One thing I forgot
At the ultrasound tonight, I simply asked in passing if the technician could tell how big she was just by looking at the ultrasound, and she said no they have to measure to find that out. At the end of the 48 minutes (it was only supposed to be 30) she said well let's do some measurements and see how big she is, after measuring her head, abdomen, and leg I believe, it was estimated that she was 4lbs 14 oz and measuring just 3 days shy of her real due date, which she said was fine and probably just meant she was going to be a smaller baby! She's almost 5 pounds!!! No wonder I feel every movement, no wonder she keeps me up at night, no wonder I'm so tired. I don't mind though, she can stomp on anything she wants for the next 6 weeks :) Then she's all mine...well, I suppose I will share her with Evan!
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So in love...
I am just in awe of this little girl in my tummy, and of God who created her so perfectly, like He did all of us. Evan and I just spent about 48 minutes watching her on the 3-d ultrasound, and she already has quite the personality. She was going non-stop the entire time, moving around, kicking, playing hide and seek, it was amazing. All we could do was laugh because she kept opening her mouth, sticking our her tongue, putting her hand in front of her face, it was great! The tech. told us that a lot of times babies are so uncoordinated but they open their mouths and throw their hands and feet around trying to aim for their mouth, well she found hers! It was so cool how you could see her fingers/hand in her mouth and see the sucking reflex.
All 3 of us were laughing the whole entire scan because she was just moving like crazy, and she kept putting her hand in front of her face. And just when we thought she had moved her hand, nope it's back. She is definitely going to be a handful, full of energy and spunk. I can't wait :) It was the most awesome experience to just take a look in on what our little baby is doing inside of my tummy, and I felt like I was truly getting to know my daughter, it was worth every penny :)
This was actually a re-scan, we went for our appointment last Thursday @ 3:00pm and she's generally not very active at that time but that's all they had. We were there for about 15/20 minutes with not really any good pictures, I was kind of bored, and getting disappointed. Her head is down pretty low and she was looking towards my back so we couldn't see her face until the last 5 or 10 minutes but we did end up getting a couple good pictures. After it was over they offered a re-scan which had to be done within a week but they would pretty much do the exact same thing over since we didn't get very good results.
Here are some of the pictures from the 1st scan
Most of the pictures look the same, but I think she looks so peaceful. We have a ton of pictures from the 2nd scan too, she gave us thumbs up, showed us her feet, toes, fingers, everything, but they are not on the computer yet so I'll have to keep you in suspense. We have 2 DVD's now, over an hour of both of the scans which will be so cool to show her when she's older how she looked and what she was doing in my tummy!
In other news, for those of you who haven't heard yet...WE SOLD OUR HOUSE! Yes, God is good, and has perfect timing. Last week was so frustrating and tough countering back and forth but we finally came to an agreement Friday night. We went to see the house Evan and I have had our eye on for about a month now in Apex, make an offer, and wait. Because the house is a relocation house, we had to have the owners agree to a price, and then afterwards the relocation company had to agree and then we would have a contract! Sunday night we came in agreement with the owners, and it went to the relocation company which takes a while, but as of tonight it looks like all is well, just had to sign a couple more papers, and we should know definitely by tomorrow, but I'm not worried. We're scheduled to close on our house on February 18th and depending on how quick our loan, paperwork etc. goes through will depend on when we can close on the house we're buying. Yes that only leaves 2 weeks until our little girl is supposed to arrive but it will all work out! Either way, we are ecstatic that everything is working out, and feel so blessed! Here is a picture of the front of the house in Apex, and Evan's favorite part:
The backyard is fenced in which is so nice for the doggies, there's a deck and a pergula which is what you're seeing in that picture. It's on a corner lot which is nice, and it's huge compared to the lot we are living on right now!
I'll get the 2nd set of 3-d pictures on the computer and post them soon! 43 days to go, aaahhhh :) 2 comments
All 3 of us were laughing the whole entire scan because she was just moving like crazy, and she kept putting her hand in front of her face. And just when we thought she had moved her hand, nope it's back. She is definitely going to be a handful, full of energy and spunk. I can't wait :) It was the most awesome experience to just take a look in on what our little baby is doing inside of my tummy, and I felt like I was truly getting to know my daughter, it was worth every penny :)
This was actually a re-scan, we went for our appointment last Thursday @ 3:00pm and she's generally not very active at that time but that's all they had. We were there for about 15/20 minutes with not really any good pictures, I was kind of bored, and getting disappointed. Her head is down pretty low and she was looking towards my back so we couldn't see her face until the last 5 or 10 minutes but we did end up getting a couple good pictures. After it was over they offered a re-scan which had to be done within a week but they would pretty much do the exact same thing over since we didn't get very good results.
Here are some of the pictures from the 1st scan
Most of the pictures look the same, but I think she looks so peaceful. We have a ton of pictures from the 2nd scan too, she gave us thumbs up, showed us her feet, toes, fingers, everything, but they are not on the computer yet so I'll have to keep you in suspense. We have 2 DVD's now, over an hour of both of the scans which will be so cool to show her when she's older how she looked and what she was doing in my tummy!
