Confession Friday

Man, I feel like I haven't done one of these in for.ev.er!! I'm going to be completely honest with you...I'm not sure how many confessions I can pull out today, it's been pretty quiet around here lately!!

I confess that I didn't get out of bed until 10 this morning!! I got up and got Keegan something to eat & drink...and turned cartoons on of course but other than that I was in bed all morning!! I was just plain exhausted...I'm thinking the middle of the night puke session that I had might of had something to do with that!!

I confess that I will be 9 weeks tomorrow but yet I don't look like I'm only 9 weeks...I definitely look much further along than that.

I confess that I have been wearing a rubber band on my pants for 3 weeks already....not sure how much longer that will last!!

I confess that Keegan is walking around the house in just his underwear....not sure why but he decided he didn't want any clothes on.

I confess that I'm postponing taking Keegan outside as much as possible....and I feel really bad about it, he really wants to go outside but just hearing the lawn mowers while sitting inside is making my headache even worse!

I confess that Keegan says the baby is a girl & I really, really hope that he is right! Don't get me wrong, I would be happy with another boy but I need some tutus & bows around here!!

I confess that I'm kinda bummed that I'm not going to be able to ride any of the fun rides when we go to Disneyland in May...maybe I will be able to enjoy the Tea Cups?!

Pregnancy Update

Since I kinda left everyone hanging yesterday after the big announcement, I thought I would share what has been going on so far with this pregnancy.

Let's start from the very beginning {well not the very beginning ;)}....

I had some suspicions that I was preggo before I even found out but not from the usual "symptoms" that you read about....it was heartburn. Yep, heartburn! The only other time that I have ever had heartburn was when I was pregnant with Keegan. The other thing was that I was pretty crampy throughout the day for about a week or two, kinda like menstrual cramps, and that wasn't normal either. Ryan mentioned that maybe it was because I was pregnant but I didn't want to get my hopes up so I ignored it. The cramping and the heartburn weren't going anywhere so I decided to take a test....it was negative, then I did the whole "I'm mad at the entire world" post. I was suppose to start two days later so I thought that there was no chance that I was preggo and that we would have to wait another month, so when we had people over I helped myself to some amaretto slush!! Fast forward a couple of days and I never started so when I went grocery shopping I picked up some more tests {a different brand than the one that came out negative} just in case. I didn't plan on taking any for a couple more days, I was just going to wait it out and see what happened.....but that didn't happen, I ended up taking one that afternoon and much to my surprise it was positive!!!! I couldn't believe it when I saw the two pink lines staring back at me...I'm pretty sure there was some screaming and jumping going on {no really, there was!}!! I was pretty much walking around the house like a crazy person saying "oh my God, oh my God, oh my God" over and over and over again...thankfully I was home alone at the time! Then I did what I probably shouldn't have, I went straight to the mall to get Keegan a big brother shirt! I was just too excited not too!!

So...that's how I found out...four weeks ago!!! These have been the longest four weeks ever!!! I wanted to tell everyone right away, seriously, it took everything in me not to blog about it right away....plus I figured Ryan would of liked to be the first one to know anyways!

I haven't actually gone to the doctor yet for my ultrasound but I talked to the nurse on the phone {I didn't have to go in to see her since I'm already a patient and this is my 2nd pregnancy} and she said that my due date is December 3 but it could change after the ultrasound. My guess is that it will change by 3 days, if it happened when I think it happened. And if it did happen when I'm thinking it did then there is a funny similarity between that day and the day Keegan was conceived....Applebee's Chocolate Lava Cake. I'm pretty sure that is what it was...maybe that could be my new good luck charm?!?! Plus, this time around will be a planned c-section so my guess is that the baby will be here before my due date anyways!!

