Big Brother

Jake didn't seem too interested in havin a little sister initially. Lately he has seemed more interested and wants to make sure she's taken care of. Friday I picked him up from school and when we got home I put Parker, in her car seat, in the kitchen. She was sleeping and there's no harm in sleeping in the car seat! I let the dogs out and they love to sniff and lick. We are against the licking. I was running around doing stuff and Jake came downstairs. Maggie was sniffing Parker and Jake says to me "krob, you can't just leave her here. Can you do something else with her please?" I asked him what he thinks happens when he's not home and he responded by saying we must not be taking care of her.

He's already protecting her and we didn't prompt him!

Shots

I forgot the trauma of the appointment! Two needles. One hep B vaccine in the leg. She screamed a little but quickly calmed down. It's the blood draws that are killer. She screamed. Then there were real tears. I held myself together. I was on the brink but handled it.

We are joining a vaccine study too. Why not make some money off this kid. We get a $35 target gift card each appt! Essentially they have combined some vaccines to diminish the amount of pokes. Yes please!

Parker Goes to the Doctor

Today was Parker's two week check up. Really she's almost a month old but I procrastinated getting her appt scheduled. She is 7 lbs 1 oz! She gained two pounds in two weeks! Growing girl. She is also 19 inches long. That's two inches in three weeks. The doctor frowned upon the idea that we tie her up to keep her from growing. Oh well. Parker has a bit of reflux and has been deemed "dirty." it's not painful for her. Just means more laundry for me. She also peed all over the table at the dr. Lots of laundry. Good thing our laundress will be here next week. Mom has lots of work to do when she gets here.

Parker is sleeping about 2-3 hrs at a time throughout the night. I am waking her up during the day around two hours to keep her on a day/night schedule. We don't want days mixed up!

She also has been called him or he more often than anticipated. Everyone likes the name after I politely correct them. Oh well, she'll live. It's a cute name! And, there won't be many Parker's (girls) running around.

I am ready to be mobile with her. Right now it's no errands for her. Very inconvenient. Not that it'll be any easier with her, but at least I could take her.

My thumb is hurting. Too much solitaire on the iPhone in the middle of the night. I need an iPad. With a keyboard. Yeah, that's what I need.

TBNL's Decorations

We have been trying to figure out decorations for our little girl's room and without a "theme" we've been trying to find things that we like but that also work in with the room. I did some research on Etsy and found this:

My thoughts were that it would be difficult to put on the wall being so large, but figured we would line it up, tape it up and then slowly work the backing off of the decal. It arrived yesterday. The box was about 3 feet wide. The decal is supposed to be 90" wide! Something wasn't right. Knowing it came from Malaysia I was worried about returning or exchanging for the correct product.

Upon opening the box we realized it WAS the right decal...

It came in PIECES!!!! Each limb, trunk, flower and butterfly will be painstakingly applied. The good news, it probably won't get air bubbles or get super messed up. The bad news, it's going to take years to apply it!

We worked on it last night for about an hour. This is what we accomplished:

It is just two pieces...

Any bets on who kills whom first?

Catching Up

I'm slowly realizing that there is going to be a human cut out of my abdomen in about two weeks. Of course, this isn't the first time i've thought about it, but it's definitely the first time i've had some anxiety over it.

In two weeks I will first have an enormous needle stuck into my stomach to remove some amniotic fluid. If I live through that, within the next few days I will be strapped down to a table and have a baby cut out of me.

I am excited and ready to get all of the big, gross stuff out of the way so that we can lose sleep, be covered in baby puke and deal with a crying newborn :).

I really am excited. I can't wait.

October

Not too much has been happening apart from worrying about this baby. It really would be much easier to have a single blog. I'll work on that.

After our hospital stay we got everything ready. We've just been waiting now for the other shoe to drop and it hasn't, so now i'm trying to turn over a new leaf. No more stressing or worrying.

We've been plugging along. Work is going ok for Christian and I have been trying to do the things i'm allowed to do. There really isn't much.

