I had not realized that I haven't updated this blog since April. Needless to say, I am now 31 weeks pregnant and definitely have started feeling the shitty aspect of being pregnant. Yes, everyone thinks being pregnant is so great and wonderful and magical and amazing. And there are times I can agree. But 98% of the time, I can't. What is great about being kicked in the ribs? Head butted in the bladder? Feeling like I've been kicked repeatedly in the crotch & am bruised? Leaking boobs? Swollen feet? Loss of appetite? Nausea? Stretch marks? And most important, try sleeping comfortably. Yes, I am aware the outcome of my misery and suffering is my beautiful little boy, but for me to say I LOVE BEING PREGNANT, is an understatement. Go ahead, judge me or disagree. Do I feel like a horrible person for feeling this way? Sometimes yes. Ok, most of the time yes. Because I realize there are women out there who would give ANYTHING to feel this way, and those women are the ones who can't have children. I take this pregnancy a day at a time and I do have my good days. Thank God for my amazing, wonderful, supportive, loving, helpful boyfriend. I couldn't do this without him!
Ok, enough of the Debbie Downer post. A lot has happened since my last blog. I've got 9 weeks to go until the baby is here. We found out we are expecting a little boy. His name is Bryce Pierre. (Pierre is his Daddy's middle name and Daddy want his little boy to have the same initials). I was kind of weary in the beginning with Brittany, Brent and Bryce. But it just seems to fit him so well now. We spend MONTHS finding a name. Every name I picked out was criticized. I wanted something unique and different. Since our baby is biracial, we ran into a lot of "different" names and "different" reactions. I wanted Daylan (Day-lin) Amare (A-mar-ee). But was told it sound too black. I gave up and told Brent, YOU PICK THE NAME! So he sat down, took him 2 minutes, and there you have it. Our girl name came to us SO easy. It really was such a hard time finding a boy name.
In June we traveled to Myrtle Beach for a family vacation. I got some great preggo pics & had such a good time. I made sure to protect my belly with SPF50 and the rest of my body with SPF 10. I look hella funny being tan with a BIG WHITE belly. We stayed from Saturday to Saturday. The weather was great. Enjoyed a lot of virgin Pina Colada's while watching my boyfriend slurp down Strawberry Margarita's. Visited the Ripley's Aquarium, Margaritaville, Carlos & Charlies, Barefoot Landing, Broadway @ the Beach & watched Fireworks. All in all, our trip was great. The car ride wasn't as bad as I expected. I only made boyfriend stop 2 times on the way there and 2 times on the way home to pee. I was so glad to be home & in my pillow covered bed after the week was done! (Don't mind my pastey whiteness, it was the first day at the beach! lol)
One major thing I forgot was us moving in together! We found a great apartment two blocks away from my Mom's house and in the town I grew up in. Everything is coming together great. We just need to clean out/organize the baby's room so we can set up his crib and get some sort of flow going. I have decided on pastel green, pastel blue, and brown for his nursery. I'm pretty much waiting on the babyshowers before I buy anything myself. I believe i'll be having at least 3 showers, so most of the bedding and decor will (hopefully) be bought for us. I sound confident and cocky about that lol. We will see! I don't have any apartment pictures, but I'll have to get some. Our kitchen is HUGE, the living room is HUGE, the bedrooms are decent & so is the bathroom. I just wish we had more storage space. This is definitely a good place to bring Bryce home but once he hits 12 months, a house will definitely be needed. Plus, I promised boyfriend he can have a "man cave".
Well that's really all the major fun and exciting things that have happened since I blogged last. The pregnancy is going good, baby seems to be healthy and fine. I hate my OBGYN office. But that in itself is a whole other blog post. That can be my agenda for tomorrow. Get ready for a full post of bitching! It's what I do best! :)