I was feeling pretty good at first....eating pretty much anything and everything, then the constant feeling of needing to puke my guts up came. Gotta admit, definitely didn't miss that about being pregnant!! Some days are ok, other days I don't even want to get out of bed. Last week was by far the worst week so far {which is the reasoning behind me being mia from blogland}. One day as soon as I walked through the door after taking Keegan to school I became acquainted with the toilet...fun stuff...then I slept until 12:30 and ate nothing but chicken noodle soup and saltines the rest of the day. Speaking of saltines....we have become quite good friends that past couple of weeks and I'm kinda scared to find out how many boxes I will go through once I start feeling better. Then there are days when I eat an insane amount of food...if you consider 3 pieces of pizza just for lunch insane!! Oh...and sleep, forget about it!! I'm exhausted all the time but yet can't sleep worth a crap at night!!

Then there was the time that I was getting my blood work done and I passed out while getting my blood taken. That was fun scary as hell!! I've never passed out before when getting blood taken so I was pretty shaken up about it. I remembered getting light headed and dizzy and then the next thing I remembered was coming to when the tech yelled for help. I was sweating like crazy & shaking really bad. After I started feeling better I immediately got some food in me {and a soda}, went home and slept for a couple of hours.

Don't think that I'm complaining about it all {ok, maybe I am a little bit} because I'm thrilled to even be pregnant and all of this comes with it...it will be well worth it all once I have a healthy baby in my arms!!

What's that say?!

When it comes to holidays I love getting Keegan all dressed up and that usually involves a cute sweater vest and a button down shirt, you know so he looks like a little stud.

For example last Easter....

This year wasn't going to be any different, until I went to get the outfit that I wanted to get and they were all sold out...even online!! Then I thought, maybe he will just go casual this year, so he wore this instead....

That's right....he is going to be a big brother!!!!

I'm pregnant!!!!

I will let the shock settle in a little and will have another post with all the details soon!!

 

Hope everyone had a great Easter!!

 

30 Day Challenge: Day 24

Day 24: A picture of something you wish you could change.



30 Day Challenge: Day 23

Day 23: A picture of your favorite book.

Again, this was a little hard. I enjoy reading books and there are a lot of different ones that I really like and have read in only a couple of days because I can't put them down but I don't know if I actually have one that I would consider to be a favorite. There isn't one book that I read over and over again, then again I don't read any books more than once. So I decided to just randomly pick one that I really like.

Actually, I really liked the series that this book went with and I really like Emily Giffin as an author and have read a lot of her books {although I just now realized that her last name is "Giffin", I always thought it was "Griffin"...oops!}. And...I just saw a commercial the other day for this movie!! I can't wait to see it....plus Kate Hudson is in it and I really like her as an actress!



Confession Friday

I confess that my greatest accomplishments this week have been eating 3/4 of a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos by myself in 1 day, taking a 2 hour nap while Keegan was at school, and cleaning the bathrooms....and my house is definitely showing, this place is a disaster!! Hopefully I will start feeling better and get some movtivation back soon!!

I confess that on the days Keegan stays homes he sometimes stays in his jammies until we go outside to play....and somtimes that isn't until 4:30 or 5.

I confess that I accidentally ate some little hot dogs this morning while looking in the fridge for something to eat....whoops!! Promise I won't eat anymore meat for the rest of the day!

I confess that it kinda pisses me off that I still haven't had Papa John's yet!! And...I will only get it if I go to get it because of the stupid picketers that are in front of the store. Ryan is a union member so he won't be caught dead walking in that place, which always means that him picking it up on his way home from work for supper is out of the question!! UGH!!!

I confess that even though there are some days that Keegan drives me absolutely insane, I have fallen more in love with him a little more each day!! He is such a sweet little boy and some of the things he does or says just plan melts my heart!! Like when we were reading a book together...well he was "reading it" and I was counting, he looked at me with a big smile and said "you're doing great!!!". Kinda reassured me that all of the positive reinforcement we give him is sinking in! :)

I confess that our printer still isn't working! I've tried downloading the correct software from the website, which worked, but everytime we try to actually install the printer it fails!! I'm really starting to get aggravated that I can't print coupons....and there have been some good ones that I've missed!!

