Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, moms-to-be and fur baby moms out there!!! I am hoping to get back in here and write an update soon but I still have 1 more work trip this week from Thurs-Sun! So hopefully after this I will be back!

I'm outta here!

Well I figured I would do one last update before I leave tomorrow. I'm out of here until Weds for a work trip to Orlando. It should be a good time but of course I'm nervous about flying. And even more nervous about flying with a baby in my belly! But I will be ok and I just can't wait to get there. It will be good to see all of my field sellers from work for a few days and be out of the office.

On Thurs is my glucose test at the doctors. Hoping that everything goes ok with that! I think I should be ok but you just never know. So that will be a fun time sitting there for an hour until they do the blood draw. I hate needles though so this is not going to be fun!

In other news, I ordered and recieved our invites for the shower! I love them and they turned out really good. I designed them myself and it only cost me 50 cents to print them on vistaprint including shipping! So I'm very pleased and will probably use them again to do my birth announcements once the baby is born.

I also ordered our crib and changing table. It had been out at Babies R Us. I just by chance was looking at my registry yesterday and it was available so I ordered it before it wasn't anymore! I was supposed to get an email when it was back in stock but that never happened for some reason. Oh well! It has now shipped so we should get it by Thurs I think the tracking said. We won't be assembling it for probably another month or so but that's ok. As long as it's up before the shower so we can bring everything in I will be happy. And the changing table came from Amazon because it was cheaper by 30 bucks plus I saved some shipping too. So all in all i'm very happy that it's on it's way and no more waiting!

Well I think that's all for now. I will try to update between trips but not sure I will be able to!

Time is ticking away....

Time seems to be going slow but then I look back and it has gone so fast! I only have 15 weeks left which seems like forever and tomorrow at the same time. We just got the baby's room cleared out (Ben's mom was in there) and so we can just now start work on it. Just a few little things to do - we have to sand down the trim and repaint it, we had some patches on the walls and we need to sand them down some more because they were poorly done the first time around because we were in a hurry. Then we need to repaint that. And we need to replace the trim around the door. So not too much to do, if we had the time we could probably get it done in one weekend but I don't think our schedules will work like that. So hopefully in the next two weeks we can get that stuff done so I can start cleaning and decorating the room.

We did get our bedding set yesterday (see above) and it's absolutely adorable!! I love that it's not over the top pink, it has lots of brown, green, red, and other colors. I got a great deal on EBay for a 13 piece set and then we also bought the lampshade that matches. Just need to buy a lamp base for that and then a mobile and the crib will be all set! As for the crib and changing station - I think I am going to be ordering that in the next few days here because I think the crib is on clearance at Babies R Us. So it said something about saving 10% when you buy clearance plus it's free shipping. So I will probably order both pieces now and get it over with, which is why I would like to get the stuff done in the room. Hopefully we can get this stuff done within the next month or so before the shower so I can bring everything home from the shower and start putting it where it needs to go!

We did go and register at Babies R Us last weekend which was a fun experience! Ben still doesn't understand why we need to register at two stores (we are going to Target this weekend to finishregistering there) but he doesn't understand not everyone can get to a Babies R Us! Luckily the one in Chapel Hill will be done with their remodel soon and so people will be able to shop there. Although I was there last weekend and they had plenty of stuff so that was good. So people might not be able to find everything on registry if they go there but they should be able to find some stuff. I'm excited to finish up our Target registry this weekend. And I think I'm going to order our shower invites online in the next few days as well. I designed them myself so I just have to send them off to the printer to be printed. Everything is starting to come together!!

I am going to be travelling for work coming up next weekend and I will be gone off and on for the next few weeks. I'm gone April 24-28 in Orlando, May 2-5 in Nashville, and then back to Orlando May 13-16. So it will be a busy next few weeks and then before you know it, it will be time for our shower in June!

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter Everyone!

