Tim has declared me "officially pregnant". Last night was the first time of our married life where he got cold and I was hot! I had to move to sleep in front of the window fan while he shivered next to me. This morning he said, "well, I guess you're really pregnant." Gee thanks for noticing, sweetie!
On a side note, August weather up here in Yankeeland is AWESOME! It actually gets chilly at night! And our window fans feel like ac units, in fact, I don't even turn them on anymore!! Time to pack away the fans already? Wow! Crazy! (sorry to all my TX peeps who are still sweltering).
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
23 weeks!
Its so encouraging to see the number of weeks remaining growing smaller. I'm a fan of the count-down and I like thinking, only 16 1/2 weeks to go! And it won't be long until I'm under 100 days! Everything is going well, no weird symptoms, just the eye troubles. Yesterday while I was on my walk one of my glasses lenses popped out so I put my contacts in when I got back. BIG mistake!! By 6pm they were very red and hurt something awful. And when I woke up this morning they were both bright red, sore, with little crusties around the lids. Pretty picture, huh? And they hurt so bad that I had to stay in my bedroom with the lights off and windows darkened until after lunch. Tim says that being pregnant is turning me into a vampire (isn't he sweet?). Oh well, its all for a good cause, right? All I can hope is that it clears up after she's born and doesn't continue on.
Onto happier subjects...we found a birthing class! After some research and discussion we decided to enroll in a Bradley Birthing Class. They really emphasize the role of the husband in the process and teach you all about birth. I'm excited about it! You can find out more information at http://www.bradleybirth.com/. The instructor is a nurse and has been teaching the class for 17 years. We're starting at the end of September and it meets every week for 10 weeks. Each class is going to focus on a different topic such as, nutrition, relaxation, nursing, preparing for the baby, and post-natal care. She's also going to go over different "interventions" (i.e. epidural) and c-sections and when they're necessary. All in all, I think we'll both learn a lot and I'm really looking forward to them!
This Saturday is my birthday!! I love having my birthday on a weekend and even better its on a holiday weekend! Tim has a present for me and he wants to take me to our favorite restaurant on Friday night! Hurray for huge plates of pasta!!
Hope everyone is doing well!
Onto happier subjects...we found a birthing class! After some research and discussion we decided to enroll in a Bradley Birthing Class. They really emphasize the role of the husband in the process and teach you all about birth. I'm excited about it! You can find out more information at http://www.bradleybirth.com/. The instructor is a nurse and has been teaching the class for 17 years. We're starting at the end of September and it meets every week for 10 weeks. Each class is going to focus on a different topic such as, nutrition, relaxation, nursing, preparing for the baby, and post-natal care. She's also going to go over different "interventions" (i.e. epidural) and c-sections and when they're necessary. All in all, I think we'll both learn a lot and I'm really looking forward to them!
This Saturday is my birthday!! I love having my birthday on a weekend and even better its on a holiday weekend! Tim has a present for me and he wants to take me to our favorite restaurant on Friday night! Hurray for huge plates of pasta!!
Hope everyone is doing well!
Monday, August 25, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Bethanie has a blog?!
Hey guys!! Wanted to tell you to check out "Buff's Blog" I linked to her new blog. She is Tim's cousin (one of the H kids from my previous story) and we grew up together. Bethanie and my older sister, Rebecca, are very close in age and were always best friends. I was the annoying younger sister who tagged along and wasn't always welcomed. (She called me "Forgetful Jones" for some reason - he was a Sesame Street character - and I called her "Barfany"). But interestingly enough, now were are very close and I count her as one of my bestest friends. She was the only person we knew in Dallas when we first moved there as a newly married couple and she came over so many times to hang out and make dinner with me. And we created some interesting memories. Like the time she and her friend Mary rode to the ranch with us for Thanksgiving. Four people, one small car, a ton of luggage, a litter box, and two cats. And one of those cats had a tendency for car-sickness. Ahh, that was a good trip!
