Hobbies and Adventures.

Well, I've decided I need a hobby.

Before I met Caden, my hobbies included snowboarding and drinking/partying.   Well, I no longer drink or party and I can no longer snowboard because of the little babe.   

I love love love spending time with Caden, but he has hobbies that I don't have.   He loves to play Magic and he has a very close group of guy friends that spend a lot of time together.    When he is gone, I used to watch movies or clean the house.    Which made me totally content and happy.

...and then I realized that is completely lame and I need to do something better with my time.

So, here is to finding new hobbies.

Maybe a sewing class.
Maybe baby-yoga.
Maybe swimming.

I need something to keep me out of the house, off the couch and busy when Cade is magic-n-it-up.

Here is to new adventures.

Graveyard Ramble.

It's 1am and I'm working.

...kinda.

 

I'm getting paid to read my Nook and blog while my patients sleep restfully in their beds.   I definitely wish I was sleeping restfully in my bed.  Wonder how mad they would be if I snuggled up at the foot of their bed.   Crossing the line of "healing touch"?   Probably.

 

Last night I worked during the snow storm.  [For those of you who don't live in Utah, yesterday was a pretty hefty snow storm.] I have no idea how much snow we got, but if I were to guess, I would say about a foot in 12 hours.   Not an exaggeration.    As I was driving to work, I got stuck on a hill with 8 other cars trying to make it up the hill with me.  No one was going anywhere.  Trucks and cars with 4 wheel drive were weaving in-between those of us who had little tiny cars.   I called work and told them I was stuck.  They told me to get here when I could, so I rolled in two hours later thanks to the help of my friend.   Phew.     What a mess.

 

After working all night, I decided it would be best if I went to my Mom's house and slept there instead of try to make it all the way home and then all the way back again tonight for another shift.  So, I slept in my Mom's bed while she took care of her daycare upstairs.    Her bed is the most wonderful and glorious bed I have ever slept on.   We have the same mattress, but for some reason, her bed feels like I'm sleeping on clouds covered in glitter.   It's magnificent.    However, I slept only 7 hours instead of my usual 10 hours.  So, I'm a sleepy bear this evening.   

 

Working a grave when I'm sleepy is my least favorite thing.   I tuck my patients into bed, get them comfortable, secretly wish I was in the bed instead, and then I check on them every hour and watch them sleep peacefully in bed while I stay awake all hours of the night.   Now, don't get me wrong, it's the best job in all the land.   However, not my favorite when I'm sleepy and pregnant and miss my husband.   Not my favorite.

 

So, I blog to pass the time.    And, if you want to text me to keep me awake, please do so.  

Greatly appreciated,

 

Sleepy, tired, preggy Callie.

Baby Hall at 13 weeks.

Here is little baby Hall.   [This is my most favorite picture as of now.]  We had another ultrasound yesterday and our doctor is 99% sure baby is a girl.   How can he be so sure at only 13 weeks though, so I'm trying not to get too excited.  I've only painted the entire house pink.    ...kidding.     She is a little thumb sucker though, which I think is way too adorable.    Melts my little heart.

We decided to participate in a new Mom study.  They are hoping to find early signs of pregnancy complications and need mom's who have never been pregnant before to be a part of the study.  Caden loves research and we get 3 free ultrasounds, so we said yes.   This little picture was taken by the ultrasound technician at the study.  She was such a nice lady and explained each part of our babe, plus showed us the placenta and my ovaries.   Pretty neat to see.   Then she just held the wand over my tummy and we got to watch baby live, just wiggling and moving about.   I think I could watch her for hours and not even get bored of it.  

Pregnancy has gone really great for me.  I haven't had morning sickness, but like I mentioned before, I get a serious case of the grumps.  Which I hate more than anything.  I would rather be nauseas then grumpy.   I'm not normally a grumpy girl so I can't figure out how to handle these emotions and it makes me crazy.   Luckily, Caden is patient with me and he does whatever he can to make me feel better.   Poor guy gets the blunt of it though.   ...is that the saying?  

I'm still fitting into my normal jeans, just without the button done up.  Thank goodness for long T-shirts.   I work with a girl who is 6 weeks further then me and I am definitely twice as big as she is.   Apparently my tummy grows outwards quickly.  Awesome.   It's fun to have a little baby bump, though and our families love to rub on it and love it.   My niece and nephew like to shake baby and tell her secrets and Caden likes to kiss it before we go to bed.  

Yesterday we bought her a crib and I can't wait to find out for definite if she's truly a girl so I can start buying everything in the store that is pink.   ...or blue.    Baby clothes are way too cute to handle and I hope we strike gold sometime soon so I can buy all the fancy neat baby things they have.

I feel incredibly blessed to be carrying this child.  I have several friends who have been trying for so long to have a baby and my heart aches for them.  I want them to experience this with me and I want to tell them how great it is, without making them feel horribly.   This is something that every woman should experience.   I feel SO lucky to have her growing healthy and SO lucky that she picked us to be her parents.   It makes me cry EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I think about it.   

Just keep growing, baby Hall.   Keep being great.
Can't wait to meet you.
xo