INCREDIBLY BORED AND THANKFUL

WELL IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE MY LAST POST. I AM SO BORED!!! CURRENTLY I AM SUPPOSED TO BE ON COUCH REST... WHICH PRETTY MUCH MEANS I SIT ON MY TOOSH ALL DAY. FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME WELL YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS KILLING ME. I HATE NOT BEING ABLE TO CLEAN AND COOK AND PLAY WITH MY CUTE LITTLE MEN. PLUS IF I EVEN GET UP TO GO TO THE BATHROOM MY SWEET HUSBAND GIVES ME THE THIRD DEGREE. ANYWAY LITTLE MISS ISABELLE HAS TO STAY PUT TILL I AM 39 WEEKS HENCE THE COUCH REST. AS WITH ALL MY PREGNANCIES MY PLATELETS ARE LOW AND MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS UP, PLUS WITH ME TAKING INSULIN IT CAN CAUSE HER LUNGS TO DEVELOP SLOWER AND MY DOCTOR IS WORRIED THAT IF I DO TO MUCH I WILL GO INTO LABOR. HMMM MAYBE I SHOULD SWEEP AND VACCUM. JUST KIDDING. I HAVE HAD THE MOST AWESOME HELPERS THOUGH. PHILLIP'S MOM HAS BEEN GREAT SHE HAS KEPT THE BOYS DURING ALL MY DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS (TRUST ME THERE ARE SEVERAL). MY LITTLE BROTHER HAS COME OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AND TAKEN CARE OF THE BOYS FOR ME PLUS HE HAS HELPED WITH SOME OF THE HOUSE WORK. I WAS SORT OF IN SHOCK. PHILLIP HAS BEEN AWESOME HE HAS SCHOOL IN THE MORNINGS BUT IN THE AFTERNOON HE GETS MOST OF THE CHORES DONE AND HELPS A TON WITH NATHAN AND JACOB. TOMORROW IS HIS LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! IT WILL MAKE MY LIFE SO MUCH EASIER. WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE FROM THE CHURCH IN GLADEWATER BRING US FOOD WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY APPRECIATED. PLUS WE HAVE HAD GREAT FRIENDS COME OVER JUST TO KEEP US COMPANY. MY MOM AND DAD TOOK THE BOYS TO SANTA LAND AGAIN THE OTHER NIGHT AND PHILLIP GOT TIME TO STUDY SO THAT WAS A BLESSING. MY HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK THOUGH WAS MY WONDERFUL MOPS GROUP HAD A BABY SHOWER FOR ME AND LITTLE BELLE. THIS WAS OUR THIRD SHOWER BUT WAS STILL SO MUCH FUN!!! (MY BEST FRIEND DID ONE AND THEN I HAD A SURPRISE ONE.) IT WAS NICE TO HAVE A BREAK AND GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND JUST BE AROUND WOMEN THAT I ADORE. HONESTLY I THINK I HAVE THE BEST TABLE. THEY ARE ALL SO SWEET AND THOUGHTFUL. OH YEAH I ALMOST FORGOT WE HAD CHRISTMAS WITH PHILLIP'S FAMILY AND I GOT TO SEE MY TWO GORGEOUS NIECES AND MY TWO HANDSOME NEPHEWS. I AM SO AMAZED AT HOW GOOD CHELSEA IS WITH JACOB AND NATHAN ADORES ABIGAIL. HE THINKS SHE HUNG THE MOON. POOR ANDREW I THINK GETS CONFUSED SOMETIMES ABOUT WHERE HE FITS IN. IT HAS TO BE HARD BEING THE OLDEST BOY AND LITTLE LEWIS IS A MESS. HE IS TRYING SO HARD TO GET AROUND. I LOVE HIS CHUBBY LITTLE LEGS THEY ARE TOO CUTE. HONESTLY I DID REALLY WELL THERE WAS SO MUCH CHOCOLATE THERE AND I PRACTICED GREAT RESTRAINT WHICH IS SO HARD WHEN IT COMES TO CHOCOLATE. WELL I AM OFF TO SIT HERE AND WATCH A ROUSING EPISODE OF FOX NEWS. WOW MY LIFE IS SO THRILLING.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLES

EVEN THOUGH I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO REMEMBERS I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LITTLE CHARLES. HE WOULD BE THREE TODAY. THIS AFTERNOON I HAVE A SONO SCHEDULED SO THINGS MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT. WELL I BETTER GO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF BIRTHDAY CAKE I AM MAKING.

LOTS OF CONTRACTIONS

SO... ALL DAY I HAVE BEEN FEELING LOTS OF CONTRACTIONS... NOTHING TOO HEAVY BUT I CAN DEFINENTLY TELL THEY ARE THERE. I REALLY HOPE SHE STAYS PUT FOR A COUPLE MORE WEEKS. OH WELL I PACKED A BAG SO I GUESS I AM READY WHEN SHE IS. HMM MAYBE I SHOULD GO PACK FOR MY LITTLE MEN. WOW THAT THOUGHT JUST HIT ME. LOL. SO THE DOCTOR SAYS IF I HAVE DIALATED TWO TO THREE CENTIMETERS AND I MAKE IT TO 39 WEEKS HE WILL HELP ME HAVE A BABY. WE ARE ON THIRTY FIVE AND COUNTING. I AM SO READY TO NOT BE PREGNANT.

