Happy Valentine's Day to Matt

In honor of Valentine's Day, February 14th, here are fourteen (of the countless) reasons I love Matt.





I love:




1. His childlike love of CANDY. Any kind of candy....



2. The silly songs he makes up and sings on a regular basis.



3. The way he wakes me up at midnight when he comes to bed just to tell me that he loves me.



4. The way he does everything 100%. Everything. He never cuts corners. He does it right, or not at all.


5. How he overcame such tough circumstances in life to become the man he is today.



6. How he never complains about what I cook. He'll eat whatever it is.



7. His generosity. He is always available to help someone in need.



8. The way he laughs when something is really funny.



9. How he never lets me drive when we go somewhere. Even if its ten hours to Alabama, he drives all of it.



10. That he calls all babies "beps."



11. His work ethic. He never, ever, calls in sick. He works everyday.



12. His need for the very best things. It makes me feel good that he chose me.



13. The way he won't let me stay mad at him. He always makes me laugh when I'm trying to be mad.



14. When he says "I love Bean."

Happy Valentine's Day!

Bean's Room

From the moment we knew Bean was a boy, we knew we were going to do a puppy-dog themed room. Surprisingly, there weren't tons of different puppy-dog things to choose from. However, we did find one that we liked.

After some consideration, I decided I didn't want to spend the fortune it would cost to get the whole set of bedding and room accessories in the pattern we chose. After all, Bean won't know the difference and that money could buy lots of diapers! LOL So, here's my plan.

We have ordered the musical mobile from the set and I'm going to (try to) make the other things for the room, like the curtains and bumper. (JENNA!?!!) I'm going to use blue/white polka dots and chocolate/white polka dots.

Now, for the best part, here's the mobile. :)

Baby Updates

Well, if you haven't heard yet, baby Greenfield is a BOY!! Yay, our gut instincts were right. We're super excited about it. We've decided we're going to do a puppy nursery, but we haven't picked out the exact stuff yet....

I failed my one-hour glucose test so I took the three-hour one today. It's totally NO FUN. They drew my blood when I first arrived (on an empty stomach at 8am) and then gave me that weird orange sugary drink. Then they took blood every hour for the next three hours. That's right, FOUR different times they stuck a needle in me.

After no breakfast and lots of missing blood, I headed to the mall for some food and shopping. I love looking at baby clothes and buying things on clearance for super cheap.

Later this afternoon I had another doctor appointment. She told me that everything from our ultrasound looked good. Unfortunately, they didn't get a good look at his spine, so I get to have another ultrasound in two weeks. I'm excited about that.

I got "measured" for the first time today. I'm 22 weeks tomorrow and she said I was measuring right on track. I think its kind of weird that they don't have a more advanced way to do that. 2010 and we're still using a tape measure?

I asked her about the results of my one-hour glucose test and she said in order to pass I had to score less than 135. I scored 138, so that makes me feel more positive about the results of the three-hour one.

Bean as we call him still has no name. There are periodic discussions about names, but we haven't agreed on one yet. It'll come...

I have bought a few maternity items, but haven't committed to wearing them yet. They're really still too big, but the amount of my regular clothes that still fit is dwindling.

In conclusion to this random post, I will include pictures from the ultrasound.

And, my personal favorite: