Peanut- Too Darn Cute!

Peanut learned how to say the "uh" part of "uh oh" around Christmas time. So for two months, he'll drop stuff and say "uh" over and over again. Then this week....he learned the REST of the phrase! He says it over and over and over again! I can't help but laugh. I know its "egging" him on to throw stuff on the ground, etc. He sounds so British and his lips barely move! Its so funny! Had to share it with y'all!

MOPS and POPS nite

Last night was MOPS and POPS date night. It was nice and cheap! For around $20 we were able to eat dinner, dessert and see the movie Fireproof. The kids were fed pizza, cookies and popcorn and the older ones also got to see a movie. So, it was well worth the money.

When Fireproof came out, our whole JTEAM had seen the movie and all raved about it. We aren't much for going to see movies. We use to do it every date night when we were dating, but I kinda of enjoy watching movies on my couch and in my pjs. I can't seem to get comfy at the movie theatre and maybe I've gotten so use to being able to lounge and relax during a movie. So, we told our JTEAM that we'd eventually see it. We knew we'd either rent it or go see it at the cheap theatre. Well, when I heard that that was the plan for the MOPS date night, I thought, oh good! we can just watch it there!

The movie Fireproof was very good. We have heard a lot about it and even skimmed through the book, Love Dare, that I bought for Aunt Lindsey for Christmas. As I was watching the movie, I thought, Gosh! How familiar are these scenes! Hubbie and I did not have a good marriage for the first....hmmm....3 years perhaps! I mean, it was ok. I'm gonna say we never had good times or were never happy, but our marriage was lacking a lot! And boy! those scenes and the character's feelings- I mean, that was us! Thankfully, instead of taking the easy way out, my parents called and got counseling set up for us and we worked through our issues. I needed to stop cutting him down for mistakes and bringing up past hurts. It took some growing up on both of our parts, but not to throw Hubbie under the bus here(Don't worry! He reads the blog and approves anything that I question!!! Whatever you're reading is ok by him!), but Hubbie did have to decide to grow up and be a man. I will never forget when I started seeing the little changes and man! its just gotten better with the years! He does the Love Dare stuff without the book and he is amazingly supportive. I am so glad we didn't give up, because I would be missing the Best Husband!

Its amazing what God can do for a marriage and I am so thankful we went through the rough spots, because we know how special marriage is and our relationship. I know my SIL said just a few weeks ago that she and Bubba (And the rest of my family) were praying for our marriage and weren't sure if we were gonna make it. 3 years later, God has healed our marriage, our finances and we've been blessed to add 1 and almost 2 more kiddos since!

So, not necessarily a plug for the movie or anything, but I don't think you can watch the movie and not feel anything. God is so awesome and He created marriage! He cares about my marriage and your marriage! Again, I know we were probably some of the last people on the PLANET to have yet to see this movie, but it was worth the time and money! And we might even take the POPS' up on the challenge, buy the book and do Love Dare until Easter!

Wordful Wednesday - My Cuddle Bug

Since Peanut was born, he has always been my cuddle bug. He was so different than Bubbie. Bubbie was always content to be and independent. Peanut was the exact opposite. He loves to be with you and cuddle. If Bubbie is sitting on the floor, Peanut will come up and sit in Bubbie's lap and lay his head on Bubbie's leg. It is adorable. The boys usually end up rolling around on the floor and cracking up laughing. Its too darn cute and I thought I had a picture, but I don't...just a picture of Peanut "attacking" Daddy before bedtime!

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Menu Plan Monday

Monday- Fajitas and chips and salsa ( I had this for last week and we had a plethora of tater tot casserole, so we ate leftovers, I think!)

Tuesday- Simple Sloppy Joes and fries

Wednesday- Leftovers of Fajitas and/or sloppy joes

Thursday- Grilled chicken, veggies and macaroni and cheese

Friday- MOPS and POPS date night Woo Hoo! Can't wait!

Saturday AM- Waffles
Saturday Lunch- Out to Eat
Saturday Nite- Burgers on the grill, beans and potato salad

No clue for Sunday...I guess I'll take stock of our kitchen and make a grocery list/meal plan on Friday night and go to the store on Saturday.

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More Finds! Furniture Headaches! Did You Know?!

This weekend we kept craigslist.com alive!

