there. that's how long it's going to take for me to get my energy back. darn cat!

david and i went to the southlake town center last night for their annual christmas lighting.. it's our fourth year.. it was so much fun! david was willing to let me spend some money on my favorite store, williams-sonoma. i walked around the store, grabbed a few items and decided at the very last moment that i didn't really want to spend any money and left. the store was way toooo hot or maybe i was overdressed, since it was chilly last night. but i couldn't stand being in that hot stuffy store. my brain was all scrambled. i felt uncomfortable and blah. i couldn't believe it. i had money to spend in a store i can never say no to and i left empty handed! ::blank stare::.

i also understand why babies cry when they are overstimulated. i was exhausted last night. i had a very productive day. for once i finished all my chores and still had energy to go out and have fun and run some errands.  but around 10pm, i was fighting for my eyes to stay open. i figured i would have no trouble falling right to sleep. wrong! i was overstimulated. i could not relax. i was SO TIRED. my body begged for sleep and nothing i did seem to help me relax. it was extremely aggravating/annoying/overwhelming. around midnight i was able to (finally) fall asleep and got some great shut eye. but this morning i was thinking back to how horrible i felt last night, trying to get to sleep. when it hit me that this is probably what it feels like for a baby who has been overstimulated. no wonder they scream bloody murder! :o/

today i will be washing something of ashtons! his amby bed! it will be the first item that gets washed. it has to air dry and since david begged me to go with him to his grandparents this afternoon and watch him play the piano, i figure it was a perfect time to air dry the amby bed without me feeling like it is in the way. i still haven't started sewing. i was going to yesterday in between chores and the christmas lighting fun. but that didn't pan out like i wanted it to. my goal is to at least get the curtain and cat scratching things for our bed made today. they are easy projects. or i hope will be easy. 

have you ever heard of whitenoise? all my, "how to help baby sleep" books keep mentioning whitenoise. i finally decided to look into it and found some videos. i can NOT believe this actually works. it's hard not to laugh at these videos. the way the babies respond to the noise is......well, unbelievable! the last one is my favorite (SOOOO CUTE!). you have to see them! i am keeping this in mind if we have a hard time with ashton. 

i have hardly watched any tv since we got our bose player.  david and i made a quick christmas cd with a bunch of our favorites to test the player out. lol. anyhoo. the cd has 28songs on it. i played it 5times yesterday. today the cd is on it's fourth run lmao. my neighbors probably hate us right about now, but i don't care. i love our player and christmas music! i have gotten a lot done thanks to the player. i am relaxed, calm, and just so happy! i love christmas! next few weeks are going to feel like christmas around here. i have ordered ashton so much crap! i love getting packages though. still have a long list on my "to do" list(s). but i am reallllly close to conquering a lot of it! i know, i know,  i say that a lot but i mean it! i feel like i am finally figuring my way around.  

proof christmas music is good for your health.

so this morning david was in a hurry, i was sort of half out of it and half awake watching him frantically get all his stuff together to leave for work. i saw him grab his phone, walk out the door and lock it. i thought it was strange because he didn't take his printer with him (company policy doesn't allow him to leave the printer in his company car, so he has to bring it up everyday). but then i figured he must have taken it down earlier or something. about five mins later david comes back with a look of aggravation on his face, "i forgot my printer. ugh it's a monday!". he grabs his printer and leaves in a even more frantic state.  a few hours later i called him to make sure he's having a good day and if not, try to cheer him up somehow. as soon as he answered i could tell he was in a happy mood. unstressed. complete opposite of what he was this morning. i ask how he is doing and teased him about him forgetting the printer.. he laughs and explains how it's one of those days. goes on to tell me that he also misread an email he got from his boss about a meeting.. thought it was this morning and was running way late. he showed up to an empty office, the meeting is tomorrow, not today.. poor guy lol.. considering all of that i was surprised by how happy he was.. i was about to ask him why he was so happy when he said, "hey guess what. they started playing christmas music on the radio today! isn't that awesome?! i have been listening to it all day." yup, christmas music is good for your health.

