Ellen's Mother's Day Special

Sometime last month I saw a post on the 2 Battalion, 5th Marines Facebook page about the Ellen Show wanting pregnant Marine wives for her Mother's Day Show. I INSTANTLY jumped on it because I love Ellen and because I'm not dumb, I know she's gunna give away stuff! So I called and e-mailed. They got back to me and after a few calls and e-mails it seemed like I was good to go and when a rep from the Ellen show called me I knew I was in! 

The only picture I took of the day haha

      My friend Makenzi also got a ticket to go so we decided to carpool and also brought along another expectant mom who asked to carpool with us. We had to be there at 1pm for check-in. But we were so anxious we rushed and got there at 11..better safe than sorry. After we checked in we went to Porto's Bakery, which according to our new carpool buddy is "The most famous mexican bakery in all of LA." haha We got back to the waiting area at 12:30, got in line to get our ticket at 1..and then got to sit til around 2:30 when they began taking us across the street to the actual WB Lot. They took us in a back door and finally into the air conditioned Ellen Studios. We lined up and they lead us into the Ellen set and gave us our seat. We got sat right in the middle probably the 5th row down and the 7th row up. They gave us the DL on cheering and what not to do. And not to long after the show started!

first round of giveaways!

     The set is so small compared to how it looks on TV. They do a very good job with the angle of the camera to get more bang for their buck. Ellen came out and almost right off the bat gave us a crib, bedding, a 6mo supply of baby food, $300 to Old Navy, a super fancy high chair that doubles as a swing and a Whirlpool Washer & Dryer!!! SO CRAZY!! I can't remember the exact order of the show. But Kate Hudson was her celebrity guest because she is also pregnant. Makenzi and I both noted that her legs were crazy skinny! Oh and before this Ellen came and danced in the audience as she always does. I was about 4 people to the left of where she stopped on the first flight of steps. I tried to look for myself but it's pretty hard to see though all the people dancing.

    Then Ellen gave us a box set of like 13 "Rockaby Baby" CD's. Which is music like Aerosmith, Coldplay, U2, Rolling Stones, and Journey..only in Lullaby form haha again, idk the order but I think after that she gave us $250 to Blume which is baby clothes, a silver necklace with our baby's first initial, some cute baby shoes, a set of 411 parenting books, a "Go Gaga" diaper bag, a Kokopax baby carrier, a "Little Giraffe" blankie, and a super nice Pack n Play. 
    We had thought that the whole audience was military wives, but it turns out there was just a bunch of us there. The guys had secretly filmed a video message for us, but only 2 of them got played:( I was sad Jon didn't get to be on TV. They could have at least played them during the credits or during the commercials for just the audience to see. I did get it on a dvd and I watched it while I was skyping with Jon. He was so stinkin cute!
     At the very end of the show Ellen gave us a Britax car seat and a stroller:) Sooo awesome and necessary! haha and I can get the Cow print car seat I wanted (but could not afford!) I wish it would have been a jogging stroller, but hey it's free. I can't complain.

they made it look like we had a wide selection..but really we got what we got..whatever haha

     After the show we picked up the small stuff and headed back to the truck (thankfully we brought a truck) to go get in line to load our big stuff. We got to the truck at about 5:30...and after an hour of waiting we had moved maybe 30ft. IT WAS RIDICULOUS! It was a combination of them not knowing how to pack cars efficiently, people bringing too small of cars, plus employees were trying to leave at the same time! So stupid! I would think they knew how to do this by now! We finally got our truck loaded at 8:00pm and headed home. At least afternoon traffic had cleared by then. 

     It was such an awesome experience and I totally thank God for basically dropping that in my lap! Got so much good stuff that we needed and some fun stuff as well. This baby must be holy or something cause I've had the best luck while I've been pregnant..for the most part.

Everything I got to bring home(except the camcorder), the rest is delivered or picked up when I need it.

Osama-mania

I wasn't gunna post this..then I remembered, this is my blog and I can say whatever the heck I want!

First off, I'm a proud American and a Marine wife..so of course I'm all for our military. I don't care if you don't support war, if nothing else you should support the soldiers that put their life on the line for our country. 

We all know that this all started 10 years ago and that Bush was in office then and he began this man hunt. But sorry, Obama has been in office for 2 years now. He has done some in working toward this too. Sure he can't take all the credit, but you have to give him some credit. If nothing else he gave the go ahead for this mission, which if he hadn't..it wouldn't have happened. So sorry Obama haters, the guy did some good. 


I heard the argument about Obama "debating" on paying the very soldiers that are responsible for carrying out this mission just weeks ago. Which at first is upsetting, but Obama isn't the only one making decisions. If fact that probably wasn't up to him at all. I'm pretty sure it was Congress that had to straighten that out. 


But anyways...I'm not really republican or democratic. I think they both have stupid ideas and good ideas. But this is just what I've gathered from hearing different people's thoughts on the internet.

lookin good and supporting our freedom. hells yeah.

A few different things.

So time is going slow and fast. Getting to talk to Jon has given me something to look forward too but has also made me more stressed out. I wake up bummed out if I hadn't been woken up at some point in the night to Skype. Or I get anxious if I'm not available between the hours of 1-3:40pm because Jon has gotten online at those times and maybe just maybe he will again today.


Anyways. Just a few exciting things have gone on recently. Not exciting enough to have their own blogs but I will combine them into this one!
First of all, Earth Day just passed. No I'm not a green-y but it was the 1-year anniversary of the day I adopted henry!!

