Tuesday, December 16, 2008

LONG time

Wow- Its been a while since I blogged. Where to begin. Well, I had Lily on July 11! She's 5 months now. I can't believe how big they get! I went back to work. Its definitely hard to work and have 3 kids. I'm not sure how I do it.

Emma is in Kindergarten and loves it. I can't believe how big she is. Abby is getting big also. She talks up a storm. Other than that.. Life is just moving along.

I still love my job. I think I like it more since I work for an association who is an advocate for kids. :-)

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

33 weeks






Wow this pregnancy has flown by. I've scheduled my c-section for August 1, 2008. (hopefully in the am) Funny thing is that on that day Gary will be celebrating his 34 birthday in a hospital with his new daughter. I'm thinking cake would be a good thing to have there. :)



This picture is from Father's Day. I'm HUGE! I definitely have the waddle going on....

This picture was taking at the Waterfront Festival in Alexandria. I don't even look pregnant... :) Of course Abs is blocking the belly but still. It was nice until it started raining. We had fun! Emma was loving the rides. I just sat on the blanket with Abby and watched balloons float by. Going to the Waterfront Festival is one of things I did growing up. So, I try and go every year. Plus its for a good cause. The Red Cross! And they have some kick ass bands.



It was a nice weekend! :)

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Mother's day

The day started off like any day in my house. Me arguing with Emma about her clothes. Then I realize I sound like my mom. I got the girls these two cute dresses. I wanted them to wear them. Well, Emma was cool with that part but she wanted to wear this striped sweater... Not my finest mommy moment. But at the end I let her go out with this sweater. I just need to remember that she's old enough to get dress on her own and that she can pick out her own clothes. This is very evident when I pick her up from school in the afternoon. Not sure what the girl will be wearing. I just smile and give her a big hug! (I'm turning into my mom) YIKES! I want her to have a mind of her own and wear what she wants. She's totally girlie. Loves the skirts, dresses, lip gloss, nail polish, purses.... etc.... I'm SOOOO toasted when she gets bigger!

Anyway, back to mommy day events. Gar made reservations for 9:30 a.m. for brunch at Fireside Grill at Lorton Station. We went there last year and it was good. (or at least I thought it was) We got there and we got seated near the door. Which annoyed me. We waited for like 1o-15 minutes for a waiter, which was okay. So, I got up to get some fruit for the girls. Well, I got the fruit and in the middle of the restaurant I slipped and fell. Well, 2 staff people came to help me up. Here I am on my ass in the middle of the restaurant with people staring at me. I got back to the table and told Gary what happened. He said it was the shoes.. I was like no, I slipped on a wet spot. Well, Gary gets up to get the girls food and breaks 2 plates. I'm sitting with the girls waiting to see if a manager is going to come by to see if I was okay or if a waiter was going to get our drink order. NOTHING.............. (still waiting)

Finally, our waiter comes up. He gets our drink orders and it takes him about 10 minutes to give us our drinks. The food was okay. Every time I got up to get something to eat I was walking really slow and cautiously. Still no one from management came to see if I was okay or anything. (Maybe I'm just overly concerned that they should be concerned you know. Here you have this pregnant lady who slips in your restaurant and NO ONE comes over to check to see how you were) and people saw it because 2 people helped me up. So, we pay the check and leave.

When we got home I took a nap... (Which I totally needed) I was keeping a eye on the baby to see the movement and how much movement. My lower back was killing me from the fall. So, the more I thought about it that night... The more and more pissed I got.

So, Monday I decided I was going to call the restaurant to let them know that what happened. And to let them know that I think their staff should have handled this a little differently. So, I did.. I called and spoke with a manager (who really pissed me off even more) I told her what happened and that I think her staff needs to be a little more aware of what happened. You have this pregnant woman who falls and no one from management comes over to see if I was okay or anything. NO RESPONSE or that the staff didn't get a manager immediately. It wasn't like I was in the back corner of the restaurant it was in the middle of the f**king thing. I told her that I WILL NEVER COME BACK THERE because of this experience. I don't think she knew what to say to me. I know I should have said something there but at the same time I feel like that the staff should have been MORE on it... can you say lawsuit.. Not that I would but dang people! She told me that the general manager will be in on Friday and talk to the everyone about it. I was like fine whatever.