we must be santa's favorites since he came for an early visit! :oP we got a bose cd/radio player. david and i both looked at each other in the mall thinking, "what the hell did we just do?!". they aren't exactly cheap and we aren't exactly rich. both of us suffered from buyers remorse almost instantly. we got home, hooked it up and all that, "o.m.g. what did we just do!?" feelings flew right out the window.. it's awesome! the quality of sound is by far the best! it's like butter! we tried listening to music on our laptop and cheap radio/cd player and it was driving me batty with the sound quality. david insists i play ashton music and i refused listening to music from the computer or cheap radio as it gives me major migraines! so he was determined to change that.  

i should also state, david is a mean meaaannn husband (hahaha). he threw camera gear in my face when we purchased the bose. such a low blow. he should feel ashamed! ::shakes head::. his exact words were, "just imagine how much stuff you could get for your camera if we didn't get this radio". implying that if we decided not to get the bose i could get more camera gear that second. i quickly informed him that camera gear and a radio (he wants btw) are not even in the same playing field.. lol.. i see my camera as a non-human child and one of the big things that has changed who i have become.  i think he was trying to find  a sneaky way out of me begging for camera gear in the next few months. HA. fat chance. so i told him, "it won't work. if we have any left over money :::crossing fingers and flashes a "i love you" smile::: i am 100% positive it will be to buy a few things for the camera. i need it so i can take better pictures of ashton" (that's right, i threw our only and unborn child at him. hahaha). kidding aside, i do need a few camera items that will improve my photography. i know i will have to wait a while for most of it. as it isn't exactly cheap and ashton is our priority now and forever. but i would love to be able to get a few things that i desperately want so i can take my photography skills to the next level! we will see.. i won't eat into our savings or ashton's money for camera gear.

speaking of photography. david made me feel sooooo good about myself a few days ago. he was on the phone with his mother and i was in the other room reorganizing ashton's things (again). i overheard him bragging/showing off my recent photography work to his mother. kept repeating, "doesn't it look professional? she did such a great job!" "that's what i told her. she needs to submit some of her photos for contests.. i know she could win something". sadly, i am not that confident in my photography as he is. i am still an amature and still have so much to learn. but hearing him talk so highly of me to someone else, praising me, felt good and made me proud of myself. ashton will be here in six weeks and i can NOT wait to start documenting his life! i have so many idea's! EEECK the entire thought gets me all giddy!  

good news! ashton will not be a stinky baby! we purchased his tub tonight. it's huge! the only place it fits is on the kitchen counter and it has to be over one side of the sink. it's still sturdy though. david and i filled it up with water to make sure. we love it. now i only have to figure out where to store the darn thing. :o/ 

i also went to the fabric store and purchased some needed items to start making/sewing my long list of things for ashton. i sat down this afternoon and designed the patterns. by the looks of it i didn't do much today but i know deep down i made a huge dent. tomorrow is our last birthing class at the hospital (we have another birthing class somewhere else next month). 

oh, and it's officially cold here. by cold, i mean FREEZING (32F) brrrrrrrrr. 

feeling great today! 90% back to my old self! i am thinking about washing ashtons things starting today or tomorrow. not sure yet. david is tired of helping me do laundry! lol. he doesn't like me carrying "heavy" loads in my "condition". not complaining here.. for once i enjoy him helping me do laundry! but i often hear, "laundry again? didn't we just do some yesterday?!" i have been washing everything in our apartment. from curtains to seat cushions. you name it. i have washed it! i am doing my "last" load right now (regarding apartment life. not ashton life. i have yet to wash our couch). we have a full weekend this weekend. maybe i will sew a few things that need to be done! 

i am thinking about taking a knitting class in december. i have tried my hardest to learn on my own but i can't seem to get the hang of it! (visual learner) one of my new year goals was to learn how to knit and by darn it, i am going to learn before i pop this kid out! david looked at me like i was nuts, "do you even have time to take the class?". hahahaha.. i had better! 

i have started my wish list for christmas. of course this year is all about ashton, but if we have any left over money i sure would love to invest more into my camera gear. i am already in love with ANOTHER action set. i have so much that i still need to invest in! lens, stands, tripod etc. i need a new allclad pan as i ruined a different pan last month and we have discovered we NEED that extra pan lol. maybe even a saute pan.. we shall see. like i said. anything we get is going to ashton first.  david said he wants a bluetooth this christmas. he doesn't need it but  has been wanting it for years.. he never wants to spend money on himself so it was rather shocking to hear him ask for it for christmas. he needs new work shoes too. we also want to invest in a BOSE cd/radio player! i highly doubt we will be able to afford all of it (if any) but it's nice to have a wish list just in case right?!  hahaha!