Yesterday was our two year anniversary. Since marrying Christian isn't an option we just go off when we decided to make this work and when I confessed my love. We had made plans to go out to dinner with some friends and then I remembered that it was our anniversary. We're both of the mindset that everyday we should treat each other with the kindness and love that an anniversary brings. And we don't really "need" any presents to complete these points. And, generally, we're both a bit of procrastinators, so it works out really well. Christian wrote a really sweet blog entry and for me, it works.

I've changed my name to Gribble and am now one of the Gribble clan. Although, i'm only claiming the two that I like, Christian and Jake. The others, well, they don't really count. I've been trying to get credit cards, insurance, driver's license, etc. changed over so that when this baby comes she will be a Gribble too! It's incredible having my own family. Growing up and having exactly what I always wanted is surreal.

We aren't doing much, mostly because I can't and also because we both really love just being at home hanging out.

Braves

Last night we arrived home from a movie with Jake and the Braves game was in the 9th inning. It was 3-2 Braves! I shouldn't have watched. It always happens when I watch. I went to bed in the 11th inning. Seeing them load the bases inning after inning was too much. This morning I looked at the scores and saw that Philly had come back and won. Shocker!

Just now I was watching ESPN. They've been discussing the collapse of the Red Sox and the Braves all day now.

Mark Bradley, a writer for the Atl Journal-Constitution was being interviewed and they asked about the feelings in Atlanta. He said that Red Sox fans were different from Braves fans. Most Braves fans are used to the collapse, it just happens in October, not September. So true Mark, so true.

I grew up with the Braves winning. I was 10 in 1991 when the Braves came from worst to first. I was up late on a school night when Sid Bream came barreling down the third base line. I can hear the call still in my head. The next however many years, it was a lot and now I can't remember, I was used to them making it to the post season. Sure, they'd eventually lose, but it was normal. Recently, over the past 5 or so years i've come to expect the worst.

Circle of Fire

I did not take this photo. It is circulating around because it pretty much sums up the weekend. There are fires sprouting up all over Austin. This one in the picture is Bastrop. It is about 15 miles east of Austin. This fire, I think is 16 miles long and 6 miles wide. It's crazy. I have lived here in central Texas since 1999 and have never dealt with this. My family has in Southern California though. Fortunately, the winds from Hurricane Lee have subsided and hopefully they can gain some ground on this fire that was moving at 3mph, I think.

We need rain. I don't remember the last time we had rain, a good rain. It's dry. It's a strange feeling to need something so badly and no one can do anything about it.

There are fires surrounding us. They aren't close, but we already have a plan. We know what we're doing, just in case. Of course, if that time were to ever come, who knows how we'd react. Hoping we don't have to make those decisions and no one is stupid enough to flick a cigarette butt out of their car window driving down our street. There are some stupid people in this world.

Name Change

For the last year, since we started the baby process, I have thought about my last name change. I always knew that I wanted the same last name as my children. I grew up like that and it's what I knew. Christian and I talked about it and she was ok with whatever I chose to do. She would be ok if I kept Robinson, changed to Gribble, or gave our baby Robinson. She wanted me to do what I wanted. So, after our cruise I started the process. I didn't want to start it before the cruise because changing passports, flight info, etc. would've been a huge hassle and possibly impossible before our sail date. So after the trip I began the process. I say that I began the process because it took me a month. Things don't move very quickly in my world. I forget, don't get around to it or just generally become too lazy to deal with it. Being that our little girl could show up any day I had a fire lit under me. So after printing forms, getting them notarized, getting fingerprints done at the Sheriff's Office and going to the courthouse, my name change was approved by the judge on Friday.

Christian and I went to the family law district court and sat there and watching divorce after divorce come and go. Most people were solemn about it. Some seemed relieved and one broke down sobbing after she walked out of the courtroom. Being a hormonal landmine it took a lot to not cry myself. Eventually, after 45 minutes the judge called my name. She asked me a few questions, that I can't recall right now because at the time I was terrified, and then asked if the new name was my partner's name and I said it was. She congratulated me, signed the petition and with a smile I was gone. I was a Gribble. Christian wanted to take a picture but got nervous. I wanted to leave before they convicted me of some murder. Hey, it happens on Dateline.

