I can't wait to be a mom!

Last night Ryan and I went to bed at eight thirty...haha :) we were such old people. But the night before last had been pretty interesting with having to deal with our piece of crap LAZY no good room mate. I couldn't get comfortable while they were arguing and I think it was the fact that I really can't sleep without Ryan being in the bed with me. So we finally didn't lay down together until 3:45 a.m. and then we talked and I started to get braxton hicks, except these didn't feel good they were very crampy. I really thought that I was going to have to go to the emergency room and cancel my baby shower because this baby was going to come early, but they finally stopped. So I didn't fall asleep until 4-ish and I got up at 8 to start getting ready for my doctors appointment. So yesterday I was good for nothing. I was absolutely exhausted so Ryan and I went to bed that early and slept through the night. I feel great today!! I got so much done. I got up around eight and did two loads of laundry, I cleaned the kitchen and swept and mopped the floor, I dusted the living room, went and picked up my prescription and then went and had my eyebrows waxed. So I feel great like I accomplished alot. So Ryan and I leave tomorrow for Atlanta for my baby shower I am so excited so far 22 people have RSVP. It's going to be huge and I am going to get to see a lot of people I haven't seen in a REALLY LONG TIME!

Today was beautiful!

Today was beautiful outside!!! Ryan and I woke up this morning around 11. I have been expierencing some insomnia I think. Well Ryan is working swing shift which is from 3- 12 a.m. and I tend to wait for him to get home before I go to bed. Well once he gets home I start trying to get comfortable to fall asleep and it normally takes about an hour or so. So I don't get into bed as early as I would like so I have been sleeping in later. I got up this morning and was heading to the back door to let Lou out when I saw that our carpet had been almost completely pulled up I freaked and ran into the room and got Ryan out of bed. Ryan came and looked at it and was very annoyed. We also found that our cat, hippie had left us a little present on our rug. His litter box was too full and I can't change it and Ryan has not lately so he decided to pay us back by pooping on our rug. I was so angry. I wanted to throw him outside. I was soooo upset at him. I have not paid him any attention all day. Well after that incident I got scorned by Ryan who told me that he wished I wouldn't have woken up him for that because he was sleeping good. I mean I thought he would want to know that the carpet was messed up. I mean I know I freaked out. He has been stressed out lately and has been kind of grumpy and I have been going through the whole third trimester hormones where I cry at the drop of a hat so we have been expieriencing all that fun stuff. Anyway, after getting scorned I let him go back to sleep and I went into the living room and started making muffins and watching 90210 re-runs. Well he woke up and called about his truck and it was ready so we went to pick that up from Langdale. I walked outside and the weather was amazing. I drove with the windows down. Today was one of those days that I wished I had a convertible. Ryan and I talked about buying me a new car today. :) That was very exciting!! He said he wanted to wait till after the baby was born but we started talking about what kind of car I might want. I think I want a Ford Escape. :) But I am in no hurry to get one. I know ryan wants to get me one and we will get me one when it fits into our budget. We just want to see how it is going to be with the baby.

Ivy came over today and we chatted it up, which was nice we sat on the porch because I so badly wanted to be outside. Ivy and Andy are going to rent the house when Ryan and I move to Arizona which will be nice. Because we don't really want to sell the house right now with the market being so crappy but we don't want to have to worry about paying two mortgages when we are out in Arizona.

Tomorrow is my 34 week check up. I am so excited!!

I am very sleepy today. I got up at 7 this morning to take Ryan to Langdale Ford to drop off his truck for some work. We went and ate breakfast after which was nice. We came back to the house and I tried to lay down for a quick nap but someone called him to come look at the tiller and once I was woke up from him talking to the man I couldn't go back to sleep. He sold the tiller which is really good! One less thing for us to do before we have to move, and he got what he wanted for it which is really good!!

I can't wait for this weekend. I am so ready to go home and see my family! I am starting to get sad about moving to Arizona. I ave always been so close to my family and the fact that I am going to be so far away from them and not see them like I do now just makes me really sad. I really hope that my mom and dad are able to visit us a little bit in Arizona!!

Well I think ryan is getting sick. I took him dinner at work and I was feeling kind of nauseated and he said he was not feeling too good either. I was hoping that he was not going to catch my cold. I have been sick for almost a week now and he has not sniffled once, but I guess maybe his body finally broke down and he got it. I hope not, Ryan is super grumpy when he is sick or tired or anything like that and with my emotions being every where he really can hurt my feelings sometimes.

I miss working. It hit me today. I really do. I can't wait to get to Arizona and find a job. Or I am sure once the baby gets here I will never want to leave him but right now I hate not having a job. I hate not having my own money. I have had my own money since I was 15 years old and worked at confetti creamery, It is weird now to have to depend on someone else for money. I just really don't like it!

