Well, it's been a long time since I have HAD time to update. Mike and I are extremely busy planning, clearing, cleaning, working, and planning some more. Last time I updated was when we saw the heartbeat of our little one for the first time...enchanting. We went back on April 14 to find out what we were having the same day my mom had a hysterectomy & unable to attend...it was a long doctor's visit...
Our appointment was at 10:30am and I had borrowed a tape from my office to record the ultrasound---forgot the tape in my car. So, Mike and his mom dropped me off at doc & they went across to Target to buy a VHS tape...I was NOT going to miss this appointment as it was the only thing I could think of for weeks. They finally made it back & I still hadn't been brought back yet since the U/S tech was backed up.
When we finally got to go back to the 'magical room', we got a glimpse of our almost-fully formed bundle of joy. The tech got great shots of the spine & head as the baby was turned over on the stomach, so we looked over everything else before attempting to move south to get the gender. We jiggled, shook, & rattled my stomach to turn the baby over to no avail. Ugh...stubborn already. The more we shook the deeper the baby fell asleep. SO...
The tech had another appointment and so I had to go to the waiting room YET again and await the other appointment to be over. Mike and his mom went to Chick-fil-a to get orange juice & a kid's meal chicken nugget to try & get this baby to roll over. IT WORKED. I felt the baby do a roll & thought, "I WILL KNOW TODAY!"
The U/S tech was able to get an immediate reading as the baby had completely rolled over & turned to the other side. We were looking for 3 lines or a turtle...we saw three lines!! IT'S A GIRL!!! Kathryn Brooke Summers...named after my grandmother who passed away 3 years ago. Afterwards, we stopped by Northside Hospital to check on my mom & give my parents the news! :) Of course they were elated as I knew they would be.
I left the next day for a business trip to Dallas, TX and thought it to be my grandmother looking out for me that my hotel was attached to the galleria mall...BABY GAP! I bought Kaydee her first dress, blouse, & top. ADORABLE. 3 of many many many more clothes!
Because the tech was unable to see the bladder & stomach, we had to make another ultrasound appointment to be sure everything was functioning properly...no problemo...we got another glimpse of our baby girl. My mom was able to attend this ultrasound.
Over the next month, Mike and I have been cleaning out Kaydee's room (our office/storage/catch-all room)which hasn't been an easy feat. We have ALMOST gotten the room cleaned out and ready to put her furniture in!
Speaking of furniture...
Mike, my mom, Sue, and I went to the World's Largest Baby Shower this past weekend where I, of course, entered my name in every drawing available. It certainly paid off as I got a phone call today that I had won the prizes of all prizes (when you're an expectant mother)...a handcrafted crib! We weren't too crazy about the color-pink-but it was a prize & free...so we loved it. The color has grown on us and after we have placed the bedding all over it actually looks really great. My entire image of her bedroom has changed from practical yet fun to WHIMSICAL!!! I'm cool with it...better get used to unplanned changes as I am sure I am in for many many more over the next part of my life. ;)
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
140 BPM!!! :)
Mike and I had our first ultrasound on January 20 to see the heartbeat and get a more accurate due date (August 30, 2010). My mom met us there to get the first glimpse of our little miracle in the making. :) The heartbeat was 140 beats per minute which (according to some) is right in the middle...low end for a girl, high end for a boy. That method didn't work to give us an idea of what we can expect to start decorating & preparing for, but hopefully in a few weeks we will know for sure!
Our next appointment is February 5 and they will be doing more tests...I have a feeling I will need to get used to all of the anticipation of what each appointment will bring.
My "morning" sickness has pretty much subsided with the exception of a few bouts per day. As I am approaching 12 weeks it should go away for good and hopefully it WILL!
Our next appointment is February 5 and they will be doing more tests...I have a feeling I will need to get used to all of the anticipation of what each appointment will bring.
My "morning" sickness has pretty much subsided with the exception of a few bouts per day. As I am approaching 12 weeks it should go away for good and hopefully it WILL!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
It's Baby Time!
Mike and I had our first appointment last week and all went well. Our new due date is September 1, 2010, but it could change after the ultra sound. I scheduled my second appointment to get my first ultra sound and hear the heartbeat! CAN'T WAIT!!! We are getting more and more excited about it, but trying not to get too excited before we make sure everything is "working properly"; we will know more after January 20.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
SURPRISE!!
