Our Story

Here's H.H. with our neice. Something about a guy holding a baby that just melts your heart:) Everytime we see her, she just smiles and is the happiest baby around. You can tell by the way HH is around her, that he's going to be such a wonderful Dad. Now that I'm entering my second trimester, everything seems so much more real.

Here's a little history on the two of us:

HH & I have been together for 9-1/2 years, since our Senior year in High School. (We've been married for 3-1/2 of them.) We've had our ups & downs like any normal couple, but I have to admit, HH is unlike anyother man I know.

He is so caring, genuine, supportive, handsome, witty and extremely fun to be around. Not to mention he's always got a smartass comment... He is simply my best friend, and I know that we will be best friends for life. I think we've both known even before we started dating that we were meant for each other.

He is always around to lend a helping hand. He's here for me whenever I need him. He's around when I want to cry, complain, or just have someone listen. He takes care of me when I'm not feeling good. He's around when I've had too much to drink. He was there for me when I choked on Skittles, or when I tripped up the stairs tonite & spilled my 7-up all over the carpet:) I could go on & on.... but I'll just sum it up by saying HE ROCKS MY PIGTAILS.

Here I Am...

Hot Husband is playing Poker tonite, so I thought I'd attempt to put my picture on here. For some reason I can't figure out how to put it on my profile (it keeps telling me I have an error.) So this is just kind of a test!

Heartbeat....Looking for a heartbeat....

Do you all have that really gay Don Johnson song in your head now? That was my goal, since it's been stuck in my head all night.

So my doctor is out sick and my long-awaited appointment has been cancelled. I had to giggle at the Hot Husband, because once we heard the news, I broke down & started crying. I was sooo looking forward to hearing the heartbeat, and now I have to wait another week.....

That's how I was feeling on Tuesday....but I wasn't going to let it get me down, especially when my dear friend is in the hospital and has that magic wand looking dopplar instrument in her room. So we gobbed on some jelly, and away we went looking for the heart. It took a while to find, but then all of a sudden the monitor had registered around 140, so we knew it had to be the baby. The sweet sound of my baby's heart. Of course I choked up for a nano-second, but it was simply the craziest feeling ever. I'm definately feeling pregnant now:)

And my latest craving is hot dogs, brats, Captain Crunch (w/berries) & orange soda (not combined of course!) but one or the other will do. I used to love Taco Hell, but since my last trip there, I just can't think about it. Which really sux for the Hot Husband, because he digs it quite a bit.

We're also working on the nursery this weekend, I'm going to finish painting my tree, & the guys will finish the ceiling, and get it ready to have carpet installed in the next few weeks. I will post pics once Hot Husband shows me how to. I always say I'll put pics on soon, but sorry folks, I'm just not capable of figuring out how to do it on my own!

It's been a while...

I haven't been keeping up with this whole blogging thing as much as I had hoped, so I apologise. I have a few more weeks left of school, so my life will settle a little bit after that. This past week, a good friend of mine was admitted to the hospital because her water broke. The problem is, she's only 17 weeks pregnant. She just learned that she will have to spend the next 7-8 weeks lying in a hospital bed, and then she will be transferred to another hospital so that she can deliver at 25 weeks. She's being as optimistic as possible, and I'm really proud of her for that.

Her first son was born at 25 weeks, and although he has quite a few problems with his health to this day, he is quite the little funny guy. Hot Husband & I had him overnight last week, and we're going to have him once a week until they get thru this whole ordeal.

Apparently the doctor had told her, either an infection or possibly the baby's toenail had caused a tear, which made her water break. It's so scary to think something like that is possible. I am a firm believer in the fact that things happen, good or bad, for a reason. Maybe this is just her way of getting an extended vacation from work:)

I'm now entering my 12th week of pregnancy, and I'm finally not too nauseous anymore. I noticed I get dizzy more often, and I'm starting to show...of course i just look like I'm gaining weight, and not pregnant. But I'm sure all you mothers out there, remember the same awkward feeling of all your clothes feeling quite a bit tighter than normal.

Because of that, Hot Husband & I went shopping for some new clothes today. And shop we did! We spent over $200 on clothes, but I'm very happy with what we got. Most of it, isn't even maternity, because around here, they make the ugliest maternity clothes. I figure in the next few weeks, I'm going to have to buy some new pants anyways, so I'll hit a bigger city then.

I also found out another good friend of mine is pregnant...only the father isn't someone she's dating, or even interested in for that matter. Don't ask, I don't know. Just a crazy fact, I thought I'd share.

