Babies...

We are anxiously awaiting June 26th. That is the day we find out if we are having a boy or a girl. Hell, I am ready to have this kid already. All I do is sleep, pee, eat & fart. I have been having Braxton Hicks contractions all day and its gotten to be pretty damn annoying. Its nothing serious. I just got a little dehydrated.

I haven't been sleeping well so last night I took 2 Tylenol PM and I could barely rise from the dead this morning. I think I will just take one tonight.

My MIL left today after a nice looooong visit. It was great having her here but I like having my house back and the peace and quiet. Evie gets a little whacky when her grandparents are around so its good to have her back in somewhat of a routine.

We are facing a tough decision soon because my cat Tetsuo's cancer, though we had the mass removed from her leg, it has come back rapidly and her health is starting to decline. I think we could make her comfortable until it was time for her to go, but the lumps are rupturing and I don't know how to deal with open wounds especially with a toddler and a baby soon to be here. I don't want to think about this, but I know I have to and its tearing me up. I just held her last night and cried my eyes out. She was my very first cat and has been through some tough shit wit me through the years, but she stood by me no matter what and I don't know what I would do without her.

Remembering when...

I am getting excited about the little things again.

YUP I AM PREGNANT

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I think the title and the picture say it all. I am due this November and let me tell you... morning sickness is kicking my ass.

Jumpy Jump Jump

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Damn the makers of Yo Gabba Gabba! I will have that song in my head all day now.

Things are well. I got a new vehicle which I love. Puddin' has been doing fairly well when it comes to potty training. We had snow this week and not it is 70°F today. I wish it was like this year round. I need to find a place that is that way and move there. Tennessee definitely sucks in the weather department.

So here is a new pic of me. I am proud of the weight I have lost and Husby is really liking it too *wink*

This is Tonks

This video totally represents the kitty below... Miss Tonks 'Chicken-Butt' Wilson...she rubs her nozz against Husby's lamp over and over and makes it tip just a bit... enough for it to kind of bounce on each of its feet a few times before she does it again. She will stand on him at no earlier than 2am and no later than 6am and MEOW over and over and over and over until he turns over and pets her to where she is satisfied.

"Just close the door." you say. Yeah... we close the door and she will sit out of the room ALL NIGHT and bellow. Hell, all 4 of them will because closed doors are an insult to them. So this is what we put up with EVERY night. We love her but DAMN is she annoying.

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OUR CAT

Beginning of the new year

Here it is, January 13th and so much as already happened. It has been almost a month (give or take 2 days) that I have slept in my own bed. The holiday started the weekend before Christmas when we spent a day/night in Chattanooga with my mom's family. I didn't quite know then that it would be the last time I saw my grandmother alive.

We then made our way to Knoxville where we spent the entire week of Christmas with Matt's mom. It was a really nice visit (mind a little drama... as usual) and Evie & I made out like bandits.

We came home for the new year (hence my last post) and then Evie & I headed back to Chattanooga on the 3rd to see my brother and his family before they moved to Japan. I hoped to see my grandmother but she was in the hospital and my mom was by her side or with my brother most of the time. On Sunday January 6th, my brother and his family were leaving for Japan and I was heading back to Nashville, but my grandmother passed early that morning so all of our plans changed. I didn't get to see her, but our last visit at Christmas was pleasant and she was lucid the last time I spoke with her.

I know that I will most likely be attending another funeral this year as well. My aunt Bobbie's cancer is back and has pretty much spread through out her body. There is nothing more the doctors can do for her except make her comfortable. I am lucky I got to see her while home, but I don't know when I will see her next.

So far, 2008 has been bittersweet. It's sad that my grandmother has passed, but she is no longer in pain and she is with my grandaddy now. They loved each other so. I know that my brother and his family will only be in Japan a year, and I hope to visit sometime this summer. This year, I believe, will be a life changing one; weather it be good or bad, it will be memorable.

Is it 2008 yet?

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I am so ready to be over the holidays and get my house & life back in some sort of order. Christmas this year has its normal drama... though it wasn't too terribly bad. It was resolved quickly and overall, it was a nice holiday.

Husby & I got the living room in semi-order. I just have to clean it then work on the kitchen, & Puddin's room. THEN I get to finish all of that laundry that has taken over our room. I know that you are fascinated by all of this and you wish you were a Domestic Goddess like myself. HA!

I am here for 2 days and then Puddin and I are heading back to Chattanooga to spend time with my brother & his family before they head to Japan next sunday. So, when I get back home I can officially get really started on the house and get my sewing room in order so I can officially start using my embroidery machine and getting Girly Crafty Goodness back up & running! I am so friggin' ready!