31 weeks & why the heck didn't I grab a S'bucks!?

{oh how I wished I had stopped and gotten you--the coffee and scarf haha}

HAPPY FRIDAY!! I cannot stress this enough. I am SO ready for this weekend. I have 2 Victoria Secret coupons for free panties they need to be used, I am running to my favorite getaway, Target, to grab this lamp

to match the big lamp we have for Troy's room

Then of course I'm getting my heeer did. My roots are showing and it's no bueno. I want to walk away with hair color like the gorgeous Ms. Carrie Underwood

{It should be a crime to look this gorgeous - SERIOUSLY}

Then it's off to get a few snap shots of the belly and a good shot of the mister and I for our Christmas cards! The rest of the weekend is open because my Bestie since I was 4 years old is in town and I wanna make sure I have open time for her.

So 31 weeks today folks! This party train is just move right along isn't it? Every week I am shocked at how far along I am. I am reading other blogs I follow and their about to deliver or have delivered and it brings those anxious butterflies you get right before your about to get on a roller coaster. So let's get down to the niggty gritty shall we?

How far along? 31 weeks, which means 6 more till I'm full term which also means 6 weeks till Christmas Eve -- I have so much shopping to do, EEEK!

Baby's size? This past week the doctor said her best guess by feeling and measuring is the T man weighs about 3.5-4lbs already. Yowza!

Weight Gain? 22.5lbs. To my surprise, I actually lost a pound last appointment. I was concerned about this as I HAVE NOT been starving myself (I hate women who do that, it's the most selfish thing), and she said since I "gained so much weight last time" (she had to bring that up!), that losing 1 lb is totally fine.

Stretch marks? No and I keep hydrating. Trust me, I will throw a fit for all to hear and see if I see one pop up on my belly. I have a couple on my hips from losing weight/gaining weight when I was younger, and I'd like to keep it that way.

Belly button in or out? It's coming out to play haha! I give it to my baby shower to be a total outie. I have a deep innie normally, so it's actually really fun and cool to see.

Sleep? Again, this does not apply as I do not know what sleep is. My body is shocking the heck outta me though - I am a 'have to have 8 hours of sleep' kinda girl, but for about a month or so now, I am fine with 5-6 hours. Sure I'm tired as heck at first, but after about 5 minutes, I'm wide awake

Foods I am loving? This past week I had more of a sweet craving than normal. After my breakfast, I was ready for the rest of the day to be all sweets. I'm talking butterfingers, my dark chocolate Reese's pb cups, and snickers. I could live off of those. Oh and sparkling apple cider

Foods I am hating? This week I noticed I can't eat a lot of chicken. I didn't like it in the beginning of pregnancy, but now I can handle it, just not that much.

Best moment this week? The stork tour (aka the labor and delivery tour!). Even though it made me so nervous and made everything 'real' and not just playing house, I loved it.

Movement? Constant. I love it! He rolls and tumbles all day long. I wanna know what he's doing so bad! I wish I got more ultrasounds in my pregnancy, but I only get 2 and I've had them already. I'm dying to know what he looks like and what he does all day.

Symptoms? Other than my strong urge to murder a bag of butterfingers when I was in CVS the other day? Some back pain and that's about it

Gender? Still my little man

What I miss? RUNNING!

What I will miss? Feeling him move. I have created a cozy home for him and I will miss carrying him like a little kangaroo haha

What I'm looking forward to? Baby shower and starting baby classes. Oh and Tgiving and Black Friday, oh and Christmas shopping w/a S'bucks in hand with my sister and mamacita, but those aren't baby related hehe

Weekly Wisdom: Pee before you leave the house or work. Even if you don't have to, do like your mom told you when you were little, and just try. I promise something will come out and more than you thought. As he gets bigger and heavier on your bladder, once you start moving, it's ridiculous how fast you'll have to go

Milestone: Going on the hospital tour

Emotions: NESTING! Oh my gosh, if our place isn't clean and vacuumed, it'll drive me nuts! Especially with all the leaves falling, it's so easy to track some of those colorful babies into the house.

And we'll be best friends forever!

Happy gloomy weather (that I LOVE!!) Thursday! It was so dark this morning, that I celebrated and stopped to get some Starbucks {but seriously, who needs a REASON for the 'bucks?}. I'm so glad I did, because I was a total space cadet and forgot half of my lunch. Thank GOD the office is ordering in lunch today for a meeting -- maybe I can snag some of whatever it is.

