six months later.....

i know after my last post, i said i would try to get better. the truth of the matter is that i've just been tired--being pregnant plus working 8 hours a day plus coming home to do housework/get supper ready/all that wife stuff has had me absolutely exhausted! not to mention, i work on a computer all day long so my desire to come home and get on the computer is absent. anywho, a lot has happened since my last post... good and bad.

bad news first.... our precious puppy, rocky, passed away on a wednesday (may 12th); that saturday, julius' grandmother passed away; and that sunday was the last day we saw our first "child"/kitty cat, sadie. it was a really bad few days, which took a good bit of time to attempt to get over. some days, i'm not over any of it. (you know how hormonal pregnant women can be!)  we did get another long-haired, mini dachshund.... a male; coloring is called dapple.  his name is sammy...

a few days after we got him

sammy and ellie are best friends!

now for the good news.... we found out that our sweet baby is, in fact, a girl :)  her name is lucy caroline roberson. (originally, lucy was the only girl name that we both loved and knew it had to be our daughter's name. we weren't even realizing that it is a family name... on julius' side. and my middle name is caroline. so lucy's name is from both sides!)  due date is october 13th but after my last dr's appt, which was yesterday, they have decided to induce labor on the 12th--that's tuesday!!! ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! we are so excited and anxious to meet her.  i just keep imagining what she'll look like! we had a 4d ultrasound done, which was amazing, but actually seeing her in person is going to be so wonderful. we have to be at the hospital by 4am on tuesday, so they can start the medicine at 5.... and hopefully we'll have a healthy baby girl not too long after (although i know that when labor is induced, it tends to take longer. we're praying we'll be the exception!)  here's a pic (our favorite :) from the 4d ultrasound...

first smile :)

let's see.... what else is there to tell....

i can't think of anything at the moment. i'll try to take some pictures of lucy's room (and of course of her) and post them. but i'm definitely not promising a date on that! i know how crazy our lives will be for a bit :)

big news :)

so i know that months ago i said i was going to do better about posting and i have yet to do that.  life's just busy!  after working all day, i come home, straighten up the house-doing the minimal amount of chores possible-and then get supper ready.  by the time all that's done, i have no energy to do anything but throw myself into bed.  but a lot has happened since i last blogged....  so here we go with another catch up.

money honey!
i got a job!!!!!!!!! yay yay yay! about a week before my birthday, which was february 25th, i went for an interview at a place here in charleston called the diabetic shoppe (the company provides diabetic testing supplies to mississippi, alabama, tennessee, louisiana, arkansas, and texas).  the interview went great and i started the job the monday of my birthday week.  i'm a patient service representative, which means i speak with numerous patients a day trying to assist them with what they need to manage their diabetes.  i really enjoy my job and the people with whom i work.  and i couldn't have been any more lucky to get a job here in charleston, especially at this time.

ohhh baby!
we're expecting :) and we couldn't be happier!!!!  before we got married, we always figured we would want to wait a few years to start a family.  then something just happened, and one day we were talking about it and decided to start trying.  as of today, i'm 15 weeks and 2 days.... due october 13th (and no, that isn't a friday :).  we had our first ultrasound at our last appointment when i was 13 weeks; here are just a couple pics....

legs stretched out!

3D

we won't find out the baby's sex for about another month :(  our next appointment is may 6th, but an ultrasound wasn't scheduled.  at least when we do find out, i'll be anywhere from 20 to 23 weeks so we'll know for sure!!  we can't wait to find out!  but all we really want is healthy baby... that's all i can pray for!

ok well that's enough news for one blog :)  i really am going to try to do better about blogging.... it's just that after talking with patients all day long and staring at a computer all day long, the last thing i want to do is get on the computer again!  maybe i can set aside "blog time" on the weekends!

GEAUX SAINTS!!!

catch up

so i know i have been seriously slacking in the blogging department.  my excuse--i don't really have one.  it's just been a busy christmas/new year.

we had a beyond wonderful christmas.  we are so extremely blessed, and i thank God every day for all of the wonderful blessings he has bestowed upon us.  we started our christmas extravaganza here in charleston on the sunday of christmas week.  then headed to aberdeen on monday for our 3 christmases there.  we went to my grandparents' monday night, finished christmas shopping in tupelo & helped my mom cook and get everything ready (for her christmas on wednesday) on tuesday.  continued cooking and getting ready for everything on wednesday; then christmas with her (my mom's) family wednesday night.  then headed to aberdeen to spend the night with my dad and teresa.  had christmas eve breakfast and gifts with them thursday morning.  then immediately headed back here for christmas eve church service then christmas with ju's family at his granddad's that night.  christmas day morning, we started with gifts at ju's parents with his mom, dad, sister, and brother; then breakfast at his aunt tridy's with the entire roberson clan.  wow, i'm tired just from the recap!  we got so many wonderful gifts (including my new car!!) and had such a great time with all of our family!

for new year's, we were an old married couple :)  although we did have options, we decided we would rather just stay home with each other.  (now, everyone who knows me knows that i'm a g'ma and go to bed around 9 every night!)  so, i did not stay awake to ring in 2010.  oh well!

since new year's, we have been trying to get this house in order!  see, the guest bedroom started out as the room where we kept wedding presents and extra clothes that wouldn't fit in our room, etc.  therefore, it has looked like a hurricane came through since we got married.  well, we finally got it cleaned up!  hooray!!  i feel much better now.

did i mention that we finally organized our laundry room?!  as part of our christmas from ju's parents, they bought us a deep freeze and some shelves for the laundry room.  and what a difference it all made!  you can see the floor in there now!  everything is so organized--it's fantastic!!!

that's really about it for december and january.  this month has just flown by!  it seems like christmas was just yesterday, and now it's a day away from february (my b-day month :)!!  alright, well time for me to get ready for church; then i'm going to enjoy a relaxing sunday at home with the hubby :)

side note:  i will do better about blogging!