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Nothing like waking up to a bloody nose! No, Jon and I didn't get into a fist fight in the middle of the night because of his snoring :) It's another one of the lovely side effects of pregnancy I've read about.....

Here are a few pictures from this past week.

First off, there's this great maternity/baby consignment store in Yukon that I check out every few weeks or so. The ladies there are always so nice and I always end up finding something, usually maternity clothing. Here's my find this week!



It's the same exact baby swing, in the same exact fabric, that we had registered for. On BabiesRUs, they have it for $100. I got it for $50!!!! It's in perfect condition too - I was SO happy!

My boss and her sisters and neices usually take a shopping trip to Branson every year. She wasn't able to go this year because she is on her way to Europe for 6 weeks as we speak! However, she did have her sisters pick up some outfits for Baby Sam while they were there....

Bonus - picture of my fat toes! At least they're manicured....

Aren't they cute??? I love the little sports jacket - it even has shoulder pads! Ha! What do babies need with shoulder pads....silly :)

Her neice, Candace, is so crafty. She had her make us a wipes cover and a pacifier clip. I requested OU of course, in hopes that Jon will want to change a diaper every once in a while...



Here's a link to her website bethanybabies.publishpath.com. She also made us a diaper bag wipes cover. Here's the picture of it from her website. It matches the diaper bag we registered for.



I would've taken a picture of the one we have at our house, but everything baby and nursery is in the garage in tubs and under tarps because we are remodeling the baby room. This is what it looks like now! We tore out a desk and cork board in the corner and will put up cabinets.

We tore out the lovely carpet we had (see above pictures - that's the last room with the nasty carpet we have left, but not for long!) We are putting wood laminate in.

And finally, some of you know that I drove my Jeep around for over a year with duct tape holding a rear window up. Mainly because the car repair guy said it would cost me $300 to fix it, and duct tape only costs $2. Well, my wonderful dad fixed it a few weekends ago for half the price! Now, I've got painters tape holding the windshield rubber seal in place because of a stupid automatic car wash that left my car clean, but decided to try and take a piece with it!

I didn't realize what had happened until I was going about 60 on a busy road and started to hear an AWFUL hail-like sound on the roof of my car. It was the rubber seal knocking against it. I've got a call into their corporate office to see if they are going to pay for the damage! How frustrating. Apparently, I'm meant to have some type of tape on my car....

Here's a couple of cute pictures of Barkley - don't let him fool you though - he's a little butthead most of the time!




That's it for now. Time to wake Jon up and have him make me an omelet like he had promised :)

Random Pictures....finally!

Me at a little over 20 weeks - with my chubby face. Someone commented to me the other day about my face getting chubbier - as if I needed to be reminded....



Garage sale - we had a TON of junk! And, this is only half of it!



The other half...



Jon....practicing on our nephew



More practicing - yes, he's about to change a diaper!



And....just when you think he's all grown up....

Busy Busy Busy!

It's has been so busy around the Mason household the past week or so. We had our garage sale and we did great!!! It was worth lugging all our junk over to Liz's house and sitting in the garage for three days :) We had a great time though - and got rid of a TON of junk!

I also passed the halfway mark last Thursday - I am now 20 weeks and 5 days. Wow - time flies by so fast! For Mother's Day, Jon let me drag him to Babies R Us to start our registry. Wow - let me tell you THAT is overwhelming! Holy crap - there's a whole wall of bottles and pacifiers to choose from! It'll probably take me a couple more trips, without Jon, to finish it up - he got a little bored :)

Sam has been actually kicking lately! It seems one day I was feeling little flutters and the next - he's got his little kicks in. Wow - amazing. They're nice and soft now - I'm sure he'll be kicking ribs and bladders as hard as he can here in a few weeks :)

I've got some pictures to post from the garage sale and other things this past week. I'll try and post them tonight!

It's a Baby Sam!!!

Baby Sam's first pictures. Yes, his name is Sam - unless he tells us otherwise :) We're still working on the middle name. We'd love one that starts with an A because his initials will be S.A.M. - rock on!

Of course - afterwards I went shopping with my mom and sister. Here are a few things we picked up:


One of the cute shirts from Marma Duke.


A little something I bought him.


Our little OU fan (sorry Texas). This was a little something for Jon.


A super-cool outfit from Aunt Abby - this is where he's gonna get his style! These are Sam's first baby shoes.


A cute gift from GranPatty.

IT'S A BOY!!!

So, I guess there might be some truth to what those old wives say :) We got to see our beautiful little boy kicking around in my belly today and it was the most awesome experience ever! We are so excited! I will definitely post the ultrasound pictures sometime this weekend, once we get the scanner hooked back up. It's been a long but fun day. I went shopping with my mom and sister this afternoon and then we had everyone over for burgers and brats. I'm so stuffed!

Off to bed for now. I'm exhausted.

Are those old wives right?

We'll see!

