Oh My Sweet Brian...

My friend, Amberly, tagged me on her blog. So, here goes:

1. Who is your man? Brian

2. How long have you been married? 4.5 years

3. How long dated? Exactly 1 year

4. How old is your man? 36, I think

5. Who eats more? He does, but sometimes I can!!

6. Who said “I love you” first? I did, of course.

7. Who is taller? He is

8. Who sings better? That is a toss up, neither one of us can sing! So I think I sing better in a bad way.

9. Who is smarter? Oh, He is for sure.

10. Whose temper is worse? That again is Brian.

11. Who does the laundry? That's my "job". One of many.

12. Who takes out the garbage? Both of us, but I wish he would do it more. I hate to take out the trash.

13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Right side facing the bed, I do.

14. Who pays the bills? NOT ME! OMG, with my background, not me.

15. Who is better with the computer? Brian, again.

16. Who mows the lawn? Brian

17. Who cooks dinner? UGH, that is another one of my jobs.

18. Who drives when you are together? He does, I hate to drive.

19. Who pays when you go out? He does, (ref. #14)

20. Who is most stubborn? He is.

21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? I do, just to shut him up.

22. Whose parents do you see the most? Both sets, we are very, very lucky.

23. Who kissed who first? I'm sure he did. But I would have!!

24. Who asked who out? He asked me out.

25. Who proposed? He did, but I almost had to.

26. Who is more sensitive? Me, he's has no sensitivity at all. I have to prompt him.

27. Who has more friends? I think we're about even. But true long time real friends, he does.

28. Who has more siblings? Both even.

29. Who wears the pants in the family? He does, I wouldn't like to have that job.

Thanks Amberly, that was fun.

Mac & Cheeeeese

Isabella is so darn cute, I had to get the camcorder out this evening to tape her. She ripped off her diaper and sat in her daddy's lap to be spoon fed her mac & cheeeeese. She says it as if she is singing it, mac & cheeeeeeese, it is so cute. For dinner tonight she ate, a banana and a half, some mac & cheese, 2 tiny boxes of raisins and quite a bit of daddy's rice. She has a huge appetite. But she won't eat most of the time for dinner, so I was happy she ate tonight.

We have been playing with the idea of the big girl potty. She sits on it with diaper on and off. She tells me when she has tee teed in her diaper, she tells me when she poops in her diaper and she tells me when she needs to poop but it won't come out. I really think she is getting ready. I bought her some Elmo panties to wear, but she's not sure what they are for. As soon as I am feeling better in the morning and no so darn tired, I'm going to give it a shot. If she's not ready, we'll stop and play with the potty some more. I just don't want to ruin my brand new carpet. The dog hasn't even messed in the brand new house yet, and she doesn't even have a doggy door. I really, really want Bella to be potty trained before the new baby arrives, so I have until April. Let's hope it works. I'll keep posting about it.

New Hair Color

For my birthday I asked to have my hair colored the same as my roots. Since getting pregnant, my hair has grown alot and has gotten darker, like much darker than my usual dirty blonde. So, I was excited to get my hair colored brown. It is really dark for me. But it is exactly my root color. So that being said, my natural hair color is no longer blonde. I'm sad about that, but I don't look like TPT anymore. I am now a medium dark headed.

On another note, my hair is so wild! Before I got pregnant with Isabella, my hair was very straight and I dreamed about having hair with a little wave in it. Only thing I didn't do was dream of ALL my hair to be wavy. Now I have some parts of my hair wavy, some parts straight as a board. My stylest laughts her butt off at how crazy my hair is, it suck. I HAVE to fix it to make it look decent. By fixing it I have to wash it daily, blow dry it and use a hot flat iron on it to make it straight and decent to be in public. But, needless to say, I don't get to wash it daily, I don't blow it dry and I don't us a flat iron on it every day. I hate my hair. That was all with the first pregnancy. I am praying that it either goes back straight or ALL becomes wavy, dark is fine! I'm dealing with that, but this crap I am putting up with for the last 20 months really does suck. I don't have time to fix my hair. If I had time and energy, that would be great and I would fix it. UGH. I'll stop now.

Isabella's Hand...

Isabella stayed at my parents last Friday night so Brian and I could go to eat dinner and not run home to fetch her from a sitter. My mom's kitchen is not practical and they have the toaster on the kitchen table. My sweet, adventurous and curious daughter wanted to check things out and climbed on a chair (she's been climbing since she was 9 months). Mom should have known to watch her, but she and dad were getting ready for dinner. So, she climbed up on the chair and put her HAND on the HOT toaster while it was toasting bread. OMG, I was so mad when she told me, I mean come on, Honey!! Anyway, she then told me she calmed down after a while and started playing and forgot it was hurt. She told me this Saturday afternoon while we were at my nephews 8th birthday party. Isabella was at Honey's house taking a nap and Poppy would be bringing her as soon as she woke up. When she got the the party, she was happy and I had forgotten about the hand. When we got back to Honey's I took a look at her hand and it was all red and bubbles had formed. I was even more mad. Her sweet little bitty hand was really bad burned and she didn't even put anything on it. So, her little hand has had blister on it and they keep popping, and it's red in the creases of her palm. I need to take pictures of it and post. I'm so sad for her to have to feel that pain at her young 20 month old little life.

