A little bit of this...a little bit of that...

I feel as if I have become increasingly worst at my blogging!! But, we have been super busy at work...which is a good thing! And also at home. We decided to put our little house on the market and we have been busting it ever since trying to get it 'ready' to put up for sale. Isn't that the worst part?!? By the time you get it 'ready' it is easy to lose focus on why you are trying to sell it in the first place!! With my current condition ( not really condition but being 5 1/2 months pregnant is something) I was censored on what I could actually help do to get the house ready. For example, I have some pretty mad trim painting skills- which I was forbidden to use! So I have I had to turn over many of the things I would have liked to have done to others...my Beau, my parents, sisters, and my mom-in-law Martha. It was challenging and honestly I think Beau is SO happy that the sign is up in the yard and he is so glad I finally realized that the list was never-ending with a 70 year old house!! SO, I am content with all of our updating, painting, re-grouting etc and the sign is up!! SO....Now we wait. Hopefully our little cottage will be popular and sell quickly just because this waiting part is kind of hectic. Now, as far as where we are going to move say our little house sells....that is a different story. BUT, luckily we both have wonderful parents who have opened their homes to us as well as two lake houses to choose from if we haven't found a new place. We are staying positive and as my best friend tells me daily- this is how I work. If I didn't have a deadline with a million things going on...I would be lost! Its true. Although I may not feel the same way come June if we are still sitting on this house, looking for a new one and Fearing is coming within a month!! I hope we don't get in that situation, but we are trusting in the Lord to give us wisdom and guidance and we know it will ALL work out!!
In other news.... we have had some super busy weekends lately!! Last weekend was jammed packed full of family fun! My sisters were home for spring break and I had so much fun getting to see them and spend time with them. My little brother was home too, until he flew to New York City!!! Actually, since he is a friend of Aubie, he went with the Auburn University women's basketball team and cheerleaders to New Jersey for the tournament. He had a ball!! We even got to see him on tv!! So exciting!! He had a wonderful time just living the 'Auburn Experience' to the max!!! While I am talking about that... Both Tyler and Taylor received a scholarship through the School of Ag and will be going to Spain in May!!! Yep, it is true!! They are hilarious and just the thought of the two of them (along with 3 of their friends they are in their major with and a professor) touring the gardens of Southern Spain makes me laugh. They have the most unique relationship and are such wonderful kids- I am SO proud of them!! And not to leave Syd out- she too is living it up down in Auburn!! She is about to finished with her first year of college!! I can't believe it!!! She is so smart and is studying really hard and I know she will such an awesome builder one day! ( She is at Southern Union and will transfer to Auburn hopefully in the building science program!). Also last weekend my super talented mom organized a wonderful baby shower for my sisters best friend Meagan! Meagan is going to be a mom so soon!! She is not only a 'friend' turns out we are related. Her grandmother and our grandfather are first cousins...I thought I would share a little background of her so you can have a glimpse of why this was one special baby shower!!
When Meagan was 18 (just a few weeks out of high school graduation) she had ovarian cancer, she had been dating the same guy (Jacob) since 9th grade and they knew they would one day marry... so after such a scary, and heartwrenching experience, they decided they wanted to go ahead and get married. SO, they got married on April 12, 2008. My mom made Meagan the most beautiful wedding dress!! And it was such a fun time. So they knew going into marriage they would not wait long before they had children soooo.... guess what?!? Meagan found out early fall that she was indeed expecting their first baby, who we now know as Jakeley Faith!! She will be in about a month and we couldn't be more excited for her!!! It was a fun day where I got to see many old friends from church that I haven't seen in over a year!
Me and Taylor at Meagan's Tea





Think that was busy?? THis weekend will be busy and exciting too!!! I got an email this morning from our friends the Flurry's and it looks like their little boy Carter will be making his arrival within the next few days!!! I am so excited for Justin and Ashley and I know they will be awesome parents. I can't imagine how cute little Carter will be!! I know that when Beau and I get to meet him it will make us even more ready for Fearing to be here!!!


Best Friends at Auburn Fall 2008





Happy Birthday Keith!!!

And the most exciting part of my weekend....My best friend & my girl soul mate is coming to town!!!! Woohoo!!! Tiff and her husband Keith (who happens to be having a birthday Today!!) are coming to town for a wedding and not only are they coming to town, they are coming to our house!!! It has been way too long since we have actually seen each other in person... (we talk almost daily but don't get to see each other as often, boo!) It is going to be SO exciting. We haven't seen each other in person since I have been pregnant. Although I finally folded and sent her a 'sneak peek' of the belly! I can't wait to see her... So all in all it is going to be an awesome weekend!!! I will update hopefully on Monday!

