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We're Home!

Harrison Daniel Lee

October 29, 2008

12:09p.m.

7 lbs 11 oz

20 inches

I'll post more tomorrow

Wide Awake!!

I think I slept in too late today.
I cannot get to sleep!
I toss and turn, and I'm sooo uncomfortable!!
I don't know where I'm going to get the energy to make it through the day tomorrow.
I'm going to go lay down and try again, maybe Jason has stopped snoring.....

Feelin' Better

Now that I have an actual induction date for Harrison, I am feeling better. It helped ease my anxiety a little bit. Or should I say it feeds the control freak in me. I hate not knowing. I can handle anything, if I know!

I did everything to get ready yesterday, so now I get to lay around until it's time for me to show up at the hospital :O)

Be on the look out for updates!!

Freakin Out

Yes, freakin like no other. You'd think I'd never had a baby before. I'm petrified of the pain. I'm not quite sure why. I was never afraid before. Then once I get past the thought of the pain. I keep thinking that I actually have to bring this baby home!! Care for him, nurse him, lose sleep b/c of him...it makes my head swim! I am excited too. I can't wait to see what he looks like, hold him close to me, and smell his clean baby scent. I never had these type of conflicting emotions with the other 2 children. I'm not sure what my deal is.

SHE'S BACK!!!

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW MY SISTER SHE HAS STARTED UPDATING HER BLOG AGAIN!! WHOO-HOO!


http://thedukegirls.blogspot.com/

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Life Rambles

The dog is driving me nuts! She'll pee outside all day long. She hasn't grasped the pooping outside concept yet. Made worse by the fact that Jason's feeds her in the morning. So she poops during the day. So today I made the command decision to feed her at 6-7 ish so she'll do all that pooping business while Jason is home in the evening. his way her last poop should be the first thing the next morning which is still on Jason's watch. YIPEE!

This weekend is going to be crazy! Why can't my last weekend pregnant be relaxing?? On Saturday Jonathan has his last football game at 12. Can I get a woo-hoo! Then Savannah's birthday party starts at 3. We will have cupcakes, and presents then head to the theater for HSM 3. Saturday night both Jonathan and Savannah are having a friend over. Sunday is our Church's annual Fall Festival. Which is supposed to be outside, so I hope it warms up!!

On Monday I will find out when this baby is arriving!! It will be sometime next week, but I'm not sure what day and I PLAN to keep it a secret and surprise everyone. We'll see, I tend to be unable to keep secrets exciting as something like that!!

All is ready for baby. I only need alcohol for his umbilical cord and a bathtub. The tub isn't an immediate need until the umbilical cord falls off. If the sono gram from last time was correct, and the baby gained 1/2 pound a week since then, he'll weigh in the high 7's or low 8's. About the same size as Savannah. My other BP induced early baby.

In other baby news: My sister is pregnant! No, not Misty. Tiffany. Yes, she's the one that just had a baby in June. This baby will be due about a week before Codey's first b-day. BUT, since she had a C-section last time, she'll have another one this time, so she'll probably be induced the end of May! So they'll be 11 1/2 months apart. WOW! Oh oh, and she has a 3 year old step daughter! What a brave girl. I told her to tell Chris that her big sister said now he needs to make an honest woman out of her!!

Harrison Update

http://landon-olivia.blogspot.com/

Our Weekend

On Friday the princess turned 7. She declared it her best birthday ever!! Hehehe. They are so easy to please when they are young. Her party is next weekend. We(ok, I) will be taking Savannah and 3 friends to see HSM 3! I could lie and say I'm dreading it, but I love HSM too, so I'm kind of excited for some G rated fun. The dancing is amazing.

On Friday we also took this little lady to the vet. She doesn't have a chip, so we had a family meeting and declared her a Hallock. Her name is Doxie, b/c she is a miniature dachshund. The vet said she is probably about 3 months old. So she's a teeny tiny thing! She is still doing very well potty training. She hates her crate, and would much rather sleep under the covers snuggled up to a hot body!Yesterday was our 12 year anniversary. Jonathan had a game in Augusta(we got killed!) then we just came home and hung out. J ended up staying the night with a friend. I helped Savannah clean her sty of a room. If any one has any motivational techniques to get a 7 year old to keep
her room clean please let me know!!

Savannah and Doxie

Today I woke up feeling awful. Correction, I woke up at 2 am feeling awful. I was was puking, and I had a headache that was slowly easing into a migraine. I spent about 45 minutes in the hottest shower I could stand, I took some Tylenol, then headed back to bed. When I woke up this morning I didn't feel any better. I opted out of Church and hopped back in the shower. I felt a little better after that and ate some french toast. Big mistake! It came back up!! My headache still isn't gone. Jason and I went to wal-mart to check my BP. It was a little a high, but not as high as it has been, so I'm hanging around to see if I start to feel better. I go back to the Dr on Wednesday, I'm going to try and make it until then. I don't want to go to the hospital, be admitted, just to sit there for 2 days again.....

Me-looking miserable today :O)

My bubba looking like a cutie today!

12 Years Baby!!

12 years today we decided to begin this wild ride called marriage

it's been hard, fun, happy, sad and so much more

but i wouldn't have it any other way

always you, only you

Carry each others burdens,

and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ
Galatians 6:2

A new family member?

