Thank you

I appreciate the sweet comments about our exciting news. We are still in shock a little bit...it just doesn't seem real yet. Which is actually quite odd considering I'm back on the vomiting wagon again.

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Yep, I thought I had dodged that bullet, but apparently God was just giving me a little break those first 2 weeks. I was sick every single hour on the hour when I was 8 weeks pregnant with Presley. Until yesterday, I had only gotten sick in the morning, and just stayed nauseous throughout the day.

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Well...today it began. As of right now, 10:24 p.m., I have managed to get sick today on 11 different occasions...12 if you count the episode at 12:30 this morning. It pretty much happened every two hours. Ironically, I'm taking it better than I did with Presley. I was an emotional wreck and borderline depressed with Presley. I bawled my eyes out every single day for about 3/4 months, spent most of my evenings camped out on the bathroom floor, and managed to solely survive on watermelon alone. It was awful. But today hasn't been that big of an issue. Honestly, my only complaint really is that my throat is on FIRE, which ironically makes me feel like I still need to throw-up. Weird.

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So I've been saying a few prayers that this will be the extent of my so-called "morning sickness." Until then, it looks like I'm back to eating watermelon... and maybe a few Popsicles.

A little riddle for ya

What do you get when you take this...

and this....

plus me?!

That's right!

Little P is going to be a big sister!

The big day is November 22nd, two days before Thanksgiving! Definitely something to be thankful for!

Walkin'...well, ridin'...in Memphis

My sister came in town for a quick visit this weekend. I swear all we did was eat, eat, and eat a little more. In 48 hours, we managed to eat out for every. single. meal. By the time Sunday night rolled around, I thought I was going to explode.

Saturday we decided to head downtown for lunch and enjoy our city a little bit. My mom and sister had never been to the Majestic Grille...which happens to have the best grilled cheese sandwich you've ever put in your mouth.

Low and behold, in walks Shane Battier, a NBA player for the Memphis Grizzlies!

He sat at the table right next to us, and I wanted to ask him to take a picture with Presley so bad! He was there by himself for about 15 mintues, so I should've done it...now I totally regret it :(

After lunch, we took Presley on a trolly ride down Main Street and the Riverfront loop.

Probably the best $1 I've spent on my little P!

Well, hope all of y'all are having a great week so far. Mine...not so much. But I have a feeling it will get a little better :)

Good night!

Sigh of relief

How was everyone's weekend?!

Well mine kicked off to a great start on Friday morning. I got to work and one of the manager's called me into his office to tell me that I'm going back to my old position as the Quality Assurance Manager!

For those of you that I've paid even the least bit of attention to my blog, then you know that I've been DE-pressed about my job since November. Ok...let me clarify. Technically, I've been miserable at my job for much longer than that, but to be honest, we all have. It's been an emotional roller coaster and no one really knew what to do, think, or feel. However, it got about 100 times worse in November when they moved me to a new position as the Compliance Manager.

Basically, I was now doing the job that we previously had a lawyer, accountant, and regulatory specialist doing. Not to mention the fact that we had someone in the office acting as the liaison between all 3 companies. I was now expected to take on all 4 rolls with absolutely NO experience, NO training, and NO desire. It was awful. And I cried about once a week...or day.

The worst part about it, someone else was doing Quality Assurance, so it wasn't like the position no longer existed. They just wanted someone "they could trust" and chose me. I felt so trapped because I knew they needed me in the position, but I also knew I would never, ever, ever like it.

Well, I had a long talk with one of my managers last Monday. I told him how I felt, and he actually went to the VP of the company and told him that I was really unhappy...which I was totally not expecting. He told him that his fear was that I would suppress all my unhappiness until I reached the point of no return, walking into the office and handing in my 2 week notice. And honestly, he wasn't far off. As much as I hated to walk away, I was really getting to a point where I didn't think I could take much more.

So, needless to say, I all but did cartwheels up and down the halls when he told me the good news! Today was the first day in about 6 months where I didn't wake up and dread going to work. Sigh.

I remained on cloud 9 all day, until I had a minor heart attack about 3 o'clock. Not sure how many of you have heard about the two prisoners who escaped from Louisiana, but my mom called me on Friday in a complete panic because they were spotted at a store DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR to Presley's preschool! I immediately went into panic mode, called them to check on everything, and they proceeded to inform me that they were on lockdown and had been for an hour and a half...and that everything was now "clear". As comforting as that should make me feel, I immediately started crying and felt like I was on the verge of puking. I finally pulled myself together about 30 minutes later, and called my mom and told her to go pick her up. I just needed to know she was safe.

