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The Preggo's

31 weeks :) 9 weeks to go.....

Joeys Valentines Gift!

The past week was great, the little man didnt give me any issues! Valentines Day was saturday and I got Joey the neatest book, its called A Father's Legacy and its basically a book he can fill out all about him that we can pass down to the little one once he is older. You know me and my need to preserve things, if thats the word I am looking for??? He stayed late at work and cleaned up the yukon and installed a bluetooth handsfree phone device so I can use my phone through the speakers in my car. I am not the best driver in the world so this makes me a little safer hehe! Its really cool except the first time I used it I thought I had to yell so you can imagine how silly I looked, Joey taught me the ropes though! On Sunday we went to church and then Joey went to play his weekly round of golf and I headed to Amanda and Kate's baby shower. It was bunches of fun and they got lots of fun stuff. It made me look forward to Me and the Beans first shower this weekend. I cant wait to see all the fun stuff he gets! It was so funny at the shower Nanny said she thinks I will deliver first :( I sure hope not or atleast hope its after 36 weeks! White males tend to draw the short end of the stick when they come early so its ok if he gives me drama inside my belly but I dont want him having drama outside my belly so we will just do a little stay in the belly till its time to come out dance :) As far as the little mans stuff goes the nursery is coming along we havent done to much more than paint and put furniture together. I hope to start decorating after the shower, more pics to come as we make progress. Thats about it for now got to get ready to take Jude to puppy school hes been doing so good he can now sit and lay down and walk on a leash a little better!!! Yeah for puppy school!

Baby Bousson is almost here!!!!

On Thursday I was 31 weeks and had my 4D ultrasound and would you believe the little stinker who is ALWAYS going crazy in my belly SLEPT the whole time!!! We were still able to get some good pictures though so it wasnt a total loss! The top picture he looked like he was resting his head on his hands just a snoozing and then the bottom picture is my favorite. I am in love with his chunky little cheeks! For those of us is the peds world they totally remind me of little TPN cheeks. His nose and mouth are also so cute and pouty in this pic. Of course he looks just like his dad and nothing like me but he is a boy so maybe if we have a girl down the road she will take after her mom :) After having this ultrasound I cant wait for him to get here, I mean I dont want any surprises he can definitely take his time but I just cant imagine the fun we are going to have once he is here! I am also excited because I am having my first shower next weekend. It will be so fun to get stuff for the bean and continue to get his nursery ready. Well enough for now I got to finish cleaning house so when daddy gets home on this beautiful Valentine's Day we can go enjoy this wonderful day and not stay cooped up in this house.

The Pups Photo Session

So on tuesday the weather was kind of bad but I was sitting on the couch watching the poor pups long to go outside so I decied we should have a photo shoot. Last summer I got a realy nice canon camera with a portrait lens, etc but I have not really used it since....well last summer. I figured I need to get on the ball and start using it because the bean will be here before we know it. After taking a million pics I came up with a handfull of them that I really loved. I think I am gonna get these framed and put them in the house somewhere. I dont want the boys to fil neglected once there is a new man in town lol! They were such good sports and now I have pretty pictures of my babies!!!

On a not so fun note.....

Yesterday we had quite the adventure. I was having a fabulous day at work when I started feeling a little funny. I thought it was just lunch so I went on about my business, but around 4 o'clock I still felt funny and it was getting a little worse. I was hot and dizzy and my cankles were the biggest they had ever been! I went to take my blood pressure on one of the other units and it was 121/80. Normally not high but see mine usually run low 100's over 60's and not to mention im on a drug called procardia for contractions but its actually a blood pressure medication. So to have an above norm bp on top of all this the girls thought I should call the doc. The only problem with calling the doc is then they want to see you :( So luckily I work with some amazing ladies and they worked it out so I could leave and run over to the doctors office. When I got there I really wasnt worried about my bp I was more worried that I had to leave work, when they took my bp there it was 134/86 which is way high for me! The Dr. came in to see me and said she wanted me to go to Germantown for some labs and tests :( So off i went to the hospital. Luckily once i laid down for a while my blood pressure went back down to 98/60, my labs didnt show anything crazy and my ekg was fine so I got to go home. I was super mad last night because not only did I have to leave work (lose pay) I had to pay (im sure a million dollars) for all they did at the doctors office and the hospital. After I thought about it I calmed down because I am lucky that nothing was wrong and that me and the little man are ok. I would rather go a hundred times and everything be ok than to go and find out something was wrong with our child or myself! I go back to the doctor on thursday so I am just hoping that he doesnt put me on bedrest! The pattern seems to be I do better when I am off my feet but I want to work as long as possible so I have more time to spend with him once he is here! So if everyone would keep the bean in their prayers I would appreciate it. I tell him every day he better behave but he's already started not listening and he's not even here yet.....

