At the hospital...

I am getting induced... right now as I type. So wish me luck... this time tomorrow I will be holding my baby girl!!!

Counting down...

We are 100% counting it down until Miss Hadley arrives. I am almost 37 weeks and extremely tired. We know that Miss Hadley is about 6 pounds and looks wonderful. We have even seen hair in her ultrasound pictures!! So that makes us really excited. We are really ready to meet this little sweetie. April 8th, whether she is ready or not she will be FINALLY making an appearance.

On my health note, I am not allowed to work anymore. Which is a bummer but working and the stress of working was starting to make me sick. I was swelling REALLY bad and that was causing my blood pressure to be higher than we wanted. At this point, I know that it is whats best for Hadley and its two extra weeks off. So we will make it work!!

Everything is done, bags are packed, car seat bases installed, and all we are waiting for is BABY!!!

Baby Update

We are 31 weeks along! Things are going wonderful!! Hadley is growing and extremely active!! She kicks her mommy in the ribs and bladder!!! We just had an ultrasound Monday and we go back next Monday for another. We have weekly ultrasounds because of my blood clot disorder. So we see lots of Hadley. We saw that she has hair on the ultrasound. She also was playing with her feet in the ultrasound. Chad and I really enjoy going to see her every week, even though I am concerned high risk!! At this point, by the end of the day my feet are swollen and hurt. But that is completely normal!! Hadley is kicking right now... So she says HELLO!!

This weekend is my first baby shower!!! Yippee!! It is amazing to see how BLESSED we are!! Chad and I are so lucky to have such wonderful family and friends!! I will post pictures after this weekend!!

New Pictures

I promised so here they come!!

Here is Chad and I on Christmas... Its the only belly shot! I am 24 weeks in this picture!

We are working on her nursery and once I have some progress made I will post pictures!! I have gotten tired of fighting my computer!! Will add later!!!

Back to work I go tomorrow!! I love my job and all, but Christmas has been a blessing! I have finally been able to allow my back pains to go away! (Which I see a Physical Therapist on Friday about!!) Chad and I have gotten some much needed time at home. With his coaching schedule its hard to have anytime together, expect for sleeping which I do most of the time he is home (Thanks Hadley!!!) But I have to go back to work and its only until April (as long as I don't go on bedrest which is a possiblity with my blood clotting condition!!) Talk to you soon!! Do the snow dance for ME!!!

Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas!! Chad got me Pandora charms (actually I got several from lots of people!!) and a new camera! Which I have to figure out how to put pictures onto my new Netbook now!! Which was a great gift from my parents to add pictures of Hadley!!! Once I figure it all out I will add pictures!!

On the baby update..... We go to the doctor tomorrow for my sugar check and my four week appointment. Right now things are good expect for some lower back pain. We ordered our changer table and we are getting our crib and rocker tomorrow. Our crib and rocker is coming to tomorrow from my uncle. Yippee!! We are getting a white crib and a changer table. We are painting the chest in the guest bedroom white. We have to paint the bedroom! I will post pictures as soon as we have some progress!!

Its a...

I am excited to announce we are having a GIRL!! We are beyond thrilled!! She is going to be a very welcomed addition to our small family and our rather large extended family! We are naming her Hadley. We could not be more excited!! I will post some belly pictures and some ultrasound pictures soon!!!

BABY!!

I am so excited to announce... That Chad and I are expecting a BABY!!! We are due April 17th!! We heard the heartbeat on Monday and could not be more excited!! It is so wonderful to hear your baby. I sometime forget that we are truly having a baby! It does not seem real to me, until I wake up in the morning having to go potty right then!! LOL!! We hopefully will find out what we are having on November 2nd.

The only complication so far is my blood clots. I give myself a shot of blood thinner every night! It really is not as bad as I feared!! So I cant complain!

Fall Break!!

As a teacher, I get a wonderful week off in October! Thank goodness. I needed the break and so did my class. They are sweet and good kids, they just talk my ears off! I guess there are worst problems that I could have!! So I am so happy to have a week off.

Chad and I are going to Tunica on Monday and Tuesday just to get away for a few days before he goes to New York for the Vandy vs. Army game! Yes I am jealous!! But I am going to my cousins wedding!! I will post more soon!! Take care!!!

Atlanta

We went to Atlanta with friends in July. We went to a ballgame and here are a few pictures from that trip!!! We went on a tour of Turner Field before the game! This is just a few pictures!! It was a great trip!!!

New York City!

So we have barely been home! So I am going to finally post the pictures from our trip(not too many it takes forever)!!! This is us walking down Times Square!!


This is also us at Yankee Stadium!!

Statue of Liberty!! Yes I am a school teacher!!!
This is CitiField! At the Mets game!!


This building has no right angles in it!! It was all smooth and rounded!! It was a mental hospital when it was built!!

Dinner at the Palms the last night! He is so wonderful!!!

PCOS

So I have had some female issues lately and since C and I are wanting to have babies in the not so distant future. I went to the doctor to try and figure all these things out. So I had an ultrasound and bloodwork done yesterday and found out that I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. So this is a setback but I started a mediciation to treat this yesterday. I just would love the thoughts and prayers of my friends during all this!! Any advice would also be amazing!!!