TMI alert:

awesome! if it's not one thing it's another. i have a UTI. the pharmacy should give me a frequent anitbiotics user card. you know, fill 9 antibiotic prescriptions get the 10th free! seriously! at least it isn't another sinus infection :::knocks on wood:::. i would take a UTI over that hell any day! 

sometimes i realllly hate our apartments. it took them TWO months to fix the washing machines in the laundry room. thankfully, i never had to wait to use the one "working" washer (no hot water) so it never bothered me. yesterday, all washers were working (hot water and all)! i celebrated by washing two loads in hot water. whoot!

i stayed up really late last night. i had to wake up early for my chiro appointment today. you can imagine my shock when i woke up in a foul mood. so foul david demandedinsisted when we get home that i take a nap. i was relieved when we arrived home. a nap is what i needed! anyway, our apartment complex has two fire alarms in each unit. one is battery operated the other is not. i suppose it's hooked up to electricity (what else would it be hooked up to?). i have had it go off before when i burned toast etc.. the noise it makes is worse than the battery operated kind. don't get me wrong, i am glad we have it in our apartment. it would wake me up in a jiffy if there was a fire! as i found out today.  it went off for a full five mins. scared the living daylights out of me. cats running everywhere! i'm thinking, "OMG THERE MUST BE A HUGE FIRE IN OUR BUILDING AND SOMEONE PULLED THE FIRE ALARM!" (the alarm system informs everyone in the adjoining units to get out if you pull the alarm) so i ran out on my patio (half dazed as i had just dozed off for a nap and freaking out because if there was a fire, how the hell am i going to get my cats out?) there i am, like a big dork looking for smoke when a firefighter walks around the corner who sees me and says, "just a test!". WTF!!!!! it would have been realllly nice if our apartment complex had at least given us a letter of warning! afterwards, i heard him do the test on the building next to us and another confused/worried tenant stepped out on the patio wondering what the hell was going on. the look on her face was pretty damn hilarious. i heard the firefighter tell her, "just a test, did  they not send out letters?!" HAHAHAHAHA.. poor guy, hes going to have a lot to deal with today. a lot of confused/angry people wondering what the hell is going on. i hope there aren't any grannies who have a bad hip or heart. it would suck if they injured themselves. 

my cats have the ability to turn a frown upside down. my pregnancy related "emotional" hormones, the kind that make you cry over anything (like spilled milk or when your favorite pair of underwear need to be washed) are back. as i was bawling and feeling sorry for myself, one of my cats approached me and did something silly before cuddling up to me. within seconds i was smiling and everything was back to rainbows and butterflies.  i love my cats ♥

i finally used some of ashton's money. i bought a plastic bin to store his larger clothes in. i don't know why i am having such a hard time buying him stuff right now. typically it doesn't stay in his account for more than a day! it's burning a huge hole in david's pocket! i  feel overwhelmed and almost don't know where to begin. i have a few lists started but it's like reading a different language when i look at them. i look at my list of things i need to sew and i just almost want to chuck it out the window. i just don't know where to begin with any of it. it's just sitting there mocking me.

things i need to sew/make before ashton gets here:

• stroller bunting
• slip on shoes for ashton
• hooded bath towels
• cat scratcher covers for our bed posts
• cover for my leg pillow
• pram mattress cover
• amby bed cover
• diaper bag
• diaper caddy
• mirror covers (david brought home these great plastic mirrors for ashton to play with from work but they need some kind of padding on the corners)
• piddle pads/naked mats
• solid color babylegs (i refuse to spend $12 a piece on those)
• new stroller cover or at least finish the one we have
• we have these crappy curtains (over ten years old) in our bedroom. i want to sew them together and revamp them
• duvet cover and shams because david thinks our nice flannel ones are too heavy/hot lol
• diaper/wipe clutch
• nursing cover?
• some soft toys. like a ball and stacking cubes.. oh and a soft baby book for ashton. typical play toys
• i would love to make him some baby clothes too but that's at the end of my list

then my general to do list:

