Blondlessly Hopeless

Things are changing

2010-11-29T23:36:00.001-05:00

My family blog has moved to Here however, I'm keeping this blog as my party blog. - this post is a test from my phone!

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Madison Language

2009-08-20T23:59:00.002-04:00

"Gummy" : Blanket

"Cumps" : Milk

"Goggles" : Popcorn

"Cook cook" : Food

"Bee" : Any bug, esp. ants

"Dants" : Hands

"Teesh" : Teeth

"Okay" : Yes

"Ylellow" : All colors

"Duece" : Juice

"Duece" : Shoes

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2009-07-06T21:36:00.000-04:00

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New furniture for Guss to chew on!

2009-05-06T15:12:00.005-04:00

I got my living room furniture today! I'm so Excited. My house is coming together more and more all the time!

Here are some Pictures of Maddy and Guss getting to know each other. For the most part they do well together. I'm trying to teach Guss not to bite people but he likes to play so much and his way of playing involves biting. To make things worse, Maddy thinks it's a game too and sticks her hand out in front of Guss' mouth to see if she can get him to nip at her. He does and she squeals and laughs and does it again. But she gets back at him by hitting him with her toys and anything else she can get her hands on. Guster never seems to mind though...It's like having two toddlers in the house!

Guster

2009-04-29T23:30:00.001-04:00

We got a puppy! His name is guster.

Easter

2009-04-28T14:08:00.001-04:00

We had a great time in Seattle for Easter with the Hughes'. Maddy loved going on her first Easter egg hunt though she liked the balloons more than the eggs! A couple posts down is the picture with the Easter bunny. Maddy saw him and made a beeline toward him to say hi. So although she is afraid of Santa claus the Easter bunny is no threat at all. This tells me she is ready for Disney land!

Our new home

2009-04-28T12:46:00.012-04:00

Yay! The picture from my phone worked. I have so many pictures to share and some are on my computer while others are on my phone so I may be making several posts today, we'll see how patient Maddy will be with me being on the computer today! She's watching Barney and Friends right now, so she should be happy for a little bit.

This is our new home! It has been working out really well for us!

This is Maddy wearing her hat and carrying her little pug. I've been blessed with a baby girl who likes to wear hats. If she sees a hat on the ground she'll pick it up and put it on her head and keep in on for a fairly good amount of time. This greatly expands my ability to create fun outfits for her!

My new hair cut!

Our kitchen

Dining room

and Family room.

Easter pic

2009-04-28T12:38:00.002-04:00

This is a test to see if I can post pics from my phone

3 month catch up

2009-01-06T13:28:00.010-05:00

So Dave got a great job offer with my dads company in Caldwell and after much thought, prayer and contemplation we decided to quit law school and Spokane and move to Caldwell. We did that in late November and have been living with my parents since. (We found a house to rent and will move again this Saturday!) Spokane got 50 inches of snow over the holidays so that makes me extra glad we left! So because of the hustle and bustle of moving and the holidays together, I've been preoccupied and have neglected my blog. But it's the first full week of 2009, a great time to repent and come back to my blogging duties!
So here is a little video of Maddy and her early days of walking! isn't she cute?

Thank you to all who thought of Maddy on her birthday and Christmas! this car was a gift from her grandma and grandpa Hughes and all her aunts and uncles on that side. As you can tell in this picture, she's ecstatic about all her new toys!

Her Newest skill she has learned is the art of dipping. She learned this at a Mexican restaurant in Caldwell. She saw us dipping the tortilla chips in the salsa and for the rest of the night she was dipping chips herself. Now whenever we go to a restaurant she has to dip. It doesn't matter if it's a chip in dip or a crayon in her drink.

Christmas was great. I don't have pictures of this, but on Christmas eve my extended family gets together for a party. During the party Santa always comes over to give us gifts. He calls our names and we come up and sit on his lap. He gives us a gift and we take a picture. Not so unexpectedly, Madison cried when we tried to put her on his lap. She wouldn't have anything to do with him. Well after that traumatic moment, she just played on her own while the rest of us did the Santa thing. When Daddy's turn came up he went to sit on Santa's lap (or rather the armchair of Santa's chair) and when Maddy saw this she let out a cry, ran over to Daddy and grabbed his arm and tried to pull him away. She wouldn't let Dave have anything to do with Santa either. It's nice to know that she is looking out for her daddy.

