CALLS

I had the best week this week, I got three phone calls from my husband when I was only expecting one. I get like a little girl when I realize that it's him. He called on Monday from Ireland and that was a little weird cause the phone number was 334443 something, than he call on Wednesday from a Minot number which I almost didn't pick up, and than yesterday I got a 1999 number, but no matter the number I have been directed to pick up, cause he could be calling from any number. Brian is now in Afghanistan and will go to his base in the next couple of days to start change over and relieve the people that are already there. He seems so relaxed about all of this, where I am not even the one over there and am still nervous. His only complaint was on Monday were he had to take a cold shower, and yesterday he slept through dinner, can you imagine being over there and your only complaints were that you got a cold shower and missed a dinner. He always asked how I am doing and what's going on, and all I want to talk about is what he is doing and what's going on over there. So a couple things he will be doing that I do not think I could ever do, walking around the villages with no body armor on, this is so the villagers don't feel threatened (I think), eat their food over there, he has to eat with his hands out of the same plate as every one, can you say gross. And really just being over there, his base is not big at all, it does even have a place that they can buy toiletries he is going to have to order them online, but he seems to be looking forward to it, and that's what amazes me the most. But he is not all self less he knows that after he gets back he will have the money to do things to his truck that he really wants to do, and I feel that he deserves it, as long as I get a new couch and bed room set :) So now that I don't know when he is going to cal I have to carry my phone every where but if that means I get a couple of minute to talk to him that's what I will do. Please keep him in your prayers as he starts his adventure (I call it that cause deployment sounds so negative)

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What a week we have had, everyone had something big happen to them this week. I got to see little Joseph 4pounds 4ounces and he has a big head but if you have seen his dad you wouldn't be surprised :) Jerry had a blind date on Sunday for a pug dance wore a tux and everything he looked so hansom and he had fun, though his date was a little older she tolerated him, than on Friday he got snipped, he is still a man dog just missing some parts but he really doesn't seem to mind all that much. I got to go to GAY bingo and support AIDS foundation, and had the best time every, also it was the latest I have stayed out in a long time. And last but not least Brian boarded his plane today at 1:30pm his time 10:30am my time to go off on his adventure. He called and I asked if he was nervous and he told me no he was just ready to get over there, but that is Brian for you he likes that kind of stuff, I am sad but will just keep pushing on, he is going to try to call he said when he gets off in Ireland, but we don't know if that will happen or not. But from Ireland he goes to some where in Afghanistan and than from there he goes to his little base. So now I just await his call, email, letter, pigeon :) Um but things to come for getting ready for mister Joseph, I am going to have a 3d ultra sound the first week of march, and have my baby shower the second week of march. I have an appointment this friday, and than one every week after that, he will be here soon. I am still working and will until he comes than I will take a little break and hopefully jump back in to working, Jerry will have to come to terms that he will not be the only one that need mom's attention but he is going to a big pug party in May which I am super excited about. There I think I covered it all

Not Just a Number

I am really big in to numbers, I like them to go together some how, it is kind of an OCD thing but not as bad. So of course I am going to think long and hard on the numbers/birthday for the baby since I get to pick it kind of. Joseph is due in the 15th of April and I think that sounds like such an ugly birthday, I have 6-6-88 and Brian has 12-12-83, my birthday also adds up to how old I am turning, so my next birthday is 6-6-10 and those numbers added up it 22 and that will be my age, ps I am not the devil but my 18th birthday was 6-6-06. So I can choose a week before Joseph is due, here is what I wanted 4-4-10 or 4-6-10 (cause 4 plus 6 is 10, and on his tenth bday his date will be 4-6-20 and half of 20 is ten) or 4-10-10. Here is what I was told the 4th is Easter, the 6th is too soon, and the 10th is a Saturday and they don't do surgeries on Saturdays, they said pick between the 8th or 9th. I was so disappointed with all those days, but than I thought on it and decided the 9th cause it looks good 4-9-10 and it rolls off the tongue, and it is 20 days before Abigail's (4-29-09 her's sounds better but oh well) also my mom pointed out it is a week and a day before hers. So I have decided on the 9th and the doctor told me she will see what she can do and I said um no I didn't get my other dates I will have this one, and because it's on the 9th I do not have to get a needle in my belly, dodged that bullet twice. But I am going in next week to get an ultra sound, it is to make sure he is growing as he should be, since the doctor measure my belly and it was the same size as two weeks ago. Now I didn't know if that was a bad thing, but she said that if you are with in a couple inches of the weeks that you are than it's okay, but just to make sure I will be getting an ultra sound. Since I measured a little big last time my husband thinks that I am all caught up now so there is nothing to worry about.

