Pool is OPEN!

For the last few days Dale and I have been working diligently on getting the pool open! Well, it's not quite finished yet, but it's getting closer. I have a feeling that after this weekend we will be all ready to kick off the start of summer!


Who's ready to PARTY?!?!?!

Fun Filled Weekend!

It seemed to me that Memorial Day came so quickly this year, but it was a great time!

Friday I spent the day with Debbie and Cole and Melanie and Tyler and we did some shopping at the Lake. It was a beautiful day and we really enjoyed ourselves. When we got home I stayed with Debbie and Cole and hung out with them for the evening, Tyler was there also so it was a lot of fun to get to play with the kids. Oh, I just can't wait to have my own to play with all the time!

Saturday it was rainy so I vegged out on the couch for most of the morning. I was able to get a lot of sleep in but for some reason it still didn't feel like enough! Debbie and I ended up running to Columbia to do a little more shopping because we ran out of time at the Lake to hit up Target! Then Saturday night we all went to a Graduation Party for a family friend.

Sunday we went to Dale's Grandpa's house for lunch, his uncle John roast a whole hog. Dale ended up going out to the farm Saturday night to help with the roasting and the pork was delicious! It sounded like a lot of work to do this, but the results were great. We decided that evening to have some people over for dinner and drinks. FUN!

9 weeks...31 to go!

I had a check up appointment today with Dr. Morse. I had no idea what to expect at this appointment, but my first stop was with the benefits coordinator (I guess that's what she's called) and we went over what my insurance would cover, blah, blah. Then I went in for my appointment. Everything seemed fine and she said that she wanted to try and hear the heartbeat. So we went into the sonogram room and I could see the baby and the heartbeat sounded perfect. Oh, that was so amazing. I was so excited, I really wanted to cry. I wish I would have known that I was going to get to do that today and I would have made Dale go with me. I called him right after that and told him about it, he told me that the baby must take after him if the heartbeat sounded that perfect!

Congratulations to Nick (Dale's cousin) and his wife Julie - they are also expecting and about the same time as Dale and I! I think it would be a great idea, Julie, to bring cards to the hospital so they can entertain themeselves! Best wishes to you both...it's going to be fun sharing this experience together.

ExHaUsTeD!

I know I'm supposed to be tired during my pregnancy, but I seriously can't handle being as tired as I have been. My job by no means is a very physical job, but all the mental exercise I have to put into it is really taking it's toll on me. I have noticed that I look forward to the time I have in the evenings when I can either read or watch TV because I really don't have to think to do any of that! I hope that this exhaustion goes away quick!

I was able to get everything done this weekend that I had planned on doing! Even though our lawn mower was a little out of commission, we were able to borrow my parents mower and get the job done! The garden is planted and I'm waiting to reap the benefits of the different vegetables we have planted. I think we look forward to fresh BLT's the most! My house is cleaned....after I cleaned everything I realized that my house wasn't as bad as I thought it was. It just needed a little attention.

Dale is finally in the field! He was able to work the ground at our house last night. That was fun having him there in the field, it was nice to hear the hum of the tractor in the field! I just can't wait until he plants the corn and we can see it growing while we're outside!

Speaking of outside....with the warmer weather upon us I am working on getting the pool open! I have plans to get all the chemicals we need on Thursday and then when we all have enough time we're going to get that thing open! It might not be warm enough yet, but I would rather have it open and ready when that time comes than to not be ready!!

Happy Birthday Lynn....hope you have a great trip to Tulsa - we'll see you soon!

Rainy Day Blurbs

It's raining again. Someone really needs to turn the water spicket off so we can enjoy some sunshine! I watched the news this morning and it is supposed to stop raining later today and sunshine for several days in a row!!!! Doesn't that sound great?

If the weather holds out, I have a lot of work to do outside this weekend. But I'm sure I will get side-tracked as always and not get anything done. I still haven't planted my garden, so I hope we have some fresh veggies later this summer. Our yard is about to overcome the house, with this crazy weather and my crazy schedule I think I'm going to just buy some goats and let them mow my grass for me!

Do you ever wish for more time in a day? I never really had this problem because work was pretty slow for a while so I could do some of my little projects at work (like pay bills, work on project ideas, etc.) now that work has picked up, and I'm overly tired ALL THE TIME I just feel like I can't get anything done. I swear my house hasn't been cleaned for a month, the laundry piles up until I absolutely have to do it and the mail just lays in a pile on my desk. I hate the clutter my office at home has managed to collect and the way that I can't lift my head off the pillow in the mornings to get anything done. I have put my mind to it, that I will clean my entire house, mow the grass and plant my garden all this weekend. I'll report on Monday exactly what got done!

It's graduation weekend for a lot of people. Thankfully we aren't over booked this weekend and we can enjoy the 2 parties we are going to! My little brother is graduating from 8th Grade at mass on Sunday morning, it's hard to believe he's going to high school. I can still remember him wearing diapers! We also have a family friend graduating from high school and we will be attending her party so that is sure to be a fun time!

The pregnacy is still going good except for the excessive tiredness I'm experiencing. I can usually make it through the day but when I get home from work I just want to sleep and relax. I'm slowly growing out of my pants that I can wear to work comfortable, so I think a shopping trip for pants is in the near future, I did find some tops in the last week so hopefully I'm good with these until I get bigger! My hair is awful, it's like all of the life I had in it has been sucked dry and brittle. I can't stand it, I have an appointment today to get it trimmed and hopefully she can give me some recommendations on how to keep it feeling good!!! I have a dr appointment next Thursday....hopefully all is well!

