Oh Baby baby...

Good news...I am not sick! The preggy morning/all day sickness is finally over for real and I am finally beyond the hacking miserable woman I was a week ago! No more sore throat and cough. Hooray! And since I've got some energy back I started working out again and doing yoga and my body is ever so grateful. It feels so good to stretch it all out every night and it helps me sleep so much better.

Bad News...Still don't know the baby's gender AND I won't know for 3 more weeks AND I am not as far along as I was originally led to believe. Seems the preggy calculator was a bit off...ok way off. I was told at my first appointment though that the due date could be off by a couple of weeks and they wouldn't know for sure until the ultrasound so I wasn't too surprised but still, it took me back a bit because it just wasn't off a week or two, it was off a whole MONTH. Oh well, more time for me to start eating better and cut back on the Dr. Peppers I guess. New due date is beginning of March but they told me we better wait to pinpoint a date until the next ultrasound. Good news...I get to have another ultrasound! :)

Good News...as far as the technician could tell, the baby looks great. Has all arms and legs, fingers and toes, good head shape and a strong heartbeat. He/she was facing away from the camera with his/her legs underneath him/her so we couldn't even guess at the gender but the tech said it was probably too soon anyway. I was just so relieved to see a healthy baby in there and now I am really looking forward to seeing the next ultrasound and how the baby will have grown.

And then there were two...

On Saturday Daddy got the opportunity to head out to the Gainesville Swamp to watch the Florida Gators game with a buddy of his and McCoy and I got to have a mommy and me day. Daddy had to wake up super early to get the game so McCoy and I got to sleep in. Then later that afternoon we met up with a good friend and her adorable baby girl for lunch at one of our favorite places, Tijuana Flats! Yum! We did a little shopping afterward and then headed home for a little nap before we hit the movies that night. This was our first time going to the movies just me and McCoy and it was also both of our first time seeing a movie in 3D. I have to say it was such an experience, I loved watching McCoy's face as he tried to dodge things that were coming out of the screen, and also how he tried to catch things that weren't really there. I think I watched more of McCoy than I did the actual movie but I just couldn't help myself. It was so funny to hear all of his excitement and reactions to the movie. My favorite though was after the movie he wrapped his arms around me and gave me the biggest hug and kiss on the cheek and thanked me for bringing him to such a funny good show. Awww - I live for those moments! McCoy was asleep when daddy got home from the game so the next morning he woke up and just couldn't wait to tell daddy all about the movie, "Where the things come out of the screen and really look like they come so close up to your face!" The smile on his face as he described it just lit me up again inside. I love that little stinker so much and hope he never gets to big to hang with his momma.

The "TERMINATOR"

So yesterday at school must have been tell about your parents occupation day, because when Glade went to pick up McCoy from school the teachers asked him, "So are you an EX-TERMINATOR? Glade said yes, wondering why she exaggerated the word exterminator. She laughed and said, "Oh well, McCoy told the whole class today all about your work saying his daddy was a "Terminator."

I guess the teachers got a kick out of it, but what is even more funny is that the kids, especially the boys, got a such a kick out of McCoy's daddy's occupation. I even had a couple of the moms stop me today and tell me stories of how there kids went home yesterday saying that they all wanted to be "Terminators" just like McCoy's daddy. The boys were pretty impressed that McCoy's daddy gets to play with bugs all day. :)

It's funny to see things from a child's view. McCoy and I just want to say that we LOVE our TERMINATOR! He works so hard to make sure we have a GREAT life, and we get to spend so much time together and that makes everything he does worth it! Babe you are an excellent Daddy, a terrific husband, and a wonderfully smart provider and we couldn't be happier. We love you so much Terminator!

"Because I'm a RocKsTaR. Thats why."

