23 Weeks…Time Flies

Time is flying,

 

As far as this pregnancy goes. I am almost in my 6th month (and according to some calendars I am in my 6th month).  One week away from it. So cool. According to everyone I am small, and my doctor thinks I need to slow down on my eating. I looked at myself and I see nothing but belly and boobs. I know myself, and I know my regular weight minus working out. It’s a little bigger, so I think she may be wrong but I am listening to her…sort of. I am not of an average size and I also don’t fit the standards when I gain muscle mass. But I have been active, walking, dancing, playing with my dog, ect. I’m not sitting around gaining weight. My butt would fall asleep!

As for school, I missed one whole entire discussion module(which is bad) but I passed all of my tests. Hopefully I do well in this last module. I would like to finish with a strong B in class and take a summer class. I want to finish by at least 2015. Pray for me!  Other than that I have been nesting and obsessing about my nursery and up and coming shower. Fun times. Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure.

 

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! 

 

 

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.

12 Weeks

So guys remember that big announcement I was going to tell you guys about? Well it’s here. I am pregnant.

Yes, this was quite unexpected and I had a 16 and pregnant moment of what am I going to do? Then I realized I was 28, stable in my career and could handle the responsibility. Especially if I decided to do some deeds to land me in this position. At first I was nervous, this is my first child, and now that the shock is over and I am done obsessing about the amount that daycare is, I am happy. So this is why I have talked about naps and exhaustion, the 1st trimester is rough! Now that I have some of my mojo back, I am doing all I can to be and stay active. I’ve already had some weight gain, and the majority of that is going up a few bra sizes. HA! So I shall blog about the journey of being a 1st time mother and all of it’s occurrences. Maybe I should change my blog to Life as Pregnant Sharde. HAHA Stay tuned.

Weekly update

I’ve been trying to get back into being consistent with my blog, but it appears, I have not been doing so well!

I have a few things to announce:

• I started school again and I will be taking 6 hours of grad courses
• I finally have a lot more energy going on around here for a minute there I thought I would just be like a bear and hibernate
• I will be doing two 5k’s one is in April.
• I will be taking a road trip to ATL with my Dad!

 

I have some other very exciting things to announce in the coming weeks and you will be floored. “-)

This past week I have been reading for my classes, making sure my calendar is marked so I will not forget any assignments. I got my dog a nice little haircut and he is liking it I think. I plan on doing more dog parenty things with him. I need to step up my activity as a dog parent. Chasing him and playing fetch can only go so far. Well, here are some pics!

 
I went and got a pedi and my eyebrows waxed

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Had some lovely Froyo!
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Gizmo and me cuddling

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Weekend Recap

 

It twas the weekend!

It came and it went! At least for me it did. I am working weekends this month so my weekends are like any old weekday for most people.Minimal social activities and lots of Football watching. This weekend some epic Football was played for Divisional Finals in the NFL. I am going to say that Seattle impressed me! I was surprised at the Saints. My Patriots won! The Chargers made great effort to try to win but no dice!

 

Also, my dog has decided to bark at Lord knows what in the middle of the night. Last night I had had it. I love his protectiveness that all his little 12 lbs have to offer, but excessive barking at imaginary intruders wore me out. So his little life might have been threatened at 3:30am . The most I threaten my lovely dog, is him “going to his room” (his crate) which he hates. My dog loathes incarceration. Crates, and Leashes are his worst nightmare. So he came back to my bed and cuddled.

This up and coming week I am back in grad school taking two courses and trying to get back into workout mode. I have been a sloth, of all sloths! 7lbs of slothfulness to be exact. Hope someone has more plans than me! I may make crab cakes. I have had a taste for them lately! Until next time my fellow bloggers!

New Year!

We are moving into the new year!

Well this can be exciting! For me things are moving along. I have had some unexpected things happen in my life……..

I will blog about them later but some things I can tell you is, I am becoming a home owner this month! I will also be in my second semester of Grad school and I am looking for new opportunities within my company! I took a hiatus on working out, not because I wanted to, because my energy levels went down the drain! But I am back! I am ready to conquer the workout world! HAHA. I do not think I have any New Years resolutions. Oh Maybe just one. Become a business analyst. There is always some career goal I want to achieve and this is it.

 

So did any one miss me??? LOL

Eventful is not the Word

I have had all kinds of things going on these days,

School has kept me so busy, that I was unable to even look at a gym. Luckily, I was able to do a 5k and a 28 mile bike ride this weekend, which has my glutes a little sore, but I feel foxxy! I did the Tour de Donut which benefits the Make-a-Wish Foundation, with my new bike group called the Slow Spoke Society! Go on over to our Facebook Page and like it! We are new fresh and ready to conquer rides! On this bike tour, we got to eat as many donuts as we could as we rode. I ate about 3 donuts. I was more concerned about the water and where it was lol. Check out the pics!

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This entire month has been absolutely challenging for me. School, Work projects, Home life, and just life in general has been a whirlwind. My home life in particular was a nuclear disaster, which is why I ended up moving, and I feel like a heavy load or burden has been lifted. My morale this month, because of my stressful home life, has been all the way down. But do not worry, I have managed to stay positive, take it one step at a time and I am rebuilding it back up.

The 5k and the 28 mile bike ride really helped. When in doubt, work out! Ha! Working out has become such a great form of therapy. I mean, I read about it being a stress reliever and therapy, but I think I truly experienced it this weekend. Sometimes life will kick you in the rear hard. It is up to you whether you become a victim of your circumstances, or get back up and say is that all you got?!

I got contacts this Friday and I as a avid glasses wearer feel so fancy! LOL I like that people can see my face and I like the surprise people see when they notice my glasses are missing.

This week I am going to get back into my workout routine, start to bike halfway to work, work on reading my 3 chapters, 2 discussions, and 2 papers. Sounds like a lot, I know, but time management is the key to being successful! I got it. Hope everyone’s week is great as well! Stay focused and positive!!!

-Sharde

 

Homecoming Weekend

This weekend was action packed!

I managed to take two midterms ( I made a 90 on one!), Participate and attend my company’s annual BBQ cookoff, and go to Prairie View A&M’s homecoming. Pretty cool huh.

 

Friday I worked a half day at work and headed out to the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds to help set up our departments tent and practice our skit that we were going to perform for the judges. I had on a blue wig, blue lipstick eye shadow and even spotted lashes! That was my 1st time wearing fake lashes. I kind of liked it!

 

We performed, had a great time, and partied to the wee hours.

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I ended up leaving at midnight, I was exhausted! I woke up early the next day, and took my 1st midterm and headed out to Prairie View A&M. I wanted to go to the Texas Southern University cook off, but I had to choose, and I typically have an excellent time at Prairie View. I did not attend the school, but I know tons of people who have attended. So it’s almost like a family reunion of sorts. After I set my homecoming out, I ended up going home and sleeping off the days events. I woke up the next day and immediately studied/prepared for my test. That was a very difficult test, and I pray I passed it. It was not the easiest thing to take. I ended up spending Sunday laying around the house and playing with Gizmo my dog. He got a haircut and he looks great. I am considering dressing him up and taking him for a walk on Halloween. Since he is basically my child. LOL.

 

Today I will get back to my workouts ( I missed them!) Today is Triceps, Calves and Abs day! WHOOP!  Get you some! I also have a very heavy school schedule this week and basically for the rest of the semester. Who knew that two classes would kick my butt?! Yikes. Time management is of the essence.