New member of the house

Yes, this beautiful creature now hangs on the wall in our home. Ryan "got" this deer last hunting season and had it mounted for a small fortune and it now hangs on the wall in his office. Nice. Addyson likes to walk in and check to see if it is awake. All in all, it is a nice looking deer and Ryan is very proud of it!

Colorado Trip Pics

Yes, yes, I know. These pictures are ONLY 6 weeks late!! Better late than never!

At top of Mount Crested Butte

Only 13 more years and this will be a reality- scary!

At Santa's workshop in Colorado Springs- it's a very cute amusement park for kids all centered around the North Pole and Santa's workshop. I came here when I was about 6 or so- Addyson and Hallie had a blast! They loved this airplane ride!

Mom and Dad

Family pic with my grandma- this was her first time to meet Ryan and Stewart (yes, we've been together for 12 years now and she had never met him!) She lives in Colorado Springs and doesn't travel. It was also her first time to see Addy and Hallie.

Girl or Boy?

I posted a poll on the right hand side of our blog so you can vote if you think we're having a GIRL or a BOY! My initial feeling was girl- but a lot of people are guessing boy, so I don't know! I think we should find out at the first of October! I love that appointment!!

Our weekend

We had a busy weekend as usual! Friday night we met over at Ryan's parents house and Dustin, Brittany and their kiddos came over. We all went to eat Mexican food and then came back over to Nana and Pop's house to play. It was a fun time! The kids all enjoyed racing in the front yard, being silly and eating ice cream!

Saturday I wasn't feeling 100% and my sweet husband got up and cleaned house, did the yard and went grocery shopping! Thanks honey! That night Chelsea and Nick came over for dinner and dominos. They taught us a new game and it was fun! Of course, the girls won! Ryan made dinner (again- thanks honey!)- chicken and sausage gumbo, bread and fruit salad. It was yummy!

Sunday we got up and went to church and then over to Ryan's parents. Ryan is building a wall-unit/storage furniture piece for a room at their house and he was finishing that up and getting it moved into the room, etc. It looks really nice- there are still a few things to be finished, so I'll post pics when everything is done. Sunday afternoon we came home, all took late naps, had dinner and went to bed. Pretty exciting!

Today I had a Dr. appt at 11 to get my 11 week injection. The nurse found the heartbeat right away and it was 160 bpm, so that was good! I have to go back tomorrow for my official visit with the doctor. It will be my first time to see the Dr. and she'll do the full exam, etc. Fun times!

That's all for now- I'll post pics one of these days!

Guess what....:)

Well, I have been super bad blogger lately. I didn't have my compuer for 2 weeks which was so crazy to me, but it was actually a nice little "break" from my obsession! Plus, I have been tired, no energy, etc. etc. because I am PREGGO with number 2!!! So, I guess that is a pretty good reason, huh?

So, I am 10 1/2 weeks pregnant with a due date of March 12, 2010. We were really wanting a spring baby, so this works out just perfectly! I have had a little bit of a bumpy road so far, but now everything looks good (so hesitant to write that!) so I thought I would announce it to the blog world!

I found out like 5 days before I missed my period - anyone that knows me well knows that I am obsessive over HPT (Home Pregnancy tests, for you newbies!) and I always try to find out as soon as possible! So, I got a positive when I was barely 4 weeks pregnant. That sure makes the time go by slowly when you find out that early, but oh well! I had all of my hormones checked (with Addyson I had low progesterone, which can cause miscarriages) and all of that looked good. She wasn't going to check my levels again for like 3 more weeks and I asked if I could check them again in a week and she said okay! Not that I am a fan of getting blood done, it's actually one of my very least favorite things. So, when she re-checked it, my progesterone had gone down to like 11.2 and it has to be at an 11 to sustain the pregnancy. So, I started on injections that I have to get once a week for 12 weeks. That's been fun! But again, you do what you have to do!

So, then at 7 weeks I had my first sono and everything looked good, I thought! We left for Colorado the next day and on the following Wednesday I got a call from the doctor saying she had been trying to get in touch with me and leaving messages at my house. I was like, Well, I'm in Colorado this week! So, she said Dr. C was looking at my sono and noticed that I had 2 small tears in the placenta and that I needed to be on modified bed rest for 3 weeks. Nice- I had just hiked up Mount Crested Butte the day before, carried 34 lb Addyson through DFW airport for 30 minutes running to our gate, etc. Not good ideas for the torn placenta! So, no more carrying Addyson, no more being on my feet a lot, no more standing for long periods of time, just rest. Hence my fun Colorado trip- I couldn't do anything!! But again, you do what you have to do when you are pregnant!

