The Southworth's

Whoa!!!

2011-03-24T16:46:00.001-07:00

How bad am I! I just realized it has been over a year since I have written anything on here!

Ryan turned 2 in December, and is so crazy!! He is such a ball of energy! We just moved 2 months ago from Kansas City to Casper, Wyoming. BIG CHANGE!!! Justin is back to working days, not that we see much more of him. He is managing the whole state and has to travel more than we would like! I'm still staying at home with Ryan, and am trying to swing this gig as long as I can!

I had to take Ryan to the Dr. today! Actually, a return visit. I took him in Monday with a fever and cough, and he was diagnosed with a viral infection. Was told to treat the fever and let them know if he didn't get better. After a night with very little sleep (he was up coughing all night long), I decided it warranted another trip into the Dr. They prescribed some cough syrup for him, and an antibiotic for an ear infection. This was a first for us!! Needless to say, I was pretty upset when the Dr said he had one. She was shocked that he has made it through 27 months of life and hadn't had one. Hopefully we can get some sleep tonight!! I know we need it!! It's been really hard since daddy has been out of town!! He will be home this evening though, so hopefully that will lift little man's spirits!!

Gonna run for now!! Hopefully, I can write more often once Ryan is feeling better!!!

Playing catch up!

2010-01-16T08:08:00.000-08:00

Ok, so once again, I have been slacking with my blog. I have been so busy with Ryan. He is such and active busy little boy. We went back home to Colorado and Nebraska last September for vacation, and we got to introduce our little blessing to so many friends and family.

We have been having problems getting weight on Ryan. He has not gained much at all since his 9 month appointment (and he's 13 months old now). He has to go back to the Dr. on Monday to have his weight rechecked, and probably have some more lab work done. They did some labs at his 1 year checkup, and his blood was a little too acidotic. He hates his milk. He is supposed to be drinking 24 oz of milk a day, and I am lucky to get 10-12 down him. He has also turned into a bit of a finicky eater. He used to eat anything and everything, and lately, he just hasn't been interested in eating.

In December (the 20th to be exact) we found out we were expecting baby #2, only to have our hearts shattered a week later. I ended up in the hospital on the morning of the 28th in horrid pain. They determined that the pregnancy was ectopic, and rushed me into emergency surgery. It has been really hard the last 3 weeks dealing with this loss. Hopefully by late this spring though, we can start trying again.

Ryan and Peanut are still the best of friends. They follow each other around and chase each other and snuggle together. I feel so lucky to have the family that I do, but inside it just does not feel complete yet. Hopefully that will change though!!

Here are a few random pictures from the last 7 months for your entertainment. I will try to get some more blogging done with some more pictures soon!!

Ryan's 1st Birthday

Ryan's 1st visit to Santa!! (He LOVED Santa!!)

Playing on Christmas Morning!

Cheesy Grins!!

Trying to break into the pantry.

Two little buddies!!

It's a sketti monster!!

Taking a bath in the sink to get all the sketti off of him!!!

6 Months Old!!!

2009-06-25T21:59:00.000-07:00

Ryan is 6 months old already. Actually, it was on the 14th, but I'm a bit of a slacker. His Grandma Sandy and Grandpa Phil got him his highchair and Daddy and Mommy got him a huge stuffed alligator. Justin wanted to get this alligator when I was still pregnant and I informed him it would be a long time before he would be big enough to play with such a big toy...LOL!! He had his 6 month appointment this last Monday (22nd). He is up to 14 lbs 8 oz, and they measured him at 25 1/2 inches long. I think that was off a little bit as he was not cooperating and kept trying to scrunch himself up in a ball. His hydrocele is gone (YAY), and the Dr. said he is perfectly healthy. He is teething. Dr. Nalley noticed his bottom right tooth is getting very close to coming in. He didn't do very good Monday night after his shots. We were up every couple of hours and he was running a bit of a fever and was a bit restless. Needless to say, I decided to let him just come in and sleep with me around 2 AM and it was amazing how much better he slept. Tuesday wasn't bad (once I finally got him down for the night). He is sleeping pretty much through the night now. He goes to sleep anywhere from 8:30 - 9:30 and wakes up to eat somewhere between 4:30 - 6:30. Sometimes I can get him to go back to sleep for an hour or so, but usually he is ready to get up and start the day. This would be fine if mommy was not suffering insomnia and was able to get to sleep before 3:30 - 4:30 in the morning. Anyway, heres a few pics. My little monkey is getting soooo big!!!!
**Note: I have been trying for 3 days now to put a video on here, but for some reason Blogger is hating on me!! I'll keep trying though and hopefully I can get it on here soon. It is way too cute!!

Where'd all the food go?

They call me the gator wrestler!!
This gator is no match for me!!Ryan's 1/2 Birthday cake!!
Ryan enjoying some of his 1/2 Birthday cake!!

Playing Catch Up...again!!

2009-05-14T19:53:00.000-07:00

I have been a total slacker. I've kinda gotten addicted to FaceBook, and between that and a fussy little boy, I tend to run out of time. Ryan turned 5 months old today. Our little boy is getting so big. He can sit up for a short amount of time on his own, and last night figured out how to roll from his back to his belly. Too bad he hasn't figured out how to roll back to his back. He tries to combat crawl across the floor. He LOVES the dog. Everytime he sees Peanut his eyes light up and he gets a huge grin on his face and starts squealing with delight. This last Monday night, we started working on transitioning him to his crib in his own room. The first night he ended up back in our room after he woke up to eat the first time. I couldn't get him to go back to sleep in his own room. By last night, he was doing much better in there. He went to bed at 8:30 and woke up at 10:30 hungry. He didn't wake up again until a little after 4:00. I put him back in his crib, and he didn't cry....but he didn't go to sleep either. He was still in there babbling and playing at 5:00. He woke up again a little after 6:00 and Justin had just pulled in the driveway. He was screaming his little head off and Justin heard him from outside. He was barreling up the stairs just as I was going across the hall. He wouldn't go back to sleep then, and Justin said to just put him in bed with us so we could get some snuggle time with him. He's napping a little bit better. I can get him to sleep for about an hour at a time for his naps. He'll won't go to the Dr. for a checkup this month. We get to wait one more month before he has to get shots again. (YAY). When we went in for his 4 month checkup he was up to 12 lbs 10.5 oz and 24 3/4 inches long. He is growing like a weed!!

We've also started some solids with him. He's been getting rice cereal for about a month now, and last week we started introducing some other foods. He loves sweet potatoes, and will tolerate apple sauce. We will be starting another new one tomorrow. I haven't decided yet if we are going to do squash or carrots. I'm sure whatever we do, it will be just as fun as the others have been.

Here are some recent pictures of our little munchkin!!

"Are these people really my relatives"

Sweet Tator Smile

Trying to feed himself..LOL

Peanut didn't think I cleaned Ryan up well enough after he had eaten.

Cheezin it with Mommy!

My 2 boys taking a nap!!Ryan was a little shocked when he woke up to find his puppy sleeping next to him!

Helping mommy make some Mac-N-Cheese

He thought he was going to go to work with daddy!

This is one of my favorite pics. He is such a little dollface!!

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2009-03-06T17:57:00.001-08:00

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Dress up with Daddy!!!!

2009-03-03T13:12:00.000-08:00

Ryan was not quite one month old at the time of this video. I had just given him his bath and his daddy showed up just in time to dress him for bed. This is a little long (less than 10 minutes), but very entertaining and comical. It was the first time that Justin had dressed him.

**No daddy's or baby's were injured or killed in the making of this film...LOL!!!! (Although some mommies laughed so hard there may have been some rib damage).

Turn on your sound!!!!

(Filmed 1/10/09)

I don't think that Justin has dressed Ryan since then.

