I'll be seeing you

Okay, so this Billie Holiday song I love. I don't know why, but it makes me think of Adam and I love to hear him sing it.
I don't know if it's the fact that I was so tired from working, or if I can still sleep well, but last night I went to bed and passed out! I didn't wake up to pee until after 6AM!!! Then I went back to sleep and woke up around 10AM! It was so nice!
Adam should be on his way back from Florida this morning. He is going to spend some time with his grandpa and then head back. Then I will have my car back!
Adam has this joke that he likes to tell, it goes something like this:
A- How do you sell a duck to a deaf man?
respond- I don't know, how?
A- "DO YOU WANT TO BUY A DUCK??!!!" at the top of his lungs.
He really likes to do this at restaurants that are full of people, I REALLY don't like it, but he thinks it's hilarious. So of course he told it yesterday when they went out to eat after the funeral. He said there was 3 minutes of silence afterwards. The upside is that someone thought he was a Marine and bought him a "drink" (Dr. Pepper).
Okay, I had to take a break and give Roswell some attention, he was making his way up on the desk.....
My favorite time of the day is at night when I lay down to go to sleep and Blake starts moving and kicking. It's comforting.

a surprise visit

Today Adam and I had a visit from our friend, Justin Ristow. We were both pretty surprised and happy to see him. He has graduated college and is now an officer. He's getting ready to go to TBS. He's a car guy as well and we watched the DVD he made of his Lincoln. It was probably cooler for Adam to watch than me.

The sad news for Adam is that his great grandma died Wednesday. He left today to go to Florida for the funeral. She was 89! Unfortunately for me, he took my car. So I am driving one of his. Hopefully nothing will happen to it while he's gone or I'll never hear the end of it.

life at the zoo

So we came to visit with the McCombs for Easter. Let's start with our arrival. We pull into the driveway, and children come POURING out of the house screaming, arms wide open, and a curly headed child trying to get our attention on his bike. This was a great start. Unfortunately, the screaming never ends. Don't get us wrong, we love going to visit them. We jokingly say that they are the reason we waited so long to have kids... Anyways, I took some pictures of their Easter egg hunt, so here they are:

Maggie:

Daniel:

Joseph:

Joshua:

Katie:

it puts the lotion on it's skin or it gets the hose

The only time Roswell volunteers his "lovies" is in the morning, after I've put on my face lotion (cetaphil). Roswell will keep licking my nose if I let him. He doesn't like any other kind of lotion though. So this has been a joke with Adam & myself. "It puts the lotion on it's skin or it gets the hose" is a line from "Silence of the Lambs". I watched this movie when I was a kid and that part sticks out for me.
My parents didn't really censor what we watched, we watched what they did... I remember one time I was about 5 years old and my parents were watching "Nightmare on Elm Street". I only saw the first 5 minutes before they sent me out of the room, and I kid you not, that night in bed, I had the covers over my head (I hate sleeping like that, don't like hot breathe in my face) and I didn't dare breathe because I knew that if Freddy came, he would see the blankets move and know I was there. I fell asleep that night very still.
This weekend we are going to visit our friends, the Mccombs in Jacksonville, NC for Easter. We hope you all have a great Holiday and take a moment to remember our Savior and his sacrifice for us.

the latest dr's visit

I had another check up today. I usually go every 2 weeks because I am "high risk" and they are keeping an eye on my blood pressure. So far that has been fine. In January I had to do the 1 hour glucola test and I failed by 1 point, so I had to go in for the 3 hour glucola, which I passed. They did the test early because I have PCOD (Polycystic Ovary Disorder). Well I had to take the 1 hour again today and have of course failed that, so I get the repeat pleasure of taking the 3 hour glucola test again. It's not very pleasant and I'm hoping that I'll pass this one again. Other than that, everything else was fine, the Dr. said there wasn't anything to yell at me about.

After 2 weeks of using the brace on my right hand/wrist, I've finally bought one for the left. I'm so glad that I have them because they make such a difference. After using the right one all night, my right hand doesn't bother me during the day. So I am looking forward to my left one not bothering me.



Tonight Adam is going to his BMW Car Club of America meeting in Greenville. He's excited to go. His missed the meeting last month. He really wants me to go, but I have to work tomorrow and I have worked the past 2 days so I am pretty much wiped out. I guess I'll just have to stay home and watch American Idol.

Here's a picture Adam took of the cats sniffing his cheesy tots. For some reason he has this obsession with cheesy tots from Burger King.

Formula One

Some of you may know that Adam is a HUGE F-1 fan! Last year he got me into watching it. Well the season has started again and that means late night/early morning races and Adam checking the Speed channel if we go anywhere to make sure he doesn't miss it. Thank goodness for DVR.
Too bad Lewis Hamilton is in the lead the first race ( we don't like him).
Anyways, this entry will have to be short... I've got a Roswell on the desk again and I don't feel like fighting with him.


