My 24th Birthday

We headed down to Charleston for my birthday this year. We camped with mom and dad and brought all the dogs along too! We had a blast. It was quite chilly, but that didnt stop us from having fun. We visited the Magnolia Gardens where we took our engagement pictures and took some preggo pics this time instead. I was a little disappointed because the flowers were not in bloom like they were last time, so they weren't very colorful. (now 28 weeks/7 mo.)


We did find a funny tree and took my picture beside it to try and compare.. what do you think?

We enjoyed shopping in the main down town and also hitting the outlet malls. I got some good deals on clothes with my birthday money. I was excited about my presents because mom gave me a couple of dresses that I can wear at my showers! Dustin gave me 2 preggo massages, one for now and one for later :) I can't wait to cash in on those. We were very thankful because it was suppose to rain the whole time, but it held off until we were about 10 mins. down the road on the way home!
Mom cooked a huge meal on Sunday when we got home and I ate way too much (was literally on the sofa that night trying to stretch my stomach out!) and Adam surprised me with Sugarland tickets for 4/10!! I have been wanting to see them for the past 3 or so years, so I can't wait for the concert :)
I had a great birthday!!!

Nursery Preview

We have been working really hard on getting the nursery done.. mom and Dustin have done all the painting (yay!) and just got done with the stripes last night. I went out for a girls night out and was pleasantly surprised when I came home to a painted and put back together room. This is just the first stage for the walls, we still have to finish painting and put up the polka dots. I can't wait to see what it is going to look like when it is all done! Here is a preview of what the nursery looks like so far..

now we have to finish the dots, and there are lots of them!! Dustin is surely a trooper :) He says it reminds him of Willy Wonka.

Snow Day!

I can't believe the snow that we got on Sunday! The weather man was saying that we would get a dusting to 1", but as always, what do they know! It just kept snowing and kept snowing. We finally talked ourselves into getting out in the cold to play in the snow.
Dustin built a mini snowman and we put it on the top of the mailbox! The next day he built a big snowman with the little boy next door. I mostly watched and tried not to bust my butt... it was very slippery. I did try sledding on a trash can lid, but it didn't really work out and Dustin got mad and said that I didn't need to be doing that (so protective)!

The dogs had some much fun. Dozi loved it and was running around eating all that she could. Angel had to warm up to it (literally). She walked around the edges of the deck like it was too cold to walk in. But once she saw dozi having fun, she decided to give it a go and loved it! I video taped them because it was just too funny for pictures :)
Unfort our power went out 7:30 Sunday night and didn't come back on until Monday around 4:30.. it got down to 55 degrees in our house! Brrr..

I took my preggo snow pic!

25 weeks

I am now 25 weeks and feel like my bump has doubled in the past week! My glucose test results came back and everything looked good! Thank God for that :) I have hit the stage of few sleep. I am told to get used to it because it will not change for the next 18 years! I have been trying to exercise regularly because it is suppose to help with a lot of different pregnancy difficulties, but especially sleep. I haven't noticed that it has helped much. I usually get a pretty good nights sleep about every 4 days because my body just gets so exhausted! I have been dealing with some back pain and "stretching" pains, but other than that, I can't complain. I have felt pretty good for the most part and have a good bit of energy. Dustin got a good laugh this morning because I painted my toes and noticed that I messed one of them up, so I put my foot on the counter and tried to bend down and fix it and had some trouble :) He thought that it was really funny that my belly is now getting in my way! What I don't think he realizes is that means he is going to have to do all the things that my belly gets in the way of doing!!

We have decided to go ahead with the 3d ultrasound since we won't be having anymore routine ultrasounds. We will go in for that on March 18th, the week after my birthday, so we are pretty excited about that! It will be a 30 minute session and you get tons of pics and the 30 min DVD to go with it :) I think that it will be something that we cherish for a lifetime... now we just have to hope that Hailey wants to cooperate that morning!

Doctors appointment

I met with the doctor today and got a great report! He measured me and I was 25cm, which I am 24 weeks, so he said I was right on track. I got to hear Hailey's heart beat and it was beating so fast! I had to take my gluclose test today, and should get the results back in the next 2 days or so. It wasn't as bad as I had heard, but it was pretty sweet.. it tasted just like an energy drink, which I don't really like. I have gained 2 pounds since my last appoitment (4 weeks ago)so I am proud of myself for staying on track with that as well :)This was the first appointment that Dustin did not go to with me, and I have to admit that it was sort of weird. We have been very blessed that he can go to all of my appointments, but he is feeling under the weather (funny term for today with the rain!!) so he stayed at home to try and fight that off.

I have been feeling great for the most part and thank God for giving me a good pregnancy so far. My back has started hurting a lot lately, but that is part of the deal. My next appointment is in 4 weeks and we are trying to decide whether or not to go ahead with the 3D ultrasound. They are so cool and amazing, but it is at an extra cost, and we are just not sure if that is where we want to spend the money. I did find out today that I won't have any more ultrasounds unless there are complications, so that makes me want to have it even more to see her one last time before we actually get to hold her! We will figure it all out though. Please continue to keep us in your prayers :)

Valentine's Day

We decided to chill for V-day this year. We slept in, ate lunch, scapbooked, updated the site, and watched movies. We managed not to leave the house one time on Saturday! It was true relaxation...


Dustin decided to surprise me with all 6 seasons of Sex in the City and made me do a scavenger hunt to find them! That was very creative and fun. He showed me up again.. We had a great dinner that we cooked together and ate way too much with an appetizer, main meal, and a big dessert just like in the restaurant!


Our dogs enjoyed Valentine's as well with Frosty Paws dog ice cream. They licked their bowls dry.


Dozi even decided that the ice cream wasn't enough and she needed to lick the camera!

6 months and counting!

I have reached the 6 month (24 weeks) mark in my pregnancy. I have officially started to "show". It was like I woke up on Valentine's, and bam, there she was!! I am excited to finally be showing off my prego bump :) Dustin is excited too and doesn't mind repeatedly telling me "you have a belly now"! I have still been wearing some of my regular jeans and doing the ole hair tie trick, but it is starting to get more difficult to do. I do have to admit that I get tired of wearing all the same clothes all the time. I have not invested in too many 'cold' maternity clothes since it won't be long before it is warmer outside.

I go for a check up tomorrow and they are running my gluclose test. It is the first appointment that Dustin will not be able to make, but it could take up to 3 hours depending on how the test goes, so I don't want him just sitting there waiting. This will give me a chance to catch up on the three books that I am reading! I will try and log on and give an update as to how it went :o)