Pictures 12/28/08 - 12/31/08

2009-02-28T07:28:00.000-08:00

Pics from 12/28/08 - 12/31/08
Ryan is almost 2 weeks old.

Justin & Peanut snuggling

Mommy & Ryan (He still likes to be held so that his belly is in the palm of my hand)

Mommy & Ryan - Hanging out
Peanut - being....Peanut

Daddy - trying to make Ryan smile

My big boy

He was already starting to be a Houdini and get out of his swaddle

I can't believe how big his feet were

On his changing table getting ready to get dressed for the day

Napping & being cute

Peanut

Ryan & Mimi (Justin's mom Kris)

Pictures from 12/26/08 - 12/27/08

2009-02-27T13:46:00.000-08:00

I thought I would try to put a few new pictures up here from the last 2 1/2 months every day. My problem is picking my favorites. I love them all.

Ryan, Justin and Peanut

Peanut was so curious about him the first couple of weeks.

Mommy giving her baby boy some sugar.

Ryan's 1st Vacation

2009-02-26T08:48:00.000-08:00

Justin surprised us with a little vacation to Pigeon Forge. He rented a cabin for us for Sat, Sun and Mon nights. We boarded Peanut at the vets and hit the road. It snowed there on Sat (at least an inch). Ryan got to see his first snow. He wasn't very impressed. Here are a few pics from our trip.

The name of the Cabin was Moose Lake Lodge. I wanted to take Ryan's picture with the moose and completely forgot.

The stairs up to the loft bedroom, jacuzzi and one of the bathrooms.

The family room area
Justin's favorite place. The gas fireplace.

The full kitchen. Sadly the dishwasher in the cabin was bigger and nicer than my new one at the house.

The truck had not seen snow in a long time.

The pond behind the cabin

The lower deck

The upper deck (and the hot tub!!!)

I loved the rocking chairs on the back deck!

Justin and Ryan hanging out watching tv

My little pool shark.

"12 ball Corner Pocket"

"Drat!! Next time you are mine you naughty 12 ball"

"Vacation is tiring work"

Having silly time with dad!

Our 1st family photo!

I know - I'm a slacker!! This one's for you Liz!!

2009-02-24T18:10:00.000-08:00

Ok, I have been totally slacking lately. I did not realize it had been since Christmas when I posted last. We had company over New Years until the 5th of January. Justin's mom and Grandmother came to visit us and meet Ryan. It was not long after that my son decided to be a major crabby pants. It started out just in the evening time (from about 6-9) and by the last couple of weeks was going from about 10 AM until 8 or 9 PM (sometimes later). He would just scream all day long. When I took him in for his 2 month checkup a week ago the Dr. said he is pretty sure that my baby has Reflux. He prescribed some baby Zantac and said to let him know if we didn't see any improvement. I tried for 2 days to get Ryan to swallow his medicine with no luck. I called the Dr. back to see if there was a trick to it, and they called in a different medicine. Now he is on Axid and it seems to be helping some.

He is up to 10 lbs 3 oz and 21 1/2 inches long. Our little spider mondey is getting so big.

He also had to have his shots. It was horrible. He was not a happy camper anyway so that just made it worse.

He was having one of his screaming fits when the Dr. came in and he asked me how long this had been going on. I asked him if he meant this meltdown or overall. Overall 5-6 weeks. He just looked at me and said "I can't believe how sane you look for someone with such a fussy baby". I just responded, "this is just his 1st meltdown of the day. Give me few hours and my appearance will change" !!

I will try to be a little more current on my blogs, but if you want to see hundreds of pictures (literally 400+) check out my Facebook.

Just a few more pics:

Ryan was a little over a week old in this picture!!

And here he is at 2 months old!!

Daddy and Ryan having a stare down!!

My big boy!!

I leave you with a smile:)

Ryan's 1st Christmas

2008-12-26T11:37:00.000-08:00

OMG - I am loving all of these firsts. We didn't do much this year. We went to Kevin and Kellys on Christmas Eve to take the gifts over for Madolyn and Ian. Came home, had biscuits and gravy for dinner. Went to bed. Exciting, huh!!!
Christmas Day, we got up and Ryan and Peanut got their stockings. Although, Santa called and said he may need a refund on Peanuts...LOL. Justin cooked us brunch and we decided to take a nap. Well, Daddy and Ryan got a nap. As soon as mommy laid down, Peanut needed to go outside. Then, as soon as mommy laid down again, Ryan woke up. After we got up, Justin made a pot of Gumbo for dinner. MMMMM, it was good.

I can't wait until we can increase the number of hours between Ryan's feedings. Three hours is just not enough for mommy. I wake him up, spend 45-60 minutes feeding him and was getting about 2 hours of sleep in between. Not any more. Ryan has decided that it is fun to stay up for another 30-60 minutes after eating, making faces at mommy. I love the snuggle time, but man I need sleep.

Anywho, here's some new pics of the little guy!!

Daddy making funny faces at Ryan!!

Peanut - Giving Ryan kisses!!

Ryan does not like his binky. Usually he uses me as a pacifier. The other night he decided daddy worked just as well. He sucked on Justins finger for 20-30 minutes...LOL.

Kisses from daddy!!

I did get some pics last night of mommy and Ryan, I just haven't gotten them uploaded yet. Maybe this weekend. Hope everyone had a Very Merry Christmas!!!!

Ryan's 1st Bath

2008-12-21T13:05:00.001-08:00

Ryan got his 1st bath today. I wiped him down Wed night before his ped appointment on Thur, but it was just with a damp wash clothe. Today - he got the full deal. Man does he smell so good. I looovvveee baby smell. Surprisingly, he liked his bath. He didn't really fuss at all. Shocking since the only time he really cries is when we take his diaper or clothes off to change him....LOL.

Getting his chest damp!!
Ready for the soap!!!

All clean and cute!!

He was so relaxed when we got done and got him dressed!!!
Very content!!

Justin had laid him on the ottoman in front of him so he could shift in the chair. He said his butt was falling asleep....LOL.

Ryan & his Cousins

2008-12-21T13:00:00.000-08:00

Our landlord got us a Honey Baked Ham for Christmas and it was so big that we invited Justin's Brother and Sister-In-Law over for dinner Saturday night. It was so cool to be able to get all 3 kids in a picture together.

Ian (In Swing)

Madolyn

Ryan

Maddy wanted to cup Ryan's head. She was afraid it would bounce.

Ian and Ryan

Ian was born on Oct 15th.

Ian and Madolyn

Pics of Ryan

2008-12-21T12:49:00.000-08:00

Ryan had just gotten done nursing. He just kinda sacks out however / where ever he wants. (Just like his daddy)!!!

Sleepy, Sleepy Baby

Snuggling with daddy before bedtime!

Justin has started holding him like this for a little while every night before we put him down for the night.

I don't know what we are going to do when Justin has to go back to work on Monday.

Just hangin' out - Being cute!!!!

Mmmm - Yummy fingers

Ever since he was born, Ryan decided that he liked his fingers.

This is our neighbor Portia with Ryan. She was so excited to hold him. She didn't think I would let her. Her and her husband Gary brought us over a large pizza on Sunday night.

Peanut was supervising to make sure daddy was doing it right. He actually adores Ryan. He stays as close to him as he can and starts barking at us to let us know when he gets fussy (which is not very often).

Ryan's 1st Dr's Appointment

2008-12-21T12:39:00.001-08:00

On Thursday the 18th I went to the Dr. to get my staples out and Ryan had his 1st appointment with the pediatrician. He is perfect!! The Dr. said so (not just my opinion). He had gained some weight and was up to 5 lbs 12 1/2 oz. I was kinda worried about that. It is obvious when you bottle feed a baby how much they are eating. Not the same when you breastfeed. I had no clue how much he was getting, but obviously it is enough. It was such a relief that he is healthy. He goes back for his next appointment on the 29th.