We found a toy (listed at Toys R Us for $69.99) for $20. I looked for months for one of these for Peanut's birthday or Christmas!

Finally found one on craigslist and we went and picked it up! Both boys have LOVED it! Actually, I think Bubbie has enjoyed it MORE than Peanut, but its a great toy...to me, not worth $70 but worth every penny that we paid!



Here I told everyone about my crazy decision to get rid of our couch and loveseat. On Saturday evening I check craigslist and again, found a chair and ottoman I HAD to have! It was exactly what I wanted. I even had dreams about this chair ALL night! I know, I'm crazy, anal, uptight, whatever...but I wanted that chair. So, all morning I checked our email. No response. When we got to the restaurant for lunch, after church, I checked our email and STILL NO RESPONSE. Finally, about one o'clock on Sunday afternoon, the seller emailed us back and the chair was STILL AVAILABLE! It was a sign!

We quickly called, got directions and Hubbie went and bought the chair! Woo Hoo! It was exactly what I thought it would be and its just lovely! I've always wanted a chair to "lounge" in and couches are nice, but ottomans are just fantastic! So, anyway, the chair is a year old from Ashley Furniture and they were getting rid of it because it didn't fit into their new house!

After we got the chair, we decided to load up the chair and search for a couch to match. The chair is fabulous, because its so neutral and it could match about 3 or 4 different colored couches. We hit all the furniture stores! Ugh! I hate shopping for furniture especially when the sales people FOLLOW you! Double ugh! Hubbie and I decided that from now on we should enter the store, ask if they have anything for x amount of dollars- we'd pay cash! and if not, turn around and walk out! Do the Dave Ramsey style! Ha! It was horrible! What made it even worse is that we have a talker of a son and he knows NO strangers! He talked the ears off some of the sales people and he didn't hold ANYTHING back! Especially that we weren't there to spend BIG dollars! :) Geesh! So, anyway, we didn't find anything we fell in love with, so we came home and Hubbie and I cuddled together on our new-to-us chair and ottoman and watched the Amazing Race!

One more thing...if I haven't made my way to your blog or commented in a while, I'll get there! Bare with me! I have 1000 unread blog posts on my google reader, so I'm a little behind! :)

And no blog post is complete without a picture of my darling boys!

Before church, Bubbie asked if I could snap a picture of his handsomeness....so I couldn't help but indulge his request!

Rearranging Heck!

Well, we are there again! Rearranging Heck, as I'm sure Hubbie would call it, even if didn't know what was best for him! Just kidding! On a stupid whim I put our couch and loveseat on craigslist to just see if I had any takers. We have enjoyed the couch and loveseat. They are incredibly comfortable, but HUGE. They are 42 inches deep and its so hard to arrange that big of furniture, especially in an older home. Our living room is STUPID. It doesn't have one whole wall without a door or doorway or fireplace or something, so arranging the living room has been difficult. We have kept our loveseat in the "study" since we moved here, but with the new baby coming, we will be saying good-bye to our lovely free room! So, anyway, I put the furniture up around noon on Friday and by noon on Saturday, they were sold! We had about 10 people interested and Hubbie was very disappointed they all didn't get into a bidding war!!! We even made one couple mad because it was sold before they got to see them! I guess the early bird takes the worm!? Anyway, as the couches left, I was quite sad. Hubbie and I bought that set from an actual FURNITURE store with my bonus money from the HORRID turn over at the bank I use to work out back in 2005. I worked A LOT of horrible hours and had a lot of people get mad AT ME about the change! The bonus money was a lot and it was glorious to be able to buy furniture and even pay off some bills. A little sad to see those pieces of our "history" go. The saddest thing is that now I look in our living room and its BARE! The kids will really enjoy the space to move, but Hubbie and I have no place to cuddle and read or watch t.v. at night. We are on a mission to find a couch and a chair and ottoman or something smaller to fit into our living room. We are opposed to buying new, but we'd rather find something used, that maybe is higher quality than we could afford new....so that means waiting and watching and praying.... which is really hard for a gal that likes to have things NOW! Since our house is in shambles, we've decided to go ahead and finish the switching around of rooms. There are a few pieces of furniture in the study that need to move to other rooms and we'll go ahead and do that now. That will leave us with an empty room....which poses another question. Now that Bubbie is older, he's not napping every day. Maybe two or three times a week, he'll nap. I know when he goes back to school, that'll change, because if he's really active that day, he'll nap...but right now its kinda half and half. My mother and aunt suggested I combine the babies this fall and let Bubbie have his own room, since he's the older kiddo- needs his own space to play, he doesn't sleep the same as babies, etc. What do y'all think? Hubbie likes this idea. I'm just stuck on if this baby is a girl, I sure do what to have girly bedding and girly things on the way and stuff. I don't think anyone would blame me for wanting that after two boys. If I have another boy, then I think the plan would work wonderfully... so maybe we'll wait and switch the rooms around until we know and then we'll see if we can do some fancy designing!

