Fun tagged questions

I was tagged in this post . I have to answer these questions and then make 8 new questions and tag 8 more people. Here it goes. 

1. What is your favorite childhood memory?

I don't have much of a memory which stinks. But I guess I would say all of my dancing days. They were fun I'm sad sometimes that I gave it up. 

2. What do you do for a living (if you work outside the home or if you work at home)?

Right now I don't do anything. I am hoping to find a part time job soon until the baby comes. Then I will be a stay at home mommy<3

3. What is your favorite song at the moment? What is your favorite song ever?

Tough one. I'm not sure. Whether I like a song or not depends on my mood. 

4. What is your favorite TV channel to watch?

In the mornings it's ABC for Good Morning America, Ellen, and Dr. Oz. Then I usually move to HGTV. 

5. If you could have any job/profession, what would it be and why?

I would be a physical therapist. Preferably working with veterans who are injured or lost limbs. I would love the opportunity to not only extend my gratitude but to be able to get them to be able to live as normally as possible. 

6. What is your favorite outfit?

Right now it's one of 2 dresses I have. They are incredibly comfy and I really wish I bought all of the colors instead of just 2 lol.

7. If you could tell your teenage self something, what would you say?

I'm not sure. I would have to make a list because there is a lot I wish I could tell my teenage self. But I wouldn't want to alter any events so maybe I would just keep my mouth shut. 

8. What is your biggest blog pet peeve?

Umm, I don't really know. I have a lot of little things I don't like but in the end a blog is so you can write whatever you want right? I have to remember that more often. 

As for my 8 questions Here you go!

1. Who is your hero? Why?

2. Where are you from? Do you like it better there or wherever you are now?

3. What is your favorite TV show? 

4. If you had a choice would you be a stay at home mom or have a career? What career?

5. What is your best tip for new mothers?

6. What is one thing a lot of people or no one else knows about you?

7. Where is your favorite vacation spot? 

8. What is your favorite book? 

I'm not going to tag anyone for this. I want everyone who wants to answer these to answer them. Have fun with it :-) Sorry I'm awful at making questions haha. 

I've got to go get ready and then go get my teeth drilled again. yippie. 

It's Autumn!!

But it doesn't feel like it :-(

Ever since I went home I have been home sick. I think it's partially due to knowing in March I will be moving back and once I have plans set I get all antsy.

The bummer about being down here? The closest apple farms are around 3 hours away. If I ever got really motivated I might do that drive but 3 hours of driving for like 30 minutes of apple picking doesn't seem worth it. Boo.

Another bummer? It's still 90 out! It's a little breezier which is awesome but it's still hot.

Want one more? I know the leaves are changing up north and they aren't here. Ugh.

I miss New York. I can't wait to go home with my hubby for Thanksgiving.

BUT today, Nicole over at Flip Flops and Combat Boots and I are going to Wilmington for some shopping :-) Yay!

Have a great day everyone<3

I Love You Mr. Sykes<3
You too Little Sykes<3

Semper Fi<3

Baby update

My doctor appointment today was disastrous. First we checked in and were told the dr was backed up a little. So we waited just about an hour and 1/2 to see our doctor. Great. Then what made it worse was the appointment was pretty much just to hear the heartbeat. We didn't get an ultra sound or anything. He just waved a wand thing over my belly and called it a day. He didn't even tell us the difference between the baby's heart beat and mine so all I really heard was my heart beat I am pretty sure.

But wait it gets even better! I then had to wait another 30 minutes for the appointment lady to get back from lunch so I could schedule my 20 week appointment. Well not only did I have to wait an incredibly long time but she was a huge bitch. Sorry for my words but the aggression has to come out. You could read this lady's face and all it said was I hate my life and I am going to make yours miserable too. And boy did she!

She told me that since my due date was in march there wouldn't be enough available appointments to accommodate me and I would most likely have to wait until November. NOVEMBER!!! It's not even October yet! That means I have to at least wait 6 weeks for my next appointment. That's if I get in the first week of November which I am sure they won't be nice enough for that. 6 weeks puts me at the 22 week mark. I was informed today that because of my condition it is possible that I go into preterm labor around 24 weeks. As in 2 weeks after my next appointment.

I am trying not to freak out. I really can't help it though. I was told by the crazy lady that she would call me at the end of the month sometime to schedule my appointments. I plan on calling in 2 weeks to make sure I get an appointment within the next 4-5 weeks. If this is how they treat the high risk patience I don't want to know how they treat regular pregnancies.

Needless to say we did not find out the sex of our baby which at this point is really the least of my worries or aggravation. I now understand why people talk so badly about Naval Hospitals.

Ugh. Stressful day.

Today's the day!!

I am so excited!! My morning started with my husband's alarm going off. Thankfully he woke up around 7 so I just stayed up anyways. His alarm is that silly tiger song from The Hangover. What do your men wake up to? I bet it's not "What do tiger's dream of when they take a little tiger snooze?" haha

Hopefully I will be following this post up later with a post about whether we are having a boy or a girl! Every please keep your fingers crossed for us! :-)

I have another question for all the mommies and soon to be mommies out there. Since the beginning of this pregnancy I have gotten horrible break outs on my face, chest, and shoulders. I never really had great skin but I have never had anything like this! I have no idea what to do! I feel like I've tried everything. I've tried all the store face washes, ProActive and even just regular soap. Right now I am testing out Clinique which my cousin swears by and it doesn't seem to be doing anything. Did this happen to any of you? Did you find a solution? It's such a pain :-( Maybe I'll try asking my Dr about it today to see if he can recommend anything.

