Meet Colton Max Wray!!!

Well I will try my best to continue with my blog...we will see how this goes.

First I would like to introduce you to the newest little member of our family. Colton Max Wray was born on 9/9/12 at 10:59am at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, MT. He was 21" long and weighed 6 lbs 10 oz. He is absolutely perfect and beautiful!

So here is how the story goes. Don't worry I will spare you all the details. Saturday (Sep 8th) Jeremy and I went about our normal Saturday and went and ran a few errands around town and went to the farmers market. I was exhausted so came home and took a nap for a while. We were planning on grabbing some movie theatre popcorn later that night and renting a red box (our version of a cheap date). First though we decided to go to church on Saturday and after that head to Boston's Sports bar . The fire Department had three guys leaving the department so they were having a big going away. We decided we would join them and about 30 other people there as well.  We were having a great time and someone decided to do a coin check. For the non-military people its a coin which you should carry with you. If you have one then the guy owes you a drink, if you don't have one on you then you owe them a drink. Anyways I didn't have one on me... of course. Well at the same exact time this guy slammed his coin down what do you know my water broke! Are you kidding me...this was not good timing. I thought this was suppose to happen at home or have contractions or something. So I get up really fast and run to the bathroom and tell Jeremy we need to go. Well I guess he didn't think it was that big of a deal and I had to wait for him to pay the bill and what not.  We ended up giving a guy a ride home (wasn't fit to drive) and then I drove Jeremy and myself home. Ok first off when you water breaks its not like in the movies. I was miserable to say the least. Anyways so I go home and look at my list ( I am  a list person) and grab the few things I still needed and told Jeremy I was ready to go. Well Jeremy was not, he was doing a load of laundry and wanted to wait till it was finished so he could hang the stuff up.  So I sat at the bar and finished eating my dinner. I knew once I went to the hospital all I was allowed was ice chips. So I was happy to be able to finish dinner (Jeremy was kind enough to get mine to go).  Thankfully Jeremy did the fast wash cycle and soon after we were on our way to Labor and Delivery. It was exciting yet nerve racking all at the same time. So we proceed to go to L&D and the security guy asks Jeremy and I who is in labor...really dude? Its Jeremy...no silly of course its me. So once upstairs they confirmed my water did break and sent me across the hall...to room 7121. 21 is my favorite number so I was thinking ok this will be good. I have my lucky number. Well they hooked me up to all the monitors and soon the contractions started. They were every 5 min for 1 min long. This was at about 11pm at this point. I finally asked for some IV drugs at 4 am. Why I waited that long I have no idea. At 7am the nurses said the Dr wanted to start me on Pitocin. Well I respond to very low doses of drugs. I kind of had a feeling this wouldn't take long. I had the nicest nurse ever and told her not to go to far that I was going to ask for an Epidural within the hour. She actually stayed in the room the entire time and made me feel totally comfortable. I asked for the epidural and got it an hour later... I didn't realize how long it takes for them to actually put a spinal block or whatever it is in. All I felt was a pinch and shortly after life was amazing.   I could feel anything so they had to actually turn the medicine down. Of course of all days the Air Conditioner in my room wasn't working. It was suppose to be around 69 in the room and it was 77 degrees. All the nurses and Dr said it was like a sauna. Anyways the Pitocin worked amazing and so did the epidural and 1 hour later Mr Colton was born. He was crying and being a chatty like Jeremy and I right away.  He got and 8/9 on is apgar and was doing great. I was able to take a shower a few hours later and we had many visitors that night and the next day. It was a pretty busy day for all of us. On Monday evening they released us all from the hospital and were were on our way home.

We are still getting use to days and night and life with a little one. We love him so much already and he just looks like the sweetest little angel when he sleeps. He does very well at eating and loves his wubbanub like no there is no tomorrow. He loves to have his hands by his face at all times and can always manage to un-swaddle enough to get them up by his face. He also has a very strong grip. He loves to hold on to anything and everything.  He makes the softest and sweetest little coos. We pretty much think he is something special.  We are so blessed to have in our lives and we prayed so much for him. He is more than we could have ever asked for and our prayers were definitely answered. Thank you for all those that have prayed for us and please continue to keep us in your prayers and we go through this journey! Thank you!

Here I am getting ready to head to the Hospital! 

I made Jeremy take this picture...I wasn't in pain at the moment 

 This is right after he was born. This is before he was given a bath and right after delivery. I think we are looking pretty good. It was an amazing experience and we just love him so much already!