Busy Summer...

This summer has been crazy and about to get worse! But its a lot of fun to be getting paid to do stuff!! I love summer vacation!! I just wanted to check in and say" I cross my heart promise to update pictures soon!!!"

So...

I am so ready for this weekend and tomorrow!! Tomorrow is my last day of school and I am so freaking excited because I have made it through my first year of teaching. I have enjoyed it and will miss my class this year. Even when they drive me insane, I still love them!!

Tomorrow also, My sister-in-law is having her little boy!! We are so excited and ready for him to be here. Chad and I are leaving when school gets out and heading to Oak Ridge to meet him!!! I am really excited!! I will post pictures of him soon!!

Then Sunday, my parents are taking me to the beach! We are going on a family trip even though Chad cant go... I will miss him!! :( But I am really excited for a few days away!!!

Books..

I am needing to update my 5th grade classroom library!! I need ideas where I can get books that are in GOOD shape and cheaply!! I really need some updating to my books and I hate to order them with my money but am going to have to do so!!! I am looking at an order form for Scholastic but am really trying to be good!!!

I read a book this week. The Other Boleyn Girl.... Very good. I think its over 600 pages long and I read it from Saturday night and finish it on Sunday afternoon. I needed the rest, having mono has kicked my rear. Anyways, please let me know where I can find some!! Thanks!!

I have been thinking...

Here lately I have been sick! I have actually had mono and did not know it. I am now on the up ward hill. I knew something was wrong when I had a four day weekend and all I wanted to do was sleep. Not like me at all. I had my blood work done three times before they found something wrong with me! The doctor said that I had it before but I think that is something that I would remember! But I don't! So today, mono has kicked my rear! I came home after church and the visitation that we had to go to, I got in bed and slept for two hours! Now I am watching the Superbowl in the chair with Chad.

Also, about a year ago I was diagnosed with factor v. Its a blood clot disorder. I cannot take birth control because it puts me at risk for having blood clots and a stroke. I have been doing a lot of research about it lately because I want to have children in the near future. All my research says that as long as you know about it before you get pregnant which I do, everything can be okay!

Today at church we had a sermon on husbands loving their wives and wives submitting to their husbands. This is hard for me! I really do struggle with submitting and allowing Chad to be the head of our household. I am very strong willed and independent! I love my husband. This is something that I am working on!!

An update..

I have totally slacked on adding some pictures. I know this and am extremely sorry! I am going to do better!! So here goes!!

Vandy Before her haircut....

After her Haircut....

This is Sadie. She is my new cousin! I am so in love!!

This is from our trip to Oak Ridge to visit Chad's Sister back in June! I have pictures that old on this CD!!

Counting Down til Christmas Break...

Don't get me wrong... I love my class, I love teaching, I love my fifth graders and honestly I will worry about them the entire break. But I am really ready for a few days of being at home with my husband and dog. Then again, I am not looking forward to the running around and the sadness that comes with the Holidays. I lost my grandparents this year and have been extremely sad by this. I am looking forward to being with Family and Friends but not having to celebrate without those very important people to me! Please keep me and your family in your prayers! Well Anyways I need to finish my christmas decorating! I promise to post pitcures soon!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving! I am so thankful for my many blessings that I have in my life! My husband is my rock. He brings be back to earth and calms and comforts me! I am so blessed to have him in my life. I also am so blessed to have my mom and dad. They have supported me and my husband through so much and I am just happy to have them. Also I have some of the best friends a girl could ask for! I am so lucky to get to do a job that I truly enjoy! I have a wonderful class of students who amazing me daily!

I know that it has been a while! I have already decorated my tree and my house!! I just could not wait! I am almost done Christmas shopping too!! I love to shop!! I can't control myself!! Whether buying for myself or others! I just love to shop!!

I will post some updated pictures of my house and Vandy soon!! Take care and be safe!!

Hey!

So its been a little bit!! I just wanted to say that I am on Fall Break!! SO I am going to enjoy it. I need to clean my house, my room at school, groom my dog, and work in the yard. That is how I plan to spend my time!!

A few weekends ago, my bestie came home from SC and we went to eat lunch at La Siesta!! Its was good. I miss her!!!

That's about it!! Have a wonderful week!!!

What a year....

Ok.. So its been a little bit. I am trying to get my feet back under me since school has started. For those of you who know me really well you understand how tough this year has been. First my grandfather lost his 6 year battle with cancer. He did it with such faith that it was hard to be sad about losing him. Then in July, my nanny was taken from us. She went to heaven to be with her true love. Well... today I found out that a friend of mine killed himself. Its not that we were so close anymore. Its just that we used to be. Our brothers played baseball together. That makes you family. You go on vacations together and everything. He had a tough few years and just gave up. I don't know how much more of this I can handle. I miss my grandparents more and more everyday. Its hard to even make anyone understand. My grandfathers birthday would have been tomorrow and I miss him!! Plain and simple! I miss them both.