Our most recent family photo, Christmas 2011, in Memphis at Mawmaw and Pawpaw's.
Our Little Family
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Catching up with my life for 2012!
I am currently in my 4th semester which is my second to last semester of school!! woo whooooooo! I currently have 326 days til graduation! According to the countdown on my phone! :) Sooo it's a new year. 2012 is going to be a great year! I am getting married in 186 days!! also according to my phone countdown, I am graduating! Kellan is turning 1, and Lanie will be starting the 3rd grade! I get everything I want this year...so maybe that means I need to get fake boobs, because that is definitely something I have always wanted, haha. Anyways..Colby and I have started working out together. We got a gym membership at Gold's, and I have developed a love/love relationship with Zumba! I am going to start tracking my progress on here instead of facebook because that is just way too public on there. Although this isn't too private either, but it's still not as out there as facebook. I will post all my measurements when we started and all that on another blog with before pictures. I have a dress to get into! Speaking of dress, I got another one! I am over my other dress that I got a few years ago. Too much time has passed and I just needed a new one. I love this one so much more and it is definitely more "me." Colby better love it! Although I know he will love anything I wear when I come walking down the aisle. Christmas was great this year, we had all 3 kids on Christmas morning. Can't ask for much more than that! I really do want to focus on this blog more because it definitely gives me time to sit down and just take it all in for a little bit. It's just hard to do that when facebook is so easy to access. I upload pics on there without even having to get on facebook. I guess I will just use this for more personal things like I mentioned before, like my working out stuff! I don't want to write too much because I could type forever, so this will be it for now because I could talk and talk about everything that is going on. to keep it short..Kellan isn't crawling, probably not even close yet...Lanie is developing an attitude, so I have to take things from her and then she acts right really fast. Noah is getting so big and is finally not whining like he used to over silly, petty things. He realizes he can't get what he wants from us unless he acts right too. Colby is doing great at work. He always gets recognized for his hard work and it all will pay off one day. I am so proud of him. My little brother started college and the U of Memphis, so proud of him too! it's never too late to start college, he is 24....wow..he is 24..that just doesn't sound right. I will be 26 this year. Okay, new subject. Colby is working until 11 tonight so I should be in bed but I can't sleep without him. Our wedding is coming along so great! I have so many things done and can't wait to become Ashley George. Okay this is enough for now. I need to get to bed before Kellan wakes up :) I will continue with other topics at a later day. good night!
long time, no write.
I haven't written in here in FOREVER. I need to catch up. I started this whole thing so I could have my distant family and friends keep up with me and so I could look back and read what I have written after time has passed, and how awesome it is to see writing about Kellan and my pregnancy journey. so bitter sweet because he is becoming such a big boy. I just love him soo much!
I have just finished 3rd semester, the hardest semester of my life! I am still amazed as I see my passing score for Med Surg. I hope that anyone who ever feels like they can't do something can look at me and realize that I am proof that anything is possible. I struggled so bad this semester. It's hard enough being a nursing student, but having a family and a 3 month old starting the hardest semester of your life, was beyond difficult. I haven't slept a full night since Kellan has been born, I crawled out of bed most mornings wanting to cry because of sleep deprivation although I tried to go to bed by 1030 every night. I never made it to class on time unless there was a test, I wrote my 15 page paper in 3 hours, the night before it was due...I studied for every test a couple day before the test and the day before totalling about 8 hours total for each test, which is NOT enough at all but I managed to pass every test but 1.
welllll..I wrote that whole paragraph back in December but apparently got too busy to save it, so I guess I will save it now and start a new blog! p.s. THANK GOD med surg is OVER!
I have just finished 3rd semester, the hardest semester of my life! I am still amazed as I see my passing score for Med Surg. I hope that anyone who ever feels like they can't do something can look at me and realize that I am proof that anything is possible. I struggled so bad this semester. It's hard enough being a nursing student, but having a family and a 3 month old starting the hardest semester of your life, was beyond difficult. I haven't slept a full night since Kellan has been born, I crawled out of bed most mornings wanting to cry because of sleep deprivation although I tried to go to bed by 1030 every night. I never made it to class on time unless there was a test, I wrote my 15 page paper in 3 hours, the night before it was due...I studied for every test a couple day before the test and the day before totalling about 8 hours total for each test, which is NOT enough at all but I managed to pass every test but 1.
welllll..I wrote that whole paragraph back in December but apparently got too busy to save it, so I guess I will save it now and start a new blog! p.s. THANK GOD med surg is OVER!
