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Father's Day Weekend, Lesson Learned, and More....

2009-06-22T17:32:00.013-05:00

Well.....it was Nolan's FIRST Father's Day so he was super excited! He really LOVES being a Daddy...even more than I thought he would! He does a great job with him and I can't wait until Jake gets to be old enough to fish and play ball with daddy! It will be so cute!

We went to the lake for the weekend, since that is Nolan's favorite place to be. We actually bought a small fishing boat last week. It was Nolan's Father's Day/Birthday/Graduation present! ;) He could NOT wait to try it out. It's not one of those fancy ones, but is definitely an upgrade from the canoe he was fishing out of! :) Stupid me did not bring my camera this weekend, so I am just attaching the few pics from my mom's camera. My grandparents were able to come up from Montgomery too, so it was great to be able to hang out with them....and they loved being able to spend time with Jake. Jake really did love watching them and laughing at them too!

Jake wore a "Happy Father's Day" shirt for Daddy!

Jake's new jammies! I love him in navy blue!Nolan in his new boat with me next to him in the paddle boat....getting my leg workout in! ;)

This picture is actually a few weeks old, but I thought it was too cute! It was drizzling some outside, but I wanted to go on a walk with Jakey. He slept the entire time. He LOVES the carrier. If you look close you can see how wet it gets around his mouth because he loves to slobber and chew all over it!

Back to this weekend, I was going to share a valuable lesson for those "nursing mommas" out there. If you have been outside at all lately, you know it has been SCORCHING HOT. Just walking outside for 2 seconds makes you sweat. The water at the lake was 90 degrees, if that tell you anything. Well I was REALLY looking forward to laying out this weekend. I'm white as snow since I can't exactly go to the pool and lay out several times a week like last summer. My mom was planning on watching Jake so I could spend a couple hours in the sun. Well, I wanted to pump a bottle before going so I wouldn't have to worry about coming back up to feed him. I ended up getting 10 ounces!!! Then...me being as smart as I am...went right into the BLISTERING sun right after that to sweat another 10 ounces probably! About an hour passes and I was just too hot, so I decided to go up to the house for some water. I walk into the house and all of a sudden everything turns black. I try to make it to the fridge because I was just thinking in my head....if I could only get some water, I'll be fine. Well..I didn't quite make it, but I decided to pass out instead. Luckily, my mom happened to be cooking in the kitchen at the time and turned around just in time to catch me and preventing my head from splitting open on the hard floor! She must be a strong woman! She has two bum knees and I am definitely not a lightweight! So thanks mom for saving me!!!! So after finally waking back up we figured that....DUH....if you pump 10 ounces out its probably not the smartest thing to go lay out and sweat without drinking any water! So that was the drama of the weekend!

On a lighter note, I have some cute Jakey pics from the past couple of weeks to share

He is starting to really love his jumparoo! He hasn't gotten the jumping thing down pat yet, but he loves to make the music and lights play and hit all the toys.

Jake in his high chair. I put him in it while I am cooking dinner and he loves to watch and play with his toys.

Jake loves his bouncy seat. We actually feed him cereal from it most of the time since he still can't sit up good enough to eat in his high chair just yet. He is finally starting to eat most of the food, rather than spit most of it out. He tries desperately to feed himself and grab the spoon most of the time. He is a mess! :)

Paige, Bobby and all the kids left today for a beach trip to Gulf Shores. It worked out so that they could stop by in town to eat lunch, so I met them for about an hour. It was so good to see them all! I haven't really been able to spend time with the kids since Christmas. They are getting so big! I took some pics of them in the car before they got back on the road.

Me and my mom are leaving Wednesday morning to go to Gulf Shores and spend the rest of the week with them all. I can't wait! We are all staying in the same condo, along with another couple and their little boy, so this should be interesting! :) We all come back Saturday, but go straight to the lake and Paige and the crew are staying until Monday. So it should be a great visit! Hopefully I will be good and take lots of pics! :)

Now to catch up!

