Jessica Pics 4...

...taken at the pumpkin patch while visiting mom and dad. These are my favorites, so I saved them for last.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I'm tired. My feet hurt from standing on them praticaly all day. I just put the coconut and chocolate cream pies in the fridge for tomorrow. Now I know why George and Teresa don't make them too often--cause they take so dag-gum long to cook!! But yet it's hard to complain too much cause I have so much to be thankful for....even the little things that I used to take for granted...like how I actually get to crawl into bed with my husband. I'm so glad that he's here this year....to celebrate the holidays with us....we have so much to be thankful for....each other, our beautiful healthy daughter, our family, our friends, our life.....we are truly blessed. I hope everyone has a safe and happy thanksgiving! And eat lots of turkey!!!!!! I know we will!

Jessica Pics 3....

....taken outside while playing at Grandma and Grandpa's house....again, excuse the blurriness!

Jessica Pics 2...

...taken in mom's van on our trip to Grenada!

Jessica Pics 1

These are some that I took while playing at the park in Scottsboro. I had a hard time getting Jessica to be still or even look at the camera for that matter....so please excuse some of the blurriness.

House Pics

Here are some pictures of the dining room and downstairs bathroom. Both rooms still need base/floor boards and artwork on the walls, and eventually I want a new dining room table, but I'm pretty happy with how they are looking right now!

Our Weekend

Our weekend was busy and exhausting...so much so that I almost fell asleep in the recliner last night while watching Dexter.

Saturday morning was spent painting the dining room orange....my favorite color!!!! We thought we were done at 1:00 only to realize an hour later when it started drying that there were way too many uneven spots and some streaks so it would need another coat....which meant I had to go out later that evening to pick up another gallon of paint, and of course, since I was out without my child or husband, I spent some extra time at Wal-Mart looking at toys for Jessica's Christmas presents and buying a few needed items for our Thanksgiving dinner. After we put Jessica to bed, we both started rolling and were done within 30 minutes. Thankfully when we woke up Sunday morning, it was completely dry with no uneven spots or streaks! And, of course, it looks amazing!!!!

The first couple of hours on Sunday morning were spent cleaning up downstairs and then Jeff and I started a crock-pot of homemade chilli which turned out to be the absolutely best pot of chilli I've ever made....as said so by Jeff! Later on I went to Farm Fresh to pick up a loaf of French bread and some junk food since I was craving chocolate due to that annoying monthly visitor that won't stop coming around for...let's say...about nine months, which explains why I was so tired, crampy, and cranky all weekend. Apparently the ovulation tests that I've been using for the last couple of months aren't helping out any....at least yet anyway...we're gonna keep trying though, but if we don't get pregnant in the next 4-5 months, I'm probably gonna go see a doctor about it.

I'll post some picture of the dining room in the next couple of days and I promise I'll download and post the pictures from our trip home in October....I know.....I'm so far behind!!

Another First

Yesterday we took Jessica to see Madagascar 2 (or as she calls it..."Gadagar 2") in theater--her first time in a movie theater!!! Jeff and I have always loved going to the theater so to see her reaction to the big screen was not only priceless but also incredibly exciting for us. When the previews started, her eyes got huge and her face absolutely lit up in awe and wonder of this "really, really big loud tv" that mommy described. There were a few too many previews in my opinion, especially for a kids movie, so Jessica got a little impatient and kept asking, "Gadagar, mommy....Gadagar 2?" I explained to her that Gadagar 2 was indeed coming and we were gonna get to watch Gloria, Marty, Melvin, and Alex.

AND.....She loved it!!!! She laughed and pointed and was so amazingly well-behaved...like this should shock me anymore...but also we had explained to her before we left that she had to sit down like a big girl and be at least semi-quiet in the theater, and she was! She alternated from sitting between Jeff and me to sitting on my lap. About halfway through the movie she got a little restless and wanted to get down, so we let her stand in front of our seats and I kept her occupied with popcorn, M&Ms, and Skittles. Of course, by the time we got in the car to go home, she was...shall I say...a little sugared up!

