My Fab Baby Shower!

Okay...sorry for the delay....

So, I had an AWESOME time at my baby shower on Wednesday!! :) It was at Patrick's mom's house in Alpharetta. Barb and Mindy did most of the hard work! Everything was perfect...so, Thank You, Barb and Mindy! It was so much fun! There was fabulous food and fabulous company! Thanks to everyone who came out on a Wednesday night!! We played some fun games and I opened thousands of gifts! (Well, you know...a lot)!! Baby K has so many clothes, I really don't think I'll have to buy her anything to wear until she's TWO! Barb counted (just for fun) how many onesies Baby K has...28!!! These aren't all from the shower, of course, but holy cow!! And she's got about 5 "lovies" now! I loved everything and can't wait to see her in it all!! Patrick decided that he wanted to come for a little while since it would be the last time that he saw most of the people there for a while. So, it was nice having him there. Although, he wasn't getting nearly as excited about all the adorable baby clothes as I was! He'll fall in love with them when they're wrapped around his daughter! ;) Again, thank you SO MUCH to everyone! The planners, the attendees, everyone!!! It was so much fun, and I am just getting more and more excited for her to arrive! Can't wait!!

Down and Out

Hello, hello. Well, I have been quite the slacker when it comes to updating my blog this week...so, let me explain....

I'm really yucky SICK!

I had a wonderful baby shower at my mother in law's house on Wednesday, then we drove to Augusta that night to load the Uhaul on Thursday morning, then drove ourselves to Gainesville, FL that night so we could close on our new house on Friday morning....so we could move in to our new house right after that! Which was all fine (just slightly busy) until last night (our first night in our new house)...I was up sick ALL NIGHT! :( I am way wussy, and I hate being sick...and that's what I got to enjoy all last night. It was horrible...and still continues to be. So, the busyness and my being sick have prevented me from blogging about these fun things we've been doing! But, no worries, I will eventually catch up! So, for those of you who came to the shower....thank you SO MUCH; I had a wonderful time! Baby K got so many wonderful things, and I am just so grateful that so many people were able to make it!! Some of you who couldn't make it still sent gifts, and I greatly thank you as well! I will post more about the shower along with some pictures (of course!) as soon as I'm back to feeling better.

A special thanks to Patrick's family (Barb, Mike, Sarah, and Nate) for driving all the way down here to bring our doggies and to help Patrick and I move in. We would be nowhere if they didn't volunteer to come down! They have organized the kitchen, put together all the stuff for the baby's room, washed everything possible, gone grocery shopping, already made a Lowe's trip, and a million other things! While I'm laying here in bed, I can hear all of them just working away...trying to put my house together. Isn't my family great!? :) I'm very lucky.

So, y'all just start hoping that this bug gets out of my body SOON!! I want to enjoy my new house!

31 weeks!

I can't believe I only have NINE WEEKS LEFT!!! Ahhh!! :) Totally can't believe it!!! So, it's about time, but I'm really starting to get some pregnancy pains! My back and feet have been significantly painful lately! Especially my back with all this moving we've been doing! Can't wait until everything is in it's place and I can rest my back for a while....I guess until I start doing dentistry again! :) My feet are much better this week since I haven't been walking miles and miles a day around NYC!! Something new I've noticed just this week is that I definitely feel my insides being squished around. Sometimes it's a little hard to catch a really good breath unless I sit up super straight and try to give my intestines and organs a little more room! I'm guessing that's normal?!? I imagine it will only feel more and more mushed as these next few weeks pass! But, my daydreaming of her will get me though it! :)

Oh yeah! I'm pretty sure she's going to be a professional boxer when she grows up! I think she thinks there's a punching bag in there...

Our baby has a bed!!! :)

So, I finally decided and got a crib AND a dresser for our little girl! YEAH!! I am the worst decision maker, and I am just glad to be done with the decisions! We ended up getting both the dresser and the crib from Pottery Barn Kids. The crib is the Sleigh Crib and the dresser is the Kendall Collection Extra Wide Dresser. Both will be in the espresso color! It's really hard to imagine the dresser in the espresso color; it just looks so masculine with the color shown. But, I saw some pictures of it in white, and I think I'll really like it in the dark color. The light wooden color isn't really my style, but I think the dark will look really nice! And the best part...they deliver it to me AND set it all up!! Fantastic! Can't wait to get her room situated!

OH! I think I picked out a color for her room as well. I got the color suggestion from Patrick's cousin, Ashley (Thanks for that! It's much easier to have someone else do all the hard work for you)! It's kinda a chocolate brown color...which I think I will love with her dark furniture and light pink bedding! It's called Down Home by Sherwin Williams. It's a little hard, obviously, to see what it will really look like online, but it'll give you an idea!