The Beans Nursery is coming along!

The nursery is officially one step closer to being completed. Joey put the dresser together earlier in the week. it took him 4 and a half hours so he got his dad to come help him with the crib which only took about an hour and a half. They look so good against the bright green walls. Now we just have to decide how we want to arrange the furniture. Rooms in these east memphis houses are soo tiny it makes decorations quite difficult. There are pictures that go with the bedding I have picked out and Aunt Jenn is gonna try and paint them for the bean, so I hope to get those hung up over the crib, as for other decorations we havent gotten to far. I know I would like some shelves for pics and books. We are getting an old rocking chair to put in the nursery for the late night feeds. I want the room to be simple and not to overdone. More pics to come as we make progress!

Well this past saturday we took an all day parenting class at Methodist. It was a lot of fun, we went with our good friends Charlie and Jessica who are also expecting! The day started out kind of slow but of course the boys knew how to keep everyone entertained! As a result of the class you can see that Joey now knows the proper way to care for a newborn-the above pictures are the before and after lol! On a serious note Joey really did a great job he is going to be such a good dad. As for me, I'm just hoping I wont have the urge to assess my child every four hours, or look around the nursery for a scale to weigh his diapers on. The idea of caring for a child not in the hospital setting is quite unusual but I know it will be more fun than i could ever imagine! Each week we get one step closer to meeting our precious son, until then he continues to use his mommy as a punching bag which in turn keeps dad busy rubbing my shoulders, and catering to my every need...I sure am gonna miss being preggers haha!

What a lovely Sunday!

Jake

Jude

Sam

This weekend the nasty winter weather lifted and made way for 2 gorgeous days. Saturday was clean house day but today was kick back and relax day! Joey and I went to church this morning with his family. Although we are catholic we have been checking out what Hope has to offer. I went a while back and did not care for it very much but I have been going for the past month and have really began to enjoy it. The pastor had such wonderful things to say today in his sermon, it really has been nice to get back into the church and I hope that we will continue to go. I was worried about going to weekends at work bc we would never be able to go to church as a family because I would be working every Sunday but now we will be able to go on Wed. nights so that has made me feel better about things!

As for the rest of the day we went to Dixie Cafe for lunch and I had some fried pickles...YUMMY! I then came home and took a nap, I hated to sleep on such a wonderful day but man was I tired! After that I watched the dogs play in the backyard and now I am watching the Superbowl. So long for now but I will leave ya'll with pics of my pups...I love them!

Nursery Status

So this weekend we finally started on the nursery! I know a little late considering I'm almost 30 weeks pregnant but with everything going on these days it was quite difficult to find a good time to get started! We kicked off the project by getting all the junk out of the room, prior to being the designated nursery this was our catch all room and it caught well EVERYTHING! We even put some items on Craigs list and they sold in like 2 days, I am a big fan and currently looking for more junk to get rid of we already sold enough to get the stroller I am in love with-the bumbleride flyer!!!! (check out bumbleride.com) Next we started painting, the color we chose is from Sherwin Williams and it is called Melange Green, after putting it on the wall I would name it LIME GREEN myself. I think it will still work but wow, I think the little man will need shades just to go in there. As for the furniture you can see it is still in the boxes. We ordered black furniture and all the reviews say black scratches fairly easily so although Joey has begged me to let him put it together in our formal living room and move it into the nursery I have refused to let him even get started until the room is painted so he can build his creations in there. I dont want walls or dogs to touch our babies furniture!

I am getting really excited about everything, my showers will be starting soon so I hope to fill the nursery with even more fun stuff! I am loving the new Fisher Price line- Precious Planet, I want it all. I am a very matchy person so I was afraid we would get the nursery all pretty and then have to get cheesy baby stuff that didnt match but then I found the precious planet design and well the colors go great with our nursery theme! So now I can sit back relax and getting ready for more fun than I could ever imagine! More pics to come once we get a little further!