My Miracle...

So I'm in the home stretch of my pregnancy here and things are getting hairy. I TRY not to complain but my biggest issue is that I'm not sleeping. I say that and you probably don't believe me but it's the honest truth that I sleep an average of 3-4 hours a night and the rest of the time I watch my recorded episodes of "Designed to Sell" and check out everyones blogs. The main issue is that I have restless less syndrome in my right leg but I also have hip pain and overall discomfort. Shockingly I handle the days pretty well, I'm not quite a zomby but I'm not really a whole person either. WELL, yesterday I received a miracle in the form of a tiny little pill from my doctor and I slept for eight hours! And the real kicker is that I only got up once to use the facilities!! Yea for Ambien and yea for my Doctor for prescribing it- I will forever be loyal to him. I only got 15 pills though so this baby better not take her sweet time in getting here, though she can have another two weeks or so if she needs it. Did I mention that it's a girl- a friend of mine said she didn't know and since I'm the worst blogger ever I might not have mentioned it. It is a girl and we have no name for her yet, maybe we should call her Ambien....?

Couple of Months...

So I've missed a couple of holidays and memorable moments so we'll do a brief synopsis starting with Valentines Day. We borrowed a tradition from some friends of ours and had a family fondue dinner- Joe style (which means on the couch while watching TV).


Carter and I took a trip to Kansas to visit my fam in March. It was my last big hurrah before I have to travel with TWO munchkins. We had a great time and Carter LOVED the company. Between Aunt Briley and his new friend Porter he was never bored:). And here's another picture of Carter balaying while Grandma was rock climbing (at least he thought he was:).




Here are some pictures of me trying to cover up my largeness at my baby shower (yes, Joe and Carter were there:). I had some serious doubts about moving here last year but sitting with all those ladies made me feel so blessed. I feel so at home here and I didn't even know it until now.

Darn it- I've been tagged!

Rules: Use only pictures from google image search (I had no idea that was out there). Jessie is lucky I love here because this took me a while! I have a hard time with these because I'm not very interesting and if I were you I totally wouldn't read this whole thing. But I take great pride in having posted before Rachel (the other tagee from Jessie) because she is always so on the ball with her blog and I'm the biggest slacker. Thanks for being busier than me Rachel:).

Favorite Color: Right now I am a big fan of white and yellow. White because it's so clean and fresh and if you wear a white shirt and it gets dirty, our good friend bleach can make it pretty and white again. And yellow because it's so happy. Probably this is inspired by the gorgeous daffodils I've been seeing popping up everywhere.




Favorite Animal: I have always been a horse person. I took riding lessons when I was a teenager (for which I will always be grateful to you mom & dad) and it is my dream to own my own horse. I love a dark brown quarterhorse with an almost black mane and tail. There are horse stables right outside the back entry of our neigborhood and someday soon I will ride again (i guess maybe in the water)!




Bad Habit: Procrastination!! Also I'd have to say not returning phone calls (my family are all nodding their heads emphatically at this point). Do I have to stop there because there are lots more where those came from...





Favorite Food: Rice Crispy Treats. In college I would make a whole 9 by 13 pan for some good studying brain food. Somehow they would be gone in one day and I told myself that Joe probably ate most of them. Pretty believable story, right? But lying to yourself is a sign of bigger problems...:).




Favorite Hobby: Right now it's cleaning and organizing all the crevices of our home. Joe is not so thrilled but my closets have never been so clean! And I know where things are that have been missing since we moved here. I do draw the line somewhere though, my floors never get mopped. Swept- absolutely, but mopped- nope.




Favorite Song: Save The Last Dance For Me- Michael Buble. I pop on my headphones sometimes when Carter goes to bed and listen to this song over and over while cleaning. You can't help but occasionally break into song and dance with Mr. Buble and imagine yourself sambaing around some ballroom floor while everyone admires your smooth moves... Or maybe that's just me...




Favorite Author: Clive Staples Lewis. I had no idea what his first and middle names were until I looked up pictures of him. This man knew what to do with words. Even when it's not religiously based his words still seem to speak to my soul.




Favorite Dessert: Brownies. And I like them in copious amounts, all by themselves without ice cream. I am sounding totally pregnant right now. I've made them a couple of times in the last few months to bring to people and then they come out of the oven and they somehow never leave the house. So I guess I can put lack of self control up there on my list of bad habits.




Picture of Me: This was the biggest bellied 36 week prego lady I could find. If only I looked this good in a swimsuit right now. But I don't know if any pregnant woman has the right to wear a 2 piece at this stage in the game, just an opinion.




So I tag Britt, Bonnie (not having a blog is no excuse, you are about to bear children and that requires you to be a picture hawking blogger), and Rebecca Bliss. I'm not sure if any of you read my blog anymore- I think everyone gave up months ago when I stopped posting!

Under Construction...

I am about to pull my hair out!! I tried using this website to make my blog super cool: http://www.sjhblogdesign.blogspot.com- but it's not working!!!! Somebody help me please!!!!! Am I a complete idiot or has anyone else had difficulty making their blogs super cute?