"Don't take your hand off the cart"

My husband loves going to the store with me. He says I get sidetracked too easily. Today we went to Walmart to pick up a few items to change the oil in our cars and we walked by the baby isle and I kept stopping looking at all the cute clothes. Jeff had to come and grab my hand... This is the funny part. So he took my hand and put it on the cart and told me not to remove my hand from the cart. He kept his hand on top of mine. It was so funny. But when he was looking for things he forgot and I got away. Next thing I knew I was looking at something saying we should go shopping for Natalie's birthday in the next month. Thats when he said, "I thought I told you not to remove your hand from the cart." We walked by some lady when he said that and she started laughing. I thought it was hilarious! Sometimes, my husband is just so darn cute!

Fluids never cease to find to an Exit`

So I'm 11 weeks pregnant now as of yesterday and heard the heartbeat this last week which was so cool. Really it was because I have been feeling so sick for the last 5 weeks that I actually forgot I was pregnant. I mean I knew I was sick from pregnancy but after 5 weeks of feeling like poo poo I basically just felt like this was going to be my life forever and I would never again know what it was like to have an appetite. (side note: I still feel like I will never again like the taste of food or find it appetizing and that I will forever feel nauseated). I am told that nature will make me forget this. I say, "Not likely"!

My story begins this last Friday (2 days ago) when I woke up and went to work feeling okay and I thought well I don't want to eat anything but at least I'm not nauseated! Whoo hoo! Yeah, that was oh so false!!! So I decided that I was tired from work and I would cook a oh not so healthy pizza but it sounded okay at the moment so I ate it. Not 40 minutes later I was really sick. I knew I was going to throw up so I got up and went to the kitchen sick. (this is much easier than cleaning a bowl). I leaned over and waited 20 seconds or so for the fireworks to begin.. and it did! Boy tossing pizza is not pleasant. I threw up so hard that in between convulsions, I thought, "did I just pee myself" It felt a little warm and wet. So when I was done, I took my garments off and sure enough I had slightly peed my pants. Oh wow!

So I changed and took a nap. I'm always really tired after I throw up. I woke up and felt sick because of course my stomach was now empty. So I made myself a pasta salad with kidney beans. Could always use the fiber, right? I ate it completely content but oh no, another 30 minutes went by and I knew I was going to throw up again so I headed back into the kitchen and threw up. This was even more unpleasant. Again, I was throwing up really hard!! And this time there was no question, I felt myself pee my pants with each convulsion. Yep, all the way down my leg and straight onto the floor! I had to kick the dogs out of the way in between convulsions so that they would stop trying to lick it up. Sickos!

What a fun pregnancy story! I know oh so gross huh! I love you my little unborn child but please stop hating and torturing me so!!!

A second Family

I just found these 4 girls on Facebook a few days ago! I used to babysit them for like 5 years! Its crazy to see them all grown up and in their teens but I've missed them bunches!

Leah who was the youngest remembers that I used to kiss the ceiling of my car whenever I accidentally ran yellow lights and would blow a kiss if it was a red one. I can't believe I've been doing that since I was 16 because Jeff makes fun of me in the car everytime I do. But hey, I haven't been in a car accident yet!! and parked cars don't count okay!! :) We're leaving them out of it!

We had the best of times as you can tell in these pics! I talk about them still all the time and am so glad I get to catch up on their lives! Jeni thinks its wierd I contacted them after all these years but hey, they were a huge part of my teenage years and were like my little sisters... my second family! I miss them tons! Can't wait to take a trip to Phoenix and see them.. Lets just see if this morning sickness that lasts all day and makes me feel like I'm going to die will end soon!

Ahh the joys of technology linking people together. Life is good!