Doctor Visit Number??? I Lost Count :)

 First, I must say that the Queen herself decided that it was a good idea to go outside at 3:30 this morning.  So, she wakes me up and I get up and let her out.  Only to discover a couple of hours later that Ray was awake the whole time but really felt no need to get up and take care of her.  Hum.... 

Today was the doctor visit where we had to be tested for diabetes and have our iron counted tested again. I was told no to eat after midnight, so all morning I was doing everything that I could to keep from thinking about food.  My mistake involved drinking water as I walked out the door which got my stomach churning and growling.  I go to work for a little while and leave for the appointment.  When I arrive, I am given this yummy drink, which my doctor said was basically sugar water with some flavoring.  My choices in flavoring - fruit punch or orange....now on a normal day I would pass on both of those and ask for water.  But not this morning...I opted for the fruit punch...what a way to start the day.  So, I passed the sugar and iron test and was on my way.  Now, by this point I would have loved to have gone home and back to bed but I had to return to work.  After drinking that yummy and delicious drink, food didn't sound so appealing but I knew I had to have something.  Lunch was ok and I am hoping that dinner will be better.

I am just relieved that that test is over and without any problems.  I must admit I was a little anxious about it so now I am over that hurdle.  Got another appointment in 3 weeks and then my appointments will come every 2 weeks...which means one thing - the 3rd trimester will soon be here!  Jackson Bennett will be here before we know it.

In the midst of a rather quiet week, I have been trying to figure out what I want to do during spring break.  Traveling a great distance is really out of the question considering by then I probably will not be the most easy-going of traveling companions for anyone.  So, back to the drawing board on those plans.

Still no furniture in the nursery so no new pictures just yet.

It's Official.....

The decision has been made...to answer the question that has been floating around since Day One..."So, what are you going to name him?"  Well, here is it ~ Jackson Bennett Sellers!

Rather Quiet Week...

Well, we have had a rather quiet week so far.  I haven't taken any pictures of the finished nursery to post.  I will do that soon.  The painting on the outside is finished with the exception of painting the exterior door.  The molding is up and painted.  Now, it will soon be time to fill it with furniture and anything else we think Jack can't live without.  So, Jack's official first name is Jackson...that we have come to agree upon.  Now, we will move to making the final decision on his middle name.

We are off to a school board meeting tonight for recognition in completing my National Board certification, which I am excited about.  On Friday evening we will attend a recognition banquet.  Now, we just wait for them to send us our wonderful stipend check and the excitement will be complete.

Jack and I got a new pillow this week...now how is that for excitement.  I know that our readers are just beside themselves!  I am writing about it because it is probably the greatest thing I have purchased in a long time.  My friend Amanda recommended it and I would recommend it for anyone...pregnant or not.  It is called the All Nighter Total Body Pregnancy Pillow.  It is wonderful...did I mention how great it is?  For someone who doesn't make it through the night without leg cramps, it has worked wonders for me.  No, I didn't say that the leg cramps are gone but they aren't nearly as frequent or severe.  And for that I am most thankful!!  And there is even still room for Queenie to sleep close by us too.  So, I told Ray the other night that I felt like was I was sleeping at the best 5 star hotel in the world....a new pillow and a new king size bed...now that is sleeping.  And for those of you who know me best, I have incorporated that 30+ year old feather pillow (that by the way my ENT doctor told me the burn) made by the great-grandmother, with the new one.  How is that for good sleeping!

Special Delivery!

Yesterday, our friend Wez dropped by to visit for a few minutes.  She came by to see the nursery/new addition in progress.  She brought with her a special delivery for Little Jack.  An awesome quilt for Jack's bedding from Pottery Barn Kids and a stack of Baby Einstein DVDs - all thanks to our friends, The Spray's in North Carolina.  Beth sent us the quilt to see if it would work with the color we selected for the nursery...and a wonderful match it is.  Check it out!!!  The quilt is up next to the wall in the nursery to show how it matches the color.

CPR Certified

Ray and I decided to take advantage of some of the classes offered through the hospital.  After a long day of painting the outside of the new addition to the house, Monday night we attend a CPR class.  Quite an interesting adventure...you always run into interesting people at anything in the community.  We found the class to be very worthwhile and would recommend such a class to anyone.  So, if your work or community is offering the class, give up a couple of hours of your time and learn something that could possibly one day play a part in saving a life.

