In Love with a Farm Boy

3 and 4 month update

2012-01-14T15:18:00.001-06:00

Yikes! It's been a very long time since I posted. Having a baby changes a lot! So here's a photo dump.

She loves her puppy!

Our 3 month photo shoot... This was right before Thanksgiving. She was quite the crank that evening, but we managed to get a few good shots. We took our first family trip to the lake over Thanksgiving weekend, and Daisy did great.

She had a great Christmas, and I loved having 2 weeks off! It was a great season.

At our 4 month appointment, she was 16lbs 13 oz and 25 1/2 inches. We've got quite the chunk on our hands :) She's in the 95th percentile for both height and weight.

This is Christmas Morning. We went to my parents in the morning and Jim's family for a late lunch. We were very spoiled by both families! My parents are taking everyone to Great Wolf Lodge, and Jim's family spoiled Daisy absolutely rotten. She got a My Pal Violet... such a cool toy! It's personalized just for Daisy.

This was one morning before church, just throwing it in because she's so cute!

We started food after our 4 month appointment, and she loves it! She loves eating. So far we've tried rice cereal and oatmeal. She likes both of them. Now we're ready for some fruits n veggies. This picture was taken after dinner, apparently she wore herself out. :)

She's sort of sleeping all night, usually, when she wakes up in the middle of the night it usually just takes a binky to get her back to sleep.

She'll be 5 months Thursday! Where is all the time going??

Daisy is Two Months Old!

2011-10-19T20:02:00.000-05:00

Happy 2 month b-day baby!

I'm so in love with your smiling face! You slept through the night for the first time 2 nights ago. You and Daddy get to spend the whole day together Friday, since he has the day off. I will be doing parent teacher conferences. Then he gets to take you to the doctor Monday. I'm sad to miss that milestone, not the least bit upset to miss the shots!!! I'm pretty sure I would cry more than you.

Love you so much, my growing baby girl!

Daisy is Seven Weeks, and back to school

2011-10-07T19:35:00.001-05:00

I survived my first week back at work. I'd forgotten how much extra stuff there is in a classroom to get done every day. I miss my Title 1!!! My class is actually really good, just very talkative. Plus the other 3rd grade teachers are super helpful. I only cried Monday on my way to work and just a bit before school got started. I blame that on a couple sweet teachers that came in and asked how I was and said they were praying for me. They were too nice.. the nerve!

Daisy was at my mom's Monday and Tuesday. Then she goes to a babysitter the rest of the week. The babysitter is great, but she has to go to a nearby school to pick up a couple kids. She apparently screamed all the way there and back all 3 days. I'm not sure what to do about that. I think the problem is that her natural schedule is to take a really good long afternoon nap, which is hard when you're getting carted here n there. Hopefully she'll get used to the new routine, or I'd be really tempted to start looking for other options. I'm just pretty sure we won't find anywhere as affordable. Bleck Wish I didn't have to even think about all that.

Daisy at 7 weeks
I think she's getting bigger. We're going to have to up her bottle, because 4 oz. doesn't seem to be as satisfying anymore. When you take the bottle away she wails. She's starting to smile more at people and make eye contact when she's really awake. If she's the least bit tired she zones out completely. She's also making all sorts of noises. I think she is starting to get more arm control. She folds her hands while having a bottle, or she'll hold your finger. I love that!! Anyway that's Daisy this week.
I hate how little I got to see her this week. We get home about 5 or 5:30, then hang out just a bit and she's in bed by 8 or 9. There's usually a nap in there as well (which is what she's doing now). I keep telling myself this is just the season we're in. It'll get better as she stays awake longer, then sleeps better at night. Plus there's always summer right? :)

Hope y'all had a great week, and enjoy your weekend. I know I will! I'm not going anywhere unless I have to, maybe church... we'll see.

Daisy is Six Weeks

2011-10-01T09:39:00.000-05:00

Daisy and I went to my Dr. appointment yesterday. She cried so much a nurse came in and held her so she wouldn't scream anymore. I should have known better, she does not like being in her car seat if it's not moving. She usually likes car rides and stroller trips, as long as we're moving. Anyway, the appointment went fine after that. The girls in the office loved Daisy's personalized diaper bag and her little dog attached to a binky. The appointment messed up our morning so much she didn't take a nap until almost noon, then she slept for three hours! Needless to say we still don't have much of a routine or schedule yet. But Daisy's starting to work into a routine, when we don't mess it up by leaving home. :)

This is right before we went to see Daddy for the baby shower at his school. We know how to make overalls hot! I go back to work Monday, so I'll probably be AWOL for a while. Hope y'all have a great weekend!

Seriously?!? Aunt Flo, You suck!

2011-09-29T13:13:00.001-05:00

Dear Aunt Flo,
My lil munchkin isn't even 6 weeks old. Give me a break! I guess this is what I get for not breast feeding. I go to the doctor tomorrow for my 6 week check up, so I'll get on the pill. Last time I was on the pill you stopped being such a major B and settled down a bit. You'd better do that again this time!
Sincerely,
Bloated in Boonville

P.S. You were not missed in the past year!

Belated 5 weeks

2011-09-28T10:43:00.000-05:00

Daisy is 5 weeks old (plus a couple days)
She has had a busy week developmentally.
Daisy is now making more eye contact and cooing. It took me a few coos to really decide that she was making those noises happily, not a noise made right before she starts to cry. Her neck is still as strong as ever, she can hold her head up for a longer stretch of time now. I'm working on getting through the Baby Whisperer book, and am trying to follow some of her suggestions.

This is a picture of her on September 19. One month! I can't believe how much she's growing.

This is a bad pic, but it shows Daisy and I hanging out in our Seven Sling. I haven't decided if I like it. She likes it better than our Infantino, but the sling makes me a little more nervous about her breathing or flipping out. She's in there well enough that logically I know it'd be hard for her to flip out, but still this mama worries.

We're off to Daddy's school today for our final baby shower. I think he's excited to show her off to everyone, and I'm pretty excited to open presents. :) hehe

Over the river and through the woods...

2011-09-21T10:39:00.000-05:00

To grandma's house we go

Actually to be more specific it's my grandparents, Gaga and Papa, that we went to visit yesterday. My mom babysits my nephew every Monday and Tuesday, so we all loaded up and headed to Gaga and Papa's house. Yes, I still call them that as does my brother and my older cousin... well everyone really. Anyway, they are both in their upper 80's and have celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary. They don't get out a lot anymore other than a daily trip to the post office and an occasional run to the grocery store. Both Papa and Gaga were so glad to see the babies. My nephew is 13 months old and so funny right now, he makes all sorts of noises and poses for you. They were also really happy to see Daisy again; she's changed a lot since they saw her in the hospital.

After visiting with the grandparents, we went to one of my favorite burger places. Kuku's is in the town where I was born and went to elementary school. It was just about the only place I remember eating out at when I was small. Mom and I had cheeseburgers and my nephew threw most of his bites on the floor. He is hilarious when he eats fries, he already knows how to dip in ketchup! He'll dip the same fry then lick the ketchup off several times. When you make him eat the fry he felt like spitting it on the floor yesterday. He's so fickle changes his mind about what he wants and what he likes all the time. I hope Daisy isn't quite as unpredictable or messy. However I'm sure she will be.

And all that excitement wore us out. So today we're just praying for a peaceful day. hehe

Daisy's Four weeks old

2011-09-16T10:25:00.001-05:00

It's been a pretty good week. Daisy found her mouth with her hands this week. She definitely likes the car seat better than swing and bouncer.

We're not real thrilled with the Boppy either, but she is a little more happy with it than she was in this picture. However, Holly still likes it more than Daisy does.

Push Presents

2011-09-14T12:56:00.000-05:00

The *near* Perfect Farmboy came through with some amazing gifts the day after Daisy was born. Of course he had been told to buy the clutch. There was pre-shopping with my mom and I, then he took her back to buy it. We try to pretend like there was a surprise there... ha.

I looked everywhere for a clutch I really liked. I first saw one I liked at JC Penney while we were helping FB's mom shop for a dress to wear to FB's sister's wedding. Of course FB made a joke about me wanting a clutch... he asked if I'd prefer one for a Ford or Chevy. Hardy har har! By the time I got around to telling FB which clutch I wanted (a couple months later) the cute one from Penney's was gone. I finally found one at a local store.

The clutch wasn't a surprise, but this lil number was inside my clutch! FB sure does know how to really treat a girl! He said we could add pieces to the bracelet for each baby. Isn't he sweet?!

So what push presents did yall get when your babes were born? What presents would you want for future babies' births?

Heeelp! Please!

2011-09-10T17:14:00.000-05:00

We need any and all advice on sleeping and schedules! Yes, I realize my baby doll's only three weeks old. However, I realize now I'm clueless! Tell me some good books to read, tips to try, anything. I'm pretty sure I can't do the cry it out thing. I'd definitely cry more than Daisy! Give me your mom-knowledge!

Daisy's Three Weeks old

2011-09-09T12:44:00.001-05:00

Daisy's starting to figure us out. :) Or maybe we're figuring her out. She's 8lbs 7oz and 21 inches as of Wednesday. We saw the doctor and he says she's perfectly healthy. That's always nice to hear. Well she's waking up from this peaceful slumber I caught a pic of, so I'm off. Have a great weekend!

Yay Internet!!

2011-09-08T17:45:00.000-05:00

We finally got internet!! No more mobile blogging for me! I must say that kind of drove me crazy. Now hopefully Daisy will start letting me lay her down during her naps so I can enjoy the internet. So far she'd prefer never to see her crib ever again. Luckily she likes her pack n play a little better. We have great nights like last night when she goes down well after each feeding... then there's nights like the night before which didn't go as well to say the least. Hopefully we'll figure her out soon and she'll get better at going down in both beds. Glad to be back to checking blogs on the laptop instead of the iphone. Maybe now I'll be better about commenting too.

What I learned in one short week!

2011-09-07T15:10:00.000-05:00

People don't tell you what the first week of a baby's life is really like! Some moms may warn you that you'll be overwhelmed or how much your life will change, but nobody really tells you exactly what it's going to be like. Maybe it's that no one in their right mind believes moms when they try to warn you. I know I was shocked. So for all you future moms here's what my first week as a mom was like!

While we were in the hospital Daisy slept well, cried almost never, and was sort of getting used to breast feeding. However, each new shift change brought a new nurse with new ideas and tips on breast feeding. "Try a nipple guard" "No, that nipple guard will chafe your nipple" "Use a syringe to give a little formula while she's trying to breast feed" "Don't do the formula it's just coddling her and making her more lazy." Needless to say I was confused, upset, and had no idea what I should really do! When I wasn't breast feeding I was trying to get used to the idea of dealing with taking care of myself and my stitches. We won't get into all that, just take my advice... take the pain meds!

They shipped us home Sunday, I wasn't ready! Next time I plan to make sure to tell them I'm not ready. I was still waddling, bloated, and swollen. The morning we left, a pediatrician I'd never heard of before came in, woke us up, and announced Daisy's bilirubin was moderately high. I realize now how much harder it must really be for parents with babies in the NICU! Bilirubin being moderately high is really no big deal, but I thought the world might end then and there! We were told to spend a little extra time in indirect sunlight and we were told to check in w/ our regular pediatrician in a couple days.

Sunday afternoon we got home, had more trouble breast feeding, and cried AGAIN. I cried a lot that first week! I wasn't depressed or baby blues like they warn about. This was just tears streaming down my face sometimes for no apparent reason, sometimes I was just overwhelmed. Once I cried just because I realized how crazy in love I was with her and her daddy. I also cried every time I couldn't get her to stop crying. Yea... that little thing that acted perfectly in the hospital got home and woke up!

