Bad sense of direction

I must be having a baby girl! Why? Because this baby has about as much sense of direction as I do on a new road. I keep telling baby "J" that "you can't get out that way" but does the baby listen? Nope.
Today has just been crazy with the kicking and pushing. One moment the baby is pushing on one side of my belly, the next second the other. I swear the baby is trying to push it's self out! Either that or the baby is trying to make more room and is stretching out the walls of my insides! AH! One of these days I'm just gonna just explode...you watch:-)

My to do list for Tuesday a.m.:

Wake up and eat lots of food....check

Take a super long shower or bubble bath...check

Stare out the window and look at the pretty snow...check

Talk to my belly in a baby voice and see how the little guy/girl is doin'...check

Sit at my desk and work...oh, riiiggghhhhttt...check

Take a break for workout video...check

Make cookies to snack on later...hmmm, not yet:)

It's so much fun being pregnant!

Thinking outside the bun

Ok, this post calls for a show of hands. How many of you like eating at Taco Bell? Good, me too!

Ok, now how many of you have ever been to the Taco Bell website? I didn't think as many of you had either. Well, today is your lucky day, because I went to the Taco Bell website and was pleased to find it had more then just info on food...it has funny little movie clips from floating packets of sauce. I know, cool right? Check it out! It brought a half smile to my face, and I know it will do the same for you!

With love,
A girl who is really wanting some Taco Bell for lunch

A poem and ramblings

Is that a touch of blue I see?
Up in the sky from God to me?
I can't believe the sun came thru
My sweetest dream is coming true!

I can take the rain when mixed with sun
I'd gather so could any one
But for a Monday, which no one likes
A sunny sky helps bring delights!

I'm such a silly, all I ever seem to talk about any more is how much it rains. Of course it rains, this is Washington! But still, I mean...yeah, so anyway.

I'll take the sunny morning, I'm sure it will turn cloudy later today. Perhaps I should focus on doing my laundry and cleaning my house now while its nice out, and then work later this afternoon when its gloomy and dark. Good idea? I think so

Is everyone ready for Thanksgiving this week? I know I am! I LOVE all the yummy foods and food, and more food. Hmm...yes, food is good. Especially lately, I find even when I'm not really hungry I enjoy a good snack:) Ya gotta love being pregnant:) I think I'll go do my cardio now...bye!

The world's best baby pictures

Well...they will be the world's best baby pictures until my baby comes along:) But, seriously, check out my Mom's website to see my little nephew looking SOOOOOOOOO sweet:) I just want to hold him and squeeze him, and love him all up! :)

My first fall

Throughout my pregnancy, I have prided myself on my ability to maintain perfect balance, even in awkward positions. Part of me was beginning to think that I'd never have to worry about losing my balance while being pregnant. That was until this morning. *que the sweet movie music*

I got out of bed this morning only to find that my freezing cold feet were in dreadful need of a warm, comfy pair of socks. I waddled over to my dresser, pulled out a comfy pair and bent over to put them on...

Without any warning at all I found myself being pulled down and backwards by the massive weight of my backside and belly!! "AHAHA!" I screamed, grabbing the air with my hands in a desperate attempt to remain upright. No good, *BAM* I hit the ground like a lead weight. Shell shocked I kind of just sat there while my husband quickly turned around and ran over to me freaked out that I had hurt myself. Nope, nothing hurt but my pride. I guess I'm not as well balanced as I thought I was.

Me holding a baby

Nope, this isn't me and my baby...this is me holding precious little Kyrie the day she was born. It's been nearly 7 years since I last held a brand new baby in my arms. The last newborn I held was my baby brother Isaac...who is now not much of a baby any more. Getting to hold Kyrie has made me all the more excited about my new one soon to come. I wonder if my baby will have dark, brown hair like mine...or if I'll get one who is bald like JB was when he was a baby:) Guess we'll find out soon enough!

What do you do when a brother is being bad?

You tie him up with packaging tape, of course!

