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Things no one told you about pregnancy

2011-02-17T18:12:00.002-05:00

I have loved being pregnant and I have been blessed to not have morning sickness. I had morning sickness from about week 4 to week 9. At my ninth week I got a horrible cold which I thought was death or at least the flu. But no it was a measly cold, but it made my morning sickness go away.

There are things that cute pregnant woman don't tell you about pregnancy is the weird symptoms.

1. Heartburn, it will crush you and leave you crying. The bad thing is when I found out I was pregnant, the "baby" wanted spicy Mexican and Italian. It came back to haunt me. I live off tums and no more salsa till after this baby is born.

2. Rabbit pellets. TMI. I poop rabbit pellets and have for the past 4 months. That is all.

3. Hair and nails. My hair is absolutely the best it has ever been with minimum styling. My nails should be manicured because they are so long and strong.

4. I have a dark brown line going down the middle of my stomach. I kind of knew about that but it is still weird.

5. I have the crappiest immune system in the world. I pick up everything! Plus every time I blow my nose there is blood in my tissue. (don't tell me you don't look at the tissue after you blow.)

One thing I learned is that I wouldn't change it for the world. I can't wait to meet my son.

2011 Great News

2011-01-01T11:27:00.003-05:00

I have some great news and since I haven't updated in forever!

We are having

A

BABY!!!!!!!

Due June 1st

Oh yeah it is going to be a country boy! So I need to research tonka trucks and tractors!!

90 Days

2010-04-06T20:31:00.001-04:00

I have not updated this blog in forever!! But a lot has been going on here in our neck of the woods!

My husband’s parents live about 5 miles away from us, and there is also a property right next to them. A elderly couple has lived there for about 3 years, and my husband has wanted that property when it went on sale 3 years ago. He didn’t have the money, so the elderly couple got it.

In the last month, the couple has had some really bad luck. The wife has had some problems this past year, and the husband just broke his leg last month. I feel so sorry for them. They are ready to leave this property to be closer to their family.

So………………………….They are selling the house to us!

We move in 90 days! We have to sell our house, and fix up this new house. There is a lot to do! I need lots of inspiration. The house we live in now was a brand new house, and I didn’t really have to change anything.

The house we are getting was built in 1996, and it needs some improving. We have to repaint and add carpet, because the house smells like animals. I can’t stand the smell. They have two big dogs and two cats.

Lots to do!!

I’m on a horse.

2010-02-18T20:37:00.001-05:00

My Favorite commercial! It is HI-Larious!!!

I’m on a horse.

4 years ago today

2010-02-11T22:31:00.001-05:00

I met my husband.

We celebrated by having Japanese people cook food on a hot grill. Actually I watched because they use way too much butter for my stomach. I ate sushi. My husband enjoyed it though.

His sister has been cutting my Aunt’s hair for about 15 years, and they decided after 10 years that hubby and I were about the same age and single at the same time.

My aunt stalked him, and with his sister’s help convinced him to come see me at my Aunt’s shop on the weekend before Valentine’s day.

It was raining and cold that day, and we had a lunch date. This was our conversation:

Me: I just ended a 2 and a half year relationship where we were engaged and called it off.

Him: Oh, (awkward silence) How long ago was that?

Me: a month ago

Him: Oh (awkward silence)

It ended up being the best thing that happened to me. He was head over heels in love with me from that date.

The rest is history.

So.

2010-01-29T22:24:00.001-05:00

I went off my birth control.

and I have acne. Its like I time warped back to my freshman year in high school, and I have to use my noxzema again. Also, I am a picker, and I can’t have anything on me that I can feel. I have to pop those zits!! I do not like this! I usually have great skin, and ever since I quit taking that little pill a lot of stuff has happened:

I got acne.(spoiler alert)

I gained 10 lbs.(I know people usually gain when they get on the pill, but my maintained, and now has gone up

My hair is gross. This might be the shampoo that we changed to, but I don’t know.

The good thing is I enjoy my husband more, if you know what I mean!

Decorating Fail

2010-01-18T20:14:00.001-05:00

This is what you get when you try to be cute and put a decal on the wall. Then you try to get it off, and it leaves an imprint!

