the date has been set

We have set the date for Cole's birth. Thursday, Dec 28 at NOON. Please feel free to come visit us at Lewisville Hospital between 3 pm that day and Dec 31.

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Mahna and Franky and Penny

it always works out that way

Yesterday I was thrilled to wake up for the first time in 4 days to a bed that Mahna's diaper had NOT leaked pee on. I literally washed sheets and matress pad and remade the bed 4 days in a row. My dear friend CinCin knows how much I LOVE to change sheets. HAHA. Of course I wake up all happy and then 5 minutes later Penny (dog) pukes on the bed. STUPID DOG!!!!! (If I was kind and not a grumpy pregnant heffer I would be worrying about why poor Penny was sick at that moment).

Last night I finally slept HARD, for longer than four hours. BUT of course my dear sweet sleep like a rock thru the night daughter woke up crying at 4:30 am and was REallY upset. It took me about 10 minutes of trying to comfort her to figure out she just wanted to go potty in the potty chair instead of in her diaper. After that she was fine. But it just figures. LOL Then on top of that I was watching my nieces today so they got here at 8:15 and I WAS STILL SOUND ASLEEP! I had to get up and I have enjoyed them so I am not complaining, it just figures, when I physically CAN sleep, I responsibly CAN NOT.

Not that my dadeo reads my blog but I would like to say thanks to him and my ma for getting me a wireless keyboard to hook up to my laptop so I can type again!!!!!!!!! Yippeeee

a decent computer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally I get to post from my mom's computer where I can type normally. Of course I whine all the time about how annoyed I am with my keyboard,but have i called Dell to ASK how much it would be to fix it? NO! I hate phone calls. I have had to call back and forth lately with our mortgage company because our loan got purchased and I had already made the payment to the old company. They have reassured me a few times now that the money will be transferred to the new company, but a friend of ours who is even a loan officer himself, got screwed when his loan got purchased. SO we are nervous........ Jarrod more than I, and being extra careful.

I am so tired today I can't even think correctly. Now I know how L felt the other day when I was at her house. She is less than 2 wks from due date andI am about 6 wks away........ I just can't get comfy at night, no matter how many pillows. I want to sleep so bad, I look so forward to quiet bedtime coming...... Then I may go to sleep for 3 hours or so and I wake up with my tummy being rock hard, my back and hips hurting and my shoulders hurting because I have to sleep on my side, my uncomfyness wakes me and then my brain turns on and once it gets going the night is O V E R. It sucks. I am considering getting my tubes tied after this baby is born. Any advice on the subject? I just can't imagine ever wanting to get pregnant again. Plus this will be my 3rd C Section.

Dad's got our fajitas cooked so TOODALOO!!!!!!!!!!

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with our dog before we got her groomed

halloween with cousins

few-moments-alone

I would say these moments alone right now are semi-unwanted.
Mahna woke me at 3:30 and couldn't get comfortable again until after 4 so I was pretty wide awake by
then. My insomnia is getting annoying. Luckily a lot of days I can take a nap with Mahna in the afternoon. I am slacking off on my own housework and Cole's room is not even close to decorated.

Today I get to see my buddy from middle school, as she has a 2 hour layover at the Dallas airport. The only hard part is getting to the airport by 7:50 a.m.!
:)
I am looking forward to it tho.

Mahna and I have a ritual.
Every morning we both put our makeup on. I have a little chair for her to stand on at our sink and she knows what drawer has the makeup.
She is very good at listening towhat she is allowed to play with and not
play with. Her favorite thing is for me to curl her eyelashes! Of all things I figured she would whine aboutit hurting! It is fun having a little girl.
I wonder what a boy will
b e like.

THANKS"

thank you Brent for telling me how to un-hack my
blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I just need a moment of silent aloneness
to post.

terlet

howdy
sorry
no
posting.
my keyboard is stilljacked up, haven't had the funds to fix it cuz i amn spending all my
cashola revamping our hall bathroom.
it is gonna be purdy groovacious once it
is done tho. miss u all!

sad

Jarrod's grandmother died last night.
She had breastcancer, and the chemo caused her to catch pnuemonia.
We were at the hospitala long time and it is so sad to watch because Jarrod has a huge family and their grandmother was the center ofit all.
His grandad has a really strong faith and hoped\believed til the end that she would receive
a miracle and live.
I was thinking this morning how sometimes people die and you think "what a waste" and sometimes people die
and
you are so sad because you need\want more of their goodness to still be in the world. My gramdma said it is only sadfor the people left here, for her it is glorious to finally be in heaven.
None of us ever know what day we are going to go.
Let's live and love like it could be this day.

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oh-happy-day

Thanx to all of u who made my bday a happy one.