McCoy came home from school the other day with an apple print painting. The kids used real apples as stamps and they got to choose two colors to use. From what I gather the colors they got to choose from where red, yellow and green. Well it just so happens that McCoy's favorite colors are Red and Green. So he comes home and shows me his artwork and tells me, "Look at the awesome apple stamping I did today, I used real apples and I even got to use my favorite colors." I asked him if everyone in the class got to use there favorite colors and he told me no, that he was the only one who got to use his favorite colors. I asked him why he got to use his favorite colors, (I was trying to get him to tell me it was because his favorite colors were in the group of colors he got to chose from, he is also working on grouping at school)But I was not prepared for his response. He looked at me with those 'oh you are so clueless mom' eyes and replied, "Because I'm a Rockstar! That's why I get to use my favorite colors and not anybody else."

Oh my I have created a monster! I will have you know that I am not the only one though. Even his teachers last year use to call him Rockstar and several of his friends parents. He is what he is I guess. Our little RocKsTaR!

This is a photo we took yesterday at the mall. One of the photo places was having a special so I signed him up a couple of days in advance. I wanted to get a picture of him being him. He got to pick out his own outfits and props. He took his guitar but unfortunately none of those pics came out. (I am not a fan of studio pics. I prefer candid and un-posed but the price was right so we went for it) Anywho, this is what he chose to wear, his favorite bands t-shirt and wristband. I can't say I am a fan of the wristband or the t-shirt for that matter but this is him being him! My little RocKsTaR!

Coughs and Crushes

The stinking cough is still hanging out in my throat and refuses to leave. I am getting desperate. I have been kicked out of my bed for a week now. I've been on and off the phone today waiting for the doc to get back to me with some other options. It is just a simple sinus infection but the actual infection is long gone. So basically I'm suffering from post nasal drip. Seriously. Something so minor has me begging for relief - guess everything is a big deal when it comes to being preggy.

But on the up side. Aside from the retched cough (and the gagging/puking it causes) I am actually pleased to say that yes, aside from all that I am feeling pretty good. I am getting some energy back and moving around a with a bit more ease. I am in de-clutter mode these days too. I have to be careful because I just want to go around the house and start throwing things away to make room. Make room for what I don't know yet, just feel like I need more room and open up some space.

And the big guy is doing great! He is finally all settled in school and gets ready and goes happily into class with no more tears. It took the first two weeks to get him back in the groove but now he has lots of friends in school and even his first "CRUSH." Isn't that crazy? Glade and I have both tried to talk ourselves out of it because we just couldn't believe it. He is too tiny our baby boy, but yes, he is crushing hard on a little girl in his class. Everyday he asks me if she will be there and if I think she will sit by him or play with him at recess. And if she talks to him it is his "Best Day Ever." Oh, Boy! I think it is just too funny. Although sometimes it's so sad because he gets so heartbroken on the days she doesn't play with him. What's a momma to do. At least everyday is a new day and he bounces back fast that's all I can say. :)

One last comment...

I hit a new low today. The past few months I have puked here there and every where except there is one place I have been ever so careful to avoid - MYSELF. That's right... You guessed it! Here is the story...I was driving home from the pharmacy (Remember - Nasty Cough, which I apologize in advance for but it is the reason yet again for another disgusting post). Anywho, this retched cough has turned violent and causes me such fits that my gag reflexes get triggered. So I am driving home when one of these little fits comes on, I am coughing and gagging and then I quickly realized what was coming next. As I am driving I reach for the door but not quick enough. I leaned and just got my left side and the seat and floor board. The road was spared for the most part but my pant leg and shirt were soaked. I know this is a bit of an over share but come on!

Ok, got that out of the way! Now on to good news! I did see a doc today got some meds and hope to be done with this blasted cough by the weekends end.

And according to the docs preggy calculator I am at 20 weeks today! Hooray! Half way done cooking! Only one more week till we know Boy or Girl! I am really getting so excited for this ultrasound. I know it sounds crazy but I still have days where I look at myself in the mirror and wonder if I really am pregnant. I know I am but it doesn't stop me from having crazy moments. :)

I also added a baby gender poll on the side of the blog so take a second and vote. Like I said, only a little over a week till we find out! :)

Thats it...No this is it!

