June 7th

I am so thrilled to be able to have access to the internet to keep in touch with family and friends

and now... all of you!

its been so awesome reading all of your stories.

i'm happy and proud to announce that i am pregnant with my third little angel - we did find out we are having a girl and she will be entering the world in august, so it won't be long now!

my family consists of my husband and I (together over 12 years - married for ten of those!) and my baby girl - Caycee who is 7 1/2 & my son, Amonn Robert who is 4 1/2 now! we also have a beautiful chocolate lab pup who just turned one in may - he is a real sweetheart too - i do feel completely blessed and we are all very anxious to meet this new little one and welcome into our family!

my pregnancy has been pretty good so far, i do childcare out of my home, so i've been a little tired here and there, but tomorrow is my last day. then my kids and i will enjoy a fun summer together and get things ready for baby girl to arrive.

thank you for all your messages, private and all - its so great to talk to all of you... i am in a new town, we will be here a year this coming fathers day - and its the first time in our lives that we have been so far from our bestest friends and our beloved family - so the internet has become my little line of constant communication and i just love it!

take care - all of you - feel good - and enjoy the miracle of birth! (and pregnancy) ;)

Its June 13th, i had my appt yesterday with my dr... things seem to be progressing okay - i measured a couple weeks ahead, so i'm going for a 3D ultrasound a week from Monday - I guess so they can see her size and where i am at! other than that things are good with her. I am starting to get really big now - just got some more maternity clothes that are a little more comfortable (cute is out the window - haha) sleeping has been okay this week - still waking up a lot, but when asleep its pretty sound, so thats good. Not much else to report, hope everyone else is feeling good, maybe later i'll post a belly shot too - now 30 weeks!

hello... is 6/19/07

feeling okay - baby is so big now - when she moves you can see her feet and backside moving around - its quite funny! starting to get a little uncomfortable - but none the less happy to feel her move around and know she is healthy. I go in six days for my 3D ultrasound, can't wait - hopefully will post some photos of that! oh swollen feet on occasion, thats fun - esp. if i sit here typing on the computer - so i am trying to limit that some now! getting excited now for baby... thinking more about the room and will get working on that the next week or so - we have family coming to visit in the end of july - so it would be fun to have it done by then - then we will be ready for the homecoming of baby! not much else to report right now - i will post the ultrasound photos from earlier in pregnancy in my photobook part of my page, enjoy.....

June 22nd...

feeling pretty good - feel like the space in there is lessening for baby movement - but she still moves quite a bit (not as much as she was) i have my 3D ultrasound on monday morning (so glad i scheduled it for early day... as i am so excited about it) found out my friend is having a little baby shower for me in july - that is exciting and something to look forward to. my son is going to be 5 and we really don't have any baby stuff left - so a lot of my friends that are just finishing up with stuff are passing things on to us. we did the same thing when we were done with things - they hardly get used or worn - so its a great little cycle! anyway, feeling okay these days - a little tired at certain moments but just trying to relax and take it one day at a time - its going so fast now! well all of you enjoy your weekend and feel good! congrats to the new mommies this week!

hello - today is June 25th

had my drs appt today - no 3D ultrasound though - baby was just too far down and moving way too much. she was very active, as she always is - and still the regular ultrasound showed so much - too cute! i lost 4lbs, which i was surprised, but it was okay - cause i may have been retaining some extra water last time - doc said i looked great and was having an awesome pregnancy - baby is getting so big and is in position to arrive - wow! he said i will probably go more around the 11th or so, we will see! fun day with the kids seeing baby girl too! will try to post more ultrasound photos later - kind of dark - so we will see... hope everyone is feeling good enjoying the summer time!

6-26-07 Posted new photo in my photo album - 32 wk ultrasound shot -

it was a fun day yesterday!

hello - well its monday the 2nd - happy fourth early to everyone, hope you have some fun family/friend stuff planned! we are excited to be going by the river with family to watch the fireworks (they shoot them off right off the barge its cool)! i'm feeling pretty good. this weekend was pretty productive - we started getting our office cleaned out to make it more of sitting room/guest room! (still a working office too - its a nice size room, so it should work) and rick put together my rocker for the babys room, from my childhood friends, sue and cor! its so comfy - looking forward to rocking baby in there! thats about it, feeling pretty good - not as much movement as before, but when she moves - boy does she move! and i'm definitely peeing every other half hour... so... but that is the joys of the last month and a half, i guess! going on vacation soon too, so looking forward to that! not much else to report! have a great week and enjoy the 4th!

7-4-07 just wanted to wish all the mommies and mommy to be's a happy fourth of july - hope you have a great day!

7-16-07 back from vacation, had a nice time - always nice to get back home though - will have some visitors this weekend - in laws, that will be nice & my family next weekend. also my great friend Amy is having a little baby party for me this weekend - on saturday, that will be fun! feeling okay... getting ready to be done though, some practice contractions and feeling anxious now. drs appt on friday, will keep you posted. hope all the mommies are keeping well hydrated and cool this summer, take care!

