Latest finding in the shower which I left there for at least a week a carrot top.

The Wonderful World of Baby Bedding!!!

So when I was first pregnant I stumbled upon these designs for baby bedding unfortunately they are pretty pricey but now nothing else will do.
http://www.laylagrayce.com/Products/Serena-and-Lily-Crib-Bedding-Set-Maggie__SL1100.aspx
and
http://www.laylagrayce.com/Products/Serena-and-Lily-Crib-Bedding-Set-Kate__SL3.aspx
I've found some other ones for boys that are ok but I really want a girl so I can buy one of them I'm leaning towards the second.
For boys I like
http://www.target.com/DwellStudio-Target-Hippo-Bedding-Collection/dp/B002LEVBBU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&searchView=grid5&keywords=hippo%20baby%20bedding&fromGsearch=true&sr=1-1&qid=1295928538&rh=&searchRank=target104545&node=1038576|1287991011&searchSize=30&sessionID=178-9290466-5196146&searchPage=1&searchNodeID=1038576|1287991011&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&frombrowse=0
and
http://www.amazon.com/Carters-Elephant-Piece-Bedding-Green/dp/B0026O458Q
more neutral options:
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?sku=16070190&utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=shopping This reminds me of watching Bambi with my little sister in the movie theater when she was no more than 2 or 3 and she cried and sobbed and wailed (if you haven't watched Bambi stop reading here) like she lost her own mother when Bambi lost his.
and
http://www.amazon.com/Carters-Tall-Tales-4-Piece-Crib/dp/B002PO76S8/ref=sr_1_6?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1295929023&sr=1-6
and one more
http://www.target.com/Piece-Baby-Crib-Bedding-Madagascar/dp/B001NDLA6G/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&searchView=grid5&keywords=baby%20bedding&fromGsearch=true&sr=1-6&qid=1295929079&rh=&searchRank=target104545&id=Piece%20Baby%20Crib%20Bedding%20Madagascar&node=1038576|1287991011&searchSize=30&searchPage=1&searchNodeID=1038576|1287991011&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&frombrowse=
oh and one more but it needs that crib to go with it
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3905912

anyway we'll see where price meets style for me I was hoping for a dragonfly theme but they were all kind of cheesy looking anyway TJ is ready to move on to other FHE activities it's a good thing I'm the mom because he likes the pooh bear bedding no offense I love Pooh Bear but I've just seen too much of it some of it really good and some of it really tacky.

The thing they never tell you!

I can't complain my pregnancy has been relatively easy compared to many I hear. My main complaint would have to be smells that bring nausea and I have to wear different clothes but what did I expect right. After becoming pregnant though all my coworkers and other women friends just let loose on the gory details like I had joined some secret members only club. I feel it my duty to educate all women who are thinking about one day becoming pregnant. Things like your ab muscles separate and sometimes take months to come back together and sometimes not in the right place, freaky!!! You pee your pants, so far I haven't noticed or experienced these but wow! Next up the Dr has to stick there hand/vacuum up places after birth sheez, what did they do before Dyson?! You can't get out of bed because it's physically impossible at certain points and if you some how manage to you might throw up because of the pressure on your tummy. Your memory becomes shot permanently and then your baby gets teeth and bites you! Clearly I need to go to bed but there is more I just can't remember it all, see loosing the memory, maybe that's why women forget to tell you. It has given me greater appreciation for my mom though, she must have really wanted me to go through this 5 times me being the 4th and to think I was once in her tummy and made her vomit oh that just makes my heart warm because for some strange or not so strange reason I too feel that it will all be worth it!

Vote!

I'm a bit obsessed everyday I check my voting poll like 3 times please vote, not that it will make a difference on what our baby actually is but I'm just so excited to find out what our baby is. VOTE ALREADY!

What will the wee Connolly be?

Please cast your guess on what the new little Connolly will be, guessing ends Feb 1st when we have our ultrasound!

