AAHHH! Tomorrow is already Monday and I'll be back to work....I tell you, 5 days off sure goes by a TON faster than 5 days at work. We had a pretty busy break..Of course we were with our families on Thanksgiving Day. Lots of good food and company. We really do have a lot to be thankful for.
Friday morning, Mom and I hit the stores at 6 a.m., just as we have done for as many years as I can remember. We did find a lot of good deals and we were home to rest by noon. Saturday, I went grocery shopping, finished up a little Christmas decorating, then wrapped presents. After that, I worked on getting some of Gabriel's stuff washed. I learned this week that you have to wash everything before babies wear it. I did all the blankets and 0-3 month clothes. Boy, he has a lot of clothes!!!
Today, Cedric and I went to the Panthers game versus the Saints....Oh my gosh, how much worse can we possibly play??? We left at the beginning of the 3rd quarter, when it started to pour down rain. We decided that this year's team is just not worth sitting out in the rain to watch. So now we are at home all snuggly and watching football on TV, which honestly, I prefer. I like the commentating and I like the yellow first down line they put on the screen. It makes things a LOT easier for me to follow and understand.
Tomorrow, back to work, but only four more weeks to go until Christmas break begins...and only four more weeks until I will be out for my maternity leave! Yeah!!!!! I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow. I think now I have to go every week. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Break.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Weekend Update and Baby Shower #2!!!
I guess we started our weekend on Thursday night...Cedric and I went out for burgers at Red Robin and did a little Christmas shopping....Friday night, we had a TV/movie night and just stayed in...we caught Grey's Anatomy and several episodes of the Sopranos..we are on Season 3 now, thanks Netflix!
Saturday, mom and I went to Best Buy..my parents are giving us a video camera for Christmas, so we went to get the one we have been looking at, it was on sale....Then of course we hit a few more stores and came home when my feet couldn't make it anymore. Then, mom came over to our place and helped me do some cleaning...it was supposed to just be cleaning the living room so we could put up the tree....2 hours later, she had the whole house looking awesome. Thank you mom! Sometimes, you really do realize just how much your parents love you...They are the only ones that can really put up with me right now, with all my complaining, tiredness and health issues. I know they are probably sick of me too, but at least they are sweet enough to hide it from me!!! That is true love for your child!!
After she finished the cleaning spree, with a little help from me, we finally put up the tree. We were both exhausted Saturday night! Just putting up the small tree this year, last year we had it in our dining room and had the HUGE one in the living room..We decided with everything going on this year and with the way I am feeling, we should probably just do the little one this year :( It makes me a little sad, but hey, there is always next year!
We had our 2nd baby shower for Gabriel this Sunday, held by the Sigmon family. Cedric wasn't able to come because he has taken so much time off work for his eye, and boy, did he miss a good time! And lots of good food! With all the bad things that come with being pregnant, I guess the one good thing is that it is the one time in a girl's life when it is socially acceptable to be a little fat!!!
We got all kinds of adorable stuff for Gabriel, but I think my favorite thing is the rocking horse we got from my mom and dad...It is so cute, and when you squeeze its ears, it plays music and makes horse noises and its tail wags back and forth! I love it! We also got our stroller/carseat (the one item you cannot leave the hospital without), lots of cute clothes, toys, CDs, blankets, bath stuff, bibs, etc. Now we have just got to figure out where we are going to put all Gabriel's new stuff!!! I hope that Gabriel is a UNC fan like his mommy, because boy, he already has acquired quite the collection of UNC stuff, including these adorable overalls!!!
Only more more day of school until Thanksgiving Break, thank goodness! I have not been sleeping lately and I am feeling pretty crappy...apparently, I have developed Carpal Tunnel syndrome in my right arm. According to my doc, this is another common pregnancy issue, but one I had NEVER heard anyone talk about. I have always heard about CT, but let me tell you, I can really sympathize now with those who have it. Basically, my right hand is numb and tingling and there is pain up to my elbow.My fingers feel very swollen and I cannot close my hand to make a fist or pick up things normally....Lucky for me, it is MUCH worse at night, and has kept me awake the last 5 nights or so. Last night, I was up at 2, back in bed at 4, and I may have gotten about 20 minutes of sleep before the alarm went off at 6:00. Really, the only thing that makes it feel better is to get up and walk around....Not exactly what you want to be doing at 2 in the morning! Talked with the doc today...Tonight, I have a really dorky wrist brace to sleep in and some Unisom sleeping pills. Keep your fingers crossed for me that it works!!! I am also supposed to wear the brace during the day at work, what a fashion statement!!!!!!!
