Sorry guys, things have been super crazy, as you can imagine! Life is TOTALLY different now, but in a good way of course :) Just trying to figure out a schedule and get used to our new life as a family of three!! We actually got home from the hospital last Thursday, August 5th! So all in all, she was in the NICU for 9 days and I was at the hospital the WHOLE time with her! I was actually discharged from the hospital July 29th but since Everley was in the NICU we were lucky enough to stay in a family support room (for free and right next to the NICU) for the next 6 nights and but then had to pay for our last night in the "hospital hotel stay room" back on the 3rd floor. We were so grateful to be able to stay in that room so close to our precious little girl. Normally they only let families stay in those rooms for one or two nights and it's on a priority basis, so we could have been kicked out at any time if a higher priority family needed the room. There are only two of those rooms, so we were pretty dang lucky to get it that long to be with her as much as we could!
When we got home, it was pretty much like we were starting all over again! Since we had the past week of help from the nurses and she wasn't staying in our room with us 24/7 it really wasn't like she was officially ours yet. I know that sounds weird, but when you have all this help and the nurses say that I can skip a feeding and actually sleep for 4 or 5 hours, it just kinda felt like I was an aunt or part time mom that came to help every once in a while. So now that we are home and there are NO nurses to take her in the middle of the night or to ask questions too, it has finally set in and is a REALITY CHECK!!! This past week has seriously been a blur. Since being in the NICU and having them tell me all these precise details, like how much she needs to eat in a feeding if she goes three hours or four hours in between and how much she is supposed to weigh and I need to be breast pumping every time after she eats to ensure I get a good milk supply and all this craziness, I came home having that built in my mind and I have been going crazy trying to be so precise and freaking myself out if she only ate for 10 minutes instead of 20 or if she only had 6 wet diapers in a day instead of 7. Then I would look up information in books and freak myself out even more because it would seem like she had symptoms for some random thing...... OH MY GOSH! I WAS A NIGHTMARE OF A WRECK! Poor Jason has had to deal with me freaking out and being so emotional. He had to tell me at least 97 times that all these baby books are not specific to each baby cause they are all sooooo different and that I need to stop reading into all these little things and just let her tell me when she is hungry and go off of my own motherly instincts. FINALLY, it hit me! OK, he WAS right. So I'm feeling better about things and not worrying so much. Cause after all, they wouldn't have let her come home if she wasn't doing fine on her own and at her 2 week appt. the pediatrician would have told me if I needed to be concerned. SO, I can BREATHE once again. Now it's just trying to deal with the fatigue!
Everley is such a wonderful baby! She DOESN'T cry! (knock on wood!) I mean, she have her little wails when she's hungry or poopy, but it's like 2 min and that's it! When she got her hepatitis B shot last week, she only cried while the needle was poking her and as soon as the nurse put a band aid on it, she was fine and stopped! I cried more than her! I broke down after she got the shot cause I felt so bad! She is a real trooper and we couldn't be more blessed!
Ok, so I know, I need to put up a slide show of all her ADORABLE pictures, but I'm afraid that is not going to be now! SORRY! I am pooped! But I figured that since people kept thinking we were still in the NICU, I should give you an update. So hopefully I can get pictures up in the next few days, but then again, I wouldn't hold your breath! Things just get a little crazy!!
Thank you all for your love, support and prayers! They have all certainly helped! And if I haven't called you back, I'm sorry. Shoot me a text message instead. Those are easier to respond to!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
She' s Here!!!
Everley Noelle Button was born July 25, 2010 at 6:46 am! She was 5 lbs 7 oz and 19 1/2 inches long! She is so beautiful and such a joy in our life! We couldn't be happier!
So this is the scoop. July 17 sometime in the evening I started having contractions with lower back pain.... I just thought they were Braxton Hicks contractions with a little pain cause thats what some books said. But when they kept on coming along with my mucus plug coming out I kinda panicked and called the on call doctor sometime around 3 am or so and he said that we should go to the womens center and prepare to have her and stay at the hospital. Well since the contractions weren't that painful we threw stuff together and showered (thinking if I was going to have her I knew I wouldn't shower for a couple of days). So the nurse said I wasn't dialated at all but I was about 60% effaced. Everything was basically normal but they said I could have a urinary tract infection so they sent me home with a prescription and said they'd let me know the results by Tuesday. Well I actually never found out if that's what I had, but I was still having random contractions with a little pain throughout the week. I went to work on Wednesday and called in Thursday and on Friday told them I needed to go on leave cause I just couldn't do ANYTHING anymore.
NOW, Saturday comes around again (the 24th) and we went swimming and fishing during the day and then again at night I started having contractions with back pain but this time they were SUPER painful. It seems like they started around 9:30 and I don't know how many I had so I started counting about an hour later. Sure enough I had about 6 an hour and they were pretty much 10 to 15 minutes apart. One of the nurses at my NST appointments said to drink a full glass of water and then lay down on my left side and see if the subside. So I did. No such luck. Still 10 to 15 minutes apart and VERY painful. I seriously wanted to rip my hair out cause it'd probably feel better than what I was experiencing. I was just trying to hang in there because of the events that happened last weekend and thinking that they would eventually go away. 1am......2am.....3am..... comes and goes and nothing eases up. So finally about 3:30 am we grab our bags, grab her diaper bag and the car seat and make our way to the hospital.
We get back in the room and everything is good with the little one! FEW! Then the nurse check my cervix and I was dialated to a 3+. So she proceeds to tell me that since last weekend I wasn't dialated at all and now I have progressed that I could pretty much count on having my little girl that morning. HELLO! SHOCK! I couldn't help but smile but I was pretty much nervous. I felt good cause they said that a lot of babies that are born at 36 weeks go home and have no problems and ones that do have problems aren't that serious. So that helped me calm down. The nurse called the on call doctor and he comes in to check me and confirms that I was dialated to a 3+ and was 80% or more effaced. So he said that since she is still breech if I don't progress in the next hour we can try to turn her around to try and keep in the womb a little longer. I didn't really want to try and turn her cause of the risks involved but I didn't need to worry cause when he checked me again I was dialated to a 4+ and he actually felt her little foot right there. They had already given me an IV while we were waiting just in case so after the last check it was a matter of ten minutes before they took me back to the OR. Jason got to put on the space suit lookin' outfit and he barely had enough time to get everything on before they wheeled me out!
From there I got the spinal block, which my anesthesiologist was AWESOME, it wasn't nearly as bad as what I was expecting from all the stories I've heard. Honestly what I thought was worse was that the OR was so blasted cold that I couldn't stop shivering and my whole body kept shaking. Can I just tell you that the spinal block was the wierdest feeling that I have ever experienced. Seeing your feet and thinking, hey I want to move those, and you can't is just trippy. Plus the heavyness you feel in your chest is quit uncomfortable. But other than that everything was great. I didn't have my arms tied down cause again the anesthesiologist was great and thought that was cruel and unusual punishment. So it was great that I could itch my own nose and face cause man did it ITCH! Jason was right there by me taking pictures and kept asking me if I could feel this and that. He was shocked at how agressive they are just pulling me apart and moving my insides. Our sweet little girl already takes after her daddy. She mooned the doctors when she came out bum first! All I could say is, "That's my girl!" To hear her cry for the first time was unreal. I couldn't believe the time was actually here! After they did the measurements and bundled her all up they brought her over to the head of my bed and we got to cuddle for the first time. What a great feeling that was. There is nothing like it and I would never trade it for anything. There we were in the OR as a family of three for the first time!
Everything was great for about the first 48 hours but she was losing weight really fast and her temperature was dropping every now and again and she had to be put under the heat lamps. She got down to 5 lbs and 1 oz! So they decided that she needed to go down to the NICU so that she could have more one and more one on one time with nurses to be evaluated. It's not that she is actually considered severe enough to be a NICU baby but she just needed the extra attention. So she has been down in the NICU since last Tuesday (almost a week now). She is doing good but still has some challenges eating without the tube in her nose. She would get so tuckered out and then ends up losing more calories than what she got so they feed her through a tube in her nose so she can just sleep and eat and gain weight. She has had several feedings recently just on the booby and she has gained back a lot of weight! I'm feeling like we could be going home sometime this week but I'm not holding my breath cause she has her good days and bad. She has to eat on her own (by bottle or boob) for 48 hours, gain weight and maintain her temperature. She hasn't had a problem with temperature and weight seems to be better everyday. We have been lucky enough to stay at the hospital in the parent support room which is literally two doors down from the NICU so it's been nice to be able to be with her as much as possible and get in good feedings. I will keep you updated on how she is doing but my days go by so quickly and with trying to pump, eat, get enough sleep and be with our little girl ,the time just slips away. So enjoy the pictures of the cutest little girl out there!
