You know it is one of those days when…

~It takes 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to work and you only left an hour early.

~Both adults in the house forget to put the trash out and both trash cans are filled to.the.max

~You come home to an open garage door and the door to the house open

It’s a good thing that there weren’t robbers wandering our neighborhood. They would have seen our house and found it hard not to walk-in. We were practically making it too easy to pass up.

Thankfully I have an obedient dog that likes his home much more than a new adventure. Otherwise it would have REALLY been one of those days as I wandered the neighborhood, searching for a white dog in a snow storm.

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

When I was at the movies last Friday, I definitely did not walk out of the restroom with one of my shirts still lifted over my belly because I had forgotten about it after pulling down my tank top. Not Me! I am always put together and don’t forget how to dress myself. Then when I was at church this Sunday, I certainly did not introduce myself to a girl named Rachel and then re-introduce myself to her 5 minutes later. A good Christian girl would never do such a rude thing especially when meeting someone new to the church.

And because we chose to find out the sex of the Little Farm and then wait to tell our family for six days, I did not use the pronoun “he” when speaking of the aforementioned baby to a random stranger. There is no way that I would tell a stranger before my own mother. Not me!

Little Farm’s Gender Reveal Party

We sent out the invites about a month ago (via email):

What team are you on????

Little Farm

Gender Reveal Party

February 6th, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Appetizers and dessert will be served

Bring a dollar to participate in the due date pool

Most importantly, wear the color of your respective team.

(hint: blue for Team Boy; pink for Team Girl)

Little Farm’s Parents Hope to See You There!!!!

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My theme was boy vs. girl so everything was pink and blue.

About 30 of our family and closest friends came and our house was PACKED! {just the way we like it}

When guests arrived, our front door had an “It’s a girl” and “It’s a boy” sign {forgot to take a pic of that}

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We had everyone bring a dollar to guess Little Farm’s birthday

The person who guesses closest to the actual date and time of the baby’s birth{without going over} will when the money

I was hoping some kind soul would put down May 30th for my benefit but everyone tended to stay right around my due date.

Here are some of the decorations and the cupcakes that contained the blue or pink colored M&M that would reveal Little Farm’s gender :

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Boy and Girl drinks:

Girls had pink Lemonade, sparkling italian soda, iced tea

Boys had Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Pepsi and Root Beer

More of the cupcakes, yum!

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The food table:

The “girl” food:

Cucumber Sandwiches

Lemon poppy-seed mini muffins

Fruit with yogurt dip

Hazelnut Pirouettes

Yogurt covered raisins

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The “boy” food:

Chips (Ruffles, sour cream & onion Lays, nacho flavored Doritos)

Beef Jerky

Pigs in a blanket

Pizza

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Now for the respective teams…

First we have Team Girl!

Mostly girls and yours truly.

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And now Team Boy!

A good mix of different people

And of course Turbo and David were on the boy team

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Now it’s time for the big reveal!

Everyone got their own cupcake

and bit into it at the same time to see…

a BLUE M&M!!!!!

We are going to have a precious little boy

Elijah Michael Farmer

which means I shall remain the only girl in our household.

It’s a hard job being the only princess but someone has to do it.

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I loved having this party. It was hard to keep it a secret an entire week but completely worth it in the end. I had gotten the cupcake reveal idea from another blog but David and I came up with the other elements of the party on our own.

I especially loved being able to tell our entire family at the same time. It is the first grandson on David’s side and that made it even more special.

Grocery List

Here is my grocery list for the party this weekend:

Nothing too thrilling or out of the ordinary upon first glance.

Well, except for spelling Kabobs with an extra “O”

oops!

Then David pointed out to me that the 2nd to last item on my list was a little strange:

“Lung for cupcakes”

??????

No idea where that one came from or what it was supposed to be originally.

But clearly my baking life and professional life have merged to create a new American delicacy

I guess pregnancy brain is a real phenomenon.

Little Farm’s Growing

If I remember correctly, my last belly pic was a few weeks ago and I love to document the progress of this little one.

It is a lot of fun and slightly frightening to think how big it will eventually get.

Here I am at almost 21 weeks:

I feel like I am really starting to “look” pregnant now and only a few of my pants still button comfortably {disclaimer: they were the ones that were loose in the tummy area to start with}.

When we were in Mexico, the men there would always comment on me being pregnant but here in the US, I have had only 2 or 3 strangers ask. I try to wear tighter shirts that show off my belly and people look at it but don’t say anything. I guess they don’t want to be wrong and I wouldn’t want them to be either.

After the ultrasound on Monday, I have noticed Little Farm moving more and more. When we were on vacation, the baby wasn’t as active but now I am not quiet sure when it sleeps. It’s so fun to think about the baby as a boy/girl now but keeping it a secret is so tough! Even as I type here I want to put in the appropriate pronoun (she/he) when I type. I also wanted to note {which may or may not be a mistake to even address it in this post} that I did not intend for the font color to look blue on my “It’s A…” post. I sat there f-o-r-e-v-e-r thinking about which color would not give away the sex and decided on Teal because many people use as a gender neutral color. So friends, take my confession for what it is worth and I promise I wasn’t trying to say something with the color.

Only 2 more days of keeping this wonderful secret!

Little Farm I love you SO MUCH already .

