Bayla Waves Dunn... So far

So, I haven't updated in over a week and I figured it's time to let everyone know how my life as a momma is going. Sooo... it's going great! I love being a momma! I'm so blessed to have such a good child. From the first night that we came home from the hospital, she has been an angel to us. For the first week all she did was sleep, sleep, sleep. She would sleep through her diaper changes and I used to have to wake her to feed her. As time went on, she started staying awake for a little while at a time and she started telling me when she was hungry. Now, almost a month old she's awake for hours a day and when she's hungry, she's quite a demanding little girl! She has only had a couple of not so great nights. Her not so good nights are the couple of nights that she decides that she wants to eat, fall asleep, wake up when I put her to bed wanting to eat some more, fall asleep, wake up when I put her to bed, eat some more, fall asleep... get the picture. Yea, this usually last until 2 or 3 when she finally goes to sleep for a few hours. So about her daddy.... The first few days, maybe even the first week, he was all about some Bayla. He would change diapers, spend time loving on her, put her to bed,wake her up in the morning, he even helped with her first bath. The diaper changing came to a stop after about a week, then since he was fishing all the time, he wasn't spending as much time with her (or with me). Since he was fishing all the time, he was exhausted so he wasn't putting her to bed anymore because he was always asleep not long after we ate dinner and he left to go fishing again way too early to wake his girls up. Before the other day, Chad was just beach fishing and going out in the ocean for only day trips, he was always home at night. Saturday evening Chad got the phone call that I was hoping would never come. Mat, his captain, called and said to be at the boat at four the next morning and pack clothes for five days and four nights. I almost cried when I heard that, especially since Sunday was my first mothers day. But as Chad's told me a million times, I knew that he was a fisherman when we started dating and I knew that he was going to be gone more than he was going to be home when it came to long lining season. This is all true so I have to suck it up and be strong for not only myself but for Chad and Bayla as well. My mother's day was pretty good. I woke up to a beautiful rose, a box of yummy chocolates, a card from my baby girl, and a card from my dog. Later I got more roses from my mom, a card from my mom and a card from Chad's mom, dad, and brother. My mom, Donna, Bayla and I all went to Outback for lunch and it was delicious! I spent the rest of the day trying to keep my mind off of missing Chad so I cleaned my house and did laundry. Around 7ish I went to Debbie's to eat dinner with Debbie, my mom, Jamie, and the kids. Not long after being there Jamie told me that her husband Bill was coming home because Mark caught 320 boxes of mako's. We thought that meant that Chad's boat was coming in too...When I didn't hear from him at all that night, I decided that he wasn't coming home. Chad always tries to call but if they don't have service on the satellite phone then he can't call :( Monday, Bayla and I hung around the house all day. That afternoon we were going to go to Manteo with my mom. Well, not expecting a call from Chad until he was on his way home on Thursday, I got butterflies in my tummy when my phone rang. YES!! It was Chad!!! He was going to be home in an hour! They came home early because it was blowing a gail and they couldn't fish when it's rough :) I was sooo happy! I was so thrilled to see him and spend some time with him. I was looking forward to cuddling in bed with him knowing that he's like never going to be home anymore. So much for cuddling. Little Miss Bayla Waves decided that she was going to stay awake until four am this morning and needing just enough attention and food to keep me up with her, keeping me away from Chad. Finally at four am, I put her in her swing in the living room and I went to sleep on the floor. Chad woke up early and made a delicious breakfast, then kissed both of his sleeping beauties good bye because he was going to the boat. They had to pack out this morning, that means unload the boat of the fish that they caught. When he came home Monday night, he said he was leaving again in the morning, for some reason I thought he meant that he would be home for a full day before he left again, apparently, I was wrong. Chad came home around 10 and kissed us good bye good bye and said that he would see us Saturday. I bawled my eyes out. I hate it when he leaves, I especially hate it because he's missing his daughter grow up. I know she's not even a month old now but still, she's growing up fast and he's missing it. Well, seeing how my youngin' has slept all day, I'm sure she's going to be up all night. I'm going to grab a bite to eat then try to go to sleep but I'm sure Bayla will wake up just in time to ruin any sort of shut eye I might possibly get.


Now that I'm basically caught up on the past week or so and the first three weeks of Bayla's life, my next post should be about one thing, not one week of things.

The Best Day of My Life!!

