Happy Birthday, Baseball Baby!

FarmBaby is three weeks old today! Time flies when you're hanging out in pajama pants cuddling a super sweet baby! :) I do not want my maternity leave to end EVER!

My dad brought FarmBaby a real baseball to the hospital. He has always given me baseballs to give to my friends when they have boys, so I'm sure he's overjoyed to finally have a grandson to play baseball with. The Turner Family DOESN'T JOKE about baseball, especially Daddy Rick. He always took us to professional baseball games in the summer as kids, in Chicago and St. Louis and to the local minor league games. He always coached my brother, all through high school, and I swear it was his calling. He LOVED IT! So today I took some pics of FarmBaby with the baseball :) for his three-week birthday!

Ummm..OMG!

Okay, in yesterday's post you'll recall I debated between going to the mall OR trying to get the very few Kenny tickets they were releasing on pre-sale for one of his Vegas shows. I knew the chances of me getting them were like 0% but I figured oh well, for Kenny, I will try. OMG I GOT TICKETS. I literally almost died, people. DIED! Pic from 2009 Concert:

Basically, I just selected the Saturday of the second weekend he's playing in Vegas (my brother is getting married the first weekend he's playing) without really thinking of the date. I was assuming there was NO WAY I'd actually get the tix when the checkout page popped up. OMG. Then, as soon as I checked out, I realized it was over 4th of July weekend, which is the same weekend some friends of ours, Jake & Joy, are getting married in Vegas! I immediately called my friend Kate to see what day they were getting married, since the concert tickets I bought were for Saturday. I was about to kick myself for not getting the Friday tickets when she said they were getting married on Sunday, the 4th! Yay! This is going to be SOOO GREAT! Kenny ANNND Jake & Joy's Vegas wedding all in one weekend! Also, neither Kurt or I have been to Vegas so it will be so much fun to be there with friends. CANNOT WAIT!

I will once again ponder going to Nashville over 4th of July for 2011. I think I've contemplated this for the past several years and it's never happened. lol. That's okay. I'm thinking our annual trip will be in May or June this year but I have to get with my girls and see when they want to boot scoot it on out. No, there is no line dancing in Nashville, contrary to popular belief :) We always go in March, around my b-day, but last year was a little too cold and windy so us girls decided to postpone until warmer temps rolls onto Lower Broad. Holla!

Baby and I had an exciting day of driving into town to meet Dad for lunch. It's nice to just get out and about. Hopefully tomorrow we will FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY get to the mall :)

Mucho love,
~Us

Vroom vroom

**Sorry I wrote this yesterday but blogger wouldn't upload my photos until this a.m.** :)

Watch out!! Mama's got her license back! My license never really got taken away but I wasn't supposed to drive for two weeks. Friday I had my first outing WITH TWO KIDS by myself! OMG. It was crazy to drive after not driving for two weeks. That is the longest I'd gone without driving since my five weeks in Argentina (miss it). Belle had a doctor appointment so I had to get ready, get the baby ready, pack all of his stuff (didn't forget anything this time), pick Belle up at school and take her to the doctor. I did not forget anything this time but wow is hauling around two kids harder than just the one. And the oldest is EIGHT and super self sufficient and helpful. lol.

Friday's outing caused me to stay home the entire weekend. We did have a nice relaxing weekend at home with lots of fun visitors. Yesterday, I again packed up the two rugratos since Belle had dentist. God this post is boring... I didn't forget anything but we DID GO OUT TO LUNCH! YAY! We met Gretchen, Baby Graylon and Molly! It was fun even though we ended up at Subway since where we planned to go was randomly closed.


As for today, I'm trying to figure out if I want to run to the mall to walk around with the farmbaby and buy those baby presents I've been talking about OR do I want to take the 0,00001% chance I might actually be able to get Kenny Chesney tickets when they go on sale today at 2:00 pm for the four shows he's playing in Vegas this year. Hmmm...I really need to go wash my car and go to the mall...and I really have no desire to go to Vegas when Nashville awaits (I either vacation in the tropics or Nashville)...but hello it is Kenny.


About my little guy...


FarmBaby is already outgrowing his newborn clothes. I can't believe it! His 0-3's are still a little big but the newborns are starting to look too small. I don't want him to look dorky so we are starting to wear the 0-3's.


Here are a bunch of pics :) The Christmas tree is down now :) And I love the last pic!