2009-06-03T14:56:00.014-05:00

First of all, read the blog below about Jake's birthday (it's a new post too)

Ok...now that I blogged about Jake's birthday, this is going to be a catching up blog about his first 4 months. I am posting some random pictures from the last four months. For more pictures you can always go to my facebook page. These pictures are in reverse order, so they start with the most recent and go backwards (I didn't feel like spending forever rearranging pictures). Enjoy! :)

I stayed with my parents until Nolan got done with clinicals, so it ended up being about 10 weeks or so. My parents were AWESOME letting me and Jake stay there. It was so good having mom there to help me out with baby advice and cooking for all of us!
After Nolan finished his Montgomery clinical, we moved back into our house and Jake finally got As many of you know, Jake is a chunk these days, despite being born at only 6 pounds 1 ounce. I guess he thought he had to catch up to his daddy quickly (Nolan was born at almost 10 pounds!) For his first several weeks, Jake was gaining an average of 2 ounces a day! I think I have some pretty fattening milk! But we love his chunky cheeks and precious rolls!

Now that summer vacation is here (one of the perks of teaching) I will hopefully have more time to stay updated. Hope you enjoyed the pics and hopefully I will blog soon. Some upcoming events are lake trips, Jake's first beach trip with Paige and her fam, and more lake trips!

A Productive 6 months! :)

2009-06-03T12:40:00.016-05:00

Well.....don't worry, I am still going to try to keep this updated! I've been kinda slow about blogging. Ok, let's be honest...I've been a HORRIBLE blogger.

So let's start where I left off. I was 30 weeks pregnant. I think I have a couple more belly pics to post. I think the last one I took was when I was 34 weeks pregnant.

On February 1st (this was a Sunday), Nolan left for Montgomery for his first clinical for school. On that same day I moved in with my parents so I wouldn't be pregnant and alone...I was a scaredy cat about being by myself. That was an emotional day because I knew that Nolan would be gone for 10 weeks, and was very worried that he would not make it in time to see Jake be born when I went into labor. Well the following Tuesday I went in for my 37 week checkup. The doctor said I was 1-2 cm dialated, and the week before I was 1 cm. So I did not think that was much progress. Well......two days later I wake up to get ready for work and noticed some odd feelings in my stomache. I have been having some crampy feelings for a couple weeks, but they had not been painful. That day I could tell they felt different. It was slightly painful and hurt in my lower stomache, all away around to my lower back. I didn't think to much about it and went on getting ready for work. I got downstairs to eat breakfast and told mom about it, because by this time I was noticing that the pain was kind of coming and going-which seemed like contractions to me. Mom thought otherwise...she was sure it was just braxton hicks contractions. I kept telling her I thought this was for real, so we read through several pregnancy books to look for signs for real labor vs. false labor, and it seemed like I had signs of both. Since we still weren't sure, I decided to go into work anyway. I told her to be prepared for a phone call!

I called Nolan on the way to work and told him I might be experiencing some contractions, and he didn't seem to believe me either, and told me to just check in with him in a little while.
I got to work, and the pains were getting a little stronger, so I called my sister Paige, and I FINALLY found someone who believed I was in labor! She told me to call the doctor, so I did. The nurse I spoke with wasn't sure if I was descrbing true labor either bc I had not been really timing the pains. She made an appt for me to see the on-call doctor at 2:00 (that was the earliest time available.) Keep in mind that at this point it was about 11:15. So I continued teaching and timing my contractions at the same time, which was no easy task! I tried not to make it too obvious that I was in labor or my 9th graders would have flipped out! Finally, at about 1:30, I left work and drove myself to the hospital. At this point I was hurting very badly, and the contractions were coming every 3-4 minutes!

