WHAT A MONTH!

 I started this entry at the end of the July 4th weekend and saved for later.  LATER, turned into AUGUST!  HOLY SHIT!

Thankfully, I've taken TONS of pictures this month, so I'm going to update with the longest fucking photo entry I've ever done ever!

Here is what I wrote for the 4th of July Weekend:

Tony's sisters and mom are in town for the weekend, and today was quite the exciting adventure spending time with them.  This weekend was definitely fun filled, but also had a bit of drama, to say the least!

So, The 1st was Tony's birthday, and we planned on going to the casino but didn't make it out of the house until close to 9:30.  Since the casino is about a half hour drive, we wouldn't make it in time for the buffet, which was our #1 reason for going.  I was starving, and VERY annoyed about how hungry I was so I naturally was not the most pleasant girl during that car ride.  When we realized about 10 minutes out that there  was no way in hell we would make it to the buffet, I really got irritated, so we turned around and went to Applebees instead, planning on going to the casino afterward.  Applebees really hit the spot though!  It was awesome!  By the time we were done eating we were both really tired and decided to just go back home and sleep.  We are turning into quite the boring couple, I know.  LOL.  But at least once I ate, I was no longer crabby!

Right before leaving for Bday dinner

The next day, I only had to work a 5 hour shift because the company I work for gave everyone a 3 hour "gift of time" for the 4th of July holiday.  It was nice!  I didn't do much with the time though, just relaxed!  I did, however, manage to try to set up a mini kitty photo shoot.  As you can see below, I was not especially successful.  Zuma really hates pictures, and Louie was practicing his best "spookface" through the whole thing.

Princess Zuma and Little Louie

He's such a good little poser!

Loves her window

Sunday was yet another relaxed day.  Tony and I got our laundry done and then Tony took me out on a date to get some Chinese/Vietnamese food!  We had spring rolls, Crab Rangoon, and Tony had some pho while I had chicken lo mein and a small side of wonton soup.  So delicious, and even more so because I was being taken on a date, which I adore. =)

So that leads up to the 4th.  We started our morning at the zoo with the girls, and got a lot of pictures taken for the baby's nursery!

This guy is in the flamingo area, but he's clearly not a flamingo.  I always forget what animal he is! =(

Slightly brighter picture of same bright animal which I forgot the name of

Tony's sisters and his sister's friend, we're about to enter the farm animal area!

These look like peacocks without all the feathers...

Now that's a peacock!  He was a pretty good show off, wish he would have fanned out his feathers though!

The girls found this cow hilarious, you can actually "milk" the fake cow too. LOL

Baby goat!

Near the area where you can pan for gold

Tony being all handsome, me being all sorts of pregnant and chubby =(

Family <3

Penguins!!!

This quail was allowed to roam freely through the zoo, he's like a prisoner with special privileges LOL

Momma monkey cleaning her baby <3

Meerkat! I took this photo inside the monkey palace, so you can see the reflection off the window =(

Cute!

Still cute!

Hello!

If you couldn't tell I LOVE their little faces!

This guy was enjoying a midday snack =)

The camel stopped eating grass to say hello =)

Then, he resumed eating grass.

Huge ass tortoise.  The sign said these things can live up to like 200 years or something like that.  Damn old!

KOOKABURRA!!

Giraffes, my favorite zoo animal <3

So elegant!

This guy was quite the ham for picgtures, he was totally licking the bejeezus out of that tree as well.

Rhino!  Eating hay.

Covered in mud... apparently this is their own form of "natural sunblock".  LOL

Eventually he came to the fence to see what all the fuss was about...

The girls again, by wire sculptures of bears

My friend, the brown bear!!

Another camera ham, also can't remember what kind of animal he was!

OMFG this parrot, along with his multiple friends not pictured, were LOUD.  They sounded the alarm as soon as we showed up!

Entering the "Asian" portion of the zoo

Cute kitty!

Nice shaded area, it was SO hot that day.

Me being pregnant, chubby and SWEATY, and Tony just being sweaty and sexy-like.  I am clearly no longer enjoying this pregnancy.

After that, the girls went with their cousin for a bit while Tony and I made it out to my family's annual 4th of July picnic.  We grubbed and rubbed elbows for an hour or so, catching up with some of my favorite aunties, and then headed home to get ready for some water park action!

At the family picnic, being in that shade felt AWESOME.

We went to the water park, which was SO MUCH FUN!  I can't wait to go again!  No pictures of water park because, well, water and new camera's don't mix.  We floated around on the lazy river several times, but right in the first 20 minutes Tony ended up losing his debit card in the water!  The lazy river has a float-up bar which he planned on taking full advantage of, but he managed to lose his card before the first time around!  So we got out of the water, and went to call the number on the back of my debit card (we bank at the same bank) to cancel his card so no one could put any rogue charges on the card.

