Dates to remember

September 11th, 2001

Wow has it 7 years already since this tragic thing has happened? I think back to what I was doing that day, and what WAS I doing? Ditching school of course. It just so happened that I decided not to go to school on that lovely Junior year day of mine. I was watching T.V. and it was broad casted on every channel. I didn't really know what was going on because I was very ignorant about what the twin towers were but I just knew something bad had happened. My dad called me that day and was flipping out thinking that the schools had sent everyone home for some reason, when it was only me home. :) I later figured out how traumatic it was.

A couple of years later, July 2007, Brittany Youngclaus and I were able to visit the site in New York on July 4Th. It was very sad to see all the damage there but exciting to see all the new construction that was happening. The Freedom Tower will be a remarkable landmark and hope to visit it when it is complete.

Americans know how to fight back. Go USA!


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November 4th, 2008

Another note on Americans fighting back

Californians we need to fight
VOTE YES on PROP 8

It is the constitutional amendment that we are trying to get passed in CA that will add to our state constitution that
"Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized in the state of California."

Thank you to all those wonderful people who are fighting for this, and doing everything that they can, by either calling people or knocking on doors, or who are on some kind of committee, or have donated money. You are wonderful people.

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November 4th, 2008

And while I'm talking about politics, I'll put my 2 cents in for McCain/ Palin. You guys Rock.
You got my vote.

Lifehouse

Rob received a few tickets to the Lifehouse concert at the Madera Fair last Friday and I like Lifehouse so we decided to go. Our seats were sec A row 4. They were pretty dang good seats. We had a good time. We were lucky enough to get a great free parking spot and walk right in. They sounded great too. It was a fun date night.




The only bummer thing was I brought my camera but left my camera chip in the car so my pictures were from my phone. Lame I know. Oh well.

34 weeks already?

Time has really flown by. It is so unbelievable that I will have a baby in about 6 weeks (hopefully sooner than that).

my 34 week check up went smoothly as usual.

The great thing is I only gained 1.5 lbs in 2 weeks. AMAZING!

Blood pressure: 114/80

pulse: 85

height of "Fundus": 33

Maycee's heart rate: 144bpm

I took an iron test last week and surprisingly the stats came out normal. I thought that I was was a little anemic.

And... my stomach has been tightening up a little bit now and then and the doc said that it was a little bit of braxton hicks. SCARY! It's only getting closer. Thank goodness there havn't been cramps, just tightening.

On another note, I found this in "American Baby" magazine the other day.

Does this really happen?

Robbie G my LOVE...

I came home to this the other day. Rob, you really are cool, and your going to be a great dad.

Thank you for being such an amazing supporter/ husband/ snuggler/ foot massager/ cook/ listener/ etc. You are so cool in so many ways. Thanks for being there at every appointment, and every ultrasound. I love you baby.

Thank you

3D/4D ultrasound 33 weeks

Wow! What an experience. I totally recommend this for everyone that is pregnant, but go before your 34 weeks. Maycee was so squished in there that we couldn't get the best pics, but we still got some good ones. These ones were my favorits.

(Same pic in color and B&W)

the Tec guy thought SHE looked like me. Same nose and mouth. BuT, she does have Robs feet. Look at that longer 2nd toe. That is a Rob thing. :)

Anyway she comes she's our little angel

I coundn't believe how real it was. I will be able to see her for real soon.

Love you Maycee

33 weeks

Riddle me this...

A test of Applied Creativity

(Richard, the boy I watch, gave me this test after school today.)
How well did you do?

1. Do they have a 4th of July in England?
2. How many birthdays does the average person have?
3. If you had a match and entered a room in which there was a kerosene lamp, an oil lamp, and a wood burning stove, which would you light first?
4. Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
5. A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many does the farmer have left?
6. Two men were playing chess. They played 5 games and each won the same number of games with out any draws. How is this possible?
7. Take 2 apples from 3 apples, what do you have?
8. Which word in this sentence is misspelled?
9. Which is correct: 8 and 8 IS 15, or 8 and 8 ARE 15?
10. A little dog and a big dog are walking down a path. The little dog is the big dogs son. The big dog is not the little dog's father. Who is the big dog?


Hint: Don't think to hard. :)

32 Week check up

Well just as usual everything is GREAT. yea!!!

Maycee is still in there and going strong. She has really grown so much. She kicks me in the ribs :) and jumps on my bladder :) and does cheerleader moves all over the place :)

Yea, maybe she really will be my little cheerleader. :)

And don't forget all the hiccups in there. :)

Maycee's stats

height of "fundus" - 32cm (right on track with my 32 weeks)

heart rate - 146bmp

My stats

blood pressure - 108/68

pulse - 76 bpm

and I have gained 29 lbs. (yikes)

I passed my glucose test, I don't have gestational diabetes :)

I am now into my Dr. visits being every 2 weeks. Its getting so close.

I have been having some weird cravings,

Ice, want to chew it all the time

Love the smell of chlorine and want to drink the pool water

and I want to eat comet every time I clean something

and of course cold cereal is still on my list too.

I don't have any clue why the weird stuff.

On sleeping, well it's been alright. Thanks to my body pillows, thanks Katie and Aimee, I have have pretty ok sleeps. I do wake up to go to the bathroom room about once a night but mostly I wake up in the morning with a little bit of a back ache.

I waddle everywhere and if I walk a lot in one day my feet ache the next day and I can't even walk on them. Thank goodness Rob has been so great to rub my feet. I love you baby.

Brittany sent of the invites to the shower. They turned out so cute. Thanks Brit