2006 Mommas

[AwesomeMommy]

Personals in a bit..... first I wanna tell you all about our trip!

On the way to Ohio we came to a complete stop on I-80. Right outside of New Lenox, a dump truck went from the west bound lane into the east bound lane and tipped over. So, traffic stopped for 2 hours while then cleaned it up. I did my makeup and my nails.... and played tetris on the cell phone. It went by fast, Kailey slept and Mike and I got to talk without a million interruptions, so it was nice.

We got there Thursday night, and went right to the Dress shop. Kailey's dress was about 1.5 feet to long! They did an amazing job with alterations though, and the dress looked perfect. After she tried on her dress we visited with Aunt Carol and my Cousin Brian and the new baby. He is so cute, and so BIG! I could just love him to pieces... then we went by the Salon to see Terri and Aimee stopped by Kris's house and then went back to Brian and Terri's we stayed up late talking and all that.

Then on Friday we had the Rehearsal Dinner, the Rehearsal and we decorated the hall. It went by so fast, and we had a great time. As it turned out Kailey did NOT have to walk up the isle with a boy and she was soooo happy!

Saturday was the wedding, and it was perfect. Saturday seemed to come and go in a flash, it seemed like we got up and then 5 minutes later we were leaving the reception.

Sunday we went to Earl and Carols for lunch, all of my cousins were there, then we went out back and shot guns at 2 ltr bottles... you all know how I am about guns and you would have laughed your butts off if you would have seen me... but it was fun. My only complaint about the entire weekend is that we really did not have time to visit......... oh well, we will just have to plan a special trip just for that!

Now that we are home we are playing catch up from all of the things we missed, I think that sanity will once return here in about a week. By that time we will be back on track. Oh, I also had sex in my cousins bathroom... could not take the chance of missing my O day.... so if we get a BFP this month then EVERYONE will know that this baby was conceived in my cousins bathroom.. making it the luckiest place on earth. Just for the record noone was home when we did it, and I was bent over the bathtub to make sure my hair and makeup did not get messed up. lol

Jacque

[AwesomeMommy]

Alisha: I miss you this sucks! -- Woohoo on 3 weeks with no accidents, that is beyond awesome. I think it is great that she is wanting to help around the house, you are so lucky. Believe me, I know Kailey is a helper too and it is awesome. --- I am glad your brother is doing better and that he went into the hospital when he did. I hope that this will help improve his live... no pain is good! --- I am proud of your weighloss, I cannot wait to hear more about your progress! I love you!

Emily: I miss you too! I hope all is going well!!!

Here are some new photos, I hope you like them!

[momma2senya]

Hey girls,
Jacque-
Your family is so beautiful. I'm at the library typing this message. I know it really sucks! I'm well, and so are the girls. I'm planning on getting a new computer at the end of July. Yeah! Then we are getting cable connection so that it doesn't take me so long to download pics and stuff. Anyways, that is hilarious about your cousin's bathroom! I hope that this does end up being the month after all b/c then you will have to tell everyone...ha! I only have a few minutes, so I have to let you go now. I promise I will email again as soon as I can!
Milissa-
Thanks so much for the compliment! Yeah, I'm really excited. I'm still doing well. I haven't checked for a week, but last time I had lost another pound. We'll see soon. I'm having problems with my birth control pill, so I'm really bloated and having af every other week right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UGH UGH UGH!
Emily,
I really miss you girl. I hope your pg is going well. Give us an update when you can.

Love,
Alisha

[aalissa]

Alisha** ;D hey chicy!! Good I'm glad your still alive good PROUD OF YOU!!!!!! Girl I'm with you on the bloating! A/F is coming I think... want Salts and sweets and bloated!! hate this part in my cycle ITS ALWAYS THE SAME CRAP!! Girl you have got two CUTE kids on your HANDS!!! hows the family? doing well I hope! we are going through House HELL' tryen to buy our first home.... crazy" JUST crazy" and stevie (my son) just turned 4 Saturday june 3rd.... THEY GROW SOOO FAST!! great hearing from you! KEEP UP the GOOD work!!