Our celebration consisted of breakfast at Magnolia Cafe. I had a mound of food. Potatoes, sausage, cheese and two over medium eggs. Nothing says congratulations like a mountain of food.

Breakfast of Gribbles



Now comes the dealing with credit cards, driver's license, SS cards, passport, etc. At least now when Baby Girl Gribble arrives her birth certificate will be correct. And now things feel connected.

We may not be able to get married thanks to the great people and voters of Texas (and the general US), but we know that we will never be the ones in the family law courthouse having a divorce granted to us. We don't need the government to define our family.

I will always be a Robinson, but the next chapter in the life of me has Gribble after it. Let the King of the Hill jokes and mockery begin.

Oh, and I don't claim all of the Gribbles. There are only a select few worthy of me.

Roid Rage

So today I went to the store to help out for a bit and as I was leaving Christian was talking to the baby. She had her face down near my belly button and started to say goodbye. Well, she started with her name and in response, I smacked her upside the head. I don't hit people in the head. I hate being hit in the head, so even as a joke I try to stray from that. I don't know why I did it, but fortunately we laughed about it.

Princess Qualities

Since last Tuesday and the label of "high risk pregnancy" I have been very limited in what I do. This happened in week 11 also but didn't see to be as daunting for some reason. It lasted for about 4 weeks back then. I can say "back then" because it feels like forever ago. This is going to last another 11 weeks, hopefully.

I can't lift anything heavier than a gallon of milk. I can't strain or risk the placenta rupturing in any way. Yet, I can't be on bed rest either. There is a gray area I need to find, and find happily.

Today Christian and I went to Costco and the market. Grocery shopping is something I actually enjoy doing. I go when it's not busy and I don't want to kill everyone I come across. Going to the market on a Sunday at 5p is definitely not stress-free. Why do people just mosey about?! Come on...

Christian loaded, unloaded, carted, lifted and then came home and did more. She scooped the cat box (I can't afford to risk getting toxoplasmosis) and then scooped the back yard (I can't scoop unless I want to vomit every 3 seconds due to my sensitive gag reflex that has sprouted with the baby bump). She did all of this without complaining or moaning. She worked 6 days this week. Just like every week. And then she did my "job" too. I can't find the words to express to thank her. We've been through shoulder surgery, the subchoronic hemorrhage and now the placenta previa and then we'll have to wait until the c-section heals. I couldn't have done this with anyone else. She has made it acceptable to not water plants, scoop dog poop, unload groceries and generally take care of things I typically take care of.

Fortunately I can load the dishwasher and do the laundry. At least for now.

Oasis Pictures

Here is the link for the pictures from our trip. I narrowed it down to 100. You're welcome.

http://krob126.shutterfly.com/

Oasis

First and foremost, it's a floating island. Cruise ships are big. They have always appeared HUGE to me. It's easy to get lost on board and it's not often you run into the same people. This ship lives in a completely different category than "cruise ship."

Can you guess which one is the Oasis?

We flew to Fort Lauderdale on Friday morning and checked into our hotel and ran down to the beach for a bit. After not being on the beach in awhile it was nice to feel the salty air coat your skin as soon as you walked outside. Jake did some shell searching and then we went upstairs to get ready to drop him with his grown up friends. Christian and I went to the 15th Street Fisheries (I think) and had a decent fried dinner on the intercoastal waterway. We had a few hours to kill after dinner before Jake was due back to the hotel so we grabbed a cab to the Hard Rock Casino. We really can't pass up an opportunity to hit the casino. Turns out they don't have craps in Florida. It's illegal to have dice games in the state. So we won some money on the slots and cabbed it back to the hotel. It was difficult to sleep with all of the excitement of the next day.