My wonderful mother met me there, so I was only by myself at the hospital in the waiting room for about 15 minutes. Finally, at about 2:30 I got to meet with the on-call doctor, who I had never seen before, and he said I was about 5 cm dialated, and that my baby was going to have a birthday today! So my mom got Nolan on the phone and told him to get his behind there! He got there just in time to be with me during my epidural. He was lucky to miss out on the rough contractions. My mom and my heating pad saved me during those! After the epidural I was feeling great! I got to visit with all my family and Nolan's family. And at 7:04, Jake was born! :) It was such an amazing experience!
Here are some pictures of the wonderful occasion on February 5, 2009!

We had lots of visitors in the hospital. I don't want to try to name them, because I know I will accidentally leave off some names. Paige was able to come the night I had Jake. I think she started rounding the kids up as soon as she heard I was for sure in labor. She picked up all four kids and drove all the way from Knoxville by herself with them to try to make it as soon as she could. (Bobby came up the next day) She was got there about an hour after Jake was born. It was so sweet of her and the kids to come all the way. I know it was rough on them. The kids all looked like zombies when they came in, but it was so good to see them all!

Poor Nolan....he had such a rough day! :)

A Productive Weekend! (updated pics)

2008-12-13T20:38:00.009-06:00

The nursery is finally in the beginning stages! We decided to paint the room yellow, which really brightens up the room. Nolan's momma came down from Jasper this morning and slaved away ALL day in our house. She painted, cleaned, and cooked! Nolan's Aunt Donna also came and helped paint and put the furniture together. I can never thank them enough! What an awesome family we have! We are so blessed. Nobody let me lift a finger, and they didn't want me smelling the paint, so I went out shopping! I'm almost done with Christmas presents! But back to the nursery...it's starting to look so great! Now all we have left to do is more decorating. I bought the valence to match the bedding, and Paige said she was going to make letters to spell his name (whenever we decide what that will be) to hang above his crib. It is definitely making me so excited!!!! Here are some pics!

Nolan worked really hard all weekend and I'm really proud of him! He was such a handyman! He installed these awesome blinds on our kitchen door window, and put up a full-length mirror for me that I have been wanting forever! He also put together the entire changing table by himself, and worked with Donna on the crib! He was a busy guy this weekend, but did a great job!

I also got a new car last weekend! It's a Chevrolet Equinox, which I really love! I'll have to take a picture when its daylight and will post that below. We got it for a great deal. It will definitely give us more room than the little Sunfire! :)

I am 30 weeks as of today! I can't believe he will be here in 10 weeks! (or less) We got the 4-D ultrasound last week. He definitely looks like Nolan! He has his lips and nose for sure, and maybe my chin. But he is so precious already! I can't wait to see him! We also know he is very flexible! During the whole ultrasound, he had his leg sticking straight up, where his toes were literally on top of his head! I don't see how that is comfortable, but I guess he could move if he wants. :)

Here is my 30 week belly pic. It's been a while since I have taken one. He is definitely moving around and growing. Strangers are always commenting on how low he is, and I definitely feel like he is too! Most days, he is sitting directly on my bladder! I can't believe I still have 10 weeks to grow! I'm gonna be huge!!!!

Paige and ALL the babies visit!

2008-11-27T17:52:00.006-06:00

Ok....this was a few weekends ago, so I'm a little late. Paige and all the kids were able to come down for a weekend, which was LOTS of fun because I was having withdrawals from all the babies! Hunter and Shelby are getting SO big! I can't believe it. Shelby turns 4 in December, so she's a real big girl. She's actually into Hannah Montana!

Nolan of course loved his "Shelby-time." He thinks she is the greatest thing in the world! Hopefully she may move down to number 2 after February! ;)

Mom got Hunter and Shelby a Junior Monopoly game which they LOVED. They were able to play with Gaggy and Poppa and Hunter won! They also played Twister which was the CUTEST thing ever but my camera was acting up, so no pics of that! :(

Reese is also growing like a weed! She is sitting up so good and is very close to crawling! She still has those precious blue eyes and keeps the WIDE OPEN all the time! (except during bottle time!)