 Coltons hospital picture. I don't think this looks like him at all...but I figure I would share anyways. They put this on the benefice web page under the web nursery...if you want the password just let me know. Its lists historical facts for the day and the price of gas and stuff like that. Looks like Colton shares a birthday with the KFC Col Sanders.

 These are pictures from the Hospital room. I had a couple questions about it and figured I would post a couple pictures. At Benefis there is no Nursery so once your baby is born he never leaves your room. The only time he does is if he gets pictures and the hearing test. A parent goes with them though and they have bands that match yours and hook up to a security system.

 So maybe its weird but everything is done in this room.

 Except if you have a c-section. But recovery and everything is done here. 

 There is colton hanging out! 

 We were on the 7th Floor and had a great view of the city! 

I know his hat is dirty...sorry! This is how he LOVES to hold his hands. Always by his face!  

This is us going home from the Hospital! 

Slacker!!!

It seemed like and appropriate title since I am way behind on my post. I think its bad when even Jeremy is reminding me that I need to update it.  I think he has reminded me on numerous occasions already. So I will give you a short update on life and on how Mr Colton is doing.  I know I am forgetting some things so I may be updating this later or adding another post soon.

So life...what have we been up to in Montana. Well not a whole lot. One of my favorite times in MT is the summer. I love it and love the go do summer activities. Well since I have been pregnant this summer I just feel like summer was just fading away and I had not taken the chance to enjoy any of it. Hiking in Glacier or Yellowstone was out of the question, no kayaking...no chance to do anything. Which the trade off is totally better anyways. I still wanted to get out and enjoy the outdoors and do something. So fishing it has been!!! So to be honest I am really bad at it and haven't caught a thing. Really its more entertaining just being outside and enjoying sometime outside the house with Jeremy. I have been having a blast and can't wait to go more. I am the type of person that goes into the Fly store or Big R and tell them I am clueless and asks what do I need. Ok well sometimes I make Jeremy act like the clueless one for me..yeah I get embarrassed. Needless to say I have learned a lot.  Anyways I will include a few shots of us fishing.

 Jeremy fishing on the Missouri...I didn't include my picture cause I was looking pretty rough

 A couple of views of the area

What else...we had a chance to get away from Great Falls for a few days and so we decided to go to Kalispell. We love going up there and I hadn't have the chance this summer to go visit. It was amazing!!! We stayed at a local Bed and Breakfast and I can't say enough wonderful things about it. It has a runway so private planes can land and stay there. The breakfast was so good and I think I could eat the Huckleberry Chocolate Chip Scones everyday. We stayed in a suit that had 3 rooms and the place was just built within the last year.  If you are ever near Glacier I would highly suggest this place. Here are a few pictures from their website.

We went into Whitefish and went to a couple shops and enjoyed some Sweet Peaks Ice Cream (a must go to place). We enjoyed some fishing and dinner on the lake. The weekend also consisted of stopping at a couple Breweries for Jeremy...one of them even makes root beer. Too bad I don't like root beer. I don't mind going in with Jeremy though. We also stopped at a couple quilt shops...per my request. I am so excited to start on the next project. I am finally making a quilt for Jeremy and hopefully he will get it sometime while he is in Korea.  I will update you sometime with pictures. So overall we had a blast and enjoyed the time together!

Here is dusty working really hard around the house. This is his typical work day...sun bathing all day! I know he really has a rough life. This is what happens when we don't turn the TV on for him. He needed an intervention. He has a slight addiction to the TV. lol 

Here are some of the Dalihias that have bloomed in the backyard this year...
see why they are my favorite!

I know this isn't a flower. Just a random picture I had to post cause I thought it was pretty cool. There happen to be a knife show in Missoula across the street from where we were at, so we stopped in cause it was free. Plus I knew Jeremy would enjoy it cause I drag him to all the quilt stores and stuff. Anyways they are all local made knifes that people use for hunting and stuff. Well we were put in a raffle just for attending and Jeremy WON!!! I thought it was pretty cool...cause I didn't have to pay for it and it ended up being a pretty cool looking knife.  Ok enough about my random picture.  

Around the house we have been just keeping busy.  Finally washed some of Coltons clothes getting ready for his arrival.  We have been taking the dogs to the dog park and I have been quilting like crazy and still working on Thank You cards! It feels like a never ending task but I am getting there.  I will have a couple quilts to show you but can't quite reveal them yet. Here is one I made real quick for Colton. I copied it from Etsy. I thought it was cute but the lady wanted 175.00!!! Are you crazy for a small quilt....ummm....No! So I copied it and it maybe cost me about 30.00. That's a lot better! It was really easy to put together too. Took me just a couple of day from start to finish.  That's good for me. I was so excited this week too. I learned how to sew on binding. I have been missing out. Its so much easier than doing it by hand.

