Family Photos Part 3

This picture is of a couple from my hometown of Savona that I called my "Other Mom and Dad" and they called me their "adopted daughter." I haven't seen them in two years and I sure miss them.

Family Photo's Part 2

This is a picture of my Mom with her beloved Dog, Lucky who lives here at our house. The pic was taken back in October.











This picture is of my Dad & sister at Christmas time

Family Photos

This picture is from the day after our wedding. I am so blessed to call all these people my neices and nephews. You are all wonderful and I love you dearly!
This picture is from our wedding. I married into an amazing, kind and loving family. These are all my brothers & sisters-in- law along with Mom and Dad! WOW - from a tiny family to this...I am SO lucky! I love you guys and thank you so much for welcoming me into the family with open arms.

9 Weeks and 1 Day

How your baby's growing: Your new resident is nearly an inch long — barely the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce, but he's poised for rapid weight gain now that his basic physical structure is in place. He's also starting to look more and more human. His embryonic "tail" is now completely gone and his body parts — including organs, muscles, and nerves — are kicking into gear.His eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. He has earlobes, and by week's end, the inner workings of his ears will be complete. His upper lip is fully formed, too, and his mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The tips of his fingers are slightly enlarged where his touch pads are developing. All major joints — his shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees, and ankles — are working, enabling your baby to move his limbs. As for his heart, it has divided into four chambers now, and the valves have started to develop. External sex organs are there, but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks.

The weekend

On Friday we had friends over for dinner that we hadn't seen in a really long time. It was good to see them again.

On Saturday Mark spent pretty much the entire day working on the Grand Prix. He put new brakes all around and rotors on the front. Works so much better now and wow - no more squeeking!!!!

Last night we just relaxed and watched tv.

This morning we were very lazy and didn't get out of bed until noon. Gotta love mornings like that!! :-)

We picked up the lobster around 1ish.

After that my friend called and she needed to get out of the house and for a bit so we picked her up and went to the Farmers Market.

After that we dropped her off, picked up a few things from the grocery store and headed home.

We cleaned out the fridge and then we had a feast of lobster....MMMM it was sooooooooo good! Dad really enjoyed it too. Thank you Jerry!!!!!

After dinner I headed to church - and the sermon was about overcoming worry and anxiety...a good one for me to hear!

Philippians 4:6-7 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus"

Well - that's about it for tonight.

We hope everyone is doing good!

Well, today was kind of a stressful.
I had a doctor's appointment and then had to have more bloodwork done. Both times I was waiting for over half an hour just to get in!

I have lost a few pounds in the last month! And today was the worst day yet as far as the nausea and the smells...ooh my sense of smell is sooooooooooooooo crazy now. I went into the grocery store today and OMG I could hardly stand the smell! The doors and all the windows have to be open when cooking and afterwards for awhile until the smells go away. It's frigin crazy!

So, after the doctors, the lab, the grocery store, the gas station, looking for a job, I finally got to go home.

The silver lining for me is my amazing, adorable, supportive and loving husband. I love him so very much and thank God everyday that I have him in my life!!!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

We just wanted to wish my Mom a very happy birthday. I called her today but only talked to her for a minute because she was in a restaurant with some friends.

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, Happy birthday my dear Mom...happy birthday to you!!

Love you!!

Picture

I am going to slowly post some pictures of family and friends...

I will start with this picture which was taken a few weeks ago when Judy & fam were here.
This was taken in Lake Louise. What a beautiful picture of Judy with her two baby brothers :-)

Productive Day

First of all I wanted to say thank you to those of you who took the time to leave a comment or send me an e-mail. Very nice to hear from you!

Today was a pretty good day actually. We got up early-ish and mowed the lawns and trimmed the front tree and wow - what an improvement!! The yard looks nice again.

Mark went to a car show this afternoon because Cliff had his car in it. He had a really good time.

While he was gone I did some cleaning up around the house and then Rocco and I layed down for a nap. I am just sooooooooooooooooooo tired these days! Everytime Dad comes upstairs I am laying on the couch with a blanket wrapped around me and either watching tv or sleeping.

We had hamburgers for dinner tonight. I made them and Mark barbequed them. Pretty yummy.

After dinner I got ready and picked up my friend Susan and we went to church. The sermon was really good and afterwards we got a drink and chatted in the little cafe in the church.

Tomorrow we have a busy day so we'd best head to bed soon.

Goodnight all & God bless!

What a day!

Today started off not so well because I didn't sleep very much last night and I am very tired today.

I got a call from the doctors office this morning saying that they had the results of my ultrasound and wanted me to come in to discuss them....well normally the walk-in clinics don't call you unless something is wrong so needless to say I was a teeny tiny bit worried even though the lady who did the ultrasound said things were good.

My Dad needed to get a prescription filled too, so I asked him to come along. Now listen to this...I had a shower, fixed my hair and my face and he STILL WASN'T READY!!! I guess my Dad is one of those rare guys...he sure took a long time. Of course, it's partially to do with that pony tail of his - it has to be JUST right when he is going out in public...HAHAHAHA!!

We finally got to the clinic and then waited for half an hour. I finally get called into the examination room and the doctor comes in and asks what I am there for so I tell him. He searches all through the chart but can find no ultrasound results and well I was getting kinda annoyed so I suggested that he go and talk to the girls out front. He came back in with a big grin on his face and handed me the sheet.

It said that baby is doing well thusfar and on Monday was approximately 11 mm long and that the fetal heartbeat was detected at 135 bpm. So then we talked a little bit about how I've been feeling and if I'm eating the right things and all that. So, everything is fine but he said I should rest as much as possible right now because the first three months are crutial.

Well - I have plenty of time for rest right now being unemployed and all :-(

The examination is over and I head out the door and there is my Dad in the room beside me pacing back and forth because he is bored and hates waiting. I chatted with him until the doctor came in and headed next door to the grocery store.

I bought watermelon - MMMMM I LOVE watermelon!!

Anyway, so I did that, Dad got his prescription filled and we headed home. Fixed a quick lunch and Dad decided that he wanted lasanga for dinner...so back to the grocery store we went for cottage cheese and such.

While we were there my sister called and when she found out that Dad was out and about she asked me to bring him over to her house as he's NEVER been there before!! So, that's what I did...we went over there and spent a few minutes and then Kell came back with us. She didn't come alone though...she is looking after this Boxer, a white boxer, oh so adorable but is deaf. Anyways, so they came back here and he and Rocco had a good ol time playin around in the yard and in the house.

Kellie's boyfriend, Jamie came over just before dinner...mmm lasanga was so good but I was so disappointed in myself...I could hardly eat any! Damn why can't I be turned off food when I am trying to lose weight - it would make things so much easier!! LOL.

Mark talked to his sister Ethel and told her the news...cept she had ALREADY heard! Hmm...who spilled the beans??????????? Now we are just waiting for Maggie to call us back, hopefully tonight before she finds out too...or maybe she already knows?????

Well, I suppose I have rambled on long enough for one night.

Chat later...love you guys!!