Since our anniversary is coming up we went out last night with my parents to celebrate. We went and had dinner at Hoggy's in Independence. It was really good. Everyone had been there before but me! It was a BBQ place and it was pretty darn good! We will be going back there. Then we went and saw Clash of the Titans in 3D. Not my pick but everyone else wanted to see it so I went for them. It was different because I don't think I've ever been to a 3D movie before. Again, not a movie that held my interest but that's ok.

I also want to say a big CONGRATS to our friends Melanie and Brian. Their son Mason William was born last night (Saturday, April 3) at 9:19 pm. She did end up having to have a c-section because after being induced Friday night at 7:30 she had made no progress at all. He was 9 lbs 12 oz and 21.5 in long. Because he was so big they don't think she would have been able to deliver him naturally anyways so it worked out for the best. He is currently in the special care unit though due to Mel being diabetic and the baby needing to get used to no insulin. He will be fine though but they have to watch him so they moved him down there. We did go up and visit this morning but we weren't able to hold him because he was in that unit. But we did get to visit with him and I will have to come back and post pictures. I am going over tomorrow as well so maybe he will be out of there if things go well tonight with regulating his sugar.

We did spend Easter at Ben's Grandpa's house. He made a huge feast as usual - ham, chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, peas/corn, buttered noodles, coleslaw and rolls. I'm still so stuffed I feel like I can't move!! It was Ben's grandpa, me, Ben, Ben's mom, her boyfriend, my mom and my stepdad. My parents didn't really have anywhere to go for Easter so they came to his house. It was good to see them :) And it was such a beautiful day out so it was nice to be able to relax outside. It was one of the first Easter's in a while that it hasn't snowed or rained around here.

Well this week I am supposed to be on jury duty so we will see how that goes. I know I don't have to report tomorrow but not sure if I will be called at all the rest of this week. Hopefully not seeing as I have plenty to do at work. But we will see!!

Have a great week everyone!

Update finally

How far along are you today?: 23 weeks exactly
How have you been feeling this week?: Pretty good overall
Any morning sickness?: None!
Gender prediction (if you don't know yet): It's a girl! :)
Food cravings?: Fruit, lots of fruit
Food dislikes?: Same as before. Nothing in particular right now though
Smells dislikes?: Not really

So it's been a little while since I haven't updated. Been kind of busy. I started a scrapbook for baby girl though! I spent last weekend doing that. I still have a lot of catching up to do on my regular scrapbooks though. I am supposed to go scrapbooking on Friday though with my friend so that should be fun.

We did finally buy our stroller as well. I found one we liked and had good ratings and reviews so I decided to just buy it. We have plenty of other things people can buy for us! So that's one thing down, 8000 to go :) I'm very excited about registering for our shower though! We are waiting until after Easter though because they usually reset stuff after Easter so I just want to be sure everything will be available come time for our shower so I don't want to register too soon. We are going to register at Babies R Us and Target. Plus the Babies R Us by our house is in the middle of a remodel right now and we can't register right now anyways because they have limited inventory until that's over. So we wait. Hopefully the end of this month we will be able to register. Still working on the rest of the details for the shower - I think we have the date but we are still trying to confirm that it will work for our church since that's where we want to have it. If not, we will probably have to move the location because it's the only day that will really work for us without me being further along! So June 13th it is hopefully!

I had a doctors appointment yesterday as well. I think I was only up 2 lbs from my last appointment but I forgot to ask for sure. I think my total gain is only about 3 or 4 lbs from pre pregnancy because of the weight I lost in the beginning. I am starting to show pretty well now but I would hope so since I'm almost 6 months! Heartbeat sounded good and was at about 150. Everything else was going well - my next appointment will be the glucose appointment so I will be sitting there awhile! I will have to remember to take a book to read while I wait. After that appointment I will start going every 2 weeks. I have some travelling coming up but they said that was ok. Still makes me nervous since I don't like to fly as it is but they say everything will be ok so I trust them :)

We also got our air ducts cleaned on Monday. We found a coupon in the paper and we have been wanting to get it done for a little while now because we get so much dust in our house. Unfortunately, I haven't noticed a difference yet with the dust but maybe it takes a few days to clear the air?? I am hoping to be able to open the windows tomorrow and the rest of the week to air out the house some since it's supposed to be warmer. Maybe that will help with clearing the air. We ended up spending additional money to get an extra main duct and our furnace cleaned to help with the air with the baby on the way and my asthma, we are hoping it was worth the extra money because it was a hefty bill after it was all said and done with!