T to the J

It's 36 mins till the celebration of TJ's birth and I'm still awake. If I stayed up a couple more hours I could make him breakfast. Hmmmm maybe that is why he set his alarm clock in front of me and told me the time he was waking up. I couldn't fall asleep thinking of how much I love him and coincidentally I have a really good reason to write about him tonight. Reflecting on my favorite times with T.J.:
-Traveling, when we road-trip we always pack as much produce as we can that would otherwise go bad in a cooler along with other healthy snacks. I love by day 3 when we are eating Adam's peanut-butter with everything carrots, bread, etc. and even though the carrots might be soggy or really dry and I wish I had something fresh, I'm grateful that we are eating that instead of McDonald's.
-Cooking/eating good food together, T.J. really appreciates food especially my cooking, every time I make something he says "that was the best (insert food) ever and really means it".
-This last summer at my family cabin up on Mt Evans, CO there was nothing but us nature, fire, and love. I wish we could have stayed there longer.
-The 4th of July at Grand Lake, sigh, I could live there in the summer with Teej!
-Whenever he comes home or I come home he always gives me the kind of hug that makes life worth living.
-When I start to tease T.J. he turns into another person, actually we both morph into little kids and can stay up all night making each other laugh. My favorite is when I annoy him so bad that I get some sort of head tapping torture, to which I pretend to get really upset till he stops and then go right back to my annoying ways or reversing the torture on him.
-How whenever I'm MIA T.J. calls and says "Can't wait to see the new shoes!".
-How ridiculous his dance moves are, he has the longest legs I've ever seen and can sure twist those hips, they are actually pretty impressive, the dance moves that is.
-Taking to him when he's talking in his sleep, hahaha!
-When we watched Charlie, a sappy movie on our laptop in bed, when I looked over at him his extremely long eyelashes were drooping with big tear drops over his big clear blue eyes.
-That brings me to my first and favorite those big blue eyes that have a twinkly sparkle when he smiles his great big smile, that when I first looked into I knew I had finally found my home and remind me of that everyday:-)
-Oh and I almost forgot I love that little freckle or whatever it is just above his lip, it just tops off his perfect handsomeness so much, I really don't think there is a more handsome man in the whole world through and through!

The Good Fairy

On a typical day I take a shower and leave my towel wherever it conveniently may land, the next morning it's magically back on the towel rack where I need it in the morning. I usually pull out blenders and cutting boards and leave them all over the kitchen, and most days when I arrive home they are magically clean and put away. Yesterday I had to work and T.J. cleaned the house it was spotless. This morning he left for a meeting before me and when we arrived home together we both looked around and wondered who had trashed the place. Strangely it was all my stuff, I just can't figure it out;-). I used to be a neat person but having a husband that spoils me has ruined me.

Peely Lips

This winter I have noticed I bite my lip about every 30 seconds. I do this in order to bite off the peely skin that is constantly shedding. Today I was out shopping with TJ and saw another guy do the same thing. I sighed and thought "phew I'm not the only one". I attribute this to winter, pregnancy and a heater vent that blows on my face at night. I'm not sure how I can possibly have so much skin to bite off constantly, you think they would bleed. I drink water and other fluids all day long. Maybe I just need to find my chapstick. Anyway, anyone else have this problem?

Pet Peeves

I really am in an extremely blissful mood but I just wanted to share three pet peeves of mine. Yes three, and if you do one of these or even all three, well I'm not sorry, maybe you'll learn not to do them.

Pet Peeve #1- Icy sidewalks, parking lots etc, tonight my car slid in a parking lot and almost hit a bunch of parked cars luckily there was a dry patch and no peds in the way. However upon traversing back to my car I wiped out, my knee had such agonizing pain I cried, it's all better now though, but I'm going to go buy some claws for my shoes now!

Pet Peeve #2- Babies with bigger bows/flowers than their heads. Big bows and flowers are cute, I'll even venture to say a really big one is cute, but please don't send me a picture of a flower, I want to see your newest addition not some cheap felt or fake flower, if it pleases you adjust the flower so that it's not blocking babies entire head off in photos so that my thought isn't "wow, great gaudy flower, but oh what a feminine little girl with a flower on her head" I hope you think your kid is better looking than a fake flower headband! If you are looking at your family pictures and realizing it's you, it's OK, just don't do it again! Your child will be grateful and so will I!

Pet Peeve #3- Visible Cleavage/Boobs- Put those away!!! The only one who wants to see them is lonely men, and you don't want a lonely man, they are creepy!!! Sure you can be proud of your girls but putting them up to your chin just makes you look fat, and wearing really low cut clothes makes you look like that's all your good for, you tatas.

Enough said for tonight, I'm glad I got all that out, hopefully you find this humorous and not offensive.