Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

It's Monday again. Here is another rendition of Not Me! Monday. Things I certainly did not do this past week. Enjoy:

Devin and I did not drive around for 30+ min last night looking for a place to eat since nothing sounded good to us. We did not almost settle on Blizzards for dinner but settled on Applebee's for their Oriental Chicken Salad. Which I also did not eat just 2 nights prior. No way, not me.

Devin and I have not been eating out for the past few days because we don't want to mess up our clean kitchen in case someone wants to come look at our place. And we are not having PB&J sandwiches tonight for dinner for 2 reasons, 1) to keep the kitchen clean, 2) because I am tired of eating out and nothing else sounds good.

Also we did not have only 1 person come look at our place all weekend. Grrrrrr.

And with Gus at my parents for a few days while we are showing the house, I definitely don't miss my cat and feel like the house is empty. Not me, I would never be so attached to a cat.

And I do not secretly (well not secretly anymore) have a fear that the doctor will say "You're not pregnant." Like I was never pregnant to begin with and crazy for thinking I was. Nope Not me!

There you have it. Another Not Me! Monday. A little free therapy for us perfect people.

The Making of a Sling

So I decided to give the baby sling a try. This is the pattern, it seemed easy enough.

Gus helped too.

These are the pieces to sew together.

Now the pattern was easy but the directions were not very clear. I had to rip out the seams 3 times before I got it right.

I even enlisted the help of my mom to help me try and figure out how it was supposed to go.

I finally figured it out and got it together the right way. Completed it with a top stitch.

And here is the finished product. I do have to say it looks pretty good.

This is only demonstrated with my Cabbage Patch Kid, Lianna. I think with a real, heavier baby, the jersey knit will stretch too much, I will probably need to shorten the sling for that. But I also need to wash it as well, so we'll see. I think for a larger baby/toddler I would use a regular cotton or flannel fabric that doesn't stretch. Only time will tell.

12 Weeks - Our Little Plum

Don't think I forgot about the weekly update....

This week our baby's digestive system is starting to practice contraction movements (so baby will be able to eat), the bone marrow is making white blood cells (so baby can fight infections) and the pituitary gland is starting to produce hormones (so baby will be able to have babies-but not for at least 30 yrs!).

I am still feeling great. Occasional days or moments of nausea, but overall great. I have really been blessed by feeling well thus far. I have lost the 2lbs I had gained but in the last couple days I have really been getting my appetite back and I don't think I'll have any problems gaining all the weight. Our next doctor's appt is on Tuesday and we should be able to hear the baby's heart beat. I think that will make it all the more real. Stay tuned.

Wordless Wednesday

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Monday again already. This has been a busy week and so to keep from losing my mind here is another rendition of Not Me! Monday. Things I certainly did not do this past week. Here goes:

I did not almost eat an entire bag of Dove milk chocolate hearts that I brought into work to share with my co-workers. I did share a few, but definitely did not almost eat the rest of the bag, and I am sure I will not finish the bag this week.

I did not sleep in until 9:00am this morning after going to bed at 11:00pm. I would never want to sleep for 10 hrs, that would be crazy.

I did not have to continue to clean out my fridge because there was a horrible odor every time one opened the door. I did not have to take everything out and actually use cleaner to get the smell out. Nope not me. Who would wait for the smell to clean the fridge?

And in cleaning out my pantry I did not find an open box of "Cheez-it's" with a date on the box of 11/07. Then I certainly did not just help myself to a few to see if there were still good. I am not planning on taking the rest of the box to work to snack on this week. No way. Not me.

So there you have it another "Not Me! Monday".

What's in a Name?

Devin and I have been discussing names for our baby since even before we were married. We even have a spreadsheet made with columns for both Devin and I to rank the names 1-10 and a third column to total the score. (yes we are geeks!) Since we are not going to find out the sex we have to pick names for both.

Boy Names:
Jacob^©

Girl Names:
Adia^©
Evey^©
Eliana^©
Josephine^©

We copyrighted these names, so no using without our permission. ha

I am not sure if this means we are going to have lots of girls or not, there just aren't many boy names that we both like. Devin and I really like having a unique/uncommon name ourselves and would also like uncommon/unique names for our kids. We know Jacob is the most popular boy name for the last I don't know how many years, but we still like it. For any name, Devin runs through the possible rhyming words associated to determine if the name is OK or not. Feel free to leave a suggestion for an uncommon or unique name (just make sure it's up from grabs).

My Newest Project

So if you don't know me well or don't know my family... I like crafts, I like to make things. Devin even said as part of our vows that I was crafty. My newest project is making a baby sling. I have been doing some research on these things and I found a pattern the other day at Joann's and thought 'what the heck'. It's got to be cheaper than buying one. I got the pattern for ~$10 (40% off of $15 and I didn't even have to use my coupon).

Here is the pattern:

I have been thinking about what fabrics would be the best and decided on t-shirt material, soft, durable, lightweight, and has a little stretch. Instead of buying fabric at Joann's at $7.99/yard (the pattern calls for 1.5 yards, though I could use my coupon on this), I ventured to Ross Dress for Less and found twin sheets in Jersey Knit for $9.99. Can't beat that.

I will probably be able to make more than one. I got a pretty light turquoise color (one of my favorite colors and gender neutral). I might give one away on the blog if it turns out good. See that's the thing with home made crafts: 1) you can never be sure how they are going to turn out, and 2) projects are usually more fun to start than finish (as evidenced by the multiple partially completed projects in our den). Someday soon, I'll start making it and I have 203 days to finish. I'll keep you posted.