We spent the rest of our time going back and forth between the lazy river and the wave pool, and the very last half hour or so playing on this kids jungle gym type thing that had tons of water spray things and this giant bucket of water that filled up over the whole thing and dumped tons of water everywhere every few minutes.  SO MUCH FUN!  Oh, and by the end of it, we checked with the main desk and someone turned in his card.  What good Samaritans we have in our area. =)

We then brought the girls back to Tony's grandma's house to have some pho for dinner, which was AMAZING, as usual.  Tony's grandma makes the best pho ever.  I got a chance to visit with his mom whom I've only met once before.  She's super nice and funny, and I liked that we got a chance to get to know each other better.  Not to mention, she's absolutely gorgeous!  Did not get any pictures, but should have!

After we left, we stopped at a local ice cream shop that was open until 11 PM (even though it's the 4th of July and all) to get some soft serve ice cream.  We took the long way through town to watch the different fireworks displays people were putting on.  The ice cream was awesome, and we came back home to enjoy it.

The only drama came when I went to the bathroom, and noticed I was spotting.  Being a first time mom and freaking out, I called the hospital and got my doctor's pager number.  I paged him, and he called right away, and I told him the situation, that I had just came home from a water park and was now spotting.  I seriously thought something was awfully wrong with the baby, and was in near hysterics thinking that my "perfect day" as I kept calling it was now turning into the worst day of my life.  I may be getting sick of being pregnant, but I love my baby with all my heart and would never want to do anything to jeopardize his health or safety. =(

The doctor told me that after alot of bouncing around and activity that some spotting in the third trimester is completely normal and to not worry, that the worrying would be more stressful for the baby than any fun I had earlier.  He told me if the spotting turned to bleeding I should go to the doctor straight away, but otherwise, to just call the nurse in the morning and we'd schedule an ultrasound to double-check on baby's well-being.  Since that call, the spotting has stopped and I've felt him move around several times, happily kicking mommy.  I'm so glad nothing is wrong, I could have just died if something was.  Hopefully ultrasound shows the same thing.

^^Now that the action packed 4th of July weekend is done, I have pictures from basically every single weekend after.  SO BUSY.

Weekend of the 8th--

Went to a co-workers wedding with my friend Mikayla.  It was a lot of fun!  The wedding was in a small town just outside the edges of the city we live in, so close that eventually, the city is going to absorb it as an area of the town, kind of like how big cities have annexes or boroughs.  I don't have a lot of pictures from this weekend, but I have some.  A couple of them are basic camwhoring I'm-so-vain pictures, which I took after I took pictures of my most recent nail adventures of the time.  Not including those, because I plan my next post to be about them.  Eh, what can ya do, right?

Myself and Mikayla at the reception

She was SO excited for cotton candy, we had to take a picture =)

The bride and groom having their first dance

Second shot, I LOVED her dress.

Camwhore... cough cough... and my current fave sunglasses.

More camwhoring.

Weekend of the 15th--

My cousin Dez got married!  Her husband's name is Tonny, so we both have Tony's in our lives (clearly, his is spelled different than my boyfriend).  In true Midwest fashion, the weather is still ridiculously hot, so I was sweating like MAD during the whole thing until we got into the reception hall which was very nice and cool.  Pictures below!

Coming down the aisle

Ceremony

<3

Love her headband

So hot, but you can't tell from the picture!

<33

<333

These two started entering and I just wasn't ready for them!  My younger cousins (technically second cousins), part of the wedding party.

I managed to get a shot of these lovely ladies!  Daughters of the groom, and their adorable escort, obviously wedding party.

Not sure who these people are honestly... but that's my cousin in the back!

My cousin Jen, the maid of honor

The groom and bride <3

I wanted a picture of the hall, I thought it was gorgeous!  Then again, it was super cool in there, so I may have been slightly biased, LOL.

Dez giving her speech

Time to cut the cake!

The photographer lady kept getting all the good shots and right in the way, GRRRR.  I'm pregnant, I'm allowed to get annoyed by these things.  LOL

Love this photo. =)

Obligatory feeding each other piece of cake shot

Dez warning Tonny to NOT shove cake in her face... yeah it still ended up happening after I put my camera away, haha.

This was actually the Tuesday after when I was leaving work.  Thought it was SO gorgeous, had to take a pic.

Weekend of the 24th--

MY BABY SHOWER!  I had SO much fun, my sister and my aunt with the help of my cousins did an amazing job planning it, and I'm so blessed with the turnout we had and all the gifts they gave us.  LOTS of pictures from the shower, which should be pretty much the end of my photo bombing.

Diaper Cake!

