20 weeks and a TMI Tag

I am officially 20 weeks pregnant!

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This is basically the halfway point and I feel my baby move! At this particular week women go for what is called an anatomy scan to get the baby’s measurements and to see if they are growing adequately. My baby is on track and her legs and feet are long. Well, that is expected, being that I am a 6 footer and her Dad is just as tall as me. Every day her kicks are getting stronger and it is making me fall more and more in love with my baby. I have also become obsessed with my baby shower planning and making sure my registries are complete. Pinterest has become the place for all ideas that I am thinking of.  I also found a sale on a 4 in one crib for a decent price at Target So Awesome!

Enough baby talk! Let’s get to the TMI Tag, taken from The Dancing Runner’s blog 🙂

 What are you wearing?

Grey slacks, an old hoochie shirt dress I am using as a shirt, and my grey blazer

2: Ever been in love?

I have, it was a while ago.

3: Ever had a terrible breakup?

absolutely

4: How tall are you?

6feet !

5: How much do you weigh?

With the baby? I am 190+

6: Any tattoos?

Three two on my pelvic bone(ouch an Orchid and butterfly) and a huge butterfly on my side.

7: Any piercings?

My ears and belly button

8: OTP?

Frozen Yogurt

9: Favorite show?

Bravo TV, Blacklist, Scandal!

10: Favorite bands?

Janelle Monae’s Orchestra

11: Something you miss?

My wonderful abs and the ability to overeat without barfing 🙂

12: Favorite song?

Right now, Love on Top – Beyonce (Well because my baby is my little love on top!)

13: How old are you?

28 almost 29

14: Zodiac sign?

Taurus

15: Quality you look for in a partner?

Family oriented, charming, sense of humor, stable, and adventerous

16: Favorite Quote?

Character is who you are when no one is looking -MLK

17: Favorite actor?

I dont have one but I enjoy those who play very believable characters like those in Homeland

18: Favorite color?

Purple(any variation)

19: Loud music or soft?

Loud!

20: Where do you go when you’re sad?

To the couch to watch tv

21: How long does it take you to shower?

10 minutes.

22: How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?

20 minutes max

23: Ever been in a physical fight?

Yes, a few. Back in the day, only to protect myself.

24: Turn on?

A person who takes good care of themselves

25: Turn off?

Cockiness

26: The reason I started blogging?

Just to chronicle my journey through my late 20’s and see if I could really give fitness my all.

27: Fears?

Killing bugs and having to sweep them up. Grosssss or a bug crawling on me.

28: Last thing that made you cry?

When Cyrus’ husband died on Scandal

29: Last time you said you loved someone?

Today when I left my dog to go to work

30: Meaning behind your blog Name?

Shoedooo is a nickname that my sister gave me years ago and it stuck!

31: Last book you read?

My Business and Society book for class

32: The book you’re currently reading?

Nothing but for school

33: Last show you watched?

Some show on Bravo

34: Last person you talked to?

Co-workers

35: The relationship between you and the person you last texted?

The father of my child.

36: Favorite food?

Mexican, Mac and Cheese, Cheese, Yogurt, ect

37: Place you want to visit?

Madrid

38: Last place you were?

Work

39: Do you have a crush?

Nobody as of yet

40: Last time you kissed someone?

Had to be November if you don’t count me kissing my dog

41: Last time you were insulted?

Eh…. Thursday or Friday.

42: Favorite flavor of sweet?

Dark Chocolate

43: What instruments do you play?

I can play piano by ear sometimes

44: Favorite piece of jewelery?

My watches

45: Last sport you played?

Flag Football???? I cant remember

46: Last song you sang?

Supposed to be Mine by – Vivian Green

47: Favorite chat up line?

What is a chat up line?

48: Have you ever used it?

I dont know….

49: Last time you hung out with anyone?

My sister, My cousin and a friend on Sunday

50: Who should answer these questions next?

All my Readers!

Busy Worker Bee

 

Has it been busy?

YES! I am excited to have energy to do a lot lately. I just literally finished moving into my new place, and I am in decorate mode. Anyone who knows me, knows I do not usually decorate anything, but My house is about to have an addition and I have officially begun to nest. I am also starting to work out the details of my baby shower and I am excited, and busy! School is also slightly demanding and I take naps in between writing papers and reading chapters. So between Registries, working out the logistics of the baby shower, studying, being a pet parent, trying to hang out with family and friends, I am BOOKED. Naps are essential at this point.

Up and coming this week is my 20 week ultrasound. I cannot believe I have been pregnant for almost 5 months. This is cray. I am beginning to feel normal and even forget I am pregnant sometimes and forget I cannot lift or bend over to get things with out my belly getting in the way. I’ve already taken a tumble or two. LOL I am naturally clumsy, so forgetting about the extra weight in the front of my body happens a lot. Just yesterday, I miscalculated sitting on the exercise ball and fell flat on my butt (Luckily there is a lot of cushion back there 😉 ) This confession is not to alarm you, but to let people know I am not made of glass or as fragile as my condition seems.  I can still do active things, take a small tumble on my butt and be okay. If my mother is reading this she is terrified for her grandchild. LOL tell her not to worry.