We went to the doctor on Tuesday and saw his nurse practitioner. The actual appointment was great, it was just the waiting and the cranky baby that made it hard. The nurse practitioner was great, and wasn't worried at all about her coloring due to the bilirubin. She was a little concerned with her weight though. Which meant we got to go back on Friday.

Tuesday night Daisy went from being a lazy sucker to giving up all together. After much drama, tears, trying all the different ideas from the hospital, and talking with the lactation consultant... we finally decided formula was the way to go. FB was so helpful and understanding during this whole process. We both wanted Daisy to breast feed, but it just was not going to happen!

After we switched to formula and got a little used to Daisy's cries, life started to get easier. FB could take a feeding and let me sleep. I was finally starting to feel more normal physically as well. We had a great weight check on Friday with the nurse practitioner. She was really sweet about us switching to formula and gave us a couple sample cans. So the first week finally wound down and ended on a high note.

I know this was a downer of a post and more serious than usual, but I think more women need to be really honest about the beginning of their babies' lives. I certainly am not this honest when people ask how I'm doing in real life. For some reason I felt like I hadn't done enough or that people would judge my decisions. Anyway I know I still have a lot to learn and Daisy and I will still have our good days and rough days. But we survived our first week, lived through the second one, and wouldn't change it for the world. So worth it to see her precious face all the time!

Daisy Two Weeks Old

2011-09-03T14:20:00.002-05:00

Two weeks! I can't believe it's been 2 weeks. Daisy has taught us a LOT!

The Delivery Story

2011-08-29T11:32:00.001-05:00

Feel free to skip this post, if you're not interested in all the details. But I do promise there won't be gory details! :)

I've got to start the night before Daisy was born. Thursday was my first day with kids, so I was exhausted by the time I got home. I put my feet up and realized I was having contractions pretty regularly. They weren't painful but they were 5 minutes apart. We decided to go into town for dinner, then we'd at least be close. The contractions continued for 3 hours! We decided to go to the hospital and let them check just in case. I was there long enough for them to check and say I was still nowhere close. The nurse was polite but she basically said my doctor had said I was more dilated than I really was from my last appointment. So we went home, me in tears so ready to be done with this pregnancy! It was 11 by the time we got home.

I got up at 5:30 to get to my second day with the kiddos. The day went fine with just a couple contractions here and there. Until 1:15! I was talking about math routines when I felt a small gush. I got up and gave them a worksheet just in time for another gush! I stepped out into the hall(looking like I peed myself) to get another teacher. My principal came down with our nurse ( who just happened to have worked in the birthing center before) they checked on me while another teacher got her car. I still wasn't in any pain. I called FB to meet me at the ER, and we both got there at the same time.

We got checked in and they checked to see if it really was my water, and it was. We got a nurse who my mom loves, and had emailed to keep her eye out for us. She sent us out to walk the halls. There were already 4 babies in the nursery at that time. My mom had been at work so she was already at the hospital. My dad left work and came straight over.

Not much had happened by 4ish. I was having regular contractions, but not much pain. My doc decided I needed a little pitocin to move things along. That worked really well! I was in pain very shortly after that! Our birthplan was to try to stick with IV meds. I didn't want an epidural and to be stuck in the bed for hours. The IV made me loopy,but didn't really help with actual contraction pain. I labored like that for an hour or so. I got freaked out that it was going to hurt this bad for hours and hours, so I asked for an epidural. They knew it was too late for epidural, so I got a spinal block. I felt better immediately! I'm so glad I didn't try to tough it out or stick with a birth plan just because that's what I thought at the time.

Daisy arrived at 7:08 after less than an hour of pushing. It is really hard and weird trying to push when you can't feel what you're doing. My doc stitched me up while FB watched Daisy get cleaned up and measured. This was our first picture together.

I have to say 6 hours from start to finish wasn't bad at all! I'm not sure how long it would've taken without medicine, but I'm not too concerned about that now! Hopefully I didn't scar my poor class by disappearing with wet pants. :)

Wow that's a long post! Next up bilirubin scare and my lazy sucker. Have a great Monday!

Let's try again

2011-08-27T08:17:00.001-05:00

Daisy at one week old

Daisy One Week Old

2011-08-26T16:17:00.001-05:00

Does mama look tired or what? My mom is coming over to babysit for a couple hours so we can nap! It's been a whirlwind of a week!
To look forward to soon:
Labor/delivery post
Bilirubin scare
Our lazy sucker

Hope everyone is doing well. It's been an emotional week, but we're doing great now! Happy weekending!

Ugh! Mobile blogger is so frustrating! Hopefully 3rd try is a charm! Even if it's not laid out like I want.

Sent from my iPhone

She's here!

2011-08-22T21:43:00.001-05:00

Daisy Ann
Born Friday 8/19/11 7:08p
7 pounds 9 ounces 20.2 inches
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It's Official

2011-08-09T20:30:00.001-05:00

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Now I'm ready for Daisy all the way down to my toes! I'm so ready for her to just get here! Mom took me to a great spa for a mani pedi, then she came with me to help finish getting the classroom ready. I think it's ready enough for a sub if I don't go back in. That's my new hope, I'm paranoid about going into labor at school. Well that's all I've got today, hope everyone's having a great week.

Early Morning Ramblings

2011-08-05T06:53:00.001-05:00

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I woke up at 5:15 this morning to tinkle, laid in bed for about 30 minutes. I couldn't get back to sleep, so now I'm sitting in my new favorite place! I'm in love with our new recliner in our new nursery with all our new baby stuff. No we won't be leaving the pack-n-play in the middle of the room. It will be in our room, so Daisy will be close for the first couple months.

Our shower was Saturday, and it was great! We didn't have many non-family guests there, but it was still fun. We also got more hand me down clothes. I gotta tell ya that has been such a huge blessing! A friend has a nine month old who has outgrown everything under 12 months, so she gave it all to me! Daisy has a MUCH larger wardrobe than FB and I combined! She also gave us her diaper cake, because her little one was in NICU so long mama never got to break into that size diaper. We also got a diaper cake from our shower. We planned on cloth diapering immediately, but we are going to wait until we run low on freebies to decide what to do next.

We also went to the doctor yesterday. She said she didn't think we'd make it to our due date. She thinks we'll have baby in the next week or two! FB is hoping for Thursday, and I'm just hoping for SOON! I would like her to wait for next week, so I feel a little more prepared to leave my classroom to the sub. I'm pretty sure I won't be at the back to school activities.

Well another super long post! If you're reading this, thanks for hanging in there! Hopefully we'll have a big exciting post soon! Fingers crossed

Mobile blogger test

2011-07-27T11:40:00.000-05:00

Let's see if I can blog from my phone...

Glamorous Newlywed sent me these great outfits for Miss Daisy!
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31 More Days!

2011-07-26T10:25:00.066-05:00

Give or take a few!
Today I am 35 weeks and 5 days. I've started the whole not sleeping well, feeling huge, having a hard time getting in/out of the car phase. I've also started the gagging thing again like during the first trimester. I almost didn't get to finish brushing my teeth this morning. It's also become very clear that I shouldn't fill a plate with the amount of food I'd like to eat (like a normal dinner portion), because I can't eat that much at once anymore. I'm glad baby is growing and all, but pushing my stomach into my lungs... I could live without that part. One good thing about this stage is that I've become addicted to hydration, I have to have something to drink all the time. On the other hand, it's not so fun when you're out and about and don't have a drink in hand. I thought I might die in line yesterday for Wendy's, I was so thirsty! That's when the gagging really kicks in. I've got to say gagging is such a weird preggo symptom, I don't think it's all that common either.

My BabyBump iPhone app says I have a honeydew melon sized baby. Approximately 18 inches and 5.25 lb. I've never seen an 18 in. honeydew, but I guess that sort of gives you an idea of what I've got rolling around in me.

I know this is a whiny post, but I do have to say I've felt really good for the majority of my pregnancy. After the morning sickness subsided I didn't have many symptoms at all until the last week or so. During the first phase I kept telling FB we'd be considering adoption from here on out, but I'm pretty sure if it's in God's plan I'll be in this same boat in a couple years. And probably another time or two after that. 4 kids... I know crazy right? Maybe I am, we'll just have to wait and see what the future holds.

In non-childbearing news... We went to my 10 year high school class reunion over the weekend. FB was a good sport and let me show him off, even though he was pretty much done after dinner... I guess I'd be bored if I didn't know anyone too. It was so interesting to see what happens in 10 years! Most everyone is married with a career and some have kids. I thought it was funny that FB and I were probably the most recently married and preggo too. There were several couples who've been married 5 or 6 years and still no kids on the horizon. I'm not saying that either way is the right way, it was just interesting to me. We've got 2 that still live at home, which just strikes me as crazy. I'm not talking about moved back home for a brief time while finishing school or looking for a new job or whatever. I'm talking never. moved. out!! My parents would have thrown me to the curb by now... I'm almost certain! We also have a bunch of super smarties in our class, an attorney, several computer programmers, psychologist, entrepreneur, nurse, medical researcher, and of course teacher. :) We also have an ice cream cone aficionado... Does it make me a job snob that I think by now you should have moved on from your high school job?? I mean really, you want to scoop ice cream forever?? I bet you could guess the ice cream aficionado is one that still lives at home. It's crazy how in 10 years things can completely change.... or nothing changes at all... I'm interested to see where everyone is at 15 or 20 years! Anyway, it was a fun evening and I'm glad we went. I had waffled back and forth about whether to go at all.

Have a great week! I'm getting ready for garage sale and baby shower this weekend, wish me luck!

I'm on the Internet!!

2011-07-20T09:18:00.000-05:00

Well, I feel totally out of the loop! I've been able to read some blogs on my phone, but haven't been able to figure out the mobile blogging. They say it's possible, but I don't have the patience to learn how. I came to work with Farmboy today, so I'm borrowing their internet. :) Here's a little bit of what's been going on in our world. We've been working on the nursery some more.

This is the rocker/recliner we decided to get. It's really nice and cushy! Plus it's big enough to hold FB's long body comfortably.

My brother and sister-in-law gave us all of these goodies. 2 swings, 2 car seats with 3 matching bases, stroller to match, a bumbo, and a bouncy sleeper. It's really really nice having a nephew about a year older than Daisy! :) Just old enough to be growing out of stuff.

These are the curtains. I couldn't get a good picture though. I think I should have waited for night. They were made for my house, when I lived by myself and could have pink curtains in the living room. They've been in storage since I sold my house three years ago, so I'm really glad they're back in use!

We were also very blessed to receive two big boxes full of clothes! A parent at my school gave them to us, she was so thoughtful and sweet. She wouldn't let me pay her for any of it. Now I've got a huge wardrobe of 0-3 month stuff that goes from hot to cold weather. This is just one washer load of onesies and lightweight stuff to get her started. I haven't washed any of the winter stuff yet.

Our baby shower is next weekend, so I'm looking forward to that! Hopefully after that we'll be completely ready for Daisy. If not, I'll be doing a little shopping to get us ready. :) I've tried really hard not to buy stuff until then, but it's so hard. Everything baby is so tempting to just pick up here and there.

This came in the mail yesterday! Now Daisy will be ready to hit the road, or at least her stuff will be. I'm not sure how soon this mama will be ready to hit the road w/ her, but we'll be ready when that day comes. I found this on etsy.com. One of my new favorite obsessions, well obsessions when I'm around internet connectivity!

For the most part this is what Holly and I have been up to this summer. We both have decided it's entirely too hot (100's) to do any actual work around the house. I think the weatherman said it hasn't been this hot for this long since 1954. Guess that just adds to the future baby stories I get to tell my lil' girl. ...When you were born it was the hottest summer on record... I always loved when Mom would tell my baby story. Anybody else get to hear their story, every single birthday?

Nursery After

2011-06-29T11:37:00.000-05:00

Farmboy did basically everything by himself. He had some help from my dad sanding the walls to get rid of the awful popcorn texture and to help put up the crown molding. Other than that he's been a very busy guy... all alone.

