Doctor appointment went pretty good today!

Sooo we had a check up today at the new doctor's office near the new hospital, and I really like it. I haven't gained any weight, which still worries me, but they said since my belly is growing and my uterus is the right size then everything is fine. He found the babys heartbeat right away and it was 140 BPM. He said it sounded really strong and perfectly normal. I feel like my whole body smiles when I hear the heart. Colby heard it today for the first time in the room, he missed it last time since my last appointment was a random appointment for cramping. He heard it when I recorded it but theres nothing like hearing it when its "live" I should say. We schedule our ultrasound for January 17 at 3 pm!!! I can't wait!! It's my first day back to school that day too, so busy day.
Colby is at the TN and NC game with my Dad, I AM JEALOUS, but I am glad they get to hang out. I am folding clothes and washing dishes, but taking a break. I am trying to start blogging more because I like to be able to look back and read what I write, especially years from now I will love it. I guess I will get back to folding clothes while watching the football game. If only I could have a glass of wine right now too! I will save that for next season though :) Good night!

What a great year 2010 has been!

Although this has been a great year, I am so ready to start 2011 and see where it goes! There are so many things to look forward to. The past semester was my first as a nursing student, and I could have done a lot more studying, but I just didn't have it in me. I was too nauseous all the time. I did just enough to make B's and that's good enough for me! I don't need A's to feel like I did a good job because I know my stuff, I just suck at tests! I am still going to be on the SNA board next semester and I'm excited about it. I also start clinicals, I don't know where at just yet though. I will find out during the first week back to school I believe. I am actually somewhat excited about starting back, but I am not excited about losing sleep and my life! I just keep telling myself that it will all be worth it one day.
As far as baby goes, we go to the doctor tomorrow morning! They are going to schedule us as appointment to find out what himmer is either Friday, Monday or Tuesday. I can't wait to know that everything is okay and then to find out if we buy pink or blue! I am still unsure if I want a boy or girl more, I don't think I really care. I just want it healthy. Although deep down I do feel like it is a little boy still. If they say GIRL, then I will be completely shocked, but just as happy :)
Colby and I went to the Garth Brooks concert and it was by far the best concert EVER. I don't think it can be beat, just to throw that out there. And I love John Mayer, and still thought Garth was 9084095 times better.
Colby is seeing the Zac Brown Band tonight, and I am having a lot of R&R by myself, it is much needed. He is also going to the Music Bowl tomorrow night with my Dad, I am super excited for them! We got the tickets for my Dad for xmas, but if I knew he was going to take Colby, I would have got 3 so I could go! Because Colby doesn't even like Tennessee Vols! and I grew up with them being in the house with Dad.
Colby and I stayed at the Opryland hotel right after christmas because I have always wanted to stay there, so he took me. I just the way it looks at christmas and I wanted to be able to sleep and not have to make the bed, or clean dishes after dinner. Making a mess and leaving it is great haha. Although I did straighten up before we left because I'm just a neat freak like that.
I am still so grateful for the way my life is turning out. I never imagined my life would be headed in the way it is now, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
BTW-Rock Band is AWESOME and I dont know why we havent bought it sooner. It was a gift from "Santa" for Lanie but my parents bought it. I don't like to say Colby and I are addicted, but we are in like deeply with the game haha.
I am completely off schedule with my sleep right now because of the holidays. I am having such a hard time sleeping, and I wake up when Colby goes to work at 6, then stay awake, and go back to sleep until 10 or 11. I have never been one to ever sleep past 9! I don't like it at all, but if I don't sleep, then I feel so nauseous. Speaking of nausea, I have been feeling so much better. But yesterday I felt sick all day. About 4 o'clock, I had to pull over while driving and throw up! I haven't thrown up mid day yet, only in the morning while I was brushing my teeth, and even then I've only gotten sick 4 times, 5 times counting yesterday. I just hope that doesn't happen again when I'm doing something important.
We have started to get things for baby. We got a gift card from Colby's brother and his GF for xmas, so we ordered a wipe warmer with diaper storage. We got a few neutral things for xmas, and some other random things. I still just cant wait to find out what the little person thats been kicking me is going to be. We have names picked out. We sat on the balcony at opryland and narrowed our names down for both sexes. It was easy because we just put the two names together that we both liked. This is a long blog, so I need to stop and finish clothes so I can get some rest in our new sheets that I'll be sleeping in for the first time tonight! They are 500 count and are supposed to be good, so let's hope they don't let me down!