Henry in the firsts weeks after adoption.

My stinky butt now:)

Besides that, I got a fresh haircut and my roots touched up so they aren't so horrible. They were seriously grown out like 3". It was getting embarrassing. 
Feeling girly and wanting to beautify myself as much as I can afford. I decided to get my eyebrows threaded. I don't quite know how it works. but it works! I was a little worried cause the lady I found does it out of her house and I was going off google search not word of mouth so I was a little afraid of being kidnapped haha but I had a backup plan in place. 
Any ways, eye brow threading is a middle eastern and asian technique and this lady (judging by her name and accent) is from somewhere over there. So I trusted her skill rather than just going to a salon that does it because it's becoming more popular. 
I wish I would have taken before and after pics, but my eyebrows are bangin! I've never waxed and I don't pluck. But I heard that threading was less painful than waxing so I wanted to try it before I went the waxing route (which I now will never do!). Of course it wasn't comfortable..it was like plucking I guess but you don't go hair by hair. 


Eh, not much new has gone on. I just feel like it's been a while since I last blogged. I'm really excited for this next month though! I have a doc appt the 2nd. There's a "Return and Reunion Brief" for the spouses coming up on the 4th. Then the 5th I'm going to the ELLEN SHOW!! WOOHOO!! My baby shower is in less than a month! Which I am soo so excited for because I am so stressed because I do not feel prepared for this baby yet and hopefully it will help. and soon after Jon will be home so it'll kinda build up to that but also distract me from it so I'm SO impatient waiting for him to get home.


Lord pleeeeeease make this month go by so so fast!

Injustice!

I went to Barnes and Noble today to look at some "daddy-to-be" books to see if I could find one worth sending to Jon. I had about 4 and I wanted to sit down and look through and compare them. The store in Temecula recently got rid of their big plush chairs to sit in, and it's a (stupid) rule that you can only sit in the Cafe area if you've bought something from the cafe. I walked around the store twice looking for somewhere to sit. They don't allow you to sit on the ground. And I'm not gunna pop a squat as that's retarded and it would hurt my legs. I decided to just forget the stupid rule and sit in the cafe area. After being there for like 30min a lady came by and asked if she could get me something from the cafe, I said "No, thank you." She then told me the rule. (and like 6 people got up and left cause they were doing what I was doing.) She said "There's benches over there for you to sit on." and pointed to the magazine area.

This is the point where I wish I could have turned into the Hulk. I even said "Even though I'm 5 mo pregnant, thanks." She didn't reply. I wish I could have said "I'm 5 months pregnant. I'm not sitting on a fricken stone bench with no back support!" AHHHH! I wanted to throw her across the room. They totally used to have chairs. Then got rid of them. What about the seniors who go in there that can't stand for 30minutes flipping though books to see which they'd like to buy. I can't even stand for 10 minutes without my knees starting to hurt. PLUS their drinks at the cafe are higher priced than normal starbucks! I ain't gunna waste my money!

Well guess what Nards and Boble?! I'm buyin a KINDLE! and I'm gunna buy all my books off AMAZON or get ebooks so your dumb store will go out of business! I was totally a fan of Barnes and Noble before. But not anymore! 

The best I could do was leave my pile of books and just walk out. I still wish I could have thrown her across the room.

I hate book stores! stuck up nerds!

I just want to clear this up

A fellow marine wife sent me this from a Facebook page for Marine wives/girl friends/fiances. It's so dang funny! I'm sure a lot of people can figure it out. But if you're in our situation they're so funny and so agreeable.

These are questions and comments you DON'T ask a Marine Wife, and if you do..this is what we think..but don't say. haha

Q: Do you miss him?
A: No. I love being alone. The silence is warming. I enjoy fixing everything that breaks and cuddling with my pillow.

Q: My boyfriend is out of town on business, I know how you feel.
A: Yes I hear there is a huge mortar problem in Michigan.

Q: Aren't you afraid he'll die?
A: No, I had actually forgotten that that was a possibility, but thank you. Thank you for reminding me.

Q: I don't know how you manage, I couldn't do it.
A: Thank god it's not you then. Phew.

Q: At least he's not in Iraq/Afghanistan/Qatar.
A: Hes' not!? Shit, that changes everything.

Q: Do you think he'll come home for Christmas/Birthday/Anniversary?
A:I don't know yet, he just put in his leave request to the Taliban, we're still waiting for a response.

Q: What are you going to do to keep busy while he's gone?
A: I don't know. Since he's been gone the house cleans itself, the bills are magically paid, and the kids are angels.

Q: How many days until he gets out?
A: Depends. How many days until you join?

Q: You'll get used to it.
A: Yeah, the rigorous schedule is something I get used to. I'm actually a robot. I love watching the news, and the surprise missions are like tiny birthday presents from hell. Yes, I'm getting used to it like I get used to a tooth ache.

Q: What is he doing over there?
A: Knitting.

Q: He signed up for it. It's his fault is anything happens to him.
A: Yes, and it's your fault for any teeth you're about to lose.

Q: In my opinion -
A: *look at your phone* Sorry, my grandmother is calling from her grave, I have to get this.

Q: That's awful, I'm sorry!
A: Don't be, he looked hot doing it. He's good. Did your husband fix your sink?

Q: Why don't you just go see him?
A: They frown upon strangers 'round those parts, but by all means, go visit and let me know how it goes.