I also had my garage sale that weekend and got rid of TONS of stuff and made a lot more money than I expected! Nolan's mom came down Friday night and helped get everything set up and priced. I could NEVER have done it without her! She was such a HUGE help. Thank you so much!!! :) I'm so excited that we have money to spend on things we need. On the to do list next is to paint the room and then put together the crib and changing table! So much left to do!!!

I also got to see Kimberly this same weekend at her baby shower. Its so fun to have another friend who has a baby that will be close to mine! Of course, her baby will definitely be longer than mine! Haleigh also found out recently she is pregnant, so we took a pregnancy pic. So many babies! So exciting!

Now onto the next post of last weekend...

Halloween and Alumni game!

2008-11-10T21:40:00.008-06:00

This post is a little past due....

Nolan and I went to Montgomery on Halloween weekend. We got to see lots of friends from college and had a GREAT time. On the way down we stopped to see Mandi, and then stayed the night with Steve and Kayla. Nolan was glad to have his guitar buddy back for a night! Saturday morning I went to the alumni volleyball game. Of course I couldn't play, but I got to serve for Brittney and I didn't miss any! :) It was SO good to see all the vball girls!!!

After the volleyball game and lunch with all the girls Nolan and I went to the Faulkner homecoming football game. It was fun and they won!!! :) Yay for them! We got to see lots more old friends at the game and it was so fun! It made me miss college so much! The real world is not fun! :(

After we left the football game, we went straight to Rick and Brooke's NEW house for the Halloween PARTAY! I was bad and didn't take very many pics. I did take one of me, Brooke, and Kelly. They were both superheros. Nolan and I went as rednecks. His mullet fit him well! :)

Some other fun news is that I ordered the crib and changing table! I'm so glad that is out of the way. I finally found a set I liked at JCPenny, and it should be shipped here sometime towards the end of next week. I can't wait! Hope Nolan is excited about spending a few hours putting it all together! :) I'm glad I finally have some time to start getting things together. We are having a garage sale at my parents' house Sat morning, so hopefully will get rid of tons of stuff to make room for everything the baby needs. Nolan's wonderful mom volunteered to come help with it. I am SO thankful for that! I could never do it by myself! The next step is to get the room painted. We are painting it light green. As soon as we get it painted, and the furniture put together I will post some pics. I haven't taken a belly pic in a while. I will take one this weekend for my 26 week picture. I can't believe I'm about to officially be in the 3rd trimester! YAY!!!! :)

Paige's visit and Tummy update

2008-10-20T18:57:00.012-05:00

Two weeks since Mom's surgery! Things are getting a little better for her every day, although it is still very painful and hard for her. She is doing a great job with her therapy though. She makes Nolan very proud! :) Thanks for the prayers and keep praying that she progresses well!

While I'm on prayer requests, I need to mention Nolan's Grandad. He's had several medical issues lately and was in ICU at UAB for several days, but is now finally in a regular room. Please pray that he continues to improve and will be able to go home soon.

Paige got to come to Birmingham with Bobby and little Reesey the weekend after mom's surgery. I had a home volleyball tournament that same weekend, so I was not at the house very much. I spent most of it in the gym at Homewood High School! But the little time I got to spend was great! I left my camera with Paige and told her to take some pics while I wasn't there. Reese is getting so big! She is such a sweet-tempered beautiful little baby! And I don't just say that because she is my neice. :)

Check out mom's sweatshirt she got from Paige. It says "I survived knee surgery!" She was definitely proud to wear it! :)

Reese and her "owl eyes." She always has her eyes WIDE open!

I also got a precious picture of little Reesey hugging her little baby cousin in my belly! (I think this picture is towards the top of the blog) How precious is she.
I also had a small baby shower at school during our professional development day. The school wanted to honor all the pregnant teachers at one time (there are 8 of us!). Here is a picture of the FOUR math teachers who are pregnant, and we are all a month apart starting in November.

And last but not least, my 22 week belly pic! I feel like time is flying by and we still have NOTHING DONE for the baby. We don't even have his name totally picked out. My excuse is that I have to wait until I have two seconds to spare after volleyball season is over, which is just around the corner. Then I have to get crackin!

