Peace

Cooper and I went to our first Peace march yesterday afternoon.  I was originally downtown to have coffee with Susan who was planning on rollerblading through the march.  While we were drinking our coffee in a coffeeshop, we saw these anarchist marchers walking down the street with the police next to them.  So I became intrigued and decided to go with Susan to the march grounds and check it out.  Wow, there were so many people there.  We listened to the speakers and cheered on the Corvallis cheerleaders (they were funny with spirit)!  Once the march started we decided to march to my car which was along the parade route and fell in among some percussionists, which was awesome because Cooper was able to hear the beating of drums which his uncle believes will be his calling!

It was a peaceful march while I was there, I saw later on the news that the police had a run-in with a crowd of anarchists, I'm sure they were the same ones that I saw in the beginning. 

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6:00 AM

After missing my appointment twice last week, I was actually able to get my pregnant body up and out the door to be at the gym by 6am yesterday.  It was a good workout session too, what I'm enjoying about it is that 1. the gym is not that croweded at 6am and 2. that I am not sore after working out-unless I do a lot of squats. When I was doing strength training before I was pregnant I could feel the workout for the next couple of days.  I think it helps to have a trainer show you what to do because I am exerting myself but I'm not flying through each piece of equipment.  The goal isn't to do the repetitions as fast as you can, it's to create resistance and slow, even movement. I have one more session left in my free package and that's for Sunday evening, then I have to get up on my own and get to the gym.  Hopefully I will be motivated to do that twice a week.

Aside from going to the gym, I've been walking my dogs most evenings after work.  I take them up to a field to play ball and then if I don't have to go to the bathroom super badly, I will walk with them for 20-30 mins.  The walks are good, although I am experiencing a lot more shortness of breath.  From my house it's pretty much uphill everywhere I go with Mt. Tabor being the destination point so I am huffing it up those hills these days.

 

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22 Weeks

It's hard to believe that I'm past the halfway mark in this pregnancy!  I actually look pregnant now and I know this because people are starting to ask me how far along I am, etc.  It's exciting and different.  My body is definetely adjusting to Cooper, I feel short of breath most of the time, I notice that I don't have much of a torso-a belly and a chest, that's about it, and my legs can feel the extra weight because I'm getting lots and lots of leg cramps.  Although, I recently read that my back is actually absorbing the extra weight and it comes out through my legs in cramps-at night while sleeping....Note to self, don't stretch at any point during the night or you risk pointing your toes and getting a leg cramp. 

I can feel Cooper a lot more now too.  He is an active guy-espcially at night, right before and during my sleep.  Not only are the leg cramps waking me up at night, he's already waking me up with his kicking and I'm waking up because I'm terribly uncomfortable flopping from my left side to my right side.  I guess this is going to only get worse. 

I am totally enjoying being pregnant, it is such an amazing experience and fun to see the developing baby through my developing belly.

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Shopping Shopping Shopping

Wow, what a weekend.  We were on a buying frenzy which is good because soon we'll be on a buying freeze.  We bought some more appliances for our kitchen that we've been wanting and then we bought a bunch of baby stuff including a CRIB!  We went to Babies r' Us and decided to register and while we were waiting for the scan gun we stumbled upon a crib that we've looked at before that we didn't really like.  Well this time, we LOVED it.  Maybe it was the price we loved.  We bought the Delta Luv Jenny Lind style crib.  It's a honey wood color and it's perfect for us.  We also bought a sheet set that go with the jungle animals Auntie Sonya bought Cooper for Christmas.  It is so cute, we are very excited.  I put all of Coop's toys in the crib and any other clothes or books we've bought for him too.

After we were done scanning our life away at Babies r' Us, the next day we went to Target and bought some more things and later registered there too, in case some people found Target a more convienent place to shop.  The cool thing about Target's registry is that we were able to label who we are in relation to the baby...so it says Mother, Amanda and Mother Sharon.  Love that.