Here are the tests I tried out - with results:

Chinese gender calculator - GIRL

There was some confusion with this one, because you are supposed to put either your actual age or your lunar age - along with your month of conception. However, we would be on the cusp of two different months (December and January - yes, most likely New Year's) and my actual age was 28, though it says my lunar age is apparently 29. So, I tried all combinations and it produced GIRL the most.

The Drano Test - BOY

Absolutely my favorite test to do. It actually felt like I was in science class again, doing a backyard experiment. Although, mom really did it while I safely watched from inside. According to our instructions, you basically pee in a jar, mix Drano crystals in it and watch what color it turns. Ours turned a dingy brown color - meaning BOY. I'm guessing because boys love dirt. Mom swears it was right for all three of us when she tried it back in the day. We'll see!

Heartbeat Test - GIRL

I'm not sure what to think about this one, because I've only heard the heartbeat twice. The first time was at about 11 weeks and it was in the 170s. The second time, it was around 15 weeks, and it was in the 140s. They say heart rates above 140 are indicators of girls. Any lower, and you have yourself a boy.

Cravings - BOY

They say if you can't get enough of sweets, you've got yourself a girl. However, if you're craving sour - there's a boy in your belly! My only consistent craving has been strawberry limeades - which are both sweet and sour. Twins??? Ummm, doubt it. I'm gonna say boy - just because I crave the strawberry limeades more because of their sourness!

Wedding Ring Test - BOY

This was an interesting test I decided to do when I was bored in my office one day. It said to take your wedding ring and dangle it over your belly with a strand of hair. If it goes back and forth - it's a boy, and if it goes in circles, it's a girl. Mine was a definite back and forth.

Husband Test- BOY

I don't think this is an official old wives tale, but I've heard from my friends that their husbands just knew what they were having. They just had a feeling. I asked Jon and he wasn't being very cooperative - there was no feeling whatsoever. However, he did say he'd love a boy, and that he gets what he wants, so - I'm using that as his "feeling". I told him if he supposedly gets what he wants, then why isn't he wanting a million dollars right now! That'd be nice! Also, they say if the husband gains weight during the pregnancy, it's a girl. Jon says his pants still fit the same!

Other people's opinions - BOY

I have had more people tell me that they just have a feeling it's a boy. The results of the poll, well, if I hadn't screwed it up, would've been 2 girl votes versus 5 boy votes.

The "Me" Test - GIRL

They say if you're having a girl - you will have bad morning sickness, and your beauty will be drained. Yea, my beauty is definitely drained! HA! If it's a girl - she's sucking what little beauty I had right outta me! I've got acne now and my hair looks like crap on a daily basis. And, there was definite nausea early on. So, I'm saying GIRL based on that. Plus, my initial feeling was GIRL - even though I have absolutely no clue whatsoever now. I did read somewhere recently that 71% of women guessed the gender correctly. Hmmm.

Statistics Test - TIE

This is my own little math nerd test I formulated during one of my sleepless nights. Out of my girlfriend bunco group - the girls who have babies or are pregnant all have girls - no boys. That means out of 4 girls who have had babies recently, or are about to - they are all girls. Of course there are 3 of us that are pregnant who don't know yet. However, at work, the 2 other programmers all have boys. No girls. That's 4 boys. So, statistics don't really help me out here. I'm just letting you know how much of a math dork I am....

So - the majority of the tests I've tried point to BOY.It really was a lot of fun trying to guess. Of course - I'm definitely gonna leave this up to science because that's the only real way of telling. We will be happy with a son or a daughter! We just want to know!

4 more days!!!

4 more days until we find out if we're buying blue or buying pink! I can't believe how the weeks have really flown by. Well, in hindsight that is :) We are SO excited! Little Jondice has been dancing in my belly a lot lately - and loves music! My parents, my sister Abby, and her husband Jay are coming on Thursday for the weekend. I'm so excited that they'll be here when we find out the gender! I know my mom is really excited - as this is her first little grandbaby. I just hope he/she agrees to show the goods on Friday!

We are participating in a neighborhood garage sale at my SIL's house May 8th-10th. We had one last year at our house, and really made a killing! And, we still had stuff left over that we were going to donate....that's still in our garage from a year ago. So, combined with more crap that we decided to get rid of - we have enough for another garage sale this year!

Jon made me go through all my clothes and get rid of some of them. I decided this year, I'm going to throw out my "yea right - you wish" clothes, and my "don't torture yourself" clothes, and my "like you're gonna be able to wear this after the baby" clothes. Now, Jon is a true believer in closets being as empty as possible. I, of course, believe that an empty space in a closet is wasted space and something must go there! Seeing as how he was very happy that I got rid of all those clothes, and I was very depressed to see them go....I told him once the baby gets here and I lose at least SOME of the leftover weight - I'm going on a guilt-free shopping spree. He agreed - but I don't think he understands my definition of "spree" :)

I've been trying every gender prediction that I can find - so sometime this week before the ultrasound, I will post my findings! It was all fun - but I'm ready to know for sure!