My Wedding Ring

is actually NOT the ring you see here

I just wear that one when my other one is getting cleaned. I bought it at Kohls for $6 and use it to keep from getting asked out everywhere. I. go. {yeah right!}

But I do like people to know I am married.

Here is a pic of my actual ring set that my hubby designed

The diamond does not look nearly as fake {I think the fake one would be over 2.5 carats if it were real} and I love all the memories that I have with it. The story of how he spent 5 hours in the store trying to decide, seeing it for the first time when he asked me and trying to focus on David and not how sparkly it was, cleaning it almost every day while we were engaged, staring at it while I drove {which was probably more dangerous than texting while driving} and knowing that I have a man who loves me every time I see it on my finger.

Girls, please tell me I  am not the only one who has a fake stand-in?

please. lie if you have to.

It’s A…

Today was a wonderful day.

It marks the beginning of calling my child by it’s name and dreaming of what it’s life will be like. Not to mention the decorating that can now commence!

BUT, I can’t tell you yet.

I know I am just plain mean.

If I were a good blogger, I wouldn’t even rub it in that I know the gender until I could tell you. But, I am not like that. I am just too excited not to write about it today. Please forgive me.

We decided that it would be fun to throw a gender reveal party  so that we could tell all our family at the same time. The party isn’t till Saturday so I must, at all costs, keep quiet until that day. Which, if you know me, is not going to be that easy. I sometimes like to bend the rules and have mercy on those that are dying-to-know something but this time, David MADE me promise and I must keep my word to him. Hence the reason I have been avoiding the hundreds of  phone calls from my best friend today. I know she will lay the guilt on thick and I am not sure I can pull through.

Even though I am happy as can be about our ultrasound there always seems to be some form of drama when I go to the doctor which I must share with you all. But first, isn’t Little Farm just getting cuter by the day?

Now for the dramatic story:

David was on the phone (for work) when we needed to leave the house which means we left a little late. Denver traffic was unforgiving so we arrived 10 minutes late. I was a little worried but not too much since I usually have to wait 10-15 minutes even when I am on time.

Once we checked in, the receptionist {ever so quietly loudly} states that since I am “SOOOOO LATE to the appointment that they went ahead and sent the next appointment back.” Then she asks me if I can handle the additional time since my bladder is full.

Yes it is full but I am not sure I have a choice. If I go to the bathroom, I will have to reschedule so I wasn’t too impressed with her “fake” empathy.

We sat down and ended up waiting 45 minutes past my appointment to be called back.

My bladder was not too happy.

Then the tech states {3 seperate times} on the way back that we were SOOOO late and she took two patients ahead of me because we were SOOOOOOO late. And that they weren’t even sure I was coming since I was SO late!

Sheesh! I was wondering if they were going to give me 39 lashes before they did the ultrasound because clearly being 10 minutes late to an appointment is some kind of major sin at Kaiser.

We eventually got started with the ultrasound (LOVED IT!) and then the fire alarm goes off for a fire drill. We had to vacate the building and wait outside for 25 more minutes.

My bladder was getting madder and madder.

When we finally got back in to finish the ultrasound, the tech finally decided to stop punishing me for being late and said, “Oh I should have told you to go to the bathroom when we were leaving for the drill. Do you want to go to the bathroom now?”

No it’s ok, I prefer to have over a liter of fluid in my bladder with a baby dancing on it for long periods of time.

YEAH I want to go to the bathroom!

But I must say that from there the appointment was all bliss. Seeing each little bone, the heart, the stomach, the diaphragm, watching Little Farm wave and kick, finding out the sex…I wouldn’t mind 4 more fire drills and full bladders just to watch that again.

Any of you have a fun ultrasound story?

I’ve got the blues

I just got back from visiting wonderful places that looked like this:

and I am already suffering from the post-vacation blues without even returning to work YET!

More to come later…

I have a TON of laundry to do and a million blog posts to read in my google reader.

Hope you all had a good week.

DElicious

I love this website: Pioneer Woman Cooks

Can I get an Amen?

Easy recipes, yummy dishes and the pictures help this prego woman not make too many mistakes.

For Christmas I was lucky enough to get her cookbook from Santa and I love it too.

Tonight I made her Chicken Pot Pie Recipe and it was DElicious, very easy and the hubby loved it.

It makes a pretty healthy portion so I made to small ones for us and then put the rest in a pie dish and froze it for an easy go-to dinner when we have people over.

If you need something to cook for dinner, try the recipe out. yum!

***in the cookbook she substitutes cubed chicken for the turkey and calls for 1 cup of flour. I also went the easy route with the pie crust and got the pre-made Pillsbury pie crusts.****

I am ready

…to Nest

…to shop till I drop

…to plan little miss or mister’s nursery

On Friday, David and I went for our first trip to Baby’s R’ Us and instead of quenching my desires to plan things out, it only fanned a larger flame.

Since I am a new mama, I am not quite sure what the “best” things are and what are practical.

• Do you need a pack and play?
• Do you need a bassinet?
• Are those cribs that convert into a toddler bed, a day bed and a double bed really worth it?
• Should I get a stroller for shopping and every day along with a jogger for running?
• I would love a rocking chair in the baby’s room but should I get a glider or just a simple rocking chair?

So many questions and it all seems premature since we don’t even know what we are having yet. I can’t WAIT to start planning something though. To buy an outfit, to start dreaming up a color scheme, to announce the name we have chosen. I AM SO EXCITED!