A bit of fur

This is what happens when you don't have time to brush your golden retriever for a week. Fur absolutely everywhere.

16 weeks

Baby-
How your baby's growing: Get ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double his weight and add inches to his length. Right now, he's about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces. His legs are much more developed, his head is more erect than it has been, and his eyes have moved closer to the front of his head. His ears are close to their final position, too. The patterning of his scalp has begun, though his locks aren't recognizable yet. He's even started growing toenails. And there's a lot happening inside as well. For example, his heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day, and this amount will continue to increase as your baby continues to develop. (borrowed from http://www.babycenter.com/)

Momma-
1. I no longer crave or can stand the smell of Mexican food. Poor David. We've eaten Mexican at least 1-2 times a week for eleven years.
2. I love sweet tea. Always have. Never drank it much because of the calories. I drink it now.
3. I'm a pretty "big" girl so I was really hoping my hips wouldn't spread much. Well, not so much. I went to my Bowen therapist for some help with a chronic running injury and she was quick to let me know that my hips definitely showed I was pregnant. Thanks.
4. Public restrooms have never been a problem for me. In a pinch, I will even use a men's restroom if needed. As of late, public restrooms absolutely gross me out. And I have to go. A lot.
5. A neighbor that I don't particularly care for asked why I wasn't running, as many have. For some reason, I felt the need to explain that I was pregnant and running had become really hard due to exhaustion. Why? Why am I explaining myself to near strangers that I don't care for?
6. As of late, I am thrilled to have energy back and be able to run some.
7. Because I'm not a big fan of food still, I've become a chocolate milk lover. Chocolate milk is supposed to be one of the best things you can consume after a long run because it is full of the nutrients your body is desperately try to replace following a long run. I figure everyday with this growing baby is like a long run so I'll drink chocolate milk everyday to try to fill my belly.
8. You people are aware that I've never changed a diaper, aren't you? And if it wasn't for a few sweet, insightful friends making me hold their newborns, I wouldn't have ever held a newborn, either.

Dad-
:) - just smilin'. I pray that this baby gets David's positive outlook.

Millie-
That dog has NO clue that he is about to be second fiddle. HAHAHAHA! And I can't wait to pee in the crib.

Tahoe-
When is the puppy coming?

Nursery -
1. Carbon monoxide detector
2. Three window shades to block out sunlight
Exciting, I know.

Millie doesn't smile

Sorry! No baby update. Maybe I'll get it finished and posted tomorrow. I wanted to try to get a picture of Millie watching the game tonight so I sat down in front of her to get a cute picture. As soon as I snapped the first picture, she turned her back to me. I guess she didn't want her picture made. She is such a SPECIAL cat.

Tahoe has some news to share!

As you know David is often away from home with work. Therefore, I had never given much thought to how I'd tell him we were expecting if we should ever be that blessed. I always figured he wouldn't be around and I'd have a chance to plan the perfect way! I am very fortunate to have a job that allows me some flexibility so I'm able to spend time with David when he's off during the week. This particular day I'd come home early and we'd been grocery shopping. The planner that I am , I thought I'd take the opportunity to go ahead and make sure I wasn't pregnant and take one of my tests I'd picked up at the store. Yikes! Now I had to come up with a quick way to "surprise" David because I was going to have to quickly explain my suddenly strange demeanor. Tahoe was of course hanging around. (I'm convinced he could tell something was very different.) Hence, I thought he could help out. I tied a test to his collar and sent him out into the yard. He promptly decided to run clear to the other side of the yard from David to pee.


And he just kept peeing. David noticed the bow on Tahoe from across the yard so David called him over to see what I had done to Tahoe's collar and (with my help) learned he'd be a daddy soon.


We're due March 7th! And I still don't really think this is happening other than the constant exhaustion! More to come soon.

St. Simons Island

We spent the week in St. Simons with D's parents and my mom. We had so much fun and did absolutely nothing but lay at the beach and then move to the pool. I could spend the rest of my life on Island time.

D and M

D and his parents

John holding a fish he caught on he and D's fish excursion.

Mom arrived after I'd taken off my make-up for the week so here is a picture of her with Cricket from around Mom's birthday. (I was slack and didn't post on her FUN birthday party.)

Memphis goes to Vegas!

M, John, and Jennifer (Most favorite Memphis couple!)


Elizabeth, Jennifer, M, and Pattie

All at a fabulous dinner with Elizabeth's company at the National Apartment Association Education Conference. Great times but Vegas is definitely for those who don't require eight hours of sleep a night like me!

Yes, we're alive!

Well, I had pledged last weekend to get back on the blogging bandwagon and then this happened!


We were getting ready for a FUN Friday night w/ friends, Sugarland, and Keith Urban. We'd heard of severe weather warnings in the area, but hey, it is the south in the summer, that is always the case. I was getting ready, walked out of the bedroom and D was looking out the back doors to see a tree split in half over our power lines, (remember - old house - NO underground utilities!). Of course, this brought down the lines, the pole, and a bit of our fence. I immediately rushed out to clean up the fallen "sticks" when David reminded me we were still under a tornado warning. I can't stand a messy yard! We made it through safely but as soon as I saw those lines on the ground, I realized we'd be in for a while w/ no power. Of course dear Elizabeth let me move all of our refrigerator contents to her house. I am cheap and wasn't losing good groceries. E continued to be so gracious as to host Tahoe and me (D worked) with air conditioning, breakfast and an Internet connection.


Tahoe's face here summarizes how stinking HOT we were when we weren't at Elizabeth's house. I have no desire to go through any major power outage after this. David and I ran a race on Saturday night hoping to come home to some AC love, but nope. Not so soon. But on Sunday, after being as sweet as I possibly could to every MLGW employee that came through our yard (huge outage was based out of our yard so all the "news" came through us), I saw the new pole below being elevated. Oh, happy day!

Never been so happy in my life to see a pole being installed. We were so hot.

Power came back up at 10:30 pm on Sunday. I was quite impressed with the professionalism of the power crew and their willingness to get the job done. While we still have a messed up fence and one too many poles in our yard, I am so grateful Memphis came through our crazy storm with no serious injuries and with just a bit more sweat on the brow than we'd expected!

In other news, Happy Father's Day to our most amazing Dads! And, we are officially back up and blogging. Look for pictures from Vegas next week!