In other news, for those of you who haven't heard yet...WE SOLD OUR HOUSE! Yes, God is good, and has perfect timing. Last week was so frustrating and tough countering back and forth but we finally came to an agreement Friday night. We went to see the house Evan and I have had our eye on for about a month now in Apex, make an offer, and wait. Because the house is a relocation house, we had to have the owners agree to a price, and then afterwards the relocation company had to agree and then we would have a contract! Sunday night we came in agreement with the owners, and it went to the relocation company which takes a while, but as of tonight it looks like all is well, just had to sign a couple more papers, and we should know definitely by tomorrow, but I'm not worried. We're scheduled to close on our house on February 18th and depending on how quick our loan, paperwork etc. goes through will depend on when we can close on the house we're buying. Yes that only leaves 2 weeks until our little girl is supposed to arrive but it will all work out! Either way, we are ecstatic that everything is working out, and feel so blessed! Here is a picture of the front of the house in Apex, and Evan's favorite part:
The backyard is fenced in which is so nice for the doggies, there's a deck and a pergula which is what you're seeing in that picture. It's on a corner lot which is nice, and it's huge compared to the lot we are living on right now!
I'll get the 2nd set of 3-d pictures on the computer and post them soon! 43 days to go, aaahhhh :) 2 comments
33 Weeks
7 weeks to go...how crazy is that? Less than 2 months, the closer it gets, the more real it gets. I'm getting pretty anxious, but more so about the actual labor than the "being a mom" thing. Evan and I have been going to a labor & delivery class at Wake Med where we're delivering and we have learned so much, sometimes too much, but overall I think it's been good!
Just to set the record clear, we have NOT decided on a name yet. Although I love everyone (and I mean everyone) commenting on how cute I am, and asking when I'm due, and if it's my first...I dread the question after the "do you know what you're having". It's always followed by, "have you picked out a name yet?" It just reminds me that no, we STILL have not decided on a name for this precious little girl. What we have finally decided on is what we want to do with the nursery. We are going to put up chair rail molding, the top will be green, and the bottom will be varying sizes of pink, brown, and green stripes. I also would like to get circle/bubble stickers or whatever you call them to put behind the crib and her name, and maybe a couple on another wall, not too many though. The only bad thing is, we are not spending the time, money and effort to do that on this nursery when our hope and prayer is to move ASAP! So, we will have to be patient and wait for that house to decorate the nursery. Evan and I want so badly to have her room completely done by the time she's here, but she will never know, so we'll have to get over it. Here is a quick picture (not of good quality, just snapped real quick) of what the nursery looks like now, no decorations or anything on the walls, just the typical things, but I can already see how cute it will be when it's done! We put a stuffed animal net up in the corner because she has so many cute stuffed animals we wanted to show off but we had nowhere to put it. Then we bought that white cubical storage thing from Target for a little more storage and places to decorate. The dresser/changing table is on the opposite wall from the crib (currently it houses all of my pregnant friends baby shower gifts so I couldn't take a picture of that) and then the other wall has her closet and the dollhouse/bookcase I have previously posted pictures of...so I think it's coming along!
Speaking of the house, I don't know if I've posted anything about this since I can't even remember the last post...we had some people look at our house the week before Christmas and the realtor's feedback was that our house was on his clients top 3 list -- probably the top one, but they are out of state and are about to go back so not to expect a decision yet. That was the last showing we've had so I have been losing hope, we had so many people looking at it, then it stopped. We heard from those clients realtor today, he said that he is working on writing up a contract for our house, but again the client is out of state and they haven't pinned down a number yet, but as soon as that happens and they get it signed they'll send it over! So...it sounds promising for a contract, who knows if it will be a serious offer, a good offer, or if it will be crappy. Plus, if it isn't that great of an offer, we already know these people have 2 other houses they are considering, so they could just go to the next house and be done with us. I am trying not to think about all the "what-ifs" but my mind just keeps going. I am trying to be patient and just wait to see what happens, but it is so hard! Please pray for this situation, and for my sanity! I have 7 weeks left until my due date, a typical closing takes 4-6 weeks so if this did happen for us, it would be craziness but we would make it work! Anyways, just pray for us this week as we anxiously await this offer and figure out what to do. The house that we really really like in Apex is still available, we check on it almost everyday, so if we have a contract on our house we can make an offer on that one!
We have been so crazy busy lately, things to do every night, every weekend, as if I'm not tired enough, i've been getting to bed at 10:30/11:00pm it's been pretty rough but I think it's slowing down a little. Last week the 4 pregnant ladies had dinner, Evan and I went to the NCSU vs. Holy Cross basketball game with my sister, Marc and Kenzie, I had a baby shower in Greensboro with my mom's famiy, and I went to Casey's baby shower which was all lots of fun! This Thursday we're getting our 3d/4d ultrasound which we are completely stoked about! We will get a 30 min. DVD, a CD of pictures, and printed pictures as well of our little girl, I cannot wait! Then, Saturday is Lindsay Hege's baby shower, and my Granddaddy's 80th surprise b-day party in Greensboro, Sunday is Lindsey Davis' baby shower! I have a very exciting weekend ahead!
Just for fun, here is a picture from tonight, in my typical household outfit...PJ pants and a long sleeved shirt, I seriously live in these ;)
In the background is part of our swing that we got at the baby shower this past weekend, it's adorable and matches our living room which is cool because that's probably where it's going to stay. It has little turtles on the mobile and is the perfect gender neutral but cute color! I love it. We also got all the bottles/liners we need, a tummy play pad, some cute clothes, a few diapers, teethers, paci's, receiving blankets etc. We feel so blessed to have so many friends and family showering us with things for her. We really appreciate everything!