Friday, May 27, 2011
Kellan's Birth day story..
I've had quite a few people ask me about the labor and how it went. Mostly my preggo friends, but in case anyone wants to know how things went for us then here ya go :)
We got to the hospital a little late..It was bc of me of course. It was SO ugly outside but I knew it would get pretty when Kellan was born and it was gorgeous outside! My day didnt start off great at all. My veins kept rolling and the nurse blew two of them in my right arm which is excruciating. So she moved to my left arm and finally got the IV started there. They started my pitocin around 8ish and it took a good hour for the contractions to start. Once they started, they didnt ease up. I got my epidural around 930 and only the left side of my body wass feelingless. I started freaking out at this point. Nothing helped the right side get numb, we tried everything. They finally had to up my dose, which I didnt want to do bc my left side was so numb that I couldnt move my leg at all. I was scared that I wouldnt feel to push or that I wasnt going to be able to move around like I should have been. About an hour and a half before I started pushing, my right side finally started going numb. By this point I was in so much pain that I thought I was going to throw up and pass out. My back was hurting so bad and the contractions went all the way through my body. I was shaking really bad from the epidural and the pain, not to mention I was a hair away from screaming and going irate. I dilated really fast from there and had to push about 5 sets of 3, so abouht 15 times. I didnt tear, nor did I get an episiotomy. He came right out once I started pushing. Thank you Mom and Memaw for my big hips! They let him stay with us for about 30 minutes before they weighed him and bathed him. I guessed that he would be 7.6 and 19 inches long, but he turned out to be 7.9 and 20 1/4 inches. He is a long big boy with the chance of red hair! I keep wondering what color his eyes will be bc they are already changing so much. As far as his personality so far, he is SO calm and laid back. He doesnt cry at all, he wimpers when he wants to be touched or swaddled. At first he didnt eat very well and acted like he didnt want to latch, but they found out he had swallowed amni fluid and had to suction it out of his tummy. By 5 this morning he was feeding so well and ate a lot. So Im glad breastfeeding is going great so far. This has been such a great experience although it was not as easy as Lanie's birth, it was worth every second. I am so in love with my little boy and wish theyd hurry and bring him back to me now. Jeannie left her laptop and camera since she wont be here until 12 today, thankfully because I have to kill time until he comes back to the room! I am still hurting pretty bad with the after birth contractions, but I am managing it. I hate taking medicine but I dont want to hurt. Colby has been absolutely wonderful through this whole entire pregnancy. I have had my mood swings bc I was so uncomfortable, but he stuck through it and either ignored me and let me be grumpy or he did anything he could to appease me. I couldnt ask for a better best friend to share everything with. My dad is on his way here now and I cant wait to see him. We get to go home tomorrow, which is Colbys birthday! We met 3 years ago on his bday, so we both coulodnt ask for a better birthday present for him :) I never thought that moving here on May 25, 2007 that I would meet the love of my life on may 28, 2008, and have such an amazing life for myself come May 26, 2011. I am so happy with the way things are headed and couldnt be more thankful for everything that I have been given. I love my family and Colby's family so much.
