third trimester already!!i cant hardly beleive it!i never realized how long people are actually pregnant until now that i am-it feels like im been prego for forever and i have forever to go!!!....im soo ready to feel normal again-have a decent sized body-have normal feet and ankls(there so chubby!!)to bend over easily:)and im ready to be able to walk without the prego sway :)not sayin im not enjoying this cause i am-but its gettin to the point where im like ok im ready now..i dont wana get any bigger... 11 weeks yet...WOW!
ive been sleeping so terribly the pat couple nights-last night i slept ok..but i have so much "lower body" pressure goin on that everytime i turn i have to do it slowly and carefully cause it hurts. my back pain kicked in again yesterday :( im babysitting for a friend from pa thats here for tbyl and im constantly picking him up etc so i think tahts why..time for another massage-which im so not against..just wish it came free:) im starting to feel tired again:(i could sleep till 12 everyday-course that could aslo be from not sleeping much at night..?who knows.
lately ive ben thinkin so much about what our baby will look like...will it be tiny or chubby,will it have my eyes or matts,what shape face is it gana have will it have lots of hair and what color wil it be...oh i cant wait to meet this child!!
baby mullets kicks get stronger every week..its crazy how it dont matter how many times he/she kicks its always so incredible for me..matt thinks i need to get over it now..but it just amazes me everytime.:)
i feel so bad for my husband..the more time goes on the more im just like this poor guy..suddenly his wife just changes..my body,every inch of it has changed,it would seem as though my personality has changed,since im tired often and i cant do as much therefore im unmotivated allot..i often wonder what he really thinks about all this..but oh when i mention it he about flips through the roof.he doesnt like when i ask him things like"am i still attractive to you" or "do u feel like ive changed allot" or anything like that...soo those questions usualy go un answered and i just assume hes ok:)bles his heart-sometimes i thknk pregnancy is probably jsut as hard for the men as it is for us women...ok not quite!
God has been so faithful to me..reminding me again and again of the strength he has placed in me,the "mothers heart"he placed in me and he has given me joy...a joy that cannot be touched...a joy that even on the hard days..remains.cause he lives in me.i love this song...and it is my prayers for today...
There's a cry in my heart
For Your glory to fall
For Your presence to fill up my senses
There's a yearning again
A thirst for discipline
A hunger for things that are deeper

Could You take me beyond?
Could You carry me through?
If I open my heart?
Could I go there with You?
(For I've been here before
But I know there's still more
Oh, Lord, I need to know You)

For what do I have
If I don't have You, Jesus?
What in this life
Could mean any more?
You are my rock
You are my glory
You are the lifter
Of my head
Lifter of this head

today has been an exhausting day-it was one of those days where everything seemed to happed just a little late-so all day i was "running late" and i dont even have time to be sitting here right now-but i need a break-just a tiny one-before i continue this late day-

my brother and his wife had there 3rd child today-a little boy Carson Miles 8 lbs 6 oz. :) i thought hearing that right away this morning would make me anxious about babay mullets arrival-but about 5 minutes after i got the call taht carson was born my pastor text me-and told me hes rpaying for me today that i will be patient in this waiting for the baby to arrive...it was exactly what i needed-we are so blessed with a pastor who does so much more then just preach at church on sundays-he genuinly caress about each one that goes to FCC and he makes sure to let them know:) i went to my cleaning job-which i was running late for cause first i spent a little bit of my gettin ready time to talk to my brother and then wen i finaly got out the door about 5 minutes late i had to put steering fluid in our car(something we have to do every day cause we dont have the money to get it fixed!) so i got to work-left work a little early which was perfect cause i had an app i had to leave for at 1245 i left work at 12-and what normally takes me 10 minutes to get home from today took me 30-they were doin construstion on the main road-so then instead of coming home and making myself lunchn i stopped at wendys-rushed home-stuck some laundrey in the dryer and in the washer-had a few bites of my food-changed-finished my food-and once again left late for my app.. i got there about 10 minutes late-i had to get my rogam shot today-this is a shot anyone with rh negative blood type has to get-and unfortunaltly i fall in that category- so i gto the shot then had to wait for about a half hour to make sure it didnt have any effect on me.finaly i got out to my car-had to put more steering fluid in my car...i wwas soo tired at this point.but i pressed on..to walmart-Matt and i are goin to a ball tourny in panama city florida early tomorow morning,wont get back till sunday ight sometime-and sometime sunday afternoon some friends from pa are coming and stayin the week for conference next week and are staying at our house...soo i had to go grocery shopping..for us this weekend taking snacks etc...and a bit for next week...goin thru walmart the whole time i was thinking..why cant some one else do this for me-or at least push my super anoying cart that kept wanting to go to the left and i wanted to go to the right...left walmart rushed down the mountain(my dr. etc is all up in hendo-up the mountain:)) i finaly got home around 4-switched my laundrey over..showered..remembered i need to pack so i quickly did most of that(cosmetics still need to be packed) i folded some laundrey and while putting my laundrey away i looked at the computer and thought..i need a break:)HERE I AM:)..in about 20 minutes we have to go to gville to pick up our rental car since our car has issues...then at 8 he has a ball game and i still have a big list of things to do...matts home so thats my q..he says we got to go ..and im not ready---BITE ME DAY!