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Just to set the record clear, we have NOT decided on a name yet. Although I love everyone (and I mean everyone) commenting on how cute I am, and asking when I'm due, and if it's my first...I dread the question after the "do you know what you're having". It's always followed by, "have you picked out a name yet?" It just reminds me that no, we STILL have not decided on a name for this precious little girl. What we have finally decided on is what we want to do with the nursery. We are going to put up chair rail molding, the top will be green, and the bottom will be varying sizes of pink, brown, and green stripes. I also would like to get circle/bubble stickers or whatever you call them to put behind the crib and her name, and maybe a couple on another wall, not too many though. The only bad thing is, we are not spending the time, money and effort to do that on this nursery when our hope and prayer is to move ASAP! So, we will have to be patient and wait for that house to decorate the nursery. Evan and I want so badly to have her room completely done by the time she's here, but she will never know, so we'll have to get over it. Here is a quick picture (not of good quality, just snapped real quick) of what the nursery looks like now, no decorations or anything on the walls, just the typical things, but I can already see how cute it will be when it's done! We put a stuffed animal net up in the corner because she has so many cute stuffed animals we wanted to show off but we had nowhere to put it. Then we bought that white cubical storage thing from Target for a little more storage and places to decorate. The dresser/changing table is on the opposite wall from the crib (currently it houses all of my pregnant friends baby shower gifts so I couldn't take a picture of that) and then the other wall has her closet and the dollhouse/bookcase I have previously posted pictures of...so I think it's coming along!
Speaking of the house, I don't know if I've posted anything about this since I can't even remember the last post...we had some people look at our house the week before Christmas and the realtor's feedback was that our house was on his clients top 3 list -- probably the top one, but they are out of state and are about to go back so not to expect a decision yet. That was the last showing we've had so I have been losing hope, we had so many people looking at it, then it stopped. We heard from those clients realtor today, he said that he is working on writing up a contract for our house, but again the client is out of state and they haven't pinned down a number yet, but as soon as that happens and they get it signed they'll send it over! So...it sounds promising for a contract, who knows if it will be a serious offer, a good offer, or if it will be crappy. Plus, if it isn't that great of an offer, we already know these people have 2 other houses they are considering, so they could just go to the next house and be done with us. I am trying not to think about all the "what-ifs" but my mind just keeps going. I am trying to be patient and just wait to see what happens, but it is so hard! Please pray for this situation, and for my sanity! I have 7 weeks left until my due date, a typical closing takes 4-6 weeks so if this did happen for us, it would be craziness but we would make it work! Anyways, just pray for us this week as we anxiously await this offer and figure out what to do. The house that we really really like in Apex is still available, we check on it almost everyday, so if we have a contract on our house we can make an offer on that one!
We have been so crazy busy lately, things to do every night, every weekend, as if I'm not tired enough, i've been getting to bed at 10:30/11:00pm it's been pretty rough but I think it's slowing down a little. Last week the 4 pregnant ladies had dinner, Evan and I went to the NCSU vs. Holy Cross basketball game with my sister, Marc and Kenzie, I had a baby shower in Greensboro with my mom's famiy, and I went to Casey's baby shower which was all lots of fun! This Thursday we're getting our 3d/4d ultrasound which we are completely stoked about! We will get a 30 min. DVD, a CD of pictures, and printed pictures as well of our little girl, I cannot wait! Then, Saturday is Lindsay Hege's baby shower, and my Granddaddy's 80th surprise b-day party in Greensboro, Sunday is Lindsey Davis' baby shower! I have a very exciting weekend ahead!
Just for fun, here is a picture from tonight, in my typical household outfit...PJ pants and a long sleeved shirt, I seriously live in these ;)
In the background is part of our swing that we got at the baby shower this past weekend, it's adorable and matches our living room which is cool because that's probably where it's going to stay. It has little turtles on the mobile and is the perfect gender neutral but cute color! I love it. We also got all the bottles/liners we need, a tummy play pad, some cute clothes, a few diapers, teethers, paci's, receiving blankets etc. We feel so blessed to have so many friends and family showering us with things for her. We really appreciate everything!
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OUR FIRST BABY SHOWER!!!!
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After our mostly uneventful black friday shopping, we headed up to the mountains. We normally alternate Thanksgivings with mine and Evan's family but this year we got to see everyone because they were throwing us our first baby shower! It was seriously awesome, they went ALL OUT! They made candies in the shape of bottles for the cupcakes, and not only made, but also PAINTED some candies in the shape of ABC blocks, teddy bears, cradles, giraffes, hippos etc. There was so much good food, the whole family is amazing!
