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Next week will be the last week of my first trimester. I've gotten over a lot of my early pregnancy issues such as the watery mouth (which is new this time around) and 24/7 sick feeling. I'm still not back to my normal self most days at all. I can go days where I'm about 75% my self and usual motivation/energy, etc. Other days, like the last few, I prefer to be in bed or on the couch/recliner most of the time.

Grace went to stay at her grandparents last night. I was able to do my college assignments that were due yesterday and went out with my hubby for a nice evening together. We came home and just relaxed and watched some of our favorite shows together. Then we both got 'inspired' and went to work on our separate computers on some projects we both have going on. We stayed up WAY WAY too late. I gave in sometime after daylight came around. Dave stayed up a little longer so he could run out to the bank to get some stuff taken care of. He surprised me with one of my favorite breakfasts - McDonald's egg mcmuffin. I must've been hungry because I scarfed that down real quick. I was obviously still really tired cuz I forgot about it until a few hours after I was up for the day. I love it when he surprises me with things like that. :)

Even though I didn't sleep and sleep to take advantage of not having Grace around to care for, I woke up VERY refreshed! I've had so much energy and motivation and everything that I haven't seen in myself in soo sooo long! I just hope it can last through tonight, tomorrow, Monday, Tuesday... you get my point....

Tags: assignments, breakfast, college, dave, energy, grace, mcdonalds, motivation, second, surprises, trimester

OK, so i've said it before that I like getting free things and most people probably do. It's kidna crazy to not like free things!

I'm going to be posting whenever I find out about some free things or even just good deals on things that I hear about.

Here's what I have for ya today:

1. ONE DAY ONLY - OLD NAVY $1/ pair Flip Flops  Saturday, May 22, 2010  Check your location to be sure they're participating.  Limited to 5 pairs per person.

2. TACO BELL - FREE LIMEADE  www.tacobell.com/promo/limeade-coupon  Get yours FAST!  Website says it's only taking 500,000 coupons then the rest are voided.

3. CHIK-FIL-A - FREE SPICY CHICKEN SANDWICH http://www.getspicychicken.com  Reserve your sandwich now and receive a coupon in your email. Choose a location and date between May 31 and June 5. The sandwich will not be on the menu until June 7th so you get the first taste!

4. WALMART - SAMPLES ANYTIME  http://instoresnow.walmart.com/In-Stores-Now-Free-Samples-And-Tools.aspx  Free Samples, Free Tools, Free Music, Special Savings

Tags: chicken sandwich, chik-fil-a, deals, flip flops, free, limeade, old navy, samples, spicy chicken, taco bell, walmart

I've said from the beginning that I wanted to get this blog up and running and become a constant thing. I had no idea where I was going to go with it though.

Well since being pregnant, i've become 'inspired'. I get weekly e-mails from babycenter.com on my pregnancy and I read all of the articles and look at the products they mention. After getting a few of those I decided that I should start my blog off being dedicated to pregnancy and products we need and use during pregnancy. Of course this only relates to me until the end of the year. So i'll venture on to baby and toddler focused things too. I still don't have a name at this point but i'm running a few ideas through my mind.

So that's it... this is now going to be a blog focused on pregnancy, babies and toddlers. As my family grows the blog will follow along their ages too so it's going to be continually growing with topics, etc. 

Tags: babies, babycenter.com, blog, growing, pregnancy, toddlers

So you've heard of the parties people do for jewelry, candles, kitchen supplies, etc. But have you heard about the CHOCOLATE parties??

I keep pretty up to date on the postings on much of my areas craigslist and through the winter I saw some posts about this new thing of having chocolate parties. I watched as it started in another part of Ohio (on craigslist) and slowly grew to all the surround areas that I check out (mostly for promotional work that I do). I never ventured into answering one of those ads and forgot for a while.

Then, I find out my friend Kim was at one of their parties with her mom. And now SHE'S hosting one!

This is what she said regarding the party she attended and the products she tried along with her mom: "We loved the chocolate chai tea, the cinnamon dusted almonds are awesome, mousse is amazing. The raspberry and mango sauce are amazing especially on cheesecake."

So if you're interested and you're in the local area...

Kim's Dove Chocolate Discoveries Party:

Thursday, May 27th 7-9pm

Green, Ohio (comment with your e-mail address and I will send you the detailed location)

Join Kim and her friends in tasting some of the delicious chocolate products and if you'd like, order some of your own!

Not in the area or can't attend? Check out the catalog online: www.dove-chocolate-discoveries.com.

(Products can include: chocolate mousse, non-alcoholic martinis, tea, brownie mix, chocolate covered nuts and fruits, smoothies, baking chocolate, and cooking supplies.)

Tags: and cooking supplies, baking chocolate, brownie mix, chocolate, chocolate covered nuts and fruits, chocolate mousse, dove, dove chocolate discoveries, green ohio, kim, non-alcoholic martinis, party, smoothies, tea

So, Dave and I have been keeping a secret for quite a while now.

WE'RE HAVING A BABY!!!

We've known for many weeks but decided to keep it quiet until after I was able to get an appointment and confirm everything. Well, on Monday afternoon we were given the confirmation that I am in fact pregnant!  At the time they believe I was a little over 9 weeks along. Everything checked out fine and we even got to hear the heartbeat!!! The midwife*, Alice, said we may not hear it since it's normally not heard until about another week later. It took a while but we were eventually able to hear that beautiful sound!

This was the day after mother's day and after Grace and I went to see my Grandma's with my parents, she went home to spend the night with them. It was because Dave and I "had some running around and work and stuff to do". haha It was so hard to cover it all up and I was so worried someone was going to ask what work we were doing or where we were going to be, or just SOMETHING was going to make them suspicious.

Dave called his mom right away as we were leaving the appointment. (Let me tell ya,  we considered not telling her and the family and just let them find out when the baby was born or we showed up to visit sometime after the birth. Dave's family (mom, dad, and two sisters) live in Florida and especially his mom isn't very happy about not seeing her grandbaby more often. I offered to call her for him but he did it and he survived. haha (Pam - don't worry, we wouldn't have not told you guys! :) We just joked about lots of ways of telling people about...

Tags: announcement, baby, belly, dad, daddy, grace, love, midwife, mom, mommy, paragon health, pregnant