Christmas came and went by so fast--they seem to do that the older I get! Now that it is 2010, Mike and I have resolutions to be made we weren't planning on making for a couple of years. I woke up on the morning of New Years Eve only to think..."am I?" Sure enough, 2 tests later I was! We were very shocked at first, but that shock has certainly turned into excitement and we can't help to wonder what life will be like a year from now. My first doctor's appointment (of many I hope) is tomorrow and I will know much more information then. Of course, Mom calculated what SHE thought would be the due date & came up with August 20th (ish). We will see! :)
Till then...Shalom!!!
Till then...Shalom!!!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Great Times with Great Friends
Whew! What a weekend!
Mike, Joey & I went to Hernando, Mississippi to visit my very best friend in the whole world (Tina) and her family. Hernando is right over the TN/MS border as is Memphis. We went down to Beale Street & had a great time shopping around & waiting forever at a restauarant that really wasn't worth the wait. Saturday night, Mike & I took Joey to watch a live UFC event (107)...he had an absolute BLAST! Afterwards, Tina and a friend of hers met us at the hotel while we 'got down' with the fighters & got lots of autographs & pictures! :) That morning we woke up to get Waffle House & of course it made Mike really sick as usual! We had to hang out at the house for a while to get him feeling better then we headed down to Tunica for some gambling action with Tina & her dad. It was so fun! Of course I came out ahead & Mike lost what I won PLUS some...go figure: ;) I am the Roulette QUEEN! :D We didn't get much sleep while we were there, so I am still trying to catch up on sleep.
Have a Very Merry Christmas!
Mike, Joey & I went to Hernando, Mississippi to visit my very best friend in the whole world (Tina) and her family. Hernando is right over the TN/MS border as is Memphis. We went down to Beale Street & had a great time shopping around & waiting forever at a restauarant that really wasn't worth the wait. Saturday night, Mike & I took Joey to watch a live UFC event (107)...he had an absolute BLAST! Afterwards, Tina and a friend of hers met us at the hotel while we 'got down' with the fighters & got lots of autographs & pictures! :) That morning we woke up to get Waffle House & of course it made Mike really sick as usual! We had to hang out at the house for a while to get him feeling better then we headed down to Tunica for some gambling action with Tina & her dad. It was so fun! Of course I came out ahead & Mike lost what I won PLUS some...go figure: ;) I am the Roulette QUEEN! :D We didn't get much sleep while we were there, so I am still trying to catch up on sleep.
Have a Very Merry Christmas!
Friday, November 6, 2009
New beginnings, Anniversaries, & LEAKS!
Ok, so it has been a long while since I last posted. I have been outrageously busy & don't even remember where I left off.
To start things off, we noticed about 2 months ago that our water bill was a little higher than normal ($41) and thought ok, maybe it was because we were watering flowers & such?? Then...$200!!!!! SOMETHING was wrong. We had a plumber come by for a consultation & turns out we had a leak in the pipe on the outside of the house going TO the meter. It was our responsibility to fix it...not something we wanted to hear, BUT we needed to do something about it. He gave us an estimate of $1385 and I needed a crash cart to start my heart back up, haha. I called my dad for advice & turns out he just replaced his a couple of years ago & would come by to start digging. PHEW...relief!!! He called a friend of his (he has SOOOO many contacts) and got us a hookup for free copper pipe (apparently that is the mac-daddy of piping). The whole thing was going to cost us TIME...nothing more! :) I thank God everyday for my wonderful family. My dad & dad-in-law dug & dug until finally they made it to the house! Now to lay the pipe. Mike and I have been having to turn our water off & on as we needed it from the meter which is a huge pain & very inconvenient! Tomorrow it will be fixed & we will have our water back to normal.
We had a few celebrations since my last post. Some friends of ours are having a baby at the end of this month...Jakson Earnest Burfitt! We can't WAIT for him to come! I went to their baby shower a couple of months ago and are headed over tonight for hamburgers on the grill!
My best friend growing up as well as Mike's best friend growing up got married the day before the baby shower I attended. They recently had a baby (I say recently, but it was back in March) Laney Iylene Honeycutt and decided to tie the knot and make it official. :) We are so happy for all of our friends & their new beginnings.
