Since it has been a while since I have posted, I figured I should probably update the blog.

School has been in for about 6 weeks and we are completely busy. Tyler is playing football on post and we have practice everynight and Saturday mornings. Tonight is his first game so we are pretty excited. Hopefully all that practice will pay off in a win tonight. Vanna is still on the waiting list for gymnastics so keeping our fingers crossed that she will get a spot soon. She got the all clear from the cardiologist and we have a follow up this week and then she can play sports on post too. She is anxious for soccer to start in a few months. She runs sprints and even does pull ups with her brother.

Pregnancy is going good....11 more weeks to go. Hard to believe that in less than 3 months the little guy will be here. Still working on a name which will be a work in progress til probably the last minute. We had a 4D ultrasound last week but the little guy kept putting his hands and feet I might add in front of his face. He was also laying right up against my stomach so he kind of looked like a wax figure that was melting.....so they are going to try again at my next appointment. From what I could see he looks like his brother and sister. We were able to see him stick out his tongue and open his eyes. A friend of mine just had a baby boy 4 weeks ago and we spent some time with her this weekend which was good practice for Savannah, who wants to touch the baby all the time. She did say he cried too much (he really hardly cried at all by the way) so she is probably in for a big shock.

I passed my law school finals and will be starting my 2nd year in January. I am pretty excited because some of the classes I have taken as an undergrad so I will at least have some clue about whats going on I hope. However 12 books for 4 classes at $865.00 does not make me happy. Just started a doctorate foundation course which will run thru November and then I will start my research in March after the baby is here. Needless to say busy is the word.

Work is going great....love the job, love the boss and am actually doing something in my field so all is good.

The next few months will be crazy...we have Tyler's bday in October, Vanna's 2 weeks later in November, the new Twilight movie on November 20 (which is a big deal in our house), Thanksgiving, new baby arrival, my birthday (and Tyler and dad are going to the Miami Dolphin/TN Titan game on my bday - how fair is that?) and then xmas in Florida. I am out of breath just thinking about it. But this is my favorite time of year so I don't mind.

Guess I better go get some work done....

Well I did not realize that I have not updated this in almost a month.....lots going on here. I finally got a job here at a law firm in town. The hours are great, boss is great and it is loads of fun. He specializes in bankruptcy, immigration (both federal law so it will be the same no matter where we go), probate/estate and state appointed criminal defense. So I have a wide array of things to learn. I really like it and actually look forward to going to work everyday - such a change from my last job.

The kids are doing good....starting school on Wed 8/12. Vanna will be in kindergarden...her teacher's name is Mrs. Roach (hopefully vanna does not ask her why she is named after a bug). Tyler should be starting football this coming week. That should be interesting for him since he has never played tackle fball before, only flag. Vanna is on a waiting list for a gymnastics coach here in town. She cant go on post anymore because at her physical last week the dr. detected a heart murmur so she has to go see a pediatric cardiologist to make sure it is nothing serious. Until that is done, which takes forever to get a referral, she can't play sports on post. Not like it matters anyway because all the classes for her age group are at the times she is in school because off post school hrs are different.

Baby boy is doing good...kicking all the time. I go to the doctor next week for my lovely glucose testing and then in September we get a 4D ultrasound...I am really excited about that. This weekend the old man and I are going to go baby shopping and probably do a layaway so I don't have to blow my first check already :) I think we are gonna do some birthday shopping too for the kids. I am a big fan of layaway. I used to be the type of person who had all the xmas/bday shopping done by September thanks to Walmart layaway and by thanksgiving everything was wrappped and ready to go. Well since Walmart has done away with layaway I have fallen behind schedule every year. So the post exchange does layaway and so does KMart so I guess I will try again this year since so much is going on around the holidays. I am not a big fan of KMart cuz I think they are overpriced but we will see what we can find.

Well I am rambling because I am listening to a lecture for the 3rd time because the internet keeps going down due to the thunderstorms we are having right now. Finals are next Friday and then I am done with my first year.....hard to believe. The next year does not start until January and I am supposed to start on my PH.D in Sept so I guess I should get on that and make sure everything is good to go. I'll keep ya updated!

It's a Boy!!!

We found out today that we are having a boy. We are really excited. I did not really care but if I had my choice it would have been a boy. Even Vanna is excited. The technician was laughing as she took all the baby's measurements. When she showed us that it was a boy he was sticking straight out and she said the reason she was laughing was because he was not at all shy, every time she moved the wand over that area he was showing his stuff. I told her unfortunately that trait seems to run in the family. Anyway there is no mistaking this one - all boy and out for the world to see. His weight is around 15 oz which is normal for 20 weeks but she said his measurements are about 1 1/2-2 weeks larger which could indicate that I am farther along than I thought. Because it is still within the 2 week window they are not going to change my due date but that the baby could arrive anywhere between Nov 22 and Dec 2 so we will have to wait and see. I really don't want to have a huge baby.... tyler and vanna were just over 7lbs so I am not trying to pop out a 10 pounder this time, hopefully my due date is just off.

