Last day of work...

Today was my last day working at the boys preschool. I did enjoy working with the kids and I am very thankful for the opportunity to be with the boys at school and see how the cope with things outside of our home life. However, I am definitely happy I am done. It was wearing me out...especially sitting on the floor...it is too hard on this pregnant body.

I have always know how blessed/lucky I am that Vinny's job provides us a very comfortable life and I am able to stay at home with the boys. But teaching this summer, even for just 2 days a week for a few hours a day, has shown me even more so how fortunate our family is...I really love it and I am so thankful I have a husband who supports me in all my decisions...whether it is to stay home or to work or finish up my degree...He encourages me and lets me know that no matter what, I can do it...It's definitely a good life.

Now next Wednesday my baby will be "officially" starting preschool...I can't believe Trey is old enough to be in preschool...and it blows my mind that this time next year Tucker will be in kindergarten... I am a little nervous about leaving Trey there..even though we just spent the entire summer there, but Trey is definitely a momma's boy...I'm pretty sure he will be fine and I know the teachers are more than capable of taking care of him (and Tucker too of course, but Tucker is ready for me to leave him there again..he kept asking me when my last day was...he wants to go by himself again) I just hate leaving him when he is crying...Tucker cried the first 3 days, and then was fine....so hopefully I won't have any criers this year... I however am really looking forward to shopping in peace and spending some quality time with my friends...without our heard of kids...between my 3 closest friends here and myself we have 9 kids...it will be 10 in November :D between the ages of 6 and almost 11 months old....Then when Vinny is off we are going to do as many lunch dates as possible before this little guy gets here! It should be fun... Wish me luck on Wednesday and pray for no criers!

28 Week Check-up

Today I had my 28 week appointment. I had to do the yucky gluecos test..I wasn't very excited because the drink made me super nauseous the 2 previous times, but it really wasn't bad this time at all. Then I had to get my rogam shot (because I have a negative blood type)...that shot sucks...it hurts when they give it and my arm is still sore. Everything checked out good..the little guy's heart beat was at about 149 and it was funny because she had to keep moving the doppler because he was moving around so much. I only gained 2 pounds a week(6 pounds this month instead of 10 pounds last month)since my last appointment...I was happy about this, but the doctor told me that it is still too much weight to be gaining and that I should only really be gaining 1 pound a week...but I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing...I feel healthy and I know my body better than she does...I can't help the fact I get big when I get pregnant... When she measured my belly, I was measuring 32 and you should measure right about however many weeks you are..so in my case 28, but last appointment I measured bigger also..I don't remember exactly how much bigger, but she told me that because I measured bigger 2 appointments in a row and because I am a little on the "heavy" side I need to have an ultrasound next week to check on how the baby is growing because she doesn't want him to get too big...I was all set to tell her that she needs to just face the fact that I get big....but I didn't press it because I'm excited for another ultrasound...hopefully they will give me a better picture this time.

I still haven't done much shopping yet...I seriously can't decide on anything...I have a "list" of stuff on Amazon that I think I want, but I can't decide if I actually want it and I keep waiting to see if I can find a better deal somewhere else...Guess it really is time to start shopping because we are pretty much starting from scratch.

Oh and she told me that if everything goes as planned that I will have my c-section on 11/11/2009...

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Grumpy Days....

Today is one of those days...it's not really a bad day, I'm just grumpy and things aren't really going my way... First off it is still WAY WAY TOO HOT. I hate it and I am so ready for it to be done, but it will still be hot for a few more months. We are getting ready to go run a couple of errands this morning and I let the dog out in the backyard and go to open the garage door (I always open the garage door awhile before we leave because it is so hot in there it makes the trash stink extremely bad) and who comes running into the garage as soon as the door opens...the dog....ugh...so it makes me mad...I put her outside to do her business so she can stay in the house while we run our errands..we won't be gone that long...so I have to go in the back and tie her up so she stays in the back...now she won't stop barking (her going in the back before we leave is nothing new..so I don't know why she is freaking out) So I just end up bringing her a bowl of water and leaving her outside..I feel bad because it is hot, but dang she pissed me off...

