Good News!!

Today I went in for my 28 week check-up. I was really dreading it because I had to do my glucola test and drink that disgusting orange drink. My first bit of good news was that I could have 18 jelly beans instead (no black ones of course). That was soooo much better. I'm not a big jelly bean fan, but it beats the heck out of that drink. After that I got to have my ultrasound. NO more Placenta Previa.Yippee!!! They said that there was a chance it would correct itself and I guess I got lucky. Thank God!! It's sooo hard for me to take it easy. In fact, I have probably already been doing things that I shouldn't. Everything else checked out good too. Heidi weighs approx. 2 1/2 pounds right now which is pretty close to average. Maybe I won't have a gigantic baby this time. If she is, that's ok too... just as long as she is healthy.

I guess I have officially started nesting. I didn't really think you did that w/ the 3rd child, but apparently you do. Or I do anyway. It may just be my OCD personality though.... we'll call it nesting. I painted Zoe's twin bed (x on my "to do" list) and organized the bottom of her closet. The mattress set is being delivered Saturday and I can finish putting everything together. I have already rearranged all the furniture in the nursery (which is one of those things I shouldn't have been doing) so I just have the finishing touches. I have to get a picture painted w/ Heidi's name on it to match Zoe's. I had Miranda Rutherford do the other pics for the nursery and they are adorable... I will try to find a pic. During this process, I also organized my closet and started on the hallway closet. Next.... Cody's closet... maybe. I really need to get started on sorting out Zoe's, or rather Heidi's, clothes by size. I had no idea that Zoe had so many clothes. Thank goodness for that though b/c that means I won't have to buy so much... hopefully. It all depends on how big or small Heidi is. The seasons are different, but if the size is different it might all work out.

Nothing much else going on here. Tomorrow is Caleigh's last day of school which we are ALL really excited about. Saturday she is going to her very first concert to see Taylor Swift and Kelli Pickler? and some Atkins guy. I like some country music... I'm just not very up to date on it. She is really excited about that. I think Pt Mallard opens next week so we will probably be heading over there. I really want to take them as much as I can. Hopefully I will survive the heat. And to brag on Caleigh a little, she got straight A's the entire year! We are soo proud of her!!!

Make a Smilebox photobook

Never Done!!

A mother's work is never done... seriously! I swear I clean my house like 27 hours a day every day and it is still a wreck. How is this possible. Just when I think I have everything clean, I turn around and it looks just like it did when I started. I don't get it. Also, where did that cheerio come from when we haven't even had cheerios in the house for a month. I promise I clean much more often than monthly, though you would never guess it by looking at my house. I had decided to just throw in the towel, give up and just live with it. I thought "well, my house will be clean when my kids are grown". Yea right!! I will still have a husband. And honestly, I don't think he's going to turn into a neat freak (like me) over the next 20 years. In his defense, I will say that he has recently learned how to load the dishwasher and will actually practice his new skill on occasion. Needless to say I am thrilled. Today I decided to actually write down my "to do" list. In my mind it didn't seem to be sooooo long. After 2 pages I decided to stop writing and just continue when I had cleared this one. If that ever happens. I will say that I have already marked off 2 of my 35 items. I got my oil changed in the Jeep and I finally placed my order w/ Strasburg for Caleigh and Zoe's pics in June.

Zoe is growing up soo fast. She adds more and more words to her little vocabulary every single day. Right now she has addagies(allergies), loves to eat wapples (waffles), would like to have a beer (I bet I know where she learned that one), will pretend to burp and say macamay (excuse me), loves doggies,kitties,fishies,pat-a-cake and peek-a-boo. She knows a lot of her body parts, partly because she has boo-boos on most of them. But she knows her eyes (which she likes to poke), her nose (which she has to beep every time), ears,mouth,teeth and tongue, her big belly (she thinks there is a baby in hers too) and she kinda has an obsession with toes (aka piggies)... I don't really know what that's about. Her favorite # is 6 but she has recently started counting from 1 and then stops. That's a start though. Tomorrow she will get to see her uncle Honey(Hunter) when we take Dad to B'ham to fly back to Oklahoma. The plan is to meet Hunter for lunch before Dad's flight. Mom is going to stay in Decatur for now, although she really doesn't want to. I think she was beginning to like it out there. Crazy!!