More baby pictures of my nephew CJ

I love this pic of CJ, it looks like he is upset at me and is waiting for me to kiss his hand and ask for forgivness or something:) lol...just like his mother this one is;)

Aw, the little sleeping prince
He's all like "Mommy, please don't bother me right now...no I can't talk yet"

10 random bits of info on Missi and her life

1. My sister and Nephew are doing very well

2. My midwife says my pregnancy is going perfectly

3. Jonathan looks great in a new pair of pants I bought him

4. It stopped raining after weeks and weeks of down pour

5. The movie "Gentleman prefer blondes" always makes me laugh

6. I bought a bunch of new picture frames

7. A friend gave me a bunch of baby toys

8. All I want is to eat chocolate and sweets all the time!

9. I'm thinking about cutting my hair...again:)

10. Only 46 days left until Christmas!!!!!

A few Pictures of baby CJ!

Here are just a few pics of baby CJ...my little, cutie, nephew. You can tell by these pictures that he's all like
"Oh please world, do you have to see me now, I'm not dressed yet...I'm still wrapped up in blankets. *sigh* I think I'll just lay here and sleep"
hee, hee...

VANESSA HAD HER BABY!!

AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited!!! I can't see straight, I will be up all night just as proud and happy as can be!!

Christopher Randall Ridley
Born: November 2nd, 2006
Weight: 8lbs 3oz
Length: 19in

I'm sure pictures will be following soon....on Nic's blog!

I'm gonna be an Aunt again!

Woohoo! I'm gonna be an Aunt again, I'm gonna be an Aunt again!

I'm so excited, Nic is gonna have her baby for sure this week!! I can't wait! I can't wait! click here to go to Nic's Site

We all must pray for her that everything goes well, and for little CJ too!

We carved our pumpkin this weekend!

Yes, ladies and gentleman JB and I carved our first pumpkin this weekend. I must say we make a fabulous team. JB does all the hard work like scrapping the insides and cutting out the top, etc, and I draw the face and tell him when he is doing something wrong:) muwahahaha!

I actually made a dorky little video of our pumpkin carving time you can check it out on "You Tube": Check it Out

In other news I am sure I saw Jeff Daniels twin at our bus stop this morning, JB bought me orange gerbar daisies in honor of fall and today is a beautiful day!

Getting Organized

I was looking today at some of the baby items I have collected, and I was looking at my cute little changing table and I thought to myself "Missi, you really ought to get more organized". So, out I went in search of some items to help me organize my things.

Do you like? I got four of these, they fit under my changing table on the two shelves. I have filled them with baby items such as clothes, booties, hats, blankets and random items. I think it looks very "cute". How fun it is to get organized.

Babies getting bigger

I wish I had a picture to show you all just how fat and happy I am getting. I tell you what, I never thought I'd see my belly expand to the size it now finds itself into.

I had a lovely little Dr.'s appointment yesterday, I'm starting into my third trimester now and I'm measuring the same amount of centimeters as I am weeks along ( so 28 weeks, 28 cm).

The only thing I have found discounserting recently is the fact that the baby seems to think my belly is a punching bag. Does anyone remember my freaking out post about the fact I hadn't felt the baby move yet and I really, really wanted to? Well, I'm feeling the baby now! *BAM* with its left foot *BAM* with its right. I swear the baby is dancing inside me or finding it a fun activity to hit one side of my belly and then push itself to the other side and hit me hard there as well. Its kind of fun in some ways, but sometimes, if the baby is super active right after I eat. EK! Upset stomach here I come!

At any rate, the baby is getting bigger and so is my belly. I know January isn't that far off...but I do hope it comes quickly!

For the love of chapstick

I am not a very loyal chapstick buyer, sometimes I buy it and sometimes I don't. But when I do have chapstick in my purse I tend to find myself using it all the time!

I bought chapstick a few months ago and its still going strong. I find myself putting it on 6 or 7 times a day and then at night, after I've been laying in bed for like 20 minutes, I often get up to go grab more chapstick to wear while I sleep. This is a very odd thing I think, why do I do this? I think its because without even knowing it, I must sleep with my mouth open, so the breathing dries out my lips. And who wants dried out lips? Not I.