He sanded, caulked, and fixed cracks, then he painted the ceiling. We did invest in a cool sprayer doohicky, so that helped! He painted the top tan and the bottom brown. Followed by painting and putting up baseboards, chair rail, and crown molding.

This is the close up of the chair rail.

Carpet came yesterday! When I got home FB was working on caulking around the crown molding, so I went in there and rolled around on the new carpet with Holly. Which led to FB having to pick me up off the floor. Remind me not to do that while this pregnant again. :)

Here is the final product! Don't you love that fan?? I'm so glad the room is finally done! My parents are coming out tonight with dinner and a crib delivery. :) Very excited to get some furniture back in there (and out of the living room).

In other news... Today is the last day of summer school!! I'm so ready to sleep in and stay home with Farmboy! However, this means there will be a significant decrease in blogging. :( We don't have internet at home, except on my iphone. I still haven't figured out the mobile blog thing. I have a feeling I'll be checking up on y'all and reading what you have to say, but only posting occasionally. So... have a great Independence Day!

Nursery Before "the junk room"

2011-06-28T14:29:00.000-05:00

This is what our extra bedroom used to look like. White walls with weird popcorn texture (but only some and only in some places), plus the super tiny border at the top. Did anyone know they made borders that small?? I certainly did not. We used this room for storing junk. It was set up to look like it maybe could be a spare bedroom with a bed and tv, but was never used that way.

This was also my getting ready space. All my hair stuff, makeup, perfumes, lotions, jewelry, and whatever else went in this room. Also to the left of this picture was Holly's crate, which she hated.

This was also my shoe and hat storage, since our little closet barely holds our clothes. Throw in a few wedding gifts that went unused, and a few odds and ends that we couldn't find a proper home for... now you've got an idea of what this room held.

Now here's a little bit of what condition the room was in! Our house is from the 40's, so it's in need of some touch ups in most rooms. FB has done quite a bit, but there's still plenty left to be done.

The weird gap/crack between ceiling and wall was an easy fix with crown molding.

This is what the poor hardwoods look like! I can't believe anyone would let this happen to beautiful old hardwoods. We decided to recarpet it since we were running low on time and mulah.

The ceiling was peeling from when we had a leak. Leaks are no more since last fall's new roof! Yay!

FB took the ceiling fan down and I love the new one that is there now.

This is more of the ceiling, after a lot of work patching, before the sanding and painting happened.

Stay tuned tomorrow is the big reveal of the room renovation. Also in the next week or two there will be a post which includes furniture. I can't tell you how nice it feels to have the room almost ready!!

Break the Ice

2011-06-24T12:44:00.018-05:00

So I found this cool link with Jenn and perfectly imperfect. I found that through Jessica at you are my color. Anyway, I meant to post Friday but I got distracted. That's happening more and more lately! So here it is a few days late. Next up are nursery renovation posts!

1) Tell one thing not many people know about you.

I doubt people realize just how much time I spend playing video games with my hubster. We are addicted to Lego's Wii games.

2) If you HAD to change your first name, what would you change it to?

I can't think of any other name that would fit me. When I was in Jr. High I wanted to be Alexa or something exotic like that. ha That totally wouldn't fit me!

3) What are your 3 favorite songs of the moment?

Stuck Like Glue
Mama's Song
Anything from the Voice! Loving that show right now.

4) List 3 goals on your life's to-do list:

Raise beautiful, well rounded, genuine children (yes more than the current one, possibly 4)
Impact the people around me in a positive, meaningful way
Follow the direction God has in store for our lives

5) What is one of your favorite quotes?
        "Be the change you want to see in the world" I can never remember who said that.

6) Fill in the blank: If I had an extra 10 dollars to spend . . I would buy __________?

     Ticket to a movie, hopefully someone else has an extra 10 bucks to go with me.

7) What’s your birth date?

   November 26th, 1982   I'm a Thanksgiving baby

8) Do you have a hidden talent and if so what is it?

I can't really think of any hidden talents... I tie my shoes differently than every other person I know. Including my family, I'm not sure how I learned if not from them...

9) What do you think of when you hear the word "blue"?

    baby boys I must have babies on the brain!

10) Finish this thought: I need . . .

   to get back to work.

The Giveaway Basket

2011-06-21T10:36:00.000-05:00

Hopefully Niles and Frasier will enjoy their goodies.

Two Chilly Bones... a necessity for any Texas pup. You just get it wet and freeze. I haven't tried these, so Jessica will have to let us know if they're worth anything.

One of Holly's favs.. in blue instead of pink of course. She especially loves it when I stick a big treat in the middle for her to shake out. Actually I think she may kind of hate when I do that, she's lazy like her mama.

Two stuffing-free monkeys... for the dogs who rip the stuffing out of all their other toys. I saved them a step, and hopefully saved Jessica from cleaning up stuffing.

Gourmet hot dog and pizza treats for the dogs who are particular about their treats. Hopefully these will live up to their high standards. :)

Holly was not happy about giving all these away without so much as a quick play for herself. She stood under foot the entire time I took pictures and packed the basket. I guess I'll have to spoil her with some extra attention or something. Niles and Frasier... I hope you enjoy everything, it was fun shopping for you. Be nice to the UPS guy when he shows up in the next couple days! :)

Feeling brilliant right now!

2011-06-18T17:05:00.000-05:00

So Jessica won my giveaway, but then couldn't email me. She figured out just how big a moron I truly am. No she's too nice to actually call me one, or even think that but it's true! Apparently when I put my email into my settings there was a typo! Oops fail on my part! I typed lovinaFRAMboy instead of lovinafarmboy. This explains why I haven't responded if anyone has tried to email me. It should be fixed now, but I make no guarantees. :)

In other news... Daisy is rollin around like crazy and we can watch her move now! Have I mentioned how great it feels to be able to call her by name?! Anyway enjoy your weekends.

And the Winner is...

2011-06-17T10:44:00.000-05:00

OK... I am not talented enough to figure out how to show the random number generator in my blog. :( I also can't figure out how to comment on about half the blogs I've visited today! What's the deal with that?!

Back to what I was trying to say.... And the winner is...Jessica Renee at You are my Color
Now I'll be off shopping for her 2 adorable pups this weekend. Jessica please email me your address and anything specific I need to know about your pooches. I already have a few great ideas based on some of your posts. :)

Thanks to everyone for participating, I've enjoyed getting a chance to check out some new blogs!

It's Wednesday

2011-06-15T12:42:00.000-05:00

I woke up hoping it was Friday and wasn't thrilled when I was conscious enough to realize it was only Wednesday. On the bright side... Summer school is half way over! Ten more school days until I get to sleep in! Daisy is also becoming more and more active. That or I can just feel every movement more. I love that I can call her by name finally!! Hope y'all are having a great week... don't forget to comment for the giveaway.

200th Post Giveaway and a BIG announcement

2011-06-07T13:33:00.001-05:00

We went to to doctor yesterday.... and finally have a big reveal!
It's a Girl!

We went to Babies-R-Us afterward and did a little registering. :) This is miss Daisy Ann's bedding. (Picture from babiesrus.com) We couldn't be more excited. We are just so glad to know!

Now on to the giveaway. I am going to do a doggy good basket for the randomly chosen winner. I haven't gotten these things yet, because I plan to do a slightly personalized prize. For example your rottweiler might have different toys than my shih tzu. So enter to win and then I'll make a basket tailor made for your pup. Also I will be making a donation to the Humane Society here in Joplin, as they are working so hard to join lost pets with their owners after the tornado.

1. Follow me (1 entry)
2. Post about the giveaway (1 entry)

Please comment seperately for each of these so I can use the random generator thingamajig. I've never tried that, so we'll see how it goes. :)

Edited to add: Sorry guys... guess you may be interested in an ending time. I will end the giveaway on Friday June 17th.

TGIF!!

2011-06-03T13:25:00.000-05:00

It's been a CRAZY week!!

1. End of regular school. Our last day of school was Wednesday. It was supposed to be Tuesday, but last week we missed a day for flooding. It was crazy with awards assemblies and packing up and changing rooms to prepare for summer school. Oh yea... and we had to blow up a billion little arm floaties for the little swimmers we'll have in summer school.

2. Beginning of summer school. We started Thursday... yes that is the very next day... no break for this tired teacher! Yesterday was an absolute zoo! I'm doing Title for summer school, which basically means I don't have my own class of kids. Since I don't have a class... I get pulled away to do anything that needs done urgently. It was bus number information yesterday. I spent most of the day in the office answering phones so the poor secretaries could try to figure out every single child's bus number. The bus company failed to mention different bus routes due to summer school. You'd think that would come up at some point before the day of... but hey what do I know.

3. FB is out of town. Well actually at this moment he should be arriving back here. He took his FFA kids to state convention or something. Have I mentioned this is his 4th trip in a month?? So glad he's home for good this afternoon!

4. Ducks. When FB's out of town I'm in charge of all things living. I'm not sure that is a job I should really be trusted with! I don't really have to do much with them. Just keep them fed and watered, but at 6:15 when you're trying to get yourself out the door it seems like a LOT.

5. Fun stuff. I'll end this crazy post with the fun part of the week. Apparently I acted pathetic enough about FB leaving me all alone... so my mom suggested we go to a movie. It was a nice celebration for the end of the school year. My mom and a sweet coworker took me out on a "date." We ate at the best Mexican place, then went to see Something Borrowed. It wasn't until we left the theater and my coworker mentioned that it had been a book that it all clicked! I'm slow sometimes... as if y'all hadn't figured that out.

My parents also had the weekly dinner. So I got to see my chunky monkey nephew and one of my sweet neices. Dad grilled chicken on a beer can and other yummy stuff. It was a good distraction for me, and I never had to cook for myself. That really is the best part. :)

Have a great weekend!! Giveaway starts next week!!

27 Weeks... and a giveaway

2011-05-27T10:50:00.000-05:00

I have decided that the only way to pull myself out of this funk I've been in this week, is to try to make life as normal as possible. That's hard to do when you need to go grocery shopping and buy trim for the baby's nursery... and neither place is there anymore. We will be doing our shopping in a nearby town for the foreseeable future I guess.

Anyway today I start my 27th week. I called the doctor yesterday, and thank God their building is still operational. I was nervous that my ultrasound on the 6th would have to be rescheduled. I know that's pretty small annoyance comparatively, but I just can't wait anymore!! I NEED to know if I'm shopping for pink or John Deere green!!

27 Week ailments:
    Swelling... I bought a $10 ring at JCPenney since my wedding ring only fits for about an hour in the morning. Also my feet have outgrown my cutesy shoes. Luckily it's flip flop season. :)
     Aches... My muscles have been hurting on and off for quite a while. Apparently I need more potassium. I think bananas help, so I just need to be better about eating them daily. Last night I tried to sleep with an ache in my left arm. I got up about midnight, took some tylenol and milk. I then watched about 15 minutes of Craig Ferguson. He put me to sleep until about 4 when the arm woke me up again. I decided I should try sleeping in my bed again, and after quite a while finally fell asleep again. However, now I'm hurting again and can't take any more tylenol. I crave Advil liquigels!!
      Growing... I'm not really sure how to describe this one. I'm pretty sure the baby is growing and my belly is not. I feel like I can't move without getting a baby body part pushed into my rib or my spleen. No more bending over to put Holly's leash on, she has learned to jump onto the couch for me. No more sitting forward in a chair, I always feel the need to recline instead of continue the pressure on my sternum. Hopefully the baby will pop outward more and make more room in there.