Q: Don't worry, he'll be home soon.
A: Really? I thought we had 8 months left. Thank goodness you reminded me.

Q: How do you go without sex?
A: Luckily we hold our relationship to a higher standard than simply our physical contact. Oh, and I have self control. Oh, and I only want one man. It's super easy that way.

Q: What if he doesn't come back?
A: Then I will cry until I'm sick to my stomach and I feel like my body is going to break apart. Then I will sleep alone in our bed and have dreams of him being with me only to wake up to him still being gone, knowing he will never come home and that I never got to say goodbye. Oh, too much information? My bad.

Q: Could he not finish college?
A: Nah those Taliban guys don't like to negotiate.

Q: How can you support someone that kills people?
A: It doesn't count if it's in a different zip code.

Q: Don't you worry he'll cheat over there?
A: Yes, I'm super worried that he's going to want to sleep with a woman who isn't allowed to speak or someone he works with and risk losing his job. That's what I'm uber worried about.

Q: How can you marry someone who is gone for so long?
A: At least we don't spend 12 months thinking up new ways to hate each other like....oh...sorry.

Q: You look tired.
A: Yeah unfortunately the middle east is in a different hemisphere and no one will move it.

Q: You know he's going to miss out on the kids' lives.
A: I was banking on them living quite a few years. I think they're good. And we have those crazy telegraph do-dads and boxes that you can talk to people through.

Q: You never know what goes on over there and his buddies aren't going to rat him out.
A: Yeah, because they're all eating and sleeping.

Q: The time will fly.
A: Time will fly, pigs will fly, hell will freeze over....I'm still waiting.

Q: He's going to be completely different when he comes back, ya know.
A: Yeah, so will I but I'm working on my hulk tear.

Q: You're lucky.
A: ....compared to.....?

Q: Fuck the troops.
A: *whisper* Seven days.

Q: Wouldn't you rather be with someone who's home?
A: Convenience < Quality

Q: Did you hear about the soldiers killed in -
A: Awesome, thank you. I was hoping someone would slip that into conversation today.

Q: Can't you text him?
A: Why didn't I think of that!?

Q: That sucks.
A: Well aware.

Q: Aren't you worried he's going to come back and go crazy and kill you in your sleep or something?
A: Oh that's nothing new.

Q: Are you pregnant!? What if you don't get another chance?
A: Do I look pregnant?

Q: Oh he's in the military...the easy way out.
A: Do you take automatic weaponry with you to brush your teeth?

Q: You deserve someone who can be there for you.
A: Well mine has special powers that yours doesn't.

Q: You should spend more time being proud than sad.
A: I tried that and it sucked, so now I'm taking the Ben & Jerry approach. Feel free to ride your butterfly out of here.

Q: The front lines are the most dangerous.
A: Dammit, I thought they aimed for the back.

Q: You're single, it's time to party!
A: I'm what?

Q: If there's anything I can do, let me know.
A: I hope you're a magician with unlimited minutes.

Q: How do you do it?
A: I haven't written down the process yet, but I'll get back to you

April Showers

It never fails to rain on/very near my birthday. I had a few birthday parties that were relocated into the house because of rain. I thought it was going to be very warm this year because last week was so warm and sunny. (I even had to turn the a/c on a lil 1 or 2 days..don't tell mom!) I was planning on just going to the beach for my birthday, but when the cold and rain moved in I had to find new plans. Makenzi and I had been planning on going on the train with my parents for a while cause their route goes up to Santa Barbara. My mom gave me the idea of doing that for my birthday, which I actually really liked.

The morning of my birthday I was hoping and praying to hear from Jon. I wake up a few times in the night to get a drink or go to the bathroom. I kept waking up and checking my phone to see if he had messaged me. I knew there was a good chance he wouldn't but I was just hoping he'd get a little time to say hi since it was my b-day. I woke up at 6:45..no message -_- typical. I started getting ready and getting tons of messages from FB from people wishing me a happy birthday. Honestly I ignored most of them cause they weren't from Jon. Til FINALLY at like 9 it was Jon! weeeee! I ran to the computer and we talked for the whole hour until we had to leave at 10. I was sad to say bye..but it was like 2am there and he had to work so I didn't feel that bad. It totally made my day though:) I could have sat at home by myself and it would have been a great day, just cause I got to hear from my husband. 

We got on the train around noon, and had a nice little ride up to Santa Barbara. We got there a little after 3 and had til 6:56 to wander. We rode the trolley up the State St. walked around a little. Looked at pricey baby stores. Tried to find some maternity clothes with no success (totally unfair, you have to order online everywhere for maternity..which is retarded) We stopped to rest our feet and eat at Chipotle. We drooled over everything in Anthropologie. Scoffed at the $118 sun dresses at Nordstom. Enjoyed 10minute massages in fabulous massage chairs for free and it felt like a real massage! Splurged on $1 hand lotion. Looked at some more expensive baby clothes. And I indulged in some Ben & Jerry's just before heading back to the train. 

sugary goodness!