So this is the scoop. July 17 sometime in the evening I started having contractions with lower back pain.... I just thought they were Braxton Hicks contractions with a little pain cause thats what some books said. But when they kept on coming along with my mucus plug coming out I kinda panicked and called the on call doctor sometime around 3 am or so and he said that we should go to the womens center and prepare to have her and stay at the hospital. Well since the contractions weren't that painful we threw stuff together and showered (thinking if I was going to have her I knew I wouldn't shower for a couple of days). So the nurse said I wasn't dialated at all but I was about 60% effaced. Everything was basically normal but they said I could have a urinary tract infection so they sent me home with a prescription and said they'd let me know the results by Tuesday. Well I actually never found out if that's what I had, but I was still having random contractions with a little pain throughout the week. I went to work on Wednesday and called in Thursday and on Friday told them I needed to go on leave cause I just couldn't do ANYTHING anymore.
NOW, Saturday comes around again (the 24th) and we went swimming and fishing during the day and then again at night I started having contractions with back pain but this time they were SUPER painful. It seems like they started around 9:30 and I don't know how many I had so I started counting about an hour later. Sure enough I had about 6 an hour and they were pretty much 10 to 15 minutes apart. One of the nurses at my NST appointments said to drink a full glass of water and then lay down on my left side and see if the subside. So I did. No such luck. Still 10 to 15 minutes apart and VERY painful. I seriously wanted to rip my hair out cause it'd probably feel better than what I was experiencing. I was just trying to hang in there because of the events that happened last weekend and thinking that they would eventually go away. 1am......2am.....3am..... comes and goes and nothing eases up. So finally about 3:30 am we grab our bags, grab her diaper bag and the car seat and make our way to the hospital.
We get back in the room and everything is good with the little one! FEW! Then the nurse check my cervix and I was dialated to a 3+. So she proceeds to tell me that since last weekend I wasn't dialated at all and now I have progressed that I could pretty much count on having my little girl that morning. HELLO! SHOCK! I couldn't help but smile but I was pretty much nervous. I felt good cause they said that a lot of babies that are born at 36 weeks go home and have no problems and ones that do have problems aren't that serious. So that helped me calm down. The nurse called the on call doctor and he comes in to check me and confirms that I was dialated to a 3+ and was 80% or more effaced. So he said that since she is still breech if I don't progress in the next hour we can try to turn her around to try and keep in the womb a little longer. I didn't really want to try and turn her cause of the risks involved but I didn't need to worry cause when he checked me again I was dialated to a 4+ and he actually felt her little foot right there. They had already given me an IV while we were waiting just in case so after the last check it was a matter of ten minutes before they took me back to the OR. Jason got to put on the space suit lookin' outfit and he barely had enough time to get everything on before they wheeled me out!
From there I got the spinal block, which my anesthesiologist was AWESOME, it wasn't nearly as bad as what I was expecting from all the stories I've heard. Honestly what I thought was worse was that the OR was so blasted cold that I couldn't stop shivering and my whole body kept shaking. Can I just tell you that the spinal block was the wierdest feeling that I have ever experienced. Seeing your feet and thinking, hey I want to move those, and you can't is just trippy. Plus the heavyness you feel in your chest is quit uncomfortable. But other than that everything was great. I didn't have my arms tied down cause again the anesthesiologist was great and thought that was cruel and unusual punishment. So it was great that I could itch my own nose and face cause man did it ITCH! Jason was right there by me taking pictures and kept asking me if I could feel this and that. He was shocked at how agressive they are just pulling me apart and moving my insides. Our sweet little girl already takes after her daddy. She mooned the doctors when she came out bum first! All I could say is, "That's my girl!" To hear her cry for the first time was unreal. I couldn't believe the time was actually here! After they did the measurements and bundled her all up they brought her over to the head of my bed and we got to cuddle for the first time. What a great feeling that was. There is nothing like it and I would never trade it for anything. There we were in the OR as a family of three for the first time!
Everything was great for about the first 48 hours but she was losing weight really fast and her temperature was dropping every now and again and she had to be put under the heat lamps. She got down to 5 lbs and 1 oz! So they decided that she needed to go down to the NICU so that she could have more one and more one on one time with nurses to be evaluated. It's not that she is actually considered severe enough to be a NICU baby but she just needed the extra attention. So she has been down in the NICU since last Tuesday (almost a week now). She is doing good but still has some challenges eating without the tube in her nose. She would get so tuckered out and then ends up losing more calories than what she got so they feed her through a tube in her nose so she can just sleep and eat and gain weight. She has had several feedings recently just on the booby and she has gained back a lot of weight! I'm feeling like we could be going home sometime this week but I'm not holding my breath cause she has her good days and bad. She has to eat on her own (by bottle or boob) for 48 hours, gain weight and maintain her temperature. She hasn't had a problem with temperature and weight seems to be better everyday. We have been lucky enough to stay at the hospital in the parent support room which is literally two doors down from the NICU so it's been nice to be able to be with her as much as possible and get in good feedings. I will keep you updated on how she is doing but my days go by so quickly and with trying to pump, eat, get enough sleep and be with our little girl ,the time just slips away. So enjoy the pictures of the cutest little girl out there!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
It's About Time
I honestly cannot believe how quickly time has passed! I guess for my own sanity it's a good thing, but I wish I would have been more diligent in updates, cause I kinda use this as my journal. So a few things, here are some random pictures of me all huge and swollen. (I actually love being pregnant, but it's starting to get way uncomfortable!) And then there are some updates after.
This was at Troy's graduation, if you couldn't tell!
This is a self timed portrait and the flash hit the edge of the counter, hence the "glow". But you get the idea!
This was our weekend at the cabin over the 4th of July! Just the 2 1/2 of us!
These are pictures I took of myself yesterday and two weeks ago. It's kinda funny I'm wearing a yellow shirt in both of them!
Alright, so some other updates are:
~This is what my belly button looks like * I'm not kidding!
~We were at Sam's Club last week and this guy told us his wife just had a baby and when they went in for their last ultra sound a month before she was due, the doctor told them they were having a boy and not a girl! So naturally now I'm paranoid and I'm hoping this doesn't happen to me!
~We still can't agree/decide on a name. Maybe we can't decide cause it's actually a boy and not a girl!!! I think I'm stressin about it way too much! My 20 week ultra sound picture was pretty clear and the technician didn't seem to hesitate at all in telling us it's a girl, so I just need to take a chill pill!
~Yesterday at my doctors appt. we scheduled me for a C-section for August 12th cause she is still breech, the little stinker! Her head is right under my ribcage in the middle, so she is totally breech! The doc will check me at my next appt. in two weeks to see if he thinks he can flip her around, but he didn't seem too optimistic about it. Which, I honestly don't really mind having a C-section cause then the date it set and I don't have to worry about labor and my water breaking, contractions and all that jazz. I don't care how she gets here to us as long as she is healthy and strong and everything is ok with me too during the delivery! So with that being said, I'm gonna have our little ladybug in less than a month! Unless of course she turns around, but I will still have her early since I'm on medication for my gestational diabetes. Yay! She's almost here!
This was at Troy's graduation, if you couldn't tell!
This is a self timed portrait and the flash hit the edge of the counter, hence the "glow". But you get the idea!
This was our weekend at the cabin over the 4th of July! Just the 2 1/2 of us!
These are pictures I took of myself yesterday and two weeks ago. It's kinda funny I'm wearing a yellow shirt in both of them!
Alright, so some other updates are:
~This is what my belly button looks like * I'm not kidding!
~We were at Sam's Club last week and this guy told us his wife just had a baby and when they went in for their last ultra sound a month before she was due, the doctor told them they were having a boy and not a girl! So naturally now I'm paranoid and I'm hoping this doesn't happen to me!