All year long!

First Thing

2010-01-17T18:00:00.001-05:00

Today for the first time, I saw one of my husbands exes (ex) today. We happen to be walking in the parking lot, and there was another couple with a baby. Hubby said Hello while I was texting on my phone.

I looked up and stood kind of behind him because I was texting, and wasn’t really paying attention to the conversation. I got introduced as his wife, and that was it. My hubby knows a lot of people and we constantly run into someone he knows. I just do my usual “Nice to meet you” and stand there while they catch up.

As we are walking away, I see my husband kind of smirk. I ask “Who was that?” He says it was his ex girlfriend from like 7 years ago. I had to stop and look back to see what she really looked like. I had not been expecting that.

As we are leaving the store, and I have been joking around saying that could have been your baby, and how things change over time.

I asked him if that Reba McEntire song played in his head as he talked to her:

Thousands of people live in this town
And I had to run into him
When I saw him there on that busy street
Those feelings came back again
There was nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
He walked up to me, looked in my eyes
Chorus:
And still
The world stood still
I couldn't move
And all I could feel
Was this aching in my heart
Saying I loved him still

After he stopped laughing he said that this Garth Brooks song was actually playing in his mind:

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

Then I laughed some more. It may sound mean and cocky, but you always want to look better than the ex. and I did.

Totally 80s!!!

2010-01-10T20:21:00.001-05:00

My 30th birthday is coming up this year, and usually I would be pretty bummed. I hate getting older, but what a better way to celebrate it than to have an 80’s theme party.

I am really excited, and I am working on some ideas! I need some more ideas!! I specifically need some decorations ideas. I am going to use my garage as the party area. It is a nice big blank space, and you can hang out outside or inside. I can’t go crazy and paint anything, but I need something for the wall.

This is an example of something on the wall with construction paper or card stock.(without the moustache)

I also want a photo booth, with black back drop and balloons. I have 6 months to get this party together. I am also making people dress up in 80s wear. I can not wait! It is going to totally awesome!

2009 in Pictures

2010-01-07T19:42:00.001-05:00

I saw this on Yaya Stuff and it looked awesome! Since I have not been updating my blog, I would show you what happened this year!

Let’s start in the top left hand corner with the far away shot of hubby and I.

1. My husband and I’s 1 year anniversary in the mountains! It was cold, but there was a Hot Tub outside with snow all around.

2. A weekend trip whitewater rafting with family and friends.

3. My husband and I going to a wedding, where he was a groomsman. But he looks like a waiter!

4. My niece Hannah sleeping on my shoulder!! So sweet! It makes my uterus hurt!

5. New Years Eve 2009!

6. My BFF’s last child but first son after 3 girls!!

7. My niece Hannah (again) at her Christening.

8. I had to get my wisdom teeth out!

9. New Years Eve Party 2008, but by the look on my face it had to be after midnight!

10. My wedding picture, but I didn’t post it to facebook until 2009.

11. My BFF Angela and I at the beach for girls weekend.

12. Hubby and I going to Grandmothers birthday, and where an old Alzheimer's lady thought I was pregnant!!

13. Our Christmas Card.

14. My BFF and I hanging out!

15. 2009 2nd Chance Prom!

16. Brad Paisley Concert where I could reach out and touch if I wanted to! That's only a little zoom!

Off Day

2010-01-05T19:37:00.001-05:00

Today is an off day. I have a lot of stuff that I want to do, but I feel like blah. I still have to take down my tree and all the decorations. I still have to put up my Christmas presents in the correct places.

In two weeks, I will have been married 2 years. 2 years. It’s amazing still. There are lots of people that can’t even make it a year. a year!! There are also people out there that are miserable in their marriage.

But we are still in love as if it was the first day we fell in love.

In other news, I have reached a reality tv wall with the crap that I watched last night. Conveyor Belt of Love has to be the stupidest reality show ever. It is much worse than any Jersey Shore, Tough love, or Rock of love.

I am also trying to diet again. I haven’t started yet, because things keep coming up!!

stats

2010-01-02T22:29:00.001-05:00

walk/run: 2 miles, only 198 more to go.

I think I played Super Mario Brother Wii all day today. That game is so great! It is addictive!