Saturday we ate some breakfast, played on the beach and headed to the cruise terminal. One of the greatest parts of cruising is pulling into that terminal and seeing your home for the following days. Security, check-in and pictures followed and then we boarded. The ship was amazing from the first step. We boarded into the promenade. It had stores and cafes. Our cabin was relatively close to the center of the ship and it was relatively easy to find it. We checked out the cabin and then went exploring. The ship was 17 stories! On level 8 there was Central Park. It was an open air deck with living plants and balconies for the cabins on the floors above. There was a diving pool for shows and activities on the aft of the ship. There was a "boardwalk" near the diving pool that was also an open air deck. It is where the carousel lived along with the donut shop, ice cream parlor, Johnny Rockets and Seafood Shack.

On the Boardwalk looking off the back of the ship.

There is almost too much to mention really. I'll try.

Sunday we woke up in Nassau, Bahamas. Today was a planned beach excursion to Blackbeard's Cay. It was also the beginning of waiting around and standing in lines. After a 30 minute boat ride in the scorching sun we arrived. The beach was nice and the water was refreshing. We spent a few hours there and headed back to our ship.




Upon arriving at the ship we had received a notice that there was a tropical depression forming south of us and headed directly towards our future ports so we would be rerouted to Costa Maya & Cozumel Mexico. I was BUMMED! I've been to Mexico. I've been to Cozumel 5 times. I specifically picked this cruise to get to St. Thomas and St. Maarten! After a shower and realizing the cruise would still be ok I moved on. We would spent the next two days at sea and then arrived in Costa Maya, Mexico. I had never been to Costa Maya and will never go back. There was one beach excursion. The beach was 40 minutes by bus and was covered in seaweed and the water wasn't very pretty. It wasn't Texas Coast ugly, but it wasn't St. Thomas! Jake found a friend and they ended up looking for fish together. His name was Carlos and he was from Columbia. He was on the cruise with his mother and sister. We spoke with his mom for awhile and she was very nice. She said that Carlos was bored too without anyone to play with on the ship. We talked about getting the boys together but it never worked out. We saw them one more time and that was it.

Port in Costa Maya, Mexico

Cozumel was the following day. We had picked a dolphin excursion. We figured Jake would really enjoy it because he loves animals so much. I couldn't participate due to my pregnancy but I had met a dolphin before so I was ok with it. We left the ship at 11a and Christian and Jake finally got into the water with the dolphin at 1:15p! Lots of standing around in the beating sun and listening to the same things over and over again. People were getting worked up. We were matched with a group of 10 people and they ended up being the most selfish people ever. Jake was the ONLY child and all of the grown ups had to do the dolphin experience first. Even when Christian spoke up and said that Jake hadn't done anything they were jumping in line and essentially didn't care. Eventually he was pushed, pulled and kissed by the dolphin. Christian ended up feeling badly for the dolphin so she just hung with Jake and didn't have the dolphin push or pull her. I'm torn on how I felt. I do think that the dolphin experience I did in the Bahamas a few years ago seemed like they cared more for the dolphins than this place. This place felt like a factory. But Jake really enjoyed it and it's not often you get to play with a dolphin.

Most days we swam a little bit but Jake didn't like how crowded the 3 pools were. He said he didn't have enough room to do anything. Plus, later in the day when the pool was relatively empty he said it tasted like sweaty people. Ewww. He never rock climbed or did the zip line. He had gotten the courage up to do the zip line but by the time we arrived it was closed. I think he was relieved. We spent lots of time in the arcade with him spending money on over priced video games. But he enjoyed it. When he wanted to rest and hang in the cabin Christian and I would sneak away to the casino. We spent A LOT of time in the casino. We had good days and bad days. Our best day we, cumulatively, walked away with $1200 from the craps table. Having gone down with only $200 we did pretty well! The next few days didn't go as well, but it was still fun. One time I rolled for almost 30 minutes. Everyone at the table was yelling and screaming. It was really really exciting. I had a few onlookers and players congratulate me later. The next day Christian had the same experience! Anyone that played craps on that ship knew us. The staff knew what we wanted to drink and how we liked to play the table. We have both admitted to having a problem. :) One day we got postcards for Jake's grandmother. She loves cruising and had requested he send her postcards. We gave him one to fill out while we went to the casino. It was day three so he had already done lots of fun stuff but he wrote to her that all we had been doing was leaving him in the cabin while we went to gamble. We got a pretty big laugh out of that. We then wrote another post card from our perspective to her.