I confess that I have gotten the mail mulitple times this in my pajamas, luckily for me {and my neighbors} all I have to do is stick my hand out the door to get it!!

I confess that I was bummed when I saw the sun come out this morning....it was suppose to be rainy/stormy all day which would have meant Ryan would be home early....that didn't happen!

I confess that I'm super excited that a friend has started a new blog!! Go check it out!! Living on the Blind Side

I confess that if we don't get our "Internet situation" figured out soon, I'm going to go crazy and freak out on someone {aka my husband}.

Your turn! What are you going to confess to this week?!

30 Day Challenge: Day 22

Day 22: A picture of something you wish you were better at.

I really, really wish that I had a green thumb and was good at gardening. However, my thumb is no where close to being green, in fact I think it's more black! Seriously, I can't keep anything alive!! I dream of a beautifully landscaped yard with lots of colorful flowers around the house but I have no clue as to how to do it or what kind of flowers would be best in certain locations and I'm pretty sure I would kill them all!! Anyone willing to help a girl out?!



30 Day Challenge: Day 21

Day 21: A picture of something you wish you could forget. 

Sooo.....I'm not doing this one! I know, that's totally going against the rules of the challenge but there isn't one single thing that I can think of that I want to forget.

30 Day Challenge: Day 20

Day 20: A picture of somewhere you would love to travel.

There are so many different places in this world that I would love to travel to but this is towards the top of the list. Australia! It always looks beautiful in pictures that I see of it and hello....have you seen guys from there?! Gorgeous, not to mention that hot accent!! Yes, I'm well aware that I'm a married woman but a girl can look and listen still right?! Maybe a girl's trip to there would be best so I'm not drooling over the "views" in front of the hubs!!

A-Z's of Yours Truly

I have seen this around blogland for a while now and recently on some blogs that I actually follow so I thought, what the heck, why not join in on the fun! Who knows, maybe you will learn something new about me!! :)

A. Age: 26, which by the way I decided is still the mid-twenties!

B. Bed size: Queen, aka not big enough!! Actually it would be fine if the hubs would stay on his side and not sleep in the middle!!

C. Chore you dislike: Dusting. It's not that is too time consuming because it actually doesn't take that long to do, it's because my ocd kicks in and everything has to be just right when I put it back on the dresser or shelves or whatever it goes on....which is why I am the only one is the house who does the dusting!

D. Dogs: None

E. Essential start to your day: A good night of sleep!!

F. Favorite color: This changes periodically!! Right now I'm loving red, chocolate, and greens....as if you couldn't tell by looking at my house!!

G. Gold or silver: white gold!

H. Height: 5'3"

I. Instruments you play(ed): zero, I'm not musically incline but I do remember a time where I played a mean cowbell {thank God for the alcohol induced encouragement}

J. Job title: As of right now...mommy & wife

K. Kids: Keegan

L. Live: in a house....

M. Mom’s name: Connie

N. Nicknames: Meg...which I apparently did not like to be called that at all when I was little but it doesn't bother me anymore

O. Overnight hospital stays: only once, having a kid & a c-section are the cause for it

P. Pet peeves: I don't think we have enough time or space to list all of my pet peeves, let's just say I can be easily annoyed at times....like when people chew with their mouths open, so gross, no one wants to see your chewed up food!!

Q. Quote from a movie: "Eat the ham Tina!"

S. Siblings: brother & sister...both younger

T. Time you wake up: when Keegan drags me out of bed, it's different every day

U. Underwear: I tend to wear it on a daily basis.

V. Vegetables you don’t like: It would be easier to list the veggies that I DO like!!

W. What makes you run late: My hair. Seriously, it never cooperates when I want it to...oh and when the hubs asks me to iron his shirt 2 minutes before we need to leave and the iron isn't even on yet!

X. X-rays you’ve had: my teeth, I'm sure there have been more but that's all I can think of right now.

Y. Yummy food you make: I make a mean mac 'n cheese...and no I'm not talking about the blue box kind!!

Z. Zoo animal favorites: Is it weird that I don't really have a favorite? The all kinda smell!! 

30 Day Challenge: Day 19

Day 19: A picture and a letter.

