Tagged by Leah

I was tagged by Leah. Not sure what being tagged means, but I think I get to answer the following the questions.

Five things I was doing 10 years ago:
1. I was in my second semester at York.
2. Hanging out with Leah, Melissa, Dana, and Brianna.
3. Working at a part-time job in Burger King and the York Library.
4. Dating a guy named Brian.
5. Staying up late every night in the dorms complaining about curfew.

Five things on my to-do list today:
1. Painting baskets for Lexi's room.
2. Laundry
3. Order Lexi's nursery furniture.
4. Call cousin Monica.
5. Make dinner for Matthew when he gets home around 9 pm.

Five things I will do when I am a millionaire:
1. Buy a house in Hawaii.
2. Buy a house where we want to settle eventually.
3. Pick a college student who is paying for school his/herself and help out.
4. Send some dough back to York.
5. Open a school for children who have disabilities, be the best school!

Five things I will never wear again:
1. Will I fit into pre-pregnancy jeans?
2. Elephant pants.
3. Ty-dye
4. Large hoop earings
5. Jelly shoes

Five of my favorite toys:
1. I-pod shuffle
2. GPS Device
3. Brand new furniture
4. DVR
5. Holiday decorations

Five banes of my existence:
1. Vaccuming
2. Basically any cleaning
3. Cooking
4. Walking my dog now that we live in a townhouse without a yard
5. Being patient

I tag these poor unsuspecting person:
1. Annie

Furniture

I am so excited about the new furniture we just ordered. Does that make us grown ups now? We will have our own furniture that was not previously owned by someone else! We won't even need slip covers...I like this grown up thing. So now I get to set up a new living room and a new nursery at our new house. There is something so fun about new things, I am just so thrilled. Especially since we looked for furniture for 2 years!!! We were looking and looking and couldn't find a thing. We had finally found what we wanted about 4 months ago. But we decided to wait until we knew where we were going to be living. After we found out our new duty station, we went back to order the furniture. The store was going out of business and they no longer had the furniture. So back to square one. Last night we just decided to stop in at a Bassett Furniture and they had exactly what we wanted. So we ordered and in 4 weeks we will have a new living room. What has my life come to that I now get excited about furniture?

Since Lexi is not here yet to take adorable pictures of, you get to see the pics of our new furniture ;).




http://www.bassettfurniture.com/tools/custom-upholstery/custom-upholstery.asp?type=manor

New Start

So in just 6 more days we get to move into our new place. We are excited to move into our new townhouse in south Jersey. We get to still live close to Matthew's family and will get to see them frequently. We are also excited about moving into the house where we will be living when Lexi is born!!! I can't hardly wait until i get to set up her room with all of her so cute little girl things. We are excited about living in a 3-bedroom place to have space as we grow our little family. Though moving at 6 months pregnant is not ideal, it is fun to have a new start in a new place.

Pregnant and Sick

We had a great adventure this week. Thursday night/Friday morning at 12:30 am I began throwing up. After throwing up a couple of more times I called my DR. and she sent me to the ER. With a total of about 20 throw ups later, I was admitted into the Labor/Delivery unit. I got my own very private, very expensive tour of the unit! During all this I began getting sick from the other end as well. Apperantly dehydration can bring on contractions which is what happened. I only had a few contractions, they stopped quickly after the nurse got the IV's going. We are now at home and feeling better. I knew this would pass for me, probably a virus, but I was concerned for Lexi. She has not baked nearly long enough!!! I was released from the hospital on Friday afternoon and am now just taking it easy. Praise to God that Lexi is safe and still in the uterous!!!!!

Pregnant Holidays

So do you ever have a day where you can't seem to keep your thoughts in your head? That what you think comes out of your mouth before you can think to stop the mouth!? That is the permanent condition of pregnancy. I can't seem to keep my mouth shut! Now normally, I say a few loud-mouthed things, but lately, I say whatever is on my mind. I do not want to hurt anyone around me, so my latest strategy is to sit in the corner and stay quiet! I love people around me, but I don't want to drive them crazy!!! Gotta love hormones.

Today is the Day

After 7 weeks and 2 days of Matthew being away at school, HE COMES HOME TODAY!!!!! He will get to see the big belly his daughter is growing in. He will get to sleep in his own bed. He will get to eat his favorite foods (stocked up at the store for him). The best part is, we get to see each other again! OOOOOH man, oh man. For this exciting event, I will even shave my legs!!!! He also gets to see his family who is here from all over the world.

Matthew has got to be one of the greatest husbands ever and I am so thrilled that he will be home tonight!!! I joke with him, that "after all these years," isn't is great to know we still love AND like each other?! That we are so beyond excited to see one another after a long separation like 7 weeks and 2 days. He just smiles and says, "after all these years, huh?" Yeah, we've only been married about 4 and 1/2 years.

Well, to all of you, I hope you have as great of a day as we are about to! Hug your dog, cat, kid, husband, dad, mom, baby, wife; whom ever is important in your life! Have a good one!

One Week

Matthew comes home in just one week! OOOOH man!! Is that exciting or what!?!?! He will be here and we get to look for our new place to live. I have narrowed down the good and the gross apartments and we will make the final decision when he gets back. He will be here for Christmas!! Oh my goodness gracious, I am so excited!!! He'll be here to see his mom who is here for the first time in 2 1/2 years from Australia. His 2 sisters and nephews from Bermuda are coming in! I can hardly stand it! I'll bet of the whole 7 weeks and 2 days he's been gone, this week will be the longest since I am so extremely excited!!! One great thing about the Marine Corps., definitely keeps the excitememnt in the marriage.

Here is a recent pic of my big buddah belly for those of you who live far far away!

Missing Matthew

So he is not in Iraq, he is not in any desert, he is safe and sound in San Diego! But I miss him. Matthew has been gone for almost 6 weeks and has 11 more days before he comes home. I know he's not gone for months as other Marines are, but I miss him. I am so excited for him to see the growing belly where his baby daughter is getting bigger and stronger. I am so excited for him to feel her kicking and to read a few books to his Lexi!!! 11 more days...

These are the latest photos of our baby girl. We are so excited to have continued confirmation that she is healthy and doing well. The first several months were a little scary as we had some complications, but Lexi is strong and growing like a weed. She can now kick hard enough for those on the outside world to feel her.

Hello to blogging

With a baby on the way, we are entering the world of blogging. We love (or I do) the blogs of our friends who are all over the world. As we move and meet more people, this is a great way to keep folks updated.