Last week it was finally time to give Thor a bath. We recently got his flea & tick medicine, but we needed to bathe him before we applied a dose. Bathtime with Thor is 10x better in the summer because we can take care of it in the yard with a hose, otherwise he is in our tub and bathtime is usually followed by an entire bottle of Draino because of his hair!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Our Dear Sweet Baby...
Boy, am I in love with you already. How is that we haven't even met and all I can think about is you, and us, and your future together with us & Thor :).
You are just 11 weeks and 4 days old today and the size of a lime (according to thebump.com) and already we are ready to protect you, and love you, and teach you everything about this world that we know.
We are enrolling in a birthing class so that we can make your entrance into this world as peaceful as possible. We are reading as many books about taking care of you while you are in mommy's belly as we can get ahold of. I am trying to eat healthy for the both of us, and focusing on getting the good stuff in my body, and trying so hard to only eating the "bad" stuff once in awhile.
We bought a big beautiful home because we knew how badly we wanted you in our lives and needed more room for you to grow up in. We picked out your bedroom the very first time that we even looked at the house. Your daddy said, "this room will make a great nursery." And guess what! One week later we found out that you were growing inside of me and going to be able to help fill up our home and our hearts.
You are all that I think about throughout most of the day and I cannot wait for the chance to get to see you on the ultrasound screen again; June 23 seems so so so far away. I'm even more impatient for the day that your daddy and I will actually get to hold you and introduce you to the rest of your crazy family. Trust me, they are super duper crazy, but not in the bad crazy kinda way, more like the very fun crazy kind of way. They love you just as much as we love you and I know they will take good care of you, too.
I can't wait to see who you look like and if you will have your daddy's beautiful green eyes or not. And if you will have our dark black hair, or my brown skin (although, your daddy can get tanner than me most summers).
I'm anxious because I want to do everything right to prepare you for life. We want the absolute best for you, baby, and I'm very glad that we have some great role models in our lives that will help us along the way. Just know, that even though I can guarantee we will not be perfect, we are trying our best and that we will always be there for you.
You are just 11 weeks and 4 days old today and the size of a lime (according to thebump.com) and already we are ready to protect you, and love you, and teach you everything about this world that we know.
We are enrolling in a birthing class so that we can make your entrance into this world as peaceful as possible. We are reading as many books about taking care of you while you are in mommy's belly as we can get ahold of. I am trying to eat healthy for the both of us, and focusing on getting the good stuff in my body, and trying so hard to only eating the "bad" stuff once in awhile.
We bought a big beautiful home because we knew how badly we wanted you in our lives and needed more room for you to grow up in. We picked out your bedroom the very first time that we even looked at the house. Your daddy said, "this room will make a great nursery." And guess what! One week later we found out that you were growing inside of me and going to be able to help fill up our home and our hearts.
You are all that I think about throughout most of the day and I cannot wait for the chance to get to see you on the ultrasound screen again; June 23 seems so so so far away. I'm even more impatient for the day that your daddy and I will actually get to hold you and introduce you to the rest of your crazy family. Trust me, they are super duper crazy, but not in the bad crazy kinda way, more like the very fun crazy kind of way. They love you just as much as we love you and I know they will take good care of you, too.
I can't wait to see who you look like and if you will have your daddy's beautiful green eyes or not. And if you will have our dark black hair, or my brown skin (although, your daddy can get tanner than me most summers).
I'm anxious because I want to do everything right to prepare you for life. We want the absolute best for you, baby, and I'm very glad that we have some great role models in our lives that will help us along the way. Just know, that even though I can guarantee we will not be perfect, we are trying our best and that we will always be there for you.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Have you ever?
Have you Ever?
Stole this from another blog because I really liked it!
Instructions: Copy the list, bold the ones you've done (with explanations if needed), share with friends.
I have:
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (concert band)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (Disney World, but not Disneyland)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (Dave does, and from time to time I water them!)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David in person
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (yes, and he rejected it. he was a homeless man, kinda cuckoo.)
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (no, but I've bought tons!)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (too many to count)
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper (wedding announcement :) )
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (fishing counts!)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (dave's, lol)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby ( SOON!)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
That was fun!
Stole this from another blog because I really liked it!
Instructions: Copy the list, bold the ones you've done (with explanations if needed), share with friends.
I have:
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (concert band)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (Disney World, but not Disneyland)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (Dave does, and from time to time I water them!)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David in person
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (yes, and he rejected it. he was a homeless man, kinda cuckoo.)
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (no, but I've bought tons!)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (too many to count)
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper (wedding announcement :) )
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (fishing counts!)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (dave's, lol)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby ( SOON!)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
That was fun!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
The post that I have been saving!
