Ugg

So today is a yucky day. I’m at work but I don’t really know for how long. I’m trying not to use anymore vacation days at all, but if I don’t start to feel better soon I may have to take a halfer.
Buuut for my updates…nothing exciting to tell….we had an uneventful weekend, but Joel was on t.v. for our church, LOL. We volunteer to help out with Angel Food on one Saturday per month and this time the local news was there. Much to Joel’s dismay he did make it onto the news, but only in the background of the shots, no interviews or anything. Luckily I managed to keep my fat self out of the picture. J
Sunday we had church and then went to Joel’s mom’s house to celebrate grandma’s birthday. She passed away a while ago but Joel’s mom wanted all of the kids to come over and celebrate the day so it was a full house. Sherry (MIL) finally got to feel Mackenzie kick and so she was thrilled about that.
Today brings cool weather and the promise of a long week of cool weather so I’m really happy. I love the fall and I’m so over the hot days of 90+ weather. Today’s high is like 68 or something so whooot whooot!
Tomorrow marks Mackenzie’s point of ‘viability,’ so basically if she was born anytime after this point she has a ‘chance’ of surviving. Granted I want her to stay in there and cook much much longer, but it’s still comforting to know that she has a 70% chance of survival from this point on, and everyday that she cooks her chances increase by another 3%.
Both Joel and I are starting to get really excited about our vacation down to FL. We’re not really making it an all out ‘vacation’ because let’s face it…the economy isn’t exactly promoting a wealth of extra spending money right now, and with baby on the way we need to save as much as possible, but we both just so want the time off to relax and see friends and spend time together. I’m actually really excited about the drive down too, as weird as that may sound. We used to take mini road trips all the time when we first got married and we haven’t really driven much of anywhere in over a year now. It should work out well though, Joel will pick me up from work and we’ll leave from here, and then he’ll drive most of the way through the night. He’s off on Friday so he can sleep all day while I’m at work. Anyways, he’ll drive until we get to south GA or so and then I’ll take over so he can get some more rest. I can’t believe how soon it is….less than 2 weeks now! Eep!
Well I still feel like a sack of poo so I’m going to spend most of today sitting at my desk doing nothing, especially since we have nothing to do today. Ugg.

24 wk update....

So i'm a few days short of 24 wks but i thought it was time to update the baby bump pics....so i'll post more tomorrow, but right now my belly is full of baby and pasta so i need to lay down :)

and one for Vanessa....this is me in the bridesmaid dress....though it needs a few alterations...

Hello Mr. Hicks...Mr Braxton-Hicks

So since this is like my pregnancy journal and i post all of the changes here i thought i'd post real quick about my new adventures with Mr. Braxton-Hicks. While Joel and I were grocery shopping this past weekend i got a really strong hard cramp like sensation and had to stop and lean over the cart for a few mins. It kind of worried me but it went away shortly after. Then last night while in bed it hit me again. I can only assume that this is the braxton-hicks contractions starting to kick in...and man they pack a mean punch. They only last a minute or two but it does not feel so good. My stomach just gets sorta all tied up in knots and i have to sit/lay down/curl up in the fetal position to make them go away. I tell you what I'm sooooo for the epidural when it comes time to deliver. I mean these things are manageable but 8 hours of them every few mins......God help me....God save Joel.
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Well today is Weds. and it has been a week since i posted so i should probably post again. I'm at work and really wanting to go home. I've been getting into the exhaustion again and i don't really know why. It's not like i'm extremely active by any stretch of the imagination, but i also move around at work a relatively good amount. I dunno...maybe i'm just getting more and more lazy as my waistline increases.

This past weekend Joel and I had a very nice and relaxing time. Friday night we went out to dinner with his friend's and their gf. We had mexican which of course, baby always likes :)
Saturday was the 'lazy day.' I woke up at like 7am and wanted to clean up the house so i vacuumed because i'm crazy like that, and picked up the living room etc etc. Once Joel woke up we sat around and watched tv and did nothing in our PJ's until like 3pm. Then we decided it was time to join the world of the living and got showers and stuff and went grocery shopping. I hate grocery shopping, seems like such a waste of money, LOL LOL.
Sunday was church as usual and then back home to eat our pork roast. Yummo! Joel's friend came over for a while and i just kinda sat around on my bum all evening.

Yesterday i came home to a nice surprise...my friend 'Nessa sent me, well 'us' a package in the mail for 'Kenzie. This little girl is so spoiled, she got 3 onesies, socks, shoes, and a dress from Nessa to expand her already adorable wardrobe. I can't wait to get all of the stuff from my sister to add to the wardrobe and really get things going. I also can't wait for baby showers and stuff to start getting the room decorated!! eep!