Can I be honest with you for a second?! I have been dreading this day since I first started this little challenge! I have been trying to figure out what kind of letter I should write and what I should even write about. I thought I wanted to do something really sentimental and meaningful but I had no idea what to do or who to even write the letter to....and to be honest again, I had no idea what I was going to do until I started typing this post and then all of a sudden it hit me! Here goes nothing....

Ahhh...my beloved Dr. Pepper!! You have no idea how much I miss you! Seriously, giving you up for Lent has been one of the hardest things ever!! I know that might sound bad, I mean it's only 40 days that we can't be together and become one but when I would enjoy you multiple times a day then going to nothing, zero, zip, nada can make a girl go a little crazy!! I can't wait until we can spend time together again...I'm actually counting down the days!! We only have less than 2 weeks to go!! Woohoo!!! I have to tell you though, I did cheat on you yesterday, I'm not proud about it but I just couldn't resist. I was dying of thirst and to the point of if I drank another ounce of lemonade I was going to lose it so I grabbed a soda out of the fridge, popped it open and drank half of it almost in one gulp. I do have to say that I didn't enjoy it at all...I mean how could I, it was black cherry soda...you are so much better than that!! Can't wait to have you back in my life again!!!

Love, Me



Is It Really Worth It?

Over the weekend while we were out & about Ryan threw out the idea of maybe joining either Sam's or Costco. Since both places have a "visitor's pass" where you can walk around and check things out that's what we did! We ended up going to both places and ultimately decided that we liked Sam's better than Costco.

While walking around checking things out and trying to compare the prices to what the prices are at a regular store, we kept going back & forth on what we wanted to do. Ryan mentioned the fact that if we did become members we could easily drop a lot of money at one time but then again that happens on regular shopping trips sometimes too! It also wouldn't be worth it to drive that far to only pick up a couple of items. We left leaning more towards not wanting to join because we just aren't sure if it will really be worth it & if we will actually save money, especially with having to pay a membership fee.

That's where you come in with your wonderful opinions...

Are you a member at one of these places? Do you really save money after paying the membership fee? Is it really worth it in the long run?

30 Day Challenge: Day 18

Day 18: A picture of your biggest insecurity.

Being a 26 year old woman, I of course have multiple insecurities, I mean what woman doesn't?! If I had to pick just one that really bugs me right now it would be this...

No, that is not chicken pox! Adult acne!! I don't understand it...I went a good couple of years with having almost perfect skin with no acne whatsoever, except for the occasional pimple and all of a sudden a little over a year ago I started breaking out like a 15 year old girl!! I have tried a couple of different things and nothing has seemed to work yet. I even went to the dermatologist once to get something but what they gave me was way too strong for my apparently sensitive skin because it made my skin so raw that even my eyelids hurt...I didn't even use it on my eyelids!! And that look of having raw skin on your face is way worse than the pimples!!

Anyone else have problems with this...any suggestions as to what I can use?!?!

30 Day Challenge: Day 17

Day 17: A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.

Not necessarily my blog in particular but all of the awesome people that I have met because of this blog {I was going to put a picture of each of you but then I thought that it might be a little creepy of me to copy and paste pictures of you all so I decided it was better to just use my blog header}!! I feel like no matter what I have to say or no matter what kind of situation I am in I can pour it all out on here and will receive all of the inspiration, "it'll get better"s, "I know exactly how you feel"s, well wishes, extra little pushes, encouragement, reminders that I'm not the only crazy person out there, great advice and whatever else it is that I might need to hear from all of you!

 So thank you to every single one of you for giving me one of those things at some point in time, you have all made an impact in my life some way, some how!! {don't worry it's all been for the better!!}

30 Day Challenge: Day 16

Day 16: A picture of someone who inspires you.

This one was tough for me! There are so many people that inspire me in so many different ways and trying to figure out which one to choose for this was hard...guess that's why it's called a "challenge" huh?!