So, I'm feeling all accomplished! We're moving to Gainesville, FL on Thursday, so we've got a lot of getting things together to do until then! I'll post my 31 week belly pic later tonight! Talk soon!

NYC Baby Boutiques!

Here are a few pics of some of the things Baby K got while we were up in NYC!!! They're SO CUTE!!! :)

These little socks are the CUTEST things I have ever seen! When she puts them on, she'll look like she's wearing little Mary Janes! They came in like 5 colors! This was one of the gifts from Lauren! She's got great taste! I loved them so much, I looked around for more styles, and I found some that look like little slippers with a bow on them!

This onesie and sunglasses are also from Lauren! She wanted to make sure we thought of her often! How could we forget!! (Lauren lives in Brooklyn, for those of you who don't know)! :)

This pink outfit is for when she's one year old! It's so cute....couldn't resist! The little pants are connected like a onesie!

I think this one may be my favortie of the ones that we found at the boutiques! She'll fit into this when she's about 2!! I'm not sure I can wait that long! But, can't you just imagine her??!!....2 years old...running around in this little camo dress??!?! LOVE IT!!!

Click here to see the other little socks with the bow and couple other things that I didn't post!

Bikini Belly!! Beware!!!

Big, white, pregnant belly....look away now if you have a weak stomach!! :)

So, Patrick and I went down to Naples, FL this past weekend to attend a wedding of a classmate friend of mine, Kristen (and Kevin)! It was a really nice weekend...aside from tropical storm Berry coming through! Berry only stayed for about 24 hours...all of Friday. But that's alright, by the time the wedding rolled around on Saturday...it was beautiful! We were able to spend some time on a beach island the first day...and that's where the really scary bikini pic came from! I tried and tried to find actual maternity bathing suits...but NONE fit me right...it was the same issue as always. For those of you who don't know about that issue...I'll spare you! :) So, anyway, I just wore a tank top over the suit, but I got brave for a few minutes for a quick picture. So, here it is! Crazy big, huh?!

Here's a pic of Patrick and me on the beach during the cocktail hour after the wedding. The weather was perfect! I really liked my dress, although, I think my armpit fat was a little excessive! But, I keep telling myself that I'm pregnant and I'll get back in shape when this little baby comes out! :)

Here's one of us at the rehearsal dinner...those are actual coconuts on that palm tree! I was so amazed! I can't wait until I get to working and done with this school/residency stuff....then we can take our yearly vacation to the beach!!!

So, I think that's about all! We had such a nice time! I hope y'all are doing very well! Talk soon....

Hello from NYC!!! 30 weeks today!!

HELLO from New York City!! :) I'm sitting at this computer for .20 cents a minute! Sounds cheap, but it's adding up fast! But I just wanted to post for my 30 weeks...I have a 30 week belly picture to put up, but I'm not able to put it on this computer (I didn't think to bring the right chords)! So, I'll have to add that pic when I get back to Atlanta on Thursday! I am a traveling princess these days! Patrick and I just got back from Naples, FL for a wedding on Sunday, my Mom and I are in NYC from yesterday (Mon) to Thursday, then it's off to Charleston, SC for Kristin's (my BFF) bachelorette party from Friday to Tuesday! Ugh! 13 straight days of travel...like I said, a traveling princess! Things are going well, although my out-of-shapeness is really starting to kick my butt here in NYC!! My back and feet don't handle this all-of-a-sudden walking all over the place business! But, I'm managing...only got lightheaded once so far! :) I've probably walked more miles in the last day and a half than I have in the last month combined! Baby K is moving quite a bit....although she rolls around much more now than actual kicking. It's pretty cool...I can press on my stomach when she's moving, and I can feel either her butt or her feet...they're up near my ribs now! (At least, I'm pretty sure that's what I'm feeling)! So, that means that she's really growing! She wasn't close enough to my ribs to kick them even just a week ago...but she's right up under them now! I'm sure she's just perfect in there... :)

NYC has been fun! We were able to meet one of my oldest friends, Lauren, for dinner last night! She lives in Brooklyn, so I've got to see her when I can! (By the way, she bought Baby K the CUTEST stuff ....I'll post some pics when I get back...they're worth sharing)! Today, Mom and I went to a few really cute baby boutiques! Got a few things! ;) Can't wait to see Baby K in them!! Tonight, we're going to see the musical A Chorus Line! Can't wait! Lauren will actually join us for that as well! Tomorrow, we'll see two more shows...to be determined! So, things are going well...I've been loving sitting at this computer...it's given my back and feet a little needed break!

Anyway, the travel pincess is off....I'll post pics from the wedding in FL and my 30 wekk belly as soon as I get home...just in time to leave for Charleston!!!

