Never a Dull Moment

Yesterday morning, there was something just not right. I didn't feel very good, I kept getting nauseous, and then the entire morning at work, my stomach was so hard and contracting. By the afternoon, Megan, my Mom and Amy had all convinced me to start timing them, and at least call my dr. The nurse said that if I had more than 4 an hour, then I needed to go home and lay down, drink water, and then see if they went away. Well, I did that, and of course they didn't stop. So even though they weren't insanely painful, they still suggested I go to the hospital b/c the contractions were still making my body and uterus work so hard, and needed to be stopped.

So Eric and i drove up to the hospital around 5:30 pm, checked in, and while the nurse was hooking me up monitors, I kept saying "I dont even think we should be here, you're probably just gonna send me right back home." She was kinda laughing at me, and said she'd check anyway. So after I was all hooked up, she checked my cervix and I wasn't dilated. Then she left and said she'd monitor contractions. After about 25 minutes, she came back in and said "Well, you're having contractions about every 5-7 minutes, and that's way more than we want you to be having." The decision was whether to stop the contractions with "brethine" (a shot) or to send me home to drink fluids. But the contractions kept getting stronger and a little longer, so Dr K said he wanted them stopped with drugs. Im sure that several people have had to have a shot like this, that stops your contractions...but it is the craziest feeling! The side effect is that it makes your heart race, and you are so anxious and jittery! I felt like a spaz for about 45 minutes. But it worked! The nurse also informed me that I was severely dehydrated, and I told her that was impossible b/c all I had done all day was DOWN water! But they had to give me an IV of fluids anyway.

Finally around 9 pm, they let us leave. After this Sunday, I'll be 36 weeks, and the nurse said they won't try to stop them again. I still think 36 weeks is too early, but at least I know if I start having them again, to wait until it's the real deal. (If I'll even know the difference). I was told to take it easy this weekend, but Im not restricted in any way. Except that Eric has INSISTED that he does all the grocery shopping from now on, and all the errand running! I hope he knows what he signed up for, b/c Im a spaz about running errands! Every day it seems like I have somewhere to go or something to do! He thinks he's putting a stop to all of this, so I'll play it his way for awhile. After all, he's just trying to protect me and Gavin!

Relaxing weekend HERE WE COME! :)

Recipe Club Success

Last night I hosted my first recipe club get-together. A small group of about 10 of us have been getting together once a month since June of this year. We each make a dish, and then everyone samples them all, drinks some wine (or in my case, water), and we hang out for the evening. The next day we each email our recipes to those that came!

We usually don't do a theme, so that everyone can bring whatever they want. But last month we did tailgating food. The funny thing about that is there were hardly any recipes to be passed around the next day b/c we made easy tailgate food like dips, meatballs, pigs in a blanket, etc. But we had fun, so who cares!

This month we did a Halloween theme, and everyone did an awesome job of bringing themed food, and even some regular food so we all didn't get sick from the desserts! I tried to be very festive with the decorations...

Sommer made mummy dogs, which we decided look a little like they are wearing turbans!

Lyndsie made caramel apples with Heath bar...yummy

Megan Eskridge made a cheese ball with a scary face!

I guess I didn't even take a picture of my pumpkin dip and ginger snaps! But they were deeee-licious! We also had Bruschetta made my Lauren, Chicken Tetrazzini made by Jenny Rodgers and Pumpkin bread made by Shannon Pawley. All the food was so good, and we had a great time hanging out for the evening.

Shannon and Megan

Jenny and Sommer

Lauren, me and Lyndsie

For the next few months, we get to do more themes, like Thanksgiving and Christmas. We're all looking forward to them, and hopefully I get to make it to next month's party!

Recipe for Pumpkin dip:

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 (15 ounce) can solid pack pumpkin
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice

In a medium bowl, blend cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Gradually mix in the pumpkin. Stir in the cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice until smooth and well blended. Chill until serving.

THIS DIP IS AMAZING!

Recipe for Ginger Snaps:

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup butter - softened

1 cup shortening

2 eggs

1/2 cup molasses

4 cups flour

3 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 tsp ginger

1 tsp allspice

2 tsp cinnamon

Always sift dry ingredients! Mix all dry ingredients, and then all wet ingredients, separately. Slowly add the dry ingredients, by sifting.

Roll in 1" balls and then coat in sugar

Bake 350 for 8-10 minutes - Dont Overbake!

Happy Baking!

Baby G's Room...FINALLY!

After several months of Baby G's room coming together SLOWLY, I finally feel like we're far enough along that I can post some pics! But let's start at the beginning...

Eric putting the crib together

Finished product

So then I added the bedding and mobile...

Next comes paint. I only did a tiny bit, so no scolding me please!

Thank you for painting the room!

Accent wall = COMPLETE

Mom (Grandma) came over to help me hang the monkey on the vines

I love this monkey!

Room is almost finished! This is the wall that the crib will stay on, and I just put up his lil saying today! "Our little Ray of Sunshine" (since his middle name is Ray)

Changing table, storage unit, and LOTS of monkeys!