Mucho love!
Ann

Two Weeks!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FARMBABY!!!!!!!

Awww...farmbaby is so old! 2 weeks old today! :)

He is doing so good and on the mend from the flu. He's only thrown up once today and once yesterday.

I posted a ton of Week 1 pics to http://www.kurtandannsteward.shutterfly.com/ for anyone who is bored and wants to check them out! In posting them, I did run across a very effective form of birth control for any of you readers who aren't interested in having kids and aren't being very careful. I am fairly certain that after viewing these pics, you may ALL call your OBGYN and request NOT ONE, BUT TWO types of B.C.:

Pic #1 - Some awesome friends and I in Nashville a few weeks before the "bun" hopped into "the oven":

Pic #2 - Not long after we checked into the hospital on January 7, 2010, just before they hooked me up to the pitocin:

Pic #3 - O.M.G. - 16 straight hours of labor, six bags of I.V. fluids, an epidural, a spinal block and a c-section later:

Sweet, adorable babe in the pic makes it all worth it, though! God, I look absolutely horrible which is no comparison to how awful I felt at the time. I can't believe I'm posting this pic. Oh well :)

Here's a better pic, from a few days after we came home:

Hope everyone has exciting weekend plans. We do not but I DOOOOOOOO get to start driving again tomorrow! Woohoo!! If it's not too cold and the roads aren't icy, farmbaby and I might hit the mall for awhile. I have some baby gifts to buy and I like to get out and walk around and whatnot!

Mucho love to you all and I hope you're not too traumatized from the pic above!

Love,

~Us :)

Stupid Mom Moments Edition #1

I say Edition #1 as I'm sure there will be more...very soon.

You'd think for being a second-time mom, I would know how to do everything. Yeah right! It's been 9 years, 'k. My errors though have surprised even me a couple of times!


Packing the Diaper Bag
OK, seriously. I haven't packed a diaper bag in forever. It is not easy. The first outing (Saturday), we did have everything packed. But then he threw up on himself :( as soon as I changed him into a cute outfit. I shrieked and grabbed the burp cloth out of the diaper bag since it was right next to me and used it. However, I never packed another one! So when we later stopped by my friend's house, I had to use a paper towel when feeding him even though we own about 2,000 burp cloths!

Yesterday, we took him to the doctor for his first visit. Kurt read off everything he had packed in the diaper bag and I agreed we were complete. When we got to his work to show his co-workers the baby, and he decided he wanted a bottle, I realized we didn't pack a bib OR a burp cloth this time. Paper towel again. Nice. I mean, it's not that big of a deal but when you have a newborn and you're feeding him in front of people, ideally you want to be somewhat prepared.


Ummm...they never told me that
So at the above-mentioned friend's house on Saturday (she has THREE GIRLS, btw and no boys), as I was changing his diaper, she goes "Don't you have to point that thing down?" I'm like, "OMG I don't know? They didn't tell us to??" Kurt was also like "??" She's like, "I think maybe you do??" I had no idea! I casually asked someone with a boy and uhhhh...no wonder he sometimes pees out of his diaper. LOL! Thanks, Mandy! Ha! FYI - we haven't had any peed on outfits since then.


Oh well
Any non-moms will think this story is extremely disgusting, I am sure of it. But oh well, I'm gonna type it anyway! :) I'm hoping the moms out there will have my back.

So being newly un-preggo, most people can relate to the fact that NOTHING FITS at first. Maternity stuff is too big yet your own clothes are by far too small (i.e. no go on the cool jeans). So we were going to the FarmShow on Sunday. It takes awhile to get ready as I have pretty much nothing to wear right now. I mustered up a somewhat cute-ish outfit. Well, it wanted to be cute but it really wasn't too cute. Anyway, the shirt was a non-maternity super stretchy GAP l/s tee and I wore a really cute navy sweater coat thing over it. I fed the baby before we left and he spent some time sleeping on my chest. After we got him into his seat and everything, Kurt was loading him into the truck and I noticed the front of my Gap shirt was wet. Based on how he was laying on me, I figured there was a 80% chance it was formula, 10% it was drool (not likely as he doesn't drool yet) and 10% it was pee (gross!!!!). Since I had seriously nothing else to wear and had about 2 seconds before the baby got mad from being strapped into the seat without some car movement to put him to sleep, I said screw it and left anyway. OMG. I still can't believe it. haha. The good news is I'm getting a little skinner every day so hopefully soon I'll have some things to wear! In the meantime, I wouldn't hug me if you see me in public :) J/K!

