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So this weekend has been very eventful starting Friday.  As soon as I got off of work Friday, Joel picked me up and we went to our house to meet with our contractor to do the pre-drywall walk through.  It was amazing how much has progressed just in the past week of us being out there.  The roof is now up and all the windows are in.  We got to walk the whole house which has been framed and insulated.  Seeing it every step of the way makes me that much more anxious for it to be finished.  Anyways, I didn't take a picture but the next time we go out there drywall will be complete so the pictures will be better!  Then Friday night since we were already more than halfway to Callahan we figured it would only make sense to drive a little bit further and get some Chicken House :p.  Then we relaxed all night which was wonderful. 

Saturday was the day of Suzanne's shower and I got up earlier than intended and headed over to my mom's house to start getting ready for the day.  Jackie and Chelsey met me and we got everything together and the bride to be showed up and shortly after the party started.  It was a lot of fun and a good turn out.  After everything was cleaned and everyone had left, it took me no time at all to pass out, taking a way longer nap than intended.  By the way, what's up with this fog?  During my drive home last night it was insanely foggy and the morning before it was the same way... creepy.

Today (Sunday) has been wonderful too.  I had a nice relaxing morning and then around 12 I met up with Heather to have some lunch.  We went to San Jose Mexican Grill, which it was my first time, and it was absolutely delicious.  I haven't hung out with Heather in so long and it was so nice catching up with her.  Then we made a quick stop back at her house and then headed out to Shands to meet with Joel and do another ultrasound.  It's so convenient having your husband work in the hospital with an ultrasound machine and I love seeing the baby so of course I jump at the opportunity any time I can! Anyways, at first the baby was being stubborn as usual moving all around and crossing its legs but eventually we got a pretty good shot and of course it won't be definite until April 5th but.... We're about 90% sure it's a boy!!!

So it has definitely been an eventful weekend! And a great weekend :) And now I cannot wait for Joel to get home so that we can celebrate what probably is! I know I should be waiting to post this but I'm excited so....
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday!

Hello Second Trimester, It's nice to see you!

It is officially February 20th and do you know what that means? It's the second trimester!!!!! This takes a big weight off of my shoulders.  Although I feel like so far, this pregnancy is flying by.  The nausea is finally starting to calm down which is wonderful.  I have definitely learned that there are certain foods that little baby Hart is not a fan of.  Chinese food can pretty much be scratched off my menu altogether.  Thankfully Mexican food is still okay because I don't think I could live without it.  I have a sweet tooth like never before.  That's enough on food... We go to the doctors again on Wednesday and I'm very anxious to see the baby again and see how much he/she has grown :)

On another note, our house is going up so quick.  Everytime I see it or see pictures I am just amazed at the progress, and honestly still in shock that we're even buying a house.  The past few years of renting was nice for financial reasons but the idea of having our own house and not having to rely on someone else for everything will be a breath of fresh air.  I cannot wait until April for it to be all finished so that we can move in.  Oh by the way, if anyone has any boxes or knows of places we can get some let me know... the sooner we can start packing everything up, the better.
Well that's about it for now, I'll post pictures Wednesday as long as we get new ones :)  Time to get stuff done that I have to today. Hope everyone's having a great Sunday!

~Love Sam

Bieber Fever... It's an epidemic

So after my last adventure, we have finally found the generic of tylenol cold. I had been taking Sudaphed... or something like it, but baby Hart decided he/she did not like Sudaphed, and the toilet and I got to know eachother better than ever this past week.  I joke about it but it was absolutely miserable. Anyways, the tylenol cold has been doing better, but I'm still not 100% (I fully believe I will get there... eventually!) Today after work, Joel picked me up to take me to go get blood work done for the pregnancy. A couple days ago the plan was to ride out to Shands and he would draw the 1, possibly 2 vials of blood that was needed and run it to the lab.  Well because of traffic, we got out there later than planned and had to go straight to the lab.  This meant that Joel could not do it, someone else had to. So she pulled out a bunch of empty tubes and another nurse walks in the room asking her what she is doing with all those tubes and to wait a second so that she didn't get the wrong amount and have to do it all over again.  After a couple of minutes, the other nurse returns and switches out two of the "lavender" tubes for two BIGGER "lavender" tubes.  This totaled, wait for it, 6 VIALS of my blood.  If you know me at all, you know I don't do blood. I don't like to give my blood... I'm anemic and I like to think that what is flowing through my body is rightfully mine. Needless to say I wasn't feeling completely myself afterwards between the neverending cold, the 6 tubes of blood I had just donated, and the pregnancy and anemia factors on top of that. So now I am home, feeling a little loopy. We just got done watching last nights Glee which was absolutely wonderful.  First of all, I cannot believe that Glee did a Bieber episode. Joel's response was "Everyone's catching the fever."  Second of all, they sang some Rent which is my all time favorite musical! And Sue attempted "Sue-icide" throwing her into a musical number. Oh how I love my Glee. Anyways, I'm going to go catch up on my other missed shows.

Love to all,

Sam

Am I being punk'd?

