I went for a sonogram on the 7th and we were able to find out the sex of the baby. IT'S A BOY!!! This will be the first grandchild for my parents and the first grandson for Brian's parents. We are all very very excited. No more he or she, or Baby B. We are debating on names, but we really like the name Jackson.

Here is his picture. Sorry it is a little blurry.


Now that we know we are having a boy I have been trying to find the perfect bedding, but not having much luck. I am just going to have to go to the stores and see it with my own eyes. Do you know they have bedding out there for 2000 dollars!!! This does not include the crib! That is just the 4 piece set! WOW!



I'm starting to feel a little bit of movement, but it is so light that I sometimes wonder if it is him.




The nurse said that he was very very active! I loved seeing him on the sonogram. He was moving all around, opening his mouth, and he loves to have his left arm by his head.


This picture shows him laying on his back. It is a side view. To the left is his head and his arm raised up. Then you see his tummy and only part of his legs, like his thigh.
I love this picture. It reminds me of a GQ model posing on the beach.

Jackson is already getting spoiled! Thank you Jessica for all of the clothes for him!!! My friend Jessica who has the the twins Reid and Rylee, gave me a huge Rubbermaid of baby clothes. I made Brian go through them with me the second I got them home. He is so funny about the boys clothing. I told him the other day that if he had it his was the baby would be dressed in Fubu with bling bling around his neck and a grill in his mouth. hahaha!
My sister in law Melanie and Nana bought him some cute clothes. Nana is Brian's mom. Melanie also bought him some really cute shoes!!! I love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
G-mom (my mom) calls me everyday with an update of things she has bought or for me to go check out on the computer for him. Brian called today and said he bought him something, so I am nervously waiting to see what it is. I think I am the only one that has not had time to go shopping for him =(.

Thank you Thank you Thank you!! He is already so special and loved that it brings tears to my eyes and makes my heart smile.

Busy is a word that could describe what I have been lately! I have been meaning to post for some time now, but just had other things that HAD to get done!

I have been studying for COMPS. I really have been working everyday dealing with something about the dreadful test. Kaky and I literally put in 14 hours of studying in 2 days. That's a lot of studying. Anyway that is done and over with now I just have to wait 2 weeks for the results to come back. Along with studying for COMPS I am also having to get course work done for my last 2 classes! I'm ready for July to be over with.

We have also been staining our floors at the new house!! At first I wasn't so sure about the color. I liked it, but it wasn't my favorite. Then we went over it with a brown color lightly and it looks AWESOME!! We have been waiting on our windows to come in, but found out yesterday that they had been in just at a different shop. WHAT!!! This means they could have had my windows in and my brick up and moving on to the inside work. Oh well.

I promise I am going to get better at posting since things should be starting to slow down...I hope!!!

We're back!
Thanks Mom!!! You are the best!!!!!!!!!!!

We had a great time!! It was a little different this year, because I knew that this would be our last summer vacation without a little one...Which is not a bad thing!


We arrived on Saturday and stayed for a week. Wow...How fast a week can go by! The place is beautiful. This is our 4th year to go to this place and we absolutely love it! We have done Destin, Gulf Shores, and Orange beach, but we really really really love Fort Morgan! We stay at Martinique and I would recommend it to everyone!!


At the outlet mall my mom and I wanted to go crazy shopping for Baby B, but since we don't know to shop for blue or pink it was very hard! Mom did buy some onesies. Baby B now has 500 onesies!


The beach was beautiful!!! The water was cold...I am not kidding! I really liked it because it kept the jelly fish away. I stayed covered under the umbrella with sunscreen and managed not to get burnt....that is until the last day. It seemed to go all downhill!! I got a rash on my legs...Mom thinks it was a heat rash, Brian thinks it was chlorine, and I believe it was allergic reaction to sunscreen. I soaked in a bath of Avveno.
We had one more day on the beach, I talked to the nurse and gave she me the OK. I went out to the beach late (11:30) and stayed till 4 ish. I stayed under the umbrella...Completely covered!!! I GOT COOKED!!!! I was miserable! Brian did some research and found the idea of bathing in tomato juice...so I was off to another bath. GROSS to say the least. I felt like a noodle soaking in the spaghetti sauce. It worked for a little while..it definitely took the burn out.

That night I slept horrible and I still had the ride home. By the time I got home I was so swollen and miserable! I literally had cankles-for those who don't know what that is it is when your calf and your ankles go into each other...SEXY!
The sunburn has now gone away, but I still have a little rash. I hope it goes away by Wednesday. Wednesday is my next doctors appointment and it looks like I am going to have to fess up to my doctor if it doesn't go away.