My version of the quilt! 

Not much else going on we are just working away.  I will work until I go to the Hospital one of these days or until the Doctor says not to go in anymore.  I will get 6 weeks of Maternity leave and then back to work.  We are getting excited about the big day finally getting here. I am a little nervous. Ask me again on the way to the hospital and I will probably be freaking out...I don't think Jeremy will be though. Like I said before I think if my arm fell off I think he would explain to me in a nice calm voice that my arm fell off and that its no big deal. Not me...complete opposite. I am the worrier. So yeah i will freak out. We went ahead and went into the Hospital and pre-registered. So I should be good to go. That is if I make it to the correct floor. Jeremy always thinks Labor and Delivery is on the 5th floor not the 7th. The 5th floor is the ICU. Think he is trying to tell me something. Anyways I might end up there first...lol...we will see!   I had another appointment with my Doctor last week. She said I was progressing nicely. I will spare you the details of all the numbers and stuff. I will go back next week.  She did go over reasons for me to go into the hospital or signs of labor.  I have been having some sort of either Braxton Hicks or Contractions this week.  I know you seasoned mothers are probably laughing at me and thinking she has now clue! Yup! I really have no clue...I think that's ok. I am really good at googling though and self diagnosing. lol. Well no not really. But these "pains" were in my back and in my stomach...they lasted about 40 second and happened about every 10 min. So yeah obviously I didn't go in. I just drank lots of water and went on a walk and then took it easy after that.  So we will see when Mr Colton decided to actually make his grand entrance. If you y'all know me I am a planner (no pun intended...that's my work title too) and I would like to know what is happening and when. I would like to trust that my due date is accurate but I know that is never the case. I just am not a big fan of the unknown. I would like to know a  date and even a time would be awesome. I am realistic and know this will never happen. If it could I would totally sign up for that option! So we will see and I will keep you updated. I still feel like this child will look exactly like Jeremy and will be his little mini-me and will look nothing like me. Just a feeling and my thoughts. I give him a hard time all the time. Telling Jeremy why am I in the picture if he will just look like him. He knows I am joking though.  Just think it would be awesome if he at least has my blue eyes...I am doubting that too. Oh well!

36 Weeks! Only a few more to go

37 Weeks and wearing my orange...cause its a friday! Plus I am excited about some OSU football tomorrow. Go Pokes!!! (a thank you goes out the the Jaegers for the shirt) 

Colton is ready for some OSU Football as well! 

I think we will being using one of these as a going home outfit. 

How Far Along: 37 Weeks today!!! I think I wore this outfit before...please forgive me. It at least gives you a good comparison.

Total Weight Gain: yeah i don't think so. Look at the picture :)

Maternity Clothes: Smaller selection but still hanging in there. 

Sleep: Not sleeping near as much. We finally turned the air down at night to 68 and that has helped a lot. I still get up a couple times a night to go to the bathroom and heartburn still kicks in during the middle of the night. Oh well! 

Best Moment this Week: Time with the Hubby! 

Miss Anything: The usual but its all worth it and really not that far away. 

Movement: Still moving like crazy. If I set the iPad or something on my stomach he is not thrilled and will push at it. He still moves when Jeremy Prays every night and LOVE it! 

Food Cravings: Not really on the cheese phase anymore. I don't really need anything specific.  

Gender: Boy! 

Wedding rings on or off: Still on for now! 

Thanks to all my friends and family for checking in. We appreciate all the support..I know we don't lead the most exciting life. We appreciate all the thoughts and prayers too. I will try not to be as much of a slacker this time around. Thank you for your patience and for always checking back!!! Till next time.

Just a quick post

This is more or less a photo dump from my phone. I had some pictures so I figure why not post them.  Not to much going on this last week. We just worked and decided to hit up the rodeo and try our hand at some fishing in town.  I have a few pictures below from the week.

