Bright and early about 6 am, Eli was having the hiccups! At first I was like, "what is going on?" It felt like I was feeling my heartbeat almost but in my stomach. I found my pulse and felt my stomach and they weren't a match. So, I did all my "research" and apparently Eli was having the hiccups! How cute! How weird... but how cute! :)
Yesterday my sweet friend Rachel gave birth to another baby boy, Davyn. I went to the hospital to see her and held him. I mean, I kept looking at him thinking, you came out of your mother about 7 hours ago! It was just the most surreal feeling thinking that way. His skin was like extra soft and his cry was really almost funny! Poor guy having to be poked and prodded and having no idea what is going on...haha... I was there when he had his first poop and pee! It was very exciting. :) Dusty, Rachel's husband was trying to wipe off that sick first poopage and it was exactly everyone describes it.... TAR. yuck. Davyn screamed the whole time and it was just absolutely precious.
Rachel of course looks fantastic. I was like, "Rach! Couldn't you have like roughed yourself up a bit so I wouldn't have so much to live up to..." Her platelet count was too low again, like when she had Jabyn, so no epidural for Rachel...again. And she looked amazing! I'll try to steal some pictures from Meredith to show you how dang cute this kid is!
Monday, October 8, 2007
Sunday, September 30, 2007
27 Weeks!
Well, welcome to Trimester #3! I am 27 weeks now and that means Eli will be born in less than 3 months!!
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!
Is anyone else freaking out about this?! I'm really excited but I have nothing done, so that's kind of weird... but here's the photo, as promised! :)
Is anyone else freaking out about this?! I'm really excited but I have nothing done, so that's kind of weird... but here's the photo, as promised! :)
Friday, September 28, 2007
Happy Birthday Mom!!
Today is my beautiful mom's birthday! She is absolutely one of my most favorite people, and I love her SO much! We're taking her to see The Lion King tomorrow night and I literally lose sleep thinking about it! I am so excited! I LOVE YOU MOM!!
This is her last year on her birthday. We gave her some cash, a coupon to go to Canton, and her sisters came down for a really fun day!
This is her last year on her birthday. We gave her some cash, a coupon to go to Canton, and her sisters came down for a really fun day!
The Moche
The Moche are an extinct South American people group that I was teaching my students about yesterday. My students take fill-in-the-blank notes in that class from a PowerPoint that we are discussing at the same time. I was telling them that the Moche hunted wild ducks, pigs, and deer, however, when those words came up on the screen, it looked like this:
They hunted wild dicks, pigs, and deer.
I'm not sure if you caught what just happened, but my students ALL did. There was this huge gasp followed by uncontrollable laughter that I thought I would never regain control over the class. The lights were off except for 2 lamps and you could still tell that my face was bright red! (sigh) I'm glad I was able to provide some entertainment for them... And totally humiliated that my PowerPoint said that...
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Things I have learned this past week:
Hello all! This has been a very busy few days! Here are some things I have learned:
1. Not seeing your husband for over 2 weeks is terrible.
2. Kid Nation, the show I swore I would not watch, was actually very sweet and made me all teary eyed
3. Trying to get 3 dogs to go to sleep when I want to go to sleep is impossible
4. My parents possibly might have a higher electric bill this month because during house sitting I turned their air down because it was way too hot over there
5. Grapefruits are not in season
6. For some reason my grad professor is no longer our professor and so now we have a new one
7. Trying to not have another "hiccup" in my weight is much harder than I had thought
8. It can actually take 4 entire hours to get to Waco from here, even when it should only take around 2
9. If my next meal after work is past 5:45 I want to hurt somebody
10. I have 3 pairs of black maternity dress pants, which were all bought at different times for different prices and it turns out they are all the exact same
11. Going to register for what a baby needs is quite possibly one of the most overwhelming experiences so thank you Jennifer and Sarah!
12. You can be pretty much just as excited for a best friend being pregnant as you are for yourself
13. America's Next Top Model is back on and yes, I still love that show!
14. Some people don't know what the word "mandatory" means
15. Eli will not kick on demand, but he will kick for food (smile)
I hope you have all learned some interesting things these past few days :)
1. Not seeing your husband for over 2 weeks is terrible.
2. Kid Nation, the show I swore I would not watch, was actually very sweet and made me all teary eyed
3. Trying to get 3 dogs to go to sleep when I want to go to sleep is impossible
4. My parents possibly might have a higher electric bill this month because during house sitting I turned their air down because it was way too hot over there
5. Grapefruits are not in season
6. For some reason my grad professor is no longer our professor and so now we have a new one
7. Trying to not have another "hiccup" in my weight is much harder than I had thought
8. It can actually take 4 entire hours to get to Waco from here, even when it should only take around 2
9. If my next meal after work is past 5:45 I want to hurt somebody
10. I have 3 pairs of black maternity dress pants, which were all bought at different times for different prices and it turns out they are all the exact same
11. Going to register for what a baby needs is quite possibly one of the most overwhelming experiences so thank you Jennifer and Sarah!