This little boy inspires me the most out of everyone though. He inspires me to be a better person as a whole and a better mommy each and every day.

Let's Play Catch Up!!

I know, I know I've totally been slacking lately!! I just...don't have a whole lot going on. I have all kinds of ideas and things I want to blog about but when it comes down to actually sitting down and doing it I don't really feel like it!! Well, except for the 30 day challenge posts {which I do like 5 at a time and schedule them to post on the correct days...that's not cheating is it?!}.

Let's rewind a couple of days and go back to the weekend....

Friday was pretty low key hung out at home and went over to Ryan's parents' house to play some April Fool's jokes!! Lets just say that it was a success and hilarious!!

Saturday was a good day, except for the fact that my massage got cancelled!! UGH!!! I was soooo excited to finally use my gift card that the hubs got me for Valentine's day but it didn't work out so I rescheduled it. We did some stuff around the house and then headed out for date night! Keegan got to go watch grandpa bowl since he was in a bowling tournament that afternoon and he had a blast running around the bowling alley. We headed to Tucker's to eat, one of our favorite restaurants...have you ever been there?! Oh em gee...the best baked potatoes ever! Seriously, they are amazing and huge...they are so big that they could be a meal all by themselves! I swear that the one I had was as big as Keegan's head!! Then I found out that they have fried zucchini as an appetizer....it was like heaven & they definitely earned some more brownie points in my book!! I have been wanting some fried zucchini for like 2 months now and can't find it anywhere so I stuffed my face like crazy with those things!! So good!! We saw the movie "Limitless" also...it was ok, it wasn't bad but it wasn't the best movie eve. It definitely helped that Bradley Cooper was the main character and I got to look at him the whole time! :) We ended up seeing an early movie so us being the crazy people we are went to Target & Home Depot before heading home! And....we were still home by 9:45 and then found out that Keegan was out later than us, which usually happens when we have a date night. However, I finally got everything for Keegan's Easter basket and we were successful at picking out a new counter for the bar in the basement at Home Depot, don't know when we will actually get it but we have the color picked out!

On Sunday we took complete advantage of the beautiful weather that we had! We went to multiple parks and stayed outside pretty much all afternoon. Since we knew it was suppose to be really windy we bought Keegan a kite at Target the night before and planned on doing that as well. He was really, really excited about it so we got the park and got everything ready to go...Ryan handed the kite over to Keegan and after 5 seconds his hands slipped and kite went flying away...luckily not too much string was let out and it didn't go very far but after that Keegan wanted nothing to do with touching the kite so I ended up flying it. I was pretty impressed with my kite flying skills...granted it feel a couple of times but I was able to get it back up in .5 seconds! It was all going good until I decided to stop flying it and join the boys on the playground. I was winding the string back up and then all of a sudden it went flying out of my hands....and landed in the tree!! whoops!! But with my amazing mom skills I was able to get the kite out of the tree...not sure how I did it exactly but I did!! However, the ribbons that hang down from the kite didn't make it out of the tree and when Keegan saw that we had a huge meltdown!! All of a sudden he was attached to this kite that he held in his hands for 2 seconds and couldn't believe that I "broke" his kite! We tried telling him that it was ok and the kite still worked and even bribed him with a new kite but none of that mattered, his precious kite was broken! He wouldn't stop talking about it the rest of the day. Actually, he even mentioned it last night when I was putting him to bed and said something about going to the park today, his response was "I don't want to go to the park where my kite broke". Pretty sure he is going to be traumatized for life about his broken kite!! We ended the day with some grilling and hanging out watching tv.