 We only got to enjoy a little of the train ride home cause we left Santa Barbara at 7 and it got dark soon after, but we did get to see a pretty sunset:)

pickin us up

 Makenzi and I were so tired on the way home, my feet were killing me too. We sat in silence a lot cause we were pure pooped. We even slept a little just before LA cause we couldn't fight it anymore. That's one thing about mom and wayne's new route I don't like, they get back into LA so late! we didn't head home til like 10:30. 
When I got home I checked FB and Jon was on so I wound up staying up til basically 1 talking to him. I got to talk to him twice on my b-day! yay! I was so stinkin tired, but it was worth it:)
I'm so glad you're back on land hunny and that you will have regular internet access from here on out!
I love you!

just need to release a little.."steam"

I just feel like anytime anyone says anything to me my blood pressure raises. I think it's a combination of Jon being gone and being pregnant. But I feel like I don't want to talk to anyone for fear of tearing their heads off. I have been told more "no shit" things in the past few weeks it's starting to make me wonder how stupid people think I am. I have more common sense than most people I know and I just don't understand why people continue to think I have not thought about whats going on. Anything from being married, to Jon being deployed, to little nonsense I post on FB. 
I'm sorry to sound like a crazed angry person, but I have no one to talk to so this is my only option. 
All I do all day is sit around and think about my life, Jon, the Marine Corps, being pregnant, having a baby, and anything else you can possible think of. So chances are I'M AWARE of the situation.


I need to go kick something.

My Kinda Shower!!

I guess every year they put on a baby shower for the wives of 2/5 and since our husbands are deployed with them we got invited too. You could go if you're prego (obviously) or if you have a baby that is younger than 6 months. There were about 25 ladies there in total. The shower was put on by Operation Help our Heros and Rancho Santa Margarita (their city "adopted" 2/5). There were 2 volunteer groups that helped set up, watch kids, and I'm sure donated a lot of stuff. I seriously don't know how they got ALL the stuff they did!

part of the room, they had really funny balloons in the shape of pacifiers and bottles:P

We played a bunch of sick games, like the one where they melt candy bars in diapers and you have to guess what candy it is. Guess who won with 9 out of 10?...ME!! I totally know my candy hahah I had first pick of the smaller prizes:) I grabbed an Infantino baby carrier. Then we decorated onsies, they had a contest for most artistic, most moto, funniest, etc. I knew I wasn't going to win cause I couldn't think of anything so I just tried to make it cute enough to put on my baby. We did a relay game, a "price is right" game, and then did a raffle for some larger prizes. My number got called first! So I picked a pack n play cause I want one but I didn't really want to pay $100+ for one so if I could get one for FREE that would be awesome! Plus it's brand new! woohoo! Everyone had their number called, it was just who got called first that got a better pick of the prizes. They also had a surprise video with messages from all the daddies to their wives, of course Jon wasn't in it. It's just our luck. They went to the Essex first to film, and when they were going to go to the Germantown, that's when the earthquake hit. I was 1 of 3 that didn't get to see their husbands. 

cute lil cuppy cake some volunteers made, de-lish!

They had lunch catered with yummy paninis fruit, pasta salad, home made potato chips, and 3 kinds of cupcakes and some other chocolate treats that 2 volunteers made. They had a lady from a massage place come and gave us shoulder/neck massages as we ate. There were also lots of lady's there to hold babies and watch older kids so moms who already had kids could kick back and relax.

my bounty haha they had spots out in the hall to keep all our stuff cause everyone got so much!

They had tons of smaller prizes for the games we played and larger prizes we got from the raffle, PLUS the huge gift bag and gift basket we got just for going. They also gave us that little yellow bag that had goodies for me like cozy socks, awesome hand sanitizer(perfect for my diaper bag!), a gift card to target, and a few other goodies. They also had a table of second hand gear, clothes, books, and toys that we could just grab on our way out. I grabbed a cute cowgirl outfit. I was so content I didn't feel the need to grab more though I should have stuck around to see what was leftover. This is so helpful especially because a lot of us Marine Wives are tight on cash and most like me aren't working.

laid all my goodies out when I got home, I didn't even know what all I got haha 

I am SO thankful for the ladies that put this on! Jon and I are young and this is our first baby. So we're starting from scratch. All of the stuff is so helpful and it made me feel a little more prepared. Especially the bigger stuff like the pack n play and carrier. I love that I'll have the hand made blankets, hat, and socks to show my daughter when she gets older that some very nice women made them for me when her  daddy was a marine. This is definitely something I will always remember!

I miss you hunny, and even though you probably wouldn't have gone with me I'm sad you weren't here to see me drool over all this stuff! Can't wait for you to get home so you can see it all yourself.

Love you<3

Almost halfway!

Well time is kinda blending together which is making time go fast..ish. It would be nice to hear from you, but I know what you're on ship and it's a gay situation. I heard that they're not providing access to social networking sights to try to keep the internet more avaliable for the people of Japan..which is nice, but also stupid cause WHAT ABOUT US?! hello!!! Us families back home WHO ARE SUPPLYING OUR HUSBANDS TO HELP would like to know what the HELL is going on too! All I hear is "The MEU is being sent to Japan to be avaliable if called upon." Yeah..too bad if you are called upon you'll probably just be cleaning up trash or standing around being "present."

ANYWAYS..most days I get up around 6:30 or 7. Take the dogs to the park from 8 to around 9, sometimes I stay longer if there's a good group of dogs:P They do a really good job, sometimes there's a little tension between the dogs but once roles are established and they get to run a little everyone calms down. Brom just loves to run, mark his territory, and hump hahaha and Henry likes to annoy other dogs til they get mad at him, he likes to sniff and meet all the different types and sizes of dogs. He's especially interested in small dogs cause he's used to bigger ones. I'm hoping this keeps Brom from feeling the need to run away:/

Hangin at the park, look at all the room to run!

