Brian's Schedule

My amazing, hard working, generous husband is going to be working very, very hard this next few months. It actually started this past weekend with him traveling to Fredericksburg, Texas to pre-wire a home and install media equipment at another home. This week he is working every evening except Wed, since this well be Isabella's first real Halloween. Then he's working this weekend here in Dallas. Then the following two weekend he is traveling to Houston to pre-wire and install 30 flat screen tv's in a retirement home that a client here owns. Then in December the retirement home owner has another place in Austin that will need about the same amount of tv's and the pre-wire. Then early January there is another retirement home in (I think) Texas City. He is going to be so darn busy and I'm really going to miss him. But he's doing what he loves and I love him for that.

Common Cold...

I have never had a common cold like this. I am so over being sick and feel like I have been hit by a train every night and morning. I was running a fever all weekend. Brian was out of town, so I was at my moms. I wasted a wonderful weekend of free 24 hour babysitting, stuck in a bedroom sick. I'm very thankful I was at my moms!

Murals

I decided when we got to this new house I wanted to make Isabella's room magical. And I just can't wait to get started. I have talked to 3 muralist and I'm going to talk to another one tomorrow. I had a design I choose from a kids room designs magazine. I loved it, it was simple but had a statement, a girly statement. But after talking to one of the ladies and seeing her design, I want something completely different. OMG, it is just more magical than I could have ever thought of. I've only seen one lady's design, but it was amazing. I am talking to another lady tomorrow and then I'll need to see everyone designs and bid prices. But I just don't know if anyone can top this first lady. The bid price for the one I have seen and love so far is $1700, its a lot of money, but when Brian saw it (he was thinking very childish looking) he was blown away as well. He asked me if she took credit cards. He was excited too. If I knew how to put her design on here I would, I just have it on email and it's a power point, I have no idea how to post that.

My sister loved it too. She was excited for me and Bella. I will keep posting about our decision.

Oh, No, Not Again....

Last July 4th weekend I was so ill and it was so strange, I could feel it coming on. I sat on the couch while Brian made us breakfast. As I sat on the couch, I could feel the fever rising, my throat hurting worse and worse and my head and body hurting more and more by the minute. It was the worst summer cold ever. I never run a fever and my body, every inch hurt. The worst part was I had invited my nephews over to spend the weekend. My sister arrived early afternoon and she felt my head and we took my temp. and it wasn't that bad, but boy was I not good. I told her to just leave the boys and once I woke from a nap, I was sure I would feel much better. We had huge plans that weekend. UGH. So after saying all that, I am sick again, this time I can't just take all the medicine I did last time, because I'm pregnant. The worst part is Bella is coming down with something as well. I could tell last night she coughed all night long, it even woke Brian up and he went to check on her room temp (it's finally cold here) making sure she want cold. After today's nap, she was so clingy (she never want s to cuddle) she wouldn't let me put her down and she wouldn't sit on the couch next to me, she wanted to be in my lap. I loved it and hated it at the same time. I knew she want feeling well and gosh, what do I give her? All the medicines to give children under 2 have been recalled and are off the counters. Sure I have a stock pile I bought a few weeks ago at Costco, but do I give it to her or not. Make her feel better or suffer? I broke down and gave her a small amount of the over 2 years old stuff, its for cold and flu. I put it in her sippy cup, so I'm sure she didn't get a good dose, but I feel better. I just hate that she is sick, and I sent her to MDO today. Ugh, I am one of those mother I hate. But, I really didn't know she was this sick, Brian got up with her this morning and get her ready to go and I dressed her. I only saw here for a few minutes. I guess if they thought she was sick, they would have called me or sent home a note.

On a lighter note, Brian has been really great. I didn't even ask him to stay home today and he's already told me he would stay home tomorrow, especially since Bella is sick. We have about 6 different contractors coming to the house to do our 60 day warranty repairs, its not much, but its not something I want to deal with being sick and with a sick child.

Beautiful day

Today is such a beautiful day. We are sitting out in the back yard, with the TV on the back porch and Isabella is playing on her slides. The wind is blowing, the Cowboys game is on the TV and I am sitting here typing away. I love this house, I love this day and most of all I love my sweet little family. Bella is playing with ice and Brian is annoyed that she want him to play, but he's watching the game. I love to see her "get" her daddy. If he is around, she is all about him. She is a true daddy's girl.

Before the game, Bella and I went to Ashley Furniture and Rooms To Go to look for big girl beds. I am shocked that the cheap stuff is still $1000 for the bed headboard, footboard and mattress and boxspring. OMG, that is alot for a little girls room. I'll have to check CraigsList.

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!!!