JULY = BUSY which = FUN which = Birthdays, Baby Showers, Belly Bumps, Projects, CLASS and MORE! :) = longest post EVER!!!

WHEW!!! What a busy month!!! I have had so much going on! and loving every minute of it!!! Here it goes........

20 WEEKS! OMG! 1/2 way there!! B was so sweet on my 1/2 way there anniversary, he had balloons with 20 on them, cupcakes and a card saying he loved me!!! Super sweet, of course, I cried! HORMONES! ;)





Last night I discovered that my Night Blooming Cereus is going to bloom AGAIN for the 2nd time! I got this plant from a dietitian that I used to work with, it was her Grandmothers plant and apparently you can't buy this plant out right at stores, you have to get cuttings from someone to have it! Anyways, the 1st time it bloomed B & I were in Disney World! It was a true Dennis the Menace moment where we missed it bloom it's one and only time! I AM SO PUMPED! I am sooooo going to be here this time!!! Such a creepy looking flower to me!!!







Sweet Sophe!! It is storming tonight and she is ACTUALLY out and about with us! I am so proud of her!!! Sweet thing!!!!






Just some of my flowers that are blooming right now in the yard! Top is Blackberry Lily! and the bottom one......just pretty! ;)


The Turner Twins blankets! :) Hope they enjoy once they get out of the NICU!




MAX & LOLA are FINISHED!!! Remember back in March when Mr. Bill & Mrs. Brenda were here? and Mrs. Brenda helped me for an ENTIRE day cutting out and measuring fabric and then my sewing machine quit!??! Well, the sewing machine is fix and is running like a dream and I finally finished my very first sewing project! They, of course, are not perfect, but I am so excited to put them in Baby B's room! His very 1st homemade thing from Momma! :)







The other day B was mowing the yard and he comes in and says "come here Stacy and bring your camera!" Mr Turtle here had gone all the way back into the BACK of the garage! B picked him up and put in him in the back yard on the yard line and he scurried away to the water! :)




Audra's Baby shower given to her by her FABULOUS Doctor that she works for at Campbell's Clinic! They were the nicest couple and their children were the best too! I told Audra - "I want to be their friends!" :)

Whit saying "CHEEEESE" :)
Photographer Momma!! Look at her sweet belly!!!


AWESOME CAKE! :)
Diaper Cake!
Whit with an IPHONE! ;)





My Photography class that I took at Memphis College of Art in July was AWESOME!!!! I learned a lot and got frustrated a lot, but all in the name of learning!!! :)

The building that I went in every Tuesday & Thursday night!!!
My Teacher! Haley! HILARIOUS!!!!
Her assistant and College Student, Andrew! Such a sweetie!!

one of my "indoor" photos before class! Thank you John for a great "object"!

Outside shot on our field trip!!
My first "lighting lesson"







For my friends Leslie & Caitlin, with their Starbucks "crack" addiction, just to show them it DOES start early.....this was made by a 7-8 year old in a Summer Program.....think his Mom drives thru a lot!? ;)

I just had fun "testing" pictures of all the Summer Program kids art!!!


and last, but DEFINITELY not least.....July 11th weekend, we went home to celebrate John's birthday! We had a great dinner at Shoguns in Murray, had cupcakes, the boys when to see a movie and then presents galore!!! :)

A silly gift that I gave John......HOT PINK PIGGY BANK with a Skull & CrossBones and an Eye Patch!!! I kind of feel like that pig.....HOT pink because of the heat and kind of mean like a pirate!! ha!!!

:)

Froggies on the deck! Had to keep Blue away from them!! :)
Some of Mom's yellow Finches! SOOOO PRETTY!!!


and I realized JUST now, that I didn't get ONE blasted picture of B & I on 4th of July! We did our annual FireWorks at the Faith Baptist Church ball fields! I crocheted until it got dark! B made popcorn and we talked and laughed and visited and ate. The weather was WONDERFUL, not too hot AT ALL! and then we watched the best fireworks show in Memphis, HANDS DOWN!

Totally not fireworks, but the screen saver in photography class, I mean, it COULD be a firework right!? ;) ha!!!

I am FLIGHTY.....

and I don't like it!!! This pregnancy brain is getting too me!!!! I have had my brother say "I am worried about you!" :) and my Mom say "I might be smarter than you for at least 9 Months!" (which we laugh about, but STILL) "AGH!!!!" I have 9 thousand lists and then I lose the lists. While I am patiently waiting for B to tell me about his day, I think "Oooo, I need to tell him about that!" and when he is done, the thought isn't there any more!!!! On my way to work when I can't write on my list, the list that I will soon lose, I think of all these things I need to do for the day, and I even sing myself a little song....like "Maaaake a grocery liiiiiist" thinking that will help, and I get HOME from work that night and THEN think about the grocery list!!!!!
Oh the joys of being pregnant!!! :)
It will go away right???
*sigh*

Oh boy, OH BOY!

IT IS A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

17 week ultrasound!!!! :) I had a hard time telling where the baby was.....but his head is to the Left and you are looking at his profile!!! AMAZING!!!!!!!!