 Oh...let me tell you about what happened to me yesterday!! So I had an interview...did the whole normal interview process and it was time to go. I stood up and it was like I had no feeling in my right foot. It wasn't that tingly feeling like when it falls asleep and I've never had this feeling before so I started to walk around the table and all of a sudden I couldn't walk and my foot like twisted underneath of me!! It was sooo weird and of course I was embarrassed. The feeling was still there but I kept walking anyways, I mean what was I suppose to do, just stand there until the feeling went away? Then...it happened again!! Except it was way worse than the first time & I seriously thought I was going to fall down!! It was horrible and that time I was beyond embarrassed!!! Way to make a first impression Meagan!!! As soon as I walked out of the office I was fine and could walk normal again...I have no idea what the hell happened to me or my foot but I hope it doesn't happen again....not going to lie it was a little scary when I couldn't walk!!!

30 Day Challenge: Day 15

Day 15: A picture of something you want to do before you die.

Yes, that is a person inside of a cage and yes, that is a bunch sharks around him!!

I would love, love, love to "swim" with the sharks some day!! It would definitely be something totally out of the box for me to do and I would probably have a complete anxiety attack before & during it but I think it would be an awesome experience!! It wouldn't hurt if it happened somewhere really cool too, like Australia or Fiji or some place like that!!

 

30 Day Challenge: Day 14

Day 14: A picture of someone you couldn't imagine your life without.

My boys of course!! I couldn't just pick one of them because technically I wouldn't be able to have one without the other!!

30 Day Challenge: Day 13

Day 13: A picture of your favorite band or artist.

Hands down...Carrie Underwood. I don't think there is a single song of hers that I don't like plus she is absolute gorgeous and has hair to die for, seriously who wouldn't want to look like her or have her hair?! Personally, I would love to have her hair!! And I think it's probably fair to say that if I had a girl crush, it would totally be on Carrie!



Confession Friday

I confess that I am a horrible secret keeper sometimes...especially when it's a good secret and everyone should know what it is!!

I confess that I slept in Keegan's bed with him the other night. Yep, me & him in his twin size bed....he came into our room right after I laid down to go to bed and I asked him if he wanted me to lay with him in his bed {so he wouldn't wake up daddy}, he of course said yes so I went in there, fell asleep and was woken up at 4:45 by Ryan telling me to get back into our bed. He couldn't understand why I would of slept in there all night....it was simple, Keegan doesn't snore & he stayed on his side of the bed....not sure what other explanation there is for it!! However, I don't see it happening again!

I confess that I have worn my hair in a ponytail & put a hat on every single day this week for a couple of reasons 1: I'm lazy 2: I got my hair cut a little different last weekend & I don't like it...at all 3: I have a huge scrap which turned into a scab right in the middle of my nose from when Keegan & I were wrestling, note to self: take glasses of before wrestling with a 3 year old. 

I confess that I am totally kicking myself in the butt for saying some things recently and am feeling really bad about it.

I confess that Keegan ate goldfish and sticky fruit snacks {aka gushers} for breakfast yesterday...yes together & no I didn't feel like fighting that battle.

I confessed that I still haven't finished my project yet...no idea what happened to that week deadline I gave myself?!?!

I confess that I bought bananas when I went grocery shopping the other day and the whole time in the back of my mind I knew that the probably won't get eaten...guess I will just have to make some banana bread if they don't! :)

I confess that I'm soooo happy that Easter is only 3ish weeks away, I'm thismuch closer to being able to drink soda again....but as I type this I just realized that I don't have anything ready for Easter yet!! I think I need to get my butt in gear and get some Easter sweet tarts {you know the ones shaped like ducks and bunnies} and some egg dying supplies!! I should probably let the Easter Bunny know what to put in Keegan's basket too!! Of course I have Keegan's outfit ready to go though....that's the most important thing!!

I confess that I got really excited when I won 12 swagbucks at one time...that's the most I've ever gotten at one time!! It's the little things in life that make me happy plus I know exactly what I'm going to use the gift card for when I get it!!

Your turn....what are you going to confess to this week?!

30 Day Challenge: Day 12

Day 12: A picture of something you love.

There is nothing better than a good pair of jeans that fit just right everywhere...and make your butt look amazing!! And there is nothing better than wearing those perfect jeans with some cute heels!! {If only I was that skinny though!}