Oh Maine

I got up and out of bed at 4:30 so that I could catch my flight and get to Maine.  I slept some on the flight, but not too much.  I hadn't been feeling well and felt bad for the people on the plane that I kept hacking on :)  Overall it was a good flight though.  I went from Atlanta to Detroit to Bangor.  I haven't flown in to Bangor since December of 2000...it was great to be there and not have to drive for another 4 hours!

As soon as I got there, Dad and Susan were waiting for me.  They took me to Christina house where I picked up Isabel and took her to her basketball game.  It was great to see her play and she did a really good job, but basketball just isn't my sport, no matter what the skill level is.

 

 Isabel is in the back in the middle with the black shorts

 

 Bel is second from left on the floor

When we got home, everyone was there and it was GREAT to see my nieces and nephew!  I miss them so much!!!  All the kids love the newest addition Jillian so much.  They kept fighting over who got told hold her and even Genevieve was trying to help and wanted to touch and love on the baby.

 

Alex loving on Jillian

 

 Christina, Genevieve & Jillian

Overall we didn't do an whole lot.  Christina wasn't up for moving around much so we hung around the house and visited.  I tried to keep the kids out of her hair, but I just couldn't do all 3 of them.  I tried my hardest.

 

 Nixon messing with Alex and Genevieve

Genevieve has changed so much since the last time I saw her.  She is so damn cute!  She's talking a lot and getting in to everything.

 

 Genevieve shy when I first got there

 

 Genevieve showing me her new teeth

Alex is getting so big!  I got to go to his school concert and he was so cute!  I wanted to run up on stage and hug him!  Also, I got to see one of his basketball games too...too cute.  The kids just kept running and dribbling maybe 1 or 2 times down the length of their court :)

 

 Alex on the left in the front row

 

 Alex, in the red shorts, taking a shot

Isabel has grown to a become beautiful girl.  She helped me a lot with the smaller kids and snuggled with me when ever I wanted.  We had some girl time one night and painted our nails so that was nice.

 

 Celebrating Isabel's birthday

 

 Isabel and Alex - See? They get along sometimes

The newest niece, Jillian, is simply adorable!  If Christina wasn't feeding her or someone else holding her, I was.  I got all kinds of Jillian love in while I was there!
 

 Jillian Ruth

 Sleeping baby girl...so sweet

I got to see Nana and Ralph a few times.  I was lucky to get Genevieve for the day and take her to Nana's with me! :)   I also got to see Grammie a few times.  Then at the end of my trip, I got some time with Elaine too.  It was great to see all of them!  Nana and Ralph came down for the wedding but that was over a year ago.  Grammie I saw when I was up there in Jan 07.  And Elaine, I don't remember the last time.  I don't think I saw her in 07. 

Mom and I had planned it so that I would need to be at the airport at about the time she would be getting in so that whoever would only have to make one trip.  So when I got there to check in, the little kiosk wasn't working.  I stood around waiting for a Delta attendent to come help me.  Here's kinda how it went:

Me: The kiosk isn't working.
Delta guy: Yeah
Me: Well, I need to check in.
DG: ???
Me: For the flight to Detroit?
DG:  That flight left already
Me: What? The 4:40 flight is gone?
DG: Yeah, it left at 2:15
Me: (wtf? they didn't tell me?!)  Ok....umm....so the 4:40 flight left at 2:15
DG: yes, flight 440 left at 2:15.
Me: (look at board behind counter)  shit.

So one morning about a week or so before the trip, mom called to see when my flight left so she could by her ticket.  I looked real quick at my email and told her 4:40.  I would have to be there at 3:40.  She found a flight that got in at 3:10.  PERFECT!  I never looked at my itinerary again.  Had I, I may have noticed that it was flight 440 that leaves at 2:15...just like Delta Guy said.  There wasn't any other flights leaving that day.  I had to pay an extra $100 to get my ticket switched to leave the next morning.  Thank God I had planned on leaving on Sat so I didn't have to worry about missing a day of work!

Sunday morning, I got up at 4:00 am again to catch my flight home.  I do not like getting up at 4:00 am.  I flew from Bangor to JFK.  I had a few hour layover at JFK so I hung out in the Burger King area because they had bench seats so I could sleep some.  My flight was delayed and I didn't leave there till 12ish.  By the time I got back to Macon, I had been traveling for 13 hours.  So what did I do after not having seen my husband for over a week?  I took at nap :)

Overall, my trip was awesome.  I loved being back in Maine.  For the most part, the weather was great.  I got to see it snow twice and enjoy what makes Maine, Maine.  Everything was great, except for the end.