For the longest time whenever we went to a store we had to pass by the live Elmos' and blow kisses with him. when she opened a live Elmo on Christmas day she squealed and shook her arms in excitement...she loved it.

But she liked all her other toys too.

Baby's First Steps!

2008-11-07T15:26:00.004-05:00

I don't have any pictures of this yet, but I will try to get some soon. I just had to write it down before I forgot.

Maddy has been taken a lot of steps lately. It started as a few quick steps and then a fall. But on the 29th of October (two days after her birthday) she took 3-4 real, controlled steps in Grandma Simpson's room. She stood up, saw grandma's medicine bottles, and walked right to them. What a motivation, eh? Both Grandma and I clapped, but Maddy didn't even realize she did it.

Just yesterday (Nov 06) she started walking a lot more around our living room. It's funny. There is no rhyme or reason that I can see as to why she chooses to walk or crawl. It still seems she doesn't even notice she is walking. But right now she can get around much faster with her half bear half scoot-on-foot crawl so she prefers crawling to walking still. But it's fun to see her grow....no rush though! I still haven't baby-proofed my drawers and cabinets.

Parties, Parties and Candies

2008-11-04T18:00:00.007-05:00

It has been a busy busy week for our family! We had A birthday party for Madison with Dave's family at our apartment and then I flew out to my parents' house where we had a pumpkin carving party, a halloween party, another birthday party for Madison with my family and of course, Maddy's first experience trick-or-treating.

This is Maddy's 1st party. I was surprised to see how quickly she learned how to rip the wrapping paper off her presents!

And then we had a smash cake. She only took a little corner of it. That's all she needed, I guess.

The orange tootsie roll was Madisons first halloween candy. We got it during the day and Penny Wise in Caldwell while shopping with Grandpa Simpson.

Having fun on Halloween at Great-Grandma's house!

This time around opening presents she was a little too distracted with all her presents and everyone around her to be interested in unwrapping them.

Another Smash cake!

And yet again, she only needed a little corner of it, lol.

Her great-aunt made this cake for her. Isn't it great! Thanks Great-Auntie!

Here are all the pumpkins that were carved at the pumpkin carving party!

How Big is Maddy?

2008-10-23T18:02:00.003-04:00

So you know the game you play with your baby when you say "How big is [insert baby's name]?" and you raise their hands and say "Thiiis big!" Well just a couple weeks ago Maddy started doing the "this big" herself. She raises her hands and says "deeeh daaaah". It is sooo cute.

In other news, we are in the process of switching from bottle to sippy cup, and she loves it.

I have mixed feelings. I find sippy cups are a lot more messy and easier to create spillage!

We had a Halloween party the other day.

Maddy was so cute in her butterfly costume. When we bought the costume that was the only one she reacted to. In the store everytime we showed her the butterfly head she laughed and held out for it. So she basically picked out her costume this year!

We carved the pumpkins we got from the pumpkin patch. We have a daddy,

a baby,

and a mommy!

I also toasted the pumpkin seeds using this recipe. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Toasted-Pumpkin-Seeds-with-Sugar-and-Spice/Detail.aspx They turned out good, I would use half he sugar it asks for next time though!

Pumpkin Patch Blast!

2008-10-18T21:55:00.004-04:00

Today was Pumpkin Patch day! I guess Washington is having problems with their pumkins this season so we went to the first pumpkin patch and it turned out to be a huge bummer. all the pumpkins were rotting and gross. They were suppose to have a corn maze, but all the corn was smashed down....it was a huge bummer. So We traveled 40 minutes away to try out another pumpkin patch...and there we hit the jack pot. We found a whole community of farmers and pick-your-own places. So everyone was in compitition with the other and it made things very fun and interesting. One place did a festival with live music and different vendors and another place shot pumpkins out of a pumpkin canon every hour. The best part though, is that Madison watches Baby Einstines, A Day at the Farm a lot when we go on car trips. ( we strap a portable DVD player to the headrest of the passenger seat). In the DVD they sing "Old McDonald had a Farm". Well today Madison decided to pick up on the song and sing "EeOohEeOohEee" When the kids in the song sing "Ee I Ee I Oh". I thought that was so fitting as we were driving past the different farms. Needless to say, I took a lot of pics!