For a quick update on Jeremys status. He is still leaving in October (still not a happy camper) and we learned this last week that he was denied his follow on assignment. I know I posted this on Facebook, but not everyone has FB.  So for non-military people I will briefly explain this. When you get orders Overseas you get a Base of Preference when you get done with your one year. Its awesome if it actually works. I talked to my boss's to see what would be our best choice of bases so we could be together after his 1 yr term. So Jeremy submitted his choices (the AF made him). He got a letter back and they didn't give him any of them, they didn't give him any base. He has to wait until he gets to S Korea and they will supply him a list of bases in the spring to choose from. We have no clue what will be on the list and hopefully we can be close but its not guaranteed. In the mean time my Boss's extended me to October of 2013...meaning I will be in MT longer. I have mixed feeling about it. All my class mates are leaving before me and so that means everyone I know will be gone. Not cool. Not going to lie I shed a few tears about it. Well needless to say if our assignment can't match up I might be getting out of the AF. Time will tell. Just giving you a heads up I might be in need of a job ;) That's where we stand though. God has a plan and I am trusting in that! 

Other news, we had another ultrasound. This was just a regular one with Dr Key (High Risk Dr) and he seemed pleased with everything. He said he should be a normal size baby (thank goodness) and is measuring in the 47th percentile. There is one exception...his head. I was told he is measuring WEEKS ahead and will just have a big head. I feel bad that one of us somehow passed that on to him.  Sorry Colton. I am so thankful though that he is doing great and honestly can't wait to meet him. I didn't get any good pictures...he kept turning his back to us. 

Ok on to the pictures already....really they are not that exciting. 

 This is my friend Steph! We went to the rodeo at the fair in town and then I decided it was ok to splurge this one time and get a funnel cake. It was AMAZING! Steph is a horse person too so we have fun just looking at the different horses in the Rodeo. 

 This is me today at 33 weeks and 2 days. Getting closer and I feel like I double in size everyday. 

 A front view...just in case you were curious

I have yet to use one of these parking spots...I am capable of walking. Jeremy of course takes full advantage when I am with him. I must admit the shorter walk was kind of nice.  

 Here are a couple wheat picture for the KS crowd! The wheat harvest here looks great. Its looks a little different here than KS...we have mountains in the background. 

 Jeremy and I tried our hand at fishing. The gentleman at Big R was very helpful and taught us what to do. We didn't catch anything today...neither did anyone else Jeremy talked too. We are hoping to go out this week and try again. 

 Since its so hot out we took the girls to the river and let them cool off. They loved it and were very excited. They jumped around like crazy for a while and could care less about their Tennis Ball. I was finally able to get them to work on some retrieving after a little while.  

(Tally Bear)

Like I said not to much going on this week. Just figure I would post a few pictures so you could see what we are up to here in Montana. Thank you for checking out our blog and thank you for your continued love, prayers and support. We can not thank you enough. Much Love! 

32 weeks!

*I spent sometime editing this post and of course it published it without any of the corrections! Please look past my mistakes...I will try to get it fixed soon. No motivation right now. Thanks!

Well its been awhile and I have to apologize cause its been longer than 2 weeks. My goodness though its going to take me a little bit of time just to recall all that has been happening.  I apologize ahead of time if this is long or if I seem to ramble on a bit.

Lets see since my last post I have made it a few more weeks and Colton is still doing great! So that's reason enough to celebrate...to me it is. On the 9th my sister flew in from PA. She stayed the night and then headed down to Yellowstone for a couple days. I had to work that day until around lunch time and decided to try a place we had heard about it town for lunch. We had never been there just because the hours are weird. One of those M-F breakfast and lunch places only...so anybody that works it is basically impossible to ever get there. Anyways its suppose to have the best burgers in town. Here is a picture.

Yeah I had to move the bottom of the bun so you could even see it.  It was HUGE and this is just an original they have a double. Needless to say it lasted a couple meals but it was really good!!!

Almost forgot. Look what Katie brought all the way from PA. They were absolutely amazing!!!! I could literally eat all of these in like 1 day. I am not just saying they are the best peaches cause they are family...they really are. If you haven't had one well then you are missing out.

Later that week (Thursday) my college roomies came into town with their kiddos.  It was great having them visit and finally getting to meet Callen.  We had fun mostly just hanging out around the house.  We ventured out to the local Pizza Place and Children's Museum (not the best museum...I would recommend the water park instead...oh well now I know). We also enjoyed some Phase 10, a couple red box movies and movie theatre popcorn! It was great just hanging out with them again I truly miss them and many times I wished I lived in OK. It was also great getting to pick their brain on being a parent...since they have small ones I think they are great resources. Needless to say I am not sure Callen had the most fun on his first trip to MT and maybe the next visit he will enjoy a little better. It was also a first Airplane ride for Miss Harper and Callen too. I hope they were able to get their wings on their plane ride home. I learned I have a lot to learn. They are pros and getting car seats in and strollers popped up and everything else. Like I said I have ALOT to learn.

