Life is good.

I'm having a lot of fun being a mommy. Alexander is such a good baby! He's growing like a weed! I can hardly believe he's 9 1/2 weeks old already. Here are some things we've done since my last post. June 1st we had family portraits done. They are beautiful! Just wait until his first serious girlfriend sees that one. =)
The next day Kevin and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary!
A future Jedi Knight? Or a Sith Lord? You decide... Xander and Daisy Rock Springs! June 22, 2008 The makings of a future chocoholic. =) We took the baby to the movies with us to see The Happening. Would you believe me if I told you he was quiet the entire time? Well he was, and awake too! The only time he made any noise was when he was hungry, and all he did was make a couple low coos. So proud of my little guy. After that we walked around the square (Spanish Springs) and I didn't have anything to carry him, and I was NOT taking the car seat. Do you know how heavy those things are?? Well I made myself a sling out of his blanket. It was pretty secure too. Me and Xander sleepin'. I don't know when Kevin took this picture... At the pool on the 4th of July. Look he can swim!

Our little guy is growing so fast. Everyday I wake up and he's bigger! I can't remember what life was like without him. Until next time...

It's been awhile...

...since my last post! Sorry about that! Let me get you caught up on things...

Kevin and I are doing great, Daisy and Shadow are too, and now we have our new addition to the family! Our son Alexander was born May 4th at 5:39AM and was 8lbs 15oz and 22 inches long! And that was at 38 weeks! I just can't imagine how big he would have been if we waited two more weeks for him to come! Labor sucks, I took the drugs. It will be awhile before I try that again! Xander is the sweetest thing. He looks just like his daddy.





Being a new mom is tough, but I'm loving every minute of it. Well, I could do without the middle of the night scream fests.

Daisy the Super-Agility Dog!!

Hey everyone, Happy Easter! I just wanted to share with you a video of little Daisy and I running the agility course this weekend. She was a little rusty and distracted because daddy (Kevin) was taking the video and she had already run the course 4 times. And yes, I am 32 weeks pregnant in this video that we just took yesterday and I realize I look huge. And that’s because, well I am… I’ve got work to do when this little guy comes.

Things might be...

looking up for me and Kevin. We should be getting an okay return plus the other refund Bush approved. The only thing he's done good in the last 8 years? Little Alexander's hopsital bills will be paid, and hopefully some of mine too.

On a better note, Daisy is so cute in her agility class! But the last two classes have been rained out. =( It seems to only rain on Friday nights when we're supposed to have class. Her Saturday Obedience class has Graduation this upcoming week. Wish Daisy girl luck! See if we can get another first place!

My little baby boy...

was so uncooperative today. We went in for the 4-D ultrasound today and couldn't get any good pictures he had his head in my hip bone. Silly boy... They had me drinking Coca Cola, walking, skipping, stretching up then touching my toes, all to try to get him to MOVE!! He must have thought "Nope, not happening", because it didn't. He stayed put, and put his hand in front of his face. He was sucking on his fingers. It was amazing to see him in there though. I can't wait til he is here!

This was the best picture of his face we got. His hand covers the other half of it.

I've been slacking...

on my blog posting. Not that I've been busy, I've just been lazy. That and growing a baby in my belly. I'm enjoying the first week of my third trimester. I can't believe it's so close! It seems like yesterday I was joking with a friend about it, then the - went to +. I love being pregnant, but I also am anxious to meet my little man. Hopefully we'll be ready when he arrives. Some days I'm confident I will be, and others I'm really nervous. No turning back now! only 83 days to go.

HELP!!

Things aren't going so well... my hours have been severly cut. From 35 a week to 10. And we weren't making it on the 35. I just don't know what to do. Bills are stacking up, and I haven't even gotten the bill for my latest hospital visit yet. This has come at the worse time. Alexander will be here sooner than we know it and I just don't know how we're going to provide for him. I need a miracle, and soon...

Oh Baby Baby...

