At Academy

The other day, which was Thursday the 23rd my hubby and I were in Fort Smith for my office visit.  After my office visit we went to Academy which is a sports goods outlet.  This is mainly where we get his sports stuff like soccer shoes, soccer clothes, soccer balls.

The first thing he goes looking at are the soccer cleats.  Even though he has three pairs of perfectly good cleats he wants a new pair.  He's such a spoiled brat! =) We ended up spending two and a half hours sitting at Academy looking at and trying on practically every pair of men's soccer cleats that they had.  I'm not a patient person but for some reason I dealt with the boredom.  I think it was the face my husband had the whole time he was trying them on.  He looked so happy and calm.  We ended up buying him a pair of Puma soccer cleats which he's totally in love with and happy to have so it wasn't all for nothing.  The best thing was is that they were only $39.99.  The soccer cleats fit perfect, don't slip on him, are breathable, and have studs in good places so there's no pressure on any one part of his feet, unlike the Nike's and Addidas cleats.

Well you know how men are with their sports gear.  He wanted to get a soccer ball.  I said no even though he really wanted one.  Mainly because all his soccer balls that we've bought him have either been stolen or popped.  We still ended up leaving the store with him pretty happy about his brand new pair of soccer cleats.  I will never forget the big smile he had on his face leaving the store. =)

These aren't the pair we bought him...these were just a pair he was trying on.

BTW...now he wants to go to A to Z...another sporting goods store with a lot more variety including fishing gear...I think I'm about to go insane with his obsession for sports!  Just kidding...they're good hobbies.

Week 29/Office Visit

End of week 29 really sucked for me.  For the past couple of days I've been feeling dizzy and nauseous after breakfast.  I woke up thinking it would be fine and I ate cereal with my husband.  On the drive to the clinic I started feeling nauseous, light headed, dizzy.  When we got to the clinic I was feeling sick to the point where I could barely walk. My husband had to hold me up while we walked in and up to the second floor.  I signed in and went to the bathroom to freshen up a little.  It didn't really work out because the bathroom was warm and made me feel even worse.  My face was drained of its color and I looked as white as a ghost.  We went back and sat in the waiting room for some time and I made several trips to the bathroom because I  really felt like puking in my husbands lap.  Every time I got to the bathroom my nausea would subside and I would go back and sit down.  After about thirty minutes of running to and from the bathroom the whole nauseous feeling subsided and the coloring to my face returned.  By the time my name was called I had completely recovered from what ever it was that I was feeling and I went to one of the back rooms.

My new weight for this week was 160.  My husband made fun of me saying that's his normal soccer weight.  What he said upset me but I really didn't care.  As long as my baby was healthy I would be happy to gain another twenty.  We sat in the room for about five or ten minutes before my doctor came in.  She did the normal checking on baby's heart beat and measuring my tummy and asking if I had any questions or concerns.  I asked about my nausea and dizziness and she said that if its after having cereal then it's basically just a sugar high.  She didn't exactly say it was a sugar high but in short terms that's what she meant.  She just told me to balance out my sugars and my proteins.  So all in all I learned a lot from my day at the clinic even when I felt like crap...and looked creepy.  My husband and I get so excited every time we get to hear baby's heart beat.  Just another two months and he's here!

A Day In Hot Springs, AR

This weekend I went to go see my mother who lives just 30 minutes south of Hot Springs, AR.  It was a long two hour ride there but it was well worth the trip.  Saturday after picking up eggs from the chicken houses my mother decided she wanted to eat out.  My mom and brothers all love buffet so we went to King's Buffet.  If you live in Hot Springs and you don't know where it is...it's on Central Ave across the street from Kroger's and CiCi's pizza.  I didn't really eat much other than watermelon and a little bit of food here and there.  I personally don't like eating at King's Buffet because their food tends to be either greasy, bland, or over salted but I can't say no to my mom.

After eating out we went next door to the antique shop to work off some weight. =) Every single time I go into the antique shop I just feel so excited.  I know I'm not going to buy anything but I like looking at old stuff because they are so unique.  After an hour or two we finally set our hearts to leaving the antique shop with only two items which where both purchased by my mother.  She bought a duffel bag and a purse.  The duffel bag had really neat sewed in floral designs and the purse had little cherries all over it.  My mother loves cherries.

The next stop was at the water fountain.  My family and I have been going to this water fountain since we moved to Arkansas four years back.  I think this was the first thing that we explored.  Hot Springs is a natural spring so all the water that comes up is pretty much clean but it is still filtered where people fill their jugs.  Many people from all around the state and states next to Arkansas come just to fill up a couple of jugs of Hot Spring's filtered water.  It really is the best kind of water.  Once you've tasted Hot Springs water you'll never drink bottled water again because it's just that great.