My resolutions are coming along. I need to get all of my Christmas decor down, and hopefully I can do that tomorrow!

2010 New Year Goals

2010-01-01T19:25:00.001-05:00

1. Write more on my blog.

2. Write 90% more on my blog.

3. Comment on other people’s blog. (I really suck at that!)

4. Lose weight. (duh!)

5. Eat healthy food! I love junk, the more cheese, candy, chocolate, fried a food is, I will gobble it up. But I love healthy food too! Why can’t I eat more of that!

6. Make more dinners at home. If you knew how much my husband and I eat out! You would be offended. (like every day that ends in y).

7. Run 200 miles this year. I really want to get back into exercising since I have a gym membership until Oct 2010.

8. Pray more, and read more of God’s word.

9. Help make a baby. (writing that down makes it real, but like I told my husband it is probably a 2% chance that it will happen this year.)

10. Love my husband more than I ever have in 2009!

11. watch less TV, and less internet. I don’t have to know everything that happens in pop culture.

Hopefully I will keep you update on how everything is going. This past year has been wonderful, and I am looking forward to what 2010. I hope I make new friends, find new love with my husband, and live everyday as if it were my last! (cliché I know!)

Happy New Year!

I know.

2009-10-28T18:45:00.001-04:00

I know.

Its been a long time.

I am not sure on the exact date, because I use Windows Live writer to write my blogs.

I had a great streak going where I wrote 2 nights in a row, but I ran out of steam.

I have been taking a cake decorating class. Its fun but I realized that I have no craftiness in me. But I think I will still keep taking course 2. I love having something to do, and motivates me to cook food in the house!
I had some family drama that I couldn’t talk about on my blog. My other problem with this blog is that I really can’t be honest.
I still love my husband, and he is completely amazing in every way!! He truly completes me.
Sorry for all the gushy mushy, but I love him!

Thanks for checking up on me Kristina!

Thanksgiving

2009-09-29T19:19:00.001-04:00

I know it seems like a long way away, but I really just want to get out of town for Thanksgiving. Just my hubby and I. This past year we have had so much family drama, (~~my side~~) that we really don't care to spend the holiday with anyone.

Don't get me wrong, Hubby and I love our family but we want to get away.

I want to go to the beach, and hubby wants the mountains.

We get free rooms in the mountains, but we have been there 3 times this year. I have only been to the beach twice this year, and neither of those times included my husband. I have a great deal at a resort at the beach, also.

I don't know which one to choose!

The problem with the mountains is that you are a million miles away from anything other than the hotel. So any Black Friday Shopping we will have to drive far away to enjoy.

The problem with the beach is that my husband hates it. He also hates shopping.

Mountains: 5 and half hours from our house.

Beach: 1 and half hours from our house.

Which would you choose?

My Knight in Shining Armor

2009-09-28T19:10:00.001-04:00

I have lived in my house with my husband for almost 2 years, and in those 2 years I have been Mrs.. Scaredy Cat when it comes my imaginations of someone trying to break into my home. If I try to go to sleep without the TV on, I hear all kinds of noises that sound like murderers, robbers, and thugs. I go to the bathroom window and check to see if anyone is in our driveway a couple times a night. My husband, on the other hand, is not scared to go to sleep at night. The noises never bother him unless I wake him up because I heard a noise.

~~Flashback time~~

A few months before I moved into the house, someone came by and kicked in the front door. My husband had a security system but it was not linked to the police. As soon as these punks heard the alarm they left. So I figure they were school kids or stupid construction workers. These people have never been caught to our knowledge.

So my husband installed security cameras, and linked the alarm to the police.

~~Flashback over~~

So basically we live at Fort Knox, and since I have lived there we have not had any problems. until last week.

Last Saturday night, my hubby and I were going to bed around 10:00. We are both awake watching college football. All our lights are out except for the TV.

My hubby hears a noise(which I don't hear surprisingly), and goes to the bathroom to look out the window. He says that there is a car in our driveway. I start to freak out, because we don't get visitors especially at 10:00 at night. My husband grabs the gun and I watch from the front window.