Here's a few pics from Tuesday thru Thursday!!!!

Introducing: Ryan Andrew Southworth

2008-12-19T15:42:00.001-08:00

Ok, so I am bad. I know it has been a week now, but I didn't realize how hard it was to get anything done with a new baby and incision in your belly.

Ryan decided not to wait for the 16th. Saturday night (the 13th) Justin and I hung out with Kevin and Kelly. They bowled, I watched, and then we went back to their place to hang out. Before we knew it, it was 3 in the morning. We got home around 4 and I was finally able to fall asleep around 5 am. About 6 I started having contractions that were every 5 min, then 10 min, then 5 min, and then 20 min (get the drift). No biggie!! I got up around 10:00 and laid on the couch with Peanut when I noticed that they were all now 4-5 minutes apart (2-3 when I was up and moving), so I called the on-call Dr. and he said to come in and get checked out. We got to the hospital about 12:45 and I was not dilated at all and about 70% effaced. I was so afraid they were going to just send me home. Since my contractions were so close together and I was having horrid back labor due to his position they decided to just go ahead and deliver him. They got me all prepped up and got Justin into his scrubs and moved us to the delivery room. I got my spinal block and they brought Justin in. I think they had already started my incision by the time he came in. Ryan was born at 2:45 in the afternoon. It took just a minute and he started squeaking. He had the softest cry and as soon as Justin and I heard it we both were crying. Justin went over to the area where they were checking Ryan out and cleaning him up and took a couple of pictures real quick. He was running back and forth showing me the pictures that he had taken. I hadn't seen my son yet because they were out of my view. I saw him for the first time when they wheeled the scale in and put him on it to measure him. He was so tiny. He was 6 lbs 1 oz and 17 inches long.

The doctors finished stitching and stapling me up and getting me ready to go to recovery. Then the nurse brought our beautiful baby boy over and laid him in my arms. I held him while they rolled me into my recovery room. When we got there, the nurse took him and gave him a bit of a bath and brought him back to me to nurse. We were only in the recovery room for about 2 hours when they took us upstairs to the mom and baby floor.

Ryan was so awake and alert the whole time. Even Sunday night - he didn't want to sleep. I think I got about an hour of sleep. Justin and I just held him and talked to him all night.

Monday morning they came in and took my catheter out. YAY!!! I got out of bed around 10:00 and moved to one of the chairs. As soon as they took my IV out at noon, I made myself get up and start walking around the room. It actually didn't feel too bad. By Monday evening I was out pacing the halls while Justin sat with Ryan. They came and got Ryan around 5 and took him for his circumcision. My Dr. came to check on me when they brought him back and told me I could probably go home the next day if I felt up to it. It didn't hurt that I was standing in the doorway eating a piece of pizza when he showed up. The nurse came in later that night and showed me what to do with Ryan’s circumcision and weighed him. He had dropped down to 5 lbs 9 oz

I think we got about 2 hours of sleep Monday night. I was so happy when the Dr. came in for morning rounds and said we could go home. We got home about noon on Tuesday.

An Eviction Notice

2008-12-11T11:07:00.000-08:00

Dear Ryan ~ My darling son,

While I have enjoyed your stay in my tummy the last 38 1/2 weeks, I am writing you this notice to let you know that your remaining time here is numbered. In 5 days you will be vacated from this premises. Please don't worry as there are other (and much nicer) accommodations awaiting you. I have loved having you to myself the last 9 months, but it is time for you to quit being so shy and show yourself to the rest of the world who loves you so. I hope you enjoy the remaining days you have of torturing my ribs with your big ole head (I think you get that from your daddy) and torturing my mommy area with your big ole feet (sadly you get those from me).

You have a daddy waiting here who is so excited to meet you. I think your grandma's might be a bit excited too (just a little though...LOL). Plus you have a sweet, adorable little puppy (ok, I'm stretching it a bit with the whole sweet part) that is ready to meet his new little master. (I'm probably stretching that last part too - Peanut does think he is the master of the domain. We'll have to work on that some).

I can't wait to touch those little feet and toes that you have been so lovingly poking out through my side lately and kiss the cheek on the little head that has been embedded in my ribcage. Soon my darling child, you will be out of my womb and into my arms.

I can't wait to see you (and my feet again)!!!

Love,
Your mommy (the real master of the domain)

7 Days and Counting

2008-12-09T18:29:00.000-08:00

It is hard to believe that in 7 days our little man will be here.

I had my 38 week appt today. Everything is still looking good, except the whole head up thing. I go in on Monday at 4 EST for my pre op appt and go to the hospital at 5 for my pre op blood work. That is unless something happens before then. I have been having some contractions the last few days, but nothing consistant and they are at least 15-20 minutes apart. My Dr did tell me today that if they get as close as 5-7 minutes apart or if my water breaks before monday that I am to get myself to the hospital asap since he is still breech.

We ended up spending Thanksgiving at my Brother in law and Sister in laws. I made my turkey, mashed potatoes, corn and a cherry pie. Kevin had smoked a ham. We all had a really good time. I even got to snuggle our new nephew, Ian. He is so precious. Hugs and kisses from our niece Madolyn made it worth it too. Justin had just stayed up when he got home from work that morning, so by the time we got home at about 7 he was ready for bed.

We spent about 6 hours on Black Friday running around and shopping. We finished getting the last of the things that we needed for Ryan's debut. I was a little tired when we got home, but we still managed to get the christmas tree up. Then Saturday, we decided to go do a bit more shopping. We ended up getting a birthday/christmas/anniversary (2008) present for us. We had been contemplating it for a few years now and finally decided that since we were going to be spending a lot more time at home (at least until spring when there are not so many sick people) that we would go ahead and get a new tv. They were on sale at Wal-Mart. I am so glad we got it. It will definitely make sitting at home more enjoyable. Anyway - after 9 hours of shopping around that day, I was done. We spent that next sunday rearranging furniture and cleaning house.

This week has flown by. Hopefully the next 7 will go by quickly as well. I can't wait to have our baby boy in my arms finally!!!! My camera is not wanting to upload today, so I will try to get some pics up in a day or so!!!

21 DAYS AND COUNTING!!!

2008-11-25T18:05:00.000-08:00

OMG - 21 days til Ryan is here. We have so many things to finish up before then.

I had my 36 week appointment yesterday. He's still directionally challenged. The Dr. checked my cervix and I am still closed up tight (which is good). I am not going to let him try to sneak out butt first...LOL. The Dr. did tell me that he has right up until they make the incision to turn. (Didn't sound very optimistic about it, but it could happen). If he turns, instead of doing the C-Section they would induce me right away so he does not have a chance to turn again.

Justin and I also did a bit of shopping yesterday morning. I think he was getting tired of listening to me gripe about not having any good pots and pans. All but a couple of the one I had were either rusting or peeling. So, since all of the Linens and Things here in Georgia are closing and having everything on sale - he bought me new cookware. It is Kitchenaide, and is supposed to be really good.

Ryan also got a package yesterday from his Grandma Sandy!!! Lots of clothes and stuff for him. Thank you Grandma!!!!

Thank you Randy and Sarah for sending some of the stuff Dre has outgrown. I really appreciate it!!!

I did some running around this morning. I got some glass casserole dishes so I can make the sides for our Thanksgiving dinner. Justin and I are just going to hang out at home. I will let him sleep when he gets home from work that morning and we will just eat late afternoon or early evening. (It may take me all day to accomplish making this meal.) I got us a small turkey (hopefully big enough to freeze some s0 I don't have to do a ton of cooking when we get home from the hospital), and am going to make mashed potatoes and gravy, dressing and scalloped corn. Oh - and can't forget the cranberry sauce. It is a good thing my next Dr appt isn't until next Tuesday. I would hate to have to get on the scale on friday....LOL.

