Baby Apple update!

I am finally at my computer again!  It only took me over a month!  I only have 17 days until I am in the 2nd trimester. Yes, I am counting. I am 10 weeks 4 days today! In my mind, once I hit week 13 all of my 1st trimester symptoms are going to disappear.  Well that is what I am hoping for.  I am starting to feel better, I am not as tired, I still need naps though if I do a lot in one day.  Dinner is STILL always a struggle and sometimes other meals can be a struggle as well.  I have been lucky and only thrown up a few times, ok several times but it could have been worse.  We had our first ultrasound November 18th!! Baby Apple's heart beat was 141 bpm, which is a strong heart beat for only 7 weeks! We will not get another ultrasound until week 20 (which is when we find out if Baby Apple will be a boy or girl)! I CAN'T WAIT!!!  I will start that countdown after I hit the 2nd trimester! The day I went in they confirmed how far along I was and my exact due date, July 2nd!!  I am starting to wear maternity jeans but that is all for now, it is weird because I have lost 6 pounds but my pants won't fit because of the baby!  I would post belly pictures but I am still not really showing, I do have my small "baby bump", hopefully at the end of December there will be a lot more updates.  Here is a picture of our little angel!  :)

WE'RE HAVING A BABY!!!!!

Baby Apple expected due date is the end of June early July so I am right at 7 weeks!!!  The doctor was unsure of the due date only because of the length between cycles, etc. We have our 2nd appointment in 8 days and she will measure the baby and tell us for sure how far along I am!  We cannot wait, we get to hear the heartbeat!! :) I am so excited, the shock has worn off and the tiredness has set in!! Still hard to believe we are actually going to be parents!  I actually had no idea I was pregnant, my mother-in-law called me the week of my anniversary and asked me if I was pregnant and I thought well that's is strange, and I told her no I wasn't.  I spend time with her and Lily that weekend, she once again told me she thought I was pregnant and I went along thinking she was crazy! Also, another weird thing that happened was on our anniversary (before I knew I was preggo) we went and ate at Pei Wei and my fortune cookie said "There will be many surprises: unexpected gains are likely"  little did I know it was going to be weight gain on my part!!!   That Monday after work I thought that it wouldn't hurt to take a pregnancy test I had been feeling a little weird so I did expecting 1 pretty little line, well no it had 2.......2 LINES!!!! (which means +)   Anyway, after the first pregnancy test we ran to CVS bought the high tech test and sure enough, PREGNANT!!! I cried, laughed and cried some more! Everyone thinks our baby is a girl already, I use to refer to our little angel and "he" or "him" well in all these crazy dreams I have been having it has been a girl EVERY TIME so I am now convinced we will be having a girl only time will tell.  I haven't been too sick only little waves of it, no throwing up, just tired......really really tired!  I am not too much into sweets or fruit juices I am really liking BBQ, Mexican and Chinese (Hibachi Grill) and my husband is NOT complaining! :) I will update with pictures of our baby next week!  I can't wait, the 18th could NOT get here fast enough!!

Where did September go?

Can someone tell me where September went?  I am pretty sure I missed it.  We have been pretty busy on the weekends, even my cleaning routine has gone away, you should see my computer room right now.  In my attempts to organize, I think I made it worse.  BUT once it gets cooler and not 150 degrees in my attic Mikey is going to help me.  Today I am going to meet my good friend Maranda and have a girl date, I am so excited!  It has been awhile since I have seen her and went shopping.  Mike and I are also going to Zanie's Comedy Club tonight.  We saw Angelah Johnson (Bon Qui Qui, RUDE) there not too long ago and  it was a lot of fun so we wanted to go again! 

