After having my lil' man... I decided to wait a bit before we sent out announcements. I thought when he was more alert would make for a more fun and real-life announcement... well the time passed so quickly and now I feel like I wait too long, O WELL.
But basically I wanted to use certain pictures but couldn't decide on the layout and what I'd say on them... Like "Sorry for the delay, here's a 3 month pic of Clay" :) I will post what I decided SOON :)
Monday, January 17, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Clay's Arrival, Part 2
the night before our 1st appointment was nerve racking! i couldn't sleep and didn't feel good at all.... so many weird and new thoughts raced through my head. i was excited yet so scared.
the appointment was at 8:45AM and 30 minutes away, I got up at 5 and took a shower, straightened my hair and it was 6:30AM then.... i have done this same routine for so many different occasions; get up WAY too early go through the motions and then sit and WAIT to leave... so there I was and it was nearly 2 hours away for when we needed to leave... so i woke up Dennis who was obviously sleeping better than i had. and I had him get up and..... wait with me lol. I was too awake to be grumpy but i remember thinking this is the beginning.I got impatient and we ended up leaving my apartment around 7:45 and we went through McDonalds and got Dennis some breakfast... i didn't eat because of being so sick to my stomach (i think it was more nerves because I never had morning sickness or any kind till the end)
we didn't speak the entire way there, I think dennis could sense my mood and played it safe (I'm thankful for that because I was on the edge of alot of emotions) we got to the appointment and i felt alittle better, it was a familiar place because I had been going there for my womanly checkups, so that helped. we got there 20minutes early and go called in right away(i remembered that, and from then on I scheduled early appointments and never had to wait too long)
the nurse was so warm and friendly and basically asked alot of questions about me, family, and dennis, and his close family. It was alittle overwhelming but it definently made me start thinking more of the baby's health than who he'd look like or if he'd have my eyes. It was a long appointment and I received alot of information and freebies and just loads of stuff. They took my blood and weighed me as well.. the first of many times to come.
we left the appointment with alot to talk about! the entire day we talked about things that were mentioned earlier... and if i remember correctly we skipped our classes for the day and ate at Applebee's! :)
one of the next appointments we heard the heartbeat and we both teared up. i just layed there and smiled and cried. it was so fast and i remember thinking this little baby is going to be so fun. we had our ultrasound the next appointment.... and that was another happy cry :) this was also the day that we got our official due date... October 19th.... and boy did that feel like an eternity away, I had no idea what the next months were going to bring..
I was still obviously in classes, it was my last semester, and all of my classmates knew at this time. So most of my classtime was spent talking with my close friends about the baby and my future plans... it seems like me getting pregnant brought some of us closer.... The 1st week of May was finals week... I breezed through it and graduated that Saturday. It was a crazy hectic day. Dennis was in Kansas for track conference but his fam made it down! I had bought a white pencil skirt and a frilly little top and CUTE heels to wear, during the graduation ceremony I had to reach in through my gown and unzip my skirt alittle (it had too zippers on the front) it was too snug, I was hot, and was sitting at a weird angle. The day was very memorable...and I remember thinking to myself one day I'm going to tell the baby all about when I walked across the stage carrying him.
I graduated on that Saturday and started working on that Monday....
and in June we moved to Kansas City, FINALLY!
the move went well..... and it was so nice to finally have our own place, the place where we would bring our little baby home too.
June was spent putting our apartment together and settling into our jobs. In the middle of the month I surprised Dennis for his birthday and took him to an airshow in Iowa. I look back at it now, and think HOW did i do it. it was scorching hot and not reasonable to do when you're with child. but I did it and he'll never forget that birthday! This month was also when i felt the first kicks... and boy he didn't stop! Any music or loud sound he would start and would not stop. I remember working one day and thought what is this baby doing.... well he figured out how to completely turn, so that day I felt like i was on a rollarcoaster and my stomach churned all day. I knew from then on that he was gonna be active (and I was right.... more on that later :)) June was also the month I accepted a different postion at a different store. This was also the first big month of cravings... and to be honest we could not keep enough FRUIT in our house. I'm not even exaggerating when I say that i was eating almost 4 cans of fruit plus grapes or watermelon every day. Dennis wore himself going to the nearest Price Chopper. The other thing that I consumed in large amounts was MILK. On average we were doing 2 gallons a week, and Dennis doesn't drink it. I'm so thankful I had sort of healthy cravings.. By the end of this month i FINALLY had a bump. I serioulsy believe my co-workers and boss didn't believe I was pregnant and alot of not so close friends didn't believe I was either...or so I heard. :) June was also the month I started my "night routine", you all will eventually realize that I do almost everything in a routine... well until I had Clay, but anyWHO my routine was where every night when I got out of the shower or bath, I would lotion up from head to toe with this great Cocoa Butter lotion... i was determined to take care of my skin while he changed... and I'm pretty proud of myself for doing that everytime.. even when I was so exhausted and Dennis had to help me. LOL After doing all of that, take my vitamins and get settled into bed. I swear I couldn't take any other medication daily at the same time everyday, but by golly I took my prenatal vitamins every night!
