Jacelyn's Journey

Here is my first attempt to an iMovie!  I hope all of you enjoy.

Hola!

Hola to everyone that is enjoying the sunshine!  

This morning mom and dad left to go to Florida for like 10 days.  Last year at this time Lindsay and I were in Florida laying by the pool soaking up the rays.  Auh if only I was not in my third trimester you know where I would be!  My brother caught a flight to Florida to visit my parents too.  He will be there till Wednesday!  YES I am so jealous.  Nicole is in Aruba and my aunt and uncle are in Florida.   I love going away in February!  Next year Florida here we come!

ROCKIN OUT!

Yesterday after the baby shower Nick & Nicole, Mike & Deidra, Steve & Lindsay, Wally, and Devon came over to help load everything into the house and put a couple of things together.  Wally brought over ROck BaNd, we ordered Chinese Food and we ROCKED OUT!  It was like we were all little kids again!

Nick gets the award for the most dramatic Boy ROcker!  He could do it all!

Mike was the best drummer!

Wally gets the award for the best One-Armed Rock STAR!

Deidra was the best Psycho Killer vocalist...Fa Fa Fa fa fa

It took him a while but Steve gave the guitar a try later in the night!

Lindsay is the Rock Band Lifer!  She loved the game and she got really good fast!

Pat gets the award for the best effort!  He tried real hard.  And me, I was the vocalist for most of the night.  Jacey loved it!  My favorite song that I sang was SpiderWeb by No Doubt.

So after our second class this morning, we came home and Gram and Mom and Dad were helping to get our changing table put together.  That thing came in a million pieces!

We love it!  Thanks Mom and Dad for putting it together!  

Oh Happy Day!

On Saturday Pat and I woke up bright and early to go to Dover for the first of two Preparing for Childbirth classes.  We had to be there for 8:00 am.  I thought the class was worth the time.  We got a tour of the Birthing Center which was nice!  When we got out of our class Pat rushed me home to get me to our baby shower.  

I ran in the house to change and freshen up and Pat brought me over to my mom's house.  It was so exciting to see everyone!

Here is a picture of Pat and I when we walked in!

There were so many wonderful gifts!  It felt like Christmas! 

 There was also lots of yummy food!

Pat had some time to visit with Saige.  She was such a good helper!

After I opened a couple of gifts I cut the cake.  It was adorable!

We also played a few games!  Nanny was right on when everyone had to guess at how round I was.  Everyone else guessed way too big.

So this picture symbolizes my creative family and friends.  Nanny is always trying to give me items to help clutterize my house even though she knows that I don't enjoy collecting stuff.  I do appreciate Nanny thinking of me but this plate is so not my style!  So I ended up telling her that I would pass on the plate.  Sorry Nanny if I hurt your feelings.  The hat is a gift from my Gram-Up-the-Hill.  Again something that I thought was thoughtful but can you see me wearing this hat?  And the shirt...you can't see it great but Lindsay tried to iron on the word baby with an arrow pointing at my stomach and the iron sizzled the shirt and created an iron mark in the background!  I just thought this was the funniest thing!  Thanks Lindsay for thinking of me.

Thanks girls for throwing me such a wonderful shower!  And thank you everyone for all of the wonderful gift!  Pat and Jacey say thank you too!

Just the Right Size!

Hi Everyone!  Just wanted to let you know that I am doing just fine in here.  Pat (mom & I's favorite midwife) who has a rat tail that is probably 18 inches long measured mom's tummy and it measured right on target.  It was about 33 inches from the bottom of her belly where my head is all the way to the top of her belly where my feet are.  It is suppose to measure the number of weeks pregnant you are.  Pat told mom that I am probably going to be in this position until I come out to visit all of you.  Believe me, I am in here, there is not much room to do anything.  Too bad mom couldn't be a little taller to give me some more room. So anyways my heart is still racing pretty fast, about 150 beats per minute.  

All is going well and mom is recovering from her cold! YEAH!

The Wedding!

Yesterday Nicole's sister Ashley got married!  So yesterday morning I went over to the Huckins' house to help in any way that I could.  I took lots of pictures of everyone getting ready, ran some errands and made sure everyone had something in their stomachs.  

It was so fun because it reminded me of last June 28th when we were all getting ready for Nick & Nicole's wedding.

  

I just love wedding days.  Around noon time I left to come home and find a dress I could wear to the ceremony in Rochester at the Immanual Church. The church was beautiful and I loved all of the red and whites for Valentine's Day.  When I got there Nick escorted me to my seat and awaited the big moment.

  

Everyone looked gorgeous! Ashley was a beautiful bride! 

An Unforgettable Day

Last night Pat had his Valentine's Masacre basketball game. It has been Winter Carinal all week for his players and tonight was the end.  The walls were decorated, the fans were pumped and Pat was nervous like usual.  

The game didn't start out so well.  Nute came out on fire and the Tigers seemed to let the Rams take over.  By the end of the first quarter the score was 22-1.  Yup I think Pat & Mike wanted to crawl into a hole.  Fans were talking about leaving and I was wishing that I was at Ashley & Jimmy's wedding.

Slowly Farmington started to get back into the game.  The seniors stepped it up and soon they were only down by 10.  At the end of the third quarter they were only down by 11.  They kept their spirits high and worked hard to come back and take the win!  Yeah I was so happy for the players and for Pat.  When they played Nute in the Christmas Tourney it was not good.  But tonight someone was on their side thank goodness.