Caleigh is also growing like a weed. Her legs go up to her neck. Where she got that from I will never know. Well, maybe my grandmother, she's like 5'10" or 5'11". I'm just a runt I guess. Anyway, she is ready for summer and Point Mallard. I just hope I survive it. I went ahead and bought our passes online the other day because I had a coupon for buy 2 get 1 free.... GREAT DEAL!!! She informed me on Monday that she wants to be called Caleigh Blaine now, so we will see how that goes. My only gripe with that is how will she know when she's in trouble now?!! I'm hoping that we will get to have a "girls day" Saturday with lunch and pedicures. Yes, she loves the full spa treatment pedicure just like me. If the other 2 do too, which I'm sure they will, we will definately be broke. What am I talking about... we are going to be broke no matter what with 3 girls. Oh well!

Pregnancy Update

Everything is going really well right now. I am finally starting to feel very pregnant. My old friend heartburn has returned with a vengeance and a new one has appeared this time... varicose veins!! Yuck!! This one I kinda freaked about. First of all, I thought I must've had a deadly blood clot in my leg. I have to say that when the Doc informed me it was just varicose veins I really didn't feel much better. I thought only old ladies had varicose veins. Anyway, I would appreciate it if everyone prayed for them to go away because believe me, you do not want to ever see them. On the upside, Heidi is really becoming active. This is one of my fave things about being pregnant. It's just so amazing to me still!! I go back in 2 weeks for my 28 week check up and I will have another sonogram. This is mainly to check to see if the Placenta Previa has corrected itself or not. I hope that it has, but if not we will deal with it. I was really upset at first about not being able to exercise but I have pretty much come to terms with it and basically have no desire whatsoever to exercise now. It's almost summer. I am going to be swollen up and have cankles anyway so why bother. Besides, I am already complaining about the heat and it's really not even HOT yet. Just 3 more months! Maybe I will have my "to do" list done by then... MAYBE!

Have a GREAT day and God Bless!!!

I Have Been Blessed!!

I have truly been blessed. I don't have any particular reason for writing this today. No major event or "blessing" has occurred recently to inspire this. I just think it is something we all need to stop and reflect on each and every day. I have realized that is is so very easy, too easy, to pay attention to all the bad things that happen to us. We focus on that unexpected bill, or the leak in the laundry room or that tennant that just wont pay their rent on time. Yes, these are all issues that have to be handled, one way or another, but they don't have to determine how we look at the day or life in general. These are not the things that define us and make us who we are. Well... they do some people and those people are usually pretty cranky and unpleasant to be around... who want's that?! I have decided to take time out every single day and count my blessings. I have a wonderful husband who loves me, 2 beautiful little girls that are happy and healthy and a roof over my head. I have another little girl expected to be here in August who so far appears to be thriving in the womb. How lucky am I? So many people don't have these same things that seem so simple, things that we take for granted. My heart truly goes out to those who can't have children or who have trouble keeping a pregnancy or worst of all, lose a child so soon after receiving them. When I think about that, I don't feel like I have a right to even complain about back aches or ligament pain or those painful little jabs to my ribs from that precious little life inside of me. I thank God every day for these pains now. I take a moment to thank God for every tiny little blessing He has given me. And believe it or not, it's really not that hard. In fact, I do this several times a day. It makes a huge difference on how I look at things and how I handle those trying moments that are going to occur no matter what. It helps me to soak in every amazing moment with my children. Moments that are firsts for Zoe and all the intelligent insights Caleigh has already. Cherished moments that I could miss and never get back again if I were worrying over something that I won't even remember at all tomorrow. Cody has a very stressful job with waaaay to many responsibilities and he sometimes brings that home with him. I understand that he needs to vent sometimes, and I let him. But, I have reminded him that if he hangs on to all that stress all the time he may be missing out on something wonderful. We will never get this time back with our children and I believe that I will someday look back on this time as the absolute best time of my life. I won't remember how much money we had ( or didn't have) or the leaky faucet or that pesky tennant. So, remember to count your blessings.... you will feel so much better.