I spend most of my days at the house. I like to be here to keep an eye on the dogs. If I ever get cabin fever i'll go to target and walk around or just go get some lunch. I haven't had a whole lot to do but this next week and a half I have 2 baby showers, 2 doctor appts, and a meeting at the Temecula Creek Inn to view it as a possible wedding venue. Plus mom and wayne have this week off so I can tag along with things they're doing. Today I took the dogs to the park and got back around 11, I didn't have anything to do and mom and wayne were doing yard work so I knew they weren't heading anywhere for a while. So I took the most delicious nap! It's actually one of the first naps I've taken during my pregnancy. I think the only other time I've napped is when I was sick and maybe right after you left cause I had nothing else to do.

   Yesterday I babysat for Jen in the afternoon. Zoe is about 7 now..or however old you are when you're in 2nd grade. Caleb is 5/6 cause he's in kindergarten. I first met Zoe when she was in the nursery at church and I was 14. She must have been just about 2 which means Caleb was a little little baby when I met him. I learned most of my baby watchin skills with these kids and I love watching them grow and learn. Zoe is sprouting into a tall dancing machine! I'm so happy she loves dancing (Jen and I are living through her haha) and Caleb is the cutest little dude. He's a lover but is all boy. Zoning out to Spongebob  and eating more than you think he could. I remember when Zoe was just a lil bean and Caleb was a giggly babe who has the largest collection of binkys. I was really glad Jen asked me to watch them cause it had been a while and I wanted to catch up with them and see how they've changed in the past months.

Zoe getting ready to mix some dough for the easy bake oven!

Oh, and today I went with mom and wayne to Temecula to run some errands. We went by Homegoods and I got some baskets that I thought I could use for the wedding. Yay for slow and steady progress! I now have some jars and baskets! hahaha

I love you hunny and I REALLLLLLY hope I hear from you before my fricken birthday! It would be our luck that my birthday passes and I still don't get to talk to you! sdfhsjghskgjhakgh

love you, even though now I'm pissed.

<3

I got some splain' to do!

So today for some reason I was looking online at maternity swim suits. I found one really cute patriotic/nautical tankini set. But it was like $50 something and I found an equally cute one at the "Motherhood" site that was like $34..so I thought that would be a better choice. I wanted to see if they had it at the store so I wouldn't have to pay for shipping. I also found a super cute dress that I wanted to get to wear for my baby shower. So I went down to the store at the mall, I was excited cause I hadn't been to a real maternity store yet and I wanted to see what they had. Since I was down to 1 bra that fit me I figured I'd buy a bra or 2 and the swimsuit I had my eye on. Well I'll make this short. I didn't get the dress..yet! I got the bathing suit, 4 bras, and the cutest onsie! I can explain hunny! Don't get mad haha. The bras were buy 3 get 1 free. I got 2 nursing bras, 1 pretty bra, and a "sleep" bra(I'll explain it when you get home). So I'm set in the bra dept. The swim suit was a planned purchase, lets just hope I don't get too big for it. And the onsie I bought was pink, polka dot, and had minnie mouse on it. HOW COULD I SAY NO!?

it's green and pink paisley with little metallic spots and gold rings on the hips of the bottom.

I mean C'MON!!

Don't be too mad..you should kinda get used to it anyways. There are 2 girls in the house now!!

Love you Hunny, you can't stay mad forever! bwahahah!

<3

Keepin Entertained

 So while I've been sitting sick at home I've been trying to find things to do to keep busy. I watch a lot of random tv, scrapbooked a little, research honeymoon stuff, and I go out back to play with the dogs once in a while. I went to Barnes and Noble to look at Arizona travel books, and when I came home I went out back to say hi to the dogs and play some fetch with Henry. I called out to the dogs but only Jordie came...that's when I think "Crap, Brom got out and Henry followed him". I start to walk around to look for an escape route..and instead I find this...

Brom has officially turned Henry into a digger,

Brom being very proud of his work.

I figured I'd let them dig cause 1.) They weren't digging OUT of the yard..or are they..? and 2.) It was in the middle of nowhere in the yard so it's not like they were ruining a garden or the lawn..just weeds. So I cheered them on and took pictures and videos. Dumb Dogs. Later I was playing fetch with Henry and he knocked his ball into one of the smaller holes. He dug after it for a little but then forgot about it, so I figure either he'll get it later or the gopher has some cool new material for a nest. I'll have to see if they continue it today and maybe take some measurements.

  

Baby Song:)

She’s got a baby inside

And holds her belly tight

All through the night

Just so she knows

She’s sleeping so

Safely to keep

Her growing

And oh when she'll open her eyes

There'll be no surprise

That she'll grow to be

So beautifully

Just like her mother

That’s carrying

Oh Capri

She’s beauty

Baby inside she’s loving

Oh Capri

She’s beauty

There is and angel growin’ peacefully

Oh Capri

Sweet baby

And things will be hard at times

But I've learned to try

Just listening

Patiently, oh Capri

Sweet baby

Oh Capri

She’s beauty

Baby inside she’s loving

Oh Capri

Your beauty

Just like your mother

That’s carrying...Oh Capri 

Makes me want to name my baby Capri:) I think it's my official pregnancy song haha.