July was a fun month.... 4th we celebrated with his fam that came down and then went to Westport to watch the fireworks... they were stunnning. We also had our 2nd routine ultra-sound... boy had HE had grown... and kicked and rolled the entire time. We were able to copy the ultrasound on a DVD... I'll show Clay one day. This month my belly grew alittle more, just enough to make regular shirts short :)
August I remember being a hectic month, Dennis was starting his last semester and I was in full fledge nesting and sorting through potential names! We both could agree on what kinds of names we liked, but couldn't decide on one. I'm so thankful we went with the name we did... i love family names :)
from the beginning the appointments, weight gain, blood pressure, protein, and blood were nearly perfect.... until mid August when I was about 31 weeks along. Then things started changing...
the appointment was at 8:45AM and 30 minutes away, I got up at 5 and took a shower, straightened my hair and it was 6:30AM then.... i have done this same routine for so many different occasions; get up WAY too early go through the motions and then sit and WAIT to leave... so there I was and it was nearly 2 hours away for when we needed to leave... so i woke up Dennis who was obviously sleeping better than i had. and I had him get up and..... wait with me lol. I was too awake to be grumpy but i remember thinking this is the beginning.I got impatient and we ended up leaving my apartment around 7:45 and we went through McDonalds and got Dennis some breakfast... i didn't eat because of being so sick to my stomach (i think it was more nerves because I never had morning sickness or any kind till the end)
we didn't speak the entire way there, I think dennis could sense my mood and played it safe (I'm thankful for that because I was on the edge of alot of emotions) we got to the appointment and i felt alittle better, it was a familiar place because I had been going there for my womanly checkups, so that helped. we got there 20minutes early and go called in right away(i remembered that, and from then on I scheduled early appointments and never had to wait too long)
the nurse was so warm and friendly and basically asked alot of questions about me, family, and dennis, and his close family. It was alittle overwhelming but it definently made me start thinking more of the baby's health than who he'd look like or if he'd have my eyes. It was a long appointment and I received alot of information and freebies and just loads of stuff. They took my blood and weighed me as well.. the first of many times to come.
we left the appointment with alot to talk about! the entire day we talked about things that were mentioned earlier... and if i remember correctly we skipped our classes for the day and ate at Applebee's! :)
one of the next appointments we heard the heartbeat and we both teared up. i just layed there and smiled and cried. it was so fast and i remember thinking this little baby is going to be so fun. we had our ultrasound the next appointment.... and that was another happy cry :) this was also the day that we got our official due date... October 19th.... and boy did that feel like an eternity away, I had no idea what the next months were going to bring..
I was still obviously in classes, it was my last semester, and all of my classmates knew at this time. So most of my classtime was spent talking with my close friends about the baby and my future plans... it seems like me getting pregnant brought some of us closer.... The 1st week of May was finals week... I breezed through it and graduated that Saturday. It was a crazy hectic day. Dennis was in Kansas for track conference but his fam made it down! I had bought a white pencil skirt and a frilly little top and CUTE heels to wear, during the graduation ceremony I had to reach in through my gown and unzip my skirt alittle (it had too zippers on the front) it was too snug, I was hot, and was sitting at a weird angle. The day was very memorable...and I remember thinking to myself one day I'm going to tell the baby all about when I walked across the stage carrying him.
I graduated on that Saturday and started working on that Monday....
and in June we moved to Kansas City, FINALLY!
the move went well..... and it was so nice to finally have our own place, the place where we would bring our little baby home too.