Jeremy with Harper and Callen!

That Friday night we had a girls night at the Sip N Dip. I mean you have to check out a bar that has a mermaid that swims behind the bar.   Not going to lie she wasn't the best mermaid...she wore goggles and didn't even swim through the hoops. Piano Pat (the old lady that plays the organ) was on vacation as well. So no "Ring of Fire" for us that night. It was still a good time and don't worry I was the DD.

Saturday Montana Heather and Amanda hosted the most wonderful baby shower ever! No joke...just type baby shower in Pintrest and its like you walked right into the shower. I LOVED everything about it. I don't have any picture except the few on Facebook but hopefully I can share more later. The amount of detail they put into everything was amazing and they pinpointed my personality to a T. I owe them some HUGE thanks! It was better than I could have even imagined! I am currently working on my Thank you cards as well. Thank you for all the love and support from here in Great Falls and from everyone far away. Your generosity and love was unbelievable and I will never be able to thank you enough. We feel so blessed and know Mr Colton is certainly loved and blessed. We walk into the Nursery sometimes and can't help but see how much love there is and how blessed we really are and he isn't even here yet! It just makes us even more excited to meet him.  Thank you girls for hosting such a great shower and thank you to everyone for truly making it an amazing day.

 Part of the gifts! Like I said we are beyond blessed. I hope I can get another picture of what the room looked like. It was really pretty. There are pendants that were hanging above this table and then the kitchen was full of the pom-poms you can see in the background. There were a lot more you can't see in all sizes at different heights. It looked really cool. They even found letters that were the same color. They are already in the Nursery.

 This is Amanda S beautiful creation! She is so talented and it tasted so good. I am so glad they sent some home with me that night...that meant I go seconds. No joke it was so good. So all the letters and numbers have meaning which is so cool that she put that much thought and time into it. Thanks!

 These are the game prizes and part of the games and even a book to keep track of gifts! The games were so fun. If I can get a few pictures of them I will be sure to add them in the future. We played "The Price is Right", guessed how big I am getting with toilet paper and made babies out of Play Dough ( I was the judge).

Diaper wreath right when you walked in the door!

These girls always make "Fancy" food! They are so good at it. I mean how cool is it that it that the food  taste amazing, looked amazing and fit in with the color scheme. Cool if you ask me.

A frame to write words of wisdom or something for the parents to be...you will see it hanging up in the nursery already!

Maple Scones...just one of the many wonderful treats. They even had a drink called Pregnancy Peach!

After the shower it was time for all of our house guest and family to leave. I always hate goodbyes and certainly can't wait to see them all again.  Love you all!

The next week just consisted of another week of work and then heading to a Birthing class at Benefis Hospital that weekend. We went with our friends and that made it more bearable.  It was the shortened class so we got a tour of the Labor and Delivery floor and she talked about what signs of Labor are and stuff like that. They also talked about Swaddling and how to give baths. To some of you this may be common sense but for this girl who doesn't have a kid I was ok with them teaching everything. So I have always been a BIG wimp when it comes to pain. If there is anytime for me to step up to the drama queen plate it would be when I am in pain. So all the videos they made me watch have instilled fear in me. Yes, I know I don't really have any options now but I am not sure the instructor helped me out at all. Ok if you are going to be judgmental towards me now it the time to tune out....ok with that being said. If there was an option were I could just opt out of the whole pain this. Just knock me out and wake me up when its all done then I would like to check that box! Unfortunately the way my body reacts to pain is I pass out. I remember slicing an Avocado once and was trying to get the pit out. Well Jeremy has this handy way of doing it so I attempted...yeah it didn't end so well. I whacked my finder tip practically off and started seeing blood. I quickly ran to Jeremy who was on the Treadmill (don't let this fool you he never runs on it) and he had to tell me to sit down and be the EMT(thank goodness he really is one! lol) while this girl freaked out. I almost passed out from an Avocado. So yeah not sure how I am going to handle all this. My Dr reassures me they make amazing drugs...thank goodness. This lady teaching class insisted everything be natural. I mean you name it...let hope she is not my nurse cause she will hate me.  Nothing against it, just not for me! That was enough fun in one weekend for me.

This is Jeremy smiling...can you tell! (yeah I can't either). I also warned the Boohers that this was going on my Blog so they better smile. They will know better next time. LOL. Sorry guys!

