34 Weeks and Hicups

Sorry I'm been a little slow posting the last couple of weeks.  My days have suddenly gotten a lot shorter thanks to the baby :)  I'm pretty much done for the day around 2 (just like the 1st trimester).  I don't know how to explain it, I feel like I am running around in circles and not accomplishing anything.  I'm exhausted all the time... LOL 

Now on to the little one.... she weighs 5 pounds right now and is about 18 inches long!!!! Can you believe that? She weighs as much a bag of sugar.  It blows my mind that I have a 5 pound baby that is about to drop out of me.  This last week I felt her "drop".  She's getting really low and pretty much taken over my bladder.  It feels like I go the bathroom about every 30 minutes.  When I went to the doctor last week he said she's already in the correct position (head down). Yeah!

Many of you have asked how I am sleeping these days. I have been sleeping pretty well up until this week. I've gotten used to sleeping on my side which was a challenge since I was a tummy sleeper before :)  This week has been a little bit different.  I am having back pain and have been waking RJ up to rub my back (he loves me right now, won't you??... ha ha).  This week especially (between bathroom breaks) I have been worrying about all the things on my "to do list".  Is this normal?? The nursery isn't finished completely and it seems like there is so much on the "list" that I can't get it all done especially with Christmas holidays coming up and us going out to the Moses' for a couple of days. I'm afraid I am going to be completely exhausted and stressed before she even gets here!!! RJ just doesn't understand.  People keep telling me that this is the time to relax and enjoy time with my family and RJ before she gets here but I can't do that because I still have too much to do.  I'm just hoping she waits until her due date to get here (I'm going to need all that time to get ready... ha ha).  So many of my friends have delivered around 36-37 weeks.  Hopefully that won't be us because that's only 2 weeks away, RJ's Big 30th birthday party and CHRISTMAS... yikes!

On a happy note, she is kicking and moving around like crazy.  My stomach feels like a popcorn machine :)  I think she's trying to turn around but obviously there is not enough room to do that anymore.  As Lane would say, "Her hotel stay at Mama's House of Love" is coming to an end and she's about to be evited soon... LOL"  In the meantime, I'm going to soak in the little moments while they are here.  She has had the hicups lately and it's too cute.  This is what I want to remember about my pregnancy :)

Now Booking for Holiday Parties! :)

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

County Jail

What a day! No, neither RJ nor myself were arrested today but we did spend the day at the county courthouse. You see, RJ had some business downtown  and I decided to tag along. What an eye opening experience. I saw people of all kinds. For some reason, I kept "beeping" as I went through the security check point. I got patted down twice and still don't know why I kept setting it off. I couldn't take off my rings because my fingers were swollen but the lady didn't think it was that.  

Now on to the interesting part. So I decided to sit for a while and take a load off when all of the studden 3 armed guards and a really mean looking tatooed guy in an orange jump suit (big black letters that read COUNTY JAIL on his back) and handcuffs passed within one foot of me. I about jumped out of my skin!!! I was talking to Ashley Rhodes on the phone at the time. I was scared to death and there was no place for me to hide. When he finally passed, I called RJ to come sit with me and told him about the "colorful" person I had just saw. Just about that time, 5 new Harris County orange jumpsuit prison mates walked in chained together and surrounded by guards started walking towards us. It was straight out of a scene of Shaw Shank Redemption!! I ran! Literally!! I left RJ in the dust.. Lol (sorry RJ- but every woman/man for themself!!) the good news about all of this is none of the inmates were murderers or anything (or so says the security guards). We
were in the family court building and all the inmates were there for not paying child support.

As usual and right on the dot, the baby girl and I got hungry at 11 so RJ and I walked down to this mall downtown (I didn't even know there was an indoor mall downtown called The Park) and ate Chick-Fil-A. So yummy!! On our 10 block hike back to the courthouse we noticed all these police cars SURROUNDING my car!! It was such a crazy day full of 1st!! We still don't know what was going on but there was a guy being arrested and put in the backseat of a police car.

As we speak, I'm sitting here at the courthouse just waiting for the next crazy thing to happen. What a wild day!

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Thanksgiving 2009

10 Things I Am Thankful For:

(in no particular order)

1. I am thankful that God died for our sins.
2. I am thankful we will be blessed soon with a precious baby girl.
3. I am thankful I have a wonderful and supportive husband.
4. I am thankful I have an unconditional and loving family.
5. I am thankful for my thoughtful friends.
6. I am thankful I have a cuddling Addy.
7. I am thankful for my health and my family and friends' health.
8. I am thankful that God has blessed me with the life I have and that I will be able to stay home with our kids.
9. I am thankful I don't have to go hungry at night.
10.  I am thankful that I don't have to worry about where I am going to sleep or how I'm going to stay warm.

I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving with their families and can take the time and remember what they are thankful for. Happy Turkey Day :)

Future Dad-to-be

As you all know, RJ doesn't read my blog (EVER!).  Why? He thinks its dumb and I agree sometimes.  Hopefully someone out there enjoys it :) Anyway, I just wanted to write a short little post about RJ.  A couple of nights ago I asked him to lock up and put Addy in her bed for the night.  He did and for some reason I came back into the kitchen after he had done this.  Addy has been sleeping in the laundry room lately because she was walking the bed at night and keeping us up.  Anyway (he would be embarrassed if he knew I was telling everyone this on my blog but since he doesn't read it I guess I will go ahead)....

Like I was saying, it was so cute I just had to tell everyone.  I went into the kitchen and happened to look over at Addison.  RJ had tucked Addy into her bed.  It was adorable!  He had put her little blanket on her and tucked in all the sides and her head was resting on the pillow.  I wish I could have gotten a picture of it. It just made me realize how wonderful of a father RJ is going to be.  He is so caring and has been so intuitive during our pregnancy.  He has made all but one doctor's appointment and he didn't go to that one so that my mom could go with me.  He also reads our pregnancy book every week to know what's going on.  I've heard this only happens during the 1st pregnancy but I am so proud of him for putting out the effort!  He's really had to put up with a lot from me.  He's so cute, when he comes home at night he loves to look at my belly.  He's fascinated with it and swears that he can tell when I grow a little each day.  I can feel how excited he is about the baby and it makes me so happy and feel so blessed to have such a wonderful and loving husband. Thank you God for RJ:)

Fun Baby Times!

Last weekend my closest girlfriends threw me a baby shower and it was SO MUCH FUN! We painted cute little onesies, ate some amazing food, and got to sit around and visit with long time friends. It was one of the best baby showers I have ever been to (I think I'm partial!). THANK YOU SO MUCH GIRLS! They made sure every little detail was perfect for me-- from the delicious Ohh La La cupcakes to the melt in your mouth chocolate bon bons everything was perfect. I can't begin to express how blessed I feel!!!! We took pictures but of course I forgot my camera so hopefully one of the girls will email me some pictures from the shower. In the meantime I'm going to post some "older" pictures I have of some of my bestest friends that were there!