i feel the need to blog about my praise for today-2 weeks ago i went to the doctor for my check up-once again i had gained a pretty large amount of weight and the dr seemed a bit concerned...we discussed that i had not yet had my glucose testing thingy done-so we ended up doin that right away-the nurse said i may have gestational diabetis..this scared me and ever since i have been praying that the test would come back normal that i wouldnt have to go back in for a 3 hour testing.i have also been praying that baby mullet is not to far above the weight he/she should be cause taht was something else my dr had mentioned,that the measurement seemed a bit big so i have to go in for an ultra sound 2 weeks later(that would be this week) this concerned me as well-she jsut mentioned that if the baby is above its saposed to be weight-theyd just have to keep watching me to make sure i dont have a 10 pound baby-wether that meens theyd have to induce me or have a c section i dont no-but neither of those would be on my list of things id wana do-i wanna have this baby natural so bad..last night as matt and i were praying i prayed "in jesus name the tests will come back normal and i will not have gestational diabetis"anyways-this morning they called me and said my glucose testing came back NORMAL!!!thank you GOD!!!!i could have leaped through the roof:) wednesday is my ultra sound and i am praying that the baby wuoldnt be too big for this time of my pregnancy-and i no God is in control of all things-so i have nothing to worry about:)

yesterday matt and i celebrated our one year anniverary-what an awesome day!! i left him a card by his tooth brush:) we went to church and he even got to sit with me(normally he runs sound so i sit alone:() for lunch we had burgers on the grill and then we watched football for a bit then i took a nap-then last night we went to red lobster for supper and wen i got in the car on my seat there was a card from my dear husband:)it was the sweetest card and it about brought tears..after dinner we went shopping and then we went to STARBUCKS!!!!:)my favorite place!and a craving i have had for the past 6 months and hve not been able to take care of it:) we came home and watched the braves(p.s. yes this is soemthing i wanted to do..i do not like to miss watching the games-if tehres a game on-were watching it:))wen we went to bed last night i told matt every day should be like today-not the goin out and doing special things but just the part where it seemed that we both set out that day to make the other person feel special,every moment of the day just seemed like we had our eyes on each other-we havent lost the spark we had wen we got married,but it seems like wen you live together at times you almost forget to really look at each other and drink in each others presence... so that was a challenge to me-to remember to do that all the time-not jsut wen he gets home from work or when were goin to bed-but all the time:)
thinking back over the past year-we have gone thorugh soo much...weve learned so many new things about each other and weve come to love each other on a deeper level.its crazy how much he completes me....i think about this often wen we go away-wether it be his ball games,church,or just shopping,i can feel wen hes near me,that sweet feeling of knowing that my other half is there,that security of knowing hes around..the way i feel with him protected,cared for,loved so deeply i cannot even understand,submitted,the feeling of being under him and knowing he is under God its so powerful and strong. the bond we have is a bond only God can give...and im so thankful for that.i know that God joined us,matt is all the things i am not,and the things i am not very good at are the very things that he exceeds in and is helping me to be...patient:) i lack in patience so very much,but he is the most patient person i know.its easy to excite me,or for me to get upset about things,but he always seems to calm me down-and to show me the reason why i dont need to be upset.he is not a man of words,he isnt the type to throw out compliments unless he really meens them,but the people he loves...you know he loves them,the way he acts towards them,his family,his mom:),my family,but most of all..me:)and this child of ours that im carrying..its so beautiful to see him love this child already...and to think of how he will be with this baby in his arms-im in tears thinking about it.i could go on and on about how wonderful he is and how much i love and appreciate him..but even all those words..would not be enough...i pray that God gives us many more years together on this earth-because as long as were on this earth,we will be loving each other more then we did the day before...a year ago i made the best decision i ever made aside from becoming a follower of Jesus,i chose to spend the rest of my life loving my husband.:) the nest year holds so many changes for us,but im so excited,because ive seen how weve handled changes in the past year,and it has brought us closer then we ever were..and i know thats what the coming years holds for us:)

onto other things...pictures:)here they are..
saturday we went to a clemson game-our friend derrick overholt who plays for presbyterian college was playing against clemson-although were big clemson fans-we rooted for derrick a little bit to:)

college football games are soo fun to go to..sucha party:)

derick didnt get any playing time except as the holder and since they only scored twice(maybe 3 times..not sure) he wasnt out to much..but here he is:)right after the kick!