Here's some random pics belly, us on our indoor balcony, and Lanie and Noah christmas morning in their matching jammys with their names on it. NITE! :)

I'm baaaaaaack

Dang, school is CRAZY! But I surprisingly love it. I hate being so busy all of the time and forgetting how to actually live my life, but it's worth it haha. My tags have been expired since September and I have yet to get them updated! I just haven't thought about it, too many other things.
A little update about what's going on with me and the fam: Lanie has taken a test at her school to see if she is gifted. In other words, she's a genius and hopefully this test will prove that she needs to be given harder work this year and next year! Baby is kicking my butt. BIG TIME. I have only thrown up 4 times yet. Every time in in the morning, RIGHT after I brush my teeth. I think I could chunk throughout the day if I wanted to, because I am still so nauseous all the time. I am getting used to it though. I have steadily lost weight, but I have only lost 10 pounds total. I am smaller now then I was when I got pregnant with Lanie in high school. I know I will get huge eventually soo losing a few pounds for now is fine with me. Baby is growing and the belly is growing, so that's all the assurance I need to know things are fine.
I did have a scare this week. I have been hurting really bad on my right side, but only if I sit in class for long periods of time, or when I drive in the car for a while. I feel like there is so much pressure in my side, but its not appendecitis, and nothing else is wrong, so I just wait it out. I went to the doc a week early just to make sure everything was okay and they couldn't find the heartbeat....but they finally did! She said "if we don't find the heart beat don't worry because you do have a tilted uterus.." I then told her NO, that I would freak out if she didn't find it and I wasn't leaving until she did. haha. I got my way.
I also started seeing spots about 2 weeks ago. I guess it's bad for you to drink a gallon of OJ a day like I was doing. For those who don't know, OJ is PURE SUGAR. So I pretty much brought on a slight case of gestational diabetes because I don't eat much, I just drink my calories. Needless to say, I have not had OJ since that Friday. The spots were gone by Saturday. This baby is a little boy, I just know it. Everything is so different from Lanie. but then again, I was 17 and could bounce back easily.
I have a week and a few days left of school! I cant not wait! Tonight is the Nashville parade, but it looks like we aren't going because Lanie woke up this morning with a cough and congestion. I don't want to make her worse since it will be in the 30's tonight!
Colby is absolutely wonderful! He has tried to help me so much and I am probably not as nice or grateful as I should be because he tries so hard to deal with my nausea and moodiness fromt he sickness.
We put up our tree the other night and I love it this year!! We got a new tree for $40 at OTP, my favorite store ever! Well, besides World Market. Halo and Bella love the tree too, I find pieces of it all over the place where they bite it off.
We are taking christmas pics this weekend at Opryland Hotel, I can't wait because I love that place! Colby and I are actually staying there on night after christmas and eating dinner. We need some time together! Lanie will be with her Dad.
I just can't wait for this semester to be over! If I haven't said that enough. I guess I better get back to cleaning, studying, and then go get my tags!
I see Christmas cookies, christmas movie, dinner and putting out christmas lights tonight and watching the parade on TV. I will be posting more now that school is almost over. We find out what the baby is after the new year since I went to the doc a week early, they want to wait til after christmas and the new year, which is fine with me.

I'll leave you with a few pics, but I will post more when we get done with the house! This is my latest belly pic and our leaning christmas tree! :)

Pictures that Mimi took of the kiddos!!

Happy Halloween a little early!

Big smiles!! So ready to play in the leaves and see Mimi!

I'd like to think she looks like me with makeup!

My little Genie.

The real Spiderman.

It actually made great snow angels

Where's Noah??

Jeannie took pictures of the kids today so I thought I'd share a few of them that I took while she took pictures. The kids played in the leaves and loved it! We had to get rid of Noah's spiderman mask because he is absolutely terrified of any masks, or anything that goes in your mouth/on your nose/anything on your face that doesn't belong. I am interested to see how he is going to handle the costumes this weekend at the festival. But here are some pics that I took, I will add some more of Jeannie's when I get them because they will be a lot better.

Baby G is perfect!