Above is a picture of the table where Stephanie made a board with a timeline of mine and Evan's life pre-each other and when we met and after, with pictures. She did a really really good job! Then there was a jar of pink M&M's for everyone to guess how many was in there, and the person who was the closest won them. And there was a sheet for everyone to sign that would go into a photo frame afterwards, another adorable idea. I'm really bad at describing things, I'm noticing that as I'm reading this back, but you'll have to take my word on this ;)
Here is the cake, yes it is a dinosaur shaped cake and it was awesome! Evan had a dinosaur birthday cake when he was younger, and since everything was going to be all pink and girlie, I guess they thought throwing in some dinosaur shaped cakes, and chicken nuggets would help! The table was all brown/pink and cutsie, loved it :)
Here is the beginning of the presents, and the woman in charge of the organizing this fabulous baby shower, Stephanie! She is now telling Evan that although baby showers are typically for the women, Evan is here because it's his family and he will get the honor of opening the first present, but the only stipulation is that he has to wear everything he opens! Here is what he opened:
If you can't tell what this is, it is a monkey suit! It is perfect for a Halloween costume because it's 6-9 months, there's a whole for her head to go in and stirrups for her feet, and even a built-in tummy! It is so cute! Well he couldn't fit that on, but his next present was a black shirt saying "Real men change diapers" and he had to wear that the rest of the shower :)
I won't bore you with the hundreds of pictures of all of the presents we got, but here is something really cool that we weren't expecting. Stephanie got us a bookcase/dollhouse that is really really cute. It will work as a bookcase, and then when she gets older it can be a dollhouse for her. We really needed a bookcase but hadn't really picked anything out yet and this is just adorable. Evan put it together yesterday and it brightens her room and makes it look all girlie, I love it!
Our daughter is going to be one stylish chick, she got so many clothes just at the first shower, I was so amazed. Here is a preview of her closet with all of the clothes hung up and her furry friends above.
Thank you to Evan's family who spent hours preparing for the shower, and for everyone who came and brought us gifts. A special thanks to Stephanie who I know organized the whole thing and spent countless hours preparing down to the very smallest detail. We are so blessed to have so many people who love and support us! We love you all :) 4 comments
Above is a picture of the table where Stephanie made a board with a timeline of mine and Evan's life pre-each other and when we met and after, with pictures. She did a really really good job! Then there was a jar of pink M&M's for everyone to guess how many was in there, and the person who was the closest won them. And there was a sheet for everyone to sign that would go into a photo frame afterwards, another adorable idea. I'm really bad at describing things, I'm noticing that as I'm reading this back, but you'll have to take my word on this ;)
Here is the beginning of the presents, and the woman in charge of the organizing this fabulous baby shower, Stephanie! She is now telling Evan that although baby showers are typically for the women, Evan is here because it's his family and he will get the honor of opening the first present, but the only stipulation is that he has to wear everything he opens! Here is what he opened:
If you can't tell what this is, it is a monkey suit! It is perfect for a Halloween costume because it's 6-9 months, there's a whole for her head to go in and stirrups for her feet, and even a built-in tummy! It is so cute! Well he couldn't fit that on, but his next present was a black shirt saying "Real men change diapers" and he had to wear that the rest of the shower :)I won't bore you with the hundreds of pictures of all of the presents we got, but here is something really cool that we weren't expecting. Stephanie got us a bookcase/dollhouse that is really really cute. It will work as a bookcase, and then when she gets older it can be a dollhouse for her. We really needed a bookcase but hadn't really picked anything out yet and this is just adorable. Evan put it together yesterday and it brightens her room and makes it look all girlie, I love it!
Our daughter is going to be one stylish chick, she got so many clothes just at the first shower, I was so amazed. Here is a preview of her closet with all of the clothes hung up and her furry friends above.
Thank you to Evan's family who spent hours preparing for the shower, and for everyone who came and brought us gifts. A special thanks to Stephanie who I know organized the whole thing and spent countless hours preparing down to the very smallest detail. We are so blessed to have so many people who love and support us! We love you all :) 4 comments
Where do I even begin?
Labels: black friday, keurig, sock monkey, Thanksgiving
I have a lot of stuff to update on, we've had quite a few busy weeks. I kept telling myself that I was going to post so I don't forget anything, and I kept forgetting. Now if I update on everything we did this would be incredibly long, so I'll try to spare you and give you the short version.
About a month ago my sister gave us a onesie that was sooo cute. I can't find a picture of it online and my camera batteries are dead so I can't take a picture of it, and I'm out of batteries, so I'm completely out of luck. It's a black onesie that says in pink letters "I can't wear pink everyday." It's adorable though, and Evan loves it :)
My co-worker Dawn gave us a sock monkey! We love sock monkeys, especially Evan, and we were going to do a monkey themed nursery if we were having a boy so we really like monkey! The one she got us is adorable! He has magnetic hands, feet, and hat :) How cute is JoJo? He even has a whole family, and Christmas ornaments and everything!
Thanksgiving was awesome, as usual. This was my family's year for Thanksgiving, we alternate between my mom's family, and Evan's mom's family because those are the only 2 that really "do Thanksgiving". This year was a little different though, my dad decided he wanted to go to his family's Thanksgiving in Reidsville so Evan and I rode with my parents for lunch on Thanksgiving day. I don't see my dad's family very much (none of us do, but he's trying to change that) so I didn't really know that many people but I got reacquainted and that was fun! Then we headed to my Grandmother's in Greensboro for Thanksgiving dinner. Every year the family keeps growing, we're practically running out of room to have everyone eat in the house, we have a big table in the formal dining room, a small table in the kitchen/dining room/living room, and a small table in the family room. We are outgrowing that house very quickly. All in all it was a fun day with lots of food and family, and I absolutely love my family.