Anyway, that has been our weekend so far! Pray we can find a couch and a chair/ottoman!!! Quickly!!! :)

Too Fabulous

The table my in laws got Bubbie a few years ago is perfect for these two little munchkins, who are eating their breakfast!!!

In our attempts to get a nice family picture for my grandmother and mom ....mommy just couldn't get in the pose quick enough! I chopped of my mid-section and was left with this! Aren't they adorable!? I love them so much it makes my heart hurt! Just want to squeeze them!!

Nothing too spectacular going on around Lu's house this week.

On Wednesday, a few of us from MOPS discovered that our kids had been around some sort of virus on Tuesday, and a handful of our kids had a weird high grade fever. Bubbie's began around 4 that afternoon and when I took his temp it was over 102 degrees. I called the doc and they said to watch it and call if I had any other concerns. We treated his fever with tylenol and let him lay around. I can't find any other symptoms and Bubbie just kinda acts like he feels yucky...just not his normal active self. I shouldn't complain, because he's been MARVELOUS this week. No arguing or complaining. He's picking up toys and playing and loving on his brother! Its been wonderful...but I do wish he would start feeling better. He hasn't had a fever since Thursday, so I'm not sure whats going on inside that little kiddo.

Today I called the doc office to talk to them about Peanut's lingering congestion and cough. Its been on and off for almost a month, so I figured I'd better call and see if they could give me any advice. The nurse said to bring him in, so off we went to the doc today. I am THRILLED to find out that after a month of yucky fluid, his ears were FABULOUS! The doc didn't find anything "necessarily" wrong with Peanut, but said that his nose was gross, so she prescribed a yummy antibiotic, some cough drops and diagnosed him with a sinus infection. I know how bad I feel when I have a sinus infection, but he seems to do fine except with his coughing at night. So, hopefuly this antibiotic will kick the germs and help him get over his crud.

Pregnancy is going fine. More nausea, but its usually after I don't eat for a while...which stinks, because I try not to snack and now its like trying to learn how to snack...or eat small meals. I already spend SO much time in the kitchen getting drinks and food for the boys, its kinda annoying to think, ok, go in the kitchen and get an apple- even though you're not hungry! Anyway.... that is basically the only bad thing. Major cravings. I have been buying tons of fruit and veggies...hopefully to curb the desire for sweets! The only thing I have really craved is snickers bars! Thankfully we don't keep them in the house, but man! they sound so good! The one strange thing that I don't crave is my FAVORITE candy- chocolate covered raisins. That has always been my stand-by on candy and now, I haven't wanted any! :) Strange! Strange!

Peanut turned 14 mos yesterday! Woo hoo! Hard to imagine my baby 14 mos old.... Well, I guess he isn't THE baby. I'll post more about his milestones this weekend, but he is definitely giving me a run for our money! I had forgotten how wiggling the kiddos get around this age! Geesh!

Today at the doctor's appt, the doc pulled out her stethoscope and listened to Peanut's lungs for congestion. Bubbie walked up and said "Dr. XYZ, that's a stethoscope! That's for listening to my heart beat! Like when you get to listen to our new baby's heart beat!" It was so cute! He is so nonchalant and easy going about this baby and it is so sweet the way he already asks about "it" and wonders about "it". Of course, our doc looked at me and said, "This one wasn't planned!?!" I guess we have that effect on ALL our doctors!

So, that's all the boring and useless news around our house. Hoping that the boys can kick whatever crud they have, so they can visit with their great-aunt who is in town visiting this weekend!

