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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Balloon Fair

My dad took Ashlyn to the balloon fair in Statesville this past weekend.

These are a few pictures from their outing.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Fun at Tweetsie Railroad

Our little pumpkin

Funny family portrait =)

Ashlyn and Carly

On the train at Tweetsie

Ferris Wheel Ride

The beautiful view from the top of the ferris wheel.

Carly and Ashlyn on the horses

The girls with their daddies

Ashlyn and Daddy on the race track

The girls with Jamie and Naynay (Renee)

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

I went back to the doctor on Friday. Everything looked great. All of my labs came back with really good results. My blood pressure is still low, which is wonderful. The doctor measured me and said that everything is exactly the size that it should be. It's funny because I feel so much bigger than I should be, but given it's my second child I guess that's to be expected. With Ashlyn I didn't start showing until I was 5 months pregnant. It's a totally different story this time around. I've already gained 15 lbs, and I'm only 3 1/2 months into the pregnancy. I expected the doctor to fuss, but she didn't. She told me that I'll probably gain a good bit of weight in the beginning, and then not gain much at towards the end. I can tell a huge difference already in my appetite from the first trimester to my second. I was eating any and everything in sight a few weeks ago. I'm sure that's a huge reason for the drastic weight gain. Now I get full quicker and don't have a hungry hungry hippo appetite all day long. =) The baby's heart rate was a 152 on Friday. It had dropped from 167 at the first appointment. Maybe this means a little boy???? Who knows. I really and honestly don't care if it's a boy or a girl. A boy would be nice so that we have one of each, but another girl would be lovely too. Then we wouldn't have to buy all new clothes and accesories. Either way we'll be delighted to have another child in the mix. I'm so excited!!!! I'm just ready to find out what it is so that I can start on the nursery and all of that fun stuff! I'm almost tempted to wait until the birth to find out, but I know me, and I can't wait. I'm so impatient when it comes to things like that. I want to know so that all of the planning is already taken care of when he or she arrives. I know that you can go neutral on everything, but what fun is that? I want to go all girly or all boy!

I still haven't been sick a bit which is SOOOOO nice! I honestly didn't think that it was possible to be pregnant and not have that annoying morning, well I call it ALL DAY, sickness lingering around for 3 months. I have had some really bad headaches, but other than that it's been heaven. The doctor told me that if I was still getting the migraines at my next visit they would put me back on a daily migraine medicine that is ok to take during pregancy. It's just so hard to function when it feels like someone is in your head pounding the crap out of it with a sledge hammer! And what makes it worse is when NO ONE understands what kind of pain I'm in. Britt's getting better about it, but I really do think that most people think that I'm using the headache excuse just to be lazy. It's VERY frustrating! Normally I just break down and cry if and when I'm being blamed for laziness when I've worked all day long with my head pounding and all I want to do is lay down and shut my eyes for a little while. Oh it just pisses me off! Since we're on the subject................I have been extremely emotional throughout the entire pregnancy. I cry at least once every day if not more. There is a blog that I've starting checking on a regular basis. It's a little girl who has a terminal brain tumor. I would always check in weekly on her blog to see if they had posted any recent updates. When I had checked in last week there was some terrible news. That beautiful little 4 year old girl had passed away on October 6th. I was here at work when I read the devistating news. Thank goodness it was on my lunch break because the tears were flowing and wouldn't stop. Please check out her story http://www.smilesforsophie.com/ . Then on Monday when I was driving home from work I heard that Tim McGraw song "If You're Reading This" - Moriah you have this video on your blog. Love the song, but I just started boowhooing on the way home. And you can forget me having a dry eye during Grey's Anatomy or Private Practice. Britt just looks at me like I'm crazy because I'm bawling my eyes out over a stupid tv show. LOL! =)

All in all everything's well. I'm not complaining about anything because life can be much worse! Y'all keep thinking of some cute boy names. We've got the girls name all picked out, but we still haven't settled on a boys name yet. Get your thinking caps on.

Monday, October 08, 2007

Happy Anniversary to Us!

I can't believe that it's already been 2 years since we got married!

We had a great anniversary!

We went to one of my favorite places tonight.......Kobe's. YUM!

Thanks for a great 2 years Honey!!! Love ya!

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Ha ha ha

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

William Tell Overture for Moms with amazing good quality

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Too Funny!

"Mommy, this is you and Daddy. I'm at Nana's in this picture." - Ashlyn

Monday, September 24, 2007

What's Wrong With This Picture?????

I'll tell you what's wrong...............I'M ONLY 11-12 WEEKS PREGNANT!!!!!! That's what's wrong! When I went to the doctor 3 weeks ago I had them check REAL GOOD to make sure that we didn't have twins in there. I mean I can't imagine having twins, but at least I would have a reason to already be as big as a barn! I'm going back to the doctor tomorrow for some labs and some routine pregnancy stuff, but I want them to check again to - A) Make sure that I'm not further along than what they say I am and/or B) Check again to make sure that there is only one baby in there. I mean what the heck???

On a brighter note................Ashlyn is ecstatic about having a baby brother or sister. She keeps saying that she wants a brother, but I just have this feeling that it's going to be another girl. I guess we'll find out in 6-8 more weeks. She says that we are going to name the baby Zippy. That's what she keeps calling it! I'm guessing that no matter what the name is, it will be Zippy to her. I'm sure that will be it's nickname.

All in all, everything is great! I haven't been sick a bit! I've been extremely tired, but that's it! I'll update later after my doctor's appointment tomorrow. Ta Ta For Now!