I am also SOO excited that it is now officially fall season.  It is my FAVORITE!! I even went running this morning.....ok running/walking but hey better than just sitting here, right?  The weather lady on Channel 2 keeps promising me cooler weather as of tomorrow so we shall see.  We have a couple of house projects that we are going to be working on in the next couple of months so I am sure you will hear about them.  We are going to refinish a piece of furniture his Mom gave us for our kitchen, I am pretty excited about it, we are going to use milk paint and sand it down and make it look "old county".  I want me whole house to look that way, but redecorating a house is expensive if you didn't know that already.  I am also going to attempt to make my niece's first birthday cake!  There are a couple of designs that Alisha likes so I am going to practice those before the party, I am so excited!   Another thing I love about fall, is TV!  All of my shows are back on!! GOSSIP GIRL, GREY'S ANATOMY, MODERN FAMILY, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER,  BIG BANG THEORY (Penny.....Penny....Penny)  My husband is such a trooper, he could really could care less about watching any of those but he sits and watches them with me anyway!  I love him!! :)  And here is a picture of him, just to make you smile, ok well to make me smile......HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

Burgess Falls

Last weekend Mike and I took the dogs to Burgess Falls.  The dogs were getting sooo bored in this house, it has been too hot to take them anywhere this summer so since it was a little bit cooler last weekend we decided to go.  It was so pretty there!  Short little hike, only 1.8 miles so it was perfect for someone like me (and moe).  I ended up having to carry him to the car - it happens every time we go hiking for a couple of reasons:  he is a little overweight and his legs are tiny and he has to work twice as hard to keep up bless his heart, so I don't feel bad carrying him, however, his little chuncky butt can get heavy!  

Mike & Bella at Fall #1 (forgot the name)

 

 

 

 

And to sum it up, this is how Moe felt on the way home.......

Fall beginnings....

I am beyond ready for fall for a couple of reasons.  #1 This summer has been HORRIBLE, not only because of the heat, which I don't EVEN want to talk about, but my mom went into the hospital sick, and then last weekend my mom and sister were on their way home (from my house) and got into an accident with an 18 wheeler! Thank GOD that they were ok, just really scared the heck out of them.  I am SOOO glad they are ok, I think I cried more when it happened than them.   

The weather here in TN has turned cooler, I LOVE IT!  We went to a high school football game, which brought back good and bad memories of high school.  I watched the cheerleaders most of the game, the team lost any way (way to start the season guys...).  Moving on.  All I have to say is WAR EAGLE!!!!! WOOOHOOO!! Today is Auburn's first game, Mike and I are SO excited, I am going to go grocery shopping and get "football food" as he calls it and have it ready for him when he gets home from work.  I am such a good wifey some times!

I am so excited for fall and winter to begin, there are a lot of reasons, like finishing our bonus room in our house, new carpet, Mike is going to build me some furniture and a lot of other reasons which I wont really get into today but I promise you will find out!  Mike and I have a 3 day weekend so I think tomorrow we are going to go hiking at Burgess Falls.  I love living in TN it is so beautiful, I need to start taking advantage of it more often.  But any who we are going to take the dogs and let them get out some, Bella is getting a little bored, it has just been toooo hot to take them any where! Hopefully I will be able to get some good pictures of the falls!  

WWWWAAARRRRR EEEEAAAAGGGLLLLEEEEE!!!

Paramore

Mike and I have been pretty busy so sorry for the delay!  We went to PPPAARRRAAMMOOORRREE!  I had SOOO much fun! It was the best concert I have EVER been to!  Hayley Williams has SOO much energy, she is like this little ball of fire!  Kadawatha, New Found Glory and Tegan & Sara open  Here are some pictures of the concert:

The next day after the concert we went to Clarksville to see family and friends, and of course we got to see Lily!!!   I loved spending the day with Alisha and Lily!  Lily is getting so big, she is talking (well kinda) but she is walking/running and busy being cute as ever!! I do not want her to turn 1 but I can't wait for her first birthday party!!  I wanted to take more pictures, however, my camera was dying and it was running out of memory thanks to Paramore!

Loooove her!! :) Proud Aunt!

Playing Catch Up!!