Black Friday was almost uneventful for me, I'm usually a hardcore shopper with a timeline and a plan for every store I'm going to hit with the appropriate coupons etc. Last year I went out to Smithfield outlets at midnight to start the night off right ;) but this year, I'm pretty pregnant, and waking up at the crack of dawn just didn't appeal to me. Neither did standing in line or getting pushed around, so there was no plan of going out shopping...BUT of course I had to look at the sales papers, I mean who doesn't? I found a couple things I would love to check out but decided that I would just let myself wake up whenever and if the deals were still there when I went there, then great, and if not, no big deal. I wanted to check out bikes for Evan and my dad, a GPS for my father-in-law, and a Keurig for Evan. Evan didn't like the idea of me going by myself so about 8:00am we went to Wal-mart, CompUSA, and Kohl's, pretty much striking out everywhere. I did buy Evan his Christmas present at Kohl's, which he was unaware of until I walked out of the store with it in my hand as he was picking me up...I said "Merry Christmas, you won't let me go shopping by myself so you get no surprises ;) " He was excited either way, and so was I...I got this Keurig Elite for HALF PRICE! I was so excited and I've yet to see a better deal thus far! If anyone sees it for less, DON'T TELL ME :)
I really like this thing too, I don't drink coffee but they have teas and hot cocoa (which is my favorite!) and it's so quick...so I can just throw my thermos under there while packing my lunch in the morning and I have hot chocolate on the way to work!!! LOVE IT!
I don't guess that was much, but I skipped a lot 1) because I don't remember everything and 2)I don't want to bore you.
Coming up on the next post: OUR FIRST BABY SHOWER! (This one's going to be long and with many pictures, so beware) 1 comments
About a month ago my sister gave us a onesie that was sooo cute. I can't find a picture of it online and my camera batteries are dead so I can't take a picture of it, and I'm out of batteries, so I'm completely out of luck. It's a black onesie that says in pink letters "I can't wear pink everyday." It's adorable though, and Evan loves it :)
My co-worker Dawn gave us a sock monkey! We love sock monkeys, especially Evan, and we were going to do a monkey themed nursery if we were having a boy so we really like monkey! The one she got us is adorable! He has magnetic hands, feet, and hat :) How cute is JoJo? He even has a whole family, and Christmas ornaments and everything!
Thanksgiving was awesome, as usual. This was my family's year for Thanksgiving, we alternate between my mom's family, and Evan's mom's family because those are the only 2 that really "do Thanksgiving". This year was a little different though, my dad decided he wanted to go to his family's Thanksgiving in Reidsville so Evan and I rode with my parents for lunch on Thanksgiving day. I don't see my dad's family very much (none of us do, but he's trying to change that) so I didn't really know that many people but I got reacquainted and that was fun! Then we headed to my Grandmother's in Greensboro for Thanksgiving dinner. Every year the family keeps growing, we're practically running out of room to have everyone eat in the house, we have a big table in the formal dining room, a small table in the kitchen/dining room/living room, and a small table in the family room. We are outgrowing that house very quickly. All in all it was a fun day with lots of food and family, and I absolutely love my family.
Black Friday was almost uneventful for me, I'm usually a hardcore shopper with a timeline and a plan for every store I'm going to hit with the appropriate coupons etc. Last year I went out to Smithfield outlets at midnight to start the night off right ;) but this year, I'm pretty pregnant, and waking up at the crack of dawn just didn't appeal to me. Neither did standing in line or getting pushed around, so there was no plan of going out shopping...BUT of course I had to look at the sales papers, I mean who doesn't? I found a couple things I would love to check out but decided that I would just let myself wake up whenever and if the deals were still there when I went there, then great, and if not, no big deal. I wanted to check out bikes for Evan and my dad, a GPS for my father-in-law, and a Keurig for Evan. Evan didn't like the idea of me going by myself so about 8:00am we went to Wal-mart, CompUSA, and Kohl's, pretty much striking out everywhere. I did buy Evan his Christmas present at Kohl's, which he was unaware of until I walked out of the store with it in my hand as he was picking me up...I said "Merry Christmas, you won't let me go shopping by myself so you get no surprises ;) " He was excited either way, and so was I...I got this Keurig Elite for HALF PRICE! I was so excited and I've yet to see a better deal thus far! If anyone sees it for less, DON'T TELL ME :)
I really like this thing too, I don't drink coffee but they have teas and hot cocoa (which is my favorite!) and it's so quick...so I can just throw my thermos under there while packing my lunch in the morning and I have hot chocolate on the way to work!!! LOVE IT!
I don't guess that was much, but I skipped a lot 1) because I don't remember everything and 2)I don't want to bore you.
Coming up on the next post: OUR FIRST BABY SHOWER! (This one's going to be long and with many pictures, so beware) 1 comments
It's about time :)
Ok, so right now I'm very angry with this blog AND my computer. I just spent the past 2 hours writing a post, granted I was watching TV, eating dinner, doing laundry in-between but it was a fairly long post, and then I try to upload a picture and my computer freezes!!!! I get back on to my blog and it didn't save :( I have a blank post titled "It's about time", it was last autosaved at like 6:00pm. I'm watching this blog draft autosafe or whatever every time I stop typing now, so why didn't it save last time...ugh! This is why I don't enjoy blogging! This post is going to have to be shorter than the last one because it's already 9:00pm and tomorrow is Monday so it's going to be a crazy day, I need my rest people!