2008-10-17T16:50:00.002-04:00

Well, Sleeping is not going well. I know this isn't what should be going on, but I gave in to her. After a night with many tears from both of us, we decided to keep her in our bed and figure out another way of getting her to her room. The last two nights she's been great because she's back in mommy and daddy's room. The nights where she had to sleep in her crib she was oh so clingy to me all day the next days. So even though it makes me a wishy washy mom, she won this battle. Our Idea for the next attempt, is a little wierd. But at this point, I'll try anything. We're going to get a mat to put in her room on the floor. And then I'll nurse her to sleep on the floor and sneak back to my room. If she wakes up, I'll come back in and nurse her again....fool proof, right? riiight....
In more happier news, Every Friday Maddy and I take a music class. It's called upbeat music together. She absolutly loves it, and this time I got pictures!

This ones a little blurry but it's cute because she decided to become queen of the drum. Looks like she has someone who wants to overthrow her...literally.

We love music class!

Who came up with the saying "sleep like a baby?"

2008-10-15T14:37:00.002-04:00

So Madison has been sleeping with me and Dave every night as she nurses the night away. A couple of days ago we decided it was time to put her in her crib. It is a struggle! I nurse her to sleep and then try to put her in her crib, she wakes up. I let her cry for a few minutes and then come back in and nurse her to sleep again. I attempt #2 to put her in her crib, she wakes up. I let her cry again and then come back in and nurse her to sleep again. The first night i just had to hold her down during the 3rd attempt to put her in her crib and she just let out a cry or two of protest and then she slept for a few hours. Last night however, I held her down and she just continued to cry and cry. We started this process at 9:00 and it was coming onto midnight at this moment. Well proving that great things come in small packages, Maddy, as she was crying, looked around the crib and spotted this little lamb stuffed animal.
She immediately stopped crying and just stared at him. And then she felt his ear and just laid there looking and feeling him. 30 minutes later she fell asleep. Thank goodness for Lamby!

Two hours later she woke up again...and ended up in our bed again.

It's going to be a loooooong and tiring week!

2008-10-09T15:12:00.002-04:00

And I thought I had bad hair days?

I wanted to take some cute fall photos of Maddy so we went outside and I put her on top of the hill and let her crawl down as I went camera crazy.

We had tons of fun! She loved crawling on the grass.

Things were going great until she found some dog poop and almost put it in her mouth. (I took the picture cause at first I thought it was a leaf.)

All Grins

2008-10-07T20:09:00.005-04:00

Maddy's working on her third tooth. They are all three in a row on the bottom. I have been working for a while to get a good grinny picture, this is as close as I can get. But hey, It works.

She looks so thrilled to have her picture taken..."Mom, you want to see my teeth, here you go!"

A Little More Independent.

2008-09-22T20:58:00.002-04:00

Maddy is starting to not like her baby food anymore. She has officially graduated to grown up chunky foods. But we still have some baby food in the cupboard and I wanted to use it all up. So today to get Maddy a little more interested in her green beans I let her take over the spoon.....needless to say, she loved it!

Bath Time!

2008-09-18T00:18:00.003-04:00

I'm soo happy! For the first time Madison enjoyed her bath this week! I was so excited I had to take a pic.

She was just splashing and laughing away.

Yay!

Summer of Many Firsts.

2008-09-12T12:34:00.008-04:00

So I'm finally settled in My new home and have quieted down enough that I can blog again! yay! I'm going to play a little summer blog catch up. Being Maddy's 1st summer she got experience many new things.

Maddy hates water. She wont take a bath and will tolerate a shower only if I'm showering with her. I attribute it to the day after she was born. I took a "how to bathe a newborn" class and Maddy was the example baby. While the nurse was bathing her she was throwing her around like a sack of potatoes. Maddy screamed the whole time. They say babies can't remember things long term, I beg to differ. But anyway, my parents have a heated swimming pool. We decided to take maddy on her first swim and she didn't like it. But over the summer we went a few more times and she learned to tolerate it better each time.

