So I came home today to the beautiful sight of the lawn mowed and Chris working in the garage! I love it when things get done. The best part about it was when Chris looked at me and said, " I'm drinking a beer, cleaning my garage and listening to Johnny Cash.. I feel so American." I thought it was pretty funny. But it was kind of nice that the weather has cooperated enough to get some outside stuff done. I know that poor Chris is tired of doing the inside honey do stuff and has been looking forward to getting his man cave in order! I added to the American feeling by coming home from work and baking brownies. All we need is a baby and a dog in the yard to make the whole equation work out. Baby... arrival in 7 weeks; Dog in the yard... not a chance in the world anytime soon!
It has been so beautiful here in Middle Tennessee this last few days. It has been like early summer. I got to get out this weekend and get a little sun on my face was nice. Saturday I participate in Walk with the Mayor at a park near my school. The students from my school were asked to be the grand marshals for the walk so a handful of teachers from my school went along as well. It was a great day for exercise and hanging out with friends. I got lots of errands done and met Chris and Brent for dinner. Then Sunday I made it out and about again to watch Kick This win their first game of the kickball season. I definitely missed playing. I would have much rather have been playing then sitting on the sideline. Oh well, if I can't play then I minus well be a cheerleader!
Today marks the beginning of week 33! Only 7 more to go! I feel good and continue to sleep well which is a big bonus. The only major pregnancy fun I have had is that I am currently looking at my ankles and one of them looks normal and the other looks like a balloon. I do not know why I find this so amusing but I do! I am getting ready for almost all of my family to come into Nashville this weekend and I cannot wait! My dad and stepmom Lora are coming in from Florida and my mom, sister-in-law Erika and my preciously perfect niece Taylor are coming in from Chicago. We are having a wonderful birthday celebration for Taylor on Saturday and then my 3 BFF's and the marvouls Miss Martha are throwing Connor and I a shower on Sunday! So as long as I can survive the week ahead I have a ton to look forward to this weekend!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Hockey Makes Me Happy!
I am so tired.
I am not sure that there is a word in the dictionary that truly explains how tired I really I am. But I will battle through because tonight is the last home game of the regular season here in Smashville and the one thing that I know will make me happy this evening will be hockey!
Any kind of points tonight will clinch a playoff birth for my beloved Predators! May God Bless hockey and all of it's fun and violence!
I am not sure that there is a word in the dictionary that truly explains how tired I really I am. But I will battle through because tonight is the last home game of the regular season here in Smashville and the one thing that I know will make me happy this evening will be hockey!
Let's Go Preds!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Because I Deserve It!
I feel like pregnancy comes with a lot of rules. Don't eat this. Take these pills. Don't lift that. Sleep on this side. Don't drink this. I am not going to lie, I am ready to throw these rules out the window! Since I plan on nursing I will not be able to throw all the rules out the window right away but it will begin to get easier here soon. With all the things I am not allowed to do or have, I feel like there are certain things in life that I deserve. I have not really craved anything specific during pregnancy but have found some treats that I feel are like my reward at some point in the week. Not because I did anything overly special during the week but just because I feel like I deserve it!
1.) Sweet Tea- I have never been a huge sweet tea person since I did not grow up in the south but it is something that I have come to love. I really have been good about limiting my caffeine (because it is one of my rules). I probably have a grand total of two caffeine drinks a week and you can bet that at least one, if not both, of them is a sweet tea! Sweet tea makes me happy and I think I deserve it!
2.) Ice Cream- I have always loved ice cream and that has not changed one bit! This week Chris and I went to Marble Slab. I have not over done ice cream during my pregnancy so far but with the weather getting warmer I will have to be careful! But I got my single scoop of double dark chocolate ice cream with white chocolate chips and strawberries because I deserved it!
3.) Cadbury Cream and Carmel Eggs- It is about to be Easter and that means that Cadbury Eggs are everywhere! Pregnant or not, who can resist these? Need I say more? I totally deserve this!
4.) Pre-Bedtime Naps- Everyone tells me that I am suppose to sleep when I can now because it is about to become a thing of my past. Well if that is the case then I am good at following this rule! I would have never imagined that growing a child would take so much out of you! This last two weeks I have come home from work and felt really good for about an hour and then I get really tired. So I have started napping somewhere between 5:30 and 7:00. I usually wake up before 9:00, watch some TV, make sure that I have eaten dinner, catch the news and am asleep again between 10:00 and 11:00. The pre-bedtime nap is not just something I deserve but something I think I have earned at this point!