I can't believe it's already the middle of November, before we know it, Thanksgiving and Christmas will have come and gone and it will be 2010. Scary! I'm really excited about these upcoming weeks though, lots of exciting events. This week my work is having a Thanksgiving dinner of sorts. We're having a potluck and Evan's taking a half day off of work so he can come. I absolutely love the people I work with and can't wait for all the good food and a chance to hang out with everyone AND EVAN! Then this weekend is my dad's birthday, so lots of family time :) And then next week is a short week because it's THANKSGIVING! I love love LOVE Thanksgiving, good food, family, it can't get any better than that! We will start out with my dad's side of the family for lunch, then my Grandmother (mom's mom) for dinner. Then Black Friday shopping with my sister begins! Then Evan and I, and the dogs, are off to the mountains to spend the weekend with the Chaisson family. That Saturday will be our first baby shower, I'm so excited! It's going to be weird having a bunch of baby stuff in the house, and we'll hopefully be bringing back an Ashe County Christmas Tree, they're the best. I can't wait to decorate our house and Christmas tree...Christmas is so much fun!
Our house went on the market about 1.5 weeks ago, and was shown last Thursday, Friday and yesterday! 3 showings in 3 days, not too bad. That's a lot better than last time we tried to sell it, which makes me more hopeful. Even if nothing comes from these showings, at least we know the price isn't too high, and that people like what they see online enough to see the house in person. We haven't gotten any feedback on the showings yet, but hopefully we'll know any good/bad/or indifferent feedback early this week! We're definitely praying for the perfect person to see our house and buy it!
A few weeks back, my pregnant friend Lindsay was telling me about how sometimes when she's extremely tired she would just start crying for no reason, and although that was not happening to me then...this past week it began :( I bet I cried every single night last week, and I don't mean just cry, I mean BAWL! I'm not sure if it was just exhaustion, or hormones, or actually being overwhelmed, probably all of the above but it was rough. For the first time I actually felt like I was moody, and mean to my husband, which I can't stand! I have been overwhelmed the past few months (who wouldn't right?) but I have been trying to just let everything fall into place and work itself out because I know there's nothing that I can do about certain things. I think it just all caught up to me this past week, and I couldn't handle it. Aflac visited my work discussing short-term disability/accident ins./life ins. etc. and I'm in the midst of switching insurances to Evan's company policy, and trying to get different quotes and make decisions on life insurance. I usually can handle quite a bit on my plate, making important decisions, figuring out what's best for us, what we can afford, but it was just too much for me. I would just start crying during lunch at work, at home, by the end of the week I could tell when it was coming so I would go and take a shower so I could be alone and cry so I wouldn't freak Evan out. Poor guy!
Can I just brag on my husband for a minute? He is one amazing guy...if you've known him for any amount of time you will agree with me. It's so interesting to think back to 2001 when I met him, and how he and I have both changed, for the better, and what we are now. I knew when I met him he was special, and within weeks of knowing him (not even dating) I knew he was the man I was meant to be with, boy was I right! He is such an amazing man of God and I am so blessed to have him. He treats me so good, better by far than I deserve. He takes care of me like none other, and he did this before I was pregnant too! He is downstairs right now as we speak, making me a salad for lunch tomorrow and taking the dogs out for the night. I mean I do things around the house, don't get me wrong, but he helps out more than I can even ask for. He makes sure I have everything I need, always thinking about me even before himself. He is amazing, the best husband I could ask for, and I know he's going to be an amazing father. I can't wait to see him with our daughter, she's going to love her daddy so much :) I love my husband so much, sorry if that gagged anyone, but I just had to share!
Our daughter remains nameless, we haven't really worked on her name the past few weeks, we're kind of at a stand still. Yesterday Evan jokingly said why don't we just settle with Riley Austin and be done with it! That's just it, neither one of us want to settle on a name, we want it to be perfect and something we truly love, and that just hasn't happened with a name yet. But we're not coming up with fresh names, so anyone have any ideas on what we should do?
Like most of you know, there are 4 pregnant women at Hope Chapel and we're all really close. Well a few weeks ago we were all together under the same roof so we had to take a picture. All the other girls have made this same post (weeks ago) so I had to share the picture too. Now all my non-Raleigh friends will know about the girls I talk about :)
So, here we are, from the right: Lindsey Davis--expecting Samuel Grey (spelling?) on February 16th, Me--expecting our daughter on March 3rd, Lindsay Hege--expecting Lila Addison on March 7th, and Casey Martinez--expecting her daughter on March 30th.
I hope I got all of that right, aren't we cute? It's so nice having other women around the same age all going through this together. Lindsey Davis and I are even trying to share a nanny together. A woman who goes to our church is wanting to nanny up to 2 children and we're hoping everything works out to where it can be Sam and our daughter :) How fun would that be?
