Date Night...One year later

And here we are, our 2011 edition. The last one was the 2010 edition!

Ok. I have no idea how to make it rotate haha

Date Night

I cannot believe that we are leaving our baby for the first time...ALREADY! Im sad to leave my little sweet pea, but Mommy and Daddy always go on their monthly date to the Houston Symphony, Exactly a year ago today we went to our first one together, I will post the picture from that one, and then I will try to post a picture from this one, hopefully we can convince someone to take one of us, Maybe this time It will have little Evey in it. Lynda (Andrews mom) and her friend will be watching Miss Evey while we are gone, I am nervous nervous nervous, but I know its good to get out and have some Mommy and Daddy time. We opted to have dinner at home instead of going out first, Andrew says its so we dont have to rush at the restaurant, but I think its because we cant be away from our stinker for that long. I hope everyone enjoys their weekends!!!!!

Andrew and I, Exactly one year ago!

School Time!

Little Miss Evey and I will now I have more to do with out time during the days!!! Evey is going to have to help her Mama study, because we just got enrolled in ONLINE COLLEGE! woooo. Thanks Kaplan University, and  a HUGE Thanks to Daddy and the Military for having the GI BILL, which allows me to go to school 100% free, as well as get a sippen for books (that are free anyways) AND a monthly housing allowance of up $1,500.

Um SWEET! Classes start May 18th, yayyyyy!

A weekend with the Grandparents

We were so happy to have Grandpa Andy and Grandma Joan here for the weekend, especially since it was mothers day, we got to celebrate with Joan.

Grandpa and Grandma seemed to have a fun time holding miss Evey Rose, she decided to be a sleepy girl, when she wasnt pooping and peeing all over herself. She reached a record of 3 baths in one day on Saturday because she kept making a mess of herself (and her mommy).

While my "In Laws" were here we *i supervised and held the baby* got to make fresh nectarine ice cream from the nectarines that Andy grows in his back yard. It didnt work out well the first time, but the second try turned out very YUMMY!!!

For Mothers Day, Andrew woke up and cooked everyone a yummy breakfast and then we took naps during the day to recover from the night before *neither the dog or the baby would rest their little heads*. Later that night, Andrew took Evey and I out for our FAVORITE, sushi dinner and Dairy Queen afterwards, It was perfect.

Evey is still loving sitting up in her Bumbo chair, she would rather be up looking around and everything going on in the room than to be cuddled and held, which makes me sad but happy at the same time.

So happy we got the grandparents here to visit finally, we cannot wait until they come again! Maybe next time we will take a trip to their house!!!

Almost a Month!!!

According to Andrew *who apparently has been sneaking peeks at my blog while he is at work* I have been neglecting my blog. So sorry my dear, for your child keeps me on my toes.

Little One is still a WIGGLER, she rolls over ALL OF THE TIME, we cant keep her on one side. She can hold her head up pretty darn well, in fact, we already have her sitting in her bumbo chair because she likes to sit up so much and look around, she doesnt even need our help until she SNEEZES and knocks herself over...its cute!

Today was traumatic, not for Evey, but for mommy and daddy. Little one decided to poop through her diaper both ways, through the top and the bottom while she was sitting in her Bumbo, and she didnt bother to let one of us know until we saw it seeping out onto her t-shirt..EWWW! we decided to just pick her up while she was still in the chair and carry her to the tub.

Andrew held her up while i pulled off her diaper, and as soon as i was rolling it up and starting the tub, she decided to PEE everywhere, ...her bumbo chair was filthy, as was her bottom! So little one got a bath, which I think she is actually starting to enjoy, now that she knows what it is!!!

I swear she gets more adorable each day, Her daddy is just in love with her, he is always snapping pictures of her and saying how cute and beautiful she is! I love it.

Now she is relaxing on the couch with her Daddy while he unwinds from the week and his work day. gotta love it!!!

Until Next Time

Jamie-Leigh

Miss Evey is 2 Weeks old.

Yay. We have survived our first two weeks of being parents, I was starting to think we wouldnt. Evey is doing wonderfully, she is already rolling herself over, We arent ready for that!!!

We didnt do anything exciting for Easter, we just stayed home and slept all day, all 4 of us.

