Weekend Update

Another HOT one! Wow! It seems to just keep getting hotter. I saw last night on the news that this is the hottest start to June in 60 years. Are you kidding me? I won't continue to elaborate on how dang hot it is outside, but just sympathize with the pregnant chick, please!!!!

Friday, Sadie and I just ran some errands together. It was so hot outside that about halfway through my errands, I turned around and came home. I was just sick of getting us both in and out of the car a hundred times. Friday night, we went to eat at Red Robin. It was Dennis' first time, and it was mine and Sadie's 2nd. It was so yummy!!!! I think their cheeseburgers are the best around, and I am definitely a cheeseburger connoisseur. Dennis got their "famous shaved prime rib sandwich", and he said it left a lot to be desired. So, if you go, stick w/ the burgers! We had the best service too, which is unusual for us. This sweet little girl was on top of everything. Then, since we didn't seem to be full enough from a huge dinner, we went by Maggie Moos and got milkshakes. Mistake!!! I felt like I was going to barf for the rest of the night. I was so incredibly full!!! But, it was delicious, I must say.

Saturday, Sadie slept until almost 10:45, so Dennis and I got to hang out a bit together and drink coffee, etc. We all ran a few errands, but came on back home, because it was really hot again. My dad came in town this weekend, so he came over, and we all went to eat at McAlister's in Gallatin, b/c I was craving just a good ole sandwich and some yummy sweet tea. Well, we pulled in and discovered it's no longer there. Bummer! So, we settled for Zaxby's, which wasn't quite as yummy, but served the purpose. Afterwards, yes, we went BACK to Maggie Moos, b/c my dad had never been there. Again, it was delicious. We all came back here and just hung out until it was time for Sadie to get her bath and go to bed.

Sunday, we went to church, and I think Sadie cried most of the time in the nursery. The lady said that all of the kids seemed to be upset, which was probably why Sadie cried. We found her on the "bye bye buggy" when we went to pick her up. She didn't look too enthused. But, church was great. Bro David was fired up! Afterwards, we came back home for sandwiches and chips. During Sadie's nap, I layed on the couch and Dennis went down and organized his "shop" (aka crawl space) all afternoon. He has turned it into "Dennis' playland". He even set it up to where he can shoot his bow down there. I guess every guy needs a place to escape like that. After Sadie had dinner, we put her in the swimming pool, which she didn't seem to care too much for, then we took her for her first 4-wheeler ride.

We just rode around the neighborhood a few times, and took her to see the horses that live in our neighborhood. We showed up just in time for feeding, so she enjoyed watching that. They are beautiful horses, and the 2 females just had 2 baby girls about 2 months ago, and they are too cute. One of them was nibbling on Dennis' elbow. It was a good time though, and Sadie seemed to enjoy the 4-wheeler ride. I think in the picture below, she's asking "why are we finished riding?"

All in all, it was a good weekend, but too short, as usual.

Sadie's New Pool

This is my first attempt to post a video on my blog, so we'll see if it works. We put Sadie in her new pool today, and although she was a little skeptical at first, she ended up enjoying it. She just sat and played with her princess dolls and then walked around the perimeter of the pool. When her lip started quivering because she was cold, that was my indication that it was time to get out. I officially feel completely redneck now having a blow up kiddie pool sitting in our yard. I actually went out and got in it myself during Sadie's nap and pretended that I was on the beach in St. Maarten. It kinda worked! It felt wonderful. I think it was the most relaxed I have felt since I've been pregnant. I plan on doing it often during these hot summer months.

Here are a few of my favorite pics, and hopefully, a little bit of video at the end on the bottom picture!

July 30th - The Big Day

Well, the "big day" was set today. Sawyer will arrive sometime on July 30th. We were hoping to get out of July because we have 13 other birthdays and our anniversary in July, but surprisingly, we don't have anything on the 30th, so it will work out fine. What's one more??? ha ha We're now taking up almost half the month!
Dr. Adkins was planning to call Baptist after our appt. to set up the OR, etc., so we won't have it exactly set in stone until I go back in 2 weeks, but he was confident it would be done on that date. We pushed for Friday, August 1st, but Dr. Adkins will be out of town that day, so we moved it to the 30th. Now I can officially say "I'm due next month"!
Everything else looked great, and his little heartbeat sounded good too. I'm getting so excited!!!
We went and got Sadie a baby pool today at KMart; if that's what you want to call it. It's pretty big! It was only $29.99 and it is HUGE! Dennis looked at me like I was crazy when I told him it was Sadie's "baby pool". It supposedly will fit about 6 people in it. He's blowing it up as we speak so that we can use it tomorrow. My friend Shelly told me about it, because she bought one for Greyson and she said he loved it. Plus, she said she got in it by herself when he went down for his nap, and I thought that was a great idea. I need some sun so bad! My legs will absolutely blind you!!
Quick doggie update: I spoke with the lady next door yesterday for a while out in the yard, and she was so sweet. I started to feel guilty for "dogging" (no pun intended) her dogs out. She was apologizing for how much they've been barking, and she promised they would stop as soon as they get used to the new house/new neighbors, etc. She's actually pregnant too and due one month after me and is having a little boy as well. You'd never know it, b/c she's so tiny. She also seems to be a little older. I'm guessing she's in her late 30's at least. She's a c-section recovery nurse at a hospital in Bowling Green right now, but is looking for a job around here. Anyways, I am going to try my best to lay off of the dogs for a while and change my bad attitude towards them. Hold me accountable!!!!