~We still can't agree/decide on a name. Maybe we can't decide cause it's actually a boy and not a girl!!! I think I'm stressin about it way too much! My 20 week ultra sound picture was pretty clear and the technician didn't seem to hesitate at all in telling us it's a girl, so I just need to take a chill pill!
~Yesterday at my doctors appt. we scheduled me for a C-section for August 12th cause she is still breech, the little stinker! Her head is right under my ribcage in the middle, so she is totally breech! The doc will check me at my next appt. in two weeks to see if he thinks he can flip her around, but he didn't seem too optimistic about it. Which, I honestly don't really mind having a C-section cause then the date it set and I don't have to worry about labor and my water breaking, contractions and all that jazz. I don't care how she gets here to us as long as she is healthy and strong and everything is ok with me too during the delivery! So with that being said, I'm gonna have our little ladybug in less than a month! Unless of course she turns around, but I will still have her early since I'm on medication for my gestational diabetes. Yay! She's almost here!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Updates of all updates!
So I'm a slacker..... I'll be the first to admit it. I have had a lot to post about but now it's not so fun to read about things that happened over a month ago over a long post. So I'm just gonna quickly recap on what has been going on around here. (These are in no particular order)
*WE DID IT! Back at the beginning of May we took a road trip up through South Dakota and saw Mt. Rushmore and just far enough into North Dakota to count that we've been there and with that Jason and I have been to all 50 states since we've been married. It just took us a little over three years! We also drove through Montana and down through Idaho to get home. We drove 10 hours in one day! I thought I did pretty dang good for being 5 months pregnant!
*We spent the weekend at our cabin with my mother and father in-law and our good friend Walter, from Hawaii, and it was so nice! I just relaxed on the deck with my belly hanging out to give my little girl some sunlight while the boy were four wheeling and choppin' wood, watched movies, ate what I wanted (this was obviously before I had to started poking myself) and cuddled with my love :)
*One of my best friends, Brittany Evans had her little boy, Peyton, on June 15 and he is so stinkin' cute! I'm so happy for her and her little family! Holding him made me so stinkin' excited for my little ladybug to get here!
*I'm getting huge! I don't have all my pictures round up and on the computer yet but I will post some soon :)
*So, I guess I still can't keep my glucose under control, so in addition I have to take a pill every night in addition to poking myself four times a day and eating only 30 t0 45 carbs a meal to help my levels stay down. (start looking at the carb content on what you eat and you'd be surprised at how many things have loads of carbs in them. Which is ok if your pancreas is producing insulin like it's supposed to, but for me I'm not so lucky to be able to give into all the pregnancy cravings I have!) I guess it's better than having to give myself an insulin shot everyday. So hopefully this helps just enough that I won't have to do that.
*And, now I have to go do a non-stress test TWICE a week! My first appointment is tomorrow so I'm gonna see if we can knock down the appointments to just a few. I personally think that twice a week is a little excessive but we'll see.
*Jason and I still can't agree on a name for our ladybug! He wants Sara Noelle Button and I want Everley Noelle Button. I saw Everley in a magazine and can't stop thinking about it since and that was four or five months ago. I want something that's not so common but not WEIRD. When I saw that name it's just different enough that I fell in love with it. It was spelled Everleigh in the magazine, but I didn't like that spelling so much so I changed it. So we'll see what happens. We may not have a name until she is with us and in my arms! Hopefully it doesn't boil down to that but I know we will eventually come up with something we can both agree on.
*My hands and feet and swelling like balloons! Ok, it's not that bad, but it's uncomfortable.
*OH! We cleaned out and painted the nursery :) Just have to finish hemming the curtains and find cute decorations to put up around the room!
Uh, so that's pretty much it in a nutshell. I know there are things that I'm missing and I'll probably remember in an hour, but this is good enough for me. I will post pictures, hopefully this weekend :)
*WE DID IT! Back at the beginning of May we took a road trip up through South Dakota and saw Mt. Rushmore and just far enough into North Dakota to count that we've been there and with that Jason and I have been to all 50 states since we've been married. It just took us a little over three years! We also drove through Montana and down through Idaho to get home. We drove 10 hours in one day! I thought I did pretty dang good for being 5 months pregnant!
*We spent the weekend at our cabin with my mother and father in-law and our good friend Walter, from Hawaii, and it was so nice! I just relaxed on the deck with my belly hanging out to give my little girl some sunlight while the boy were four wheeling and choppin' wood, watched movies, ate what I wanted (this was obviously before I had to started poking myself) and cuddled with my love :)
*One of my best friends, Brittany Evans had her little boy, Peyton, on June 15 and he is so stinkin' cute! I'm so happy for her and her little family! Holding him made me so stinkin' excited for my little ladybug to get here!
*I'm getting huge! I don't have all my pictures round up and on the computer yet but I will post some soon :)
*So, I guess I still can't keep my glucose under control, so in addition I have to take a pill every night in addition to poking myself four times a day and eating only 30 t0 45 carbs a meal to help my levels stay down. (start looking at the carb content on what you eat and you'd be surprised at how many things have loads of carbs in them. Which is ok if your pancreas is producing insulin like it's supposed to, but for me I'm not so lucky to be able to give into all the pregnancy cravings I have!) I guess it's better than having to give myself an insulin shot everyday. So hopefully this helps just enough that I won't have to do that.
*And, now I have to go do a non-stress test TWICE a week! My first appointment is tomorrow so I'm gonna see if we can knock down the appointments to just a few. I personally think that twice a week is a little excessive but we'll see.
*Jason and I still can't agree on a name for our ladybug! He wants Sara Noelle Button and I want Everley Noelle Button. I saw Everley in a magazine and can't stop thinking about it since and that was four or five months ago. I want something that's not so common but not WEIRD. When I saw that name it's just different enough that I fell in love with it. It was spelled Everleigh in the magazine, but I didn't like that spelling so much so I changed it. So we'll see what happens. We may not have a name until she is with us and in my arms! Hopefully it doesn't boil down to that but I know we will eventually come up with something we can both agree on.
*My hands and feet and swelling like balloons! Ok, it's not that bad, but it's uncomfortable.
*OH! We cleaned out and painted the nursery :) Just have to finish hemming the curtains and find cute decorations to put up around the room!
Uh, so that's pretty much it in a nutshell. I know there are things that I'm missing and I'll probably remember in an hour, but this is good enough for me. I will post pictures, hopefully this weekend :)
Thursday, June 3, 2010
You want me to what?
So, about a week ago I had my glucose test... you know, the one with the nasty orange drink. It's actually not THAT bad, but it is super sweet and the fact you have to guzzle it down does not help. Well, the next day my nurse calls and says my glucose was elevated and I have to go back for the three hour test. YES, THREE HOURS! Sitting in the doctors office for three hours not being able to leave or eat anything but the lovely orange drink (and water, thank goodness) was not what I had in mind for my day off but it wasn't too bad considering. I brought our iTouch and watched a movie and played some games and then four pokes later I was home free! Only thing is, I get a call the next day saying two of my tests were elevated...... YUP, I have it. I have gestational diabetes. What the crap am I supposed to eat? I started to breakdown cause I knew my eating habits were going to have to change and it was gonna be a big change. I asked my sister about it cause she had it too and she started to tell me what it involves with counting carbs and only being able to have so many in a day and per meal. So naturally I start looking at labels and start to cry cause it seems like I'm just gonna have to starve. THERE ARE SO MANY CARBS IN EVERYTHING! I couldn't believe it. Well, I set up an appointment with a dietitian this last Tuesday and found out everything I need to know. Yes, I have to poke myself to test my blood everyday..... oh wait, not just everyday, FOUR times a day, everyday! Did I mention I really don't like needles?? But in all reality I thought it was going to be a lot worse than it actually is. They have made so many improvements that you can barely even feel the poke. It's really just the thought of it that gives me the hee-bee-gee-bees! Plus I can only eat 30 to 45 grams of carbs per meal (which is NOT very much) but veggies and meat are freebies. So after the class, I felt a little better about things and started thinking that this will actually be kinda good, the whole diet and exercise thing, cause then maybe I won't gain a ton more weight and it'll be easier to shed the weight after having my little ladybug. Plus, having more of an idea how much crap there really is out there to eat maybe after I have her I won't over do it.... but who am I kidding, I love chocolate, ice cream and bread among other things that have a lot of carbs. OH, and I'm slightly anemic so I have to take extra iron everyday, which isn't that big of a deal it's just one more thing I have to keep track of. But I'll do anything to keep my little girl healthy and strong as well as for my own good. So all in all things are still going good! Just wish I didn't have to poke myself four times a day!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
A Weekend In St. Louis
So this past weekend we decided to go to St. Louis (partly cause we wanted to go see the arch and also cause we needed to cross Illinois off our list and it's right next door to St. Louis). We invited our friends, Jamie and Kevin (they have actually become our travel friends, it's quite fun!) and we had a total blast. We got in late Friday night, so the festivities didn't start til Saturday. Boy, what a day! We went to the arch and went up into it! It was actually pretty cool. I had always thought it was made of stone for some reason but it's made of metal. Anyway, the little tram thing you go up to the top in is ridiculously small. I pictured something like an elevator for five people but I was WAY off.... It is this super small little cubicle with 5 seats crammed in there and barely enough head room. You really had to get close to strangers and if your claustrophobic you can forget about going up there. So we made it to the top and looked out the windows over Missouri and Illinois and had our fill and went down. Then we took a ride and had our lunch on a ferry boat down the Mississippi River. After we drove over into Illinois, had some amazing ice cream from the good 'ol D.Q. and started our way back to the hotel.