Real Cake... and my real name, whooops! :P

Tony's uncle, aunt, and another uncles wife, and his adorable little cousin =)

My aunt's friend Shelley, and my cousin Ashley

My work buddy Chrystal!

More work friends!  Serina, Brandi, and Serina's super adorable daughter Isla

Great grandmas!  Tony's grandma and my grandma chatting it up =)

Clockwise starting with the girl in the white: Rosa, Miranda, Savannah, Kassie, and Stacey

Clockwise: Cousin Ashley, My sister Melinda, my dad's significant other Theresa, her sister Vicki, and Shelley again.  Theresa is Melinda's mom, and Theresa and Vicki have been in my life since I was a young girl.  Love them!

Cousin heather not paying attention, and my mom =)

My mom and me

Winners of the first game, decorating the diaper cake

Updated cake!

What a crowd!

Everyone working hard on their games

I went to a table by myself, because the game required trying to guess my answers, couldn't let anyone cheat!

Little cousin Mailey!  My youngest first cousin, she's the BEST!  Love her!

Me reading my answers

Everyone is wondering, what the hell?  When I'm reading my answers, LOL.  No one knows the mind of BzB.

Still reading...

My sister, one of the co-shower throwers.  She likes to throw up white people gang signs in pictures.  I constantly tease her for this.  LOL

Cousin Chelsey, Ashley's twin.  They look nothing alike, I love it!

Ashley again

Chrystal, Serina, and Brandi, working hard on another puzzle

Grandma deep in thought, LOL

Ugh, so ready to be not chubby anymore.  I have gained so much preggo weight.  Grosssss.

Decor!

Kayla and Liam, my sons future BFF!

Cousin Trevor, the twins younger brother

Completed diaper cake!

Cake time!

Aunt Shelley

Well look who made it.. the newlyweds, Dez and Tonny!

Me before I dug into my loot =P

They look bored because it took 40 effing minutes to open presents.  I was exhausted after that.

Me and Grandma =)

Weekend of the29th--

No pictures, just typing.  I finally had a weekend to myself to somewhat relax, although that did not actually happen, I basically spent the whole thing trying to get caught up on everything baby and home related and trying to turn our disaster of an apartment into something somewhat livable.  Still not done with that.  I was SUPPOSED to go to another friend's baby shower but wasn't able to work late earlier in the week to have a shortened day on Saturday, so that didn't end up happening.  Sunday, I was SUPPOSED to go to my friend Miranda's birthday party for her two year old daughter Bridget, but between all the crap I had to do around the house, being exhausted, and setting up some of the things we got for our baby boy, it just didn't happen.

Speaking of being exhausted, I am pretty fucking sick of being pregnant.  I'm HUGE now, retaining ridiculous amounts of water (which you can see pretty much started at the beginning of the month and really started topping out around the baby shower pics), and simple things like cooking dinner exhausts the fuck out of me.  I'm sore, I'm crabby, and all I want is for this baby to get the heck OUT!  Plus, I have tons of stretch marks on the bottom of my belly now, which I am NOT happy about.  I knew I would get them, I'm not a complete dumb ass, but I still am not happy about them in the slightest.  I really hope they fade by next summer.  I love my baby, I want him here, but more importantly I WANT MY BODY BACK.  I'm so sick of feeling SO FAT.  This just isn't ME, you know?

Because of all this exhaustion, I decided to switch to work at home instead of going into the office each day.  Basically, I was sick of having to get up an hour earlier just to try to look decent when I feel like shit and look like a cow, try to be nice to people, listen to EVERYONE ask the same fucking questions about my pregnancy all the time-- "When are you due?  Are you excited?  Bet you're ready to be done!"  It's not their fault, its just what people say and do, but damn, my horomones turn these kind of things into the most annoying fucking things I hear all day.  So annoying, I'm swearing up a storm in this post ranting about it.  Also, I am down to only being able to fit into about five different outfits, all dresses, and I'm sick and tired of feeling like people can tell I just wore that orange dress last Friday, or coming up with a way to make most of the dresses work appropriate.  (No spaghetti strap tanks).  I just want to be able to wear my little jammies and kick my feet up while I work.  Plus, the office is SO FUCKING HUMID I COULD DIE.  At least I can control the climate in my apartment, get a giant fan right on me if I need to, and I avoid doing a lot of the bitch work I was doing for my boss all the time.  This week is my very last week in the office, and I'm officially a "W@H" agent Aug 9.  Yay me!

So, that's it.  I have a few more nail pictures obviously, and I think I want to review the OPI Katy Perry line since I tried them all, but maybe I shouldn't jinx it.  Anytime I seem to say I'll do something with this blog, it doesn't happen for like a month!

Until then--