Monday, December 31, 2007

Happy New Year!

Wow, lots has happened in 2007. Just sitting here thinking about this past year and all of the ups and downs, its amazing to think that its almost 2008. 7 years ago when I graduated from high school, 2008 seemed so far away. Now its here and I am actually a grown up. Scary thought huh! Married, 1 soon to be 2 children. Wow. I love my life though and all that it includes. I have a wonderful husband and a daughter who I couldn't be more proud to call my own. I have amazing an family and friends who I appreciate more than anything in the world. I have a great job, a roof over my head and a wiggly baby in my belly. That is truly a life to be thankful for! I lose sight of that sometimes, but upon reflecting on this past year it really makes me thankful for all of the things I have in this world. So for everyone reading this, I just want to say thanks for everything and I love you all.
Alright, enough with the mushiness. Just had to get that out of my system :) Baby update: Went to the doctor today. Doctor said that everything looked great on my sono, but my uterus is still measuring about 2 weeks larger than it should be. He said that all he could confirm was that I would have a baby boy sometime in April :) He said my weight issue is fine and that babies are pretty good parasites who take what they need first and leave me with the rest. He said that if I continue losing weight then he will monitor me more closely and check out my diet but until then not to worry. Do have to start on antibiotics tho as we confirmed today that I have a urinary tract infection, not too uncommon, but definitely explains all of the pelvic pain.
That's all for now, have to go on with my lonely New Year's eve as Wes is working in KC until at least 4 in the morning. Me and Austyn are going to bed early! :)

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas everyone!! My Christmas gift to you all is to update my blog!! (I'll pause a minute for the cheering to quiet ;) ). So, I haven't been doing very well keeping this current. But to be completely honest, there hasn't been much excitement lately. I feel pretty good, tired and having a hard time getting things accomplished, but good. Starting to anticipate getting started on rooms. I can't wait to get pics posted of the progress (and then hopefully the completion :)).
We have had a great Christmas this year, busy, but very good! I didn't have to work at all today and only worked about 3 hours yesterday. As compared to the last few years, that is a big change! I am thrilled to have had some time off and am feeling refreshed already.
Austyn has really gotten into the idea of Santa this year and we really played it up! She woke up this morning and told us that last night she heard jingle bells and saw a red flashing light outside her window. Wes started laughing but I was envious, I wish I still had that great of an imagination!
I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday and I love you all!! Happy New Year!!

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Jumping Beans

Watching my belly the last few days has become a pretty humorous event. One of my favorite things when I was pregnant with Austyn was watching her turn over and my belly move, jump and take on different shapes. The last couple of days my belly has started doing that again and its so much fun to watch! Its crazy how in a couple of days Peyton's activity level has increased so much. I feel him frequently during the day, although late evening is definitely his most active time. Austyn is really getting anxious to meet her brother and enjoys feeling my stomach when he is bouncing a round. I think that her being able to go to the sonogram with us made it very real for her. She got to see that there is actually a baby in there and knowing that we are having a boy makes it much more real for us!
Otherwise, everything has been going well, we are busily trying to get ready for Christmas... slowly, but surely :)

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Its official!

Like we all thought all along, its a boy!! We are sooo excited, now we can stop after this one and not have to try again for a boy :) Everything looked perfect and I will get the sono pics posted after I get them scanned onto my computer. He is due April 19th. Just wanted to let everyone know the news, updates and pictures definitely coming soon!! Woo hoo!

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

busy bee's

It's been so long since my last entry, but I guess there hasn't been much to fill everyone in on. Sickness is gone (thank goodness!) dizziness still comes and goes, but is now more associated with being dehydrated, so it can be prevented. Drinking water IS important I guess :) Feeling LOTS of little thumps the last few days. Even the occasional flip. Strange, but so exciting. Austyn hasn't been able to catch any kicks yet, but Wes has. Usually it starts in around 8 and lasts until I fall asleep... hopefully not a sign we are going to have a little night owl on our hands :)
Anyway, wanted to drop a quick line just so everyone knows I haven't forgotten about them. Check back tomorrow for a much more detailed update after my sonogram!! Ausytn is so excited for the sonogram tomorrow and can't wait to find out if we are having a dinosaur, lizard, alien or boy (or maybe a girl? :) )Her vote is on alien, just ask her! Woo hoo!