With the curtains and his monkey in the Moses Basket

I love the room so much! Now just waiting on the glider to come in, and then a few more final touches!

35 Weeks on 10/10/10

10.10.10 - Add those together and that's almost how much weight I have gained. LOL! 5 weeks to go, and I think Gavin's weight is multiplying by the day. It definitely CAN'T be me just putting on the weight! :) So I blame Gavin for the insane size of my tummy. But as long as he's healthy and growing, he can make me gain as much as he needs!

Every day we get more and more excited for how much our lives are going to change in just a few short weeks! I am looking forward to some serious time off of work, so that I can devote my time to Baby G, my family and enjoying the holidays! I don't think my maternity leave could be during a more perfect time of year!

My only consistent craving is CHOCOLATE MILK, which is God's gift to this earth. Thank you for creating cows God, you're the bomb.com! I dont know how to function if I can't have it. Of course my back is still hurting, and I sleep about 3 to 4 hours a night, but I can handle those symptoms for a few more weeks.

Shower, Birthday, PARTY!

Before you ask, YES...I am Superwoman! I made it to a baby shower, birthday party, and then an engagement party all in one day! I knew this day was coming for about a month, so Ive pretty much been preparing myself for it since then!

I started out yesterday morning going to my good friend Brittany's shower in Norman. I had to go early, and then leave WAY early, but I was still glad to see her! She is due in January, and is having a baby girl! Ever since I have known her, our lives have followed one another pretty closely. I think we got engaged within a month of each other, married within a month of each other, and now our children will only be a few months apart! It's crazy how life works out that way.

Me at 35 weeks, Brit at 25 weeks (i look huge)

Next we headed to the OKC Zoo for Hailey's bday party. I picked Eric up and we headed to the other side of town. My little baby girl is 3!! She's definitely not a baby anymore though. She is so beautiful and grown up. Every day I am amazed at what she says or does. The kids got to pet a bunny, have cake and ice cream, and then head out into the zoo to see all the animals. They loved it!

Blowing out her candles

Hailey, Cruz and Peyton ALL opened presents!


Then that evening, we had Lyndsie and Scott's engagement party. Scott's aunt put on such a great party, and really went to a lot of trouble! I mean, Ive never been to a party with Turkey Legs!! The food was great, and we all had such a great time!

Who needs Champagne when you can share turkey legs!! :)


Scott and Lyndsie's Toast

Me and my Bestest Buddy! I just love her!

Cake cutting time

It's a good thing I love parties, since this day was full of them! But each one was special, and Im glad I got to be a part of all 3!

OU / TX Watch Party

This year we did the unthinkable....we stayed home from OU/TX Weekend. It was the weirdest feeling the whole weekend. Eric and I just kept saying "Right now we would be going to Uncle Julios for dinner" or "We would be headed to the fair!" But we have bigger things going on right now, and needed to rest for Gavin's sake. I think he appreciated it too, because a weekend like that is really hard on a 7 month pregnant Kimmy!

We had Mom and the Blackburns and Cindy over for a watch party. It was absolutely beautiful outside, so we grilled some burgers, and Hailey and I relaxed in the shade! She asked me to come sit by her, then told me that "Sometimes when I sit here, I do this" and put her hands behind her head. She has so much personality, and it cracks me up!

Amy took another pic of Gavin that I really like. And we even got a very cute Sister Pic!


OU won 28-20, and it was a great game!

Happy OU/TX Weekend!

Baby Class.....NO MORE!

In the spirit of preparing for our first child, Eric and I signed up for a childbirth class at Baptist, where we are delivering. The first class was last night, and Eric and I both decided that we would be positive about the class, and see how informative it was. The good news...there are only 3 classes! The bad news....it's from 7-9:30 PM! Don't these people know that I like to be asleep by 9? I know, Im a loser!

Our teacher was very informative, and gave LOTS of detail. Poor Eric, he can't stand all the medical stuff, the pictures, the descriptive reenactments of what happens! And then once the video of natural childbirth came on, I really lost him! I have to say that it's a little more detail than even I wanna know. Im sure that several of you think that seeing a baby born is the "most amazing thing ever!" While I also believe that a baby is a miracle from God, I have no desire to see all the happenings and all the "business!" Eric and I will be hanging out at the top of the bed waiting for the smoke to clear!

But there were several great things about the class too! We got to tour the hospital, learned all about the rooms and where and when everything happens. We learned to PRE-ADMIT (best idea ever) to the hospital, so we don't have to do paperwork when we get there! But after the tour, I started to get really tired, then I started to get HOT and grumpy. THEN, my fingers and toes started to swell from being hot and walking all around the hospital! At this point, I was miserable, and ready to go home. When we finally left, we made the decision that, while the class was informative, it's too late for me in the evening, and we don't want anymore detail than we already got! One class was perfect, and we are now as ready and informed as we are going to be for little Baby Gavin's arrival!

Wish us luck, only 6 more weeks to go!