This is where some excitement starts..... While in Illinois, we stopped at a welcome center and they had a weather radar thingy and it said that there could be tornado's in the area...... WHAT? TORNADO'S?? FLIP! It was a really cloudy day and the clouds were super low and moving really fast. So on our way past downtown St. Louis, the weather was flipping out and THE SKIES WERE GREEN! Um..... weren't the skies green in The Wizard of Oz before the tornado took Dorothy away?? YES, yes they were! I was startin' to get a little uneasy but was still hopin' that nothing would happen. Wellllllll........ it started to rain REALLY hard and even had hail mixed in it. UH, yah ANOTHER sign of a FREAKIN' TORNADO. It started to rain the hardest rain I have EVER seen in my 26 years of life. We could barely see the hood of our car let alone the car lights in front of us. IT WAS FREAKY! We were on a freeway and only able to go about 5 miles an hour.... LITERALLY! So the rain lasted for maybe 5-10 minutes and then it slowed up a ton. We noticed that there weren't really any cars out on the road so we were thinking "OH great.... all the locals know that they should be off the road and we are still on the road on an over pass trying to figure out what the "H" we should do!" Well, we went around a bend and then there was a stand still of cars. I couldn't help but thinking that a tornado touched down and ripped part of the freeway apart. Well, what happened was there was about a foot and a half of standing water ON THE FREEWAY just from the ten minutes of rain. ALL but one lane was covered in rain. WHEW! I was actually relieved that was all it was. So after about 25 minutes of shear terror things cleared up and then it was a beautiful night. We watched the news later and a tornado did actually touch down in St. Louis but it wasn't anything major. So now we can say we were in a tornado, which is pretty cool I guess.
We didn't really find anything else that tickled our fancy in St. Louis, so on Sunday we drove about 2 hours to Springfield, Illinois and saw Abraham Lincoln's home and also visited his tomb. It was really cool actually, but then again Jason and I are kinda history nerds. Our t0ur guide through his house was quite the odd duck, but none-the-less got the facts delivered. Lincoln's body was actually stolen and held for ransom early on so now they have this huge shrine for him and he is buried ten feet under ground in a cement vault. So don't go gettin' any ideas about stealin' his body for ransom! I really enjoy seeing how things were back then and just think how different life would have been back then. And I LOVE the old houses!I know. NERD! OH and I forgot to mention I got to touch the actual railing Lincoln touched (and of course all the other thousands of people that have visited there) I know.... you're jealous! The house had a lot of replica's since Lincoln sold most of his furniture and belongings cause they thought they were going to move back. So most of the things you see weren't the real deal except for the black horse hair upholstered couches and chairs, the candelabras and his desk and a few other things but I forgot. And, the lovely carpet and wallpaper you'll see in the pictures below were the actual colors and designs they had. WAY too busy for my taste! After, we drove back, took a late afternoon nap and then had yummy dinner at P.F. Changs :) So that's it. Our fun weekend in St. Louis!
So apparently I didn't get the good footage of driving in the blinding rain. But you can see that it was raining bad, so just imagine it being twice as bad and you can get the idea!
This is where some excitement starts..... While in Illinois, we stopped at a welcome center and they had a weather radar thingy and it said that there could be tornado's in the area...... WHAT? TORNADO'S?? FLIP! It was a really cloudy day and the clouds were super low and moving really fast. So on our way past downtown St. Louis, the weather was flipping out and THE SKIES WERE GREEN! Um..... weren't the skies green in The Wizard of Oz before the tornado took Dorothy away?? YES, yes they were! I was startin' to get a little uneasy but was still hopin' that nothing would happen. Wellllllll........ it started to rain REALLY hard and even had hail mixed in it. UH, yah ANOTHER sign of a FREAKIN' TORNADO. It started to rain the hardest rain I have EVER seen in my 26 years of life. We could barely see the hood of our car let alone the car lights in front of us. IT WAS FREAKY! We were on a freeway and only able to go about 5 miles an hour.... LITERALLY! So the rain lasted for maybe 5-10 minutes and then it slowed up a ton. We noticed that there weren't really any cars out on the road so we were thinking "OH great.... all the locals know that they should be off the road and we are still on the road on an over pass trying to figure out what the "H" we should do!" Well, we went around a bend and then there was a stand still of cars. I couldn't help but thinking that a tornado touched down and ripped part of the freeway apart. Well, what happened was there was about a foot and a half of standing water ON THE FREEWAY just from the ten minutes of rain. ALL but one lane was covered in rain. WHEW! I was actually relieved that was all it was. So after about 25 minutes of shear terror things cleared up and then it was a beautiful night. We watched the news later and a tornado did actually touch down in St. Louis but it wasn't anything major. So now we can say we were in a tornado, which is pretty cool I guess.
We didn't really find anything else that tickled our fancy in St. Louis, so on Sunday we drove about 2 hours to Springfield, Illinois and saw Abraham Lincoln's home and also visited his tomb. It was really cool actually, but then again Jason and I are kinda history nerds. Our t0ur guide through his house was quite the odd duck, but none-the-less got the facts delivered. Lincoln's body was actually stolen and held for ransom early on so now they have this huge shrine for him and he is buried ten feet under ground in a cement vault. So don't go gettin' any ideas about stealin' his body for ransom! I really enjoy seeing how things were back then and just think how different life would have been back then. And I LOVE the old houses!I know. NERD! OH and I forgot to mention I got to touch the actual railing Lincoln touched (and of course all the other thousands of people that have visited there) I know.... you're jealous! The house had a lot of replica's since Lincoln sold most of his furniture and belongings cause they thought they were going to move back. So most of the things you see weren't the real deal except for the black horse hair upholstered couches and chairs, the candelabras and his desk and a few other things but I forgot. And, the lovely carpet and wallpaper you'll see in the pictures below were the actual colors and designs they had. WAY too busy for my taste! After, we drove back, took a late afternoon nap and then had yummy dinner at P.F. Changs :) So that's it. Our fun weekend in St. Louis!
So apparently I didn't get the good footage of driving in the blinding rain. But you can see that it was raining bad, so just imagine it being twice as bad and you can get the idea!
Monday, April 19, 2010
A few things
I am actually really mad at myself for slackin' on the posts and also the fact that I haven't taken that many pictures of me during my pregnancy :( I do have some but no so many in the early stages. Live and learn I guess-
So anyway, my sister Nicole (the one that lives in Nebraska) was in town visiting and wanted to help throw a baby shower for me while she was here cause she wouldn't be back til after I have my little ladybug. So we had a family baby shower with aunts and cousins from my moms and my dads side and also Jason's sisters and mom. It was really fun getting all these little girl things and made it that much more real for me! I got some super cute outfits, way comfy blankets, some adorable towels and the cutest little froggy baby robe you have ever seen! Of course I got some diapers, wipes, shampoo, lotion and ya know.... all that good stuff! It certainly was a success :) Here are a few pics...
