Work Schedules

AAAAHHHHHH! We have more wonderful news. Sean found out yesterday from his boss that he got the a-OK to work from home, soooo that means that I don't think we will need childcare for our little one. That is going to be so awesome - for us, for baby and for our finances.

This will be the plan.

Mondays and Wednesdays - I will work from 7-7. Sean will take care of baby on Mondays and Wednesdays working from home.

I will be off Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Saturdays - I will work every other Saturday while Sean takes care of baby and vice versa, Sean will work the other Saturdays that I am not working and I will have baby.

Sunday we are both off of course.

WOW, how exciting.

I haven't gotten the final OK at work yet, but I have talked to Carly (office manager) and she seemed fine with it.

I will still get the required 30 hours to keep my health insurance and I will still get the required 20 hours to stay in the vet tech program on-line for school.

Yippie!

I love God!

Free Groceries

On Thursday I went for my WIC appointment and guess what!!?? We were accepted. Now, lemme tell you that I had a really hard time understanding the woman who was filling out my application. Her Spanish accent was really thick. Any way, she asked how many people in the household? I said 2. She said something along the lines of do you work, or does anyone work or something of that nature and I said yes. She said do you have W-2s? I said yes and gave her mine. She calculated my earnings, recorded it on the application and then wrote Sean's name underneath mine, but did not ask for his W-2. Maybe that's how they do it. I dunno.

So any way, we figured it will save us about $80-100 a month in groceries!!!!!! We get 3 checks a month (they already gave us 2 months worth) and with the checks we buy free milk, cheese, eggs, carrots, tuna, juice, cereal, beans and peanut butter. And I don't mean enough to last a week or so. It's enough of each to last us the month.

We feel really blessed. Now, I am not saying (nor did I expect) that because we started tithing our 10% that God is giving us this, but it sure is a testimony. Since we tithed, we have gotten free prego photos, I got 2 maternity shirts as gifts from Sandra and we were accepted for WIC. Plus, more stuff comes next week, but I wil blog that later (like when (after) it happens).

OK, I'm done for now. :O)

Belly Time

We ended up doing our prego photos yesterday and had a lot of fun. Sandra did so much for us. She brought over all her hair and makeup stuff and got me looking pretty. She brought me over a ton of clothes to wear and she even gave me 2 shirts that are so cute and maternity, which helps. We even did belly painting! It was fun. OMG, we took almost 600 pics! Now, we would really like to photoshop some and get rid of the ones we don't wanna keep. So, I will post some, but it will be a while probably. Any way, did I mention how much fun we had!? And she did it all for free. She also wants to do it again in a couple of months or so. Whatta doll!

We found a cute little children's consignment shop right down the road from us that I am sure we will be frequenting.

I realized too that I have not updated baby progress. I am 24 weeks, so about 5 1/2 months. It seems to be going fast and slow all at the same time.

Welp, blah, its Monday. My 3 day weekend is over. And as always I miss my hubby extra much on Monday. I get so used to being together 24/7 on the weekend, that it stinks come Monday.

Did I mention I am emotional?

We were supposed to get our pregnancy photos done yesterday, but Sandra had to cancel. We had planned our whole day around them and reorganized and so when I heard we wouldn't be doing it yesterday I was so disappointed. I had been so excited. Any way, we got home after volunteering at the Humane Society and I just felt lost. I didn't want to do anything, nothing sounded good. Sean offered up many ideas, but I was just being poopie about it all. I was bored and irritable and disappointed and upset. So I had a really good cry. Sometimes I feel that what I pictured with being pregnant before I ever got pregnant is not the reality. For some reason I expected friends and family to act differently or to care more or be more excited. I KNOW it is my hormones and we have so many loved ones that are excited for us. I am just so emotional right now. Any way, after talking and crying, we decided to go to Fresh Market. We had never been there. Love it. We walked around and enjoyed the sights and smells and got some soup and salad to-go. Delicious. On the way there, we were talking about baby's 1st day of kindergarten and I started crying. See, told you, emotional! I told my mom about my worries. Asked her if she was excited or if she cared that we were having a baby and she was like "yah of course I am excited! You're stupid!" That's my mama for ya! Way to put me back in my place. I say, not stupid, just pregnant!

Today, tired. Studied this morning. Got an A on my first quiz. Gonna be late for bible study and church!

I Heart God

I get so stressed that we won't have everything we need for our little one. That our nursery won't get finished and that baby will not have the things we think he/she needs. I feel like we already will not be supplying baby with all that I want to give. I know it is silly and material things are just that. I also know to trust God and that he will give us what we need. I need to give my worries to him and pray about it. I also try to think of what Faithlynn told us (our Pastor's wife). She said that God blessed us with a baby, therefore, he will always take care of our precious one. I know as long as baby is loved, fed, changed, has a roof over it's head and is taken care of, baby will be totally happy. It's not about the stroller we get or the car seat or bedding or play pens or any of that other stuff. Still I worry though. I worry about our finances in general and it is something I am working really hard on changing. I won't even watch the news anymore (except the weather because I am a weather nerd!) because all I hear about is our bad economy and it is just too stressful for me. I have gotten better about trying not to stress though.