This week Eveys Aunt is coming to visit her for the first time. We are all excited!!!

Bath and Nap time

So, we finally built up the courage to give Miss Evey her first bath at home.

It went a lot better than we thought, she TRULY does NOT like to have her clothes off at all, but she behaved nicely!

Today has been fairly uneventful, so I decided to experiment a little and see how our little one liked her crib.

I only expected to lay her in there for a few seconds, waiting for her to wail. BUT, to my surprise, she looked around for a little while, scrunched herself up, and fell fast asleep. I stood over her crib in AWE just starring at my beautiful girl as she slept...and I so rudely snapped a few photos.

A big Thank You!

Just wanted to give everyone a big THANK YOU for everything that people have sent us, from the cards, to the flowers, blankets, and anything that we received at the baby shower and in between. We really appreciate everyones generosity and love.

A BIG BIG BIG thank you to my Mom and Dad for all you have done in the past month especially, I was lucky enough to have my mom here for about 3 weeks helping us out with EVERYTHING, she was the best thing ever!!! Im also really glad that my dad was able to fly out even if only for a day to see his new grandbaby, I know it is something we will never forget! We love you!!!!

1 Week Old

Little Miss Evey Is one week old today!!!

So far she is a very happy baby, sleeps all day, poops all night, and smiles pretty for her Mommy and Daddy!

Welcome to the World

EVEY ROSE ULSHER

7 POUNDS 2 OUNCES

20.5 INCHES LONG

BORN AT 5:20PM

APRIL 11, 2011

Stretch Marks? No thank You!

For the millionth day in a row (at least it feels that way) I get to walk around catching wind of my disgusting smelling cocoa butter. Ive been using this GUNK in hopes of not getting any stretch marks, so far its doing the trick. The only down fall to all of these stretch mark creams and butters is they all STINK. Do the companies not realize that pregnant women have pretty strong gag reflexes and extremely sensitive sniffers *at least this one does*

I guess I really shouldn't complain too much, 8 months without a single stretch mark on my tummy is pretty impressive, even though I didn't start using anything until I was about 6 months pregnant, because well face it...There was NO tummy to be found anywhere!

So until this gunk dries from my morning lather, I wear big T-shirts from Andrews collection so I dont get my clothes all greasy and sticky. Andrew keeps threatening to buff up my belly and make it all shinny like a bowling ball...Thats not happening, at least not while I am awake its not.

I dont have too much on my schedule for the day (actually I have  nothing on my schedule for today). I might do a little bit of journaling, which forces me to sit outside and enjoy our beautiful weather a little bit.
I am feeling entirely out of breath again today so we will see what I am capable of getting done.

Yesterday was interesting, I am fairly certain that I started being able to feel Braxton Hicks contractions, thankfully not the real thing and nothing too crazy. I was just a tad uncomfortable and my tummy was a little upset.

Luckily I live with such an amazing man that he opted to mop and clean all of the floors in the house. YAY HONEY. I knew I picked a winner!!! Thats a good man in my book!!

Well I am off to do nothing interesting at all. I hope your day is more adventurous and exciting than mine. IN A GOOD WAY.

Oh and my thoughts are going out to my dear friend Eric today and his Wife, they were sent to the hospital early this morning to induce her labor, so hopefully sometime today I will hear news of a new baby girl! Good Luck Eric and family!!!