7-19-07

hello everyone - well my appt was for tomorrow, i ended up going in on tuesday - nothing to worry about... had some strange numbness in my arms and legs, wanted to be sure there wasn't something i should or shouldn't be doing - plus i got sick a couple times in the last week. just normal stuff, but wanted to be sure. so for now... we are shooting for around the 15th, but if i don't go by then, i will be induced then - so we will see. the dr did say at this point if baby wants to come he won't stop the contractions - we are ready to rumble! yay! so still shooting for august - but any time now would be fine - she is big enough, around 6lbs i think now - and when she moves, boy do i know it! so she will be a nice size baby it seems! so thats the scoop for now - oh... my baby party is saturday, that sounds fun, my friend is having a little party for me - i'll let you know how it goes... she is such a sweetie! well i better go, baby is not making it all that comfortable sitting in this chair at the moment! have a great weekend everyone - we are going to set up the crib - yay!

7/21/07 - today was really fun... my girlfriend had a babyshower/party for me. it was really nice, with my new friends from w.v. and some family even - it was so cute - everything was brown and pink - loved that! got some really cute baby things, some adorable outfits and some much needed baby items - including my stroller/carseat combo thing! love it! we had a nice time and yummy cake and played some fun games too - it was so personable and just so nice! can't wait to see little baby girl in all her cute little outfits! hope everyone else had a nice saturday and everyone is feeling well! think i will sleep good this evening! have a good rest of the weekend!

7/22/07

well nearing the end here - had a really nice time yesterday. then today my husband and i went and picked up some stuff too, so i should be all set for the hospital and baby coming home too! we will see once we get everything in the room and stuff. had a nice visit with family this weekend and with friends yesterday too! starting to get a little uncomfortable at times, to be expected, i know... so hopefully baby girl might want to come a little early, i'm game for that! next appt is thursday we will see how i am progressing, bet i dilated some more - have been having some sharp quick pains and my belly is starting to feel heavy. we will see! hope everyone is enjoying their pregnancies and feeling good and all the new mommies are enjoying their little ones! take care!

7/27/07 good morning to everyone - how are all the "mommie to be's" feeling? things are going good here - drs appt went great yesterday, moving right along... we did pick a day for inducement (so that is nice to know what day i am not going to go past & its sooner then later, so that is good) very exciting day! now i am anxious - time to get that bag packed for the hospital (picked up my secret stash of candy for the stay.... :) ! yum) anyway, just a little more than two weeks to go. everyone is so excited for this little one, that makes me feel so fuzzy inside! glad that its so welcomed and can't wait to see her little face!

hope everyone has a great weekend, anyone having babies... have great deliveries, anyone still growing baby inside... hope you have some good night sleeps... and for those of you bringing baby home - congrats!! what a great time in your life - best of everything to my online friends! :)

8/7/07 - hello everyone, i'm trying to be good about journaling about the pregnancy - its tough, i love visiting the vip chat and going back and forth with the girls i've come to know... So today i figured i would update real quick. I'm feeling okay - can definitely see a change in myself this last week - i don't think i'm extra crabby or anything, just uncomfortable and getting really tired and stuff like that. Trying to get organized around the house. The crib is up and ready for a baby - the dressar is filling up slowly but surely and the car seat/stroller combo thing came last week (its so cool). Also got my bag pretty much packed last night - oh and a tip to all - make sure you pack two outfits for babys homecoming because with both my little girl and little boy - they were too long for the newborn outfit i brought. Now this little one isn't coming late like they did - but i still packed two, just in case. Guess thats about it - not sure if i will go on my own before monday or not, guess thats the fun waiting game part of it all. If not monday it is... i'll keep everyone posted, maybe i'll post some photos of baby stuff from the room and all - later on... i hope to take some to send to family and friends via email, since i'm so far from home, its fun to share! well have a great day and hope everyone is feeling well (and good luck to my two online friends April whose delivering today and deanna whose delivering tomorrow) lots of love to them!

august 24th....

so sorry i have been unable to communicate with everyone - we have been so busy and not home much. Poor lil Charlotte's bilirubin count has been so high, we were readmitted to the hospital for four days and now we are back everyday (and living in a small town, it takes forever to get back and forth... most of the day by the time she has her blood work) so i wanted to let you know i was thinking of all of you and hope you are well. I posted a photo of her for you to see & i'll be back on line soon, when things slow down around here! take care and enjoy the rest of your pregnancy - feel good! :) Chrissi

charlotte is feeling better and her bilirubin number is going down, our everyday trips to the hospital are done now - we go back in two weeks for a checkup. she gets sweeter and sweeter everyday and looks just like her daddy! yay! she is a great sleeper and we are working on getting back on to the nursing now that she is feeling better - thanks for checking in and thanks for all the hellos!! have a great weekend 8-31-07

for some reason some of my stuff is off my page... things are going good now - charlotte is awesome. my sister lives with us now, big change - a new born and a teenager - wow - she needed a place to go and needs help getting headed in the right direction... we are working on it! thats what family is for, right?! anyway, hope everyone is feeling good - we are excited to be going home to nj this weekend for charlottes christening and caycees 8th birthday party! how awesome! i'm sure i'll have photos to post! feel good and keep me posted how your doing! 10/03/07

Friday, 30 Nov