June was spent putting our apartment together and settling into our jobs. In the middle of the month I surprised Dennis for his birthday and took him to an airshow in Iowa. I look back at it now, and think HOW did i do it. it was scorching hot and not reasonable to do when you're with child. but I did it and he'll never forget that birthday! This month was also when i felt the first kicks... and boy he didn't stop! Any music or loud sound he would start and would not stop. I remember working one day and thought what is this baby doing.... well he figured out how to completely turn, so that day I felt like i was on a rollarcoaster and my stomach churned all day. I knew from then on that he was gonna be active (and I was right.... more on that later :)) June was also the month I accepted a different postion at a different store. This was also the first big month of cravings... and to be honest we could not keep enough FRUIT in our house. I'm not even exaggerating when I say that i was eating almost 4 cans of fruit plus grapes or watermelon every day. Dennis wore himself going to the nearest Price Chopper. The other thing that I consumed in large amounts was MILK. On average we were doing 2 gallons a week, and Dennis doesn't drink it. I'm so thankful I had sort of healthy cravings.. By the end of this month i FINALLY had a bump. I serioulsy believe my co-workers and boss didn't believe I was pregnant and alot of not so close friends didn't believe I was either...or so I heard. :) June was also the month I started my "night routine", you all will eventually realize that I do almost everything in a routine... well until I had Clay, but anyWHO my routine was where every night when I got out of the shower or bath, I would lotion up from head to toe with this great Cocoa Butter lotion... i was determined to take care of my skin while he changed... and I'm pretty proud of myself for doing that everytime.. even when I was so exhausted and Dennis had to help me. LOL After doing all of that, take my vitamins and get settled into bed. I swear I couldn't take any other medication daily at the same time everyday, but by golly I took my prenatal vitamins every night!
July was a fun month.... 4th we celebrated with his fam that came down and then went to Westport to watch the fireworks... they were stunnning. We also had our 2nd routine ultra-sound... boy had HE had grown... and kicked and rolled the entire time. We were able to copy the ultrasound on a DVD... I'll show Clay one day. This month my belly grew alittle more, just enough to make regular shirts short :)
August I remember being a hectic month, Dennis was starting his last semester and I was in full fledge nesting and sorting through potential names! We both could agree on what kinds of names we liked, but couldn't decide on one. I'm so thankful we went with the name we did... i love family names :)
from the beginning the appointments, weight gain, blood pressure, protein, and blood were nearly perfect.... until mid August when I was about 31 weeks along. Then things started changing...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Clay's Arival, Part 1
For awhile now, I have been wanting to write down, look back on, and reflect on my whole experience with Clay. For one, I'll eventually forget most of the "little things" and for two I want a written (typed i guess :)) record of it. i'm going to break it up into parts because I can already tell that this story is gonna be a long one....so here goes.....
Finding Out
(Picture this)
There I was, sitting in my car, just staring at the Dollar General sign. I was in Warrensburg, the college town I had moved to in August of 2007. I was a senior in my last semester of my under-grad, and I had been too busy with life to notice that "aunt flow" had missed the bus. I was too busy with classes, papers, work, parties, downtown. Until, on February 26th, it hit me. It was going to be a weekend of just work. Dennis was away at his conference track meet in Joplin and my roommates had went home for the weekend. I worked the morning shift and that afternoon something in my head reminded me of what hadn't came. I got off work, tanned, and then drove across the parking lot and parked and that's all i did, park and turned the car off. I called my mom, we had a short discussion about the situation and she said yes, to go ahead and go buy a test and take it. So that's just what I did, I bought a test and walked out. Then, I drove to Wal-Mart, clear across town and parked again. I called my mom again, and she of course answered on the first ring because she had thought I had already taken a test. I told her I was in the Wal-Mart parking lot, she asked why in the heck was I there. And to be honest, I wasn't too sure. So, again I walked into the store and bought another test. I guess I was thinking that Wal-Mart pregnancy tests have to be more accurate than DG's. lol. I checked out, and there was the bathroom straight in front of me. I was scared to take the tests, but made myself go in. I took the handi-cap stall, I guess thinking I needed some major room to take the tests. So I took the first one, and while it was "processing" I took the other one. and then I just sat there, under 4 of those paper cut outs you put on the seat before