Mucho love to everyone! FarmBaby is trying to wake up!

Love,
~Us

Sick Baby!

Hope everyone is have a great week! Our little "cashew" (we call Belle 'peanut', so she decided we should call him 'cashew') has been sick the last couple of days. ONLY I would have a baby that gets sick during Week 2 of life. He was throwing up both his formula and milk from me, so I called yesterday and they had me switch to soy formula. We took him to the doctor today (just for his 1st appointment) and the doctor seemed to think it sounded more like a stomach virus. No fever thank god! It's no big surprise he caught something though because we've had a ton of awesome visitors that we are so grateful to have! And with it being flu season and all, everyone is of course covered in germs from being out and about, including Kurt and Belle. And we've done some adventuring outside of the house too - even went to the Farm Show on Sunday! All that being said, he was sure to pick up something, I guess. So, the poor little baby just wants to be held, throws up formula periodically and isn't sleeping as well. Total sadness!!!!

Other than this lil stomach bug of farmbaby's, life is good...nothing too exciting :) Still taking tons of random pics! And I'm pretty excited about being able to drive at the end of the week :) Yay!

Mucho love,
~Us

Road Trip

So, I've taken about 4,572 pictures since last Thursday. :) I'm planning to post some to the blog, for sure!


Last night we took our first road trip since the ride home from the hospital. My back was KILLING ME, people. The worst it's ever felt, for reals. Including two summers ago when I tried to do two front walk-overs in a row without stretching...not good. So a trip to the chiro was of utmost importance.


Here are some pics (I love the hat!):











FarmBaby and I have still been watching the news, HGTV and hanging out. I did get the baby announcements ordered today! Yay! That was a hard decision - there are so many adorable ones!


We have had some wonderful visitors this week! Thank you to everyone who has come out to visit us.

As for this weekend, I'm looking forward to a quiet one at home. It will be nice to have a couple days where Kurt and Belle don't have to get ready and run out the door so early in the a.m. :)

Hope everyone has an AWESOME weekend!

Love,
~Us

Happy Bday, FarmBaby!

These pics make me cry. They are so awesome! I absolutely love them!


Happy One Week Bday to FarmBaby! He is such a sweet baby, I just can't believe it!! We've been hanging out, cuddling and watching the news, HGTV and Rachel Ray. Normally I never watch tv, and would rather sit in silence but it makes for a long day when you're at home. So we either just leave it on NBC or HGTV all day long.


He also likes to look out the window, I found out today. :) He must just like the brightness. Or he has highly developed eyesight for a newborn and is sizing up the fields he'll be planting here soon. lol. Today was the longest he's stayed up at one time. I didn't time it but it was between an hour and a half and two hours. Aww!


In Ann news, I am getting around much better but avoiding the stairs. I haven't been out of the house since Sunday when we came home but we're going to the chiro tonight. My big news for the day is MY ENGAGEMENT RING FITS AGAIN! I'M SOOOOO HAPPY!!!!!!!! I have been trying every day :) I have always been able to rock the wedding ring but now finally I can wear both again. YAY!!!


Mucho love!!!!!!
~Us :)

5 Days Old ;)

Hi, everyone!

We came home on Sunday and are doing amazing. I'm continuing to recover from my c-section. Thank you to EVERYONE for all of your calls, texts, emails, comments and facebook messages and comments :) It means so much to us! So sorry if I haven't yet responded. Every free second I'm not holding the baby, I catch myself falling asleep because of the pain meds. I'm trying to wean myself off though so I'm not so tired. :)

The baby is an absolute dream and I'm sooooooooooooo in love with him. I cannot IMAGINE my life without him. I adore and I just love him soooooooooooo much. He is such a a good baby. I spend ALL of my time holding him and staring at him. Ahhhhhh...it's the best feeling in the world. I don't even want to sleep because I'd rather just hold him, smile at him and watch him sleep :) I don't want to even miss one baby breath. Truly there is nothing like holding your own newborn baby. :) :) *sigh*

I hold him almost all the time but he does love his glider and baby papasan. Today we started tummy time. He seemed to like it. :) Belle put a blanket in front of the tv and he watched Scooby Doo with her for a little while. It was pretty cute because he seemed to really be staring at the t.v. even though obviously I know he wasn't too interested in Scooby and Shaggy.