She went to her first wedding. My brother got married (yay!) to a fabulous lady. And I found this dress for Maddy for 25 bucks or something like that. It was the perfect match because Mike and Kim's colors were sage and purple which happened to be the dresses colors. Thanks to my aunt http://taffisblog.blogsome.com/ I got this awesome picture.

And we also had her first fourth of July party. I was nervous she would hate the loud noises of the fire works but she didn't mind them at all. In fact, by the end of our fire work show, she was asleep.

We took many trips:

And got into some trouble:

She learned so many new skills. She can stand on her own now.

play peek-a-boo

And Just a few days ago I opened the fridge to get something to make dinner. I went to the counter to put it down and when I turned around there was Maddy in front of the fridge eating a peach. Somehow she found where they were hiding.

That's the summer very breifly! Till next time!

A Stormy Night

2008-05-16T19:20:00.005-04:00

The weather around the world has been insane lately, hasn't it? Every day I turn the TV on and think "okay so where's the tornado today?" and sure enough, there's a tornado somewhere in the world; or an earthquake, or a wild fire... Although we haven't gotten any tornadoes in our little town (knock on wood) we have been getting a lot of rain and thunder storms. The other day when it was storming a little bird came knocking on our window wanting protection from the storm. We ignored him at first but he persisted and soon Grandpa couldn't take it any longer, he just had to see what would happen. So he opened the door and...
He spent a good 30 minutes in our house until I asked "What if he poops everywhere?" (luckily he didn't). So we opened the doors and tried to fly him out but all that did was let a ton of bugs in. so eventually Grandpa had to capture him.
The bird was incredibly friendly and calm. He didn't struggle at all in Grandpa's hand and let me pet him. Maddy thought he was pretty neat too.

In other news, Maddy got her first computer already.
She knows exactly what to do with it.

Good Bye VA

2008-05-08T10:56:00.007-04:00

It's official! I graduated!

Both sets of Maddy's grandparents and my brother were here and we had lots of fun. After graduation, which was long and hot, we went to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's house. Our tour guide was a bit over the top and Maddy got sick of him quickly so Daddy had to take her outside and that's where we found out that we may have a future botanist on our hands. She was sad until she discovered all the plants that were around the house.
And then we went to DC and saw Mount Vernon, George Washingtons home. Maddy liked that one a lot better, I did too.

Now, we've started packing and we'll be out of here by June 1st!

It's Spring!

2008-04-20T16:21:00.002-04:00

Sweet baby is growing like a sprout! She likes to drink from any glass she sees the grown-ups drinking (and eat whatever we're eating too!)
Springs here and the sun is out to play so I went to the store and bought my baby a sun hat. Lucky for me, she doesn't mind wearing them.

And she's growing hair! I didn't do the best job, but I tried to show it on camera. Her hair us getting a bit thicker but, sorry Grandma, it's no longer red.

But then again, maybe there is a little red still in there?

One more week until I'm done with school for the first time in 18 years! (Dave still has three years ahead of him). Graduation is on May 3rd. If you didn't get a graduation announcement, It's cause I didn't make them. It never even dawned on me to make them! But anyone who reads my blog is definitly invite to come.

After graduation and at the end of the month we're going to go back to my parents house for the summer and then we're heading our way to Spokane so Dave can go to law school. I'm way excited! It'll be fun to raise Maddy inbetween Family.

I hope everyone has a good Sunday!

Two More Weeks!

2008-04-13T21:09:00.003-04:00

Sorry it's been a while! I've been too busy with school. But, only two weeks left of classes and then graduation! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!
Sweet Baby is growing like crazy. She's already developed a sense of what she likes and what she doesn't like with her taste buds. Grandma and Grandpa and, admittingly, Daddy and I, have introduced her to a world of flavors because she wants to have a taste of whatever we are eating and sometimes it's just too hard to say no. Consequently, she rejected her bland baby cereal the other night I tried to feed it to her.
I took more pics of her eating.

One of her favorite forbidden "people food" is root beer. Mmmmm.