Sunday night when I went to bed, I knew a cold... or something... was coming. But knowing there was nothing that I could do, I went to sleep.  Surely enough, Monday morning when I woke up I felt a little off.  It mainly just started with a bad headache.  Monday was extremely busy though, and rainy if I'm remembering my days right, so naturally when I got off of work I didn't feel like going to the store.  Tuesday I woke up, my headache was still there trooping along and it had a new friend, runny/stuffy nose. So me and my box of Kleenex headed off to work, but first I called my mom and asked her to pleeeease get me some Tylenol and bring it to me on my break. (I have learned that Tylenol is one of the only things that I can take while I'm pregnant for a headache).  Anyways, I got the Tylenol in me and my headache was manageable.  Of course Wednesday morning I woke up and could barely breath through my nose, sore throat, headache, cough, the works! I attempted to get myself together, although I'm sure looking at me it didn't seem like I had done anything yesterday morning, and left early so that I could run to the store because I learned that I could take Tylenol cold for a cold. I was soooo excited! I ran to CVS, which was an adventure in itself (long story short I learned the life story of a CVS employee who after hearing my dilemma informed me she was glad she never got pregnant because her boyfriend/fiance of 4 years cheated on her with her cousin... trust me it was much longer than that though). Oh so first you have to hear the "dilemma". So knowing where the medicine was, I went to the back of CVS and went straight to the aisle with the cold medicine.  I searched high and low for Tylenol cold until an employee finally walked up the aisle and I asked her where it was.  She asked me "Is that something new?"  Tylenol cold??? Really?  I'm pretty sure I've taken it since I was about... 3?  When I'm not feeling good, it's really hard to be nice to people who aren't helping me out, I sucked it up though and said I don't think so... So she looked all around for it and said she didn't think they carried it yet.  So then the lovely employee whose life I was about to learn all about came walking back asking what we were looking for.  I told her Tylenol cold and she said oh it's over here, I almost hugged her I was so excited.  Then when we walked over to where it was supposed to be she said "Oh that's right, I forgot it's on recall.  But I don't know why they don't still keep it on the shelves for when people need it.  We have a million other cold medicines though."  As if I didn't see that standing in a cold medicine aisle, so I told her I was pregnant and that was the only thing that I knew of that I could take.  This is when she replied "that sucks, glad I've never been pregnant" and proceeded with her life story.  So I picked up some cough drops and figured I would at least take some Tylenol to hold me over so that I didn't die before the day ended.  When I got off work, I called my mom to tell her my unfortunate story and since she was at my house I asked her to look at the list of meds my doctor gave me and see if there was anything else that I could take for a cold.  She found Sudaphed on the list and called the pharmacy just to make sure it was okay.  So I figured one more trip would do it.  Not in the mood to deal with anyone at CVS, I made a Walgreen's stop on my way home.  I had to get the Sudaphed behind the counter, I think just because there had to be another obstacle in my way.  So I handed the guy the little "sudaphed card" that I found on the shelf and he said to me, and I quote, "I'm sorry we're all out of Sudaphed".  I seriously thought that I was going to cry in the store, I didn't know what to think besides that fact that maybe I was being punk'd because there was no way that Tylenol cold was recalled and Sudaphed was sold out.  But then he said, "But we have our brand, is that okay?"  Naturally, I took it... Sudaphed, Wal-phed, (which is seriously what it's called), I didn't care the name of it if it could make me feel better.  So to end my long rant, I started taking it last night and while it really only helps with the nasal congestion, that has helped my headache to go away so now I'm really just left with a sore throat and a smoker's cough... which is really attractive by the way.  But I'm alive and I can deal with a cough, next on the list is chloraseptic spray and I will be on my way back to my normal healthy self again.  So sorry if you wasted your time reading my long rant about my adventures of being sick.  Moral of the story, if you ever need a job, go to CVS because I don't think they have many requirements to work there.

 ~Love, Sam

I survived week 1, now let's go Packers!!!

I officially survived the first week of my new job! At first I wasn't sure what to think, coming into a new classroom with another new teacher after these kids had just lost 2 teachers that they were familiar with since the start of the school year. But they quickly grew to love us... I wouldn't use the word 'love' if it weren't for the 50+ times that I was told "I love you" accompanied by a giant bear hug (It truly amazes me how tight these kids can squeeze you considering they're size!).  So all in all it went very good. I'm starting to get more used to the routine, which is always my biggest concern in starting a new job.  Not necessarily the new people, although that is always a little scary, but knowing what to do, when to do it, how to do it, where everything is, etc... I hate not knowing what I'm supposed to be doing but I think I've gotten pretty familiar with my job expectations now that the first week is over.  It was really hard going in to Barbara Jeans yesterday, being so exhausted from the long week, but I made it through and today I get a real day off. No Step By Step, no Barbara Jeans, just me relaxing (and cleaning).  Today I am also officially 11 weeks. Which means only about 2 more weeks until I can rest a little bit easier knowing that I am entering my second trimester. It also means our baby is about the size of a lime :) so tiny, yet it does so much to your body. Well that's about it for today.

Oh one last thing, it's Superbowl Sunday so that means Go Packers!!!!!