First Dance Class!

We tried our hand at gymnastics awhile ago but Chloe was just not ready to go out on her own yet:) You have no idea how excited she (and yes...me too) was to go to her first dance class. The very best part is that she is taking from the same teacher I had when I was 8!

Baby Update

Nope, no baby yet...but also no contractions today! Whoot Whoot!
Now I don't know if I am unusual....but I don't mind being pregnant. Sure I have my days where I could scream, but I am like that non prego too:) I get very mildly sick in the beginning, my boobies look great, and I actually enjoy the growing of the baby bump. I also don't mind the huge awkwardness it grows into during this last month. I think it is so cool when the baby is SO big that you don't feel kicks anymore, you just feel rolls and can see arms and legs sliding across your belly. Now that being said....I don't want to have another early baby. Chloe came at 34 weeks and 2 days, no warnings, no pre contractions, no reason, she just wanted out. She still weighed a hefty 5 lbs 13 oz, we were in the NICU for 5 days and then home on bili lights for 3. It is so painful to not be able to cuddle and bond with your new baby! My heart aches for those moms who have to wait weeks and even months.
Back to I don't want another early baby...but this little boy needs to make up his mind! Or my cervix, and uterus need to communicate better, one or the other:) I started having contractions again on Sunday night....every ten minutes....all back labor....I did not sleep at all! Seriously not one tiny little wink. By the time Taylor got home from work Monday night I just broke down in tears, officially exhausted! I called labor and delivery and they told me to come on in. By this time I was contracting big strong contractions every ten minutes and smaller ones every 3 minutes in between. No cervical changes though. They sent me home with some pain medication which was much appreciated and I got a GREAT nights sleep. About seven in the morning I rolled over and could feel a contraction start, awesome, the medication was wearing off, dang! My cute friends had planned a baby shower for me that day, and at this point instead of hoping these contractions meant that "this was it" I was hoping that I could make it until night time. Which I did....and the shower was great (post about that soon I promise). I was still having horrible back labor all day. Didn't sleep again Tuesday night, Wednesday during the day the contractions just kept getting stronger and stronger. The only time I got out of bed was to get in the bath for some pain relief. (don't worry, my little sister has become a live in babysitter during this time, she takes care of ALL of us). At about 3 I called Taylor to make sure he would be home RIGHT after work so that we could decided what we needed to do. I hopped back in the bath and tried to relax, but the contractions just kept coming harder and faster. So I called him and told him to come home NOW. He came home and we headed for the hospital with bags in tow. Contractions very regular and strong, every 4 minutes. This had to be it right? Nope...labor isn't measured in amounts of contractions, it is measured by cervical change. Back home with some pain medication that didn't work as well. I still didn't sleep very well, but the contractions are only one or two an hour now and aren't as painful. Imagine that moment when you tell your nurse you are ready for your epidural and she tells you the anesthesiologist is with another patient and will be in in a half an hour or so...and that half hour is killer! That is the amount of pain I have been experiencing since Tuesday night. I cannot do that for 5 more weeks...and then push out a baby! So if the contractions stop....bring on month 9 of pregnancy! If they continue to be all the time and super painful....bring on delivery!

Baseball Ends!

Logan played baseball for the Legacy Center this year. He really learned a lot and is not too bad of a hitter. He even caught a couple of pop flys, when he was paying attention. His coach was awesome. He taught them all the fundamentals of baseball as well as being VERY encouraging and teaching them good sportsmanship. Go Wolverines! As much as Logan has enjoyed playing baseball, this mama was ready for it to be done. 95 degree games and metal bleachers were too much for me! (Logan is in the back row on the far left)

High Maintenance

At about 11:30 pm last night Chloe was so tired she could barely function. Have I mentioned that she can actually cry on cue? Not just a little fake child cry, she can get the alligator tears rolling! I put her to bed (again) and got in the tub. When I went in to check on her, I was sure she would be asleep. No she said, I can't sleep, my eyes hurt. Well they probably hurt because we got up early today, went to a movie, swam all day, went to logan's game, and it's late! Plus you are probably stinking hot because you insist on wearing fleece footie pajamas every night! I got her a washcloth to calm her severe "eye hurt". I think all she needed to do was close her little eyes and relax because within a minute or so she was out! I love that the washcloth is so heavy it is pushing her nose down all funny.

You asked for it!

What is it with our sheer desire to see others in misery? Nothing about an 8 month prego belly is cute, nothing! But we still continue to ask people to send us pictures of how big they are getting. Well you got it, here you go! I specifically didn't wear makeup or do my hair in this picture to excentuate how over it I am! I would like everyone to notice how this baby is getting so large that he has run out of up and down room, and has proceded to move his way into the love handle region.

