WORDLESS WEDNESDAY~ Probably the last post for 2009. Some Christmas Pics.

Preperations YAY!

Only one more day until the big jolly guy comes. Very Exciting! Last night I went to Big Lots and got a steal on some table clothes and plates and all for our Christmas dinner. Then took my little helper Irey to the grocery store and got everything on the list to make our supper. Then went home and started the 1st of the preperations. I boiled the eggs for the deviled eggs, mashed up the filling, mixed up my sausage ball mixture (so all i have to do it roll them into balls and bake) baked some cookies, cleaned out the frig, did all the dishes, sorted out all dry ingredients for the casseroles, & sliced some olives and onions. Oh yeah and seperated all the gifts into piles as to which goes to which family. I have never made a Christmas Dinner or any kindo f dinner for 10+ people before but I can tell you at first i was nervous, but now I'm pretty excited. Tonight i am planning on making the rub for the ribs, wrapping some more presents, and cleaning up the house. I'm hoping Popop will let the boys spend the night so i can get more done without them messing up behind me ;) ...I'll post pics of the process later

Well, like brother like brother...

So last night I was in the kitchen cooking preparing for some christmas things and Irey and Cole were playing in the living room- wrestling. Irey comes running into the kitchen holding his mouth. I thought he had to throw up or something so i held him over the trash can and pealed his hand off of his mouth- BLOOD. Then i noticed one of his front teeth hanging by a thread. I grabbed a wash cloth, wet it, and shoved it into his mouth, when i did I accidentally knocked the tooth out the rest of the way and it fell onto the kitchen floor. After searching and stopping the bleeding we found the tooth and now Irey is missing one front tooth just like Cole. LOL they really do everything together, even loose teeth! I will post a pic tomorrow it was too late to take a pic and Irey was still a little upset...silly boys.

A visit to taco bell results in a visit from the Tooth Fairy

So my youngest son Cole, 5 yrs old, has had a wiggly tooth for a pretty long time just refusing to pull it out. It was one of the ones on the top front. Yesterday is had gotten to an extreme snaggle situtaion. The child looked like something was wrong with him. He would close his mouth and the tooth would be poking through his lips-gross. Still, he refused to pull it. So everytime i wiggled it I purposely loosened it more. We did a little shopping yesterday with the boys and went to Taco Bell for lunch. Cole was eating his soft taco and ever time he bit into it that tooth got a little bit more snaggely ( if thats a word . By the end of his first taco- he usually eats 2- it was bleeding a little bit. Justin and i tried not to make a big deal but told him if he kept eating with out pulling the tooth he would end up swalling the tooth and then the tooth fairy wouldn't be able to take his tooth. He starts crying and was afraid it was going to hurt to pull it even though Irey told him it didn't hurt- I pulled Irey's tooth before too. So i took him to the bathroom to have a talk with him. I sat him on the sink and wiggled it while he cried. I told him if he kept on crying i would pull it, he kept crying, i grabbed the tooth and pulled. tooth removed. no pain. no blood- well a tiny bit. Cole didn't even know the tooth was gone until i showed it to him. Then we got a little wet paper towel in his mouth and left the bathroom.....only to findo ut that everyone in the dining area could hear Cole crying and screaming. Who knows what they thought i was doing to him lol, now he's toothless and looking so cute. I will take pictures today to post. He spent the night with Ms Ann last night so I hope the tooth fairy remembered to come over there!

A little broken down.

So i received this email from my Grandmother with a forwarded story and it really kind of hit home for me. I need to remember to have faith like a child and remember the important things in life. I worry about things, its what i do. And apparently lately I've been extra negative and that is not what should be happening right now. I am a happy newlywed and pregnant :) and it's Christmas time this is supposed to be the happiest days of my life and I am letting LIFE get the better of me. Well no more, I am just going to wait until Jesus picks me up and lays me in a mud puddle, get up and dust myself off and move on. I am Blessed beyond measure and Highly favored, no more pitty parties. I will survive this and many more battles. There is a plan for me and my family and this is just part of the plan....I must have faith and be patient for the next part of the plan. Things will work out. They always have.