Home Alone 1

   I had a few days back at work and then the weekend came:) Mary went to Palm Springs for the weekend before heading to Yuma for the week to work. So I was home alone and fully able to rot in my own filth. well..i did randomly scrub the baseboards in the kitchen and mop. I almost moved onto the bathrooms, but Sex and the City probably came on or something.
   Since my last scrapbook weekend got interrupted by vomit I wanted to set this weekend aside as well for scrappin. I spent all day sat and sunday scrapbooking. I only left the house to get food and scrapbooking gear. I am now all caught up!! Except for my V-day ultrasound(cause I don't have prints of the pics yet) and I have to do my whoooooole Germany trip. ugh! not looking forward to that. 

A while ago I was at Babies R Us and saw a woman with a stroller..well it was just the frame with a graco carseat. I want to get a carseat and carseat carrier as well. But I really liked the one she had, it looked like it rolled more smoothly and could maybe be used as a jogger. So I stalked her til I saw the name. Then I found it online...$600!! what crazy B-word pays that much?! (well I would if I could) but why ya gotta crush me like that? 

frankly i don't care what car seat is in this, i just want it. one downfall though..no cup holders. mama's gotta put her iced tea somewhere.

Anyways, I guess I'll stick to my classic Graco stuff. oh! A lady I work with named Mioko gave me a $25 gift card to target today for the baby cause it was my last day. so sweet! I'm gunna miss those ladys, I seriously worked with the best Kids Klub staff..besides Maria haha she just didn't get the give and take of the job. (i'm counting on the fact that i highly doubt she'll read this) I don't have anything big to blog really. I just figured I should cause I was talking to myself a lot. Sometimes I will really talk to myself and make myself laugh, like I'm 2 people. seriously. I have problems. 

Oh AND I think I'm getting a cold. hopefully this will be the last one for a while since I just had my last day at work. Ladies (and gents) I need you to get out your calendar and look at my ridiculous record..I was sick with a bad cold the 2 weeks after Jon left on Jan. 4th, then I got sick Feb. 7th for 7-9days with a cough, Feb. 20th I got the stomach flu for 3 days, and now Feb. 28th I now am getting a cold. WHY ME?! At least I don't have to work so I can sleep as much as I want to. And thank Jesus it's just a cold and nothing crazy. I can put up with a stuff nose and sore throat a lot easier than vomit and a fever. 

I still can't get over your letter hunny, I think I may go read it again:) you're the best letter writer! 

<3

Unwanted Hospital Visit..

   Sunday was day #1 of sickness. I pretty much slept alllll day just to get away from the nausea. Monday started well but went downhill around 3pm..that's when I started to think about heading to the hospital. I woke up tuesday, I was planning on going to the hospital, but I felt fine when I woke. I ate breakfast and took a shower a while after and I felt really lightheaded  and wound up losing my breakfast. So I gave up fighting and I decided to go to the hospital. 

   Mom had the day off so she and Wayne came down to take me so I wouldn't be alone. When I got there I had to give a urine sample so they could tell if I possibly had a UTI cause those are a big NO NO when you're prego. And they gave me some fabulous anti-nausea medicine(which I got a prescription for and I plan on using those as ammunition when pregnancy gets the best of my stomach) We waited a pretty long time, I think mostly just to get my urine sample back to see if I had a UTI or was dehydrated.  They finally decided to give me an IV of fluids, I was glad though cause I knew that would definitely make me feel better.  I had mom come in and sit with me after they put in the IV (hunny you owe me a nice dinner for that IV!) The IV took 30 minutes to go in. It was so weird, my arm was cold from the fluids going in..ICK! haha they gave me an orange popsicle too to make sure I wouldn't throw up easily.

don't I look sexy?

 The biggest thing that made me not stressed about the IV (besides my impending doom in 5ish months) was that the girl behind the curtain to my right got a fricken SPINAL TAP and I had to listen! Basically she got an epidural but instead of putting stuff in they took stuff out. Poor girl was crying and her hubby was nervously tapping his boots. I said a lil prayer for her. It sounded bad, but I heard her say it wasn't as painful as it was just plain scary. So that made me not as scared about getting an epidural.

Score!

After we left, I was supposed to pick up my prescription but that was gunna take an extra hour+ and I hadn't eaten in basically 48hrs. So I decided to go back when they opened the next morning to get it(and I wound up only waiting 20min!) We went to Hometown Buffet..you shouldn't "buffet" after something like that, and I didn't haha I'm not dumb hello! I only had 1 plate of food and it was delicious and I savored every flavorful bite! PLUS I didn't throw it up! HOORAY! I went to bed around 10 and prayed for a full night of sleep and baby jesus blessed me! I only woke up once to pee..typical. Oh sweet slumber! Thank God for modern medicine and thank God for free health insurance!! woohoo!

I love you hunny! You better be out havin fun petting baby tigers and playing in the Thai jungle!! (while I'm here puking and getting IVs..jerk!)<3 you!

Woe is Me

   With all this thinking and dreaming of baby showers and even a farther off wedding I'm planning. It has brought up the sore spot again of the fact that..I have no friends. Especially a best friend. Well I have a best friend, I'm married to him. But as girlfriends go, I really am lacking.

   I am surrounded by women and people I love and love to talk and share with. Like Dana at my work who is a riot and who always gives the best advice. Or Jen Jackson who I can only hope to be like in motherhood. And Makenzi who knows exactly what I'm going through..almost too literally. But I don't have that one special girlfriend who I can say anything to and she'll understand completely and I can say anything and not be embarrassed. I don't even know who I'm going to have as bridesmaids at my wedding.   Maybe my hormones are making me emotional or the fact I'm watching Sex and the City and I wish I had 3 awesome girlfriends to call ME fabulous. 


