Project week

Oh yes.. I'm lovely. I know. oh my goodness can you see that belly? This is my "trailer trash look" refinishing furniture on my front porch.. haha. I really do have shorts on I promise.. Some guy with tinted windows and a loud bass slowed down as he drove by.. and I thought to myself.."really?" hehe

This was a big project week. Shannon came over for her Spring Break and we started working on ALL the projects I have wanted to do before Kenron is here.


Project #1: BEFORE - Plain white walls and chipped up trim...



AFTER! Its a little cluttered right now. I'll take more pics when its totally set up, arent' the curtains so cute? My mom made them for the baby room.




Project #2: BEFORE - Andrew and Natasha gave us this dresser...



AFTER! We stripped, sanded, and refinished it...I think it looks pretty darn good.




Project #3: BEFORE - The entry way tile needed help, so we pulled it up...


AFTER!! we got a steal of a deal on laminate tiles for 40 cents! much better!


We are Women here us roar! Oh my goodness we are tired! I couldnt have done it without Shannon.. No WAY No HOW! THANK YOU AUNTIE SHANNON!! She made my lunch everyday on top of helping! I dont know if she's for hire though. ;) hehe Mat got to just come home each day and see the "new" thing we finished for the day.
You can also see we got even MORE presents this week for Kenron. In the picture of the room "after" there is a pack and play (in front of the changing table)- Brand New from Trisha, Auntie Cindy, and Grammie Cross!! AND Sunny, Brady and Edward sent us even MORE clothes (sitting on the changing table in the oatmeal box) My goodness Kenron is such a lucky boy.

32 weeks - ULTRASOUND!

Here's our little chubby bunny...


This one I think his nose is a bit squished.. he is definately head down now, so we were REALLY lucky to get such good pics of his face. Can you see his sweet little fingers up by his chin?

This is an actual ultrasound of his face.. the top of his head is on the right side and his chin is on the left...his hand is on the top of his cheek.. you can see his eye, nose and lips are the dark shapes...

man, in the top pictures I think he looks a bit like Mat.. but in the middle one it looks like me.. well my brother Justin... I cant hardly stand it.. I can't wait to meet this little man.

We got this in the mail yesterday!

Its from Kenron's Great Memere! She made it for Kenron, Isn't that the cutest? I just love Mat's Memere and Pepere, they are so good to us. I know Kenron will love laying on that and looking at all the colors!

Well for an update, Shannon is here with us this week for her spring break, so she is helping me paint the baby's room. The walls are done but we still need to paint the inside of the closet.. I will post pictures when its done.

My itchy skin IS BACK!!!! heaven help me. My doctor is so sweet.. he was nice and just wrote me the prescription for what i had last time, he didnt even do blood work. I know why women tend to fall in love with their OB/GYN ;) He also found that I have some stones in my Gullbladder.. so he will keep an eye on them and if I have any pain in that area I'm supposed to call him asap. He said that's probably a reason my itchy skin is back. Its not that crazy rash.. it has something to do with my liver count, and my gull bladder. yuck. Either way its not a huge deal.. it just makes me want to rip my skin off. hehe.

Ok so Kenron is measuring at over 4lbs. And he is so LOW in my pelvis its starting to hurt a bit.. in my hips and pelvic muscles. Its pretty rediculous to watch me try and roll over in bed. It takes me forever. So with this silly itchy skin, that is way worse at night, and my achy abdomen.. I'm getting REALLY anxious to meet this baby :)

People are saying how big I'm getting.. but it doesnt even bother me.. because I feel SO SMALL compared to last time. Its so much easier this time, and I'm so much more comfortable.. (despite my skin.) SO... 6 more weeks from today and Kenron will already be here!! crazy! I'm getting so excited!

31 weeks

Well Saturday, me and Jean spent most of the day on this:

Mat came up the the church building at about 3 (We had been there since 8am) and helped us finish up the lettering. What a guy! This thing is about 8' tall!
Our church is having a HUGE Easter egg hunt for the kiddos. They are also using Easter as a time to invite new people.. So far over 1,000 people have been invited! Of course not all of those people said yes they will come, but people have gotten out of their comfort zones and started inviting.

Yesterday me and Kenron got a HUGE box of stuff from (my) Trish and her boys. She sent a double breast pump, a bottle drying rack, a bottle warmer for the diaper bag, some cute cold weather shirts for Kenron, and some clothes for me! And this was the sweetest gift of all...