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Updated date maybe?

Crazy last couple of weeks, haven't had much time to even think, let alone blog!! I'm working a lot now, but hopefully my hard work will pay off in a few months when I need some IOU's cashed in!
I went to the doctor's office today for checkup and found out everything is progressing perfectly! Dr. Priddle thinks that I may be a few weeks farther along then we had originally thought. He thinks that my uterus is feeling more like 20 weeks then 17 so our due date may get moved up a little bit. My sonogram is scheduled for Nov. 29th at 4. I'm so excited that in 2 short weeks we will know what we are having and have a set time for when we will be parents again! The scary thing is how much there is to get done before the baby comes, especially if they move my due date up 3 weeks! Scary to think about how fast the next 4 1/2 months are going to go!!
Hopefully I'll have some more news by next week, but if not I hope everyone has a great Turkey day!! I hope that you are looking forward to eating a ridiculous amount of food as much as I am!! Thank goodness for 2nd trimester being done with morning sickness and what a better time to be pregnant!! Holiday eating sounds like fun to me!!

Friday, November 9, 2007

My little alien

A couple of weeks ago I started feeling the baby move but only when I was laying down relaxing. But now, it is becoming much more pronounced and often. It makes me so excited and anxious for all that there is to come!! I wanted to get a couple of belly pics posted, its small still, but definitely there :) That's all for today, time to go pick up Austyn from school! Happy Friday!

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Thoughts and prayers

This is not going to be a very happy blog, but I need everyones prayers for a dear friend. One of our family friends was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year and things are not looking good for her this week. She has been receiving treatments at CTCA (cancer treatment center of america) in Illinois and they have made the decision that her quality of life would be better if she stopped receiving treatments and come home to pass in peace. She is a wonderful lady and we love her and her entire family dearly. Please keep them in prayers for me as she could really use them right now. If you would like to check out her story, you can read her blog at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jenniferwaters. Her name is Jennifer and you guys may know her if you ever shopped at Clinique in Dillards as she managed it for a long time.
Please for her sake, remember to appreciate every day that you have and love life because you never know how long it will last. I love you all so much and hope you know how much you mean to me.

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Woo Hoo for Saturday!

Do you ever wake up and tell yourself that you are going to have a great day? The last 2 mornings I have woken up and said to myself, "Erin, you are going to make today amazing". And you know what? The funny thing is it has actually worked! I have told myself I'm going to feel good and be productive. I am going to appreciate every thing I can, even if its something I would not normally notice. Today has been great, got 2 bills that I thought I was a month behind on and found out that they are right up to date. Appreciating bills is not something I normally do, but strangely today it seemed appropriate to celebrate it. Simple pleasures I say, isn't that what its about, after all? Still have hopes for my Wildcat's even tho we are behind by 11 at half, we still have a whole half to go. Plenty of time to wake up and win a game!
I had 3 people ask me today either if I was pregnant or if I had something new to tell them. I was so excited by that, again, simple pleasure. I have felt the baby move twice now while I've been standing up, felt it more frequently while laying in bed focusing on relaxing though. Can't wait for my sono in a month or so, just so that I can quit calling the baby "it". Reading another blog by a preggo, she named the baby in her womb "bun". Thought it was cute, thinking I may steal the idea. At least "Bun" is better than "it" :)
Okay, I have to get busy, I'll post belly pictures very soon!

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Happy Thursday!

Sorry for the hiatus, this has been a crazy week! I made it through the days without Wes and Austyn and didn't get hardly anything accomplished that I had hoped to. For some reason time goes a whole lot faster if you think you have more of it than normal.
Oh well, all in due time!
Anyway, I have been completely congested and head achy for the last 4 days, otherwise feeling pretty good and getting a little bit of energy back. Dizziness is still hanging on though. If I move to fast or don't take adequate breaks when I'm working I feel like I may hit the floor! That's almost more bothersome than the nausea! But on the brightside, I'm able to eat a little more all the time and am feeling more pregnant all of the time! I guess I should tell my bosses now before they figure it out on their own :)