Kurt's an amazing dad and a wonderful husband. I can't imagine recovering from this c-section without him. He's the greatest. The baby definitely takes after him with his calm and sweet personality. His brother also said maybe he has a little of Grandpa Fred in him, as this is the way Gpa Fred was as well. He is named after Gpa Fred with his middle name (Wiese) so maybe that is really the case. :)

Mucho love to all,
Ann

FarmBaby Arrives!!!

Our beloved baby, William Wiese Steward arrived via c-section on January 7, 2010 at 10:51 p.m.! :)

He was 7 lbs 14 oz and 21 inches long :)

I was in labor for 16 wretched hours and pushed for 3 horrible, awful, ridiculous hours. He was face up and couldn't make it under my pelvic bone. Finally, my midwife called my doctor and he agreed he just wasn't going to make it out. So they took me to surgery. I did feel better when they sliced me open (YIKES), the dr confirmed again that he wouldn't have made it out the regular way. :)

The baby is super sweet and adorable!!! It was totally worth it! Post more soon!

Love,
Us :)

7 cm

Ok I know I just posted but I'm at a 7 now :). Yay!!!!

love letter

Dear Epidural,

You are my BFF. Not kidding.

Love,
Ann

Its 5:30. K you guys were right. Being induced sucks. Bad. Horrible. The worst. Thank god for the epidural guy. Even though I was freaking out once he got into the room and didn't want one. I feel bad for scaring the hell out of Kurt in the process. It wasn't pretty. This was around 3:30ish. I made it about 8.5 hours without one and called it a day. Now I feel like a million freaking dollars.

They last checked me around 4:15. I was a 4 and 100%. She said she'll check me again around 6:15.

One mistake I made today was viewing the tool they use to break your water. Yikes. This occurred around noon and I'm still traumatized.

My husband is the absolute greatest. Our midwife loves him and said "Kurts a midwife too!" Bc he is so good with the whole thing. :). He's doing soooo good and helped me so much. Even though it was scary, I'm sure he's glad to see my out of pain every 1.5 to 2 minutes. Pitocin is no bueno!! Oh and he did have two dozen red roses delivered to my room around lunchtime. One from him and one from Belle. Of course I started crying sobbing. :)

My dad has been sweet enough to be up here a lot of the day, mostly hanging out in the waiting room. Which was great bc when I made Kurt go eat dinner, I wasn't alone. And Dad went and got me cherry 7up at the gas station. :). :).

Okay, I better get back to resting. I will post another update when baby arrives!

Love,
Us

wow

OMG I hate needles and IVs. Seriously more then most people!

I was about to freak out and have a nervous breakdown when they were trying to find the vein. However, I just kept looking in the bassinet at the tiny pink and blue hat reminding myself it's all worth it and that without this process, I wouldn't have Belle either :)

I love all the super sweet nurses though :) and they have "the good ice" here. YUM.

Check in went great and they just started my pitocin (sp?) a little while ago. She said they turn it up every 30 mins. Yikes!!

So we're sitting here in silence waiting for something to happen. :) Kurts reading the paper. :)

For any of you Kurt fans out there, you better believe that as soon as I came out of the bathroom in my gown (about 3 mins after we arrived), he already begun the unpack and organize regime. Similar to when we go on vacation - get to tropical paradise and immediately unpack and evenly space out any and all of our belongings. :) He's so funny...I just love him. We'll see if I still say he's "so funny" and "so adorable" and "I love him sooo much" after they jack up the pitocin. Hahaha!! :)

Love everyone! Will post later if I can!

Love,
*us

Name Update! Please vote :)

Okay, I realize I just finished my most recent post only around an hour ago. However, I found out after posting it that FarmDaddy was finally taking this name thing seriously and downstairs making a list. :) Better late than never. He did make a really good list, I might add!

We decided for sure the middle name will be Wiese. Wiese is his mom's maiden name and the last name of Kurt's beloved Grandpa that he lost in November.

We love both Jake Wiese and William Wiese. They are both so cute!! Help! Please vote above. :)

Love,
~Us

Yikes!

Okay, really....seriously this time. TOMORROW'S THE DAY! YAY!

