Carlyn

i have been out of town visiting family for the past week and a half but i back home now and i have lots of pictures and stories to share. i went to visit my family to see my little sister graduate from middle school & my brother from high school. this is a pic of me and my two sisters at catherine's(on the right) granduation. my other sister is candice(on the left). i am the oldest, even though i don't much look like it anymore. the weather at home was very very hot!! we are use to the cool mountian weather so the humid heat of the gulf coast was quite a shock. i got to see lots of friends from home. most knew i was pregnant but i got to suprise a few. i felt pretty good most of the time i was out of town. i thought maybe all of this sickness was over but then not long after we got home last night i started throwing up again. oh, well at least i had a good vacation. i am blaming this episode on all of the traveling and hoping for a good week to come. This is my friend de...

I did have a very nice mother's day. james greeted me with a very sweet card as soon as i got up. we went to church and then over to my grandparents house for a cookout. i felt ok most of the day and only got a little queasy after lunch. we had some wonderful hamburgers cooked by my my uncle ricky on the grill as he dodged the scattered showers. we had to eat inside due to the rain but it was still very nice to hang out with family. i guess this is my first mother's day because i am already a mommy, but it doesn't feel real yet. so far i haven't had to do much besides puke. i guess i am saying that when being a mother has cost me more i will feel more like the day is for me. or maybe, it is when i actually have the baby in my arm and motherhood has therefore rewarded me. so, i celebrated but i think it will mean a lot more next year. this is me in my new dress, plus you can see the growing baby bump!!

This was Codyak and me watching American Idol together. Cody likes to hog the romote. He was really upset about Chris being voted off.

yesterday was a great day. james decided to take the rest of the day off from studying after taking his second to last test. it was nice to just hang out together. we took codyak for a walk and watched a movie. we rented Dreamer the horse movie with Daktoa Fanning in it. it is a very good movie. very family appropriate. oh course i cried. i have alway cried watching movies but i tell you since i have been pregnant, i dont' cry, i sob. i watched regis & kelly's show yesterday morning when they were suprising different moms and making theirs dreams come true for mother's day. i was sobbing. i called my friend talia who is also pregnant and was telling her about it. she had watched the same show and said she finally just had to leave the house because she was crying so much she had to keep putting her makeup back on. that is not a problem for me because i hardly every wear make up. i figure, what is the point if i am sitting around in my PJ's. oh, good...

yeah!! everyone seems to like my new blog. i got to catch up with several old friends, so that was nice, plus it is a good distraction from being sick. everyone was asking about my due date so i will try to explain. my offical due date was Nov 2nd but then i had an ultrasound when i was 11 wks and they said i was really 12 wks so i guess that moves it up a week to Oct 26th. just to bring everyone up to date. my husband(of 3 years in Aug), james, is in med school and he is just this week finishing up his 2nd year. this is a pic of us together on Easter underneath the lilac tree in our back yard. we have a sieberian husky named codyak, who will be pictured soon. he has been our baby for quite a while now, so we will have to see how he reacts when the real baby comes. since i have been pregnant james now refers to him as our "hairy child." oh, in case anyone was wondering, i did keep down my 3rd dinner last night. james said "3 times a charm". i told him t...

15 weeks and none of my clothes fit!! thank goodness for my friend talia who let me borrow lots of tops and to my husband who took me on a shopping spree. buying maternity clothes is harder than you would think. you have to try everything on. you can't just eye it and grab a medium. nothing looks like what you think it would. my favorite item so far is my bathing suit!! it is so cute. expects pics of that one on the beach it a few weeks. i am finally starting to feel better, but i still have bad days. today has been one. i have puked up my dinner twice so far. guess when i finish this blog i will find something to eat for my 3rd dinner and see if i can keep it down. the day this pic was taken was a good day. i got my hair cut at the mall and bought a new dress to wear to denise's wedding. i made bananna bread, curled my hair, put on make up & went to community group! that is a full day in the life of this pregnant woman. most days i don't make it out of my PJs(for inst...