Super Mom Is Here To Save The Day

So, after this post, you'd think that I would watch my child a little bit closer. Well, I am not to blame. The child has an insatiable desire to have his hands in a potty- clean or not- full of water or not. We came in from grocery shopping, I put the kiddos in the playroom and went back out to get the groceries. It took me about 3 or 4 trips and once I came back in the house, Peanut was gone. I ran to the bathroom and sure enough, that stinker was all hands in playing and splashing. He was just grinning!!!

My child is odd. If he sees water, he thinks he's suppose to play in it and throws a fit if you won't let him. I guess he'll be my swimming baby, because he can't get enough of the water.

So anyway, I took his clothes off, washed and sanitized his hands and put some more clothes on him. Of course now....the potty won't flush. Hmm....wonder what he dropped into the potty. A pacifier perhaps? Who knows! Guess I'll be calling the rental company today so they can make my potty flush!

Now, after the past few days of toddler chaos....we have installed the gate to block Peanut from the bathrooms! Ha! Take that crazy, potty loving toddler!!!

I am still SUPER MOM!!!

I Am Super Mom

I have earned the name at my old place of employment and others have called me...... Super Mom and the All American Mom. Hubbie and I laugh at this, because we KNOW this is far from true!

Because I'm such an honest blogger and the "perfect mom", I'll just show you HOW perfect I am!

I found my 14 mo old baby playing in the potty. And because I'm THAT perfect mom, I'll just let you believe that that potty was CLEAN and full of nice CLEAN water! And nothing else!

Yes, I am the perfect mom!

Menu Plan Monday

Monday- Hubbie off!! AM- Waffles Lunch- Sandwiches, chips and carrots Dinner- Patty melts

Tuesday- Tater tot casserole and broccoli

Wednesday- Chicken Pot Pie

Thursday- Leftover casserole and veggies

Friday- Leftover pot pie

Saturday AM- Pancakes and bacon Lunch- Chicken Salad Dinner- Fajitas and chips w/ salsa and guacamole

Sunday AM- Cinnamon rolls Lunch- Out to eat/Chinese Dinner- Leftover fajitas/ quesadillas

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No News Is Good News!

I am in my 3rd month of pregnancy now. I am praying that the next few weeks go by quickly and hopefully the 2nd trimester will bring no puke-y feelings and less tiredness! When I went in for my appointment last week and the doc called for a sonogram I was ecstatic. Once I got back into the examining room the doc warned me that they found a blood clot at the opening of my cervix. I was quite concerned, but she told me to just expect some blood and call her once it happened, so they could watch me. So far, so good. Hoping this post doesn't jinx anything! The doctor did not know whether it was from the 2 previous c-sections or from the placenta previa with Peanut. I am starting to feel some feelings like I had with Peanut. Because my mother had placenta previa with her last child, she was able to "diagnose" me with placenta previa several months before the doctor's discovered it on the sonogram. I am concerned that I will have it again this time and even the doctor did say that its a higher probablity for me to have placenta previa this time since I have already had it. We are praying that this will be a healthy pregnancy- with no complications.

In other news, Peanut is walking like a pro. His balancing skills are quite impressive, but if he needs to get somewhere fast, he puts his head down in between his arms and crawls...kinda like a military style. Its too cute. Bubbie and Peanut's new game is for Peanut to "chase" Bubbie throughout the house. Its just precious to hear the boys cackling and having a ball. They have their moments of Peanut trying to "steal" toys and "play" with brother, but most of the time they play wonderfully together and Bubbie is a huge help. If Bubbie does get really upset with his brother, I'm able to separate the boys and let Bubbie have some alone play time. I know he really enjoys that.

Since Georgia has had such awesome weather this week, we've spent a lot of free time outdoors. We've been to the park. Bubbie went to Nana's and got to play in the dirty all afternoon. We have also taken some walks around the block. Peanut really enjoys this. He is all into the sights and sounds of outside. If he's in front of a windown, he points and gets excited. If we're outside, he's listening for dogs and birds. It is so fun to watch the two boys playing together outdoors. We get our cars and trucks and balls and they "have a ball". Just being on the go has been so nice to be out in the sun. I saw the weather forecast that tomorrow for another week or two is suppose to be back in the 40s and 50s and some rainy, gloomy days. Such a bummer! Glad we've had a taste of Spring, but I really wish it would stay! My boys need outdoors to play and be wild men!!!