Last night Jason called me freaking out. He thought he had hit a dog. When he got out to check it out, he found this adorable little dachshund. She was shivering, and smelly, and since she didn't have a collar, or tags...Jason brought her home. We took to one of the local vets today and she doesn't have a chip, so on Monday we are going to call the animal control guy at the police dept. If that does not produce her family, then I guess we are keeping her. The vet guessed her to be about 3 months old. She has only had one accident in her crate, and I think that is b/c we didn't listen to her. All other deposits have been outside. Yippee! I can handle a mostly potty trained dog. Anyone who has known us longer than 8 years may remember scooter. He was our "first" baby. We got him shortly after we got married, and had him until March '02 when he jumped off our bed, broke his back, and had to be put down :O(

Doxie resembles Scooter so much!! It almost makes me want to keep her.

First we have see if she already has a family.

P.S. Harrison may be coming reall soon too~

Feel Like Gambling??

Then check out Harrison's Blog :O)

http://landon-olivia.blogspot.com/

I had a great 30th!

One of my very best friends got married! Teresa and I have been friends since 5th grade!!

The Beautiful Bride

Steve-the groom

Notice their accent color!!!
Mr. and Mrs. Sims
Me and Teresa
Pics on the Harley
I also received an e-mail from my long lost friend who lives in Clay Center. April and I have known each other since 3rd and 4th grade!! I sent an e-mail to the only e-mail I had for her. Turns out it was an old one, but she finally checked yesterday! How cool is that?? I received lots of texts, calls, messages, and comments for my day. THANK YOU!!

I'm going to make you fat!!!

I have to share 2 new recipes that I have tried the past couple of weeks. Neither are healthy(at all), but both are ohh so delish!!


Amy's Potato Soup-This recipe tastes EXACTLY like Outback's Potato Soup. It is very thick it's not a brothy potato soup. Oh, and it makes a ton!!

5 lbs potatoes, cut into cubes
3 sticks marg.
1 yellow onion diced
1 1/2 C. flour
11 C. water
1/4 C. chicken broth/ 1 bullion cube
1 Tb. sweet basil
Salt-to taste( I used about a 1/2 TB)
Pepper-to taste( I used about 1 TB)
16 oz heavy whipping cream

**Boil potatoes to soften-set aside
**Boil water, chicken stock, basil, salt, and pepper
** While water is boiling. Melt marg. in skillet. Add onions. Saute until translucent.
** Add flour to marg. mix. Mix well with whisk.
**Add flour/marg to boiling water. Stir with whisk until dissolved.
**Add potatoes and boil for 5 minutes.
** Remove soup from heat and stir in heavy whipping cream
** Place a lid on the pot and allow soup to sit on the stove top until ready to serve( 2-3 hour minimum)
**Serve with bacon crumbles and shredded cheese

So YUMMY! Now once you have had that for dinner. You can make this super simple dessert:

Cheesecake Sopapilla

2(8oz) cream cheese
2(8oz) crescent rolls
1 C sugar
1 t. vanilla or almond extract
1 stick marg, melted
1/2 C cinnamon sugar mix( 1/2 c. sugar with 1 TB cinnamon)

**Flatten 1 pkg. rolls into the bottom of a 9x13 pan
**Mix Cream chz, sugar, and extract. Spread over rolls.
**Place the 2nd roll of crescents over the cr chz mixture
**Pour melted marg. over the top ans sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mix
** Bake at 350 for 30 minutes

Super good as a sweet breakfast treat too. I prefer it warm, but you can refrigerate and serve later if desired.

Let the baking begin!!

Not Much Going On

No big news. Kids got out of school early today, so we are chillin. My Dad came down this morning for a few hours. It was nice to spend some time with him. Tomorrow Jonathan has a football game. Then Jason is supposed to help me put together my scrap area. SWEET! Jason is looking into nursing school again. He's on his way home from a meeting at one of the schools.

That's all folks!!

I hate my Nana!

That is what my little girl said today. Now you may be inclined to think 'what a horrible thing to say'! First let me give you some background. When the kids were there(PA) this summer she made some sort of commitment to both of them to send them a DS game when they got home. The kids arrived home the 28th of July, and Jonathan's Guitar Hero game arrived shortly after. I know it was here before school started and that was the 12th of August.

It is now the 6th of October and no game from Nana for Savannah. Savannah asked her about when she was here for her surprise visit and Karen said it should have already been here( apparently it was ordered off ebay) and she would check on it and let us know. Last week Jason sent her a text inquiring about the game AND told her how upset Savannah was. What does she do? She calls back and leaves a message telling him she will let him know what's going on with if he calls her back!!! What! She is using it as leverage to make him call her???AGH! He of course just threw the phone and used some not nice words and said he wasn't going to play her games.

So today I pick the kids up from school, and Savannah asks of I checked the mail box(the PO box) and did her game come?? I have to say for at least the 50th time, 'no honey, it didn't'. That's when she busts out "I hate my Nana". What could I say? I don't blame her. Jason tried to talk to Karen about her favoritism towards Jonathan when she was here, but she refused to acknowledge that there was even favoritism. She made sure Jonathan had his game ASAP, and not only has Savannah been waiting for 2 months to get hers, she wants to play mind games with Jason about it. Sad.

Hospital Update

On Harrison's blog :O)

I'm Home! With no baby!

It was a scary few days, but it turned out well. They were able to get my BP down, for now. I have a feeling it will go back up though. It was a roller coaster for 48 hours as to what was going to happen. They are going to monitor me closely for the next 6 weeks, and I'm to do as little as possible and keep the BP down.

More Later