Kept me up all night last night. He was kicking, and punching, and rolling all about in there. I woke up at least 5 times. Rotten little guy. So at 5:50 this morning when my alarm went off I figured. I could sleep 10 more minutes and be fine. And I was, but Daisy wasn't.

Poor little girl had to go potty really bad! I said just a minute and I'll let you out. We didn't make it. She is such a good girl though. I set down a towel on the floor in front of our shower so we don't slip and slide when we're all wet. She ran to the towel and barely made it. There were little drip drops on the way to it because she just couldn't hold it any longer!

She knows she's not supposed to potty inside and thought she was a bad girl and put herself in her crate. But I reassured her it was okay and it was mommy's fault for not getting her butt out of bed. This afternoon when I got out of the shower and had my fresh towel she cowered into her crate again. She's so silly. I told her to come out and sit with me and told her she was a good girl.

Another Good Day for Daisy and for Me Too!

Today was Daisy's Novice 2 class graduation. I didn't realize this when we went to class because I've missed the last 4 weeks for various reasons. I was scared because I'd only worked her twice in that time. The last class she took 4th place and the class before that she took 2nd, but she got the same score both times. 195 out of 200 possible points. Which isn't bad at all, most dogs score in the 180's so I was still happy with her performances then.
We did our best, and she sure did suprise me! She did better than she has ever done before, and was very proud of herself too. After all the dogs had been tested we waiting for the scores and to find out who took what place. Daisy and I had tied with two other dogs so we had a run off to further determine what place we took.
When the trainer started calling out our names and places I was anxious. Daisy worked so hard today and I wanted her to get a good score. The trainer gave out 6th, then 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd and I looked around, she only had one paper left, I was wondering did she forget me? Then she announced my little miss Daisy took 4th place with a score of 196! I was so proud of her. We got our blue ribbon and certificate. She's such a good girl.
After class Daisy got a special treat and lots of loving before I had to leave to run more errands. Do they ever end? I spent a beautiful afternoon with my loving husband, Kevin. We went out for lunch, all that dog training made us hungry, and after we went to see my step-mom at the Chili Cook Off in The Villages. They must have had a good turn out because everyone was running out of chili!
After we left there we went and did some quick shopping for a Bridal Shower I have next week and I finally bought Daisy another pink leash. We had an incident with her first one involving our motorcycle and since then she's had a blue one. People thought she was a boy! I would never be so cruel to put a pink dress on a boy dog. That is just mean!
So, that was my day. Didn't buy food though... Hopefully I will have time to do my grocery shopping tomorrow before the Super Bowl game. Not that I watch football, I'm just interested in the Super Bowl snacks, and commercials. Until next time... G'night!

A Big Day for Daisy...

After work I needed to do some errands. My little dog Daisy used to go everywhere with me and I was sure she'd love to go out with me this afternoon. I picked her up on my way to pick up my paycheck(yay!) The girls that work in the office just love her. She played with her toy pirate someone brought for her to keep there and ran around picking up food crumbs.



After we finished up at the office, we went to the store to buy Kevin some pants. We met my mom there and shopped until we got kicked out. Something I don't understand is stores let people in with snotty nosed, screaming kids, but a dog? OH MY GOD! She just sat there quietly people watching. She didn't bite, bark, growl or anything at anyone. Whatever. At least I was finished shopping and just gave the money to my mom to make my purchases.



My mom had some time to kill before she had to be back to work so I thought a nice place to hang out with Daisy and her would be the puppy park. I stopped at my friends house near my old apartment to see if she wanted to go with us with her yorkie Paisley. Unfourtunately her roommate already had dinner ready so she was not able to go. But Daisy and Paisley did get to play for a little while at the apartment.



So our last stop was the puppy park. One of Daisys favorite places. She ran around with the other dogs taking in all the sights and smells. It was fun... and exausting for my little Daisy girl.

Night in the hospital...

Saturday afternoon I was taken to the emergency room for kidney stones. It was terrible. I was in so much pain. They were able to give me some IV pain medication so I could rest. They monitored the baby just to be sure. He was fine though, they had to take the monitor off so I could sleep because he didn't like hearing his heartbeat echoing back to him. He kept kicking and pushing it away. Silly boy. So I'm back home and doing better, and I have some pain medicaiton I can take if I absolutely need it. Hopefully, I won't be needing it.

