5 Days!!

It has been a busy weekend. It actually started Wednesday night when my mom called us to tell us she had a broken leg. Well, it could be broken, but was probably a torn ligament or something of that nature. Lily, their 70 lb. golden retriever, was playing in the back yard and charged at mom to bring the “fetched” toy back to her, and ran right into her (moms) knee. So Lily, broke my moms leg at the knee. Thursday, mom went for x-rays and cat scans to confirm and figure out what to do next, and Friday, she had to have surgery. Everything went well and she is just in recoup mode now, but she is not allowed to put ANY weight on her leg for 3 MONTHS! I spent some time this weekend doing laundry there, and also going to the grocery for them and getting things squared away for the week at their house. I feel so bad for her, but know that once the pain has subsided some, and she has had time to grasp the extent of the issue, she will be more comfortable and find a few work arounds that will allow her to be a little more independent. Saturday night I went over and did some laundry and some odds and ends to try and help out. While I was there, Brian, Dustin, (who had afternoon duty while Jeff was working), all pigged out on the awesome arros con pollo that Carolina made for us. She loves to cook Peruvian for us and I have to say it is quite tasty!!

Also- in 5 days we get to see our little bean again!! And this time, we will be looking for the goods!! I’m really hoping it works with us so we can get a pretty reliable answer, and then start on the nursery, and also name the little thing! (and stop referring to it as “it”, “thing”, “bean”, “peanut”, etc…)

Here is a picture of me at 18 weeks. There isn’t a whole lot to see. I just look chunky for now. I was really hesitant to put this up here because I feel like I am not showing per say, just getting fatter. So, please don’t judge!!

Keep an eye here Friday night, or Saturday for the big announcement. It may be Saturday before I get it on here since Brandy and Brian and I are going to see the movie New Moon Friday night!! I, am pretty excited about that too! It is going to be a big day!!

2nd is the charm…

YAY, happy 2nd trimester!!! As of today I am in my 14th week and starting my second trimester. I’m hoping that some of the symptoms I have been having will start to diminish. I have noticed that they have started to back off so I am hopeful that they will completely disappear here soon! I had my 14 week appt. today. I actually went to a new Dr. as I wasn’t thrilled with my first Dr. I loved him!! His name is Dr. Froehlich, and his office is off of Montgomery Road. Baby Stahl will officially be delivered at B-North, and the good Dr. did mention he wouldn’t let me go to far overdue since it could make a huge (up to a 1 lb) in baby size. Which could make a difference in my delivery since I have a “small frame” aka- no waist. (I’ve been hearing about my short waist/no waist since finding out about this kid!!!) Yes, it’s true, I’m going to have kid in my throat. But, I guess that comes with the territory!

Anyway- we also found out that November 20th we will get to find out what the bean is!! Start putting in your votes now!! Brian and I are both so excited to find this out. For some reason, just knowing that we get to find out soon has made it even more real. It could help that I got to hear the baby moving around and the heartbeat again today on doppler. The bean is putting out 152 BPM and swimming like a fish!! Overall- it was a very exciting Dr. visit and the more time that passes the more and more real this feels! (I’m sure it will feel really real when the bean is screaming in the middle of the night!!) I am getting more and more excited to meet our little guy/girl. I can’t wait until it wraps it’s little fist around my pinkie and looks up at me the first time.

I have so many aspirations and hopes for this little bean. I cannot wait to hear his/her giggle, see who it resembles, watch the little one watch Brian and I talking and knowing who we are. There is so much to dream and hope for. For now though, I will settle for just continuing to hope and pray for a healthy pregnancy, healthy and happy baby, and a safe, (and fast!! ) delivery!!

Long time, no post!!

Wow- I have no idea how to catch you up on the last three months!! It has been a busy yet relaxing summer and between my camera being out of juice and the charger broken, or just not working, I haven’t had the pictures to post. We had my mom and my dads birthdays we celebrated, we had an awesome pizza night gathering at Nate and Heather’s with a ton of friends, we have gotten to do some visiting with family, hanging out at home, car work, (Brian has been really very busy!!) Celebrated my Mamaw’s 99th birthday in Wheelersburg, went to see New Kids on the Block, and attended my 10 year high school reunion! Like I said, the camera has been out of commission so I don’t have any good pictures to share. Well, I do have one or two:

In case that isn’t clear enough:

Yep- that is the biggest news we have!! (I guess it is sort of big!!) We are anxiously awaiting Baby Stahl! He/She should be making the big appearance on or around April 19, 2010! I am currently 10 weeks in, and we got to hear the heartbeat and get babies first picture roughly 2 weeks ago. Everything looked good, there is only 1  and we are so excited! I cannot seem to get the picture to upload, (sorry!!) Brian, being ever more patient than I, is just waiting it out, but me? I am planning and plotting and contemplating nursery, names, what the bean will look like, what will it need? Dr.s, reading up on what to expect, researching safety and nutrition, geez!! There is so much to do!! And to be honest- this is all going on in my head. Physically, I have been reverted to infancy myself. All I seem to do is eat and sleep right now!! (with the occassional hormonal meltdown!!) I have been nauseous, with severity coming and going in waves, but not physically ill, so I am really lucky. It could be a lot worse!! SO- that is our big news! Our families are over the moon as this is the first grandchild for my parents and the second for Brian’s parents. Our friends are just as excited. I have to say- I think Brian and I are the most excited though. We couldn’t get a smile off our faces for at least the first week!! We’ll continue to keep you posted!!

Happy Anniversary, Happy Birthday, Happy Father’s Day, Happy Everything!

This past weekend we celebrated my 29th birthday, Father’s Day, and our 1st Anniversary. It was a wonderful weekend that commenced about a month ago when I got my i-pod touch from my mom and step-father. They wanted to give it to me early to get it set up and ready for vacation. Then, while we were on vacation we all went out to dinner for the birthday celebration. Fast forward a week, and we celebrated with mom and dad Stahl with lunch at the Banker’s Club. Jan gave me the neatest heirloom from the Brunner family. (Her maiden name.) There is a whole story behind it, but it is a large piece of a yo-yo quilt that was made by Brian’s great, great, great grandmother. She made all of the yo-yo’s in it but it never got made into a quilt. Between 1928-1929. Long and short, these came to light and Jan had them put onto Taffeta and edged in silk for Brian and I to have as a keepsake. It is really beautiful. Lunch was great as well. Friday night we celebrated my birthday and Father’s Day at Dewey’s Pizza with Dad and Bernice and Dustin and Carolina. From what I have been told Dad did all the birthday shopping for me this year all by himself, including the card. I got the most beautiful flowers delivered at work and one of my favorite perfumes! Dad and Bernice had never eaten at Dewey’s and they enjoyed it, and we all had a nice time. Saturday Brian and I celebrated our first anniversary. He got a Dremel and Rotozip and he got me a hammock with the stand for our patio. I had a replica of our top tier of our wedding cake made, we went to dinner at Montgomery Inn, and watched out wedding video. It was a great anniversary! Here’s to many, many more.

Finally, Sunday, Brian went to play golf with his family in celebration of Fathers Day, and I went to mom and Jeff’s and had dinner with them, watched Lily in the baby pool, and celebrated Father’s Day with them.

So, there was the weekend full of celebration!! This coming weekend is New Kids on the Block concert and my beautiful Godson’s christening. Pictures from this past weekend soon to follow!

Big girl goes swimming!!

Lily has found her love of water. Mom and Jeff got her a baby pool to frolick in and she LOVES it!! She really enjoys putting her nose in and blowing bubbles. It’s a riot! Here is a picture of her in the pool. You can also see how big she is now!!

Finally! Vacation memories are viewable!

Vacation Pictures are here!! You can click here to view them.  “http://picasaweb.google.com/erinbrie1/Vacation09?feat=embedwebsite“

Vacation to Sanibel this year was fabulous! It was a much needed and enjoyed trip! We ate a lot, sunned a lot, rented motor-scooters, took out a boat, fished, Brian and Jeff took a deep sea fishing trip out to try for the BIG catch, slept in, took naps, watched Twilight, searched for shells, laughed and talked, and spent time together. It was fantastic!! Have a look for yourself!

Been awhile AGAIN!

It has been a while again since the last  post. And I am sorry to say that there won’t be any pictures, even though I have some good ones. My camera battery died and the charger won’t charge the battery so I am sort of stuck. PERFECT!! Vacation is a little over a week away. Gonna have to fix that this weekend!! Anywho- we have been enjoying life. Our anniversary is coming up in 24 days, we leave for Florida even sooner, we just had an awesome 3 day weekend, and life is pretty good! This past weekend I went to see the Swarthy Band rock out at the Taste of Cincinnati with my awesome friend Brandy, Brian and I went to the Demolition Derby and a dinner date at McDonalds. It was a ton of fun and we had a blast at the Derby. Not something that would be fun all the time, but it was definitely a change of scenery. Sunday I went to Blaker’s b-day party, (he’s 2 now!!) sang some happy birthday tunes, played with Brayden and the other kids in attendance, got to see some friends and my beautiful Godson, who is getting so big!! We had dinner with my Dad and Stepmother, and then we did a couple of hours of fishing, where we had some pretty good luck!! Monday- we slept in, laid around, went to see Terminator Salvation and relaxed. It was an awesome weekend!! This weekend will bring some laundry, housework to be ready for vacation, and dinner with my grandparents who will be in town. It has been 3 months since we have seen them so it will be nice to get to have dinner with them.