Alright, time for me to go to bed, this week is going to be a crazy week! 1 comments
I can't believe it's already the middle of November, before we know it, Thanksgiving and Christmas will have come and gone and it will be 2010. Scary! I'm really excited about these upcoming weeks though, lots of exciting events. This week my work is having a Thanksgiving dinner of sorts. We're having a potluck and Evan's taking a half day off of work so he can come. I absolutely love the people I work with and can't wait for all the good food and a chance to hang out with everyone AND EVAN! Then this weekend is my dad's birthday, so lots of family time :) And then next week is a short week because it's THANKSGIVING! I love love LOVE Thanksgiving, good food, family, it can't get any better than that! We will start out with my dad's side of the family for lunch, then my Grandmother (mom's mom) for dinner. Then Black Friday shopping with my sister begins! Then Evan and I, and the dogs, are off to the mountains to spend the weekend with the Chaisson family. That Saturday will be our first baby shower, I'm so excited! It's going to be weird having a bunch of baby stuff in the house, and we'll hopefully be bringing back an Ashe County Christmas Tree, they're the best. I can't wait to decorate our house and Christmas tree...Christmas is so much fun!
Our house went on the market about 1.5 weeks ago, and was shown last Thursday, Friday and yesterday! 3 showings in 3 days, not too bad. That's a lot better than last time we tried to sell it, which makes me more hopeful. Even if nothing comes from these showings, at least we know the price isn't too high, and that people like what they see online enough to see the house in person. We haven't gotten any feedback on the showings yet, but hopefully we'll know any good/bad/or indifferent feedback early this week! We're definitely praying for the perfect person to see our house and buy it!
A few weeks back, my pregnant friend Lindsay was telling me about how sometimes when she's extremely tired she would just start crying for no reason, and although that was not happening to me then...this past week it began :( I bet I cried every single night last week, and I don't mean just cry, I mean BAWL! I'm not sure if it was just exhaustion, or hormones, or actually being overwhelmed, probably all of the above but it was rough. For the first time I actually felt like I was moody, and mean to my husband, which I can't stand! I have been overwhelmed the past few months (who wouldn't right?) but I have been trying to just let everything fall into place and work itself out because I know there's nothing that I can do about certain things. I think it just all caught up to me this past week, and I couldn't handle it. Aflac visited my work discussing short-term disability/accident ins./life ins. etc. and I'm in the midst of switching insurances to Evan's company policy, and trying to get different quotes and make decisions on life insurance. I usually can handle quite a bit on my plate, making important decisions, figuring out what's best for us, what we can afford, but it was just too much for me. I would just start crying during lunch at work, at home, by the end of the week I could tell when it was coming so I would go and take a shower so I could be alone and cry so I wouldn't freak Evan out. Poor guy!
Can I just brag on my husband for a minute? He is one amazing guy...if you've known him for any amount of time you will agree with me. It's so interesting to think back to 2001 when I met him, and how he and I have both changed, for the better, and what we are now. I knew when I met him he was special, and within weeks of knowing him (not even dating) I knew he was the man I was meant to be with, boy was I right! He is such an amazing man of God and I am so blessed to have him. He treats me so good, better by far than I deserve. He takes care of me like none other, and he did this before I was pregnant too! He is downstairs right now as we speak, making me a salad for lunch tomorrow and taking the dogs out for the night. I mean I do things around the house, don't get me wrong, but he helps out more than I can even ask for. He makes sure I have everything I need, always thinking about me even before himself. He is amazing, the best husband I could ask for, and I know he's going to be an amazing father. I can't wait to see him with our daughter, she's going to love her daddy so much :) I love my husband so much, sorry if that gagged anyone, but I just had to share!
Our daughter remains nameless, we haven't really worked on her name the past few weeks, we're kind of at a stand still. Yesterday Evan jokingly said why don't we just settle with Riley Austin and be done with it! That's just it, neither one of us want to settle on a name, we want it to be perfect and something we truly love, and that just hasn't happened with a name yet. But we're not coming up with fresh names, so anyone have any ideas on what we should do?
Like most of you know, there are 4 pregnant women at Hope Chapel and we're all really close. Well a few weeks ago we were all together under the same roof so we had to take a picture. All the other girls have made this same post (weeks ago) so I had to share the picture too. Now all my non-Raleigh friends will know about the girls I talk about :)
So, here we are, from the right: Lindsey Davis--expecting Samuel Grey (spelling?) on February 16th, Me--expecting our daughter on March 3rd, Lindsay Hege--expecting Lila Addison on March 7th, and Casey Martinez--expecting her daughter on March 30th.
I hope I got all of that right, aren't we cute? It's so nice having other women around the same age all going through this together. Lindsey Davis and I are even trying to share a nanny together. A woman who goes to our church is wanting to nanny up to 2 children and we're hoping everything works out to where it can be Sam and our daughter :) How fun would that be?
Alright, time for me to go to bed, this week is going to be a crazy week! 1 comments
22 Weeks!!!
Hello all...it's been a while, I know, and again I apologize. I'm sure there is a lot that has happened since I last posted, but nothing too huge that I felt I needed to blog about it. We did buy the stroller that I posted about last time, it's all put together and in her room, YAY! We have a good amount of stuff registered at Babies R Us and Target which seemed to take FOREVER, and I'm sure there are things missing, but I'm so tired of registering so I'll have to come back to that a little later. We also bought the crib mattress, Babies R Us came out with a 30% off coupon for 1 day only and it was on the brand of mattress that we had picked out so we got it for about $80 which is a good deal for those! Yay for having a couple things in her room now :)
I've been kind of out of it lately. Just tired, a little down, too. We have 4 months until our little girl arrives, and I really really want to be in Apex. It just seems like it's just gettting farther and farther away :( I want to be close to my parents, my sister, my church, etc. When our daughter gets here, I want her grandparents to be able to come over whenever they want. I want to be able to run to the store, leave 10 min. before church starts instead of 35min. I mean it's ridiculous the amount we drive to and from things. Almost everywhere we goes takes 30 min. or more to get to. We're going to take a leap of faith and put our house on the market, within the next week or 2 and I just ask that you all would pray for us. I pray that somewhere, God would send us a buyer and we would get a decent amount for the house (considering the crappy economy) and that we would find a house. That's a lot of prayers I know, but we're really praying for a miracle.