• wash all of ashton's clothing
• wash the amby bed (it has to be washed a special way)
• wash all of the rest of ashton's linens/things that aren't clothing
• re-organize his storage space
• have shopping cart cover made (one thing i don't want to sew myself)
• make out birth plan
• find a pediatrician
• buy a birthing ball
• finish buying ashton's layette (0-6months)
• GET RID OF EBAY! good grief
• order bathtub
• figure out what we need regarding small items (first aid, bath supplies etc for ashton)
• buy a miracle blanket!!!!!
• put together all of ashton's things
• install carseat and have inspected
• clean out my trunk so i may have room for my two strollers!!!
• clean out a space in the bathroom for ashton's bath items
• general deep cleaning crap

remember back when i was in germany, i said that i wanted to have all of this stuff done by the end of november? hHAHAHAHAHA that was a funny joke wasn't it?! i'm not laughing :o| 

btw.. i accidentally spelled ashton, asston TWICE while writing this blog. oopsie. i found myself chuckling.. then sad because it can be a cruel nickname from bratty mean kids that ashton will have to deal with someday!

33 weeks!
my 33week appointment went well. i gained 4lbs in the last 5weeks.. not too bad! (total weight gain so far 20lbs) i may now eat all the sweets i want without feeling guilty.. i passed my GD test!  ::huge grin::. just kidding. i eat pretty healthy. right before the doctor came in, ashton was pushing one of his body parts out.. i kept touching it and told david, "it feels like a baby butt".. turns out i was right. haha.. ashton is heads down. i think he has been the entire time though. i feel his hiccups in my pelvic area. i hope it stays that way until d-day. we also told our doctor about our plan to go unmedicated. she was more supportive than i thought she would be and told us it was "great" and "doable".

OMG i am feeling great today! well feeling great in a sense that i had a good nights sleep (11hours!) and didn't choke on my own stomach juice.. lol

david recieved several surprise bonuses the last few weeks and he put a large amount aside for me to use for ashton's things/clothes last week. i have YET to spend ONE dime (thats how sick i have been!). i plan on changing that today. i am **this close** on washing his clothes.. i might wait until the rest of what i need or what i feel i need comes in. david's mother purchased her first gift to ashton. a lamby rug. omg i can't wait to get it in. we plan on using it as a nap mat, naked mat, and play mat (it seems large but maybe even in our stroller bassinet on cold days) . when he gets older i will let him sleep with it. i am a bit paranoid about letting him sleep sleep on it until the SIDS risk is way down. but i figure napping wouldn't be so bad since i will be keeping an eye on him anyway.

david and i almost have everything we **need**. i need a diaper caddy. i was going to buy this one by sarabear. we aren't having a changing table (to save space in our tiny apartment) so i sort of need something to store all my supplies. but i'm not so sure right now.. i still want it.. but i bet i could just use a simple basket and save myself $30. i don't know. i will have to debate further lol. i need a nursing cover so i may nurse in public without offending people. but again i am not sure if i should wait on getting that. i could attempt to make one myself. who knows if i will be successful in nursing.. we decided to hold off on buying a breastpump. i wouldn't be able to use it for a few months after ashton is born anyway since i plan on exclusively breastfeeding for the first months to build up my supply and develop a good latch. i might even want to rent one first to see if i even enjoy being milked like a cow.

then we need a bathtub.. i really dislike a lot of them out on the market.. i had originally wanted this one.. it's an awesome tub and received a huge amount of rave reviews.. but after i nested and cleaned out this tiny apartment i realized i had NO room for it. it's a REALLY large tub. i am curious about these new "euro" buckets.. there are several on the market right now.. and for the most people really enjoy them as well as their babies. the theory is that the baby feels as if he/she was in the womb again and calms them. i'm not sure that is what really sells me on it but the fact that it would fit in our apartment, space wise, does. i don't feel comfortable washing my baby in our kitchen sink. we usually have a lot of raw food in there and i don't know how well i actually clean it. :o/. it just irks me out a little bit to be honest. i wouldn't bath in it so why should my child?