Today is March 22, 2010, I am 4 weeks pregnant:
Dave and I found out this very morning that we are pregnant. I'm still in disbelief at the magnitude of this news. We are beyond thrilled. We made the decision two months ago to add to our little family and I'm shocked at how quickly we were able to make that happen. It is a very exciting time for us right now, because we also just put an offer on house last night. So needless to say, it's a very busy Monday so far. I wanted to jot down some notes about this before I forgot, and I wanted to post this sometime in the new future, once we decide to start sharing the news.
Our immediate family all knows the good news as well as some of our very closest friends. The rest of the world will have to just wait for a big dramatic reveal (yea, right). We are very excited, but this is also VERY VERY new and early.
Our baby is the size of a poppy seed. I read that on a website this morning, and I'm in awe of how cool that is. I feel the need to protect my mid-section right now, even though there is a lot of protection around this little bitty poppy seed already. I spoke with my mom this morning and she warned me about taking it easy, and I know how hard that's going to be. I love walking my big monster dog and going to body pump at 5am. Luckily, I feel that I can still do those things so long as I'm not overexerting myself.
This is all so very cool.
Today is April 14, 2010, I am 7 weeks and 4 days pregnant:
Still pregnant :) Everyday that I get further along, I get more and more excited. We are still remaining cautiously optimistic as it's still that early period where we aren't quite in the clear yet. I read somewhere recently that once you conceive you have an 80% chance of carrying to full term, and once you hear the heartbeat for the first time, you have a 95% chance of carrying to full term. We have our first appointment April 28, 2010. I will be about 9 weeks and 4 days then. Coincidentally, that is also the day that we close on the house! So again, another busy day of both baby and house stuff. 2010 is shaping up to be one of the busiest years, ever. Marriage, honeymoon, house, baby, in that order. We won't know what to do with ourselves once everything settles down.
At week 7, I'm feeling okay. I've been getting more and more waves of general nausea and grossness. I'm having some crazy food aversions. Some days the thought of eating anything with meat makes me want to vomit, and some days that is all I want. Consistently I have been craving anything cool and fresh. Also saucy foods have made me gag, but pizza doesn't. It's odd. We have not had any really dinners at home lately because there is no point in Dave cooking for me when I'm being so picky. I'm also drinking more Sprite in the last couple of days than I have in my entire life. I'm looking forward to getting my appetite and my energy back as this is rather annoying. However, every day that I feel pregnant is a good day for me.
I have been working out a little bit, not quite like I was prior to finding out we were pregnant. It's hard to before work, and I feel absolutely drained by the end of the day. I have vowed to keep it up though.
Today is April 22, 2010, I am about 8 weeks and 5 days pregnant:
Late last week I started to really worry myself about not having any major symptoms, I had some soreness, so food aversions, and I was tired, but generally, I felt like I felt too good. Well today I do not. Other days I started feeling nauseous around 11am, and it will go in peaks and valleys, and will pick up again for dinner time. Today it started right out of bed. I felt sick in the shower, I was able to eat, and now I've been sick most of the morning. Yay for finally really feeling pregnant. We are less than a week away from our big first appointment.
The working out has seemed to nosedive. We are good about getting to the gym on the weekends, but it's so hard on the weekdays for us. If we go in the morning we have to be out of the house at the gym by about 5:30am. At nights it's hard because we don't get home till 6pm, and have to take care of the dog first, and then I am so pooped out, I'm ready for bed. We took a nice walk the other day from home, which I would like to start doing more of, at the very least.
Oh! I also just realized that we have officially known that I am pregnant for a month! Wow...it has felt like an eternity. I actually hope the rest of the pregnancy goes by slowly even though I am impatient, but I hope get a lot done, and to feel prepared. Ha!
Today is May 2, 2010, I am 10 weeks pregnant:
The world knows about our wonderful news! And by the world, I mean that Dave and I announced that we are having a baby on Facebook. So it's official :) Our first "big" appointment went very well! I had my first ever ultrasound and the baby looked and sounded great. The baby measured exactly at 9 weeks and 4 days, which was what I had thought. So the official official due date is November 27, 2010. No changes there. I was able to schedule almost every one of my upcoming appointments then too, so that is a relief and something to look forward to each month! We will find out the sex of our little one on June 23.
It was so surreal to finally get to see and hear our baby. Dave and I were in awe and a little freaked out by how much the baby was moving. It was SO cute already. Now that things are really starting to feel real, I'm beginning to enter a new stage of freak out mode. As in, I must read and absorb every baby book, nursing book, birthing book, pregnancy book that I can get my hands on.
We closed on the house so right now the little energy that I have left is trying to help get us packed and ready to get out of our current home. Hopefully once things so down a little I will have time and the energy to read the books I want too!
Here is our baby's first public appearance!
Dave and I found out this very morning that we are pregnant. I'm still in disbelief at the magnitude of this news. We are beyond thrilled. We made the decision two months ago to add to our little family and I'm shocked at how quickly we were able to make that happen. It is a very exciting time for us right now, because we also just put an offer on house last night. So needless to say, it's a very busy Monday so far. I wanted to jot down some notes about this before I forgot, and I wanted to post this sometime in the new future, once we decide to start sharing the news.