 The whole gang!!  Isabel 10, Alex 5, Genevieve 2, and Jillian 2 weeks

Weeks 5-13

I know that by the time you read this, I will be much further along but I wanted to write weekly blogs just for myself and for later, to keep everyone up to date!  So even though its probably mid Feb, I'm writing this as it comes along.



Week 5

Today is New Years Day and I am 5 weeks if you go by when my last period was.  I'm still feeling good.  I've had a cold so I don't know if what I was feeling was cold stuff or prego stuff.  I don't have much of an appetite and don't care what I eat.  Its annoying to Bliss that I have no opinion on where/what we eat :)
I'm not sick so thats good but the books say that may wait till 6 weeks to start so we'll keep our fingers crossed. If I eat too much (but not as much as would have been too much before), I feel sick.  The other night we went out for pizza.  I had 2 slices of a large pizza and thought I was going to chuck right there at the Mellow Mushroom. 

I am sleepy and I get to the point that I need a nap easily.  If I do stuff, then I get worn out but if I'm just lazy all day, or even at work where I just sit there, I'm fine.  For example, we went shopping for a few hours then I came home and took at 3 hour nap.  Maybe this mean Bliss will do the grocery shopping :)  Probably not, but a girl can dream!


Week 6

I had prepared myself to be prego.  I was ready for the having to pee all the time, ready for being tired and I bought extra tums for the morning sickness. 

This stuff isn't really happening to me.  I'm a little sleepy around 4:00 at work, but by the time I get home, I'm good.  AND I keep waking up all night.  I'm not sleeping well at all.  But its not due to having to pee.  I don't.  I probably pee less then I did before.  I only get a little nauseous when I don't eat, so I have a snack and I'm fine. 

I do feel a little off though.  I'm not sure what it is, but I'm not quite right.  Who knows.

Thursday I have my first appt.  It will be the first time Bliss gets to see another man shove something up my hoo-ha.  I'm sure it will be an exciting day!


Week 7

Yesterday Bliss and I went to my first OB appt.  The doctor said that everything looked great.  He did an ultra sound so we could see the little blob.  He measured the baby at 6 weeks 5 days and according to my last period, I would be 6 weeks 6 days so we're right on.  My due date is Sept 4th!  We didn't get to hear the heart but we did get to see the little flicker that its heart was making.  I only got a little teary :)

6 weeks 5 days

I"m still feeling the same.  Overall I feel pretty good until I get hungry then I feel like crap.  Still a little off but I'll get though it :)  No weight gain yet.  Thank god for that.  I've been eating more then I normally would but I don't want to gain 50 lbs!  I've been trying to make healthier choices so lets hope I can keep that up.

Oh!  I did have my 1st food aversion this week!  I made us a pork tenderloin and sweet potatoes for dinner.  As I was cutting up the pork, I did not like the smell.  I was going to try to eat it because I like pork and I was hungry.  Didn't happen.  I took one bite and had to spit it out.  So, I had a sweet potato for dinner :)


Week 8

So nothing new on the prego side of things.  I got sick again.  It just a lot of stuff in my chest and keeps me coughing all the time.  I ended up staying home on Wed because I was coughing so much my throat was killing me and my voice was going.  One of the crappy parts of being pregnant is that I can't take any good meds :(

I'm leaving tomorrow for Maine and although I am excited about going home, I am not excited about going up there sick.  I usually get sick when I go so we'll see if this gets worse before it gets better.


Week 9

I had a great time in Maine.  I told everyone that I saw about the new addition to the Jourdan family when I was there.  Everyone was very excited for us.  I showed off the pic of my little blob.  Funny story about telling my father...I wore Christina's Mom-to-be pin over to Dad and Susan's house just to see how long it would take for them to put 2 and 2 together.  I knew Susan would be quick so I stayed in the entry way with my dad for a few minutes after Susan and Christina took the kids in to the living room.  I took off my coat and talked to Dad.  He looked me straight in the eye, not at the big pink bow I had on my shirt.  Finally I pointed to it.  He read it then asked if I was talking about myself.  I said yes and he said congratulations! and shook my hand.  Oh, Daddy... :)

Christina pointed out that hanging out with Jillian (2 weeks) and Genevieve (2 years) will help me decide how far apart I want my kids :)  It was strange to look at Jillian and think that I'm going to have one soon.  I mean, I'm sure its crazy to see a baby and think, wow, that was in me...but you still have somewhat of a belly and just  few days prior you could feel the baby and see your belly.  Now here I am with very little belly (I'm naturally blessed to carry all my weight in my ass) and to think, shit, thats going to be in me.  My belly is going to be huge.