Yesterday

So, Yesterday was my birthday and boy was I surprised with what Brian got me. Very surprised!! I got Halloween decorations. Yep, you read it correctly, Halloween decorations. I think I may be still in shock. He was so darn happy, and it was a very cute idea and Bella and I had fun watching him put it up, but Halloween decorations for my birthday. That's alright, he will get 4th of July decorations for his next birthday, since his birthday is July 1st!!! HA, HA, HA, I just can't wait!!

Tonight he is taking me to my favorte resturant in the world, Javier's! I could just eat the salsa and chips all night but I think I'll try my favorite steak and pray I can actually eat it and not get sick. This morning sickness, that last all day long, is still alive!!

Tomorrow

Well, tomorrow is my 32nd birthday and the things I want, I can't have because I am expecting. This time around I can't even go get a pregnancy massage, because I have 3 more weeks until I'm out of the first trimester. UGH. I would love a new designer purse, but I have to get a new diaper bag in just a few months, I would love some new clothes, but I have to wear tents and big wasted pants for the next few months. I would love to take advantage of the Mother's Day day at the spa Brian got me this past Mother's day. It's a 5 hour spa treatment. Boy do I need that! I'd love a pedicure and manicure, but I've heard that manicures can cause spontanious abortions. So that's a no go as well. I have no idea what I will actually get, but I have a few wants that I won't get. I'll let you know what I get tomorrow.

Brian did get me two plants tonight to plant in our backyard. I don't even remember what they are called, but I am always happy with a new plant that flowers.

It's a.....

So today, hubby and I went to a gene specialist for a new first trimester screening for risk the baby may have. Everything is fine on the sonogram and I was measuring a due date of April 17 instead of the 21, that happens. The baby' heart rate was 167, pretty good rate! The baby was very active and cooperated with what the doctor needed to do to make the assessment that this baby is going to be without defects.

This is a new sonogram since I was pregnant with Isabella. So the technology was really great to watch on the screen and see the baby's heart beat and everything else. This doctor has been doing these screenings since they came out and has been pretty accurate on guessing the sex of the baby. So of course we wanted him to guess.

Before the told us he said, I'm only 80% sure and I do not want you to go buy anything until this is confirmed at a later date. Then he went on to tell us he was 80% sure we are having a baby boy, as he drew a line around the boy part. I was so excited, I was almost in shock!!!

I have been expecting a little girl, just because I have been so darn sick, and every aspect of this pregnancy has been identical to Bella's!! So, I am so excited and have an idea of what I want to do in the nursery. I just can't hardly stand it. We have 6 more weeks to find out the sex for sure and I am just going to go crazy not being able to plan until then. I have to buy everything new anyway since Sister is going to have a baby too!! Lord I just hope she's having a baby girl!!!!

BTW, this has been the longest pregnancy in history. I feel like I should be 20 weeks by now, the time is just slowly passing. I guess I need more things to do. I would love for the morning sickness to be gone so I would feel like doing more.

So, for now we think we are having a boy, can't wait to confirm this!!!

Who's In For a Shocker!!!

OK, So Michelle is Pregnant!!! I had to get that out of the way so I could tell you everything else. That is the Shocker!!

So, My beautiful, talented sister, who is a mother to two boys ages 8 and 6, just found out she is pregnant. And wow this was a big, huge, giant shocker to everyone. Especially Michelle! She has been on continous BCP for many months now and when you are on them you don't have a cycle, so she didn't. After not feeling good for a few weeks and seeing a few doctor in between who all said she was find, nothing wrong with her health. She tried on a pair of pants one morning and they didn't fit! She started thinking, I've been throwing up, my boobs hurt, and now my pants don't fit!! What the Heck! So she took a PG test on Tues of last week and it was positive. She completely freaked out and told her boss, who laughed in her face, because it's not the end of the world. She went to the doctor on Thursday and got it all confirmed, she is indeed pregnant with #3! She finally got the courage up to tell her husband on Friday night and he was shocked and excited at the same time. She told our parents on Thrusday night after she went to the doctor and it was all confirmed. She told me on Saturday (yesterday) and just knew I was going to be mad, she is crazy, I am so happy and excited for her it is unreal. She has always wanted to have children, the same age as mine. And now we will. She is around 3 weeks behind me. Meaning our parents will have the closest thing to twins, than anyone ever expected.

So, that's my shocker and we can't be more excited. Now the wait to see what our babies will be!