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JESUS & THE MUD PUDDLE
(You gotta believe a 6 year old)

Howard County Sheriff Jerry Marr got a disturbing call
one Saturday afternoon a few months ago.
His 6-year-old grandson, Mikey, had been hit by a car
while fishing in Greentown with his dad.

The father and son were near a bridge
by the Kokomo Reservoir
when a woman lost control of her car,
slid off the bridge and hit Mikey
at a rate of about 50 mph.
Sheriff Marr had seen the results of accidents
like this and feared the worst.
When he got to Saint Joseph Hospital ,
he rushed through the emergency
room to find Mikey conscious and in fairly good spirits.

'Mikey, what happened?' Sheriff Marr asked.
Mikey replied, 'Well, Papaw, I was fishin' with Dad,
and some lady runned me over,
I flew into a mud puddle,
and broke my fishin' pole and I didn't get to catch
no fish!'

As it turned out, the impact propelled Mikey about
500 feet,
over a few trees and an embankment and in
to the middle of a mud puddle.

His only injuries were to his right femur bone,
which had broken in two places.
Mikey had surgery to place pins in his leg.
Otherwise the boy is fine.

Since all the boy could talk about was
that his fishing pole was broken,
the Sheriff went out to Wal-Mart
and bought him a new one while he was in surgery
so he could have it when he came out.
The next day the Sheriff sat with Mikey
to keep him company in the hospital.
Mikey was enjoying his new fishing pole
and talked about when he could go fishing again
as he cast into the trash can.
When they were alone Mikey, just as matter-of-fact, said,
'Papaw, did you know Jesus is real?'

'Well,' the Sheriff replied, a little startled..
'Yes, Jesus is real to all who believe in him
and love him in their hearts.'

'No,' said Mikey. 'I mean Jesus is REALLY real.'

'What do you mean?' asked the Sheriff.

'I know he's real 'cause I saw him,' said Mikey,
still casting into the trash can.

'You did?' said the Sheriff.

'Yep,' said Mikey. 'When that lady runned me over
and broke my fishing pole,
Jesus caught me in his arms
and laid me down in the mud puddle.'

a family day, finally.

Christmasy Projects...

So i am trying to think of a good Christmasy project I can do with the boys this weekend. We actually may have Justin home on Saturday (if all works out) and we want to do a family project with them just not sure what to do. Maybe gingerbread houses, maybe making ornaments...just not really sure. Any suggestions??

In need of some uplifting...

I have been through soooo many different crazy situations in my short lifetime and claim to be a pretty wise individual because of those sometimes horendous situations, however, hormones can take over your mind and control you like a robot. Or just make you cry. Today, they just made me cry. I am not a cryer or a particularly emotional person, however, news from my boss brought me to tears. Now, really there was no need to cry but never-the-less tears flowed. And when comforted by co-workers more flowed.......

It is a struggle weekly at my place of employement. Every week we are hit by one peice of bad news or another. This week, the powers that be have decided to change our pay schedule and pay two weeks behind instead of one, therefore in January we will be without 1/2 of one of my paychecks. :( Not fun. I know things always happen for a reason and the He will provide and honeslty always has, but I still am shaken and upset by this entire ordeal. My sweet hubs is up for Promo in January and praying he gets it. He soooo deserves it.

I know and have faith that all work out the way it should be, but for now, I'll just cry.

Ok, no more tears for today. I will not cry anymore today. I will watch movies and eat cookies with my kids and all will be right in the world again ;)

Life........exhausting

So here's whats been going on with us lately. Or rather me. My company has decided to switch insurance companies and policies effective January 1. This means that my deductable will go from $500.00 to $3000.00, therefore Justin and I will have to come out of pocket $3K instead of around $950.00 for the prenantal care at my doctors office, this does not include the hospital bill. I am pretty concerned about this and its stressing me out. I've talked with my dad, who is an insurance agent, and he is going to be calling the Insurance Commission to see if that type of jump without a certain amount of time is even legal. I'm pretty sure it is, its just not in good taste. Open enrollment end on Monday the 30th! Talk about short notice! I'm sure all will work itself out but for now, it really stinks.