Sunday Jeremy ended up being gone practically all day. He got called in for some Wild land Fires. They have gotten quite a few calls about that lately. Here are a couple picture of my hubby on Monday. Love him and really proud of him and what he does at work. I never really see him in action so I tend to forget how much tougher than me he really is and how much cooler his job is than mine. I love when he has time to get a couple pictures, then I can see him in action. I did really miss him though this week.

So I have had a mix of emotions lately. So we got word that Jeremy will not have to leave until the first week in October. I feel blessed with that and will take it. Its much better than August. I still wish he didn't have to leave more than anything and still praying a miracle happens.  So like I said I have mixed emotions. I am so excited to meet COlton and I know Jeremy is too. We can't help but get even more excited each week. At the same time there are days I just cry cause I know as soon as Colton is here then Jeremy will be leaving very soon after, which breaks my heart. So do I be happy or not. I am trying to be on the positive side. We have wanted a child more than anything and its feels so good to be given this blessing. I will still be able to talk to Jeremy and though the time zones may get the best of us we will make it though it. He is still safe and alive and I can see and hear him. I know we have a special relationship and trust with each other that a lot of people don't have. We have been through a lot    including distance in the past. Just not something we want to do again.  I use to think in college that it really sucked that he lived so far away that if I just made it through college life for us would be great...then he went to Iraq. I thought well ok thats just 2 things we have make it. Well then the AF through the 1.5 years apart and I thought ok well there will be nothing else. I would have never imagined the AF would do this to us again. But God has a plan and I am trying to just trust him even though I would really like to see whats going on.  I will save my rant for the next post. There are some comments that people to say to me about Jeremy leaving that I really can't stand...they really get to me. Just can't believe some of the things that people say to me. Oh well! It is what it is.


Here are a few extra pictures I decided to throw in!

This is Dusty...the new and improved Dusty. He kind of looks like a Chihuahua now but he really loves it.   Its been on the hot side here (for Montana not compared to the south)so he got a summer hair cut, he thinks he pretty much owns the house now.

Colton got his first piece of mail...it has arrived before he has!

Obviously the crib and some decor

The closet is starting to get organized! I love he totes and kind of obsessed if you can't tell. They are the perfect color and the perfect size...I am in Love!

Our chair finally came and we installed some blackout shades. I think it is all coming together.  We have one more sign that will hang on the wall behind the chair. She is working on it now. We ended up buying it off of Etsy. I could spend all day on that site. There are some fun things to buy or google. Oh and my finished product quilt is there too. I think it turned out pretty good.

Until next week and I will just continue to count my blessings and be greatly for everything I have and have been given. As you can see I have amazing friends and family and definitely can feel the love! Thank you for your continued prayers and support I really, really appreciated them!!! Much love!

How Far Along: 32 Weeks(last friday)!!! I have slacked at the pictures. So at this point I am feeling Huge! Putting socks on for work is getting harder everyday and I feel like I double in size weekly. I am trying to keep positive though and just accept it and try to enjoy  everything. 

Total Weight Gain: Still leaving it out. Last visit I was measuring 25 weeks at 29 and this last week I was measuring 30 at 31 weeks. Dr Henzel thinks he finally moved position. 

Maternity Clothes: I don't like any of my clothes anymore. Well I guess I just don't like the selection I have and I don't feel like going out and spending more cause I rather buy stuff for the nursery.  

Sleep: Not as great as it use to be....just getting uncomfortable now. It takes some work to roll over and it just started this week that I am getting kicked so hard that its starting to wake me up.  

Best Moment this Week: This week I am enjoying all my time with Jeremy. But my favorite thing this week is something that Jeremy has been doing. He has been recording some books on my IPad for Colton.  I can then play them while he is gone. It has made me smile unbelievably....I LOVE IT! He is so animated when he reads and is doing the most amazing job. I could hear him in the other room when I was sewing while he was reading "We are Going on a Bear Hunt." I thought it was the cutest thing ever and I hope Colton cherishes the story time as much as I will. 

Miss Anything: The usual but its all worth it and really not that far away. 

Movement: Yes! All the time. I think he is having a dance party sometimes.  He has also located my ribs...fun! 

Food Cravings: Still love cheese but could eat apple pie everyday!!! Having to eat smaller meals more often. I have been having MAJOR heartburn still. Even water gives me heartburn. I have been taking Pepcid AC and Tums and they seem to help out.  If its like the Old Wives tales then I would expect to see a full head of hair.  

Gender: Boy! 

Wedding rings on or off: Still on for now but occasionally my hands swell up.