We went to Pet Smart looking for Kois and pearl scales but they didn't have any "nice" ones according to my husband.  We ended up going to Wal-Mart afterwards to look for some stuff.  My mom and my brothers ended going home first because my mom wasn't feeling well.  My husband and I bought a 5 piece card table and chair set.  I'm glad we bought our table and chair set because if we bought a normal dining table and chair set it wouldn't be able to fit in our kitchen.  I never thought our kitchen was that small but now I know. =)  Sadly I didn't take any photos of Saturdays adventures but I'll make sure to remember next time.

My First BirchBox....The June 2011 BirchBox

Okay so today I finally got my BirchBox in the mail.  If you're wondering what BirchBox is I'll leave a link below somewhere. Just kidding here it is HERE.  It's basically a subscription where you pay $10.00 a month to get four to five high end samples.

What I received in the June BirchBox....

1) Twirl by Kate Spade

1.7 FL OZ = $65

3.4 FL OZ = $80

My sample size = 0.5 FL OZ

2) Kiehl's Ultra Facial Oil Free Lotion

125 ML = $24.50

My sample size = 30 ML

3) Laura Geller Baked Blush N' Brighten

0.32 OZ = $29.50

My sample size = 0.32 Oz

In the color APRICOT BERRY

4) Xen-Tan Deep Bronze Luxe

8 FL OZ = $39

My sample size = 1 OZ

In the color DARK

Herban Essentials Orange Towelettes

20 Towelettes = $15

My sample size = 2 Towelettes

Week 28

At 28 weeks pregnant there are just too many things that that are driving me crazy and many simple things that make me smile.  The aches and pains, the swelling, the hot summer weather, and the tingly feeling in my legs.  I guess it's just the whole hormones thing.

There are so many pains and aches that I never felt during any other week before this week.  My back aches every so often that drives me nuts.  Laying on one side for a minute feels great and then it turns into a slight back pain or side ache.  It's so frustrating being pregnant sometimes, I swear.

My feet swell up so easily that I don't want to go anywhere or do anything.  However, I do try being healthy by walking around the house as much as possible and take a 10 to 30 minute walk every now and then if possible.  I don't like walking around during the day because of the scorching sun so I wait until my husband gets home from work.  Normally its 5:00 or 6:00 pm by the time he comes home.  By then the hot sun is starting to set and the nightly coolness is starting to seep in.  We walk normally to the creek but if my feet swell up badly we turn around before we get there.  Lately my hands have started swelling up on me too.  It only happens when I go for walks and my arms are dangling down, other than that they are pretty much normal.

I HATE THIS TINGLY FEELING IN MY LEGS!  I always feel like there is something crawling on my leg.  You know that feeling you get when there is a spider web on you but you can't see it and you can't get it off.  This is the same feeling...only I feel it very often...around my legs.

I think the worse thing in the world though is the ARKANSAS WEATHER.  It's hot and humid plus there is basically no wind.  Worse kind of weather ever!  I can not take the heat of the sun, the stickiness of sweat, and the humidity of the day when there is no wind to blow me dry.  Bad weather makes me cranky and I think my husband knows that first hand.  If you're wondering...no, I don't do it on purpose to be mean.

The only thing that makes me smile at the end of the day...is my kicking baby.  =)  It's so hard not to smile.  Especially when his arm, leg, head, or other part of his body is moving across your belling.  It's so cute and weird at the same time! =)  I LOVE HIM SO MUCH ALREADY!  I can't wait till he is here!

ALWAYS SMILE!

May/June Favorites!

This is just a quick video of some of the things that I've been using and loving.

Fruity Nails

I wasn't planning on using my fimo slices anytime soon but being that I was home alone and bored on Sunday I ended up doing a nail design.  The fimo nail design is on only my right hand because my left hand still has my soot ball design.  It was too cute to get rid of so I left it.  Anyways this is the design I came up with after slicing my fimo canes.

(I wasn't sure if you could see the detail so I took two photos just in case)

This nail design is really basic just like my soot ball design.  All I put on was a base coat, two coats of a base color, a couple of my fimo fruit slices, and a couple coats of top coat to hold the fimo fruit slices down so they don't curl up.  Using a white varnish I put some dots around the sides of my nails so the fimo fruit slices wouldn't look so lonely.  I then applied another coat of top coat just to finish everything off.