i am 100% for sure getting a miracle blanket! i have a lot of other small things i need.. we hadn't planned on having a baby shower.. but after david's family found out we weren't' planning on one, they insisted we have some kind of family thing. as much as i appreciate their thoughts. i feel uncomfortable about it all. it's going to be held during the annual family christmas party (david's idea and i say family but they also invite neighbors and friends). they are going to have a "special" table set aside for gifts for ashton. they aslo asked us to register.. so i went to babiesrus walked around and realized i really don't have a lot to put on my registry. i feel really lame about that lol. i asked for a lot of small things like first aid kit, infant hair brush, diaper cream, some blankets, glass bottles to freeze breastmilk in, some toys that ashton wouldn't be able to use until he was a little older (4 months+ etc), and diapers etc. they probably won't even use the registry.. which is fine. personally i think if we do receive anything it will be baby clothes. baby clothing is the most fun in getting ready for a baby anyway. i feel like i should still buy that stuff BEFORE the christmas party. i mean ONE week before ashton gets here? and that is if he is on time. he could very well be early. david pointed out that all that stuff is pretty cheap and if he does come early it would be easy to get quickly. good point. i think it's just that nesting phase that drives you up the wall. ::sigh::

but for the most part that is all we need. it doesn't seem like much. there are of course things i wish i could get.. but don't need.. i want a new carrier. we have some hotslings. but i also want this carrier. i will wait though. i am on the fence about getting an infant swing. we have the amby baby bed. which swings. but i would have to push it myself and again, we don't have room for an infant swing. who knows, our baby might not even like to be in a swing. i also have a ton fo things i need to make. like infant bath robe, diaper bag, amby mattress pads, etc. now i am starting to feel like i do have a lot of stuff i need. lollllll. we have a lot of clothes we got ourselves. but i still need some things.. david wants to get some babylegs. lol. we decided to only get four pair.. the only problem that in between us both we like 12 lol.

we probably shouldn't have but we spent a lot on baby clothing. david and i just have so much fun picking cute things out for ashton to wear. i have caught him (including myself) taking the clothes out and admiring them. they are so freaking cute! my favorite is the socks.. they are SO TINY! i want to cook the socks and eat them they are that freaking cute!

can you tell i am nesting yet? i am glad i made this blog though. david has been asking me over and over what we all need (he claims people are asking him and he doesn't know what to say). now it's on the internet where he can come back to it whenever he wants! did i ever mention that babies are expensive? yeah they are really expensive! i knew they would be.. but now that we have to buy all this stuff/things it realllllly adds up quickly. david keeps wanting me to add up how much we spent but i know better.. some things are better left unsaid! i just hope i am getting things that can be used for more than one kid and last for a good while and still be nice enough to either sale or pass down as a gift. someday i will try to photograph all of ashtons new stuff and how i made room for this baby in our tiny 550sqft apartment (something my mother wants to see lol).

one more thing.. david has been getting on to me relentlessly because i haven't updated my belly picture (last one was 25weeks.. i am now almost 33weeks).. i promise one will be coming soon.. maybe even today lol.. ashton has grown!

a typical day in the life of me.
i had a realllllly rough night last night. i was feeling somewhat better.. better enough to do almost all our laundry yesterday.. so i was exhausted by bedtime.. after about two hours of sleeping i woke up in an extreme panic as i could not breath. i felt like i had choked on my own puke or something. for over an hour i did nothing but hack, gag, and feel like i was going to puke.. it scared me to death as i really could not breath very well.. once it started to get better (and trust me i almost made david take me to the ER i was that freaked) i googled "choking on puke" which lead me to google "choking on stomach acid/acid reflux". i realized this is a common problem with people with GERD. i was diagnosed with GERD several years ago but was told i could repair mine with some medicine and strict diet which i followed..i stopped having my problems then but ashton must have been pushing up on my stomach last night or something because i didn't even feel any type of heartburn before this attack or after. either way. i feel like crap today. we had to get up early as we have another birthing class and errands to do. i am so tired.. my throat, once again, is sore (from all that hacking i did last night) and my tooth still aches.. i am so tired of feeling not myself. i just want a break from feeling like poo all the time. it has nothing to do with me being pregnant either. it has to do with crap that happens to me all the damn time. pregnant or not. i feel even worse for ashton. after my hacking fest i could tell i woke him up.. disrupted his sleep cycle as well.. he was up for a good 30mins before finally settling.. i am tired today :o(