Well, the Christmas tree place is open for business, this means that i am allowed to now put up my Christmas tree and decorations. However, its always been tradition in my family to wait until the day after Thanksgiving to put it up and decorate. We are going to be in Nashville the day after T-giving until Sunday. So i am hoping my sweet sweet husband will at least help me get the decor out of the attic so that when we come home i can decorate before returning to work on Monday. I've already done some "pre-cleaning" up of things laying around and blocking the "spot" for the tree.

We have big plans for tomorrow! 7:45am - we pick up Phillip- the brother- from Marta to head to Meme's for breakfast.
then to dad's at Noon for lunch
then to my in-laws for dinner by 4:00
and a hockey game afterwards.

I;m gonna be pooped!

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving.

Phillipians 1:3.....Look it up :)

The one who saved me.

So, i typically talk about the kids or something funny going on or our crazy lives or whatever but this post is dedicated to my Husband of 4 months.

Justin and I met online 4 1/2 years ago. We were in a chat room and were both just bored really and wanted someone to peak our interest and entertain each other. We found each other. We talked online for hours and would schedule "online date" in which we would both get online and only talk to each other- we did this for nearly 2 months. We would stay online until the weee hours of the morning. Just learning about each other and enjoying each others online company. After about 2 months on the computer we talked on the phone. We also did this until the wee hours of the morning or about 2 weeks. We finally met in person on September 24, 2005. We have been together ever since. We had a rough patch but it only honestly made us stronger- Justin said it would too and i didn't believe him.

Justin is my hero, he rescued me from an endless battle with myself. I was lost and floating around in a daze most of the time. i had two little boys from a previously terrible relationship and i was convinced that no one would ever date me, much less me with 2 little boys. - But i was content with that, i had just settled in to the idea that i would have man friends but probably never get married.

I was wrong, i tried pushing Justin away and it never really worked- obviously. he saw through me- and me trying to be all hard core- "I don't need anyone". he was there at the drop of the hat EVERYTIME i or the boys needed him. He brought me orange juice to work just because i asked- this actually was a test, i didnt really care about the OJ just wanted to see if he would do it- and he did, time and time again. He would bring the boys "yogurt juice" after he got off of work at 11:00 at night and would lay in the floor with them and watch football. he was the man i had always hoped for but didnt think existed at least not for me.

he never looked down on me because of my past- mistakes or otherwise. Lord only knows the checkered past that i have. Good, Bad, and indifferent - he loved hearing every story i could possibly tell him about myself and how i changed from who i was to who i am now.

He took over the Father role to the boys. And has embraced it. Justin is all they have ever known as a father. Excuse me- a Daddy, there is a huge difference in the two.

He always called when he said he would, he was at my house when he said he would be. He kept his promises and treated me like a Queen, not a Princess, a Queen. ----I need to rephrase some of this- i am talking about him like past tense- he still does all of these things and much much more.

Anyways, Justin works so hard everyday for us. He is husband, father, son, friend, caretaker, disciplinarian, teacher, lawn guy, dishwasher, cook, maid, the love of my life. He cooks dinner probably 2 nights a week. He does the laundry 95% of the time. If the dishes are in the sink and i just didn't feel like doing them, he doesn't complain- he does them. ( He may be a Robot ) He doesn't complain about ANYTHING. He goes to work everyday and does his job and tries to get ahead for our family so that I can stay home one day with our children. When this day does come and i am able to stay at home, i want to make sure that all his efforts are not in vain.


So to sum it up for you....My husband is Better than Yours!

I love you Judd, you are truely the man I prayed for.

Wordless Wednesday

Queen of the Castle

Now I know why my couch cushions get all jacked up!

well, i am finally updating this ...im a slacker

So here's the run down on a few things that have happened recently.

