37 weeks

First of all, I can't believe we are at 37 weeks. Technically only 3 weeks left.... and then my doctor said the most shocking thing.  "I think we should deliver this weekend or next"!!!  You can only imagine the shock I felt in that moment.  Of course my first thought was "why" and then "but my Mom won't be here yet"!  Ohh my, I was not expecting him to say anything like that.  Essentially the doc is worried I am starting to develop preeclampsia.  Key word there is starting.  He says he isn't worried yet and that baby Jake is fine but he wants us to be prepared.  Doc asked me to get my blood pressure checked mid-week (which has been fine so far) and to watch for any excess swelling.  So for now, the prayer is that Jacob will stay nice and healthy and that we will make it to June 16 before being induced.  I feel much more comfortable with being 39 weeks AND with both of our Mom's being here so please pray!  


Of course to go along with the shocking news we were able to see our precious boy.  Check out those cheeks!

Love for the Giz

Gizmo turned 5 years old this year and all of a sudden I feel like he's turned into an old man.  It's started making me a little sad to see my pup turn into a middle-aged dog.  Haha.  If you didn't know, Gizmo is very smart for a little Shih Tzu and has lots of tricks that he does to get a treat or food.  He knows every night that he doesn't get dinner until Micah gets home from work.  Of course the moment Micah gets home, he wants his dinner. I decided we should video all of his tricks before he gets to where he doesn't want to do them as well anymore.  Plus I figure most videos in the near future will be of Jacob :)  Gizmo should have his day before baby!  Here is our pup working for his dinner:

http://youtu.be/QS-vMnDLm1E

36 weeks!

Wow, I can't believe we are at 36 weeks!  I am finally in the last month of pregnancy.  Since it's the last month and who knows when this boy is actually going to come I'm going to write about pregnancy.
I want to write some of this before the last month takes over and I forget how great everything was before this month ;)


I have been extremely blessed this pregnancy with almost NO issues! Sometimes when I talk to other women I feel like I'm rubbing it in.  They say things to me like "doesn't it get so hard to sleep",  "don't you just hate the swelling", "doesn't it just drive you crazy having to pee all night", etc.  So far, my answers are always no.  I still sleep through the night just fine, I haven't really been swelling (yet), and I don't have to pee that much more.  Sometimes these conversations make me wonder what's wrong with me.   Overall, I actually love being pregnant.  I love feeling Jacob kick and move around. Watching him grow by watching my belly grow and from ultra-sounds.  I love trying to get Micah to feel Jacob move and when Micah kisses my belly to tell Jacob bye in the mornings.


However, a few issues are starting to take over and I can see that the honeymoon period on pregnancy is almost over.  I figure that is mother natures way of making you actually somewhat want to go through labor.  My back is starting to hurt more often and I have a hard time sitting for long periods of time and sometimes even short periods. I finally have succumbed to the full fledge pregnant lady waddle too!  When I stand up after laying for a while I feel like an old lady with my hips hurting and kinda limping.  I painted my toenails the other day and that was an extremely difficult task. 


I'm sure this last month I'm going to get increasingly more uncomfortable but I'm so excited as to what it will bring- our precious baby!  But before counting the days to Jacob, I'm counting the days till our Mom's arrive.  I'm hoping and praying the Mom's arrive before Jacob.  After that, bring it on :)

Man Shower- videos

Since I posted about Micah's "Man Shower" I thought it was only appropriate to post a couple videos. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mtfw9gwehhQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Uy9BroIRKLs

Telling our Saudi friends

So this post is SUPER late but I just now got the video and figured out how to do it.  When we told our friends in Saudi we had everyone over for dinner.  This is something we do pretty regularly so it wasn't that unusual.  Lindsey had the idea of baking a "baby" cake for our desert and to see how long it took everyone to figure it out.  I had predicted that Laura would be first to know what was going on.  Laura is the first to start screaming "I knew it" but look at how confused everyone else still seems.  Then finally you here me say "We're pregnant".   That's when everyone else reacts.  It was a very fun night!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAtLLc7TCfY

Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to the best Mom in the entire world!  I'm so blessed to call her Mom.  I couldn't ask for a better example.  Love you Mom!

Ohh...and not to rub it in or anything but I also have a pretty great Mom-in-law.  How lucky could one girl get? Happy Mother's Day Marvetta!

Love you Moms!

5 Years!

Can you believe it? Micah and I have been married 5 years today.  I don't know why 5 seems like the magical finally made it past the "newlywed" stage but it does.  What's funny is that after 5 years I feel like we actually have each other "figured out" and now we are about to throw a baby in there and mess it all up again :)

What a great 5 years we have had.  We started out with a fabulous wedding followed by a romantic honeymoon.

After all the hoopla we moved into our first tiny apartment in League City, TX.

Then we adopted our first child. The fur ball we named Gizmo. What a cutie.

Finally we made the big move (actually before our 1 year anniversary) and bought a house! This one was technically in Houston but it's the north Clear Lake area.

During our time in Houston we made some wonderful friends, had a church that we loved, and enjoyed our home. We traveled the Caribbean and New York City. But then after 3 years of marriage and living in Houston our marriage was moved to Saudi Arabia.  Once again we were back in an apartment.

After 2 years in Saudi we have traveled the world, made life-long friends, continued to love on Gizmo, and once again moved from an apartment to a "house".  In 5 years of marriage we have lived in 4 different homes. The walls around us don't matter because as long as I'm with Micah I am home.

I feel so blessed to have such an amazing husband that makes each move and change easy and fun.  I'm blessed to have someone to share such great adventures with and someone who enjoys the adventures as much as I do. I can't wait to see what THIS next adventure in life will bring: