prego

You know you are pregnant when:

• You cry when you hear on the radio that the last WWI vet died
• you come home and make homemade mac and cheese with 3 kinds of cheeses, those little bones must be growing!
• you wake up in the middle of the night starving but don't want to get out of bed for the 3rd time
• you are incapable of walking quickly to the bathroom, instead you waddle
• if you haven't gotten up 3 times at night your tongue is like sandpaper
• you get great delight out of looking at really small clothes
• you name your baby something new everyday, I think that's just me
• you have a pile of clothes on the floor that no longer fit flatteringly over the bump
  

Update

Today our baby grooved to one of Jack's more upbeat songs:-) I also read our update as I am 22 weeks today and it says that studies show he can hear noises outside the womb, I can attest that this is a true statement!

love or hate MJ and U2?

Today I was driving in my car I decided to put Jack on hold and flip through the radio stations to see if there was anything new I was missing out on. A Michael Jackson song came on and our baby started moving quite wildly, song ended he was done. So I flipped through the stations and no movement till U2, and the same thing happened song ended and he was done. Either he really likes them or he really doesn't I like both of them I can't say I listen to them all the time and maybe that is what got him going something besides Jack Johnson and mommies voice. Usually I listen to my ipod while running in the morning which I assume he can't hear and Jack Johnson for my 5 minute commute to work. Anyway, I'm trying to listen to more music to see what he responds to.

Colorado

I really miss Colorado today! I was driving in my car today thinking, my child will be born in Utah, he will think of Salt Lake as I think of Colorado Springs. This made me cry. I love it here I really do, but Colorado Springs will always be my home, well at least my first home. Something about the mountains there sigh, anyway, I think he is going to get more than a few trips there!

Fictionist

Please do the following:
1. Pause my playlist on the right towards the bottom that big green thing.
2. Press play on one or both of the Fictionist songs located on the top right in the Rolling Stone box
3. Love them
4. Go vote for them, and by vote for them I mean give them 5 stars!!!

Fictionist is in a contest to be the next up and coming band! I really think they are awesome not just because the curly haired guy is my husband's brother. I actually heard of them before I heard of my husband from a friend and checked them out and totally loved them! They used to be called Good Morning Maxfield in case any of you have been around the Provo music scene for a while. Stuart the lead singer has amazing vocals and I can't begin to describe the over all musical talent of everyone in the band. I don't think there is an instrument that someone in the band can't play. As far as I know and especially in my book every single one of them was a childhood music prodigy. They are refreshing yet comforting and that's the best way I know how to describe them in my own words. So stop reading vote and share!

Valentines Day

After a cookie, a mini-cupcake, and two Hershey's Kisses and than stepping on the scale I decided to throw the rest of the cake I made away. It was an amazing recipe I'll have to post it some time.

In celebration of the big day, I made 1-eyed jack heart toast for TJ and a heart mobile inspired by Martha Stewart who accompanies me every morning as I get ready for work.

Here's me at 20 weeks 4 days, today at work I got half the people saying you don't look pregnant at all and the other half saying I looked 25 weeks, I swear I'm only eating salad, fruit, and protein for the rest of my pregnancy.

The little guy has started getting on my nerves already! Really, my outer left thigh goes numb about once a day till I sit down, at first I thought I had a blood clot and flipped, but my Dr and the nurses have all said this is normal, as my uterus is growing and getting heavier when I stand it drops and presses on my nerves, sometimes I just have to jiggle our little guy and than it goes away he really has found some cozy spot on them. I'm not sure if getting on my nerves in the womb is a good omen. Oh and I have to note that yesterday he gave me a huge whack, I'm pretty sure it was an arm. We were sitting at church and I jumped and gasped grabbing my belly. Regardless of all this mom-abuse, I'm super excited to meet him and hold him and have two Valentine's next year. We've been trying to name him and so far it's been different every day. We just might need to see the little guy.

To the Mothers!

Dear moms, soon to be moms, wish you were moms, people who had a good mom or are married to a good mom (in the rare case any males read my blog), what would you say makes a good mom, what attributes characteristics etc???

listening

After analyzing marriages including my own, those around me, and the divorce of my parents I've always had the theory that everyone goes through phases through marriage. Sometimes they might be ugly phases but if you remember it's just a phase than you can get through anything. However upon discussing with a friend our parents struggling marriages at work Tuesday my stance has further evolved, we decided that a better key would be to be willing to listen you your spouse. When TJ and I were fist married I realized some of my own faults and it brought me great sorrow. Than for a while whenever TJ would point out a fault I would get really mad and say something to hurt him. Finally I realized he is incapable of saying hurtful things and started to listen.

