Counting down to lots of exciting things...

50 more work days until maternity leave! I can't wait to be with my little man! He is kicking and moving up a storm and I am already so attached to him! He has a sleep pattern, and an aerobic time, lol. He is an active little booger! He loves to have his sister Jasy read to him and kicks the whole time. Eve tickles my belly and he can't stand that! She is already aggravating him, lol. He doesn't like if I get in the bathtub. He doesn't mind showers but baths are on his no no list! Don't know why. He loves salty foods, fruit and veggies! Doesn't really care for sweets that much. Loves steaks too! Eve swears he loves Kenny Chesney, lol. I think he likes all music really. He is already forming his little personality and it amazes me!

We are getting closer to working on the nursery! We got Eve moved upstairs and it looks so pretty! I will post pictures soon. I redone an old desk for her and it looks so good. She loves it! I modged podged and painted it and I really think it turned out nice. We are working on painting Eve's old room for Jasy now. She loves the pink! We even found where you can put glitter in your paint and she is in hog heaven!!! I can't wait to see it finished! Then it's on to little Zeb's room!!! Yay!!!! Super excited!

Have a blessed day!

Friday's funny...

MAMA'S BIBLE




Four brothers left home for college, and they became successful doctors and lawyers.



One evening, they chatted after having dinner together. They discussed the 95th birthday

gifts they were able to give their elderly mother who moved to Florida .



The first said, "You know I had a big house built for Mama."



The second said, "And I had a large theater built in the house."



The third said, "And I had my Mercedes dealer deliver an SL600 to her."



The fourth said, "You know how Mama loved reading the Bible and you know she can't

read anymore because she can't see very well. I met this preacher who told me about a parrot

who could recite the entire Bible. It took ten preachers almost 8 years to teach him. I had to

pledge to contribute $50,000 a year for five years to the church, but it was worth it Mama

only has to name the chapter and verse, and the parrot will recite it."



The other brothers were impressed. After the celebration Mama sent out her "Thank You" notes.



She wrote: Milton , the house you built is so huge that I live in only one room, but I have to

clean the whole house. Thanks anyway."



"Marvin, I am too old to travel. I stay home; I have my groceries delivered, so I never use

the Mercedes. The thought was good. Thanks."



"Michael, you gave me an expensive theater with Dolby sound and it can hold 50 people,

but all of my friends are dead, I've lost my hearing, and I'm nearly blind. I'll never use it.

Thank you for the gesture just the same."



"Dearest Melvin, you were the only son to have the good sense to give a little thought to

your gift. The chicken was delicious Thank you so much."



Love, Mama

Halloween fun...

Wonder Women and Grease Lighning...

My little Fifties Diva...

Love...

Wonder what she is thinking...














Love...

 My girls had fun last night trick or treating! I didn't get to go bc I was under the weather but that didn't stop me from getting some candid shots before they left on a candy spree! Next year, we will have a little bundle to add to the fun! Can't wait!

It's a boy!

I know it' been a while but time is surely flying by! I am now well into my second trimester and getting rounder everyday. :) I have 4 more weeks until I enter my third trimester and I can't wait! Since my last post, I found out that we are having a sweet little boy! We are so excited that God has blessed us with such a gift. We have had three ultrasounds so far and on the last two he moves, kicks and squirms the whole time! I think we have a little stinker on our hands! I have 63 working days until I leave on maternity leave and you better believe I am counting down! I can't wait until he is here and I can give him lots of kisses. The girls are so excited and Jasy ask almost everyday when he is going to be here. She reads to him everyday and he already recognizes her voice. Every time she starts reading he wakes up and moves around. Eve loves to rub my belly (which drives me nuts) and she laughs at all my transformations and problems. Jasy tells me how beautiful I am (isn't she sweet) and how I am the most beautiful women on earth. She must know my self esteem runs a little low right now. Jason has been great and has really helped me out a lot so far. Lots of foot rubs, back rubs, tubs ran and runs out for fruit! Yes, fruit, I have craved fruit like crazy! Especially strawberries! I eat them everyday. No weird cravings though, all normal. We have picked out a name for our little Prince and I can't wait to do his nursery! We have decided on the name Zeb. We are going to name him Zebediah Luke and call him "Zeb". Zeb  means "a gift from God" and that is truly what this baby is to us. I already know he is going to be special. :)