All the sudden from the window I see this guy walking(YES, walking) back to his car. I see my husband running out the front door yelling at the punk to get @#&!@ out of the yard. My husband fires a warning shot. The guy jumps in his car, while my husband is firing another warning shot. The car reverses all the way out of our driveway and down the street so we don't see his license number. I am pretty sure that punk peed his pants.

Now I am freaking out, and I can't go outside because I have my on my nightgown. I don't know what to do whether I should call the cops. My husband finally comes back in, and he is pretty shaken up. He has never had to fire the gun in that circumstances. We go down to look at the security tape, and see this punk going through my husbands truck looking for something to steal. The punk tries my car but its locked. Its too dark to see anything on the camera other than the punk going through the truck. We don't think he found anything to steal in the truck.

But we were pretty shaken up that night, so we went to sleep at his mothers, plus I was worried that guy would come back.

Since that day my husband is the one hearing the noises and getting freaked out. I am now sleeping like a baby, because I saw how my husband protected this house. I know that no one is getting into our house without a fight. He is my knight in shining armor.

What is this? House week?

Our little (I mean really little) dream house

2009-09-27T16:50:00.001-04:00

My husband and I were driving along and randomly talking about different things. The subject came up about what our perfect house would be if we did not have kids. We live in a 2300 square foot house, and my husband bought it because he knew it would be perfect for us. Now we feel like if we decide not to have children the type of house we would like to have based on our lives.

The setup of our house now is we have a great room (living room, kitchen, and dining area all together), 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 laundry room.

We only live in one side of our house, so we can eliminate the 3 other bedrooms. We can also eliminate the dining area, because we might have used it 5 times in the past 2 and a half years. My hubby did not even have a dining room table until we had been married 4 months.

We can really eliminate the kitchen because I don’t cook that often, and neither does my husband.

We can also get rid of the other 2 bathrooms. I think it may have been a couple of times that we used the bathrooms at the same time. Everyone knows boys can go pee outside.

So hubby and I only need a living room, bedroom and bathroom. We don’t need a jacuzzi tub or double sinks. We might need a little bigger shower though.

I hate doing laundry, and we could save a ton of money from the above house. So I figure I can just buy clothes for the week, then give them away to charity and buy new ones.

I am no longer wise.

2009-09-17T19:22:00.001-04:00

I had my wisdom teeth out today.

Yes. Today.

I actually feel pretty good. I came home from the surgery, and slept for a couple hours. I have laid around today eating my fill of mashed potatoes and Wendy’s frosties. My husband has been my male nurse(murse) all day! I made him wear a white dress and everything!

I had my surgery at 10:30, and this was actually taken about 4 hours after. I know I look really cute with my ice pack holder.

I hope this is the worse of the pain, because I read some many horror stories that I scared myself. The nurse that gave me my sleepy drug was super sweet and calmed my nerves. When I woke up in recovery I started crying and saying I want my husband, which actually sounded like: uhh wausnt muuyy hsuussbadddnd. But the nurse told me I could not see him til I calmed down. I was thinking I will calm down when I see my husband.

He put me to bed, gave me medicine, fed me a frostie, and let me go to sleep! I worried the whole time for nothing.

I hope its like this when I have babies!

2nd Chance Prom

2009-08-30T22:17:00.001-04:00

I know I have been absent lately. again.

We went to a Second Chance prom sponsored by a local radio station. We had the best time.

See Examples:

If the pictures don’t prove it, we had a blast. We were supposed to go with my friend and her fiancé, but since that whole thing happened, she took a friend.

I also am getting my wisdom teeth out. I don’t want to, but I have been having persistent headaches due to my teeth.

Oh yeah, that is Salt and Pepa and we Pushed it. Pushed it good!

Never having them at all!

2009-08-16T22:13:00.001-04:00

This weekend was a lazy weekend, where I could ~~watch TV~~, clean house, ~~go out to eat~~, cook dinner, and do whatever else I wanted.

I had heard about this show on Discovery called “Freebirthing”, and I was intrigued because I like the show “I Didn’t know I was pregnant”, even though it is the scariest thing in the world.

Until now.