Had to take a picture of our winnings! We were so excited. That's a $500 chip

The last day Jake was having some stomach issues. I had ran out of Pepto Bismol pills, as Christian had had some issues also earlier in the trip, so Jake went down to the medical cabin. He was quarantined because of his "stomach flu." We contribute it to his eating Frosted Flakes, pizza and drinking sprite all week. So we were able to rent movies from our cabin and the mini bar was free for the last 24 hours! Jake ordered four movies and we ate the mini Snickers from the mini bar. Had to make full use of his "sickness." He was feeling fine after the Imodium they gave him.

Magnificent cloud formation on our last night.

Our flight on Saturday out of Fort Lauderdale wasn't until 3:46p so we had about 5 hours to kill. We ended up renting a car and going to get some breakfast and then found the Museum of Science. We spent an hour there and it was a nice way to end our vacation before heading back to Austin. I do have to say that by the last day of our vacation we were about ready to kill each other. It was hot, we had lots of bags and Jake was complaining about his very light backpack. Pulling into the driveway was a nice sight. Although I miss the craps table and the environment of the cruise. I love cruising and am so excited that Jake and Christian had a great time on their first cruise adventure. I won't ever be able to go on a smaller ship though. I'm now spoiled. It's bad.

I am editing more pictures right now and will post the album when they are all ready for viewing. This is just a little something to keep you all occupied. :)

Vacation!!!!

Tomorrow is the big day! We first fly to Fort Lauderdale and then saturday we board our ship for our seven day cruise! I am so excited. I am so excited to spend time with Christian and Jake. I am excited to show them how awesome cruising is. Wonder what the blog will say when we get back. I have every kind of motion sickness remedy ready for the little man and little woman. Being that neither of them have been on a cruise, who knows how they'll react. I don't even know how i'll react being pregnant and all.

We have beach excursions that will include sitting, drinking (for 1 out of 3 of us) and swimming. There will also be lots of complaining too if I know Jake. Maybe he'll surprise us. It's up to him to have fun!

There will be ice skating shows, diving shows and an acrobatic show. Almost too much to remember.

I will be taking tons of pics and hopefully will be posting them soon after we return.

Until August...

Bump

Here is week 20!

Spit

It didn't rain after all of that hard work yesterday. It sprinkled on me & poured 15 minutes away. Sunny and 100 today again. YAY!

Rain

It's been weeks, if not months since it rained. The yard needs it, our bank account needs it and although the dogs get muddy and gross and tomorrow is house cleaning day, it would be nice to have. I rushed home. Jake and I were running errands. I looked East and saw the dark gray clouds. "Hurry home to put the tarp down," I thought. I rushed in, dropped everything and ran outside (without actually running b/c I can't with my mini me growing inside). Tarp is down, it's secure. It was starting to sprinkle when I came in. Now, the sweat has dried, my lungs have caught up to my breathing once again and what is outside the window??? Nothing. No rain. Gloomy skies, no rain. I think the tarp scared it. I think I should be putting expensive electronics in the driveway so that it will rain. No one wants their expensive stuff ruined by rain, right!?

RIP Gary the Snail

Today I fished Gary out of Jake's fishtank. I walked to the back of our lot and chucked him into the greenbelt. He was a good snail for that week and a half. I suppose we'll get another snail when we go get more fish this week. Or, maybe we should wait until we get back from vacation. Either way, he was $1.99 and worth it.

Uh Oh

So i've been trying to get all the details of our vacation settled up. Getting confirmation numbers ready and paperwork filled and just trying to have everything ready so we aren't rushing about next week.

