Just a Reminder

Hi everyone. I just wanted to post a quick reminder that we will be leaving for Texas this Friday, November 2nd to see Matthew off to Iraq. I know many of you expressed interest in sending something with me to give to him. We are taking off Friday evening so if you get it emailed to me before then, I can still get it to him. I would not suggest snail mail at this point since there is no guarantee it will get to me in time.

Thanks!

Just Plain Wrong!!!

So below you will see the temperature outside for TODAY!!!

95 degrees, are you serious?

IT IS BASICALLY NOVEMBER!!! This is wrong on so many levels!

It is the best time of year FALL, and it still feels like the middle of SUMMER, when will this end? Oh curse this boiling desert that we call Arizona! A Washington girl just can't take much of this! I need rain, and trees with leaves that change colors, and the Puget Sound....and now I am just making myself homesick.......

OK, I am done ranting.

Flowers That Taste Good Too!

So this past week was a particularly stressful week for me. I had a lot going on at the store with caterings, people calling in sick, dealing with different employee issues in addition to parenting classes, and Dr. appointments and other personal issues.......it was just busy, and I was exhausted and frustrated!

So, it was so nice to come home one day last week to find this edible "Flower" arrangement in the fridge from Andy! It was so pretty and the strawberries were covered in DARK CHOCOLATE! MMM.....so good! I just plopped my fat pregnant butt on the couch watched a TiVo'd episode of Oprah and ate my flowers! Great ending to a crazy day!

Thanks Andy, I love you!

Baby's Name

I have posted a poll on the blog to have everyone help up decide what to name the baby. We have quite a few names we like, some more than others, but we can't seem to come to a firm conclusion. So we thought it might be a good idea to get opinions from our friends and family.

Our names are not what we would consider to be common, and understand not everyone will be fans of them, but please pick the ones you like most. The middle name will most likely also be one of the names from the poll. Once we are set on a first name it will be easier for us to decide on a middle name.

Hopefully soon we will be able to make a firm decision.

Thanks for voting!

Pregnancy Weeks 20-29

So perhaps I have been slacking on this just a bit (Well for 9 weeks really) but I thought it was time for another pregnancy post.

So now that I am in my last trimester I am starting to get all the uncomfortable pregnancy side effects. For instance, my feet swell up like balloons at the end of the day. I have been told to drink lots and lots of water to help with the swelling, I do, and I still have Flinstone feet! I have now found out what heartburn and indigestion feel like (I have never experienced those before.) Also, this child, although I love him dearly is OBSESSED with my rib cage, and will not leave it alone. One morning about 2am I woke up with the WORST pain in my right side right by my rib cage. I had no idea what was going on and it was so uncomfortable I was nearly in tears thinking something was wrong and maybe we needed to go to the doctor. I got online real quick and looked in some of my books about rib pain, and found out that it is possible for the baby to lodge itself in there, and that there were certain exercises I could do to get him to move back down where he belongs. Anyway, after about 3 hours of walking around and doing these exercises I finally got the little critter to move. However, during the day he still seems to find his way over there, so I am thinking this will just be one of those things I have to deal with.

Also, this whole gaining weight thing sucks! I know you have to, but man you feel it. It's weird to feel so "Heavy" and to struggle to bend over and put on your socks! I will never take that small act of putting on socks for granted again!

However, overall I feel really good. I know so many people who have had terrible pregnancy's so I will not complain anymore, I have been very lucky.

He is moving all of the time now, and often times think that he is holding his own private aerobics session in my womb. Andy gets a kick out of watching my belly move and contort in all sorts of funny ways. Sometimes Andy will push on my belly and then he pushes or kicks back, we find that amusing anyway.

We are in the process of figuring out what we want to do with the baby's room, so over the next few weeks I should be able to post pictures of our progress.

This time is just going by so fast, I can't believe I am almost 30 weeks! Were in the homeward stretch now and are getting very excited yet nervous at the same time. I think we have both decided that this will not feel completely real until we see him, then I am sure that will be one of the most "Real" moments of our lives.

Until the time comes we are just keeping busy with the nursery and reading all sorts of book on all different kinds of topics hoping we will have a clue what to do with this child when he arrives!

Picture at week 25

Please Participate........

My brother Matthew, will be deploying to Iraq the 2nd week of November for 18 months. My family and I will be going down to Texas to see him the week before he leaves.

I was thinking it would be nice for him to have notes, letters, and pictures from friends, family, etc... to take with him when he leaves. Letters of encouragement, thanks, prayer, memories, just something for him to have from home, and to let him know how much we appreciate what he is doing and that he is loved and thought of.


We will be leaving for Texas on November 2nd, so I would like to have this "Book of Letters" put together before then.

Even if you do not know him, or even know him well please still feel free to send me something for him.

Please email these to me at naomi.shuldberg@yahoo.com

If you would like to send a hand written letter, please email me and I will give you my home address.

Thank you for taking the time to do this, I know he will appreciate it.

Naomi

By Popular Demand I Give You........

The Belly Picture!

It sure is getting big, and boy am I feeling it! It is so weird to all of the sudden have this large "Appendage" to maneuver around. This picture is at 28 weeks, I cant believe I have 12 more to go, and that the belly will just keep getting bigger!

And yes, that is a crib you see in the background in my dining room. We haven't finished the baby room yet, so all the furniture is placed around the house where ever it will fit!

Last Pictures From Our Trip To Utah

While up in Utah for out baby BBQ, we went up to Park City to be with Andy's family. Every year for Labor Day, they all get condos in Park City so we went up and stayed with them for a night. We stayed in the condo with Andy's brother Jerry and his wife Aimee. Below are a few pix of three of their four kids, Coleman is missing, I believe he was swimming when we were having our photo shoot.

This Cutie is Noah (The youngest of the four)

This is their oldest son Canyon

And this is Easton

While in Park City we also went to go see the Olympic long jumpers. It was the female long jumping competition and they were from all over, the US and International. They are not the best shots in the world but you get the idea, and can see how far they jump. The girls were so young too, I think some of them were only 13 or 14!

WANTED TO WISH MY MOM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY!

SHE IS 21 AGAIN!