I thought I would leave a few pics for the wondering minds...

correction- from previous post

Fearing is not almost one pound. He was weighing around 12 to 12 1/2 ounces so he has a few ounces to go! I guess he is around 3/4!!

Dr. Appt. Update

As promised I wanted to give a quick update on our doctor's appointment from this morning. We had the ultrasound and warned the nurse we thought we knew but wanted to double check- reassurance! So as soon she started the ultrasound...WOW... They were right! It is definitely a boy! There was no denying that- Beau and I both snickered obviously this little guy is not modest! So from now on we can refer to him by his name which is.....Fearing. It was Beau's grandmothers maiden name. Nanny was a very special lady who Beau adored! I am so thankful that I had the chance to meet her! Unfortunately, she passed away after we had been dating around 3 months, but I love to hear stories about her and I know she was an awesome person! Also as a side note, Beau and I are going to the "Fearing" family reunion in Nags Head in June and we are really excited to see family (many of which came down for our wedding!!)and tell them the exciting news about our little boy carrying on the family name!
Everything from the ultrasound went wonderful. We got to see a lot of the different parts: cerebellum, spine, kidneys, bladder, arms, PARTS, heart, and the LEGS! I know I am making a big deal about his legs but OMG they are long!! There is no denying he is Beau's son! All of his measurements looked good and he was actually measuring ahead of schedule. Technically I was 18 wks 6 days today but he was measuring around 20 wks and a few days and his femur was measuring close to 21 wks!!! I don't know how all of that works I am guessing I am just having a long legged little boy! Also, he weighs almost 1 lb! Exciting!! So when I had my doctor visit he said according to my ultrasound that my due date is registering about 9 days ahead of schedule...which just happens to be my mom's birthday!! He did not 'officially' change my due date but would not be suprised if Fearing is actually a July baby rather than August! (I am ok with this =) I guess that is all for right now. We got some really great pictures today. I hope you'll understand that we aren't going to put them up on the blog-(we are wanting to keep these kind of personal) But I will try to post some belly pictures soon. Yes, Tiff I have been taking them... at least for a few weeks anyway!! Thanks for all of your fun comments on the maternity clothes issue! Jeeze! Have a beautiful day!

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Spring has Sprung...

And so has my waistline. No really, it has happened. That day my mom kept warning me about ( the one where you wake up and literally Nothing fits anymore...) I have a list a mile long from my week last week where I had a bad outfit day over and over again. BUT, that is ok. I was able to wear my pre-pregnant jeans and favorite gap pants until 18 wks...so I guess I'm doing ok. Luckily, I had bought one pair of maternity jeans that aren't that bad and are SO comfy after all. I am just paranoid about my shirt being long enough so the "stretchy waist part" doesn't show- it literally makes me feel like I am walking around naked when that part shows...don't ask why. It's weird I know.
So in light of my recent woes I thought I would share a glimpse into recent shopping trips...that turned into NOT so productive.

Incident # 1:
I woke last Wednesday and tried on my one pair of regular blue jeans that up until that day were my faithful fits! This particular morning they were feeling awfully snug, but I decided I would wear them anyway. I also really wanted to wear a cute long sleeve black shirt that Beau gave me for Christmas, I do not have a black maternity tank top so I thought, well I could just wear a regular black tank underneath no big deal. It was also still a little crisp out so I decided to wear my black clogs. Sounds decent...right? Fast forward one hour later- we are making our daily drive and I realize my pants are feeling quite tight. Like uncomfortable. BUT I thought I would just unbutton the top button and I would be fine. So fast forward 30 minutes. I am now at work and realizing that every move I make I have to tug at my tank and top to keep them down- this is a must considering my top button will NOT button... I begin feeling miserable and decide I would go purchase a black maternity tank top when I went to the post office. Good plan....
So all goes as planned. I go to the post office, stop by Target pick up a black maternity tank top out of the maternity section, and spot a super cute maternity dress they just happen to have in my size. I am in and out of there in 10 minutes top!
So I get back to my office, change tanks and all of the sudden feel as if I am being suffocated. This tank was longer, yes, but Tighter than the one I had on. HOW COULD THIS BE??? I knew I had 2 of these exact tank tops at home just a different color. OMG did I gain like 15 pds over night?? What is going on? In the meantime, I realize that my cute clogs make me feel like my pants are about 4 inches off of the ground. I have Floods. Pet Peeve!! I cannot ever remember being so self-conscious in all of my life. The only thing that kept coming to mind was "fat guy in a little coat" from Tommy Boy. I was miserable!! Then to top it off I had to go to a meeting on the way home. Embarrassing. OK so after feeling totally crappy about myself, we finally got home, I peeled the tank top off to reveal....some really mean person put a 'regular' tank top in the maternity tank top section!!! HOW CRUEL!! They obviously have never been pregnant or they would NOT have done that!! What a jerk! hahaha.... it is funny now but not so much at the time. By the way...to top it off the cute dress that was "my size" is apparently NOT "my size" anymore. I could not even pull down over the the top half of my chest. SO that was just the icing on the cake. Oh well. Good news is I finally exchanged it today for the correct size and I tried it on before I left the store!

