Holy Cow Time Is Flying!

I can't believe it is October already!! And more importantly, I am half-way done with pregnancy!! I can't say that it has been fun. I am not going to be one of those women that enjoys the experience. My back hurts, my knees hurt, and easy tasks like taking out the trash and checking the mail are getting a lot harder!

On a happier note, I got to talk to Mike yesterday and today. I know I shouldn't get used to him calling, because pretty soon, who knows when I will hear from him. But it's nice getting to talk to him and act like life is normal for a few moments.

Here is my 20 weeks picture...starting to get a lot bigger!! And yes...the baby is representing the Cougs already!!

Getting bigger!!

Some Days I Just REALLY Want To Give Up!

Today was a trying day. I have had a cold for about 6 days now and I have been having a lot of trouble sleeping. Today I felt pretty nauseated and I was still really congested. I tried to take a bath last night, but the water pipe broke and I had no hot water. I made it through the day and was looking forward to going home. Unfortunately, traffic was a nightmare and it took me 2 hours to get home. When I finally made it home, I got to see the mess Peanut made. He chewed up a potty pad...pretty typical...and also chewed a hole in the carpet. Days like this just make me want to throw in the towel. And I can't pick up the phone and call Mike and vent to him anymore. I got to talk to him for a few minutes yesterday, which will hold me over until he can call again...hopefully tomorrow!! Now I just need to feel better!!

Today's Reason Why I Miss Mike...

Who will kill the spiders? I have quite a few very large neighbors at the moment. I am afraid to go out onto the balcony and I have to inspect the front door before I leave. They are huge and nasty and I am hoping they don't find their way indoors!!

Ew ew ew!!

I realized I didn't update on my latest OB appointment. I went in on Friday and all is well with the baby. He (or she) was moving around a lot, so the nurse had a hard time finding the heartbeat, but when she did, it was very strong!! Baby has been moving around a lot lately. The anatomy ultrasound is scheduled for the 9th of October, so we will finally know what we are having!!

Mike has a pillow that he always sleeps on every night. Ever since he left, Peanut has claimed the pillow as his own. However, in the past few days, Peanut has claimed a new belonging. Mike bought the baby a blanket before he left and slept with it for a few weeks so it would smell like him. Peanut thinks the blanket belongs to him now.

Peanut laying on "his" blanket.

Pizza is done! That's my cue to end it here!

Long weekend!!

This weekend was full of things to do, but I was very productive! Saturday my dad came out and fixed the oil leak in Mike's car and my sister and I went to the Puyallup Fair, which is always fun!! We took Mila with us and she loves looking at all the animals. We also eat a lot!!

I wanna know how he got in there.

My adorable niece, Mila.

Delicious strawberry shortcake.

What a cute cow.

Mila learned to milk a cow.

The goat ate the poster.

Mike was able to call me while I was at the fair. I only got to talk to him for a few minutes, but it was good to hear from him. Mila told me that she really really likes Mike and is always asking where he is. It's pretty cute.

I went to Ikea after the fair to get a new bed frame since Mike broke the one we had. He says he didn't, but somehow only HIS side of the frame was broken. I got a metal frame this time. Hopefully it can withstand Mike's belly flopping on the bed.

I put the bed frame together this morning and took Peanut to get a much needed haircut. He looks pretty cute. We also enjoyed a BBQ at my sister's house. Such a long weekend, and I am not ready to go back to work yet, but lucky for me, I start part time this week!!

We can finally see his pretty face!

Some new stuff to look at...

Not much new to report. Mike was able to call for a few minutes today. He is off to a shooting range for the next few days. In the mean time, here are some pictures of a few of our first baby purchases and my 18 week belly!

I thought my belly was supposed to get bigger, not my butt!

Baby towels!

Mike gets pro teams, I get college teams!!

We have added a registry at Target in addition to the one at Babies-R-Us. Hopefully in three weeks we will have more gender-specific stuff to add to it!

Ohhhhh...I guess it's time for an update.

Wow. What a week. I finally dropped off Mike at 3:30am on Monday morning, turned around and took Ray and Kristen to the airport and then headed off to work running on two hours of sleep. I am not sure how I made it through the day. Mike called me around 10am saying they were about to take off. He called again around 4pm letting me know he landed in Maine safely and was about to head off to Germany.

Then I get a call at about 5:30pm. I assumed this was the "I am about to take off" call, but then I heard "you won't believe this." Really? Shock me. He said that apparently they barely made it off the runway at McChord here in Tacoma. The plane they left in was never inspected before they left. When they were about to leave Maine for Germany, they found out that the plane did not pass airport inspection and was unsafe to fly!! The guys had to stay the night in Maine (in a crappy hotel that THEY had to pay for). They finally took off Tuesday afternoon and arrived in Germany late last night. They made it to Kuwait early this morning. Phew!!!!

As far as I am concerned...I am doing pretty good. I have been coping pretty well with the situation. Work and my internship are keeping be busy, and I have been cleaning and organizing the apartment now that all of Mike's Army stuff is out of here!!

I will post new pictures sometime this week!

The day Mike was SUPPOSED to leave...

Yesterday Mike was supposed to leave for Iraq. Ray and Kristen came down from Alaska to see the guys off and we all headed to base at 10:30am expecting that they would leave at 10:30pm. The guys weren't allowed to leave post, so we had to stay on base all day. The families had to leave at 7pm. When 6pm rolled around, we were informed that the flight was being postponed until the following morning and the families could stay until 11pm. Then 10:30 rolled around and we were informed that the flight was delayed again and we could stay until 4am. I was pretty fed up and I was tired; we had spent 15 hours on base. I decided at 2pm that I just couldn't hold out any longer and Mike and I said our goodbyes.

I got in my bar and made it about 1/2 a mile down the road when I see red and blue flashing lights behind me. I was getting pulled over. I was a complete mess from crying and these teenage military police were doing nothing to make it easier. They had pulled me over for a headlight being out, hoping I was also drunk. No such luck...they let me go.

I made it home at 2:30am and tried to get some sleep, which didn't work out so well. Around 8:30am I get a call from Mike, expecting him to say goodbye one more time before he took off. Instead, he asked me to come pick him up because the flight had once again been moved, this time to Monday morning. Ugh.

This weekend was an emotional roller coaster and I am pretty sick of the Army right now. But here are some pictures from out night:

Ray, Mike, Peanut, Beaudoin and Rebele.

Mike, Abad and Beaudoin being cool.

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Mike getting his gun squared away.

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I fixed the comment problem, so you should be able to post now!

New Baby Pictures!

I finally got them scanned in. So here is baby at 16 weeks:

Baby was moving around a lot!

This is a nice profile shot.

Waving hello...

They think it's a boy...not sure for 3 weeks though!

My New Ring!!

I had an ultrasound yesterday and Mike was able to come with me this time. Looks like all is well! Baby is growing and growing and seems to be perfectly healthy. I will scan the pictures in this weekend and post them. In the meantime, you can look at the new ring Mike got me!! I am so in love with it!!! Now he just has to get one to replace the one he lost in the lake on the 4th of July!