Novemeber 6th

Justin and I went to the Doctor for our first visit. It was pretty exciting and VERY long. we got to see the baby on the ultra sound and it waved- well kinda with its nub arm- and moved its head! It was really amazing. I never really got to share that experience with anyone before, usually went to my appts alone with the boys, anyhow, the heart rate was at 158/168- i can't remember but it was a good rate, although high. So Justin asked WHY is the heart rate sooo fast? The ultra sound tech said that it is proportional to the size of the baby and will slow down as it gets bigger, so shew on that one! But all the same very exciting. Then we met with a Mid-Wife instead of a doctor. I think we are going to stick with her as long as we still enjoy the more personalized services that they can offer that doctors can't. My official due date is June 11, 2010 and our next appointment is Novemeber 30th.

Here's Baby Hairfield's First Picture

Then that evening my sweet husband took me to the Hockey game! The Glads one- woot woot. :)

Novemeber 7th

We went to Carolyn Moore's house to celebrate 1 year of her being Cancer free! It is truely amazing how far she has come, we are all soooo thankful.

November 8th

My husband, Father in law, & good friend Ronnie all went to the Redskins-V- Falcons game. When i married Justin he said that i must convert to the Redskins Nation from The Cowboy Nation because he couldn't be married to a cowboy fan- lol. So, being the loving devoted wife, i converted. Now, apparently since I have converted- per my husband's request- The Redskins have really stunk it up on the field. And apparently it is my fault, therefore after the game (Redskins lost) i was banned from Redskins nation. - (I gladly rejoined the Cowboy nation- they won that same night) And then this week 11/15/09 - the Redskins win- my husband is convinced that i am the FOOTBALL JINX. F.J. for short. - I love my life :)

Novemeber 11th

I had the parent teacher conferences with both the boys teachers and both went very well. Apparently Cole is the light of his teachers eye because he is so sweet and well.....talkative. She really loves him. She says he is a really great reader- which shocked me because he has acted at home like he can't spell his own name sometimes. Frusterating.

Irey's went equally as well. He is the top student in his class for math and is readying at a level 3 instead of level 1. So we are very please, he must get his smarts from popop and honey because Lord knows not from me! especially not in math. She also said that he is a very creative writer- that he gets from me ;)

November 13th

Justin cooked an entire meal for me, his parents, my dad, and Melody- because he lost a bet. :) it was really awesome. he cooked a 10lb boston butt in the oven and it was amazing. Even made a spinach, strawberry salad and the dressing!

November 15th

I was at Walmart and got this picture message with a pregnancy test in the pic- saying "Pregnant" where do i board the train?? so i was like WHO IS THIS FROM????? Well, i am not allowed to say at this moment but a very good friend is expecting a child also, probably in July 2010. So excited! More details when im allowed to give it :)

Well, thats enough for now :)

Wordless Wednesday only with words...

Here are some funny things the boys have said:


Irey says " mama, everyone was born a baby right? even Jesus?
mama "yes, Irey, that is correct."
-Irey-"and their parents took care of them right? Like Mary and Joseph took care of Jesus?"
Mama"Yes, that's right"
:LONG SILENCE
Irey- " Then who took care of God?"
Mama;;;"UHHHHHHHHH ask Popop"
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"Mama, Cole needs an ear infection so he will listen."-Irey
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"Fire in the ho" Irey,
"Irey, its fire in the HOLE"-Mama
"Fire in the ho sounds better" Irey
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"cole, why do you take the stuffing out of your pillow and stuff into your pj's? ( tops and bottoms) Cole says, "because mama, i like to feel the snow. and look like santa".
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Cole:"Mama, Conner threw up today."
Mama: "Gross, why?"
Cole: " Because he licked the table."
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Justin and I were talking about how natural scents make perfume and cologne smell different on different people while at Target.
Cole says, " Well, mama my natural scent used to be Poop"
Mama "Cole! Don't say that!"
Cole- "Well, it was when i pooped in my pants when i was a baby"..........All said while the cashier was laughing........

Halloween 2009

Halloween was very fun his year. Justin had to work so I invited our good friend Dara and her daughter Kayleigh over to play for the day and make some fun halloween stuff - I LOVE HALLOWEEN- and then go trick or treating all over Gwinnett County that evening. We prayed all day that the rain would stay away but with no luck. It misted all day and all night long....but that didn't stop us!