Pat has worked so hard with these guys this season.  It is always nice when hard work pays off and the reward is finally delivered.  Because we all know he doesn't do it for the money or the improvement of our marriage!  He he.  

On Monday they go to Nute to play them again.  Let's only hope that Farmington comes out to play from the get-go!  

There were also some nice flowers for me on the table earlier too!  Thanks BABE!

Hello Out There!

Hi everyone!  Here I am growing rapidly and running out of room by the day.  Lately I have actually been in the opposite position of this picture.  My piggies have been getting caught up under mom's ribs and my lil fingers have been tickling mom's bladder.  I am definitely growing in every way.  I am now about 18 inches from head to toe and I weigh about 3 1/2 pounds.  My lungs are now capable of taking in air and breathing.  My ears are fully developed and I can hear mom's voice all day long yelling at her "little pain in the butt" third graders.  I also have to be careful because my fingernails have now reached the end of my fingers and I can scratch myself if I'm not careful.

Everyone prepare yourselves! I only have about 59 more days in here! 

SURPRISE!!

                                                 

LINDSAY

                                            

Thursday was Lindsay's last day working in Manchester for the Teamsters' Union.  For quite a while she has been looking for other jobs closer to home and something at a big corporation.  She finally found it after lots of stressful interviews including a three hour interview.

So on Monday she starts an 8:30-4:30 job at the Portsmouth branch of Liberty Mutual.  She is super excited but nervous at the same time.

Steve had a great idea to get everyone together to celebrate!  So that is what we did!  

After our Pee Wee Basketball Night games we all surprised her by showing up at her house with goodies!  

Lindsay's parents stopped by along with Nick & Nicole, Wally, Craig and Pat and I. 

Thankfully Nicole was able to drink with Linds and get silly.  

Lindsay lost her other drinkin' partners temporarily!

Somehow Lindsay managed to drink an entire bottle of Mojito!  We had so much fun!  I can't remember the last time we laughed as hard at we did last night.

GOOD LUCK ON MONDAY LINDSAY!

My COMPLETE Makeover!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7th

My day started with getting on all of my snow gear and heading over the Nicole's for another snowshoeing adventure.  This time Nick was not going and we were going to walk on groomed trails, thank goodness! The weather was gorgeous and Trey had a blast.

Once we finished Nicole had promised me a pedicure!  I couldn't say no, my feet were not in very good shape.  

She cut up a whole pineapple so I could snack while I had my pedicure.  It would have been really nice to have a Mimosa.

I started by soaking my feet in nice warm soapy yummy smelling water. 

Then Nicole put a scrub on my feet and took off all of the dead skin. 

Trey had a blast watching me get my pedicure and being bitten by Sadie!

            Nicole gives great pedicures!  She gave me one the night before my wedding too!

  She cut my toenails, pushed back my cuticles and painted my toenail pink.

I was about to leave Nicole's because my pedicure was complete but then Bre called and wanted to come over to cut my hair.  At that very moment I said, "And color too!"  I haven't colored my hair since I was in high school.  I guess it was just one of those days.  In no time she had my hair cut and colored and she gave in bangs!  Wow totally high school.  It is going to take some time to get used to them but it will be all good.  I felt like I had a wig on when I looked in the mirror for the first time!

Thanks everyone for a wonderful day!  I love all of you!

Congratulations Dave & Krystle!

Daddy DAVE!!! It looks so natural!

Yeah! Late last night Nathalie and Brie came into the world with a good healthy pair of lungs.  Everyone is doing well and they are hoping to go home tomorrow.  They were both around 5 lbs and a couple weeks early.  Dave said that he is loving holding the girls.  He also said he hasn't slept in 3 full days.  Yikes.  On Sunday Lindsay & Steve are going to visit so hopefully Pat and I can join them.  I will take lots more pictures and have more exact information. 

 This is Brie!  What a little peanut! 

Wow aren't they so tiny!  I am getting super excited.

Ewww, Yuk, GROSS!

Auhhhhh, I was just talking with my mom on the phone and all of a sudden I felt wetness on my shirt touch my boob! How could this be? I thought. I let my mom go and ran to the bathroom. Auuhhh my right boob is leaking and making a wet spot on my gray shirt. This is so repulsive!
Oh the glory of being PREGO!

Yeah for Monday!

Mondays are usually not fun at all due to the start of a new week and I never seem to sleep well on Sunday nights.  Well this Monday was different.  It was a pretty good day all around!

1. I went to my doctor appointment nice and early before work.  All went well, I really liked the doctor I saw.  These appointments are getting a little repetitive and boring though.  I do the same thing every time: check-in, weigh-in, pee in a cup, tell them that everything is going fine, lay on the chair so that the doctor can listen to Jacelyn's heartbeat (this part is still fun) and check-out.  I was only in the office for 20 minutes at the most.

2. Pat won in his football pool!  He had the last score change!

3. Pat won his first basketball game by 12 points!  They actually beat a team that they had previously lost to by 3.  He was pumped and I was too.  

4. I slept like a log on Sunday night and felt super energized when I woke up. I don't even think I got up once to go to the bathroom!

5.  Mom got to feel Jacelyn kick for the first time!  She has been really active lately and I think she is becoming less shy.  Nicole got to feel her on Saturday night and Lindsay felt her roll over on Sunday while we watched the SuperBowl at their house.  Pretty soon I will have to take video of what my stomach looks like when she moves.  It is very weird.

6. Monday was the start of week 30.  I am 3/4 of the way through my pregnancy!  I can do it!