In other news... We have 2 days of regular school left, then we go straight into summer school. No breaks for this weary teacher. Luckily we have Monday off for Memorial Day. We're going to FB's side of the family's reunion. That should be fun. Also FB is finally back from most of his world travels! I'm so glad to have him home. He's been to Manhattan, KS; St. Louis, MO; and Denver, CO. That is too much traveling in my humble opinion! Especially this last Denver trip. It was this week right after all the Joplin mess. Then the first night he was gone and we had tornado warnings again. I spent an hour and a half in the basement alone... with Holly running in circles. Normally I don't enjoy him being gone, but this time I was a blithering mess. Thankfully he's home!!!

OK now onto the giveaway. I'm almost to 200 posts! That seems crazy to me, who knew I had that much to say?? I think I'm going to do a doggy theme. I'll send the lucky winner a doggy gift basket, then in conjunction with that make a donation of needed items to Joplin humane society. They are reuniting people with their lost pets right now. If you've got any ideas for the giveaway... let me know. I will be doing the official info and stuff on my 200th post, so stay tuned.

Seriously??

2011-05-26T09:46:00.002-05:00

1. Westboro "Baptist Church" is coming to Joplin Sunday to protest... Seriously!?! First of all I don't understand how they can call themselves Baptists or a church. Second what is there to protest when a tornado rips our town apart??? Apparently they plan on being here to protest President Obama and celebrate the deaths. What losers!

2. People are looting and stealing cars! Seriously?? I hope that the cars were stolen to get someone to the hospital, that's the only rationale I can handle right now. The fact that people would take advantage of these poor people makes me want to cry! Actually most things make me cry lately.

For all the bad things there are a gazillion good heroic wonderful stories, which is the only thing that makes this ok. For Westboro, there will be tons of people in town to counterprotest. For the looters and stealing, there are so so so many groups helping and sending supplies. Praise God for all those people, and please continue to pray for Joplin. Plus all the others that have gone through this type of devestation in other areas.

Link up to Seriously Thursdays http://www.frommrstomama.com/

Please Pray

2011-05-23T08:31:00.000-05:00

As you may or may not know I live north of Joplin and work south of Joplin. All of my family is just fine, we didn't have any damage at our house or any family. However, Joplin is completely destroyed. Please say prayers for all those that have lost loved ones and those that have lost everything.

Belated Mother's Day and Ducklings

2011-05-17T14:28:00.000-05:00

Mother's day was a very busy day. I woke up and FB rolled over, reached into his nightstand, pulled this out, and handed it to me.

I had no idea he'd bought it. He was the first to wish me a Happy First Mother's Day. We then got up and got ready for church. We went to my brother's church, because my lil nephew was dedicated. I was expecting a very personal thing for their family, instead it was every family with a baby that had been born since last Mother's Day. They all lined up across the stage, it's a gigando church, so they filled the stage with families and babies. It was interesting to see how different churches do things. After church we went to Mom n Dad's to cook my mom a Mother's Day meal.

Ducklings

FB brought theses little cuties home on their second day of life. They were still wet looking and ran around in a little herd. They were very freaked out by me and Holly looking in on them.

This is day 3 of their little life. I can't believe how much bigger and cuter they got overnight! They're still running in a herd, but less afraid of me. They realized my hand was the one bringing the water. Which they loved to get in and splash everywhere. I had to refill it every couple hours during the evening. They went back to school with FB yesterday, so his kids could see them and take care of them for a while. I'm looking forward to watching them grow more. Plus they will eventually come back to our yard and be really good pest control. :)

Hope you're all having a great week.

Absent

2011-05-11T09:40:00.000-05:00

Sorry for my recent lack in blogging. Last week I just didn't have much to say. This week there's plenty to say and no time to say it. We're doing our end of year testing and our school's internet has been a little bit on the fritz.
Future posts (as soon as I have time)
*Mother's Day
*Ducklings
*Swelling and new clothes

I'll leave you with my 24 week shot. Made my hubby take it so it wouldn't be in my awful bathroom. Instead you get to see the clutter in the dining area/hallway.

Have a good one!

Holly and her bear

2011-04-27T08:29:00.000-05:00

Holly loves her little bear. She carries it around everywhere. She would take it outside with her if we let her. She obsessed with it.

This is the look you get if you try to touch her bear. She will growl if she's feeling extra frisky. That's also her favorite pillow, so she can sit in between us.

Bear is always right there, or under her paw. It cracks me up. If you hide it under the blanket, she'll dig like crazy! She woke me up last night, and I assumed she wanted to go out. When I opened the doggy gate to the living room, she ran straight for the bear. Then she wouldn't drop it to go out, which of course made me a little cranky at 2 am! She took it back to bed with her, and I really think that's all she woke me up for.

Guess I'd better get used to this. I'll probably have the child with a favorite stuffed animal in another year or two. You know that child, the one in Walmart dragging some poor thing around, across the dirty floor and through some mud puddles. So I suppose this is good practice.

Two by Two...

2011-04-26T08:34:00.000-05:00

We may need Noah to help us build another ark! Yesterday was a CRAZY day! I got to school in a downpour, and the downpour never stopped. The day started off normal until about 9:30. First we had to cancel our small groups to help the first grade teachers. There was water flowing into their hallway, and they had to evacuate that hall. Two of the classes came to our classroom, and the other 4 classes went to second grade rooms. Everyone was doubled up 2 classes per room. This process took a solid hour, moving everyone around and getting them settled. Then since we couldn't have our classes, we got to help keep the students calm as they came through the lunch room. Just as we finally get to sit down for our own lunch, they decide we need to just go ahead and call school off early. So we had one hour to help teachers while they called all the parents to figure out how they'd go home at 1:00 instead of 3:00. After all that running around, we had to get our rainboots, raincoats, and umbrellas ready. We always load car riders into their cars at the end of the day, but with early out and all the craziness it was much busier than usual! Needless to say, I went home VERY tired! Plus the forecast has rain for the next few days! I'm pretty sure we'll need an ark by the end of the week.

Hope y'all are having a dryer week!

Help please!

2011-04-20T11:49:00.000-05:00

OK ladies,
I need your help. I've finally gotten to the point where I can cook again. I really appreciate FB doing ALL the cooking while I felt like puking all the time! But now I'm ready to get back in the kitchen. I would like to start freezing some meals to make our life easier when Baby comes. I need your help, because I'm not exactly a chef. However, I am a great recipe follower! If you have a great recipe that can be frozen, please send it my way. Also please let me know the best way to freeze it. Like does it get frozen before or after baking? What is the best thing to freeze it in? I'm clueless when it comes to preparing things ahead of time! I also plan on taking lots of pictures, and posting about my misadventures in cooking!

In other news: I am almost 22 weeks preggo. The baby weighs a little more than 15 ounces and about the size of a spaghetti squash. Baby is developing taste buds and nerve endings. I've had lots of muscle pain lately. Hopefully drinking extra water and resting more will help. Also having some reflux, not just after spicy food. Rolaids are my best friends!

"Reveal" Party

2011-04-15T15:27:00.000-05:00

My parents, my brother and his kids, FB's mother, and FB's brother's family all came to hear the exciting news. A couple asked immediately, and we said they'd have to wait. Which they would later realize meant wait a long time. haha We had the party at my parents house, due to the teeny size of our living area. My parents had done so much to get it all ready. They had drinks, cheese and crackers, and cupcakes. FB's mother brought a strawberry pie. We supplied the pizzas.

Anyway right before we had dinner my dad said a prayer, then I said well I guess I won't keep the cat in the bag any longer. Then I told them we had a happy healthy shy baby. It took a litle bit to get them to realize we were serious and wouldn't find out until June.

We had a great time, and the chocolate cupcakes were unbelievable!! It was like a gourmet ho-ho.

I didn't try the strawberry cupcakes... because really when there's chocolate present nothing else matters!

Hope you all have a great weekend! See ya Monday.

It's a...

2011-04-15T07:38:00.000-05:00

Healthy shy baby!

Here baby is not showing us a face. 2 fists up, ready to rumble... or nap
His or her heel stayed planted, so no gender for 8 more weeks!
I'll post pics of our "reveal party" that didn't reveal anything.

Tomorrow's the big day... finally!

2011-04-13T14:02:00.000-05:00

I'm off work tomorrow.. woohoo! Really looking forward to sleeping in! Our appointment isn't until 11:30, so we both had to take the whole day off. I guess that will be nice to give us time to get ready for the reveal party.

Another teacher made a joke that with my luck he or she will have their legs crossed. So, say a little prayer that the joke doesn't come true!!! I just have to know!

Have a good day... stay tuned for updates Friday.

Feel like a kid who had their birthday postponed

2011-04-09T08:09:00.000-05:00

I got a call from my doctor's office yesterday. They informed me the appointment I scheduled a month ago had to be rescheduled. Usually, I'd be easy going about that, but I'm preggo hormonal and want to see my baby! We also had about 20 family members planning on being at our party Monday night. Oh and then there's rescheduling time off. FB had to cancel his sub.
Anyway, we're rescheduled for Thursday, the party has been moved, sub coming Thurs, and me resigned to a longer wait. Now all that's left is not getting upset when everyone at school starts asking boy/girl 2 days early.

On a much brighter note, I'm headed into town for lunch and shopping w/ a bestie! Enjoy your weekend everyone.

A present

2011-04-08T11:14:00.000-05:00

We had dinner at my parents, and they had a present for us! Love presents!

willowtree.com

I collected the Willow Tree angels for a while before I knew FB. When we got married, my parents got the Willow Tree couple dancing. So this is our newest in our collection. I almost cried when Mom had me open it. OK, off to lunch then more meetings.... So glad it's FRIDAY!!!

Crazy Week!

2011-04-07T14:36:00.000-05:00

I've been in professional development all week, and I've had about zero down time! Learning a lot, but it's making me a lot more tired than usual. :) Making my brain work too hard. Anyway, promise an update soon. For sure next week with the BIG reveal!

Wedding Weekend pic

2011-04-01T10:15:00.000-05:00

I read back through my post from yesterday, and I realized I'd forgotten this picture. The only picture of the two of us. Yikes. I love how my man looks in a tux! Then there's me... yikes! I was cold so I have on an oversized sweatshirt. Plus I'm not at all happy with the outfit I found for the wedding. I should have just forgotten completely about trying to color coordinate with the wedding. I thought it was supposed to be a light pink. I would have had more fun picking something hot pink like FB's vest. Anyway, not my best look, but no big deal. I was definitely not the one everyone was looking at. :)
Then there's the expressions on our faces... Why did I decide to share this picture at all?? I don't know, I guess to give you a good laugh.

Weekend Wrap up, and a few other odds and ends

2011-03-31T15:27:00.000-05:00

Friday: Farmboy had the week off anyway, so I took the day off to drive to Bison, Oklahoma. That's close to Enid, for anyone who knows anything about Oklahoma. It was a five hour drive. Before we left we dropped the pup off with my best friend for the weekend and stopped at Walmart for snacks. We spent the afternoon helping set up the reception and wedding sites. That evening FB's sister (the bride) had asked us to pick up food for the rehearsal. We show up at the Western Sizzlin' thinking it will be a couple boxes. It wasn't! There was enough food to feed a small nation! We had to call FB's brother, who had his truck, for help. They had 5 plastic tubs of food, and about that many boxes of rolls and paper goods. We finally got everything there and helped set it up, and the evening went fine. Since it was a Friday during Lent they served catfish, baked potatoes, hush puppies, salad, and rolls. I did not eat catfish! bleck I did enjoy the potato and roll, plus a little cole slaw.