Not much in the way of “exciting” going on here. Which is just fine by us! Plenty of time to stop and smell the flowers. Or in our case, a chance to sing in all this rain! Either way, we’ve just been enjoying! Hope you are too!

You may be a redneck if…

You take great joy in watching your husband shoot at bumblebees with a BB gun.

That is what started off our weekend! The best part is, he was actually getting them! He took down 4 this weekend!! My hero! After the start of the bumble bee killing, we went to dinner at Hoggy’s, which is SO good, came home and relaxed watching Slumdog Millionaire. Saturday, was all work! We were so tired that by Sunday, we did a whole lot of nothing. Saturday, the lawn got mowed, the mulch got spread, I put chicken wire around the mailbox, which is for my Clamatis to grow up. I thought I killed it last year so I pulled it all up, however, it came back this year and is actually growing the way it should be! I am so proud! My neighbor says it should be pretty full all the way around the mailbox in about a month. I can hardly wait! Anyway- I also put on my gloves, filled up my super duper bug poison spreading sprayer and got the perimeter of the house. I do this several times between spring and fall because of my enourmous love of the 8 legged kind. Brian gets a kick out of my determination. After the yard work, Brian went to work on the BMW and I worked on getting the laundry done and a little more cleaning in the house. By the time fall gets here I may be done spring cleaning! Actually, I have to have the spring cleaning done by next weekend for company. After that, I am taking a whole weekend off of cleaning. (well, besides laundry and running the vacuuming.) Anyway- that was the majority of our weekend. Another quiet one at the homestead. We are both just laying around tonight looking forward to another wonderful work week!

Wow, it’s been a while.

I know, it’s been a while since I updated the blog. We have been busy with birthdays, my brother turned 26 on 3-19, there have been some friends birthdays in there as well. My cousin Samuel turned 3 in March as well, so we had his birthday party to go to, and a birthday party for Brayden, who turned 3 last week. We recently celebrated Easter, and Brian has been super busy trying to get the M3 up and running again after a little incident in January. We are trying to “patiently” await the arrival of some warm weather. It keeps teasing us. As we speak I am curled up under a large blanket and have the fireplace on. I have been reading a lot and trying to get some organization done in the house for company. My BIL, SIL, and Nephew are coming to visit and are staying with us for a few days. We are looking forward to having them here, and it is making me do a little organization I have put off since we moved in. (But I did have a wedding to plan right after we moved in and that was way more important!!!) We are 60 days out from our year anniversay and also a much awaited trip to Florida. I cannot believe we have been married for almost a year!!! Time flies!  Anywho- I promise beginning now I will try and keep up better with the blog. I know as the weather gets warmer there will be more to talk about, and definitely more pictures to post!!

What have we been up to?

Well, all in all, not to terribly much. Brian has been working diligently on getting the BMW back up and rolling, and I have been in reading mode. I got caught up in a trilogy by Penny Vincenci and just finished the third and final book this morning. Not quite a Twilight, but pretty good still. I have been diligently researching new cars. We have been talking about it for a little while, between the two cars we have there just isn’t any room. So, we’ll see how that works out. I’m sure I will post something once we decide on something. I took a vacation day today and spent a rather enjoyable day looking at a couple of vehicles, and playing with sweet kids! I went to visit Heather, Brayden, and my beautiful godson Nolan! Obviously there are a few pictures. Nolan is so very sweet, and B is a hysterical ball of energy! We played basketball, and tickled, and he showed me his fish, and he tackled me, we played with Thomas, and giggled a lot. He is such a smart little boy! It amazes me everytime. I cannot believe he is going to be 3 soon!!

Here is Heather, looking quite good for giving birth less than 2 weeks ago, with little Nolan.

Here is a picture of Nolan sleeping. He looks quite relaxed with both those arms sprawled out!!

 

Here is the BIG man himself, scratching his belly!!

I have also visited with mom, Jeff, and Lily, who continues to grow! Here is a latest shot of her so you can continue to follow her growth!

She is going to be such a big girl when she is done growing!!

Other than that there hasn’t been much going on. We have had a few warm days that have given us a taste of warm Spring and we are looking forward to it. It has been a very long winter, nice and relaxing in comparison to last winter with planning the wedding, but we are ready for warmer weather. So, for the time being we are holed up at home on this chilly evening with the fireplace on and enjoying!

Here is a picture of Brian and the moose just relaxing. Thought I would throw a picture in of them since it has been a while since they got their pretty faces on the blog! Aren’t they cute?!?!