In the midst of all of this we are trying to get in coordination with Christian's ex who now lives in Miami to come see Jake. Jake loves her and living so far away if given the opportunity we think he should be able to. So this morning Christian gets an email stating that the hotel we're staying in is 3.5 hours from Miami and not anywhere near Fort Lauderdale. Oops! I wish when I had called that they had told me that! So, this morning has been full of me researching and trying to find an inexpensive, yet acceptable, hotel for us for the Friday night before our cruise leaves on Saturday. I think I found one. I booked it. Let's hope it's decent. And, in Fort Lauderdale. A 3 hour cab ride may have been a shock!

Nothing New

The days pass by and I look up and realize we're almost another week into this pregnancy.

Not too much happening here besides that. Gary, Jake's snail, gave us a scare last weekend and then he started moving a bunch. Now, he's not moving at all and appears to be coming out of his shell which is a really bad thing. Gary Watch 2011 will continue...

Two more weeks before our family vacation!!! I'm so excited. I think Christian is getting excited too. She can't wait to gamble. I hope we all manage to keep the motion sickness to a minimum. I am ordering all kinds of remedies to help with it. Just in case.

New Family Members

We didn't think we'd be adding any members to our family until December, but Jake wanted some fish. So, here we are.


Today we got two guppies and a black mystery snail. What makes it a mystery snail? Who knows.

And, the guppies. So far we only have Mister Swimmy (yellow tail with stripes).

Also...

I was told that after a small hiatus of updating some people decide the blog is no longer worth checking, MOM! So, I will try to update everyday, no matter how random or useless the information I pass on to my adoring public is.

Really, though, it's all important.

Jake's review of the Green Lantern today = "cheesy". His words, not mine. I totally agreed.

Swim Lessons

Today was day one of swim lessons. The boy can swim, but we'd like for him to be stronger in the water so we don't have to worry about him drowning. So today we went to the gym to meet Gus, his instructor. I don't know what my idea was of what Gus would look like, but it wasn't at all what I encountered. The kid was about 5'5" with thick curly hair and when I introduced myself I realized he had a pretty solid lisp. As I sat there watching him talk to Jake (I couldn't hear what he was saying) I could see the lisp in action. I then realized how unfortunate he was to have the name Gus, have a lisp and have parents that obviously thought this was ok for him to continue through life with. If I named my child Gus or Chris or anything that would enhance said lisp, i'd definitely be willing to either change their name or shell out the money for speech therapy so he wasn't some cruel universal joke for his entire life.

Poor Gus. I liked him. I also felt a little sorry for him and his little issue.

Tennis Tourney

Last week Jake was in tennis camp from 9a-12p. He said they were the longest three hours of his life. He ended up opting into the little tourney on Friday night. The first game didn't go so well as he didn't really understand ANY of the rules. After we explained a bit I think he understood a bit better. Also, the coaches put him on a doubles team with a coach after the first game and he seemed to be a bit happier with being there. His legs itched, his foot was bothering him and his hand hurt every time he hit the ball and it didn't go his way. It was JUST like watching the doubles at Wimbledon.

Here are a few pics. Some he's even smiling!





Note the final picture his partner had just served the ball and Jake is obviously ready to hit anything that comes to him.

Belly Rubs

I, lately, have had an issue with someone trying to rub my belly every single time I see her. The other day she actually kissed it. I was in so much shock I didn't know what to do. So yesterday when I saw her and she went in for the stomach rub I wrapped my arms around my stomach and bent over into the fetal position and started yelling "no, no, no!" Apparently she got this hint! She asked me if it bugged me and I promptly ignored her. I'm good at ignoring issues. She tried about three more times in the ten minutes I was near her to rub my belly. Each time, I got into my position and started yelling.

I will definitely be purchasing the "Ever been slapped by a pregnant lady? Touch my belly and you will."

Monopoly

I feel this summer will be full of Monopoly for me and Jake. It seems to be the only game he actually likes and is willing to play. Definitely not a Robinson/Frazee. At least not yet. Give me time...

We finished a game last night. I ended up winning by forfeit. The math was going to be incredibly difficult and time consuming to sell houses/hotels and mortgage property, so Jake gave in.