My mom added a new dimenstion to her nursery. Hanging up is her blessing dress, her 1st ballet slippers and a bib we haven't used. Well actually, I keep forgetting that we have bibs and so we haven't used any yet. I always remember about them after half her dinner is on her shirt.

And another feet pic. The oppertunity presented itself and so I had to take advantage.

Things are going well. However,Sweet Baby is sleeping with Daddy and me in our bed, mostly for my convienience of being able to sleep while she eats so I can be well rested for school. But once school is over we want to get her sleeping in her own crib. I don't want to just put her in there and let her cry herself to sleep (we tried that once and an hour and a half later I relented) but we don't know how else we'll be able to get her to sleep by herself. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Thanks!

Bunny Blues

2008-03-23T16:01:00.003-04:00

This week has been quite a fun week! St. Pattie's day was my birthday and Sweet Baby, DH and I went to dinner and Sweet Baby looked like a pea in a pod in her green.

Today for easter we dressed her up as a bunny for church. This week she's had a bit of a cold and so she's been a bit grumpy and today was no exception. When doing her easter day pictures I had to have daddy stand behind me and make funny faces in hopes that she'd give me a smile. It worked!

She insisted she feed herself when we tried baby cereal. I wish I took a picture because as she tried to get the spoon in her mouth she took detours to her eyes and ears first. There was more food on her face than what went inside! But now whenever Daddy and I eat dinner, she has to have her cereal too, or she's all over my plate. Yeah, it's been fun!

Happy Easter!

Foot in Mouth

2008-03-14T16:07:00.007-04:00

School has been crazily busy lately so I havn't blogged in a while but this week is Spring Break so I finally have the chance!

And there's a lot of Sweet Baby to report!

These last two weeks she has been trying really hard to eat her feet but she has not yet succeeded. She'll grab her toes with her fists and bring them to her mouth but she'll only be able to get her fist in her mouth. She often gets so frusterated that her feet wont go in her mouth that she starts fussing. It's pretty cute.

Yesterday she had her first baby cereal. She ate about four spoonfuls of it. And by the end cereal was all over, I even found some in her ear. But it was a good experience. She loves to eat!

Things have been going well. We had her get shots a week ago and since then she has woken up six times every night! Last night she only woke up three. I was happy about that! Hopefully she'll start sleeping through the night again!

Yesterday I also tried to get creative with the camera. Here are some pics of her hands and feet. Along with Mommy's and Daddy's.

And last but not least, I caught her rolling over on camera.

And that's that!

My Little Rolly Polly!

2008-02-24T16:44:00.007-05:00

This week was quite eventful! On friday Sweet Baby rolled over for the first time! I caught her on camera.

She use to hate being on her tummy and so I stopped placing her on her tummy even though the doc told me I should give her ten minutes of tummy time a day so she'll learn to roll over. Well on Friday I placed her on her tummy just so I could button up her dress and bam! she rolled over.

Another great event is that I expanded my technological capabilities and learned how to add video to the computer.

I think she's starting to teeth. She's been a bit more fussy and she started waking up in the middle of the night again. But, nonetheless she's adorable as ever!

She wore a blue poka-dotted dress today at church. There are about 5 new babies in our ward but sweetbaby is the only girl so she gets a lot of attention!

And last, but not least, I finally caved in and subjucted SweetBaby to the fashion rituals my mother use to do on me when I was her age. I glued a bow onto her head with school glue...I couldn't help myself.

However, it didn't stay on for very long...oh well.

New Years Resolution?

2008-02-16T11:18:00.024-05:00

I really would like to keep up a blog...really. And maybe now that my little SB (sweet baby) is out of the womb and kickin' around I will because she does at least one thing a day to blog about. So here we go. Attempt numero tres.

The last three months (almost four) have been incredible.