12. You can be pretty much just as excited for a best friend being pregnant as you are for yourself
13. America's Next Top Model is back on and yes, I still love that show!
14. Some people don't know what the word "mandatory" means
15. Eli will not kick on demand, but he will kick for food (smile)
I hope you have all learned some interesting things these past few days :)
Friday, September 21, 2007
26 Weeks!
Goodness. I'm officially beginning the end of the second trimester. I seriously cannot believe that I'm going to be considered as a third trimester gal pretty soon! What is going on? haha... this is happening way too fast! :) Still...no picture. :( I'll be with my friend Meredith tonight so maybe she can take on that I can post!
Another thing that is not going so well are my eating habits! I swear, it's like these past 2 weeks I have felt like I was starving! So, I've been eating! I was reading that obviously you have hormone fluctuations all throughout pregnancy and that those can contribute to appetite increases...but where are the hormones to contribute to appetite decreases? Or at least stabilizers?! hahaha... Well, I promised Eli I am going to make sure that even if I'm eating more than I possibly should be that I would at least eat the right foods. So, I'm going to do a little less self indulgence for a week and see how that goes. :)
Right after school today I'm going to Waco to do a skit with The Skit Guys! I have so much fun when I do stuff like that! Meredith is seriously saving the day for going with me! I am so glad she's going! It's going to be a great night!
Also, be thinking of our other best friend Rachel tonight! Her band, Branch, is having their CD release party. She's pregnant too and is around 10 weeks, so you know how she might be a little more tired than usual!
I'll get Mere to bring her camera and get some pics posted! :) Happy Friday!
Another thing that is not going so well are my eating habits! I swear, it's like these past 2 weeks I have felt like I was starving! So, I've been eating! I was reading that obviously you have hormone fluctuations all throughout pregnancy and that those can contribute to appetite increases...but where are the hormones to contribute to appetite decreases? Or at least stabilizers?! hahaha... Well, I promised Eli I am going to make sure that even if I'm eating more than I possibly should be that I would at least eat the right foods. So, I'm going to do a little less self indulgence for a week and see how that goes. :)
Right after school today I'm going to Waco to do a skit with The Skit Guys! I have so much fun when I do stuff like that! Meredith is seriously saving the day for going with me! I am so glad she's going! It's going to be a great night!
Also, be thinking of our other best friend Rachel tonight! Her band, Branch, is having their CD release party. She's pregnant too and is around 10 weeks, so you know how she might be a little more tired than usual!
I'll get Mere to bring her camera and get some pics posted! :) Happy Friday!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Never underestimate the power of habit
Now I wouldn't exactly say that I have a habit of locking my keys in my car, but I have done it enough times that you could say it is almost to that point. But that was in the Cutlass right? I mean, I didn't have one of those super cool keyless entry things and I didn't have this urge to keep everything perfect in my car... well...apparently, old habits die hard. Or, in this case, old habits chase after you like a ferocious lion! haha... here's the story:
I pulled into my garage and once I put my gear into park, I always start shutting the garage door. I don't know, I guess I just feel better knowing the garage door is shutting while I'm out there, so I always always do that, just like I did today. I always pull the car keys out of the ignition just enough to where they aren't falling out. I hate that dinging noise it makes when your keys are in the ignition. My fabulous new car unlocks all the doors when you put the car into park, so the doors are all unlocked (unlike my Cutlass, where you would have to unlock the doors yourself if you wanted them unlocked.) So, I open the door, get out, walk around the back of my car, literally say in my head gosh, I love having this car, start walking towards the door leading into my house and then I hear it LOCK. What?! Did my car just lock itself? I rush back over, I look into the car, there my keys are, and yes, every single door is locked! You may not believe me, but it's TRUE! That car locked itself! Now, I do wonder if maybe I didn't put it all the way into park, or I did something to cause it alarm before I got out, but I absolutely did not lock the doors before I got out, and obviously I did not have the keys with me! (sigh) That is my old habit ferociously chasing after me.
I don't know. Maybe it was a huge blessing. A couple of hours and $45.00 later, my car was unlocked. But now I know. Just because I have a new car doesn't mean I don't need to make multiple copies of the key. I will get that done as soon as possible.
I pulled into my garage and once I put my gear into park, I always start shutting the garage door. I don't know, I guess I just feel better knowing the garage door is shutting while I'm out there, so I always always do that, just like I did today. I always pull the car keys out of the ignition just enough to where they aren't falling out. I hate that dinging noise it makes when your keys are in the ignition. My fabulous new car unlocks all the doors when you put the car into park, so the doors are all unlocked (unlike my Cutlass, where you would have to unlock the doors yourself if you wanted them unlocked.) So, I open the door, get out, walk around the back of my car, literally say in my head gosh, I love having this car, start walking towards the door leading into my house and then I hear it LOCK. What?! Did my car just lock itself? I rush back over, I look into the car, there my keys are, and yes, every single door is locked! You may not believe me, but it's TRUE! That car locked itself! Now, I do wonder if maybe I didn't put it all the way into park, or I did something to cause it alarm before I got out, but I absolutely did not lock the doors before I got out, and obviously I did not have the keys with me! (sigh) That is my old habit ferociously chasing after me.
I don't know. Maybe it was a huge blessing. A couple of hours and $45.00 later, my car was unlocked. But now I know. Just because I have a new car doesn't mean I don't need to make multiple copies of the key. I will get that done as soon as possible.
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