Ok, I have had a rough couple of days/months so I am gonna get it all out now! I am just sick of being sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sick of puking, being sore, being tired and grouchy and of just being a Monster! I apologize for sounding whiny but that's the point! I am gonna let it all out and then move on from here and I won't complain anymore - (OK, lets be reasonable!) Let me rephrase that - I will try my hardest to keep my complaints minimal and look for more of the positive.

This pregnancy is sooooo hard compared to the last. And that's the magic words "Comparable to the last." Because preggy life was waaaaayyyy to easy when I was prego with McCoy. I remember thinking, "I don't know why pregnancy gets such a bad rap, this is so freaking easy!" Ahhh, I was cursed by every mother I came across! They all said, "Oh, if this one is easy your next one will be miserable!" Damn you all! (I don't mean it, its just my preggy grouch monster talking).

That's right, I have a preggy grouch monster that lives inside me and she frequently comes out and says not nice stuff. She is very irritable, especially when she doesn't eat every two hours and or doesn't get her rest time during the middle of the day. And trust me, you don't want to make her mad. You will not like her when she is angry! She can't stand most smells, the stupid faces people make, and sometimes even the way you breath or blink will annoy her. (She is bad news) But the good news is I can keep her in check most of the time.

I think the main problem is I just had completely different expectations of how this pregnancy was going to go based on my first one. So it has been hard for me to adjust.

An upside thus far is that I think I am finally starting to see an end to the puke portion of all this. Puke days are getting few and further between. The current downfall is a stupid head cold. At first I tried to flush it out with liquid because I didn't want to take any meds but after a couple of days I caved and sent Glade to the pharmacy to get whatever they would give him. Now I am left with the most annoying cough ever. The cough brings out the preggy grouchy monster bad! I can't sleep at night because I'm coughing up crap all night long. I've tried all safe remedies- nothing works. There is just a constant tickle that will not go away. I have stomach pains because I cough so much, and this is gross, but sometimes I "leak" when I cough to hard! It is disgusting I know! There is just so many things with this pregnancy that freak me out and disgust me. Things I never had to deal with the first. I was healthy as a horse with McCoy. I felt so great! I loved being pregnant. I loved the look of my big belly. I felt "Pretty." I wanted to get ready everyday and dress up and look preggy cute! These days throwing on whatever pair of comfy pants is clean is good enough for me.

I'm not looking for sympathy I am just looking to get all this negativity out of my system. I haven't posted much about this pregnancy because whenever I want to write something it sounds to negative in my head to even put out there so I just haven't written anything. So hopefully now I can move on to writing more happy thoughts.

My first happy thought... ... ... ... ...


I felt the baby move today! I have felt him/her move before but it was these tiny faint little fluttery movements. Today I felt with no doubt the baby was punching or kicking. It was AMAZING. Glade even put his hands on my belly and he said he could feel it too. Baby Blood must be really strong because he/she is still so tiny I can't believe we could feel him/her already!

Never to early to Rock!

McCoy woke up the other morning and wanted to put on a concert for me. He put together a make-shift microphone (Had to have a mic because Uncle Jordan always sings and rocks out with a mic), then he grabbed his guitar, had me sit on his bed and then he started going to town. I loved every second of it. He is my personal little entertainer!
He loves music! Always has. One of his favorite games right now is LIPS on XBOX 360. It is a karaoke game. I just wish we had more songs on it. His fav songs to sing are, Rolling - Limp Bizkit, ABC's - Michael Jackson, and Ring of Fire - Johny Cash. I love to listen to his little voice sing Ring of fire. It cracks me up. I will have to try get some video of that on here. I'm not good with the videos though. I have tons and tons of pictures but I am lagging on the video. I guess I will have to work on it.