Hmmm

Nope, that didn't work...is this it?

Color

Maybe I have this set to the color I want. So without picking one, let's see...

Wowza!

So...I haven't written in here in TWO years!!! I would really like to write more, so I think I'll come back. Not right this minute, though. I just wanted to re-commit myself! Haha Also, I can't find the usual pink color that I use...I hate this! Anyway, I'll be back around (I hope). I doubt ANYone will read this! Oh, well. I want to do this for myself anyway. Be back soon...

Catching up...

So, I haven't written since Emily's 2nd birthday! Feb 20th...what a special day! Well, we have another special day in our family, and it's...July 19th! Madelyn Elizabeth was born on that day, and we're so happy that she's a part of our family! She was born at 11:05am, she weighed 7lb 10oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. Emily has been a wonderful big sister to her :-) Maddie's sleeping in the swing as I type this (already following in her big sister's footsteps), and Emily, well...she's too far away from me! After enjoying a weekend in Tulsa, Emily went back to OK City with her LaLa (Michael's mom). That was yesterday, and I miss her so much already! I truly hate being away from her :-( A few hours can be a nice break, but several days?! I'm sure to have a few teary moments this week.
Well, I wanted to update this, but I don't know why, 'cause I doubt hardly anyone reads it. Those who do are probably my girls that I talk to on the phone and more via Facebook, anyway, so...I guess as a journal for myself???...
I'm going to put a few pictures and then that's it! Maybe I'll do better keeping up with it, maybe not. :-)

I need...

...to update. And I will. Just not right now.

Catching up...

Well, I haven't written on here in awhile, but alot has happened in tha past couple of weeks. Most of it not so good. For one thing, Michael lost his job. Bad timing, but hopefully it's just God's will and things will work out (hopefully for us to move to NC, which I'll say more about in a minute). We have already applied for unemployment, food stamps, and depending on how things go for us in NC I'll apply for Medicaid either when we get back here, or there if we don't get insurance right away. Also, our water heater decided to leak all out into our hallway (carpet) and we had to spend quite a bit of money getting a brand new one...but we did save a couple hundred bucks by installing it ourselves. I say "we" but really I just held tools and the flashlight for Michael, haha. And then Michael's truck started acting up (we haven't been driving my van for several months 'cause something was wrong with it), so we had to take one of the vehicles in (we chose the van), and got it fixed (though not everything that was wrong) and that was another bunch of money. Thank God we'd just gotten our tax money back and so we did have money for all of this, although we'd had other plans for it. We were going to set aside enough for about 4 months of mortgage payments for when we went to NC after the baby was born to look for jobs and stuff. Well, that's out now, buuuttt...we're headed to NC on thursday for 3 weeks to job hunt, and of course spend time with my family. I/we are pretty excited about it, and hopeful that Michael will find a job while we're there. I'm excited about seeing the family and them getting to see my pregnant belly! Also, I'm just starting to feel the baby move from the outside, so they'll get to experience that. We find out on wednesday whether it's a boy or a girl and we're getting anxious! So, there are a couple of exciting things going on, and hopefully some good things will come out of all this. Oh, one more thing. Michael's grandma is close to passing away (could be tomorrow, could be several weeks). His mom is dealing with alot of emotions over it right now. She's here in town (from OKC), and will probably stay around until it happens. If we're in NC, Michael isn't planning on coming back for the funeral at this point, but we'll see what happens.
On to a happier note...Emily turned 2 on friday! We went to Chuck E Cheese and she had a blast, then on saturday we had a double birthday party for her and cousin Adi, who turned 3 today. I'll put a couple pics up, though a bunch are already on Facebook.
So, that's what's been going on around here! Sorry it's been awhile since an update, but no one's been writing on here much lately.

RF ~ I hate housework with a passion (esp laundry), but LOVE being a SAHM!

"Baby H"...

My little update is that we went to the Dr on wednesday and everything was good (but I've lost a couple more lbs). The baby's heart rate was 148. We have an ultrasound appt on the 25th of this month, and we can find out the sex then if we want to. We're still not totally sure, but we probably will. Also, we think that that will be the 3-D/4-D u/s and if so, we'll get to record that on DVD. So, anyway...things are pretty good and I'm feeling pretty good most of the time. I feel him/her moving around quite a bit so that's fun! Can't wait till I can feel him from the outside and Michael, Emily, and whoever else can, too!
Sorry I haven't been writing much lately...oh, well...neither has anyone else. ;-)