That being said I spoke with a women yesterday who desperatly needed chapstick, she needed it so badly I reached my hand into my purse, grabed out my chapstick, and then I realized it would be terribly rude and unfeeling for me to offer her some chapstick. So even though I was already wearing lipstick...I put chapstick on my lips. Had I been thinking clearly I could have been like "oh, hey, you want some?" but on a better thinking note, do I really want her lip germs on my chapstick? Hmm...

Soon my chapstick will be all gone, I'll miss it for a few days but then I'll forget I ever needed it so badly in my life, and I'll most likely go six months without buying more chapstick. Then I'll call my mom and I'll say "mom, my lips are dry all the time, what should I do?" and she will very practically tell me to "drink more water" duh? Why is it water is usually the solution to everything. Its the solution for all beauty issues (skin, hair, nails, tongue), weight loss, what to order at a resturant when you aren't sure what drink to order...pretty much it answers all the worlds problems. I love water, and its free. Why don't I just drink more water and forget chapstick all together? I'll tell you why? Because deep down, I love chapstick. I always have and I always will:)

Short People are people too!

There are a lot of good things that come from being a short person, here are 10 things that I just thought of like two seconds ago.

1. People always think you are "cuter" then you really are
2. No one expects you to be able to lift heavy things
3. Guys tend to think they are really tall when they are around you...so you generally have a lot of guy friends
4. You can always try on "display" shoes at the mall without waiting for a service rep
5. You don't have to duck your head when you take walks and you pass under low hanging branches
6. Your age is usually a mystery until you reach like 45, people always guess you as younger
7. You always find the best hidding places when you play "hide and seek"
8. No one can every fit into your clothes, so you never have to be emberressed if someone needs to borrow clothes and you don't have any that are clean
9. Your easily passed over in a crowd so if you are trying to ignore someone...they usually can't see you anyway:)
10. You always have something to complain about when you need to, because, of course, everyone wants to be "tall" even if secretly we all know everyone wishes they were short.

But something that isn't so hot about being short...is the fact that Costco discriminates against short people. I have no problems with people thinking they don't like short people, but when they actually create technology which outwardly shows their disdain...that, that I have problems with.
Let me explain. Last year, when I got my first Costco card, I stood on the little sticker feet infront of the blue screen and smiled my big, honkin' smile. When they printed out the card...my CHIN WAS CUT OFF!! You could barely see my head! It was like...my mouth and up! I made some comment about the fact my whole head wasn't in the shot, but the lady just shrugged and said that was the best she could do.

So this year, I go to get my new card and I assume last years drama was just because of a bad photographer. But nope! You don't even see my neck, its just like "head". Hello? JB got like his shirt collar in his picture! How come mine is like this pasted on head in the tiny box? Just because I'm short, why can't they lower the camera? Or give me a box for Pete's sake.

What is a short girl gonna do? Sue them? Maybe that's what I should do. Not exactly a Christian response, but definatly I'd get my point across that short people are people too!!

And Todays Forcast...

Rain all day.

It's an Appendix!!

In a old house in Olympia

Covered in Vines

Lived a very young couple

Both healthy and fine

Healthy and fine

they lived their dear life

Until a horrible morning

after a rough and long night

Missi woke with a start

As she heard a soft sound

It was her dear husband Johnny

who was moving around

The cry that he uttered

was like none err, before

he gripped his soft belly

and curled up on the floor

"It hurts" he said sadly

with puppy dog eyes

Missi grabbed at the phone

While he uttered his cries

To the doctors he went

When the morning dawned bright

He returned with some news

That caused Missi a fright

"An Appendix" said the Doctor

"That's what it must be,

Now go to the hospital

To have your surgery"

To the hospital sadly

They took Johnny man

Then they sat in some chairs

And folded their hands

After hours of waiting

A CAT scan, and more

The doctors were ready

To take Jon out the door

Out the door down the hallway

They rolled his big bed

While Missi, she waited

With her hands on her head

Some hours passed slowly

Before they were done

Then to Johnny, went Missi

Who was not having fun.

With a sigh and a smile

It all turned out fine

Johnny would be better

It just may take some time

So back to their house

Went the very young couple

sleepy and tired

but now out of trouble.