Friday, October 26, 2007

Family-less

So as most of you probably know, Wes left to go to Arkansas today for the next 5 days. Austyn stayed all night with dad tonight and will be staying with Mom and Vickey tomorrow night. Today has been very strange and not so unusual, just slightly discombobulating. I have had so many urges to pick up the phone and call Wes, just to be reminded that he isn't close to home to talk right now. While I have heard out of him twice to let me know he is safe, his phone service is very sketchy. I thought that today was going to be very productive, but getting home at 5:30 put a bit of a damper on the productivity. I feel very refreshed though and that makes the day a good one in the least. I went to Target, bought a new throw for the couch to snuggle under and new towels and rugs for the bathroom. Then came home, took a long bath (warm, not hot of course ;) ) and read my new Real Simple mag. Did get the bathroom super clean before I soaked, 1 room down, 5 to go. I guess thats progress :) I do feel very bad that I neglected a friend that wanted to get together today, I hope that she will forgive me when I try and call her tomorrow and set up a new meeting! Anyway, thats all for tonight, its 9:15 and strangely bed is calling my name already. Amazing what a little relaxing and an entire day of NO television will do to your mind!

Monday, October 22, 2007

My Little Alien

We have a heartbeat!(Yes I'm breathing a sigh of relief)! Went to the doctor this morning, found out I've lost 3 lbs, heard a very good, strong heartbeat (fetal heart tones of 169) and had a pap. Yuck on that last part, but I guess its all part of the process. It was pretty funny though, as soon as Dr. Priddle put the heart monitor to my stomach out pops the beautiful sound of a heartbeat and I was so excited. It was such a huge weight off of my shoulders and I feel so much better about my pregnancy now. Dr P. said that after you hear a heartbeat at this stage the chance for miscarriage drops significantly. That was a relief! Anyway, short entry, just had to share my news and I will write more when I'm a little more rested than I am now :)

Thursday, October 18, 2007

A Baby Story on TLC

Dang pregnancy hormones. While I'm feeling better which makes me think that the hormones are calming a bit, the crying over silly stuff hasn't changed a bit. I have to admit that ever since Austyn, anything will make me tear up. A sappy commercial, song or ANY baby reality show. I still love watching a baby story and bringing home baby, as most of them follow first time parents that I can relate to. Now with baby #2 I feel so much more prepared for everything! That is very comforting and makes me think that I will appreciate everything with this pregnancy and baby a little more. I love my Austyn, she is my world, but it took me a bit and there are things that I regret to have not captured (pics/videos/journaling) with her. I love the little baby bump that I am starting to sprout and can't wait to find out what we are having so that I can start shopping. For now, I guess its all we can do to focus on finances, getting the house cleaned up and rooms moved around and sit and wait. After all, isn't that all that pregnancy is!

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Quick note

Just wanted to write a quick note before I run to work, don't want anyone thinking their being neglected ;)
I was so excited this morning. My stomach has seemed much flatter the last few days, slightly bothersome, but I attributed it to the massive amounts of water that I have been drinking for the last 10 weeks. I have been drinking more caffeine (I know, shame) and it probably acted as a diuretic and flushed out what I was blaming on the baby. Anyway, this morning I was laying in bed, hiding under my blanket (it was 61* in the house, yes I was hiding) and I touched my stomach just out of habit. There was a very noticeable hard bump in there. What has felt like fat and flab for the last couple of weeks has started to come through as what actually feels like a baby belly. That makes me happy because it means that there may be something growing in there, which is comforting. I have lost about 6 lbs, probably because of the nausea but I'm guessing that wont be the case for much longer. With the start of the 2nd trimester this week, I have noticed some very good changes. My hair and skin has started to relax a bit, nausea and exhaustion has subsided a bit and my appetite has started to return (albeit very strange eating habits ;) ). Yesterday, for lunch I had pretzels, twizzlers and half of a blueberry muffin. Not overly nutritious but it kept the nausea at bay most of the afternoon.
Anyways, that turned a little longer than I had planned, just wanted to share my news :) Love u guys!

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Woo Hoo!!

Go KSU!!! KKKKK.... SSSSSS.... UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, WILDCATS! :)

Friday, October 12, 2007

Past entry

I wrote this in my old blog and thought that it needed to be copied for this blog. Not only because I enjoy re-reading it to help jog my memory but I am trying not to go back to my old blog much because its really not based on a very good time in my life. I know that for some people reading, it will be old news. But for those of my new readers, I wanted to repeat it. Thanks!