Everything Changes....

I was reading over my profile and decided, wow, not a word of it is true anymore. It is definately time for an update. But I needed you all to read it one more time, hopefully you get as big of a laugh as I did...

Old Profile
I am the mom of 2 adorable kids. Don't ask because there aren't anymore on the way. We have been living in our first house for a little over a year now and love it! We have also had our dog for almost a year, and ARE NOT loving it! Logan is in kindergarten, and Chloe is my right hand lady! Besides being a mom and all that entails....I manage at Famous Footwear. So I get to be mom there too.


Ok..here is my new profile

I am still the mom of 2 adorable kids. ONE MORE ON THE WAY. We have been living in our house for 3 years and love it! WE DO NOT HAVE A DOG ANYMORE, BECAUSE SHE WAS A CHEWING PEE MACHINE:) Logan is soon to be in SECOND GRADE, and Chloe is going to be in PRESCHOOL. ALSO-I DON'T HAVE A JOB ANYMORE:) What a hoot!


The decision to have another baby was semi-sporadic (how that is spelled, I will never know.) My sister in law had her 2nd baby and I was packing up all of the newborn baby boy clothes to send down to her. Feeling really good about all the extra space it was going to save me to GIVE it all away for good. As I started to go through the clothes and see all of the cute things that I bought when I was pregnant with Logan, I completely LOST IT! Not just a little sad....choking tears rolling down my cheeks. Taylor looked at me, I think he was a little pale, and asked what was wrong. I said I wasn't ready to be done having kids. That night I went to bed and added it all up in my head. If I get pregnant in March, then I can be off of work for Christmas. I woke Taylor up and told him the news...he said ok, but then we have to have two more (I will finish this story later.) What!!?! He agreed! I called the dr's office the next day to have my iud taken out. When I asked how long it would take me to get pregnant he said it takes most women 6-12 mo. Well....call me fertile myrtle. FOUR DAYS. Now as for having 2 more....we have decided that my body does not like being pregnant after 30 weeks. Chloe arrived at 34 and this baby is pushing to come soon. This will be it for us, we understand the risks and heartache having a premature baby and don't want to push it:) As for baby #3....we are still having contractions everyday. I feel like I have been in the first stage of labor for a month. My due date has been moved around so much with the size of this baby, but not wanting to risk his health we are back to the original day of Aug 25. Which puts me at 34 weeks exactly next Friday. After 34 weeks if I go into full on labor, nothing will be done to stop me. As much as I would love to be done being pregnant and have this little boy here, we want him healthy! I just have to be prepared to have him...really anyday. He can't be born before we agree on a name though...right?

Logan survived kindergarten and first grade. I was so worried to send him to the first day of first grade, mostly I was worried for him to eat lunch at school! No one helps you pick out what you don't like at school, cuts your food, or opens your milk. He is growing up way too fast. I am so amazed at how fast they learn at this stage. He is an AWESOME reader! He also tests two grade levels ahead in math.

Chloe is a social butterfly and all girl. She is starting a new preschool this fall in our neighborhood and we are really excited on how focused on literacy they are. She went last year but we felt it was more of an expensive play day for her and wanted to get her in somewhere with stricter curriculum. She will be 5 this year, but barely misses the deadline for kindergarten. That's ok with us because she is barely big enough for a 4T, and while she's the oldest in her class, she's the shortest. Before we found out what the baby's gender was, we discussed that having another girl might help Chloe not be so spoiled, but another boy would be ok too, because Chloe makes the perfect spoiled princess! Chloe was in gymnastics for awhile, but didn't like it very much. She is starting dance this fall, I don't know who is more excited....her or me:)

Oh our dog......seriously I think she has some mental problems. I felt so bad for her because I never wanted to let her in the house. She was either chewing the crap out of something, or peeing on it. I literally cleaned my carpets 2-3 times a month, because I never knew what she had done. I told my aunt debbie I was giving her away, and she decided to take her. I think they may regret it, but my little sisters love her a lot. We now have two cats....and I never thought I was a cat person. Our cats are very low maitenance, which I love. They are also very loving and like to cuddle.

My job.....what a joke. I got fired after working there for 6 years. I have a really hard time believing that I all of a sudden started to suck:) I am loving being able to stay at home! The first day I was jobless I woke up and felt a little panicked, I had nothing to do that day. My life had been a whirlwind of trying to just get it all done for SO long that the thought of an unstructured day freaked me out. I got over it:) My house got a full deep clean, every room, every closet. I got all of my 1/2 done projects finished. I planted a garden, and worked very hard on keeping our yard looking good this year, until...my belly got in the way. The best part about being home is being able to be the wife and mom that I want to be. We rarely have a day with nothing to do or nowhere to be.