I did get FINALLY good news today!! FarmBaby is FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY facing the right way. Before he was looking up, like toward my stomach, ensuring I would have horrible back labor and he'd have a hard time finding his way out. The midwives aren't too pleased with this position and try to convince me to crawl around all the time on my hands and knees. Hmmm...not so fun being huge crawling preggo. He's been this way since before my 30 week ultrasound and has never been able to make it back around the right way. The scary thing is they do their best to turn them the right way during the labor process and it is NOT pleasant.

So anyway, on Monday, my new accupuncture chica told me she'd pin me on the outside of my little toes and he would turn. I was like "Yeah right," since prior to this experience, I thought accupuncture was a total sham. Anyway, she pins me in these random places on my feet, legs and hands, then leaves the room. The baby was moving more than I had ever seen him move! I could see him SERIOUSLY trying to turn. IT WAS THE CRAZIEST THING IN THE FREAKING WORLD. I AM SERIOUS. I could actually see him turn onto his side. He moved all night that night; it was crazy. I really thought he had made it all the way over because I could no longer feel and see contant little feet moving on the top of my stomach. It seemed like I could see more of his body moving like either his back or his little bootie! I couldn't believe it either. Anyway, so I go in today, and miraculously, he was facing down. He had really made it all he way around. I'm in shock! Him making it around had made him drop so much more too. I am a lot more comfy and wish I had gone to see this woman SOONER! Also, I have never been able to dilate since he wasn't able to drop!! So I did go back and get pinned again today. He has been moving a ton and I've been having a lot of contractions...pretty strong but far apart. We'll see what happens but in about 7.5 hours, I'll already be on my way there anyway :) I am feeling much more relaxed since my accupuncture though and my back feels great. Yay! My friend, Heather, does accupuncture all the time and of course I like to tease her about voodoo medicine. :) I stand corrected...sorry, Heather!!!!! :) I'm still disappointed there was no tie dye or beaded curtains at the place, though. I can't wait to think of a random ailment to go back and get pinned!

Even post-puncture, I'm still super scared of needles (childish, I know) though and dreading tomorrow's I.V. YIKES! HELP!!

So, yes I'm scared but so excited to FINALLY meet the sweets!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) Thanks to everyone for the sweet notes, calls and texts!!

I'll keep everyone posted via Blackberry and post a pic up here when I can. I will post to the blog tomorrow (I hope) about FarmBaby and put up a pic hopefully by Saturday night. I will upload a pic to facebook, though, from my blackberry. I'm not planning to take my computer to the hospital because I already have 3 bags to take, plus my huge handbag, plus my pillow and blanket. I told you I travel heavy. LOL.

I really need a name, too! I guess we'll be trying the "what name does he look like?" method after he arrives!

Chat soon!!!!!!!

Mucho, mucho love,
~Us :)

Tuesday Scoops!

Yay! Thank God my manager is being awesome about letting me work from home. She said she doesn't want any real product line reporting babies...meaning she doesn't want one to be literally born in the department. lol! I was cracking up! The feeling is so mutual. I would die if I went into labor at work and someone had to drive me and my broken water to the hospital. The Aud is a stick, too, so the chances of digging up someone in the department short notice to drive my car would not be easy...and trust me I'm not going to be leaking fluid (FREAKING GROSS!!!!!!!!!!) in someone else's ride. Ugh, I hate medical issues/medical talk. Nursing is my nightmare job. Needles, blood, mucous, etc. = Ann is ill.

I was having some contractions over night and this a.m. and sporadically throughout the day but nothing to warrant a hospital trip (unfortunately!).

So only two more nights :)

Kurt and I went to the mall tonight to walk around. It was such a lovely sight, I'm sure. The somewhat creepy guy in the boots store asked me when I was due, etc etc etc, then asked if we were walking around to "get stimulated." Not a fan of discussing this word with any boot guy or ANY creepy guy or really just ANY guy in general. lol. I mean I know what he meant but the creepy guy small talk is killing me. lol. Moms I can preggo small talk with all day long but creepy guys like the massage guy = no!!

Hope everyone had a lovely day! I will post tomorrow again! :) For sure!

Mucho love!
~Us

Monday Scoops

O.M.G. is this for real??? I mean, for real.

All night I couldn't sleep because I had one of those nights like before we leave on our big vacations (i.e. every five minutes I gasp and sit up, thinking we missed our flight). Also, I was really excited to finally meet the sweet babe! <3

We got everything loaded up (no small task, you all know I travel heavy), got the Peanut (Belle) ready and were off by 6:30. We stopped for breakfast, got her to Grandma's with her things for the next few days, a huge list of instructions on medicines, gymnastics, school schedule, etc.

