Busy weekend

What a fun weekend!

Friday was my 32 week appointment with my OB. They did a quick ultrasound to check on my placenta previa (http://www.babycenter.com/0_placenta-previa_830.bc). Although it is considered a low lying or a marginal previa, he says more than likely I will deliver around 38 weeks to avoid any complications. So, we may only have another 6 weeks to go!!! YAY!

Saturday was our first ever yard sale. We have contributed to them before, but never hosted our own. I think we did really well, and we got rid of a lot of stuff! Both of our mom's came up to help, as well as some of our neighbors. There were two other yard sales on our street that day, so we had a pretty constant flow of people.

Today Mike, Jacob and I went to church, then came home to play outside, wash the cars, and do some yard work. I even got a little sun on my oh so white skin!!!




Jacob loved this new little pool that we bought him yesterday, but I don't think it was worth the money. I am going to return it tomorrow and get him a nicer one that will last all summer!

We have also been researching dual/two seater strollers the past couple of nights, and found out that we have enough credit card points to get a really nice one for (basically) free! I am pumped about this, as a stroller was really the only big purchase we needed to make before the baby came!

We are also hoping (really soon) to book our next vacation. I am SO ready for a vacation. We usually spend a weekend in Destin this time of year, but with my monstrous ankles and spider veins, I don't think I am willing to jump in to a bathing suit, even if it is a maternity one. Maybe in a few months, who knows....

Musings from a 3 year old

He took the words right out of my mouth....

for dad (pawpaw)

per your request, even though I cannot flip it right ways!!!

Memorial Day

So, yesterday was Memorial Day and we had our first crawfish boil of the year.

Now that crawfish season is just about done, Mike felt it necessary to eat his weight in mud bugs because he may not get them again until next year! I, however, do not like seafood....of any variety. I do like the garnishing that come with it though (potatoes, corn, carrots). All it took was one bite of corn for me to have immediate onset of heartburn, so it was a macaroni and cheese kinda day for me!

The kids swam (we celebrated the day with the neighbors) and played the entire afternoon and Jacob even tried some crab (although I had to tell him it was chicken to get him to even open his mouth. I guess because I don't eat it, he thinks he shouldn't either and has thus far refused all seafood). He declared that he liked that chicken and wanted more!!! Maybe there is hope for him and seafood after all.

Today when I picked the little fella up from school I told him that since daddy was not going to be home until late tonight, we could stop for some ice cream as a treat this afternoon (since there was no rush to get home). He however made a scowling face, furrowed brow and all, and declared that he would much prefer a coke icee. WHAT?? An icee over ice cream, this cannot be my child! So, I stopped, and he got his icee. He also got a little taste of his first brain freeze - hilarious!!! He drank about half and threw the rest away. Again, is this my child?

We are having a garage sale this weekend and I hope to get rid of a lot of this random stuff we have laying around. Just in time for baby Will's arrival, in which we will accumulate that much more stuff=)

Daddy is out late at a work function, so it's just us for now. Good night!

Stunningly superb Saturday

For a day projected with an 80% chance of rain and likely thunderstorms throughout, today was glorious. Overcast, somewhat dreary, but hardly any rain at all. So, we took Jacob to Global Wildlife for our second attempt at the safari adventure. Jacob had a blast and his favorite animal was the llama. We also saw zebra, camel, bison, deer, elan, ostrich, giraffe, and cattle. The weather was perfect for me too, cloudy and windy, no sweating involved!!! We are totally pooped now, so I am making this post short and sweet, with lots of pictures. Hey, aren't pictures what you come here for anyways???


















Also included, some pictures from our first attempt at Global Wildlife






and an oh so precious picture of our niece, little Ms Emma (who will be a big sister very soon!)

Future fireman

Jacob and I had a busy morning...

After he played while I slept in (can we say best kid ever!) we made pancakes with strawberries, bananas, and blueberries - yum!

Following our pancake breakfast we headed to the library where I let him check out 6 new books. The fire station is right across the street from the library, so I asked him if he wanted to go and see the trucks. He is currently loving fire trucks and anything to do with firefighting. He has been telling us for a while now that both he and his brother are going to be 'fire truck drivers' when they get bigger!

So across the street we drove. We did not see anyone at first, but almost immediately were greeted by some really nice firemen, paid and volunteer. One in particular showed Jacob everything there was to show him about the truck itself, and he got to meet the fire chief. Being the shy little fella that he is, he didn't say much, but you could see the excitement in his face. They let him climb in to the truck, honk the horn and sirens, turn on the lights and wear some of the gear. I thought it was so sweet of them to be so generous to a little 3 year old boy. They even equipped Jacob with his own junior fire hat and a big bag of goodies. When it was time to go, Jacob got upset. The fireman told him to come back for a visit anytime. Great guys those firemen.

taking the drivers seat


getting ready to see all of the gear the men wear


wearing a real fireman's hat


turning on the lights


touring the inside of the truck


trying on a real fireman badge


sporting the badge!




hanging out in the passenger seat


After the fire station we went to Chik-fil-a for lunch and to get a quick hair cut for Jake. We made it home just in time to beat the rain. I have my girls night out in a little bit, so it's just the guys tonight. Hope the rain lets up just a little bit so we aren't home bound all weekend!

where has the week gone?