I hope everyone has a great weekend! Its a holiday weekend for Hubbie, so 3 days off! Woo hoo! Maybe I can get this house cleaned up before he goes back to work on Tuesday!

Happy Valentine's Day!

GREAT DEAL!

I have Deal Detectives on my Google Reader. Its great. We have gotten a few things off of their daily picks. I even got a LL Beans jean jacket for me for less than $20 (included shipping!) a few years ago.

One of the deals today is a T.G.I.Fridays coupon for Buy One Entree Get One Free. How fabulous! You cannot use it on Valentine's Day but its good until March 9th. I am definitely printing this one!

Trips or Not! And a BUNCH of randomness....

Since we started adopting the Dave Ramsey gazelle-like attitude towards paying off debt, we haven't taken vacations. We've gone apple picking and places for a night, but generally that was with extra money and a special treat. When we didn't head anywhere last year for longer than a day or two, I begged and pleaded with Hubbie to give me a vacation. We agreed that we would find a beach house and stay somewhere for a week....then we found out we were pregnant. That kinda kicked us back into reality. Our main focus and priority right now should be paying off debt in order to be DEBT FREE! So, once Hubbie and I found out what our tax return would be and then figured out how much extra we'd be getting from Hubbie's raise, we figured that one of our last two credit cards could be paid off before the baby came.....if we didn't take any vacations! I agreed....begrudgingly....but willingly following my husband's lead.... that card was the one that was maxed out when Hubbie lost his job. It was our high limit card and it was maxed and THEN some during those bad days. To be able to pay this off would free up a good bit of money monthly. It would definitely ease the cost of adding another child to our family.

So, no big week long vacation for Lu's family this year. Its sad and disappointing...but I will live, and Hubbie usually gets opportunities to make extra money and if we get the card paid off and get the deductible for baby no 3 saved up in time, maybe we'll still have the opportunity to go on a short family trip.

Making these decision are tough. We've been told my "loving family" that we are in a cult. Our next door neighbor even thinks that he is somehow obliged to offer his two cents and give criticism on how we do not own a home yet in this fantastic buyers market. We know that we are doing the right thing. We know we are changing our family tree. We know that this will be a story that the boys will be able to look back on and realize that there parents didn't yield under temptation. We owned up to our mistakes and began to fix them. Like so much of society, we, as humans, are always looking for the easy way out. Bankruptcy, to us, is the easy way. Its a way to throw up your hands and have the rest of society pay for YOUR mistakes. When people file bankruptcy that amount that was owed doesn't just dissolve. People pay. You pay. That company that didn't get its payment loses money. It gave you the goods at one time and when you signed that credit card receipt...it says you promise to pay the credit card company back. Therefore the company increases prices and passes it on to other consumers....i.e. YOU! So, bankruptcy in this society hasn't helped anyone. The majority of people don't learn from there mistakes and habits and continue to make the same poor choices with their money.

Society has somehow told us that we deserve vacations and happiness and all of our wants and desires NOW. We deserve gratification NOW. Whether putting that vacation on the credit cards and worrying about it later or whatever. Christ never said that our life with be full of warm and fuzzy things. He wants us to have peace in Him and to focus on how HE can make us happy. I don't think vacations and nice things are bad. I want them just like everyone else, but my focus doesn't need to be on material things. I need to be more aware of what message I am sending my child. I heard not too long ago, from an older woman, that we give our children so many treats. It really convicted me. I eagerly give candy and fruit chewies to my children. I let them watch t.v. and buy a toy. I do it, not because they earned it, but because we have the money and I want them to be happy. Somehow I think I am setting my children up for a difficult adult life. Yes, now its only fruit chewies, but my children shouldn't assume they will always get the good stuff. Maybe I should make my kids go without every once in a while. I hope this makes sense. These thoughts are flowing and I am not sure what is being typed... I'd better do spell check and go back through and edit...but anyway.... So much of what I do affects my children. I don't think that me yelling or spanking is going to send them to the counselors office 20 yrs from now, but I do need to take a daily look at how I am parenting and what messages I am sending. I get so lazy and especially these past few weeks...and I just float through the day. No purpose of teaching or instilling virtues...just living and getting through. My day shouldn't be like this. It should be full of valuable lessons and ways to teach my children the things that I want them to know....