Saturday: We stayed in a nice hotel with free hot breakfast. After that we went back up to the room to shower and get ready for the day. We did a little shopping and met my parents when they got to town for lunch. We ate at Chili's, which I really LOVED since we don't have one close to us. I met the cake lady to have a very important cake cutting lesson, then we went to the church for pictures. The wedding was beautiful, and LOOOOONG. I married a Catholic boy, but this was the first full blown Catholic wedding mass for me. It was interesting, and again beautiful. The reception was fun too. They had more come than they'd expected, so they pulled chairs out of the back room for extra seating. We had briscuit, scalloped potatoes, and a chocolate fountain! There was also wedding cake... which I expertly cut. I didn't knock the whole thing over or anything. :)

Sunday: We had breakfast with the family, then drove home. At the Kansas/Oklahoma state line, they have these silhouettes. For some reason it really cracked me up. We spent FOREVER in the car! Which I believe is why I was so sore and tired Monday. But after spending the day in bed I felt better Tuesday. After we dropped FB's mom off at her house we had to drive 45 more minutes to pick up the pup. She apparently missed us. This was her moping on the car ride home.

It was fun, but I'm glad to be home! We haven't had internet for the past couple days, which is why I'm just now posting. And there may be big changes at work for me. I'm not excited, but I guess I should just be thankful to be employed. I try really hard to keep reminding myself about that! More to come when I actually know what's for sure.

Bleck... Sick and snow

2011-03-28T10:35:00.000-05:00

Trying a post from my iPhone. We'll see how this goes.
Ok apparently can't post a pic of the snow on the ground :(
I think the wedding weekend just wore me out too much. Last night my body hurt so much it made me cry. I have turned into such a baby. Hubster took good care of me and reminded me to call in sick on his way out the door this morning. Now that I've slept most of the morning I think I'm feeling more human again. Now I think I'll do a lil laundry and watch Gilmore Girls. Have a good day I've got the wedding recap coming tomorrow.

Wishing my life away...

2011-03-24T12:36:00.000-05:00

Wishing my day away... today is my Friday. I'm taking tomorrow off to drive to sister-in-law's wedding. Well technically Farmboy will be doin the five hours worth of driving.

Wishing my week away... I've been ready for my day off all week. Tuesday I thought it was Wednesday most of the day.

Wishing the month away... I want it to be April 11th soooo bad! We've got an ultrasound appointment and I'm so ready I can't hardly stand it! That's really the one I'm wishing for.

I know I should live for today, enjoy each moment, and all that stuff. However, right now I just really want it to be Aprill 11th!!

Updated

2011-03-23T12:53:00.000-05:00

I finally updated about me and wedding pages. :)

Spring has finally sprung!

2011-03-21T11:48:00.000-05:00

We have twins! Well to be technical my neice's ewe had twins, but aren't they precious. I love the little black and white splotches. Elvis the goat is not thrilled about his new cohabitants. He butted one of them, but after being put back in his place by momma he's left them alone. There is another expecting sheep, so we'll have lots of leaping lambs soon.

This picture doesn't do justice to the color of this wheat. Wheat always makes me happy, because it greens up so much earlier than everything else. It makes me think about spring even when there may be snow melting. Anyway, I love seeing the wheat greening up when everything else is still dead. Plus I love most wheat products so seeing a plentiful supply makes me happy too. :)

The first sighting of these Easter delicacies also makes me know spring is finally here! I LOVE these things. So far I've limited myself to 2 of them. Hoping hubby will get some more for me between now and Easter. If he doesn't take the hint, I may just have to take matters into my own hands. :)

It also is finally warm enough to leave the coat at home! Today it's supposed to get into the upper 70's, which makes me really happy. It's not that I dislike winter, it just gets to be too long. It drags on well past it's welcome. I get so tired of my sweaters and coats.

So thank the Good Lord spring has sprung!

O'Birthday, doctor's visit, and baby update

2011-03-17T11:48:00.000-05:00

Happy O'B-day Daddy!

Yea... his name is Patrick.

He's a twin and they look nothing alike.

Sorry for the cheesy picture. I have better ones, but not at on this computer.

We will be have corned beef and cabbage to celebrate!

Also looking forward to seeing what my sister-in-law has dressed my nephew in.

Something adorable I'm sure.

In other news:

I went to the doctor yesterday. We scheduled the ultrasound! I'm so excited to have it marked on the calendar! I cannot wait! So everyone mark your calendars for April 11th. :) I'm just starting my 17th week. BabyBump app on my iphone says the baby is the size of an onion. I think they should find something more cute and cuddly to compare to Baby W. At the appointment Baby was hiding, it took my doctor a couple minutes to find the heartbeat. I was just starting to get really nervous when it came loud and clear as ever. She called my baby perfect and ornery. :) I think he's just shy like his momma and daddy.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hope you get to pinch at least one person today.

New Haircut and a bump

2011-03-14T11:54:00.000-05:00

Here's an old before picture. I've basically had the same hair for a very long time now. The side swoop bangs, with long layers. I go shorter occasionally, even went without layers for awhile, but generally this is the look. I went to my hairdresser (also a friend from high school) and told her I was bored. It was probably more to do with the weather and tired of the winter that's dragging a little longer than welcome. Anyway we decided to cut it shorter and go w/ full on bangs.

This is how it turned out, sorry it's not a closer view. I'm not sure if I like it or not. It's still growing on me. I also went shopping and this is my first maternity outfit, Thank you Mommy! I go to the Dr. tomorrow. Nothing exciting until next month. So here's the 16 week view. Please ignore the bad bad bathroom decor! We'll be redecorating eventually, have a nursery that is 1st priority.
Happy Monday, hope your view is less dreary than mine!

What to Wear... reversed

2011-03-09T12:50:00.000-06:00

I love the WTW posts from my favorite Texan, Glam Newlywed. So I decided to reverse it and ask you to give me your advice. I have a wedding to go to in a couple weeks. Farmboy's sister is getting married, so I have to look cute to cut the cake and all the tons of family pictures. I think I have the shirt and skirt, so I need some accessories and shoes.

This is the closest shirt I could find. Mine is more pink and cuter flowers w/ pearls along the neckline. With that neckline I don't think I need a necklace, but could use some good earrings and maybe a bracelet. This pic from google images.

This is the skirt. I think it's cuter in person, but I also think it's a weird length. It's brown with little pink flower buds. This pic from Christopher & Banks.

I could also throw the entire outfit out the window and go w/ something else if it's pink and brown. Also remember I want to look pregnant, not just fat. :) OK, ladies that is your mission... should you choose to accept it.

Our super exciting weekend

2011-03-07T12:42:00.000-06:00

We enjoyed some relaxation Saturday. My aunt and uncle came down and brought a bunch of my cousin's maternity clothes. They also wanted to see our humble abode. My parents brought them over for a little while, the rest of the day Holly and I did lots of the above! She's wearing her big sister shirt since the fam was coming over. Farmboy was with a few of his students at some competition or something. We had a fiasco with mice Saturday night, but I'll save you all the details. Y'all really don't want to know!

Sunday we went to church for the first time in a looong time, then went to Walmart for a few groceries. We had an hour or so before I met my mom for some shopping... that will be another post coming soon. :) Holly decided she was too neglected or something and spent quite a bit of time under the TV stand. Doesn't she look like a sad sack!? She is so stinking spoiled, apparently we hadn't given her the attention she felt she deserved! Hate to break it to her but things will only go downhill from here. She'll have to share us with the baby and it's going to rock her poor little world.

Anyway, hope you all had a great weekend. Happy Monday

Happy Birthday Farmboy

2011-03-02T11:42:00.000-06:00

This is FB with his niece before the wedding. Love the picture, even though you can't see his face. He's so crazy about his niece and nephew, which always made me love him a little more. It's his birthday today, and I didn't even think to say happy birthday when we were getting ready this morning. Tonight we're just hanging out at home, I may even cook... maybe... (I haven't cooked a single meal since I started getting pukey about 6 weeks ago) One more reason to love that man!! My parents are cooking him a big birthday dinner tomorrow, and of course my mom stole my best gift ideas. However, hubby has an Amazon wishlist, so I'm saved by that. Anyway, this is rambly.... so I'll just finish with
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FARMBOY!!

Baby Questions

2011-03-01T12:45:00.000-06:00

Thanks for all the sweet comments. Farmboy and I couldn't be more excited. We've had lots and lots of questions since we've gone public with our news, so I thought I'd answer them here as well.

1. Are you going to find out the gender?
           Yes!!! I know there are people who think it would be super exciting and heart warming to hear the doc announce, but I like to be prepared. Like REALLY LIKE to be prepared. I'd rather not go somewhere new until someone else has been there to tell me about it ( and what I should order).

2. Do you want a boy or girl?
         I always find this question funny, because you wouldn't try for a baby if you weren't going to be happy either way. However, both of us have older brothers, so we want a big brother for our future babies. We tried for a boy, and I kind of think it is a boy. Again we'll be thrilled either way.

3. What do you mean you tried for a boy?
        My sister-in-law looked at us like we'd totally lost our marbles. Several people think we're nuts, but we read a book and did what it said. If you want more info on that google Dr. Shettles or email me.

4. Do you have names picked out?
        Yep, we have 2 girl names and 2 boy names, and we've had some of them picked out since we were dating. Yea, I know naming future children isn't typical date convo. But when you live 6 hours away and talk every night everything comes up eventually. If it's a boy we will use the grandfathers names, Jerome Patrick. If it's a girl it'll be Daisy Ann. Ann is my middle name and my mom's middle name. We've had some people tell us our choices weren't good.... We don't care! I know every mom out there would agree, and probably had at least one person not like the names they chose.

5. Do you have plans for the nursery?
       Yep, we will do John Deere green and yellow for Jerome. And of course pink and brown for Daisy. We won't be painting the room to match, because it makes it harder for resale. We're hoping to be out of our house in the near future. Even nearer future if farmboy gets a job that takes us a little farther from where we're currently located. No we're not moving more than about an hour or so from where we're at.

OK This got way longer than I had planned. If I didn't answer a question on your mind, then ask.

The Big Announcement

2011-02-24T12:23:00.000-06:00

Holly our precious fur baby is thrilled to announce that she'll be a big sister in August! Doesn't she look thrilled?? She may not be the biggest fan of the tshirt, but hey she looks good.

I am 14 weeks along tomorrow. I have been pukey every day since my 6th week started. It seems to be getting better, so here's hoping for a puke free day soon! We're excited to have the addition to the family. And yes this was planned, my mom asked if it was on purpose. lol Hopefully I'll get the videos posted soon. We made the family announcement on Christmas morning and they're funny! I hope that answers most of the questions, but would love to answer any others you come up with.

Frustrated

2011-02-23T12:46:00.000-06:00

So... I'm feeling more and more computer illiterate! First, I couldn't figure out how to fix my blog, thankfully Glam Newlywed is on top of that. Crisis #1 averted. Next, I wanted to make my announcement and had some videos to post. However, the videos are on my phone and refuse to open correctly on my computer. Crisis #2 sadly at a standstill. I think part of the problem is that this is my work computer... shhhh don't tell. It's a pc and I have a mac at home that likes me more. Or at least I like it more, but I can't blog on that computer because we still have no internet at home. Which brings me to frustration #3... no internet at home totally bites. We just live too far out in the boonies to get good internet, unless we did satelite which has ginormous installation fees. So this leads me to this... should I just announce it already, because the videos really are cute. What do y'all think?

Pardon the Mess

2011-02-14T12:47:00.002-06:00

I tried to fix my blog and now I've made it worse... which is typical. I need somebody else to fix it! I'm no good at this design stuff. So... if anyone is bored and wants to change my blog for me... hit me up. Cuz I definitely need help. In other news.... big news.... coming this week... so stay tuned. :)

Wow... it's been a long time

2011-01-26T10:48:00.000-06:00

Sorry it's been so long since my last post. I just haven't really felt like writing, I guess. So here are a few random thoughts. Christmas was wonderful! We got to spend a LOT of time with both FB's fam and mine. My nephew was 5 months old, so cute trying to open his presents. All the other neices and nephews were super cute with their goodies too.

