What do YOU think of when you hear the word Monticello?????

I bet you don't think of large, attacking lightning bugs, now do ya?

I bet you don't think of Superman riding a bicycle???

And, I bet you don't think of a bathroom so small a pregnant lady could get stuck???

Well, I didn't either until last night.

I think we may have a future soccer player! She's kicking up a storm.

I thought it'd be too early for Dan to feel anything, but he was able to feel one of her kicks the other night.

My new stove is being delivered on Monday!!!!!!!!

The GE Profile, Dual Fuel with double oven!!! It has a true convection oven and I can't wait to try it out!

Sugar and Spice and everything nice...

that's what little girls are made of.

I was excited about being pregnant and having a baby, but there's something about knowing that you're having a girl that makes it all even more exciting. Now I can look at the baby section and know that I need to buy pink or purple. It's so much more fun to shop now that we know what it's going to be.

I've been going through a huge bag of baby clothes today. A friend from church asked if we'd like some t-shirts and onesies and I accepted the offer. I couldn't even imagine the amount of stuff she was talking about. The way she talked it sounded like just a few things. I don't think we'll even have to buy anything for the first 3 -6 months. It all looks brand new. I appreciate it all very much.

I think we've settled on a name.... I hope I don't change my mind again. :)

But you'll all have to wait till she's here to find that out!

Baby update

So I begin week 18 tomorrow. Time is going by quickly. I'm almost half way through the pregnancy. I have the big ultra sound next Monday and I'm anxious to get to see the baby and find out if it's a boy or girl. I have a feeling it's going to be a boy. Which, in the grand scheme of things is fine, but I really hope that at some point we are blessed with a girl.

I am almost postive that I felt the baby move today. I've been waiting for it cause they say that starting around week 16 you may start to feel little flutters and taps. I was laying down on the couch today and I'm pretty sure I felt it. It was very reassuring --cause I get paranoid at times....

Anyway, that's the baby news for now.

Happy Birthday to me...

...one day late! I meant to post something yesterday, but didn't get a chance since we were busy with birthday activities. We didn't do anything too exciting, but it was a nice day. I had a total of 5 people call me on the phone and sing to me. I'd have to say my favorite version was Becky with Maggie in the background singing the "cha-cha-cha's". Also, I kept getting a bunch of emails from people I know at church, but don't usually get emails from. They were all wishing me happy birthday. I finally got Dan to fess up and tell me that he'd sent out an email to a bunch of people telling them that Sunday was my birthday. So that explained the unexpected phone calls and emails. It was a nice gesture I guess...

So now that I'm 32, what will this year bring?

Another Friday Night

I thought I'd blog for a few minutes this evening before I go out. I'm not going anywhere exciting. Mom and dad are picking me up in about an hour and we're going to dinner and then to visit grandma at the nursing home. Where's Dan you ask? Well, tonight is his racing night and he's going straight from work to meet the guys. He races mini RCcars. They usually do this on Saturdays, but they had to change it this week. Luckily they only do this twice a month.

I didn't feel like sitting home by myself tonight so I called mom to see what they were doing. It'll be nice just getting out for a while.

coversation with our waitress

Dan and I went to Red Lobster the other night. We don't go there often, Dan doesn't like seafood too much. I, however, was hungry for some salmon. We sit down and our waitress comes over and our conversation goes something like this:

Waitress: Are you ready to order?

Me: Yes, do you have just a regular salmon entree?

Waitress: Yes, but we're all out of fresh fish today..

Me: You don't have any fish?

Waitress: I think we have flounder left and that's it.

Me: (looking at Dan) Do you want to go somewhere else?

Waitress: I let you talk about it and be back in a minute.


Isn't that the craziest thing. A seafood place is out of all their fresh fish! I really wanted salmon and didn't want to stay at RL if all I could get was chicken. So Dan and I were going to go somewhere else when our waitress came back and said they did have a few pieces left. So we stayed and the meal was very good. I just thought that was extremely ironic.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, DAD

Flashback

I found this picture and I just had to share it. This was my 9th birthday-my first slumber party. It was a Cabbage Patch Doll theme. Everyone was to bring their dolls. I didn't have one, but got a "homemade" one that day. I didn't get the real thing until 2 years later.

This picture just makes me happy when I look at it. It reminds me of how much fun I had growing up.

Notice my brother Kyle in the highchair holding my new doll....

The girls were all classmates of mine.
L-R
Connie, Becky, Jenny, Cindy, Kris, and Amy... and of course Kyle!

2 years!!!

Today is our 2nd Anniversary. June 4, 2005 Dan and I got married!!!!!It's hard to belive that it's been that long. It's funny how your life gets "divided" up into time chunks. Looking back there was the "time before I met Dan", now there's the "time before having children", and soon we'll start the new phase of "time afer having children". We've been blessed more than I could have ever imagined.

Someone's got a birthday!!!!!

Look who's turning 39 today! It seems like only yesterday that you were slamming the bedroom door in my face...