HALFWAY THERE!!!

2008-10-05T14:35:00.007-05:00

Well...I am 20 weeks and 1 day as of today! Yay! Finally in the twenties! I can't believe I'm halfway there! We have not done ONE thing to get ready for the baby, but I'm waiting until volleyball season is over and I can breathe again! Here is 20 week picture. I don't think it looks any different than last week!

I am feeling him kick several times throughout the day, and it's such a neat feeling! He seems to be more active in the mornings and at nights, but not so much during the middle of the day.

This weekend we had so much fun! We went to the Brad Paisley concert Friday night, and despite sitting behind some chain smokers, we had a great time. He put on a great show! Here are some pictures from the concert!

Saturday we slept in to about 9:30 and then went to our Fall church pinic. We had some great food, and the boys had fun throwing the football around. Here some pics of that, and of Ella and Baylee supporting their favorite team!

After the picnic, Nolan and I headed to the lake! This is the last weekend mom will be able to go for a few weeks because of her knee replacement surgery, so it was good to be able to spend that time with her. Her surgery is Monday morning, and she is very nervous about it, so PLEASE PRAY for her! Pray that the surgery will go well, and her recovery will go smooth as well. She is a very active person, so sitting around for several weeks is going to be tough on her!

We had a great time though. As soon as we got there, mom and Nolan fished off the pier for a while. He has gotten her into fishing and she loves it! Then Nolan went out in the canoe to fish, and me and mom went kayaking. We had a GREAT time! We got to watch two deer and a little baby fawn for about 30 minutes! We just kayaked right along the bank, and followed them as they were walking and eating. We even got to see the little fawn nurse off his mama! It was SO CUTE!!!! We thought that was a great adventure, but then as we were kayaking in a different direction we spotted some racoons! And then right behind the big racoon was four BABY racoons! They were the cutest little fuzzballs. We watched them for about 20-30 minutes too. They kept going inside a hole, and then popping back out to check us out. They were seriously the cutest little things! So that was our kayaking adventure. I didn't take my camera, because I was scared that I would drop it in the water, but I wish I had pictures of all those cute animals.

It was great to have this weekend off, but this week will be a busy week! We have volleyball games throughout the week and our home tournament this weekend, so that involves a LOT of time. Paige is coming this weekend to help out when mom comes home from the hospital, so hopefully I will be able to spend some time with them! I'll keep you posted on mom. Again, please please pray for her! Thanks so much!

Its a BOY!!!!

2008-09-27T18:06:00.005-05:00

We found out this past Wednesday that we are having a baby boy! We are SO SUPER EXCITED!!! Nolan couldn't wipe the grin off his face the whole rest of the day. The doctor said everything was measuring good, so our little one is healthy so far...thank you for the prayers! Keep them coming! :) We haven't decided on any names yet...it's such a big decision! Here are some ultrasound pictures. I had to include the boy proof...sorry! I just thought it was too cute! There's also one of his leg and foot, and other profile pics that are cute.

This weekend was very busy. I had a volleyball tournament until about 9:00 Friday night, so Nolan headed to the lake to spend time with my family, actually I think he spent most of his time with the fish! I woke up early Saturday and headed back to the volleyball tournament and got back around 6:00. So now I am just procrastinating grading TONS of projects and test papers...boo! Nolan got back from the lake late Saturday night, so he had a great weekend! Sunday, the plans are to go to church, then come home and grade, grade, grade! I know that sounds SO exciting! But that's the life of a teacher/volleyball coach.

I'm looking forward to next weekend off of volleyball. Me and Nolan are going to a Brad Paisley concert Friday night, and then our Fall church picnic on Saturday! That should be fun! Hopefully I'll be good and take some pictures!

Here is my 19 week belly pic. I am growing! :) I took this on a full belly, so it may be a little bigger because of that!

3 more days!