 

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Bubbles Bursting

I've officially started feeling Cooper kicking in my belly.  I started feeling him on the flight home from Florida.  It feels like bubbles, bubbles bursting.  It's sort of a weird feeling at first.  I've heard it described as gas or indigestion...I've never experienced that which is also why I know that it's Cooper.  It's like a lava lamp with the bubbles gurgling up to the top.  It's funky.  I get really excited when I feel it, which is normally when I'm sitting down not doing much (watching a movie on the airplane, working at my desk, etc.)  Pretty cool stuff

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Gym

Sharon and I recently cancelled our gym membership at 24 Hour based on the simple fact that we don't go to the gym.  And, because I'm pregnant, my theory is that we won't go when the baby is born.  Well, even though we cancelled we can still use the gym unitl March/April, so we went last night with some friends.  When we got there Sharon wanted to ask if there were any membership specials going on.  She had a hard time cancelling the membership in the first place so you can appreciate her asking.  So we talked with a membership counselor guy, BIG JOHN, he is big, who recently lost 240 pounds (he showed us pictures).  We decided we would talk it over while we worked out.  I swam and Sharon lifted weights with our friend.  Well, when we met up again she said we should join.  We were going to do the prepaid membership where you pay for 3 years and then the renewal after the 3 years is 49 a month.  Good deal really. 

As we were leaving we decided to sign back up!  With that membership now, we get 5 free sessions with a personal trainer too. Well, I was the bright one last night at 8pm to schedule my first session this morning at 6am!!!!  Whew hew, nothing like getting up and getting going.  It was a good time.  She had me doing weights and talking about my dogs to keep me motivated.  I'm pretty sore now and feel like I had a full day and it's only 9am. 

I do like the Hollywood 24 Hour, it's a nice facility and clean.  Busy though, busy all the time especially after work.  This morning there were people there but you could get on any machine you wanted so that's good.

 

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IT'S A BOY!!

Baby Cooper

Well, we are having a boy.  We had the sonogram yesterday.  I was so excited about finding out the gender I didn't realize how much stuff they look at and measure doing those things.  We were looking at him for an hour, while the tech was pointing things out and measuring his head, his legs, his arms, looking at his hands, his feet, his brain, his heart, his spine.  We looked at his stomach, his kidneys, his bladder, his eye sockets.  It was amazing.

That little guy is moving like crazy.  Sharon couldn't believe that I can't feel any of his movements yet.  He was a maniac.  On his back, on his front, sideways, moving his legs, kicking, waving, it looked like he was chewing gum too.  The tech was awesome, she took so many pictures, we have hand pics, feet pics, profiles, and yep even one of his privates (with an arrow)!! 

The doctor came in and said everything looks normal and they moved my due date up to July 9th.  So hey, maybe it really will be a Cancer baby!! 

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Nightmares

I have had several nightmares recently.  The major scary one was when I killed two people (husband and wife).  I didn't know who they were at first.  I killed them with a lava lamp.  I tried to make it look like the husband killed the wife, the police bought it at first.  Then they saw me kick the wife in the head.  I woke up in the middle of the night, tried to get the dream out of my head and was unsuccessful.  Later that night, I dreamed that the husband and wife were swimming in the ocean-ALIVE and that the wife was my good friend.  Pretty freaky dream.

I also had a dream that a Venezuelan boy was shooting darts at my face.  My most recent dream I was smoking cigarattes while pregnant.  Sharon and Angie were telling me I shouldn't be smoking and I told them I didn't care that it wouldn't harm the baby.

Fortunately I recently read that many pregnant women have nightmares and they should go away after giving birth.  In the meantime, I've decided not to watch any Law and Order shows (my favorite) or read any thriller novels.  I'm watching lots of Children and Family movies, such as Homeward Bound and Shark Tale.

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Week 17

A couple of things happened this week 17 of my pregnancy.  I haven't been really craving too many foods, but last night I had to have Orange Chicken from Panda Express.  It was very tasty.  Then I had two bowls of ice cream for dessert at my friends house.

The other great thing that happened is my stomach (baby) has popped out.  I've had a little baby bump for a week or two but this week it seems to have really popped out.  It's round and definetely noticeable.

 

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