Sunday naps are my favorite. You get up Sunday, go to church, come home, eat lunch, and take a nap. It's the best. I woke up today to both cats laying next to me, on either side of coarse, they no touch.

the definition of cleaning the house

To Roswell's dismay this sometimes means him getting a bath. Poor Kittah, he tolerates it well though. For some reason afterwards, he has to go sit on papers on the desk, don't know why. Maybe it's to get back at me for getting him wet. I don't have a picture because Adam has taken my camera and I have no idea what he's done with it. He has this annoying habit of taking pictures of everything, it's pretty boring. Needless to say we have lots of pictures of cars, "glamour shots" of cars, car parts, etc... (Update: Adam said he's got the camera in the trunk of the red car that's currently on jack stands in the middle of our garage, great place, huh?)

Anyways, I actually did house cleaning today. I had been trying to do bits and pieces here and there, but I was able to do a full job today. Adam did help. I have to say that it makes me feel so much better to have a freshly cleaned house.

I also had a movie night here tonight. Just a few girls showed up, Debbie, Brooke & Rebecca. We watched "Dan in Real Life". I think we all enjoyed it, at least I did. It was really nice to hang out and talk. Adam decided to hit the road, he must be allergic to estrogen because he always leaves when the levels start to rise and he's the only male.

It seems strange to me that people ask how the baby is doing. I don't really know what to say besides "Okay". Well, Blake is doing okay. He moves around a lot, mostly at night. Last night I felt like I would see my abdomen move all around, but I didn't. If you see the baby ticker to the left, where the baby is floating around, well it kinda feels like he is kicking of one side, hitting the other and bouncing back. Does that make sense? I tell you that I look at the baby ticker, with the count down and it seems like it's taking forever! I still have over 100 days... 3 more months forever... I still don't have the pop out prego belly either, but hey, it's only been a few days, huh?
Oh well.

O' Memory, Where art thou?

This is terrible, but I forget everything! I decide to go to the store and then can't remember what I wanted, so I leave with nothing and remember a couple days later what I wanted. I forget to stop somewhere on the way back from places. I forget to do things. When I'm reminded about it, I feel horrible, mean to do it, and then forget again.
Yesterday was pretty bad. I was looking around at everything I needed to do, was reminded of stuff that I was supposed to have done and was frustrated and overwhelmed.

On the bright side: It's beautiful here today. The sun is out and it's warm and comfortable outside. One of my favorite things to do is on a sunny, warm day is go driving with the windows down, the radio playing and singing. You have to be able to drive fast (not in city traffic) or it takes the fun out of it.

Now I must go back to finally doing the things that I forgot to do before :(

Cats

Every morning when I get into the shower, I usually have both cats keeping me company. Vegas is there mostly to get a drink from the faucet and meow at the steam when I open the shower curtain. Roswell's there because he likes to be by me and also to annoy Vegas. So now that I am sitting at the desk typing & it is getting dangerously close to dinner time and I've ignored Roswell's bleating meows for attention, he's decided to get right up on the computer desk and lay down! Doesn't really matter that I am sitting here trying to type. Good thing we have a cordless keyboard & mouse that I can move around him!

This wasn't today, just an example because it isn't the first time.

Unfortunately, Vegas also likes our attention when we are at the computer. Instead of getting in front of you & pushing everything out of the way, she climbs up and lays behind our heads. Then we are forced to hunch down and look up at the screen. I don't have a picture of this.

Pictures

I have to say that I have read the comments and the requests for pictures and they've been denied for now! No, really, a picture now would not be exciting. Even though I am 6 months, I don't really look pregnant, rather like I've gained a little weight. But I promise that if and when I get that pop out prego belly, I'll have Adam take a picture and post it, okay?

On another note: I went yesterday and bought 1 wrist brace ($20, I might add). I was a little sceptical that it would work, but I am happy to say that my right hand did not go numb or hurt the whole night. It was great! I guess I'll have to get the one for the left now.

A couple days ago I told Adam that he should start talking to the baby. This is what I got: "Blake, I am your father" in his best Darth Vader voice. I was laughing so hard.

this morning

Can I just say that I really love not having to get up and go to work @ 5am! I woke up this morning to Roswell sleeping at my feet (his usually spot: he stays until 11am). Vegas was wedged right up against my side. She will stay there as long as you don't move, that's why she doesn't sleep with Adam for very long.

Anyways what I really wanted to do is complain this morning. My hands kept tingling and going numb last night and hurting. I think I started driving Adam crazy because I would wake up and start shaking my hands. I think it's really time I broke down and got those carpal tunnel braces! Besides the numbness/hurting hands, my pregnancy is going okay. I starting having lower extremity edema (swelling in my feet) a couple weeks ago. It really freaked me out at first. My bladder also has shrunk. The exciting thing though: a couple days ago I was able to feel the baby move with my hands! The next night Adam was able to feel him move. Now it seems like he's moving all the time. It really is an odd sensation, good thing I know what it is! Ha-ha!

So after Adam vetoing my list of names and him coming back with Stig (yeah, what the heck?) & Stanley (old man name), which I veto-d, we agreed on Blake Stephen. I'm not so crazy about Stephen, but it was a compromise. I've also started painting the baby's room. I'll have to post pics when it's done.

Bloggin'

Okay, so I love the idea of having a blog and I've finally decided to get one going. So hang in there with me as I figure out what I'm doing.