Get to dr. and guess what. Still at the DREADED 1cm and the 50%. They had me do another non-stress test. She said the hospital would induce me if the baby looked anything less than great but of course he looked great! So happy to hear that, for sure but come on Baby Jake. Aren't stressed and want to come out and see everyone??? :)

So she talked to the hospital people. They had two high blood pressure inductions today, two tomorrow and they agreed Thursday would be the best day. OMG I *almost* cried, seriously. LOL!! I am totally dying and not sure how much more my back can take! lol. Sister = 4'11" = too short for overdue preggoness. She also thinks Monday could possibly be "even better" so I'm supposed to call and let her know if I'd rather do Monday. I'm considering it ONLY because supposedly the labor is easier if I were to go on my own. HOWEVER, she told me she thinks he is 8 lbs already!!!!!!!! Should I take a) harder labor or b) risk the baby gaining an ADDITIONAL LB. this week! OMG!! Sorry but there is no way this sister is taking on a 9 lb. kid without a scalpel and a huge scar across my stomach being involved. Sorry for the graphics, people...but come on. So if I have a c-section I'll be stranded at the farm for weeks. lol. No wheels. Can't pick anything up, etc. Yikes!!

My back is killing me (obviously) so I went to the chiro. I also got some accupuncture. I told you guys I was desparate. I freaking hate needles!! It's 9pm and nothing exciting happening!

So, omg, I'm going to go back to work tomorrow! Uh no, I can't believe it either. Not digging the idea of my water breaking at work. Hahaha...eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew. God, please don't let this happen!

So, if you don't see a post from me tomorrow a.m. or afternoon, you'll know why. I'm hanging out with the spreadsheets. Fun, fun!!!!!!

Mucho love,
~Us

omg!

No baby no hospital! Ay!

Will post the scoop soon!

Yay & Yikes!!!!!

'K... so this will hopefully be my last post for a couple of days :)

As mentioned, we're seeing the midwife at 8:00 a.m. and hopefully being sent to the hospital to be induced. If the hospital is full, then we'll just go straight to the hospital on Tuesday a.m. If you don't hear from me on the blog by tomorrow afternoon, you can assume I'm in the hospital screaming and whining! ha! Luckily, my awesome in-laws will be around to hang at our house and take care of our dogs in case we do go in tomorrow! I'm not sure how we would get all four loaded up in the car and take them to the groomer. Ha. Quite a sight, I'm sure! So, fortunately, they won't have to go anywhere and we won't have to pick them up.

The good news is that we'll FINALLLLLLLLY meet this very, very loved lil farmbaby VERY SOON! Yay!!!!!

Too bad it isn't a painless, easy process to do so! Yikes! :) I am WAYYYY more scared this time than last time (I know what I'm in for this time...lol).

Even though it hurts toward the end, I'll definitely miss being pregnant! It's soooooo sweet to have the little baby growing and swimming around all day every day. =LOVE. And it's also sweet how everyone asks how we're doing, says I look so great (haha) and is excited to meet the little baby! But the best is yet to come and everything will allll be worth it. :) :)

Thanks to all who have followed my blog for all of these months and dealt with these boring posts 3 times per day for the last several days! :) :)

Mucho, mucho love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~Ann, Kurt, Belle & FarmBaby :)

Due Date!!

FarmBaby made it to his due date! :) I can remember when the ticker at the top of this page was ALLLLL the way to left. And it seemed like it took FOREVER to creep a little bit to the right...then a little bit farther to the right... Now we're all the way there! Yay!

Today we woke up around 8:00 a.m. and I told the husband this our last day to sleep in, like ever. lol. Tomorrow we have to leave the house around 7:00 a.m. Even if they induce me on Tuesday, that means we'll be leaving the house around 6:00 a.m. I assume. And the next time we wake up here it will probably be several times a night for the next couple years. Ha.

I'm not expecting anything exciting to happen today so I'm going to take advantage of the day. Sunday is a good cleaning day anyhow, so we'll just have our normal Sunday but make sure everything is done. Laundry, dusting, bathrooms, etc. Rockin' times, rockin' times. Trust me, I'm not trying to roll out in this weather!! It's sooooo cold. OMG, I just checked and it's NEGATIVE 7!!!!! I think it's supposed to warm up a little around next Sunday and make it into the 20's. Jan/Feb are for the birds!

