This morning feels like winter... Outside is a little grey and dreary, although I think the sun is going to come out at some point, inside the heat is running, im wrapped in a blanket, got my big fluffy slippers on, and am wearing a hoodie. Maybe its just the mood I'm in, I don't know.


Yesterday was one of those good, fun days. I went to Bible study in the morning and came home and washed the sheets and did all of the laundry, I even went as far as cleaning out the refrigerator!! It wasn't the most pleasant job in the world, believe me. Now every time I open the fridge to get something I'm pleasantly surprised at how clean and empty and organized it is. So I stand there and enjoy it for a second :) 


And the best part of all, I found out someone from my church is selling her crib, changing table, mattress, mattress pad, and some sheets..So I went over to her house to check it out, and I think that with a new paint job (its natural wood color that I'm not so into) it will look fantastic!! She was going to give me a GREAT deal on the whole lot, and then later in the afternoon she sent me a text saying that she and a couple other ladies are going to go together and give it to us as a baby gift!!! Ahh, I'm just so thrilled! God is so good in looking out for us, and providing for us. I'm so so blessed and so grateful. I can't wait to get my hands on it and sand it down and buy the paint. Perks to having a father as a painter...he is going to paint it with his sprayer. :) I just love good deals, and friends and family. ( i feel a teeny bit spoiled, but I decided to enjoy it to the fullest for now :)) 


Last night Dwayne and I went 'out'. Not necessarily on a date, but I've been wanting to go to Greenville and register at Babies R Us. (strictly for the $10 gift card and the 15% off coupons I had) And I also was looking for a dress for my brothers upcoming wedding, and the Old Navy there has a maternity clothes section. (which was really piddley in my opinion) I had no luck in finding a dress, but Dwayne found some really nice clothes to wear (he looks great in them ;)) 
Altogether it was SUCH a fun night! It was one of those nights where we just did whatever and had so much fun together, and just laughed and joked together. the kind that make you fall in love with your husband even more. I sound so mushy! haha But I loved every second of it. We were due for a fun night like that!! It was so adorable, at Old Navy I was looking at little girl clothes, I'm so bummed I missed the summer clearance, I had such good outfit ideas..anyway back to what was so cute..Dwayne was looking at the clothes too, and picked up these teeny little jeans and was like "these are awesome, I'm buying them". And anything that says 'Daddys Girl' on it he wants to buy. He's gonna be so cute with his daughter, I cannot wait to see it. He did want to register for a bib that said 'spit happens' on it though lol 


Today I'm going to be making a trip to the Humane Society to get info about getting Odie neutered...I know, interesting bit of information there. But its a pretty big deal, cause it had better make him quit marking his 'territory'. arg. I don't know why dogs think they have to do that.
anyhoo.. I gonna quit blabbing now. Have a great day all

Wow, Its been awhile since I've posted. I guess I was waiting until I had some pictures to go along with it.

Last weekend we went camping with 2 of our friends. It was a beautiful weekend! Perfect weather, and chilly enough to be comfortable around the fire, had delicious food. I loved it. Pictures to come!


Today I go to the Dr. for my 20 wk ultrasound. I'm excited about going, I love when I get to see her! I guess the Dr. will be looking at her spine and liver and brain, lots of other things, I'm not sure what all exactly.
Her little kicks and rolls are becoming much stronger, Dwayne finally was able to feel it last week. While we were camping I was sitting in my chair and had just gotten done eating dinner, and she starting moving around. She must have rolled because just under my belly button I felt the weirdest feeling, it was like a sliding, rolling ball. It was really neat. The other night Dwayne was poking and pushing at my stomach trying to get her to kick at his hand, but she wasn't doing it, so I said "Baby, kick daddy's hand", and she did!! It was so cool, coincidence or not. :)


Yesterday Ony and I went to Target to finish my Baby registry. I love doing things like that. Only it makes me really antsy to get started on the room and everything. I want to repaint it, and we don't have a crib or any of those things yet. We are remodeling an addition room, and Dwayne wants to wait until we are done with that to start on the Baby's room. Arg. Its gonna take forever!
For the changing table I am going to refinish an old dresser we have. I want to sand off all of the old paint, and possibly paint it white, maybe antique it a little. For the top of the dresser I'd like to try and get all of the paint off and varnish it. Anyway, that will serve as a changing table and dresser for her. Save us some $ right there. Maybe I can start on that, that way I feel like I'm at least doing something.


