Blessed & Overjoyed

Brian and I are over-the-moon to be expecting a baby this October! It is something we've hoped and prayed for - for a very long time. Just when we thought it was another failed month - Brian asked me to take a home pregnancy test. We had one left from months prior. I honestly didn't think we had conceived. Maybe I was just too bummed about our miscarriage a few months before, that I just couldn't believe I was.. Even after the HPT came back with the joyous words - PREGNANT - I still was afraid to get excited as we did previously. So, this time, we kept the news to ourselves - until we were about 10 weeks along and had our first appointment and ultrasound.

Given the positioning of the screen, I wasn't able to see much of anything until the tech printed some pics. I've included some of the pics below...





Brian was able to see the baby moving - boxing, actually. He's started calling our baby - "lil Chuck Liddell" - as in the UFC fighter. Ha-ha! I love seeing Brian so excited. I like to call our baby jellybean.

The tech tracked the baby's heart rate at 168 beats per minute. The tech thought it was too early for us to hear the heartbeat, so we didn't get a chance to hear the heartbeat until a few weeks later at my next OB appointment. When we actually heard the heartbeat, I was simply giddy with happiness. It was such a special day for us!

We are loving every minute of this pregnancy... overall, I've felt pretty good. Just a few battles of nausea. I've been really tired, so I take plenty of naps, whenever possible. My cravings have dwindled a bit. For a while, I was craving green olives on everything. And one time, I REALLY wanted a Whopper with cheese from Burger King. And let me tell 'ya, that was the best Whopper I've ever had! :-) I've had trouble sleeping, so I finally purchased a pregnancy pillow last week. It's been a tremendous help in alleviating the back and body aches I had while sleeping. What a fantastic purchase!

We are looking forward to what lies ahead. In a few weeks, we have another appointment. I don't think we'll find out the baby's gender until the appointment after next... we can't wait to find out! I think it's a girl, but we'll have to wait and see!

For Brian...

I LOVE this song... dedicated to my hubby ~

Plain White T's - 1, 2, 3, 4

Happy Valentine's Day!

Lucky

Happy Valentine's Day!

To celebrate this overly commercialized day, I decided to share my love of music.

Jason Mraz's "Lucky" has been one of my favorite songs the past few months. So much so, that it's Brian's ring tone on my cell. :-) The video is somewhat new. Although I don't think the video does the song justice, it's still okay.

Hope you have a special V-Day! Enjoy the song!

LUCKY video

National Chomp-ions!

It's Great to be a Florida Gator... CHOMP! CHOMP!



I am so proud of our Gator football team! They played a great game last night... Though I was stressed the entire game.

Time to check out Football Fanatics and see what goodies they're selling. ;-)



GO GATORS!

A Man of Many Faces

Those of you that know my husband, know that he has quite the sense of humor! He ALWAYS has something funny/silly coming out of his mouth... That said - Brian has a way of making me laugh and smile all of the time. Even when I'm quite the crab-o. Even when I'm mad at him. One look at one of his many silly faces and I crack up laughing!











His motto for 2009 is "Nice in 09." Brian doesn't need this motto to be nice - as he's one of the most kind, generous, caring, loving people I know... I think the saying is more for me actually. He's trying to get me to not stress or worry as much as I normally do. This has been a bit of a struggle for me for some time now, so whenever the crazy Jolee comes out - he says "nice in 09, nice in 09!" While I know he stresses about work and stuff, he doesn't allow those things to bring him down. Oh, how I wish I could be more like him...



And then there's the annoyed, "stop taking pictures of me" face...



I married Brian for many reasons - but most of all because he makes me laugh. His humor brightens my life and I love him so much for all the smiles he continues to bring my way. I am a very lucky girl.

Gatorlicious

The day of the SEC Championship game a few weeks back, Brian replaced the bulbs that light up our front garage area with a blue and an orange bulb. It looks so adorable! Thanks Patrick for giving us the idea!

Our house is Gatorlicious!

New to the Pond

We returned from our trip to find a whole slew of animals swimming in our back pond... this is just the side closest to our house. It doesn't include the others that were swimming on the other side of the water.

Hmm...I wonder if the alligator made it's way to another waterhole...