She was also in our wedding as one of our bridesmaids and played a beautiful piano piece and sang a trio with her sister, Kristin, and my sis, Rebecca. Well, I'd better scoot now but maybe she can write about some of her memories. She always did have the best memory of our group!
Also, she, as all the H's are, is extremely interesting so I know you will enjoy whatever she has to write. So go check her out and leave her a comment.
And here are a few pics of my beautiful cuz-in-law. :)
She was also in our wedding as one of our bridesmaids and played a beautiful piano piece and sang a trio with her sister, Kristin, and my sis, Rebecca. Well, I'd better scoot now but maybe she can write about some of her memories. She always did have the best memory of our group!
Also, she, as all the H's are, is extremely interesting so I know you will enjoy whatever she has to write. So go check her out and leave her a comment.
And here are a few pics of my beautiful cuz-in-law. :)
Friday, August 15, 2008
My Tim
Tim and I celebrated our forth anniversary last week and I had wanted to write something about him and us but just hadn't done it yet. So now I need to or else I never will, right? And I'm about to get a second cup of coffee (shhh!) so I know I'll be filled with energy. :) And this might get rather long so I'll try to sprinkle in some pictures. And feel free to grab some coffee for yourself!
He is so precious to me and I think we have one of the sweetest love stories I've ever heard (I might be biased but I'm sure other's would think it is pretty interesting!) So I'm going to tell that today!
Background info: My parents have been life-long friends with Georgianna and Eric H. They met my dad before he met my mom and have had a very special relationship. They were the ones who led him to the Lord and Georgianna prayed for a long time that my dad would marry a Christian girl. Well, he found my mom in New Plymouth, NZ and she was not a Christian. However, God is good and Georgianna was able to come to NZ for the wedding and just days before led her to the Lord too!! And such was the beginning of their life-long friendship.
Fast-forward a couple of decades and the H's have seven kids and my family has seven kids. We all grew up super close to each other and spent a lot of time visiting back and forth. One year I went down to the H's and we took a picture in their van, all the H's and me. Mimi (Georgianna's mom) saw the photo and asked me for a copy, which I sent her and which she placed on her fridge. Very important part of the story!! :)
Georgianna has two sisters and one brother and the sister right under her is Carol Sue M. Well, Carol has four kids and her oldest boy happens to be Tim! Since we had grown up so close to the H's we also knew the M's really well, and I was good friends with his mom and sisters. I had seen a couple of pictures of Tim and always heard great things about him but strangely enough we never met! In all those years of rendezvous with the H's and M's Tim and I were never in the same place at the same time! And honestly I don't think that Tim knew I existed...until the fall of 2002. He was at Mimi's house and happened to see the photo on her fridge. Hmmm, he said, "who is that girl with all of my cousins?" Oh thats Stacy S. everyone said! "Who is she?" Tim replied. And everyone gasped because they were shocked that he did not know that precious and wonderful family! ;) You know how mom's and aunts are and they claim to this day that they "set us up" after Tim's question. He very nonchalantly asked his mom to invite our family to the Ranch for Thanksgiving but we were unable to go. (which was a blessing because I was at the end of a dead-end relationship and it wouldn't have been the best timing.)
However, the opportunity soon came for us to meet and it happened in typical H and S fashion. I was asked to drive from Houston to the Hill Country (where the Ranch is) for the day and pick up a few Henderson kids. A "kid swap" as we called it. This was a few days after Christmas (Jan. 7th to be exact) and my mind started thinking. We had gotten a Christmas letter from Carol Sue and family with several pictures in it and I saw Tim and thought, "hmm he's really cute!" And then over Christmas I learned that he had broken up with his long-time girlfriend the previous summer (remember the picture, Kristin?). So on the morning of the 7th I thought he might be at home on break from school so I shamelessly curled my hair and put on make-up. Heehee, the wily ways of a woman! ;) Oh and I was 19 at the time!
