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I have not posted anything for a while because I had to go back to the hospital this week due to high blood pressure.  Woke up Tuesday morning swollen and with a headache, decided I would take some headache meds and lay down to see if that would help.  The headache just got worse so I called my sister and she said I need to call the doctor.  

We get to the doctor and my blood pressure was 157/102, very high, so they sent me straight to the hospital for monitoring.  After laying down for a couple of hours they let me go and just put me on more strict bed rest.  I do plan to write about the shower that I had this past weekend, and share about the one I am having this weekend as well, but for now must get feet up.  Sometimes you really need a laptop.

Glider

So yesterday I let Jason, my husband, read my new blog and he said you know you told them about your bedding issue but you failed to tell them about the chair and that was an even bigger issue.  Well, I wanted a glider, rocker whatever to help when I am up in the middle of the night feeding and whatnot.  I had been to all the baby stores & found some of the styles that I liked but was not to keen on the fabric choices, see when you go with somewhat custom bedding you kinda have to be picky with the rest of the fabric also.

After my solo searches and after talking to a couple of other people on where that got theres, we decided maybe we would just try a regular furniture store, instead of a specialty baby store.  We started off at La-Z-Boy because we both thought this would be a great place & great quality chair that would last us a long time.  Found some we liked but I was not completely sold, I needed to check all other options.  We went to a couple of other stores but all the prices where just outrageous, not going to spend that on a chair.

We ended back at La-Z-Boy and come to a conclusion on a chair and some fabric.  Well once I got home, I looked online at the fabric on the chair that we picked out and almost had a heart attack!  It was hiddiuos, ugly and would have stood out in the room like a sore thumb.  I remember that the sales person said that we could not return the chair once we received it, so I am freaking out.  In tears I call Jason over and let him see it and he is thinking the same thing that I am, but will not leave me to believe that.  So he tells me that he will call in the morning and see what he can do, because once we looked at the receipt it says no return, exchanges or cancellations.  Great I am stuck with this ugly chair that I hate and that I really did not want in the first place but I was trying to make Jason happy.  

He calls the next day and of course they will not cancel the order however we can come back in to pick out a different fabric.  So, you have an angry, upset customer and you will not cancel the order, come on now we just purchased at 4:30pm on a Sunday, like the plant that build them is even open.  Anyways stuck with the chair I spend the majority of the next day upset in tears because I HATE what we picked out and don't really think another fabric will make me happy.  We go back up there and pick out different fabric which is amazingly soft and I think with a little design help from myself we will be able to pull it off.

Moral of the story, don't order anything custom from La-Z-Boy unless you really know you want it, because you are stuck with it.  Money is more important to them than satisfaction.  Take your time to and don't be afraid to spend a little more money if that it what it will take to make you happy, after all you are the one who has to use and look at the thing on a daily basis!

Crib Bedding

Oh the hassles of crib bedding.  I guess the fact that I come from a design background I was not happy with all the bedding out there.  As much as I love frogs, I was not planning to dedicated baby Jase's nursery to a pond or even frog land.  While searching all I found where themed bedding, nothing that would stand out & make him and his nursery different from everyone else.  Like it would really matter, but to me it made a huge difference.  Being my first I NEED everything to be right, especially with all that I have been through.

I decided to take my searching to the internet & found this lovely little place called Polka Tot Designs!  I could customize the fabric & use whatever the heck I wanted to.  While it was pricey, to me it made a huge difference to have his nursery stand out.  I knew I wanted blues & greens and had already ordered paint samples to look at and base some of the bedding on.  

I found these awesome, fun, funky prints that I just fell in love with....  As soon as they come in and the nursery is finished I will post pictures

Giraffe blue & white

Doodle baby blue

Mayflower pear

Introduction

My husband & I are expecting our first child and I have recently been put on bed rest due to high blood pressure.  I decided I needed to do something to keep me preoccupied while I wait for this little boy to arrive & thought why not start a blog.  I have had many things happen that would be nice to write about.

In August of 2010, I was working part time at IKEA as a kitchen planner.  One day out of the blue I just noticed that something was not quite right with me.  I was tired all the time & taking naps any chance I could get.  This was odd for em because I normally don't sleep well.  After work one night I decided that I would stop by and pick up a pregnancy test, I had not been taking my birth control since March, so something said maybe I should try this.  As funny as this is, I also picked up a pack of ciggs and a six pack of beer because I thought no way that I was pregnant.  I went home took the test & just about lost it when I saw the two pink lines show up.  For some reason Jason was not home yet, I do believe he was visiting his family that night so he got home later.  When he got home I asked him if he would go to the bathroom & checkout what was on the counter, meanwhile I am shaking in my shoes because I have no idea what he is going to think.  He comes back out and asks, what am I looking for, so I had to go show him.  He was just thrilled!

Meanwhile I just found out that I was promoted and was going to be a full time employee so things seemed to be working out great!  Well anyone who knows me, is well aware that things just don't happen so smoothly in my life.  I feel like I am always thrown a curve ball.  My mom was diagnosed with Lung Cancer back in March (of 2010) which is the same time my father in law Tommy passed away from a sudden heart attack.  I was excited to give her such good news because she was really down and out about the cancer.  She was so happy and I could tell that I made her day!  Well in November she got pneumonia and was put on oxygen.  We thought this would just go away because my mom is a fighter and she had a new little one that was coming along that she needed to be there for.  Needless to say she passed away the week of Thanksgiving and although we were all there with her while she took her last breath I think it was one of the hardest things I had to go through, especially pregnant. My emotions where all over the place and everyone was just telling me to be calm because the baby is important and I needed to keep him safe.  Before she passed we did find out that the baby was going to be a BOY, so she did get to know that and she pegged it.  She thought all along that it was going to be a boy.  

I have had a really hard time with loosing my mom because this is my first child and she should be here for that and I want her help.  It comforts me to know that she has one of the best seats in the house though along with dad, gg, papa and Tommy.  Even though you think this would be enough, nope here I am sitting around because I am on bed rest now.  I was also diagnosed with gestational diabetes but have that under control with diet.  This is going to be a way to show my creativity and for my husband a way for me to hopefully not spend so much money.