Our immediate family all knows the good news as well as some of our very closest friends. The rest of the world will have to just wait for a big dramatic reveal (yea, right). We are very excited, but this is also VERY VERY new and early.
Our baby is the size of a poppy seed. I read that on a website this morning, and I'm in awe of how cool that is. I feel the need to protect my mid-section right now, even though there is a lot of protection around this little bitty poppy seed already. I spoke with my mom this morning and she warned me about taking it easy, and I know how hard that's going to be. I love walking my big monster dog and going to body pump at 5am. Luckily, I feel that I can still do those things so long as I'm not overexerting myself.
This is all so very cool.
Today is April 14, 2010, I am 7 weeks and 4 days pregnant:
Still pregnant :) Everyday that I get further along, I get more and more excited. We are still remaining cautiously optimistic as it's still that early period where we aren't quite in the clear yet. I read somewhere recently that once you conceive you have an 80% chance of carrying to full term, and once you hear the heartbeat for the first time, you have a 95% chance of carrying to full term. We have our first appointment April 28, 2010. I will be about 9 weeks and 4 days then. Coincidentally, that is also the day that we close on the house! So again, another busy day of both baby and house stuff. 2010 is shaping up to be one of the busiest years, ever. Marriage, honeymoon, house, baby, in that order. We won't know what to do with ourselves once everything settles down.
At week 7, I'm feeling okay. I've been getting more and more waves of general nausea and grossness. I'm having some crazy food aversions. Some days the thought of eating anything with meat makes me want to vomit, and some days that is all I want. Consistently I have been craving anything cool and fresh. Also saucy foods have made me gag, but pizza doesn't. It's odd. We have not had any really dinners at home lately because there is no point in Dave cooking for me when I'm being so picky. I'm also drinking more Sprite in the last couple of days than I have in my entire life. I'm looking forward to getting my appetite and my energy back as this is rather annoying. However, every day that I feel pregnant is a good day for me.
I have been working out a little bit, not quite like I was prior to finding out we were pregnant. It's hard to before work, and I feel absolutely drained by the end of the day. I have vowed to keep it up though.
Today is April 22, 2010, I am about 8 weeks and 5 days pregnant:
Late last week I started to really worry myself about not having any major symptoms, I had some soreness, so food aversions, and I was tired, but generally, I felt like I felt too good. Well today I do not. Other days I started feeling nauseous around 11am, and it will go in peaks and valleys, and will pick up again for dinner time. Today it started right out of bed. I felt sick in the shower, I was able to eat, and now I've been sick most of the morning. Yay for finally really feeling pregnant. We are less than a week away from our big first appointment.
The working out has seemed to nosedive. We are good about getting to the gym on the weekends, but it's so hard on the weekdays for us. If we go in the morning we have to be out of the house at the gym by about 5:30am. At nights it's hard because we don't get home till 6pm, and have to take care of the dog first, and then I am so pooped out, I'm ready for bed. We took a nice walk the other day from home, which I would like to start doing more of, at the very least.
Oh! I also just realized that we have officially known that I am pregnant for a month! Wow...it has felt like an eternity. I actually hope the rest of the pregnancy goes by slowly even though I am impatient, but I hope get a lot done, and to feel prepared. Ha!
Today is May 2, 2010, I am 10 weeks pregnant:
The world knows about our wonderful news! And by the world, I mean that Dave and I announced that we are having a baby on Facebook. So it's official :) Our first "big" appointment went very well! I had my first ever ultrasound and the baby looked and sounded great. The baby measured exactly at 9 weeks and 4 days, which was what I had thought. So the official official due date is November 27, 2010. No changes there. I was able to schedule almost every one of my upcoming appointments then too, so that is a relief and something to look forward to each month! We will find out the sex of our little one on June 23.
It was so surreal to finally get to see and hear our baby. Dave and I were in awe and a little freaked out by how much the baby was moving. It was SO cute already. Now that things are really starting to feel real, I'm beginning to enter a new stage of freak out mode. As in, I must read and absorb every baby book, nursing book, birthing book, pregnancy book that I can get my hands on.
We closed on the house so right now the little energy that I have left is trying to help get us packed and ready to get out of our current home. Hopefully once things so down a little I will have time and the energy to read the books I want too!
Here is our baby's first public appearance!
Two things to note about this adorable picture. 1) It is flipped upside down because our baby was situated "upside down." 2) I know, I know, I'm still listed as Amanda Jimenez. Give me a break, it's only been 4 months! I just did the name change form at my doctor's office, so from now on I will be A. Copeland. We get a laugh out of this because one day when we show our baby this picture, he/she may actually wonder if he/she was conceived out of wedlock!
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