Nancy and Sami -- Crowe received the award for being the top fundraiser for the Light the Night walk.
September 30-October 6th-
Well I can tell that I am getting alittle more energy back and I actually was able to cook dinner for myself last night and eat it!! Over the weekend I had Jeremy take me to the farmers market because I wanted this raspberry salsa from Parcel's. It is so yummy. However, I decided to get the mild and not the medium/hot one. I pretty much went through almost the entire bag of tortilla chips in 2 days and the jar of salsa in 2 days!!!
The not so good news is that my Dzie Dzie is still in the hospital and not doing good this week. I went to see him and he smiled as soon as he saw me. We scratched off a lottery ticket and won $2! He said that the baby made him so happy. He looked at my mom and just smiled that he was going to have a great-grandchild.
I had lunch with Mary this week and she is letting me borrow her maternity clothes! She has so many of them!! I can't wait to start wearing them!!! I am thinking that I will start to show a little in the next few weeks so they will definitely get there use.
So I am making it through my class, even though I would almost rather be working. However, I know that this will provide a better future for the baby once I get my masters degree. I am hoping to be done by Christmas of 2009. I will have 3 classes to take in 2009 and I am hoping to take 2 in the summer after the baby is born and Jeremy can have daddy time with the little one and then I will take one in the fall to complete my degree. Everyone knows that I am a planner and so future oriented. It is not out of the ordinary for me to have my spreadsheets put together for upcoming events, just ask all my friends who got married after me.... they hopefully received the benefit of my spreadsheets! I have already put together my vacation schedule through Christmas of 2009, which included my salary break-out. I am hoping to decrease my hours at work when the little one comes. I just don't want to miss anything in my little ones life.... first smile, first words, first roll-over,first steps.... so many firsts that I just want to be there for every single moment. However, I do realize that once the little one is here that my mind might change, but I highly doubt it. I always wanted to have a little one when I was 30 because I am almost 30 years apart from my dad and almost 60 years from my grandpa... it just seemed right to carry on the tradition!
So this week I have found out that the baby loves pineapple... I can't get enough of it! I even have to have one of the guys at work open up the can for me because it is like air tight...it takes some muscles to open those cans. Also the baby does like apples too... just like mama!
October 2nd- Today I actually took the afternoon off from work to be with my mom. We are in the process of moving Dzie Dzie to a nursing home and getting his clothes marked and picking out pictures so it looks like a home for him. We just want the best for him.
We had the Light the Night walk for the
leukemia and lymphoma society at Saint Mary's College. This was a fundraising event for the fight against cancer and I walked in memory of Grandma Swartz and Mike Revers (my college friend Beth's hubby). I walked for Cindy Bechinski, my best friends mom who is a 1 year survivor!!!! I had the opportunity to tell Lisa's mom Cindy, her dad, Rich, and sister Stacie, that we were expecting. They were so happy for us!!! I can't wait for this little one to meet everyone that has been so amazing through this experience for us. It has been truly appreciated.
Pam and Aunt Julie did the walk around campus as well and it was alot of fun. Baby and momma got some exercise for a good 35 minutes!!! It was great to be back on campus as it reminded me of how truly special it was to attend Saint Mary's. The bonds and friendships that you make are for a lifetime and I can't say enough about the SMC chick community!!!
Before the walk we received another gift from Grandma (Jeremy's mom) and it was a journal book for me to document all the precious memories that we will experience!!! Thanks!!!!
October 3rd- So today is the big day.... what we have been waiting for. Jeremy and I have been waiting for this day so we could officially announce the pregnancy! Our appointment was at 8:55 this morning and we were hoping to hear the heartbeat at this appointment. Our doctor said when we are 12 weeks is when he listens to the heartbeat... he doesn't really like to do it before because it can be a little challenge to hear it. So we were sitting there and talking to the nurse and we had a few questions for her and once those were answered it was time for the doctor. Actually I should share one of my questions. So for every doctors appointment they want to have a urine sample to test the protein, sugar, etc and making sure the levels are where they need to be. Well it was 3:15 in the morning and I had to go to the bathroom. I didn't know if I should do my sample then or wait until 7:00 when I was going to get up. Such a dilemma. I wanted to make sure my sample was the best one possible.... I woke Jeremy up at 3:15 in the morning... which he was really sweet about (thanks honey) and he said do it now and put it in the fridge. So that is what I did. Thank goodness he can think straight in the middle of the night, unlike me. So I asked the nurse which one was ok and she said that either one would have been fine, but she said that we are very dedicated parents and are really thinking of the well being of our little one! I almost cried hearing that. To think that some parents don't put the effort or time into their child's best interest just frustrates me. Some people don't even take the urine sample in... how lazy and irresponsible.
So anyway, so now that we were waiting for the Dr. to come in..... he arrives... he has this little handheld thing (like my medical terminology) and puts the jelly and adapter on my belly and within 2 seconds we were hearing the heartbeat. It was so fast!!! I asked him if the heartbeat sounded normal and he said yes so I was relieved!!!! Then he said "there are 2" I was like yes!!! Our doctor is a jokester..... there is no way to tell 100% if there are 2 in there, but it was funny because Jeremy perked up right away.