   I guess it's kinda hard to acquire friends your own age when you have the life of someone 5 years older than them. eh. at least I'll have my baby and husband to hangout with.

My Sweet Sweet Valentine's Day

Today was a day that I originally was sad about because it's our first Valentine's together but you weren't here with me:( but when I scheduled my ultrasound for V-day, I knew it would be at least an exciting day. We had a nice early(but not too early) appointment. So I got up and got ready and didn't have to wait too long before it was time to go. I stopped by starbucks to get a sugary latte so the caffine and sugar would get the baby movin. I also drank a ton of water and went pee 3 times in the 45 minutes we were there haha

our beautiful baby! look at that HEAD!

For Makenzi, just her and I went in. It took a little work to get a clear view, but it didn't take long for the tech to tell us what it was:))) It was nice to be there for her cause I would want to have someone there for me. It was hard to sit through cause I had to pee the whole time and bolted off the couch once her ultrasound was done haha

nice picture of the spine:)

I was really happy to have mom AND wayne there, wayne missed out on the first ultrasound cause there was so much medical stuff going on too it would have been awkward for him to be in the room.  The tech was so nice and easy to talk to, I suppose if your job is to strictly to ultrasounds all day long you have to be a baby lover haha. She showed us what was in each view so if we were confused she'd clarify. There were some sort of little floaty bits in the water and she told me the baby had peed hahah she also showed us the baby's full belly. 

little foot and toesies!

Our baby was a little more difficult than Josh and Makenzi's. It was in weirder positions and we had to wiggle around to get the baby to move. The tech said the baby was really relaxed (i guess that latte didn't work!) It was in a lounge position for a while with it's legs up and ankles crossed. We got to hear the heartbeat. It was strong, but mellow and slow cause the baby was so relaxed haha

The baby's legs kicked back and relaxin. one leg bent and one resting on my organs probably haha

After the ultrasounds, we went to Babies R Us but surprisingly we didn't buy anything. But it was fun to be able to look at gender appropriate clothes and bedding:) After that I talked mom and wayne into taking us to Chili's. I did give all 3 dogs baths the day before so I had more than earned it. I got way too stuffed on cheese fries and mini burger bites, but i did have a little salad too! ahh i never get sick of Chili's. We went to See's after that cause mom and wayne had a certificate for 1lb. We each picked about 6 pieces. yum yum!

most of the baby's body, but the best part is the full high-five it's givin us. or a "no pictures please!" haha

The best part of my day was getting back to the apartment and finding a beautiful vase of flowers and a super cute note from my love. AND my order of maternity clothes from oldnavy.com. Such an awesome day:)

I love you so much hunny, be safe.

<3

15 weeks

Haven't done much this weekend cause I've been sick:( I came up to mom's on thursday, I showered haha and I went to Costco to get some passport pics taken so I can have mom get me an Amtrak Pass. Friday I took Henry and Brom to the dog park to get some exercise and see if having Brom there would calm Henry down. It did! Henry got a little stressed, but once he saw Brom running and playing he chilled out and just started running around. We met a lot of different dogs including 2 huge great danes and a lil 5mo puppy.  
  When I got back I went out back with a new magazine that came in the mail and sat out in the sunlight for almost an hour I think. I got a little color and plenty of vitamin D! I went and walked around the Outlet mall a little just to get out. They have a Gymboree store there and a Carter's store..such cute stuff! Gunna wait til i know the gender though to buy anything(darn!)
   Later I went to the church to talk to Jen J about wedding stuff at the church, I got there and they were setting up for a Valentine's "sweetheart dinner" fundraiser for the youth group. Jen was heading that up cause Dave couldn't be there. So I started to help set up cause there were a bunch of 13 year old boys there haha I wound up helping in the kitchen the whole night dressing salads and prepping bread for the tables. I did this once a few years back with Jen and I love this kind of stuff, the organizing and bustling busyness. We had a really good time keeping things running smoothly and teaching the kids how to wait tables. Plus I got free food!

I slept with a humidifier and took some benadryl to help me pass out so I slept good thursday night, friday night I didn't take anything so I slept pretty bad:/ I was up for what felt like an hour coughing every 30 seconds pretty much. So I got up at 2am, had a bowl of cereal and took a benadryl and slept fine the rest of the night. I spent pretty much all day today relaxing on the couch. I'm feeling pretty crumby right now actually. I thought the 2nd trimester was supposed to be the easiest!

My veggin out spot on the couch, gotta get the pillows just right to keep me propped up hah

I'm now 15 weeks and I have (about) 15 more til you get home. I think my 30th week is the first week of june, so hopefully you'll be home then and we'll have about 10 weeks before our baby comes. My belly has really begun to grow, but I'm looking more.."full" than a low bump. I'm startin to think this baby is gunna sit high in my abdomen because I have a full round belly already, it's just small. I guess I'm ok with it, it makes me look more "pregnant-y" than just fat. And if I push out my belly I look really pregnant haha

gettin bigger!

if i push out! haha

I have to go take a shower before it gets too late and I skip it all together haha 

I love you hunny, talk to you soon (hopefully!) <3

hunny,

where are you?
I can handle the puking by myself, I can handle the abdominal pains by myself, and I can even suck it up and go to the doctor by myself. But I really just need a hug right now. This week has sucked so bad. I've been sick all week, and getting horrible sleep because I'm up all night coughing and going to the bathroom. I've lost the drive to go to work and I just want to quit.
 And to make it worse, my tooth is hurting and I probably should go to the dentist but I HATE the dentist and the thought of a Navy dentist terrifies me..they could not be as trained as someone who went to school for like 10 years, and I'd prefer to take some drugs to calm me down or knock me out a bit which I don't think I can do since I'm pregnant. 