FB and I are headed to my parents tomorrow for dinner. I really enjoy our family dinners, we try to get together every couple of weeks. However, with starting back to school, snow, my brother's family being sick, we haven't gotten together at all lately. So, I'm looking forward to seeing everyone.

FB has been the PERFECT husband lately! He's been cooking and doing dishes like nobody's business. I need some good ideas for Valentine's day to show him how much I appreciate him! Any advice? What are you getting for your main squeeze?

Christmas Excitement

2010-12-20T14:28:00.000-06:00

I'm soooo excited for Christmas. It usually takes me a little while to get into the Christmas spirit, but once it hits...it hits me big time. We'll go to both of our parents' churches Christmas Eve, and snacks with FB's family in between. Two services may seem like overkill for one night, but we both have our traditions and this is one we're keeping! We always celebrate at my parents house Christmas morning, then there's still time to go to the other side of the family for a late lunch. We'll go to FB's side of the family for the afternoon. Both sides of the family have nieces and nephews to enjoy watching open presents and celebrating with. Then the day after Christmas we're going to see my aunt and uncle, their son and his family, and my grandparents. We haven't gotten together with them in quite a while (like years) so I'm really looking forward to that! There's also going to be a fun Christmas surprise for everyone, so I'm super excited to see the reactions.

Hope you all have a very blessed Christmas and Happy New Year! I probably will not post until 2011.

Christmastime in full swing

2010-12-01T11:49:00.000-06:00

It's December 1st and I'm still not quite in the Christmas spirit yet. At school there's decorations everywhere, some of which I put up. But our house.... nothing. I really haven't gotten the desire to decorate the tree yet, but I think Farmboy and I will tackle it tonight. So that's our evening plans... then I have to figure out what to get for everyone. Wish me luck!

Happy Birthday to Me! ... a little early

2010-11-17T13:02:00.000-06:00

My birthday is the day after Thanksgiving this year. Since it's always too crazy with Thanksgiving, we have always celebrated early or occasionally late. So it usually turns into a week or more celebration. This year is no different. We started celebrating with lunch at school last Friday, with the Thanksgiving craziness we got it out of the way early. Then my mom is taking me shopping in the "big" city Saturday. When Farmboy mentioned my present had arrived in the mail, I got a bit excited! He told me before it came that I'd have to wait until the day. Then yesterday when it arrived, he said I could pick when I opened my gift. So of course, I immediately ripped it open!

He got me an iphone! Yay! Now after school I'm headed to my parents to steal their internet. I'll get it all set up so I can play with my new toy. :)

Sister-in-law news

2010-11-04T11:48:00.000-05:00

My sister-in-law is now engaged! Yay! This is Farmboy's sister, very farmboyish herself. You can't tell that girl not to do something... like climb all over my roof... if the guys are doing said thing. Me, I'm not anything like that. There are certain things(lots of things) that are meant to be done by the boys! That's not her philosophy. So, I'm so happy for her to find a guy who's strong enough to not get freaked by that. I still think my proposal story's way cooler, but he did a good job. Happy for her, and ready to start helping with planning.

A little more than a year ago

2010-10-18T11:45:00.000-05:00

It's crazy to think about what we were doing a year ago! It's been a busy year.
October 3rd: Farmboy proposes
October 4th: The planning and dreaming goes full force
November 26th: I get another year older
December 25th: A really great Christmas season celebrating with both our families
March 2nd: Farmboy hits the big 30
April: Bridal Shower season, we have 3 showers
May 22nd: I become Mrs. Farmboy
June 1st: I go back to work with the itty bitty kindercampers
July ?: We went on our honeymoon... is it sad that I can't remember the date??
August: We both go back to school to start a new year (my 6th, his 9th)
October: Roofing our humble home, not a superfun experience but a needed one :)

And the roofing project continues... it goes on and on and on!

2010-10-14T11:59:00.000-05:00

So this past weekend we started reroofing our house. My hubby and dad started tearing off the shingles on Thursday, and we were still ripping it all off Saturday. We lost some of our help due to stupid stuff, but I won't go into that drama! Anyway, we're still working on it! So ready for it to be done. Of course it stormed on us Monday. I ran around like a crazy lady with buckets, and every single mixing bowl I own. It's all getting better now, at least it's dry! OK, ladies sorry for my b-fest. I'll post again soon, hopefully something more exciting.

Preggo here, preggo there, babies babies everywhere

2010-09-24T10:49:00.000-05:00

It seems like there are all sorts of people getting knocked up lately. :) My best friend, the waitress at dinner the other night, about 800 people I pass at the mall, lots of bloggy friends, even Angela from my favorite show Bones. I couldn't be more happy for them all. Especially the bestie. :) That plus my new adorable nephew is giving me a slight case of baby fever. We even saw a couple really precious puppies at the soccer game last weekend.
Anyway, since I've got baby fever hubster and I have been talking baby names, baby things, even ideas for how we'll tell our family when we get around to having our own. The last one has been the most fun conversation lately, trying to come up with some really different fun way to break the news. So I want to know.... How did y'all tell your families and friends? If you haven't yet, have any good ideas? FB and I have a pretty good idea chosen, but I love hearing other ideas.

School is now in full swing

2010-09-09T14:19:00.000-05:00

Sorry it's been a while since my last post. Nothing too exciting going on for us... just getting into the new routine. It's hard going back to work when you've been out of the routine for a couple months. Farmboy and I had a good labor day. We just spent time with family and took a day trip to the "big" city to shop. I really wanted a new raincoat, but we didn't find one I liked. So today I ordered one online.

OK enough random info! Hope you have a great weekend!

From spiders to snakes, from baby shower to babysitting

2010-08-18T14:42:00.000-05:00

Last time I mentioned finding a spider, well a couple days ago we found a snake! Luckily he wasn't under the bed. FB and I had just gotten home from shopping, both with arms full w/ sacks. He was stepping out of our garage when I saw a ginormous black snake laying across the threshold of the garage door. Right under FB's feet, I of course scream. This sends FB flying, then I was shut inside the garage alone, with no way out! I'm a little panicky at this point, thankfully FB was a little calmer now that he realized it was just a snake. He calmly told me to open the big garage door. This provided me a way out, and provided FB a way in so he could take care of the snake! I'm so not a fan of the country life right now! Spiders, snakes... what's next??

I got the shower invitations in the mail Monday. Now all that's left is food, drinks, and decorations... OK wow I've got a lot to do. I am babysitting all day today and tomorrow. I was a little nervous that the lil' guy would be cranky or hard to keep happy or any other number of problems. Luckily day one's almost complete and no major catastrophes. He's refusing to sleep in his basinet, but he's sleeping just fine with me. Probably not exactly what his mama would prefer, she's all about the schedule. Anyway, we're having fun, and I believe it's almost time for a bottle. So I'll end this blog, and see you again soon.

Oh... My... I really miss the interwebs

2010-08-12T10:13:00.001-05:00

Random wedding pic, because I feel like it

I can't believe how long it's been! I miss checking in on everyone's blogs, facebooking, and emails! When school starts it should be better, at least I can check emails everyday. I'm w/ FB at his school today, so I can blog. But his school blocks facebook and my email. I'm hostessing a baby shower for my sister-in-law. Looking forward to that! I really don't have much new, summer's pretty uneventful in the FB house. We found a tarantula under the bed. FB was in the bedroom and said, "Wow, that's big." He didn't get overly excited or yell or even act that surprised. I walked around the corner to see what it was, and jumped out of my skin! It was not just any spider, it really was a tarantula. FB was taking way too long to squash the thing, but as he pointed out later a flip flop wouldn't have killed the sucker. Then he thought I'd clean it off the floor... he was sorely mistaken! Anyway, today we're going into town and investing in some bug killer for around the house.
Our house finally looks put together, there's very few things that haven't found a home yet. I plan to get that finished up and thank you notes done before school starts. I have to go back on the 23rd. I'm really looking forward to having a schedule again. And see people other than FB on a regular basis. OK, I think that's all I've got for now. Hope you're all doing well, stick with me. I'll start blogging more once school starts and I can have some internet time.

It's official....I'm an aunt...again

2010-07-27T08:34:00.000-05:00

I am happy to announce the birth of my adorable nephew. I hadn't mentioned this baby before, because he wasn't officially ours until 48 hours after his birth. My brother and his wife have excitedly waited the arrival of this little guy, so they could adopt him. I can't go into much detail about the situation that brought him into our lives, but I can say he's healthy and precious! He went home w/ my brother and sister in law Saturday night, and I went over there as soon as I could Sunday. :) He's 5 lbs. and 19 inches. When we left Farmboy's first words to me were, ya know... we've got to wait a year or two right? Yes dear, I know we have to wait, but a girl can dream! Now I need to get busy and throw a baby shower!! Any good ideas? All you moms, let me know what was something that you really enjoyed or appreciated at your baby showers??

Internet deprived :(

2010-07-09T09:29:00.000-05:00

So we went shopping for internet a week ago, and turns out there are zero good options for our area. :( We live too far out of town. We can either pay way too much money for satellite internet including a $400 install cost. This comes with a sweet benefit of download and upload limits, so I can surf in fear of extra charges. Needless to say we didn't go with that option. There's a new company in town and they're just barely out of our area, so we're hoping they'll expand our way quickly. While we wait I feel very deprived. I miss reading everyone's blogs. I've also been threatened by Glam Newlywed that if she doesn't see some wedding pics, she plans on injuring me. So my plan is to come to work with Farmboy or go to my parents and steal internet from others. I do plan on posting wedding pictures next time I blog, but today I'm blogging from FB's work computer.

In other news we booked our honeymoon today. We're going to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. We don't have much planned other than relaxing. FB did book a carriage ride, which I'm really looking forward to. We're going to leave Thursday, so I'll have to tell you all about that when we get back.

It's been storming a lot lately, and Holly's not a fan of bad weather. The first night she peed on the floor, then pooped in the corner later that morning. Last night we had a better night. She woke me up twice, but at least she didn't refuse to go out in the rain this time. That dog has gotten more spoiled now that all her toys are unpacked and we're both around more. The month I was at summer school, FB was off. Now he's back at work and I'm off. When August comes and she's in her crate all day, it'll be a rude awakening for her. Which probably means she'll make us pay in some way or another. She is really funny outside since she's got more room to run, somehow she still finds a shady spot to wait on us.

OK I suppose this blog has gotten long enough. I'm helping out at FB's blood drive today, so maybe I should ya know... help in some way. Have a great weekend, hopefully I'll check in again soon.

Wedding Pictures are here!!

2010-06-26T18:40:00.000-05:00

We got our wedding CD this week. So happy with all of the pictures. We also have our official license, so I can get my name changed. Excited to get the name changed, not looking forward to the process of changing the name. We're at the lake this weekend with my aunt and uncle and my parents. Had a great time with Farmboy's best man and his wife. Hope yall are having a great summer, 3 more days of summer school!

Be Back Soon

2010-06-22T08:32:00.000-05:00

So today is our one month anniversary. Yay! We don't have internet at the house yet, so I'll check in later. Hopefully we'll have internet soon. I'll have to fill yall in on summer school with kids that have never been to school before, it's been quite a month. Check back soon.

Wishing I had some of this right about now

2010-06-05T20:45:00.000-05:00

Cake

Groom's Cookie

I'm having a crazy sugar craving right now. Wish we'd actually gotten to try some of this cookie. Maybe a Weight Watchers ice cream bar will sorta satisfy... I'm guessing it won't quite do it.

We're Hitched!!

2010-05-24T12:09:00.000-05:00

Mr. and Mrs.

The Kiss

Let's get this party started!

Thank the Lord Almighty that this party is over!

More pictures and stories to come, right now I'll go back to working on getting ready to move.

30 hours and counting!