Well we eventually learned that it was a "false sighting," but now I'm beginning to wonder...they were captured in Memphis this afternoon. Which now makes me wonder just how false it was. Well at least everyone can sleep better tonight knowing they're locked up.

Well, on that depressing note...check out this picture of my sweet P.

I went to get a pedicure on Saturday and the lady asked Presley if she wanted to paint her nails. Presley couldn't say yes quick enough, and told her she wanted blue nails. So how did we end up with gold?? Thats right, gold. Apparently that looked a lot more fun than blue. And despite the intense urge to tell her "NO...NO GOLD," I sat back and just let her enjoy it. And boy did she ever. She really thought she was something else. And that was priceless.

Because I love her....

...I couldn't resist posting a few pics of my little sweet P.

Do you think she loves her babies or what??

Just thought it was funny how she put stickers on her "backsplash"....but of course she only put them in the white squares.

YaYa bought Presley and Baby Belle matching pj's and she has been dying to wear them. So tonight as I was folding some laundry, I told her that she and Belle could wear their pj's tonight. She looked up at me with a huge smile on her face and goes "You washed them mommy? Thank you soooo much!" How sweet is she?!

Just in time

Is everyone else dreading work this week as much as I am?? No specific reason other than the fact that I'm completely worn out from this past week....or two.

School has been pretty crazy lately and I feel like I've had to continuously apologize to people for falling off the planet for about 5 days straight. But as they say, there's always a light at the end of the tunnel, and for me, that light was SPRING BREAK.


By no means has this been the hardest semester, but I've been waiting ever so patiently for this break to hurry up and get here.

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This weekend went by too fast. I spent Friday night with some of the best ladies you'll ever be so lucky and blessed to know! Every "month" a few of us meet together for our dinner club. We've been doing it for about 3.5/4 years...gosh where has the time gone?! We all went to high school together, and all of them have actually been friends since elementary/middle school. As time goes by, it gets harder and harder for us to get together. Between all of us, we have a birthday or holiday almost every month of the year hah. But hey, as long as we're getting together, it doesn't matter if its for celebrating our children's birthdays, or celebrating our friendship.

Ashley, me, Candice, and Ashley

Ashley, Erica (baby Magevney) and me

Saturday was yucky, but it didn't stop me from getting out with Miss P and doing a little shopping. I needed to run a few errands, get some new clothes and MAC makeup, and just spend a little time with Presley. It was my first free Saturday in 8 weeks (because of my Saturday class) and I needed to get out and about. We spent the rest of the day at home doing absolutely nothing....other than watching endless amounts of movies. I finally set up Netflix through the Wii so that we could watch unlimited movies, and I'm pretty sure they lost money on us this weekend.

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So...my plans for the week?

1. Do a little dance...

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I've become totally obsessed with our Wii and especially Just Dance.

2. And read a little book...
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My work bestie got me 3 Nicholas Sparks for Christmas...2009...and I've yet to read them. Shocker.

So whats the next countdown gonna be??
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12 Weeks till a much needed vacation!

Yep...12 weeks from today, I'll be waking up to this beautiful view at Navarre Beach. I've never been much of a beach person because I like to have lots to do. But there are 3 main reasons I've been so excited about this trip...

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1) I'm actually going on a vacation that requires me to do NOTHING. I do enough already!

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2) It'll be Presley's first trip to the beach! She's going to be so excited!
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3) I get to spend it with some of our best friends!!

(My bff Kelly and her family...before Baby Lila)

Well, sorry for the useless ramblings... I guess I'm making up for the last 6 months.

Anyway, I hope that y'all had a great weekend, too, and even a better week!

Pray for Lucy

It's late and I'm mentally and physically exhausted. As I'm getting ready to sign off for the night and hit the sack, I see a post on facebook about this precious little girl above, with a link to her momma's blog. How quickly did I remember just how little I know about being mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausted.

I've been praying for Lucy since I found out about her situation on Friday. A girl that I work with knows Lucy's mom (I've since discovered that we have a few mutual friends), and she came into work on Friday bearing some of the most heart breaking news.

I don't want to butcher the story, but apparently Lucy had been complaining of headaches for a little bit. When her mother took her to the doctor, they discovered that there was so much more to it than that. She had multiple tumors on her brain and spine. They have been able to remove some, but not others. She will have to undergo chemo and radiation for the remainder of the tumors.

I've been praying for Lucy and her family daily, and I ask that you do the same, too. It's amazing how fast life can change, and it has really made me realize how I need to take more time to cherish my family and our time together. You never know what the future holds and what God's plan will be.

But I ask that you also take the time to jump over to Kate's page and give her some words of encouragement. She is amazingly strong, whether she knows it or not, but we all know she can never hear enough people tell her that her little girl is in their thoughts and prayers.