I am starting to enter my "nesting phase" and it is driving Jason nuts. I want everything done yesterday and I really need my house organized or I am going to go crazy! We are moving Eve upstairs to the play room so we have been repainting and moving stuff out. We are almost done painting her new room, and then we are going to move her upstairs and do the finishing touches over the next month or so. We have to add her a closet to the once office space, and I really want to add some built in bookshelves for her room. I have taken on a good many little projects and I can't wait to see them finished. Then after we get Eve upstairs we are painting Eve's old room and moving Jasy in there. THEN FINALLY we get to do the nursery! (Jasy's old room). I can't wait to paint the walls a baby blue and see everything in place for him. Those who have been pregnant know how crazy women are when they begin "nesting" and getting things in place for their new little one. We are like crazy birds flying around getting our little nest ready for our chicks/dudes. :)

The girls are doing great in school and they seem to be settling well with their new schedules. Eve has had a big adjustment this year getting used to middle school but she seems to like it pretty good-just not all the work...especially on weekends. She is doing fantastic in gymnastics and has completely gotten over her mental blocks, thank the good Lord! She is now doing handstands on the bars and she is so proud of herself and we are so proud of our girl for fighting through it. She has her first meet this weekend. It will be so nice seeing her having fun again doing what she loves. I hope God gets all the Glory.

Jasy loves first grade and loves her teacher. She is reading up a storm. She LOVES to read and reads constantly! She is already in chapter books and stealing Eves old books. :) She never seeks to amaze me and she is one to watch! She has a heart for God and she is such a caring, loving child. I can't wait to see what plans God has in store for her. When she sets her mind to something this child makes it happen! She sets goals and writes them down and then works towards them! 

I am so ready for Thanksgiving to get here! I love this time of the year. I have so much to be thankful for this year. God is so good to us. 

Fripp and Shrimp time...

Tick, tock, tick, tock...1 more day until we are on Fripp time baby!!! I have been waiting all summer! I can already feel the sand between my toes and the wind blowing in my hair. We usually go to Edisto Island but we have heard such great things about Fripp Island that we wanted to try it out. I think it should be wonderful! This year our rental came with a golf cart so we will be traveling in style-whoo hoo , because this prego lady is tired! Gonna get me a good book and escape to no mans land for a week. When I come back I have to hit reality head on. The day after we come back I have a to go back to work, do late registration for both girls (since they will be gone the week of regular meet the teacher), I have a Doctors appt (the story of my life lately), Eve has an Orthodontist appt and gymnastics! Ugh... So I will definitely enjoy my week while I have nothing to do!

I am 13 weeks (tomorrow) and the baby is the size of a medium shrimp-about 3 inches long. Relates doesn't it, considering we are going to the beach this week! A lot of people say that I am not even showing at all yet but it's kind of weird this pregnancy. In the morning my belly is pretty much flat but my night time it's sticking out like a little cantaloupe. I guess it's the fluids in my body that I drink throughout the day? My weight is fluctuating too. One day I am up to 5 lbs gained and the next I am down to 2 lbs gained. I really think it's fluid crazy! No maternity clothes yet, although my waist is fuller and my pants are tighter in the belly. I just feel bloated and gassy all the time, lol. Oh the joys of being a woman! about 4 more weeks until we have our next ultrasound! Whoo-hoo, can't wait! Jasy told me that it will either say "girl" or "boy" on their bottom and it's hand written from God. :) So sweet!!!!
 I found the baby the cutest bassinet! It is white, with white lace fabric and it has interchangeable ribbon for girl and for a boy. Of course we have it up and Jasy stuck the pink ribbon on it. :)

I have been cleaning the girls closets out like a crazy woman! I sold all Jasy's outgrown clothes, her old backpack, her Leapfrog tag Reading system (bc "I can read now Mom"), Eve's too small tennis shoes and Eve's DS, case and games. I made $435!! Yay, beach money and back to school clothes money!!!! We are getting ready for a new addition you know, got to be cost savvy!


Well ready to get my busy day started. (not really but I have to) so until next time...

It's me again Margaret...

Well...it's been a while! Too long! I haven't been very loyal to my blog but it hit me tonight that I needed to do a little catching up. ;) So much has happened since May and I don't really know where to start. So instead of writing a 10 page blog, I figured I would just do a list of the things (well some of the big ones) that have changed since then. Here goes-

1. School is out! Eve is going into middle school and Jasy into 1st grade. This year sure did fly by!
2. Eve has overcome her gymnastics mental block and is doing wonderful! She has really found the love and joy in gymnastics that she was missing for the 5 months during her mental struggle. She has gotten stronger both mentally and physically and has improved leaps and bounds on those skills that were blocking her! They look even better than before! She is so happy and we are so happy for her! I hope this will be a great meet year for her. ;)
3. Jasy graduated k-5 and was a little cutie pie! I cried my eyes out and about had a melt down that my baby girl was already going into 1st grade soon!