Yes, my mom is a twin!!
So on a side note, I can feel her move around a lot more and I LOVE IT! They are still pretty small kicks but some are big enough that I can see my belly poke out when she kicks or punches. It's kind of wierd cause you actually realize there is another human being growing inside you but it still feels kinda alien like. I don't know. All I know is I'm so excited to feel her more and more. I know, you're probably thinking that I'll be thinking differently later on when she keeps me up, but to me it is really comforting. I know I'm just being a worry wort, and I honestly do feel like everything will be ok, but there is still part of me that has flashbacks to my previous loss even though it was really early on. ANYWAY, about a week ago, Jason was able to feel her kick for the first time! I loved it and I know it made things a lot more real for him. Oh my goodness, I am just so excited for her to get here!
Um, last item of business is that we are having a hard time picking out a name.... I want something that is a little more unique but not wierd (like apple, blech!) I just want a name that is not over used. But then on the other hand, Jason likes more traditional names and doesn't go for the not so common names. So, yah, that's the dilemma- Soooooo, do you have any suggestions?? I know, you probably don't want to say any if they are names that you would use for your future little girl, but I need help! I am only throwing this name out there because Jason already said there is no way we are naming her this name (even though there is still a glimmer of hope. Maybe if I say it enough it'll grow on him!) So I found this name in a magazine and liked it right away..... HMMMM, maybe I don't want to tell just yet, just in case Jason changes his mind. I know some of you already know, so if you do, don't post it in a comment :) Maybe I'll tell you later on but I'm still gonna keep it a secret :)
Friday, April 2, 2010
We Are Having.....
A BABY GIRL!!!!!!!
Yay! This was kind of unexpected cause a few people have told me that the way that I'm carrying the baby they thought it would be a boy. Of course that is all old wives tales, but it still got me thinking that it would be a boy. Then we saw a picture of her cute little bum and sure enough she's a little girl :) We got some really cute pictures of her and the ultra sound technician said that everything is measuring normal and she is a healthy little baby! We are so happy! No names yet, but I'll keep ya posted.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Time Flies When....
( I don't know why, but it's not letting me upload pictures! Sorry! I will try again later)
Time flies when you're having fun and SUPER busy! Yep, it's been awhile. How have all three of my readers been?? HA! I can't believe that it is already March. I obviously haven't been keeping up and I have a ton to blog about. But for the sake of time and space, I'm just gonna give a condensed version :)
**So in the middle of January, as most of you know, we went to the Big Island of Hawaii! Yay! It was super relaxing and a little different than most of our trips there. We didn't do nearly as much as we normally do and I can't blame anyone but myself and the little Button inside of me. I WAS EXHAUSTED! But we still got our snorkeling and beachin' in and even found some new beaches we really like. We saw tons of whales jumping out of the water and even a group of 50 or so Spinner Dolphins jumping out of the water! Oh and of course we had our share of shave ice! I also found my new favorite ice cream and of course they only make it at that particular store (I googled it and everything and it's really only at that ONE blasted place in Hawaii :/ )but it's called volcano ice cream.... It is banana flavored ice cream with chunks of Oreos and strawberry syrup swirled throughout. I know, it may not sound that great, but.... it's pretty much amazing! We also hung out with our friends, Walter and Alice, several times and always have a blast "talking story" with them! They are the nicest people you would ever meet and they would give you their left arm if you needed it. While we were there, they were celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the Kona Temple being built. So Walter and Alice's stake put on a huge show and food fest (you know how Hawaiians love their food, yum!) So we crashed the party and it was REALLY long but good. That's it in a nutshell. Hawaii. Eleven Days. Relaxing. Beaches. Snorkeling. Shave Ice. Friends = GOOD TIMES!
**Get the box of tissues, cause this next bit is pretty sad. So on our last day in Hawaii, we had dinner with Walter and Alice and then they dropped us off at the airport. We said our goodbyes and were already thinking about the next time we would be seeing them. We flew home overnight and were extremely tired, cause no one ever really sleeps on a red eye flight, lets be honest. What made it even better, is that I had my first doctors appointment that morning around 11. So Jason decided he would go put in a few hours at work before the appointment cause it didn't make sense for us to drive all the way home just to drive back out to the Cottonwood hospital in Murray for my appointment. After a nap and a bite to eat it was time to pick Jason up. When he gets into the car he tells me he has bad news...... I honestly had NO clue what to expect. He told me that last night, (while we were flying home) Alice had a stroke and was not responding. WHAT?? How? We just saw her literally hours ago and she was FINE! Nothing wrong at all. I guess she had a stroke in the middle of the night and passed out in the bathroom. Alice's mom (who was staying with them for the time) was calling her name and Walter got out of bed only to find his sweetheart on the ground not responding to anything. They called the ambulance and took her to the hospital and later had to transfer her to a hospital in Maui cause the neurological center is better there. ----SIDE NOTE: Learning about this minutes before my nerve-racking appointment (I was nervous and thinking the worst about my appt.) only made things that much worse. ----- So, Tuesday passed and no improvements. Wednesday comes and still no improvements. Early evening, I get a phone call informing me that Alice has passed away. I AM IN SHOCK. We just saw her. She can't be gone. How is Walter? How are their kids? She was only 55 and just retired a month ago. This can't be happening. I kept waiting for another call telling me something different. That she will recover and be fine. People survive strokes, why not her? One thing I know for sure, is if there is a line to get into heaven, she would be bumped right to the front. She was amazing. Her spirit. Her kindness. Her selflessness. So. The funeral. Her brother was in Iraq and they wanted to wait to have the funeral when he could be there. So it wasn't scheduled until two and a half weeks later. We made things work with time off and tried to get over there to the funeral. I say try because you have to remember we fly standby and only get on the plane if there are open seats. Well, it just so happens that it was over Presidents day weekend as well as Valentines day so flights filled up. We tried to go through Vegas with no luck and flew back home. Then we went to L.A. and flew to Kauai. We figured as long as we got to one of the Island we'd be able to Island-hop pretty easy. WRONG. It also happens that the volcano on the Big Island was erupting and people must have wanted to go see that cause ALL of the tickets were sold out until after the funeral. The only other thing is, Alice knew EVERYONE. No joke. She would always see several people she knew wherever we went with them. Everyone loved her. Plus, they were preparing enough food to feed almost TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE at the funeral. I told you. She knew EVERYONE! So we can only imagine people also had to island-hop. Well, we made it to Honolulu. Not to the Big Island. We were so sad we couldn't be there to support Walter and his family and to pay our respects. But we tried. WE LOVE YOU ALICE!
**I really hope this doesn't sound bad. But since we flew all the way over there and Jason's sister, Jen, was in Oahu with her family for the week, we decided to stay for awhile. Ok, a week. But Jen said we could crash with them for free. How can you turn down a free place in Hawaii? Plus Oahu was the only island we hadn't visited. So while we were there we went to Pearl Harbor, which is very humbling and made me so sad to think all those men and women died so unexpectedly. We also went to the Polynesian Culteral Center, which is pretty dang cool! It's expensive unless you know someone that can get you in for half price (which of course we wouldn't have gone if we couldn't get in for half price). It's one of those places that you need to visit, but you really only need to visit it once and you're good. It's really interesting to learn about all the cultures and stuff. OH, for all you Skywester's out there, I saw and met Siu's brother. You remember our "awesome" commissary manager?? Ya, his brother is totally different and SUPER funny! And really short. Even I was taller than him and I'm only 5'3"! Ha! It was really funny. While we were there we also stopped at the Dole Pineapple factory for some pineapple icecream, yum! We even stopped by a roadside shrimp shack a couple of times and had fresh yummy shrimp and the biggest prawns you have ever seen. We are really greatful that Jen and her family let us crash with them and have a good time with them! THANK YOU!