So, I have a lot to work on. I have a lot to be in prayer about. I am constantly thinking of how my life affects my kids. One of my greatest worries is that my mistakes affect my children negatively. I know we all make mistakes and there is no right or wrong way to parent our kids, but if I continue to lean on Him and ask Him for guidance...I'll make it and Lord willing, my kids will too! I have to remind myself...that today is not the day I am parenting for...


We are living today like no one else...so that one day we will live like no one else.

Too Funny....

Too cute-When I got home from the doc appt on Thursday, Bubbie walked up to me and said "You had to go to the baby doctor?" I said "Yes". Then Bubbie asked, "Is baby okay?"

How darling is that? He has such a sweet, sensitive heart....most of the time!

Too funny and WAY too honest- Today when showing Nana an infant Halloween outfit we had found at Goodwill, she said "That is cute. Its all he'll need!"

Pretty bad when your Mom has gone ahead and claimed what this child will be. We will go ahead and assume....its gonna be a boy!

And a picture...because no post is complete without one- I don't think I ever posted this around Christmas time. We were at small groups or JTEAM as our church calls them one Sunday before Christmas. "Santa" decided to stop by for a little visit. Bubbie was very eager to sit up on Mr. David's lap and tell him what he wanted. Once Hubbie placed Peanut on "Santa's lap", he bursted into tears!

So I've Said...

I know I've announced that I was preggo here and here. To go along with this, I thought I had better tell you how I am feeling. Some days are better than others. Mostly I just feel nauseous all the time and wanting to hurl...but I don't....which is VERY good. I drank a cup of coffee last Sunday and I had a LOT of issues, so no more coffee for this munchkin. I hope that doesn't mean this baby is super sensitive!?! Along with the nauseousness, I have been tired. I have had tiredness each and every pregnancy. Not sure if any have been worse, but this time....I am DOG TIRED. I told Hubbie last night, which prompted this post, about how pathetic I am. I literally think all day long about getting to the couch to lay down. If we're playing in the playroom, I'm dreaming of just going to lay down. If I am cooking dinner, I am counting down until bed time when I can collapse on the bed and sleep. I had a hard time sleeping for the first week or two after I found out that I was pregnant. Now? Shoot! I fall asleep before 9 most nights and sleep soundly until the boys wake me up...usually between 6-7am. I can't rest enough. During nap time, I make the boys stay in their room for two hours and I lay down almost the entire time.... it just isn't enough.

So, I am a pathetic pregnant lady. I dream about sleeping and being lazy, but it IS getting old. I don't like being lathergic and lazy. I am so ready to get some energy back, because I have a growing list of things that need to be done around here. We are trying to get the owner of the house to approve our flooring choice. As long as she gives us the go, we'll be replacing our kitchen floor and painting the kitchen. Its gonna look SO much better in there...I can't wait to have a new floor! Then we're taking the wallpaper down in the hall bathroom. It had a busy, awful yellow floweredy wallpaper... uck! Too busy for a bathroom. So I'm taking that down and plan to paint (or my fabulous Hubbie will be painting :) .... I started the project before baby no 3 announced his/her presence). Hopefully that'll help that bathroom a lot too. Hopefully that'll keep me busy until week 18 when I find out the sex...then all systems go on decorating the baby's room! Woo hoo! I love decorating the baby's room and picking out things! I can't wait!

So, there you have it... my to do list once I get off the couch!

I'm Pregnant!

Yes, I know I've already announced it, but today it became "official". A year ago, today, I had my 6 week check up after giving birth to my second son. Today, I found out that I am officially pregnant and expecting our third bundle of joy. Since I already had this appointment scheduled and needed the yearly check up done, we just waited for this day so that we could have the doctor confirm what we already knew. When I got called back the nurse took the dreaded weight and blood pressure (dreaded weight, because I didn't lose everything I wanted to from baby 1 and 2 and blood pressure, because its ALWAYS high at the beginning of my appt, but magically goes down at the end...maybe anticipation or aggravation from having to wait?!). Once I got my stats, the nursed asked when my last menstrual cycle was. I told her. She went about her business and then said "Are you just late or am I missing something?" Ha! We had a smarty on our hands... I was a month and a half late...well more by this point and she didn't catch on! Ha! I told her that I had taken a pregnancy test shortly after I missed my period in January and it was positive. I asked her if they could confirm. Once I got into the examining room the nurse started to ask normal questions and then asked why had I come. I, again, said that I was there for my routine check up, but I did want a confirmation on whether I was indeed pregnant or not. She said very nonchalantly "Oh you are." With no feeling or surprise or anything. Just match-of-factly. It was funny. I said, "Oh goodie!" Anyway, moments later my doc came into the examining room with a huge grin. She was SHOCKED to see me impregnated! Its always nice to shock your docs, huh?! Anyway, throughout my whole visit, she just kept smiling and was just in shock!