Milissa ;}

[emily]

Hey, ladies! Jacque, it sounds like you had such a busy time on your trip..not much of a vacation, gbut isn't it great to spend time with family? I love the pictures. Kailey is such a sweetheart. She is so beautiful! I will die laughing if you got pregnant in your cousin's bathroom. That is hysterical!
Alisha, I am so proud of you for losing all that weight! That is fantastic! And it just gets easier and easier as the baby gets older. Way to go, girl!
Everything here is just crazy. My "20" hour a week job is now a "35" hour a week job and wearing me out. It's just too much with the pregnancy and Scottie. We also took out another home loan and Scott is in major renovation mode. He has closed in our carport to make a garage and expanded my laundry room...so nice to have a huge laundry room. Next up, redoing all outside, new windows, then the master bathroom expansion upstairs. I can't wait! But, it means that most of the time I'm home I'm on my own with Scottie because he's working. Our VBS is in two weeks, so after that, hopefully, work won't be so time-consuming. It'll be fun, though.
Well, we had two more ultrasounds, so now we're 100% sure that it's a boy. I'm thrilled!
Also, I've only gained 3 pounds on their charts so far which is great considering I'm 19 weeks (or is it 20?) weeks on Monday. So, since I expect to go early again, I'm halfway there! Hooray!
Other than that I'm doing fine. Just tired. I had to have my leg dopplered last week because I was feeling some tightness and doc wanted to make sure there were no clots, but everything was fine. And I just put a call in because I'm experiencing lots of shortness of breath. Not, like out of breath, just can't take a deep enough breath. I don't have asthma, but I imagine that's what it would feel like. It's super frustrating.
We're taking a trip to Mexico with my family in 3 weeks and it can't get here soon enough! Scottie is dying to get back to the beach and it'll be a blast!
Anyway, hope you're doing great. Miss and love you.
em

[momma2senya]

Hi girls,
I'm back again!
Emily- I can't believe you are already half way done with your pg. That is just a-frickin'-mazing!!! It seems like just yesterday you were announcing your pg. I'm sorry about your leg girl, but excellent on the weight gain. Not bad at all! I still haven't lost anymore weight, and I'm starting to get frustrated. I've been this same weight for about two weeks now. I am bloated though, b/c my birth control pills are causing me to bloat bad. Hopefully that will change soon. Lucky you about your house. Sounds like it will be a whole different place before baby West gets here.
Jacque-Where are you girl? I expected to see a ton of posts from you in the few days since I've been back. Ha Ha! You know you, always a postin' crazy girl. I hope you are well, and can't wait to hear if this was indeed your month. I love the new collage of your family. YOu are all so beautiful.
Millissa-
Thanks for the encouraging words. You and your husband make a cute couple. I need to post a pic of myself with my husband one of these days so everyone knows who they are talking to. My DH is a real hottie! I'm not biased though. Ha Ha! I am so proud of my two little beauties. They are just precious, and they look exactly like my DH. Especially Abri. She looked like me a little bit when she was first born, but not now. I can't wait to show her and Yesi off some more when I get my new computer sometime in July. It sucks not having one now.

