Oh the JoY's!

Oh the Joys!

Oh the joys of my sweet husband. I wanted to quote something he said that was so sweet. We were in the car heading to the Coast and some how our conversation got on the topic of wolves. Then I asked him if he had ever heard of the saying, "Crying Wolf". He said no. Well, I said let me tell you about the boy who cried wolf. I finished the story and said, "So the moral of the story is not to cry wolf unless there is one, because if you cry wolf to many times when there isn't really a wolf and then when one finally does comes no one will be there." Then, out of the sincerity of his brazilian heart he looks to me and says, "No matter how many times you cry wolf, I'll always be there." Ahh, my heart melted. I guess it was the way he said, it was so serious so full of passion. And that is why I married my man. He always surprises me with the things he says.

Week 25

Oh the JoY's of a dog in heat! My gosh - a dog in heat is one horn dog. I mean seriously, last week during my 25th week of pregnancy w/ Natalie things were going smoothly but with Sophi, well she has broken mine and M's heart, our little girl is no longer a little girl. We pray she isn't pregnant b/c if she is we might be having babies at the same time. Ohh yes, this could be possible. Sophi escaped every morning last week. She knocks down the fence we keep fixing and she digs holes to get out. Her lover is named, Mahgwah?! He is a very big German Shepard who cried for her constantly last week. It was so overwhelming for his owners they didn't know what to do, Sophi was Mahgwah's first and well, being separated from her just killed him. He's a lot better this week thank the lord.

Oh the JoY's of looking for a car that is family friendly. My camaro is not family friendly. Trying to put a car seat in my car is just not working. And on top of that I really thought my car was on the verge of dying b/c the gages have been all messed up. So all last week I sat inside of my house and did nothing b/c I couldn't use my car. Marcos drove me to Spanish classes at night and picked me up. It was kinda fun. Ha. On Friday I got so frustrated that I decided I'd run into an Auto Shop store and see what they could do. The nice people told me to buy coolant and that they'd put the coolant in for me and wah lah! It worked. My car is running much better and I have no more worries of being stranded on the side of the road. So, we are still looking for me a car but just not as crazy car shopping as we were when we thought it would break down any day. On another note the man putting the coolant in my car showed me a RAT that was under the hood of my car. I will post a pic of that!

Week 26

Ohh the JoY that Natalie brings! Natalie has been moving constantly. It's a very cool feeling. Sometimes her movements are super strong and sometimes they are just constant and smooth. I've been extremely curious of what she is going to look like; what traits of mine and of marcos that she will have. I dream about her all the time. This week I had to gear for my big appointment A.) we would get to see Natalie again to see if my placenta had moved out of the way and B.) gestational diabetes test. I couldn't eat or drink after midnight and when I woke up I had to drink a lemon lime drink exactly one hour before my appointment to get my finger pricked. I did just that at 715AM. I could barely sleep b/c I've felt like I've lost my mind just recently. I can't remember anythng. I was so afraid I was going to miss the appoinment or eat or drink water in the middle of the night. I had excitment that I was goign to get to see Natalie. It was just all a really overwhelming 24hrs.

Marcos met me at Dr. at 815AM the triage nurse (she loves me--Marcos and I crack her up) pricked my finger in which it caught me off guard and my legs flung into the air startling Marcos and her. It was funny. But the prick thing she used made a loud blow sound, it scared the bee out of me. She squeezed my finger (now I have a little bruise and it hurts like heck on it) and got my results instantly. Well, I FAILED! I was so irritated. My Dr. said that it was ok though b/c my number was 160 and that number could have gone either way. And since it was so close that she wanted to retest me and so on Monday I will do a 3 hour test. They will prick my finger at 8AM 9AM and 10AM. I am really nervous about the pain b/c my finger still hurts and I can't imagine every finger being bruised and hurt. I told Marcos if that happens he will have to wash my hair for me b/c it was very difficult with just one finger being hurt but more then one. Oh my!

On a brighter note we got to see Natalie. And not only did we get to see Natalie but we have friends in HIGH places. And we got to see Natalie in 4D! It was such an incredible moment. I got see her sweet little face. Her lips which the sonogram lady says, "Wow, she has such full lips". I look a M instantly b/c he has the full lips, not me. She looked just perfect, of course. So perfect, my heart melted. This has been the first time in 26 weeks that my heart actually melts over Natalie. Of course, I've been elated and happy that she is coming and that she is a girl and getting to see her in sonograms but seeing her in 4D was a whole other thing. It really gave me a sense of who she is and looks like. I am really ready for her arrival now.

I've been working on things in her room. Next week I will make the crib skirt to her bed. It's going to be super shabby chic cute. I just finished making some really unique hanging letters of her name. I didn't paint them, I'm not a painter. But I saw some letters done with paper in Oxford selling 14.99 a letter and I knew I could make them myself. And well, I did and they look even better than the ones that I even considered buying.

It's St. Paddy's day weekend and we will be heading to Hal & Mal's Parade in Jackson. I'm looking forward to that. I've gotten a better self image of myself being pregnant which is good, I don't feel fat but I feel pregnant. Ha.

Next week, I start back teaching Mon-Thursday nights from 5-7pm. We are taking Maternity pics on Tuesday. The next two weeks will go by fast. And before I know it will be in April! =) I can't believe it. Getting closer.