due date moved

So, Toby and I went to the dr on Friday for my 10 wk appt. He had originally given me a due date of Apr 11th which I realized after I got home was about 38 weeks not 40. So I asked him when I went on Friday and he said he must have had a brain fart. So, my due date is April 25th now which is at 40 weeks. It is also my moms b-day and 9 days after my brother and I's b-day (were five years apart). So, we'll have another April b-day to add to our b-day celebrations! I guess we'll have lots of April b-days to celebrate on both my side and the Redden side of the family with three little ones all due within days of each other. We also got to hear the heartbeat. Everything seems to be going just fine.

found a cute ultrasound

So...looking ahead at next week (10 weeks) I found this page with a funny little ultrasound. The baby looks like it is pushing off the uterus. It's quite funny. Just click on the link below and scroll down the page to see it.
http://www.i-am-pregnant.com/encyclopedia/U/Ultrasound

Josie does the itsy bitsy spider

My niece Josie who is 1 1/2 (already!) learned the motions to the itsy bitsy spider. It is so freakin cute that I had to share.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U_ov4XrENI

My pooch & other wierd pregnancy things

9 week belly, originally uploaded by kkirk78.

So..I know they say every pregnancy is different and they are right. I have had more cravings and wierd things with this one so far. One night I wanted ice cream with applesauce on it so bad. I didn't do it so still not sure if that's a good combo or not. I've been hungry for hamburger, powdered sugar donuts (had that with the first pregnancy too), constantly thirsty, chicken nuggets and french fries and fries in a frosty. I haven't fulfilled them all...some due to sheer laziness b/c we don't have them in the house. Although I ate chicken nuggets and fries twice last week. Also, I can't stand to have shoes on right now. When I am home, I kick off the shoes and spread open the toes. The wind coming through them is the best feeling ever-I know it's wierd.

I am officially 9 weeks tomorrow (Saturday). I thought I would include a little picture of my growing belly. It hasn't grown much but just enough that most of my pants are tight and uncomfortable. I am slowly weeding out my old pants and replacing them with the elastic band pants.

I did get to hear our little baby's heart beat yesterday. I borrowed the doppler at work and tried to find it for several minutes. I was just about to give up when I found it. I got my phone out to record it so Toby could hear it and then I lost it. I couldn't find it again. I have a dr's appt in a week so we will both get to hear his/her little heart beat then.

My husband loves me for many reasons and saving money is one of them.

Harris Teeter, one of our local grocery stores triples coupons up to 99cents every 3-4 months. You can only use 20 coupons a day so this was a two day event for me. This is usually a chance to stock up on condiments, side dishes, cleaning supplies and personal hygene items. I did pretty good so I thought I would post my two day shopping trip. Here is what I bought:

Trip 1
3 pouches of Betty Crocker potatoes
2 Boxes of rice (each contain 4 boil bags of rice)
1 brick of Folgers coffee
1 4pk of toilet paper
1 jar of salsa
4 cans of refried beans
1 bottle of olive oil
1 tube of colgate toothpaste
3 tubes of refrigerated rolls

Total was $12, saved $36

My great deals were: toothpaste-made 75cents on it, refried beans-all were free, and olive oil-normally $6 got for $2.75

Trip 2
4 muffin mixes (2 strawberry & 2 raspberry)
2 cornbread mixes
2 10packs of juice boxes
1 brick of Folgers coffee
large bottle of Mr. Clean cleaner
bottle of soy sauce
bottle of franks red hot sauce
1 jar of salsa
2 boxes of snack bars (like a granola bar)
2 cans of campbells soup
1 bottle of olive oil
1/2 pound of ground beef

Total was $17, saved $39

My great deals were: juice boxes-paid 50 cents for 10 boxes, olive oil again, soy sauce-paid 40cents, hot sauce -made 20 cents and mr. clean-paid 50 cents.

I spend about an hour each week to clip and organize my coupons and it definitely pays off when triples roll around!!

camping in Southern Indiana

camping, originally uploaded by kkirk78.

Toby and I went camping with Jeff and Laura last weekend near Evansville, In. We met another couple there that lives in Chicago. In fact, it was their family reunion but they invite us along. We had a great time and all was fairly uneventful until Saturday night. There was a large white ring around the moon. We all wondered about it but didn't think much of it. Then I woke up Sunday morning to raindrops on my face. So, Toby and I got up and put the rain flap over the tent. We slept a little bit more. I woke up and took a shower and came back to Laura peeking her head out of the tent. She was worried b/c it was very windy. So, I called the parents and had my dad look up the radar and he said it would start raining heavily within an hour. So, we started packing up the gear and got everything into the car about a minute after it started raining. Our friends from Chicago were getting ready to leave but they had rented a cabin. So, being the nice friends that they are, they let us hang out in their cabin after they were gone. Soon after, the power went out. We waited til early afternoon before we decided it would be safe enough to make the 10 mile drive to town. Oh yeah...the guys rode their motorcycles so there was no way they could have driven earlier with the wind and rain and there was no way they could fit in the car with our gear and two dogs. It looked like a tornado had ripped through the area. It was very scary to think that we were in tents during most of that. We got to Dairy Queen (one of the few restaurants that had power) and ate real food finally. We had been eating snack foods all day since the power was out and it was too windy to use the camping stove. After that we went to two hotels (the only two in town) before we found one with power (their satellite was out so no tv but it was better than no power at all). The guys stayed overnight there and us girls and the dogs drove home that night in the car. Turns out that it was storms from the hurricane that came through and their were wind gusts up to 66mph. Everyone made it home safe but wow...what an adventure!!