and from now on, dinner will be no later than 7pm for me.. no more snacking before bedtime either. i do not want to wake up several hours later feeling like i am dying from choking ever again!

hate to sound like a big ol' whiner.. but i am still sick and my tooth ache has returned thanks to that damn hay fever! why can't i just catch a break??!!?

in the meantime.. i was able to get my new preset action set.. i am in love and found enough energy to process some pictures..

that's it for now.. too tired to do anymore.. but this new action set as me super excited eekkk!

good news! david and i are both feeling at least 65% better! i also finished my antibiotics for my sinus infection today! YAY!

yesterday, we had a hospital tour where we will be delivering at. we couldn't believe how much fun it was. the delivery/labor rooms are gorgeous. we also learned a lot of info about our hospital and their policies.. we were rather surprised (and relieved) how positive our hospital is.. we also got to see the postpartum rooms.. i was expecting something horrible and generic looking but they were seriously just as gorgeous (not as large) as the delivery rooms.

then today we went to our first child birth class (at a different hospital)..

check out the goodie bag we got.. more like a 'hey lets advertise the hell out of birthing!' bag. haha. still fun either way! 

it's a three class course (4hours per class).. it was interesting.. today we watched "the video".. lolll. i did pretty well until they showed the placenta part ::shivers::.. as always, david was fascinated. he is really into this birthing/parenting stuff..  afterwards, we went to barnesandnoble to look for a prenatal yoga book/dvd that has exercises to help with labor.. we couldn't find what we were looking for (thank goodness for the internet but david wanted me to start the exercises tomorrow) YET, somehow we ended up with two other books. a parenting book, that i just had to have and another bradley birthing book, that david insisted getting (he is big into the bradley method)..

we're just a little obsessed! lol.. but we love being informed and somewhat prepared.

i still want to get this beautiful coffee table book about babies and development (the photography is simply stunning!) and the itsy bitsy yoga book for babies lol. i will never have enough books.. ever.

back to the birthing class.. next week we get to tour a different hospital for our birthing class. david and i are excited to see how a different hospital compares with the one we picked.. we also decided to sign up for another birthing class.. in fact we have TONS of classes to go to in the next few months.. i had to make a digital calendar to put on our computer to remind us of all that we have to do in the next two months.. i also have to find some time to sell my ebay stuff and finish nesting/sewing for ashton. not to mention the holidays.. where i plan on making my own christmas cards (have yet to design) and christmas gifts to give out to family! whew.. 

i better not get sick again! there is just too much to do! ::stomps feet::

last week sometime we ended up at babiesrus to get a cheap umbrella stroller for us to throw around and have just in case (we travel so much that it's nice to have something that is easy to drag around an airport etc).. we love our bugaboo and plan on using it the most but it's still nice to have a second option available.. david is mostly concerned about going to disney world/six flags and leaving our bugaboo alone, unattended, while riding rides together.. HAHA..we got the maclaren volo.. for $100 it's a great stroller (we had a $20 off coupon so really it only cost $80. SCORE!).

our new spare stroller.. i love it! sturdy and well made. it folds up nicely and easily! i also love the mesh backing.. it's hot here in the summer!

i felt well enough to fool around with our camera tonight.. can you tell? i am working on using my flash (i must have mentioned how much i loved my flash a million times tonight).. i can't wait to be able to afford some extra gear for my photography addiction.. so much i want.. so much i need and oh so "poor" we are..  babies are expensive and it's worth the cost that's for sure!

oh yeah. david felt better enough to finish carving his pumpkin the day after halloween! better late than never i suppose.

he did pretty well with a free pattern off the net.

such a charmer, even when ill. lol.