And when pregnancy is all said and done, I am going to Subway and getting COLD Italian BMT because I have not had cold deli meat in six months and I deserve it!
Happy Thursday Everyone!
1.) Sweet Tea- I have never been a huge sweet tea person since I did not grow up in the south but it is something that I have come to love. I really have been good about limiting my caffeine (because it is one of my rules). I probably have a grand total of two caffeine drinks a week and you can bet that at least one, if not both, of them is a sweet tea! Sweet tea makes me happy and I think I deserve it!
2.) Ice Cream- I have always loved ice cream and that has not changed one bit! This week Chris and I went to Marble Slab. I have not over done ice cream during my pregnancy so far but with the weather getting warmer I will have to be careful! But I got my single scoop of double dark chocolate ice cream with white chocolate chips and strawberries because I deserved it!
3.) Cadbury Cream and Carmel Eggs- It is about to be Easter and that means that Cadbury Eggs are everywhere! Pregnant or not, who can resist these? Need I say more? I totally deserve this!
4.) Pre-Bedtime Naps- Everyone tells me that I am suppose to sleep when I can now because it is about to become a thing of my past. Well if that is the case then I am good at following this rule! I would have never imagined that growing a child would take so much out of you! This last two weeks I have come home from work and felt really good for about an hour and then I get really tired. So I have started napping somewhere between 5:30 and 7:00. I usually wake up before 9:00, watch some TV, make sure that I have eaten dinner, catch the news and am asleep again between 10:00 and 11:00. The pre-bedtime nap is not just something I deserve but something I think I have earned at this point!
And when pregnancy is all said and done, I am going to Subway and getting COLD Italian BMT because I have not had cold deli meat in six months and I deserve it!
Happy Thursday Everyone!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
800 Kids in a Hallway and 32 Weeks
If you are not a resident of middle Tennessee, then you might not know that yesterday we had really bad storms come through our area. Needless to say, being in an elementary school during a storm like this is not the best place to be. Not because of safety, but because when you have to put 800 kids and 40 plus teachers in one long hallway it is not fun. It gets really hot and you are guaranteed that someone is crying some where. I got to practice my calming mommy voice while drying tears on the scared little faces of some of my kiddos. We were all fine and there was no damage around my school or by our house. Let's hope that the spring weather does not continue like this. So far it has not been stellar.
On the more exciting side, I am officially 32 weeks as of yesterday! We are in the home stretch now and I officially get to say that I am due next month! WOW! Today Chris and I got to spend some wonderful quality time together that we normally would not have. I took a half day off of school so that we could go visit our pediatrician's office and go to the doctor as well. We liked the pediatrician we met with and really liked the way the office was set up. It is about 20 to 25 minutes from the house but I think it will be a good fit for us. Then we got to have yummy barbecue at Corky's and indulged our sweet tooth at GiGi's (an amazing cupcake shop). Then off to the doctor's office we went. Dr. Mackey says that everything looks and sounds great! We truly believe that the more pregnant I become the shorter our doctor's appointments are. I guess no news is good news though. Connor continues to be wild and I can tell each day that he is getting bigger!
Well I will close out with my 28 week and 32 week bump pictures. Sorry about my horrible non-make up face! I usually don't look my best at the end of the day!
Till next time :)
On the more exciting side, I am officially 32 weeks as of yesterday! We are in the home stretch now and I officially get to say that I am due next month! WOW! Today Chris and I got to spend some wonderful quality time together that we normally would not have. I took a half day off of school so that we could go visit our pediatrician's office and go to the doctor as well. We liked the pediatrician we met with and really liked the way the office was set up. It is about 20 to 25 minutes from the house but I think it will be a good fit for us. Then we got to have yummy barbecue at Corky's and indulged our sweet tooth at GiGi's (an amazing cupcake shop). Then off to the doctor's office we went. Dr. Mackey says that everything looks and sounds great! We truly believe that the more pregnant I become the shorter our doctor's appointments are. I guess no news is good news though. Connor continues to be wild and I can tell each day that he is getting bigger!
Well I will close out with my 28 week and 32 week bump pictures. Sorry about my horrible non-make up face! I usually don't look my best at the end of the day!
Till next time :)
28 Weeks
32 Weeks
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Life is all about what you do with plan B. Setting the stage!
So I am not to sure how good I am going to be about keeping up with this but I am going to give it a try. I am mostly creating this blog for our families, but if you are not family and find our crazy life interesting, by all means follow along!
