Weekend

It seemed like a really long weekend.

• Friday night Matt had some friends over to play poker and i went to dinner with a friend.
• Matt had to get up early Saturday morning to do PT and when he was done we laid down to take a quick nap and ended up sleeping for 4 hours! Then we babysat our friends 6 month old twins and 2 year old for a few hours.
• Sunday morning we had a 3D ultrasound and then we came home and matt worked on some shelves he is building and a bookcase and dresser he is staining for Landons room, and i printed all of our ultrasound pictures and put them in an album.

We have been really tired around here. No particular reason, just worn out. Matt is working hard and doing PT alot. He is also doing physical therapy 3 times a week, but it seems to be helping. He was able to take his walking boot off and is so excited to be wearing a regular shoe. I havent been feeling great. My throat hurts, my nose is running and ive had a constant headache for the last 3 days. No fever though so im hoping its just sinuses. My back and my hips are still hurting and i still cant sleep. At our ultrasound yesterday they said Landon weighed 4 pounds and 9 ounces. Im not sure if thats about normal or not. I havent been to the doctor in 2 weeks and i dont have another appointment until the 26th! That is the longest ive gone this whole pregnancy without going to the doctor.

Sweet Tea Blues

The only thing i have consistently craved throughout my pregnancy has beeen sweet tea. And of course here in Hawaii they dont believe in sweet tea. Theres mango tea, or rasberry tea, but no tea with just plain sugar. Yeah sure i can make it myself but then i have to wait for it to make, and then wait for it to get cold (because i HATE it when tea melts the ice). I miss just being able to drive through somewhere and get some sweet tea. I guess i will have to resort to making it myself and waiting. I bet we have used 2972358 pounds of sugar in the last 8 months.

Im pretty sure the really not fun part of the pregnancy has started. My back hurts, my hips hurt, i cant sleep, im tired all the time and dont even get me started on the mood swings! Poor matt. He gets up at 5am and goes to PT and then to work and then to PT again, and then he comes home and does the housework that i didnt do because i was too tired...all while walking on pins and needles, never knowing when im going to start yelling at him for no reason. He never complains or anything. He just apologizes and tries not to laugh. I can truly say that i am blessed with an amazing husband. And i owe him big time once this pregnancy is over!

babies!

As most of you know i was not the only one in my family that was pregnant this year. My cousins Shanna and Nikki were also expecting. Shanna was due mid October and Nikki was due towards the beginning of November.

Well i am happy to say that i am now the only cousin who hasnt popped! Shanna gave birth to Hayden Reed last Thursday, and Nikki gave birth the Grey James today. We are all so happy for both of them and i cant wait to meet my new 2nd cousins.

greeat...

"A tsunami watch has been issued for the state of Hawaii, following a 7.9 earthquake in Samoa. The earthquake happened at 7:48am Hawaii time. An investigation is underway to determine if there is a tsunami threat to Hawaii. The Pacific Tsunami W...arning center says if a tsunami wave were to be generated, the earliest it would arrive to our shores would be at 1:11pm Hawaii time."

Update

We are finally getting back into a routine around here. Matt has been back to work for a few weeks. He had his 6 weeks post op appointment last week and they said he is healing and its time for him to start physical therapy. So now he will be doing that twice a week. Because of my dizziness and my asthma, i was transfered to a doctor that handles complicated OB cases. Instead of once a month, i have to see her every 2 weeks. The dizziness seems to be pretty much gone unless i get into a room thats hot and has no air circulation, but my back has been hurting so bad that it makes me feel sick.

Other than that nothing is really going on around here. We are jelous of the cool texas weather, it is still in the high 80s here.

Back to Reality

Matt went back to work today after a month of medical leave. He was glad to go back and see everyone and get back into the swing of things.

We have had visitors constantly for the last month! My aunt was here when matt had surgery and about a week after she left my sister and nick came to help out. It was great to have everyone here, the house seems very empty now.

My dizziness has been way better the last few weeks. Ive only gotten dizzy a few times, when it hot or there is no air circulation in the building i am in. I got a new OBGYN, which i like my better than my old one. She is focusing on controlling my asthma to make the dizziness stop and it seems to be working.

I am also in the process of enrolling in school. If all goes as planned i will attend Chaminade University aka The University of Honolulu, and get my associates in childhood education. There is still alot of paperwork and stuff to get sone, and then the matter of getting accepted to the school (which my councelor says shouldnt be a problem) but i am hoping to start after Christmas. I will only take night classes a few times a week, so the baby can stay with matt, and there is a satelite campus on base less than a mile from my house that i can go to instead of driving all the way to the actual campus.

Simce we are under the 2 year mark of time matt had left on this tour of duty, we are exploring options other than him re enlisting. Of course nothing has been decided for sure, alot depends on what the economy does in the next 2 years.

Well matt just walked in the door and hes starving so im gunna go make dinner!

Rest In Peace Colter

On Thursday, August 20th, Marcus High School lost one of its greatest baseball alumni and the class of 07 lost one of its best friends. Rest peacefully Colter. You brought joy into every life you touched. You will be missed so much.