So I said my little prayer to God and thanking him for our little one and that everything is going perfect so far.
October 4th- Notre Dame wins again!!! The baby is 4-0 in attending Notre Dame games!!! Too bad we couldn't make it to the Michigan State game. So last night as soon as we got home, Jeremy crashed on the couch. He was so tired and sick. He slept on the couch last night and Bob was with him all night. I had the twins in bed with me and we have this huge king size bed and where do they want to sleep.... in between my legs! So needless to say when I wanted to reposition myself, I did it around the dogs. They are so spoiled. The whole family was in bed last night at 8:45.... early for the Miller household.
I can tell that I my need for food isn't as powerful lately. Maybe its because I am getting in the second trimester and the baby received alot of nurishment already or I am just really used to eating alot! I am still eating lots of pineapple and apples!
October 2nd- Today I actually took the afternoon off from work to be with my mom. We are in the process of moving Dzie Dzie to a nursing home and getting his clothes marked and picking out pictures so it looks like a home for him. We just want the best for him.
We had the Light the Night walk for the
leukemia and lymphoma society at Saint Mary's College. This was a fundraising event for the fight against cancer and I walked in memory of Grandma Swartz and Mike Revers (my college friend Beth's hubby). I walked for Cindy Bechinski, my best friends mom who is a 1 year survivor!!!! I had the opportunity to tell Lisa's mom Cindy, her dad, Rich, and sister Stacie, that we were expecting. They were so happy for us!!! I can't wait for this little one to meet everyone that has been so amazing through this experience for us. It has been truly appreciated.
Pam and Aunt Julie did the walk around campus as well and it was alot of fun. Baby and momma got some exercise for a good 35 minutes!!! It was great to be back on campus as it reminded me of how truly special it was to attend Saint Mary's. The bonds and friendships that you make are for a lifetime and I can't say enough about the SMC chick community!!!
Before the walk we received another gift from Grandma (Jeremy's mom) and it was a journal book for me to document all the precious memories that we will experience!!! Thanks!!!!
October 3rd- So today is the big day.... what we have been waiting for. Jeremy and I have been waiting for this day so we could officially announce the pregnancy! Our appointment was at 8:55 this morning and we were hoping to hear the heartbeat at this appointment. Our doctor said when we are 12 weeks is when he listens to the heartbeat... he doesn't really like to do it before because it can be a little challenge to hear it. So we were sitting there and talking to the nurse and we had a few questions for her and once those were answered it was time for the doctor. Actually I should share one of my questions. So for every doctors appointment they want to have a urine sample to test the protein, sugar, etc and making sure the levels are where they need to be. Well it was 3:15 in the morning and I had to go to the bathroom. I didn't know if I should do my sample then or wait until 7:00 when I was going to get up. Such a dilemma. I wanted to make sure my sample was the best one possible.... I woke Jeremy up at 3:15 in the morning... which he was really sweet about (thanks honey) and he said do it now and put it in the fridge. So that is what I did. Thank goodness he can think straight in the middle of the night, unlike me. So I asked the nurse which one was ok and she said that either one would have been fine, but she said that we are very dedicated parents and are really thinking of the well being of our little one! I almost cried hearing that. To think that some parents don't put the effort or time into their child's best interest just frustrates me. Some people don't even take the urine sample in... how lazy and irresponsible.
So anyway, so now that we were waiting for the Dr. to come in..... he arrives... he has this little handheld thing (like my medical terminology) and puts the jelly and adapter on my belly and within 2 seconds we were hearing the heartbeat. It was so fast!!! I asked him if the heartbeat sounded normal and he said yes so I was relieved!!!! Then he said "there are 2" I was like yes!!! Our doctor is a jokester..... there is no way to tell 100% if there are 2 in there, but it was funny because Jeremy perked up right away.
So I said my little prayer to God and thanking him for our little one and that everything is going perfect so far.
October 4th- Notre Dame wins again!!! The baby is 4-0 in attending Notre Dame games!!! Too bad we couldn't make it to the Michigan State game. So last night as soon as we got home, Jeremy crashed on the couch. He was so tired and sick. He slept on the couch last night and Bob was with him all night. I had the twins in bed with me and we have this huge king size bed and where do they want to sleep.... in between my legs! So needless to say when I wanted to reposition myself, I did it around the dogs. They are so spoiled. The whole family was in bed last night at 8:45.... early for the Miller household.
I can tell that I my need for food isn't as powerful lately. Maybe its because I am getting in the second trimester and the baby received alot of nurishment already or I am just really used to eating alot! I am still eating lots of pineapple and apples!
1 comment:
Congrats to you two! So exciting! My mom actually told me the news after tailgating with you, but I've been a good girl keeping quiet :)
Looking forward to reading lots of updates on your blog - LOVE that you're doing one too! Also, thanks for the link. I'll link yours too.
I believed you when you wrote that your doctor heard two heartbeats - though that's not how it happened for me. We only heard one heartbeat every time. It wasn't until our 20 week ultrasound to find out the gender that we actually found out we were having twins. Wouldn't that be awesome if you had twins too?
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