29 Weeks and Doc Visit!

Well, one more week down! 29 weeks! I also had my last doctor appointment with my doc in Augusta today. The next one is scheduled with my new doc in Gainesville, FL! Crazy, huh?! Everything went very well. Got to listen to the heart beat again...she was at about 145 beats per minute today. Just perfect! She seriously runs from that doppler...it always takes them forever to find her! And once they get her....she moves away again! I guess she doesn't like to be bothered! We also did the glucose test today...where they check to make sure you aren't developing gestational diabetes (that's when you become diabetic during the pregnancy, but it goes away after birth). I had to fast from midnight last night until my appointment this morning. That's seriously stinks for me, because the second I'm awake, I'm STARVING!! Then, if I don't eat, my stomach feels really nauseous. So, it was a long morning...normally it wouldn't be so bad, but Patrick and I left Atlanta this morning at 5:45am for my 8:40am appointment in Augusta! So, I had to be awake for hours, drive to Augusta, have my regular appointment, AND have my blood drawn twice (an hour apart) before I could eat anything! Ugh! Not my style! :) But I made it! Then I treated myself to my favorite Mexican restaurant ever...Salsa's! So yummy!

Now I'll be visiting the doctor every 2 weeks, instead of monthly. Then, once I get to 36 weeks, I'll be going once weekly. It's getting close now!! I'm starting to get really excited! I wonder what she'll look like and how it will feel to hold her...and see Patrick hold her! :) (I'm especially excited about that)!! I just can't wait! :)

Since I'm a doctor now... ;)

...I've gone ahead and diagnosed myself with restless leg syndrome, or RLS! I just read about this in my 28 week pregnancy newsletter! I've been having a weird, and somewhat annoying, tingling in my left leg since about half way through my second trimester. It happens mostly at night...kinda feels like it's about to "fall asleep." RLS is described as a "tingling in your lower legs and an irresistible urge to move them...and it can make it hard to relax when you're settling in." They're not quite sure of the cause, but it is common among pregnant women. So, yipee! At least my body isn't just really weird. It's been happening for a while now, and I just figured it was some weird way that I was responding to pregnancy. I'm glad to know it's a bit more common! Of course, it seems to be worse when I sleep on my left side...which is precisely where I am supposed to be sleeping! So, who knows....guess I'll just continue to sleep sitting up....that is...when I actually do get some sleep...

Home Stretch!!!

Can you believe it...we made it to the THIRD TRIMESTER!!! 7 months! 28 weeks!! Baby K is about 2 1/2 pounds and about 14 inches long! She's getting SO STRONG..and big too! Check out that belly! It's growing full speed ahead now! :) She kicks so hard now and moves all over the place. I think she might be a soccer player! If you catch her at the right time, you can actually see my stomach moving and jumping all around! I love feeling her move! Sometimes other people can feel her, but usually I just feel her all to myself! :) She's most active after I eat and before I go to bed at night. She doesn't keep me awake at night...although all that peeing does! I get up about 3 -4 times a night now. Needless to say, I don't sleep very well...or at least for very long at a time...but, that's alright. I get to sleep in a little these days! :) Everything else is going pretty well. The only aches and pains that I have are my back and my feet! It only takes a few minutes of hunching over or picking heavy-ish stuff up for my back to feel pretty yucky. My feet...if I stand or walk for a long time...my heels want to fall off! But I think those are pretty normal things! So, overall...no complaints! Hope you all are doing well! I'll be back soon...

Hooter Hider

Yes, folks...that's what I said...Hooter Hider! It's actually the name for a real thing! It's for mom's who plan to nurse...it helps to cover the baby in public....they definitely didn't try to be socially acceptable as far as the name goes! :) It's a good idea, and I'm sure it's so helpful...but geez....it's pretty funny!

27 weeks!!

Hello, hello! Well, my first week as a doctor feels like....well, nothing! I feel no different! In fact, I've already forgotten several times that I've actually graduated from dental school! Still can't believe it! But, anyway....onto my 27 week story....

Well, there's no real story here...nothing significant has happened this week. Only thing is that she's kicking pretty hard now. Supposedly, she's should be kicking no less than 10 times every 2 hours! If she moves less than that, I'm supposed to contact my doctor! That's some serious moving! She should be about 2 lbs now...although, my gut is that she's slightly smaller than that...just based on her size at the last 2 ultrasounds. As you can see, I'm still growing...still looking pregnant! I'm so glad I'm over the that-girl-is-letting-her-fat-hang-out stage! :)

This pic is debuting one of my new maternity outfits! I had to break down and get a pregnant wardrobe! This is one of my new pairs of jeans and a maternity shirt. Most of the stuff that I bought will be suitable to wear for many months after delivery...I'm planning ahead! There's no actual picture of my belly this time because the camera battery decided to die before we had a chance to take it...and I didn't feel like charging it and doing it again! So, this is what I've got! Hope you are all doing well! One more week and I'll officially be in my THIRD trimester!! Can't believe it's almost here! ....