Until Next Time

Jamie-Leigh

Blogging from bed

Since I am technically not supposed to be up moving around doing a lot, Today I am staying in bed (for the most part). I had a fairly busy week, at least for me, and the weekend was even more eventful. Wednesday night I went to lunch with Andrew and His friend Vlad, then that night we went over to Vlad and Stephanie's house for dinner. Thursday I went over to pick up Stephanie because she wanted to do some heavy duty shopping. We went to Katy Mills mall and spent a bit of time in Old Navy, which for once I actually liked what they had in there (maybe my taste is changing) and then we went to American Eagle. After our shopping, I was pretty pooped, but we went out to lunch at a Vietnamese place, it was pretty yummy, Ive never had it before. Friday, I spent the day cleaning and recovering from my shopping outing the day before. Justin came over on Friday night to spend the weekend with us, I guess he was on spring break. Saturday the boys did a little bit of yard work while I did laundry and entertained the puppies. After the boys were done we went to see the movie "Paul", I thought I was going to HATE it, but it was actually pretty funny, minus the fact that my gut and back were making me so uncomfortable. We had a nice steak dinner on the back porch that night and then Justin left. Andrew passed out pretty early, with his nice sun burnt back. Sunday we ran our normal weekend errands, Home Depot and the grocery store! So that leaves us off at today. So far I havent done much at all. I cleaned the toilets, since we got new toilet seats at Home Depot this weekend, and I emptied the trash cans. Next I have to sweep all of the tile floors so that Andrew can mop, which SERIOUSLY needs to be done, our floors havent been seriously cleaned in TOO long.

So I guess my Mommy is leaving Florida on Thursday to bring all of my stuff to me and to come visit. I am glad she will be here while Andrew is in Calgary, that way JUST IN CASE anything happens or I happen to go into labor (crossing my fingers that wont happen) someone will be here with me. I am excited to see her and I think my Grammy is coming with her, yay!!! We will have to find some stuff to do while they are here. We will definitely have to finish up the babies room and sort through all of my "Junk" that she is brining with her.

Well I dont have much else to say about today,  I think it is going to be fairly uneventful, since it is Monday.

I hope everyone has a great day! Enjoy the outdoors if you are having great weather like we are. Ill be in bed!

Until Next Time

Jamie-Leigh

Ewww Hospital

Ugh, Yesterday was not fun. I went in to the doctors for my regular weekly appointment, and I asked Andrew to meet me there *thank goodness* because I dont really like to go by myself, its boring lol. I went in, did all of the routine nonsense, did my urine test, then went in too have my blood pressure taken, yikes, When they took it on my left arm the nurses kind of looked at each other and freaked out a bit, and switched arms thinking that maybe it was a mistake but...It wasnt. My blood pressure was 149/102, scary! So, after that they didnt say anything they just put all 132 pounds of me on the scale *sadly that number was even more scary to me*. Then they sent me to the normal room to wait for the doctor....While we were sitting there I over heard my Doctor on the phone, She had called Labor and Delivery...I crossed my fingers hoping that it wasnt for me. SADLY...she walked into my room, looked at us and said, its nice to see you BUT...Im sending you over to labor and delivery right away, she said "you normally have the blood pressure and heart rate of a well fit athlete, but today...you are kind of scaring me"...its always pleasant to hear a doctor say that you are scaring them right?!?...So with that, I made my regular appointment for the following week....and we marched our butts over to LBD, we only got lost about twice on the way there though haha. But anyways, I went in, got situated in my room, was hooked up to all of the monitors. Evey sounded great, thankfully this time she didnt get the hiccups so her bump bump bump wasnt screeching down the hallways again like last time. They came in and drew about 6 things of blood, made me do another pee test, and monitored my blood pressure for a few HOURS...it stayed high the entire time I was there but thankfully went back down into the double digits instead of the 100's!!! Then they told me I could go home, but I had to do a 24 hour urinalysis *(oh joy). So now until 620 tonight, I have to pee into these two huge orange jugs and keep it in an ice bath, then bring it back to the lab this evening...FUN STUFF. Getting up every hour on the hour to pee is already annoying enough, but now it takes me about 10 minutes each time because I have to put the little bowl in the potty, measure it, dump it in the jug, put the jug back on ice, clean out my bowl and attach it back to the toilet...WHAT ON EARTH...Im glad this is only for a day! haha But anyways...The doctor just told me I am now on a strict diet, just to see if that will help with my blood pressure...and She is considering bed rest, FUN! Just when I thought time was going by pretty fast because I was staying busy...I now have to slow down (while Im feeling AWESOME by the way) and lay in bed all day...booo hooo. At least Evey is doing well...she flipping and pumping away in there. Im glad she is doing well, I would do anything to make sure she comes out healthy, but she could cut her mama some slack!!!

Alright well Im done ranting for the second day in a row....IS IT APRIL YET?!?!!?

Until Next Time

Jamie-Leigh

No beach for Miss Evey!

