March 3, 2009

Time's up...

This is my latest love-affair. And the subject of my last blog. Elizabeth was right! The glass full of nasty black water was from a "once-over" in the living room. Okay, seriously guys...I know what you are thinking. You are probably thinking that our carpet must be a hundred years old, and that we must be dirty, disgusting people. Well, we're not, and our house is actually only two years old! I was totally amazed/disgusted by what I vacuumed up! Anyway, this was the best Valentines Day present ever! Thanks honey!

February 28, 2009

Any guesses??

I'll give you a hint...

It's not something to drink.

February 11, 2009

Don't judge me...

for eating an entire quart of Jan's spicy pickles in less than 24 hours. I feel terrible....and strangely, a little swollen.

February 1, 2009

Seriously???

So, I was driving home this evening after a super-long day in the ER. Decide that I am starving, and would love nothing more, than an order of Ted's fajitas. I called to place my order to go at about 6:30...
Me: "Hi. I'd like to place an order to go, please."
Teds phone guy: "We're sorry ma'am. We closed this evening at 5pm."
Me: "What??? What in the world for??"
Teds guy: "Um ma'am, it's the super-bowl."
Me: "Surely you're joking, right? You've got to be kidding me."
Teds guy: "Our families want to watch the super-bowl too, ma'am."

Ugh!! Are you serious! Who closes down a whole restaurant for the super-bowl??? I am so annoyed!!

January 18, 2009

My newest trick...

January 15, 2009

Baby Tag!

I'm beginning to like these tags...they seem to spice up my boring blog-life! Got this one from a friend of mine, so here it goes:

1. Were you married at the time? Yep, for 8 years.

2. What were your reactions when you found out you were pregnant? We were ecstatic and crying! We had been waiting for 2 years to see that second pink line!

3. How old were you? I was 30, Rich was 33

4. How did you find out? At home, by myself, getting ready for a night-shift in the ER. It was Friday, which was my obligatory "pee on a stick day". Every one always tells me that when it is positive, it will be positive right away. Mine wasn't. I threw it in the trash and two hours later, when I was about to leave for work, I just happened to check one more time...

5. Who did you tell first? Rich. But I had to wait about 10 hours until my shift was over. It killed me!

6. Did you want to find out the sex? Of course! I think it is great when people want to wait, but for our first, I wanted to either be Blue or Pink!

7. Due date? Nov 22, 2007 (Thanksgiving day)

8. Did you deliver late or on time? 3 days early

9. Did you have morning sickness? Not at all. I feel like God blessed me in this department, for being so patient in the making :)

10. What did you crave? Chips and Salsa...everyday! My dad's pinto-beans. Ice-cream

11. Who/what irritated you the most? Random people/patients that would touch my belly. And I had a very short fuse with multiple family-members/co-workers. I got irritated pretty easily. Sorry if I bit your head off!

12. What was your first child's sex? a girl :)

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout pregnancy? 26 lbs. I seemed to gain almost all in the first two trimesters, so I was scared to death at what I would look like at delivery!

14. Did you have any complications during pregnancy? OMG, I was soooo swollen after week 20! And towards the end, had to have several NST's because smalls was either not moving, or had a very low heart-rate a few times. Scared me to death!

15. Where did you give birth? Lakeside Womens Hosp

16. How many hours were you in labor? About 4, then the dreaded C-section!

17. Who drove you to the hospital? Rich

18. Who watched? well, Rich saw what he could while sitting "above the curtain"

19. Was it natural or c-section? C-section. This was not planned. Addi started having heart decelerations pretty early on and right about noonish, lost her heartbeat all together during an intense contraction. They had her out twelve minutes later. It is amazing what they can do in emergency situations!

20. Did you take medication to ease the pain? Yes.

21. How much did your child weigh? 6 lbs, 11 oz

22. Did your child have any complications? She was pretty perfect. Her APGAR's were 7 and 9. Although we did realize the next morning that she was a bit "tongue-tied". Her pedi came right in and clipped her without any problems.

23. What did you name her? Addisyn Alyse

24. How old is your first born today? 4 days shy of 14 months!!

Okay, I tag Mandy, Melody, Shelby, Katie

January 9, 2009

A little late...