HOT Weekend Update

Boy, is it getting HOT outside!!! Oh my goodness. I can't believe I'm going to be pregnant during these next 2 months. Wow...I broke out in a full sweat today just putting the groceries in the car. It took me all of 2 minutes, and I was sweating profusely. I was hoping that June would allow 80 degree temperatures and that the 90 degree temps wouldn't kick in until July, but NO! It's supposed to be 90 degrees all week! Oh well, what's a girl to do? I know one thing...I will be getting Sadie a baby pool to sit in our backyard so that we can both cool off.

Thursday, our little neice, McHaney, had heart surgery at Vanderbilt. She is doing fabulous, Praise the Lord! She was born with a heart murmur, which I think was causing one side of her heart to grow faster than the other, thus needing surgery. Rachel and Daren did great. Much better than I would've done. I think I would've had to have been put to sleep too if Sadie was undergoing heart surgery. But, they all did great, and McHaney pulled through like a champ!!!

Friday, my friend Shelly and her little boy Greyson came over to play. Sadie and Greyson had so much fun together. Greyson even cried when he had to leave. It was precious.

I need to mention on a side-note that my child is now WALKING!! Yippee!!! Yes, it took her 14 months, but she is now walking all over the place. She started a little over a week ago, and she has not stopped. It's amazing how she went from scarily taking a few steps here and there, to now walking all over the place and never slowing down. This huge milestone got a little lost during the move last weekend, but it's oh so important to mention now. I told her that she only 2 more months to learn to walk, because I can't carry 2 babies around at the same time, so she got her little tooshie into gear and started to walk. ha ha

This picture is of Sadie on her new bean bag that DaDa insisted that she and Sawyer have one each. It's hilarious, b/c it swallows her whole! I think we got them a little too big, but we know they'll both love them one day. She loves her new playroom with all of her toys.

Friday afternoon, Dennis put his new grill together that he got for his 30th birthday a year ago. We wanted to save it until we moved. He has become the ultimate handyman. I swear, that man can put together anything. It really does amaze me. I guess from a girl's perspective, it's quite impressive, because I can't put together anything.

Afterwards, we ran to Belk to get Sadie some PJ's and grabbed dinner at Zaxby's.

Saturday, we all got up and went to Lowe's to get some things for the house. I never realized how many trips to Lowe's you can make once you move into a new house. Goodness gracious! We need to purchase stock in that place for cryin' out loud! After Sadie's nap Saturday afternoon, we went and got Outback to-go and took it out to Daren and Rachel's house since McHaney had been in the hospital. It was so much fun to watch the girls run around together and play. Sadie was in RARE form! They have a mini weiner dog named Utah, and although Sadie has seen her numerous times, she got the biggest kick out of her on Saturday. It was hilarious! I'm not sure I've ever heard Sadie laugh so hard. She fed Utah almost all of her grilled cheese sandwich and crunchies. Everytime she would throw food down to Utah, she would just start to hee-haw at herself. McHaney was looking at her like she was a crazy person, which I don't blame her.

Uncle Red (aka Daren) read the girls a book and I thought this picture was so precious.

Saturday night, we had horrible storms and we experienced our first power outage at the new house. Not fun in the middle of the night. Not fun when you're hot and pregnant. Not fun when your child is used to sleeping with a fan to make background noise....But, after about 2 and 1/2 hours, it kicked back on and all was well.

We went to church on Sunday morning and the service was great. We sang "I Saw the Light" and it felt like we were in an old country church back in the 1940's. It was great! We picked up Sadie from the nursery and for the first time, she came walking towards us instead of just sitting in the floor playing. It was neat. Afterwards, we grabbed a quick lunch at DQ in Glenbrook, which I don't recommend, because I had a big hair in mine. Yuck!!!!

Dennis' dad and stepmom stopped by to see the house and to see Sadie for a quick minute before her naptime. Then, we all sat out on the screened-in porch and chatted for a while. Despite the 85 degree weather, it actually felt quite nice out there.

We took Sadie for her first ride in her new wagon that she got for her birthday. She loved it! I think we're going to love this neighborhood. Everyone seems so friendly.

Dog Update: The 2 dogs next door are about to see their last days. They are barking non-stop and it's driving us crazy!! For a few days, they were fine, but we think it's because the owners put them inside. Now, they've trained them to use the underground fence, so they pretty much let them outside all of the time now. When we go outside, or when we walked past their yard last night on our nice, leisurely walk, they just run as close to you as they can and bark their heads off. You just want to give them both a swift kick in the ribs!! And, I'm sorry, but they're about the ugliest dogs in the world. If they were the kind of dogs that would bark at first, but then wag their tail and lick you or something, that'd be great, but I think they have small dog syndrome, and they don't plan on being friendly to anyone. Pray for us. We need to stop planning our attack. But, come on people, if you have just moved into a new neighborhood, wouldn't you NOT want to tick off all of your neighbors?? In the whole neighborhood that we walked last night, those were the only 2 dogs that caused us any trouble.

That's all for now. I'm bent out of shape thinking about the dogs now, so I will go...