Let the Countdown Begin...

I know it's been a while, so I thought I would update my blog to let everybody know what's going on!!! Today was my last day of work until January 12th, and I am very excited. My last day wasn't supposed to be until the 10th, but since there is a pretty good chance that I am going to be induced on Tuesday they pushed my last day up to the 3rd, and my boss told me today that there really was no point in me coming in on Monday, so she told me to call her on Sunday to tell her I don't feel good for formality's sake and she'll let me have it off. I love my boss. She's great!! Now I just really hope that I do end up getting induced next week. We will know for sure on Monday whether or not I am.

Here is something you all have been waiting for... A Picture of the beautiful Katie!!! This is her this morning acting very goofy... We didn't get to take a picture of her Halloween costume because we were in a hurry to leave since we started late, but we will put it on her tomorrow and take pictures then, and I PROMISE that I will post them!!!

Well, I am wore out from walking all over town, pray that the walking helped things along!!!

Michele

Wow!! It's been an exciting few weeks for us!!! Randy found out last week that his thyroid is messed up, so he's been on medicine for it, and it's made a world of difference in him already... We went to the doctor for a check up, and everything is going great. I go back on October 7th for our ultrasound to see how big Mikey is going to be. I'm kinda nervous to see how big he is, especially since they say that boys are bigger than girls, and second babies are normally larger than the first... I guess that we will see!!! My Katie is turning into quite a big girl. She is almost potty trained 100%!!! She has only had one accident in the last three days, and that was when my family took her to WalMart and they couldn't get to the bathroom in time. But since they weren't at home, we're not going to count it. She is completely potty trained if she is at somebody's house and she has access to the bathroom! We haven't worked on night time yet, but we figure that we got the day time down, so we're not going to worry too much about the night time for now. I'm honestly kinda worried about her regressing a little bit once Mikey gets here... I hear it is quite a common problem. But if she does, then that will just be something that we will deal with when the time comes. :) My girl is growing up so fast, it's hard to believe that she will be three(!) in February.
The weirdest thing happened to me tonight. I had found my best friend from the 5th and 6th grade on MySpace last year, and I had given her my phone number... I get a phone call from her saying that I was late for work!! She had apparently called the wrong Michele in her book. She called me back later, and we were able to talk for a few minutes. I hadn't talked to her over the phone since we lived in ENGLAND!!!! It was crazy. We caught up pretty quick, and we promised to keep in touch. Hopefully we will be able to now. (Neither one of us are known for our great keeping-in-touch skills!! LOL)
Well, it's off to bed for me, I have been up since 5:30 this morning, so I am very tired!!

It takes a long time to grow an old friend.-- John Leonard

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Blessings, Life, and Everything in Between...

As I am sitting here in front of my computer at 3 in the morning (one of the great joys of being pregnant!!!) I can 't help but think of all of the things going on in my life at the moment... It seems like here lately I've been more focused on all of the negative going on instead of focusing of what really matters-my Blessings. If a person only focuses on all of the negativites around them, then that is all that they are going to see, and they will miss out on so much in life...
One example of this is the fact that I am complaining about being up at 3 in the morning from pregnancy-induced insomnia... I really should be enjoying the fact that I am able to even have this issue, I know several people right now who have been trying for years to get pregnant and haven't succeeded so far... It also gives me some rare alone time when I can sit on the computer and type this out, and pay the bills once I am done. (It's a dirty job, but it needs to be done!!)
Plus, this means as early as 8 weeks from now and definitely in 11, I could be the mom of a daughter and a son!

I do believe that my reflective mood that I've had this week is definitely not by coincidence. This is the week that we got pregnant a year ago that we lost in November... I was lying in bed thinking about how I was already pregnant this time last year, and how we should have had a three month old by now. I have been down this road more than once, and Randy knew the drill. He told Katie to hug me and tell me she loves me, and she did. Sometimes, she says it just because we tell her to, but she really means it sometimes, and it is so sweet when she does. She asked me if I was crying, and I told her that yes, I was. She then looked at me right in the face very seriously, and asked me "Are grasshoppers getting you?" And I couldn't help but forget about my sadness for the moment and give her a big old hug and laugh. You see, she is terrified of grasshoppers for some reason, and she has had several nightmares before where they are getting her.

It was then that I had my revelation that although I've had great sorrow in the last year, I've had so many other blessings in my life that overshadow all of my problems. I have a WONDERFUL husband who has put up with so much from me in the last 5 years of marriage, I personally don't know another man who would have. I have a BEAUTIFUL daugther who is my world and means everything to me even though sometimes I am ready to string her up. I have a son who is almost here, and even though he's not here yet I am already in love with him, and know that will share being everything to me with Katie... I have food on the table and a roof over my head, and my bills are being paid (even if sometimes a few days late!!)

I have so much more than so many other people in the world, and all I've done lately it seems is to wallow in my troubles and I don't remember the things that really count. So, starting right now, I am making a point to focus more on the positive and a LOT less on the negative...

Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles. ~Maltbie D. Babcock (whomever that is! LOL)

My First Blog!!!!

So, due to popular demand, I decided that I would start a blog. I'm not sure how long it will be kept up, but here goes nothing! Here, you will be able to find updates on my family and me, and along with some random stuff that goes on throughout our days. I will try to post pics of everything from my ever-expanding belly, to my beautiful growing family (but no promises are being made! LOL) So read up, take it all in, and let me know what you think!!!

~Michele

"There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."
~Dr. Who