you sit down, the DG test was done first..... it was positive. I just sat there and stared at the other one. It was positive. I remember thinking, I am never going to forget this. I walked out of Wal-Mart and sat in my car somemore. I called my Mom and told her. First thing she said was she was marking it on her calendar and that she knew I always wanted a baby, someone who loved me and depended on me. I drove to my apartment and sat in the silence. I plugged in my ipod, like i normally did when the roomies were away, and jammed out.... and I sat there and just thought and cried. It was a happy cry.... with a little of worry in there. The only thing I was worried about was the baby and telling the news. Because I didn't want to tell Dennis over the phone ( he was in Joplin, remember) I didn't talk to him the whole rest of the day. He had texted the normal things like they had made it, they were on the track, but I couldn't bring myself to respond because I didn't want to slip and tell him or have him worried about me when I sounded different on the phone. So I packed my bags and went to my moms and made plans to go to his track meet the next day. I brought her for support for sure! She calmed my nerves on the way down there. Inside I was screaming with excitement, but scared. Dennis and I had only been dating less than a year and we definitely had had our ups and downs. As I walked into that gym though, I knew when I walked out everything was going to be different. I walked over to where the majority of the UCM athletes were sitting, Dennis and his friends spotted me and they were surprised I had made the trip. Dennis came down and I couldn't stop smiling. He was pretty happy to see me and my mom there, and he hadn't heard much out of me the day before or that day. Mom sat down and I told him I wanted to talk to him, we walked away from the crowd away from everyone. We stood there for awhile, and he kept just looking at me, making his eyes big like okay lets hear it, and I couldn't get the words out. In my head, I was saying, BAY WE ARE HAVING A BABY. But all i could do was smile at him with a few little tears in the back. I kept telling him, to "just guess." He was like guess what?! And I told him almost 3 times, to guess what i was about to tell him, and he then that's when he said. you are pregnant. I said yes. he smiled, o my gosh did he smile. he said well okay, are you okay though. I nodded. and we just stood there. He took my hand and we headed back to the stands. His events were coming up and he went to warm up. I told my mom that he had took it well. lol...... that day Dennis did the best he had all year in long jump :)
I spent that Sunday driving back to school and working on a presentation in the library. It was a weird feeling walking by people, because of course I thought they knew I had just found out I was pregnant. Dennis got home late from Joplin and we spend the evening doing laundry and laying in my TWIN bed talking about everything baby. We were both too excited to talk about our worries, but of course they were there. The following day, I went to the health center on campus and took another official test, it was positive as well. Dennis and I left there and went and had breakfast on campus and then made the call to my doctor's office I had been going to to since moving to Warrensburg, it was in Lee's Summit and I loved the office and all the people who worked there. We made the official appointment and it was for March 22nd. It was the Monday after spring break, and it felt like that day was never going to come. I had never been so ready for Spring Break to be over with!
to be continued.... Part 2 the first appointment of many to come and graduating...
Finding Out
(Picture this)
There I was, sitting in my car, just staring at the Dollar General sign. I was in Warrensburg, the college town I had moved to in August of 2007. I was a senior in my last semester of my under-grad, and I had been too busy with life to notice that "aunt flow" had missed the bus. I was too busy with classes, papers, work, parties, downtown. Until, on February 26th, it hit me. It was going to be a weekend of just work. Dennis was away at his conference track meet in Joplin and my roommates had went home for the weekend. I worked the morning shift and that afternoon something in my head reminded me of what hadn't came. I got off work, tanned, and then drove across the parking lot and parked and that's all i did, park and turned the car off. I called my mom, we had a short discussion about the situation and she said yes, to go ahead and go buy a test and take it. So that's just what I did, I bought a test and walked out. Then, I drove to Wal-Mart, clear across town and parked again. I called my mom again, and she of course answered on the first ring because she had thought I had already taken a test. I told her I was in the Wal-Mart parking lot, she asked why in the heck was I there. And to be honest, I wasn't too sure. So, again I walked into the store and bought another test. I guess I was thinking that Wal-Mart pregnancy tests have to be more accurate than DG's. lol. I checked out, and there was the bathroom straight in front of me. I was scared to take the tests, but made myself go in. I took the handi-cap stall, I