Couch Time on Saturday

We have spent the day on the couch...when I say we I am speaking of Jack, myself, and the Queen.  You can see in the picture that Queenie is an ole couch pro.  My mother claims that that when Jack arrives he will be as lazy as Queenie and I as well as be a pro at a couch potato!  You know that we would not have it any other way!  So, here we are at a three day weekend, which is nice.  We have Infant CPR class on Monday evening.  I got the "Jack Mobile" back last night with everything in working order.  Not sure what tomorrow holds...probably another day like today, which you will not find me complaing about it one bit.  I have also included some pictures from movie night last night.  One of Jack and I holding Queenie and the other of  Mary being invaded by Queenie while attempting to watch a movie.  Jack has been pretty active in the past hour, I think he is telling me to get myself up off the couch :D.

And Today is Thursday...

Well, after the long night I had on Tuesday night, I determined it was a good idea to go to bed early last night.  And by early I mean 7:00 - came in from eating dinner at church and headed straight to bed.  That was pretty early for me.  So, we didn't have to relocate to the recliner after I decided to sleep with 7 or 8 pillows.  I thought Ray was going to have make a late night run to Wal-Mart to buy a pillow for himself.  Luckily we had some extras upstairs.

The "Jack Mobile" is still in the shop for repair.  Nothing major - just more wind noise than there should be so a specialist will look at it tomorrow.  Hope to return the loaner and be back in the "Jack Mobile" before the weekend.

I have included two pictures of the clothes our friends Beth and Bennett sent to us for Jack.  I unpacked them from a box and put them in the dresser drawer.  Lots of cute things!!  Thank you again Beth and Bennett!!

Being a Night Queen!

Ok, ok now....I am referring to the Queen herself.  So, last night was our first night sleeping in the recliner since the start of our pregnancy.  Queenie gets to experience just about everything that goes on in the house, no matter what time of day or night .  So, around 2 am, I get out of bed from being there as long as I could possibly stand.  I head into the living room only to discovering that it is freezing.  I made that determination based on the fact that I was cold as well as the fact the heater was on emergency heat when I walked past the thermostat.  So, I need to chase a rabbit here for a minute - the heat stayed on from 2 until 6 this morning...and my thought was, "Oh my-what is the power bill going to look like for the month?"  Well, much to my surprise I come to work and receive my power bill email.  I was hesitant about signing in to my account and looking at my bill.  And when I finally signed in I realized that I probably should not have looked...it went from $160 last month to $300!!!  That is the highest power bill that I have ever paid...I compared it to this time last year and the bill was $180.  Now, can we say that it has been cold....just in case some of you haven't noticed!  So, back to my story.  After determining that it was way too cold in the living room, I go and get more blankets and decide that I also need to recruit the Queen to join me for the rest of the night in the recliner.  I awake her from where she was sleeping under the cover in the bed and I know full good and well she was confused...her initial response was to go straight to the backdoor thinking it was 5:15 am when she normally goes outside.  When she comes back inside she heads straight for the bedroom but I managed to get her to come back and join me in the chair.  Well, after 30 minutes of shifting around and getting more pillows, I finally found a comfortable position in which to sleep.  With all of those events, I was no long sleepy.  DirectTv doesn't offer too much at 2 am...so I settled for watching Wacky Races on the Boomerang channel...gotta love those old cartoons!

To draw this post to a close, I will end by saying that Jack and I along with Queenie spent several hours in the wee hours of the morning in the recliner sleeping off and on and freezing to death as the heater ran and ran resulting in an increased power bill and a decrease in sleep.  Something seems wrong with this situation.

The "Jack Mobile"

Well, we purchased a new car last February in order to have more room for traveling.  We bought a 2005 Infiniti FX35 - somewhat of a crossover vehicle.  Great idea for us...or at least we thought so, until now.  Little did we realize that three months after our purchase we would start discussing the idea of a baby in our lives.  And little did we realize that almost a year later we would be talking about trading.  That is what we did today...we bought what I like to call our "Jack Mobile".  No mini-van for us...we went the SUV route.  Much more leg room and a great deal more cargo room...now we don't have to pull a trailer when we get ready to go somewhere!  I have included two pictures of the outside and one of the inside.  The inside pictures is a picture of the backseat which are already assigned to Jack and Queenie when we take road trips.  Their names aren't physically on the seats yet but they probably will be soon.  All we need now is a carseat.

Jack's Snow Day and iTunes!

Jack's snow day will have to be another day of the year.  What a joke!  Here is all our snow!  Moody Alabama Style of course!

Jack has his own folder in iTunes!  It has 12 songs from Disney's Lullaby Album!  I hope he love Mickey and all his gang as much as I do!