Our Hope Chapel playgroup is now complete! Casey and Joey found out today that they are, too, having a baby girl which makes it 3 girls and 1 boy! Lindsay & Brian are having a girl and they have picked a name out! And Lindsey & Todd are having a boy and they have chosen a name as well! It's so exciting!!! I can't wait to be able to call our little girl by her own name, but it looks like that may not be in the near future. We can't seem to decide on anything, well really we can't come up with too many names that we are in love with. Everyone says not to worry, it will come....but I want to name her now!!!
I'm growing a lot as of late. Everyone is commenting now on how pregnant I look. One of my coworkers said "Man you really blew up this past weekend didn't you?" Not in a bad way, but it did make me realize how much bigger I am now then I was just a few weeks ago. I don't mind being big, gaining weight, nothing like that but I definitely physically feel bigger. The way I walk, the way I sit down and get up, and especially when I get in and out of bed I can really tell how big my belly is. It's funny how I feel, it's unexplainable, but cool! I'll try to take some more pictures, but I honestly don't wear real clothes much and when I do, I don't do much so I don't have a reason to take pictures. I don't think anyone wants to see my "naked" belly pictures that I take every week but it's crazy to look at the difference between 5 weeks and last week at 21 weeks...crazy!!!! Oh, and she's moving like crazy. She's most active on my drive home from work and right before I eat. Yesterday I felt like I was going to fall off the couch she was moving so much, and I can usually see when she's moving just by looking at my stomach. And I can feel where she is sometimes, it's like my stomachs tense and hard and I can massage it and feel her move over to the other side...it's really kind of cool. My co-worker felt her this morning and was like oh yea, that's totally her head!
I think my first baby shower is going to happen at the end of next month up in Ashe with the Chaisson family. It's a little early but I don't plan on making any more trips to Ashe past Christmas they're going to have it before the holidays! I'm so excited, it's going to be crazy having a ton of actual baby stuff everywhere, I can't wait!!! Alright, I think I've filled most of the gaps. Hopefully I'll have something to blog about soon, take care :) 2 comments
I've been kind of out of it lately. Just tired, a little down, too. We have 4 months until our little girl arrives, and I really really want to be in Apex. It just seems like it's just gettting farther and farther away :( I want to be close to my parents, my sister, my church, etc. When our daughter gets here, I want her grandparents to be able to come over whenever they want. I want to be able to run to the store, leave 10 min. before church starts instead of 35min. I mean it's ridiculous the amount we drive to and from things. Almost everywhere we goes takes 30 min. or more to get to. We're going to take a leap of faith and put our house on the market, within the next week or 2 and I just ask that you all would pray for us. I pray that somewhere, God would send us a buyer and we would get a decent amount for the house (considering the crappy economy) and that we would find a house. That's a lot of prayers I know, but we're really praying for a miracle.
Our Hope Chapel playgroup is now complete! Casey and Joey found out today that they are, too, having a baby girl which makes it 3 girls and 1 boy! Lindsay & Brian are having a girl and they have picked a name out! And Lindsey & Todd are having a boy and they have chosen a name as well! It's so exciting!!! I can't wait to be able to call our little girl by her own name, but it looks like that may not be in the near future. We can't seem to decide on anything, well really we can't come up with too many names that we are in love with. Everyone says not to worry, it will come....but I want to name her now!!!
I'm growing a lot as of late. Everyone is commenting now on how pregnant I look. One of my coworkers said "Man you really blew up this past weekend didn't you?" Not in a bad way, but it did make me realize how much bigger I am now then I was just a few weeks ago. I don't mind being big, gaining weight, nothing like that but I definitely physically feel bigger. The way I walk, the way I sit down and get up, and especially when I get in and out of bed I can really tell how big my belly is. It's funny how I feel, it's unexplainable, but cool! I'll try to take some more pictures, but I honestly don't wear real clothes much and when I do, I don't do much so I don't have a reason to take pictures. I don't think anyone wants to see my "naked" belly pictures that I take every week but it's crazy to look at the difference between 5 weeks and last week at 21 weeks...crazy!!!! Oh, and she's moving like crazy. She's most active on my drive home from work and right before I eat. Yesterday I felt like I was going to fall off the couch she was moving so much, and I can usually see when she's moving just by looking at my stomach. And I can feel where she is sometimes, it's like my stomachs tense and hard and I can massage it and feel her move over to the other side...it's really kind of cool. My co-worker felt her this morning and was like oh yea, that's totally her head!
I think my first baby shower is going to happen at the end of next month up in Ashe with the Chaisson family. It's a little early but I don't plan on making any more trips to Ashe past Christmas they're going to have it before the holidays! I'm so excited, it's going to be crazy having a ton of actual baby stuff everywhere, I can't wait!!! Alright, I think I've filled most of the gaps. Hopefully I'll have something to blog about soon, take care :) 2 comments
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