Connected to the "interwebs"** once again!

** "interwebs" - a Staples reference to some of the stupid things that customers say... inside joke between the Hubs and me.

So we FINALLY have cable and internet. It took them a week to come and bury the cable line since our house is 1503 ft. from the road. Then they had to install the "green box" and then come and run the cable from the "green box" to the house. We got everything set up inside the house this past Saturday, however we were having problems with it on Sunday and Monday. So Tuesday I spent most of the morning of my day off waiting for the cable guy.

Anyway... I know you guys are anxious for a Deagan and Bump update... so without further ado:

"Deagan, Deagan, DEAGAN!" - These are the words most spoken from my lips these days. Since he has been walking he has the busiest hands! The boy gets into everything! He is just growing so fast right in front of my eyes. His favorite thing to do is to act like he's talking on the phone. And everything is a phone; the remotes, his baby monitor, his toy phone, his toy remote, the remote to the massage chair... they are apparently all telephones and he knows something we don't, lol.

He had his 15 month checkup 2 weeks ago. His nurse practitioner was not happy with his weight. However I gave her a typical days diet and he's definitely eating plenty. She said it could be because he's so tall and just have a really fast metabolism. I'm not kidding this kid eats ALL DAY LONG! He only gained 6oz since his 12 month appointment. So we have to include high calorie foods in his meals and we replace one sippy of milk with Pediasure a day. Hopefully be his 18 month appointment he'll have at least 2 more lbs. on him.

As for the bump... we now have a name, finally! We've decided on Vance Nathaniel. We decided we wanted to somehow honor Brent other than just in memory and the March of Dimes walk, so Vance carries the middle name of his oldest brother. One day when they are old enough to understand we will sit them down and tell them about Brent. Anyway, I had a checkup yesterday. I had to do my 1 hour glucose test, ewww. Heartbeat sounded wonderful, all is well! I'm 29 weeks today, 2 weeks past when I went on bed rest with Deagan. I am still working full time, on my feet, but I try not to let myself get overly stressed and I take all of my breaks. I get a 15 in the morning, a 30 for lunch and another 15 in the afternoon.

Well, that's pretty much it for now. Blog ya later!

No internet... no blogging.

Well we are in the process of getting cable ran up to the new house but it could take up to 45 days... So I have to bring my laptop to work if I need the internet. We looked into DSL, but they only offer the slowest speed in our area. With 3 desktops and 6 laptops under the same roof, that was definitely NOT an option, lol. Well, back to work, break is over...

So much to do...

I cleaned/packed pretty much all day... I got the bookshelf in the hallway packed up and it's now in the garage. A lot of the hallway closet it done. My books and pictures and stuff in my nightstand is packed. There won't be a whole lot for me to do when I get back from Texas, other than Deagan's room and get Bobby to start working on packing his stuff. I didn't even touch his side of the room, I have no idea what's what over there! And he's picky about his things. Lol.

Mom helped me with my carry-on and luggage checklist tonight. So that's what I'll be working on as soon as I find the motivation to get off the computer and do it... I still need to go get my shot perscription from the pharmacy. I can't wait for these next three days to be over with, though I know they will fly by with all I need to get done between now and then. I can't wait to see my high school besties!!

It's a..........

BOY!

Yep, we're having another little prince to spoil! I'm so excited that I still have everything from Deagan 0 thru 9 months in bins that aren't packed away yet. I can't wait to get into the new house and start sorting through little bitty clothes again. FYI, if you refer to your belly bean as "her" or "she" the penis doesn't fall off, lol.

By the way, on the house issue... mom and dad's financing is all finished up so they were originally going to close on Monday, May 24th; but now it's moved up to Tuesday May 18th, YAY!! As soon as I get back from Texas it'll be busting it to catch up with everyone else on packing. Though I plan to get a lot done before I go. Get all the knick-knacks and stuff I don't need/use for the next few weeks.

Lots gonna be going on for the next few months, but it's so exciting!!

Belly Kicks

So I've felt some little flutteries for about 2 weeks now, but tonight I actually got some decent belly action in there. Not sure what he/she was doing in there but it was a lot more powerful than what I've been feeling. Can't help but smile.... :o)

BTW, thursday we find out if he/she is actually a he or a she. Yay! Not gonna even attempt names until we know for sure.

Vacation to Tex-ass!!