Then, the boys and I are getting in the car and I decide to move the trash can out onto the drive way because it stinks way to much and I don't want to smell that everytime I go into the garage (we have trash days twice a week here because it can get so bad in such a short amount of time) We missed Saturday's trash pickup because we were at Vinny's parents and I move the trashcan and there are a TON of ants and I am wondering why there are so many ants and turns out because we missed trash day and the lid wasn't on the trash can we have maggots...they are seriously the most disgusting thing ever and they are all over the one side of the garage....just thinking about it makes me want to vomit...it is so gross...so I get out the bug spray and start spraying everything killing the ants and maggots...but it still grosses me out...later on today I will have to go sweep up all the dead bugs. These are the things that make me hate Texas...Oh and the reason the maggots are everywhere and not just in the trash can is because our trash can is cracked on the bottom and Vinny went and bought the ultra heavy duty trash can..spent $80 bucks on it at Walmart...and we got a note from the trash people that this trash can it too big for them to empty....it is so stupid because they will take anything you leave on the curb...seriously anything, but they won't dump a bigger can. Oh and another thing that makes me mad is we can't leave our trash can outside where it can be visible from the street...so we have to leave that nasty can in the garage or walk it all the way back to the backyard to be hidden behind the fence...it's so stupid.

The whole reason I am running a few errands today is I need to pick up Tucker's shot record and Doctor's note up so I can turn it in to his preschool..and it is kind of a drive to the office, so I decide I will stop at Target and Academy. There was nothing good at Target, expcept for a few clothes for the new baby boy, but I'm sure I could have found them at the Target closest to the house...then I am leaving Target and realize...tomorrow is my doctor's appointment and I could have just picked up the paper after my appointment because my dr. office is half way from our house to the boys doctor..Basically I just waisted a trip and gas and everything when I could just do it tomorrow...without the boys...I seriously have no brain right now....but I decide I might as well just go pick it up anyways...

Drive there pick it up, then stop at Academy. We are in the crosswalk about to cross the street to the store and this car is coming and Tucker always stops and looks both ways, but I tell him it is okay to keep going because they have to stop for us when we are in a parking lot crosswalk..and what happens...this dumb ass keeps driving....I seriously wanted to kick his stupid car and I gave him a look that could have killed and he just shrugged his shoulders at me....Seriously...It's really not that big of a deal, but it just pisses me off.....But anyways..we go into Academy (which is a sporting goods store for those of you who might not know) and that was an even bigger bust than Target. They had nothing and to top it all off the boys were not listening to me at all..so we left without looking at the fishing stuff and Tucker was devistated, but I told him to stay beside me and he didn't and I was done sounding like a broken record...at least they both fell asleep on the way home and are still napping... Terry (our dog) is still outside barking..and as soon as she settles down, I will let her back inside....

Well, this was long and not very interesting, but I needed to vent or I would be stuck on this all day long...a good friend pointed out that this pregnancy has made me grumpy....which I very much agree with...but hopefully the rest of the day will go better......

Visiting Grandma and Grampa T.

This past weekend we drove over to see Vinny's parents. They just bought an acre of property and a new house to go on it! They moved in a few days ago and aren't even quite unpacked yet, but we couldn't wait any longer to go visit. The house is really cute and I can't wait to see it once it is fully unpacked and decorated! Vinny brought along his yard stuff and helped Vinny's dad with some much needed yard work..1 acre is a lot of work especially when it is pretty raw/natural land. I love it because it reminds me of home...lots of shrubby trees, kind of dry rocky land... It really is nice...it's "country" but I like country! Now Vinny is wishing instead of buying this house when we did, that we should have bought something on land instead. I told him that we will eventually get some land for ourselves...which we will as soon as the housing market goes back up and we can sell our house and actually make something off of it. Anyways, the boys had fun helping out the men doing yard work, but man was it hot so they all took lots of breaks inside. My camera was acting up, so I didn't get very many pictures..and the few I did get didn't turn out the greatest...but I know we will be spending a lot of time at his parents house and there will be plenty of more picture oppertunities. The only bad part of the visit is that Vinny's mom had to go to the hospital..she wasn't feeling good and it turns out she has an intestional infection and is now having to spend a week in the hospital...so please pray for a quick and safe recovery for her.