Round 2:
After my debacle on Wednesday... I decided that it would be a good idea for Beau and I to try to find me some more pants because one pair of jeans is not cutting it. I had heard that JCPenney carried maternity clothes. So there just happens to be a JCPenney on our way home so I thought we could give it a try who knows maybe they would have something that would fit me. So we go in, finally find the maternity section which consists of maybe 3 racks of clothes. We find some khakis and some other cute brown pants and I find what I thought would be my size yet again. Although in this case it was the smallest they had- they were not really sized based on regular sizes, rather they were small, med., large etc. So I grabbed a couple of pair and made it to the dressing room. I tried on the first pair only to be thoroughly disgusted... they were huge!! Not really that big in the stomach area but in the crotch (which I would not be lying if I said it was almost to my knees!) but in the hips, butt, etc. I leave the dressing room to find Beau to show him that is NOT how they should fit, obviously. In the meantime this sweet lady walks up to offer her advice which goes a little like this:

lady: "oh honey, you need a smaller pair"

me: "yeah, probably"

Beau:" they don't come any smaller"

lady:"well, honey you are going to get A LOT Bigger, I'm talking about A LOT bigger, I mean A LOT"

me: " well, I am not sure, ma'am I am half way through my pregnancy- I realize my actually belly well get bigger but as far as my thighs, butt, length of legs etc. I am just not so sure how big I will be getting"

lady: "well you know what you could do is cut a little whole in the waste and string a shoe string in there, you know just a white shoe string, and then just tie it in a bow to hold them up"

beau: "quietly exits area, calls my sisters and begins laughing hysterically"

me: "well thank you so much for your advice, I think I will keep looking, probably get my mom to make me some pants"

lady: " you should go over to the misses area or petites and get some pants with elastic in the waist."

me:" thanks again" ( thinking I am 25 not 75, I am NOT going to do that, thank goodness I work where it doesn't really matter what I wear so if I need to wear jeans everyday I can!)

We have had several other incidents but I will spare you the details... OH well. I have my mom working on some custom pants for me, and I know that is where I should have turned from the beginning!

In other news, I have a doctor's appt tomorrow morning which is my official ultrasound to reveal the baby's sex and check him all out, take measurements etc. I am really looking forward to seeing him again and getting a little video for our families to see toO!! I will update you on the verdict (well hopefully, the only verdict I will be announcing is that is still a boy! haha and that all his measurements are looking good!)

Lately...

Considering it has been way to long since my last post, I thought I would give a quick update on our 'lately' After my last post we had a wonderful weekend planned with our dear friends who were coming in town from Colorado. The Bozich's arrived on Wednesday and stayed with us until the following Monday. We had such a great time catching up and playing with Lili. She stole our hearts. She is precious. It totally sealed the deal for Beau ( and me too!) and made us realize how ready we are to meet our little one. But our fun ended quickly as Beau woke up Thursday on his death bed. He apparently got food poisoning from a really nasty place( I will NOT mention the name...it makes me cringe) that I have told him not to eat before. We will not go there. Long story short I ended up having to leave him at my parents house (where we were staying) while I went to work. Did I mention that my dad and brother and mom were in Auburn at a conference so I was holding down the fort by myself at work?? So needless to say it was a very long day for me not to mention it was HORRIBLE for B. It was so crazy! Finally by Saturday he started feeling more normal and we filled our time with visits and driving. We were so sad to see them leave and look forward to visiting with them again this summer ( did I mention Alisa is pregnant too?!?- so next time we see each other I should be getting close to seeing our little guy and she will be about a month behind me- these should be fun pictures!)
The Bozich's left out of Monday- Tuesday I had a dr appt and a meeting as well as I was going to Montgomery with my dad Tuesday morning for business. Tuesday does not start out well for me... I wake up with something... SO SICK- and not pregnant sick! There is a difference! So I end up back in the bed while Beau heads to b'ham for work. In the meantime I have to reschedule my doctor appt and miss my meeting. GOODNESS! My dad heads to Montgomery only to turn around because our Secretary is sick too! Looking back it was totally in the Lord's hands, because my mom had taken my diabetic grandaddy to dr to have his foot looked at and ended up having to have