So, Little Miss Evey and I will NOT be hitting up beach week with the rest of the family this year. Been doing my research, and I am overly convinced that it is entirely stupid to bring a baby that young to the beach. First of all...Sunscreen is NOT safe or recommended for a baby under the age of 6 months, not to mention the crazy amount of heat. Babies body temperatures are not easily regulated like us "big peoples"...Im not risking my baby getting heat stroke, SERIOUSLY?!?! The risk of a baby burning even under an umbrella or wearing at hat is serious, reflection from the sand is a huge culprit for sunburn....so no thank you. Plus I am not too keen on having my child around a bunch of drinking people, sorry but I wont play pass the baby around to all of the intoxicated relatives..no no no. Also, the beach is in Florida, I...am in Texas, My 2 month old will NOT be flying that soon. If she has an immune system at all similar to her mama, no way!!! I get sick if I SEE someone who has  a cold. Plus I wont take my little sweet pea away from Andrew for that long that soon...since you know he has to do this thing called "work"!?!? NO BEACH FOR ME! and im not exactly bummed, cant you tell?

Until Next Time,

Jamie-Leigh

A, B, C's

Stole this from my sisters blog. Gives me something to do for 5 minutes I guess.

A. Age: 20

B. Bed Size: King. Except my side usually gets squished down to about a foot of space, Half of me is usually hanging off of the bed, Andrew has no sense of direction while he is sleeping. 

 C. Chore you hate: Dusting, I get this from my mom. She has always hated dusting, Its not even that its hard it just seems so stupid to do!

D. Dogs: I love you puppy dog Boo, I cannot remember what life was like before her.

E. Essential Start to Your Day: Apple and brown sugar oatmeal, Tall glass of water, and my prenatal vitamins (Thats exciting stuff isnt it!)

F. Favorite Color: Purple!!!!

G. Gold or Silver: Gold, But make it white please!

H. Height: 5'2", on a good day I can convince people I am 5'3"

I. Instruments you play: Took a stab at the Piano there for a while, but I havent played in a long time.

J. Job Title: Currently a couch potato, I really cannot wait to change that!

K. Kids: Little girl on the way, only about a month left, Yikes. 

L. Live: Houston, Tx

M. Mom’s Name: Cindy

N. Nicknames: James (usually most of my friends call me that), Fred (thanks dad), James and the Giant peach (Patty Todd named me this in Kindergarten and to my dismay...it stuck) Mimi (Thats a bit of an insider), And the last one is "Stupid Girl" (we wont go into detail on that one)

O. Overnight hospital stays: I do not remember

P. Pet Peeve: Listening to people eat, ICK. Bad drivers, Dishonest people...do I need to go on?

Q. Quote from a movie: "Wesley: [voice-over] It's my anorexic boss' birthday. This means there's a certain amount of inter-office pressure to stand around the conference table, eating crappy food and pretending to worship her. Acting for five minutes like Janice doesn't make all our lives miserable is the hardest work I'll do all day. My job title is account manager. I used to be called an account service representative, but a consultant told us we have to manage our clients, and to not service them. I have a girlfriend who I neither manage or service. That's my best friend Barry fucking her on an Ikea kitchen table I picked up for a really good price. I'm finding it hard to care about anything these days. In fact, the only thing I do care about is the fact that I can't care about anything. Seriously, it worries me. My name is Wesley Gibson. My dad walked out on my mom when I was seven days old. Sometimes I wonder if he ever looked into my baby blue eyes and asked himself "did I just father the most insignificant asshole of the twenty-first century"? -Wanted, James Mcavoy

R. Righty or Lefty: Righty: Right

S. Sisters: Older sister, Danielle (umm Holley?!?)

T. Time you wake up: 7Ish

U. Underwear: On your head?

V. Vegetables you dislike: radish 

W. What makes you run late: Andrew maybe lol

X: X-rays you’ve had: Mostly just my teeth i think

Y: Yummy food you make: My sweetie does the cooking, but I make a pretty good pancake breakfast!

Z. Zoo animal favorite: Zebras. 

Preparing ourselves.