Its my dad's :) I think that his Aunt Marion made it for him, and Grammie had sent it to Trish, and Trish was so sweet to pass it along to me. Isn't that one of the cutest things you have ever seen? hehe unfortunately my mind cant help but picture my dad (today) wearing that little cap.. hehehe

One other thing that has been on my heart today is this silly Sally Kern thing. She's a representative of Oklahoma City, and she said some VERY strong things about the homosexual community. And I just dont agree with her.
Well I watched an interview with her this afternoon. She said she was asked to talk about the homosexual agenda in politics.. meaning that they are trying to eliminate the Conservatives. She said it was no different than a Republican talking about how Democrats would like to eliminate Republicans. Ok I sort of get that.
BUT
She also said that homosexuals are a greater threat to this country than Terrorism. She just said in that interview that what she meant was, that she was trying to make a point that terrorists destroyed our lives, and that the homosexual agenda is trying to eliminate our family values and if our family values disappear it will be just as strong a hit on our country.
Now, I've shared with some of you my struggle through these past couple years with how we as Christians should be when it comes to the homosexual community. I have several friends from my youth that are Gay. I still havent come to any solid conclusions.
BUT! God is showing me more and more that hateful speech is not the way. I realize Sally Kern did not intend for this to happen. But doesnt this reinforce that the world is ALWAYS watching us as Christians? Frankly I'm embarrassed. I know in my past I have not handled talking about the Gay lifestyle well. In fact I've probably ruined any hope of being a friend ever again to my best friend in high school, Adam.

God is love. I dont think this is showing the world God's grace... Do you? I agree with Sally that God didnt intend for families to be made up of a Gay couple.. but did God intend for families to include, alcoholics? drug addicts? abusive parents? divorced parents? My point is that we (even under the "christian" name) are doing quite a job on our own of ruining the "family" God intended. I dont think there is a need to point fingers, but to embrace in love.

There are a million things I could type, but I did like what this author had to say: http://www.hollywoodgrind.com/sally-kern-has-the-right-to-free-speech/
The fact is she does have the right to her free speech, and I am glad that she does, despite what she might have said. But maybe we can learn a bit from her that especially in this day and age, people are listening to what you say. We as Christians need to remember that. We need to have words of love and grace, not those of condemnation.

Thanks for listening to my rant.

CHEESE! 30 weeks

Well this is what I look like right now, today. Shirts are starting not to fit anymore and I'm having some more aches and pains.. but hear me they are NOTHING like last time.. this is WAY easier. I can still sleep at night! I am hot all the time. I realized it was 65 in the house today, I only had a tshirt on and I was totally comfortable.

Mat has started sleeping with an extra blanket. Its actually quite wonderful. He puts the twin size quilt under the covers on his side. This lets me enjoy sleep for two reasons. My skin is getting a bit sensitive.. so if Mat's hairy leg brushes me the wrong way it itches and I get annoyed, BUT he is tucked away,under the quilt.. no problem. The other reason is.. I was setting the temp low at night so I wouldnt be too hot. But Mat was freezing so he was snuggling up to me.. making me hot still. Now with the blanket he is wrapped up all cozy and I am blissfully in my own temperature range.. usually with one or two legs hanging out of my covers.

Well Rachel (Luke's mom) emailed me about this consignment sale "Pass it on" at a church in town. So I decided it wouldnt hurt to go check it out. Well I'm glad I did because I found an extra carseat base for 10$! (they were 30$ at walmart) And of course I couldnt really help but get some clothes for Kenron.

I did the math and I averaged 3$ for each outfit. What a deal! The little green outfit has a cute moose on it.. and on the back it says "Moose on the loose" hehe I couldnt resist.

I still dont have a "brown line" down the center of my belly.. I didnt last time either.. but you know whats weird? I get brown armpits. I was sitting on the couch watching kenron move all around in my belly.. and Mat came it and I said.. I dont have a brown line again do I? (because I cant really see my belly) and he said "nope........but you have a brown butt crack! hahaha" hehehe.. ahh true love.

Oh how I wish...

I had the balls to do this.

Some of you know the youngest Bladyka boy, this is his arm. This seriously makes me want to get another tatoo. But until all babies are born, I will wait.

quick update

Dr's appointment went fine. Baby's great, we will have an ultrasound in 3 weeks

Mat is fine they re-checked his blood pressure this morning, MUCH better.

I have a runny nose.. from matthew.

The foundation guys have actually come and put piers under the house to level it out. So I'm being serenaded by latino/polka music from outside while they fill in the holes :)

Best news of all - Landlord says we will have NEW CARPET before the baby is here!
No more cigarette burnes and questionable stains!

This week I have become VERY tired. oh yes third trimester...I remember that.