April 18th 2009 at 4:14 pm, my baby girl Bayla Waves Dunn made her big arrival into the world at the lovely Outer Banks Hospital. She weighed in at 6lbs 14oz and was 20 inches long. At 2:30 am on April 18th, I woke up to back pains that I timed for an hour before I woke Chad and said this is it... she's coming. By this time (3:30) I had come to the conclusion that they really were contractions and I was in labor. The contractions started off being 10 minutes apart but now they were down to about 5 minutes apart. I took a shower and got my bags together. I made sure that I had Bayla's bag, my bag, the bag with the camera and camcorder, and my computer bag all together for when we ran out the door. Well Chad got up when I was running around like a mad woman, I figured since he was getting dressed that we were about to go to the hospital and have this baby girl... I got a reality check real quick when he informed me that he was going fishing. By this time I was in the recliner trying to relax and time my contractions. He came out of the bedroom and asked if I needed anything. I was already about in tears knowing that he wasnt going to be there for the birth of his daughter, I burst out in tears and mumbled "I want my teddy". Theres nothing special about this teddy bear. I actially bought it for myself after valentines day this year, it's just a brown teddy bear wearing a hoody that says love and has 2009 on his foot I think. He brought me my teddy and asked what was wrong. I cried to him saying that I'm in labor and he's going fishing and he wont be there for me when I'm in labor with our daughter, this that and the other. He tried to tell me that she wasn't coming today and he can't take the chance to miss a fishing trip to sit around a hospital and wait, etc. When it came time for him to go fishing, he asked if I wanted to ride to the dock with him so that I would have the truck and of course I went because my moms phone was off so I couldnt call her to tell her to come get me and I wasn't going to email her and wait for a response. So I cried the whole way to the dock and said my goodbyes to Chad. I told him he was going to be a daddy before he got back to land. He didnt believe me so he went fishing. I left the dock bawling my eyes out and went straight to my momma's at 5 am. I walked in her room crying. Obviously she asked so kindly what was wrong and what time it was. I told her I was in labor. She didnt understand why I was crying because she knew that I wanted this baby in April so that she could have the diamond birthstone. Bawling my eyes out with my teddy in my arms, I informed her that I have had contractions for the past two and a half hours and Chad went fishing anyway. Well she got up, got showered then we went to my house to kennel my poor dog and gather my bags. We got to the hospital around 6 am. With just our luck I had three other pregnant ladies ahead of me so I got the hall cubbie. I layed there for a while, got on my computer for a little while, my mom checked her email and such then we walked the halls for what seemed like forever. Our phones were blowing up all day, starting as early as 6 am with my moms phone calls. After a lot of walking, drinking water and laying in my little hallway bed trying to relax, the wonderful Dr. Kling broke my water at about 9:30 am and thats when the painful contractions started. I thought that I was dying. Trying to do my relaxation breathing techniques the nurse yelled at me because I was hyperventalating and my baby wasnt getting any oxygen. I wanted my epidoral right then!! Unfortinatly, I couldnt get my epidoral until I was in the delivery room, I settled for some IV pain relief. About two minutes after the nurse put that stuff in my IV, I was out like a light. I slept through a few hours of contractions. At about 1 pm the nurse came to take me to the delivery room because the preggers before me popped her youngin' out and they cleaned the room for me :) I remember the nurse asking me if I could get in the wheel chair to go to the other room but I couldnt move or even talk to tell her that was a negative. Thank God my mom told them to wheel my bed into the other room or they would of been carrying my fat ass. So they wheeled me to the delivery room and asked me to get into the other bed. HA!! Some how between me crawling and the nurses pushing and pulling me, I made it onto the other bed... with a little vomit. Yes, for some reason, I got a little sick. I'm guessing from the IV drugs and then me trying to do something other than sleep. Around that time I was waking up and I think I even went to the bathroom with the assistance of a nurse. Not long after getting into my new room, my epidoral finally arrived!! A good family friend Donna was here now or showed up about this time. It was fun having her in the room because it gave my mom some sober company because I was not all there at all!! The other great company we had in the room was my sister, Missy, and her husband, Seth, via webcam. The night before I went into labor, Missy and Seth went to their church group and they all webcammed with one of the ladies husband that was out of town but was still at the meeting thanks to modern technology. Missy decided that this would be a great thing to do when I had Bayla but didnt expect it to be so soon. When she recieved the news that I was in full blown labor and Bayla Waves was coming, she ran out and bought a webcam. She witnessed the whole delivery from me sleeping through contractions, to me pushing and even there when the doctor put fresh out the womb baby girl on my chest. It was amazing having her there throughout the whole thing, even though she was 15 hours away it still felt like she was in the room. Since I've already skipped all around and it's taking me hours to write this post, I'm going to start cutting it short. Well I chilled with my mom, Donna, and the lovely webcammers, Missy and Seth, through a few more hours of contractions and I was ready to go back to sleep. The nurse said that I was aloud to nap for a little while before I had to start pushing. This was a great opportunity for Mom to grab her first meal of the day with Donna, Missy to take a shower and more importantly, this would give me some time to rest before I had to start pushing. Well just as my mom and Donna were walking out the door, Chads mom and brother show up. It was nice seeing of her to come since her son wasnt there but the nurse just told me to take a nap. Oh well, Carol and Carson came in, I chatted with her for a minute or two until I went to sleep. They stayed in there until Dr. Kling came in to check to see how dialated I was and kicked them out. I dont remember if they came back in or if thats when he said I should call my mom because I'm about to start pushing. Well I called my mom then started pushing. I didnt push for long until mom and Donna came in my room with a great pizza from Harbor Point. My mom bribed me with the pizza because I hadnt ate real food since the night before when I really didnt eat much dinner because I didnt like what I cooked for Chad. After pushing for a while, I told the doctor to PULLL!!! Between me pushing, Dr. Kling pulling, the nurses holding my legs up, my mom incouraging me in one eat, Missy in the other ear and all my lovely drugs... Out came the beautiful Bayla Waves Dunn. At this time is when I, still full of great drugs, looked at Dr. Kling and said "Good job doc!!" I swear, an epidoral and whatever they put in my IV should be street drugs... I'd be addicted! After getting me and my baby all cleaned up, I called Chad to see if he wanted me to wait for him to see his daughter before I let everyone in the world see her. He said to go ahead and let his mom in because he knew that she was about to have a heart attack waiting in the hall with Carson and Donna. Wait... back up a little bit. Ok, some how, some way, some fisherman from Wanchese heard that I was in labor and some how got a hold of Chad, that was in the middle of the ocean. His wonderful captain, Mat, was freaking out and got him back to shore as soon as he could. Before Bayla was born, I called Chad to tell him that he better hurry because he was going to be a daddy, not that I didnt already tell him that he was going to be a daddy before he got back to the dock. Well after about an hour of other people holding my youngin' the nurse told me that it was time to feed her, well everyone stayed behind me and I fed my youngin' in the bed. FINALLY, her daddy came in :) I thought I was going to cry when I saw him but I was already so in love with my baby girl that there was no way I was crying! He saw her, and then when she was done eating, his family took her from me and starting taking family pics. If felt like forever before everyone left but I'm sure it wasnt that long. After Chad and I spent some time together with Bayla, the nurse made me get up to go potty and shower. After I took a shower, we packed up all my stuff and I went to my overnight room. Chad came back to see us for a while. It was great spending some time with him, it was different for some reason, maybe because we were a family now and not just boyfriend and girlfriend. Anywho, I would of loved for him to stay but I wanted my rest so I made him go home for the night. I slept for a few hours, fed Bayla again, and then slept until 6:30 the next morning when I woke up and couldnt go back to sleep. I fed Bayla and then Chad sat with me when I ate my great hospital breakfast. After spending some time with us, Chad had some stuff to do up the beach, he came back around one to sign the birth certificate thing, spent some more time with us then went home to clean, rearrange the bedroom for Bayla's arrival, get the carseat and then he came back to get us. We were aloud to leave at 4:30 but since Bayla hadn't ate all day since 7:30 that morning, the nurse kinda made her eat before we left. After getting her first photo thing taken, we packed my stuff and we went home as a family. It was so great to be home! Gauge took to the baby like a champ! I'm so proud of my puppy! This has been all about Bayla's arrival and first 24 hours in the hospital and ride home ((In the white F150)) Hope ya'll enjoyed!!


Me sleeping in my hall bed though many contractions :)

Me, my teddy, and Missy and Seth on the computer :)

Me, my teddy and my momma :) I sooo dont remember taking this pic!

My baby girl. Yes, I know its kinda gross... Just keep scrolling :)

My beautiful baby girl!!!