This weekend, me and my mom went to a family friends baby shower, we had a blast! It was fun and I enjoyed seeing one of my Childhood friends being celebrated. I think I am beginning to get a tad bit sentimental. I will be running a 5k at the beginning of the month and volunteering at the MS150. Excited!!!!! So I am trying to do this all at the same time. I like to stay busy. Life is cooler that way. Until next time! 

 

 

Bump Reveal

Today,

I revealed my bump! How exciting. Well at 1st there was not really a bump, it just appeared that I:

A) Did not Miss any meals

or

B) Had the best beer belly a woman could ever have

LOL Now that it look like I am not just gaining weight, I wore some maternity clothes to work, and PA-YOW, this baby is making her presence known! I am 18 weeks +5 days and will be going to the doctor tomorrow for a regular routine check up :-). Check out my mini photo shoot courtesy of my  iPhone and the work bathroom mirror!

OH WOW!

Duck Lips

Wow.. I have to lay off the Thin Mints

Ignore the toilet!

Maybe she will wear glasses too

(Outfit all purchased at Old Navy)

I might have had too much fun. For some time there, I was not feeling like any pictures were worth taking. Usually I am the pic-o-matic, but that changed to ambiguous pic- o-matic. So bear with me and my moodiness. I had an awesome lunch with an old co-worker friend and she got me my very 1st baby gift! THANKS HOOONEEEY! I really appreciate her a whole lot. It goes so far with me 🙂

So this whole thing is scary to me right, but a lot of Frozen yogurt and sour worms help me keep going (Seriously that stuff is heaven in my eyes at the moment) I am suspicious of a stretch mark, and I am violently rubbing bio oil all over my stomach, sides, boobs, you name it, if it looks like it will get a stretch mark, I’m oiling that puppy down. If and when I get stretch marks, I will make sure to invest in sun tan lotion. Stretch marks will not hold me back from my bikini dreams LOL.  I am also starting to feel movement. Yes, it is a lot less scary than I thought it would be. It feels almost like I might have rode a roller coaster type feeling you get, and also I feel more of a drum type feel. That’s what Flutters mean to me. It is really cool. Very exciting actually. Never thought I would get so very into this pregnancy, but I am actually having an okay experience. Sure, I am tired, slightly lazy, nauseated and feel like a rolley polley when I try to get out of bed, but it is not bad at all. I am here to tell you, it’s pretty enjoyable. Until next time!

Warby Parker Glasses

I am a person who believes in a bargain,

If I can find one, I believe it is always worth a shot. I needed new glasses since November. I got around to doing my eye exam and everything, I just failed to order glasses. Lets not talk about how I still have yet to pick up my paid for contacts. So I usually order from a place called 39dollarglasses.com and they are wonderful, I have no bad things to say about them, I just decided I wanted to try something new. Warby Parker. They are an online glasses retail store, and they have some really nice modern and inexpensive specs to choose from, they even do chic and modern prescription sunglasses! Usually, at the optometrist, I am out of pocket$ 200.00-$350.00 bucks depending on what glasses I want and what things I want done to them. With Warby Parker, you get everything at one set price. The prices start at $95.00 and range to $150.00. Not bad for an all inclusive store. Also, if you are as blind as me, you can opt to pay an additional $30.00 to get an even better lens that thins them out and makes vision sharper( I added this to my order of course). All you have to do to order glasses from this place is:

1). Log on to WarbyParker.com

2). Choose your style of glasses prescription or non-prescription

3). Upload your prescription from your doctor as a pdf (very very easy btw)

4). Make a payment

5). Wait for them to contact you

 

They will even let you choose 5 pairs, ship them to you for free to try on before you purchase! There communication was perfect! They let me know from start to finish what to expect and they even had a promo on free 3-day shipping! (thanks Retailmenot!). Also, they give back to communities, so if you buy a pair a person who is in need of glasses elsewhere gets a pair! How cool is that!

Overall I feel fancy and feel these glasses are a good representation of myself!

 

Facebook Announcement

Hello!

I finally announced my pregnancy to my main social sites, Facebook and Instagram. It was not a secret, but I wanted to be very cute with my announcement. I wanted to incorporate my dog, since I treat him like my child and so I went and looked up pregnancy announcements. Here is the end result!

 

Pretty cute huh! Hope my re-sizing is not too small but it was huge at the start. I took a picture with my Nikon J1 and it turned out great. I am now 17 weeks along and I am interested in feeling my baby move. I feel like I might have felt her move, but I cannot be too sure. I am sure that it will happen soon. Most 1st time mothers do not feel anything until 20 weeks or so.

School has been kicking my assets, and I find that concentrating on things is hard for me lately. I hear it is associated with being pregnant. Sucks, because I am the sharpest person to most people, and I have become extremely forgetful! I made an 85 on my midterm, and I am very satisfied with that being that I read 4 of the 8 chapters a couple of days before the midterm. I definitely should not let that happen again. EVER.

I have decided to wait on purchasing a home for now, and decided to continue to rent an apartment. Having a baby and a House note on my one person income may be too much for me. So once I get a decent raise, or promotion and adjust to life with a small baby, then I will start the exciting journey again. I move in a few weeks.

In workout news, I have not been motivated, I just have not done it. Period. I am however active, when it comes to work and when I am out, I am just not working out. When I move I will use our amazing apartment gym and take walks around our community. It will be good for the baby and me. I will also do some of these stretches I found on pinterest. So expect some bump pictures soon, I have honestly not been in a picture friendly mood. So I will get it together.