29 weeks

Here I am...(Rock you like a Hurricane)



Well this week is busy. Tuesday I have a baby appointment, but I think its a boring one, no ultrasound. Kenron has been a busy bee. All last week when we werent feeling good he was just happy as a clam moving around all the time.

Last night Mat and I watched the Oscars and he got to feel the baby moving all around. Its cool now cause you can feel his little foot, a hard spot then feel him kick! AND we can feel his whole arm or leg move across my belly. I never really knew which part was which with the boys. So this has been fun. He's still flipping all around so I dont know what I'm specifically feeling.. arm or leg.. but you can feel its a limb. Last night I was laying down and I think Kenron was head down because he had the hiccups.. and it was shaking everything between my hips.

Also, I think Kenron really likes drums. When the drums are good at church he starts moving around. And when its an action part of a movie (So the music is loud and exciting) he starts moving a bunch.

I'm getting really excited to meet this little guy.

My Peanutbutter Bananna Bread

Well since we werent feeling great the banannas weren't getting eaten.. so I decided to make bananna bread before they went totally bad.. SHUCKS! Mat said "hmm I wonder if you can make peanut butter bananna bread... mmmm.. cause peanutbutter and banannas are pretty good together.." I thought about it and figured why not!

So I made up the recipe.. pretty much followed the Betty Crocker book and then added some extra peanut butter. I sprinkled brown sugar over the top. It came out of the oven BEAUTIFUL... I was so good I even heated up some peanut butter and drizzled it over the top. That is the picture you see above.

Oh I forgot to tell you :) hehe... I had showered for the party and had the shirt on I wanted to wear.. but just had some shorts on the bottom, plus my "belly band" this big piece of cotton/spandex that covers your belly and helps hold your pants up. Well as I started baking I realized I was going to get my shirt dirty so I just took it off. So I just have my dolly parton bra and shorts on held up with this big belly band. Well Mat walks in saying (in his tremblay man way) "You makin' something good for me baby?" and I just turn around and start laughing.. and he says.. what are you doin? what happened to your clothes. And as I tried to explain he just rolls his eyes and says.. my wife. hehe

So ANYWAY.. when the bread was done I (put my shirt back on) brought my Magnificent bread that I had made for Mat into the office... and Mat was sleeping on the futon. bummer... oh well it will still be here when he wakes up. So I finish getting myself ready and Mat wakes up and I say.. "Go look what I made you!" and I hear from the kitchen.."Why does it have a hole in the middle?" huh?? yup.. this is what happened...




Haha.. oh well we laughed about it. It still tastes good. good old murphy's law just had to keep me humble ;)

Josh and Tiffany's Going away party.

Well Mat FINALLY woke up without his fever on Saturday so we decided since we were feeling better we could go to Josh and Tiffany's going away party.

We had a lot of fun. Everybody brought good food and we had good laughs. It was the first time we've been to Brandon and Shanna's house and it was wonderful. I'm jealous of their back porch, and the view.

The boys played the Wii.
Onawa and Evey :) poor Evey I blinded her with my flash.

Kyle and our buddy Luke.

Here's Onawa, Evey, Shanna, and Peyton :)

And here is our friends Tiffany, Peyton and Josh.

We are going to miss this guys a lot, but we are really excited for them to be closer to home, and working for the Lord.

UUHHHHHGGGG....cough, hack...cough....

oh yes that's right the Plague has descended on our house.

Friday - Mat had a tickle in his throat.
Saturday - he didnt feel good.. but we helped Andrew and Natasha move - in the rain
Sunday - he woke up with a fever - and progressively got worse
Monday - (supposed to be our V-day) He's still sick Coughing, sore throat, fever.
Tuesday - his coughs are wet.. and I'm starting to feel bad
Wednesday - (Mat's Birthday) we finally go to the dr. cause there is no point in me getting any more sick. Dr says we have strep or broncitis. Mat has a wicked fever and his blood pressure was through the roof. poor baby, he was REALLY sick. Happy Birthday bird :(
Thursday - we had high hopes after starting anti biotics and taking more meds we would feel better.. but no still sick
Friday. - Mat STILL wakes up with a fever, and calls into work again. He felt so bad because he's been saving up days to take off when Kenron gets here... but I told him, you didnt do this on purpose, you can't help being sick, and they dont want you there if you are sick. We've got 9 weeks to gets some more time saved up.