I have to start this blog off with our little one. Our doctor visit went great!! We got there early so we got to go back early. The estimated due date is June 5, so I am 8W3D and everything was perfectly normal. The heart rate was 144 BPM. We didn't get to hear it, but we SAW it. I started crying. It's so amazing that something so small is already so big. Our little miracle can't get here soon enough! Colby brought in our video camera so we got the ultrasound on video although we weren't supposed to. :) Everything is started to sink in now, along with my pants getting too tight to button. Colby's Mom and sister got me my first maternity shirt!! I LOVE IT!! It says "life, love, baby" on the front. I would have definitely bought it myself. I am still nauseous and not eating a lot. I actually threw up yesterday morning for the first time! I swear, just looking at my toothbrush gets me gagging. haha, but I actually chunked yesterday after brushing my teeth. Good thing it was only orange juice and stomach acid.
I can only drink milk and Sunny Delight and sweet tea occasionally. Water can make me gag just by looking at it. I can't wait for this to pass, but finding our everything is fine today just makes everything so much better! I can't wait to start buying stuff for our little baby.

                                           Here's my new shirt that I just love everything about!

Nausea, Nausea, and more Nausea.

I am so nauseous all day, every day. I have tried everything to make it subside, but it just never fully goes away. This is so different than my pregnancy with Lanie because I felt nauseous with her MAYBE 5 times. I am so bloated even though I am barely eating anything. I am still enjoying every minute of this pregnancy though. I have so many expectations for this baby and I can't wait for it to get all the love from the big family that it is coming into! Colby is calling the little one a "himmer" because we don't know if it's a "him" or a "her." Technically, if it is a boy, then the little boy parts are forming right now, and it's its a girl, then nothing is really growing..but the sex is trying to form this week I do believe. I went and bought "What To Expect When You're Expecting" and "Pregnancy Journal" yesterday. I wanted to read them right away but I had to study for a Patho exam, something that I should also be doing right now...but this is important :). We go back to the doctor in 2 days on Wednesday for an ultrasound and PICTURES!! I will update later after our doc visit! But here is a pic at 7 weeks I do believe...My tummy is usually the only thing I have going for me body wise, but now I'm packing a bulge already!! I can tell, but not many people would notice if they were a stranger. I can't wait to get fat! :)

I can't eat food, smell food, or even write the word food.

I am not used to this nausea! I never got sick with Lanie. Crossing my fingers still that I haven't actually thrown up yet, but I have come close many of times. I am going to get the doctor to call me in some meds because I can not have this feeling while trying to go to school. This is the first weekend where I have felt absolutely horrible.
I went to Memphis and ended up doing NOTHING the whole time. Saturday night all my brothers came over because Dad grilled out; I didn't eat a burger, I only snacked on chips. I didn't see any friends, and didn't even go see my grandparents like I always do. I went to Target with my parents on Sunday before we were going to head out, and I ended up finding a bench at the pharmacy, sitting down, breaking out in a complete head to toe body sweat, while my Dad fanned me with a box of a Advil. Hormones are awful. It amazes me though what our bodies go through in order to maintain a pregnancy. I just hope I get over this sickness soon because I know it will all be worth it. I just can't wait to eat an actual meal!!

I need lasik SO bad!

I am so blind. Literally, I am legally blind, but I am getting so sick of not being able to see. My vision is 20/600, in other words, I can't freakin see. Our back door was left open the other morning, and I laid in bed contemplating if I should get up and go see what it was. I was digging for my glasses and couldn't find them, so I decided to just stay in bed. Thankfully, the pressure from the front door when Colby left, forced the back door open because it wasn't shut all the way. Good thing noone decided to visit our house while we were sleeping. I was home alone when I heard the door open, not only did I hear the door open, but our alarm tells us when the back door or front door opens so I just hear our alarm say "Back door." All I could do was lay there, TERRIFIED because I couldn't see a thing. I definitely want to get lasik once the baby gets here because I'll be getting up many times in the night I'm sure, and I will need to be able to see. It will definitely be an investment. I wonder if you can get surgery while your preg?? I will have to google this....

Fall is here! I think...besides the 80 degree weather today.

We put out our Halloween deco! I can't wait to see what we're doing for Christmas, because my family goes big or goes home for Christmas deco. Colby doesn't have any idea that we might look like the Griswald's at xmas time :) Here's our little house decor.