Ending the Weekend

This weekend has been blah in Valdosta. Very rainy!!! Yesterday, Ryan and I went to his hunting lease to take down his tree stand. He was laughing at me and told me to quit prissing around. I was not prissing but there were a lot of thorns and burs and they kept getting attached to my pants and then I was dragging the plant behind me and had to unhook it. I was glad we got out of the house though. In a way I wish I had not had to quit work so soon. I mean it has been good because I did hate that place and it was really hard to stand on my feet for so long. My feet so would not make it now! So for that reason I am glad that I am no longer working but it sure does get boring at home. After the house is all cleaned up there is really nothing to do. BUT I do enjoy getting to watch all my shows...Today I woke up and cleaned house. After that I just lounged with Ryan for a while. We watched Australia...it was such an amazing movie!!! I loved it!! Ryan is working on the kitchen right now, finishing up the tile and I am watching lifetime.

I can't wait for next weekend, I am getting so anxious. One, I am going to get to see a lot of people that I haven't seen in a long time like my aunt kathy, mandy, rebecca, reba and nicole!!! I am so excited...I really can't wait. I just wish my mom wouldn't stress out so much about the house and everything and just relax our house ALWAYS looks amazing!

Waiting

Well I am waiting on Ryan to get off work so we can go to Wal-Mart and pick up a few things. Finally today I was feeling well enough to get out of bed and actually get things done. I didn't do as much as I would have liked to but I did dust the living room, clean up the kitchen, and straighten up mine and Ryan's room and bathroom so it no longer looks quite like a tornado hit our room.

Kale has been very active today. Just moving all around in there. I can't wait for him to get here. I don't want him to come early I want him to be in me developing as long as he needs to be, but I just want to meet him and hold him in my arms. I am getting so anxious!!!

I am getting my belly cast done on Monday. Ivy is coming over to do it....I really can't wait for that. I am so excited to see how it turns out!!

So tonight was our last night of the prepared child birth class. I really enjoyed it I felt like I learned a good bit. The practicing breathing techiniques was funny but man it will definitely wear you out. The husbands didn't know whether they should breathe or not so they were and it was funny when looking around the room because they were all looking around to make sure the other men were doing it too...It was cute. We also got to tour the labor/delivery room, postpartum and my favorite.....the nursery. It looked like there were four babies in the nursery and they were sooo precious. This one little boy I think had just been born. He had the vasoline on his eyes and was being checked out by the doctor. He was being so good. He just kept trying to go to sleep and then would wake up and look around like he was so confused. I think he was getting used to being outside of his mommy. But he wasn't fussy or anything. He was just chilling. I could have sat there and stared at the babies the whole night. Ryan had to ask me twice if I was ready to go. I am such a nerd when it comes to babies. I can't wait to have Kale in my arms. The nurse told us that when we spent the night in the hospital we would have the choice of having the baby in our room or in the nursery. I definitely want him in our room. I know I need to rest and everything but we will be having both of our moms in town to help us the first week and I know my mom is going to make sure that I get enough rest she is here to help. So I am not to worried.
We also have to make the decision on if we want him to have a passy, I don't know about that yet. I am going to have to talk to Ryan. The nurse that taught our breast feeding basics said to try and hold off on giving the baby a passy for like a week or two but my mom said she gave them to us and we were fine. I definitely want to see if we can stay for only the twenty four hours. Not the two days. So I hope all is well with me and Kale so that we don't have to stay in there for more than that. I think I will be ready to come home, just because hospitals gross me out and I will jut want to get him home and comfortable and both mine and Ryan's mom will be here plus my grandparents and my sister. We will have lots of little helpers :)

I feel like crap. This cold really sucks. Today has been the worst! I am stuffed up but its so hard to blow all my snot out. It is way up there, however, in the middle of the night it decides it will drain down the back of my throat and make me wake up because my throat is on fire. HOW FUN! Today I have been really stuffy and just felt absolutely miserable. I have been sneezing, my eyes are watery. I just have felt like pure crap which has caused me to be really irritable too. Ryan keeps saying he can't wait till i am not pregnant anymore. haha poor guy. I know it can be tough but with him being as stressed out as he is he has been pretty grumpy himself.

Tonight I made delicious chilli because it was cold outside and that sounded delish. It was really good but I can't taste that well. So everything just kind of tastes bland to me....everything except the yummy chocolate chip cookies I made :) they were delicious and I enjoyed every bite of them. :)

I cleaned most of the house today, when I say most of it I mean everything except mine and ryan's room. Which looks like a tornado hit it. I wanted to clean it today too but I just started feeling way too bad. So I just had to lay down. I think I am going to take a bath in a little bit and see if the heat in the bathroom won't help with my stuffyness.