My sister and I arrived at the ranch and as we were walking up to the house I realized that Tim was not there. Oh well! I learned that he was at work in San Antonio and was hoping to get off in time to come hang out. In the meanwhile we all went on a horse ride through the ranch and I rode double with Carol Sue (Tim's sweet mom). And the whole time she told me about the ranch and talked a lot about her oldest son. :) Then when we arrive back at the house after our ride she announced "Tim is here!". And there he was! He came walking up to us and we shook hands and I was still on the horse (soo romantic!). We then all went inside and ate some lunch and played some cards. Tim never left my side and strategically asked questions about me (like how old I was!). And I thought, "hmmm, this is interesting, I'm going to test him". And I announced that I wanted to go outside and go for a walk and just went out without asking him to go with me. Yup, he followed. :) And the group was taking a while to get going so I grabbed the nearest H kid (Kathleen!) and the three of us set out on a walk. More questions, one of which got us on the subject of baseball. Now, everyone who knows me at all knows that I love baseball and have been in love with the Atlanta Braves (and Chipper Jones!) since I was eleven. Kathleen knew this so when Tim announced that he too liked the Braves she just snorted. Soo hilarious! She was the best little chaperone! And then we were talking about something else and Tim gave this killer line, "since we're talking about computers, can I have your email address?" Priceless!! I said yes and thought to myself, I'll give it to him if he asks me again. :)
We made our way back to the house talking and talking and silent Kathleen just taking it all in (thanks again, Kathleen! You're the best!). And we actually took a group photo but I don't think I have it scanned in.
Anyway, he did ask me again and so I gave it to him and after a long and very interesting day we started back to Houston. The next morning I went back to work and my sweet friend Lizzles (Elizabeth D) knew something was up. Might be the way I didn't really walk into the room but floated in and told her about this cowboy I met the day before. I wasn't sure if he would email me but when I checked that morning there it was! Our very first (of many!) emails!
I don't have a picture of the two of us when we first met scanned in and I'm feeling kind of lazy. So here's one from March of '03 when we were able to spend a lot of time together over spring break.
At the ranch sitting on the fence while my patient brother conducted a little photo shoot for us. (Thanks Nathan!)
And that was the beginning of my relationship with my wonderful Tim! I'll probably post more later but now I'm all hyped up and need to get to work! But let me post just a few more cute photos of us (if I may say so myself!).
Another one from that spring break. Gosh! We look young!
Post-wedding family camping trip.
This was also taken after we got married but I still like it.
Sooo happy to be marrying him! And he cried the whole time.
Best kiss EVER.
Ok, this has inspired me to post more pictures of our wedding. It was so perfect and we made so many memories!! Seth was the best, best man ever! Every time we looked at each other up there we both started cracking up. It was great! Ok, more about that and the crazy wedding assistant lady later!!
Love y'all!!
He is so precious to me and I think we have one of the sweetest love stories I've ever heard (I might be biased but I'm sure other's would think it is pretty interesting!) So I'm going to tell that today!
Background info: My parents have been life-long friends with Georgianna and Eric H. They met my dad before he met my mom and have had a very special relationship. They were the ones who led him to the Lord and Georgianna prayed for a long time that my dad would marry a Christian girl. Well, he found my mom in New Plymouth, NZ and she was not a Christian. However, God is good and Georgianna was able to come to NZ for the wedding and just days before led her to the Lord too!! And such was the beginning of their life-long friendship.
Fast-forward a couple of decades and the H's have seven kids and my family has seven kids. We all grew up super close to each other and spent a lot of time visiting back and forth. One year I went down to the H's and we took a picture in their van, all the H's and me. Mimi (Georgianna's mom) saw the photo and asked me for a copy, which I sent her and which she placed on her fridge. Very important part of the story!! :)
Georgianna has two sisters and one brother and the sister right under her is Carol Sue M. Well, Carol has four kids and her oldest boy happens to be Tim! Since we had grown up so close to the H's we also knew the M's really well, and I was good friends with his mom and sisters. I had seen a couple of pictures of Tim and always heard great things about him but strangely enough we never met! In all those years of rendezvous with the H's and M's Tim and I were never in the same place at the same time! And honestly I don't think that Tim knew I existed...until the fall of 2002. He was at Mimi's house and happened to see the photo on her fridge. Hmmm, he said, "who is that girl with all of my cousins?" Oh thats Stacy S. everyone said! "Who is she?" Tim replied. And everyone gasped because they were shocked that he did not know that precious and wonderful family! ;) You know how mom's and aunts are and they claim to this day that they "set us up" after Tim's question. He very nonchalantly asked his mom to invite our family to the Ranch for Thanksgiving but we were unable to go. (which was a blessing because I was at the end of a dead-end relationship and it wouldn't have been the best timing.)