Justin and I tried to carve the little pumpkins we had gotten for the boys - they stuck Mr Potatoe head like pieces in them for decorations. So we just pulled out those pieces to try and reuse the pumpkins.....didn't work out so well. Those things were so hard we broke 3 pumpkin carving kits! I ended up going to the store to get another one and broke it too! So i gave up and threw them out, luckly the boys didn't seem to care! :)

After Justin left for work Dara and Kayleigh arrived. We (me and dara- the kids got distracted) made "witches fingers" cookies, Pumpkin cookies, mummy hot dogs, marshmellow eye balls, and jack o lantern cheese slices for the kids. They enjoyed eating everything.....that we made :) Like I said, I love halloween.

Then it was time to get the kiddos dressed and out the door to make all of our stops on time.

First we went to Publix, since Justin had to work, so he could see them dressed up and they could trick or treat around the store. Then we went to Ms. Ann & Mr. Gary's since they always make the kids goodie bags. Then we stopped by Popop's house to let him see them all dressed up and take a potty break. Then we headed to Dara's neighborhood which is usually like the Holy Grail of Trick or Treating....this year, not as much.

We got over there and got out and were ready for action. We walked all over the neighborhood - all in a slight mist/drissle of rain through out then entire time we were walking. It was ok though. There was not as many people passing out candy or as many trick or treaters as in previous years but the boys still made out with a ton of candy. :) Lucky for us it was 75% GOOD STUFF! :) No junky candy this year- not to be ungreatful ya know but sometime halloween candy can be very dissapointing. About 9:00 the boys were tired and I was tired and we were all freezing cold and ready to go, so we called it a night. It was as much fun as i had hoped it would be ;)

Wildcat Football Players

Justin and I were cooking dinner the other night and the boys were running around playing outside. I went out in the garage to get something and noticed the boys down by the mailbox. I looked a little closer becuase i could tell they were hard at work doing something. Then I realized what it was. They had gotten Justin's "Home of a Duluth High School Wildcat Football Player" sign out of the basement and were trying to put it in the ground. So i went back inside and told justin to look out the window and he started cracking up. ---we don't even live in Duluth school district lol---but we pretended we didn't see them. So they came back in and were like daddy come look what we did for you. and walked him down to the mailbox. lol- and they insist that we not take it down.

Carden family Reunion

Well, i was able to attend my first Carden family reunion. I guess technically it wasn't a "Carden" reunion but close enough. It was Justin's mom's side of the family. We left Friday morning at around 3:30-4:00am - North Carolina bound. The boys and I slept almost the entire way. My poor husband drove the entire time. We got to NC around 7:30 and stopped for breakfast and the boys and i stayed awake for the remainder of the drive and arrived at Aunt Ellen's about 9:00- 9:30 something like that. I took a shower and we just piddled around for a few hours. I realized that i had one the "mother of the year" award when i noticed that i hadnt packed ANY toys for the boys to play with AT ALL! I put two seek and find books in the car but that was it! I don't know what i was thinking. so we took them up to Wal-Mart and got them some Uno cards, a hotwheels race track, a plastic ball, & some extra race cars- color changing cars. Anyhow, then we went and i got to meet Gary- justin's dad's 90 year old sister, Ruth! She was a sharp as a tack! It was hot as blue blazes in her house but still that woman doesn't seem 90 at all!

Saturday ws the BIG REUNION at Ellens house. We arrived at 10:00am per Ann's request and just kind of hung around for a bit until time to put up the jump house and get things started. Once the jump house was up we didn't see the boys for a while until Irey came and wanted to kick the ball with Justin in the front yard. Ellen has this tree in her front yard- Satan's tree. This tree had thorns- sharp thorns- about 3-4 inches long on the branches and these blackish brown pod like things hanging off of it- almost like pea pods but i would imagine around 6-8 inches long. The tree was creepy to say the least. Anyhow, Justin kicked the ball up in the tree and it sounded like a mad snake and the ball deflated instantly. Satan's tree ate Irey's ball.

