Monday Ramblings

My daughter and my hubby were able to finally feel Josiah kick last night. Jamison face was priceless, I think I will have to video it! She is so excited to be kicked LOL!

I love blogs. I am so glad I entered the bloggy world. Some I read make me laugh, some I read make me cry, some are inspirational and just resonate with me. I love logging in to read that someone has reached a new level of working out, or a new milestone in pregnancy or a new low on the scale. I feel their excitement and I LOVE IT!

Hubby is taking his insurance test tomorrow, so we were studying all weekend. He did great on the practice tests so I hope tomorrow goes well for him. He can sell life insurance right now but will soon be able to sell the other goodies that Allstate offers. I am so proud of the time and care he is taking with his new job...makes me very proud.

24 started again last night. I "heart" that show....love me some Jack!

Friday I had to call in sick because I feared Jackson had pink eye. Turns out it was just his cold oozing out his eyes GAG! The doc said he had some fluid building in his ear so she gave him ammox so we wouldn't have to worry over the weekend of him getting worse. Being sick never slowed that guy down! Since I was home I went on a cleaning rampage. Got "the spot" on the kitchen counter sorted (you know like the junk drawer but on the counter LOL) and things put away, dishes done, bathroom cleaned, several loads of laundry done, the garage and our office picked up and all the bedrooms cleaned! Oh ya my point was that I moved the couches around in my livingroom and was able to get the elliptical back in there...right in front of the tv so I really have NO excuses! Tonight I will get on for 10 mins...start out slow and see how I feel. I figure at this point any exercise is better than nothing.

I have packed on some weight these last two weeks and am hoping to keep it slow and steady until my next appt!

doing good with my water!

Had a nice birthday dinner (a few weeks early) with my family at BJ's Brewhouse on sat and then did some scrapbooking...I am so far behind!!

sorry for such a ramblefest.....

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is a very emotional day for me. It's my moms birthday....and the 1st birthday she is celebrating in heaven...Heck I am not even sure you celebrate such things in heaven, but I hope she gets to enjoy a big slice of chocolate cake with her hubby :)

I am feeling emotional....both sad that she is gone and happy that I know where she is and that she is pain free! Sad that my kids wont get to really know her the way I would have liked, but happy that Jamison does remember her, thinks and prays about her often. Sad that she wont know my newest Josiah, but heck again I dont know how God fully works, so maybe she does know him!

Happy Birthday MOM!! I miss you TONS!!

Pity Party...Table for One....

Sitting here wallowing at work in my pity party. I am feeling HUGE today yet still get comments on how I am barely showing etc. Guess its cause I was fat before I got prego and people are used to seeing a big belly.

Feeling crampy, sore, like my pelvis is ripping in half, tired, achey, wondering WHY I am feeling all of this crap so early on. I dont remember all of these pains and such until I was more like 30 weeks with my other kids. Then it dawns on me..I AM almost the BIGGEST I have ever been. I hit 221lbs at my highest and currently am roaming around 217-218.

PHEW....the weight I have to drop after this kid is haunting me....EIGHTY LBS EIGHTY LBS EIGHTY LBS and that is to get me somewhere near 160lbs which is still overweight for my height, but I was mostly happy at that weight and I think I will appreciate it so much more this time.

I know how blessed I am that God chose me to have Josiah and that I CAN and WILL lose the weight after I have him....its just hard to keep a positive attitude knowing the task I have before me!

Really...Only Thursday

I guess me working Sunday is throwing me off this week. It feels like Friday...like I have DONE MY TIME this week! I cant wait for April so I can have 16 weeks off! AHHH I need a ticker for that I think!

Cindie to answer your question about my ability to only have gained 2 lbs so far....here is my explanation. I puked for almost 18 weeks LOL! It was by far my worst pregnancy ever as far at being sick. Lasted about as long, but I was throwing up almost everything I ate. I lost weight and then in the past month slowly gained some back. But at 215lbs, I just cant gain too much more. Labor and recovery after will be soooo much harder if I get to big. Your body was just in diet mode when you found out you were expecting. That happened to me with #1. I had just lost about 60lbs and gained back 45 with her, I think my body was in starvation mode and packed it on. I still was working out and I ate decent...my body likes to weigh 190lbs LOL!

Today I am drinking tons of water, day two of my hands being REALLY swollen. So hoping the extra water helps!


If you havent read Sally's blog... PLEASE do..she makes me laugh with every post. Hilarious!

Water challenge

I so need this! Hop on over to Escape from Obesity (a very cool blog) and read about it!!

Well I sucketh

Not with my weight...but with posting! I have the time just not sure how much boring details people want about my life as a prego LOL!

We chose a name. Our 2nd son will be Josiah Vaughn. I am 21 weeks along and have managed to only gain 2lbs. Which for me is amazing. My doc said I am right on track since I was 213 when I started! He is moving around and its so neat to feel, after all the puking I am enjoying some of the fun stuff.

My good friend Michelle sent me this verse today and it hit home. I immediately associated it with my weight loss battle. My body is a temple and while I have been doing great with my gaining, I haven't been taking care of myself in the best possible way. So this week (I know its only Tues) we have been keeping each other accountable again. We are the same person...living in different states. We have never met face to face..but we will this summer!

1 Chronicles 28:20
20 David also said to Solomon his son, "Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished.

Its...a .....

Friday night I had a scare. Had enough bleeding to freak me out and we headed to the ER. Baby is fine. I have a bladder infection, my 1st one so I had no idea. I am feeling decent. Still getting sick here and there, but enjoying feeling some movement!


oh also.... its a BOY :) Just as I suspected! Hubby is beyond thrilled!

So now the name game begins!

Nathaniel Griffin (we both love Nate and I have mentioned before how much hubs likes Griffin)

or

Jared James (we both love Jared too, and James is his brothers middle name, and it keeps us going with the J thing) (Jamison and Jackson)

what do you think?