**Other than that, I've been working five days a week at Marriott and it has been pretty busy. So needless to say, when I get home, I just want to lay in bed and not. do. anything. Even update my blog! I know this post is still really long and I'm sorry for that. You obviously already saw my post about my first doctor's appointment cause you saw my baby's cute picture :) Everything is still going great! I will find out what we are having on April 2nd, which is just a hop, skip and a jump away! YAY! I will post some more pictures of my baby bump (which I absolutely love!) Who would have thought I would ever say that I like my big belly!
Time flies when you're having fun and SUPER busy! Yep, it's been awhile. How have all three of my readers been?? HA! I can't believe that it is already March. I obviously haven't been keeping up and I have a ton to blog about. But for the sake of time and space, I'm just gonna give a condensed version :)
**So in the middle of January, as most of you know, we went to the Big Island of Hawaii! Yay! It was super relaxing and a little different than most of our trips there. We didn't do nearly as much as we normally do and I can't blame anyone but myself and the little Button inside of me. I WAS EXHAUSTED! But we still got our snorkeling and beachin' in and even found some new beaches we really like. We saw tons of whales jumping out of the water and even a group of 50 or so Spinner Dolphins jumping out of the water! Oh and of course we had our share of shave ice! I also found my new favorite ice cream and of course they only make it at that particular store (I googled it and everything and it's really only at that ONE blasted place in Hawaii :/ )but it's called volcano ice cream.... It is banana flavored ice cream with chunks of Oreos and strawberry syrup swirled throughout. I know, it may not sound that great, but.... it's pretty much amazing! We also hung out with our friends, Walter and Alice, several times and always have a blast "talking story" with them! They are the nicest people you would ever meet and they would give you their left arm if you needed it. While we were there, they were celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the Kona Temple being built. So Walter and Alice's stake put on a huge show and food fest (you know how Hawaiians love their food, yum!) So we crashed the party and it was REALLY long but good. That's it in a nutshell. Hawaii. Eleven Days. Relaxing. Beaches. Snorkeling. Shave Ice. Friends = GOOD TIMES!
**Get the box of tissues, cause this next bit is pretty sad. So on our last day in Hawaii, we had dinner with Walter and Alice and then they dropped us off at the airport. We said our goodbyes and were already thinking about the next time we would be seeing them. We flew home overnight and were extremely tired, cause no one ever really sleeps on a red eye flight, lets be honest. What made it even better, is that I had my first doctors appointment that morning around 11. So Jason decided he would go put in a few hours at work before the appointment cause it didn't make sense for us to drive all the way home just to drive back out to the Cottonwood hospital in Murray for my appointment. After a nap and a bite to eat it was time to pick Jason up. When he gets into the car he tells me he has bad news...... I honestly had NO clue what to expect. He told me that last night, (while we were flying home) Alice had a stroke and was not responding. WHAT?? How? We just saw her literally hours ago and she was FINE! Nothing wrong at all. I guess she had a stroke in the middle of the night and passed out in the bathroom. Alice's mom (who was staying with them for the time) was calling her name and Walter got out of bed only to find his sweetheart on the ground not responding to anything. They called the ambulance and took her to the hospital and later had to transfer her to a hospital in Maui cause the neurological center is better there. ----SIDE NOTE: Learning about this minutes before my nerve-racking appointment (I was nervous and thinking the worst about my appt.) only made things that much worse. ----- So, Tuesday passed and no improvements. Wednesday comes and still no improvements. Early evening, I get a phone call informing me that Alice has passed away. I AM IN SHOCK. We just saw her. She can't be gone. How is Walter? How are their kids? She was only 55 and just retired a month ago. This can't be happening. I kept waiting for another call telling me something different. That she will recover and be fine. People survive strokes, why not her? One thing I know for sure, is if there is a line to get into heaven, she would be bumped right to the front. She was amazing. Her spirit. Her kindness. Her selflessness. So. The funeral. Her brother was in Iraq and they wanted to wait to have the funeral when he could be there. So it wasn't scheduled until two and a half weeks later. We made things work with time off and tried to get over there to the funeral. I say try because you have to remember we fly standby and only get on the plane if there are open seats. Well, it just so happens that it was over Presidents day weekend as well as Valentines day so flights filled up. We tried to go through Vegas with no luck and flew back home. Then we went to L.A. and flew to Kauai. We figured as long as we got to one of the Island we'd be able to Island-hop pretty easy. WRONG. It also happens that the volcano on the Big Island was erupting and people must have wanted to go see that cause ALL of the tickets were sold out until after the funeral. The only other thing is, Alice knew EVERYONE. No joke. She would always see several people she knew wherever we went with them. Everyone loved her. Plus, they were preparing enough food to feed almost TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE at the funeral. I told you. She knew EVERYONE! So we can only imagine people also had to island-hop. Well, we made it to Honolulu. Not to the Big Island. We were so sad we couldn't be there to support Walter and his family and to pay our respects. But we tried. WE LOVE YOU ALICE!
**I really hope this doesn't sound bad. But since we flew all the way over there and Jason's sister, Jen, was in Oahu with her family for the week, we decided to stay for awhile. Ok, a week. But Jen said we could crash with them for free. How can you turn down a free place in Hawaii? Plus Oahu was the only island we hadn't visited. So while we were there we went to Pearl Harbor, which is very humbling and made me so sad to think all those men and women died so unexpectedly. We also went to the Polynesian Culteral Center, which is pretty dang cool! It's expensive unless you know someone that can get you in for half price (which of course we wouldn't have gone if we couldn't get in for half price). It's one of those places that you need to visit, but you really only need to visit it once and you're good. It's really interesting to learn about all the cultures and stuff. OH, for all you Skywester's out there, I saw and met Siu's brother. You remember our "awesome" commissary manager?? Ya, his brother is totally different and SUPER funny! And really short. Even I was taller than him and I'm only 5'3"! Ha! It was really funny. While we were there we also stopped at the Dole Pineapple factory for some pineapple icecream, yum! We even stopped by a roadside shrimp shack a couple of times and had fresh yummy shrimp and the biggest prawns you have ever seen. We are really greatful that Jen and her family let us crash with them and have a good time with them! THANK YOU!
**Other than that, I've been working five days a week at Marriott and it has been pretty busy. So needless to say, when I get home, I just want to lay in bed and not. do. anything. Even update my blog! I know this post is still really long and I'm sorry for that. You obviously already saw my post about my first doctor's appointment cause you saw my baby's cute picture :) Everything is still going great! I will find out what we are having on April 2nd, which is just a hop, skip and a jump away! YAY! I will post some more pictures of my baby bump (which I absolutely love!) Who would have thought I would ever say that I like my big belly!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Our Little Button
So here is a make-do picture of our little Button. The little Button looks so very comfortable in the little peanut he/she calls home for the next several months! If you look to the x on the right you can see the profile fo the face. I must say it seems our baby will be super smart, cause the head looks like it is bigger than the body! But it's just that the legs are just chillin on the other side of his/her body cause I saw the whole thing on the actual ultrasound! I can see the little Button has a cute little "button" nose! (HA HA! I'm so very clever) Oh, I'm so excited to see what our baby will look like and to find out if we're having a boy or a girl :)
I forgot to include yesterday, that I actually found out I was pregnant on my birthday!!! Happy Birthday to me!! Best birthday present EVER! And another important point to note, is that I have been on leave from Skywest since January 4th and will be until the end of November. OH HAPPY DAY! It's been nice only having to work one job lately :)
I forgot to include yesterday, that I actually found out I was pregnant on my birthday!!! Happy Birthday to me!! Best birthday present EVER! And another important point to note, is that I have been on leave from Skywest since January 4th and will be until the end of November. OH HAPPY DAY! It's been nice only having to work one job lately :)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER
So Jason has the memory stick thingy that has our pictures on it but I can't wait any longer......... I have a few other things that I should post before this so you'll have to visit my blog again in a few days or so (give or take). But now that the cat is out of the bag with our family it's time to tell everyone that........................