Quotation of the Day-

No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. ~ Bill Cosby, Fatherhood, 1986


I am so ready to just have everything set and in place for when our little one decides to show up! I am going stir crazy. There are only a few last minute things that we NEED, I have been dropping little hints to Andrew that we need to go look at them in the store and possibly get them before we get too busy with relatives or we just flat out forget! We still need a stroller for Evey as well as her portable crib, since she will most likely be sleeping in our room for at least the first month or two *Andrew is not too pleased about that, since he has work and all that blah blah* 


I have been comparing prices between "Babies R Us" and Babydepot. Seems like we will be buying her crib from Babydepot, simply because I got a coupon in the mail from there today and it would make the price of it about $20 cheaper than it would be at Babies R Us. I think we still have to buy the stroller from BRU though because I cannot seem to find it anywhere else, plus we have a 20% off coupon for it there. YAY. I love savings! 


Other than her crib and stroller, we really only need a bit more diapering supplies, a monitor, some bottles maybe, and possibly a humidifier. Besides all of that we have everything else. Thanks to my mom we have the entire nursery set and rocking chair. One of my grandmas was generous enough to buy us the crib mattress. We have TONS of cloths for the little one, lots of burp cloths, pacifiers, lotions, bath tub. Thanks to Helen we have a Jumperoo, and my sister we already have a highchair for her. And of course we love Aunt Jackie for the carseat, its perfect and so safe!!! I guess the only other things we need are the bouncer and a lot of patience!!! 


Hopefully I can convince Andrew to go shopping this weekend!!! Wish me luck with that one please. 

99.99 and then 15% off

This one is 79.99 and then 15% off

  

89.99 and then 15% off

Daily French Vocabulary-

                                             Bed

                                           Le lit

Until Next Time,

Jamie-Leigh

Switching Positions.

Quotation of the Day-
" No doubts exist that all women are crazy; its only a question of degree."
- W. C. Fields

Not happy about having to wake up super early this morning. Its one  thing to wake up to have to pee and then be able to go right back to sleep, but its another when Andrew has to get up too and turn on all of the lights and get ready for work before 7 am. Which is by the way VERY unusual. He usually is not out of bed before 8, most of the time I doubt he makes it to work before 9. It must be a busy time for Baker Hughes.

Aside from waking up early, I have not done too much today. The weather is beautiful. When I am done here I intend to sit out on the back porch for at least long enough to make a journal entry and spend a little bit of time in the sun.

Ive just done some intense organizing this week, from all of my hygiene products *which i have a bad habit of hoarding*, to the babies room, and today it was the pantry and fridge. It is almost as if Andrew and I have switched roles. He used to be the neurotically clean and organized one, while I was messy. Now I cannot stop cleaning and straightening, and he is leaving messes everywhere...hmmm think he is getting a bit comfy? I dont really mind, its not like he is "dirty", and It gives me something to keep myself busy during the day. I might get a little annoyed with it once the baby is here, but then again I might not give a crap what anything, including myself looks like!!!

There is not much else to report on today, I will have to plan some better topics for the future. I was working on Evey's scrapbook yesterday, I still need to have a lot of pictures printed out, but some of the pages are formated and decorated all ready to go. Hopefully she will appreciate it when she is older. It at least gives me something to do while I am bored during the day, and once she is born It will be a nice place to put pictures of her and make note of different happenings.

Cannot wait for our little sweet pea to get here!!! I hope that everyone has a fabulous day, and if you have good weather, ENJOY IT! If you have bad weather...stay inside, read a nice book, and take a nap for me :)

Picture of the Day-

Beautiful Thorne Island, Maine (Makes me want to be outside)

Daily French Vocabulary-

                                           le reveil

                                          Alarm Clock!!!

Until Next Time,

Jamie-Leigh

34 Weeks!

Quotation of the Day-

"Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives."
Oscar Wilde.

It is hard to believe that there is 34 weeks worth of Little Evey in my tummy!!! Such a crazy thought that I only have ABOUT 6 weeks left to go. For some reason I have this crazy overwhelming feeling that she is going to come early. I keep reading that because I have such a low body weight that I am more likely to deliver earlier rather than later...we shall see! As long as she decides to come when it is safe for her, anything after 37 weeks sounds good to me and the doctor. woo hoo!