Well, Abri and Yesi are doing fantastic. We are for sure out of the woods with potty training. She hasn't had even one accident in over a month. Even when we go on two hour trips over the mountain to visit my mom. She loves to stop on the side of the road and "pee in the grass." However, she doesn't quite understand that you can't pee in the grass in the middle of the city at noon. She would rather do that than go in a restroom. She's hilarious! Yesi is still a fantastic big sister. She just adores her baby sister and she told me the other day that she wants me to have another baby. She said, "Mommy, I want you to have me another baby, but this time I want it to be a boy that talks." Isn't that hilarious? I told her, "But what if it's another girl, wouldn't you still be happy?" and she said, "Yeah." She's so stinkin' cute.
You know how we've been struggling with the idea of having a third baby. Well, Serge told me about a week ago that he has decided that he would really like to stick with our original plan and have one more. He said he'd like to try for a little boy. I told him, "YOu know that just cause' we try doesn't mean we'll get a boy," and he said, "I know honey, and I'd be so happy with three little princesses. I just don't want us to regret not trying someday." Then he said that he only wanted to try if I wanted to though, so it is 100% up to me. So, I'm pretty sure that I will have another one after all. I just have to get some of this weight off first. So, I think I will stick to the South Beach Diet until I get pg again, have my third baby in about two and a half years or so, (God willing) and THEN go on Nutrisystem. Unless I don't start losing more weight. I'm a little frustrated b/c I've been plateud for about two weeks. I've only lost 11 pounds for goodness sakes, so I don't know why I'd plateau already. Usually I don't plateau for at least a couple of months.
Abri is doing really well. She is such a little cutie and she LOVES to eat. She's growing like a little weed. I am going to Walmart after I post this to get size THREE diapers. Can you believe it? At her two month checkup she was already 12 and a half pounds. Yesi only weighed 10 pounds at that checkup. I'm in shock. She's got to be about 15 pounds or more by now. She's so adorable with her little chunky thighs. She has three rolls on each thigh!I love to pinch them. Hee hee! We got her ears pierced on Friday, and they look adorable. She bawled though, so I felt like the world's worst mom. I didn't want to do the second one, but of course I had to or she'd look silly. When I got Yesi's done, she didn't cry at all. It was like it didn't hurt her at all. So I thought, heck I'm getting this done now. Oh well, it's over now and she only cried about 30 seconds, and she'll never remember it. She's going to be 3 months old this Saturday, on Serge and my anniversary. We've been married for 6 years this Saturday, and together for 10! I can't even believe how fast life passes you by. Before I know it I will be back on here obsessing over my cycles with all the other TTC mommies.
Take care girls,
Alisha

[aalissa]

Alisha** REMEMBER I TOLD YOU THAT WOULD HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!! I told you don't get upset about it!! You lost all that water weight and and probably some bloating!! Now when you start loosing more weight its the fat you will loose now smae thing happend to me!!! hang in there" you did nto gain it over night YOU CAN"T LOOSE IT OVER NIGHT

Wow" on the wanting another already Chic!! i have thought about it too.... if we get another boy will I try for another? steve and I have always said if you have one YOU have to have two... if you have three you have to have four! so I have no idea?? But if we have a girl WE ARE DONE@ glad everything is going well!! Hope to hear form you soon!!

Milissa

[momma2senya]

Millissa-
I have a friend who said the same thing about the two and three thing. That's funny. I know I shouldn't get down about the weight, but I have never had this happen before. Usually I lose weight steadily for about two months before I plateau. I think it may be related to my pill too b/c it is making me bloat terribly. Your little boy looks like his mommy except for in the eyes. There he looks like daddy to me. What a doll.
Alisha

[AwesomeMommy]

Hey! I am here, I have just been having trouble getting to the computer during the day. Since it is summer break it is so busy here. I have between 8-12 kids here almost every day, and needless to say we have been spending a ton of time outside.

Alisha: WooHoo! You and I will be trying for #3 together, I think that is awesome.... I knew that you would end up having more, and I totally agree that you need to take care of yourself first. Lose that weight and then start TTC again. --- Congrats on the potty training, that is beyond awesome. I really could not be happier for you or Yesi. --- I reach several plateaus when I am losing weight, it is normal... just keep up the great work and the weight will start falling off again in no time.

Emily: I am so glad you checked in, I cannot believe that you are at the half way point. I hope VBS is going well, and that you find some time to relax before baby gets here.

Ok ladies, I know that fails in comparison to my normal novel... but I am going back to bed. I just got up to pee, and thought I should get online and post to Emily and Alisha... how funny is that!

Love ya!

Jacque

[aalissa]

Alisha** congrats on the potty training I forgot to say that 'LOL

thanks stevie is a little snot lately.... hell I did not have terrible 2's or 3's I'm HAVING PROBLEM 4's soooo mouthy and giving me duty looks when I tell him to do something.... and he acts like he knows everything I'm a strong parent and I don't put up with it' but I feel like all I'm doing lately is yelling at the kid......." He WILL NOT be going to NC in July" no matter how much I need a week break! he has started acting like this sense his Nanna Pam left back to NC on his birthday..... MAN THAT WOMEN really gets to my bones (My MIL)

hey I hot alot of stop and go's with loosing weight!!! But I would try a different Pill!! OR GET OFF IT" I hate them things... all they do is make me sick!!!