Oh No

Well I had a bit of a scare but all is well. So I have been working at a day care as a sub and surprisingly getting more hours than I would have thought, but while I am enjoying working with the kids and being around all the ladies again Joseph is not liking it, he has decided to put pressure on my cervix. By pressure I mean not a little but a lot I couldn't even roll over in bed with out hurting, I called the doctor's nurse to see if there was something I could do it make it go away, she told me to just go home a lay down and relax. That was Wednesday, so Thursday I worked and the pressure was really bad and than at night I had some fake contractions, so of course I automatically called my mom who in return told me to call the doctor again, called she told me to come in the next morning. I go in and they listen to Joseph's heart beat and after about a minute he decides he has had enough of that and kicks the little machine right off my belly, which made me feel a little better knowing he didn't like them to do that either. Anyways the nurse told me that is common to feel the pressure with a second kid and that I needed to just relax and everything would be okay. I was happy and relieved to find out that nothing was wrong, but a little annoyed to think that there is nothing they can do about this pressure, and they told me I would not only be getting checked of diabetes (where you have to drink that nasty sugar water) next appointment I will also be getting a shot in my butt oh goodie I am really excited about my next appointment now. moral of my babble Joseph wants me to just sit on the couch and watch tv all day long :)

Getting your already jealous dog ready for a new baby. I wanted to make sure that the experience of a new baby coming would be good every one that includes Jerry dog, but he is not taking to it so well. Pugs are very people dogs meaning they would rather be around people than other dogs, so I looked up how to introduce your dog to a new baby and it all sound really easy. You just start setting things out that the baby will use, start with little stuff first like clothes, well Jerry loves clothes clean or dirty so I thought great he will love this part. Nope I was wrong he wouldn't go near the clothes I tries having him sniff them, no he just walked off. So next I put the stroller out and he completely avoided it, even when I pushed it around he ran off. And to make the situation worse Joseph kicks him every time he comes near my belly, Jerry was laying on my lap (which is half belly) and Joseph just gave him a good one two and let him know he was there. So now Jerry wont go any where near my belly he avoids it like it is the plague. And Jerry has begun to snuggle right up to me when he sleeps, like if I move a little bit away from him he will scoot right next to me, which he never did before. Jerry would snuggle with Brian but not with me, on the couch Brian, in the bed Brian, which wouldn't be bad but he sleeps like 90% of a day, I think he knows something is up. Now I am just waiting it out Brian said he will do just fine as soon as the baby comes but I know I am going to have to map out time in my day just for a snuggle with Jerry.

NEW

My new blog, okay here we go, I am pregnant with my second child a boy and it is way different than my first. So my first pregnancy allowed me to get out of the Air Force and leave Minot, ND behind for sunny Lompoc, CA where my husband was stationed. I gained the right amount of weight and felt the little flutter of a baby girl in my tummy. Now with my second pregnancy my husband has been tasked to deploy for nine months and I have gain the right amount of weight than some as allowing the little man room to jab, and kick me when ever he pleases. Though my first pregnancy was a breeze I had to have a C-section because she was breech, which at first I was not happy about but now I see a C-section is a blessing, and since we did not allow enough time in between the pregnancies I will have another C-section, which like I said I am so excited about because I do not have to go thru the whole wait till the you go in to labor and I do not have to have labor pains. Now preparing for the little man is a lot different, I have come to realize for ever three racks of little girls clothes there is one rack of little boys clothes, which in my option is poop. There is no clothes, and the cute clothes that there is Brian has bought in 6 month size so the baby can wear is when he gets back. But all complaints a side I am very happy that our little man is healthy and doing great.