Oh and finally I think we finally have a name for our little girl - took us a while to decide on one that we both wanted. The name we choose was Patricia Grace. I will either call her Tricia, Trish or Grace. Patricia, Pat, Patty, Patsy all just sound too old for me. So that's what we have settled on for now.

17 weeks and counting!!

Just wanted to pop in real quick

and give the results of our ultrasound yesterday. It's a girl!! Mixed feeling of course on it but happy the baby is healthy and fine!

We wanted a boy for family name reasons and of course we have agreed on a name for a boy. No name has been agreed upon for a girl. Ben won't budge on the name thing which is starting to annoy and upset me. But he doesn't care. So this is oging to be a long few months...

Update for the week - 19 weeks

How far along are you today?: 19w5d
How have you been feeling this week?: Doing good. Still worrying a lot as usual!
Any morning sickness?: Nope
Gender prediction (if you don't know yet): I still keep going back and forth. EVERYONE thinks it's a boy but we find out tomorrow so that will hopefully but this debate to rest finally!
Food cravings?: Fruit still
Food dislikes?: Nothing new
Smells dislikes?: Nothing new
What are you looking forward to?: Tomorrow to find out what we are having!

I also wanted to post that Ben finally got a promotion at work! That means more money which we really could use right now!! We don't know how much, he should find that out tomorrow which will be nice but I'm just excited he finally got something! He has been acting manager of that store for weeks now and it's nice that they gave him some credit.

Can't wait for this appointment tomorrow. I just hope everything looks good with the baby and that they tell us everything is good. I worry too much :) And hopefully baby cooperates and we can see what baby is!

Cravings Update

So I need to update the cravings thing...definitenly fruit, chinese food and pickles. Not together but I'm def. craving them. I especially want fruit! Too bad I can't get decent fruit yet...soon enough though!!

Also, I started to feel the baby kick this week. It's not just flutters (which I never really felt). It's like these pushes from inside my belly. So wonderful to feel! I was starting to get worried there. But I feel them mostly in the afternoon right after lunch and some times at night when I get home.

I think that's all for now!

Update for the week

How far along are you today?: 17w5d
How have you been feeling this week?: Good, still worrying a lot. The emotional side has also def. kicked in now. I feel like I cry all the time. Especially over things that I would normally just get mad about.
Any morning sickness?: Nope
Gender prediction (if you don't know yet): I go back and forth daily but only 2 weeks until we find out!
Food cravings?: Nothing really this week I don't think...
Food dislikes?: Still the same things as before. Nothing new really.
Smells dislikes?: Nothing new
What are you looking forward to?: Finding out in two weeks what we are having!!

Well this last week has been crazy. There have been some crazy things going on at Ben's work and they have just gotten worse. But hopefully it's over now and things will be fine. Again, I worry a lot.

Melanie's baby shower was yesterday. It was a good time. She got a ton of stuff!! There were a few things she still needs but I'm sure she will get them now that the shower is over. Hopefully she gets everything ready - she is getting induced in 6 weeks. I will come back and post pics once I get them off my camera.

Speaking of cameras - I got a new one! My sister had gotten a new one I guess I just couldn't resist. It's blue and I'm so excited to have it! Now to just start using it and getting some pictures taken!