So, here I am, 8 1/2 months later, updating our blog!  (SORRY!)  Plus I am wanting the blog to go in a different direction then me just rambling, I want to show you cooking, and photography (once I get a new camera) so those changes will take place.  But honestly, I am the kind of person that gets in a routine and I stick with that routine.  This is our routine, get up, commute almost an hour to work, work all day, commute almost an hour home, walk the dogs, fix dinner, pick up a little bit and enjoy relaxing with my hubby on our couch and head to bed!  We were really busy around the holidays last year and got pretty busy in June & July, it is now starting to calm down a bit and now that I am home, I can enjoy sitting at my computer some. (Mostly staring at Facebook)  Of course, Mike is fishing today.  He still really enjoys fishing, and I DO NOT see how anyone can enjoy doing anything outside.  The temperature has seriously been TOO hot for me.

But to catch you up on our life, several things have happened, of course.  We are still in the process of paying our debt off (BABY STEP 2!!)  If you know me, you will know that I want a baby more than anything, I have baby radar any where I go, I stare and it makes my happy just to see their sweet faces, however, we are waiting until we are debt free, we just know that it will be easier on us, money wise, if we wait just a little bit longer, and trust me it BETTER happen soon!  We had a little bump in the road this week - our A/C went out!  WORST TIME OF THE YEAR by the way.  But these things happen to homeowners, right?!  It was the compressor, and it kicked us in the butt, I am pretty bummed out, it is setting us back some.  I am determined to be debt free by the end of the year though.

We are both 25 now, WOW 25!! I feel super old (I mean I know it's not, but still) For Mikey's birthday we went hiking, that was HIS idea!  Don't get me wrong, I like hiking, but not 8 mile hikes, I honestly thought I was not going to make it back to the car, I complained the WHOLE way back (ok, so I feel bad now).  It was downhill the first 4 miles, it never occurred to me we would have to go back up.  I am pretty sure I almost passed out.  Good thing it was in March and still kind of chilly outside.  For my birthday we didn't really do much.  Family and friends came to our house the day before so that was fun!  My wonder in-laws got me tickets to go see PARAMORE!!!! Lexi is coming with!  CANT WAIT!! August 21st!!  I WILL BE TAKING PICTURES!

Also, in June my mom went into the hospital - she went in for a routine procedure and obviously the doctor did something wrong and she ended up in the hospital for 7 days.  I never want to see my mama in that much pain again, she cried, I cried.  I am so glad she was ok, but really gave us a scare!  We also got to see Mike's dad who is deployed to Iraq right now, he is really busy over there so Mike doesn't really get a chance to talk to him.  He will hopefully be back in Germany soon.  Maybe one day we can go visit him there, we would really love to!

Lily Brooke Aug. 2010

So on to my b-e-a-utiful niece!! Lily Brooke, how is now almost 1 year OLD!  She is walking/sprinting, talking, and busy being the cutest little girl on planet earth!! We do not get to see hear as much as we would like to, she lives almost an hour away but we still get pictures of her from family all the time!  We are going to spend time with her and Alisha on the 22nd, I cant wait!  I am sure I will have pictures of that sweet little face!  Speaking of babies, there are some important people back in my life.  Maranda and Ethan - Maranda was in my wedding, I have known her since 2006 and she has been a very special friend to me.  Mar moved back to TN and remarried, and had another sweet little baby, Kaleb!  I am so happy she is back in my life, they mean SO much to me!!! :)

Ethan is now 4 years old, time goes by too fast!!

Mar, Ethan & Me (2006)

To wrap things up, sorry I know this has been a long blog.  Mike still works at Narcarato but hoping to get back into school in January and he just completed the physical portion of becoming a fireman!  He now has to take the written portion, which I know he will do great!  Normally it takes several tries for someone to become a fireman but hopefully he will be chosen this time!! As for me, I recently got a new job in Murfreesboro, which is the town we live in!!! I commuted to Franklin for over 4 years and the trip was over 80 miles a day so words cannot express my excitement!  My job is now about 10 minutes from our house.  I now work at the Diabetes Center MTMC and I am the Program Administrative Assistant, which is basically the best job.  It has only been my first week and I LOVE IT!  I am working with patients which is what I wanted to do.  I am very blessed, this job basically fell into my lap and it just seems like things are falling into place for our little family ro start growing.  I am going to make it a point to keep this blog updated and make it part of my routine!  Sorry I talked your ear off! :)

 

Still updating....