I also found the cutest little Baby's 1st Christmas stocking at Walgreens. There was only one blue one left, so I had to get it.

I hope everyone has a Very Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!

My Belly is HUGE!!!! 26 Days til Ryan is here!!!

2008-11-20T17:55:00.000-08:00

Ok, so there are 26 days til my C-Section. I finally got some new belly pics!!!!

One of Peanut just for fun!!! He's too cute!!

In Loving Memory

2008-11-19T16:11:00.001-08:00

Angel Bailey

Thank you for bringing so much love and joy to our lives.

We hope you have a giant bone waiting for you in puppy heaven!

We love you and will miss you!!!!

C-Section Update

2008-11-18T13:50:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I got the call this afternoon. We are scheduled for December 16th at 12:00. Our little boy will be here in 28 days. I really need to get my butt in gear and get stuff done...Eeekk!!!

Ok, I'm a Slacker

2008-11-17T20:39:00.000-08:00

Seriously though - I think it is written in stone that it is ok to be a slacker when you are 8 months pregnant.

Ok, so a week ago I had my 34 week appointment. They did a growth scan to see how big our little guy was getting to be. He was measuring a little bit small, but they aren't too concerned. Since my belly is measuring right we are thinking he is just going to be a little guy. Bad news is that he doesn't know his directions. His head was still in my ribcage. So, when we met with the Dr. she went over what our options would be should he not turn. One option would be an external version, where they manually turn him. The other would be to just schedule a C-Section. Justin was not very comfortable with the risks of the version, and I was not comfortable with the thought of a C-Section, but we spent the week discussing it.

Fast forward to today. I went in for another appt. They had decided to start seeing me weekly since the baby was breech. The doctor thought that maybe his head was down until I had him check the spot under my right rib where I had been feeling his head. After another ultrasound it was determined that our son just has a hard boney butt and yes, is directionally challenged. The Dr. is not very optomistic about him turning. He said that he has already started to drop butt first down into my pelvis, and once they start to drop the chances of him turning are pretty slim. So, I had a nice long discussion with him (I actually saw my primary Dr. today) about the external version. He said that if this was my 2nd or 3rd pregnancy he might try a little harder to encourage us to try it, but the success rates for a version on a 1st pregnancy were pretty low. Needless to say - they are scheduling a C-Section now. I will know for sure in a couple of days, but it looks like our little guy will be here Dec 16th.

I am not completely happy with this turn out as I was really looking forward to a natural childbirth, but Justin keeps telling me that it does not matter how he gets here as long as both the baby and I are ok.

We decided on a name for him a while back, and I honestly can not remember if I posted anything regarding it or not. (Blame it on Preggo Brain)

Ryan Andrew Southworth will be joining us soon. I am so nervous, yet so excited to meet him. I am curious to see which of his daddies good looks he has. And I am so ready to hold him in my arms instead of having him head butt my ribs.

I have a ton of new pictures on my camera and quite a few new ultrasound pictures that I am trying to find the energy to upload and get posted. Not making any promises, but I will try to get some new pics up soon!!!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Peanut!!! Shame on me... He is doing really good and is currently curled up on my leg napping. He sure likes his naps. Now it is off to bed for the 2 of us!!!!!

32 Week Drs Appointment

2008-10-27T20:03:00.000-07:00

I had my 32 week appointment this morning. Everything is still going pretty good. My blood pressure has been great and no anemia. I was finally brave enough to ask how much weight I had gained overall. With only 8 weeks left I am sitting at about 19 pounds. Not too bad. Our little boys heart rate today was 143, and the doctor said I am still measuring about where I need to be. He was trying to determine if he was head up or head down, and could not tell for sure so he had me get a quick ultrasound done. The little turkey is still very breech. His head is up under my ribs on the right side, his back is following along my ribs on the left side and his butt down towards my left hip. The Dr. said that if he doesn't get turned to a head down position in the next 2 - 3 weeks that we will start discussing alternative ways to get him turned.

I also got my flu shot today. Uugghh - I forgot how much those hurt. My arm feels like it could fall off...hee-hee. Now I just have to convince Justin to get a flu shot as well. I even tried the "If you don't and come home with the flu and make the baby sick - you will be the one to stay up with him" bit, but it didn't work either. I may have to enlist some help on this one.

I go back to the doctor again in 2 weeks and "YAY" get to have another peek at our little boy. My Dr. wanted to have a more detailed scan done than what was done today to get some measurements and see how big our little guy is getting to be. I told Justin he might want to go to that appointment.

Hopefully tomorrow I will have a little bit of energy and can scan in our newest pictures of the baby.

New Peanut Pics (Can't forget about him)

2008-10-19T07:02:00.001-07:00

I am going to have to get a 2nd camera for when the baby comes. I think in the 3 1/2 months I have had Peanut - I have accumulated over 200 pictures of him. I can't help it though - He is so darn photogenic. He does know how to ham it up for the camera.

Peanut was trying to get Daddy to share his Fruity Pebbles with him. Poor Peanut - Daddy doesn't share Fruity Pebbles. Not even with Mommy!!!!

Trying to eat Justins spitter bottle.
He wore himself out!!
Close up of our cute little puppy!! I can't believe he is 6 months old already.
Peanut was trying to help Daddy with his homework. Actually - he was all about that dumb spitter bottle again.
Peanut was chewing on the straw of Justin's Capri Sun when he was done drinking it.

Laying at the top of the stairs. I find him there a lot. Especially during the day when Justin is up there sleeping.
Peanut - cleaning out his daddy's ears.
Laying down on his couch in the den. This is where he sleeps at night.
This is the 1st and only pic so far of fat mommy and Peanut. I am usually the one wielding the camera.

Pics of baby stuff!!

2008-10-16T19:59:00.001-07:00

I scored this swing at a garage sale a couple of weeks ago for a whole $35.00

Can you say "A Steal"

The bouncy seat I got for $5!!!

I love garage sales!

Lots of Updates!!

2008-10-16T07:02:00.001-07:00

Ok, I have really been slacking lately. There are lots of updates from the Southworth household.

First off - I want to say congratulations to my brother and sister in-laws. Yesterday morning my sister in law gave birth by C-section to our new nephew. He was 7 lbs 9 ozes and 19 inches long. The report was that mommy and baby were both doing great!! I don't have any pictures of him yet, but am hoping we can go visit this weekend and meet him and see our neice Madolyn.

Peanut is doing great. He is not liking the chilly mornings we have been having. It has been in the mid 60's in the mornings and a few of them were actually down into the 50's. (I know, I know - nothing like the chilly that my friends and family in Nebraska go through.) I don't know what he is going to do this winter when it is really cold. He hightails it right back into the house in the mornings when he is done doing his business and steals the blanket on the couch. He is getting so big.

He gave me quite the scare the other night. I had him outside to go to the bathroom and it was dark out. He was over by an old stump in our yard digging around and came running over to me with foam coming out of his mouth. I freaked out. I got a bucket of water and was rinsing his head off (there was foam everywhere) while sitting out on the front sidewalk in histerics. I even called Justin on his cell at work because I didn't know what was wrong with him. The little turd had gotten ahold of a toad or something. He setteled down a bit once we came inside and I got him fed, but I was worried all night about him. I think I got up every hour and went down to check on him. All is well now though - he is just fine and back to normal.

I have had 2 doctors appointments since I posted last. At my 28 week appointment our little guy was head down and all was well. At my 30 week appointment this last monday he had decided to flip and is head up in my ribs now. The doctor wasn't too worried though. He said if he not sure of his position or still head up by my 36 week appt then we would do another scan to check him out. He did say he could flip around a few more times in the coming weeks though.