What I loved most was the atmosphere--very family-oriented. Even though I knew it was a kid's movie to begin with, I wondered how people would act if Jessica didn't sit down the whole time or if she started talking. Well, let me tell you, I had nothing at all to worry about! It was all families there--tons of parents and their young children...some that were actually younger than Jessica...so no one minded or even cared that a two year old was a tad bit restless and had to stand up and kept asking for only the "blue and green skittles." I was very pleasently suprised and really enjoyed it. It was an awesome experience....one we are definetely gonna repeat!!

Biopsy Results

After almost a week of playing phone tag with the dermatology clinic nurse at Portsmouth, I finally found out my biopsy results--it is not skin cancer or anything malign. It was (and I quote) "a normal hemangioma that was not indicitive of anything bad." YAY! I'm relieved.....I didn't even realize how nervous I was until I'm on the phone and my heart was beating five times faster than it normally does. Needless to say, next time I won't wait so long to have a suspicious looking mole or bump looked at by a doctor.

Women's Multiplication

I thought this was funny, so I stole it from Karla's blog on myspace.....thanks Karla!

'Whatever you give a woman, she's going to multiply. If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby.
If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal.
If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.
So - if you give her any crap, you will receive a ton of shit.'

Our Day

Jessica actually slept until almost seven this morning which has become unusual for her since the kids get here so early during the week and also since she is still adjusting to the time change...I think we all are. I got up with her so that Jeff could sleep in (trust me, he's gonna be doing the same for me tomorrow morning) and put her on the recliner with a bowl of dry ceral, a sippy cup of milk, and a blanket and put a Dora dvd in so that I could curl up on the couch and snooze a little bit longer. That actually lasted for almost an hour and a half which was really nice. Of course when she saw me moving around all I heard was "Mommy, sleep good?...sleep good, Mommy?" It was cute.

A while after Jeff got up, we decided it was about time to paint the downstairs bathroom. We followed our now-usual routine--I did the cutting in and Jeff rolled it. I LOVE IT!! All we have left to do now is install base boards and put the over-the-toilet- shelf back up. I'll have to post pictures when we're completely done with it.

This afternoon I snuck out...without child and husband...to Barnes & Noble to buy the third book in the Twilight Saga--Eclipse--and so far I'm going through it as fast as I have the first two...almost 200 pages already!! I can hear it calling to me right nows which means I'm gonna go curl up in the recliner and get lost in my book until Jeff gets home from his poker game.

Gas & Books

Gas prices are finally below $2.00 here!! The cheapest we've found so far is $1.95, so it only took $25 and some change to fill up the Kia! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Earlier this week a friend intorduce me to a new author--Stephenie Meyer. She's written a suspense series about a love story between a vampire and a human. The books are AWESOME!! It's been a long time since I've been so completely abosrbed in a book that I literally can't put it down....I've read the first two in the series (each over 500 pages long) in a total of two days, and plan to go out today to buy the third and fourth. The first book-Twilight-is being made into a movie and should be released in a couple of weeks. I can't wait!!!!

Halloween

Our Halloween didn't go exactly as planned. Jessica was up about six times the night before coughing and sounding very congested, and during the morning we went through half a box of kleenex wiping her sneezy, runny nose.....not my idea of fun. She doesn't get sick very often, but the few times she has, it's BAD! So with the cold, windy weather outside, we decided it was in her best interest to not go trick-or-treating. I was bummed out more than anybody. On the bright side, we didn't hear any complaints from her--not only because she's too young to realize what she was missing, but also because she ended up with a plastic pumpkin full of candy anyway. On our quick trip to Wal-Mart for cold medicine, we also picked up some Hallween candy; I couldn't let my little girl go without some of the fun of Halloween!!!!!!!

As far as my mole removal went...it turned out not to be a mole, but a hemogenoma (sp?), which is a cluster a red blood vessels or cells. It was shaved off and sent for a biopsy. The doctor said that besides it being larger than normal, it looked fine, but I should have the results from the biposy by next week.