Great weekend

We had a really great weekend! How was everyone else's??

Saturday wasn't too eventful, but we did go to my brother-in-law's birthday party, which was fun. It's always nice to spend time with family :-)

Sunday, however, was full of stuff! We went to my nephew's rosebud dedication at church first. Then we went home and changed to head to the South Carolina State Fair! The North Carolina State Fair is also going on right now, but Columbia is about 1.5 hours away, and Raleigh is 3 hours away, so we figured it would be a shorter drive to Columbia. Also, the hubby got tickets from someone at work, and he works there (in Columbia) so he knows his way around Columbia. So that turned out to be the best choice for us. The drive down was uneventful, but holy cow the traffic SUCKED! Once we got into Columbia, we ended up spending another hour and a half in a line of traffic!! It was super annoying! Once we got through that and parked, we made our way into the fair itself. (Sidenote: we had to go through metal detectors and have bags searched to get in....seriously weird.) It was standard fair stuff: rides, exhibits, ridiculously expensive food, and etc. We met some friends there though, so it was fun to walk around with them. I will have to say that I was completely disappointed with the fried pickles that we got. Other than the fact that they were overpriced, they tasted nothing like fried pickles. Oh well....

I decided not to do any rides, since I'm not sure how safe that would be for me right now. But the animals were fun to watch. There was a horse show going on while we were there that was cute. The girls riding were pretty young too! And very adorable...all prim and proper. Some of the exibits were interesting also. One of them was a sand statue, and the folks were "carving" the back of it when we went in there, and it was amazing! Very detailed and intricate. Another exhibit had hand-carved mahogany stuff like airplanes, motorcycles, and etc. I really loved the airplanes, since that's the theme we're going with for the nursery. But we didn't get any, because they were pretty expensive, surprise surprise. Haha....

Once we left the fair, I got the grand tour of Columbia, courtesy of my driver, aka hubby. Hehe :-P I saw downtown, the governor's mansion, Five Points, and lots of other stuff. It's a pretty cute little town, I'll have to say.

Thankfully, we finally made it home in time for BED! I was super duper tired from walking so much, but we had so much fun! I am definitely sore today from walking so much, lol! Just goes to show how little exercise I've done the last 4-5 months :-) Gotta get back into that for real!

I do love weekends when I get to spend so much time with my man! :-D

A penny for my thoughts?

Okay, so I doubt anyone actually will pay me for these thoughts (even if I'm only asking for a penny...oh well). BUT since I like you guys, I'll share them free of charge. (Still accepting donations though...lol)

Thoughts for Thursday:

1. My mind doesn't work when I'm hungry.

2. I really, REALLY, REALLYREALLYREALLYREALLYREALLY hate telemarketers that won't give up. I SAID NO THANK YOU! Not to mention, I was quite polite about it. Then you went and made me act rudely and hang up on you. You brought it on yourself.

3. I can't cross my legs anymore. I don't know exactly why this is, but I am assuming it has something to do with Mr. Andrew. Maybe he's just sitting really low? I dunno...but it's slightly annoying/uncomfortable. Although worth it :-)

4. I love salad.

5. I definitely need to take some more "baby bump" pictures! I haven't done any since 12 weeks, and I'm 18 now! My bump has definitely gotten bigger!! I think I'll start doing them weekly now. This week, my bump has really rounded out. I know it's silly to say this about myself, but I think it's so cute and I love it!! :-D Lol! I also really get a kick out of it when people notice and can't decide whether to ask me if I'm preggers or not. It's quite hilarious!!

That's all I've got for the moment! TTFN!

Follow up from this morning

Follow up from this mornings post...

#1- Baby Andrew had hiccups! It was too funny :-) I learned that the difference is when the kicking (or punching or whatnot) is more steady and rhythmic as opposed to random. I felt him hit me in the same spot every 2 seconds for about 3 minutes. Had to be the hiccups! So cute!!

#2-I had heartburn today. I think I may have jinxed myself. Crap.

Hope everybody's having a great day!

Another week gone by

It has already been 18 weeks!! I can hardly believe that I'm getting so close to halfway through this pregnancy! Only 155 days left...holy crap, that's only 5 months!! It is flying by :-D




Baby Andrew is this big?! He is the size of a sweet potato, but supposedly my uterus is the size of a cantaloupe! HUGE! All kinds of cool stuff is happening with him this week. According to The Bump, he is "amazing mobile"...no kidding! I can feel him move a lot, and he moves the most in the evening, from around 5-ish until about 8-ish. And I can feel him kick sometimes throughout the day too. He is also in there "yawning, hiccuping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking and swallowing." Lol, how cute! I have read that I will be able to feel him hiccuping, but so far I haven't. I'm not sure how it would feel different from other movements. Other cool things this week (from various other sites): he can make facial expressions, his taste buds are developing, and his eyes are sensitive to light (so if I shine a bright light on my belly, he will turn away). Pretty darn cool! I also think its pretty cool to know how well his hearing is developing. By now, his ears are fully developed and he should be able to hear noises from the outisde world, and to distinguish my voice :-) I also read that it's good for him to hear the dogs barking now, because later he will be able to sleep through them barking since he will be used to hearing them! Woohoo!! One less sleep-related issue to worry about, lol!

I have been feeling SO much better lately! I don't really have many yucky first-trimester symptoms left, and haven't started the new yucky ones yet :-) No more nausea, but no heartburn yet! (Knock on wood!!!) I still haven't gotten rid of this exhaustion, though. I really wish I would get that "burst" that gives everybody all that energy! Oh well, I'll just keep on truckin' till I do :-) I'm apparently pretty hormonal too...I had a little crying fit this weekend at my in-laws (and felt kinda bad about it afterwards). Okay, so maybe I'm really hormonal. Lol!

Have a fantastic day everyone! Also--Happy birthday to one of my best friends in high school, Chief!!! :-D

Short Vent

I just have one little vent today....

When I am out in the general public, people are starting to notice that I'm pregnant and not fat. I have no problem with this, and in fact I totally love it!

BUT, when I am on campus at school, I get the worst, ugliest, dirtiest looks from some people. I hate it!! I don't understand it either! I don't feel like I owe an explanation to anyone, but the looks are so mean. Just because I am still in school does not mean that my baby is a bad thing. I mean, I am married, have been for a while, and it's time for me. Just because you don't want to be pregnant doesn't mean that I can't be and I can't enjoy it. If you were pregnant, that probably means you are a ho and had a one night stand while drunk and weren't being careful, and acting badly like you shouldn't have. For me however, that's not the case, so stop judging me based on your life. I am pregnant and I am ecstatic about it and I no longer care what you think!!!!!!!

So there.

He has a name!

We have settled on a name for Baby Boy....


Andrew Curtis McEntire


We both really like that name (a first, lol). It is a solid, strong name that isn't too popular or strange. It is the name of 2 presidents, the first disciple of Jesus, and really it just seems like it fits. We wanted to give him a name that he could live up to and achieve greatness with.

The idea for his name actually came from my mother-in-law. She has been giving us a "name of the day" for several weeks now. It has been pretty funny, in fact. Some of the names we didn't like, some of them we liked okay, and this one we really loved. Curt like this one better than I did at first, but it really grew on me, and as I thought about it, it really felt like his name.

Just wanted to share the news :-)

Interesting

I thought this was a good article and that I would share...this will be me one day, althought I really wish I could be a SAHM. Oh well...