Five on Friday Link Up

It's Friday and my brain has pretty much timed out for the week already... and I haven't even left for work yet. There are many many thoughts and things running through my mind these days. Between being pregnant, being a wife, running a company (along with managing some properties), and trying to maintain somewhat of a social life, there are hundreds of different things that cross my mind... daily.

The Five on Friday Link Up that Darci from The Good Life hosts every Friday is perfect for my hot mess of a noggin.

1. August - Let's start with the reason my brain is so jumbled. In the early days of this here blog, I talked about how I was in the midst of an incredibly busy time at work. Well, here I am again with work in full swing. The good news is, at the end of this month, its pretty much smooth sailing until the end of January. This is also a big month for us. We celebrated our anniversary, we have our 5 year class reunion this weekend (we know, we're practically children), Danny is going on a guys' trip next weekend, my birthday is the 21st, and my best friend is getting married.  August is NUTS!

2. Decaf coffee - Prior to being pregnant, I thought it was silly for decaf coffee to exist.  I didn't see the point since I drank it solely for the caffiene... or so I thought.  A couple months into this incredible journey of growing a human, I discovered that I missed the taste because I got tired of drinking juice and water with breakfast. I'm a girl that loves options. I don't eat the same thing for breakfast every day and I certainly don't want to drink the same thing everyday. Plus, I like to safe my daily dose of caffiene for the afternoon/lunch time so I can enjoy a Diet Coke or Diet Mountain Dew. So, decaf coffee is now part of my life when I never thought it would be.

3. Friends with winter baby boys - One of my good friend's older sisters sent me a message on Facebook the other day telling me she had a large tote of 0-12 month clothes from when her boys fit into them. They were born in December 2009 and March 2012, so our little boy will likely be able to wear them. And she just gave them too us, for FREE! She also gave us a bath seat for when the sink gets to be too crowded and a Boppy pillow.  We paid her $80 for a convertible car seat that she bought for her youngest to use at the babysitter and they don't need it. We won't be able to use the car seat for a year, but its one less thing we'll have to buy, which will be a lot since Danny's mom will need her own set of things too.

4. Speaking of Facebook - Like most people who don't air the dirty laundry about their life, Facebook is my highlight reel. But its also my own personal marketplace. Wednesday I posted that we had a queen mattress and box spring for sale for $60 (quite a steal). Within 10 minutes, Danny already received a text from someone wanting to buy it. Saweeeet. Now if the kittens I posted would go that would be great!

5. Lets talk leg cramps - Leg cramp, Charlie Horse, call it what you will, but they are annoying. I haven't had one since at least the early years of high school. I honestly can't even remember. Last night I got TWO! At 4:30 am my leg cramped like you wouldn't believe and almost brought me to tears. I got it uncramped enough to stand and walked it off to the bathroom. I had to pee and I'm honestly surprised I didn't wet the bed. Uncramping your leg and holding your bladder at the same time is tough. As if that one leg cramp wasn't enough, at 5:55 my OTHER LEG cramped up. I only remember that it was 5:55 because I woke Danny up and felt bad for doing so once I realized it was 5 minutes before he had to wake up. Now, both of my legs are so sore. Not a good sore that you get from a workout either. If anyone has any tips on how to get rid of these, I'm all ears! I have a feeling I just have to ride them out though :(

There's my five! Hope you all have a good weekend!!

20 weeks!

We're mixing things up around these parts, probably for the remainder of my pregnancy. I've been wanting to switch my Bumpdates to Thursdays for a while now so I can participate in the 5 Things link up, but something has always come up. Now I have a chance to move things around and I'm doin it!

Baby size: Banana
Any symptoms?  back pain, but that's just going to be there because of my back issues
Cravings? donuts... good thing a few jumped in the car on my way home from dinner with friends last night
Favorite part this week? going to BuyBuy Baby with Danny
Least favorite part this week? I felt kind of Monday night and into Tuesday morning. Not sure if it was from dinner or what
Boy or Girl? BOY!! :)
Names? Since yesterday we've been calling him one name in particular, but Danny isn't ready to commit just yet.
 

For our anniversary on Monday, we decided to head to Indy and get dinner then go to Buy Buy Baby so Danny could look at baby things. I thought it was a great idea since I felt kind of overwhelmed when I went in with a friend. We started out easy in the clothes then just made our way around. I ran into a sorority sister who just found out that day that she is having a boy too, and she just so happens to be due a week before me. How awesome! While I was talking to her and her mom, I think Danny was just staring at everything and starting to hypervenilate because when I asked him if he was ready to keep moving he sounded a little paniced(that spelling just does not look right by the way). We started looking at cribs and all was okay... except all cribs at Buy Buy Baby cost what seems like a fortune.

 

Danny test drove a stroller and we found a travel system we like. We get a free carseat from the hospital that we are delivering at, but we didn't see any strollers that went with that brand. At least not at Buy Buy Baby. Isn't he cute though? :)

 

On Sunday I am going nursery shopping with my mom. We were all set to order a crib and dresser from Target, but then they didn't have the dresser in the right color of wood. Soooo, I'll have to see them all in person and probably buy pieces from different sets, if not stores.

