People are silly

"The first year of marriage is the hardest"
"Marriage changes everything"

We heard it all and I want to go on record and say I think it's a load of baloney! Today is our 1 year anniversary! YAY! I seriously cannot believe a year went by so quickly. I can honestly say that our 1st year of marriage was amazing. Jody is the most caring, generous, loving husband I could ever ask for. (The man sleeps on the couch so his giant pregnant wife can spread out with 800 pillows and get a good night's sleep.) I hope Justin grows up to be just like his daddy.

I try not to get too mushy but married life is just the best. As husband and wife we went to Tahiti, Miami, Cozumel, Grand Caymen and Disney World. We worked hard to continue fixing up our little home. We hosted our first big holiday. Last week we met our brand new niece and nephew. Now we have our sweet little baby on the way in just 2 months! Not everything went perfect for us on an individual basis this year (jobs, cars, bills...Sophie, lol) but we were ALWAYS there for each other. No matter how horrible the day was seeing him always made me feel so much better.

I know a lot of people that read this blog are already married and probably doing just fine without my advice. I just want to say one thing- then get off my little soapbox. The 1st year of marriage is what you make of it. Remember that you are "on the same team" so support each other in everything. Go out of your way to do nice little things for each other; kiss in the grocery store, pack him a lunch with a love note in it, rub her back, let her sit on your lap and cry even if it's for the most ridiculous reason. Ugh- hormones are making me weepy so I'll wrap this up.

Happy Anniversary to us and many, many more!

I'm an aunt again...and an aunt again!

Woohoo! Kelly had her twins yesterday! She had a c-section schedule for 9/10 because one baby was feet down. The babies did not want to be told when to come so they picked their own birthdays. Linda called Jody around 1:30 and he, of course, called me right away- all excited that the babies would be here soon. It was a hurry up and wait kind of afternoon- they kept telling us, "15 more minutes" or "30 more minutes". At 2:58 the little peanuts were born at 35wks 3 days. Actually they're not peanuts at all! The 1st baby was a girl, Reese White and weighed 6lbs 8 oz. Reese looks JUST like her big sister Avery. The 2nd baby was a boy, Rory White and he weighed 6lbs 0 oz. The middle names are still being decided. Even though they are big healthy twins they had to go to the NICU for observation/tests. It kind of stunk b/c we had to go see them in small groups. By the time it was my "shift" the nurse was shoo-ing everyone out b/c the babies needed rest- I guess they weren't letting people take a lot of pics either =( The babies have these little domes over their faces with mist and oxygen to help their little lungs and they have little feeding tubes for now. I promise to post pics when I get them. Kelly is doing great. She was a little sleepy and shakey but good. I felt bad b/c she was in recovery for 3 hours and hadn't even really got to see the babies yet. I guess that typical of a c-section especially with preemies.

Seeing the twins makes me really hope that Justin goes full term (at least 37wks) so that he doesn't need all those NICU precautions. I'm too nervous of a person for that, lol. It was SO different. When Avery was born we all got to hold her and pass her around- she was right in the room with Kelly. Oh well, all that matters is that my little niece and nephew are here- they are adorable and they are healthy. What a happy day!

30 weeks

75% of the way "done"! Wow time really flies by. Jody swears by 10/25 as the date for the baby. Right after we found out I was pregnant he said the number 1025 kept coming up at the bank. Kinda scary to think that 10/25 is less than 2 months away now! I'm still sticking with Halloween.

Last night I went to bed around 11:30 and poor baby Justin got hiccups again. I know that they don't hurt him but I personally hate them for myself. I kept trying to reposition myself but nothing helped. This is humiliating but I got really quiet (held my breath, lol) and then tapped my belly real quick to try to "scare" away his hiccups. It made sense to me but Jody thinks I'm losing it =) Almost 10 minutes went by so I walked around a little and finally they went away. My restless leg syndrome has me up about every hour during the night with "pins and needles" from my hip to my foot. Not so fun but nothing a little tossing and turning can't fix.

Jody and I are on opposite schedules today so I took my own pic- it's not the best but I tried. Happy Tuesday!

Lots of growing!

This time I'm not talking about my belly! Jody has really taken charge of the garden this year and boy is it doing great! We have cherry tomatoes and broccoli coming out of our ears. We've had a few great (bell and banana) peppers and some impressive zucchini. Our beans and peas are doing okay- along with the cucumbers and carrots. He wanted to "experiment" and try a few new plants this year now that he's not a newbie to gardening. Here are a few photos of Farmer Jody's successful experiments. Hey- he's 4 for 4 I'm proud! The first is 1 of several cantaloupes he's grown. There is 1 of the DELICIOUS strawberries. A few ears of his corn and the biggest pumpkin in the "patch" (so far it's like soccer ball size.)

Darn you Target!

I'm thinking of totally getting rid our Target registry. Basically it's several pieces of our bedding set and now they are all "Online only". Everyone I know shops last minute for showers (myself absolutely included) so I don't think that many people will be ordering things online. Now, not only are the items online only- they are "online only, in stock soon, order now! First come first served". Seriously Target, WTF?!?! I'll already be almost 35 weeks at my shower- I don't have 6-8 weeks to wait to order these if I don't get them. I think I'm going to suck it up and just buy the darn bedding myself off of ebay or amazon. Thanks a lot Target- I didn't expect this from you =(

"C" is for cookie (and Cow and Cankles)...

I need a baked goods intervention. I just got back from the Dr's where I learned I gained almost 4lbs in 2 and a half weeks. He assured me that it's normal but I can't imagine that coffee cakes, brownies, cookies and twinkies are helping. He said that if I start to feel "concerned" about my weight I could just reduce the number of carbohydrates I eat. Riiight buddy. Easy for you to say.

It is time for my leave yet?

My department was already short staffed and then someone was fired yesterday. I work in the most un-organized, ridiculous piece of crap department ever. I'm tired... we're all tired- stop putting night meetings that are an hour away on us last minute. I'm sooo fired up right now. I decided to work up until the latest possible day so that I can save my all leave for when the baby is actually here but it's getting harder and harder to convince myself that =(