Now that we are back, I start summer school on Wednesday. My last two classes for my masters! YIPPPPEEEE! I'm more nervous about taking my COMPS! Which I should be studying for right now!

I hope everyone has a blessed week!

Ohhh Brian. I must start off by saying that one day he walked in and told me that I must stop posting about him because I am ruining his "street credibility" by saying all the nice things about him. In other words...I have to talk about how hard core he is and what a hard a@@ he is. Hahahaha...I just laughed about this.



I went home this weekend so that I could go shopping with my mom, and I must say that we did a great job! I have the world's best mom ever! She is a great friend that I always call when I have any issues. I am very close to my mother and hope that I can be that for my child. I really don't know what I would do without her! Thanks mom for everything that you have done and do for me!! My closet is once again packed thanks to Mrs. Diane, Melanie, Jessica, and Mom! Thank yall...I love all of you!

The house is coming along and I will post pictures as soon as I remember to take my camera out there.

The doctors appointment went well. I dread getting on the scale!! So far I have gained 9 pounds =(. I know that I have to gain weight in order for Baby B to be healthy. I am really enjoying pregnancy and just ready to feel some movement. Of course we are all dying to know the sex, but we have about 4 more weeks before they will do a sonogram to find out.

Beach bound!!
We are counting down the days until we go to the beach. We are leaving this Friday to drive to Camden to stay the night and then leave the next morning. I think everyone needs this vacation and we look forward to it every year!

Please pray for Jeremy and Renee that I spoke about in a previous post. The news they received was not good, and it is a sad time for them. Please keep them in your prayers.

For all 3 of my readers....
J-Pimp means ...... Just peed in my pants
Congrats to Jennifer Whitten who got it right after several hints and funny tries!! She had me laughing at all her responses.

Till next time....

First I have to start by saying thank you!!
Thank you Jessica and Melanie for lending me maternity clothes. When I say maternity clothes, I am not talking about a few shirts. Melanie (my sister in law) sent a whole Rubbermaid container full of clothes! Jessica (a great friend and mother of the twins) let me rummage through her maternity clothes and sent me home with a garbage full of clothes.
Thank you Mrs. Diane (my mother in law) for buying some really really cute shirts and dresses. I thought she was going to pick up a pair of shorts for me to try on, but she came back with 4 precious tops, 2 dresses, and a pair of shorts! I'm so so blessed to have great friends and family!

Needless to say I had to clean out my closet!!! I started working Saturday around 9:30 by pulling everything out of my closet. Around 3:00, Brian and I were almost done hanging up all the new clothes and the clothes I decided to keep. At the end I had packed up 3 Rubbermaid containers of full of clothes I was going to keep, 2 garbage bags to give away, and 1 bag that goes to my Mom. Don't forget to include the clothes that I will still be able to wear for awhile...those went back in the closet. I was dead tired! Before I cleaned out my closet you couldn't move any of the coat hangers. I literally had to have help from Brian to hang something up. One person would have to spread the clothes and the other would shove the other stuff in the tiny spot. Not lying!! Now I can slide things around.
I also have to thank my wonderful husband who spent his Saturday helping me! He is such a good husband/friend and I know that he will be a great father!

On Monday, I went to Greenville to return some things. I went to Kmart to look at their Maternity lounge wear, which Jessica told me was great and very comfortable. I found somethings and decided to go look at father's day cards. I learned that I am too hormonal for sappy cards. I found two great cards and about that time Brian called. I told him what I was doing and he asked if I was crying. He laughed and told me that the people in Kmart were going to think I am crazy. Haha...if they only knew.

I have a doctors appointment tomorrow and we are very excited. I know that we will not get a sonogram, but it is also a good feeling to have the doctor say everything looks great.

Please be in prayer of Renee and Jeremy who are having some pregnancy problems. They are a sweet couple that found out they were pregnant and are going through some nervous times right now waiting on results of some test after not being able to hear the heartbeat. Please keep them in your prayers!

Text messaging has changed they way we communicate with people.
OMG-oh my gosh
LOL-laughing out loud
IDK-I don't know
You get my point. Anyway my cute mom came up with new one.
JPIMP-can you guess what this one means?

We got Gene Husen (my grandmother) moved in the nursing home. When mom and I went to see her the next day she had taken everything off the hanger and folded the clothes. She also had taken all the pictures down and taken the comforter off the bed and had it neatly folded ready to be packed. I know it is going to take some time for her and us to get adjusted to it.

