Road trip to Ohio

We had a great road trip. Starting last Wednesday, we had Doug's going away at work followed by and A's vs Rangers game in Dallas. A great way to leave Texas. Thursday Huston and I headed to Oklahoma and had lunch with Alanna, play date with Rhianne Dawley (David & Bri's baby born 2 days before Huston), Panera with Alanda and then stayed the night with Papa Lowery and Grandma Vicky. Friday morning we spent the day with Deda and then went to Nana Loretta's and Doug met us in Shawnee.

Saturday morning, we hit the road. Stopped in Chandler to see Jay and then drove to Eurkea Springs, AR. Huston did so good and slept the entire way. We had to wake him up to change him and make him eat. The place we stayed had a beautiful view and we went to Joey and Lyndsey's wedding. Sunday morning we went through Missouri to Scott AFB in Illinois and stayed with a good friend of Dougs. Had some great steak and got to catch up with Brian and his family. Monday we were able to spend some time in St. Louis before we headed out, got to see the arch, Busch stadium, Hooters (Huston's first trip) and some of the city. Huston slept the entire way to Indianapolis. We LOVED Indianapolis. We found a mall, the stadium where the Colts play, and ate dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. Got a hotel for the night and headed to Ohio Tuesday morning.

We are in temp housing until Friday morning and then the movers will bring our stuff! Excited to get it all unpacked, decorated and have a "home" again. We love Doug's truck, but are tired of living out of it!!

Doug went into work today to talk to his new boss. He is going to be the NCOIS (Non-commisioned officer in charge) for the Labor and Delivery unit. He will work mostly 4 8's and a 12, Monday-Friday (I LOVE this). There will be some exceptions and he'll work some nights and weekends as he gets to know his staff. I'm really excited for him....I think he is like me and is just ready to start!!

my baby

 My life has changed forever.

Monday, August 17th the action started. I was admitted to the hospital around noon for high blood pressure, that eventually turned into pre-eclampsia. This meant a LONG two days for us. I had to be on a drip of magnesium sulphate for 12 hours (this is supposed to prevent seizures). At 4:00am on Tuesday they put some stuff on me (it looked like a tapeworm) to soften my cervix. After hours and hours of waiting, I finally dilated enough to start pushing. I pushed and pushed and pushed only to find out that my pelvis wouldn't allow him to pass. So, we decided to go for a C-section. It literally only took minutes. At 7:49pm on August 18th my son was born. I heard that little cry and my heart melted. I only got a quick peek at him before they had to take him away (he had some fluid on his lungs) but Doug went with him so he wouldn't be alone. I was in recovery for almost 3 hours before I finally got to see him and hold him....it seemed liked days! But Doug was my rock and wouldn't let anyone else hold him until I did.

I had spent so many hours talking to him and playing with him through my tummy, but I never imagined the bond we would feel when we first saw each other. He is such a little character too, I've never seen another baby with this much personality at a week old!

The patience that I have with him is unreal. I am not a patient person. But for some reason with him I am calm as can be and none of the poopy diapers, crying at night or sore nipples can change that. I almost enjoy it because I get to look at him while taking care of those things.

This is what I have been waiting on for my whole life.

My baby is here!

My life has changed forever.

Monday, August 17th the action started. I was admitted to the hospital around noon for high blood pressure, that eventually turned into pre-eclampsia. This meant a LONG two days for us. I had to be on a drip of magnesium sulphate for 12 hours (this is supposed to prevent seizures). At 4:00am on Tuesday they put some stuff on me (it looked like a tapeworm) to soften my cervix. After hours and hours of waiting, I finally dilated enough to start pushing. I pushed and pushed and pushed only to find out that my pelvis wouldn't allow him to pass. So, we decided to go for a C-section. It literally only took minutes. At 7:49pm on August 18th my son was born. I heard that little cry and my heart melted. I only got a quick peek at him before they had to take him away (he had some fluid on his lungs) but Doug went with him so he wouldn't be alone. I was in recovery for almost 3 hours before I finally got to see him and hold him....it seemed liked days! But Doug was my rock and wouldn't let anyone else hold him until I did.

