26 week bump!

Labor Day Weekend

Labor day weekend this year was so amazing- with just a few minor hiccups :) Perfect mix of family, friends, and relaxation time...

Going into it.. this is mostly what was on my mind:

FIRST GAME AT BILL SNYDER FAMILY STADIUM!!! I LOVE K-STATE FOOTBALL SEASON!!

Game was on Saturday at 2:30, so we came up to Manhattan to stay with Mike's parents on Friday night (2:30pm kick off means 9:30am tailgate time).

Now if only things could have gone smoothly until that point.

After getting ready at Mike's parents' house, I walk upstairs ready to hit the road when I see Mike's face in a complete panic. He says to me "Oliver just ate mothballs."

Maybe I've been completely sheltered off from the world, but I had no idea what a mothball was. In a nutshell, it is a little white ball of chemicals and pesticide used to deter moths away from clothing- but some people also use them to keep rodents away (as in this case) because rodents can't stand the smell. You would think Oliver also wouldn't like the smell, but who ever knows what goes through that crazy dog's head. So apparently this is very, very dangerous for dogs- it can cause seizures and even be fatal. So Mike is on his trusty IPhone, looking up what we need to do. The answer was to induce vomiting right away. So, in the end, Oliver got to enjoy some hydrogen peroxide to wash down his mothballs. And man, I have never seen so much puke come out of a dog (he had also just eaten breakfast, yum). I think he threw up 3 times, and he just looked so sad and scared that it brought me to tears! We tried calling several emergency vet places in town to get some advice, but it was 8:45am on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend- no luck. So then, of course we went to the tailgate with both dogs in tow, since we needed to watch Oliver like a hawk- and since the stadium was a ton closer to any vet than Mike's parents' house at the lake. In the end, both dogs had a blast at the tailgate, and Oliver seemed to forget about the incident after about the 57th person petted him and told him how cute he was.

Also, K-State WON, and the weather was perfect. My friend Michelle (college roommate) also came in town for the game and stopped by with Liz- so fun! The constant getting up/sitting down in the stadium was a little rough on me, but not as rough as the KILLER breath the guy had that was sitting next to me at the game. It was so bad that in the second half I switched seats with Mike- and I could STILL smell it. I don't know why the person he was with didn't say anything, I would really appreciate someone for telling me. Oh well, minor sacrifice for such a beautiful day!

After one last round of food, we drove back to Shawnee with our pups. Made it back by about 10:30pm- it was quite the packed day! We slept in on Sunday, and we laid around, smoked meat (well, Mike smoked meat), played with the dogs, took naps (or maybe I took a nap while Mike did yard work :).. anything we wanted. Once again, the weather was beautiful- which makes everything better! And no signs at all of Oliver feeling any effects from the mothballs- back to his silly, goofy self! I think what made this Sunday even better, was knowing there was NO WORK on Monday! Monday was pretty much a more lazy version of Sunday. Instead of smoking meat, we made about 4 different kinds of dessert. We made cheesecake cupcakes, peanut butter brownies, regular brownies, and white cake with frosting. No, we weren't expecting company. It was just for us :) Being pregnant has it's perks- I have an excuse! Not that I wouldn't have made all that if I wasn't pregnant, but that's beside the point!

As far as the pregnancy goes- I'm starting to feel large! That picture from 21 weeks is already completely outdated. I think we'll take a 26 week picture this week for you all to see. Jonah is kicking lots now- Mike felt about 5 kicks in a row on Saturday night! I have had no complaints, and am feeling great. It's definitely harder to get up, bend down, and be comfortable in general- but I knew that would come with the territory! I can't wait to meet our son in THREE MONTHS! :) :)

Hope everyone had a safe and fun weekend!!

Updates!

So I guess it's been a month since the last update... oops! I feel like time is flying, and that this pregnancy is flying by too. I can't believe I'm almost to the coveted 24 week mark- when the baby is viable outside the womb. Of course I'd like for little J to stay in there a while longer!

Here's a belly shot back at 21 weeks before my cousin's wedding: (I didn't like my hair in any of them, so it's literally just a belly shot :)

I'm feeling pretty good these days- can't complain too much. The biggest new thing is not being able to get up from a laying down position without my back being all out of alignment and hurting. It probably doesn't help that our bed is SO soft, I always tell Mike we should get a sleep number bed, but I suppose that isn't currently in our budget :)

In other news, it looks like the Waggoners will soon be sporting new vehicles. Well maybe not new, but new to us :) I've been driving my 2 door Honda since I graduated from high school, and we knew we'd have to give up Cindy the Civic (yes, that's right) once we started a family even though it's in pretty good condition. Mike's car, on the other hand, has seen a LOT of miles from all his commuting while I was in nursing school, and has seen better days (to say the least) and doesn't seem like it'll be very reliable for much longer. So we are currently looking into our options for 2 reliable family cars (that's weird to say) that won't break the bank. We'll keep you updated!

In much more exciting news.. we got Jonah's crib!! We already had the bedding- so of course we had to run out and get his mattress so we could put it all together! I love the way it turned out- and Mike did such a great job putting it together. Here are some pictures!