4. The biggest news of all is I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!  Yes, a huge surprise for us!!! Once we got past the intial shock, we were excited but very scared!!! In fact, I think Jason and I are more scared than we were when we were pregnant with our first child! I don't really know why but we are. We sold everything we had baby oriented bc although we never closed that door we didn't plan on opening it again. We will have to start fresh!!! That I think scares us! The girls are so thrilled!!!! It has a sparked a light in Eve that we haven't seen. She is in hog Heaven and so excited! Jasy is too! At first, Jasy wasn't that sure of not being the baby anymore but when we explained to her that she will always be our baby she got over it. She just doesn't want a boy! In fact, she cried oneday when Eve and I checked out the Chinese calendar and it said a boy. She locked herself in her room and wouldn't come out. She is starting to come around there though. I think she will be okay once we know for sure what we are having. I am 11 weeks and 3 days today and ready to be out of my first trimester!!! I have been so tired and nauseas so far and I want to feel good again!!! I hope this will soon pass. The baby is already moving and since it's my 3rd pregnancy, I can already feel little movements. It's really neat! The girls can't wait to be able to see it kick and they pull my shirt up everyday to see if my belly has gotten any bigger, lol. I hope that passes too!! At first I was running just as I did before (just slower) but now I can't even get up and do anything without being sick so I am hoping to get back to the pavement very soon! 7 more weeks until we find out what we are having and you better believe I want to know!! I am not one of those netural colors will work kind of girls. Give me pink or blue!!!! I want it either all girl or all boy! We do have some names picked out but mainly for girls. Can you tell what I have on my mind? Nah, I really don't care but I am just so use to girls that it will take me a while to get all boyed up! Jason is surprisly wanting a boy after all these years saying that girls are the best! I think he is starting to see hormones in the future. Can't much blame him there.

5. Eve had a great 11th bday. We took her to the Mall of Georgia and then we stayed at an Inn just out of town that pampered them silly. Rose petals in the bed, chocolates on the pillows, pedicures and all of that girlie stuff that I love! She took her BF Maggie and they had such a good time. I couldn't believe how much both of them have grown up. It's really sad.

Now we are a little bit caught up. I promise that I wont be so obselete now. I think I just needed sometime to soak in some things and now it's all good.

Happy Mothers day...(full of humor)

Happy      Mother's Day!! Dear Friends, Wishing all of you Mom's and Grandma's the day you deserve!  Here's a few laughs for you to enjoy !   What My Mother Taught Me My mother taught me RELIGION. "You'd better pray that will come out of the carpet." My mother taught me TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!" My mother taught me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident." My mother taught me IRONY. "Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about." My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!" My mother taught me about WEATHER. "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it." My mother taught me about ENVY. "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do." My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home." My mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You are going to get it when you get home!" My mother taught me HUMOUR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me." My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand." My mother taught me about JUSTICE. "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you".    10 Amusing One-Liners and Interesting Facts About Mothers I'd like to be the ideal mother, but I'm too busy raising my kids. 80.5 million are the number of mothers of all ages in the USA. 81% of women between 40 and 44 are mothers. Women expect to have 2 children in their lifetime. Working mothers are guinea pigs in a scientific experiment to show that sleep is not necessary to human life. Parents often talk about the younger generations as if they didn't have anything to do with it. A mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. - Peter De Vries God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. - A Jewish Proverb There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. - Chinese Proverb A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. - Irish Proverb    Mother of a Small Boy Knows... A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house, 4 inches deep. A 3-year old boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant. When you hear the toilet flush and the words 'uh oh' , it's already too late. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it. A six-year old boy can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36-year old Man says they can only do it in the movies. Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4-year old Boy. Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence. Super glue is forever. » No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water. Pool filters do not like Jell-O. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving. You probably DO NOT want to know what that odor is. The fire department in Austin, Texas has a 5-minute response time. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy. It will, however, make cats dizzy. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy. 80% of men who read this will try mixing the Clorox and brake fluid.

Wishing you the best day, Shannon Donald