Thursday, September 6, 2007
Apologies and Thanks

In an effort to bring more peace into my life, I want to apologize to everyone for anything that may have happened in the past. I know that it goes without saying that we all mess up and half the time, don't realize that we've done anything to cause pain. I know that some people really deserve my apology more than others and I hope that in time, I will have an opportunity to hug them and ask for their forgiveness personally. I hold too many grudges and allow situations to affect me for far too long. I am pledging a clean slate. I am taking any past pain or sadness out of my memory bank. I still have all the lessons that I may have learned, but I think that the lessons are all I need to keep. I hope that everyone will read this and think about it in their own lives. I'm not proud of everything or every decision that I've made, but none of that matters now as I am releasing all those bad feeling and casting them away. Thank you to all of my friends and family, I love you all dearly and hope that you know how much you mean to me. You've helped to shape me to the person I am and can't thank you enough for all of the compassion and love you've shown me.

Thanx!

Thanks for the love, everyone! For the comments and emails (for those that couldn't figure out how to leave comments :) ) I love knowing that people enjoy keeping up with my silly little life! No big news today, that's all I wanted to say for now! :)

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Change of focus

So, because at this point all we can do is wait on the baby thing and see what happens, its time to change or focus from baby to money. We can't do anything but sit and wait on the doctors to allow us to hear a heartbeat and monitor to make sure is everything is okay, so now its time to work on something we can control. After the 4Th referral to a book called The Total Money Makeover, I finally went out and invested. I really like his strategies and guidelines, very straightforward and to the point. I think that is exactly what we need right now. So this weekend we have planned on sitting down and working on a budget. One of Dave Ramsey's rules is that you have to tell your money where to go. Then the next step is to save $1000 for an emergency fund. He says this should be accomplished within a month, even if you have to sell things or take on more work. I like his thinking, this time is better than any, considering in a mere 28 weeks, we may have another mouth to feed (and clothe and diaper :)). So for the next few months we will be going on a financial diet, sorry if we seem like party poopers. Just forewarning everyone that we may be a little boring over the next few months while we get our finances under control. If anyone is interested, this book is definitely worth checking out. There is a book and a workbook. You don't necessarily need the workbook, but there is step by step directions in it that you don't get from the original book. Helpful for financially incompetent people like me :)
Anyways, no new news on the baby front. Morning sickness and exhaustion are starting to back off a bit. I still definitely get waves of both, but its better than the last 3 weeks where I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to function during the day. Next doctors appointment is a week from Monday and then Wes leaves for Arkansas the following Friday. We just found out that he will be gone from Friday through Tuesday or Wed, so if anyone would like to hang out or walk or go to the park with me and Austyn, let me know! I may need some adult conversation :) Also, please feel free to leave comments on my blog, I have lots of people telling me that they are reading, but only my lovely Anne is leaving me and feedback! I love hearing out of you all, makes me feel loved! Alright, work beckons, guess I probably ought to get there before it gets any later in the day!

Monday, October 8, 2007

KSU vs. KU game pics

 
 
 
 
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Monday, Monday

Yucky Monday's. Today was kind of nice tho, because when you work an 11 hour day on Sunday, Monday feels a bit like a vacation :). Yesterday cleaned an apartment and worked at the store for about an hour. Very bad apartment, made me want to come home and clean my own house!
Saturday was game day. Game was bad, but had fun with the experience anyway. I got fried though!! I wish I would've taken pictures of my face on Saturday night, not a very pretty sight! I guess after 24 years of having fair, easily-burned skin I should know better, but no. I didn't use sunscreen thinking, "I will be fine, it will be no big deal". In my defense tho, I read an article today which said that pregnancy makes your skin uber-sensitive, so, I'm sticking with that as my excuse. :) Although the loss in the game was crappy, we had a blast just being there! Tammy, thank you so much for the tickets!
Anyway, today I am officially 12 weeks along and I am starting to feel much more confident that I may be actually carrying a live human in there. 2 weeks from today we will hear a heartbeat and then it will feel much more official. I can't wait for that! I was really feeling yucky this morning, but felt much better as the day went on. I am thankful that everyday I seem to be feeling better, second trimester- here we come! Now, I can't wait for the exhaustion to subside, maybe a few more weeks and we will be in the clear for awhile!!
I will post some game pictures in a bit, stay tuned :)

Thursday, October 4, 2007

 
 
 
 

A little Austyn Update! Since importing pics from Picasa seems to work much better I decided to catch up on some pics from Austyn's first day of school!! We made Austyn the offer to be able to go whereever she wanted to for lunch on her first day, she picked Spangle's in Topeka :) So Eric (Wes's little brother) went with us and we had a great time having fun and goofing around!
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Picture This

 

I am trying a different way of importing pics into my blog. Hopefully this will be more successful than the last couple of trys :) Thanx for bearing with me!
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Productive Day!