I am going for doctors appointments every 2 weeks now. After 2 more we will be down to weekly. I am hoping that makes the next 9 weeks go by faster.

Here's some new pics for everyones entertainment!!!!

No making fun of the big ole belly - ok!! I feel like I am big as a house already. My belly already feels streched to the max. I don't know how it is going to grow even more!!!!

Nursery Furniture

2008-09-15T07:30:00.000-07:00

Our nursery furniture arrived last week. Saturday we went and picked it all up. I got the dresser assembled Saturday night, but the assembly instructions that came with the hutch sucked so I had to go back to Babies R Us to see how the floor model they had was assembled. Justin helped lift the hutch onto the dresser last night, and I got it screwed on and also got the crib all assembled while he did his homework. Now I just need to figure out what to do with all the huge cardboard boxes it came in....LOL.

NURSERY

The hutch - It was really dark in the room last night. I am hoping to get some better pics later on.

The dresser

The assembled crib!!!!!

Justin admiring his handy work this morning. He put the mobile together. He was listening to the lullaby that it plays....LOL.

PEANUT

Peanut - He has a thing for great big branches. He drug this one all over the yard.

RADAR - Or so Justin called him last week when he had to wear this silly cone. I took it off of him Saturday morning for good. Poor little Peanut.

Snuggling under a blanket. Looks kinda cute.....LOL.

Peanuts Surgery

2008-09-09T18:50:00.000-07:00

Peanuts surgery went well today. I dropped him off at the vet on my way to work (I had a temp job yesterday and today). I got home about 11:30 from work and called at about noon to check on him and they said he was awake and doing good and that I could come pick him up around 4:30. So, I took a nap....lol. I went at 4:30 to pick him up and surprisingly, he was happy to see me. I loaded him up and brought him home. Justin was up by then, and was out on the porch. He is so naughty. He was making fun of Peanut right away. He has to wear an E-Collar for 4-7 days so he doesn't tear open his incision. So Justin was making comments like "Look at Satellite Dog", "Now we can pick up all 500 channels".

I bring Peanut upstairs to sit on the bed with us because all he wanted to do was be held and needless to say, I ended up having to do laundry tonight. He peed all over the sheets and the comforter. He has spent most of the evening just curled up on the couch napping or in my arms. He has been trying to figure out ways to get at his incision. He almost has it figured out, so I will have to keep an eye on it.

Oh yeah, when I was on the way home from the vet I got a phone call. It was Babies R Us. Our nursery furniture is here already. I told them we would have to wait until this weekend to come and get it. Justin just does not have time during the week with his work schedule. Now I have to hurry this week and get the spare bed moved to the 3rd bedroom and get the carpet shampooed in the nursery. I can't wait til I have some pictures of the nursery all assembled to post.

Baby Stuff!!!!!

2008-09-07T09:44:00.001-07:00

YAY!!!! We went to Babies R Us yesterday and ordered our nursery furniture. We also picked out and bought our crib bedding and mobile. Mom said she is getting us a Pack-N-Play. Now we just need to look at a crib mattress, car seat/stroller, swing, bath stuff and just the little things (clothes, receiving blankets, diapers, etc).

The furniture is supposed to be here within 2 weeks. I can't wait till it is here so I can get it all assembled and new pictures of the nursery taken!!!!!

APPX 15 WEEKS TILL BABY!!!!

2008-09-06T10:55:00.001-07:00

Ok, so I now have less than 4 months left. YAY!!!! I went to the Dr. this last tuesday for my 24 week checkup. Everything was good. The Dr. said I was measuring right where we need to be, and that everything else was looking good. I go back on Sept 30th for my 28 week appt. I have to do my test for gestational diabetes then. They sent home the drink stuff with me to put in my fridge. I just have to drink it about 40 minutes before my appt. After this next appt, I will have to start going every 2 weeks since I will be in my 3rd trimester (YAY). There is a big sale at a baby furniture store in Kennisaw today, so as soon as I go get Justin up at 2:30, we are going. Everything in the store is up to 70% off. I am starting to get a bit of an antsy feeling since I have absolutely nothing for this baby.

Peanut is still doing good. He has been being so good the last couple of days. He still has his naughty puppy moments, but nothing like he was before. I think he is getting ready to start cutting his adult teeth, cuz he has been super fussy and chewing on everything the last week or two. Only a few more days till he has his surgery. I have a temp job lined up for next week, and am feeling kind of bad about having to leave him home by himself the day after. I will just have to give him some extra loves when I get home.

Peanuts most recent mouthy work. This was just one of the small messes.

Chewing on his bone.

Daddy's under here somwhere!!!!

Daddy - "where are you?"

There he is!!!!!

He loves this dumb duck.

BTW - It is now missing both of its feet. POOR DUCK!!!!!

Justin told his mom on the phone last weekend - "My wife is getting fat". BUTTHEAD

One more of the fat chick - 24 weeks pregnant!!!!!!

Catching Up Once Again!

2008-08-28T18:44:00.001-07:00

OK, so I haven't posted a new blog in a while. Still no job for me. Justin may be changing shifts at work before too much longer. Looks like he will be going to days. He's not so sure that those hours will be the best though. With his commute it will take him even longer to come and go from work. He will end up hitting major rush hour at least one way.

I have my next doctors appointment next Tuesday. Just a routine checkup. I am really excited to hear our little boys heartbeat again though. He has been so active lately. He still likes to hang out really low. Justin hasn't been able to feel him kick yet, but I think that is due to where the baby is laying. Hopefully he will move soon so his daddy can experience the thrill of his kicks. (I can't wait for him to kick Justin in the back while he is sleeping). My hands have started to swell a bit lately, and I am having a hard time wearing my wedding rings. I think they are about to be put up for a while. My feet swell on days like today when I have been up and on them a lot. I was up and down the stairs all day doing laundry. Then this evening I vacuumed the living room and dining room. I swept and mopped the kitchen and den, did dishes and wiped all the counters in the kitchen down from top to bottom. As of Monday, we will only have 16 weeks left of baby baking time left.

We think we have a name picked out, but I am going to just sit on that till a little later. Hopefully we have come up with one that will stick. It's bad enough that we have nothing for him yet (except a couple of outfits), not having a name for him as well was starting to get frustrating.

Peanut is doing good. He is still as rotten as ever. He had his last set of puppy shots this last Monday, and we scheduled his surgery for his neutering. He goes in on the 9th of Sept. The vet has told me that this will calm him down some. Any who - here's a few pics to tide everyone over till my next post!!!!

Peanut has learned how to jump up on the furniture by himself. He thinks my chair is his chair. Every time I get up - he comes and climbs up in my chair!!!!!

Here he is on the couch. He thinks he owns the place.

Awwww!!!!! Snuggling on the couch with his daddy!!!!

He was just hanging out outside. He acts mellow there. Bring him in the house and he goes nuts!!!!!

He really liked his new rawhide bones I got him. He got a beef basted one and a chicken basted one. He is going to town on the beef one here.

We have this huge tree in the front yard, and the branches were starting to get out of control. Justin came out the upstairs window and climbed over to this part of the roof to finish trimming the branches off of the house.

Still trimming. It looks so much better now that it is all trimmed up!!!!!

Peanut was trying to help daddy. He was grabbing the branches as they fell and dragging them out of the way. Most of them were bigger than he is. Justin didn't appreciate the help very much though. He had to run all over the front yard picking up branches.....LOL.