Tomorrow Ryan and I have class #2 of our prepared childbirth class. I really want to read all of the book they gave us. I feel like Ryan and I have learned a lot already. I am really excited about tomorrows class because we will be touring the hospital and seeing the nursery and the room that i will give birth in. :) I can't wait. I am sooo excited for my little kale to get here. I am so ready to hold him in my arms :)

classes

Well the past few days I have been so lazy. I am going to blame it on being sick. My husband stays in bed till he has to get ready for work, or he has the past two days and so I do the same. It is horrible and I feel like a HUGE BUM! However, I do love him being my snugglesauras and snuggling up close to him. Especially seeing how I had been away from him for a whole week. Tomorrow I am definitely going to get up and get things done! Ryan said he would too but we shall see. I definitely am however. On Sunday Ryan and I went to Books a million. He bought me two books. I am reading this new author and I absolutely love her. I got the only two books she had left at books a million. We then went to Cici's and ate. I have not eaten there in forever. I was so hungry I kept going back for more pizza. A buffet probably wasn't the best idea for me but it was just so delish. Their cinnamon roll desert thingys were the best. I made Ryan go back for our seconds so I didn't look like a heifer pregnant woman. HAHA! After Cici's we went to Target and we bought the baby a Shel Silverstein book, his new one Don't Bump The Glump. I am going to read to him tonight. I love Shel. I want to get Kale all of his books.

So we have went to two classes now. The breastfeeding basics and the prepared childbirth series. Both classes have taught us a lot. It gets me more excited. I really don't have too much time left. 7 weeks, and we learned tonight that women normally have their babies from week 37-42. So it could be sooner or later. I am just so excited!!! I can hardly wait!!

its been a while

I have been traveling a lot lately so I really haven't had time to write on here. Since we found out that we are going to Arizona I have came down to Atlanta while I can still travel to spend some time with the family. I actually drove down here last weekend because Ryan was going hunting and I didn't want to stay at the house all by myself. I stayed in Lawrenceville until Tuesday and then my sister and Jayden came to Valdosta with me. My sister ended up getting really sick with a cold so justin came and picked us up wednesday night. Ryan was going hunting again this weekend because this is the last weekend he will really get to do it. So I decided to ride with Justin back to Lawrenceville. My parents are taking me back tomorrow night and they are going to spend the night till Sunday. Then my hubby will be back. It's kind of weird because I have not seen very much of him lately. Absence really makes you realize how much you care about a person. I miss him like crazy!!! BabiesRUs called and Kale's dresser came in so me and my parents are going to pick that up and take it back to Valdosta which is super exciting. Ryan will like not having to put that together because it is already put together. I got my hair cut and highlighted today and I feel so much better, my roots had gotten so bad!!! Our classes start next week and I am super excited especially to see what all I learn...well that's all I really have to say...

Today was such a blah day. It is so weird being home all day and not working! I get a little bored. However, I must say that the house looks absolutely wonderful! It is super clean! You could eat off of any floor in the house haha. I love to read though and I think I am going to go get a good book at Walmart after church tonight! I can't wait for next week I get to start all my fun classes and I get to see the baby in the ultrasound which is super exciting too!! My baby shower is getting close and I am getting so excited!! People are already calling my mom and RSVP which is exciting also I think my aunt kathy said she was coming from Alabama which made me so excited because I haven't seen her in sooo long!!! Well I am going to get back to watching my shows and relaxing before church tonight!

Being pregnant is amazing!

I love being pregnant, this third trimester has just shown me what a miracle it is. I love thinking that my body is nourishing my son. I am giving him the nutrients he needs to survive. It is just amazing to think about how this little being that me and my husband have created is growing inside me. I don't see how women can complain about their bodies as much as some pregnant women do. Complaining about their weight, boobs etc. Don't they see the miracle they are taking part of?

So Ryan put up all the furniture on Sunday and I absolutely love going in the room and just looking. His room is still not completely put together we are waiting on the dresser and we still have to put some things together but its getting close! and everything looks absolutely adorable!!

Well we just found out tonight that our request to stay here and not have to move to Arizona was denied. :( It kind of sucks but in a way I am excited. It is a new adventure and I know that it will bring Ryan and I a lot closer! Also he won't have to deploy to the desert the whole 4 years we are in Arizona so he won't miss too much of the fun things in watching our son grow! I hope he still says mommy first though haha :)

Well I am not working anymore and it is kind of weird because I have been working since I was 15 years old so to just sit around the house is weird. I don't see how people can do it. You run out of things to do. Our house is completely spotless!! So now I am just kind of like what to do what to do. Today I made some cookies! They were delicious!!! Next week we go to the doctor for my third trimester ultra sound :) so exciting!! I also start to take all my classes next week too, the pregnancy classes and I know they are going to be super interesting and super fun! My baby shower in Atlanta is getting close, I am getting excited! People are already getting their invitations and saying they are coming :) yay!!!