For example one day we were walking his brothers dog (in my defense I have trained many a dog how to walk), this dog will pull you into a run for about 2 miles but we were walking so I kept teaching her to walk by pulling on her collar when she ran and telling her she was a good girl when she walked by me, than we walked by some friends/neighbors and TJ starts to look in their front window. I am mortified, you don't look in peoples windows!!! So I tell him "Don't look in their window" to which he responds "oh they are waving" and waves back. I was raised not to look into peoples windows sure I'm curious and maybe as I drive by I will quickly glance but you just don't stare as you stroll by! Afterward, TJ pointed out that I might be a bit controlling citing the dog and my telling him what to do, granted I will say there is truth to that statement, I was mad but I listened and I really am trying to apply it. This past Sunday I did something again I can't remember what but he pointed out that I was telling him what to do again and I remembered my commitment to listen and change. Anyway my point is not that we should go around pointing out each others faults but be willing to listen with an open heart when our spouse is trying to tell us something.

So many times I used to look back and think maybe if my mom hadn't divorced my dad they would have gotten through it, but then I remember my dad at that time, he's a great man but I would say he was going through a phase back then, a little bossy, a little strict, and he didn't really consult with my mom about big decisions which his now wife has set him straight on. If my mom just could have said to my dad in a loving manner "you're being a little bossy" and he could have said "you're right" well they wouldn't have had to split their lives in two and both would have been saved a lot of pain. One of the other keys to all of this is to be trustable and full of love in what you say to your spouse, with intentions of communication not to hurt them. TJ is good at pointing it out and dropping it, I on the other hand can point it out and an hour later bring up further evidence, which is generally unnecessary. Anyway I'm not an expert on marriage but I'm against divorce for petty things and like I said this is my observation and understanding thus far of the things I've experienced and know.

Trying to decide still

These are my final choices thus far the houndstooth is $99.00 on overstock, the hippos is $85.99 at Target, the zoo animals are also at Target for $75.99, the Deer are $149.00 at Burlington Coat Factory, the elephants are $139.00 on Amazon, the birds are $180.00, and the retro yellow and green is $276.50 from Serena and Lily
I think this is OK right, I'm not really sure if it's ok to copy and paste these pics I just am trying to decide for myself and free advertising right.

Bewildering looks and it's a Boy!!!!!!

For the 13 of my followers who guessed boy you were right!!! For the rest of us, well many of us were fooled. The Andreadakis' always grow equally but ours was the odd one so there was really no knowing. Our ultrasound was really fun everything looks great, when we zoomed in on his face he had his hand above his head his mouth open and was waving at us. He also seems really obsessed with his mouth as he kept putting his fingers in it and touching it. TJ spotted his boy parts before the technician did. I almost said "it might be the umbilical chord" but my mind was quickly settled as both came into clear view. We are excited, he will have lots of boy cousins within about a year radius to grow with as well as many friends. Our neighbors and friends upstairs just had a baby boy last week. Luckily I bought the green houndstooth carseat and not the girly one phew. Both times we went stroller shopping he was doing backflips and kicks, he is really excited about his stroller! It's funny to think that we spend more on the little guy than ourselves and we haven't even officially met him and neither of us seem the least bit bothered.

For the week of the ultrasound our son has decided to make himself known in more ways than the ultrasound as I now have a rather large bump. Most people at work know I'm pregnant, but it's not something you walk around telling everyone, so it's fun to see some faces click that used to stare bewildered at my middle, and it's even more akward when people still stare bewildered at my middle when I'm talking to them, maybe I should get one of those shirts and wear it for a week or two that says something to the effect that "I'm pregnant!"

None the less I'm excited to have a boy I always dreamed of having 6 boys and 1 girl, I had 2 older brothers and 1 little non-dramatic sister, so I really wanted to avoid all the backstabbing emotional drama I saw in women around me. Plus girls are usually princessy and tomboy which adds up to expensive, boys you buy 3 t-shirts and you have to convince them to change after they play ball. Through my nannying days, my mission, my schooling, and chuch service all involved quite heavily with women I decided I finally really understood women and am much better with girls and should have one of those first, well here goes nothing, what I have gathered about boys:

• smile at them and be really happy to see them so they know you love them
  
• feed them
• balls and wrestling
• make them laugh
  

and that's about it, I'm convinced. If you have any suggestions please feel free.