What We've Been Up To

Well, things are finally starting to get better around here. I'm feeling better, Andrew is out of school, and I've got one day left! I've made it to 15 weeks and the nausea has subsided. I still get sick in the morning and afternoon, but it just comes in one wave and then goes! We have been going outside a lot! Andrew loves to be outside. If we ask him if he wants to go outside he says "Yeah" really loud with a huge smile and runs to the door. He especially likes the front yard, because he likes to go on walks. He runs the whole way or holds the leash and walks Gracey. It's really funny! He is so active these days! Here are a few pictures from the last few weeks.

We took a trip to Conway and Andrew enjoyed going out to the store and riding on the mule with his Grandad. He almost fell asleep...almost!
Here he is doing some painting.

His Grandad was teaching him to blow the duck call. He can actually kind of do it.

Here he is walking his dog. He gets a very determined look on his face!

It was time to go home, but not time to go inside! Anytime you ask him if he wants to go inside he says "No" and shakes his head.

Eight Things...And Three New Posts!

I have finally updated our blog. There is this post and two more (with pictures)!

My friend Laurie tagged me to do eight things and since Andrew is napping I think that I will! Here are the rules...mention the person that tagged you, complete the list of eight things, tag eight of your wonderful blogger friends, go tell them you tagged them

Eight things I look forward to:
* Having this baby. I HATE being pregnant. I know some people love it, I don't. I throw up all the time, have NO energy, can't be around anything that has a distinct smell, can't eat any of the foods I normally love, etc. etc. etc. Now, just to explain, I love being a mom. I love kids- I'd have several if I didn't have to actually HAVE them. So, for the record, love babies...hate pregnancy.
* Summer vacation. The month of April creeped by and I'm hoping that May will go a little faster!
* Weekends- especially weekends with nothing going on!
* Seeing my friends- I don't get to see them a lot because everyone's schedules are busy or we have kids or we live far away.
* Christmas- always have, always will
* Bubble Baths- they're really a treat, because I am usually to tired to take one when I have the opportunity, so when I actually do it, I love it!
* Finding out of this baby is a boy or a girl. I think we've got eight more weeks until then! I'm just curious. This pregnancy is different in a lot of ways, but similar in a lot of ways to the last one, so I'm curious to see if a girl or a boy is causing me to feel this way.
* Having enough energy to clean my house myself. So far, I haven't been able to clean like I want to and Jason has been kind enough to take over most of the chores I do, but there is just something I truly enjoy about scrubbing cabinets and mopping floors. So, once I feel good again I plan to clean, clean, clean!

Eight things I did yesterday:
* Ate a good breakfast of waffles and little smokies sausages (I love them when I'm pregnant) all dipped in syrup.
* Went to work- I only went for two days this week because Andrew had been sick.
* Picked Andrew up from school
* Watched it hail outside- I would say "pop" everytime it would his the ground and Andrew would laugh histarically!
* Stopped Andrew from plugging in his breathing maching- he had pneumonia all week.
* Stopped Andrew from taking out one of the outlet covers so he could plug his breathing machine into a different outlet
* Took away the breathing machine
* Took some medicine to keep me from throwing up (I threw up A LOT on Thursday, so I got some new medicine) and passed out soon after!

Eight things I wish I could do:
* Feel great during pregnancy
* Know what Andrew is going to destroy before he does it
* Not get frusterated when things get difficult
* Dance
* Take really good pictures
* Go a day without washing my hair
* Not ever wear makeup again
* Go to work only on days that I felt like it

Eight shows I watch:
* Desperate Housewives
* Brothers and Sisters
* Gray's Anatomy
* Private Practice
* Ugly Betty
* Dancing With The Stars
* 18 Kids and Counting
* Old sitcoms on TBS and Nick at Night

I tag anyone who wants to do this. I always think they are fun to read!

Ally Finally Had Enough!

If you look under his right eye you can see a large cat scratch!
Most of you know about Andrew's love for our fat cat Ally, and that Ally has loved him back for some reason. Well, Andrew has gotten a little big aggressive and tries to tackle Ally or pull his tail and other things that cats just don't enjoy. Jason and I have been trying to teach Andrew how to gently pet Ally and he has learned that he can pat him softly. Andrew and I were sitting on the floor and Ally was right there with us so we were petting him and all of a sudden Andrew just pounced on that cat and had Ally pinned to the ground. Ally doesn't have claws on his front paws but he does in the back, so when he was trying to escape he scraped Andrew's cheek. Andrew looked up at me and was holding his face and starting to cry a little bit. It really hurt his feelings that his Ally cat would scratch him. He got over it pretty quickly and was after that cat again!

Andrew's Dedication

Two Sunday's ago we had Andrew dedicated at our church. Usually it is done when they are babies, but we wanted to go ahead and have it done. If I had only known I would have waited and done both at once! It was a really nice service and our families were able to be apart of it. Andrew did really great. We thought it would be at the beginning of church, but it was at the end. Andrew lasted about 10 minutes before he had to go to the atrium with Jason and stay there until the end of the service! We are so proud to have such a special little boy!