Sunday, January 24, 2010

Pregnancy Update...

I'm in my twelfth week of pregnancy now. Almost out of the first trimester. When I saw the Doc two weeks ago (almost) he said the baby was measuring exactly 10 weeks. So everythignis on track. The appointment went well. Thanks, Les, for the referral. I think it's a good match! AND, I didn't even pass out when they took blood samples (almost, but I remained conscious. That's what counts!) I thought I was turning a corner with the nausea until yesterday! About 3 in the morning I woke up not feeling good and continued to feel crummy all day. By 8pm we were doing our weekly grocery shopping and I was struggling through it pretty bad. I made it to the car OK, but didn't make it home without having Gary pull over so I could, well you know the rest. YUCK! I'm glad it was dark. Other than that things are good. I was lucky with Lydi..I was one of those people who felt better pregnant than not. This time, I can;t say the same. But I can definitely handle this and I know it's nothing compared to what some expectant moms endure.

A quick update on other aspects of our lives:

-Lydia is as cute as ever! we just can't get enough of her. She's talking and rambling so much. She lets me put her hair in sponge curlers at night and she looks ADORABLE with all those funky curls!

-Gary is adjusting to being home with her more and more as work for me has been busy! I figure I have to fit a year's worth of work in before August since I plan to take it easy after that!
-In an effort for getting me to work less, Gary is just wrapping up getting his contractor license. He is SO talented with not only designing, but building too! It's definitely his thing and his clients are always asking him for a good contractor to do their additions , remodels or build jobs. So he has decided to expand to High Desert Design Build! I think he'll be great!
-I still hate the cold (more and more as I get older). We are looking forward to a trip to Mexico in a couple of weeks.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Winter Fun...

Is that an oxymoron? It was beginning to feel like one until we got a call from the fam that there was a hooky bobbin' party taking place Saturday! Here are some cute pics of Lydi (courtesy of Jesi) having a blast being pulled on the tube. Amy and I held our own knee boarding as well, but nothing surpassed Jesi's face plant in the snow -those darn shoe laces get ya every time!






In other news, we made it through another holiday season. It was so much fun to see Lydia light up at the sight of her toys from Santa. Grandma went a little over board as well. There was great food and lots of fun to be had. Once again Gary proved to be very difficult to buy for- especially with his birthday being the 23rd. He didn't love his birthday dinner and I ruined his cake, but hey I'M PREGNANT(yeah, you read that right) -my cooking skills have been put on the back burner for at least another few weeks until the nausea lightens up.

We had fun New Years Eve with the Mowers who are always so kind to invite us to their party! It's the one time year I get Gary to play games! We had a bast.

Amidst it all we've been thinking of and praying for the Johnson Family. We attended the funeral for Mark on Saturday the 26th. It was a beautiful service and Ben gave a great talk. This has been such difficult few weeks for Ben and all of the Johnsons. Please keep them in your prayers! markandcolettejohnson.blogspot.com.

Now here I am at work (blogging)! But it's definitely back to reality today with one more holiday behind us an hopefully many more to come!