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For fun...

Here's few baby names that I"m thinking about--- opinions???


1. Beverely Fairfax
2. Sepulveda Marie
3. Bob Barker
4. Kitty Jr.
5. Rebecca Michelle
6. Michelle Rebecca
7. Eva May



Disclaimer:
This is only for fun, I am not in anyway seriously considering naming my child Sepulveda.

11 weeks and counting

I had my Dr. appt today. Dan went with me cause I figured they would try and listen to the heartbeat. I thought he might want to be there for that. Anyway, everything is looking good. We heard the heartbeat, which is just amazing. Dan keeps saying, "You have another human being in there". I know that, but if I think about it too much it kinda freaks me out.
I also lost 1 pound. How that happened I don't know, this past week I've felt like I've been eating non stop. I even wake up in the middle of the night and want to eat. I haven't yet, but I just might at some point.

Also, the Dr. finally gave me a due date. Pretty much what I thought. December 10

I"m also in that stage where I don't really need maternity clothes yet, but my regular clothes are not fitting like they should. It's frustrating cause instead of looking pregnant, I just look fat. I sometimes want to wear a sign that says, I'm not fat, just pregnant.

More to come....

Updates

Tonight was the last episode of my favorite TV show. Gilmore Girls is gone forever into tv history. I got curled up on the couch with my box of Kleenex and it's a good thing I had 'em. I'm not ashamed to say that I blubbered most of the way through the whole show! lol (I'm blaming part of that on my pregnancy hormones)

I am now 10 weeks along and the nausea is getting better. I've still been pretty confined to the house because I've been so dizzy and faint. As much as I'd like to get out of the house during the day, I'm leary of going anywhere for fear that I'll faint at the mall or walmart. So, my only activities have been ones where Dan can go too.

Here's some TMI for ya: Burping. I swear I am doing this 10x what I did before I got pregnant. It's driving me crazy! lol...

My new superhero power

This pregnancy thing is so bizarre. I was expecting the morning sickness, the fatigue, etc... but what I didn't expect was my new acute sense of smell. I'm not kidding, I could smell someone baking cookies across the street! Ok, so maybe it's not that good, but pretty darn close. I had to have Dan throw out a brand new bath and body wallflower yesterday cause I just couldn't take the smell anymore. I put it in before my nose went in to over drive. I loved the scent before I got pregnant, but now it makes me want to throw up. He couldn't even smell it anymore, but I could! And then there's this smell in the kitchen that I can't figure out. I've cleaned the sink, done the dishes and nothing helps. I never noticed it before, but now it makes me sick. And then there's my poor husband, after he sits in his office all day, he comes home with this scent on him. I can't describe it, but it's only there after he's been at work. It makes me want to throw up.
Ah, the joys of pregnancy.

Have you heard the news?

Just in case you haven't heard the latest news....

I'm pregnant!

Yep, there's a bun in the oven and it'll be ready to meet to world in December. The Dr. hasn't given me a specific due date, but I think it'll be Dec. 10 or 11.

I am almost 8 weeks and I'm looking forward to getting out of my first trimester. The nausea is taking it's toll on me.

I'll be posting more pregnancy info as the weeks go on, but that's it for now!

This makes me sick to my stomach

So last year we paid a good amount of money to have our flagstone patio pulled up and relayed. It looked so much better and we were pretty happy with the way it turned out. Well, after the ice storm and Ameren's truck trying to get down our neighbor's drive (which butts up against our patio) which drove over a 2ft width x about a 15ft length of our patio, it's now crumbled and sunken in. It looks horrible! It makes me sick. Then last week our neighbor rented a POD and that truck did the same thing and has made it even worse. You know Ameren isn't going to pay for the damages, and we like our neighbors and I don't want to create any hard feelings between us, but they made the problem worse! I guess it's just going to stay looking horrible. Oh, and a section of our concrete curb was completely smashed into the ground. It's now level with the neighbor's concrete drive. UGH!!!! Can you tell I'm upset??

In honor of Krista's questions

1 large, old, beige crock bowl: 4 dollars
1 medium brown crock bowl: 4 dollars
1 old metal milk crate: 2 dollars
1 old enamelware bucket : 1 dollar
1 flat of glassware: 50 cents
1 glass juice reamer: 1 dollar
2 old refrigerator dishes: 2 dollars
1 old gallon crock: 3 dollars
1 large, no huge, glass bottle (for making "moonshine") : 4 dollars

6 hours at the auction with Lori finding great old stuff: priceless

SOLD to the highest bidder!

So, I've discovered something very dangerous. Now that I know about it, it's going to take a lot of restraint to not go. What's the discovery??? A weekly auction here in town. I don't know how I lived in Decatur for almost 2 years without hearing about this sooner. But, I've found it and I'm hooked. I went today with Lori (my auction buddy) and we had a great time trying to get our favorite things for as cheaply as possible. I must say, we both did really well.

Can't wait to see what I find next week!