Our little family :) Minus Gauge and Trouble... Dont worry, Gauge was there to greet Bayla and I as we went to the truck to leave the hospital.

It's been a while...

Sorry to Mom, Missy, Eden, Donna D, Janelle, and the couple of other anonymous readers of my blog posts. I appoligize for not posting anything for over four months. A lot has happened since January 25th. My new job was ok at first, then hell, then it got better, well it was ok enough for me to hang in there for about three and a half months. A few weeks into the job I decided I was going to buy a new car... I got an 03 Envoy for a great price. Now I know why it was so cheap, the damn thing has been in the shop more than I have been able to drive it. The baby shower and visit from Missy was a great success! Thanks to all that helped make it a great day/weekend. Then it went back to us missing Missy. Everything has been pretty good since the baby shower. Nothing really exciting enough to write about that I can thing of other than the best day of my life... the day my daughter was born. ((See next post for every last detail of that day))

Busy busy busy

So the past couple days have been kind of crazy. I just cant explain it. My sister has taken charge of my baby shower plans, which is good because other wise the planning wouldn't of even began yet. She has been on the ball with everything, she's already got the invitations ordered and is waiting for me to get her all the addresses... That's been stressful! I never thought that getting a couple of peoples name's and addresses together, the only problem is is that there's more than just a couple people to invite and we dont want to forget anyone. I think that I've got the list complete and only have a couple more addresses to get before I can email that list to Missy. The other nightmare has been the registries. I never thought that it would be that hard, I was flipping between the three registry websites and was trying to find the best deal on single item and trying to find the best of the best of everything, even down to the onesies, socks, etc. That was taking forever!! Missy and Eden, well mainly Eden :), has been adding stuff faster than I can think of it because she knows what I am going to forget or not know to add. So other than the stress of the planning of the baby shower, I'm freaking out about going to work tomorrow. Tomorrow is my first day at my new job. All this coming week I work 12-6 and am extremely nervous. I dont know what to expect. I'm hoping that it is everything that I want it to be and then some. I dont know exactly what I will be doing, I'm guessing that I will be put where ever that they need me to be. I know that I'm not going to be scrubbing toilets or anything but I'm sure there will be some diaper changing being done : / I'm pretty nervous and I think that my little girl can since that. She has been more active than usual tonight. :) I'm loving it though... WISH ME LUCK TOMORROW :) :) :) :)

Another little update

A pic of the hair cut will be up as soon as I can take a shower and do something with it. About the job... I haven't decided whether or not I am taking the job. I was supposed to get a tb test Tuesday, get it read Thursday and start my job on Friday. I didn't get my tb test on Tuesday because of the blizzard that we had. I got the test done on Wednesday and go back this evening. Well, I haven't decided completely whether or not I am going to take it. For the immature anonymous person that reads my blog and thinks that I am living off the taxes of people that actually work. I'm sorry but your wrong. I am not going to get worked up over someone that wont even confront me for who you are but as anonymous... GAY and GROW THE HELL UP, if your older and supposedly mature, then freaking show it!! I know that the job is going to be good for me, even if it is just part time. I'll be getting out of the house everyday, more than going to feed the horses, I'll be getting experience with children, and I'll have a job (For only three months, but at least I'll have my foot in the door and have a job for when I'm ready to go back to work) But for the anonymous one, my boyfriend thinks that I should stay home and collect unemployment (Yes, for those of you who actually work and pay taxes). But when I worked 70 hours a week this summer, I paid out plenty of freaking taxes, I am now getting back in unemployment. My boyfriend that fishes almost every single day from January to January, gets the shit taxed out of him, along with the other fisherman that live and work in the fishing village of the sinking island that I live on. He just see's it as getting his taxes back every week, through me. Well, I'm getting part of what he pays out in taxes every week. It would be better for me to stay home with the baby full time rather than working part time and having to pay for day care when I cant even see my daughter all day. Unemployment or no unemployment, he would rather have me home with our daughter. I have agreed up until now when it just hit me that I need a new car and unemployment isn't that great. I'm still trying to find one that is baby safe and not horrible on gas either. Even if I do find a suv for me and my youngin, that doesn't mean that I'll be able to afford it or the insurance, along with my other bills. So I would like all of you to know as of this moment, I am on schedule to work part time at Children's Workshop in Nags Head. I've heard that many of the employee's there don't like working there but that is something I will have to decide for myself. Basically my doc said that I could have my little girl up to two weeks early. If I have her two weeks early she could come as soon as April 18th, that is less than three months away. So if I completely hate this job then I am going to stick it out for as much as the three months that I am able to work, then I will have my little one, stay home for at least a month, month and a half, with her, then either find a full time, Monday -Friday job or just go back to Fisherman's Wharf and hopefully not have to work too many nights and weekends. I would love to be a SAHM (Stay At Home Mom) to experience that especially after reading Eden's blog and all the lovely comments on her post but I would also love to work a full time 9-5 job so that I can spend every night and weekend with my little girl. I'm sure that Chad will be making more than enough to support all three of us and all of the bills, including mine but I would like to be an independent woman like my mother is and not have to rely on a man for anything. I mean, even if I do go back to work after I have my baby girl, full or part time, Chad is most likely going continue to pay all the bills. I would use my money for little things that I think that I can't live with out, buy a car, or put the money in the bank for safe savings :) So this is the update on the job deal. So to the anonymous one... I hope you are happy although I did not make this decision with your opinion in mind...at all. Comments please :)

Update on the good news...