The weirdest part of turning 27 was
thinking back to 10 yrs ago that I was seventeen! that is just too wierd. 17 was a good year for me tho,
too much fun actually! we have been so bizy, with my bday,
tiffany's wedding (i still owe pics i know) and jarrods
bro being here for
a week. my house was full of 5 kids from age 2-10
and I am ready for some peace and relaxation.
:)

frustrating-computer-keypad

the
keypad
on
our computer is jacked up so
it types in a poetic style. that is why i have
not been posting,
because it takes forever
to go back and edit
it and then
1\2the time i am losing all my
words anyway
so i justget too
frustrated with this
thing.

it
is
only a year 1\2 old, too. grrrrrrrrrr

i should warnyou all, don't leave your purse in the car
because people really do break
windows out and really do it in suburbia CVS
parking lots in the middle of the day.
i never believed
Jarrod when
he warned me it could happen.

But yes.........
my sweet sweet brother went and bought me a new purse to replace my stolen
one
and
it
is
the
cutest
purse
with
matching wallet. he has great taste.
last
night was jarrod's
sister-Tivany's
wedding to Warren.
It was an awesome wedding, outdoors by the lake at
Sneaky Petes and the reception room was absolutely stumming.
Everyone was really dressed up and Tivany looked amaizing. I will post pics soon.
I am not commemting on the church
situation yet because
I am not yet able to put it into mature thoughts\words\feelimngs.
And everyone else seems to
be doing a great job anyway!
THANKS FOR READING

victimized

got
the
window
broken
out
of
my
car
so
someone
could
steal
my
new
purse
with
things
in
it
only
meaningful
to
me
and
about
$4
for
their
touble

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mahna\Gold
and
mahna\Blake

and the beat goes on

I'm sure there aren't many people checking my blog but if you are, thanks for caring! :) Well we have moved into our house and are semi unpacked. The house is twice what we were living in. We were in about 800 sq. feet and now are in 1570 sq. feet. SO it looks kind of empty! :) I love having carpet, though. It makes Mahna really happy to be able to run back and forth through the house. We have major plumbing repairs going on right now. When the owner had the foundation fixed, the ground was very dry and of course moving a house up the plastic pipes BREAK. So far we have had 6 leaks under the house fixed. The contractor said that is more than he has ever seen. It is already costing the seller of the house over $5000 to fix so far. We have a huge hole in the ground on the side of our house, one through Cole's bedroom wall (those of you who don't know, that is my son's name who is due in January), and one through the floor of our garage. So we are kind of half living in half the house. Our bathroom vanity is going to be completely torn out and the wall redone, we are putting in a new toilet, Cole's wall will have to be fixed and the garage floor. We haven't been able to hook up our washing machine yet because one of the leaks is right under the utility room, and our dryer is broken anyway so that will be the NEXT project. Also our back sliding door sticks really badly. We knew this before we moved in but not the extent of it. So we need to put in new doors asap. Luckily Casey can do it for us so the doors should hopefully only be about $300.
I tell you what tho! House equals money money money! Luckily I have gotten a watering flowers job for the next month or so which pays a little and won't take much time/energy. I may have a new cleaning job thanks to VALERIE! :) Jarrod's job seems to be going better. Unfortunately he got in a car wreck last week. Thank God he is physically okay. His car is undrivable though, so he has a rental. The wreck was not his fault, and Casey can fix the car as soon as the other person's insurance company pays up!
I believe I experienced a small miracle at church today. The last 3-4 weeks either me or mom has tried putting Mahna in Sunday School and she was freaking out so bad that she couldn't stay. I almost went and did laundry this morning instead of going to church, but instead we went. I prayed for Mahna to please go to SUnday School and have a good time and let me sit through church, even though we were 20 minutes late. Well turns out it started late today anyway, Mahna walked right in, got her nametag, gave it to the teacher and told me BIE. I was so shocked and I really enjoyed the service (great job, MiKe!) Then when I went to get Mahna one of the women working in there went on and on about how smart Mahna is and how well she did today, and was so content playing with puzzles. I was like WOA! So that was cool.
Now I am doing laundry at mom's house (thank you mom!) and Mahna is napping in her PJ's at 2:30 in the afternoon.
TOodLES

insanity

This has been one of the wierdest days of my life. Mahna slept in, then wanted breakfast. She never wants breakfast. In fact, she never eats so when she asks to eat I surely say OKAY. Then I get to G.G.'s house to drop her off, I have less than five minutes to stay and her shoes are nowhere to be found. Of course this is a day she really does need shoes because GG is dropping her off w/ my mom at the salon later until I finish cleaning a brand new house. This is why I was running super late because I HAD to be at this new house on time. Then later in the afternoon Jarrod calls and says that our electricity got off. Aparently the lovely RELIANT ELECTRICITY COMPANY got the dates confused on when they are supposed to change over our electricity to the new house. I had it scheduled for FRIDAY and they aren't even supposed to turn off our current house's electricity since Casey will still live there. So we are on hold with them forever and ever just for them to say that they can't turn it back on for 24-48 hours, even tho it is 104 degrees, I am 5 mo. pregnant, have a one year old and two cats. Now all the food is spoiling in my freezer and fridge (yes they will EVENTUALLY reimburse us for it) and we get to go stay in the La Quinta hotel tonight. JOY. Then Jarrod's job completely screwed up his route, added 100 miles a DAY to him and an extra hour to his evening with no added pay (he pays for his own gas so this is basically a CUT in pay). SO Jarrod did something very unlike himself and just came home. OH and our house we are supposed to be signing papers on tomorrow night..... has a plumbing problem from the foundation repair and it is getting fixed tomorrow. Luckily tonight Jarrod got things worked out with his job and Mahna is staying with GG, since I have to clean tomorrow anyway. I miss her already tho. We had fun swimming tonight. She is very brave in the water now and has learned so many words she can really talk to where you know what she wants most of the time. Well I am at my parents and we need to go to the hotel. Yip EeE
TOODLES