I guess I'll start with a little background for those of you that don't really know me. I was born just outside of Chicago and lived there until I was 18. I decided to go to The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (GO VOLS!) when I graduated high school and spent five years there. No I was not on the five year plan (not saying there is anything wrong with that). I received my BA in Psychology in 2004 and my Masters in Education in 2005. In an amazing twist of fate, my best friend in the world and I were both offered jobs in Nashville the same week. So we packed up good ole 801 Gate Lane and moved to Nashville. That is the super short version of how I ended up down here.
Love found me in the world of burgers and fries! Who would have thought the combination of gourmet burgers and hockey would ever bring two people together? Well it did! I worked for 4 years slinging burgers part time to help pay for my first house and get a new car. Chris came to the restaurant I was at in the summer of 2008 after tragedy hit our staff and took over as the kitchen manager. We really did not have much interaction with each other since he worked days and when I worked it was usually at night or on the weekend. But a love for hockey started our occasional conversations, which led to our eventual first date, and the rest is history. Who would think that hockey (such a violent sport) could bring such love to 2 people's lives? It's been over two years now and I think the only thing that could make our lives better at this point would be winning the lottery, and since I don't foresee that happening anytime soon, I think we can say that life is good.
I decided to title this first entry "Life is all about what you do with Plan B" because this was a quote that I saw on a bag or coffee cup or something like that at just the right time in my life! I saw this quote three days after Chris and I found out we were going to have a baby! It was so meaningful at that point. Actually in the emotional state I was in at that point it was exactly the quote I needed to see. If you haven't figured it out yet, pregnancy was a surprise to us! We found out in early November that we were expecting our bouncing (literally) baby boy Connor. Scared out of my mind about this, seeing this quote made me feel a sense of calm. Life doesn't always go the way you planned it to and what better surprise could you ever get then finding out that you and the person you love are going to have a family of your own! So we moved forward from there. After finding out that little Connor was healthy we shocked our families with the big news and have not looked back since! Chris and I got engaged on December 24th in a beautiful snowy scene and are planning to be married at the very end of this year or beginning of next year. Until then we are focused on readying our home and our lives for Connor's arrival. He is due to be here on May 30th which for those you who are good at math is only 57 days away!
Let the adventure begin!
I guess I'll start with a little background for those of you that don't really know me. I was born just outside of Chicago and lived there until I was 18. I decided to go to The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (GO VOLS!) when I graduated high school and spent five years there. No I was not on the five year plan (not saying there is anything wrong with that). I received my BA in Psychology in 2004 and my Masters in Education in 2005. In an amazing twist of fate, my best friend in the world and I were both offered jobs in Nashville the same week. So we packed up good ole 801 Gate Lane and moved to Nashville. That is the super short version of how I ended up down here.
Love found me in the world of burgers and fries! Who would have thought the combination of gourmet burgers and hockey would ever bring two people together? Well it did! I worked for 4 years slinging burgers part time to help pay for my first house and get a new car. Chris came to the restaurant I was at in the summer of 2008 after tragedy hit our staff and took over as the kitchen manager. We really did not have much interaction with each other since he worked days and when I worked it was usually at night or on the weekend. But a love for hockey started our occasional conversations, which led to our eventual first date, and the rest is history. Who would think that hockey (such a violent sport) could bring such love to 2 people's lives? It's been over two years now and I think the only thing that could make our lives better at this point would be winning the lottery, and since I don't foresee that happening anytime soon, I think we can say that life is good.
I decided to title this first entry "Life is all about what you do with Plan B" because this was a quote that I saw on a bag or coffee cup or something like that at just the right time in my life! I saw this quote three days after Chris and I found out we were going to have a baby! It was so meaningful at that point. Actually in the emotional state I was in at that point it was exactly the quote I needed to see. If you haven't figured it out yet, pregnancy was a surprise to us! We found out in early November that we were expecting our bouncing (literally) baby boy Connor. Scared out of my mind about this, seeing this quote made me feel a sense of calm. Life doesn't always go the way you planned it to and what better surprise could you ever get then finding out that you and the person you love are going to have a family of your own! So we moved forward from there. After finding out that little Connor was healthy we shocked our families with the big news and have not looked back since! Chris and I got engaged on December 24th in a beautiful snowy scene and are planning to be married at the very end of this year or beginning of next year. Until then we are focused on readying our home and our lives for Connor's arrival. He is due to be here on May 30th which for those you who are good at math is only 57 days away!
Let the adventure begin!
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