9 of my Loves

Nine Loves

(Leaving out the obvious - family and friends)

{ 1 } Christmas baking. I've had all the cookies, squares and chocolates a girl can dream of right at my disposal.

{ 2 } Christmas movies - they're really getting me in the mood. Love Actually is my new favorite.

{ 3 } Sleep. I can't complain much, because lately the daughter has been sleeping great. But to get to go to bed at whatever time I want and get up at whatever time I want? That would be pure heaven.

{ 4 } Tv shows on dvd. I talk about them too often, but they are so great. I love nothing more than watching a show from beginning to end, without having to wait for the next episode on tv. Plus I can watch them over and over again. An expensive addiction, but I love it so much. 

{ 5 } Learning photography. I've ignored it for months and months, due to this whole new baby thing, but over the weekend I came across some tips on Pinterest, then played around with my camera to try and figure them out. I didn't get the results I wanted, but I learned a little bit more about working my SLR camera. 

{ 6 } My own bed. It's so comfy and I sure do miss it after spending a few nights on Mom's pull-out couch. 

{ 7 } Free samples. Similar sends out free samples so I ordered one to be sent here and mom got one sent to her place. I just got the two of them today. Two sample cans = one regular can, which means lots of $$$ saved. 

{ 8 } Presents. Call me greedy and missing the meaning of Christmas, but I am so excited to see what Chloe got for Christmas from anyone. I'm not as concerned with my presents :p

{ 9 } Arby's. Such a strange thing to put on a 'love' list, but I love Arby's, and I can only have it when I go to visit A., which doesn't happen nearly enough. I was reminded of this love whenever they sent me a BOGO coupon in my email. Totally printing that off to use when I go up there in the new year. 

6 Things I Love

1. Painting, crafting, creating

I have so many ideas for things to make for the baby's Princess Peach / Super Mario themed room. Some are already started and some are still in the planning stages but so far it's so much fun. 

2. The Sunshine

Yesterday it poured down rain, but the days before that were gorgeous, and so was today and hopefully tomorrow. Really, it's about time summer gets here and I'm going to enjoy it. 

3. Get-Togethers

In less than a week it is my baby shower and I'll get to see so many people that I don't get to see enough. My best friend who is hosting the shower and her hubby, her parents who are like family to me, friends I haven't seen in too long, some random family members and the one I'm most excited about: my grandfather. I won't lie, I'm very excited to get some baby-related presents for my girlie, but I'm more excited about seeing a bunch of my favorite people together. 

4. Baby Things

B. has a couple of friends that are visiting from away for a week, and one of them has a young baby girl at home. She brought with her two boxes of clothes that are too small for her daughter, plus her baby swing that her baby doesn't like. I haven`t even looked at any of it yet but I`m still excited about it, and it was awesome of her to go through the trouble of dragging it all the way here for us. (They were driving for almost a full day to get here!)

5. Being Pregnant

I won`t lie, the thing I miss the most from my pre-pregnancy life is drinking. I`d love nothing more than to sit on the beach with a drink. But otherwise, I love being pregnant. Sometimes the swollen feet get in the way of doing things and the random nausea that I get lately at night kind of sucks. Everything else is pretty great though. I love watching my belly grow. I love having a bit more weight on me, although trying on my now too-tight sweatpants wasn`t very fun. I feel cute. People are always commenting on how jealous they are that I`m all belly, that I`m so small. I don`t love that so much, but I love that I`m lucky (so far) to not put on a lot of weight and feel huge. Mostly I love feeling my baby moving around in my belly. I`ve never been so excited about something. 

6. This Game

Connect 2. Like Mahjong, but with a different/better twist. I am so addicted. I play, can`t make it past level 5 ever, then play all over again. Haven`t gotten tired of it yet. 

What are you loving these days?

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