I already think about what its going to be like when she's here. I'm really excited to have those few weeks of no work, and just to be at home with the baby all day. I can't wait! I'm so tired of cleaning houses I want to scream. (ok, not quite, but I am sick of it)


I need to go and get myself ready for work. Have a great week all!

I think this one is my 18 wk belly                       Here is my 20 wk belly...i really think it gets bigger every day lately!!

It's FALL

From my title you can guess that it finally feels like fall outside!! I'm pretty excited to see the splash of color its going to bring:)


So Monday we went to the Dr and found out we are having a baby GIRL!!!  We are so so excited! Dr said she is looking good. We didn't really take a whole lot of time to look at her since it was just a 'quick peek' at no charge. I really like my Dr. :) I did see her little tiny bladder though because it was full. Really random. 


This past week was a really good one. Tuesday morning I went to MOPS with my friends Ony and Annie. It was a fun experience. I'm looking forward to going back. 
It was kind of a chilly rainy then sunny kind of week. One day Ony and I went out and picked some orange berries that I saw along side the road. We weren't quite sure if we were supposed to be picking them, so every time a car would come along we hid in the truck:) I love the adventures we get into together! 
The wreaths turned out really well. I'll post some pictures of them then. Friday we went to Spartanburg together and I bought some fall-ish decorations. Oh and some mums and pansies:) I love them! They bring a good pop of color to my porch.


Well suddenly I'm not feeling very chatty..so I will post wreath pictures and some new belly pictures. I REALLY don't feel as big as I look!! :) 

 The makings for the wreaths

 

 The almost finished product:)

Today marks 15 weeks!!!


My pregnancy seems to be going by so fast. 


 Baby is the size of an apple and is about 4 inches long, head to bottom. And weighs  about 2 1/2 ounces. Its kinda neat to be able to compare the size to something.
This morning I was adding a few things to my baby registry on-line. It is so much fun!! I found some adorable little washcloths and bath robes. It's funny how those kind of things can excite me. The tough part is knowing which brand and which style of bottles and bath tubs and car seats....the list goes on and on. But to know which one to get. I guess I'll have to talk to other moms and find out their favorites. Who knew certain bottles can give your baby gas and colic!! What is colic?? lol I have so much to learn. But I am SO ready for all of it. Its going to be nice to have a change of lifestyle again. Not cleaning houses so much, I'm super excited about that! I would love, love, love to move out of the trailer before the baby comes..Something with a little more space. My kitchen cupboards are already full to the max with dishes and pots and pans and whatnot.  But, if we are still here I'm sure I'll find a way to survive, and to be thankful for what I do have. 


So i tried laying out in the sun today...it was very difficult to find a comfortable position!! I can't lay flat on my back cause I have lower back pain if I do that. And so I tried laying on my stomach..that lasted for a little while but then there was too much pressure.I came to the conclusion that I need to buy a comfy chair:) 


This afternoon I'm meeting Katie at Larkins' for a dessert:) She is skipping out on cross country practice to meet me there...her idea:) I rather love it.
I've come to the conclusion that I need to start working out again! Its amazing how fast the jiggles come back, when you worked so hard to get rid of them! Not sure that I can tone up too much right now, but I'm sure gonna try and prevent any more from coming on!!  Funny how I talk about eating dessert and going to the gym in one paragraph. :)


Well, I should go and try to do something productive with my day, yesterday I cleaned 3 houses ( one was teeny tiny) but it wore me out!!! So I slept in until 9 this morning and I really haven't done much since then.


I'm cannot wait until Monday!!!! :) :) (i only mention that about twice a day)

Today has been one of those days....early this morning I was all motivated. I was going to wash my windows, inside and out. and clean my house from top  to  bottom...well, I got as far as cleaning the house. Which is pretty good I guess. I would have started on the windows too but turns out I didn't have a ladder available for me to use today. And I don't like starting something and finishing it another day. Also...I have a wretched toothache :( I am kinda stressin cause I'm afraid its going to cost A LOT to fix, and plus I know that I have more than one cavity, the others just aren't hurting me yet. Sigh. To have insurance. It would be a great, non- stressful thing. I know I need to trust God to provide, either financially, or through healing. But for some reason I'm having such a hard time with it. I'm afraid that if I pray for healing that God isn't going to heal them.And that would just be such a big dissapointment for me right now. Lord help me! 