Our first GYNO visit with BABY

Our first appointment today went really well. They scheduled me for a confirmation appointment to make sure I was preg, so I didn't get blood work or anything done today. They did an ultrasound to try and give us a due date, he guessed me to be around 6 weeks judging by the gestational sac and fluid. It makes me nervous not being able to see anything because I want the reassurance that everything is okay by seeing that little heartbeat, but maybe next month for our appointment we will get to hear it! By then I will be 9w4d. I heard Lanie's around 7 weeks. Colby recorded the ultrasound a little bit incase we saw something but nothing was there yet. The Doc said everything was fine so I can only believe him and keep taking my prenantal vitamins. I just can't wait to see the little appleseed on the screen! Our next ultrasound will be around 17weeks to determine was "it" is. We have a girl name decided, but I'm not telling because if someone takes it, I will choke you out. No joke. haha. We have to keep thinking for a boy name, but we have plenty of time.
By the way, Doc said I can't change the kitty box anymore. Wooo whoo.. Sorry Colby :)

Baby News!!

I didn't tell Colby, but I just knew I was preggo about 3 days before I tested. So, here's the story...
Sunday, the 26th, I was at Colby's softball game and Noah stepped on my stomach. It hurt and didn't feel right so I was like hmmm...Monday, Halo walked across my boobs and I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE..or lose my boobs. Tuesday, while watching "The Biggest Loser" I start to cry my eyes out..who does that? Who cries over that TV show?!? not just tears...but pretty much almost a quiet sob. Wednesday, while eating Chick-fil-A at school during lunch break, I almost gagged and felt so sick that I almost didn't finish my food. I forced myself to eat because I was not letting that chicken sandwich go to waste. But it clicked to me all in that last bite of food...sore stomach, excruciating boobs, tears over chubby people, and not finishing my sandwich..I just knew I was preg. I had two expired tests in my closet, so I took one and the line was so faint that I was skeptical. I wanted to tell Colby but all I could say to him was "I THINK I'm pregnant.." he said, "How do you THINK you're pregnant.." When he got home I said I would buy a digital test but only if it was under $10. I get to Walgreens and there was 2 for sale at $13.99 with a $3 off coupon attached to the box! So needless to say, I peed on it, and after 5 long minutes of waiting it said PREGNANT right in my face.
We told family first and then our friends and made it facebook official the next day. I am excited now and anxious. The timing couldn't have been more perfect because I will be out for the summer and on break from Nursing school. I will have all summer off with the baby and plenty of time to get unfat for school to start back in August. I will have 3 semesters left after the baby is born then we will buy a house, but that's still far away, we are just focusing on right now and taking it a day at a time :)

A little bit about Colby and I

We met on his 21st birthday and he was WASTED. I just got out of my previous serious relationship, as did he not long before either, so I was NOT interested what so ever in boys at all. He met me before I even got inside, told me his name was Colby, and that he had five shots of "I don't know what..." and then told me I was beautiful. He charmed me from day 1. I gave him my number so we could hang out because I didn't see a problem with having a new friend, I just didn't know this friend would grow on me so fast. He introduced me to RedBox movies over the next few months and by September we were official. We got engaged a year after we met, on the beach at Hatteras Island in NC by a historical lighthouse site. We moved into our first townhouse in June 2009. Lanie started Kindergarten and Noah turned 1 in August 2009. We had a lot going on but everything was working out perfect. We moved into a bigger house in June 2010 because by now Noah is almost two, and needed his own room desperately. We have our two kitties, Halo, 3, and Bella, 1. We are making a family just from one night out on the town, not thinking it would go anywhere. I am so glad I took a chance with him because I could not be happier where I'm at in my life. I started Nursing school August 30th, and found out on September 29 that we are expecting a baby next year! These past 2 1/2 years with Colby have been so amazing, and I can't wait to continue to take all of the next steps with our life together.

It feels good to be back to being a blogger :)..That's a tongue twister.

Hey everyone! I thought it might be a good idea to start a Blog since we have so many family and friends that are so far away from us. We wish we could talk to everyone all the time, but our schedules just won't allow us to. I thought facebook would be a good way to keep in touch, but it's just not how I want it. Plus, I rarely get on Facebook, so I will try to do this a lot more. I think it'd also be neat to be able to look back over our journey of building our life together and read what I've previously written. We hope you enjoy it because I know I will making it!