I can't believe how close we are getting to meeting our little guy! He is becoming SO active, especially in the mornings and late at night. Or maybe that's just when I notice it the most since I'm laying down. Whenever I'm having a bad day all I have to do is feel my belly or look at my sonogram pictures, and it turns everything around!

BLUE :)

IT'S A BOY!

I know most of you already knew this, because of our inability to keep a secret. Texts and phone calls pretty much flew out on our way out of the sonogram room. I told the sonographer I thought it was a girl, and she immediately said "I don't know.. I see something pointy!" Mike and I both saw it right away, he was NOT being shy during this ultrasound! She said that she is very sure, and that we do not need to hesitate to go shopping now (music to my ears!)

I really thought it was a girl- it completely threw me off! I can't even put into words how thrilled I am that in a few months, I'll have a little version of my husband running around. Just the thought brings tears to my eyes (with help from my hormones, I'm sure).

Jonah Michael Waggoner. We have had this name picked out for a boy for a really long time, and have since wasted what seems like many precious hours deciding on a girl name. I have always loved the name, and I think it's because of the adorable little boy from Sleepless in Seattle. I think it's unique and not too common (yet), and just like the way it sounds. Mike wasn't sure about it at first, but it really grew on him- and now he loves it as much as I do. If only we knew we were having a boy, the name debate would have been settled a long time ago!

I just can't wait to meet him. Just like everyone says, we can't believe how much you can love someone that you haven't even met.

Here are our sonogram pictures at 19 weeks:

Kicking!

I felt the baby kick (or punch) for the first time on Saturday night while I was at work! It felt like a little tap from the inside, and then I felt it two more times! Since then I've felt it on and off here and there, and I can't wait to feel it all the time!

In other news- our gender sonogram is Friday! So if the baby cooperates, we will find out whether we will be having a little boy or a little girl :) I'm also pretty sure we have our names picked out! We will either be welcoming J.M.W. (boy) or C.E.W. (girl). We will reveal the name when we know what we're having.. (unless we change our minds- which is likely to happen!)

"just wait 'til you have kids!..." + a dream

It started early and now just seems to be getting more and more frequent- and about more and more things.

"just wait 'til you have kids!"

This phrase seems to follow every minor everyday complaint.

The house is such a mess! "just wait 'til you have kids!"
I'm so tired. "just wait 'til you have kids!"
Oliver is such a nightmare. "just wait 'til you have kids!"
I wish Oliver didn't pee on the floor. "just wait 'til you have kids!"

Okay. I GET IT. I understand our lives will be different after we have kids, and yes, we are anticipating this. And I know people don't mean anything by it, but is it necessary to say that about everything? I just had to vent.

Now on to last night's dream. It actually wasn't a weird one! (as far as dreams go, anyway)
I had a dream that we checked into the hospital (even though it was Overland Park Regional) and we ended up having a baby BOY! For some reason we had no idea the sex of the baby, but had packed all pink stuff because of my hunch that it's a girl. Everything was going great, and after I had him, I realized in the dream that we had the baby at the wrong hospital and started freaking out that our insurance wouldn't cover it. Ha.

1 week and 4 days to go until the ultrasound!

dreams....

I thought maybe I should start recording these dreams of mine, to get a good laugh out of later. When I'm not working, I've fallen into the trend of going to bed around 10 or 11, waking up around 2 or 3 for about an hour, then waking up when Mike goes to work for about an hour, then sleeping until 10. I wish that was the worst of it. I literally wake up with a nervous stomach because of the funky dreams I had that take me a minute to remember. It's that "something weird happened" feeling.
Last night's festivities:
I was at some kind of a cabin in the woods on a work vacation for Mike's work. There were all these people there I didn't know, except Mike's boss. Mike wasn't even there for some reason. So Mike's boss introduces me to everyone else by saying I was Mike's wife and that I was a "wonderful republican." Well, anyone that knows me knows that I'm not a republican, so I said so in the dream. Then came the stares from all the people, and they tried to turn me upside down (pregnant and all) and dunk my head in the nasty river. Then it turns out that the cabin in the woods was in Paris. I then took Maddy and Oliver on a walk in said woods. Oliver was on a leash and Maddy was not on a leash (which isn't all that weird, because she listens on walks really well). Well then this herd of people ran by, and Maddy decided she wanted to go with them instead. Then Oliver started running, and his harness came loose from the leash. So then I'm running after them both trying to catch them in the woods in Paris. Where the hell was Mike?? Then I woke up.
Next: I was sitting in the audience at a huge auditorium with a mix of my family and Mike's. Then all the sudden, I got up, ran up on stage, and started to dance with a bunch of people. We all know I don't dance and have zero coordination, but man, I was a rock star in this dream (needless to say, I was not pregnant in this dream). After the series of dances, Nigel Lythgoe stood up and started talking (so apparently I was on so you think you can dance). But he wasn't even talking about how awesome the dancing was, he started talking to the audience about how the auditorium really needs some new energy-efficient outlets, in case anybody wants to make donations.