I VOTED EARLY!!!

Today I decided to go vote since I will be unable to on the day of the election. I'll be at work on voting day so it's out of the question for me to make it on time and to wait in line to vote. I get to the voting place with 2 snacks and a drink in hand. 3.5 hours later I'm out of there!!!!! Yes I waited 3 and half hours to vote. I would have to say being almost 35 week pregnant that is pretty awesome that I stood on my feet for that long. By the time I got home I was hungry, had to use the restroom, and just wanted to prop my feet up on the table. This should be an interesting year for the elections. If I waited that long in line to early vote, I'm wondering how long people are going to have to wait the day of?!?! Good luck to everyone on Tuesday.

Almost 35 weeks and little Noah will be here. It's going by faster right now then what I thought. I think the every 2 week and 1 week appointments make the time fly faster. Now if I could only have a job that required me to sit all day I would be set!

Birthing Class

Jeremy and I will be spending this coming weekend at Presbyterian Hospital. Not to deliver a baby but to learn how to do it. Jeremy is very thrilled to take part in the Birthing Class this weekend. Since he knows the hospital all to well I have a feeling he will find a TV very quick to catch up on the college football for the afternoon. It should be a fun class and I'm hoping to learn lots. I don't remember much from my maternity class I took in college nursing so I'm hoping this will be like a re-fresher course that will jump-start some of those brain cells. They have asked us to bring a pillow and blanket so maybe they are going to allow us to take a quick nap during the class. Who knows?!?!

6 weeks, 2 days til baby Noah's due date!! How exciting!!! It's getting closer everyday. Jeremy still has a hard time realizing that we are going to be parents. He said it does not seem real yet. I'm thinking take a peak at this HUGE stomach and feel the football kicks and baseball swings your son is doing in my stomach and then you'll be able to tell how real it is. Jeremy loves to wake Noah up right before I'm going to bed and get him stirred up. Father-Son bonding what can I say!

Have a Happy Weekend everyone!!!

Birthday Weekend

This past weekend we had the chance to get together with both Jeremy and my family for everyone's birthday. There are TONS of family birthdays in the last half of the year. We started out Saturday by celebrating with the Belote Family. I made dinner for everyone: spaghetti, Caesar salad, bread, and chocolate-Carmel cake. I think it tasted good. Everyone ate everything in there plate and there was no leftovers.
Trent's birthday was at the beginning of the month. He was patient to wait for his gift til a couple of weeks after (Trent and his wife Alex, my dear sister in law).

The next birthday was Dewayne. He still has to wait for his birthday to come next weekend but none like the present to celebrate (Dewayne and his wife Amber, my other dear sister in law).

Those were the Saturday night birthday's. Now my Dad celebrates his birthday this coming Wednesday. We went over to my sister's house and had Papa John's Pizza!!! Nothing like some good pizza to say Happy Birthday! And mom made some awesome dessert... banana pudding. As little girls we always loved banana pudding and to this day it's still one of my favorites.

Dad and the birthday card I gave him. We don't have that many pictures of dad cause he is always the one holding the camera so this is a rare shot of dad.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRENT, DEWAYNE, AND DAD!!! May all you wishes come true on your special day!!!

Early Birthday Present

Thursday evening after I had got home from work, my husband had a big grin on his face. Of course I have no idea why but then he asks would you like "part" of your birthday present early?!?! What girl can not resist getting a present. Of course I said yes and then jumped up and down. He walked into our office and there it was... A BRAND NEW COMPUTER!!!! See my computer was from 2000 that my parents and grandparents had got for me for college. It was running super slow and I could not download pictures from any camera onto the computer. If there was a virus somehow it managed to get the virus along with some other kind of problem to go wrong with it.

On Thursday, the only parts we had to the computer were the monitor, PC and speakers. Basically we could not use it yet. But yesterday the mouse and keyboard came and I'm all set to begin the fun of playing on the computer. I've had fun organizing files, placing pictures different places and just looking at the new features. New gadgets are awesome!!!

7 weeks, 2 days left til baby Noah's due date!!!

Christmas Shopping (early)!

Jeremy had a fabulous idea a couple of weeks ago. He told me to start Christmas shopping soon since little Noah will be coming in December and he knows I'm not going to want to take a newborn baby out to the malls. FABULOUS IDEA! I've got my list and ideas of what to get people and I'm headed to the malls this week to start the shopping process. So if you are a dear family member or just want a little Christmas gift send me your list cause I'm shopping early!

Weekend Fun!

What a wonderful weekend!!! I'm so lucky cause I've got 4 weekends off in a row. I'm not going to know what to do with myself. It's been super nice cause I can hang out with family and friends and not give an explanation of "I've got to work!" We have a Chili Night at our Sunday School teachers house with a great turnout. The food is always awesome and we have so much fun just catching up. The guys played a good game of poker while us ladies talked about pregnancy. It's funny cause when you join out Sunday School class expect to have a baby in a few years. Baby News seems to be the talk every Sunday morning.

A co-worker of mine gave me this awesome exer-saucer. So Morgan and I decided to put Jay into it. Little did we know the kid would go cross-eyed! We had to take him out cause we were afraid his eyes might get stuck. He enjoy it and did not like it when we took him out.

Here's Jay and Morgan. Notice how she's lost ALL of her baby weight. NOT FAIR!

8 more weeks left til Baby Noah!!!

31 wks... 9 more left til Baby Noah Arrives

I went today for another Doctor's appt. Everything looks great! I'm right on track for where I am supposed to be. I always have tons of questions to ask him. He's always so nice and answers each one. Even the stupid ones. Now that I am further along in the pregnancy, my body tends to get tired more often. After a long day of work at the Hospital, it feels so good to come home and take off my shoes. AND my dear husband rubs my back every night before I go to bed. On the days I don't work, I've been catching up on a nap. Something I won't be getting once Noah arrives. Noah's room is almost complete. We've been getting such nice gifts from tons of people. Thanks everyone for the wonderful gifts! Noah is already loved by so many people and he has yet to be born.

Noah's 1st Baby Shower

This past Sunday, my close family and friends had a shower for us. It was so nice. Tons of friends from our Sunday School class came along with some of my mom's close friends. We got tons of awesome gifts... a bath tub, books, bath toys, books, bath towels/ washclothes, books, robes, clothes, books, shoes, books, a highchair, books, a swing, books, monitor, books, and my car seat!!! It was so much fun seeing everyone and also it really helped us to get started on some of the much needed items Noah will need to come home.

Morgan (my sister), Katie (my best bud), and me

Who doesn't like a good dessert!?!?! These cupcakes were awesome!!!

Noah's bathtub with some toys and towels.

With this awesome car seat/ stroller combo, Noah can now come home with mommy and daddy!!!

As you saw, we got TONS of books. My sister had this awesome idea for everyone to bring a book to start a "Noah's Book Collection." It was so awesome! Everyone brought a book special to them to add and they wrote a nice note to Noah. When I've been putting them away this past week, I've sat down to read them and it brings me back to my childhood. I'm going to have so much fun reading to Noah!!!