It is time to go by some maternity clothes!!! I have been wearing maternity pants, but I could still wear some of my regular tops. Now when I put them on, I just get frustrated. Last Sunday, I was getting dressed and thanks to Mrs. Diane (Brian's mom) I had something to wear. She bought me a cute top and some Capri pants. I was already at the mad stage and was about to cry when I remembered that they were in the car. Sweet Brian went and got the outfit and off we went. So I think it is time for me to spend some money (which I hate to do) and go shopping in order to avoid so frustration and Brian's sanity!!

Here are updated pictures of the progress on the house.

This is the living room. Fireplace between Brian in the garage-not sure what he is looking

the two windows at. He looks so small

My first day of summer vacation!!! I must say it has been great. I woke up this morning around 7:30 and ate some cereal. I am loving cereal right now!! I then decided it was time to start working out.

I have been watching a baby story just about all day, and to say the least I am kind of freaked out!! One lady almost had the baby in car, one had facial paralysis and facial ticks, another developed pregnancy carpel tunnel, and then one had a water birth! Brian told me to stop watching, because he could tell I was getting nervous after all that. I have now decided that anyone that comes to the birthing should be relaxed and we are all getting epidurals or you may choose some other relaxing technique. I know what I am getting, so bring your on!!

On to a different note. I'm heading to Canton today, because I got a phone call from my mom telling me that my grandmother finally will be in a nursing home. It is bitter sweet! She will be in the best place, and we know that she will be taken care of. It is a very hard decision, but it is what she needed. She has alzheimers and it has progressed so much that my mother is constantly worrying about her. I think that this is the best thing for Gene Husen, but please keep my family in your prayers about this hard decision.

HORMONES!!! Wow. I think I had my first attack of mood swings yesterday! When I got home from school I was going to fix something to eat. I decided I wanted a Bologna sandwich. I opened the fridge....and there was only one piece of bread and two butts!! POOR BRIAN! I called him and asked why he didn't tell me about the bread..haha...he had no clue what I was talking about. Needless to say I was not happy. I got off the phone and made my sandwich with one end piece and one regular piece. About 10 minutes later, I was enjoying my sandwich and I thought it was the best thing ever! HAHA. Looking back I am in awe at my first mood swing. I laugh about it now, but I was not happy at that moment. Again...Poor Brian!

Here is a picture of Baby B. This is when I was 7 weeks so he or she is still very small. When we get another sonogram I will post the pictures.

Also, we have some walls going up!!

Here is Copper! We baby sat Rylee about two weeks ago and when we were packing her up we missed a pacifier. Look who found it!!!! Ha ha

I wish I could have gotten to my camera earlier because he was holding it perfectly in his mouth. It was the cutest thing!! I think he is saying...You don't need another baby...look I am your baby! How sweet!!!

Please pray for my friend Jessica Blocker. One of the twins has a double ear infection!

I will post later this this week, once I get back from Camden. I hope everyone is having a great week!

Today was not a good day! I have had a sinus headache all day! I started feeling bad last night, so I stayed the night in the "sick room" so Brian wouldn't catch anything. My head hurt so bad that it made me nauseated. So today I just stayed in bed watching movies in the "sick room". Brian was so good...anything I needed he would bring to me. I have a great husband!

This weekend we kept Anna Woods on Friday night. This is Brian's niece. She is 3 years old and as cute as she can be. This was the first toddler we have baby sat. We have been begging Melanie and Ed to let us keep her, and they finally let us (I think we were the last resort..haha) Anyway, she did so so so good. Here is a picture of Anna! Look at those sweet curls.
We took her to the duck pond to feed the ducks and we had so much fun. I remember when I was a little girl and Papa and Gene Husen would take me to feed the ducks in Greenville.





We have now baby sat a 6 month old and a 3 year old. I must say that it seems easier to keep the younger one. I think this is because of my worry with Copper. It is just eaiser with Reid and Rylee because at first he stiffs Reid and Rylee (don't worry you will learn more of them soon) and goes about his business. With Anna, he thought that she wanted to play the whole time because she would call him and giggle. She did very good with him, but he has some adjusting to do before Baby B gets here. He wasn't being rough or anything, he just wanted to play. I think once he gets neutered =( it will calm him down. Also, he will be with our child while he or she grows up, so I hoping that will help. We are crossing our fingers that it does!! If you have any suggestions or tips PLEASE let us know!
Here is Copper!!

I hope everyone has a GREAT Memorial Day!