2010-05-21T08:03:00.000-05:00

So Holly woke me up at 4 to go out. When I came back in, I laid in bed wide awake for almost an hour. I finally gave up, got up, and cleaned my entire apartment. Glam Newlywed and maid of honor will both appreciate that. Now I'm getting ready to wrap a few gifts then head out for the day. Here's the agenda for anyone actually interested in that kinda thing. :)

9:00 ~ We decorate at the reception site

11:00 ~ Meet florist at church to set up gigando candles. I'm not kidding some are 8 feet tall!

Finish decorating church

Afternoon ~ Lunch and possible nap, but if it's anything like this morning my mind will just run 90 miles an hour.

6:00 ~ Rehearsal and Rehearsal Dinner

8:00 ~ Chillin with my homies :)

Yesterday we found out that our priest would be too sick to do his part of the wedding. We're very lucky that we'd planned to have my family pastor do 1/2 and the priest do the other. Now it will just be the pastor, which I know really disappoints FB's mom. But hey what can ya do? Anyway, hopefully this will be our only snafu.

Have a wonderful weekend! Talk to y'all later... As Mrs. Farmboy!

Quick Update

2010-05-13T18:38:00.000-05:00

Today is the first day I haven't had anything going on after school in a solid month! To a lot of people having something going on after work is great. However, I am a homebody! I love my downtime, so tonight I'm already in my pj's and ready for some good tv. I will probably pack a box or two for my quickly approaching move. Luckily we've got the whole month of June to get that done. I wish Farmboy was here to relax with, but I'm sure he's enjoying himself without me. He's in St. Louis with his seniors for their senior trip. Looking forward to having him home tomorrow.

Yesterday, after meeting with our sound guy and a representative from the church, I met with the photographer. After all of that, I got to hang out with my best friend from high school. She's my maid of honor, and she was amazing enough to do my wedding programs for me. We spent a couple hours last night getting them all figured out. Now I have a rough draft, to take to the mothers for approval. Then she's going to print them for me! I'm so glad she was able to help me out.

This is a picture of us from her Pumpkin Carving Party. This was the day before FB gave me the best pumpkin I've ever seen! Really excited to have another picture or two of us, a nice side benefit to the whole getting married thing. :)

Ceremony decorations

2010-05-05T21:02:00.000-05:00

Our center aisle decorations are fairly simple and I'm very excited about how they'll turn out.

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Wood logs, cut by future brother-in-law, hauled by FB, measured by me. Tin cans, collected for FB by his lunch ladies at the school cafeteria. I think they're secretly crushing on him, but they take really good care of him so they're ok in my book. :) They used to pack him snack bags for his 6 hour trips to Dallas. Then the flowers and a bow will be added by the florist. I hope they set the rustic, natural theme we're going for when everyone first comes in the sanctuary. Come back in a few weeks and I'll make sure to post the finished product.
Finished thank you cards from all my bridal showers tonight. It took a while but I got it done before the wedding. So I think that's pretty good timing. :) Tomorrow we go to the courthouse for our marriage license. We've got something pretty much every day, but luckily it's spread out enough I won't be running from appointment to appointment all day right before the wedding. Hope all is going well for everyone else, I haven't had as much time to read my fav. blogs as much as I'd like.

21 days!!

2010-05-01T17:16:00.000-05:00

Exactly 3 weeks from this very moment we'll be shakin our groove thang on the dance floor as Mr. and Mrs! I'm getting so excited! Went to my dress fitting yesterday and it'll be ready to pick up Friday. Now just have to talk to ushers and cake cutters, call everyone for one last check in before the big day, sit back and wait. Oh yea.... and finish out the school year, move, and write a trillion thank you cards! There's also a couple family birthdays, cousin's med school graduation, frat alum bbq, and Farmboy's high school's graduation. Just a tad busy, but I'll try real hard to keep updating.

Celebrity sighting! And other Bachelorette excitement

2010-04-22T14:40:00.000-05:00

This weekend Glamorous Newlywed met my other BFF and I in Tulsa for a bachelorette bash. We ate a crap ton of unhealthy food, drank a bit, and laughed a ton! We ate, shopped, ate, watched a movie, ate, danced, and ate. We had lunch at Cheesecake Factory, which was YUMMY!! While there we sat right across from.... drumroll please...Garth Brooks! OK, so he hasn't really done much lately, but still I was super excited. And he was SO nice! On Saturday night, we went to a country line dance place, which was fun.

In other news.... I'm going to pick up the wedding dress, and all that goes along with that tonight. Next week I'm getting the dress fitted and my hair cut and trial run. We also have our Kansas City couple's shower this weekend. My school shower is next week as well. It'll be a busy month! Exactly one month from today I will be married!

The Bridal Shower Post... finally

2010-04-18T14:41:00.000-05:00

Better late than never right?? OK we'll go with that since I've been a lazy blogger lately. Stick with me though the next 5 weeks should be pretty busy ones! But I'm super excited about it all!!!

Last weekend my best friend from high school threw me a shower. Quite a few people were able to make it. My mom, sister-in-law, nieces, aunt from Tulsa, and my two great aunts came. It was so sweet of my great aunts to come, especially since GaGa (their sister, my grandmother) is still in the hospital and not able to be there. She was spunky enough to make my mother bring her laptop to her room so she could see the registry and pick my gift. Also FB's mother, sister, sister-in-law, and niece came. I'm so glad that there is zero tension or drama between any of our families about us getting hitched. I know there are those of you out there who could tell some horror-in-law stories, so I'll count my blessings. Also a good friend from college who I haven't seen basically since then came.

We had a great time at Panera, including some cookies and bagels. Yum! My friend had a couple really sweet ideas planned for us. We had a love quotes quiz, which I won. I knew 13 out of 15 of them. The other game was a don't say FB's name game, I did pretty well until I got too excited while opening presents! Also each person got a card to write to me with advice or whatever, then on the envelope they had to write when I could open the card. Lots were for the day before the wedding, some are for the first week we're married. My niece put "When you have your 12th kid" I'm just going to go ahead and open that one soon, cuz there's no way that'll ever happen!!

Now onto the fun stuff.... I got some GREAT stuff! My aunt got my Kitchenaid mixer! yay! I got several kitchen utensils and our bathroom stuff. We got a really cool collage frame. My brother and his family went ahead and gave me one big gift instead of a little shower gift then another gift later. They were so sweet to get me my dishes! I can't wait to use them. I'm also really excited about the side tables we found. My friend and her mom and sister got me one, so hopefully someone else will get the other.

www.target.com

The most sentimental gift I got was from my momma, who else, right. :) She got me the Willow-tree couple hugging. Love Willow-tree!!!

www.demdaco.com

Coming as soon as I can get around to it.... Bachelorette Bash! This weekend was a lot of fun, and I plan to tell you about all the craziness soon. Hopefully my two lovely maid of honors will send me pictures soon.... hint hint!

Last week or so..

2010-04-09T17:13:00.000-05:00

Wow, it's been a little while since I've blogged. Easter was a lot of fun. FB and his mother joined my family and my sister-in-law's family at her father's deli. They close down the deli for Easter, then we all bring our potluck. It's really nice to have everyone together, and the kids go across the street to hunt Easter eggs in the downtown park. After our celebration several of us stayed to help my brother. He is working on renovating an 1800's Main Street building to turn it into a home. I got to do a little demolition! It was pretty good way to take out some aggression. FB and my dad worked together to frame in a window. I liked listening to them work while I beat away at my wall. I think they have very similar personalities, very glad they get along so easily.

My maid of honor and I got to hang out one evening this week. My first bridal shower is Sunday. For some reason this has hit me and everything is finally seeming real, and soon. :) I'll fill you in on that party next week.

We met with the priest to talk about what parts of the ceremony he'd do and if everything met his approval. We're meeting with the pastor Sunday after church to talk about his role and if everything meets his approval. :) So looking forward to having that done, so I can check one more thing off my to do list.

Tomorrow we're finally celebrating Dad's b-day, which was March 17th. We're going to the river to go fishing and have a lunch cookout. It should be entertaining, and I'm taking a book so I don't have to worry about putting a worm on my hook! Also the weather's supposed to be perfect!

Also to look forward to soon, the bachelorette party!! Maid of honor and I are driving to Tulsa to meet Glamorous Newlywed, aka Matron of honor, for a weekend of fun. That's next weekend, and I promise to share some of the craziness we get ourselves into later.

Hope your weekend is a little less crazy as mine. Or if it is a busy, at least as enjoyable as mine should be.

Spring has sprung on the farm

2010-03-28T13:22:00.000-05:00

FB's niece got a free bottle calf to show at the fair this summer. She named it Hearty, because there's a heart on his head. OK give her a break, she is five. I'm not sure I'd be much more creative than that now. :) Isn't he just so little and sweet! I also got to witness my first ever birthing experience. I was lucky enough to be at the head end of the heifer. Thankfully I got to witness it without actually having to witness it. If ya know what I mean. Anyway I won't go into detail, just to say it was an interesting new experience. Now momma and baby are doing great, along with two other new additions that came after we left for the day.

Glad the weather is finally starting to look a little brighter. I'm housesitting/dog-sitting this week for a friend at work, she's on her honeymoon. Hopefully all goes well with that, the dog is seizure prone. I'm really really hoping he doesn't seize this week! Anyway, I write all that to say I will probably be out of bloggy world until Easter. Have a great week!

Outfits for the next couple of months

2010-03-17T09:46:00.000-05:00

Bridal Showers by lovinafarmboy on Polyvore.com

I know you've seen the dress already, but Mom and I made another trip to the "big" city and found shoes that I think work w/ it. What do y'all think? We also found a really cute White House Black Market outfit for the rehearsal. I would have never put the outfit together or even thought of it for myself, but the saleslady brought it to me. I tried it on to be polite, and loved it! Then Mom got it for me so I wouldn't go broke. Gotta love that!!

Rehearsal Dinner by lovinafarmboy on polyvore.com

What do you think? I need suggestions for jewelry for both.

So much goin on!

2010-03-11T15:46:00.000-06:00

   Sorry it's been a while since my last post! There's been a lot going on! We got our invitations in, and they're almost addressed. We met with a print shop to make the insert for reception directions, and I have to go proof the final copy today or tomorrow before they print. We figured out the wedding cake. I'm super excited about that, the cake lady is totally flexible. I had several ideas and she put them together in a way that I think will really mesh well together. I'll do a post soon on that.
   After the cake lady meeting, Dad played me a few songs he was thinking about for our father/daughter dance. Of course, being the crybaby that I am, I burst into tears with the first words from Frank Sinatra. FB knows me well enough to just rub my back, Mom just found me some tissues, and Dad just laughed. Then I played a couple country ones I really like too, and of course, Mom decided it was her turn for tears. Her song that got her was "Stealing Cinderella." This made me start up again and die laughing too. Dad made some comment about learning to live with women to FB. I said it was obviously all genetic, then regained a little composure with a brownie.
   Tonight we're hoping to get the insert finalized at the printer, and get the rehearsal dinner caterer figured out. Oh and to make things just a little brighter, I don't have school tomorrow or Monday. YAY! Monday we're meeting with the florist, so that should be exciting!
   Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Don't forget to spring forward Sunday.

30 years ago today...

2010-03-02T17:25:00.000-06:00

God blessed the world with this little bundle of joy.

Sorry I don't have any cute baby pictures... Farmboy turns 30 today. He's all oh it's just another day, but if he'd never been born, I'd never have found my soulmate.

Isn't he a hottie? This was at his friend's wedding about a year ago. It was the first time he introduced me to any of his friends. Which I have to say was a little overwhelming. I met a lot of friends all at once, luckily I was definitely not the one getting the attention. It was also the first time we'd traveled together, instead of traveling to each other. It was a lot of fun spending some time in the car, just being together. At that point in our relationship, I just craved more time with him. Especially since we were living so far from one another.

Wow I really got off topic! Anyway.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY FARMBOY!!!