I also was supposed to go to Miami for a week for my sales meeting and I wasn't able to travel due to this as well. Last Friday I went in for another sono to check things out and everything had healed! Yea! I am back to business as usual! :) Although looking back it was kind of nice to be like, I can't clean house, go grocery shopping, etc and I just had to lay around! What was I complaining about??? :)

Addyson has been super sweet about all of this and is VERY excited (for now!) to have a new baby at the house. She kisses my tummy about 500 times a day and is constantly talking about the baby and how she wants to help. Tonight she said- "Mom, when the baby gets here I am going to give it a bath, change it's diaper, give it a bottle and then do TICKLE MONSTER on it!" as she laughed really hard! I said- Okay!! I really do think she'll be a good helper- she's very motherly!

So far I've been craving any kind of fruit! I was up at 3:30 AM the other morning eating Watermelon and that always sounds good to me! So, that's better than hot fudge sundaes that I was wanting last time. The other day we took Addyson to get ice cream and I didn't even want any! That is super weird for me! Oh, and Chicken Mini's at Chick-Fil-A- mmmmmm! I was so mad today I got there at 10:33 and they were out! Darn!

Anyways, that is it for now! I'll keep you all posted as things progress!

Funny sayings

Addyson has been saying such funny little things lately- she always makes me laugh! Today in the car we were going to "Ms. Vanessa's house" and I was saying something about it. Mid sentence she interrupted me and said, "Excuse me mommy, I'm sorry, her name is Mommy Nessa". It was so funny because she said it in a very serious matter-of-fact way.

Addyson is also very interested anytime Ryan or I has a "boo boo". She wants to look at it very carefully and get a treatment for us as soon as possible! Earlier I was looking at my leg because I have razor burn really bad in this one spot. I have a bunch of little red spots and I said, "Look, mommy has a boo-boo"! She looked closely at it and then looked up at me and said, "No, mom, those are just quickels". I said, "What??" She said, "You know, quickels, like those" as she pointed to a few freckles on my leg. I said, "Oh, freckels!" Hee Hee- it was funny!

Okay, when I started this post I thought I had more than 2, but I can't think of any more right this minute!

Colorado- Part 2!

Well, the trip did get better as the week went on. Thank God!! We arrived in Crested Butte on Sunday, July 26th and we were there until Saturday August 1st. It was kind of a
long week and I don't know that I think Colorado (at least where we were) is the best place for a 2 and a half year old! Actually Ryan and I decided that vacationing with a 2 1/2 year old isn't the best idea all around! She's at an age where she wants to do everything but she's really not old enough to do much.

Here's a quick run-d0wn of the rest of the week:

Sunday- 4 hour drive up the mountains to Crested Butte, got settled into the house, etc.

Monday- we took the ski lift all the way up to the top of the mountain and hiked up a little ways. It was gorgeous views and when we got to the top of the mountain, Addyson said- "What do we do now?" Kids can't appreciate the scenery and the views! Had a picnic, enjoyed being outside!

Tuesday- Ryan and pretty much everyone else in the fam went white water rafting- I stayed home with Addyson and Hallie :)

Wednesday- Addyson woke up lethargic and barfing everywhere. We had a day trip planned for a boat trip through a canyon. We had already bought tickets, etc, but due to Addyson's sudden onset of barfing, Ryan and I stayed home with her! Ryan and I played the Wii and just relaxed all day

Thursday- Ryan went mountain biking (got a minor scrape) in the morning and then we went to lunch in the afternoon at a good pizza place in town. My dad's cousin got a really bad bike accident and had to have 3 layers of stiches! Ouch!

Hmm, this is sounding like a fun trip for Ryan so far!!

Friday- drove through a national park that was close by and hiked up some trails to waterfalls. Beautiful views and then we went to lunch in town. Came home and packed and got ready to leave the next day! Ryan, me, my sister and her hubby went to dinner that night at a good Mexican place.

Saturday, we caught an earlier flight and got home around 5:00. I was so exhausted!

I am without my laptop this week (thus the last trip post!) and I'll get it back next week. I can't download any trip pics yet, but as soon as I can I'll post a few!