Thirty Two {Plus a Little V-Day}

How far along: 32 weeks - holy moly!

Weight gain/loss: About the same as last time... I haven't gained any since I started the GD diet {and Joe has lost about 5 pounds since he's doing it with me...mostly}. I guess there's something to be said for cutting carbs!

Body changes: Nothing new... I have one, maybe two more stretch marks and the belly is definitely getting bigger.

I surprised my hubby a bit and dressed up a little for him for Valentine's Day. =)

Gender: It's a GIRL!

Movement: Lots, lots, lots! She makes my belly move all the time! Her most active times are still at night and in the morning... Today she was super active right after I ate lunch. Guess she liked the spicy food I had! =)

Sleep: Still okay. I've been going to bed a little later recently which means I sleep a little harder when I do sleep. The preggo pillow I bought forever ago is my saving grace. I still get up once or twice a night for a bathroom break, but after this long I'm used to it.

What I'm looking forward to: My baby shower in a few weeks! I got some messages from friends who got their invites today, which made me super excited! =D

What I miss: Definitely sleeping on my stomach. I will enjoy every minute of tummy sleeping once she gets here. I also still miss sweets. I can have them, but only in very small amounts. Sigh. Only 8 more weeks though!

Cravings: Everything I can't have. =P Sunday night I really, really, really wanted a bowl of ice cream.

Symptoms: Back and hip pain, and - new this week - Braxton Hicks! So far, they've actually kind of hurt... Sort of like rough cramps...but they don't last very long. Guess my body is getting ready!

Best moment this week: I have several! Being able to eat a fun-size Milky Way with a meal. =P Getting my pretty Valentine's Day tulips! Oh, and getting this coffee table for $20.

I really wanted a square/rectangle coffee table, but I think this one will do just fine. And, really, who can complain about getting a coffee table for twenty dollars?! I finally feel like we have a nice, put-together living room. Well, other than the fact that we have an extra couch still... Anyway.

Despite not going out, we had a very lovely V-Day evening. =) I made Joe a card and put some cute little decorations on the table... 

No worries - I moved my flowers elsewhere for dinner because they're leaning over. =P

And I made this for dinner:

Source: skinnytaste.com via Sarah on Pinterest

With these:

Source: allrecipes.com via Sarah on Pinterest

And then some green beans to go with. Turns out it was pretty delicious! If I'd thought about it, I would have had Joe stop for a bottle of wine. A good red would have made this dinner a-mazing. Then we plopped on the couch and enjoyed each other's company for a while. Now he's in bed and I'm, well, here...not in bed. =P

Hope y'all had a great V-Day!

P.S. Does anyone else have trouble viewing the title of my post(s) and sidebars? I haven't seen them for days and have no idea what's going on...

Lovey Dovey Day

Ah, Valentine's Day. A day for the love birds.

Source: houzz.com via Sarah on Pinterest

I have never been over the moon excited about Valentine's Day. As a kid, it was fun to hand out little Valentines to my friends {and crushes, of course!} at school. As a teenager who was single more often than not, I grew to care less and less about it. My sophomore or junior year of high school, I actually did get flowers at school...from "Secret Admirer" who I'm still pretty sure was one of my parents feeling sorry for me. They still won't tell me, though. =P

Though I have zero pictures from the day, my favorite/best Valentine's day was the first one Joe and I spent together. Until I really started thinking about it the other day, I'd almost forgotten what he'd done that day!

That particular semester, Joe was in a class called Opera Workshop. It's pretty much like you'd think it would be...preparation for opera. The professor in charge of the class decided to do some sort of fundraiser {I have no idea what exactly the money was for now} where people could "hire" the singers in the class to sing for their Valentine. I think it cost something like a dollar - a ridiculously small amount. Well, Joe decided he'd hire his class out to sing to me. =) He, his class and members of the jazz band caught me in the lobby of the Math/Science building in between classes and serenaded me. *swoon* 


That night, he came over to my house and we celebrated a little bit more. If I remember correctly, I got him a cute coffee mug {which we still have} and filled it with little Reese's cups and a card. He completely outdid me and got me a really cute little card, a teddy bear and - wait for it - an iPod.

Apparently, I had been going nuts over his and saying how much I'd love one. Honestly, I never in a million years expected that. {And I'm pretty sure I told him over and over again for at least the next 2 weeks how he shouldn't have spent so much money.} He helped me get it all set up with my favorite music and "naming" it on iTunes. What I couldn't figure out was how it had the same "name" as his iPod! It was so weird... But he said that he'd plugged it in to his computer to make sure it was working or something and it "took" his iPod's name. He's way more computer savvy than I am, so I took his word for it. It wasn't until several weeks later that I noticed he hadn't had his iPod recently. I don't remember when I asked him, but eventually I realized that he gave me HIS iPod!! Now that is love, folks. ;-)

And that was our biggest V-Day to date. The next year we both worked, the year after that we were newlywed and broke, the next we went to NC for the weekend and I got flowers afterward....then he was deployed. This year, we have no big plans. In fact, he'll probably be working late. I'm planning on making a nice steak dinner, but that's the extent of it. I really wasn't expecting anything this year {nor did I ask for anything}, but I got these beauties on Saturday after our date-day. =)

I loooooooove tulips!!!! Clearly, my hubby knows me very well. I'm in love with these. Last year I got hot pink ones and these year, I got a mix of light pink and red! I love it. =) 

Happy Valentine's Day! 

Hope you have a great day whether you're pro- or anti-Valentine's Day. ;-)