1 year anniversary date:)

we foiund these lil onezies at tjmax for real cheap-so we had to buy them:)

STARBUCKS!!!!:)

and one belly picture---28 weeks:)

i just thought she looked so cute as she watched me blog:)


well thats all for now folks:) matt and i made a deal last night-he wont play his xbox for a week if i dont go on facebook for a week....so since i have nothing else to do on the computer-it looks like imight be blogging allot this week:)

my sweet little babies kicks-i think i post about them everytime i post-but i cant get enough of them-and how magical they are-last night matt felt it kick for only the 2nd time(nhe never leaes his hands on my tummy long enough to feel it) and the baby kicked twice pretty hard:)ive noticed that every time i put my hand on my belly the baby will go to wherever my hand is and kick:) i told matt i think that meens the baby knows my touch already:)i dont ever wana forget what these moments are like-which is why i have this blog-to remembered-for some reason its so much easier for me to sit here and type then for me to write it in my cute little baby journal i bought..soo i intent to print all of these out so someday i can read back over them and remembered:)im goin to the dr on wed. my tummy measured a bit big last time i was there so were having another ultra sound to ,as my doctor says" keep track of the baby and make sure i dont have a 10 lb baby!"..im very anxious to see what baby mullets gana measure at!Lord please let it be a normal size:)
this weekend is out 1 year anniversary-crazy to think that a year ago i was flying around tryin to get stuff in order for the big day and now here i am with a big bulge out my belly waiting for this baby to make its way into our world:)its awesome how God works-his timing is perfect and i couldnt be happier with where were at in life now.
matt and i have been discussing our ways wed like to parent etc...the other night i was telling him i no a daily struggle for me will be patience..something i lack in so much already.. but i no my husband and his prayers for me always amaze me-n i no this is something he will remember to pray for for me daily-i love that about him..he has so much of his mother in him...him mom is a prayer warrior!soo encouragine to see that in her and more and more im seeing how much time matt spends in prayer and its incredible.and its so awesome for me,because of his prayers,i know,were goin to be just fine...no matter what:)God is good all the time!

well the commercial thats been goin through my head all week and drove me to the store yesterday to buy these things is goin through my head..so im off to the freezer to nibble on one...."what would you do for a klondike bar" :)in case u havent seen it...

good bye all

mm its another beautiful day here in north carolina!!fall is being more consistent then i though it was gana be right now and i love it!i have my windows open and my candle burning once again-perfection!
this week marks my 27th week!!!next week is the start of my 3rd trimester-its sooo crazy!!!last week i went to the doctor for my regular checkup and afer she measured me she said i was measuring a bit high so she wanted me to come back in in 2 weeks for another ultra sound to check the babys weight and make sure im not gana be having a 10 lb baby!!!she said that depending on the ultra sound they might just have to keep check on me .she also said im retaining allot of fluid so that could have allot to do with it.. she also noticed i hadnt taken my surgar test yet-soi had to that right away-and im just praying i passed it!!so next week i go in for another ultra sound...and im praying for that as well that baby mullet isnt on the road to being a 10 pounder:)
babys kicks keep gettin stronger and stronger-he/she does not like wen i cross my arms and prop them on the top of my stomach and he/she lets me no it:)yesterday i declare my wholke upper body "jumped" as it kicked:) still just as amazing as it was the first time:)

last week i went to a road side stand close to my house and bought this little southern fruit called muscadines...

they taste allot like grapes(The kind you make wine with) but better id say...oh i love them!!!there only in season for about a month:(but i tried to stock up pretty well on them and were eating them up!:)
im thinkin since today is labor day-il have some people over for supper tonight-just not sure who ill have yet:) well thats all for my post...happy labor day everyone!

Fall and baby.

In order for me to be able to get up early(when i say early i mean 7 am)i HAVE to go to bed no later then 11.normally if im goin to get up early i try to be in bed by 10 or 10:30-that way the next day im not dragging as i get out of bed.well im so glad that last night i decided i'd get up to make my hubby breakfast before he goes to work,i got up at 6:50 and i stepped outside to let the dog go potty and WOOLAH!it felt like fall-i was so excited!!i made us both breakfast ,got him off to work-got myself dressed and headed out to the porch with my bible and a cup of hot peppermint tea that my mom had sent to me in the mail during my first trimester when i wasnt feeling so well.i always think of her wen i drink the stuff cause this is what i read everytime i get myself a little bag of tea...