Today, we sat down to play another game. He was doing ok, feeling defeated I think about last night, but hanging in there. He had a sour apple sucker and kept playing with it. I said "Jake, stop touching that, you're going to get all sticky and then the game's going to get sticky and then every time we play, we're going to have to play sticky monopoly." He then got up and started walking away. I asked where he was going and if he was serious and he said "yes, i'm serious. I'm going to go be sticky someplace else." And that was that. Here I am blogging.

Personally, he was looking for a way out :) He knew i'd dominate again.

Shoulder Update

Surgery was December 17th. I never thought i'd be able to use my arm again, much less throw. Who knew the doctor was right and it would take about 8 months to recover. Sunday, Christian and I were outside waiting for a guy to bring the Eos back after a test drive. I've been wanting to throw for a few weeks so we grabbed a tennis ball and went after it. It wasn't a far distance or a fast, strong throw, but it was a throw! We were about 20 feet apart and it felt pretty good. Of course I wanted to see what throwing at 100% would feel like, but after waiting since December I didn't want to risk injury. It's a step in the right direction. I was pretty excited. Next step is putting on our gloves and maybe using a baseball, since it's smaller. It seems that would put less strain on the shoulder. Although, in therapy, I was using a weighted ball. We'll see. With all of this baby nonsense (not really nonsense) I have put the shoulder thing on the back burner. Plus, it doesn't hurt every single day anymore during daily tasks so it's not often that I think about it.

Old Blog Posts - Reposted

May 16 - I forgot...

Jake's CF diagnosis has been removed!!!!! We are so incredibly relieved and happy. Now, to find out what has caused his minor lung damage.

May 16 -
It's time, time to sell the little Eos. With the lil' assassin growing at an alarming rate and the idea of wrestling with car seats going in and out of the back seat of this tiny convertible it only makes sense to sell it. It's a little bittersweet. Fortunately, I LOVE my truck and from the first day I bought it I told myself that one day i'd be hauling around my kids in it. It's actually coming true!

I loved the Eos. It was good times. It's difficult to drive it now with the top down because I get hot and then the nausea worsens and the horrific cycle begins. I'm ok with this. It's NOT a family car. Jake is old enough to know how to get in and out, but if I had to help him every single time it'd drive me crazy.

I will miss her.


May 10 -
Poor Christian has been working her ass off. Her (former) number one employee up and quit last week. It has created the greatest amount of turmoil I have ever been a part of. The greatest part of all of this is that I have never felt more confident with my relationship as I do now. We aren't married, but this is the better or worse they talk about I think. Although, this is not better or worse between us, just life's better or worse. We are both so incredibly stressed and yet at the end of the day we are together and ok.

I suppose it's safe to say now because the majority of the family knows. Today marks our 10th week of my pregnancy. We are so very excited and would be more excited if all of this nonsense wasn't happening throughout it all. I have had a headache for about two weeks. And the "morning" sickness has been in full force. Fortunately, there are meds for the nausea. Unfortunately, there aren't meds I can take for the sinus issues. So, here I am, barreling through. I'd do it all over again too just knowing the final result.

Last week we graduated from our cozy and comfy home of the Texas Fertility Center. Our Dr. was the absolute best doctor that I could've asked for. She was so sweet and thoughtful and caring. We loved her. It's sad that we are finished there. Tomorrow we meet with our new OB. We found out that the new OB and our old Dr. at TFC are incredibly great friends. This made things better.

I love my family. I love the new adventure that we're starting. I love knowing that our foundation is solid and even as crazy as life has gotten or will get in the future it's going to stay strong.


April 14 -
We are waiting for Jake to be taken back for his broncoscopy. He went to change and came back with too short pants, souvenir socks and his gown on backwards. He’s a funny kid.

April 11 -
We thought Jake had it easy and we didn’t tell him to do much until he started listing. “Go to bed, wake up, brush my teeth, take a bath, get dressed, go to school, do my homework & on and on.” I’d be frustrated too!