Time Flies...

Baby Jason is truly growing like a weed! HE is getting so big. I feel like we just brought him home from the hospital yesterday and he is already grown up. On the other hand, he is starting to show more of a personality. He is so sweet and that little smile of his just melts my heart.

I am so ready for summer to get here. I went ahead and enrolled for a summer class in June. I figured it would keep me busy and give me some grown up time. I am trying to keep my 4.0 through Grad school. One to be a member of Kappa Delta Phi and Two so I can stand up when they call the 4.0 GPAs at graduation. I want special ropes this time! :)

I have been scrapping up a stprm lately. I have an abundance of pictures so I figured I should probably get started on some of them. Here are just a few pages I have done lately.

Life is Good!

Wow! It is amazing how busy you get at the end of a pregnancy. It only gets busier when the baby actually gets here! Baby Jason is finally here! He was born on February 21st, 2009. He weighed 7 pounds and 14 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. I am so happy he is finally here!

I feel like I have waited forever. Motherhood is not exactly everything I was expecting. I love this little guy more than life itself, but I never imagined how hard this was going to be. I hate being up in the wee hours of the morning and having a screaming child that has been fed, changed, burped, rocked, and all sorts of other things and still not know how to console him. I feel like a bad mom for feeling like I already need a break. I should be greatful and know how blessed I am to have a child. I just feel a little overwhelmed. I have no idea how I am going to be able to keep things up when I go back to work. I really hope he gets into a routine before then.

Here are some of my favorite pictures that we have taken so far of our little man:

Blessings...

Life is full of blessings. There are small ones, big ones, and the ones that come in disguise ;) I have been extremely overwhelmed with all of the blessings in my life recently. My mother found this amazing house right down the road from her. We have our family so close by. We both have really good jobs. Most importantly, we have this little boy growing inside of me. With every wiggle and tickle I get more and more anxious. I can not wait to meet my little man.

I have been super busy lately, but I am looking forward to this Thanksgiving break. We will be staying in Chickasha, so I am hoping to get all of my grading caught up, and get lots of scrappy time in. I am so excited! December 6th Katie and I are going to a Christmas Card/Cookie/Secret Santa exchange and stay all night to crop. I am hoping to have some pictures of the house up soon.

Until next time please keep us in your prayers. I am begining to feel the strain on my pelvic region and my swelling is ok, but not 100% better. I have to go get my glucose test on Tuesday, please pray that everything will be normal and I won't pass out when they take my blood.

Love,
Jess <3

So busy!

Things have been so busy around here lately I haven't had much time to check in. We have finally moved in to our new house in Chickasha. I am so happy and I love how everything is coming together. The drive back and forth to work isn't as bad as I thought it would be. The only part I do not like is driving back and forth to Edmond for school, so in the future I will be making class night one night a week instead of 2.

I am now 25 weeks pregnant this Friday. I can really feel the baby now when he moves. It is so exciting to know that we will have a little one with us in less than three months! His furniture hasn't arrived yet, but as soon as it does and we get it put together I will be posting pics of the baby room.

I actually had a little time to sit down and scrap tonight. I am going to start trying to do the daily challenges at Just 4 Keeps. One to try and get caught up with scrapping before the baby comes and two so I can try to earn the most scrappy points and get 20 dollars free next time I visit the store! That would be awesome and great incentive to go up there! :)

Here is the page I did tonight. It was for Jessica's Friday challenge. The theme was "Think Big, Dream Big". I have been so consumed with thinking about this baby lately I decided to get some of my thoughts out on paper to look at in the future. Here is the layout:

The Results Are In...

Yay I went to the doctor on October 7th, and I am pleased as punch to announce to you that we are having a beautiful baby boy. I am so happy! I kinda knew all along that we would have a boy. I wanted a girl but as long as he is healthy I will be ecstatic. He is already ornery just like his daddy! He does not like being poked with a doppler or ultrasound contraption. He kept trying to kick off the machine and go hide in my pelvic region. He waved at his parents and made the most precious little sucking motions. I am so happy to be a mommy! This is going to be such a life changing thing, but I know that I am ready for it. Until next time...

Please pray for baby Jason that he will continue to grow healthily.