anyways-back to my morning-wednesdays i babysit for my sisterinlaw so once she dropped her daughter off we both headed out on the porch to read books and drink "tea" lexis version of tea was chocolate milk..:)

i opened all my windows inside and lit my 5$ walmart candle,which is the best fall smelling candle ever,its called "mulled cider" for anyone who wants a great smelling,cheap candle:)

yes indeed it is a BEAUTIFUL morning,and im soo glad i woke up early enough to enjoy it:) in about an hour or 2 ill close my windows,blow out my candle and turn the a.c. back on..but for now..were just gana pretend fall has arrived.OH ITS SO CLOSE WHY CANT IT JUST GRACE US WITH ITS 3 MONTHS PRESENCE??!!when it does i ill be soo gratedfull-somthing about this time of the year gives me energy and that is something i NEED these days!this summer was ao misserable for me im so ready to be able to go outside without breaking out in a sweat!
on another note-im trying to put back within me that self determination i once had..i ahve gained so much weight with this pregnancy but i refuse to let it stick around after baby mullet is born-so im working on a plan...here it is :)
http://www.halhigdon.com/5K%20Training/5-Knovice.htm
this is the training i was doin last summer and it worked pretty well:)so im excited..i AM gana get back in shape and i AM gana be thin again:)..speaking words of life here:)
this past weekend i went to PA for my moms side of the familes christmas dinner(i no i no christmas in augugst..my grandma goes to florida for the winter so we always have it in august...)and aslo for my baby shower:)what a great much needed weekend!!my sisterin law and hubbys cousin drove up with me to be with my other sisterinlaw..we had a great weekend-i got to start it off by spending all day friday with my best friend/cousin Tonya and her baby girl Aisha-it was ssoooo good to sit down with my best friend and pour out our hearts to each other-laughing,feeling sad about different things each other has been going through but most of all just enjoying each others company..i felt like i was being recharged:) she made me a wonderful breakfast...brakfast wraps and biscotti!!and since its pretty much fall up tehre we sat our on her back porch ..PERFECTION!


i was so worried Aisha wasnt gana know me,but she loved me as much as i did her:) shes more like my neice then my 2nd cousin:) so thats what we go by..neice and aunt ony:)


my beauitful cousin tonya who you cant tell she just had a baby 4 months ago!!!!i couldnt get over how good she looked!

introducing Aish to her soon to be cousin:)

saturday mornign i had breakfast with another old friend of mine-Kayla and i grew up together..we were always more like relatives then just good friends...she had her baby 6 weeks ago and i couldnt wait to meet her..Addison...shes so perfect!!


and then tehre was the christmas dinner saturday night-KAren got some belly pictures for me..but i have yet to get them..so once she sends themt o me i will be posting..but heres a few i got with my own camera..
my addoarble little neice-if i would be a good photographer this picture would have been perfect..but i no little about taking pictures well...

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i do beleive my sister is getting great pleasure out of being so much skinnier then me:)shes been loosing weight and is looking FABULOUS..and i am heading the other direction:)but for a good cause!!


my sisters-2 of the most important women in my life...

the one person i spent the most time with and love the dearest,my mom,i didnt get any pictures with:(but mom and i had the best time together-i feel so spoiled whenever im with her-there definately are perks to living out of state!when i come home-i get as much time with her as i want:)and boy does she spoil me silly:)rubbin my feet,my back,takin me places,and just loving on me:)i think she enjoys my company as much as i do hers-or at least i hope so..we always have sooo much fun-so many laughs,a few tears but always a good time!!its ture i am a momma baby:)i love my mom sooooo much..i pray my child has the same kind of relationship with me as i do with my mom...she meens the world to me.my dad as well!!he wasnt feeling the best over the weekend-btu it was soo good to see dad again-seems like i hardly ever get to see him-but we always try to keep in touch-my dad always is looking out for me.and i hope he knows it never goes unnoticed!!

sunday was the baby shower.i was thrilled with al the presents i got and i loved being in one room with some of the most special people to me!!baby mullet got a "kick" out of it too:)
our beautiful cake...

my sisters did sucha good job with the food-it was delicous!!

me as a baby...wonder if he/she will look any like this???

and one last picture of sunday night-the kids went swimming:)and little peyton..well shes just too cute for words!

now for a few of baby mullets last ultra sound..i cant beleive how much he /she is growing its just AWESOME! kicking is pretty common these days-every morning i turn on my back and the baby goes wild:)its such a great way to start off my day:) only 14 more weeksn before babies expected to arrive...Matt said last night-its definately more exciting now then it ever was:)and the excitmement only gets bigger!!:)
just hangin out in mommas belly...

waving to mommy and daddy "HI GUYS!!":)


i ahve a thing with babies feet...weird cause i cant stand feet..but babies feet..tehre just so perfect..its always the first thing i look at on a baby-i just love them..so wen they showed me this i cried..baby mullets feet.:)


sweet child of mine,i think about you all the time.theres not a moment of each day that i dont wonder what life will be like wen your in ours.you will never know how much your lovced,nor how long your daddy and i have loved you.we cant wait to meet you!keep growing little fellow:)in no time at all youll be in our arms:)