IT'S A BOY

2008-08-05T07:46:00.000-07:00

OMG!!! Can you say shock? We were both expecting to hear Girl. We are so excited. We really did not expect a little boy. I hope he ends up with daddies complexion and dark blue eyes. The Ultra Sound tech said he looked beautiful. Spine, Kidneys, Face and Heart all looked wonderful. I think he is going to be a sleepy boy like his daddy. He seems to like it best curled up very low. The US tech laughed at me when I asked if the baby was really that low. I thought I had been having gas bubbles for the last few weeks - Nope it was our little boy saying hello!!! She had to really jiggle him to get him to move around. He was curled up in a little ball just a snoozing away. Once he woke up though, he seemed more than happy to play for a while. He is weighing in around 12 ounces right now, and was playing really hard because his heart rate was 170. He has been very active since we got up this morning, so maybe he won't be as big of a sleepy head as his daddy. I am so excited and nervous to be a mommy to a little boy. I have much more experience with girls, but I think it will all be fine.

And now for the moment you have all been waiting for - Pictures.

(I got a DVD of the whole U/S, but it is about 15 minutes long, and I am having a hard time getting it to upload).

HI!!!! I have a hand up by my cheek and am waving to you!!!

You should have seen mommy cry when the nice lady typed "I'M A BOY" on the screen. I had her fooled - She thought I was a girly girl....hee-hee!!!

Daddy had to ask what she was pointing at on the screen. Silly daddy, There is a lot for me to teach him if he doesn't know.

My face - Am I super star, model material, football hero, cute already, or what!!

Mommy must have thought so - She needed an extra face shot of me!! I think I have her wrapped around my little fingers already!!!

This is toward the end of my photographic debut. Mommy was being way to sappy and crying too much, so I had to bring her back to reality.... I kicked her good.

Hopefully her and daddy can come up with a name for me soon!!! I can't go to school with the name Baby Boy!!!

Monday, August 4th!!!

2008-07-29T18:07:00.000-07:00

Monday is the big day!!!! I will be right at 20 weeks, and we have our BIG ultrasound at 9:30 EST that morning. The last 4 1/2 weeks have absolutely drug by. I can't wait to see our little one again. Hopefully we get a good peek and can tell if it is a boy or girl!!! I will post more on Monday after our appointment!!! Comment with a guess if you have one!!!

Tagged

2008-07-11T17:01:00.000-07:00

The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people (or whatever) and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment letting them know they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you've posted your answer.

1) What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was going to college in North Platte, Ne and working (can't remember where, because I was probably drunk too....LOL)

2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today?
1. Get up with Peanut and feed him
2. Take a nap
3. Play with Peanut
4. Take a nap
5. Go to grocery store

3) Snacks I enjoy: Today - Cheez-It's and Doritos Tomorrow could change depending on the power of suggestion (I hate my cravings...LOL)

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire: Pay of our debt, buy a house, be able to stay home with our baby, invest (maybe some really cool shopping)

5) Places I have lived: Palisade, North Platte and Lincoln, NE; Layton, UT and Woodstock (Atlanta, GA)

6) Jobs I have had? Security officer, cashier, fast food, admin asst., manager at Harley Dealership, Data entry and Insurance

7) People I want to know more about:
Chandell, Esther, Liz, Randy, Dave

4th of July & pics

2008-07-07T07:02:00.000-07:00

Ok, so peanut was so well behaved over the 4th. We ended up at Justins brother and sister in laws neighbors. They had an entirely fenced in back yard, and a lot of people there. Peanut was in heaven. He was passed around like a baby, and him and Madolyn hit it off great. They would chase each other around the yard. He was yapping and she was giggeling. He puppy chewed a bit at her, but it didn't seem to bother her. He wasn't as aggressive as he is with me, so I was pretty happy. I lost him at some point after Kelly took Madolyn home to put her to bed. He had been out playing, and I went to check on him and could not find him anywhere. I finally found him. He had gotten into his kennel by himself and had fallen asleep. The fireworks didn't seem to bother him either (nor did the thunderstorm we had last night).

We went back to Kevin and Kelly's on Saturday to pick up the bed for the spare bedroom we bought from them. The first words out of Madolyns mouth was "Where's your puppy". We ended up going back a little bit later so Justin could help Kevin move something and made sure we took Peanut with us. We ended up with an entertainment center on that trip. When we left later, we stopped to eat and get cleaned up, and went back to watch the Nascar race. I think it was midnight before we got home.

On Sunday - we had a day of rest. Peanut was still tired from Friday and Saturday, so he slept most of the day. It gave mommy and daddy time to sleep too. We ended up going out to dinner last night to a place called Spagetti Wharehouse. It wasn't too bad. Anyway - enjoy the pics from this weekend!!!

Here I am at 16 weeks.

Peanut hanging out at the barbeque.

He needed a short rest!!

It's a bird!! It's a plane!!! It's BatDog??? Nope, it's just peanut.

He fell asleep in someones lap. He was so cute.

We could not get Madolyn to take off her helmet. She loves it.

This was the first time she rode her bike. It was really exciting!!!

She was still trying to figure out the whole pedaling thing!!

She saw Peanut about this time and decided to take a break from the bike and play with him.

Playing Catch up!!!

2008-07-04T07:06:00.000-07:00

Ok, so it has been quite a while since I have been on here. Time to play catch up.

We went to the doctor this last Tuesday. He said the baby is doing great and the heartbeat was around 160. We go back on Aug 4th for our 20 week ultrasound. I can't wait to see our little one again. I think the next 4 weeks may just drive me nuts.

Last Monday we went to a kennel on the south side of Atlanta to look at a puppy. We now have a little 9 week old Miniature Dachshund. We decided to name him peanut (so now we need to find a new nickname for the baby). He is so rotton. Every little bit puppy. I told Justin we should have named him Rotten Apple because he is rotton to the core, and every once in a while looks sweet as an apple. He went to bed way to early last night and had mommy up at 4:00 this morning. It is almost 10:00 now and about my nap time....LOL. I wish!!! I need to finish getting food ready for tonight. We are going to my brother and sister in-laws for dinner. I am taking a sausage cheese dip, and some other sides. I need to hurry up and figure out what sides I am going to take. We are just going to take Peanut with us. If he gets too naughty he may have to go to his kennel. We will have to see how he does. Kevin and Kelly have a little girl that is about 2 and 1/2. I am afraid that Peanut will be a little to rowdy with her. They are afraid that Madolyn will terrorize Peanut. This could be interesting. I will take more pic's this weekend - hopefully a new belly one too. It is definitely getting out there. I noticed last night that I already can not see my feet. What else am I not going to be able to see by the time the next 24 weeks goes by???? HMMMMMM!!!

Here's one of those sweet innocent looks!! He really is pretty good!

Daddy found this T-Ball buried in the Holly Bush out front. Peanut had a blast playing with it!!!

OMG - another sweet innocent look.

Ok, he likes to chew. On anything he can get his mouth on. He got ahold of the leg of my patio chair here. Better that than my leg!!!

Ah-hah! I found daddies ear. It tastes good!!!

Oooohh, Long Day

2008-06-08T19:08:00.000-07:00

To start off, I thought I was past this whole morning sickness thing. I was feeling really good for almost the whole last week, and then last night - it was all over again. I am almost thinking that it was just the peanut letting me know he/she didn't like my choice of pizza. After that and running up and down the stairs over 10 times in like 5 hours, I started referring to him/her as the little dictator. Justin didn't like that too much, but it really fit yesterday....LOL.

Today, we did a lot of running around. We went to Babies R Us and I got a Snoogle body pillow. I am so excited to use it tonight. It is so comfy. My hips have been really hurting me lately. Doesn't help that I slid getting into the shower yesterday and practically did the splits. I saw a crib there that I really liked. It will convert to a toddler bed and then with different side rails to a full bed later on. The headboard part of it matches our beds headboard. We'll have to see if we get that one or not. It was about $400-500 dollars, so we may go with a lower priced one from Target, Walmart or somewhere similar.