Because of several things, the doc called for an ultrasound, so I got to see my baby! It was amazing and incredible. This little baby inside my tummy and then this enormous sounding heartbeat. The baby was absolutely perfect and much to my doc's dismay, it was only one!!! That puts to rest many crazy nightmares I've had over the last month! I am measuring a little further than my EDD and everything line up, so not sure what that means. I also got an "official" due date. Not that THAT matters much for me. Both pregnancies have begun with due dates and I've eventually ended up with three due dates for both boys...so I'm not much for due dates and obviously, neither is my uterus! But the due date I do have is absolutely fabulous and I would LOVE LOVE LOVE for this baby to be born on that day, but in reality, by the time you get to that month, you couldn't care less and just want the baby to be born ASAP. So, anyway, after the ultrasound the doc and I had a good talk about a few of my concerns and some issues. My mind was put to rest about a few things, but then the ultrasound did show up one thing...that is a little concerning. The doc did say that it is too early to tell whether we have another placenta previa on our hands... so we gotta wait on that. Looks like, unless we have complications, we'll have a sonogram in about 10 or 11 weeks. I figured they'd make us wait longer this time, but looks like we'll know what we're having by the end of April. Woo Hoo! So, all in all, great doc appointment. I found out some great stuff and got confirmation on such a fabulous thing!

Woo Hoo! I'm pregnant! :) I can now shout even louder!

Winter Cold Days

What do you do when you're sick and stuck in the house because its 20 degree outside? Well, we've painted and played Play-doh. The boys have watched Elmo and Bubbie has played on the computer.

What is a bored, sick feeling and rather lazy momma to do? Well, wipe noses and clean messes. And try to survive the 8-10 hours while Hubbie is away from home.

Today I took pics of the kids! I decided to dress up Peanut and see if I could get anything decent. Once I got started, Bubbie said he wanted to join us. Here is what we were able to get before all heck broke loose.....

Doesn't this just capture what he was feeling? Miserable and sick! Maybe "Mom, you're so mean!"
Sick or not, he's a happy boy and so darn cute! Isn't the outfit cute too? Its Kellys Kids- from craigslist- $5!

His new love....cars. He loves cars and saying "Vroom! Vroom!"

One of my favorites! He looks bald, doesn't he? His hair is so blonde! The only way you know he has hair is because its usually crazy and all over the place. He truly is his daddy's boy!

The boys were being nice in this picture, but it looks like Bubbie is saying "If you move, you get strangled!" Maybe we should learn how to "hold" our brother....before the next child comes, huh?!

And last...but not least....the 4 cars that cause so much fussing in our house..... We will be buying another set of these and those will be Peanuts. Good grief! I never knew cars could cause so much drama!

I think I did pretty good and this will hold us over until the boys get well and we can visit our photographer or until Spring, when Dana can get some great shots of the boys in- hopefully- Nana's gorgeous yard!

I Won!

Guys! Look what I won over the weekend! Cute diaper case from Hiccup! I even got to pick out my own fabric. I had a hard time deciding...if I picked a boy fabric- I could use it for Peanut now until the baby arrived. If I picked a girl fabric and I didn't have a girl, I'd have to give it away as a gift to someone with a girl...... so....I decided to go with something neutral! I can use it now and later!

Check out this fabulous blog. She has the best giveaways and it has quickly become one of my favorite places! Thanks again Dee for the marvelous giveaway! Can't wait to get my diaper case!