 

Now that we know there is a little boy on the way, its time to get our butts in gear and get his room going. We have time, but the next 3 weekends are jam packed and we're going to be gone for 5 days in September... soooooo yeah.

 

Hope you all have a good Thursday! The weekend is almost heeere!!

 

Rum Punch

This recipe is courtesy of my mother-in-law, who doesn't really drink unless she's at a Christmas party at our house.  She told me about it a few weeks before my bridal shower and offered up the recipe to my mom. My mom made it for my shower and I fell in love, along with everyone else. My friend Rachael made it for my bachelorette party a month later. The next summer I made it for myself (I shared) on the 4th of July to take to fireworks. Fast forward a little bit to this summer, and my friend Rachael is getting married. We were talking about what she was going to drink all day and she mentioned Rum Punch. I told her I'd make it for her since she made it for me.

So, like a good little pregnant girl, I waltzed through the liquor section and a couple other aisles to get the goods. Plus, its very Overman(maiden name) of me to be pregnant and STILL show up to a party with booze. You can always count on us to make sure everyone gets good and liquored up.

Here's what you need:
- 2 small cans of pineapple juice (you'll probably just have to buy a 6 pack
- 2 cans of Hawaiian punch (the sell small bottles of this like the one in the picture. Just measure out 24 ounces)
- frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
- Fifth of rum (Danny's mom never specified if it was just white rum or coconut. I'm a Malibu lover so I always use that. Makes me feel tropical)
- A pitcher, large container or something that will fit in your freezer

Ready for the directions?
Dump it all in the pitcher and make sure its good and mixed up. Yes, you dump the whole fifth. As your stirring make sure the lemonade concentrate is dissolved in case it wasn't 100% thawed. Put in the freezer OVERNIGHT! It takes longer to freeze than a normal punch because of the alcohol.

Take it out the next day, right before you leave to go to your party or right before guests start arriving. Take a spoon and break it up to make it all slushed.

It made about 1/2 of that large ass pitcher, by the time it was all slushed up and had melted a little bit.


It's almost too easy for something that delicious. I think next summer I may just make some to keep on hand. Doesn't sound like a bad idea to me!

Happy Anniversary, Danny

On this day 2 years ago, Danny and I stood in front of I couldn't even tell you how many people in his dad's backyard and said "I Do." As I wrote in his card last night, I realized there was so much that I wanted to say to him.

Dear Danny,

Can you believe we've been married for 730 days already? Even though it was that long ago, I still remember it like it was yesterday. As I stood in the sunroom at your dad's house and I saw you head down to the altar to wait on my arrival, my eyes filled with tears of joy and my stomach filled with butterflies. The same butterflies I got when you called and said you were at the door to my dorm on Fridays and the same butterflies I get whenever you or I come home from a weekend away from each other.

Our first year of marriage flew by quickly between me finishing up school and you going through medic school. I'd have to say this second year did just the same and was quite a roller coaster. Whether we were navigating the process of buying a house or how we were going to function with me working 50+ hours, we figured it out and we got through it.

I knew 3 years ago that you would be a supportive husband. You came to my rescue when I lost my hero and have done everything you can to fill that void. Without your support, I wouldn't be able to do any of it. It doesn't matter if you're cheering me on as I'm eating a salad for lunch instead of a sandwich and french fries, or if I'm battling a grown man as I try to save my dad's business, you're there for me and are my biggest fan. You push me in the best way possible and when I need it the most. 

I love you more than you'll ever know or words can describe. I know I can be difficult a times, especially right now with pregnancy hormones (but if we're being honest, my pregnancy brain is more challenging than those), but you go right along with it and weather the storm.

Our 2nd year of marriage was eventful and we already know that the 3rd year of marriage will hold just as much excitement and one big adventure!!

I love youuuuu!!!!

19 weeks!

Our ultrasound went great yesterday! The lady said everything looked great and we are having a healthy baby BOY!!!

Danny was so excited. The tech said "Well its a boy" and Danny said, "are you serious" and she told him yeah. Our of the corner of my eye, I caught him fist pumping. It was adorable and reminded me why I love him. His emotions sometimes take control when he gets excited and its awesome.




Baby size: Mango - we were told he weighs 10 ounces
Any symptoms?  back pain. bad pregnancy brain.
Cravings? I wanted a slushie yesterday and got really disappointed when it sucked
Favorite part this week? finding out we're having a BOYYY
Least favorite part this week? I felt kind of sick yesterday morning and I slept terribly Wednesday night (but that was probably due to excitement!)
Boy or Girl? BOY!! :)
Names? Since yesterday we've been calling him one name in particular, but Danny isn't ready to commit just yet.

I told Danny early in the week that after the appointment we had to go to Target. I've been itching to buy something for months but was waiting until we knew the sex. We picked up 2 sets of onesies and a pack of bibs. One of the bibs says "these fools put my cape on backwards" and Danny had to have it.

We got some pretty good news during the ultrasound too. The tech said it looked like the placenta has moved! She told me to keep following the restrictions the doctor put me on, but she doesn't see why she wouldn't lift them. Remember how I said sometimes Danny's emotions take over? Well, when she said that, he high fived me... and it wasn't because I was going to be able to carry the laundry baskets through the house.

We are so thrilled to be having a little boy! Now we have lots to do to get ready for our little guy!!