YAY! I'm so super excited that I cannot even write it in words...... I'm now about 12 weeks pregnant and had my first appointment last Tuesday and everything is normal and looking really good! My due date is August 21st, but the doc said that I'm actually measuring a little bigger, which he thinks I just ovulated earlier than usual, which means my due date could be August 15th. As you can imagine, that's why I waited to tell everyone just to make sure that things were going ok. So now I can vent. I AM TIRED! Holy canolly! It's insane how exhausted I am. I mean I have had people tell me it's a different kind of tired and yep, they were right. AND my boobs hurt and I have to pee ALL THE TIME! Even in the middle of the night it's ridiculous! HA! And I know it's only the beginning, and I couldn't be happier! I've actually been SUPER lucky with the whole morning sickness stuff cause I don't really have it. I mean, I get queezy every now and again and sometimes there are just some smells that don't sit right in my nose and it gives me the dry heaves, but other than that I have been really lucky. I had no problems or complaints while we were in Hawaii, other than I was tired and we weren't nearly as busy as we usually would have been. We did a lot more relaxing and it was SOOOO NICE. But enough about Hawaii, that'll be in a different post. So stay tuned!!!
I'M PREGNANT!
YAY! I'm so super excited that I cannot even write it in words...... I'm now about 12 weeks pregnant and had my first appointment last Tuesday and everything is normal and looking really good! My due date is August 21st, but the doc said that I'm actually measuring a little bigger, which he thinks I just ovulated earlier than usual, which means my due date could be August 15th. As you can imagine, that's why I waited to tell everyone just to make sure that things were going ok. So now I can vent. I AM TIRED! Holy canolly! It's insane how exhausted I am. I mean I have had people tell me it's a different kind of tired and yep, they were right. AND my boobs hurt and I have to pee ALL THE TIME! Even in the middle of the night it's ridiculous! HA! And I know it's only the beginning, and I couldn't be happier! I've actually been SUPER lucky with the whole morning sickness stuff cause I don't really have it. I mean, I get queezy every now and again and sometimes there are just some smells that don't sit right in my nose and it gives me the dry heaves, but other than that I have been really lucky. I had no problems or complaints while we were in Hawaii, other than I was tired and we weren't nearly as busy as we usually would have been. We did a lot more relaxing and it was SOOOO NICE. But enough about Hawaii, that'll be in a different post. So stay tuned!!!
Monday, January 11, 2010
I totally forgot!
K so I totally forgot to mention in my "review of December" that I HIT a DEER! Ok Ok, so I really didn't full on "HIT" a deer, it was more of a tap. I remember it like yesterday....
It was a cold night and I was making my long journey home from the airport and I actually had to stay a little late so by the time I was close to home it was about 11:30pm and I was pooped! I had the heater on cause I was still cold from workin' out in the snow and the eyes were getting heavy. I was seriously struggling to keep them open. I was actually smacking my face every now and again to try to stay awake. I finally turned off the heater and it sorta helped....ok not really....but needless to say all you need to see is a deer right in the middle of the road to make your eyes go the size of softballs. I had always learned that your not supposed to swerve in the direction that the deer is headed because he'll most likely keep going that way, so your supposed to just stay straight. WELL.... since it was my first time having to slam on my breaks, my instinct took over and I started to swerve and slam on the breaks with both feet. (Luckily I had learned that I needed to push on the breaks as hard as I can when you need to stop cause I didn't realize that 15 days after I got my license and hit a Domino's pizza delivery guy) So I was thinkin' of that moment and knew I needed to use all my force. Anyway, I stopped just in time for my car to BARELY knick the hind legs of the ginormous deer. I'm not kiddin'. That thing was a huge buck with huge antlers and it was standing directly in front of my car! I swear it looked at me like, "Uh....what the eff? I'm just tryin' to cross the street here!" and then he ran off. I'll tell you what, my adrenaline was soarin' and I didn't have heavy eyes until after I got home. My immediate reaction was, "Oh, I gotta call Jason" but then I was thinkin', he's probably asleep and nothing actually happened... I'm ok and my car is perfectly fine. So I got home and sure enough he's sound asleep and so I waited til morning to tell him!
So that's my, "I hit a deer story"! I like the fact that it sounds worse than it actually was, but now I can say that I've hit a deer! Hopefully that is the last time too!
(Ok, I'm not trying to rub it in but...... I am leaving for Hawaii in three days!!! Yay! 10 days in the nice warm weather! )
It was a cold night and I was making my long journey home from the airport and I actually had to stay a little late so by the time I was close to home it was about 11:30pm and I was pooped! I had the heater on cause I was still cold from workin' out in the snow and the eyes were getting heavy. I was seriously struggling to keep them open. I was actually smacking my face every now and again to try to stay awake. I finally turned off the heater and it sorta helped....ok not really....but needless to say all you need to see is a deer right in the middle of the road to make your eyes go the size of softballs. I had always learned that your not supposed to swerve in the direction that the deer is headed because he'll most likely keep going that way, so your supposed to just stay straight. WELL.... since it was my first time having to slam on my breaks, my instinct took over and I started to swerve and slam on the breaks with both feet. (Luckily I had learned that I needed to push on the breaks as hard as I can when you need to stop cause I didn't realize that 15 days after I got my license and hit a Domino's pizza delivery guy) So I was thinkin' of that moment and knew I needed to use all my force. Anyway, I stopped just in time for my car to BARELY knick the hind legs of the ginormous deer. I'm not kiddin'. That thing was a huge buck with huge antlers and it was standing directly in front of my car! I swear it looked at me like, "Uh....what the eff? I'm just tryin' to cross the street here!" and then he ran off. I'll tell you what, my adrenaline was soarin' and I didn't have heavy eyes until after I got home. My immediate reaction was, "Oh, I gotta call Jason" but then I was thinkin', he's probably asleep and nothing actually happened... I'm ok and my car is perfectly fine. So I got home and sure enough he's sound asleep and so I waited til morning to tell him!
So that's my, "I hit a deer story"! I like the fact that it sounds worse than it actually was, but now I can say that I've hit a deer! Hopefully that is the last time too!
(Ok, I'm not trying to rub it in but...... I am leaving for Hawaii in three days!!! Yay! 10 days in the nice warm weather! )
Friday, January 8, 2010
December Review
So just a recap of things that happened in December:
*We flew into Philidelphia and drove down to Florida, with stops along the way... of course. (This was actually in November, but I thought it was worthy of making the review!)
*Me and my moms birthday! I'm the big 26 now and she is still 30!
*Working out in the snow on the ramp at the airport in less than ideal conditions
*Clawson family party with lots of food and presents to enjoy
*Button family party with more food and funny white elephant gifts
*Discovering that Jason still got me a gift for Christmas even though we weren't doing anything for eachother since we are going to Hawaii in January. (I love him!)
*Ringing in the New Year like old people do....Layin' in bed watching t.v. (I know we are party poopers!!!)
So that's it in a nutshell. I haven't been that great on updating lately, but I am going to try more often for ALL MY READERS..... (All one or two of you that is)
Oh and PS........ I really do like comments and I know it's hard to comment on a lame post like this one, but you can still say something.... even if it's only a laffy taffy joke!!
*We flew into Philidelphia and drove down to Florida, with stops along the way... of course. (This was actually in November, but I thought it was worthy of making the review!)
*Me and my moms birthday! I'm the big 26 now and she is still 30!
*Working out in the snow on the ramp at the airport in less than ideal conditions
*Clawson family party with lots of food and presents to enjoy
*Button family party with more food and funny white elephant gifts
*Discovering that Jason still got me a gift for Christmas even though we weren't doing anything for eachother since we are going to Hawaii in January. (I love him!)
*Ringing in the New Year like old people do....Layin' in bed watching t.v. (I know we are party poopers!!!)
So that's it in a nutshell. I haven't been that great on updating lately, but I am going to try more often for ALL MY READERS..... (All one or two of you that is)
Oh and PS........ I really do like comments and I know it's hard to comment on a lame post like this one, but you can still say something.... even if it's only a laffy taffy joke!!
