Everyone has an opinion...

I got a lot of opinions when I was planning our wedding...shame on me for thinking the same thing wouldn't happen when we had a baby!

It all started with the vacation I took with my mom, aunt and cousin. Every meal was spent with my mom and aunt obsessing over baby names. At some point during the week they even started a list on a piece of paper that my aunt carried around in her purse and whipped out at every meal. Needless to say, none of those names made it onto our list.

Then, it continued when I announced to my boss and co-workers that I was expecting. I have one co-worker in particular who thinks that because she's a mother, she's the resident expert on pregnancy and childrearing. "Oh the heartbeat was 153? You're going to have a girl, that's what my daughters heartbeat was"...."Do you really think you should be drinking that Diet Coke? It might be caffeine-free, but what about the aspartame?"....and my personal favorite: "Were you guys trying to get pregnant?" (Seriously????)

My mom and I got into a heated "discussion" about breast-feeding the other day. I told her I was planning to breast-feed, but I was also planning to pump. A) Breastfeeding skeeves me out, I'm only doing it because I don't want to pay for formula. B) Keith has already told me he wants to be able to feed the baby too, and he can't exactly feed the baby with my boob. C) I'm returning to work and I want our baby to have breast-milk for as long as he/she can. So yes mother, I'm going to breastfeed AND pump. D) I don't want to breastfeed in public. I want the option to bring a bottle or three with me. You'd think I had told her I was planning on feeding my baby Bud Light and Red Bull. "Women do NOT pump!! It's either breastfeeding or formula! You don't need to pump, just breastfeed, it's so much easier." Apparently she wasn't listening when I told her that my loving, caring husband wanted to be a part of our child's feedings and the fact I'll be returning to work and want my child to continue to drink breast-milk.

I'm only 14 weeks along...I can only imagine it gets worse from here!

I wonder if the Baptism question will come up with my grandparents this weekend.....

We're having a baby!

Most of my blog "followers" already know this, but Bagel and Cream Cheese are having a baby!

As of today, I'm 12w2d along and feeling great! I've had fatigue pretty bad, but no morning sickness (thank goodness!) I've heard some awful horror stories, so I've been keeping my fingers and toes crossed ever since I got my BFP! While I was on vacation a few weeks ago, my feet and ankles swelled up pretty good from the 9 hour plane ride, so I had a nice preview of what that will be like! I've had some smell and food aversions as well -- I've noticed that I can no longer tolerate the smell of my husband's dirty laundry, or the sight of fish. Pizza and fried foods are on my "can no longer eat" list. I begged Keith to order pizza the other night and could barely eat an entire slice.

We had our first ultrasound today and it was amazing to finally see our baby. It's measuring right on track at 12w3d and had a nice, strong heartbeat of 153. Hearing the "woosh woosh woosh woosh" of the heartbeat gave me chills....seeing and hearing the baby made it all seem a little more real. Keith was able to come to the appointment and the look on his face was priceless -- his eyes were glued to the monitor in awe. He's going to make such a great daddy :)

Our home-painting masterpiece...sorta

I finally got around to uploading some work-in-progress pictures of our house. We've painted the living room, dining room and kitchen. I LOVE the way the colors turned out. Painting was a giant PITA, but I'm glad we did it. It makes out house feel more like our own. We're about 80% unpacked, but I'm missing a light fixture in the dining room and have yet to hang any pictures on the wall. I wonder how long it'll take me to get around to that..

Dining Room before...

Dining room after....Chalky Blue (Pittsburg Paints)

Living Room before...

Living Room after...the green is Cavern Moss (Pittsburg Paints) and I have no clue what the neutral color is, but it's also by Pittsburg Paints

Kitchen before (view#1)

Kitchen after (view #1) The fridge didn't change colors, I swear, it's just the lighting!

Kitchen before (view #2)

The walls are a little darker than this picture shows...I'm in love with the color!

Kitchen before (view #3)

Kitchen after (view#3)

We're eventually completely re-doing the guest room (ripping out carpet and replacing windows) but that won't be for a while...our next "big" project will be refinishing the walls in the stairwell going upstairs and replacing the flooring on the landing upstairs. I'm going for new hardwoods (it's only about 5x8 area) and Keith is pushing to just re-do the planking flooring that's already there...we'll see how that goes! :)

Our house!

Because I have zero patience to post all the pictures of our house on my blog, here's a link to the bio I made for the Nest.

Enjoy!!

http://thehayeshome.googlepages.com/home

Oh paint, how you frustrate me!

So, Keith and I are closing on our house next week (wahoooo!!!) which means we'll be painting next weekend.

Ugh. Have I mentioned how much I despise picking out paint. I knew I wanted a light "warm" sage green color for the kitchen since it'll go nicely with the cabinets and the counters. What I didn't know is that there are 37 different types of "light sage green". Arrrgh. And don't even get me started on trying to pick colors for the dining room and living room.

After some much appreciated advice from some fellow Knotties/Nesties, I'm off to Lowe's and Menard's to pick up some paint samples and paint on posterboards. Then it's off to the house to hold the painted posterboards up in the different rooms and decide which ones to use.

Here's hoping!!

C25K workouts -- FAIL.

Yep, I've done one C25k workout in two weeks. Fail.

Ugh. I've got to get over whatever funk I'm in. I took Harley for loooong walk yesterday and it felt great. We did just under 2 miles and my body feels it today. Our road is a lot more hilly than I remember.

I haven't signed up for it yet, but I'm aiming to run in the Cheetah Chase 5k at our local zoo in late July.

I've got to do this...my BHM girls are counting on me! But I'm losing motivation in a serious way...it just sucks because this lack of motivation and feeling of disappointment in myself is so familiar...and I'm so tired of it.

I'm running a (gulp) 5k?!

So, since I've joined the 20/20 challenge, I was placed in a buddy group with 4 other amazing women (Hi Misha, Joy, Nicole and Anna!!!) We're calling ourselves "Becoming Hot Mama's" because we all have the same common goal of wanting to be a healthy weight and living a healthy lifestyle before TTC.

We all decided to start the C25K program....and we're all going to be running 5k's in our respective hometowns this spring!

I'm not a runner. I never have been, not even when I was active and in-shape in my high school years. Sure, I'd run the 1-mile "warm-up" before cheerleading practice with no problem, but I never enjoyed it. And here I am, with a TON of weight to lose and I'm committing to run a 5k in a few months....am I nuts?!

I think I'm nuts, but I've gotta do it. The girls in our buddy group are super supportive and way motivational. Now, I just need to find a local 5k! The only two I've found are either 1) while I'm on my cruise or 2) not until July 27th! I don't want to wait that long, but I'll run that one if I have to. It's at our local zoo, so that might make for some fun scenery!

Now it's time to lace up my running shoes, grab the dog's leash and hit the pavement!