My Sweet Baby girl was born Oct. 27 at 3:18 AM. 3 hours after her due date. The night of the 25th and morning of the 26th I had a false alarm and the doctors told me it would be another week before SB would come. So I attended all my classes on Friday, contractions and all. At night they got so bad my family convinced me to call the doctor. The doctor told me I wasn't ready but my mother didn't believe that. So against my will she convinced me to go to the hospital anyway and just have things checked out. It turned out that I was 3 centimeters dialated and 6 hours later SB was born. It was the most awesome experience I have ever had. I had an epidural, which I highly reccomend to anyone, and yet I could still feel everything, just without pain. It was amazing. SB came out healthy and happy but we had to stay in the hospital an extra day because she had small amounts of jaundice that went away quickly.

The next couple of days were filled with excitment, joy and exhastion.

A few days later was Halloween. SB was a little black kitty and DH and I were new parents!

In November we went on SB's first road trip. We spent Thanksgiving with my mom, dad and brother and DH's family in Williamsberg, VA.

In December DH finished school and we spent Christmas with My family.
This is a four generation picture with great grandma, grandma, me and SB!

And then grandma and grandpa with SB on Christmas day.

And After Christmas we spent some time with DH's family for his brother's wedding and his other brother's baptism.

And now I am back in school (last semester!) and SB is growing everyday! We went to VA Beach the other day and it was SB's first day at the beach, it was also my first time seeing the Atlantic ocean on land.

SB is just full of life and light. She loves to sing and tell stories. She'll spend 20 minutes a time just voicing her opinion and singing. She's hitting all the milestones well and she's usually a very happy baby. She use to sleep through the night but lately she's been waking up. last night it was at 1:30 AM! She loves books and her toys, especially her butterflies. And she loves to use her legs and kick, yesterday she was climbing on me pushing her legs against her pillow. She prefers standing to laying and sitting and hates being on her tummy. Here are a few more pictures of her!

That's all for now. My goal is to update this blog once a week...let's see how that goes!

So Much to Say

2007-05-04T17:26:00.000-04:00

Sorry it has been forever since my last post! I was way busy with school but now it's over for a few days.

So much has happened and I have lots of pictures! The baby had a lot of pre-firsts.

The baby was in it's first performance. I performed in the ballet The Parable of the Ten Virgins and was one of the wise virgins. (luckily I wasn't showing yet). The picture is hard to see but I'm the 2nd one down on the far left. The performances went well and I felt well enough for all of them!

The baby also had it's first pre-experience going to a zoo. A safari zoo in fact. My parents came over and my dad and Dave and I went to a safari park where zebras, buffalo and many other animals came directly to our car to be fed. Luckily we used my dad's rental car because afterwards the car was trashed with animal feed and slobber!

And then all three of us had our first real and true southern experience. We went to the dirt track races. We went with a couple of friends and someone in our ward raced in it. He got first. It was quite the experience. the cars went fast and were loud! There were no big crashes, though a lot of the cars fell apart as they raced. Dave loved the experience and wants to go back. I thought it was a good one-time experience.

I have had two doctors appointments since the last time I posted. The first one went okay. I got a new picture! And we heard it's heart beat. They drew a lot of blood out of me and I got really light headed and faint afterwards. I got all clammy and pale, it was not a fun experience. But everything looks fine conserning the blood tests. I also went to the doctor today and all is well. I go back next week to get more blood work done. I'm not looking forward to it, but it's going to determine if my baby has any problems. And then in four weeks I'm going in to see if the baby is a boy or girl! That will be an exciting time.

I think I'm staring to show. I can't tell if I'm growing or if I'm just poking my tummy out every time I look. But my weight is still 4 pounds less than normal, so maybe not. I'm also growing hair on my tummy...I'm trying not to let it freak me out, but it's kinda strange. Other than that I usually feel pretty good, though I get more moody more frequently. (Dave can back me up on that one).

That's all for now! I'll post after my blood tests next week...hopefully.

My Baby Likes Pickles

2007-03-10T21:30:00.000-05:00

I was walking to class the other day and in the parking lot I passed a SUV with the husband sitting calmly in the drivers seat and the wife standing between the passenger seat and the ajar door. She was facing inside so I couldn't get a real look at her face but I thought I saw tears on her cheeks. Well 30 feet later I heard a loud yell coming from behind me. I glanced back and it was the girl. Even from 30 feet I could tell she was crying and what she was saying "I don't want to make lunch!"