drowning in a sea of boxes

I am so behind on posting pictures! I never did Mahna's first haircut and so much has even happened since then. I would like to post the sonogram pic from yesterday, but whenever I have a free moment. My mommy dearest was kind enough to watch my little sweetie pie today so I could pack like a mad woman. I have packed 15 boxes in 2 1/2 hours! My back is killing me. I accomplished getting Jarrod and my closet cleaned out which makes me feel a little closer to the destination. I boxed up a bunch of groovacious clothes and shoes for my friend Cynde, three bags (so far) for donating, 2 bags of trash. I am so tempted to just throw out all of Mahna's toys and let her start over at the new house. Her bday will be a couple weeks from move in so she would have new stuff and a fairly clean room. Of course I probably won't really do that, heaven forbid I toss a memorable item. My house is a disaster. We are in about 800 square feet right now and there are about 25 boxes stacked in the main room (kitchen). I am sitting in the middle of it on my laptop on the kitchen table which is piled with misc. papers and cleaning supplies and things like a huge glass bowl that I am not sure how to pack. My back is really killin gme, did I already mention that? I am doing a new cleaning job tomorrow, and I am sure I will be popping tylenol the second I wake up tomorrow just to make it through and make my $75. This house has a floor that has to be washed by hand. That sounds hiorrd........ But truthfully I am thinking of advertising in the coffee news (www.txcoffeenews.com) just to get another job or two. I want to work as much as I can before "Cole" is born. Wow it seems too wierd not to just call it 'the baby' anymore. Just last week I was worried because I couldn't think of a girls name that I really liked. I guess there was a reason for that! This pregnancy is really going by fast. I am almost 20 weeks, so over 1/2 way there really. I already have gained 18 pounds (dear Lord!) so I pray that that will only double and not any more than that. I am a heffer for sure. Oh well! Well I better get back to work. Jarrod will be off work in less than an hour. TOODLES!

results of the sonogram

BOY BOY BOY!I am having a boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i can't believe it but it's true without any doubt that was a boy on that ultrasound today!!!!! Jarrod is so happy he can't quit smiling. I can't believe how excited I am now that I know it is a boy! This is so amazing. I just want to go decorate his room for him now and get all ready. I guess I can get rid of all Mahna's clothes now. I have been saving and saving and saving boxes of them just in case there was another girl. So anyone need girls clothing up to size 18 mo? I have a bunch of pairs of girl shoes size 4, 5, 6, too.
YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I would have been excited either way so I could have written this post ahead of time but I am amazed at how excited I am to be having a baby boy. I can't explain it but it is a good feeling. Scary to think of trying to raise a MAN but then it is scary to raise a confident, caring woman too!

mooooooooooooving on

Mahna had her first dentist appointment. She did so good. The office was amazing. It is all for kids dentist so it was decorated and everything was short for kids and lots of groovacious educational toys everywhere. I realized Mahna really DOESN'T have everything! :) She got to sit in my lap for her flouride treatment and teeth check, so it wasn't scary at all. The woman was very nice and I am glad that her first dental experience didn't put fear in her heart!

Later that day she got her first haircut! First she watched me get a haircut then she sat on my lap and got her little bangs trimmed and the rest of her hair cut. She looks so much older now! I will post a picture soon.

We are finally getting our mortgage stuff finalized. What a pain in the arse! I can't wait til this junk is over!!!!!!!!! At least our first house payment won't be due until October. That is good cuz it's gonna be expensive. Oh and I went and picked up a few boxes at the used box store on 407. Nice guy who works there carried them to my car and they were pretty cheap too! Thanks Lindsay!

Okay well I am feeding my ma and Kendra's doggies now and watering mom's plants and now I am off to return movies, turn in donations, buy dog food and if I am lucky get a pedicure!!!!!!

Happy Friday!

update

No sonogram today! I got to hear the heartbeat (it is just as amazing as the first time I heard Gold's). I was correct that I am due Jan 4. I have gained too much weight. I get a sonogram on Aug 14 so that is cool cuz mom and Jarrod can come!

Toodles.

p.s. anyone looking for a vehicle? I have a couple for sale!

pps. Anyone know someone who is selling a $500 car that my brother could buy?