MY NATHAN IS TWO AND HAS BECOME A PIRATE

WELL THIS PAST SUNDAY WAS NATHAN'S BIRTHDAY... HE IS TWO. ON SATURDAY WE HAD AN AWESOME PIRATE PARTY. SATURDAY MORNING WAS VERY RELAXING, I AM THE MOST ORGANIZED PERSON EVER AND SO I HAD EVERYTHING READY TO GO. THE PARTY STARTED AT TWO AND SO WE RELAXED TILL ABOUT ONE AND THEN GOT READY TO PARTY. NATHAN HAD THE CUTEST BIRTHDAY OUTFIT COMPLIMENTS OF HIS MIMI AND ADORABLE GOODY BAGS WHICH THE KIDS LOVED. (WE GO ALL OUT ON PARTIES) ONCE ALL THE KIDS WERE HERE MY AWESOME HUSBAND WHO WAS DRESSED AS A PIRATE LED THEM ON A SCAVENGER HUNT... THEN IT WAS TIME FOR ALL THE PIRATE THEMED FOOD, CAKE, AND PRESENTS. NATHAN GOT WAY TOO MANY PRESENTS AND HE LOVES ALL OF THEM. AFTER CAKE AND PRESENTS ALL THE KIDS WENT OUTSIDE AND PLAYED ON OUR BRAND NEW PIRATE SHIP. MY PARENTS PRESENT TO THE KIDS (IT IS FOR JACOB'S BIRTHDAY TOO... SLIGHTLY EXPENSIVE) WAS A PIRATE SHIP PLAYSET THAT PHILLIP AND MY DAD BUILT. IT LOOKS AWESOME. THE GUYS DID A GREAT JOB. ALL IN ALL IT WAS A VERY NICE DAY BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE MY OLDEST BABY IS NOW TWO. EVERY DAY HE DOES SOMETHINGS NEW AND I CAN'T HELP BUT LAUGH. RIGHT NOW HE IS TELLING PEOPLE HE IS A PIRATE AND SHOWING THEM HIS MUSCLES WHILE SAYING ARGH. GOT TO LOVE IT.

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UPDATE ON ISABELLE

I THINK THIS CHILD IS GOING TO BE THE DEATH OF ME. I WENT IN THIS MORNING FOR MY WEEKLY SONOGRAM AND DR. APPOINTMENT AND HE HAD ME DO BLOOD WORK.... WELL GUESS WHAT!!! WE NOW HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE. NOT REALLY A BIG DEAL JUST MORE MEDICINE. APPARENTLY I AM ANEMIC WHICH COULD EXPLAIN PART OF THE EXHAUSTION (NATHAN AND JACOB ARE THE OTHER PART. LOL.) ALL IN ALL A GOOD VISIT. BELLE WEIGHS CLOSE TO FOUR POUNDS WHICH IS AVERAGE. I AM SO EXCITED SHE LOOKS GOOD.

THIS WEEK

WELL SO FAR THIS WEEK I HAVE MADE IT TO THE DOCTOR EVERYDAY. LOL. HOPEFULLY SHE WON'T ACT UP TODAY BECAUSE IT'S MY MONTHLY GROCERY DAY. ANYWAY YESTERDAY AFTER MY DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT I MET KAYDEE AND WE WENT SHOPPING. SHE IS GIVING ME A BABY SHOWER "SINCE IT'S MY LAST BABY AND I AM FINALLY HAVING A GIRL". THE TRIP STARTED AT TARGET WHERE I REGISTERED (LOT'S OF CUTE STUFF!!!), THEN WE WENT TO CARD AND PARTY FACTORY, THEN WALMART (WHERE YOU NOW HAVE TO REGISTER ONLINE... NOT SURE IF I WILL END UP DOING IT.), THEN WE HEADED TO PARTIES PLUS AND FINALLY OUR FAVORITE HOBBY LOBBY. WE ENDED UP FINDING THE PLATES AND THINGS THAT WE LIKED AT HOBBY LOBBY FOR A REALLY AWESOME PRICE. HOBBY LOBBY IS SUCH A DANGEROUS STORE FOR ME... I COULD SPEND SO MUCH MONEY THERE. PHILLIP WAS PROUD THOUGHT I ONLY BOUGHT TWO THINGS. I GOT HIM A PICTURE FRAME FOR HIM AND ISABELLE "MY PRINCE DID COME AND HIS NAME IS DADDY" AND I BOUGHT A PIRATE SHIP CAKE PAN SO I CAN MAKE NATHAN'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. OH YEAH WE ALSO WENT YAMBOREEING LAST NIGHT AND NATHAN WON A STUFFED ELMO DOLL. WOO HOO JUST WHAT WE NEED. HE WAS SO AMAZED AND LOVED THE CAR RIDES. WELL I AM OFF TO CHECK MY BLOOD SUGAR AND GET TWO VERY HANDSOME BOYS READY FOR THE DAY.

I DID IT!!! I GAVE MYSELF MY FIRST SHOT.

SO I HAVE GIVEN SEVERAL SHOTS IN MY MANY MANY YEARS. LOL. GIVING THEM TO OTHER PEOPLE DOESN'T BOTHER ME AT ALL. I CAN HANDLE THAT BUT I JUST GAVE MYSELF ONE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HONESTLY IT KIND OF GROSSED ME OUT. IT DIDN'T REALLY HELP THAT MY HUSBAND WAS SQUINTING SAYING HAVE YOU DONE IT YET? ALL THIS TO SAY THIS LITTLE STINKER BETTER BE NICE TO ME AND HER DADDY BETTER HAVE AN ICED DR PEPPER WAITING FOR ME THE MINUTE SHE IS BORN. THIS PREGNANCY IS KICKING MY BOOTIE. OH WELL NOT TOO MUCH LONGER.