AAAHHHHHH! Only about 6 more weeks to go!!!!!!
Saturday, mom and I went to Best Buy..my parents are giving us a video camera for Christmas, so we went to get the one we have been looking at, it was on sale....Then of course we hit a few more stores and came home when my feet couldn't make it anymore. Then, mom came over to our place and helped me do some cleaning...it was supposed to just be cleaning the living room so we could put up the tree....2 hours later, she had the whole house looking awesome. Thank you mom! Sometimes, you really do realize just how much your parents love you...They are the only ones that can really put up with me right now, with all my complaining, tiredness and health issues. I know they are probably sick of me too, but at least they are sweet enough to hide it from me!!! That is true love for your child!!
After she finished the cleaning spree, with a little help from me, we finally put up the tree. We were both exhausted Saturday night! Just putting up the small tree this year, last year we had it in our dining room and had the HUGE one in the living room..We decided with everything going on this year and with the way I am feeling, we should probably just do the little one this year :( It makes me a little sad, but hey, there is always next year!
We had our 2nd baby shower for Gabriel this Sunday, held by the Sigmon family. Cedric wasn't able to come because he has taken so much time off work for his eye, and boy, did he miss a good time! And lots of good food! With all the bad things that come with being pregnant, I guess the one good thing is that it is the one time in a girl's life when it is socially acceptable to be a little fat!!!
We got all kinds of adorable stuff for Gabriel, but I think my favorite thing is the rocking horse we got from my mom and dad...It is so cute, and when you squeeze its ears, it plays music and makes horse noises and its tail wags back and forth! I love it! We also got our stroller/carseat (the one item you cannot leave the hospital without), lots of cute clothes, toys, CDs, blankets, bath stuff, bibs, etc. Now we have just got to figure out where we are going to put all Gabriel's new stuff!!! I hope that Gabriel is a UNC fan like his mommy, because boy, he already has acquired quite the collection of UNC stuff, including these adorable overalls!!!
Only more more day of school until Thanksgiving Break, thank goodness! I have not been sleeping lately and I am feeling pretty crappy...apparently, I have developed Carpal Tunnel syndrome in my right arm. According to my doc, this is another common pregnancy issue, but one I had NEVER heard anyone talk about. I have always heard about CT, but let me tell you, I can really sympathize now with those who have it. Basically, my right hand is numb and tingling and there is pain up to my elbow.My fingers feel very swollen and I cannot close my hand to make a fist or pick up things normally....Lucky for me, it is MUCH worse at night, and has kept me awake the last 5 nights or so. Last night, I was up at 2, back in bed at 4, and I may have gotten about 20 minutes of sleep before the alarm went off at 6:00. Really, the only thing that makes it feel better is to get up and walk around....Not exactly what you want to be doing at 2 in the morning! Talked with the doc today...Tonight, I have a really dorky wrist brace to sleep in and some Unisom sleeping pills. Keep your fingers crossed for me that it works!!! I am also supposed to wear the brace during the day at work, what a fashion statement!!!!!!!
AAAHHHHHH! Only about 6 more weeks to go!!!!!!
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Trip to Raleigh
Ok, I know it has taken me a week, but I wanted to write about our fun trip to Raleigh last weekend. We were supposed to leave late Friday after our first childbirth class, but surprise, it was cancelled because we were the only couple to enroll. So now we are doing a weekend class in early December. No worries, I really have been dreading it anyway, so at least I got to put it off for 1 more month! am not dreading Gabriel making his appearance, I am just not that interested in hearing or thinking about the actual delivery, not to mention watching videos of other women in agony!! It worked out nicely, we were able to get to Cynthia's at a decent hour on Friday night. Saturday, we were up early and headed to Chapel Hill for the Homecoming game against Maryland. We won, but of course I did not make it through the whole game, it was still too hot and crowded for me, and the seats are just not comfortable at all. Laura and I headed to the Student Stores to do a little shopping, then met Cynthia, Laura and Travis back at the tailgate to hang out until all the crowd came out after the game.
My observation for the weekend....I have decided that our crowd is officially getting OLD! We went back to Cynthia's after the game and were all probably asleep by 10:30 or so. Some of my family and friends did hit uptown after the game, but turns out, they are old too, because they called it an early night as well. Personally, I think this could be a result of the absence of Party Animal Morgan, who has been missing for the last 7 months! No fear, I will be back, only 2 more months of Pregnant Morgan to go!!! Seriously, what the heck has happened to us???? Next homecoming, things are going to be different, that is my vow! Granted, I will need a babysitter, but I have a feeling that won't be too hard to come by!
