I moved...sorta

So I finally did it and decided to get my own domain...courtesy of Mr. Awesome Jim Goings. It is a work in progress I'm not sure how I feel about the theme we selected. Jim did some finagling and took two and laid one on top of the other...and then did a little extra by doing a mild amount of photoshop. Again it is a work in progress and I am still learning to navigate Wordpress. I do encourage you to check it out thou www.valeriehowland.com

some pics

Here are some pics of Alexis there are of course tons more however I lost the install disk for my camera so until I get a new one these are just some pictures from my iphone. The first one on the left is after she had her pictures taken at the hospital the nurses put a bow on her head. The second pic is my dad (he had a sore throat) him and his wife came up from Phoenix to see the newest grandchild and of course Kaylee trying to get in on the action and last picture is actually her first picture. Kevin took this after we got out of surgery as you can see by the goop on her eyes. Alexis was the smallest out of all of my babies weighing in at only six pounds nine ounces and eighteen and a half inches long. More to come as I get them weeded out!

It's the final countdown!!!

Holy Moly we are almost there! We go in to the hospital on Tuesday around nine and a little after noon we will have baby Alexis....I can't wait. I am excited to meet her but I really just want to be done being pregnant. This pregnancy has been hard more in the emotional sense than any other. The new year is right around the corner, hopefully we can kick it off with a bang..I will be in the hospital for the first couple of days then home taking care of my newborn and my other wonderful children. So far Alexis weighs a little over five pounds so the doc said at most he expects her to be a little over six pounds....I find this shocking since both Chase and Kaylee were well over eight...we shall see!!! I feel just about ready, I have yet to pack a bag...I have started doing this several times but lost all enthusiasm, my doctor was surprised he told me to get on it...guess I should do that. My dad and his wife are coming up from Phoenix they should be here on Saturday night or early Sunday morning. I am excited for that too, as are my children! Yea for the holidays and having babies! Congrats to Chris and Karen on their new baby Ryan and soon for Becks and Jim on baby Sophie!

feeling....

So I realize it has been a month or two of Sunday's since I came here last, in my defense it is not like I haven't tried. I have been trying unsuccessfully from my iphone, I actually am getting annoyed because all I can do is title it...I can't seem to post anything. I am sure with some tinkering I can get it figured out, in the mean time I'm just annoyed. Let's see what to update on...I am on short term leave from work until baby Alexis joins the family. It might have something to do with the breakdown I had in front of my doctor but he insists that I not work...which has been nice, somedays I suppose. Don't get me wrong I LOVE spending time with my family while getting paid for it, I think I'm more afraid that I will get used to it...and we cannot aford for me to get used to it! Unless we sold our house (hahahaha) and moved into an apartment...then I would just go crazy! Oh well...at any rate Alexis will be here in about 6 weeks...which I am stoked about, the doctor said last friday he may want to push my appointment up by a day or two so I could be having her right after Christmas instead of on the 30th. We shall see!...other than all that things are same ol same ol around here, just trying to keep my wits about me!

Has it been that long...

SHOCKING HEADLINES!!!

so we haven't talked in a bit...to fill you in, my journey toward fat freedom is slow going because I am two and a half months pregnant....NICE...not expected, however probably expected...if that makes any sense. We were not being very "careful" and well when your not shit happens...I'm not gonna lie. It's not the worst surprise I will say, but it definitely took some getting used too. I was on this fat freedom kick and career kick that I wasn't thinking life changing would be so soon and come in such a way. Now back to the fat freedom part since I have found out about the baby, I have lost 9 pounds. Yes, I have discussed this with my doctor and yes he says its okay to loose weight as long as it isn't extreme weight loss. So there you go and I wasn't even trying to loose weight. It has just been happening..but look I know it won't last for long! At any rate the crazy thing about me being prego is that a friend of mine is prego too! And we are due around the same time as one another!!! CRAZZZZYYY! I am due January 9th but because I have to have c-section I will be having the baby on the first...(im pushin the doc to the 30 or 31st...gotta get a tax break a year early (don't act like you werent thinkin it!!!))

raped at the gas pump

eeeek at $80 a week I feel like I'm getting raped at the pump ($3.97 a gallon) and they aren't even using lube....badumpah....