Anyway...in other news...next Monday we find out if this little nugget is a boy or a girl. I'm so excited, I can't wait to take a look at him/her again. It's such an amazing experience! I felt it move again on Friday. :) I absolutely love it!! I can't wait until its kicks are stronger. I'm really debating buying a home doppler off of amazon..that way I can listen to the heartbeat any time that I want to. Not that I worry about it at all, it was just be a really cool thing. I think maybe I will.Dwayne thinks its kindof ridiculous to get one, but I'm pretty sure that once he hears the heartbeat he would think its cool.:) 
Last night I dreamt I had the baby...it was a girl:) The past few nights in my dreams, no matter how crazy they are, whether I'm married in my dream or not, I'm always pregnant. haha Its kinda funny. Must be its a very real thing to  me by now. 


This coming weekend is church camping...I'm trying to get pumped about going...it hasn't happend yet lol I'm sure it will be fun once we get there, it will be cooler in the evenings, and we'll have a fire and all...great fall things:)
Well, I'm gonna go crash for a little bit.
Have a great week all!

I got the urge to take belly pictures today, so I will share...it has gotten bigger since the last time I posted a picture :) I'm almost positive I felt the baby move the other night!! It was like two little pops right in a row, I think maybe it had made a whole body movement. Its so exciting!!

 14 weeks and counting!! :)

 the jeans are feeling a little snug!

 PS..I'm not really that pale yet, blaming it on the flash:)

 This cute little stinker!

 He's not big on pictures. It just kinda cracks me up how I'm very 'grinny' and he totally isn't!!

Time for another update :) 

This morning did not start out very super for me, I went to bed last night with a headache, and woke up this morning and it was even worse. I popped a tylenol, (not very helpful, but oh well) pulled my trusty ice pack out of the freezer and went back to bed...it helped for a few hours:)

For some reason, lately, Odie (my dog) has been SO IRRITATING!!! He whines and whines, and I can't even walk past the front door and he goes crazy thinking I'm going to go outside. I think maybe its all of these crazy hormones. I asked Dwayne the other day if Odie seems more annoying than usual, and he said "no, pretty sure its just you." Super. Ahh well, I'll get over it eventually.  I took the poor little guy to the vet this morning, he has these itchy little scabs all over, and it turns out he is allergic to flea bites. :( $78 in meds. Yay!

Anyway....enough about the annoying little bugger...The other day I sat down and read the introduction to this book,  

'Pure Joy' by Crystal Wade and Arthur Burk. I recommend it to any parent-to-be, or parent. It speaks a lot on nurturing your childs' spirit, and raising their capacity for Joy. " The soul has a huge potential for different kinds of joy. For one person its making music, for another it is scoring a touchdown. The spirit, however, has the greatest potential for joy. There are so many facets of our spirits' relationship with God that are designed to produce different flavors of joy in our spirit. And this treasure of spirit-based joy is usually the most over-looked, under-developed of all--to our loss."   This book has blessings written in it to pray over your child  to develop and nurture their spirit, and bless them with so many different facets of joy, such as joy in obedience to the Father.

Now, I can't say that I understand everything, but what I know is that I want the absolute best for my baby. I want my child to know God on such a deep personal level, at a much earlier age than I ever did. I'm excited to pray these blessings over my child, and see what God does in his/her life.

I've also borrowed a CD from my mom, called Bach at Bedtime. This kind of cracks even me up, I'm not a huge fan of classical music. But I'm so aware of the things that the baby hears and takes in. Whatever I hear on the radio/TV he/she hears as well. So I figured, why not some soothing, beautiful music. :) I plan to buy a copy of the CD myself and play it after the baby is born while it sleeps. Who knows, maybe it will inspire the little thing to be a musician. lol I also want to get a CD of songs of Blessings. I just need to find one.

The baby is now the size of a medium shrimp :) 

(that shrimp looks rather disgusting to me at the moment.)

I can't wait until I can feel it move!! Some days I sit or lay down and just concentrate on trying to feel it. I'm only at 13 weeks though, so I know that it is a long shot. This Baby excites me like nothing else!! (if you haven't noticed lol) Well, I'm going to go and take Odie for a walk..I'm feeling kind of bad that I get so annoyed with him.:) 

Tonight we are going to the high school football game, they are playing the Landrum Cardinals. Dwayne was telling me he saw signs out in Columbus and one read "Go POLK, De-feather those Cardinals" haha it cracked me up!! I got a mental image of this poor, plucked little birdie.lol (maybe I have a strange sense of humor) Anyhoo....I hope you all have a great week. God Bless!