-Pray for his mommy and daddy that we will get everything ready to move and not get too stressed out in the process.

Love,
Jess<3

A Whirlwind Weekend!

Holy guacamole! Who knew that such life changing decisions could be made in one weekend. If you want to know the story I suppose I should start at the beginning, so here goes...

Friday morning, my mom calls me when I am on my way to school. "Hey Jess! I think I have found a solution to your saving money and moving here!" I was shocked! I was like "what are you talking about?" She told me that she was going to buy a house and we could move into it and pay rent for what our mortgage is now while still saving money to eventually buy land and build our dream home. I didn't know what to say! It was exciting to think that I could possibly be moving home and then it was scary because I had to get Jason on board for it to happen. I called Jason after I got off the phone with mom and told him about the proposition. He didn't like the idea and frankly wasn't too thrilled about it. I called my mom and asked her to meet us for dinner that night with an example of what she might buy so we could see what she was talking about.

That night we met for dinner and mom brought a print out of a house. She beings by saying that she really feels that God wouldn't have blessed her in this way if he didn't want her to help other people and she proceeds to tell us that she has bought this very house! It looks really nice on the outside and we were intrigued. Mom told us that she had made an appointment to see it on Saturday at 1:30 if we wanted to come and look at it. I was super excited and Jason got to see the demensions and specs of the house and he was also interested.

Saturday we meet in Chickasha and have an awesome lunch at Pawpaws! Good burgers go a long way! We then go over to the house to look at it. The outside is gorgeous and the yard is immaculate. There is already a fenced in yard for the puppies and a cute little covered deck on the back to sit out on. When we finally get the key and go inside I am awestruck! This house is amazing! There are the most beautiful beams and woodwork. A huge living/seating/dining area greets you right when you walk in. Now I don't know if you know this but men are very visual creatures. Jason is already turned off by this woman's eclectic style. I must admit she had a very random mish mash of furniture and knic knacks everywhere, but I could see the potential. I kept trying to describe my vision to Jason so he would know what we could do with a place like that. Plus we would be like 4 blocks away from my mom and David. They would be able to help us tremendously with the baby coming and all. I wanted this house!

That afternoon, Jason goes hunting with the boys and mom and I go shopping for maternity clothes. We worried all afternoon about how Jason would decide. I just knew that he would way the pros and cons and eventually see that this was the best choice for our family right now. The men finally came home around 7:30 that night and we were all enjoying some great SOONER football and discussing what we could do with the house. I finally get up the nerve to "jokingly" ask "so, when are we going to move into this thing?" Mom says she closes on the house on the 15th and we could move in anytime after that. So Jason says I don't have anything going on this month and finals aren't til december. I was shocked! He just said we were doing this!

So long story short...we are moving back to my home town November 1st and 2nd. YAY!

Please keep us in you prayers and keep little peanut in them as well. We get to go for our next ultrasound on October the 7th and figure out if Peanut is a he or she. Yay! I can't wait!

NO WATER!!!!

How can a school of over 600 children and 50 teachers and staff run wwith no water you ask? Very carefully is all I can say. We were right in the middle of our reading block this morning around 10:00 when our lovely secretary came on the intercom and told us to NOT let the kids go to the restroom the men building the addition to our building had struck the water pipe and the water had to be shut off. WHAT?!?!?! I am pregnant and don't you know that when you tell me I have to hold it makes me have to go even worse? I tried to be calm and just ignore it, but around 11 the nurse (who is also pregnant) came knocking on my door. "Ms. Violett told me to come down here and pick you up so we can go somewhere to use the restroom." Let me tell you I almost cried! I had to go very badly by then and I was willing to go to any potty at that point. Well the water never turned back on all day and our lovely district waited until 2 to bring out porta potties. Thank you OKCPS. Just as I was getting ready to leave I got word that the water turned back on. Thank God! I did not want to be bussed to Roosevelt tomorrow. I swear, there is never a dull day at John Adams Elementary.

As for Peanut, I am so ready to find out what it is! It is litterally driving me crazy! I hope I can convince the Dr. to atleast tell me the sex. My doctor's appointment is officially one week away. Yay!!!