However, the opportunity soon came for us to meet and it happened in typical H and S fashion. I was asked to drive from Houston to the Hill Country (where the Ranch is) for the day and pick up a few Henderson kids. A "kid swap" as we called it. This was a few days after Christmas (Jan. 7th to be exact) and my mind started thinking. We had gotten a Christmas letter from Carol Sue and family with several pictures in it and I saw Tim and thought, "hmm he's really cute!" And then over Christmas I learned that he had broken up with his long-time girlfriend the previous summer (remember the picture, Kristin?). So on the morning of the 7th I thought he might be at home on break from school so I shamelessly curled my hair and put on make-up. Heehee, the wily ways of a woman! ;) Oh and I was 19 at the time!
My sister and I arrived at the ranch and as we were walking up to the house I realized that Tim was not there. Oh well! I learned that he was at work in San Antonio and was hoping to get off in time to come hang out. In the meanwhile we all went on a horse ride through the ranch and I rode double with Carol Sue (Tim's sweet mom). And the whole time she told me about the ranch and talked a lot about her oldest son. :) Then when we arrive back at the house after our ride she announced "Tim is here!". And there he was! He came walking up to us and we shook hands and I was still on the horse (soo romantic!). We then all went inside and ate some lunch and played some cards. Tim never left my side and strategically asked questions about me (like how old I was!). And I thought, "hmmm, this is interesting, I'm going to test him". And I announced that I wanted to go outside and go for a walk and just went out without asking him to go with me. Yup, he followed. :) And the group was taking a while to get going so I grabbed the nearest H kid (Kathleen!) and the three of us set out on a walk. More questions, one of which got us on the subject of baseball. Now, everyone who knows me at all knows that I love baseball and have been in love with the Atlanta Braves (and Chipper Jones!) since I was eleven. Kathleen knew this so when Tim announced that he too liked the Braves she just snorted. Soo hilarious! She was the best little chaperone! And then we were talking about something else and Tim gave this killer line, "since we're talking about computers, can I have your email address?" Priceless!! I said yes and thought to myself, I'll give it to him if he asks me again. :)
We made our way back to the house talking and talking and silent Kathleen just taking it all in (thanks again, Kathleen! You're the best!). And we actually took a group photo but I don't think I have it scanned in.
Anyway, he did ask me again and so I gave it to him and after a long and very interesting day we started back to Houston. The next morning I went back to work and my sweet friend Lizzles (Elizabeth D) knew something was up. Might be the way I didn't really walk into the room but floated in and told her about this cowboy I met the day before. I wasn't sure if he would email me but when I checked that morning there it was! Our very first (of many!) emails!
I don't have a picture of the two of us when we first met scanned in and I'm feeling kind of lazy. So here's one from March of '03 when we were able to spend a lot of time together over spring break.
At the ranch sitting on the fence while my patient brother conducted a little photo shoot for us. (Thanks Nathan!)
And that was the beginning of my relationship with my wonderful Tim! I'll probably post more later but now I'm all hyped up and need to get to work! But let me post just a few more cute photos of us (if I may say so myself!).
Another one from that spring break. Gosh! We look young!
Post-wedding family camping trip.
This was also taken after we got married but I still like it.
Sooo happy to be marrying him! And he cried the whole time.
Best kiss EVER.
Ok, this has inspired me to post more pictures of our wedding. It was so perfect and we made so many memories!! Seth was the best, best man ever! Every time we looked at each other up there we both started cracking up. It was great! Ok, more about that and the crazy wedding assistant lady later!!