Milissa

[AwesomeMommy]

Well.... it is official, I am four days late. I am really starting to think that this is it...... I will test on Sunday morning. Or then again, maybe not. I am so scared to test, I do not want to see another negative, but you know..... I am four days late. I don't know...... I will have to see how I feel in the morning. I am a little indecisive on what to do, can you tell?

Jacque

[AwesomeMommy]

Well Ladies, I you have been my online friends since Alisha was in her first trimester... since then we have welcomed Abri to the world, and Emily was able to announce her BFP.... well, now it is FINALLY my turn!!!!

I AM GOING TO HAVE A BABY!!!!!!!!!

Kailey's will be expecting a very special birthday present because our second baby is due on..... February 18th, the day after Kailey's Birthday!!!

I love you... I am running on pure adrenaline now. I better hit the sack or I am going to be a total psycho in the moprning... but that will be just fine because I can blame it on pregnancy hormones!!!

I LOVE YOU!!!

Jacque

PS: I guess my cousin's bathroom worked!!!! lol

[AwesomeMommy]

ALISHA: It is killing me that you do not know yet. I actually used your address to look up your phone number. I tried to call (at least what I think was your home number, there are 7 Alisha Lopez's in Oregon) and there was no answer. CRAP!!!! GET ON LINE!!! LOL

Jacque

[momma2senya]

Hey girls,
Jacque,
Where is your post on the "It's official, I'm going to be a mommy" board? Hmm?? And, why haven't you updated the cycle day tracker with your name under, "expecting?" Hmm? I'm very disappointed in you. No, I"m just jokin'. You know from our other boards that I'M SO STINKING HAPPY FOR YOU I JUST CAN'T EVEN STAND IT! I was all excited to come on and hear birth stories from Amanda (poor thing) and Kris, and I never expected this...Well, I hoped, but what a wonderful surprise. Ha Ha, you will have to tell everyone where she was conceived. Maybe you should give her a middle name like "LATRINE" OR "loo" ( I don't know how to spell either of those, but they're supposed to be words for bathroom in another language.) HA HA, I'M BRILLIANT! BTW, I disconnected my home phone b/c I never use it and the only people who call me on it are telemarketers. I only use my cell phone. I'm sorry, that is hilarious that you tried to call me. HOw sweet of you to think of calling me. I know, I can't wait to be able to have my own computer again at home. I might be able to get it in a month or so, but if not, by the end of July for sure! We already know which one and everything, just gotta' work to get the moola to pay for it. Ha! I'm working this Thursday to help shut down my classroom for the summer, and then I have to work all week next week for my re-certification for GLAD. Doesn't it seem like just yesterday that I was going through certification for that? Anyways, it sucks that I have to work, but at least I'll make the money for the next computer. I can't wait to get my hands on it! I just noticed that you took your weight loss ticker off...good for you. I was about to tell you to, b/c now your focus needs to be on taking care of you and your little frijole. Hee hee!
Millissa-
Yeah, it's tough when they start getting sassy. I know b/c I just started going through it recently. My little sweety is developing a mind all her own. I'm a tough parent too, b/c I'm a teacher, so I'm really good at "not putting up with crap." She just hates it. Ha ha. Congrats on your weight loss. YOu are doing an amazing job!

Thanks girls for the encouragement. I'm really frustrated about the stall, but hopefully I'll get jumpstarted aghain soon. If not, I'm going to just go back on phase 1 for a couple of weeks to lose some more. Like I said, if worse comes to worse, I'll just go on Nutrisystem in September anyways. I've got to get this weight off if I'm going to even think about conceiving #3...which still isn't for certain Jacque. Ha!

Take care girls,
Alisha

[AwesomeMommy]

Ok... I am so excited that I can barely sit still!!! I am freaking out right now... but in a good way. I called my DR's office today to tell them that I am pregnant and needed to make an appointment. I thought that they would want me to wait until I was about 8 to 12 weeks.... well, they want me to come in today!!!! PLUS I might even have a sonogram!!! How awesome is that. I am so excited that I could just puke!!!! I am so nervous!!! Please say a little prayer that all is perfect with my little bean.

The best part is that my tickers says that this is about the time that my little baby's heart starts to beat. How awesome would it be if I got to see the baby's heartbeat!!! I am soooooo exited!

Alisha: More updates later... I PROMISE!

I cannot even think now... hello and I love you to everyone else!

Jacque