After we got done at Babies R Us, we were then on a mission to find new shoes for Justin to wear to work. We had got him some steel toes before we came out here, but they were hurting his feet horridly. Anyway, like 6 stores and 2 and 1/2 hours later, we finally found some that were comfortable and black. Yay!!! My poor feet were thankful for this.

We came home for a while and then went back out for dinner a bit later. We went to a mexican food restaurant called On The Border. It wasn't too bad. I thought the salsa was really good (nice and hot). The fajitas were ok, but none of the other options really piqued our interest.

After that we went to Wal-mart so I could get some sort of mat for my tub/shower floor. (This is to prevent me doing any more splits in the shower :) .

I did find out tonight that my mother in law is not going to come and visit at this time. Both Justin and his brother have to work, and can't get time off. I guess they are all just going to wait and come out for Christmas after the babies are here. Yes, I said babies. Only one is mine. My sister in law is due in October, so there will be 2 new babies at christmas time.

I am starting to get a pregnant looking belly (finally). Thought I'd show it off to all my friends that I can't see in person. Me thinks it is going to be a long hot summer.

My 12 week belly!!!

Just another day

2008-06-04T19:14:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I was really motivated the first half of the day. Amazing since I didn't get good sleep last night. I already have difficulties getting comfortable, and that is really sad because I have an entire King size bed to myself to wiggle around in. Add on top of that, Justin got home from work at about 6:30 this morning. He did try really hard not to wake me up. I think he knows I have not been sleeping well. So, I doze back off and he begins bed hogging. I should have expected it. I go up there in the early afternoons quite often and just watch him sleep. (And take up the whole king size bed.) Anyway, I think I was back awake by 7:30 and finally rolled my fat butt off of the bed around 9:00. I actually got 4 whole loads of laundry done today. Hee-Hee. It was a pretty funny sight actually. I didn't want to have to carry 4 baskets full of laundry down the stairs, so I just started throwing all of our dirty laundry to the bottom. (I kinda slid down them the other day when I tried carrying too much - No harm done.) So anyway, I actually accomplished something today. Which was good since Justin was out of clean workshirts and underwear....LOL.

Justin went into work early again today, which has made for a very long evening for me. There has been absolutely nothing on tv tonight. So, I called my mom about 10:00 (9:00 CT) and heard tornado sirens in the background. She must have had another call coming in because she said she would call me back. I am sure she will forget (again) and I will try to call her again in another 20 minutes just to make sure all is ok. I surely won't be going to bed til I know for sure.

Thoughts on being pregnant:
Believe it or not (with all my horrid ranting and raving) I am truly excited to be pregnant, and the only problem is that time is going way to slow. I have less than 2 weeks left til I hit that blessed (so I've been told) 2nd trimester. Supposedly the pukiness, sleepiness and constant peeing will go away for a little while. I can not wait. Really the morning sickness has not been as bad as it could be. I have heard of people that have had it a lot worse. I think I have actually thrown up (I know - GROSS) 3 times total. It's the constant nauseau that can just go away. And the getting up 3 or 4 times during the night - that can just go away for a while too. And gag reflex - What the hell is up with that. I will be happy to be able to brush my teeth without gagging myself.

Justin is really starting to get into it too. He has been spending a lot of time just rubbing my belly and talking to Peanut. It is really kind of cute. He will pat my belly and just say "Hi Peanut - This is your daddy speaking." It almost chokes me up. Or after I eat, he will ask me if Peanut liked whatever I just ate. And most nights before he leaves for work he will kiss my belly bye. I really can't wait till I have the pregnant belly and not just the fat belly that I feel like I have now. Only about 7-9 more weeks till my next ultrasound (it's not scheduled yet, but will be between weeks 18 and 20). I really can't wait for that. We will get to find out if we are having a little boy peanut or a little girl peanut. (Justin, his mom and his Grandma Jo are all predicting a boy). I think with Justin that is just a bunch of wishfull thinking...LOL. I don't really care what it is. I will just be so happy to know that our little peanut is doing ok in there.

On the bright side, only 28 1/2 weeks left to go.

(Uuuggghhh, that sounds like forever)

Irritated!!!

2008-06-03T13:57:00.001-07:00

Ok, so it had been a fairly good day. I was very excited about a job prospect for me. (I'll tell more about that later.) Then my darling husband (who left for work yesterday at 4:00 PM, and didn't get home from work till almost 10:00 AM) tells me he has to go in early again tonight. So, I wake him up at 4:00 like he asked, and tryed to figure out what to make quick like for supper while he was in the shower. So, he comes downstairs gets his badge, keys, phone, etc... and says he's not hungry, and really has to go. I got to see my husband all of 15 minutes today. Normally I try not to grump about the hours he works, but it has been really hard lately what with living not only in a new city, but a whole new state. Add on top of it damn hormones, and I just want to cry. This really sucks. The hours he worked when we were back in Nebraska sucked, but I had a job and friends there. Here it is me and oh, me. So once again, I sit here on the couch flipping through channels (nothing on tv) and contemplating now what I will make myself for supper. I am sure it won't be healthy but hopefully better than what I ate last night (applesauce) as I am not really one to cook for just myself. I don't normally see much of him during the week due to 10-12 hour shifts and an hour commute each way, but we had always found a way to have dinner together. He is hoping that by tomorrow or the next day, they will be back on track at work and he can start going in at his normal time (8 or 9 at night), but that is just not helping my hormonal, emotional self today.

Ok, I'm done venting now.... I feel better.

Yep, A House Means Yard Maintenance!!!

2008-05-30T08:53:00.001-07:00

Luckily, I can say, most of that falls on Justin.

The neighbor decided to try to cut down a tree, and it ended up in our yard.

Justin with a chainsaw - scary!!

Ok, so the story with the frog is: One evening we had a really bad thunderstorm - tornados and all (almost felt like I was back at home). When I went to shut the blinds on the sliding porch door, I see this frog, just stuck to the glass hanging out. I think he was watching the American Idol season finale with me. Needless to say, all traces of him were gone (except the slime trail from where he slid down the glass). Just another one of our critters that comes to visit!!

What a week!!!

2008-05-30T07:21:00.000-07:00

We went to jacksonville, Florida for Memorial weekend. Justin had gotten us a room right off of the ocean. It was so awesome. My first trip to the ocean. We went to the Jacksonville zoo on sunday, and spent a lot of time hanging out on the beach. Finally got in and swam on Monday. I was really proud of me. I drove all the way there on Saturday. Justin had worked all night and wanted to sleep. This involved me driving through downtown Atlanta, Macon, and Jacksonville. It was not as bad as I thought it would be. On Thursday, I had another doctors appointment. I spent a lot of time with the OB nurse filling out paperwork, and going over brochures and books. Then I got to hear peanuts heartbeat (150 BPM). They were actually able to pick it up with the dopplar. It was such a relief to hear it. I was almost kinda sad that Justin was not there to hear it. My next appt will be shorter, so maybe he will go so he can hear it too. It was so amazing!!! The other plus, the doctor said I should start to feel a little bit better in the next couple of weeks. I can't wait for that. It has been pretty miserable the last couple of days. I just keep telling myself, it will be worth every dry heave in the end.

The view of the ocean and beach from our hotel room!

More beach and ocean. This was one of the days that it wasn't as windy.
The waves were huge all of the other days.

This one is for mom. This bald eagle was just sitting there posed waiting for someone to take his picture.

Justin relaxing by the pool with a beer. I think he has a beer cap stuck to his face above the nose of his sunglasses. (What a dork)!!!

He was absolutely beat after all of the fun of the weekend. Poor baby!!!

Goodbye Jacksonville!!!