Today has been a very good day! I am feeling much better today (hope that's not a bad sign) and have been fairly productive at home! I am starting to think in terms of making things better around the house sooner than later, so as to get the most out of my still small frame. I hope to get belly pics posted soon as there is a lot of difference in this 3rd pregnancy belly compared to the first one with Austyn. I can't fathom trying to hide it for 6 months again this time, as I'm almost done with 3 and am already struggling to hide it. Bigger belly means more time to fully enjoy the wonderfully curvy pregnancy body tho. Thinking positive :) I do loath stepping on the scale though, maybe it's bad weight watchers memories, who knows?
Can't wait for the doctor's appointment on the 22nd though. I need that heartbeat to settle my mind and own the thought that I am actually, as a friend recently said, "baking a baby". I love that line :) I actually considered running out to the store today to buy one of those baby heartbeat monitors. Had to remind myself that I'm only 11 and a half weeks and more than likely it wouldn't pick up a sound and would scare me even more. Only positive thoughts, no worries, everything is going to go perfectly!

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Bowling night!

Tuesday bowling league.. always buckets of fun! Tiredness mixed with a sore back (Me) and sore ribs (Wes) makes for a little less enjoyable bowling night though. I'm sure that we will miss it tho when we are done for the season. It does get us out of the house and when you begin to feel like an old married couple that's an important thing!

Today was first ever picture day for little Miss A. Woke up early and curled her hair and put her in a jean shorts and a cute multicolored gingham tank top. It is hard to justify buying pictures from Lifetouch when I have such an unbelievably talented photographer for a best friend. Makes me a bit biased, I guess. I wonder what it's going to be like when little Miss H starts kindergarten and Nicole has to send her to get her pictures taken by someone sitting in front of a colored background. I will be looking forward to the day :)

Today was a good day, felt fairly crappy but I have to keep reminding myself that being sick is a very positive sign. I wasn't sick at all with the last pregnancy but was horribly sick with Miss A. I am thankful that this time is not as bad as with her but sick enough to know that I am probably in the throes of a healthy pregnancy this time. We can hope at least!!

Monday, October 1, 2007

Happy Anniversary!

Yep, it's been 2 years already! I can't believe how time flies! We had a nice quiet night, went to eat at Applebee's with Austyn and then went grocery shopping. I guess that means we're officially not newlywed's anymore :) Anyway, thanks to everyone who has supported us over the last 7 years, we couldn't have done it without the support of our friends and family! Time to get Austyn to bed, first ever picture day tomorrow, woo hoo! Bye for now!

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Welcome!

Welcome to our family's little place on the net. Here you can find updates on our family and my exciting new pregnancy. My other blog is a little dark and I decided I needed to create a happy place to show off the fun side of things. Let me take this time to introduce us: Me, Erin: Wife, mother, manager, Mary Kay rep, housekeeper, dog keeper, kid keeper. Husband, Wes: Wonderful husband, father, carpenter, laborer, dishwasher :), dog keeper and wife pleaser ;). Child, Austyn: Amazing 5 year old, kindergartner, full time colorer/doll player/drawer of stars. Then there's Tobey (the dog), Daisy (the cat) and the soon to be named new arrival. but those are pretty self explanatory. Soon to be named, considering my sonogram is about a month away. For everyone who may ask, we will DEFINITELY be finding out the sex (although I have strange feelings already that its a boy) and will hopefully have a name chosen soon after. Wes' choice is Payton Manning Overturf so far. :) Maybe Peyton, that is definitely an option, but the Manning would be a no! On the darker side, if you are just now finding out about the pregnancy, I apologize ahead of time. We decided to wait a bit to tell anyone considering the last pregnancy ended at 10 weeks. I haven't had a chance to tell everyone in person yet, so if you didn't know, I'm sorry. That's all for now, I will try to be diligent in my updates!