Oh' the Joys of being Pregnant....

So I started going to the gym this week. And I am loving it. Don't worry I am not lifting weights or any of that. Instead, I took up a water aerobics class with thirty other women, none of which are even close to my age! AWKWARD! Even more awkward is thinking that all of these women don't even know I am pregnant yet! I just look like an over-weight little girl. HA!

I am also experiencing the "do da" ness of motherhood as well. YIKES! So, I get out of the gym on Monday morning and guess what!? I am walking out to my car, or should I say I THOUGHT MY CAR. You're laughing right, it gets better. I stand at this 2006 Blue CRV (mind you identical to mine) and wonder to myself why I can't open the door. Well, if you know me well, then you'll know that the interior is COMPLETELY purple! So I take a look inside and notice there is no purple. So my next thought was instantly, "Someone stoll my seat covers, AHHH!!!" I try unlocking the car again and realize I hear the clicking just a few cars away. Thats when I look in the back and realize all of Gracey's things are not there. "Oh, MY GOSH!" I have just stood five minutes at this car that IS NOT EVEN MINE! I was so embarassed. I have NEVER done anything like this before, and it didn't even phase me that I could've very well been standing at someone elses car.

So if that wasn't enough to make me crazy for the week, it gets better. On Wednesday when I returned to the gym, I realized I had put two VERY different flip flops in my bag. Well, I am sorry, but I am not about to pick up any unwaranteed dieseases on my feet, so I wear the darn mis-matching flip flops out to the pool. I looked like I was limping because one of the flip flops was high heeled. LOL.

Those of you who know me well, know that I am probably the most modest person you will ever meet. Well, today, Friday, I am at the gym, again, and there is this woman who comes walking out of the shower Butt*** naked! No, seriously. IF thats not awkard enough, she's standing there for like ten minutes all lotioning up and stuff (NAKED!). As if I can just continue getting dressed while there is a woman infront of me all naked. And you know I am not into that, but my gosh... I guess some women just don't have any cares! However, I guess that part of me is really changing too because I don't seem to care so much if my towel drops by accident. Heck in a few months the towel's not even gunna fit around my preggo belly anymore. So I guess I need to cut back on the modest part of me.

I am sure I will have many more stories of what my parents would call, "my blonde moments!" On another note, many of you do not know how lucky I am... I am so lucky! Not only did I marry the ONLY person that could put up with me, but I married the only person that is PERFECT for me. To celebrate our love, Toby recently got me a new 1/2 karrat platinum band to add to my other 1/2 marquis engagement diamond. It makes me feel special and its a reminder everyday about how much he loves me. I am so blessed. I have the best in the world! I have a perfect husband. I have a perfect little girl growing inside me. We are getting our way out of debt and I have a life that is abandoned to God. Who could ask for anything more? I love it!

BTW - our baby girl says, "HI!" She kicking as I type this now. Gosh I love that feeling!

Welcome Baby GIRL!!!

So this is the first of many posts I am sure I will love writing. Have I ever told you how much I am loving being a mommy! I am not sure it really hit me until about the 18th week when I felt our precious baby kick me. It's funny because everyone said, "It feels like little butterflies inside!"

Ha... well one night I am sitting at the computer typing away at Facebook, when I feel a bug scatter across my belly. I "Shu" it away only to realize it wasn't a bug at all... it was my baby! LOL. After that her kicks/punches got more intense. Now I would describe it as literally someone sticking their finger out from the inside. It's the coolest, yet weirdest feeling I have ever experienced. And I absolutely love it! In fact, I think I will miss it tremendously when it is gone!

On March 6th Toby and I (along with Nana) got to go listen and watch the 20 week ultra sound. After thirty minutes of amazement as the technician explored all of her precious growing body, we were informed that there is a 100% guarantee that she's a girl! And if that wasn't enough news to be joyful, we also were told that she is 100% healthy and so is mommy!

Now I know you are looking at this picture and probably thinking to yourself (just as I did), "How in the WORLD is that a girl!?", RIGHT... well... let me explain. If you look VERY closely next to where the technician wrote, "BABY GIRL" you can find three white lines. These white lines are the girl's sexual parts. So for all of you who are clueless... her "lips" are not developed yet so you can pick out her anatomy by looking at these lines, i.e. the Clitoris, the Urethra and the Labia. Boys don't have those parts so thats why it is a 100% guarantee. As you can imagine I was ecstatic to find out such news as I LOVE THE COLOR PURPLE! YEAH... So guess what our little girl's room is going to be colored, PURPLE... duh... as if you really didn't know that.

We are so excited about this wonderful blessing and miracle! In fact, Toby and I are so excited that we are doing as much as we can to prepare. We believe she deserves the best life and all the possibilities of life abundance. While we know that, that is not promised without God, we are doing our part to make it easier on all of us to welcome such a miracle!

Please stay tuned as I, Autumn-Rose, have so much to share with you. Would you consider subscribing to this blog so that I don't have to message you every time I post. We would love to share this wonderful life with all of you, our dearest family and friends.