We got to the hospital a little late..It was bc of me of course. It was SO ugly outside but I knew it would get pretty when Kellan was born and it was gorgeous outside! My day didnt start off great at all. My veins kept rolling and the nurse blew two of them in my right arm which is excruciating. So she moved to my left arm and finally got the IV started there. They started my pitocin around 8ish and it took a good hour for the contractions to start. Once they started, they didnt ease up. I got my epidural around 930 and only the left side of my body wass feelingless. I started freaking out at this point. Nothing helped the right side get numb, we tried everything. They finally had to up my dose, which I didnt want to do bc my left side was so numb that I couldnt move my leg at all. I was scared that I wouldnt feel to push or that I wasnt going to be able to move around like I should have been. About an hour and a half before I started pushing, my right side finally started going numb. By this point I was in so much pain that I thought I was going to throw up and pass out. My back was hurting so bad and the contractions went all the way through my body. I was shaking really bad from the epidural and the pain, not to mention I was a hair away from screaming and going irate. I dilated really fast from there and had to push about 5 sets of 3, so abouht 15 times. I didnt tear, nor did I get an episiotomy. He came right out once I started pushing. Thank you Mom and Memaw for my big hips! They let him stay with us for about 30 minutes before they weighed him and bathed him. I guessed that he would be 7.6 and 19 inches long, but he turned out to be 7.9 and 20 1/4 inches. He is a long big boy with the chance of red hair! I keep wondering what color his eyes will be bc they are already changing so much. As far as his personality so far, he is SO calm and laid back. He doesnt cry at all, he wimpers when he wants to be touched or swaddled. At first he didnt eat very well and acted like he didnt want to latch, but they found out he had swallowed amni fluid and had to suction it out of his tummy. By 5 this morning he was feeding so well and ate a lot. So Im glad breastfeeding is going great so far. This has been such a great experience although it was not as easy as Lanie's birth, it was worth every second. I am so in love with my little boy and wish theyd hurry and bring him back to me now. Jeannie left her laptop and camera since she wont be here until 12 today, thankfully because I have to kill time until he comes back to the room! I am still hurting pretty bad with the after birth contractions, but I am managing it. I hate taking medicine but I dont want to hurt. Colby has been absolutely wonderful through this whole entire pregnancy. I have had my mood swings bc I was so uncomfortable, but he stuck through it and either ignored me and let me be grumpy or he did anything he could to appease me. I couldnt ask for a better best friend to share everything with. My dad is on his way here now and I cant wait to see him. We get to go home tomorrow, which is Colbys birthday! We met 3 years ago on his bday, so we both coulodnt ask for a better birthday present for him :) I never thought that moving here on May 25, 2007 that I would meet the love of my life on may 28, 2008, and have such an amazing life for myself come May 26, 2011. I am so happy with the way things are headed and couldnt be more thankful for everything that I have been given. I love my family and Colby's family so much.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
School is coming to an end for the summer and that means Kellan is getting closer to being here!
I couldn't be more excited about May 3 to be here, LAST DAY OF FINALS! I will have a full 3 or 4 weeks to get ready for Kellan because he could techincally be here any day. We get to see him on May 2, which I am overly excited about it because we havent seen him since 19-20 weeks. I want to know how big he is, or should I say how "small" he is since everyone keeps telling me my belly is small! I am measuring right at my week though as of right now. I had high BP at our last visit and these Braxton Hicks contractions are getting so much more intense, but I am not at a breaking point yet. I am just so uncomfy and can't sleep. My Dr. had to come up with a medical reason to give us the ultrasound bc they only offer us one with my insurance. I can give him plenty of reasons to chart down because this pregnancy has been so different then mine with Lanie. Speaking of Lanie..she has taken the beginning steps to her advanced classes next year at her school and passed them. Now we just have to set up a test for her to take to see how far advanced she is. I am so proud of her! I really do hope that she can rub off on Kellan when it comes to school work responsibility and reading. Not to mention, how well behaved and mature she is. I couldn't be a happier Momma. Ahhhh I am sitting outside and just had a HUGE black spider on my leg. I pretty much threw everything I had in my hands or lap. Whew.....anyways...busy next few days. We have round 2 of maternity pics tomorrow with Jeannie after lunch and our Easter egg hunt for Lanie and Noah. I am so excited about them because we haven't taken pics with the kids yet.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Round 1 of maternity pics!
We drove to Memphis for a friend of mine to do our maternity pictures because I told her while she was taking my wedding dress pics last summer, that once I got pregnant, she could do some of our maternity pics. I didn't expect that to be this soon though! I wanted some outdoor pictures of trees and flowers that were just starting to bloom so she suggested Botannical Gardens. I had never been there but it was EVERYTHING I expected it to be. They had bonzai trees, bamboo, buttercups, tulips, dogwoods, bradford pears, and Japanese trees that I can't even pronounce or spell. It was soo beautiful. The weather was perfect too, a little windy, but perfect. My eyes were killing me by the end of the shoot but you can only tell in a few pics that my eyes were getting red. We have only seen a few of them, so I am waiting anxiously to see the rest of them! I still want Colby's Mom to do pics of us of course because she's so creative and it means more when she does them because they are more personalized to us. Colby has some great ideas of course that have to do with sports, but I'm up for anything. I am just ready to hold my little man! I'll leave some pics from our shoot and will add more when we get them :)
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