Hope everyone has a good last day off before going back to the real world. I'll miss the holidays, for sure! I know Belle isn't looking forward to going back to school on Tuesday :) That was always the worst, second only to going back after summer break!

Last night we were going over names again. This means sitting on the computer and going through name lists. Lane has been added to the roster last minute. So we have Jake, Lane and Will. OMG. Help. Seriously.

Mucho love to all!!!!!!!
~Us

Bday Wish / Desparate Times = Desparate Measures

Happy B-day, Jeri!!! As promised, here is a pic of the birthday girl. The big 3-1 today. :)





Hope you, EEE and Miss Maddie have a great day!

As for me, I'm leaving now to get a freaking $100 foot massage at the barefoot spa. If it works, it will be worth its weight in diamonds. If it doesn't work, I'm such a spa wh*re anyway. So trust me, this is no hardship for me to undergo such treatment. :) Here is the description:


Heaven- 1-1/2 hours $100 This is definitely close to heaven! Enjoy a Salt Glow with Dead Sea Salt and essential oil blend of your choice, then soak your weary feet in a warm-water foot bath while the essential oils create a healing aroma. Next treat your feet to a 45-minute lower leg and foot massage; then top off your treatment with a wonderful, warm paraffin wrap.



Will post later!!!


Love ya!
~Us :) :)

No News *Rolls Eyes*

Wow!! I thought we were chillin' it out yesterday! OMG read this:

The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory for much of Iowa and Illinois today, with temperatures that could feel like -25 degrees. It is currently -9 degrees in at 5:35 a.m. The high today is expected to only reach 4 degrees with a northwest wind between 5 to 10 mph making it feel a lot worse.

Is this for real? LOL. I am moving to Miami asap.

Stay warm today!!! :)

Love always,
~Us

Friday P.M.

Waaaaah!! Unfortunately, that's not the sound of a screaming baby! That's the sound of a screaming, whiney STILL pregnant mommy!

So sorry for the lack of postingness this afternoon!! We had lunch at this random small-town bar/restaurant called G.B.'s (it's somewhat "by our house"). Hilarious how my definitely of "by our house" has changed since moving to the boondocks. In town, "by our house" means like within walking distance if need be. Out here, "by our house" means it's a 15 minute drive at 60 mph on random gravel roads. Weird.

Anyway, we then stopped by to see off Kurt's good friend from high school who was in town from Hawaii and leaving today. I fell in love with his sister's toy maltese!! Normally, I'm more into big dogs but this little Sophie dog was just TOO DARN CUTE. She is only 2.5 lbs and soooooooooooo sweet!!!!!!!! She drinks out of a little rabbit water bottle thing. Kurt just looked at me and said "no." lol. Surely he could tell I was about to start begging for a Sophie dog. Then we went to the in-laws for awhile and watched football (=love). Then some friends came over to our casa and we SERIOUSLY went BACK to G.B.'s for dinner. LOL. I can't believe it either! However, it was fun and nice to chat with everyone.

So we just got home now and I logged on as soon as I came in. :)

Hopefully I will have more scoop in the a.m.!! I am doubting it though as all is calm and the baby is livin' large and lovin' the sheltered life!

Mucho love to all!
Ann :) :)

Good Morning!!

HAPPY 2010!!!!!!!!

No hospital yet! Waaaaah! We're still chillin' at home and by chillin', I mean it's -1 degrees outside. I haven't even checked weather.com to figure out what the wind chill factor is right now.

I couldn't sleep at all last night but even though I checked the "Signs of Labor" for the 3,055,555th time, this appears to not be " a sign." lol.

Maybe the baby will share a b-day with our good friend Jeri?? Her b-day is tomorrow and unless I'm in the hospital, I'll be posting a pic. Hehe.

My lovely husband is in the kitchen making pancakes, hashbrowns, etc for breakfast. Yum! He's such a chef!

Good luck to all who are nursing their hangovers this morning. :) I never had a good cure for a hangover, other than lying in bed moaning "I'm never drinking again..." The last time I said it, it might have FINALLY been true! From the looks of it, it's possible I'll be pregnant for all of eternity!

We're going to my in-law's casa today. They are having a couple friends over and want us to come over, which is sweet. And if I get tired, I can just come home since it's 2 seconds away. lol.

I'll post this afternoon! :) Sorry these posts are so boring but literally, I have no scoop!

Love y'all...
~Us