BABY!-

So today we went for my first ultrasound!!! It was the most amazing, exciting, miraculous thing I have ever experienced!! To see the little hands and legs and feet. It was SO active!! He/ she kept throwing kicks and flailing its arms, and rolling over. It was amazing, it brought me to tears. It was also awesome to see Dwayne's reaction to seeing it, he said he doesn't think he has ever been more proud of anything in his life.:) Seeing him so excited about it made it all the more exciting for me. Its crazy how you can love a little tiny thing so much already, I can't imagine how it will be once the baby is born. Well I will update more later, enjoy the pictures!!

Another Week Down

So here it is, Saturday morning again. Only this morning is not fall-ish at all, but it is a little cooler than some mornings have been.


This past week has flown by for me, lately it seems they do. I do a lot of sleeping, maybe that is why. I feel kinda bad for Dwayne, the other night he asked me when I'm going to be normal again. He said I'm always tired or sleeping, or kinda moody. He has been doing really great with it though. He offers to make supper some nights, and he even sorted and started the (gigantic pile of) laundry yesterday :) I am ready to feel 'normal' again too. Not that I think I'm all that different, I know I am tired a lot, especially on days that I work. But, this too shall pass. :)


On Monday I go for my first Dr. appointment!! It's going to be a super boring one though, just lots of paperwork and family  history info, and making a payment of course. The next one they schedule though, will be FUN! I'll have my first ultra sound, and hopefully get to see and hear this little nuggets' heartbeat. I cannot wait!! It will be fun to see, and also just a confirmation that there is for sure a growing baby in there:) Oh, and to see if I'm for sure almost 8 weeks along. Hoping I'm not any less than that!
I found this awesome website, and weekly it will tell me what all is happening in there, what progress the baby is making. It's so much fun! This past week it should have been growing little hands and feet,and should have a pancreas  and an appendix:) And a little working liver. And lots of other things. All in a little 'blueberry' sized baby! SO strange and awesome to think all of that is going on. What an awesome God we have!! 


Well thats about all I have to talk about, I think I will go make some pancakes and drag Dwayne out of bed to eat with me :)


Have a great week!


Here is a belly pic, 7 1/2 weeks...and almost all BLOAT! It makes the little pudge I had before stick out even more, but hey, I guess it looks like a baby belly :) When I have a 'real' belly I'll post another picture.

Here we go!

Hey there! 

I'm a first timer here with a blog, so hopefully I won't be boring, and will keep up with this as much as I would like to.

This morning is a very lazy Saturday morning, I felt inspired to write because its kind of cloudy outside, and I had my coffee and (a doughnut :)) and my new WoodWick candle burning (which I absolutely love). And so it felt like a cozy fall day...until the AC kicked in that is. But hey, a girl can dream, not? 

I'm surprised at myself that I'm ready for fall, I just admitted it to myself a few days ago. This has been one HOT and dry summer, it hit triple digits many days. So its about time for a little relief!

Oh and another thing that made it feel like fall to me, is I used a hand lotion this morning that I had been using last fall. Weird what certain smells can make you feel! But, now I'm afraid the smell of it is making me nautious (sp?) I guess thats all part of this whole pregnancy thing:) I love it all!! Don't get me wrong, I'm getting pretty tired of constantly being tired, and feeling pukey if I don't eat something every two hours. But, I have very much to be thankful for, I haven't thrown up yet, woo-hoo!! So compared to some, I have a very mild case of the whole 'morning sickness' thing.

I've just been thinking lately about this Baby coming, actually its pretty much all I have been thinking about since I got that positive test.

But just thoughts of what kind of mother I will be, and the kind of mother that I WANT to be. And all of the values I want to teach this child, being respectful, honoring others, being REAL, to love God, and be sensitive to the Holy Spirit.  The last two would be the most important to me, because once you have that in your life, the rest will all fall into place. 

Sometimes it can seem a bit huge to me, because I look at my own life, and the times I make mistakes, and the times that I may not be sensitive to the will of God. And I'm just like, HOW am I going to teach a child, when I myself mess up? But I think that is where God will step in and handle things. Not excusing my mistakes, but perhaps to give a 'life lesson'. 

Ahh, its all very exciting! Cannot wait to meet this Baby Nugget of Preciousness. As my sister Katie would say. :)

Well I think I am done rambling for the day, the dog is whining at me to be let outside anyway.

Maybe sometime I'll add some pictures.

Have a wonderful day All!!