This isn't a great pic of Jillian, but you can see her whole size

 Here is a cutie pic of my newest niece

I got over my cold.  With that I've also gotten over the whole feeling like crap when I'm just a little hungry so that's great.  I can actually hold on for a bit and wait for dinner to be ready.  I still haven't gained any weight.  I'm ok with that :)


Week 10

I'm 1/4 of the way there!!!

Nothing else to report about this week.  Same ol' same ol'.


Week 11

This week we told the rest of our friends at a Super Bowl party.  All the guys made jokes and the girls congratulated us.  We have a few more people to tell then I can post this and make the "official" announcement on facebook.

Also, I had an Old Navy gift card left over from my birthday so I was looking on line and found some summer shirts in the maternity section that were really cheap so I ordered a bunch!  I'll probably need pants before shirts but hey, you can't beat a $5 shirt.  Speaking of pants....I have 2 pairs that I feel totally comfortable in.  2-3 more that I wear but I know look like shit on me.  I know I'm not showing yet, but I don't like any tightness on my belly.  Also, I gained some weight just before I got knocked up.  A big thank you to the cruise and holidays for that.  So I know its not pregnant related but I don't want to buy new ones and its not like I can work on loosing the weight.  Anyway, enough about that.  I'm excited for my new shirts :)


Week 12

My clothes came in!  I tried them on with a half deflated balloon up my shirt to try to get an idea of what they would look like on.  Bliss just sat there an laughed at me.

Usually for Valentine's Day Bliss and I cook a nice meal together and just hang out at home.  Now I love to cook.  I love to bake.  I love to spend time in the kitchen.  For whatever reason, I have had no desire to do any of it lately.  Not even like its ok, it has to be done so let me cook.  I don't want to.  It's like doing dishes or cleaning the tub.  Anyway, we didn't cook for Valentines.  Instead, we went to Sticky Fingers for bbq.  It wasn't the most romantic, but we did spend the evening together :)

I had an appointment on Wednesday and got to hear the heartbeat!  It was 158 :)  There were two other sounds that the lady said was a kick and a flip.  I have no idea so we'll go with that!  I wish I had known that we were going to listen so that Bliss would have come.  Maybe next time!


Week 13

I had a bit of an over reaction this week.  Sunday I spotted a little then Monday morning I was crampy and it wouldn't stop.  Then I spotted again that morning.  I started freaking out cause that's what I do.  I called the doctors office and made an appointment for that afternoon.  Bliss came home for the appointment and we went.  Of course everything was fine.  The doctor went over some things that could have caused my cramping and spotting.  I did get to see the baby again.  It waved at us.  :)

12 weeks 2 days

I wore my first maternity shirt today!  Not that I need it.  We just needed some laundry done :)  It doesn't look like a maternity shirt so I think its ok :)

So....

I didn't write about this at Christmas time because there was some other stuff that needed to be done first but I wanted to tell you about one of the Christmas gifts Bliss and I got:

yay!!

We have been trying since the cruise...so not very long, but I really didn't think that it happened in December.  I don't want to go in to too much detail about my woman parts, but things happened that lead me to believe it would be a different month.  One of the websites said that Christmas day would be the first day I could test so I took a test with us to Louisiana just in case.  I figure it would be a great Christmas gift if it was positive but not a big deal if it wasn't.  Since we didn't get each other much for gifts we lucked out that it was positive :)

I got up and started my day like any other, in the bathroom.  I did the test then went to brush my teeth while I waited.  When I looked at it, I totally expected it to say "Not Pregnant" so I had to stare at it for a min to make sure my eyes were working right.  I went back in to the bedroom and work Bliss up.  Here is somewhat of how our conversation went:

Me: Baby, wake up...I have another Christmas present for you.

(I handed stick to Bliss and he looked at it for a few seconds)

Bliss: Are you really pregnant?

Me: That's what it says!

There was some more after that but I don't really remember...I just thought it was cute that he asked if I really was.  No, Baby, I had some prego woman pee in a cup for me to bring down here with me to try to fool you.

We ended up telling his mother that morning since he wanted to be with her when he told her and we're not sure when we'll see her again.  He told her that it was a secret but that I took at test that morning.  She looked at me and I just smiled.  She started crying.  Since we got together she has been saying that she can't wait for us to have a grand baby for her :)  She told me later that she thinks she would have had the same reaction if we had just told her we were trying!

 The Christmas we got the best gift ever!  (and the last on that it will be about us)