Love y'all!!
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Stupid painters
Hello my peeps. A request has been made for a new post and as there's not a whole lot going on I'll vent about my favorite subject. In April our landlord told us that he had hired a group of painters to strip and re-paint our house. These guys had painted Vincent's favorite bar in town and the "owner" was the bartender. Keep this in mind!
So waa-hoo! We were thrilled and happy to have the house painted. Very exciting! They started at the end of April or the beginning of May and got right to work...blasting this poor 50+ year old house with sand. Not exactly what Vincent wanted but oh well. Yeah, it worked, blasted the paint off and created deep groves in sections of the wood. Vincent started biting his fingernails nervously and told them he was not happy with the results. Oh it'll be okay, I guess they thought because they proceeded to just start painting. Uhhh, no go. They then had words with Vincent and started puttying up the groves which obviously showed through the paint. During all this we endure sand being blown into every crevice of the house and unfortunately left some windows open a few days. And at the end of May we had our first visitor, sweet Elizabeth Dillon. Ok, I thought, at least they'll surely be finished by the time Susan and Kristin come (in June). All the while the painters continue to show up maybe two days a week for a few hours a day. And they usually came on the days I had off work (which explains my very wimpy tan). June comes and goes and still they're painting, then puttying and scraping off the putty. July comes and goes. Vincent still very upset, gives them till the end of the month to finish. Does it happen? Nope. They still continue to come maybe two days a week and work from about 9-2. And then FINALLY last week a whole mess of them come on Monday and in one day completely paint the house. Waa-hoo!! Talk to Vincent and find out that he paid them to paint THREE coats of paint on the whole house. Hmmm...interesting as they only came that one day! The guy insists that they did two coats on the house in that one day (from 8-3). Vincent is sick of dealing with the whole mess so he just pays the guy and gets rid of them. And he still paid for the supplies for three coats and did not get that. Poor Vincent! But thank goodness they're finally through!!! And now that the temp has dropped to the low 80's as a high I might be able to get a tiny bit of a tan. :)
Moral of the story: never hire your friends! especially part-time bartenders.
The front door of the house.
Tim arriving home from work.
Sniper coming to greet Tim.
Side of the house.
My pitiful little garden.
Little watermelon finally growing!
These next two are "before" pics. Yikes, that snow scares me. That was the first day of MARCH this year. :*(
So waa-hoo! We were thrilled and happy to have the house painted. Very exciting! They started at the end of April or the beginning of May and got right to work...blasting this poor 50+ year old house with sand. Not exactly what Vincent wanted but oh well. Yeah, it worked, blasted the paint off and created deep groves in sections of the wood. Vincent started biting his fingernails nervously and told them he was not happy with the results. Oh it'll be okay, I guess they thought because they proceeded to just start painting. Uhhh, no go. They then had words with Vincent and started puttying up the groves which obviously showed through the paint. During all this we endure sand being blown into every crevice of the house and unfortunately left some windows open a few days. And at the end of May we had our first visitor, sweet Elizabeth Dillon. Ok, I thought, at least they'll surely be finished by the time Susan and Kristin come (in June). All the while the painters continue to show up maybe two days a week for a few hours a day. And they usually came on the days I had off work (which explains my very wimpy tan). June comes and goes and still they're painting, then puttying and scraping off the putty. July comes and goes. Vincent still very upset, gives them till the end of the month to finish. Does it happen? Nope. They still continue to come maybe two days a week and work from about 9-2. And then FINALLY last week a whole mess of them come on Monday and in one day completely paint the house. Waa-hoo!! Talk to Vincent and find out that he paid them to paint THREE coats of paint on the whole house. Hmmm...interesting as they only came that one day! The guy insists that they did two coats on the house in that one day (from 8-3). Vincent is sick of dealing with the whole mess so he just pays the guy and gets rid of them. And he still paid for the supplies for three coats and did not get that. Poor Vincent! But thank goodness they're finally through!!! And now that the temp has dropped to the low 80's as a high I might be able to get a tiny bit of a tan. :)
Moral of the story: never hire your friends! especially part-time bartenders.