*** DON'T READ IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH****

surgery and have one of his toes amputated- there was an infection and it got into his bone. Bless his heart. BUT all turned out fine- and my dad was thankfully in town and able to go be with my mom and grandfather. ** Sidebar my other grandfather went to the emergency room on Saturday night after fiddling (that is definitely as southern word huh) with some high powered machine in his basement and nearly ruining his pinkie finger! Luckily after 3 hours in emergency, a tet. shot, 4 stitches and some antibiotics he was on his way!
SO as you can tell our lives have been a little CRAZY lately. But on a good note...

We went to the doctor on Wednesday the 11th where we once again heard our little one's heartbeat! It is so amazing and we are dying to see our baby again since the last time we saw the babe was at 6 wks which looks more like a peanut than a baby. So Beau decided he would ask the doctor if there was anyway we could go ahead and find out what we're having... his answer. NO- he wouldn't do that ultrasound for 4 more weeks...Ughhh...but then he said he had a patient/client who worked for Virginia College in Birmingham and he didn't mind letting us go over there and get an ultrasound done by them, if we couldn't stand it. So after we left the office we decided I would call and get an appt for the Next week. The representative from Virginia College convinced me to come in the next day so we did. They were super nice and it was very professional. This is where many sonogram technicians go to learn the trade. It is a two year program. Our technician(sorry if this is not the correct name) will graduate in May and she was so sweet. They were actually in the middle of their midterms so her exam was to find a whole list of things on baby! It was amazing to see how much our little one looks like a baby now!! It had been almost 10 wks since the last time we saw it. SO of course we really excited to see arms, legs, kidneys, spine, brain, heart....but what we really wanted to see was the gender. About that time the instructor came in and moved the thing around a little and then said.... " that's a leg, that's a leg, and that thing in the middle is not a leg.".. WHAT!! A BOY!!! apparently I got so excited to see Beau's reaction I never looked back at the screen!! I can't believe I didn't even get to see!! And of course the picture is not very clear!! So needless to say we are so excited to be having a little boy. He will be the first great grandchild "Mosley" to carry on the name. In other words there are 4 other great grand boys but none of them have the "Mosley" last name... so Beau is super excited. As was ALL of our family!! I will say I am really looking forward to my actual doctors appt in 2 1/2 wks to see our little boy for myself! But we did see a wonderful view of his side profile- it looked like he was sucking his little thumb then he put both hands up to his face like he was praying... melt my heart! I can't wait to see him again.
One thing they did say is that he did not stop moving the entire time. Our poor tech was trying to find certain things and he was constantly moving around...we just laughed. So basically when I can start feeling him I am pretty sure I will be feeling like a punching bag...ALL worth it I know!

So that is our lately!

**btw The first thing I saw on the monitor was a leg stretch out and I thought to myself...OMG that is the LONGEST leg I have EVER seen in my life!! So if he has Beau's height- I feel sorry for me come JULY!!!

I will update again soon. Hopefully sooner rather than later!

Whitney

When life gives you lemons....