Ok, so last Thursday was a pretty busy day. I had a doctors appointment in the morning, which went well. I got my eyebrows done with Casey, went to lunch at whites in Manns Harbor with Casey and Drew, got to see a couple older friends, then came home and decided that I wanted to chop all my hair off, so I did that right before I had to leave to go to my interview. To say the least by the time I got home I was way tired and ready to just lay down and relax. I think Chad actually made dinner this night too, I cant remember though. The doc said that little miss was an active little thing this particular morning, could the ice cream and brownies for breakfast have something to do with it? Since my last visit with him, a month ago, I have gained 14 lbs. My mom asked if this HUGE weight gain was a problem or if it was normal. He said it was fine, some people dont gain much weight at the beginning then play catch up... like I did, but he did say that I shouldn't gain 14 lbs in a month again. I couldn't get over my 14 lbs and it really didn't help when my lovely mother just so kindly reminded me that 14 lbs is only 3, 5 lbs bag of potatoes. Picture that, please!! Picture 3 big bag of baking potatoes or red potatoes... Ahhh, thats like A LOT of, a lot of... ahhh!! Well, the rest of the day was spent with Casey which was good but I should of been home doing laundry and other things around the house. So I came home and right before I should of jumped in the shower to get ready for the interview I decided to call Rosie, the lady that cuts my hair sometimes, and she said I could come right then to get my hair cut. I got there and decided to get 5 or 6 inches cut off. I said the hell with it, it will grow back. My hair was so dead on the ends that I needed to cut a fair amount off. Now, a couple days later, I think that I like it. Chad doesn't like it because he liked my longer hair. Well, I rushed to the interview, which, like the rest of my day so far, went well. I was so excited when she said that I have the job. I am still hesitant to start working there though. I still need to get my tb test done so I cant start until Friday at the earliest. I've tried to weigh out the pro's and cons about this job. I am making a good amount on unemployment right now that will last until March and then I will try to get an extension on that. If I cant get an extension on that then I will be a month and a half to two months with no income on my half coming in, which is not good. But if I do take the job then I will have a job until I cant work any longer but I wont be making half as much as unemployment, which isn't great but I will be getting experience with youngings and I will have my foot in the door at the daycare which I will be able to return to as soon as I am ready. This job will only part time (20 to 30 hours a week) and I will be getting seven dollars an hour which obviously sucks!! If I take a cpr and first aid class I will get a raise and if I take a class at coa then I will get a bigger raise and be able to be a teacher as well. So I need the money of unemployment to get some bills paid before this younging comes. I also need this job. I wont be making as much but I think that I will be making enough to get my monthly bills paid. I definatly need to get my foot in the door so that I will have a job when I'm ready for it and the experience with all the different age groups is just what I need. Maybe since this job is just part time and I waited two months before I got any unemployment I will still be able to get something from them as well as working part time. Who knows. I am going to get the tb test Tuesday and they will read it on Thursday, and I will start at the day care on Friday as long as the tb test is negative. I've heard of people testing positive for tb even though they dont have it, they are just carriers of it. So we will see how the tb test goes and how my first day goes as well. I will be calling the unemployment office first thing Tuesday morning to see what we can do. After all this rambling I'm sure there are some pro's and cons that I haven't mentioned. Ya'lls opinions are more that welcome. I think I'm going to take the job, even though the money is better sitting on my butt at home but the experience is needed as well. That's all the rambling that I'll be doing today. I want to lay on my couch for the rest of the after noon but I think I'm going to make cup cakes and I'm definitely making dinner easy tonight. I am making our favorite dinner, corn beef with cabbage and potatoes. It takes forever to cook but is well worth it. Since Chad is fishing and no one knows when they will be getting home, I'm going to start cooking that soon so that it will be done around 5 or 6ish. I'm going to let it cool then put it in the fridge so that if he gets home at 11:30 like last night, then he can heat it up and eat it then, with out waking me up :) I will be going now... everyone have a good day and please feel free to leave opinions, they will be appreciated.

FABULOUS NEWS!!!

Ok, so after not working since November and fighting with the unemployment office for two months, which feels like a lifetime when you dont have any money coming in but the bills seem to be coming in twice as fast, I finally get my unemployment debit card a few days ago with five weeks worth of unemployment on it. I was sooo excited! I got my cell phone bill paid, my horse board caught up, and still have money for coming bills to be paid as they come in. I wanted to go out to dinner the other night and I told Chad that I'd pay since I had money for a change but he informed me that that money was for bills only. I cant go out to eat, shopping for clothes or groceries, get my nails done, none of that, unless I used his money... but hey, I'm not complaining about that! That way I know that if nothing else comes out of this unemployment, at least my bills will be paid. So that's part of the good news, now for the news that I almost pee'd in my pants when I got the call. Well since in November when my schedule at Fisherman's Wharf got cut way back, I went job hunting with no success. I basically gave up on a job and decided to benefit from unemployment for as long as I could, have the baby, then go to work after that. Well, this morning after running some errands with my mom I was on my way home from her house and my phone rang. Du du dunnn... I recognized the number but wasn't quite sure who it was. I was hesitant to answer but I did. I usually dont answer numbers that I dont know but I did earlier this morning and it was an old friend telling me that he was back in town and had his life straight. Sober since Sept 3rd. I was and still am so proud! Back to the unknown number. I answered it and it was a lady from Children's Workshop, a daycare center in Nags Head. (http://www.childrensworkshopchildcare.com/index.html) I had put my application in at the beginning of November and they had finally needed some help, and soon! I just wish that they would of called a couple months ago. Oh well, I may lose my unemployment if I get the job but at lease I got 5 weeks worth already and maybe I'll get a couple more weeks of it before they take it away from me. So I have an interview on Thursday and am soooo excited. I know a few people that work there and they love it. Of course there's always something to complain about but its alright, I can deal! Since I found out that I was prego, I wanted to get a Monday through Friday 8-5 job so that I can be home with my baby at night and on the weekends. This job may be from 7:30 till 3:30 or maybe 9 till 6 or 6:30 but it will still be a Monday through Friday full time job. I'm trying not to count my eggs before they hatch but it's hard when I'm so excited. As long as I'll be making as much if not more that what I'm getting on unemployment I will definitely take the job. I definitely need the experience with children and diapers and such and this is the perfect opportunity to do so. Not only will I be making some money and getting experience but I will be getting out of the house. I've sat in this house for over two months now, I cant do it anymore! Yes, that may be the only thing I'll want to do in a few months but right now I'm ready to work. I mean, you cant wash dishes and laundry if they aren't dirty, I cant rearrange the house and clean but so much, and I cant just sit here and eat all day, I am prego but I am getting wayyy tooo fattt for being just 24 weeks prego. I've heard that daycares wont hire expecting mothers because they dont want the child to come back to work with them and for other reasons as well. I told the lady that I spoke to that I was expecting but would love the job. I told her that I would work until I went into labor and then waddle across the street to the hospital, have the youngin', then come back to work. I didn't use those exact words but pretty close, she laughed and agreed that it was possible. I know that I'm not going to get laid off or fired when I get a little bigger which is a relief. I may only be able to work at this job for three or four months before I have the little one but I am so willing to go back to work as soon as I am ready and I know that my baby will be right there with me which is nice! So basically I am super excited. That is part of the good news! When I got home and told Chad that I may have a job and told him all about it, he said the same thing that my mom said and asked if I'd make as much at that job as I am on unemployment. Ok, my unemployment is not like 500 a week or anything like that but it is a good amount for doing nothing at all, ya know. I'm almost positive that I will make more at this job than unemployment is giving me every week. After I told Chad my good news, he told me that he had good news for me as well. He never says that he has good news for me, he may tell me good news but he never gets me excited about it first. I was informed that he is not going to be long lining this summer. At first I was like what the heck Chad, you need to work, someone in this family needs to work. Well for those of you that dont know, when Chad goes long lining, he stays in the ocean for 4 or 5 days/nights at a time, comes home for a day or two, if that, then he's gone for another 4 or 5 days/nights. I asked what he planned on doing then. I didn't know if he was going to work at the jail like he's been talking about or if he was going to be a truck driver since he's in the process of getting his CDL. I was glad to hear that he is going to stick with what he loves and keep fishing. This summer he's going to be charter fishing with Copper (A really nice man) on a sporty type boat and when they dont have a fishing charter, they will be tile fishing on Copper's commercial boat. So Chad will be working almost everyday and will be home with the baby and I every night. Worse comes to worse, he may stay in the ocean for a night or two at the most but that's a whole lot better than staying in the ocean for 4 or 5 nights!! Sooo YAY to me for my good day. Now I'm going to bake brownies to celebrate! I'm super excited! Wish me luck everyone!!