So, I have been notified by the Blogging-police that my account is delinquent, and will be shut down if I don't update immediately. We have been super-busy lately! I know that is no excuse! I somehow find time everyday to stalk all of you, but never take the time to update my own. Selfish, I know. So, here are some fun pictures of the last three weeks or so... Our pretty Christmas-dress that we never actually got to wear to church, because were all throwing our toe-nails up!!
Christmas morning with cousin-Payten!!
Grandpa teaching his girls to play the piano.This was adorable. I went in to check on Addi while she was napping yesterday, and all I could see were her little hands. Scared me to death until I heard her snoring :)
Play date with sister-Vivian. Look how tall Viv is!
Cousin-Payten got this fun ball-house for Christmas. Addi had so much fun throwing all the balls out onto the floor.
My favorite girl in the world!!!

December 16, 2008

Oh...guess I got tagged

Thanks Mandy! Never been tagged before, so here it goes.

8 shows I watch:
1. Survivor
2. Amazing Race
3. Criminal Minds
4. Biggest Loser
5. Desperate Housewives
6. Grey's
7. Closer
8. American Idol (Bring it on baby!!)

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Boulevard Steakhouse
2. The Mantel
3. 501 Cafe
4. Nikkellette's
5. Chili's
6. Ted's
7. Panera Bread
8. Texas Roadhouse

8 Things That Happened Today:
(Nothing has happened yet today, so I will tell you about my weekend)
1. Drove 7 hours with 7 people (including my 1 year old) crammed into a Minivan down to Galveston, Texas
2. Spent 3.5 hours crammed into a tiny room with thousands of other people, while the Coast Guard was doing a random inspection of the cruise ship.
3. Got totally stressed out.
4. Finally boarded the Voyager of the Seas
5. Had 25 min to help the bride get ready.
6. Ran up to the Chapel on Deck 15
7. Witnessed the fastest wedding ceremony in the history of time.
8. Got shuffled off the ship twenty minutes later. (Anyone thinking about having their wedding on board a cruise ship....I hope you are rethinking right about now!)

8 Things I look Forward To:
1. Christmas morning with Rich and Addi (although I am working until 2 am that morning!! Ugh!)
2. Getting my bonus check today!! Woo-hoo!!
3. Watching the National Championship game
4. The Biggest Loser Finale
5. Seeing my mom again in Heaven
6. Going on a vacation!!
7. Spending time with friends
8. Being pregnant

8 Things I wish for:
1. Addi to love Jesus
2. Interest rates to continue to drop
3. The economy to turn around
4. Contined good health for my family
5. My brother and new sis-in-law to have a wonderful honeymoon, despite the chaos of their wedding
6. Another baby!!
7. A raise
8. More time with Addi and Rich

December 9, 2008

Last Wednesday...

Vivian got to come over to play with Addi! They had so much fun together. The highlight of the afternoon...Viv teaching Addi how to climb up onto the fireplace. Here is the evidence of this event...



One leg...Two legs... Seriously, it took Addi about 5 min to finally get up, and Viv was on her way back down!
Victory!!
Finally a few pictures together After Viv left, Rich and I got ready to go to my annual ER physician/PA Christmas party. It was our first date-night (sans Addi) in a very long time. We went to eat at Coach House and then to an after-party at one of our physician's house. It was so much fun!





December 5, 2008

Smile!!

We recently took Addi for her one-year photos with my friend Mandy Stansberry. She did an amazing job! If you haven't had any holiday-pics taken yet this year, I would highly recommend contacting her! Thanks Mandy! Here are some of our favorites...



















November 15, 2008

The Big One!!!

We had Addi's first birthday-party today! I can't believe our little tiny girl is going to be a year old next week! The party was so much fun. But just as I expected, my little neat-freak child did not want anything to do with the cake! It was a great time. Thanks to all my family and friends who helped to make this day so special! And a big "thank you" to Sada! She loves the chair!

P.S. Please do not judge me by my father/spouse's attire! I am definitely a Sooner-girl. And please don't ask why I am wearing a Princeton-shirt. I just thought it was cute. That's all.











October 28, 2008

Money well spent

Addi was playing with my cell-phone on the floor today, when I heard my text message alert. This is what my message said, "AT&T Free Message - Thank u 4 ur purchase! Go to Menu>Mystuff to find ur game." Hmmm...I'm sure that will be a useful purchase. Silly girl.






October 4, 2008

I love this girl!!!