Apparently during this week her nervous system will be improving and of course her longs will become more mature as well. She sure does get the hiccups a lot, so she has been practicing her breathing! GOOD GIRL!

Boo has been babysitting us all day. Every time I move from one room to the next she follows and just plunks down! She is such a sweetie pie, love this puppy to death!!!! I am so glad that Evey will at least have one sibling to grow up with. If we have it our way she will have a brother *tee hee* not TOO long afterwards. Andrew doesnt want our babies to be more than 2 years apart..YIKES. As long as I stay on track with school and I do not go crazy, I am all for it!!! Oh and, as long as we can afford it, there is nothing worse than bringing multiple babies into a family that cant even support the ones they have, sad.

Well I think I am done rambling for today, I should get back to my straightening up of the house, and of course check the front door step for some of the many things that my lovely orders offline :-)

Picture of the Day-

Picked this one, Just because I happen to think Andrew looks dashing in it <3

Daily French Vocabulary-

                                         Do you speak English?

                                         Parlez-vous l'anglais?

Until Next Time,

Jamie-Leigh

Full weekend

Quote of the Day-
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage"


Well, It has been a pretty busy weekend, at least for us. Friday night we went out to dinner with Andrew Mom, Sister, and Grandpa. We went to the Cheesecake Factory, YUM! We all ordered desert on top of our regular meal, so everyone could barely move when we left the table. I had to waddle, and thats a first!!! They came out and sang happy birthday to Andrew, and decorated the plate that had his cheesecake on it! 


Alex spent the night here with us Friday and Saturday, since she does not have a bed or furniture in her new apartment yet. Boo liked that, each morning she woke up and cried and scratched at her door until Alex finally woke up and let her in (pathetic puppy)!!! She gets so sad every time someone comes to our house and then leaves.


Saturday for dinner we went over to some of Lyndas(Andrews Mom) friends house. It was a good time, Lots of food and conversation...as well as a very LARGE red velvet cake that none of us actually had room for, but attempted to eat anyways. So for the second night in a row, we left too full for words, and I once again was waddling away! 


Today, being Sunday, has been one of our more lazy days. Although we did manage to get some yard work done, give Boo a bath, and make a good stab at our loads of laundry. As I type, Andrew is passed on the couch, Boo is passed out by my side...hmm as if they did SO much today! But it was good to have a day like this. Andrew and I stayed in bed until about 1, we were watching "The Temptations" and he was doing some computer work. It is so nice to be lazy and just enjoy each other and the pretty sunshine from our bedroom! 


Pictures-

Out celebrating Andrews Bday with the Family. 

Daily French Vocabulary-

                                           I am hungry

                                           J'ai faim

Until Next Time,

Jamie-Leigh

March weight madness

Quote of the Day-

"Life expectancy would grow leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon."- Doug Larson

This man is SO correct!!!


Tired. Tired Tired. I am SO tired today, and yesterday I was in zombie mode as well. I don't know what it is, but recently I am just not sleeping as well as I have been. It may be that I wake up in the middle of the night STARVING and I cannot go back to sleep unless I over indulge in something yummy and filling. 


I made the mistake of stepping on the scale yesterday. Then I made an even bigger mistake and turned around and looked at my thighs in the mirror :(  I have never weighed this much in my life or felt so incredibly out of shape. I almost feel disgusting, Aren't pregnant women supposed to feel beautiful? UGH Its bad enough that I have awful skin during preggoness. My skin breaks out, it gets so dry and itchy, and other spots turn red and splotchy..oh the horror! 


So...Since I am not allowed to "work out" or take long walks, I have decided that it is probably time to cut out all of those delicious yummys that I have been allowing myself. STARTING TODAY, since today is the first day of March (holy crap, when did that happen?) 


I wont be allowing myself to eat the things I deeply love, no more blue berry muffins that are the size of my head! No more tubs of ice cream, or chocolate bars..wahh! I seriously need a wammmbulence! This is going to be hard, especially with my Junk Food Junkie, Andrew in the house. He is such a healthy eater...until he gets a CRAVING! Who am I to turn down the chance to get some ice cream? 


At least I have been taking all of my vitamins that I need, now its time to cut back on the real good stuff :( tear!


