Two weeks of off the wall stress=we need another vacation!

Ok, well I still haven't been able to make a long post or post pictures. My car caught on fire on Monday and I have been trying to deal with that the entire week. I have a meeting with the oil change company's insurance that was responsible for the fire on Monday the 20th. Hopefully we can get this matter resolved and put behind us. After that, I will be able to post. I'm not exactly sure where the past two weeks have gone. I have spent that time either in shock or depressed and when either of those two emotions happen my mind and body tend to shut down. Between taking care of the plumbing problem we had (the pipes under the sink almost exploded while the entire house was backed up) the IRS wanting more money (which we have had to write a letter explaining my former employment status and filling out a new form that shows we owe an additional $800--which we are disputing), my mom going to jail, and the car catching on fire it has been a very stressful two weeks!!! It sounds kind of funny when you put it all together.
The baby is doing well and we start our childbirth classes on the 21st. I hope next week is a more low key and less stress so that I can blog!!!

We're back!

Back from vacation..we had a very relaxing time and lots of fun. I will post pictures soon. Now, we need another vacation after the week we have had.
This week has been crazy for me. When it rains, it pours! I will post more later but just wanted to stop in and say hi!! I'm a little drained of physical, mental and emotional energy.

We have a name, but.....

We're keeping it a surprise!!!! At least, that is the plan! Here are a couple clues:

1) you've already heard me mention the first name if you've asked me
2) there will probably never be another combination of this name ever created because the middle name is unique

I had my big ultrasound on Monday, June 15th, the day after our 6 year wedding anniversary. It was a nice anniversary present to see the baby in 4D and also know that as far as they can tell he is a very healthy baby! He weighs 1 pound 2 oz.
I'm very thankful that I've had a healthy pregnancy so far. I've gained 7 pounds and have no problems of any kind. The first 18 weeks were killer with morning sickness and I have a really painful sciatic nerve that is pinched. I used to have a bladder of steel and now it is as flexible as a slinky. haha! IF that makes any sense. I don't sleep well and I can't exercise like I used to, so I complain a lot about the above symptoms. However, I do realize how thankful and blessed I am to not have to worry about anything critical right now.
I finally have felt Branflake move the past two weeks. He is always moving. I think he sleeps from 6am-10am (I'm not really sure on the exact time and I'm sure it's more than that) but he flips and kicks non-stop.
We have signed up for childbirth classes and I'm still reading several books on childbirth.
We also got registered at Babies R Us and Target. It was so much fun!! Blake had fun using the scanner and I had fun telling him what to scan :) I did hours of research on Consumer Reports and Baby Bargains to get the gear that has the best safety ratings and also the best value. I had 3 pages of notes on registering so that we knew exactly what we wanted when we went in. We agreed that it made the process much easier and would have been overwhelming with all the stuff in Babies R Us!!
It may be awhile until I post next. We will be going on vacation and then our next doctor's appointment is July 7th.

I love everything about the summer except the heat!

We have had lots of visitors in the past few weeks. There's been a couple cookouts and lots of laughs.
Dad & Lanier were here for a couple weekends and we had a fun and fast time visiting with them and hanging out. They got to play the Wii at Wii-hab, see the OB unit and got the grand tour of SS. :)
Uncle John came down from Alaska for a couple weeks. We didn't get to hang out with him as much as we wanted (especially Blake since he had to work a lot) but were glad to see him when we did. Hopefully next summer we'll be visiting him!!
I'm thinking about changing the format of the blog. Instead of just a baby blog I'll be writing to include more of our daily lives.

Gifts from Uncle Terry, Aunt Debbie & Ashley--Thank you!!!

The Next Ultrasound...and..I'm halfway done cookin'!!!

I thought that our last ultrasound was the "big" U/S. It wasn't, we were just able to see what sex the baby was. My "big" u/s will be Monday, June 15th. After that, the doctor said I will only have a couple more ultrasounds and not one everytime like I have been getting.
Having a boy is starting to sink in and I'm thinking about all the fun things we will be able to do with him. We haven't thought about names much although there are a couple we are tossing around.
I'm going to a big garage sale that is advertising all kinds of baby stuff in the morning and hope I can find some good boy clothes-- now that I know what I'm looking for!!!
My dad and Lanier are coming to visit this weekend and next so we're really excited about seeing them.
Thank you to Grace, Blake's RN, for getting us the cutest onesie, beanie baby and candle!
So, I'm at 20 weeks and that means I'm almost there! The pregnancy has seemed to go by really fast, but at the same time I think about when I told my friend Crystal that I was pregnant at 8 weeks, and that seems like such a long time ago.
I had my friend Cathi over for lunch today. Her daughter just had a baby boy last year, and she is going to let us borrow their heirloom bassinet that has been in their family for a few generations!

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We just got back from the doctor and found out we're having a lil' guy!!
My mother's intuition was way off. :)
We're super excited and now I can start shopping!! :)