Uncle Rick tried to patch it as best he could but it wouldn't keep air in it, so Irey moved on to other things. Justin's cousins were all to arrive at noon so we could visit before all the people we didn't know arrived at 2:00. One of the cousin's husband's was cooking a pig on this huge smoker. So, Laura- the cousin with the big- calls and says that they were loading up the cars and her daughter was carrying a bag and it ripped open and i knife fell out of it and sliced her foot. So they were heading to the emergancy room. So Angela, another cousin, went and picked up Laura's son and her husband drove the pig over. The pig was really cool to see on the smoker- i know thats kind of morbid but i had never seen that before. I took pictures.

So anyhow, Laura and her family arrived after the Emergancy room visit- everyone is fine. And all sorts of people starting showing up. People that Ann didn't even know. We were introduced to as many as possible and basically just kept to ourselves after the introductions. The family is so sweet all of them.

The next morning we packed up the cars and picked up Ms. Ann and headed for Cracker Barrel for breakfast and then hit the road back home to GA. It was a very nice trip. Was good to get away from home and spend some fun times with family. I will post pictures when i get Ann's camera.

Randy's Pumpkin Patch

Randy's Pumpkin Patch

Justin and I had promised the boys we would take them to the pumpkin patch to jump in all the jumpy things. We told them there was no way we were buying them a pumpkin there b/c they are really expensive and we can get the same thing at Publix for cheaper. So yesterday we went. We got there and one of our neighborhood friends were also there and the boys had a hay day playing and sliding with their friends. I like to people watch so i was watching all these parents who dressed up their kids just to take pictures of their kids with these pumpkins and then just leave. I don't really get that. I mean yes pumpkins are cool colors and shapes but why? Why not buy one and take it home and take pictures. I was watching all of them and trying to remember if when the boys were younger if i did anything like that and i remembered. I took Irey when he was really little to the Yellow Daisy Festival at Stone Mtn just to take pics of him. Silly I know but they are our babies and i guess i wanted a cute background for pictures to scrapbook lol. So i joined the clan of parents taking pics of their kids with pumpkins.....my pics are not as cute b/c i didn't dress them up but......... my kids are still the cutest no matter what the background is.. :)

Pregnancy Brain

So i pulled my first pregnancy brain booboo today. I came into work as normal and started the coffee pot as normal. i go back into the breakroom to chat with co-workers and as one goes for the coffee pot i realize.......it looks like dirty water. ha! I had fixed the entire pot without pulling in the coffee grounds, so i basically made hot dirty water. what a moron. lol. we got a good laugh and one of my sweet co-workers remade the coffee bless her heart. They were probably thinking....great whats next lol. I am the first person in the office on a daily basis so i better keep my head and get that coffee right from now on or my office mates might revolt. Anyhow, i am sure there is more to come.


I learned that this week my uterus is the close to the size of a grapefruit and the baby is the size of a raspberry. How cute is that! I can't wait to go to the doctor to see the little blob on the screen!

Hormones ugh

I had my first bought of mood swings/ hormone surges. Not cool. Please pray that NEVER again will i feel like i did last night. I do NOT remember feeling that way previously- but i know every pregnancy is different. I just hope that that was the one and only situation. LOL, i had mood swings before but never made a big deal out of something that wasn't a big deal until yesterday. What a goob am I. Thank God for my understanding husband.

Brain Trickery?

Well, today marks one week that we've known we are pregnant. I am still just as excited but a few things are starting to set it that i didn't remember from the boys pregnancies. I am whipped. I am just sooooo sleepy. Not so much tired just sleepy. I could sleep for hours, days, however long i could get away with laying in the bed! But there is still lots of work to be done around the house and two other little boys that need their mama.