I had spent so many hours talking to him and playing with him through my tummy, but I never imagined the bond we would feel when we first saw each other. He is such a little character too, I've never seen another baby with this much personality at a week old! He has so much of Doug in him it is amazing. Now I have two perfect men in my life!

The patience that I have with him is unreal. I am not a patient person. But for some reason with him I am calm as can be and none of the poopy diapers, crying at night or sore nipples can change that. I almost enjoy it because I get to look at him while taking care of those things.

This is what I have been waiting on for my whole life and I am so lucky to have found someone like Doug to share it with. My love grows for him everytime I see him holding our son.

the waiting is the hardest part......

we cannot wait any longer for huston to get here! it's been such an easy pregnancy and he's been a good boy so far - but now he's making his mama wait. 19 days or less....hopefully less. i am so excited to see............what he looks like, what kind of combination of doug and i (and our families) he will be..........what his personality is like..........what he'll be interested in.........what will make him giggle (daddy, i'm sure).......and everything else.

baby showers can be fun.....

i had my family baby shower a couple weeks ago and they know my issues with being center of attention and being anti-games at showers. it was fun and tasteful with presents, cake and good times. i loved it.

when doug's friends/co-workers asked to throw us one, i got a little nervous. he made me quit because i started right away with "i don't like this and that" and he made me feel bad. my worries were for nothing, they threw us a great baby shower. maybe i'm getting more girly than i thought! i've always been a little skeptical about the whole baby shower/games/ooohing and aaaahing, but it was a lot of fun.

we had good food, played some fun shower games (nothing too extreme) and got some great presents for little huston. i think doug and i did a guest of honor no-no though. we won ALL the door prizes. oops.

we are really going to miss these girls when we move.

i think little H now has everything he needs for the day he comes home....so now he just needs to come home!!!

1 Year Anniversary

Doug and I have been married one year today....it sure flew by! Our whole relationship has been a whirlwind, but I think since we met each other later in life when we were wise and mature (ya right) made all the difference. They say the first year is supposed to be the hardest, and if so then we are doing good - the first year has been great. We really didn't have any growing pains at all. I guess it helps that he is clean, metro, frugal, funny, hot, and all those other things that people wish their hubby was!!

I know that 50 years down the road he will still make me laugh, still give me bear hugs, still clean my car, still kill spiders for me, still calm my nerves and still do my laundry and vacuum (gotta love that). I promise I will still make him laugh, still give him snuggles, still give him manis, still kill snakes for him, still make him see reason and still make his lists and keep him organized. And much much more.

Doug and I have a shelf in our house where we have pictures of our 4 sets of grandparents when they were young and in love. We keep them out to remind us of true love and what started it all....I'm proud to say that both sets of my grandparents celebrated their 50th anniversary just as in love as they were their 1st and I pray that Doug and I will do the same. We've definately got a good start!

ohio here we come

moving to ohio is starting to become a reality. it's been easy to get caught up in the pregnancy and not think about it too much.....but now it's here. we finally sold the house and found a dinky little apartment to stay in for 2 months until we head north.

for the first time in years, i didn't do 4th of July in Chandler so that we could pack and get stuff moved to storage (we are taking the bare minimum to the apt). missing the 4th has made me realize, that all my friends and traditions that i've held onto so tightly for so long are probably going to slowly disappear. it makes me sad. i'm so excited to have huston and for us to start our family and our new life in ohio - but at the same time it's hard to let that part of me go. i guess i was able to hang on much longer than most, being a single gal and all, but it's been a tough weekend.

we also had to give up our sweet molly. we couldn't keep her where we are living in between our house and ohio and rather than uproot her twice, we decided to find her a home where she would have more room. she grew so BIG that she outgrew our yard and house. not your typical beagle for sure. it was a sad day, but she's so loving, she will take to a new family easily.

i feel like at 33 i'm finally making the transition to an adult. bout time i guess :)