Wordless Wednesday

Busy, busy, busy!

Over the past few weekends I have traveled over 800 miles. Along with first trimester exhaustion, I’m exhausted! It seems like everyone is trying to get their last chance celebrations in before winter begins. Starting with my oldest sister, she gave birth to her third child. I wouldn’t have missed it, I arrived in plenty time to see the joyous occasion. Our sweet little Aiyana arrived on September 6th, weighing in at 7 pounds 5 ounces. She sure is a cutie, congrats Melissa.

Also, this past weekend we attended Ray’s uncles wedding. It was held at a ranch near Tucumcari, right at sunset, which was absolutely beautiful. Minus the rain, we had a great time. It was nice to see that part of the state which I hadn’t seen before. Monkey was very well behaved and adjusted great, considering.

It is so great to be home and I think it’s safe to say I am all traveled out for awhile. I have so much catching up to do around the house. I must start with laundry, after that an attempt to clean the back room to make room for our new addition. :D

A not so relaxing evening

Last night I fell while trying get out of the bath. Smack right onto the floor. I laid there for a moment in disbelief. How could I be so careless? My next thought was how am I going to get up without falling again? I was still wet and slippery so I yelled for daddy and he didn’t come. So I swung open the door and heard him snoring, great! Daddy is one of those people (like most men) who aren’t easily woken up. So I put my head down and just laid there and thought this is going to be a long night. Then I quickly decided to yell again. Whew, here he came! He goes “what’s wrong?” As I laid there helpless on the floor so I go, “I fell and can’t get up.” He politely helped me up in the midst of trying to wake himself up and handed me a towel. I just kept saying I can’t believe I did that. Then, I started to cramp. WTH? So I put a call into the OB and the nurse said, as long as I wasn’t bleeding everything should be ok but to come in, in the morning to make sure everything is ok. And it was, thank God. I can’t tell you how quickly my luck is running out with the pregnancy and if I keep going at this rate I’m SOL!

Today I am fine just really, really sore. Let's not to that again. Capish? Capish!

2 more days!

I know most women dread it but I on the other hand look forward to it. Yep, that’s right Football! I’ve always been one of those girls that like football. I can get right up in the conversations with some of the best of them. It’s just something about the excitement or lack thereof that gets me all riled up every year. I think this football season is going to be a great. The season opener is in 2 days and I cannot wait.

My fantasy football team is all picked and ready to go. Woo Hoo, bring on the football!

Pregnancy Reflections

First Month

I started thinking I might be pregnant when:
Something just didn't seem right...I felt off.

I found out I was pregnant when I:
Peed-on-a-stick!

I felt:
Overwhelemed with emotion.

The first person I told was:
Ray then Melissa

They reacted by:
Yay! Are you happy?

The first ultrasound was:
Haven't had one yet.

My baby will be born:
Sometime late April.

The strangest symptom of pregnancy I had this month was:
None which is very odd.

My hopes:
To have a happy and healthy 9 months and for a baby girl.

My fears:
Raising 2 kids Ack!

Election 08

Please forgive me when I say this but up until this point I hadn’t really put much thought into this year’s coming election. I mean I might have listened to the television if someone was speaking about it and I might have had an occasional chat about it on the telephone but nothing outstanding. That was until Ray got laid off of his job for the second time in one year. OUCH! Talk about a low blow. Then, it suddenly dawned on me that this country was in trouble and our economy was hurting and it is hurting bad. It is affecting families in the worst way. Our bank accounts are empty, we are about to lose our health insurance coverage, and there’s barely enough food to keep on the table. Its crunch time and something has got to change. Now is when we as a family can contribute to change in this country and that is something I’m ready to act on. We will be voting in 08 and hopefully 09 will be a better year.