What's that noise??

So Sunday after church Josh and I got groceries and then came home and were going to take a nap (as we often do on Sundays). As he was changing clothes I was in the kitchen putting up groceries and noticed the fridge was making a very strange noise. It sounded like a lound fan and you could hear it from the living room. Well, of course I called Josh in there to check it out. He said it was nothing and would probably stop by the time we got up from our nap, so I let it be.

Well, we woke up 1.5 hrs later and I could still hear this strange noise from the fridge. I started telling Josh we needed to call someone, blah, blah, blah. He pulled the fridge back, unplugged it....and the noise was still there! I was like "see Josh, something is wrong...lets call a repair man." He was sure it was nothing so I went in the other room while he proceeded to "fix" it.

A few minutes later I find him craking up in the kitchen and he tells me he fixed it. Turns out, the bottom cabinet that is right next to the fridge holds a few odds and ends that we don't use much (including 2 of those bottles that hold water and have a motorized fan to keep you cool when outside, etc). Apparantly when I was putting things away, I somehow nocked one over and it turned itself on causing a awful, loud, "fan" noise which I mistook for the fridge. Thank goodness we didn't pay to have a repair man figure that out!!!!

Is there really a baby in there?

Apart from my stomach never feeling quite "normal" (and by that I mean I'm either nauseous, not hungry at all or completely starving), I don't really feel pregnant. Its strange to think there is actually a baby growing inside me! I know it will feel more real when I start showing and can feel the baby move and I'm excited for that!! As of now....I just feel a little fat and nauseous (but happy!!)

FYI....I'll be 9 weeks tomorrow!

Feeling Yucky....but for a good cause!

Well almost immediately after I finished typing my last blog entry I stated feeling the beginnings of nausea set it. It seems to come in the early afternoon and last all evening. Last Thurs-Sun were really terrible and I spent most of the evening laying on the couch. I get really hungry for dinner but take 1 or 2 bites and can't eat anymore. But...NO vomiting yet, So that's good news! Josh has been really sweet and has gotten me crackers, ginger ale, preggo pop suckers, sea sickness wrist bands...pretty much anything and everything to help! I really don't want to take any medicine if I can avoid it and the wrist bands have helped a lot!

Today has actually been much better....but I don't want to jinx it!!! Its all for a wonderful cause! :-)

Speaking of a good cause.....That's what I'm reminding myself when I look in the mirror and see my horrible roots that are in desperate need of new highlights but my OBGYN wants me to wait until 12 weeks to have it done...only 5 more to go!!!!!

Things are changing!

We are having a baby!!!!

I am 6 weeks and 4 days today. We went for our first OB appt today and saw the baby's tiny heartbeat on the ultrasound! We just wanted to wait to see the heartbeat before telling everyone. I've been feeling really great. Nothing to really complain too much about. As soon as Josh scans the sono pictures, I will post them (although its still very tiny right now).

Please pray the baby continues to grow and develop normally and that he/she will be a healthy baby.

I promise to keep you updated!

MIA

Ok, so I've been a little MIA on the blog updates lately. Not too much has been going on here, but I'll go ahead and give you a little synopsis on what's been happening with us:

Work: My work is going great! Our clinic was a little slow last week, but things seems to be back to normal this week so all is good! I really enjoy being a PA and I am reminded everyday that medicine is a life-long learning experience.I've realized that I really love patient education and helping my patients understand and take a personal interest in their health. Josh's work was a bit stressful for a while, but things are really going great now!

Bdays: Josh turns 29 on Monday and I'll turn 27 in a few short weeks.

Vacation: Josh and I haven't taken a vacation, just the 2 of us, since our honeymoon 5 yrs ago. Me being in school really put a damper on travel. But, now that I'm free, we're off to Mexico at the end of the month. I'll be taking along my Twilight book series, laying by the pool and working on my tan! Sounds heavenly!

Family: We've been enjoying getting to spend a lot more time with family lately. My mom, dad and brother live close so we see them alot. We spent the 4th with my brother and his wife at Kaboom Town in Addison.....an annual tradition for us! We hosted a Long Family get-together in June for all of Josh's family (aunts, uncles, cousins all included), we had about 28 people here and it was fantastic! We've also enjoyed seeing out sweet nephews and niece and went to Ardmore a few weeks ago for Leah's baby dedication!

That's about all of the major issues in our life. Here's a few recent pics...Enjoy!

My little 2nd cousin (baby Jessica)

Josh with Leah

Me and Leah

Crystal and I at Kaboom Town

My brother and Crystal with us at Kaboom Town

We LOVE Kaboom town!

Making Changes....Before and After

Since we had some free time this weekend we got to work on our guest bedroom. When we moved in we hated the color of the room but just made do and pretty much left the door closed since we didn't like it. Well, we got new bedding and just ran with it. We got up early this morning and started painting....Josh was great and we actually had fun with it. My mom helped me pick out the wall decor and made the beautiful arrangements above the bed. I can't believe that we did all this in 1 day!! Yea!

We also got new curtains today (which I LOVE) for our front living area. Things are really coming along with the house!

Guest Room Before....Awful!

Guest Room AFTER

After (sorry about the the weird shadow the light casted on the wall)

After

New Curtains in front living area

Fun in Tulsa with Amanda & Graham

I went to Tulsa Thursday-Saturday to visit Amanda, a wonderful friend of mine from my college/Chi Omega days, and her new baby Graham. Her hubby had to go out of town for work so it was a great time for me to visit and also be able to help her while her husband was away. It was a wonderful trip. It was great to catch and talk with Amanda while getting to know her sweet baby boy and learing his little personality. It definetly made me leave Tulsa wanting a baby! I am so blessed to have such an amazing friend...who is really more like family. She's only been a mommy for 6 weeks but is already WONDERFUL at it! Look at this sweet little face....he really is precious!