science center and memorial day weekend update

On Friday we took Gwenith to the Louisville Science Center. We had a pretty good time. She can't read so it wasn't like a huge learning experience... she just liked the hands-on exhibits. When we got there it was almost completely empty which was great. She is very shy and gets extremely wispery and clingy in crowds. There were a couple of times that Alex went on ahead of us and when she lost sight of him she got scared that we were going to get lost.

We forgot the camera, but I took a couple of pictures with my phone on the way there. I couldn't resist. She fell asleep before we were even out of Mt. Washington, which is a good thing because she's very impatient on car rides.



She woke up when we were getting off the exit to downtown and said, "Oh my goodness! I really DID fall asleep!"

Yesterday we drove around with my Dad looking for a cheap gas stove for my parents. We also shopped for a new couch for us. We didn't purchase anything but I think we found the couch that we like. We also found a set with a coffee table and two end tables that we like for $98! We don't need the coffee table and you can only purchase the set of all three so I think that we'll sell the coffee table. I feel fairly certain we can get at least $50 out of it.

Last night I started feeling kind of cruddy with a sore throat and ears and head. This morning when I woke up my entire body was aching. I'm pretty sure it's just sinus junk but I didn't feel up for going to church. I thought I told Alex to tell Jennifer, our children's minister, that I wouldn't be there so that she could find a sub for my First Kids class, but I guess I just dreamed saying that. When he got home he asked if I had called her... whoops. I'm sure Brad did an excellent job handling the kids on his own. They usually listen better with only one teacher, anyway.

I still feel gross. Tylenol sinus isn't my drug of choice and I wish I could take something stronger. I would really like to take some Nyquil. I hope that I feel better for work tomorrow. :/

Happy Memorial Day. I hope that you take some time to remember those who have died for our country and to pray for those currently serving. I also hope that you're off work tomorrow and that you're enjoying this holiday weekend.

By the way... the countdown is on. Two more weeks until I start my new job! :)

I was going to write about how I felt better...

Then at 12:17 pm I threw up in the Wal Mart parking lot.

Truthfully, I am feeling a little better and I'm hoping that I will continue to improve. My nausea isn't as intense any more. I just feel sick when I first wake up (though not nearly as bad as before) and I'm pretty gross feeling at night. It always hits around 9:30. I had a 3-day no-puke streak which was pretty much awesome and the longest streak I've had since I met my friend morning sickness. But I hear the second trimester is the best. :]

I think Alex is experiencing some type of early nesting sensation or something. Today he cleaned and re-caulked the bathtub. This week he plans on painting the room that is currently my office and moving his office stuff in there so that we can use the bigger room for the nursery. The plan has always been to keep that room as his office but he volunteered to give it up for the baby because he's sweet like that... and he's already talking about painting it. Dang. Now if I could just get him to paint the kitchen... ;] I still haven't done jack as far as housework, which is evidenced by the fact that my entire living room and the dog got lost under all of the dust. It's ridiculous. Napping is still way more fun.

I feel like a horrible and neglectful wife and it's a good thing I have such an amazing and understanding husband. One that bought me a snoogle and a prenatal yoga dvd for Mother's Day.

Jumping Ship

I have a new job. A day shift job. I start on June 8th.

I've been searching for a day shift job for a while. Yeah, I love sleeping in every day... but I'm really incapable of getting anything done before work. I've also been craving a more normal schedule and looking for a change of scenery.

My new job is in Patient Access, or the admitting area of the hospital. I'll be registering patients and collecting their insurance information in person as well as calling to do pre-admits. It's a "float" position so the area in which I work will vary from day to day. I'll be in main admitting as well as the front of the ER (where you walk in), the back of the ER (I'll see you if you come in by ambulance), surgery registration, lab and a few other places that I'm not as familiar with.

I've applied for and interviewed for a few different jobs in the past few months and been offered a couple. But I've prayed that God would reveal the right job for me and if it wasn't right he would place an obstacle in my path. I turned down a job that held the potential for me to make significantly more money because it just wasn't right. I'm excited about this one, though. The fear of the unknown and change is there... but that's normal.

So wish me luck. Maybe I'll get to register you... but hopefully for something good like having a baby! (I wonder if I can register myself....)

First Ultrasound/Appointment with the doc...

Yesterday was my first ultrasound and my first time seeing an actual doctor. My appointment was scheduled for 11:00. I wrote down 11:00 in my calendar. But somehow in the two months between scheduling the appointment and yesterday I had gotten it in my head that my appointment was at 10:30. My office has a policy where they want you to show up twenty minutes before your appointment so we were an hour early. No big deal... we just hung out and joked around and played games on Alex's phone.

When then tech started the ultrasound the baby was sleeping. When she said something that made me laugh he* woke up and started dancing around. It's crazy how something that small can look so freaking cute! I can't even describe how it felt to see that there is a real live baby in there with arms and legs to stretch out and flail around. I couldn't stop smiling. The baby is measuring right on schedule.

When we went back out in the waiting room to wait to be called back to see the doctor, a woman came in who was clearly in labor... she could barely walk. They wheeled her back and checked her and immediately wheeled her down to labor and delivery (where she should have gone in the first place.) Alex nudged me and said that would be me later this year... which doesn't seem real. The stork is going to bring my baby.

Seeing the doctor was uneventful. I had an exam and she kept asking if we had any questions. We really didn't. I'm sure that I'll come up with some but I think I was just more excited to get confirmation that I'm actually pregnant, and right now I'm just trusting God and trying to trust my body. The ultrasound tech told me that now was a good time to stop being so superstitious.

*We don't know if the baby is a boy or girl but "he" sounds better than "it."

I took this picture...

Phil & Jenn

momma's day

When I first heard the song The Best Day on Taylor Swift's cd I decided that I wanted to use it for my mom's Mother's Day gift. Alex and I decided that we would record our own version and make a slide-show with pictures of me and my family for her. Looks like Taylor kinda had the same Mother's Day idea...

How are you feeling?

This is a question that I am asked several times a day, and I should probably get used to it because I'm guessing that it will continue for several more months. I don't always know how to answer it, though. People don't really want to hear that you just lost your lunch or about how hard you're finding it to get out of bed before 10:30 am. I guess right now my answer would be, "bettter." Although I'm not completely better at least I'm not nauseated all day long. The mornings are rough and the evenings are equally as rough but I can make it through work and that's a plus! Especially since I need to save up my time off.

Last week one of my favorite people, Rita Polk, sent me her extra supply of Preggie Pops and Preggie Pop Drops to try out. I'll start out by letting you know that they absolutely do not work in the mornings for me. And when I throw up after eating one... it hurts! But the rest of the time they're pretty handy. I pop one in my mouth when I know I'll be doing something that makes me gag such as walking from outside to inside/inside to outside, or getting in my car. (I'm weird. I know.) They also help relieve the night time sickness well enough that I've avoided throwing up at bedtime. They are by no means a morning sickness cure-all, but they're nice to have around. So thanks, Rita! :]