Let me give you the premise of “Freebirthing.” It is where ordinary women decide to forgo doctors, midwives, medicine, and have the babies at home. unassisted. I saw the first lady have a baby with her 2 year old son watching from the end of the bed, while her one leg was thrown up in the air, and a head coming through! Which I thought was pretty gross. So I pushed Record, so my husband could see it later. I did not watch the rest of it.

Until Later.

With my husband, and we are never having kids. The second woman having a baby unassisted was way grosser. She was buck naked, and in the doggy style position with her helper behind her. She was screaming and making awful noises, THEN all of the sudden you hear this loud gush of liquid, and baby falls flat on the ground!!!!!!

That sound made me almost throw up.

Then I called my mother and asked if that really happened. She said it does, but the pain goes away as soon as the baby comes out. She had me at the hospital, naturally. I am the youngest.

I told her I was not giving her grandchildren.

Although now I think it would be better if I didn’t know I was pregnant, so I would not have 9 months to think about it.

I am scarred for life.

2 Days

2009-08-12T20:09:00.001-04:00

Ok.

2 blog posts in a week. It is getting crazy up here!! But I loved all the comments that you guys left about the wedding.

Seriously there is nothing else to the story. My husband has tried to get some information since he still talks to him, but he won’t give him a reason for not EVER talking to her again.

But you know how boys are, they either don’t ask the right questions, or they don’t care.

In other news, my husband is turning into the Mr. Wilson* of the neighborhood. We live in a neighborhood that is out in the country. We have a four wheeler problem. Adults and kids ride their four wheelers all day long.

Hubby always says “If you own a four wheeler, you own the road,” whatever that means. But the kids have been riding on a hill across from our house, and it drives my husband crazy. The kids are actually causing erosion problems by riding on this hill.

But every time he sees a kid get on that hill, he runs out and yells at them. He is too cute though! But seriously we have a epidemic of 4 wheelers. Our neighbors also like to shoot off fireworks at 2:00 in the morning! But that is another story!

*If you didn’t know Mr. Wilson is from the Sunday comic Dennis the Menace.

What I did this Summer.

2009-08-10T18:07:00.001-04:00

So I know that I have been slack this summer on blogging. I do have lots of funny and sad things that have happened this summer. So I am giving you the reader's digest of this summer.

Wedding Woes:

Remember back in March when I did the bridesmaid dress bracket. You guys did such a good job at picking out a dress, that I did NOT even go with any of your suggestions. Funny, huh? Well I guess I should have because after I bought my dress, the wedding got cancelled. Anyone want a Latte size 10 bridesmaid dress?
So the wedding got cancelled because the groom stopped talking to the bride. He went on a cruise, and when he came back he never talked to her again. They had been arguing but nothing huge. She has not heard a word since June from him. He is best friends with my husband, so that means I still have to see him.
The good thing out of this is that now the bride and I are way better friends than before the wedding got cancelled.
Another side note; they dated for FIVE years!!!

Wedding and Casinos:

My husband was a groomsman for another wedding this summer along with the above guy. I had to spend the weekend with the no call groom.
Fun times!

Hubby and I decided to go to Cherokee for a little vacation. We had a free room at Harrah's since my husband has a gambling problem.
It was seriously the nicest room that I have ever stayed in. When we came back to our room to go to bed, they had white robes and cookies laid out for us!
We also brought back triple the money that we took to the casino!!! Yay!

My niece's 1st Birthday:

My sweet niece is turning 1 on Thursday, so we had her party here for her. She is the sweetest child. There was not a single meltdown.
She has been walking for a month and a half already.

But she will not feed herself. Its really cute that she will go to anybody who is eating and we just feed her. She is like a cute little dog!

2nd Chance Prom:

The local radio station has an annual 2nd chance prom that they put on for the local community. This event is in 2 weeks!
We were going to go with the couple that cancelled their wedding, but now only the girl is coming. She invited a friend.
The music group that they hired for the prom is...wait for it......

Salt and Pepa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I couldn’t find a picture, so imagine it)

I am so excited!!!!!!!!!! It brings me back all the way to middle school with songs like Shoop, Push it, and What a man!!
Plus, I have always wanted to go to the prom with my husband!

Other than that we got nothing else! I will make sure to put some pics up from our 2nd chance prom.