So, Thursday I had been telling Sean about my worries if we don't get anything else for baby. Not that I am expecting people to just give us all this stuff. It is our responsibility. We prayed about it and I felt somewhat better.

Well, yesterday a woman from Healthy Start (a govenerment funded program in Pinellas County) came over to talk and do an assessment. After a long interview and telling her my life story, which let me tell you, my past is not good, not good at all. Anything you can think of that you would not want your child to do, I did. Between all my problems and my parents problems, growing up was not so great. Mom - I love you and you did a wonderful job even though times were rough. So any way, after the assessment (which she said I definitely passed), she told me about the program. First, there are 2 places I can go to get free maternity clothes, baby supplies and free parenting, breastfeeding and chilbirth classes. Also, I have an appointment with WIC, which if they accept me, they will help with groceries. Finally, I will have someone who comes and helps with the baby for the first five years. They will come to the house and teach me lots of stuff, including care, stimulating activities that don't include TV, and other stuff. I am really excited. So is Sean. What a help this will be. I feel undeserving a bit because we are middle class and I know there are a lot of needier people than us. On the other hand, I kinda feel like a low life. But what I need to do is rejoice and thank God for this gift. Wow, how he answers prayers and works miracles. OH and if we take a car seat safety class, we will get a free car seat.

P.S. We are still registered at Babies R Us. Hint hint. No only kidding. ha ha

Vacation Time! (Feels like it any way)

It's Friday and I have the day off!!! That means I have a 3 day weekend! I have Thursdays off, but I had to cover for LC, so I worked her Thursday and she is working my Friday. I like it!

We woke up to ice this morning.........in Florida! We still took Allie for her morning walk, but it was frigid. I like it. It will be back to the normal temps by this weekend and next week (almost 80). We have had about 5 days of this real cold stuff.

I was really happy when I came home from work last night. One, I got my cat bones in the mail from school for my class. Yes, they are real cat bones and yes that excites me. That is why I work where I work and why vet tech is my major! I already broke the tooth off the poor cat head's mouth! Oops. I guess cat bones are fragile. Second reason why I was happy last night - well besides obvious things like seeing my hubby, Allie, being off work, etc.???? The parking around here is finally going to be enforced. It is horrible. There are signs posted everywhere that cars will be towed if parked on the street, but it is not enforced. It's all about to change. They are giving two warnings and then they will tow. I am happy about that. Almost daily, Sean and I are barely able to get in and out of our drive way because someone is parked on the street behind us. It's a real pain. Not to mention the fact that emergency vehicles probably could not get to us, which makes me nervous. Any way, there were already warnings on cars that had parked on the street this morning.

OK, time to go. I think I have time to get a lot of stuff done today.

Taco Frenzy

So, tacos at Taco Bell were 20 cents yesterday. Sean and I decided to go for dinner b/c I heart Taco Bell and who can beat 20 cent tacos?! It has been a major craving most of the pregnancy. Any way, the drive thru line was wrapped around the whole building and out into the street. We decided to go inside. The lines were VERY long in there too, but figured it wouldn't take that long. It's just tacos. Well, we got there at 6:15 and left at 8:15. It took an hour and a half to get the tacos and about a 1/2 hour to eat them. Why did we keep waiting? Well, I thought it can't take much longer; we will just wait a little bit more. Time would pass. And so on and so forth. I still haven't decided if it was worth it, but they were yummy. I ordered 4, ate 3. Sean ordered 6, ate 6. I have 1 for lunch today. I dunno why everyone waited so long for tacos (us included). They are only like 59 cents on regular days! Crazy people (us included!)

It is still cold here. 30s this morning!

I gained another pound so I am up to 12 total so far. OH! Baby did a turn and I could definitely feel it. It was like a wave in my tummy. I saw it too. It was really neat and felt a little strange. Monday night/Tuesday morning, I kinda freaked out. Baby is usually very active when I am in bed, but not that night. Now, it has been more during the day I have come to realize. But any ways, I didn't feel the normal kicking, nor did I feel it at all through the night. Tuesday morning when we woke up, still nothing. I expressed to Sean my concerns and started to cry. He said we should pray. Just as soon as we could bow our heads and get the word "dear" out, baby kicked! Wow, sometimes God can answer prayers amazingly fast. Not sure why he hasn't answered that one prayer about having a gajillion dollars yet......heehee

Well, I am at work, so I should probably stop blogging. Happy Wednesday! P.S. Sean and mama - I love you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Miss you so much it kinda hurts sometimes. :( Have a lovely day you two!