Shortly after, Mike and I celebrated our 1-year anniversary!!! Mike had a big bouquet of wildflowers sent to my office the Friday before. They were beautiful!!! Saturday night we went to Chops steakhouse & it was wonderful! We would definitely go again and recommend to our friends. Sunday (the day OF) we spent all day doing lots of yard work & cleaning up. My little brother, Joey came over to help so we treated him to sushi & a movie afterwards.
It's a tradition of ours to attend the Apple Festival up in Ellijay (where my Nanne resides), so Mike and I headed up to visit my grandmother & do some apple shopping. :) Of course we headed home with a 1/2 peck of delicious apples & shared with friends who weren't able to make it due to sickness. :)
Mike's soccer is ALMOST over. We have 1 more weekend after this weekend of games & I am SOO anxious for the end of it. Soccer takes up so much of our time and I feel disconnected from friends throughout the whole season! Ick. I do feel blessed that Mike has the opportunity to do what he loves & share his passion for the sport with children who are willing to learn. It's also great practice for when we have our own little soccer player. :)
To start things off, we noticed about 2 months ago that our water bill was a little higher than normal ($41) and thought ok, maybe it was because we were watering flowers & such?? Then...$200!!!!! SOMETHING was wrong. We had a plumber come by for a consultation & turns out we had a leak in the pipe on the outside of the house going TO the meter. It was our responsibility to fix it...not something we wanted to hear, BUT we needed to do something about it. He gave us an estimate of $1385 and I needed a crash cart to start my heart back up, haha. I called my dad for advice & turns out he just replaced his a couple of years ago & would come by to start digging. PHEW...relief!!! He called a friend of his (he has SOOOO many contacts) and got us a hookup for free copper pipe (apparently that is the mac-daddy of piping). The whole thing was going to cost us TIME...nothing more! :) I thank God everyday for my wonderful family. My dad & dad-in-law dug & dug until finally they made it to the house! Now to lay the pipe. Mike and I have been having to turn our water off & on as we needed it from the meter which is a huge pain & very inconvenient! Tomorrow it will be fixed & we will have our water back to normal.
We had a few celebrations since my last post. Some friends of ours are having a baby at the end of this month...Jakson Earnest Burfitt! We can't WAIT for him to come! I went to their baby shower a couple of months ago and are headed over tonight for hamburgers on the grill!
My best friend growing up as well as Mike's best friend growing up got married the day before the baby shower I attended. They recently had a baby (I say recently, but it was back in March) Laney Iylene Honeycutt and decided to tie the knot and make it official. :) We are so happy for all of our friends & their new beginnings.
Shortly after, Mike and I celebrated our 1-year anniversary!!! Mike had a big bouquet of wildflowers sent to my office the Friday before. They were beautiful!!! Saturday night we went to Chops steakhouse & it was wonderful! We would definitely go again and recommend to our friends. Sunday (the day OF) we spent all day doing lots of yard work & cleaning up. My little brother, Joey came over to help so we treated him to sushi & a movie afterwards.
It's a tradition of ours to attend the Apple Festival up in Ellijay (where my Nanne resides), so Mike and I headed up to visit my grandmother & do some apple shopping. :) Of course we headed home with a 1/2 peck of delicious apples & shared with friends who weren't able to make it due to sickness. :)
Mike's soccer is ALMOST over. We have 1 more weekend after this weekend of games & I am SOO anxious for the end of it. Soccer takes up so much of our time and I feel disconnected from friends throughout the whole season! Ick. I do feel blessed that Mike has the opportunity to do what he loves & share his passion for the sport with children who are willing to learn. It's also great practice for when we have our own little soccer player. :)
Sunday, August 2, 2009
I had the busiest week at work I have ever had. I was the only project director in the office and was doing triple the work I usually had, so the weekend didn't come fast enough. :)
Friday night, Mike and I went to see Funny people before we went home to sleep. Saturday we had to get up pretty early for a weekend to see a friend of ours compete in a Jiu Jitsu tournament (HE WON!) and then to Phipps we went. We had some things to return before going to see The Ugly Truth afterwards. Sunday is typically our day of rest & laundry & cleaning, but we didn't feel like sitting at home all day, so we decided to go to the Atlanta History Center to learn a little about the beautiful city we both grew up in. We spent all day today in Atlanta touring homes, driving down backroads on W Paces Ferry to look at all the extravagant homes (something we both enjoy) and dream about perhaps living amongst them one day ... dreams of course.
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