Anyways, just a couple more hours!! Yay!

My personal task

For a while now I have wanted to learn how to sew. I can do the little things like fix my hubby's clothes and replace buttons but I want to go further with it. I want to be able to work a sewing machine and be able to make really awesome creations.

I usually pick things up pretty quickly so I'm hoping if I just mess around with it for a little while I will eventually get the hang of it. It would be awesome to be able to make clothes or quilts or really anything!

I'm excited :-)

I think I need to learn to chill

I am a planner. I like to have everything planned out and thought through so I make sure everything goes smoothly. Well at least attempt to have things go smoothly.

Here is my problem. I am going absolutely crazy not knowing if we are having a boy or a girl! I have done as much of our registry as I possibly can without knowing the sex of our baby. I am I guess what you would say is ocd. I need things to match and I need to have extras of everything. I have our play yard, swing, stroller and all of that good stuff matching and it's gender neutral which normally I would not be ok with but the pattern is just so adorable I couldn't resist. Plus it actually works out so that we can keep it for future babies. Those are about the only things I can have be gender neutral though. Which presents my problem. I can't finish a huge chunk of the registry without knowing if we are having a boy or a girl.

It's really pathetic I know. But that's how ocd I am. If I have a girl I have to have pink or purple burping cloths. BURPING CLOTHS!! Something the baby is just going to spit up all over. It is ridiculous.

And I know I know, we still have the majority of the pregnancy left for things like that. The downer is that we have to do the baby shower November 27 because we are having it back home in NY and it might be the last time we can travel that far. I really want to have a baby shower knowing what we are going to have.

Ugh, I hate being so obsessive. I guess it's really good for other things though. Our house will never have clutter and will always be clean. It wont look like someone threw a bunch of mismatched furniture into a house because I think my head would explode if my house didn't flow ascetically. This goes all the way down to the fact that things have to be symmetrical in the house.

I'm so strange.

I Love You Mr. Sykes<3 Thanks for loving me even though I'm crazy<3
Love you too Little Sykes<3 Whether you're a boy or girl, you're still amazing already<3

Semper Fi<3

Our beach adventure

The past couple of days my husband has gotten out of work around 12 thanks to a class he has to take. So yesterday I took advantage of that and dragged him to the beach with our dog. It was a really nice day for the beach. It was warm enough but had an amazing breeze. We sat on the beach for 3 hours which we never do. Usually 2 hours is the max for us because he has very fair skin.

So anyways we both have pretty bad sunburns after but it was still a good day minus some little things. Lets just say my husband really has no patience with me when it comes to little things I do. For instance, I was walking the dog at first and he was so excited to be at the beach that he tangled Jon and I up together and I thought by following him around in his little circle that we would get untangled but it just made things worse. So instead of my husband just saying "babe if you stop walking in a circle I can get us untangled" he said "BABE STOP RUNNING IN A CIRCLE!" In that tone where you can tell if you don't stop he might just burst. So then I get upset because I've told him over and over again the way he says things to me sometimes really makes me feel like he's reprimanding me instead of just simply speaking to me.

But that was over and done with I didn't want to ruin our nice day together so I just hand him the dog and we continue down the beach. THEN we see recon marines in their little boats speeding out to a much bigger ship. I said I wonder what they are doing and my husband said they are probably loading onto the ship. My thought is they are loading themselves onto the ship. Well apparently that was absolutely wrong and the were in fact loading the boats. Let me explain. I said "Well they should just do trips to get everyone onto the ship instead of taking 12 boats." My husband then looks at me and once again in his "your aggravating me"tone says "No their loading the ships onto the bigger ship. Little ships are going on the big ships." Like I'm 5 or something. But that one wasn't even the worst one.

When we were leaving the beach we had the dog off of his leash at first and I would call his name ever couple seconds to make sure he knew to stay a certain distance from us. Then we saw another couple coming onto the beach with a little dog so we put him on the leash and once they passed my husband just let the leash go. I continued calling his name but this time because he hates running with leashes attached if no ones holding it. Especially the retractable ones because they snap up on his paws. SO I was calling his name so he would stop and I could unhook the leash. This time my husband pretty much just yells at me telling me the dog isn't going anywhere and I can stop calling his name. Well if he had just been polite and had patience with me like I've told him OVER AND OVER again he would have realized I was just trying to take the leash off our dog who look terrified of this thing chasing him.

Anyways I think I owe all of this to the marine corps. I should really start making  a list of things that they have changed about my husband and write a letter of complaint if he doesn't get his original qualities back after he EASes. You know, like after prison they can collect their original belongings? Something like that.

I'm just upset by this all not angry or anything. I know he will get it right eventually. It's not like I'm going anywhere.

I Love You Mr. Sykes<3
You too Little Sykes<3

Semper Fi<3