I'm still doing and feeling good with the pregnancy - I guess I just feel weird right now because there are days where I just don't feel pregnant which almost scares me because at almost 18 weeks I feel like I should feel that way. I don't know why I don't? Oh well...I just can't wait for my appointment in 2 weeks to know everything is ok. I don't feel like I'm getting very big either which is strange to me. I feel like I should be bigger. I just keep praying everything is ok and try not to worry too much :)

Well I think that's all for my update for now...my computer is still being stupid so I will try to keep updating but if I don't thats why!

More for me...

So I am creating a little survey of sorts that I am going to try to post each week, it's more for me so I can remember how i was doing and feeling throughout my pregnancy...but first lets start with some important dates I want to remember...

Found out we were pregnant: Dec. 14, 2009
First OB Appointment: January 13, 2010
First Ultrasound: January 20, 2010 (Ben's Birthday!)
Gender Ultrasound: March 9, 2010

I'm very much a worrier so I can't wait until my appointments to hear the heartbeat and know everything is ok. If I could go every week just to hear that I would be so happy :) Yeah, I'm crazy...now for this little survey (that I'm going to create because I can't find the blog I saw it on once...)

How far along are you today?: 16w5d
How have you been feeling this week?: Good, still going to bed early but I really think that's because of what time I get up. Had a few time where I got nausous because of food. THought that was supposed to be over??
Any morning sickness?: Nope
Gender prediction (if you don't know yet): I think girl, everyone in our families thinks boy
Food cravings?: Nothing really, I crave sundaes with whip cream a lot but I have yet to get one...
Food dislikes?: Ground beef, except in very certain things (burger from Swensons and taco bell chalupas)
Smells dislikes?: Food cooking - which is not good for my husband lol. I just can't stand the smell!!

Maybe I will add more questions as I think of them but that's all for now...

Next weekend is Melanie's shower. Came up pretty quick, seems like just yesterday she told us she was pregnant and now she is due in about 6 weeks. Crazy to think! Then I should be about 4 months behind here with our little one.

Not much else going on, Ben's work has been a little crazy. His manager got fired the other day and I thought Ben was pretty much in for the position but now I am not so sure. Which sucks because it would have been a substational raise, and he makes so little now, anything would help. They ahven't even given him the assistant manager position yet - he's still in the trial period. So now raise there yet. It just sucks. We will see though what hapepns. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he gets it even though he hasn't been there long.

My computer is broke right now so hopefully my mom can get it fixed. Not sure what is wrong with it! It just freezes up for some reason and won't get unstuck. Nothing I do helped so I'm borrowing my mom's laptop while she tries to fix mine. I really hope we don't have to spend the money to take it in to get fixed!

We get our bonus at work next week and I'm very excited because I ordered a new camera! Mine right now works fine but my sister got a new one and I liked it so much that i just had to get it! And the price was only $120 after tax...and it's blue :) I love blue! It's a pretty good step up from my current camera - my current is 8.2 megapixels and 3x zoom, the new one is 12.2 mp and 5x zoom. So I'm pretty happy with that for the price. Just have to wiat for it to be shipped to the store - I did that so I didn't have ot pay for shipping! But it's saying it could be Feb 24-Mar 2 before it arrives at my store. That seems like a bit long! So hopefully it won't be that long but we will see...

I think that's all my updates for now! Have a great Valentines Day!

RIP Harley Hog Boyd

Yesterday was a very sad day for us...we had to put our Harley Hog to sleep. Back in December they found a tumor in his stomach and cancer through most of his body. They gave him a month or so and he fought it out for almost two months. He just declined a lot the last few days and he wasn't eating. So Ben took him to the vet yesterday and they were surprised he was still alive because he had dropped so much weight and wasn't doing well. I miss him so much already. I just keep crying...but I know he isn't in pain anymore. We are having him cremated so he will be back home with us next week. RIP Harley Hog....we will miss you so much...:*(

Doc Appt today!