I am also super hungry. All day. I don't remember being this hungry this early and this often in my other two pregnancies, but those were like 5 + years ago. So i am trying to make good food choices when i am hungry so i don't gain too much weight. I ate two bagels for breakfast this morning where used to i would eat half of 1 bagel for breakfast. Granted I should have eaten like one bagel and a banana or something but.....ill do that next time. Am i really this hungry or is my brain playing tricks on me? Everyone says this pregnancy will be different because im older so i guess we will see! It already is. and other have said, its twins. thats why you are so hungry. well, if it is twins we will be double excited and terrified lol. Double the Love. :)

I had a part time job working at Zax on friday nights and saturday mornings but the grease smell was making me soooo sick to my stomach so i had to resign. Other than that i haven't really been too sick so far. I've had an episode or two here and there but nothing to write home about. i am only around 6 weeks so i have a few more months of possible sickness but we shall see. Im keeping my fingers crossed that i just feel queezy and not barfy like now. . . . More to come :)

WELL, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK FROM THE WEDDING TALK......IT'S BABY TIME~

We are expecting!!

Here's how it all went down:

I haven’t been on the pill since before the wedding so we knew it was just a matter of time. Then I had that cyst erupt on my ovary causing me not to have a period a couple of months ago so that didn’t help and we just stopped keeping track of my ovulation days. Then when I got my period again we tracked it and found the two “most important” days and made sure some magic happened and then just went about our business. So we kinda planned kinda didn’t. but for the past week I’ve been really hungry, constipated (TMI I know), bloated, nauseated and all that mess so I was like uhhhh I think something is going on here!

Then I was supposed to start Wednesday but I figured I’d give it another day and Justin and I decided we’d take a test Friday morning. so I woke up like every hour waiting to see if it was time to get up and take the test. Finally I got up at 6:00 and took it and layed back down and told justin I took the test. Then he asked if I wanted to go with him to see the results and I said no you look. So he went in there and said what am I looking for? And I said two pink lines. He said well, then I suggest you not drink anytime soon!

I was like SHUT UP! And ran in to look at it and it was like BOLD PINK lines lol. I was so excited I started jumping around and was like freakin out. lol justin had like a perma grin on his face and he took me to breakfast since we were up soooo early lol.

I called Mama first and she answered the phone by saying " You are." and I said "I am" my mama knows me so well even hundreds of miles away. Then i sent a picture message of the test with a note saying " I passed the test.......shhhhhhh" to a few of my friends and called the rest later in the day. Too many people to call. But we had to keep it under wraps and not on the internet because we hadn't told his parents just yet. I found out i was expecting Friday and Justin and his dad went out of town Saturday for the Panthers Redskins game for the weekend!

So i had to will myself not to get on Facebook and announce it or to blurt it to Justins mom when i saw her throughout the weekend while the boys were gone. It was sooooo hard! So we devised a plan on how we would tell them when everyone was back in town and the plan was that we were going to make shirts that said "I'm the big brother" and have Cole and Irey wearing one and see if they got it and also i got a bib that said" I love grandma" and an empty baby bottle that said BABY on it.

Dara came over to keep me company Saturday while Justin was gone and we made the shirts....well Dara made the shirts. She made one 100% perfect the other....not so much...

Haha, she felt so bad. I thought it was pretty funny actually. LOL so anyways, Monday finally came and we were supposed to have his parents over for dinner and devise our plan to tell them before dinner time, however, Ann and i both ended up sick and in bed! So last night they came over for dinner and the boys came up with the plan of how to tell them. We wanted to make sure they felt important in the hole thing. ( I also got them a book about being big brothers to a baby- Irey read it to Cole- very cute!)

They decided to wear their shirts under another shirt and to make them close their eyes and hold out their hands and they would give them to bottle- to Gary and the bib- to Ann and then take their outer shirts off to reveal the "I'm a big brother".

Well, the boys plan went well, howeve, Ann didn't get it at first- she put the bib on herself. lol- she thought it was just one of those dollar store- the kid picks out the gifts type of silly thing. Then she saw the shirts and then she saw Gary holding a baby bottle and i think it started to click. She was like....are yall trying to tell me something??? And Gary was like well im holding an empty baby bottle and im pretty sure its not for any of us Ann. And Cole said I'm going to be a big brother and again, she said, are yall trying to tell me something?? and we said yes, we are having a baby! She was like..............IM GOING TO BE A BLOOD GRANDMA?!?!?!