Reality Check

So I have been moaning and groaning about a little headache, sore throat, runny nose, and a cough mean while a great friend of the family has been suffering from much much more. Long story short, I am no longer bitching about not feeling good for a day or two, I am going to be grateful that I am a healthy, soon to be mom, with very little to worry about compared to others. I could sit here and type a huge list of things to complain about not one of the complaints on my list would be anywhere close to other's problems. So before you complain about a broken nail, being late for work, or a tummy ache, how about you take a minute or two about people right down the street from you that may not have a warm place to sleep at night, a meal to eat, a job to go to in the morning, etc. Maybe their problems aren't that but are still worse than yours. If you cant tell I'm trying not to tell the world about my family friend's problems, but I am trying to make a couple points to myself and anyone that is reading this. Live one day at a time and live it like it is your last. Never take anything for granted, not a single breath. Stop complaining about the little things that may bug you for a day or two and think about others more often. Thank the good Lord for every morning that you wake up and every night that you have a good meal in your belly and a warm bed to climb into. You never know what you have until it's gone, but when some one close to you has a wake up call like this, that you may think doesn't deserve it, it hits you too! As ya'll can tell, a close friend, that does nothing but good for everyone around her has recently received some bad news that she doesn't deserve at all and it's hit me hard. Everyone please take two seconds out of your day to pray for everyone that needs a little prayer.

Its been a while...

So I haven't posted anything since last year and I think now is a good time to do it. I'm testing out my new prego tickers that I'm trying to get to come up at the end of each post. If it works, great, if not, oh well, I'm not stressing over it. I am now officially 23 weeks prego. My baby girl is will be the size of a papaya for another week or so. She is now able to hear outside noise from down in the womb. Studies show that baby finds gentle music and your own voice most soothing. Although my baby girl seems to like country music and a little bit of Ill Bill, basically the song that he did for Riya and Eden :) I'm in love with that song! Nipples are starting to sprout, and that little face is fully formed. And, she's starting to settle into sleep cycles, snoozing about 12 to 14 hours a day. When she's awake, I totally know it. I can finally feel those little jolting kicks from the outside of my belly, I have been feeling her move for a month or two but I've been feeling her kick from the outside of my belly. So far I'm the only one that's felt her, she wont really move for anyone else. I think it's so easy for me to feel her because I can feel her from the inside and out so I know when she's moving. Well I should go play with my scanner and get the ultra sound pics up from two weeks ago but then again I dont feel like it. I think I'm going to go lay on the couch with my pup because there's nothing better to do when your waiting on a phone call :( I know that he wont be to the dock until probably about 8:30 and then wont be home til about 10:30 or 11 so I may just take a nap and let the call wake me up. I made a pretty dank meatloaf (Well it smells and looks great but then again I haven't cooked it yet so I still have the chance to burn it or mess it up some how) but hopefully he will want micky d's for dinner tonight and I'll throw the meatloaf in the oven tomorrow night.

Update....

Ok so today I was informed that my page needed to be updated. Well, there's not really a lot to talk about. There's actually a lot I could talk about since I haven't made a post since the 16th when I made three posts. Can ya tell that I was a little excited about finding out what I was having! Yea, well since then she's been moving a lot more, everything with the baby is so far so good. Couldn't be happier. I spent my Christmas holiday with my mom, my sister, her husband and his family in Marion, Virginia. It's about an 7 or 8 hour drive. Mom and I left at 7 am Wednesday morning and came home Saturday afternoon/ night. Today was a busy day, seeing how I was too tired too clean and get everything done yesterday when I got home, I didn't do much. I did get my clothes washed but not folded. Today I was supposed to get A LOT done, so much for that. I got up and fed the horses this morning, went to my moms to get a desk thing and we decide to go to church. The service was great, we ran into a old friend and chatted with her and her grown daughter for a little bit. I did do some dishes and some more laundry although none of it got folded. So basically I was about to get some mad house cleaning and rearranging done but... Eden called and convinced me to go riding. I get ready to go riding, ready to go to the barn and my car doesn't start. I decided that since Gauge was in his bedroom for the most of the morning and I hadn't been exercising at all, that we would walk with Eden and mom while they rode. At that time I didn't know what I was getting myself into. I had to of walked a good 500 miles! I thought I was gonna drop! Some how I made it home alive and realized that I need groceries. Since my car is currently dead, I got my mom to run me to the store. Now I'm home trying to defrost some deer burger and getting ready to cook and vacuum. One of these days I will accomplish what I've got planned for the day, one day, probably not today though. I will go get started cleaning a little though. So that was a little of what I've done since the 24th. I'm not quite sure what I've done from the 16th through the 23rd. I'm quite sure that I did a whole lot of nothing, nothing at all. The 21st was Chads birthday so we went out to eat with his family then back to his parents house that night to get his presents and my Christmas presents since I wasn't here for Christmas. Hope everyone had a good Christmas, I know I did even though I missed my boyfriend, puppy and home sweet home. I will truly try my hardest to keep ya'll updated better than I have been! Sorry for the delay of posts but I've got to get back to my busy house cleaning duties.


Later Gators

Sooo...