I want to look as good as I can with minimal EXTRA effort after this little one pops out. Wish me luck. 


I encourage everyone to take a look at their diet, making healthy food choices could make your life a little bit better!

Picture of The Day- 

Pre Preggo Body!!! Determined to have this back, but BETTER!

Daily French Vocabulary-

                                          Swimsuit

                                     Le maillot de bain

Until Next Time,

Jamie-Leigh

Must be Nesting time.

Quote of the Day-

"Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you dont do it"- Author Unknown

I seriously must have hit the nesting stage. I am generally  not an overly organized or neat person, but lately if one thing is out of place...I FREAK. Im driving myself crazy cleaning constantly, however I know that Andrew is LOVING every second of it. I love having a clean house...I just wish It wasnt like a drug now. UGH

Picture of the Day-

A picture of my GUT. and yes I am wearing SHORTS wooo

Daily French Vocabulary-

                                             Broom- Le Balai
                                             Mop- Le balai laveur
                                             Vacuum- l'aspirateur

Until Next Time,

Jamie-Leigh

Me, You, and a dog named Boo!

Quote of the Day-

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." -Roger Caras

I thought that I would dedicate a blog about our sweet little puppy. She really is such a joy to have in our house. I cannot imagine what life was like before her! She almost 7 months old now, its so hard to believe. She is so well behaved yet fully of energy!!! We have her trained her pretty well...she actually listens *well, most of the time*!!! If you didnt know Boo is actually named after the character Boo in Monsters Inc. Andrew named her that, and it certainly suits her personality...plus she responded to it :)

We bought Boo her second kong yesterday, and she has been non stop liking and chewing on it since we gave it to her, and it doesnt even have peanut butter in it anymore! She is crazy, love her so much though. She has so many toys, spoiled little pooch, but its so worth it!!!

Her toys keep getting ripped apart, its partly our fault because we play tug of war with her and they get holes in them and then she discovers the stuffing inside, UGH!

Picture of the Day-

If you are wondering, she is blind her her left eye :( Thats why it looks funny.

Daily French Vocabulary-

                                             Dog house

                                               La niche

Until Next Time,

Jamie-Leigh

Ultrasound Day!

Quote of The Day-

"A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living." 


Yay today was another ultrasound day. I drug myself out of bed at 745am just to be ready in time. We waited outside of the office for like 10 minutes because the office ladies were LATE, ugh! Then we waited in the waiting room for about half an hour because the ultrasound tech was LATE, come on people! I hate that I am an early person and everyone else has NO IDEA how to be on time!

The ultrasound went great! Evey looks good. She was so adorable she was "talking" to us, moving her lips and wiggling her feet around. Apparently what I thought has been her head bumping into my rips is really her tiny little  bottom. She is already head down, way down!

She weighs around 4.5 pounds. My fluid levels were good, as well as my placenta *yayness*! She looked adorable on the screen, but of course the pictures the lady always prints out are awkward and strange..but oh well.

Oh did I mention, SHE HAS HAIR!!! I had no idea you could even tell that on an ultrasound, but we saw it. No bald baby for us! Now to see if she will have dark hair or light hair. Hopefully somewhere in between Andrew and I. Maybe if we get really lucky, she will have her Daddy's dreamy blue eyes...Hey I can dream!


Picture of the Day- 

Evey Rose Ulsher

I know it might be a challenge to tell but that is her sweet little face! 

Daily French Vocabulary- 

Phrase 3-     I love you

                    Je t'aime

Until Next Time,

Jamie-Leigh

Birthday Boy

Just a few pictures of Andrews Birthday. Enjoy.

Oh Sweet Sunshine!

It is such a beautiful day outside! I had to share with you what I was up to...If you have snow or its cold where you are...BE JEALOUS!!!!

There is nothing better than a good book, sunshine, and a glass of sweet tea! 

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Quote of the Day-

"With each year I'll love you more. Remember that your best years are still ahead of you and I'll be here for every up, down, and in between."??? - I have no idea who said this, however it seemed pretty suitable for today.