Mother's Day Out

Isabella has been going to MDO for the past few weeks at McKinney Fellowship Bible Church and I love it. She is there from 9-2 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It has been great for both of us. She is able to interact with children her own age and I get to go shopping, to the gym or run errands or come home and sleep for a few extra hours. She is always sad to see me go and happy to see me pick her up. She is learning quite a bit, too. Spanish words, colors and numbers and the alphabet. I'm so glad we are doing this for her.

Past Few Weeks...

What a difference a few weeks make, I am still sick, but only if I don't wear my sea bands. It's the bands you wear when you are going on a cruise. My doctor told me about these last time I was pregnant and the worked wonders then too. I haven't had to take any mediciation and I am glad about that!! I'm feeling better and I think my belly is about to start showing. I am now 10 weeks and 6 days. I have a long way to go!!!

Moved In, WOOHOO

We have been in the house for a week, today. I am so excited about this house, it is beautiful and I love everything about it (except that we can't the AC to cool the master, but that's just minor, were working on it!) We got the new furniture and it looks so beautiful in the house, the kitchen table is a bit too big, but it will work! My chaise lounge will be here in a few more weeks, I'm sure that will be Jewels bed. She's not home yet, I need to get her a cage/crate and figure out where we're going to put the doggie doors for her to go out side, but we're working on it.

Isabella has adjusted really well with the new house. I actually just RAN around the house trying to catch her. She had paper in her hands and trying to put it in her mouth. Little rascal. She loves to run and dance and play around, she loves this house and I am do glad!

We still have some items in the storage building we rented and at my MIL & SIL. But we'll get it all soon and be completely here, unpacked is a different story.

Morning Sickness

I've already started getting sick in the mornings! It's much earlier than with Isabella, but at least I don't have to be dressed and ready for work, or on my way to work. I can just go lay down with Isabella. Or just not brush my teeth after eating breakfast. I think I can handle it this time! Lets pray so.

We're having a baby!!

I'm pregnant and it is very exciting. The second time around was so much easier than the first. I tried for 9 months before conceiving Isabella. So we worked really, really hard to have her! But this time we weren't really trying. I got off the pill in June and we have been so busy with the sell of our house and then building a new house and living with my inlaws that we really never tried. It just happened! And wow did it happen quick. I thought I would have to "try" for a few months. I have no idea when I was ovulating or when my last cycle started. I know when it was over, but I really am clueless how it happened so smoothly. This is the kind of "trying to conceive" I wish it was for everyone. You just wake up one morning and think, "um, I should have started my cycle by now." That is exactly what I did on Tuesday morning.

I told Brian I was late and he wasn't surprised, but a bit caught off guard. I went to the Dollar General Store in Anna, and got a test for a Dollar!! One buck! And it was positive right off the bat. I told Brian, and then the next day Thursday I bought 2 more test and tried again and both were positive. Gotta love the digital ones "pregnant" in the line. Can't mistake that can ya? So, were on the cooking baby #2 who will be born in April. I go to the doctor on Sept. 10 at 1:30 to see how baby is growing and such. How fun is that? Wow, I'm still comprehending all this.

I'll keep you posted.

New Furniture for New House!!!

I am so excited to finally have all the big new furniture bought for the new house. I have been shopping for new furniture for WEEKS now. I have worn Isabella and myself out! I hate shopping, and for furniture is even more boring than clothes or shoes. UGH! But, Brian and I were able to narrow it down to one store and we got everything there!!

We bought a new dinning room table with 6 chairs, and new kitchen table with 6 chairs, a new sofa and love seat for the down stairs living room AND a beautiful chaise lounge for our master. I don't think there is one piece I am more excited about than the other. I am so Happy about it all. Huge weight lifted off my shoulders. Now we'll have a place to eat shortly after we move in. One of my pet peeves is eating out of my lap, I just can't do it, my lap is too small or my belly is too big or my mouth isn't big enough or my arms aren't long enough. I have no idea, I just can't make the food go into my mouth. Oh, yeah, we also bought new bar stools.

6 more days...

We have been living with my inlaws for the last 3+ weeks and it really hasn't been that bad!! I do still feel like a guest, but its not bothering me as much anymore.

My family had a reunion this last weekend. My grandfather's side of the family. Not too many were able to make it due to the 100+ temps in Weatherford and all the sick kin-folk. It was so great to see my PopPaw. He is getting older and his wife is getting worse (she's my step-grandma). But Pop is doing great all things considered. I love him and I am thrilled he is able to see and get to know Isabella. I just pray he'll get to see and know my next baby. That way he will have been alive to see all his great-grandkids. That will make it easier for ME to let him go when time comes.
Each year another grandchild offers to coordinate and organize the next reunion. My cousin GiGi did this last one, and my other cousins have all done it. So I offered, it should be fun and fairly easy. I look forward to it.