*WARNING: RANDOM POST*
Do any of you ladies have a best friend that you've had forever? I'm talking 10+ years and throughout the years you've had ups and downs, sometimes thinking things were over, but through it all, when your together, sparks fly & it's a no brainer as to why your BFF's? Of course you do, most girls do. I have a best friend like that. We met when we were a month or two shy of our 5th birthdays, and we haven't looked back since. She was always the one I could tell anything to and know she'd understand, the one who I could tell my deepest darkest fears and secrets too and sure enough, she had the same ones.

Well, I've been thinking a lot about my Bestie since we were 4 years old. Next year, we will have been friends for, wait for it....20 years! Yup, 20 years is a long time, no? Once upon a time, I lived in North Carolina for about 3 years, only to come back to my love, California. While I was in NC, she flew out once, but we talked all the time via phone, myspace, etc. Of course we'd go through dry spells, where we were just both so busy with our lives, we couldn't talk sometimes for 'x' amount of days which would turn into weeks. There were times I felt like we were just in different spots in our lives, which in turn would sometimes lead to arguments that I thought broke us for good. But they never did. One of us would send the other an email professing our love for that other person and we'd back back together like peanut butter and jelly--reuniting cause it feels so gooooood.

Fast forward to present day -- my soulmate who I love dearly, is now a mama to a 1 year old beautiful baby girl. She lives 3 hours away, which I hate more than anything, and I feel like we don't get to talk, let alone see each other as much as we'd like. Life has once again happened, and makes us so damn busy, we rarely have time talk. With her being a stay at home mama, and me working M-F and then so busy on weekends, it's just a hit and miss. I see her pics on facebook and it makes me sad that I am not apart of her life and IN those pics. Anyone else have a friend like this? Where sometimes you feel as though there is a HUGE space between the two of you and then once your hanging out again, it's as if you never had a thought in your mind you weren't meant to be.

Brief but worth it

Hello ladies and gents! I am just wanting to post these pics from this weekend. I didn't have much camera time, but these I took right before we left this morning outside Dennys(classy!). I am so glad the boys hit it off. N looks like he is nervous with Shaun grabbing him, ha ha, but they had a lot of fun and Bestie since 4 years old and I had a blast!! Her belly is getting so big!! I'll post tomorrow AM, but for now I have a game of Rumicube to attend to!

Hi, its Karli, I'm not here right now, leave a message..

That is what everyone will be hearing on my VM today and tomorrow!! Wanna know why? This weekend N and I are going to Ukiah to see my Bestie since we were 4 years old and her fiancee!! I am sooooooooooooo beyond excited!! I am packed and ready to go! Just gotta eat some Greek yogurt and some kashi and we ready to go!! We have plans for some fun! So watch out Ukiah!! I will most def post pictures on Monday.

Speaking of Monday...I GOT A JOB!!! That interview I had the other day at the CPA firm, I got it!! I am officially a receptionist @ ________ and ________. HA HA!! So not going to make it public for safety reasons, but just know that little miss thang got a job!! I got called back for a 2nd interview on Thursday to meet with the owner, aka my new boss, and I guess I totally rocked it!! Fun thing is too, that they have dogs in there. And I don't mean little Paris Hilton dogs, I mean a Mastiff and German Shepard! I LOVE big dogs! I grew up with a Great Dane and I loved him so much that N and I plan on getting one when we get a house. I am SO excited for that!! They are so great with little kids and they just love their owners so much. Oh and while we are on the topic of dogs, get a load of this! A new mom and her husband were home with their 6 month old last Monday night and the woman fell asleep. Not a total biggy, right? Well they have a PIT BULL, and the pit bull chewed the 6 month olds TOES OFF!!! Now what the friggin eff?! That is the most discusting thing I have ever heard! Oh and p.s., guess where it was? Good ol' North Cackalacky! The couple didn't realize this till they changed their sons diaper the next morning! The woman apparently didn't hear the son's cries due to her "medication" she was on (I believe we call it crack), and slept through it. Ugh, so sad. I don't have a personal vendetta against pit bulls, but cmon people, they get bad press with these sort of stories. So sad. Now the babies foot could have to be amputated.

Have a safe and happy Labor day everyone!!

XOXOXO