It was very exciting. I'm glad now the cat is out of the bag. i was able to post it on Facebook and almost everyone knows....except my work. I plan to tell them after I go to the doctor on November 6th. I will have an ultrasound and an apt with a MidWife. I plan to see both a MidWife and Doctor to see which is best for us. Previously with the boys i only had a doctor and didn't really know what a MidWife was. Dara is going to be our Doula. :)

So now there is 6 in our family............it just keeps getting bigger :)

Wedding Events....how it all went down.

Day 1 Wednesday Night / Thursday

We decided to leave GA at Midnight the night before we were scheduled to arrive in Myrtle Beach so that we could go to Wal-Mart and get our food and junk, go to the probate office and pick up our marriage license, and then meet up with our officiate at 11:00am at our hotel. The groomsmen met us at our house and fiddled around for a while and then we left right about midnight. ( the kiddos rode with Mr. Gary & Ms. Ann the next day- Thursday ) We had to make a few stops here and there for gas, snacks, energy drinks, & potty breaks but made it to Myrtle in time to have breakfast at Bo-Jangles. After that we went to the Probate office- which apparently I looked at the times wrong and they didn’t open for another hour………oops. We hadn’t slept, especially Justin. He had to open at work at 6:00am on Wednesday and drove the entire 8/9 hour drive to Myrtle in the middle of the night. Luckily, the cleaning crew was there and they let us in to wait inside so we could go to the bathroom and rest outside of the car for a little while.

We were able to obtain our marriage license with no problems with a few minutes of them opening the window and were on our way back to the hotel. By this time it is only around 9:00am. Our check in time was not until 3:00pm and we couldn’t even check in without Justin’s dad because we reserved the room on his credit card. Stupid rule but they require you present the card at check in and actually pay in advance! So they were able to let us do a “pre-check-in” but only because we were the bride and groom, thank God. But pre-check in is only a parking pass. Bummer. But you do get access to the facility, pools, beach, bathrooms, but not a room to change to do all of those things. So, we hung out in the parking deck. Me and the groom and the groomsmen. Needless to say it wasn’t as much fun for me as them because they were able to just slip right into their swimming suits, while I had to duck behind a car door and try to shimmy off my clothes and put my suit on without the entire world seeing me in the nude. ( my worst fear in the WORLD ) But I did manage to do it, whether anyone saw me or not is still unknown.

After changing we waited on the officate to meet us outside of the lobby to go down to the beach behind the hotel to show him where we wanted to do it and verify that it would be OK for us to do that there on Saturday. He met us and we walked through the pool areas and onto the beach and showed him exactly what we wanted to do and he said oh sure that is no problem at all....well it didn't turn out to be no problem at all...at all...but that doesnt come for another day or two.

Becky and Randy were already at the hotel and checked into a room and we saw them coming out of the parking deck on their way to go shopping and talked for a little bit. It was decided that when they got back I would move my wedding dress up to their room, given that we didn’t have a room just a parking space at that point. So, the boys and I packed up a cooler and headed for the beach. Can’t beat that right! Wrong. As soon as the guys stepped onto the beach they were greeted by the beach patrol and told they could not bring alcoholic beverages onto the beach!?!?!?!?!?!?!!? Seriously?!?! Frusterating to say the least. But Luckily there was a Tiki bar that had just opened.

So we just migrated over there and sat our oily butts down and had drinks for ………..hours.

I few hours went by and finally my in-laws and children arrived and we were able to check into our room and unload our cars and TAKE SHOWERS!! Justin layed down on the bed and quickly passed out for the day and night. I took a little nap and decided to meet up with whoever else was already there. So I called my sister and went up to hers and meme’s room and we went for a walk on the beach right before a storm was moving in. We walked on the beach and then moved up to my balcony to watch the storm rolling in over the ocean, was pretty amazing site.

Anyhow, eventually we went up to her’s and Meme’s room and had some sandwiches for supper and I went back to my room and straightened up a bit and went to sleep…..