A new job

I haven't posted about this yet because I wasn't quite sure where it was going or what to expect, so let me catch everybody up first.
My best friend works at a pain clinic here and for the past several months has been badgering me to come and work with her.  For obvious reasons (being pregnant and then having the baby) I kept putting her off and just put the idea out of my head.  Also, I was pretty sure that we were moving to KC so I didn't want to start a new job and then have to leave.  Now that is up in the air again . . .  sheesh.  Well, last weekend she and I (and Adrianna--yay for girl's weekend!) went to the Lake where her parent's have a condo.  She was harassing me hard-core that weekend about coming to check things out.  Finally I gave in and told her that I could come by on Friday and see if it was something I would be interested in. 
Here are some of the pros/cons:

Pros:
*$5 more per hour
*prn position so I could work as much/little as I wanted and the schedule allows
*straight day shifts (no weekends, holidays, nights, or call shifts)
*most days I would be done by 5 or just after (but often it would be sooner)
*did I mention $5 more per hour
*it is a clinic job so I wouldn't be cleaning up old men or pulling 300+ lb patients around
*I would be working some days with my bff!

Cons:
*I still have a job and scheduling is going to be a pain in the butt
*because it's a prn position, I would not be eligible for insurance
*I would be working some days with my bff (sometimes we get into trouble . . . )

Anyway, I went on Friday and it was awesome!  I know that every place has it's problems and I'm sure that this place does too, but for more money and better hours, I may be willing to overlook some things.  When I was there the office manager gave me a list of dates that she needs help and put me on the schedule for the days that I am available.  She also gave me all of the paperwork that I will need for taxes, payroll, etc.  So, I go back on Wednesday for another day of orientation and hopefully I can get the computer system mastered so that I can be on my own soon!  Any extra thoughts and prayers are appreciated because in the morning I have to talk to my boss and tell her that I'm going to cut my hours to the lowest possible amount to keep my insurance.  I have a feeling that this will be fairly unpleasant :(

Pregnancy week #22

How far along? 22 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: Up 2 lbs from pre-pregnancy

Maternity clothes? Yes

Stretch marks? Yes
Sleep: So. tired. all. the. time.

Best moment this week: Finding a wonderful "school" for Brock to go to

Movement: Lots but the funniest things are she goes CRAZY when 1) I eat chocolate, & 2)when her brother sits on my belly and bounces. The other funny thing that she does is she freezes when someone touches or talks to my belly (unless it's Greg). Brock did the same thing--I am seeing a trend here . . .

Food cravings: Whoppers from Burger King.

Gender: Still a girl (as far as we know!)

Labor Signs: Nothing happening this week :)
Belly Button in or out? Still in.
What I miss: This week? Sleeping in. Thank you very much day shifts.

What I am looking forward to: Going over Brock's "school" information with Greg to get the final approval
Weekly Wisdom: There is rarely something that can be done to "keep" a doomed pregnancy and rarely something that can be done to "shake" a healthy one. Just relax!
Milestones: Making it through another week of a healthy pregnancy!

Technical baby news: Watch what you say -- baby is now able to hear outside noise from down in the womb. Studies show that baby finds gentle music and your own voice most soothing. Nipples are starting to sprout, and that little face is fully formed. And, baby's starting to settle into sleep cycles, snoozing about 12 to 14 hours a day. It shouldn't be hard to figure out when -- just pay attention to those kicks as they start and stop.
10.5-11.8 inches, 12.7-20.8 oz. Little G is the size of a papaya this month!

My sweet husband

is such a sucker for his little princess already! He is so antsy about getting her bedding to get started with her nursery, he kept saying things like, "Maybe they delivered it to the garage and didn't leave a note." Maybe. Or, maybe it's Saturday and we ordered it on Wednesday. Hmmm . . . So, today he got online to check his e-mail. Almost immediately I hear, "No! No way! This is NOT happening!" My heart literally stops until I get it out of him that her bedding has been placed on back-order. Calling Babies R Us is my suggestion. He does. The poor sucker who answered the phone had to explain to him that it is a popular style and that more people had ordered it than they had anticipated. Just so you know, it was placed on back order the very day that we ordered it. It could have been our order that placed it over the edge. But we (read: Greg) were assured that it would be available to ship in 1-2 weeks.
Rather than waiting around, he had me print off pictures of the bedding that we had picked out for her so that we could go to Lowe's to color-match her paint. I printed off the pictures and informed a horrified Greg that there was no real purple in the bedding, only pink, white, burgundy, and green. Pink was the only one of those colors that is suitable for a little girl's room and he wants two different colors of paint. Fine. We will go to Toys R Us and look for some wall hangings that I saw there that I liked that I remember to be pink and purple.
When we got to Toys R Us things started looking up! We found 3 cute wall hangings: a pink flower, a purple flower, and a pink/green butterfly! All of these are COATED in glitter. I mean, covered in it! Then we were off to Lowe's to buy some paint!
Rather than sifting through all of the paint swatches to find a shade that matched, Greg wanted the salesman to use the computer to match the paint. The answer we got: "Uh. Pink and purple are really hard to match. Did you try to find a swatch that matches?" Yeah, buddy. That was exactly what you should have said to my husband. I will shorten the details here, but we eventually got the paint for our daughter's room! And, Greg showing the patience of a saint, waited until I left to go to work tonight before he started painting! I will post pictures tomorrow when I get home (since I am at work right now and cannot actually see the room). He is so sweet about his little baby girl!
Oh yeah, I almost forgot! He wants to use his jigsaw to cut out the silhouette of a castle and attach it to the top of her bookshelf that he is building next weekend! Agh! I am in so much trouble!

Pictures of baby's bedding/new clothes

As promised, here is the picture of the bedding that Greg picked out for his little lady! We are waiting for the bedding to get here and then we are going to match paint. I can't believe that my uber-manly husband is such a sucker for little girl things and he is pretty adamant amount "making" her a girly girl. So much so that when we were shopping after the ultrasound at Toys R Us, he wanted to buy her a toddler bed (that's right, toddler bed for an infant) that was covered in Disney Princesses and had sparkly mosquito netting above it. Just because it was so girly. He never ceases to amaze me!

Here comes the truly hilarious part. I have been told countless times that it is a good thing that Brock was not a girl because I would have gone crazy buying little girl clothes. Now that we know that this baby is a girl she already has 8 new outfits most of which her daddy picked out! In this picture, the outfits on the top of the chair are ones that she *might* be able to wear home from the hospital (if she is bigger than her brother was!) He also felt it necessary to buy her (pink) hangers because she NEEDS hangers that are pink! Oh my gosh, I am falling in love with him all over again! He is the most wonderful man & I am so lucky that I get to spend the rest of my life with him and have his beautiful children.