2008-09-21T14:44:00.004-05:00

Well...here is my 18 week belly pic. I feel like I'm getting bigger every week, but I know that I have a long way to go! We have our appointment on Wednesday at 3: 00 to get the ultrasound, so hopefully little peanut will cooperate and turn the right direction so we can see if its a boy or girl! We are SO EXCITED to find out either way! After that we can start really planning! :)

We had a great weekend this weekend. I was off from volleyball so Friday after I got out of practice, Nolan and I headed to the lake! Mom and Dad went to Paige's for the weekend, so it was just us. Nolan had a blast fishing about 95% of the time we were there, and I had a great time just relaxing. I slept in Saturday, went for an hour and a half long kayak ride, laid out in the sun (really the shade since it was overcast) and cooked and watched TV. I LOVE to relax since I don't get much of that these days during volleyball season. Then Saturday night, we went over to our friend's house from church, Ethan and Keri Southern, and watched the Auburn game on the big screen with a group of our friends. Despite the loss, it was still fun! :)

The sad note came on Sunday when I attended the funeral of one of my mom's really good friends' husband, who died suddenly on Thursday of a heart attack. He was a really great man who deeply loved his family. Please pray for Denni Stewart and her four children he left behind.

I will post again after Wednesday to reveal if our little one is a boy or girl. Please pray that everything else they check for at this appointment goes well. Thanks!

Off weekend!!!

2008-09-15T21:03:00.005-05:00

I had an off weekend from volleyball and it was WONDERFUL!!!! We went to Jasper on Friday and stayed there for the weekend. Nolan's birthday is today, so it worked out well that we could spend the weekend with his fam. It was so relaxing!!! We got there Friday around 4:30 or so and hung out with his family. His mom grilled out hambugers and we had a yummy meal that hit the spot. I was able to sleep in on Saturday (and Nolan's old room is the BEST ROOM EVER to sleep in because it has no windows and is totally black in there!). Nolan got up around 8:30 and went out to the hunting land with his dad and they rode four-wheelers for about 60 miles total! He absolutely loved that. They were able to check on the land and even saw a few deer. Meanwhile, I went for a nice 45 min walk in the beautiful sunshine. I was even able to ride the four wheeler for about 30 seconds, which was fun! Nolans WHOLE family came over for a late lunch on Saturday. We had the most steaks you've ever seen. (and if you know all the boys in Nolan's fam, you would understand why they need so much meat! haha!) Nolan's mom also fixed the most AMAZING mashed potatoes with cheese and all sort of other stuff in them and they were SO GOOD! I probably ate about 5 helpings of those throughout the whole weekend! She also fixed fried okra, green beans, squash, pasta salad, homemade rolls, and some yummy desserts. She is a wonderful cook! After that, Nolan and the boys went back out to the wilderness to do some "shootin" while I stayed in and relaxed on the lazy boy and watched TV. Then we all gathered around the TV to watch the pitiful 3-2 Auburn victory. Oh well... a win is a win! :) Sunday was church, then out to eat again with the entire Williams clan and we hung around before heading back to Bham. The weekends really do fly by too fast!

Tonight my parents took me, Nolan, Jordan, and Leah out to P.F.Chang's (a Chinese restaurant that is one of our favorites). Jordan's bday is tomorrow so we were celebrating for both of them. We had an amazing meal and it was good to be able to hang out with my fam for a while. Here are some pics of the weekend and tonight.

I meant to take another belly pic, but I forgot, so I will put another one soon. My ultrasound is Wednesday, the 24th, which is when we get to find out if little peanut is a boy or girl!!! :) We are so excited!!! Truly we will be happy either way. Mom's latest questionairre says its a boy, but she does a new one about every other day, which always gives her different answers. Basically, we have figured out its a 50-50 shot! :) Check for the boy/girl post next week! :)

Also, on a super-exciting note, Kiera had her baby! Tyler Dawson Keen was born on Sept. 11th! He is so precious and I am so excited for her! Her and David will make WONDERFUL parents! Love yall! :)

More Pics of Labor Day

2008-09-01T18:36:00.006-05:00

Labor Day!!!