I just need a good nights sleep and a leg rub, and maybe a yummy hazelnut latte. I just wish we were 4 months down not 1. Ugh, I'm gunna go buy some benadryl or something. I love you and I miss you so much. Hope to talk to you soon.

<3 your wife

super sunday

Super Bowl Sunday I got up early (ugh!) and went to the early 8am church service. It was a really good service, Pastor Gary's son spoke and I got to see adam, sarah, and little bennett after. Mom and Wayne were gunna BBQ for the game and Frank was up for the weekend. I was planning on just spending the day there, but I saw that Jana was home and she had her new BoYfRiEnD over. I went over there before the game and for the first quarter of the game. 
I went back to mom's for the rest of the game cause I still needed to pack my stuff to come back to oside. I ate a TON too, Jana's dad bbq'd some chicken and we made burritos and then back at mom's wayne made pork ribs, tri-tip, and one of Frank's friends brought pizza. Oh so much food hunny! I felt HUGE! 

I heard that Old Navy was having a one day sale of 30% off everything..and I know you want me to SAVE SAVE SAVE but I've had my eye on some maternity clothes. So I went online this morning and ordered a maternity/nursing top, a maternity dress, and a pair of shorts with a belly panel. I'm so excited to get them in a week or so and wear everything! :)))

I had a really bad case of pregnancy amnesia this morning haha..it wasn't even like I forgot my phone at home or my coffee on the roof of my car. I usually work at 8am, I'm always the first person there. But on mondays I work at 9. So this morning I woke up at 7 cause I got to sleep in. I got ready like normal, left 30 minutes before work, everything normal. When I pulled up to work I was shocked cause it was so crowded in the parking lot I could hardly find a spot. I felt like something was different. I walked into work and saw the clock said just about 9am. But I thought I was supposed to be there at 8. I freaked cause I thought I was an hour late! Dana couldn't figure out why I was freaking til i remembered it's monday and I don't work til 9:P 

I was feeling pretty yucky today though. I've had a headache almost all day even though I've been drinking water constantly. I got sick this weekend cause it's so dry up in Elsinore and in my mom's house. At night my throat and nose would dry out so not only does that make it easier to get sick..but just being pregnant weakens your immunity. So I have a cough now, it's like I have a tickle in my throat and I have a stuffy nose. poop:( well hopefully it doesn't last 2 weeks like my last cold.

Love you hunny<3

14 weeks!

If I push on my lower stomach I think I can feel the top of my uterus! haha that sounds weird for the average person, but for a pregnant lady it's great! My nugg is growing! in a few weeks I should get to feel it wiggle:)


I came up to Mom's for the weekend like always..but I noticed something once I got here. Hi Henry..hi Jordie....where's Brom? Now Brom is about 3 years old now(we rescued him so we're not sure exactly how old he is) he's an English Pointer. Our dogs are very lucky dogs, they are all adopted from the shelter and we have a very large yard for them to run and play and explore. But Brom has never been fully happy with that. He's always loved escaping and running about Lake Elsinore.  I have even witnessed him dig out of the yard in about 2 minutes flat. He just loves adventure. So I found out he was at the pound, so I went and spent $90!!! to get him out.   

Brom enjoying his freedom

I decided it might be good to take him to the park to let him run around and get some energy out so he didn't turn around and escape immediatly. At McVicker they have a baseball field that is enclosed and the dogs can't get out. There was a man there with 2 big dogs and Brom was so excited to play..well..run haha He was like a rocket ship running all around. The other dogs couldn't even keep up. He ran round for about 15 minutes before he started to slow down. After I felt he had gotten the excess energy out I took him home. If anyone is interested in a FREE ENGLISH POINTER!! Let me know. He really is a good dog and knows sit, down, and "go to bed" he's a good listener. He just gets a little over excited when you take him out cause he doesn't get out of the yard much(besides when he breaks out) Just make sure you have a secure backyard. He even kills gophers and squirrels! haha

Friday I had to myself! I took a good shower in the morning, I even shaved my legs hunny! haha I went and got my toes done cause it had been a month since I last got them done and I figure that'll be my monthly treat while you're away since you're not here to rub my feet and legs. They even have massage chairs to sit in while you're getting your toes done! dreamy:)

 

I had red last time and I wanted something more girly..I call it "watermelon"..   

yay!

After that I met up with Makenzi for some Chipotle:) yum yum! Oh and I went to Michael's for Scrap booking stuff, I am DETERMINED to catch up before this baby comes! I also bought a self teach kit to learn how to knit..I wanna make lil things for my baby. Except..knitting is fricken hard. I learned how to start a line, but my loops are always so tight I can't knit off of them:/ I try and retry to make them more loose but the only way to make them nice is to tighten them all the way other wise they look sloppy. UGH!! It makes me want to use the knitting needles to poke my eyeballs out!

Thank you for writing me and letting me know you're ok:) I love you Hunny<3