Ugh!

2010-02-26T17:07:00.000-06:00

I've got some sort of respiratory junk again! But even with the cough, I'm going to frostbite with my daddy and my future hubby. Frostbite is a big rock crawling event for big SUV's. Here's a picture from three or four years ago when I went with Dad by myself.

That's me in like 8 layers, including a full rain suit and huge puff coat over that. It was wet and really muddy that year. It looks like this year may be a lot nicer than that year. Keep you fingers crossed for me though! We are going to try geo-caching too, so it should be an interesting day overall. Here's another picture of what the Willy's looks like without as much mud.

I'll try to take lots of pictures of our little adventure.

Valentine's Day: Zero Dollars spent

2010-02-19T08:34:00.000-06:00

So Farmboy and I decided we'd do nothing for V-day.... then I realized I didn't like that idea very much. hehe Instead we decided to do something sweet for each other without spending any money. I made a little collage card from magazine cutouts. He wrote me this sweetest letter I've read!
He listed fifteen reasons he loves me and can't wait for me to be his wife!

Here's the list (plus my commentary in parenthesis)

You have a caring & touching heart (I cry at the drop of a hat)
You and Holly are a package deal (I do love that puppy)
You know me soo well (yet he still surprises me with the sweet loving things he does)
I love your nose (I used to hate my nose, in high school a friend compared to a chunky boy's nose)
That weird look you give me when I stare (that look is "why the heck are you looking at me... do I have a booger?")
That I know you're always by my side (because I know he always wants me there)
The way you get excited over the littlest thing (meaning I'm a big dork)
The sacrifices you make for me ( I honestly don't feel like I've sacrificed anything)
The way you let me hold you in any emotion (I love his hugs even when I'm trying to rush around the kitchen and cook dinner)
I love your smile (it's easy to smile when he's around)
Your dances (yes I'm a big dork who dances around when I'm in a goofy mood)
How I know that you are excited & nervous for the next couple of months (I couldn't me more excited)
I love you laugh (I usually enjoy laughing with him... except when he's tickling after I've told him to knock it off.... ok even that makes me laugh)
How you like to go with me to the farm and school activities (I do enjoy seeing how he interacts with his kiddos)
Because you are You and I am marrying you ( again I couldn't me more excited about the wedding and our future together!!)

What would your list say for your significant other??

New Dress!

2010-02-16T13:23:00.001-06:00

Since yesterday was Presidents' Day, I had the day off. My mom and I went to meet with a couple florists and rental places for the ceremony decorations. After our apointments, we hit up the mall. It was super duper cold, and this mall has some stores that face out. Needless to say the ones we wanted to go to were the coldest possible choices. However we both had a great time. We went to Coldwater Creek for my mom, it's like her mothership or something. While she was trying on 18 different outfits I saw a couple that I really liked, which surprised me. Normally I think their stuff is more my mom, so not me. Which either means Coldwater Creek is getting cooler, or I'm turning into my mother... We'll go with the first option! But I tried both things on and fell in love with this dress. I plan on wearing it with a navy jacket.

Picture from coldwatercreek.com

I think it'll make the perfect bridal shower outfit. So I need your help! What shoes???

Today is...

2010-02-11T13:14:00.000-06:00

100 days until I become Mrs. Farmboy! Yay!

Last Night...

2010-02-05T15:20:00.001-06:00

Random engagement pic, just because I like it!

Last night was our first marriage prep class. It was two hours long, and to be honest I was kind of dreading it! I didn't know what to expect, and I didn't know how much they'd pry into my personal life. Also there's the whole Farmboy's Catholic, and I'm not thing. This was the Catholic marriage class, so I was nervous.

Luckily I had no reason to be! The class had five engaged couples and one lead couple who've been married 25 years. The couples were all pretty quiet, I think none of us really knew what to expect. The lead couple was very sweet and kept the ball rolling fairly well.

We talked about communication, which was really interesting. A lot of the couples talked about different fights and arguments they'd been in, and FB and I just kind of sat there. We honestly have never fought. We've had things that we've disagreed about and disappointments, but we figure it out before either of us gets upset enough to argue or fight. I think part of this is just our nature, we don't really argue with anyone for any reason. Also we're very thoughtful, thinking it over before we're ready to talk about anything.

Anyway, it was a great first session. I'm actually looking forward to the homework we have to do this weekend. The upcoming weeks' topics look a little more difficult, but I guess that'll be good for us. For all you married couples.... What type of marriage prep did y'all go through? Did you love it/hate it?

If I were...

2010-02-01T18:29:00.000-06:00

If I were a month, I’d be November.
If I were a day of the week, I’d be Saturday.If I were a time of day, I’d be 4:00 pm.
If I were a planet, I’d be Earth.
If I were a sea animal, I’d be a seal.
If I were a direction, I’d be South.
If I were a piece of furniture, I’d be a bed.
If I were a liquid, I’d be coke.
If I were a gemstone, I’d be a diamond.
If I were a tree, I’d be a bradford pear.
If I were a tool, I’d be a weed-eater.
If I were a flower, I’d be a tulips.
If I were a kind of weather, I’d be a spring warmth.
If I were a musical instrument, I’d be a piano.
If I were a color, I’d be pink.
If I were an emotion, I’d be joy.
If I were a fruit, I’d be a cantaloupe.
If I were a sound, I’d be children laughing.
If I were an element, I’d be plutonium.
If I were a car, I’d be a corvette.
If I were a food, I’d be pasta or maybe queso I'm addicted to both.
If I were a place, I’d be home.
If I were a material, I’d be a warm fuzzy blanket.
If I were a taste, I’d be sweet.
If I were a scent, I’d be apple.
If I were an object, I’d be a window.
If I were a body part, I’d be a head.
If I were a facial expression, I’d be a genuine smile.
If I were a song, I’d be country.
If I were a pair of shoes, I'd be tennis shoes.

What would you be?

I stole this from Cee, who stole it from Kelly.

Cee at Curiosity

Kelly at Dare to Be Domestic

Snow, Snow, and more snow

2010-01-31T09:56:00.000-06:00

Friday was our fifth snow day this year! Normally that would be just fine with me, I do occasionally like to be a bum. Never leaving my house, or my pjs for the entire day. But this year, snow days matter a lot more to me. When we chose our wedding date, I thought I'd have a whole week off after school. Now with all the snow, we're going to school the day of our rehearsal dinner. So all you married ladies... how much time did you have off before your weddings? Anybody work the day before? I'm hoping my superintendent will understand and let me use my personal days. But if I'm not so lucky, anybody have any tips to keeping me sane? I know that week will be crazy, so those of you who've already been there done that, help me out.

Wedding Planning Update

2010-01-15T18:43:00.000-06:00

We've finally made some dress decisions. Mine was the first purchase, but you'll have to wait until post wedding for pictures of that. This is a dress my sister-in-law found for my nieces. They are the candle lighters.

The dresses will be brown with a thin teal stripe. I haven't figured out what shoes they might wear. The rest of girls will all be in long dresses, so it really doesn't matter as much. Any ideas??

This is a David's Bridal dress for my 2 bridesmaids. Each girl will have their choice of top. The other top is a tank top/ v-neck look.

Tomorrow we're going to check out a couple different cake and catering options. We're hoping to find some good deals too.

Snow.... cold.... REALLY COLD

2010-01-08T11:35:00.000-06:00

So today is the forth snow day of the year. That means my school kiddos have been out of school 3 full weeks. I went Monday for teacher inservice, so I've worked one day in 2010. I can't say that's too much of a bummer. :) Except, that these days must be made up. They will be made up the week before my wedding. I was really hoping to have the whole week to get things ready, be relaxed and not crazy running around. Now the last day of school will be the Thursday before our Saturday wedding. I'm hoping my principal will be understanding and let me use my personal days at the end of the year.
I'm feeling a little stir crazy, definitely ready to go back to work!

OK now onto something a little brighter! What'd everyone get for Christmas?? FB and I got a Wii from my parents, and some games from my family. FB got me a couple date nights and some perfume. I got jewelry, a couple cute things for the house, and a couple gift certificates. Oh I also got a couple certificates for massages. We've played Wii a LOT. It was definitely a great Christmas. Not because of the great gifts, but spending so much time with all the family. We got to see both FB and my families on multiple occasions throughout the break.

So what was your favorite Christmas gift?

Just checking in... real quick

2009-12-24T21:47:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas!!!

I wanted to stop in and say hi since it's been a while since I've blogged. Farmboy and I just got back to my apartment from his family's Christmas Eve get together. In the morning we'll go to my parents' to open presents and eat breakfast.

Future posts:

Vegas trip
Snow, ice, slippery mess that I love
Christmas goodies!

Hope you all have a safe and happy holiday!!

Christmas Survey

2009-12-18T11:52:00.001-06:00

Cee at Curiosity posted this survey, so I stole it!

1.Wrapping paper or gift bags?

Wrapping for the family, bags for coworkers and that sort of thing

2. Real tree or Artificial?

Artificial tree! I can't handle the needles and the sneezing! Actually to be technical I have no tree, it's up at FB's house.

3. When do you put up the tree?

We put up our tree at FB's the day after Thanksgiving.

4. When do you take the tree down?

I usually take mine down right after New Year's day. FB informed me that it won't come down until middle of January after the story of Magi Sunday.

5. Do you like eggnog?

I like a half of a glass once a year, that is usually just enough.

6. Favorite gift received as a child?

One year Dad built a fort with swing and slide and rope ladder and cool stuff like that. He had built it at a neighbor's house and somehow got it into the backyard in the middle of the night. So we could see it when we first woke up. Of course at the time, I thought Santa brought it.

7. Hardest person to buy for?

Farmboy, because I want it to be the perfect gift.

8. Easiest person to buy for?

My mom, she usually tells me about ten things she'd like.

9. Do you have a nativity scene?

My mom has collected the Willowtree Nativity. It's so pretty! FB and I talked about the need to get one for his house/my future place.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards?

This is the first year I've done cards for lots of people, and I'm mailing them. They're also save the date cards, two birds one stone... that's my style :)

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?

I honestly can't think of any really horrible gifts. We've done white elephant gifts from time to time, and those are intentionally bad.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie?

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is by far the most hilarious ever!

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?

My routine changes from year to year. This year I've done quite a bit online, so I'm almost done. I'll finish when I get back from my mini-vacay. The day before Christmas Eve.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?

Yes, I do that some with coworkers and acquaintances that think we should exchange presents when we really don't need to. Do yall have those people? I just don't get exchanging presents with all of the people I know, I would rather simplify and spend more on those that truly impact my life.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?

Christmas brunch

16. Lights on the tree?

We have a white prelit tree.

17. Favorite Christmas song?

Carol of the Bells

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?

I like staying around home, but sometimes we go to Kansas City to see extended family.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?

I think so, it may take a little while for me to remember all of them.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star?

Growing up we've had both throughout the years, but this year it's a multicolored lit star.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?

We usually get to open one present after Christmas Eve service, so technically they're all opened on Christmas day.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?

long lines and traffic and people who are rude

23. Favorite ornament, theme, or color?

My ornaments are all blue and silver and glittery. I also really like looking at all the ones from when my brother and I were babies.

24. Favorite for Christmas Dinner?

We do Christmas breakfast. It's different from year to year.

25. What do you want to do for Christmas this year?

I'm excited to spend most of the day with my family on Christmas, then most of New Year's with FB's family.

26. Favorite Christmas tradition growing up?

Christmas Eve service at 11:00. It's candlelit, so by the end of Silent Night the whole room is lit with candles. Everyone has a candle to hold up high for the last verse. Then after the service you leave and it's Christmas and you can be the first to wish each other Merry Christmas.

27. Favorite tradition now?

Going to everyone's house for Christmas to celebrate and see people you haven't seen in a while.