Road Trip

2008-05-07T11:42:00.000-07:00

We went on a road trip last Sunday to Chatanooga. It is only about an hour and a half away from where we live. We went up to Lookout Mountain. It was a lot of fun. There is a cavern that you can take a tour down inside. Way back inside the cavern is a waterfall. It was sooo cool. Then we went and rode on an incline railway. I wasn't too sure about that. It was almost kinda freaky. Someone else there refered to it as a really slow roller coaster. Any kind of roller coaster is too much for me, so that wasn't the best way to describe it. After we rode back up the mountain we went to Rock City. That was really cool. There is a trail you follow through all of these different rock structures. I was kinda glad we went now instead of later on when I am bigger, cuz I may not have been able to fit through some of those spots.....LOL. It was a lot of fun, but we were both really tired when we got home and ended up taking a late nap. I guess it worked out ok for Justin. With him working nights - he tries to stay up all night on Sunday night so he can sleep during the day Monday. It kinda sucks for me. The only night I actually get to "sleep" with my husband is Saturday nights. And even then I am usually long gone by the time he comes up to bed. Him working nights and me not working at all is making for very long days for me. He usually leaves around 8:00 at night and gets home between 9 and 10 in the morning. I get him up at about 6:00, we eat supper and he gets ready for work. I am hoping that I start getting used to this sooner rather than later.

Enjoy the pics from Chatanooga!!!

The inclined railway!

Justin getting ready to go into Fat Man's Squeeze!!

1st Ultrasound

2008-04-30T16:36:00.001-07:00

We had our first ultrasound today. I was so awesome. Justin and I got to see and hear our baby's heartbeat!! The doctor said everything looked great, and our due date is Dec 21st.

**And mom, there is only 1 in there!!!

1st Doctors Appointment

2008-04-24T10:39:00.000-07:00

Wow!!! I had my first Doctors Appointment today. I wasn't sure what exactly would happen seeings how it was a brand new doctor. I met with nurse first and she took all my medical history. Then she poked my finger to get a drop of blood to check my iron. Next I had to pee in a cup. I'm getting really good a peeing - alot!! I had to wait about 5 minutes or so and she came and got me and said that it was positive and the dr was going to do a pap and pelvic. I was past due. I should have had one last September, and I had completely forgotten about it since I had had my surgery then. So I have my exam done and go talk to the dr in his office. He said everything looks really good. I asked him about my lactose intolerance, and he said to take Caltrate + D to supplement the calcium and Vitamin D I am missing out on by not being able to drink milk. He also said if the morning sickness gets too bad to let him know and he would prescribe something for the nausea. I was really surprised when he said he wanted to do an ultrasound next week. Like, Monday to be exact. He said it is still early, but we should be able to see the heartbeat. I am really excited about this. He also said that the little bit of cramping I have been having is normal, but if I have any more spotting at all to call them right away. They drew some blood before I left to check my hormone levels and told me to call tomorrow after 11:00 am to find out how they were. I guess I will know more after Monday. I am very relieved.

Justin had went with me to my appt., but he decided to just sit out in the waiting room. silly guy. He missed all the "fun". Afterwards, we came home and I decided it was nap time. I think I slept for at least 2 hours. It was really nice!! I could really grow to like naps.

Lots of Updates!!

2008-04-23T11:56:00.000-07:00

Ok, quite a bit has gone on over the last 24 hours.

I had a job interview yesterday afternoon. It lasted over 4 hours. I think that is a good sign. I didn't get home til after 7:00 last night. It is for a Risk Management Administrative Assistant. Sounds good to me...Hee-Hee. I will just be happy to have found a job. Hopefully I will know something more about that by the end of this week or early next week.

A lot of people already know this, but after 3 years of trying, Justin and I are going to be parents. We are very excited about this. We will have our first doctors appointment tomorrow - to confirm it. My rough guestimate of a due date is around Dec 19 to the 21st. We will see how close I am. I wanted to wait to say anything about it until we were a bit farther along, but with everything we have already been throught just to get to this point - I really couldn't stay quiet.

For those that didn't know -
We started trying to get pregnant right after we were married. It was a year after that, that it was determined that I did not ovulate. Great - Can't get pregnant without doing that. After many tests, I went on a 9 month round of Clomid. It seemed to be working as I would go have blood work done every month and every month my progesterone levels would come back very high. That meant having to have a blood pregnancy test done. Month after month it came back as negative. I think that was about the lowest point for me. Every month, we got our hopes so high only to be shot back down. Every month I actually contemplated if it was worth the heartache to do if for another round. Last September I had a scope surgery done to check my tubes. That came out very well. My tubes were clear, so now it was Justin's turn to be checked out.
After all of this, they could not determine a reason for our infertility. I had actually made an appointment with a doctor in Lincoln to look into my other options, when we got the word that we would be moving to Georgia.

I canceled the appointment and got busy focusing on the move. Must have been all of my focus on moving, because we actually did it on our own. I'm not sure how I feel about this whole morning sickness thing. Whoever named it that needs to be shot. Should be called "All Day and All Night Sickness". I will be glad when this part of it is over. Yesterday, I woke up and felt really good. Not even a little bit queasy. I thought "Yes, this is going to be a good day". Teaches me to think. About 9:00 last night it hit. Needless to say, I went to bed pretty early.

Guess that is about it for now. Will post more after my appointment tomorrow!!!

Aaargh Ants

2008-04-21T15:56:00.001-07:00

Ok, so I have an ant problem at my new house. I put out ant baits right after we moved in and it helps a little bit, but I can't even put dishes in my sink without rinsing them immediately. If I don't I have ants all over the place again. We had went to the grocery store last night and got some donuts. Justin must have opened them up last night after I went to bed. He re-shut the box, but when I got up this morning my whole flippen countertop was covered with those nasty little black ants. If anyone has any other ideas on how to get rid of them it would be really helpful. They are about to drive me nuts.

Amusement

2008-04-20T19:39:00.000-07:00

Ok, so since we now live somewhere where we actually have to maintain our own yards, we had to go find a mower. I caved and decided Justin could get a riding mower. I think we went all over Cherokee and Cobb counties before we finally just gave up and went to Lowe's. I could not believe how pricey they were. Then the $3.50 gas. This is Justins new form of entertainment. It only took him about a half an hour tonight to mow the front yard. I wanted to get some pictures of him on his new "toy", but the batteries in my camera were dead. Ok, so I know it's not really a toy, but if that is what I have to call it to keep him enthused about it, it will be a toy.

We really didn't do much of anything else today. I actually slept in this morning. We didn't get up till after 10:00. I don't know how long it has been since I have actually slept past 7 or 8. It was really kind of nice.

We went to a pizza buffet place for dinner tonight. We used to go to a place in Lincoln called Ci-Ci's that is an inexpensive pizza buffet. We have a Ci-Ci's here that is only a few blocks away, but we thought we would try Stevie B's out. It was about the same price as Ci-Ci's, and the pizza was a lot better. I left there feeling very full. I didn't think it was possible to love and hate something all at once, but that is how I feel about any kind of buffet. HEE-HEE.

Justin is planning on mowing the back yard tomorrow morning. Hopefully I can get some good pictures of him. He really does not like the camera and does not alway cooperate with me.

Today!!

2008-04-19T10:05:00.001-07:00

Today, I am just relaxing while Justin sleeps. He has been working nights now, so who knows how our weekends will play out.

Here are some pics of our new house!!

Front view

Back Yard:

Inside:

More to come later!!!

The Big Move

2008-04-19T09:15:00.000-07:00

Hello to everyone, from the sunny state of Georgia. It is hard to believe that just one week ago I was still a Nebraska resident. Just 9 days ago, this is what I was looking at:

One Really empty living room!

One alomost empy kitchen!

and one car on a trailer