It's a... (drum roll please) GIRL!! Think pink everyone!! Yay, I'm sooo happy!! My mom cried and I choked up when I told my sister. Chad wasn't too thrilled at first, he was in a shitty mood. He even called back to see if I was messing with him and to make sure that it wasn't too soon to tell! I think he secretly wanted a boy but he's happy now. I called him back after we left the doctors office and he was thankfully in a better mood. He knew my mom was tickled shit-less (His words) He said as long as the girls we happy then he was happy. He finished the conversation with "I LOVE YA'LL" He loves his two little girls. Him and Gauge went duck hunting. Chad was proud of his little man because he fetched up the duck that Daddy Chad shot. That's my little man!! Yay! So over all its been a good day! We have a healthy baby girl that weighs 12 ounces and her head is 2 inches wide. The little one must be doing flips right now, she's just a kicking away, I can even feel her moving when I put my hand on my belly!! Yay! Well me and the baby girl are going to cook dinner, I think she's kicking me now and telling me she's pretty hungry by now, lunch that we ate at 12 is no longer in our belly. Hopefully I will keep the blogging up.

Good news!!

So I'm leaving for the doctor in ten minutes with my mom and I cant wait!! I'm super excited, I didn't think that I was going to be this excited, I think I'm going to cry when the doc tells me what it is! Well Chad came in from fishing at 11:30 this morning so I will call him from the doctors office, then call my sister, maybe Chad's mom if he doesn't call her and then I will text my remaining friends. I'm super excited, getting butterflies now.... I better go get dressed! Cant wait to post my next blog post thing... YYYYAAAAAYYYYY!!!!


PS.... We will have ultra sound pics today too!!

5:30 AM....

So I've been wide awake since five o clock this morning. Chads alarm clock has been going off since quarter til four. Usually I can go back to sleep, maybe not right away buy at least by 6ish. I dont think today is going to be one of those days, today is the big day to find out whether or not Chad and I are having a beautiful baby girl or a gorgeous baby boy.I'm so excited! I would probably go back to bed easier if I were just to put some music on and put my computer away for awhile. It would also probably help if Gauge wasn't playing with his duck that quacks. Once he finds that quacker, he doesn't lay off of it. He killed his other duck and all his other squeaky toys that he's had. Well I think I'm going to lay back down and rest for a couple more hours until I have to get up to go feed the horses, do laundry and wait impatiently until 1:30 when I head up the beach with my mom. I'm sorry but I cant post my announcement or any hints until Chad comes home. From the doctors office I will call my sister, a couple close friends and Chad's mom. As soon as Chad calls me and I tell him whether he will be having the girl that he wants or the boy that I'm sure he wants even more, then I'll make my blog post about it. Well, that is, as long as I dont go riding for a bit. Have a good day everyone!

Procrastination

"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." Don Marquis

For some reason, I'm starting to believe this quote. Maybe because I'm continuing to procrastinate my school work that I was supposed to turn in Monday, this past Monday, not tomorrow. And maybe, just maybe because I've got four or five loads of laundry to fold that have been building up for the past week or so. And maybe, just maybe I'm believing this quote more than ever because my life is one procrastination after another. Even when it comes to eating, I've been pretty hungry for the past hour and need to eat but I'm too lazy to get up and get some food. We have plenty of food in the fridge that all I have to do is heat up and there's plenty of simple things to cook but no, procrastination is evil. If it wasn't for the last minute, I would get nothing done! So I'm going to break this bad habit for a little while and find something to eat, shower and then head up the beach.

Break out the tissues!

Ok, so I had a really good day with Eden and Riya. When Riya was about to take her nap, I went home to take a quick spin around the block with Trouble. After that I went to Manteo with mom and about had a prego melt down. When mom picked me up at my house, we barely got around the corner when there was a little boy on the side of the road bawling his eyes out with a dog barking at him. I made mom back up so I could see if the poor child was ok. He said that he was just trying to get down the road but that dog kept chasing him and barking at him. I offered to hold the dog til he was down the road and he gladly accepted. So I held the dog til he was way down the road. The owners of this dog didn't even come out to see what was going on. That's messed up, I wanted to call the pound sooo bad, especially what I went through the other day for keeping by dog under control and training my dog so that he doesn't do that and this dog can chase a poor little child down the road and scare the shit out of him? That's messed up, I wanted to cry, I kept talking about it all the way to Manteo. My mom was laughing at my hormones, I didn't think it was too funny! Well in the grocery store, this psycho lady approached me and scared the shit out of me. I felt like that poor child getting chased by the mean dog as this lady followed me through the store. I waited until this lady left the store before I checked out. I was in line to check out and this loony tune came back into the store with round stickers with 666 and John 3:16 in it marked out. She was shouting hot off the press, here, have a sticker. She handed me one too, I said thanks psycho and she left. I handed my sticker to a couple guys that I know and said what she said to me. They left the sticker on the donuts and left before I did. I was on a hormonal roller coaster now. I was sad for the poor boy that got chased by the dog and I was scared for my life from that lady. Well I came home, me and Chad ate dinner and I checked my email because my mom told me that she sent me something from YouTube and that I better have tissues ready. I wasn't concerned about tissues cause I wasn't in a crying mood. Well I watched the video clip and was bawling my eyeballs out before it was over. I advise everyone to watch this clip. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh5Fa6vZuFo) Whether you are a religious person or not, I believe that this will touch you, I know that it has touched me. Enjoy!

Going for the third night in a row...

So it's 10 o'clock and past my bedtime so I'm sitting here sipping on my warm, kind of hot, glass of milk. Chads laying on the couch snoozing so it's way past his bedtime. Lets see if I can go three nights in a row, sleeping through the night. I hope so because I've actually got to get up in the morning, take a shower, feed the horses, then hanging out with with Eden and the baby, hopefully it wont be raining s that we can get a quick ride in before Riya's nap time. I'm almost done with my milk so I'm going to get ready for bed. Good night to all!