guess thinking I needed some major room to take the tests. So I took the first one, and while it was "processing" I took the other one. and then I just sat there, under 4 of those paper cut outs you put on the seat before you sit down, the DG test was done first..... it was positive. I just sat there and stared at the other one. It was positive. I remember thinking, I am never going to forget this. I walked out of Wal-Mart and sat in my car somemore. I called my Mom and told her. First thing she said was she was marking it on her calendar and that she knew I always wanted a baby, someone who loved me and depended on me. I drove to my apartment and sat in the silence. I plugged in my ipod, like i normally did when the roomies were away, and jammed out.... and I sat there and just thought and cried. It was a happy cry.... with a little of worry in there. The only thing I was worried about was the baby and telling the news. Because I didn't want to tell Dennis over the phone ( he was in Joplin, remember) I didn't talk to him the whole rest of the day. He had texted the normal things like they had made it, they were on the track, but I couldn't bring myself to respond because I didn't want to slip and tell him or have him worried about me when I sounded different on the phone. So I packed my bags and went to my moms and made plans to go to his track meet the next day. I brought her for support for sure! She calmed my nerves on the way down there. Inside I was screaming with excitement, but scared. Dennis and I had only been dating less than a year and we definitely had had our ups and downs. As I walked into that gym though, I knew when I walked out everything was going to be different. I walked over to where the majority of the UCM athletes were sitting, Dennis and his friends spotted me and they were surprised I had made the trip. Dennis came down and I couldn't stop smiling. He was pretty happy to see me and my mom there, and he hadn't heard much out of me the day before or that day. Mom sat down and I told him I wanted to talk to him, we walked away from the crowd away from everyone. We stood there for awhile, and he kept just looking at me, making his eyes big like okay lets hear it, and I couldn't get the words out. In my head, I was saying, BAY WE ARE HAVING A BABY. But all i could do was smile at him with a few little tears in the back. I kept telling him, to "just guess." He was like guess what?! And I told him almost 3 times, to guess what i was about to tell him, and he then that's when he said. you are pregnant. I said yes. he smiled, o my gosh did he smile. he said well okay, are you okay though. I nodded. and we just stood there. He took my hand and we headed back to the stands. His events were coming up and he went to warm up. I told my mom that he had took it well. lol...... that day Dennis did the best he had all year in long jump :)
I spent that Sunday driving back to school and working on a presentation in the library. It was a weird feeling walking by people, because of course I thought they knew I had just found out I was pregnant. Dennis got home late from Joplin and we spend the evening doing laundry and laying in my TWIN bed talking about everything baby. We were both too excited to talk about our worries, but of course they were there. The following day, I went to the health center on campus and took another official test, it was positive as well. Dennis and I left there and went and had breakfast on campus and then made the call to my doctor's office I had been going to to since moving to Warrensburg, it was in Lee's Summit and I loved the office and all the people who worked there. We made the official appointment and it was for March 22nd. It was the Monday after spring break, and it felt like that day was never going to come. I had never been so ready for Spring Break to be over with!
to be continued.... Part 2 the first appointment of many to come and graduating...
Monday, November 29, 2010
DAY FOURTEEN
happy monday, it sure is windy today! 
these are PICS of my FAVORITE FAMILY MEMBER... of course I love all my family BUT i had to choose just one! and that someone is my grams... grandma jane to be exact. this is why i'm audrey jane :) me and my grams have a great relationship, i can talk to her about anything (probably things that most grandmas and granddaughters don't always discuss) and she always offers her opinion and advice, with no filters.. basically she keeps it real :)
Sunday, November 28, 2010
DAY THIRTEEN
i'm finally up-to-date now... sigh. hopefully this week won't be so busy :)
Here are two pics of some of my close friends! I couldn't find pictures with all of my close friends. SO i'll mention them now, other close friend include: miss sarahbeth, tabitha, & crystelle :)
Saturday, November 27, 2010
DAY TWELVE
this is a pic of ME! just a normal picture of me really... hair is straight (naturally curly FYI) & wearing a shirt from vickies.... you can't see the rest but i have some skinnies on and boots... my favorite outfits usually consist of those three items :)
DAY ELEVEN
this my friends is a pic of my FAVORITE movie... & i still have a little crush on ryan gosling.... goodness he's dreamy, even when he's scruffy :)
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