So.. this has been good practice for me at motherhood. I dont feel good, but I dont have the crazy fever and runny nose. So I've been going shopping for food, gatorade, and meds. Making sure Mat is drinking enough fluids.. and not sleeping well, because Mat is not sleeping well (coughing and hacking in my face.. thats just true love for you :) hehe) Poor baby. But it was good for me to have a reality check, and my mother is constantly gaining brownie points from my childhood the more I "grow up", understand and appreciate the things she did. :) (love you mom)

Good news is Kenron has been great. Kicking and moving around like a champ. And Mat and I said we've both really enjoyed our little sick vacation. We've just been catching up on movies and chillin on the couches together. Mat is understanding now my love/hate relationship with daytime television. hehe we had a long debate.. at the TV about it last night. Dont get me started. Down here in OK, they cover EVERYTHING during the day.. and 90% of the time the "breaking news" is nothing.. so you have watched 10 minutes (or more) of "live" crap when you could have been watching your show you WANTED to watch.. and they could have given us a two minute update in their afternoon or evening news... anyway that's the gist of it.. I told you, dont get me started :)

Ok really.. Mat promised me a date night once the "black lung" has left the premises. So I will make you a promise to bring a camera and have good pictures. Also I have another appointment next week.. but I dont think its a fun one.. and Mat has another appointment wed. to double check his blood pressure since it was so bad. We all think it's just cause he was sick, but better to be safe than sorry!
see you next time!

PS

I updated my little pregnancy ticker on the right to Kenron's exact birthday. Do you see what it says.... 10 weeks left! yikes! hehe I'm getting excited and a smidge overwhelmed at how much I still have to do.

I'm in my 3rd Trimester????

HOLY SMOKES! when did that happen!

These last two weeks were filled with stretching and moving.

Moving: The office around, and putting the futon in there instead of the baby's room.
- The baby room around, and I bought some fabric covered baskets to hold MORE baby stuff, so that was also moved around.

Stretching: My skin. My muscles. This kid is going through a growth spurt.

I've gained 15lbs so far, I'm pretty proud of that.. although new and itchy stretchmarks keep fogging my pride :)

Happy Valentines day to all of you! Mat and I are celebrating on monday (his day off) so I should have some more new pics of the belly.. and me a bit more dressed up than I am today :)

Also Mat's birthday is next week.. he will no longer be able to call me an old lady till July because he will be the same age as me.. good old 25.

I promise a more interesting post next week :) have a good one!

Kenron Pictures!! 26 weeks

Here he is!! somebody looks like his brother :) He's snuggling my belly (the round blob on the left) facing straight on.


Have you seen this sweet face before? This is Isaac


This is Kenron (posing, resting his face on his hand) SO CUTE!


This is his hands.. his left hand in the middle with his long fingers pointing to the left... his other hand is at the top of the pic, you can see the tips of his fingers.


this is his left foot, pointing up (coming out from the bottom of the pic.)


This is a side profile, he's looking to the left...(his nose is in the middle of the picture)

He weighs over two pounds now! The doctor and nurse kept saying "perfect". Perfect brain, perfect heart, perfect kidneys, perfect bladder... it was wonderful to see all those things in their proper place. He has gotten so big since the last time we saw him! The email updates I get say he's now the size of a 2 liter bottle.. I believe it!

Some lady in the nursery at church asked me (if front of 5 other ladies) are you having braxton hicks right now?? cause your belly looks like its tightening up! I said "uhh no, thats just me talking.. I'm full of baby" what a goofball. It was pretty funny. It made me think of when I was pregnant with the twins, and Morgan (Marvin) said "your belly looks like santa when you laugh!" hehe thanks marvin.

I'm getting tiny stretch marks at the tips of my old stretch marks.. it looks like my silvery lines have pink tips.. and of course they are coming UP.. UP more towards my boobs trying to touch my ribs... If I ever was under the impression that I could wear a bikini after all this I was brought back to reality after seeing THAT. Although I read something today that made me feel really good. I read in one of those Parenting.com articles the "reality of post baby bodies"... that sometimes your stomach muscles can get stretched beyond the point of "snapping back". and yes that made me feel better. I think we can all agree that my poor muscles have been stretched beyond the limit of posing for any pictures in a mid-drift anything.

Exibit A:

Pictures coming.. I promise

for those of you anxiously awaiting the new beautiful pics of Kenron, I'm desperately trying to get this dumb scanner working. Unfortunately it has gone beyond my point of intelligence and I am in need of my darling husband to come and save the day.

Oh boy, He is really cute though :) hehe, You wont be able to stand it!

For some entertainment till then:

This is a music video Will.i.am made because he was inspired by the speech Barack Obama made at the NH Primary.

This is not a political plug from me, I guess its more of an artist appreciating another persons interpretation of words that inspired him. I think its really interesting. Hope you enjoy!



I will get those ultrasound pics up asap! I promise.