Sunday was the big day, our first baby shower!!! Let me tell ya, the girls and Miss Rhonda did an AWESOME job! Everything was Carolina Blue of course and the food was delicious! Rhonda made this diaper cake, I have it at home now in the nursery, I couldn't bear to take it apart!!
She also made a teddy bear cupcake cake and we had "dirty diapers", which were paper diapers filled with Malted Milk balls!! Nuts were held in little baby booties made from paper towels and ribbon and the Carolina Blue punch had little rubber duckies floating in it, it looked like they were in a bubble bath! This was the first baby shower for our group of UNC girls and boy, the girls went all out!
Cynthia (not usually known for her creativity with craft ideas!) had the idea of having everyone at the shower decorate onezies with paint and they turned out to be so cool!! My personal favorite is "Mommy Needs A Drink", created by MC! They are all adorable and I can't wait to see Gabriel wearing them!!
We had a blast, and it was so good to see our friends from the Raleigh area that we don't get to see nearly as often as we would like. My friend Susan and her family (hubby Andy and two adorable kids) even came on their way back from a wedding in their hometown. We got a lot of neat gifts and I even held a few babies!!! Still haven't changed a diaper, I am holding out 2 more months so that Gabriel is my first!!! I got lots of good baby advice from Erin, there are just so many questions that I have about EVERYTHING!!!!!
Sunday night, we watched football (Cowboys vs. Eagles! at Cyn's and again, called it an early night. Monday, we lounged around until around noon, then hit the road back home. Oh, Cynthia did help me create a Facebook page, so now I am on that as well. Just one more way to waste time when I should be doing something else!! We had such a fun weekend, thanks to all our friends who made this so special for us.
Big Announcement!
My cousin Justin and his wife are the proud parents of Jett Brown Parker, born Friday 11/9 around 1:00. Check out a pic on The Spinellis Blog, he is adorable!!!!!
My observation for the weekend....I have decided that our crowd is officially getting OLD! We went back to Cynthia's after the game and were all probably asleep by 10:30 or so. Some of my family and friends did hit uptown after the game, but turns out, they are old too, because they called it an early night as well. Personally, I think this could be a result of the absence of Party Animal Morgan, who has been missing for the last 7 months! No fear, I will be back, only 2 more months of Pregnant Morgan to go!!! Seriously, what the heck has happened to us???? Next homecoming, things are going to be different, that is my vow! Granted, I will need a babysitter, but I have a feeling that won't be too hard to come by!
Sunday was the big day, our first baby shower!!! Let me tell ya, the girls and Miss Rhonda did an AWESOME job! Everything was Carolina Blue of course and the food was delicious! Rhonda made this diaper cake, I have it at home now in the nursery, I couldn't bear to take it apart!!
She also made a teddy bear cupcake cake and we had "dirty diapers", which were paper diapers filled with Malted Milk balls!! Nuts were held in little baby booties made from paper towels and ribbon and the Carolina Blue punch had little rubber duckies floating in it, it looked like they were in a bubble bath! This was the first baby shower for our group of UNC girls and boy, the girls went all out!
Cynthia (not usually known for her creativity with craft ideas!) had the idea of having everyone at the shower decorate onezies with paint and they turned out to be so cool!! My personal favorite is "Mommy Needs A Drink", created by MC! They are all adorable and I can't wait to see Gabriel wearing them!!
We had a blast, and it was so good to see our friends from the Raleigh area that we don't get to see nearly as often as we would like. My friend Susan and her family (hubby Andy and two adorable kids) even came on their way back from a wedding in their hometown. We got a lot of neat gifts and I even held a few babies!!! Still haven't changed a diaper, I am holding out 2 more months so that Gabriel is my first!!! I got lots of good baby advice from Erin, there are just so many questions that I have about EVERYTHING!!!!!
Sunday night, we watched football (Cowboys vs. Eagles! at Cyn's and again, called it an early night. Monday, we lounged around until around noon, then hit the road back home. Oh, Cynthia did help me create a Facebook page, so now I am on that as well. Just one more way to waste time when I should be doing something else!! We had such a fun weekend, thanks to all our friends who made this so special for us.
Big Announcement!
My cousin Justin and his wife are the proud parents of Jett Brown Parker, born Friday 11/9 around 1:00. Check out a pic on The Spinellis Blog, he is adorable!!!!!
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