Obviously, I don't know the full story. That sentence was all I heard. But nonetheless I immediately thought "she's pregnant". Now, I've never yelled out in public...yet. But I did shed a few tears because I wanted a pickle and I did get mad at DH for being in a melancholy mood.

So I have a theory: When a baby doesn't get it's way or wants something, it cries. What else can it do? Well When the baby is in the womb, if it cries, no one will hear it. So I believe that when a baby in the womb is upset it forces the mother to cry. That way, it can publicize that it's not happy. So it's not the lady who didn't want to make lunch, it was the baby. It wasn't me that wanted the pickle...it was the baby.

It's nice to be able to blame the baby whenever I get in a mood. (By the way I got pickles yesterday night. I tried to open the jar and it wont open!!! I have to wait for DH to get home from work now...But I'm not crying so the baby must not want it as much as it did before).

I made it!

2007-03-06T18:00:00.000-05:00

My first doctor appointment is over! Yay! They only did half the things I thought they were going to do. I get to have all my blood work done next month...Not looking forward to it.

Anyway, I found out that my baby is 6 weeks along and the expected due date is October 26th. That way she'll/he'll be all hyped up on birthday cake and Halloween candy just in time for Thanksgiving!

Here is my baby's first picture:

It's kind of hard to see but there are two dots on the baby and the dot that is on the circle is where the heart beat is. We saw it beating, it was really cool.

I've been feeling really good so far. I get a little nausea, but nothing bad. And I'm tired all the time, what's new?

the biggest change is my hair. It's falling out like crazy and it's gotten coarse and difficult to handle. They say my hair is suppose to get healthier, I hope so.

The doctor also said that as long as I feel up to it I can still go to Boise for the summer. Both DH and I are looking forward to it! It will be fun to be with all the family again.

Anyway, class starts in 15 minutes so I better go! I'll keep ya posted on all the new happenings!

The Day We Found Out

2007-03-01T20:08:00.000-05:00

It was Sunday evening on February 18th and I was complaining about bad cramps and not feeling well. Whenever I am feeling out of the ordinary in anyway the first thing that comes to my DH's mind is "You're pregnant!" And every time I have to take a test to ease his mind one way or the other. Oh the dollars we waisted on pregnancy tests!

This day was no different. DH "accused "me of being pregnant and wanted me to take a test. Well last month I missed my period and when I took the test it was negative. I had a few days before the "we can detect pregnancy up to 4 days earlier" guarantee on the pregnancy test box so I told DH that even if I was it would say negative for a few more days. He still wanted me to take one. So to ease his mind (and secretly mine too) I took the test. The drill was the same as always. I saw the one line appear and by the time the moving-line-to-show-it's-working passed where the picture says the second line should be there were no new lines. I was negative again...But guess what? The picture lies. The second line appears much farther from the first on the real test than it shows on the picture of the test!

I didn't know what to say! At first DH and I were trying not to get pregnant because we wanted to finish school. But as soon as I saw the second line a calm peace came over me and I knew it was meant to be. I couldn't think of anything clever to say to DH. Actually, I couldn't think at all. I walked out of the bathroom and just looked at him. He rushed into the bathroom and found the test.

"Honey! You're pregnant!"

I didn't get any sleep that night. I was too excited, nervous, shocked and I honestly thought I was dreaming. The next day I took a second one just to make sure.

Well this last Tuesday I went to the health clinic. I got free prenatal vitamins and a conformation that I am pregnant. I also got into the WIC program which helps with food for poor kids like DH and I and I had to watch a lame video about grocery shopping. They weighed me and saw how tall I was. They took my blood pressure (she said it was great), they pricked my finger, they made me urinate in a cup and they gave me a flu shot!

Next Tuesday I go to my first doctors appointment to see how long I've been pregnant. (With the way my system has been behaving I could have been pregnant before Christmas!) I might even get to see my baby and maybe know if it's a boy or girl...honestly, I don't know how long that takes to tell. I will keep you updated!

A New Start

2007-03-01T20:02:00.000-05:00

I never was good as this blogging thing, I can't even keep a journal! But I have a new desire to try (and a new topic to talk about as well). So here I will post all information about my baby and pregancy as it comes so my family and friends can continously be updated.