The front door of the house.
Tim arriving home from work.
Sniper coming to greet Tim.
Side of the house.
My pitiful little garden.
Little watermelon finally growing!
These next two are "before" pics. Yikes, that snow scares me. That was the first day of MARCH this year. :*(
Friday, August 08, 2008
20 Week sonogram
Here she is! I know these pics are hard to see but I wanted to show one anyway. :) I can't figure out how to flip it but oh well. Everything looks good! The tech was able to see her kidneys and everything this time and he said she weighs 13 oz. Awwww! :) Just a few more weeks until she reaches "viability". I think its either 24 or 26 weeks when they get developed enough to survive outside the womb if something were to happen. Hopefully that won't be necessary and she'll keep baking until December.
Yesterday was our 4th anniversary so after the sonogram we went to the mall and bought her a little outfit. Tim actually helped pick it out! I think its soo cute so I wanted to post a picture of it.
Saturday, August 02, 2008
20 weeks!
Half-way!! At least I hope so! A lot of first-timers go over their due date, but I'm going to just pretend for my own sake that she'll arrive on or before December 20th. :)
It feels like its been so much longer than 20 weeks! I guess we've only known about 16 weeks but it seems like it should be more. Oh well, hopefully this will be the downward end and things will pick up and go faster.
I've enjoyed being pregnant so far. I haven't had to endure the morning sickness that most women face but I've had other symptoms. Mostly fatigue. Its very annoying to always be tired unless I've had a lot of rest and getting tired very easily is well, tiresome! Also, I've developed some kind of eye allergy that is extremely annoying. I've always had very poor vision and have worn contacts or glasses since I was eleven. Well, it seems my eyes are revolting against my contacts! And its been very gradual. At first they would just get slightly red and irritated if I wore them too long but now pretty much if I wear them at all they get bright cherry red and hurt like the dickens! I've heard of women developing allergies while they're pregnant and maybe my eyes just don't like my contacts anymore! Its frustrating though, I wouldn't mind wearing my glasses but they're not nearly as convenient as contacts. And my eyes get very dry so my vision is hazy and that's extremely annoying! Well, anyway, sorry to be whiny about this but its very difficult to have your vision compromised. It was difficult even to clean for Tim's family because I couldn't tell if I was getting the floor clean or not! So if you think of it, please pray for my poor sick eyes and hopefully they will return to normal soon!
Oh and if you tell me I look like a mom when I wear glasses you are no longer my friend. Just kidding! ...sort of... :)
Love it!
Okay, I think I like this one now! I bought some polka dot blankets a while back and when I pulled them out again I realized how much I liked them. They're super cute and not too girlie. But with this one I can accent with a little pink and red to make it slightly more feminine but without going overboard. Plus, her room is very dark and has all wood floors, walls, and ceiling (feels kind of like a coffin, actually!). So this set will really brighten it up. Opinions?
Oh and its also at Target and got great reviews. Everyone says how it feels like the expensive stuff but isn't! Plus, since its from Target it won't be too expensive and it will be easy to accessorize. Am I over-analyzing this?? :)
Oh and its also at Target and got great reviews. Everyone says how it feels like the expensive stuff but isn't! Plus, since its from Target it won't be too expensive and it will be easy to accessorize. Am I over-analyzing this?? :)
Friday, August 01, 2008
Colors
So I keep going back and forth with the color scheme for Libby's room. I'm not a big pink person but I love the soft yellows and blues of this one.
But then I think maybe I'll want pink. :) My mom and sister sent me some adorable little booties and a pink rubber ducky even! They are soo cute so who knows. :) We'll probably go to Babies R Us in the next few weeks and then I can feel the textures and see things in person. But until then, what do y'all think?
But then I think maybe I'll want pink. :) My mom and sister sent me some adorable little booties and a pink rubber ducky even! They are soo cute so who knows. :) We'll probably go to Babies R Us in the next few weeks and then I can feel the textures and see things in person. But until then, what do y'all think?
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