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!