Hello, ankles! (and other stuff.)

Good morning!

First off, and most importantly, my cankles are gone. I know you were wondering. (haha) I feel much better today, though I'm still feeling somewhat exhausted. I may be going through some major nesting, but I guess I need to learn when to just TAKE A BREAK! :-)

I'm still dealing with the "waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to fall back to sleep" thing... it's happened to me both nights I was off. I had taken a nap from about 10am-1pm yesterday, then was STILL totally exhausted by 8pm. I fell asleep on the couch close to 9pm (and missed American Idol!!!), and woke up around 11:30pm when Russ came upstairs and said, "Honey, let's go to bed." When we got back there, neither of us was very tired, so we layed there and talked (yes, just talked...lol) for about 20 minutes, and then watched some tv. I heard Russ snoring shortly after that, but I just laid there staring at the ceiling. I ended up staying up til 1:30 or so, then fell back to sleep until 5:30 this morning. I hate when my nights are like this!! I guess I'd better get used to the odd sleep schedule though, huh.

So this morning I made Russ breakfast before he left for work, then did a few loads of laundry. I washed my VERY FIRST load of "baby laundry".... Alyson's crib bedding. That Dreft detergent smells sooooooooo good! I was getting ready to put the washed bedding in the dryer, and couldn't quit sniffing everything-- it all smelled like baby powder!

So now I have all the crib put together. Or so I thought. I realized a little bit ago that hmm... I don't have any crib mattress pads yet! Oh well, I put the sheet on there anyway. I'll just stick the mattress pad on later. I just wanted to get the crib bedding all on, so at least that part's done. The crib looks so cute! The mobile is adorable... now all the crib is missing is little Aly :-)

I swear, I could just spend all day up in the nursery! I took all my gifts I've gotten in the mail upstairs today and put them in the nursery, and I just kept looking around at everything, thinking about how Aly's going to be here SOON! Then I caught sight of myself in the mirror and thought, "Maaaaaaaan, I've got a big belly." LOL. Not too much longer for that, too, thank goodness.

I'm just getting nervous and excited with each day that goes by. I'm going to be 33 weeks tomorrow! Yikes! I'll feel alot better after my shower Saturday... then I'll know what I have, and what I still need to buy before Aly's here. I'm finally starting to feel like everything's coming together :-)

Well, not much else to write about for now.

Before I go, just want to send a big ol' THANK YOU out to Theresa, Brittny, and Sarah L for the baby gifts! You're the best! (I know I already emailed you guys, but wanted to thank you here just in case you happen to read this BEFORE you check your email!)

And lastly, if you read this-- Platinum Rose, I'd love to read your blog but I'm locked out of it. Can you let me in? :-) betsy.hunt@hotmail.com Thanks!

Alright ladies...have a great day! Just think, the weekend's almost here!!