2008-09-01T16:59:00.016-05:00

Well....I had my 14 1/2 week appointment this past week and we were able to hear the heartbeat! Mom and Nolan were both there, so I had my little fan club inside the tiny room. The nurse had an old-timey heartbeat thingy that didn't tell her the beats per minute, so I don't know how fast it was going this time. But it was so cool to hear it!!! :) I go back to the doctor on September 24th for my next ultrasound and get to find out if its a little boy or girl! We are SO excited that its only a few more weeks away! Ok, so here is my picture of my stomach WITH a shirt on. I don't think I'm ready to take the pics without the shirt. I still look fat, not pregnant, but oh well. That's just a stage you have to go through! :)

So this weekend was pretty jam-packed. I left school at 12:00 with the volleyball team on Friday and we went to a tournament in Huntsville. They played until about 10:00 Friday night and we were up at 7:00 the next morning and played until about 6:30. So that was about all the vball I could take for one weekend. The girls did pretty good. They went 2-5, but played some super tough teams. We got back to Bham at 9:00 Sat night and I headed straight to the lake, and got there a little after 10:00 so I was POOPED!!! Nolan's family, my sister, her husband Bobby and Baby Reese, and of course my parents, were all there. My brother and his wife actually came for a little while too so we had lots of fun family time! I can't believe how much bigger Reese has gotten. Nolan and his Dad spent most of their time fishing of course and Nolan caught a HUGE bass Saturday (I think it was a little over 6 pounds, which is really big for a bass in a lake) but of course I don't have pics of that because I was stuck in a volleyball gym at the time. Reese also had her first experience on a paddle boat. We did lots of laying around, kayaking, eating, etc. My dad should have a lot of those pics posted on his blog (yes...he actually has a blog! pretty impressive, huh!) Here are lots of the pics I took. Enjoy!

Videos of Baby Reesey!!!

Some expensive teeth!

2008-08-07T20:31:00.006-05:00

So.....I went to the dentist after a long TWO year break (which I don't recommend) and I was informed that my teeth need quite a bit of work! I have to have TWO root canals and THREE cavity fillings...all for the bargain price of $2600! I know this is a very un-exciting blog, but I have to vent a little. I have never had a root canal and I am SO NERVOUS about this one! I cleared all the drugs with my OB/GYN, so I am trusting her that our little peanut will be safe through all these procedures. I'm going tomorrow for one of the root canals and one of the fillings. Should be quite a miserable experience.

On another depressing note I started work today so summer is officially OVER! Tomorrow is the teacher workday and the kids start back Monday. I can't believe it's here! I would post pics of my classroom, but it's pretty much the same as last year! :) I'm sure I will have some interesting stories after next week!

Also, last weekend my cousin Holly had her baby shower. She is having a baby boy, Michael Jonathan, in October. She got lots of lovely gifts!

me and Holly

Mom, Aunt Freddie, Grandmamma, Holly, me

**Notice how cute the watermelon is-it's cut into the shape of a baby carriage with slices of grapefruit as the wheels! how cute is that!!! **

Holly, me, Liz (Holly's bro Clint's girlfriend)

My First...

2008-08-01T11:03:00.003-05:00

This is my first BLOG entry to talk about our first BABY!!! Nolan and I found out I was pregnant (I'm not allowed to say "WE" are pregnant...haha) in the middle of June and just had our first ultrasound on July 25 to confirm everything was ok so far! I had to actually see the baby and its little heartbeat to actually believe it was true! The hearbeat was going at 162 bpm, which makes us think even more that we are having a girl. Either way we are just praying for a HEALTHY baby! I'm still in shock, but we are SUPER excited! The baby is due February 21st, so I'm 10 weeks and 6 days as of today. Here is the best picture we got out of the ultrasound, which was from 9 weeks and 6 days.

I'm going to try to be good about this whole blogging thing. I really enjoy looking at all my friends' blogs, so I guess I have to return the favor!