Introducing.......

Cooper Colin Schmutz

He's here! And I'm in love.


more to come later.....

Waiting....

So today is December 30th...... The day I've been waiting for for about 9 months.
My due date.
And no baby.
I'm realizing this baby has his own schedule that I cannot control, which bothers me.
I don't like not being in control.
I'm fairly certain he will a January baby.
Maybe a New Years baby! Wouldn't that be kind of cool?
But I'm not holding my breath.
I have this terrible feeling that I might be pregnant for another full week.
And I thought this was the longest week of my life.
I'm done with work now so I am just chilling at home...
waiting. waiting. waiting.
Today I think I'll clean my shower (maybe that will put me into labor), do the dishes and take a long nap.
Anytime now baby boy.

4 more weeks to go

I am a lazy blogger. Yep. Oh well. I would like to say I will be better once the baby comes but I can't make any promises.
Anyways, a little update on our lives.

• We just got back from Las Vegas where we spent Thanksgiving with Col's family. It was so fun and we had a blast, but my poor ankles (or should I say Cankles?) did not love the drive, oh well, it was totally worth it.

• My sweet friends Whitney and Kim through me a baby shower and I got some really cute gifts for baby boy. Thanks girls.

• I cut my hair. I promised myself I would grow it out the whole pregnancy but I'm weak and gave in and cut it. And you know what? I'm happy I did.
  

• It's December! December in this house doesn't just mean Christmas time, it means baby time! We finally made it to the month we've been waiting a long time for and just watch, this baby won't even make his debut until January. I really really want him to come this year so cross your fingers for us.
  

• Oh and I'm freaking huge. I didn't realize how big I was until I looked at this picture. Woah! This little booger is running out of room in there and I can feel it. I just cannot wait until he is out of my belly and in my arms. Just 4 weeks or just 28 days to go but who's counting right?
  

36 weeks

I just realized this whole post is talking about the pregnancy or the babe. Can you tell it's all that's on my mind right now?

I found my camera.....

Well, Colin found my Camera. It was in the filing cabinet. How it got there I have no idea. I swear it was not me and Colin swears it was not him. I think he did it to make me feel like i'm going crazy. Anyways here's the update on the baby...

And then I grew alot...

I'm now thirty and a half weeks! 2 more months and baby boy is here. Crazy! I'm so ready to have him here and yet so unprepared. I really haven't bought much of anything because I keep thinking it's still so far away, but I'm realizing it's really not. Aww! I'm determined to start some of the baby projects I've been planning.

This baby is kicking up a storm, I honestly don't know when he sleeps.
He thinks it's fun to kick me in my ribs. Not so fun for me.
I feel like he is running out of room all ready and he has a lot more growing to do so my already big belly is in trouble. Oh well.

My Life.....

Life has gotten busy, a little too busy. I am beginning to feel a little like Bilbo Baggins, "Like butter scrapped over too much bread." But that's ok...life is supposed to be about stretching yourself and achieving more than you thought possible. I am taking the LSAT this Saturday and am super nervous about it. If I don't get above a 165 Marissa and I will most likely be packing up our bags and moving away from Utah! In a way that would be super exciting. Me, Marissa and the yet to be named little guy. It would be a real adventure.

Marissa continues to expand. It is funny seeing her stomach bulging like it does. I can't wait until she pops and births our 1st born. He is going to be awesome. Marissa is determined that he won't be a golfer, but he will. There is no way to avoid it. Sorry baby.

Well, I just needed a break from studying for a minute, so I am going to get back to it!

Things I love/want

Colin is busy...... a lot....so that leaves me with a lot of time to think about/browse baby things and long for things I can't afford.

I can dream can't I?

I had a preggie belly picture to post but I seriously cannot find my camera anywhere. I just searched my house for a good half hour and it's no where to be found. It's really bugging me because there is seriously not that many places to look in my house, it's pretty small, and I've checked them all. Twice! I'll blame this on pregnancy brain. I'll post once I find it, if ever.

And so it goes...

I haven't blogged in awhile. I'm blaming it on the the whole pregnancy thing. I'm tired alot okay? I mean, I am growing a person here and it's hard work so I should use this excuse for as long as I'm able to right? I think Colin is catching on though.

My new favorite thing right now....

Oh my, body pillows are amazing. Colin has been telling me to get one for awhile and I thought I didn't need it but this week my back has been killing me and sleeping has become a chore. For a girl that used to easily sleep deeply ten hours without moving, I

am having a hard time being constantly waking up in discomfort. This little guy is killing my back and ruining my sleep already and he's not here yet. I finally gave in and got one and boy was it worth it. mmm... i can't wait to go to sleep with my body pillow tonight.

however I don't think even the body pillow would have helped me when we went camping overlabor day. Note to self: never go camping when I'm pregnant again. I don't know why I thought it would be fine to go camping and sleep on the ground when I was 5 and a half months pregnant but let me tell you it was not. We ended up driving home in the middle of the night because Colin knew that neither of us would get any sleep. call me a wuss if you want.

Also loving this...

It was so good. I keep telling Colin he needs to hurry and read it so I can talk to someone about it. If you haven't read it or read the other books in the Hunger Games series you should.

I'm now looking for a new book to read.

Any suggestions?

Colin started school and I'm beginning to realize I won't really see my husband for the next couple months. This makes me sad. I'm working on finding a hobby to fill my time while he is studying awhile. I think I might take up sewing and try to sew the little man's bedding. We'll see.

No pictures this time. I'm blaming it on pregnancy brain. I just keep forgetting to take my camera out. Now if Colin would buy me a nice new camera I might just remember more often. hint hint.