| Almost everytime I start a blog, I always apologize for not blogging or being non-existent for a while...well, taking DeafRoger's advice (http://deafroger.blogspot.com/2008/02/no-apologies.html), I'm not going to do it this time.
Weather Update - My dad sent me an email this morning and he said this: Are you kidding me. Just saw on national weather news that the wind chill factor in Sioux Falls is -29 degrees. Do you realize that is 58 degrees colder than your freezer. I tried to get in our freezer just to see what half of your negative temperature felt like but the freezer was too small. (or I was too big) Stay inside and keep baby Koch warm today. Trust all is well. Love Gpaw Yep, Gpaw, you got that right! (By the way, don't you love the name Gpaw? It's his nickname as a grandfather...sooo cute! He loves to sing the ABC song to the grandkids. It goes something like this, "A,B,C...D, E, F...Geee-Paaw!!") Anyway, back to point, the weather today and yesterday was so friggin cold, it's brutal! On days like these, I get really homesick and long to go back to Texas where it's warm. And guess what? It's supposed to SNOW again tomorrow, SIGH!!! I've really had enough of the snow and cold weather that I wouldn't mind seeing some YELLOW grass or even DIRT for that matter! Hurry February and come spring, I need some warm weather already!!!
Pregnancy Update - Today, I'm 33 1/2 weeks and it's hard to believe that I have less than two months until my daugther makes her grand entrance into the world. Although, my body already looks and feels like I'm about to burst! My doctor said that I am measured to be a week and half ahead of schedule, however, it doesn't necessarily mean that I may deliver early, but that I may have a big baby inside, eeps! This whole pregnancy has actually been one smooth ride, except for a few things here and there. Luckily, I never got morning sickness nor did I have too many complaints up until now. I'm finally at the point where I'm just UNCOMFORTABLE and dragging my heavy body up and down the stairs literally takes my breath away. I do have one MAJOR complaint and that is that I've gained WAY WAY WAY too much weight, pffht. I'm too embarrassed to even mention how much I weigh now or how much I've gained. Ideally, a woman is supposed to gain only 25 to 30 pounds and well, unfortanately, I've surpassed that. That's the main reason why I don't like taking pictures of myself nowadays, I know...being too vain can be a shame sometimes. I've gone to the ER three times now and I just went in this morning. I'm supposed to feel at least five movements each hour and if I don't, I am to call the doctor and go in to check on the baby. Each and everytime I have gone, much to my relief, the baby turns out to be fine and completely normal. I was told that at this point, the baby may be running out of room in the belly so she's not exactly able to do gymanastics but maybe stretch her arms here and there. I do NOT mind going into the ER because it's VERY reassuring to know that all's well in there and if I could, I would go in EVERYDAY!!! The doctor decided to schedule me another ultrasound this week, even though I was just supposed to do it once throughout my entire pregnancy, and of course, I went bunny ears up cuz I looooove ultrasounds!!! I do wonder why my baby is not as active as I'd like her to be. Could she be just as lazy as I am and that she loves to sleep all day? Or could she be deaf? My mother had three girls, one hearing and two deaf. She mentioned that my other deaf sister and I didn't move quite as much as my hearing sister did. Instead of kicks and somersaults, she used to just feel some rolling around and that's pretty much what I feel. Every now and then, my baby would give me a kick, but it's not exactly like she's having a party down there. We'll just have to wait and see, but what's MOST important is that she's OKAY and gosh, I just can't wait to get my hands on her. Have any of you taken a lamaze class? Tom and I have been going and it's sad to say that we haven't been enjoying it as much as we thought we would. Maybe it's because the class is on Monday nights and we don't get out til like 9:30 pm. Needless to say, Mondays are LONG days for us. It might be the teacher, she babbles and babbles and babbles and everything she says is becoming redundant. Just drives me crazy that she keeps us there until 9:30 instead of letting us off at 9 pm. Sometimes I just want to shake her and say, "HELLO!! ALL of us are PREGNANT and most of us have jobs, so just shut up already and let us go home to get some MUCH NEEDED sleep!!" Of course, the lamaze class will definitely come in handy with all the information that we're learning so we know what to expect on D-Day. We do breathing and stretching exercises for only 15 minutes and the rest is lecture or watching films. I have to admit that I CRINGE when I watch films of these woman going into labor and experiencing the PAIN. The class is trying to teach us that pain is POSITIVE because the end result is that you get a BABY out of the whole ordeal! There was this one lady in the film screaming, "HELP! Someone please HELP ME!! I can't do this anymore! Get the baby out NOW!!" And, of course, the partner or husband in the film is just standing there saying, "You're doing great, you can do it, come on, just breathe, hoo..hoo..ha, hoo..hoo..ha." The interpreters laugh at me because I'm making all these faces that it's so obvious that I'm just TERRIFIED! You might say that I'm probably more scared than excited about the delivery, but I've been told that you forget ALL about the pain once the baby is out and what you experience is, of course, nothing but a miracle. We have five more lamaze classes to go and by the end of the series, we would only be a week or two away from delivery, egads!
Other tidbits - All's well on the home front. Chester and Chelsea are both doing fine. Chester is the same laid back dog and just loves to find a comfortable spot to sleep whereas Chelsea loves to find something to chew on whether it's a toy or a valuable item, arugh! I'm not going to mention what Chelsea has damaged lately because there's no need to add stress onto my blog. Chester is almost four years old and Chelsea will be two this summer. I want Chelsea to hurry up and grow out of her immaturity and be as laid back as Chester. I'm not sure if either of them know what's going on in my belly, but there's one thing I know for sure, they are going to love this baby to death!!! Tom has been busybusybusy, so busy that I worry he will give himself a heart attack! He's got TOO many commitments and he's ALWAYS on the go, non-stop. First, he's got school on Monday through Fridays which he has to commute 75 miles to and from each day. Then he's got a HUGE project remodeling our basement and his goal is to FINISH before the baby gets here. At the same time, he's also got several projects with clients (a basement, a photography studio, and an old house). Annnnnnnd, he still has his job at Home Depot! My poor husband is like the Energizer bunny, just keeps going, and going, and going!!! I can't wait to have this baby so he can RELAX once and for all. I'm due on March 26th, but I'm hoping for an early delivery at least one week before during Tom's spring break so we can be home TOGETHER, as a new family! Fingers crossing!!! I'm enjoying Project Runway (hope to see Chris, Mr. Fierce and Jillian in the finals), Survivor (rooting for the fans), Celebrity Apprentice (is there ANYONE else besides me watching this show?!), Millionaire Matchmaker and looking forward to watching the new Big Brother 9 season debutting this week. It's been a season of REALITY tv which I love! I'm so addicted so it, but I'm missing my sitcom/tv shows as well so I'm happy that the writer's strike is coming to an end. Hmmm...I guess that's all I have to say for now. Hopefully I'll be back soon and not wait another six months again! Goodnight!
Here are some belly shots for y'all! This is what I look like now 
But this is actually how I feel....
Of course, Chester wanted to get into the action to say hello!
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