We went to see the new Harry Potter movie after the appointment. It was really good but now I am saddened because the next movie does not come out until November 2010 and summer 2011. That is far too long to wait without a book to compensate for it. I guess I will have to dig out my books and reread them.

3 weeks and counting until we know what we are having! Can't wait. We have not started buying anything yet so I am anxious to get going. Tyler still wants a boy (or turtle as the dr. calls it) and Vanna is still wanting a sister (cheeseburger). I really don't care - just ready to know. I am feeling good and finally passed the puking months (hopefully). Donnie and I started going to the gym at lunch this week so I am going to try to keep that up for the remainder of the pregnancy. I am not showing too much yet although my clothes are getting tighter. I am hoping to start looking pregnant soon instead of just looking like a cow in these inbetween stages. But like they say 9 months up and 9 months down. No decisions on names yet. We tend to argue on that subject so it is typically best left until the final months. Although we are leaning towards one girls name that we both like but we will see.

Mom is doing really well since her surgery and is up and about and even venturing off to the store now and then. I don't think she will be back to work until next month some time. I am glad I was able to go home and help out. I guess that was the reason I did not find a job prior to leaving....things happen for a reason. But I am back on the job hunt - have an interview tomorrow at the courthouse so we will see. Anyway I will keep ya'll posted!

Kansas Bound

Today the kids and I are heading to KS to help take care of my mom. She had unexpected surgery last week because of her ulcers. Apparently there was a "huge" ulcer in her lower intestine that completely blocked off about a foot of her intestine. As you can imagine this caused serious problems for her. She has been in the hospital since last Tuesday and they did surgery on Friday. My dad said she is doing well and sitting up and able to talk a bit but she still has tubes in her throat for something so she doesn't talk much. She is supposed to be released either Friday or Saturday. So the kids and I are headed up for a week or 2 to help take care of her so my brother and dad can go to work without worry. We are headed to Clarksville for a day to crash with one of my friends and then hit the road early Saturday morning. Saturday is her birthday so I really want to get there that day. It is a long trip - it used to take Tyler and I 10 hours but now it will probably take longer plus I am bringing the little dog Lily. It will be nice to see them since our visit in Feb was so short due to our car problems in Idaho but it is a bit bittersweet because these are not the circumstances one wants to go home on.

I will keep you posted on her progress and we will try to have a little fun while we are there :)

Seems like it has been forever since I have updated this....not too much going on though. Pregnancy is going fine....hard to believe that in another week I will be 4 months pregnant. Hopefully the rest of it goes that quickly. This weekend we are going to TN for the Nightstalker Memorial Ride (Donnie's old unit). We are lifetime members even though we are not currently in the unit so we are driving up and bringing the Harley so we can go on the ride with all our friends. I look forward to this every year. There is nothing better than being on a bike and cruising thru the country on a nice day. I haven't been on one in a few years b/c Donnie had been deployed so I am looking forward to this one. Donnie is teaching me how to ride so maybe by the next one I can ride my own bike.

Other than that there really isn't much happening. Tyler is out of school next Friday. He got a letter in the mail from the mayor of Enterprise congratulating him on making the honor roll all year. We are very excited because he has struggled for so long in school and now he seems to be doing really well. I actually was concerned when I got it because I could not understand why the city was sending a letter to Tyler - I figured someone opened something up in his name - thank goodness it was a nice surprise. Vanna just had her end of the year gymnastics program. She was so cute. I will have to post some pics eventually - as you can tell I am not the best at doing that. We are going to sign her up for the summer so she can continue cuz she really likes it. Have a doctor's appointment on Thursday - will post any new news. Hope everyone has a great Memorial weekend.

I had my first appointment today and it went very well. The official due date is December 2 (which means for my kids it should be about a week later if the pattern continues.) I got an ultrasound with 3 pictures of the "peanut" which Vanna thinks is so cool. I will have another one at 20 weeks to find out the sex and then at 28 weeks I even get one of the new 4-D ultrasounds. I don't know if this is standard in the civilian world but those don't exist in the military world so I am completely excited. My doctor even said that at 39 weeks we can discuss scheduling an induction as long as things are going ok, which totally made my day since my babies tend to hang around well past their due dates. I am also glad because we live almost 30 miles from the hospital so I was a bit worried about getting there on time if I happen to go into labor on my own (not likely though). So overall this has been a pretty good day w/ alot of excitement.