I apologize for the lack of posting...I have worked THREE days this week! Woosh, how do you people work FIVE days a week??? I feel like the week has flown by, for petes sake, tomorrow is Friday!

Not to much going on this week. I am keeping Jacob home to spend some quality time with me tomorrow, and am heading for a girls night out tomorrow night. Some of my most awesome friends (ex-work buddies) are throwing me a mini baby shower tomorrow night and we are going out to dinner and maybe a movie. Good times=)

We have a lot planned for this weekend, but it is supposed to rain the entire time, so we'll see what we get accomplished. Stay tuned for lots of pics!!!

wedding weekend

One of my best friends got married this weekend. Rehearsal on Friday, wedding on Saturday. Mike, Jacob and I all took part in the festivities. I was a bridesmaid, Jacob was the ring bearer, and Mike did a reading during the ceremony. The wedding was beautiful and the day was filled with plenty to do! It was an all day affair yesterday, as Kim (my friend...same name!) was marrying an authentic Irishman, accent and all. The tradition in Ireland, as well as many other parts of this country, for a wedding is to use the day to celebrate. The wedding was at 130pm, then we had pictures, cocktails, a sit down dinner, and dancing. The night ended about 10pm. Jacob had an absolute blast! He was the center of the attention on the dance floor, and we literally had to drag him off kicking and screaming at the end of the night. Enjoy the pictures, and video (remember to silence the music at the bottom to hear the video)












Zonked...


I appologize for the video being sideways....I unknowingly turned my camera to take the video, not realizing that's how it would download! I may try to fix it when I have more time=)

Get down little man!!!

baby brother

Meet William, Jacobs' baby brother. I am 29 1/2 weeks and had my 4-d ultrasound today!!! He looks JUST like Jacob, nose, bald head and all....hehe!

The pearl like necklace across his face is the umbilical cord, he sucked on it at one point!


He is even positioned like Jacob was, breech with his feet touching his forehead...


This is a good shot of his furrowed little brow. He was not happy with all of the poking and proding going on.




A smile!


We also got a yawn, but we didn't capture it on film=(
All of the black 'holes' are just artifact from the ultrasound machine, not holes in his head!!!!

rambling thoughts

Just hanging out for a bit before I go get the little fella from school. He gets highly offended if I try to pick him up too 'early'. He complained yesterday that he had not had his turn in the kitchen center (they have centers at school that a few kids play in at a time) yet and he was, in fact, not ready to go home.

Jacob has been having a nasty runny nose for a few days now, and on Sunday night started with, what sounded like, some wheezing to me. I usually would have whipped out my handy dandy stethoscope, but since someone at work swiped it, I had to resort to the old ear on the chest to try and hear wheezing in his lungs. Despite my pretty perceptive hearing, I was unsure if he was in fact wheezing. I decided a little breathing treatment wouldn't hurt, so I went to the medicine cabinet to retrieve the breathing machine and inhalant medicine. Low and behold, his medicine expired...LAST AUGUST! Damn.

Mike seemed to think it would be OK to give him an expired breathing treatment, he says he remembers the pediatrician saying once that that stuff never really expired. His medicine is VERY pricey, so I contemplated giving it as well. I called Jacob's after hours pediatrician number and the nurse said it would not hurt him to give it being expired, it just may not help him if he was wheezing. So I gave it last night and the kid was bouncing off the walls! This is a side effect, but it has never done this to him before. It took him over an hour and a half to fall asleep, poor fella. On the positive side, I think it did help his breathing some.

Last night we had a pretty bad rain/lightening/thunderstorm right about dinner time. I found out that lightening hit one of the neighbors houses and caught their roof on fire!!!! Praise Jesus, there was hardly and damage at all. SO SO scary to think of that happening. The scariest part is that you don't know when lightening strikes your house until someone tells you that your house is on fire.

I also discovered/realized that red sauce gives me MAJOR heartburn/indigestion. MAJOR. SEVERE. HEARTBURN. I love red sauce. Pizza, spaghetti, lasagna....oh my.
I guess I will have to keep the tums handy, because despite the horrid chest burning I will have, I am craving lasagna tonight....

Mother's Day

This little boy made me a mother



and this little boy made him a brother



How lucky am I....


Happy Mothers' Day mom, I learned (and am still learning) from the very best!