ALMOST...

Jaycie Berry is 10 months old (10.5 to be exact) and just growing FAST!!!! Last Friday, June 25, 2010 she took her first step!!!! That’s right, she’ll soon be walking. My mom (Grandma Brenda) and Rita (Nana) were lucky enough to see this AMAZING milestone. My mom and dad brought her to me on Friday night since she stayed with Nana on Thursday night and spent the day with her my parents offered to bring her home so that they could see her, plus I needed to get home right after work to start pulling more weeds for the sod that was coming the next day (yes, we finally have a yard – that is if we don’t kill it – this heat SUCKS). When they pulled up my mom immediately told me that she had taken a step right in front of her and Rita!!!!

I was so excited we tried to get her to do it again and tried to videotape it, we warmed her up by having her push her little buggy around, finally we tried. My mom was holding her up – helping her get her balance and then let go, she stood there for a minute and then she took a step towards me and then another small one before falling forward!!!! SO COOL!!!! My dad was videotaping and got most of it, I’ll try and post if someone can tell me how…

HERE WE GO...

OK, here’s the thing – I’ve been thinking about this for a LONG time now and I’m finally going to try and get my stuff together. The past year has FLOWN by and I’ve blinked and my baby is almost a year old and I’ve done NOTHING with this blog. I wanted to use it as a sort of “memory book” to track things that happen and that just hasn’t happened. I work full time and when I come home I spent time with Jaycie, so now I’m feeling TONS of regret that I haven’t taken the time to write things down, so here goes, THE PLAN:

I’m going to start writing once a week at least – just updates on our family, especially for our good friends in KC – I’m sure they’ll be proud. On a side note – I’ve starting writing in Jaycie’s baby book – FINALLY – I’ve been putting it off because I’m such a control freak and I knew I would get so frustrated with my handwriting and the way it looks, I’m getting over it and wouldn’t you know the pen smeared EVERYWHERE!!! I guess I had that coming, oh well, I just need to let it go and get my stuff together!!!

Tonight I’m going home to start coping photos from the past year onto my computer and onto DVDs so I can print them for my albums, maybe write a few pages in Jaycie’s baby book and hopefully get this blog up and running AGAIN!!!

Wish me luck – keep you posted!!!

NICE!

As you can see I was trying to make some updates FINALLY and I totally just deleted stuff!!! DANG IT!!! I have no idea how that happened or what the heck I did!!!

HAPPY 25TH TO ME!

(This is my attempt to get caught up on my blog - at least I'm going to try)

I'm taking you all back to August 14, 2009. I was 39 weeks pregnant and lets just say READY TO GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD!!! After going to the hospital on the 9th for contractions (which I was sent home) I was sure I was going to be pregnant FOREVER!!!

August 9th update: I woke up at 6:30am having contractions, Jason was in bed and I woke him up to tell him that it had started, it was a TERRIBLE time for him with his job so he started talking to my belly, telling our baby girl to "SLOW DOWN". All I was thinking was you better shut your mouth, I'm ready for this to be OVER!!! So we loaded up the car around 9am and drove to the hospital only to be told that we had to go back home, it wasn't time. They watched me for an hour and I didn't change, so YIPPIE!!! I was still pregnant!!!

Flash forward back to the 14th - my birthday. It was Friday and I was at home (my parents house) hanging out watching T.V. when my friend Amy called me on the phone. I was having contractions all week, but they would come and go. This morning was no different. While I was talking to her... a HUGE one hit!!! I got down on my knees and all I could hear was Amy yelling "BREATH, JUST BREATH" - really, breath - that was the last thing on my mind. I was so excited!!! I wanted to share my birthday with my beautiful baby girl... let's face it, I'm no longer going to have a B-Day anyway so why not just have her on my actual B-Day... It seemed like it was going to happen. I called Jason to let him know it was time and he was in a meeting. He was on his way home when all of the sudden the contractions STOPPED!!! I was about sick of this maybe, maybe not game. It wasn't funny at all!!! When he got home we went to Target to walk around, it was our attempt to get the show on the road. NO LUCK!!!

So after a few hours we headed back home to get ready for dinner, my parents were taking us out for my B-Day!!! I was feeling like poo, but I went anyway. So here are the pictures from my B-Day... who knew our baby girl would be in our arms the very next day..

Check out the baby bump!

Our family was about to get a little bigger...
in exactly 27 hours!!!

My mom and Dad... thanks for my B-Day dinner!!!

Strawberry Cake... YUMMY!!!



Just look how BIG I was... I can't believe it!!!

I'm pretty sure the picture speaks for itself...
but yes, those are flip flop lines...

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BUSY BUSY BUSY

I know!!! I know!!! I need to update this blog, I have just been SO BUSY and SO TIRED!!! A ton has happened since I last posted... hopefully this weekend I can play catch-up!!! I really want to keep our blog up-to-date I just don't have the time!!! I thought I was great at multitasking UNTIL I had Jaycie... being a mom brings a whole new meaning to that word!!!

Just check back... I promise some posts are coming!!!

PRE-LABOR SUCKS!!! BRING IT ON ALREADY!!!

The past week I have been in what some would call "pre-labor"... well... it just SUCKS!!! I'm so uncomfortable!!! My back aches all the time, I have cramps and my stomach gets hard as a rock!!! Oh, and I can't even begin to tell you about the pain in my... you know... hopefully soon she'll grace us with her presence!!! I keep telling her there is more room on the outside... LOL!!! Her little butt is ALWAYS in my ribs.

As most of you know Jason and I are building our first house (cross your fingers everything goes as planned) so while it's being built we are living with my parents. Our close date is November 5th. Below are some pictures of our cute little room... YES, it's cozy, but I think it's going to work just fine AND once the house is done it'll all be worth it. More to come on the house later.

This is our bed, my mom usually has a twin... that wasn't going to work. Oh, and she made this into her "Little house on the Prairie" room (she loves old stuff) so that's what the bedding and decor is all about...

The cradle that she found at an estate sale. She bought for when we would come to visit... turns out it came in more handy then we would have ever thought!!!

Our real wooden rocking chair that I found at a garage sale for $5.00!!! My mom stained it to match the crib stain we picked (more on that to come). AND all our bags packed and ready to go... JUST WAITING ON HER!!!

Her dresser, also found at a garage sale with the matching night stand, $60.00 total. My mom also fixed these pieces right up... SHE'S GREAT!!! I'll post before & after pictures soon... you can't believe the difference!!!

Her changing table, also found at a garage sale $25.00. It was white... until my mom got her hands on it!!! AGAIN, SHE'S GREAT!!!

Don't think I need to say anything about this pic...

The Belly

Jason and I had some professional photos taken (and some my mom took) of us and my belly... I really wanted to have good pictures to remember this CRAZY, WONDERFUL, SCARY, BEAUTIFUL time in our life. Here are a few that I have... all but one are in black & white, I just love the way pregnancy photos look in black & white... ENJOY!