Accomplished :)

I decided to push my luck and try to sleep through the night for two nights in a row so I tried the warm milk before bed again, no massage last night since Chad was already snoozing in the recliner. Before I got my warm milk, I woke Chad so that he could eat some chocolate pudding pie and ice cream while I ate a little ice cream and warm milk. We went to bed around 11. I didn't fall asleep right away but it wasn't long. I was out like a light. I slept like a baby until Gauge had to go out a couple times but I had no problem going back to sleep once I was back in bed. Gauge got sick last night and Chad helped him so that I could sleep. Amazingly enough I slept peacefully through the night and then some. Chad didn't have to go fishing today but he did have to be at the boat by 7:15. Since it was so early, I didn't get up to eat when he did, he did leave my breakfast out for me though. Me and Gauge went back to sleep until mom called and woke me up from my dreaming. I looked at the clock when she called and it was 8:58, almost 9 am!! I was thrilled! Even though I could of easily gone back to sleep, I got up and got ready to take my abused puppy to the barn. No drama this morning. I even called the animal shelter back and they came and checked out my puppy. They clearly saw that he was scared up people, under nurioused, abused, neglected, etc. Riiggghhtttt, Gauge went running up to the people wagging his tail, he couldn't he happier! His fat ass had to show off the horse hoof trimming from the barn yesterday. They said that he was a healthy puppy and he looked great. No harm was done by using the shocking collar, duh BOB!! Since they left, I have been inside doing school work and Gauge has ate his breakfast, and then some. I've been at this for over two hours, I think its time to run to the bank for mom and to take a break from school work for a little while. Hopefully I will come back home and continue working. I wish I had a job so I wasn't so bored all the time!!

My drama filled morning at the BARN

I never thought that those words would ever combined to make a sentence. Drama at the barn?? What's that? The sad thing is that it wasn't between two females, and it totally came to me. What? Am I in high school or what? I thought that I was a mature adult, living with my boyfriend, and about to start a family, apparently some grown 'man' doesn't see that. So by now most of you are probably wondering what I am talking about. Well, I'm talking about my puppy following in his momma's footsteps. He got his first doggy offense today :) Lets go back a week or so on a chilly morning. As usual, my mom and I were feeding the horses. I take my puppy everywhere with me, especially to the barn, morning and night. He needs to get used to the horses seeing how he will be around them a lot. Well, Gauge went a house at the barn that Bob* lives at with his wife Sally* and dog Max*. When I went to get Gauge so that he wouldn't be a menace and so that he would learn to stay with me everywhere, Sally said that he was fine and that Max needed a friend to play with and asked if I would let Gauge stay and play. I said that was fine and I would be back shortly to get him. Mind you, this house is owned by the same couple that have the barn so it's spitting distance from my horse pen where I was feeding. So I got my dog and made him go in the pen with me to keep the horses straight. No problem at all, until the next day when we go to feed and Gauge wants to go play with Max and eat the cat food on Bob and Sally's porch. Not cool, I called him and he didn't come, I went to get him, punished him and made him stay with me. He continued to be hard headed so I talked to Chad about breaking out the shocking collar. He showed me how to use it, how to make sure Gauge knew that I was shocking him and that he was getting punished. I started using the shocking collar whenever we went to the barn and only shocked him when I had to continuously call him with no response. Well, this morning, I put Gauge's little training collar on and headed to the barn. Let me remind you that Gauge is a great puppy but he doesn't quite listen when there is another puppy playing with him and distracting him. So when Gauge went over to Max's I called several times, he didn't come so I shocked him once, he cried and came running like I asked him to. Well Bob came off the porch and jokingly asked what kind of bark was that when he cried. I told him he squealed because I just shocked him for not listening and showed him the remote. He turned around and went back into his house. No problem right, a little friendly conversation? I thought so too, at the moment. This morning was the morning that the farrier was in town so a lot of girls were at the barn. Well everyone starting coming at once to get their horse's feet trimmed by Ted. Even Eden came this time so that I could go up the beach with her after we were finished at the barn. Since it was still almost early, she brought me breakfast. Since we were at the barn and Gauge has never caused a scene there, I let him run while I sat in the car and ate a biscuit with Eden and Riya. I called mom over to the car so that me and Eden could talk to her. While we were talking I saw Bob stomping in our direction. Jokingly I said, "Look, Bob's coming to yell at me about my dog", not knowing just how right I was going to be. By this time, at the barn it was Ted, Brad, Shelly, Melody, Booten, Mom, Eden, Riya, me and a few dogs. Before I get heated up about the subject again and ramble on and on about this subject. If Bob had something to say about how I am training my puppy with a shocking collar don't you think that he should of said it and confronted me about it when I shocked him, when it was just us two out there joking about the matter. Don't you think he should of said something then instead of when there was a crowd of people? Ok, back to me predicting the future. Bob came up to Eden's car where she, I, mom and Riya were and started cussing at me asking me how legal is it to shock a puppy, it was inhumane, I was common, this that and the other. Thank God Eden spoke up and told him not to cuss in front of her daughter. He went on for a little while, until I was like what ever Bob, just shut up. In the first few seconds of this scene, my mom walked away because she would of gone off on Bob. Well I got out of the car and smart-assively asked well where is he then, huh? He said, I don't know, why don't you shock him and listen to him yelp. Well I called my dog, he came running with his tail wagging, with out even getting shocked....WOW!! That really pissed Bob off. My dog stayed with me as Bob stomped off mumbling. I yelled at him to shut up, shut your mouth Bob, go call the animal shelter you prick, ect. I didn't say once curse word during this whole ordeal, amazingly enough! Well, so that I could finish eating I put Gauge on a leash and my mom held him as I finished my breakfast. I went back and talked to the girls about the drama, we started joking about it as I was cooling down. Well Bob had to come get his dog that wasn't listening to him one bit, he couldn't even get his dog to follow him home. My smart ass, being as mad as I was with tears in my eyes, asked Bob if it was illegal to shock my dog? He said he didn't know yet but he was finding out. I said oh good, when you find out, please let me know. Since his dog wasn't listening to him at all, and I could see he was getting frustrated, I offered him my shocking collar. He didn't see the humor in my comment. He started up again about me being common, this that and the other, well it ended up being a screaming match again until Ted straight up told me to shut up and if Bob had anything to say that he would say it to him. That basically shut Bob up. We all got to talking about it again, that was the most action the barn had seen in ages. I loaded my dog up in my car to take him home so that me, Eden and Riya could head up the beach. I was still furious and the fact that Chad was fishing and I couldn't talk to him about it didn't help. The trip up the beach was a success. We were about to leave the place where Eden had her little business meeting when Debbie called me. I called her back when we got in the car and she said I should call my mom, worried, I asked what was wrong. She told me that the animal shelter was looking for me. By this time I was calmed down enough to laugh about it. I called mom and she said that the animal cop dude told her they know us and know that we would never do anything to do harm any animals. We came home and got ready to go for a ride around Wanchese. It was a much needed ride. Half way around the block my love called and was like what happened?!?!?! So I might have texted him and said that Gauge might go to doggy jail and then later I texted him and said that the animal shelter came looking for me. Well, I got all fired up again by telling him what happened today, he got sooo mad too! I think it was the combination of Bob cussing at me, especially in front of Eden's little girl and the fact that his little puppy was involved in this bullshit. Well, we got off the phone for a while. He called back when we were almost back to the barn and said that he was about to pack out the boat then he was going to try to make it to the barn in time to feed. When we finished our ride, I went back to my house and got my abused little puppy. I put his shocking collar on him and let him run. Cathy and Mike were at the barn to hear about my drama and to play with my lovely puppy that was an angel. Since I didn't have my car at the barn, me and Gauge went to mom's and waited for Chad to come get us. While we were in the truck he called his mother and informed her. I don't know exactly what she thinks about it because I could only hear Chad's side of the conversation. So he's thinking that he's going to get me up and at the barn by 7 am to go feed since he has to be at the boat at 7:30. HAHA!! I think we've all finally calmed down from all the stress and mess. Blogging has really helped me vent and cool off. So I guess I have to keep my dog glued to my hip at all times so that he doesn't cause a scene. I agree though, my puppy should stay with me at all times. That's how its going to be from here on out.


