10 reasons I know I shouldn't be pregnant anymore

#1. I look like this every day. I don't even do my hair anymore, and I don't even care!

#2. This baby is gonna be like 10 lbs when he is born. And none of his cute little newborn clothes are going to fit him

#3. I sleep about 4 hours a night. Even though this super comfy bed ALWAYS looks inviting.

#4. I feel like I am standing on the other side of the kitchen when I wash dishes, because my belly is so big.

#5. My feet look like this. The minute I wake up in the morning... not even after a long day of walking anymore.


#6. My maternity jeans are too small

#7. I have about 5 people texting me every day asking if I'm in labor yet.

#8. This is what I see when I look down. (Feet? What are those?)


#9. I can't even bend over far enough to take the laundry out of the dryer. I literally have to get on my knees!

#10. I came up with this list in about 2 minutes...and honestly I could probably come up with ten more just as fast!!

Dear baby, PLEASE COME OUT!!! ♥ Mommy

Love Love ♥

Icky weather

I don't blame this baby for not coming.
If I were in a warm place like he was, I wouldn't want to come into cold dreary Minnesota either. May has been way to cold and I bet he knows it and is being wise and staying in his mama's warm belly. Can you blame him?

Ryan worked 2-10 last night, then 6-2 this morning. I hate when he has these shifts back to back. Especially when I am 40 weeks pregnant and could really use his help with this little monster who seems to KNOW I'm exhausted and is being a bigger trouble maker than usual. But on the plus side he has tomorrow off :) he may even have Sunday off too! I'm not gonna count on it though, since I am being induced Tuesday my guess is he will load up on the hours Sunday and Monday. Lovely.

Joshua and I braved this extremely chilly spring weather with my mom and little sisters this morning and hit up a few garage sales. Not to much out there but true Minnesotans had there sales open, and us true Minnesotans found a few things to take home.

Joshua got this cute yellow chair

and a pair of jeans ( no I'm not gonna put a picture of them up, they are jeans!) and I found a book. So not to exciting of a morning, but not a complete waste of time!

Yesterday I decided maybe this little boy just wants me to have some more maternity pictures, that has to be why he is still in me! So Ryan, Joshua and I went across the street from our house to this cool little ampi-theater/park and got a few pictures :)

We had fun! Joshua loves being outside so he was happy that we went out.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Friday! I need to get some cleaning done before I lose all motivation... Love Love ♥

Good bye due date. Hello Lazy.

Well I was due yesterday. It went by just like I knew it would, no contractions, no baby. I think this little man is in for the long haul! I am scheduled to be induced next Tuesday if he doesn't come before then, and I am not counting on his coming on his own. So, one more week of pregnancy.

So what does one due when they are way over being pregnant? When it hurts to walk because my ankles are so swollen, and I can't bend over because I have a full grown baby living in my belly? I do NOTHING. Me and Joshua are having a definite lazy day today! This is what is has consisted of so far:

Learning how to buckle/unbuckle the babies car seat


Hand feeding the dog, one piece of dog food at a time


Finding a half eaten bag of popcorn next to Daddys bed and dumping it everywhere


Eating pizza with Ranch dressing and potato chips for lunch (healthy huh?)


And trying to figure out how to open the windows... Not successful thankfully :)


Needless to say it has been a VERY productive morning so far! Plus, with me being the crazy blogger mom I just follow him around a take pictures. I can always tell when he is getting in trouble, because he says "Cheese". Maybe I take to many pictures? I think not!

Love love ♥

Mommys Day ♥

I hope everyone had a wonderful mothers day! We had a VERY full day of family, and a short (disappointing) trip to the hospital. We went to church in the morning, then went to Ryan's Grandmas for a little get together she was having, it was a mothers day/remembering family/birthday get together. It was great seeing everyone! After we were done there, Ryan's other Grandparents (from Wisconsin) were in town at his uncles, so we went straight to their house from his Grandmas. Joshua had fun getting to know his other great-grandparents a little bit, he has only met them once before.

On the way home from Ryan's uncles I had a headache, was lightheaded and my ankles were HUGE so I decided to stop and check my blood pressure. It was pretty high (for my normal 117/40) so I called labor and delivery and they said to come in and get checked out. We got hopeful that maybe we would be having a baby soon! But after I got there they hooked me up to the machines, baby was doing good and my blood pressure started going down so they sent us home. Babyless. I was so sad that I had to leave the hospital still pregnant! But on the plus side, the nurse said I was having contractions every few minutes (and not feeling them at all) and I am dilated to 3 cm (I was at 3cm for 3 weeks with Joshua...) But I am still hopeful this baby will make tomorrow (his due date) his birthday!!

Here are a few pictures from our long family filled day
Playing at Great Grandma Olsons

Ryan got the camera...

Sharing a cupcake with Grandma Strickland

Blue face!

When we don't have toys, we make do with what we do have.

4 Generations of Strickland men... is anyone noticing they get a little taller every generation? Does that mean Joshua is gonna be a giant?!

Joshua with Great Grandma & Grandpa Strickland

I hope everyone had a wonderful mothers day. I think we are going out tonight for MY mothers day, since yesterday was all about grandmas :)

Love Love ♥

Saturday (and I'm STILL pregnant)

We had a very fun filled, busy Saturday! We started our morning off with a delicious egg & ham breakfast (thanks Ryan!!) Then we met up with some friends at a farm just down the street from us, The Historic Kelley Farm. We got to see all kinds of animals and help with a few farm chores, I'll let the pictures show you how fun it really was.

We had a very fun morning :)

Joshua came home and took a couple hour nap after all of that running around. Then when he woke up we went up to the school to get a few pictures of my little brother, and my brother in law before they headed off to prom! It definitely brought back memories :)


My little brother and his prom date

My brother and law and his date :)

I hope they are having fun right now!!

After seeing them off we went with my family to dinner at Cici's pizza (yummy!), came home and Joshua got to play outside a little bit and show off how silly he is to the neighbor ladies. I swear he is the biggest flirt! And all the ladies in our neighborhood love it :)

I hope everyone had a good Saturday, I am going to go lay in bed and put my fat ankles up for a while! Love Love ♥