I Suck

2009-08-06T21:24:00.001-04:00

I really do.

I have not wrote a single blog post since July 14th, and I am usually pretty good about keeping up. I have just been lazy. I have had a few things happen while I have been lazy.

My grandma had her 80th birthday party a couple of weeks ago, and the whole family came down for it. I saw a lot of family that I had not seen in a good 10 years!! There was a few people that I had saw that I have never met.

I need to show you photographic evidence first before I tell you what a person with Alzheimer's said to me.

This is me with my cutie patootie niece! That is the birthday girl in the back giving me the crazy eyes.

Anyway this dress looks really bad on me, and I did not realize til I got to the party, where the following conversation took place:

Gma (grandma): AL, this is my granddaughter Melissa.

Me: Nice to meet you!

AL (Alzheimer's lady): (pats my belly) Aww your pregnant!!!!

Me: Umm No ma’am.

AL: Oh well you are just a little chubby!!

Me: say nothing but just walk away and go cry in the corner to my momma.

Then I told my brother and my cousin what she said and they laughed at me. Then the rest of the family found out, and then I could not enjoy 2 pieces with cake without someone saying: You really need to be eating that!

So that was a fun party.

But then I see that picture and I say well I kind of do look pregnant!!

But before you get mad because I called her Alzheimer's patient, she also thought my uncle was a dentist but in reality his name is Dennis.

Vacation Recap

2009-07-14T20:25:00.001-04:00

Original Huh?

This was the month of the vacation that I have not had since last September. I had 10 glorious days off, and I enjoyed every stinking minute of it. My vacation was wonderfully divided into 3 parts

Part 1:

I went to the mountains with my family on my mom's side. I love this side of the family, and do not let any tell you that there is not an A family (my mom's) and a B side(my dads). Because there is! So I got to hang out with my cousins, friends, and family for 48 hours.

We did this:

Fun? I am the one in the back looking directly at the camera. I could have done without the helmet, because it makes my head look huge!

It was fun except my uncle kept trying to push us out of the boat when we were going over a rapid!! A class 4 rapid!! If you don't know how rapids work, then let me tell you that 5 is the highest it can go!!!! We were on a 4!!!

I was scared and may have peed a little.

Part 2:

After I was home for 1.2 seconds, my friend Angela and I went to the beach. We had 3 days in the nicest hotel that we could afford, and had a couples massage. Now before you throw out the lesbian comments, she is my best friend. I have seen her naked before, as she me. But the massage was out of this world. I normally don't care for massages, but I have definitely changed my mind.

We layed out all those three days, and seriously it could not have been any hotter. It was so hot we would come back to the room take a 2 hour nap, and then still go to bed at 11:00 pm. We were lame but it was our vacation, and we could do what we wanted!

Part 3:

I came home and did nothing. It was wonderful and boring all at the same time. I got caught up on General Hospital, and still watching on Soapnet when I get home. We celebrated 4th of July with friends and family, and watched awesome fireworks.

My birthday landed on the last day of my vacation. My husband gave me wonderful gifts, such as Krispy Kreme doughnuts, going to mall with me while I browse and not buy nothing, and taking me to Moe's for a Joey Jr.

It was wonderful. I hated to go back to work.

Vacation Ramdomness

2009-07-03T15:19:00.001-04:00

Since I have been on vacation this week, I have been doing lots of tanning at the beach, rafting, and watching TV. My husband has been at work, so I have been able to catch up on my stories. Really mostly General Hospital. It is so funny how you can just jump back into it. I need to start DVRing it, or watching the recaps on Soapnet. Here are a few other shows that I have been watching, that really make me sick.

NYC Prep: Seriously if I wanted to watch preprubescent kids make out, and drink beer, I would go to the local football game on Friday night. Underage drinking is illegal in all 50 states, and the fact that they show the kids going to the clubs and restaurants ordering alcoholic drinks. It is sick. Now teen kids want to be like them
16 and Pregnant: This show also makes me want to throw up. I think it glorifies how awesome it is to be pregnant. Kids watch these shows, and they say its not so hard. And I get on TV!

Those are the two shows that I can not stand, yet I watch them.