You can call me Doctor!

So, I am officially Doctor Kindregan!!! WOW! That's pretty freaking cool! Graduation day was Friday, May 11th! It was pretty fantastic. The day was full of activities! We had the Hooding Ceremony in the morning (this is when we were presented with our hood- you know the sash thing that you get when you graduate)! If you have a family member who is a dentist, they were allowed to "Hood" you (instead of the dean). So, my Dad hooded me- which was really nice and really special! The the actual graduation was in the afternoon (that's when you get the DIPLOMA and are pronounced a DOCTOR)! The day was great, but very busy and a bit overwheliming....so much so that I didn't really have time to be sad or really think about the fact that dental school is actually over. Well, Saturday morning came around, and it hit me. Of course, Patrick had already left for Alpharetta with the Uhaul, and it was just me by myself in our Augusta house...sobbing! I couldn't stop! It just hit me that I probably wouldn't be seeing many (most) of the people that I've really grown to love over the past 4 years. My classmates and I really share a unique bond unlike any I've had before...and it was just a little sad to think about it being all over...all at once. We'll head back to Augusta a few more times, so that will at least give me a chance to go by the school and say goodbye to some of my favorite faculty. I know that I will still see those of my friends that I was really close to...but still, we had such a wonderful class, and I will really miss seeing such wonderful people everyday. So, anyway, congrats to us! Four hard years are over...just like that! ....it still doesn't feel quite right! But, I'm sure I'll get used to it sometime soon... :)

3 Year Anniversary!

So, today was our 3 year anniversary! Married for 3, together for 8!! Can you believe it? We spent most of the day packing the house up....then, at the last minute...this will shock many of you....we went to Salsa's for dinner. Yes, that's what I said...Mexican for our anniversary dinner. But I just kept thinking....we've only got 2 more nights of possible Salsa's time! So, that's what we did...pretty romantic, huh?!

On a slightly more ....romantic note.... Patrick had some really beautiful flowers delivered to the house for me. He also went to a great gallery in downtown Augusta and bought me a beautiful, handmade necklace. He did a really good job! :) So, we're off to walk the doggies...and more packing... here's to three years together! Happy Anniversary, Patrick!

It finally popped!!

Well, there's no denying it now...I'm definitely pregnant and definitely showing! All this tummy just kinda popped up in the last 2 weeks! It's about TIME is what I say!! 26 weeks!! 6 1/2 months!! I think people who don't know me may actually think that I'm pregnant instead of just a little chubby! The magic jeans are still hanging in there...although, Patrick accidentally washed them (in his defense, however, they were in the dirty laundry bin), so I think they may only be magical for the next week or so! :) I can't button them anymore, but I figured out a way to rig them...and it actually works pretty well. One of my girlfriends taught me this little trick...I can use a rubber band and loop it around the button, through the button hole, and back around the button. This way, it's a little stretchy and gives a lot more! Check out the picture at the bottom! Pretty creative, huh?! :) But, when I sit down, I basically have to unbutton and unzip the jeans...otherwise, Baby K is too squished! So, maybe they are losing a little magic.... sad....

So, everything is going relatively well. I am starting to get a little uncomfortable, though. Such a perfect pregnancy so far, I figured the aches and pains would come sometime! I've had a HORRIBLE time trying to sleep well lately. I have now taken over all of the pillows on the entire bed...including all of Patrick's. I am so tired of sleeping on my side, and my collar bone gets so squished from having to lay that way....all I want to do is sleep on my back. And sometimes I do for a few minutes, but then I start to feel guilty like I'm depriving my baby of air! That can't be good. So, I pile up all the pillows like a recliner and sleep that way. It's definitely the most comfortable way to sleep for me. My other complaint is a pain I have in my lower right abdomen. My doc said that it's most likely my ligament stretching (the one that's around the uterus). But, to me, if feels quite sharp and like it's a strained muscle. It only hurts when I move or use my right leg (which...you know...I kinda do a lot...walking and all). So, for the last 2 weeks, I've been pretty much uncomfortable when I move around. At first, I just figured I'd strained a muscle and that it would heal up...but it's been 2 weeks now...so, I'm thinking that's just how it is. Ugh. BUT, other than those things, everything is going well. OH! Except for my freaking allergies (or pregnancy stuffy nose)...it's killin me!! At night is, by far, the worst! So, I'm really loving my Benadryl lately. Don't worry...it's totally okay to take Benadryl while pregnant. I checked! So, that's about all. Stay tuned for more...