8 MONTHS!!!

I am eight months now and still can't believe that a little on will be here in a short time. Jeff and I have started preparing the condo for the little one. We rented a storage spot to hold some of our wedding items that we wanted to keep but can't not use until we have a bigger place and are starting to look at rearranging the room to accommodate the baby stuff. Today I started putting some of our items in storage, don't worry it was nothing heavier then 20 pounds. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks we will finish putting the rest of the stuff in storage and modify the room. I guess the next question is when is it time for me to let go of the past. I have been going through some of my high school and even elementary school stuff and can't seem to let go of it. I mean they are just here for memory not for any use or anything I would hang on my wall anymore. It is hard to let go of the past especially when I find so many nice and funny memories from the artifacts.

Jennie

Just Touch the Belly!!!

HAHAHA!!! Now I don't have a problem with people touching or even talking to the belly. In the beginning I thought I would (OK . . . Kevin, you were the first person other then Jeff and my parents to touch the belly at two months, which did freak me out a little). Besides that, I am OK with people coming up and putting there hand on the belly and saying Hi to the baby. I think the funny thing is that people will come up and start rubbing the belly and without realizing it I will start rubbing their belly. I have yet had a stranger come up to me and start rubbing or touch the belly, now that might freak me out a little since I don't know them. If anyone is wondering people are allow to touch the belly and let the baby know your there because trust me the baby lets me know that he/she is there all the time.

Our puppy is so BIG

So she is not big like a great dane or even a golden retriever but looking back at the pictures from when we first brought her home she has grown so much. Izzy is now 5 months and yesterday got her first grooming. The groomers said she was a little terror because she was not use to clippers and scissors. I told that is why I what her to start her grooming now so she gets use to it. Next week for Izzy is puppy training class, this should be fun since we are still having a hard time teaching her to come on command. More details to come . . .

Weekends and Energy

The last few months I have been working nothing but weekends and I must say that it hasn't been to bad working them. I mean weekends are more crazy with clients coming in and cases that are at the hospital but I really thought that the pressure of not seeing my loved ones and trying to fit in the time to make appearances would be to much, especially when I am pregnant. In all actuality I have used my energy wisely so far and I am able to still help out in a lot of areas at work. Now what I can't help is knowing that March is almost here and my weekends are for me to fill with activities. Not like I don't have enough of my weekends planned out to begin with. I hope that the energy stays with me until the very end of the pregnancy and I do have to thank Allison Goldsworthy for the Fit Mama video she let me barrow because I believe it is helping me keep my body in shape and helping me through these last couple of months of the pregnancy. Salsa dancing when pregnant is so much fun.

Jennie

Many Thoughts

OK . . . so in the very beginning Jeff and I kept asking the question, Are we really ready for this little one that is going to be coming in our lives? We ponder the thought of being parents and both know that even though people thought we were ready and that we would make great parents, we really felt unprepared to be parents. My one true fear in life is that I would not be a parent that my child needed. That is the one thing that scared me the most is that my one failure in life is not raising my child to respect others and be their own person at the same time. Would my child follow in Gods footsteps? All these questions that go through my head and work there way into scaring me at night sometimes. Jeff and I at one point thought we had a handle on this emotion but the other day we went baby registering at Babies-R-Us and found our selfs scared out of our minds. Not to mention overwhelmed in the thought of what we need to prepare the house and our selves with for the baby. Jeff and I had some sort of practice with Lexi, Kyle and Jacob sometimes but we were hoping for more practice moments before we even thought of having a little one of our own. I know Jeff and I will be fine and I thank those people who were willing to listen to us and give us some helpful pointers. So this message is more of a ramble session then anything else. Thanks for your time.

Jennie