Author archives: Niki

 

 

 

My Other Helper

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I’ve told you about everyone helping me lately, but I forgot to mention my smallest, most important helper…Ashley!  She has really stepped up in helping with things around the house.  I am so proud of her!  When my cell phone rings, she will run to get it and bring it to me.  When Van makes [...]

 

Poop - Not a Post for the Queasy

Dogs are the leaders of the planet.  If you see two life forms, one of them’s making a poop, the other one’s carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge? — Jerry Seinfeld   Since I have been on bed-rest, one of my tasks that has taken a backseat is cleaning up [...]

 

Baby Shower!

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My best friends, Jan and Michelle, threw the most wonderful baby shower for me last weekend!  Michelle hosted it at her beautiful home.  I promised my doctor I would stay seated, which I did (most of the time).  A chair was set aside just for me with a sign in it that said “V.I.P. Seating [...]

 

Pregnancy Update

Since the hospital episode, I have been seeing my doctor twice a week.  They have been doing a stress test (NST) of the baby at every visit and an ultrasound every other visit.  They keep talking about inducing me, but every time I go they are pleased with how my blood pressure is doing, so [...]

 

 

Boating in January

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Sorry this post is a little late.  It’s not like I’ve been preoccupied or anything   Anyway, the weather has been so mild here that we took Ashley out on the boat at the end of January.  She had a great time, despite having to wear her life jacket (that she hates!)  I’ve got to [...]

 

Boat Show

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Since I’m on bed rest, Van took Ashley to the boat show this morning.  It was a fun thing for them to do and a good excuse to get out of the house.  He sent me this picture and said “We bought one.”  LOL

 

 

33 Weeks

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I am now 33 weeks pregnant.  Yep, I’ve hit the home stretch.  And boy am I ready for this little guy to get here!  There was the cutest little 2 month old baby boy at MOPS this week and a friend of ours just had a baby boy a couple of weeks ago.  So I [...]

 

Chick-Fil-A

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Chick-Fil-A is our favorite food!  In fact, I’m not ashamed to admit that we go there at least once a week (hey, don’t judge a pregnant woman )  Ashley calls it “Moo” (for the Chick-Fil-A cow) and can spot the nearest one from a mile away.  It’s hard not to pass one at lunch time [...]

 

Crib Assembly

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The little guy’s nursery furniture was delivered this week!  Wahoo!  We received everything but the chair (which should come early February).  Luckily, the dresser was already assembled.  So all Van had to do was put the crib together.  It was such a surreal experience having Ashley here to help us.  All I could think of [...]

 

Dad's Surprise Party

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Dad turned the big 6-0 yesterday and we threw him a surprise birthday party!  I think for possibly the first time in his life, he was genuinely surprised and had no idea what was going on.  He’s normally pretty good at figuring things out.  But not this time!  It was held at Winston’s Grille and [...]

 

 

Sneak Peak

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We had a 3D ultrasound of the little guy today!  And I have to say…he is so cute!  He already reminds me of Ashley and looks like she did at her 3D ultrasound.  Except for hers, she was more squished up to my belly.  This guy was moving around so much, we actually got some [...]

 

The World From the Eyes of a 2-Year Old

We had our last music class today and guess what my little girl did?  Her ba-ba’s!  If you read my earlier post about music class, you would know what I’m talking about.  She went up the the teacher, held her hand, and SAID her ba-ba’s into the microphone all by herself!  I was super duper [...]

 

Daddy's Little Helper

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Ashley is such a big girl and loves to help Van and I do anything around the house.  She likes helping me cook in the kitchen and has recently become interested in helping Van with fixing things around the house.  Van installed a couple of new light fixtures and Ashley wanted to help him, especially [...]

 

29 Weeks

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Here is my 29 week photo.  Sorry Ashley didn’t make an appearance.  She was asleep when we took the photo last night We have our 3D ultrasound scheduled for Friday and are SO excited to see the little guy again!  I’m starting to freak out though when I think about how soon Ashley was delivered [...]