So I know it might seem extremely random to talk about Lemons on this cold January day, but it is with good reason. For those who don't know... I am pregnant. And according to my weekly update... our little baby is now the size of a lemon! So weird to me. But I can say it was better than last week's visual which was a shrimp... not a good visual for a seafood lover like myself.
I am currently in my 14th week, and I can honestly say I have had one(yes that is one) "good" week since we found out. In other words, On Tuesday of my fifth week I began getting sick. I am not talking about feeling sick I mean literally getting sick. After 6 straight days of vomitting throughout the day I was forced by my sweet husband to go to the doctor... where I had my first ultrasound and we saw a little peanut and heard a very loud strong heartbeat.
From there I was sent to the labor and delivery floor where I was admitted into the hospital for dehydration. For those who know me best... I am terrified of needles... so by the fourth attempt to get my IV in my patience was wearing thin. IT WAS AWFUL. I told the nurse to begin with that I had tiny veins, and being dehydrated made it much worse. So after she had burst the 2nd vein she called in a helper... She finally got it in the fourth time. OMG. Ok so just when I think I am done being the pin cushion... one of my tubes of blood they taken had clotted and she had to take more blood from my harm. FOR THE LOVE. After 2 huge bags of fluids and some anti- nausea meds they finally sent us packing. Unfortunately I am allergic to phinigrin (this is an entirely different story which involves "Petey the Parasite" which I brought home from our Dominican Republic honeymoon), So they tried a different anti-nausea med called Reglen (forgive the spelling) and it had very similar effects on me that the Phinigren did minus the convulsions (yes I said convulsions... if you would like a re-enactment please ask my sweet husband or one of my sisters as they too witnessed this phenomenon and love to show their version of the story). Needless to say, I did not sleep at all once we got home... therefore Beau did not sleep... and we were miserable on the following day. Little did I know that would only be the beginning of the next 8 1/2 weeks. Everyday, all day, and night too. It was awful.
I thought I was never going to make it through this pregnancy and I felt very overwhelmed, scared,confused and alone at times. Why is it that when things are going great it is so easy to be close to God. Then in times like I just experienced it was as if I was so sick, tired and weary and yet I somehow just felt like I was going through the motions... rather than relying FULLY on GOD to get us through. I have really struggled with this and it is not how I was raised OR how I have really delt with things in the past. Maybe it is because for the first time it was ME going through something... not my dad or grandparents, or mom etc. (does this make sense at all?)
SO all of that to say... last week (Tuesday to be exact) I woke up just like any other day and felt...NORMAL!! I was starving. I took full advantage of the newly refreshed appetite and I have been starving since. I had one bad day on Thursday but I think it was the vitamin I took mid-day on top of a not so good salad that I really don't like to remember... but since then I seem to be going strong. Physically that is... The Sunday before I started feeling better I really started to feel overwhelmed again ( I think this would be normal considering I had been sick for almost 3 months straight)I realized that I had been trying to handle everything on my own. I also realized that I had to change my thought process. And after a huge melt down, I felt much better on Monday and overall I have a better mental state of mind as well.
Sometimes I get really irritated when people post information that I find to be "really personal" on their blogs, facebook etc. BUT through everything I have been through the past three months I realize that maybe I am supposed to share what I have been through so others will know that everyone is different, and the crazy feelings are OK- I probably had them too. AND the Lord has delivered me from that valley maybe so I can be an encouragement to others who like me are not experiencing the "pregnancy them dreamed of" hahaha. As a side note, almost ALL of my friends who have been pregnant have commented how they never felt better and I have seen girls talk about how they loved being pregnant... AND I am happy for them. BUT honestly, I look forward to meeting our little gift from GOD but this has been one of the hardest and most challenging things I have ever gone through. That is for me and for Beau. Let me please brag on my husband... He has been right by my side... NONSTOP. Through the nitty-gritty, he has done the laundry, washed the dishes, folded the clothes, organized my drawers, re-organzied our closets, done the grocery shopping, cooking and the list goes on. I could NOT have made it the last 3 1/2 months without him. He is my best friend, my other half and my soulmate, I am so blessed.

Thought I would share a few pictures of my favorites that I could eat NONSTOP!

Yearning for Spring....

Yes, I do realize that I months behind on my blogging... but with good reason. I won't go there today... but soon. The truth is I have looked at my sad little blog with good intentions and desire to update but when it comes right down to it, It just didn't happen. We have a lot going on these days... We just returned from Orlando (my first trip to Disney!!) It was a really exciting/exhausting trip (Drove down on Thursday and back on Monday). We went to cheer on our favorite mascot...AUBIE, as he competed for the UCA National Mascot Championship title... and he deserved it but was a close 2nd place behind "Chip" from Colorado. I will save my thoughts on that one, and say it was still really exciting for all to be (1st runner up) but a tough pill to swallow. I hate being 1st runner up! Oh well.
In other news, we are having plans drawn up currently with the thoughts of adding on to the house. This is a potentially big deal/overhaul but one we desperately are needing for various reasons. ONE being storage. AND a garage (a two car garage!- with an upstairs storage room/man den for B). In the meantime, I have a million things I must get done TODAY but hopefully in the next several days I will get back into the swing of things.... meanwhile I am yearning for spring. I hate being cold. I hate getting into a car with the outside temp (where we are parked) reading a frigid 18 degrees. WE live in Alabama NOT New York. I am SOOOO ready for the spring for SO many reasons...

Whitney