I heart this birdie mobile! I found it first on Ohdeedoh.com and then followed to the creator's blog to learn all about it. I must make something similar for August's room! I am really in love with it.

The holidays were pretty good this year. Now we've reached New Year's Eve, and I am ready to jump into the new year. Tony and I are celebrating by cooking a really good soup tonight and hanging out watching movies. Neither of us felt like trying to do a big celebration with tons of people, and I'm so glad we agreed on that. I am making a pretty traditional New Year's meal tomorrow for dinner, as well. No ham, but the meal will be chock full of southern style vegetables (including black eyed peas) and corn bread. That has been one of the things I've enjoyed most about the holidays this year. It's one of the first times I've really allowed myself to eat whatever I wanted. I am eating for two, as everyone keeps reminding me. Luckily almost all of the weight has stayed in the belly area. Woohoo!

Alright, I am off to eat lunch and organize baby things (as always...the neverending job).

Happy Holidays

Tony and I have been very busy figuring out all of our Christmas plans for this year. Our travel plans have changed so often that I almost said, "Let's just stay here, alone...together." Instead, we are now planning on going up to Memphis, TN to spend it with a bunch of people in my family. We are staying with the pops and his wife, and most of my siblings will be around. That is very exciting, because I really haven't been able to spend much time with them lately. I haven't spent an actual Christmas with my dad in over a decade. Sometimes we see him around Christmas, but my family's years are usually spent with my mom. Cinci was just too far to travel at 30 weeks pregnant.

Yep, we are at the 30 week mark. Well, 30 weeks by the due date the doctor has given us. I am still convinced that her actual due date is about a week earlier. She was already measuring at 3 lbs at the end of 28 weeks. I guess I won't know until she is here.

I am so ready for August Isabella to be here! We went to Babies R Us this weekend to try and stock up on things we knew we would need that it looks like no one is planning to buy for us. You don't think much of your small cart-full until you get to the register and the total is $300. Oh, and there are still a whole bunch of things on the registry that you are needing. (Why doesn't anyone want to buy you a baby bath tub or crib sheets? I guess it's not as exciting as all the cute, little, girly pink outfits and stuffed animals...) I'm not complaining. We have had many generous friends and family members gift us with awesome things, and we are super thankful to all of them! I just want to warn anyone who hasn't had children: Babies Cost A Lot of Money Up Front! Oh, and then we have the diapers and other small things to worry about.

Random: Tony asked me the other day what I thought about the name August Ann. After being the biggest supporter of the name Isabella he suddenly thought we should maybe change it. I think that it is a pretty name, but we have been calling her August Isabella since way before we knew she was a girl for sure. The day after we found out we were pregnant we knew that would be the name if we had a little girl. So, it seemed really out of the blue. Ann was Tony's mother's middle name. I think that the holidays are bringing his mom to mind, and that is where it has come from. Also, the day she passed away was February 10th. Tony has brought up a couple of times how amazing it would be if August was born on that day. She would have to be 18 days early for that to happen, though. Maybe we can pull the 2 middle names thing. August Ann Isabella Intoccia.....August Isabella Ann Intoccia....:) Her initials would be AAII or AIAI. I don't know. Any thoughts?

Feeling the Monday Blues

It is freezing here in Jackson. It's supposed to creep into the 40s today, but the wind chill is still going to keep it feeling like the low 30s. This is not what I signed up for when I moved to Mississippi. I signed up for winters full of greenery and mild temperatures. I am pretty sure we are in for a serious winter this year.

Awesomeness: Tony has jury duty. He received something in the mail about it last week, and he never really looked at the dates until yesterday. Guess what! He had to be at the courthouse starting today. Hooray. He had to run down to work last night to shoot out some emails to make sure all of his patients were canceled today and so that his boss knew where he would be. This morning he is passing the time in a large waiting room by texting me about his surroundings and the other people on jury duty. It's funny, but he is only the second person I've ever known to have jury duty. He texted me a minute ago to say that the elevator music was playing Law and Order's theme song. That's a bit much. Come on Mississippi!

I have a 3 hour gestational diabetes test tomorrow. I'm really nervous about it because I didn't pass the first test (which was only 1 hour). I thought Tony was going to take me, but since he has jury duty that probably won't happen. So I'll have to drive down myself, a starving pregnant woman, and sit for 4 hours of no food or drink and lots of finger pricking fun. I'm not looking forward to it at all. My doctor doesn't think that I have anything to worry about, and he says he thinks the chances of me actually having GD is very low. The only thing is that 3 of the last 5 women I've known who were pregnant did have it, and they all had to have Cesarean Sections because of it. I am scared to death and very worried about it. I can't wait for tomorrow to be over with!!!

I am trying to pass the time by doing some knitting and embroidery for X-mas gifts. One thing that makes me happy is that I am almost done with my Christmas shopping and gift-making. Woohoo! (Of course, I'm still not sure if we are going to see any of our family for X-mas this year. Between divorce, pregnancy, surgery, possible cancer, work and a brand new bar/restaurant my entire family has way too much on their individual plates right now...)