The Name Game

As soon as we found out we were pregnant, Hubbie and I started debating on boy names. Now this might sound odd, but we have two boys..... we have a 50-50 chance on having another boy or a girl. Of course, I have two boys, I would love to have a girl, but I won't curl up in a ball and die if this baby turns out to be a boy. The idea of three boys sound fun and exciting and cheap- I mean, we have clothes, toys- everything boy! No matter what, we are thrilled and excited for this baby to just be our baby. To be born healthy and to have a non-emergency pregnancy/c-section would be an answer to prayer!

We have quite a few girl names that we like and had picked out when we got pregnant the second time, so those are still good for us. The boy's names are a lot harder for us. Now that we have two other kiddos with beautiful, but long names, deciding on a boy name for this one has turned out to be a little bit harder. Hubbie wants to go with something patriotic and strong- Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry- all of those are names that Hubbie has thrown out. I don't have a problem with them but add it to our last name and then thinking about nicknames (because I AM the Queen of Nicknaming my kids!)....I mean, I don't want to name my child Jefferson and then end up with Jeffrey. (If your child's name is Jeffrey- please take NO offense!) Jeffrey just sounds a little like a butler to me! And then Franklin- Hubbie LOVES the name Benjamin Franklin.....Benjamin I like, especially since Kristin here just had a baby boy named Benjamin and he has the most precious face......but Franklin......Frank for a nickname as a 3 mos old?! Naw..... not liking that so much. So, I wrote down all the names we liked and tried to piece a few together..... Unfortunately, you can't have a simple name like Henry after our two other boy's names. Just sounds odd. So, we need a long and very "stand up" name- if that makes any sense.. If you know my kiddos names, then maybe you understand?! So, then I had the brillant idea- use my oldest brother's first name- John and then add Henry to it. But then I was told about this legend... which I mean, I don't really care about. This person wasn't a REAL person, but Hubbie can't get past that. So I had another brillant idea....use the two names we really like- Hubbie's first name and then Jackson- if you know Hubbie's first name, then you know it was a politician's name(figure it out yet?)..... and then I was told he was a VERY MEAN MEAN MAN..... So ugh! Everything I come up with SOMEONE has something against that name!! Not that I'm mad or anything, but.... I want a decent name. So, we're back to square one.... a bunch of good names, but together, with something else, they all turn out horribly wrong! :)

And since my life consists of snot these days..... who wouldn't love a good snot story? Yesterday Bubbie was in RARE form. He went to the corner...hmmm...more times than I can count...which probably meant it was time for Mr. Naughty, but I was lazy and sick, so I was a bad reinforcing mama. While he was in the corner for the 3rd time- within a hour- he decided his nose needed to be wiped. I was in the boys room changing a diaper and heard what sounded like a nose being blown. I knew Bubbie was in the corner and DID NOT have a tissue. I peeked around the corner to find..... Bubbie blowing his nose into his hand. Once I had composed myself enough to deal with this situation CALMLY, I went over and discovered that once the snot went on his hand....it looked better as wall art....for the corner. Yes. Yes he did. Hmm..... needless to say, he cleaned that corner VERY well.

Sick...

We have a cold. The boys and I started feeling bad on Saturday and now we all have a full-fledged cold. I really can't complain. This is our first one this winter. So many people have had this nasty stuff several times already this winter. I will sadly miss BSF and MOPS this week. Peanut sounds worse than Bubbie. Peanut and I didn't get very much sleep last night. Here is hoping tonight is much better. Lord willing, we can avoid the doc office since I have also heard there is a stomach bug going around town. I'd like to avoid that knowing our track record with stomach bugs!

This morning I decided to have a good day no matter what. I hate being sick, but its so much worse when you're pregnant. I already feel icky and sleepy and tired. Now I feel achy and just want to lay down and do nothing.... Too bad we don't get sick days with this staying-at-home mom gig!

On a different note: I was researching vacation spots for Hubbie and I to celebrate our 7th anniversary and first trip alone since having Peanut. I pulled up Google and typed in resorts in GA. Up came a lovely "optional" clothing resort. Hmm....yeah.....tempting.....but....hmmm....NOT! I think we'll leave that one alone and continue the search....for a "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service" type place!

A Bubbie Funny: I told Bubbie to get a tissue when the snot had almost reached from his nose to the top of his lip. He told me that he didn't need a tissue since he had his tongue. Hmm...never thought of your tongue being God's idea of a snot wiper. Only from a little boy's mind!