Happy Birthday Mom. I miss you every day. Theres a hole in my heart always. Love you.

PEOPLE SUCK

And the pregnancy fun begins. I know, I just blogged about this, but this is a new pregnancy, new hormones and new stupid people. These are all REAL conversations I had tonight at work. Complete with my responses.
Was it planned? (It was on my end, my husband was sleeping.) or (yes, my husbands so god damned good I cant take my hands off him, would you like MORE information?) Are you sure your not having twins? Or my personal favorite, are you sure theres not 3 in there? (And why would you think that would make me feel good? (Yes, Im sure, Im just fat. Maybe when Im a size 10 people will stop pointing that out). Then theres the ol' "you look huge today!" "(Again, thank you for making me feel like crap!) Usually then followed by a cover up, "its the shirt your wearing" or "I mean your baby belly, not you" or this was a good one "Its just the stripes" ( Nice try, but vertical stripes are supposed to make you look thinner".
Then there are the people who almost pity you, "I was going to ask you to do it, but I didnt want you to have to walk to the other side of the office". (Im pregnant, not handicapped, Im capable of walking.) Then we have the shock and awe"What? Your pregnant again? (as if you cant tell) Are you crazy? (followed by question one). My husband and I actually WANT children, what is so crazy about that?
It freaking drives me insane! Whatever happened to the old fashion "Congrats! Im so happy for you!" I started off the work day feeling pretty good. I wore a new maternity shirt and I was hesitant to wear it thinking it looked "too maternity". But 3 people told me I looked cute today so I started to feel pretty good. And suddenly, Ive lost my cuteness and pregnancy glow, and Im just this ginormous elephant. Yes, Im only 3 months, and yes Im already showing. Which, according to my doc, is perfectly normal from just having a baby earlier this year. Yes, the babys only 2 inches long now, but my innards (I.E. my uterus -must you make me say that word?- is already stretched out. I cant help it! I had a 9 lb baby!

8 MONTHS OLD

Here's my little man at 8 months. Crawling all over the place and pulling himself up on things. We often find him standing up in his crib when he wakes up from a nap. He's all over the place now and into everything. Cant take my eyes off him for a second! He loves his big brother more than anything in the world. He's a sweet little boy, giving mommy kisses, but he's a daddy's boy too. He loves to climb up on Mount Daddy and wrestle. Such a ham. He has 3 teeth and a 4th one coming any second. He's a very active baby, and a multitasker just like his mama! Ryan can usually be seen inspecting a toy in each hand and something in his mouth. He is so curious about everything, I love watching him learn! He's already growing up to fast!

NEW RULE

I dont know if this happens to anyone else, but people seem to pop in here unannounced all the damn time. And guaranteed, Ryan will be napping, and probably so will I, and we will be jolted out of dreamland to the sound of barking dogs. Poor little guy is now crying because he's now scared of the commotion and as for my beloved dogs, I want to rip their larynx out with my bare hands. Its just so rude. In this day and age of cell phones, how hard is it to call from even just a mile down the road, to say Im stopping by. That will give me time to put the dogs outside, so the baby doesn't get woken up and all will be well. And if I dont answer, then Im sleeping too, or perhaps too busy at the moment to answer your call. This means, dont come by. You would think this would be common sense, especially when theres a baby in the house, but it seems to happen atlease once a week. Doesn't matter if Ive locked the door or not because once you hit the driveway, the dogs are going banshee. I learned that lesson the hard way, when there would be people who let themselves in my house, standing in the living room bellowing my name while Im dead asleep or better yet, showering. Yes, these are true stories. Its not that I dont want to see you, really I do enjoy your company. Just call! So heres my new rule, the next time someone comes over unannounced, you will be leaving WITH the dog of your choice.

Went for my 10 week appointment yesterday. All is well. They changed my due date from April 3rd to April 7th based on my ultrasound I had a few weeks ago. My BP is back up again. Im very upset about that. I had been on BP meds since I was about 26ish and when I got pregnant with Ryan and quit smoking all my BP problems seemed to disappear. I was getting it checked every week all 9 months since I was off my meds. Every things been fine, and now all the sudden its creeping up again, so unfortunately I'm back on meds again. Kinda bummed, Id rather not take anything being pregnant. My sciatic nerve is killing me these days. Had this with Ryan too and it only lasted a few weeks or maybe a month from what I remember. I hope it goes away soon. Its painful! Tomorrow Im going to get all my blood work done. Fun, Fun Fun!

GIRLS NIGHT AT KENNY CHESNEY

All the girls in my family went to see Kenny Chesney Saturday night at the Meadows. Opening up for him was Sugarland and also Pat Greene. Concert was really awesome. My husband told me that If Im approached by Kenny, than Its ok for me not to come home. Now thats love!

Unfortunately Kenny musta missed me in crowd. Oh well, maybe next time around. Heres a pic

Standing, Kelly, Erika, Suzie, me, Betty. Bottom row Kim, Cari, Danielle and Sammi.

Pampered Chef and Adam Saada

Anyone need any Pampered Chef? My cousins 4 month old baby is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. He has SCID otherwise known as "bubble boy disease". To have the transplant done we need to raise about 50k. To read Adams story click on Suzies website and there is a picture of him along with some information and some links to local news websites that have run his story.
Pampered Chef has generously agreed to donate 20% of sales to Adam.
To order the Pampered Chef and have Adam receive the credit, follow these simple instructions:

http://www.pamperedchef.biz/melskitchen

To read Adams story click on NEWS
To order and make sure Adam receives the credit, click ORDER PRODUCTS
Then it will say this:
Already invited to a show and would like to place an order?
in that text box you will need to type this exactly
SHARON ARDREY TRUST FOR ADAM SAADA
Thanks for your support!

ROYAL TRIVIA

I was doing a crossword puzzle the other day and this was my clue:
"William and Harry's family name"
I drew a blank. So immediately I began searching my brain for the answer, because I feel like I should know this. I mull it over for 2 days and still I come up with nothing. Im now blaming "baby brain", cuz you know I can use that as an excuse again, when I ask Steve and he has no idea either. He says "Are we both just having a brain fart or what?" Seems like this should be common knowledge. I decide to cheat and look up the answer in the back of the book. When I look up the answer, I went "huh. Im not sure I ever knew that."
So, without cheating or googling, Does anyone know the answer? I will post in a few days.