The boys out in the "yard"


The huge banana spider Vinny found while doing yard work...he said when he and his brother were younger they used to catch these spiders...YUCK!


Trey passed out on the floor...he worked hard! Actually all of the guys, except for Tucker, fell asleep on the floor at one point or another this weekend.

26 Weeks...

Usually I only post a new belly picture every month, but today was a pretty boring day, so I decided to take some pictures...and plus I feel like I am growing like crazy...I don't know what do you think???

Finished with project #1

I finally finished sewing all of those burp clothes. It was a lot of fun once I got everything figured out...I still kind of suck at sewing in a straight line, but oh well....just don't look too close :P Now I need to go to the fabric store to get something for a new project...I have a few things in mind, but we will see what I actually do!

Down to the double digits

I just looked at my countdown timer thing for this pregnancy and I am down to 98 days...WOAH! What the heck??? Guess I better start getting things a little more organized.... :D

Finished product!

We just got done frosting and decorating the cupcakes....they were YUMMY!!!!

A few of them....and no I didn't eat the rest of them...I only had 1 so far!

Yellow cupcakes with chocolate frosting

The other night I had a dream that we made a bunch of cupcakes..yellow cake with chocolate frosting..and I wanted one so bad, but Vinny was being mean and would NOT share any with me. Now of course I am craving those yellow cupcakes with chocolate frosting...so the boys and I just got done making some...they are sitting on the cooling rack right now and it is taking all of my effort to let them cool completely before frosting them and eating one!! Oh and don't worry in real life Vinny would share the cup cakes with me :D

The boys watching the cupcakes bake!

A day at the beach

On Sunday we decided to go to the beach. The boys were really excited and couldn't wait to get there...we used to go quite often, but I don't even remember the last time we went..so it was a treat for all of us. We go to this beach/area called High Island. It used to be a highway, but a hurricane came(about 10 or 20 years ago) and pretty much blew it away. It's not one of those nice, pretty, sandy beaches, but we like it because you can drive right up on the beach to park and it's really not that crowded. Vinny and Tucker spent the entire day fishing. They caught a bunch of fish...Tucker caught a total of 5, 2 hard-head cat fish, 1 croaker, 1 sheepshead, and 1 red fish. I didn't really keep track of what Vinny caught, but Vinny was jealous that Tucker caught the red fish..but it was too small to keep anyways. Vinny missed a huge something that took his hook really hard, so we ended up having to stay an extra couple of hours to try and catch it again..but he had no such luck. Trey had fun digging in the sand. He fished for a little bit too, but doesn't like to get in the water, so he could barely cast the line into the water...he still likes doing what his big brother and daddy do though. Trey and I had fun jumping(well, he jumped...I just stood there) over the waves and he started to get brave towards the end of the day wanting to get in a little deeper, as long as I was holding his hand. We also looked for sea shells together and found some good ones, especially the conk shell. This is the first time I've found one completely intact, so I was pretty excited...I usually collect about a bucket full, but I didn't get as many this time...it was a lot harder to bend down and pick them up for some reason :P I took a bunch of pictures and spent a lot of time sitting in the shade talking to my best friend on the phone and reading a new book! Vinny got burnt bad (and it still hurting from it) and Trey had a strip of sun burn where his shorts went down from squatting in the sand all day (but it doesn't seem to hurt him any) and Tucker and I made it through the day without getting burnt. It was definitely a fun day and the boys slept good on the way home!!