a long time coming

Natalie Rose Bundy was born on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 (my due date!) at 6:44 am. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces, and was 21 inches long.

Love at first sight.

My water broke on Saturday afternoon, and our little pumpkin arrived 60-some hours later.

First family picture.

four days?

My due date is in four days.

Four. Days.

Is that crazy, or is that crazy?! I don't know if I'm ready. I mean, I am. I'm excited to meet the baby (REALLY excited) and we have everything all ready to go, but sometimes I wonder if I'm mentally prepared. I mean, I know what pregnancy entails. It's pretty much like my regular life before I was pregnant, except I weigh a lot more and don't move as fast and there's a person kicking my bladder. It's been pretty easy, and I can handle it.

In contrast, I have no idea what a baby will bring. Life will change. Drastically. Permanently. And I'm not sure I'm entirely prepared for it. Excited, yes. Prepared? Well...I guess we'll see.

My doctor told me this week that it could still be a couple weeks until baby makes his/her appearance. I think I am the first woman in the history of the world who sort of doesn't want to deliver on/before my due date. I'm totally down with being a week late.

Although any longer than that might be pushing it.

cookin' like crazy

Darren and I have been cooking and freezing lots of meals for when the baby comes. The past couple weekends we've made chicken enchiladas, cheesy potatoes, lasagna, meatloaf, tator tot hotdish, a cheesy chicken casserole, and some delicious homemade blueberry muffins.

YUM. I cannot wait to eat all this good food, especially since I haven't been eating very many "home-cooked" meals in the past couple months.

If anyone knows any delicious freezer-friendly meals, we're always ready to try something new.

Today is the day...

...I am so over being pregnant.

My entire pregnancy has been so easy, so pain-free, until this week. The swelling has finally gotten bad enough that it's driving me crazy. My ring barely fits, my feet are puffing over my shoes, and I gained two pounds in two days.

Not even cool.

And now, I'm done. I'm ready for this baby to come.

I can't believe I forgot...

...to make my bed.

And not just once. Twice.

Two times in the past two weeks I have forgotten to make my bed in the morning.

This. Never. Happens.

I almost didn't even know what to do with myself. The first time, I realized while I was at work that I had forgotten to make it before I left home. And the second time, yesterday, I didn't realize until I got home and saw it was still unmade!

What is this world coming to?

Why I Love...

...magazines.com.

I love to read magazines. So many helpful tips, recipes, and good stories.

A couple months ago I read about a website that had great deals on magazines: magazines.com.

Today I ordered a 15-issue subscription to Woman's Day for free. Free. As in, I paid zero dollars and zero cents by using a $10 gift certificate magazines.com had sent me via email.

And even better, when I use the website ebates.com to go to magazines.com, ebates calculates a portion of what I spent and will send me a rebate check quarterly. My last one was $15.

Awesome day.

wow

Wow, it's been a long time since I wrote a blog post. Almost two months.

Two months is a long time. Just think of all the things that can happen in two months!

Here's what happened to me:

-I gained six pounds.
-I ate seventeen hot dogs and twenty-five s'mores.
-Okay, I actually gained eight pounds.
-I ate thirteen bowls of ice cream...
-...and one bag of dark chocolate M&M's.
-Really, I gained ten pounds. I swear, that's it!
-I realized I no longer cared about weight gain, and started eating potato chips daily.

I've just been plugging (or waddling) along, enjoying the last few weeks of pregnancy. We're in the final countdown now! At 35 weeks, there are only 5 weeks left until my due date. I can't believe it's so close!

And I promise I will try to write again soon. And think of something more exciting than my ten pounds weight gain to share with you.