I am starting to think with all the crazy stuff happening lately, that Day's of Our Lives has nothing on us. I should just start writing my own soap opera. No idea what I'd call it, but it would keep you pretty entertained. I just have to have the time to write about it all.

Anyways, we go on Friday to listen to our baby's heartbeat, so we are really looking forward to that! We have to finish that ceiling in the nursery, and we are ordering new carpet this week, so next on our list is nursery furniture. Although, finding what we want is not as easy as you would think. We looking for a white crib & changing table, but every one that we look at is so made so generically. It looks like the wood would chip so easily, and they aren't very nice looking. Guess that means we're taking a road trip in the next few months:)

Monday Monday na na nanana

Geez I've been so bad about updating this. I'll get better, so keep reading. And like, what's up with jeans these days? Do they not make them to fit pregnant women anymore? How about we all go shopping for some new clothes and not tell our Hot Husbands... My Hot Husband claims he's the only Hot Husband, and that all yours are ugly, but I'm not that mean.

So yeah, what else is new... I had to move all my doctor appointments back two weeks. That way in two weeks we should be able to hear the heart beat. It also works out for the first ultrasound, so we can find out what this kid is. A lot of people keep telling me it's so great to not find out what sex the baby is, and have a big surprise when it's born. Are you nuts? Who the heck has that kind of patience?

Now I feel like singing Patience by Guns 'n Roses... What have I gone and done... I hate it when people say go and do. Or gone and done. How exactly does one go and do?

Anywho, so only a couple more weeks of school and I can take my state real estate appraisal test, and become certified. With any luck it won't be too long and I will be doing appraisals on my own. My hope is to someday have my own business, so the Hot Husband can retire and take care of the kids full time. He'd make such a cute stay at home Dad. He should probably learn how to change diapers first though. We'll teach him...

Well, I'm gonna go barf now. Morning sickness... ha! More like any time you eat Taco Bell sickness... or any time you eat anything good sickness.

Jo

It's finally Friday! It doesn't seem to have such a great effect when you know you have to work Saturday morning, but it's just nice to say it's the weekend. So I have a bridal shower tomorrow afternoon, and a few of the girls want me to go out for the bachelorette party afterwards. NEWS FLASH..I'm knocked up & don't want to hang out at the bar.

It's crazy how much you change when you find out you are pregnant. I was so used to drinking & doing other things that I shouldn't to my body, but I was just living life and having fun. Now it's a new kind of fun; I can get up early & not have a hangover & I accomplish so much more than I used to. I know, I sound like a big loser, but I think Motherhood is starting to sink in. And I'm really diggin it:)

This weekend we are also working on the nursery, so I will post some before, during & after shots. Besides that, I also have a ton of homework to do. Only 4 weeks to go...

So I've noticed my clothes don't fit anymore...lovely. I kinda knew this would happen, but I just didn't realize so quickly. I'm just under 10 weeks, so I thought I had a while before I had to start buying maternity clothes, or at least a size bigger. I have 2 pairs of jeans left that fit out of probably 20. When I was a kid, my 3 sisters & I had to share everything because we were poor. I never had my own pair of jeans that weren't hand-me-downs. So I guess that's why my weakness is jeans, and shoes, and stupid gossip magazines, and Days of Our Lives.
I could go on & on with things that I couldn't live without...but I won't.

So have a Happy Friday!

I keep dreaming about twins...do you think that means anything? I'm sure part of it, is because everyone keeps mentioning them when I tell them I'm pregnant. Maybe it's normal for any pregnant woman to wonder about the possibility of twins. Speaking of dreams, I have been having the craziest dreams of my life.

I woke up & thanked HH (Hot Husband) for the beautiful flowers he bought me in my dream, and I keep having dreams about us having great sex. Granted, we've slowed down a bit since we've accomplished our mission of being pregnant, but I think it's mainly we just are wore out! Ok, I'm sure no one wants to hear about a pregnant chick's sex dreams, so I'll change the subject.

So my Friday night consisted of watching Days of Our Lives (nothing exciting happend) and cleaning of course. HH went out for a few beers with the guys from work, so I ended up working until 6, and that's about it.

I work at a small Real Estate office as the Accountant/Office Manager/& Appraiser Trainee. My boss owns a few bars/restaurants, a craft store, a sub shop, real estate & appraisal office, and I do all the accounting for all of them. I am also going to school to do Residential Appraisals, so I'll be licensed once I get my 2000 hours of experience and pass the state exam. I'm at about 200 hours of experience, and I have 5 weeks left of class before I can take the state test. I was hoping after the baby I could work out of the house for a while, and maybe someday we'll have our own appraisal business. Or at least a business of some sort.

I've got some laundry to finish, gotta run!

Happy Saturday!