Well that's about all i can think about to say....i guess i'll try to post more often, i just don't have very much interesting to say these days.

So Awesome!

Ok today has by far been the coolest baby thing in a while. I was laying in bed asleep (ofcourse) at 4am, and Ms. Kenzie decided to wake me up. She was moving around and i could feel little kicks and jabs as i have for a little while now and so i laid my hand on my belly. Well just then she like full on laid on my hand and moved across it. I have only felt little jabs before, sorta like a muscle spasm sensation, but this one was full on baby movement. It's the first time that i've felt like there is really a life inside of me. Too cool. :) She kept doing it for like 10 mins but then i got tired and wanted to go back to sleep so i poked her and moved around and she stopped. :) It was just too cool. Im pretty sure that she has finally decided to move up some now since the kicks and movements were no longer IN my pelvis but rather up near my belly button, so that's a huge relief.
Well i gotta go to work now....Hasta!

Ack Hurricanes!

So we moved away from FL assuming that we'd never deal with Hurricane problems again....but this past weekend we did!! Hurricane Ike's remains flew over the Kentuckiana area and the wind streams apparently combined just right to create MAJOR wind problems. We had gusts of 75-80mph but steady 60mph. We lost power at about 11 or so on Sunday AM we assume (but we were at church) and just got it back around 10:30 on Monday AM. Joel's mom is still out of power, along with nearly half of Louisville/Indiana. Luckily God spared our house and we didn't have much damage.....a few branches down but nothing hit the house so we were very blessed. It's crazy how everything has developed. Lights are still down in a lot of major intersections and gas prcies are absurd at like $4.15, not to mention the hour long wait to get it at all in the city. In our town the lines aren't too bad and luckily we got gas on Friday so haven't needed it yet but i will have to pay out the bum soon for it!
Joel's mom may be coming over tonight if she doesn't have power back but we'll see how that goes.
Well i'm back off to work. Speaking of which, yesterday we had no cell tower so i had no way to see if work was 'open' so i stayed home, since most of the area was HARD hit. But then around 11 i got cell service and found out that the office was open so i came in around 1:00 to work a 1/2 day, but then they let us leave early at 3:00....so that was a big help and was nice. I was able to go to WalMart near our side of town and they had fully stocked shelves and got some food. We are faring a lot better than most so we've been very blessed. Well ok i'm outtie....... :)

HAVE A NICE DAY!!!

HURRAY!

So i know i keep talking baby stuff....but this weekend hit a pretty exciting landmark for us both. I was sitting at the computer on Saturday morning, doing the usual and i started to feel a couple of really good strong kicks from the inside and outside, to where there was no doubt that it was her. I called Joel over to feel but once he got here she had stopped. So we went over and lay down on the couch and she started to do it again. This time Joel got to feel her kick his hand and it was just so cool. She gets really active in the morning because as i sit here now i can feel an occassional movement or kick. YAY! FINALLY!

SO as for our weekend.....we didn't do too much, but both of us had trouble sleeping the whole time. Friday night Joel couldn't sleep so he was up almost all night long and i just stayed on the couch. Saturday night i couldn't sleep so we both were on the couch watching tv for 3 hours before i gave up and took a benadryl to help knock me out. Sunday we went to Jen and Joe's house, a couple from our church, and had lunch with them after church. I slept ok until about 4:00 this morning and then just couldn't sleep anymore so i've called in to work so i can try and rest today. Monday is our 'slow' day at work so i'd rather miss a Monday and be able to work all through the week. I hope that i can bump up my weds. dr. appt to today sometime too so i don't have to make up that time at work. Hopefully all goes well and i can sleep at some point today for a good long time.

Our puppies seem to have NO PROBLEM sleeping as they seem to sleep all day long and just mock my pain, LOL. Lazy furbabies.

1/2 way there!

So tomorrow is 20 weeks!! Half way down the road to meeting Ms. Laurel Mackenzie. HURRAY! It's been a long rough road, but it's getting easier and easier....now if only she'd move off of my bladder and stop playing 'waterbed.' LOL

This weekend we had a great time shopping for little girl stuff and got tons and tons of clothes. She's only been known to be a 'she' for a few days but she's already spoiled rotten.

I'm feeling great these days and have so much energy back! I just got home from work, cooked dinner, did laundry, fed the dogs, and cleaned up the dishes from making dinner. So now i can crash. hehe

Well i'm gonna go and sit my happy butt on the couch now! Here is the update for the 20 week photo!!