I am still updating our blog!! However, I am new to the world of checking Facebook all the time, as well as Twitter, thanks to my new fancy phone (droid market, not to brag or anything) and I got hooked on Twitter because of two people, #1 P-Dub, AKA The Pioneer Woman www.thepioneerwoman.com and #2 Tori Spelling,http://twitter.com/TORIANDDEAN I love her and her show on Oxygen (.com)! If you watch her show you will know what I am talking about. Anyway so yeah you can follow me on Twitter @TaraApple.  Mike doesn't really get into all of that stuff he could really careless, but I care, therefore, he cares! :)  Check back in soon and I will have everyone updated on the past 8 months!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!

WOW so I really am horrible about posting on our blog and I promised to keep everyone updated. So here I am a month later updating our blog, I am so sorry! Not that I think a lot of people actually read it but whatever. SO today is Jan. 1, 2010! That is scary and exciting at the same time! It is scary because time goes by WAY too fast - I mean I graduated from High School 7 years ago - Alisha has a baby, Lexi and Austin are growing up WAY too fast and about to be driving, Mike and I will celebrate 3 years of marriage this year anyway I can't really think about the past because I would have done a lot of things different (finish school, for one thing). Anyway SO we had a great holiday season this year! We went to his mom's and celebrated Christmas the weekend before Christmas since we were going back to AL and got to see the whole family including Mike's cousin Haley and her husband RJ who just moved up here from Florida and of course we got to see our Lily! :) Love that little girl more than I can even express with words - wish we were closer to everyone. The Friday before Christmas, Mike and I went ahead and swapped presents - #1 I did not want to spend money on wrapping paper and #2 I could not wait to show Mikey some of his gifts!! I got him some work lights for his "wood working shop" - aka our garage, I got him a lot of other things, book, coffee machine, etc. He is such a great husband and he got me my sewing maching!!! I am sure an old lady - but I signed up for a class next week to learn how to use it and actually make things so I am really excited - he also got me a book, movies, a watch, purfume, etc. I was very impressed!! THEN on Chritmas Eve, we drove down to Troy that night and got in around midnight. I love being at my home with my Mama and sister! I miss them both SO much it is SO hard to leave!!! They got us SOOO many great gifts, my mama got me UGG boots (LOVE them!) and got me tons of other things - oh and cook books (since Mike and I love to cook together)! Mike got gift cards to Sears and Dicks Sporting Goods - which he spend yesterday! Mama and Cherish also got my babies some yummy treats and a snuggie (yes it is very cheesy but Bella loves her snuggie!!) We also went to my Daddy's, which is always fun - me and Cherish love hanging out with daddy he is so goofy and funny!!! And I love all of his animals, he has cats, dogs, horses, goats, ducks, geese, etc so you get the point! Here are some pictures from our trip to AL - I am hoping to make another trip back in Feburary to hang out with Cherish.






Ok so picture time is over! Sorry I added a lot. Anyway so moving on - 2010 is going to be an exciting year and I cannot wait!!!!! For one thing - we are going to be debt free and going to try to start a family! I AM SOOOOOOO FLIPPING excited!! If you know me, then you know that I want to be a mommy more than anything and share that experience with my Mikey!!! He is going to be an awesome father (that is weird to say) but we both can't wait, we talk about our future children all the time! I am so excited for what God has in store for us - our lives are going to change a lot this year but all for the better! I have a feeling 2010 is going to be a GREAT YEAR!!!! To start this year, we are going to organize our house and get everything in order(which I am sure he is looking forward to - TOO BAD :)), first I am going to start with making pancakes for Mike, plus I am starving!!! I really do promise to keep everyone updated more!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!