17 week Bump pic!!!




Sophe taking up space on the recliner with me!!!


Karen's Anniversary Flowers that she couldn't take home with her because her "family of animals" eat them! :)






HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Father's Day weekend we got to go to Paris and spend it with Daddy! We didn't do a lot which was great! We hung out by the pool on Saturday & Saturday night we fed all the baby calves!! Sunday we had steaks and potatoes! YUMMY!!!! It was a wonderful weekend, I hated for it to end!!!
I love you!!!

I didn't even get a picture with Daddy! but there he is opening up his drill!!! :) It had to be shipped later.

Bottles!!!

Well, well, well......

yet almost another month has past since I have written on this thingy! and now, I can tell you why I have honestly NOT felt like getting on it and posting!!!!

I am 14 weeks pregnant in the below picture! Today, I am 15 weeks!! ;)

What an amazing journey for me AND Brian at 30 years old! Brian & I are so very excited!!! We have been in shock, I believe for the first few weeks, but now, we have been so amazed at the growth and way God gave us this special gift to bring into the world!!! God is Great!!!!

I have felt "blah" pretty much all day long for several weeks, but at the same time I realize that I could be A LOT worse! I do wonder why they don't call it "all day sickness" rather than "morning sickness". HA! I have continued acupuncture and I believe that has also helped me with my symptoms! My very Chinese acupuncturist tells me "I help you with ALL symptoms!" and I believe him! He helped me with my Endo back pain and I was able to get pregnant!!! Again, pure amazement, when we went in to this acupuncture journey VERY skeptical! :) No longer, says I! I believe it! and feel great with it!! :)

Brian has been fantastic, not that he has not always been fantastic, but many trials in life make you appreciate the great people you have in your life! :)
My parents, John & B's parents and Jason & Jenn are so excited too!!! :) Thank ya'll all so much!!!

This past Friday (June 11th) we went to our check up with the doctor! Dr. Givens tried to find the heartbeat with the Doppler wand.....with no success......scary thoughts going through my head for sure at this time.....but she gets a portable Ultrasound machine.....and Lo and Behold....we find out WHY we can't find the heartbeat.......the baby is Jazzercising in my belly! and amazingly enough, I didn't feel a THING!!! We saw it flex one of its hand and saw all the fingers....we saw it bouncing all over tar-nation....we saw it turning it head left and right......we saw it's little knees bend up when it was bouncing around......and Dr. Givens says "what in the world are ya'll going to do? looking like a very busy baby!" I guess we will be chasing the little thing from here to kingdom come! WHEW!
Watch out world Baby B is going to make an entrance I believe!!! :)

and some other exciting news.....I am going back to College!!! Well, I mean, not to get another degree, but for a Summer class in Photography at the Memphis College of Art here in Memphis!!!! Check out the website! They seem to have some interesting faculty and alumni!! Brian is giving this to me for my birthday! I am so excited! and he is getting a big kick out of saying "what does it feel to be a college student again?" or "man, I never thought that I would date a college student again!" (and of course I said "don't you mean, didn't think you would be married to a college student?" ha!) and he then says "did you ever think you would be pregnant and in college?" He is just full of himself!!! but I think this is a perfect gift for me to learn LOTS of good tips, since the baby is coming and it is going to have to get used to the flash....as ya'll all know, I am a picture taking person anyways! :) so, I will post pictures from my classes, IF they turn out.....only time will tell! It is for July! 2nights a week for 3 hours a class! Wish me luck!!!!!



Below is a Praying Mantis on my Oh So Screaming Flowers saying "IT IS HOT OUT HERE PLEASE WATER ME!" Cute!!! :)

My good friend and Co Worker, Leslie, came by work one day when she was off and surprised me with this Sunflower she had gotten at a Farmers Market! I thought it was beautiful! Thank you Leslie for such a nice surprise on a crazy day!!! :)

Memories!
The last weekend in May, Memphis Zoo hosted another annual Zoo Brew!! Of course, I was able to be B's DD and I think he LOVED that!!!! :) but we met up with 2 of my Co Workers and Friends, Caitlin & Lisa and their company, to enjoy all the beers they had to offer! I will admit, I enjoyed taking a sniff of the ones that B would try! Summer = beer! ;) So, they partook and enjoyed! :) I had a fun time just laughing at all their stories and enjoying their company!

Michael (Caitlin's significant other), LOVES to jump into a picture at the last minute! These people are called something....shoot! I can't remember, but Michael is hilarious and very fun to be around! and I just love to hear him talk too, he is from Australia!!!!

Lisa & I!

well, Thanks for visiting! Hopefully I will get better at posting things now that I kind of have an interesting subject.....Baby B! :) I am keeping my fingers crossed that on our next dr visit (7/1), that they will be able to see the gender of the baby! but I am not getting my hopes up! The baby will probably lay cool as a cucumber and make it hard to see instead of jazzercising for the doctor! Only time will tell! I'll keep you posted! :)
Have a great week!
Stay Cool!
It is 95+ degrees with heat indexes of 100-105 here! WHEW WE!!!!!
Happy Summer, yes?? HA!!!