That's enough for today, have a good weekend!

Perfect Weekend with the Perfect Ending

This was such a wonderful weekend! Friday night my mom had a Pampered Chef party..as always the food was yummy. Saturday started out a little cloudy with a few drops of rain, but it ended up being a great day! I spent the afternoon mowing our grass...I'm still not used to the big yard. When we lived in town an hour would cover everything, now it's 3 and 1/2 hours! Saturday night I went out with my friends, Lynn and Shauna and that was great! We closed down the restaurant and probably could have sat and talked even longer, I think we all got to say a lot of things that were waying on our minds and we all felt a lot better. Sunday I tried to sleep in, but that never seems to work, so I went to the grocery store and Dale and I made a big breakfast which we don't get to do anymore. We sat and talked about a lot of things and it was nice to spend that time with him. Of course, after the big meal I was tired and ready to go to sleep! So I took a little nap and Dale went to work, I then worked on planting flowers in pots to go around the swimming pool. I hope to post some pictures of those after they grow more and look a little fuller. We hope to have the pool open at the end of the month and when the weather gets warm enough our first pool party of the season!! Sunday night we BBQ pork steaks and had some yummy pasta salad then ice cream and strawberries for dessert! It was the perfect ending to a good weekend!

First Doctor's Appointment

My first appoinment was Thursday, April 24....and it was a long day!!

I had everything all planned out for the day, I had an ultrasound at 11:30am and then I had an appointment with my doctor at 1:15pm. After both of those appointments I had people to see and things to do in Columbia. I think this day is the day that prepared me for parenthood...things just can't always be planned out to the 'T'.

I made it to my ultrasound and it too longer than they thought because they were looking at come cyst they found on my ovaries. The technician called it Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. After asking me several questions she definitely know that is what I have....nothing serious, she said that baby would be fine. But this is what has caused me to workout like I do and have nothing to show for it! Finally an answer to that question!! Then she said with many other people they can have facial hair and some other side effects....so after the baby is born they are going to get my some medication that will help me!!! YAY!! During the ultrasound we were able to see the hearbeat, which was incredible...oh, I can't wait to hear that little heartbeat!

After the ultrasound I grabbed a bite to eat...I REALLY wanted Chipotle but since the ultrasound ran long, I wasn't able to wait that long so I had a Roly Poly sandwich instead. I went to see my doctor after lunch, Dr. Morse and I love her! She is so blunt and honest and anything I had a question about she had the answer. She said everything looked great and she sent me for my blood work. Oh, the pain. Many people can not find my veins, thanks to my father, I have very deep veins. I had tried to drink plenty of fluids so my veins would pop right up and thankfully they did!!! So that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Once all the poking and proding was over with I went to tell my mom the good news...she cried. Oh, but she was excited. I told the rest of my family that afternoon and they are all really excited. Then I went to tell Dale's family. That was fun! Debbie flipped out, his mom was SO excited, Melanie flipped out and the guys...well they didn't really act surprised...but they never really do! I think the best part was telling the family members...everyone seemed so excited and supportive and now it seems the baby is all we talk about, which is great! I'm probably going to have lots of questions...so mom's be prepared!!

I'll try to keep everyone posted on what's going on with me and baby....there's lots more to come I'm sure.

Have a good weekend!

On My Mind

I just have this one thing on my mind that I have to get off.....

Why do people feel that they have to ruin your happy moments in your life? My last post shows a picture of, what I would call, the cutest little pregnancy announcements....EVER!! Well, we mailed those out on Monday morning and I was so excited because I knew my phone (or Dales) would start ringing Tuesday afternoon. I got my first response at noon on Tuesday when someone text us both saying Congrats. Then later that night I got 2 more phone calls which were from close friends who were SOOO excited for us. They asked me lots of questions and made sure I was doing well. THEN...Dale calls another friend about something else and that friend goes on to tell him Congrats, but precedes to knock the way we told people we were pregnant. He (or in my opinon SHE) didn't like that we sent them something in the mail...why couldn't we tell them in person? WHAT.......

First I want to know, what the HELL does it matter how we told you...be glad we told you in the first place, second, that is so disrespectful. If you are a friend of mine at all you would know that I take a lot of pride in making ALL of my homemade cards. If you get a store bought card from me you better believe that I am going to tell you exactly why I couldn't make you a card and really there is no good excuse for why I didn't make you a card. Third, you may feel like how we announced our pregnancy was wrong, but you don't need to expression those feelings. Frankly, I don't care how you feel because I feel like I did the right thing...but telling me that what I did was wrong is not the right thing to do in this situation. Because you took the one truest, happiest, moment of my life and you ruined it...I didn't do that to you when you told us you were expecting! Friends don't take another friends happiness and smash it into the ground the way you did...but then again, this has shown me what kind of a friend you are and will always be.

Dale thinks I'm overreacting, but I keep telling him that I'm hormonal and I need to express these feelings. The only reason why I'm blogging about this is because I may never get the chance to express these feelings to the couple who made these remarks, but this is their third and finally strike against me. I have had several situations with these people that I can't even get into and I have NEVER once gotten an "I'm sorry" from them and I know I never will.

Now, that I have that out I feel a little bit better, I will only truly find happiness when they hear this for themeselves.