Three months to go!!!

Today marks the six month point. And what a day it was...

The morning was fine, I had a good day at work except for my patients great-grandkids screaming. When I got off work I had to get a new license with our new address, get the tags renewed on the cars, and get my blood drawn.

License was okay, but I drove all the way to Leesburg to get the tags, which wasn't that bad because I had to go to to Leesburg for the lab work.

So I made it to the lab at 3:05pm. It was abnormally busy for a Wednesday. I had to wait to be called unitl 3:35. When she called me and looked at the script she said I wouldn't be able to have my blood drawn today because I have to drink 50mg of Glucose and wait one hour before they could draw my blood. They close at 4 o'clock and would not stay open an extra 5 minutes so I wouldn't have to drive all the way to Leesburg again.

Jerks... So to cheer me up, I went to the library to get a library card and get a couple books. So I got in line behind this guy who went through the whole process of getting a new card, then said "So what do I do with this old one?" It wasn't old. They don't expire. He just didn't have his e-mail address on record so they could send him e-mail updates when the books he orders come in. Then a guy cut in front of me in line. I don't understand how he could not see me being six months pregnant and huge. Lucky for me the lady saw me and said the guy had to go to the back of the line.

I get there and ask for the appropriate form and get it filled out and all, she says rudely "Oh! You live in Sumter County. We don't have the same systems and you'll have to pay $20 for a card" B.S. The lady I talked to about getting a library card said nothing about that last week when I talked to her about getting one.

Being pregnant and extremely emotional I walked out to my car and felt like screaming. I called my mom to tell her I wouldn't be coming over, like I said I would, because I just wanted to go home. She didn't answer. So that adds to my frustration. Then Kevin starts text messaging me and I can't text and drive and be mad all at the same time. (I can talk on the phone, eat a subway sandwich & chips, and drive with my knee though...)

Halfway home my mom calls, I didn't want to talk anymore, but I answer because I did call her and she was just returning my call. After all, it wasn't her fault I couldn't get a library card. I answer, but I hardly get service out on 44A in Wildwood. Not being able to understand her pushed me over the edge. I threw the phone, let out a blood curdling scream and continued driving.

The phone didn't close. Mom heard the scream and started freaking out. All she heard was "AAAHHH!!!" - *THUD* So she's screaming out my name, calling Kevin on the other phone and having a heart attack while I try to calm myself down and get home and into bed.

I didn't hear her yelling for me until I got all the way home and turned off the car. I told her I was okay and was going to bed. So sorry Mom, I just got a little crazy. I love you.

So that was my super exciting day today. Let's hope tomorrow I can get my blood drawn without anymore suprises.

Pregnesia

pregnesia : preg-nee-zhuh (noun) 1: temporary confusion & memory loss brought on by the growing bun in one's oven. 2: a gap in one's memory during those nine long months. 3: a good excuse, but you gotta be pregnant to use it!

Yes, I admit it... I am a sufferer of pregnesia. If only I could remember the reason why I started this post... ... ...

It's not that I forget everything. I just forget it until it's too late. For example, I need to call the lab to set up an appointment for my Diabetic screening (yay for me, more blood drawn). So of course the lab closes at 4:30 and it is 4:47. So hopefully I can do a walk-in tomorrow afternoon when I get off work.

So today is a good day. Kevin and I are going over to my mom's for pizza to celebrate my birthday! (Which was two weekends ago). MMMmmmMMMMmmm...pizza...

This is just the beginning...

Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog. I'm Stephanie, I'm happily married and expecting my first little monster. My husband Kevin, is my high school sweetheart. We also already have two "kids". Our cat Shadow, and Yorkie Daisy.
Through this blog we hope to be able to reach out to all our families and friends and keep everyone updated with what's going on in our lives. So the first update... I'm tired and going to bed. I'm getting too old to stay up until midnight. Love you all!!