Today is a fabulous day. It is my honeys 25th birthday. Happy Birthday Andrew! I am simply excited because I like any excuse to celebrate, and him being the way he is, he is most excited that he gets a break on his insurance (What a financial nerd)...but a smart one. 


I do not have too much planned today. I woke up and baked Andrew some blueberry muffins to bring to work with him, along with a mug of English Breakfast Tea, yum. As soon as he left I got busy blowing up balloons, hanging my birthday signs, getting decorations ready, and baking the cake (which is now cooling, waiting to get frosted). I will post pictures of all of that as soon as I am done with the cake. I really hope Andrew enjoys his day, seems like he will have a fairly pleasant day at the office, they are having a BBQ. i swear he is SUCH a hard worker, but it seems at his company everyone "Hardly works"...But I wont complain, he is usually home no later than 3. YIPPIE. 


Anyways, I do not have much else to report on right now, I probably will later once Andrew comes home to find the house obnoxiously decorated. I hope he loves is. I wish everyone a happy and healthy day. If you have good weather, GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY IT. It is a beautiful day here in Texas!



Picture of the Day-

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREW!!! (It is hard to believe that man right there is 25!)

Daily French Vocabulary-

Phrase 2-     Happy Birthday!

                   


                    Bon anniversaire!

                              OR

                   Joyeux anniversaire!

Until Next Time,

Jamie-Leigh

Day 1 of Blogging

Quote of The Day-
" All women become like their Mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his." Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895.


Picture of The Day-

Photo Day 1, Officially 32 weeks pregnant!

Well, Its Thursday! This week seems like it is creeping by a little slowly. I think it is because I am waiting to help Andrew celebrate his 25th Birthday tomorrow. I cannot believe my old man will be a quarter of a century old. Do not fret, I have been quick to remind him of his age almost every day! Poor guy. As far as I know we are not doing much to celebrate, While he is gone at work I am going to bake him a cake and cupcakes, as well as decorate the house with balloons. I got him a funny card, but nothing else really, we apparently are not too big on celebrating in this house...but I wanted to do SOMETHING! 

As of this week I am officially 32 weeks pregnant, If you had not already noticed. I still feel fairly tiny, especially when I look at other pregnant people. However I am not complaining, Less stretching, I fit into all of my clothes, and less weight to loose once the baby is out. 

I have decided on what to do for my blog. Each day I will pick a quote that sounds like something interesting for the day, I will post a daily picture, and I will be teaching a bit of French vocabulary, More so I can brush up! Everything else, such as my ramblings will come and go! I think every Wednesday after my doctors appointment I will post my weekly weight and keep you updated on Evey's growth and changes! Looking forward to hearing from everyone. Have a good day!

Daily French Vocabulary-

Phrase 1-       I am...

                     Je Suis...

(I have chosen to include a French word/phrase each day to my blog, After studying the language for 5 years I could use a little reminder and brush up. I figured everyone else can help review with me!)

Until Next Time, 

Jamie-Leigh

A Fresh Start

Many times I have TRIED to start a blog. Each time I have failed. I would really like to stick to it, make it special, and interesting for that matter. I normally end up just rambling on like a looney. My goal is to keep this interesting, to not over post, and to make people actually like it, while I spend some of my free time enjoying this! Everyone will have to tell me what they think, be honest now, I can take it :p


You may have noticed that the title of my Blog is "C'est La Vie". I did not name it that because of the 5 years of french that are pounded into my head, I named it that because that is simply my life motto. I even have it tattooed on my shoulder. When things get rough and I seem to be feeling down I just remind myself "That's life"! 


I know I am just throwing a lot of information out there, but how else am I supposed to start a successful blog? I'll start off by saying, only about 8 weeks left of this pregnancy, and time is creeping by! I just want to hold my sweet little girl, Evey. I cannot wait to meet her. She is part of the reason I am starting this. I want to be able to keep all of my family and friends included in whats going on in our lives. Also, I love the fact that I can document happenings with her and with my life and have it all to look back on. Blogging is a good idea, and pretty relaxing, even if no one ever reads it! Its like a journal you don't mind someone taking a peek at! I love it. 


Thats about all I have to say for now, Find out more about me in my "About Me" section. You can meet my growing family just by reading about all of us. 


Until next time, 

Jamie-Leigh