So just a quick update. Went to the doctors office today - everything is good. I am 15 weeks, 6 days today. I have finally started to show, at least people are noticing it so I must be. I have only gained 2 pounds, doctor said not much to be worried about really. So I'm not too concerned. I eat and I eat well so I'm not worried yet. I'm sure the weight will come :) Heartbeat was around 150. I have started to get headaches a lot which sucks but there's not a lot I can do about it. The doctor thinks it might be sinus related, so I am going to try Claritan and see if that helps.

As far as foods, I am still doing ok with that. I still can't really cook anything because raw meat still grosses me out. I am still not too good with ground beef. Here and there I can do something but not often. I am finally able to eat Chipotle again (I was worried there for a few weeks!). Other than that not much else that's crazy. I do have a hard time sleeping right now, I toss and turn all night. I am generally in bed by 8:30 or 9 though so I get in plenty of sleep since I'm up at 5:45 usually.

We go back to the doctor to find out what we are having on March 9th so I'm counting down the days to that appointment already! I think Ben, my mom, my sister and Ben's mom will all be coming so it will be a crowded room. A lot of people are convinced it's a boy, but I'm pretty sure it's a girl. Probably ebcause everyone else thinks it's a boy :)

Work is going well, got a raise which was nice. Now we just need Ben to get in to a new job (which hopefully will happen in the next few months), then we will be doing better. So that's about all for now!

The Big News

So I was supposed to come back over week ago and put this up but I didn't - opps! Our big news is we are pregnant!!! We couldn't be more excited. We did find out in December (at the doctors office after I thought I had some kind of stomach bug!) but we didn't want to announce until we had been to the doctors and had our first ultrasound. I'm really excited about it and so is Ben. Our families are happy becuase it is the first grandchild for both of our parents. I've been feeling much better lately too...I was really sick in December and the beginning of January. But I'm doing much better now but I am still sleeping a lot. I get so tired around 9 pm so I don't stay up much later than that but that's ok! :) Here is our first ultrasound of our little one!


Bens birthday was on Jan. 20th and we went out to Olive Garden with my parents and his mom to celebrate. We had a good time and they came out with a cake and sang happy birthday to him! Then on Saturday we went out to a bar in the valley called Coopers and hung out with our friends Mel, Brian, Kyle and Liz. It was a good time. We left there about midnight and then my sister called and wanted us to come meet her and my mom in Montrose at Brubakers for a drink. So we went out there and meet them for a little bit. We didn't get home until 2 am (which was wayyyy past my bedtime!). But it was a good night and we had a good time celebrating Ben's 27th birthday!



Work is still going well. Just slowing down slightly now. We have started to catch up on a lot of stuff so it's going to but now I get bored some times! Next week we find out what our raises and bonuses are so I"m excited and nervous about that. We will see how it all goes! I am going to be travelling at the end of April and beginning of May to two different tradeshows. One is in Orlando and the other is in Nashville. I've never been to Nashville so I'm really excited to go there and I've never been to that show either so it should be a great time! It will be rough becuase it's two weekends in a row but then I will get to relax after that until the baby is born! I might try to go to one more some time in May but I'm not certain yet.

Well that's all for now! I will be updating after my next appt on Feb 8th (if not sooner!).

Fun night

Last night was a fun night. We went over to Danielle's house for a get together for Matt's birthday (Danielle's boyfriend). It was a good time. It was Danielle, Matt, me, Ben, Willie, Beanie and the kids there. We just sat around and talked for a while and then we ate. After that they got the Wii started up and we played Mario Kart (which is actually really fun!) and then the guys played bowling then a shooting game. It was a really fun night even though Danielle couldn't talk becuase she had surgery on Weds. I felt so bad for her :(

This week has been a really good week. Have some exciting news to come on Weds (don't know why I am not sharing now becuase I don't think anyone reads this but I will on Weds). Not doing much this weekend besides relaxing. Hopefully this week at work goes quick, my boss will be out so maybe that will give me something to do! Work has died off some lately and I'm getting bored again. I need to start finding things to do!

Well I hope everyone has a great week!