So I've been planning this vacation since the beginning of the year to go to, my bestie from high school, Kimmie's wedding. The plane tickets are bought, the new lightweight umbrella stroller from Amazon.com is delivered and I've had my dress for nearly 3 weeks. I FINALLY found shoes to match. I have to wear wedges, one: so I don't bust my butt, ever see a pregnant lady in stilettos in grass? and two: for the simple fact that it is outside and there will be grass. ***Having flashbacks of my wedding, walking on the balls of my feet across a football length field, in heels*** and three: I'll also have a baby on my hip making me that much more unsteady. It was a challenge finding wedges that matched my dress, but thanks to Kohls and their shoe clearance section and my foot size being an 8, I achieved the perfect pair!


I'm so excited to see all my girls. The last time the four of us (Jessica, Cellen, Kim and I) were together was for Jessica's wedding in June of 2007, nearly three years ago. WAY too long... I fly in to San Antonio on May 19th and come back May 25th. I'm a little nervous about flying with a toddlerin my lap, but hopefully I can coordinate it with his nap, I just hope he doesn't fall asleep in the car on the way to the airport, lol. I know Thursday we're planning a trip to SeaWorld, so I am very excited about that!! I definately need to get away from work for a week... I'm really looking forward to this trip.

My super cute Calvin Klein dress!

Papa's Got A Brand New Bag!

So Bobby has moved on from the Staples life... I'm so jealous. I'm still stuck there. He has gone on to bigger and better things called Best Buy. Lol. He is the Operations Manager and one of three of the salaried managers in the building. Best Buy has so many managers/dept managers/leads/supervisors that Bobby can actually focus on HIS job and only HIS job. Gone are the days of running a register as back up, having your day ruined by a call out, having to cover hourly's breaks. Gone are the days of doing EVERYTHING in the building just so you know it's done right since your only other manager is a complete dud and you're tired of getting in trouble for her mistakes. Gone are the days of staying late to recover the store because Best Buy brings in the morning crew at 6am to do it!! Let's put it this way... at Staples we had to vote to use our team money that we win for having good customer service to buy a fridge for the breakroom. Best Buy breakroom? Huge flat screen tv with satallite, carpet, leather couches, etc. Oh and did I mention a HUGE, HUGE pay increase?

Bobby went for his orientation yesterday. Today he came home and said that his GM told him that they plan on training him and once they get the Rome store opened within the year that that would be his store. YAY! No more work for LIZ!!! I can stay home with the kiddos, no more daycare and germies getting my babies sick! Life is getting really exciting and I can't wait to see what this year has in store for us!

Knocked Up... Again

So, yes... I am, once again pregnant. We weren't really planning on another baby so soon, but hey... strep throat and 2 weeks of antibiotics happen, lol. I'm 15 weeks today, next week I start progesterone shots, I'm not to excited about learning how to stick a needle in myself, but I have to be able to do it myself since I'll be going to Texas in a month for a wedding and my mom or hubby won't be there to do it for me. :o(

I had my first specialist appointment on April 7th, everything looked good and I get to do my cervical length checks in my regular OBGYN's office, which means only seeing the specialist every month instead of every other week like last time. (Which is good since I almost went broke last time from medical bills and copays, AND only getting 60% of pay while on medical rest) My next appointment is on May 13th, I'll be 18 weeks so we'll have a definate on the sex then. I had an ultrasound at 13 weeks and it looked like boy parts to me but the ultrasound tech said it can't be confirmed until around 16 weeks because even girl parts can look "puffy" while that area is forming.

I feel like it's a boy though. With Deagan I hardly had any morning sickness and it's the same with this pregnancy. I had a few bathroom trips at work a couple of mornings but it never amounted to actually throwing up. Just a nauseous feeling, which prompted me to but the pregnancy test. By then I was almost 10 weeks and had NO idea! I bought the test just to rule that out... but then two pink lines popped up almost immediately, I didn't even have to wait longer than 20 seconds, haha!

1st Birthday Pics

MY GORGEOUS SISTER IN LAW AND FATHER IN LAW.

DEAGAN'S CAKE AND SMASH CAKE.

HE IS LITERALLY THE CUTEST BOY IN THE WORLD.

SITTING WITH MY OTHER SISTER IN LAW AND MY SWEET NEICE RAE-RAE, DEAGAN PLAYING WITH DADDY...

DEAGAN'S WAGON FROM GRANDPA AND MIMI! HE LOVES IT!

1st Birthday Pics... continued.

PRESENTS!!

EATING CAKE... WELL MORE LIKE ICING.

GIVING DADDY SOME...

CLEANING UP...