Monday, November 30, 2009
The North-East and Ben Affleck
This is way behind but it's better late than never right??? So for our anniversary and for our quest to conquer all 50 states together we decided to take a North-East trip. We flew into Boston October 23rd for a four day weekend. It was short but WAY fun! There is so much to do up there we are for sure going to have to go back someday. Jason is a huge history buff and I think it's pretty cool too, so we saw a lot of historic stuff like Minute Man National Park, the USS Cassin & Museum and Old Iron Sides. We even drove down to Plymouth to see "THE" Plymouth Rock. But you don't think we went up to the North-East and just stayed in Massachusetts do you??? HEAVENS NO! We also drove into Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and of course Maine! We stopped at a couple of places in each state and saw what there was to see that close to the boarder. We went to an Armory in CT and it was pretty cool to see how the guns and rifles have evolved. Granted, I still don't quite understand how someone can come up with that kind of stuff, but it was still cool. OOH and did I mention the leaves??? Oh my goodness! I am a freak about autumn and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the colors of the leaves. I love trees. There is just something about them that is so mysterious. Just think of the things they have been able to see? I love how they can get to be so old and all the intricacies of how each branch is entwined with the other.... I KNOW, I'm a tree hugger (in a different way.)
So some other fun points are:
*Going to the Family Guy Corn Maize
*We saw the actual Oscar Meyer Wiener mobile driving down the road (it was awesome!)
*We tried to go the the site of the Boston Tea Party but "Aunt B" (aka, our GPS) got us lost to many times and with all the toll roads we were having to pay, we gave up.
Side Note---Jason and I are Family Guy addicts. This is one of our guilty pleasures. I know, it's crude but it is JUST SO DANG FUNNY! We actually saw a commercial about the corn maize and decided that we HAD to go. A corn maize is a corn maize and you really can't tell if it was Stewie and Brian that we were walking through, but it was still cool.
Another cool place we went to and it was totally appropriate for the time of year, was Salem, Mass.! Yep, where the Salem witch trials were. The town gets so into Halloween it was really cool. We drove there on Sunday and it was PACKED. So we decided that we'd come back on Monday. After seeing the town, I got really excited to go the next day. (So instead, on Sunday we drove up to Maine, saw a light house and had a Lobster lunch). So, Monday came and we went to the Museum and I was soooooooo disappointed! I mean, this was supposed to be real cool and have all this cool stuff about the trials and witches. NO. NO. You pay ten bucks per person and go into this room where they have scenes set up around the room, and mind you the mannequins looked like they were made in the 60's and the people who made them were high or on something else cause they were way old and out dated and looked like they were melting. So they just spotlighted the scene in the story from a recording that I swear was first made when recording was possible. It was way ghetto. After that, they took you in a "museum" that had pictures of witches from movies and all that and then at the end they had a little Wicca (today's witch religion) schpeal saying that, "If you meet a Wiccan you should stop and listen to what they have to say" UMMMMMMM. I'm gonna have to pass. Thanks though :/ WEIRD. Oh well. Now we can say that we have been there and DONE that and it's checked off the list.
Ok, so another cool history thing we saw was Bunker Hill. It's right in Boston and it's this way tall obelisk lookin' thing so that the soldiers could see way far away for when the enemies were coming to attack. Anyway, you can climb up to the top if you want. I mean it was ONLY 244 stairs up. What's the big deal, right?? HOLY SORENESS! The thighs felt like they were just going to melt right off my bones. I really didn't think 244 steps was that big of deal..... until I climbed them. It was actually pretty cool when you got up there. The view was awesome but you really could spend like 45 seconds up there and be done. But after climbing all those stairs, I wanted to make it worth it so we stayed at least 7 minutes or so. I think it was mainly so our legs wouldn't give out on the way down and make us tumble down 244 a stony, winding staircase. I was grateful for the break.
Here's a story in a story for ya..... While we were driving around the block, past all these really pretty and really old houses (which I absolutely love!) we saw a bunch of cameras and film canisters and trailers and all that junk. I was like, "Cool, they must be filming a movie here!" So before we took the exhausting trip up to the top of the obelisk, we asked one of the guides what they were filming. He was like, oh they've been here for a few months. They are filming a movie, The New Town, with Ben Affleck. COOL! Not that I'm a huge fan of Ben, but I thought it was pretty cool that I could possibly see a major movie star. It would be my first. So after we took the journey up the stairs we walked down where all the commotion was, and there he was. It was really weird actually..... He really is just a normal person. You always think it's gonna be this way cool thing to see someone so famous but it was just like, oh. There he is. Wow. Ok, take a few pictures just to document the occasion and lets go. It's not like he knows me or anything so he's not gonna come up and strike up a conversation. It was still cool and I did get a little giddy, if you will, just cause it was a famous person and I can say I saw him in person.
So there you have it. Our little weekend up in the North-East. It was short, but full of adventure and LOADS of fun. I love the fact that we will be able to tell our kids all the places we went together and all the cool things we've been able to see. So after this trip, we only had 9 more states to visit before we've gone to all 50!
'Til next time........
So some other fun points are:
*Going to the Family Guy Corn Maize
*We saw the actual Oscar Meyer Wiener mobile driving down the road (it was awesome!)
*We tried to go the the site of the Boston Tea Party but "Aunt B" (aka, our GPS) got us lost to many times and with all the toll roads we were having to pay, we gave up.
Side Note---Jason and I are Family Guy addicts. This is one of our guilty pleasures. I know, it's crude but it is JUST SO DANG FUNNY! We actually saw a commercial about the corn maize and decided that we HAD to go. A corn maize is a corn maize and you really can't tell if it was Stewie and Brian that we were walking through, but it was still cool.
Another cool place we went to and it was totally appropriate for the time of year, was Salem, Mass.! Yep, where the Salem witch trials were. The town gets so into Halloween it was really cool. We drove there on Sunday and it was PACKED. So we decided that we'd come back on Monday. After seeing the town, I got really excited to go the next day. (So instead, on Sunday we drove up to Maine, saw a light house and had a Lobster lunch). So, Monday came and we went to the Museum and I was soooooooo disappointed! I mean, this was supposed to be real cool and have all this cool stuff about the trials and witches. NO. NO. You pay ten bucks per person and go into this room where they have scenes set up around the room, and mind you the mannequins looked like they were made in the 60's and the people who made them were high or on something else cause they were way old and out dated and looked like they were melting. So they just spotlighted the scene in the story from a recording that I swear was first made when recording was possible. It was way ghetto. After that, they took you in a "museum" that had pictures of witches from movies and all that and then at the end they had a little Wicca (today's witch religion) schpeal saying that, "If you meet a Wiccan you should stop and listen to what they have to say" UMMMMMMM. I'm gonna have to pass. Thanks though :/ WEIRD. Oh well. Now we can say that we have been there and DONE that and it's checked off the list.
Ok, so another cool history thing we saw was Bunker Hill. It's right in Boston and it's this way tall obelisk lookin' thing so that the soldiers could see way far away for when the enemies were coming to attack. Anyway, you can climb up to the top if you want. I mean it was ONLY 244 stairs up. What's the big deal, right?? HOLY SORENESS! The thighs felt like they were just going to melt right off my bones. I really didn't think 244 steps was that big of deal..... until I climbed them. It was actually pretty cool when you got up there. The view was awesome but you really could spend like 45 seconds up there and be done. But after climbing all those stairs, I wanted to make it worth it so we stayed at least 7 minutes or so. I think it was mainly so our legs wouldn't give out on the way down and make us tumble down 244 a stony, winding staircase. I was grateful for the break.
Here's a story in a story for ya..... While we were driving around the block, past all these really pretty and really old houses (which I absolutely love!) we saw a bunch of cameras and film canisters and trailers and all that junk. I was like, "Cool, they must be filming a movie here!" So before we took the exhausting trip up to the top of the obelisk, we asked one of the guides what they were filming. He was like, oh they've been here for a few months. They are filming a movie, The New Town, with Ben Affleck. COOL! Not that I'm a huge fan of Ben, but I thought it was pretty cool that I could possibly see a major movie star. It would be my first. So after we took the journey up the stairs we walked down where all the commotion was, and there he was. It was really weird actually..... He really is just a normal person. You always think it's gonna be this way cool thing to see someone so famous but it was just like, oh. There he is. Wow. Ok, take a few pictures just to document the occasion and lets go. It's not like he knows me or anything so he's not gonna come up and strike up a conversation. It was still cool and I did get a little giddy, if you will, just cause it was a famous person and I can say I saw him in person.
So there you have it. Our little weekend up in the North-East. It was short, but full of adventure and LOADS of fun. I love the fact that we will be able to tell our kids all the places we went together and all the cool things we've been able to see. So after this trip, we only had 9 more states to visit before we've gone to all 50!
'Til next time........
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