A little update...

It has been way too long!!! I was wanting to blog every day, but apparently I got lazy. Here's a little update on everything....

I'm good, bored most of the time, but good. Been really tired and in a bit of pain the past few days. Jay suggested that maybe I'm doing too much, but if I did any less I'd be on bed rest. I feel like I've been growing like crazy, and he never stops moving! Our next doctors appointment is August 15th and we'll be getting another ultrasound! I'm excited, Jay thinks the ultrasounds are weird.

Jay is excited about the baby though and can't shut up about it lately. He calls him J.R or the mutant (says its in reference to a Kuato, a character from the movie Total Recall)..... poor kid. Hopefully we will have a name soon. Again, if there are any suggestions out there please let us know! We want to use family names, but I don't have a whole lot to choose from.

I'll be heading to CA August 27th and then Jay will be out on September 1st to pack up me and all my things and drive back that same day. It will be a day trip for him mostly because of school and he doesn't want to loose hours at work. But if we can afford it, we may stay in San Clemente somewhere for a few days for a little vacation before the baby comes. It would be nice, but we're not sure yet. We're going to be moving September 14th, and just put a deposit on an apartment in the area for a 2 bedroom 1 bath, it's a good size and layout for us.

Jay's still working 6 days a week and was supposed to start helicopter flight school today, but he pushed it back a month due to the new Post 9/11 GI bill that recently got signed. I keep wanting to work really bad, but he keeps telling me no. It's just nice to have my own money to buy things for me or just pamper myself, but I also feel bad that he work's so much while I feel like I'm not contributing at all. He recently put me in charge of the finances, don't laugh, and told me if there is "extra" money that I should feel free to spend it on myself. I can't do that.

Let's see what else.... We have a good amount of the "bigger" baby items, like a normal swing, travel swing, bouncy seat, car seat, etc., but we still have a good list of items we need though like a crib, dresser (he's not even going to use his room for a while so we have time on those items), clothes, bathroom items, diapers, you know the basics.

Sorry for everyone that keeps asking for pictures of Jay and I, we just don't get a lot of opportunities to take any. I will get some soon though, I promise!

2008: A very busy beginning...

Much has happened since January 2008. I moved to Arizona with the plan to work, work, work and then to join the military. Soon after I arrived here, I met Jay and by March 2008 we found out that we would be expecting a little one. I, at first was mostly upset with myself at what had happened. How could we both be so naive as to let this occur? I for one had a goal and I was very determined to accomplish it, and Jay was in the process of getting a loan to start helicopter flight school. It turned out to be Jay to take the calm role in all of this mayhem.

He told me that everything would be okay, not to worry, and that he was going to be moving me in with him.I had some suspicion, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt. It was a rough beginning, but it is turning out to be a great life.

God love him, he has put up with so much. He works 6 days a week, normally 8-9 hour days, and then comes home to put up with me. I had been sick until about 3 weeks ago, and was I not only having trouble eating and drinking, losing what seems to me a lot of weight (15 lbs) and not really gaining any back. I was just so frustrated with feeling ill constantly and having to take the medication Phenergan every 6 hours. It's hard for me to even take a Tylenol and this was a class C drug which means either studies in animals have revealed adverse effects on the fetus and there are no controlled studies in women, or studies in women and animals are not available. It caused me to be extremely sleepy, but also put me in a bad mood.

These days I am feeling much much better only having the "normal" pregnancy symptoms. Even though I am still not working, and at this point am probably not going to work until after the baby is born, I have been feeling productive, which I have been lacking. I mostly clean the house, walk the dog, researching various things online, sounds very minuscule, but I'm happy doing it and it keeps me busy. I am also going to be going to school full time in the fall, all online classes, but it will keep be occupied and continue my education to becoming an RN (I have gone back and forth many times with what career I want, but I just keep coming back to becoming a Registered Nurse).

As the days go on, we continue to learn about each other and grow towards the family we will soon be in November.