So, am I wrong to think they should have reacted differently?

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Back from my convention!!!

WOW- Everything went well. Even though we had only 3 1/2 months to plan this sucker. Talk about stressful. We had some small bumps but it was a great convention! I was very surprised about Opryland. I liked it. I was there for about a week and a half.


I was busy from the time I got there to the time I left. I did pretty well for being 6 months pregnant. I met some GREAT people. My CSM and my Catering guy ROCKED!!!! And of course their support staff.





A couple of highlights at the convention. We got massages at the spa... I LOVED THAT!! Total worth it! I didn't get to see Nashville but I did eat my birthday dinner at the stockyard. YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They even came to the hotel to pick you up. I didn't even get to part take in going to Cooter's restaurant.. Yes that's right.. Cooter himself from Dukes of Hazzard has a restaurant there. And the General Lee was outside and you could have your picture taken. I really don't think I would have been able to get in and out of the car. I did have a member take a picture in it and send it to me... It was funny!!!

The Convention Team at the Stockard.
Vanessa, Deborah, Cori and Me :-)
















I did miss the family. Abbster's talking up a storm. She's definitely not a baby anymore. Emma is definitely 5.. HOLY COW!!!! Gary did pretty well for being a single dad. He had a routine down. Kind of funny how that happens. "So, you don't need me huh?" His response "NO I need you!" I was like you need the extra pair of hands. :)


We are going to New Orleans next year.. This time it should be good.... We will actually have a whole year to plan. :) YAY!!!!

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Getting ready for my Annual Convention in Nashville....

Three weeks and counting until I go to Nashville for my Annual Convention. I feel like we are so behind but I also feel like we will have anything taken care of. We have a new convention team. I think we will do a good job. I just don't want to miss anything.

It should be a fun convention. I'll be gone from the kids for about a week and a half. Gary and the girls will be on their own. It will be interesting to see how they do. I'm sure they will be fine. This is the first time that I'll be away from them. I feel for Gary b/c he's going to be Mr. Mom. I'm sure he will do fine. He's a great dad.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Another little pickle on the way!

I know, I know... It's been a long time since I've been on here. There's been so much going on! Where to begin?????

As most of you know, we are having another little pickle. Infact, we are having another little girl. My poor husband. I told him the only way to have another male in the house is to get a dog. :)

So, we had a bit of a stressful weekend. On Wednesday I had a to go to specialist. There were signs that the baby might have Downs Syndrome. So, I had to do another sonogram and if those tests were inclusive than I needed to do an amnio. Well, those tests came back inclusive so, I needed to do an amnio. Talk about scared! So many emotions!!! This huge needle going close to the baby and the possiblity of the baby having downs. And being pregnant is just emotional to begin with...

So, here I am all emotional getting ready to get poked by this needle. Mean while, my doctor had the best bedside manner. Skinny Italian with thick Italian accent. He explained everything when he was doing it. I could see where the needle was going. He was telling me when the needle was going in and when he was taking the amnioic fluid. So after that was done, I had to take a personal day and Gary and I went to eat something. We wouldn't know the results for about 72 hours from the test. So, that would be Monday. TALK ABOUT STRESSFUL WEEKEND! I really tried not to think about it but here I am thinking about it all the time. I tried not to worry Gary either. He didn't want to talk about until we knew for sure. I can understand that but I wanted too. I thought it was good to talk about this.

Things would be different. Of course having 3 kids (girls) is going to be challenging, but the thought of having a baby with downs would be a little more challenging. But I knew that we would be up for the challenge. She would be perfect no matter what!

So, Monday comes..... Don't hear anything.. I go take a nap and still nothing. Gary called the doctor's office and they wouldn't give him the results because they needed to talk to me. So, I called. She told me that everything was fine and that it definitely was a girl. So, I guess its just one of those bumps in the road that life throws at you.

So, now I'm thinking about names. Gary won't even talk about it until I get closer to the due date. So if you have any ideas.... Shoot them my way. :)