*Names have been changed to protect the not-so-innocent


Eden and mom,
Ya'll were there and might have a couple comments to make, please do so and please use my names that I changed. If I left anything out or changed anything out of anger, please inform me and I will change it. Thanks gals!

So now that it's almost 11, I'm going to wake Chad up, eat some ice cream, drink my warm milk, then go to bed and see if I can sleep all night long for he second night in a row. How cool would that be?? Good night to all... I would really love comments from this post. If you would like, you can email me at wanchesezeke@hotmail.com or check me out on myspace at myspace.com/wanchesezeke. Thanks everyone!

"I slept through the night Chad, I did it!!"

I don't think I've ever been this excited to sleep through the night with out waking up every hour and staring at the clock for what feels like forever! No matter how tired I feel, I just can't seem to sleep. I've tried napping early in the day, late in the day, not napping at all, drinking very little after 8 and no sweets, I feel like I've tried it all. Well, I mentioned this to my mom, she said that a warm glass of milk before bed always helped her, which might explain when I was little I loved warm milk. Before I tried that I did what I always do when I have any questions about my pregnancy, I went to the website my sister sent me (http://www.thebump.com/). It will answer every question that you may ever have, even if your not pregnant. They seem to know what I'm going through, as it starts to happen. Well lately my calf mussels have been hurting, especially yesterday since I had the chance to work. The advice that I got from the bump was to get a massage from your partner. I've been hinting towards a massage for a week or two now but no luck, until he read it on the internet. Long story short, I got a wonderful leg massage after dinner then we turned around and I gave him a back massage. Both well deserved. Before bed he ate a piece of his chocolate pudding pie and I sipped on my warm glass of milk, then straight to bed we went. Chad never has any trouble falling asleep because he gets up at quarter to five in the morning, works hard all day in the ocean, and doesn't get home till eight or later. On the other hand, I don't work so even though I am pregnant, I'm not that tired if I don't do much during the day, so I don't always fall right asleep or stay asleep long. Last night was the test, and I passed!!! I slept like a baby, all night long! Usually I wake every hour and stare at the clock, not last night, when Chads alarm clock went off at quarter to five this morning, I didn't know what was going on, I figured it was about midnight or so. To my surprise it was morning time!!! I fell back asleep when he got ready to leave. When he woke me to say good morning and good bye, I sat up and said "I slept through the night Chad, I did it". He said you did baby? I was so excited I probably looked and sounded like a little kid at Christmas. Little does Chad know that he will be giving me a calf massage every night for the next for months, maybe more. :) One more thing, I've come to the conclusion that I have a very jealous dog, I cant even be on my computer without Gauge sleeping on my belly. Gotta love the little rascal :) Now I have to wake him up so we can go feed the horse.

A little catching up...

The past couple days I've been exhausted. The parade went better than expected. I decided to ride bareback and I'm glad I did. I swear Trouble knows that he is carrying two, not just one up there and he takes care of us....for the most part. He was an angel in the parade, it wasn't until we were almost back to the trailer when he decided to act a fool. He side passed for at least a mile which would of been fine it I was making him do it but I wasn't. When we got back to the trailer, a lot of people decided to right in north end, including my ride up there. Well I wasn't in the mood to ride anymore, I was tired, getting cold, sore, and quite upset with my horse so I wasn't riding. A big thanks to Amy who met us at north end after dropping off a horse and took me home. We loaded Trouble in the trailer when mom decided that she wanted to enjoy her afternoon ride since Daisy was a complete blonde b*tch during the entire parade. So we loaded Daisy up and mom took Trouble on her afternoon ride, which was much needed for him since he's over weight, mom that needed the relaxing ride, and even Daisy which isn't as plump as Trouble or Harley. After the parade, I was exhausted so after I put Daisy up, went and got my puppy, we came home and laid down for a while. Chad didn't come home till late, I went to Donna's and hung out with mom, Windy and Donna for a while and even let Gauge play with Max for a while. So Chad got home, we ate dinner, laid around for a couple hours, then finally went to bed. He had today off so I french toast and bacon ready at 7:15. I love it when he doesn't have to fish, a real breakfast always beats cereal, cookies, yogurt, etc. After we ate today he started out his day working on the grey and white truck as I went to feed the horses. After I fed I went to my mom's because I hadn't heard from her yet and I was checking on her, I went home at ten to relax. Mission accomplished, I napped from about 10:30 till 2ish. It was a well needed nap seeing how I haven't been sleeping well at night. I woke up to Chad and Carson making sure the truck was fixed by stomping it in gear, making the already loud truck really, really loud! I woke up, cleaned the kitchen, and started making tea for Chad. We watched tv for a while then he went to a friends and then to the grocery store. I finished the tea, fed the horses then made Chad's favorite pasta salad, my new favorite fruit salad, and I even made Chad a surprise chocolate pudding pie, which he hasn't got yet but knows something is going on because I haven't let him in the fridge all evening. When he got home he made tuna on the grill while I finished off dinner with some corn bread and beans. Dinner was delightful! We have enough left over tuna to last a month! Yummy :) Right after dinner, I cleaned the kitchen again, put the left overs away and made myself comfy on the couch since Chad is snoozing in the recliner. I will shortly wake him up for dessert and to go to bed. The baby is moving more than usual tonight so I better try to go to sleep now if I want to sleep at all tonight. I'm going to miss Chad tomorrow when he's fishing but at least I'll be eating good all week! Wish me luck with waking Oscar up. Good night everyone!