Journal Update :)

This past weekend Alexis and I drove up north with my parents so that we could spend Nicole's 2nd birthday with her. We left on Thursday night.. and had a lot of fun! Nicoley's party was great and it was fun being there with her on her special day. I can't believe that she is already 2 years old. Jonathon didn't get to come because he had to work. They decided they'd work through the weekend so that they could have 2 whole weeks off for Christmas and New Year's. In fact today is his last day until Jan. 3! I'm very excited to get my husband all to myself for the next 2 weeks :) Well I guess I'll share him with Alexis, but only because she loves him so much! ha ha. Anyways the girls had a fun day Saturday and we finished our Christmas shopping. The Mall was a little crazy.. but it was fun :) We came home Sunday, and Jonathon was happy to have us back. He said he isn't used to being home all alone.. LOL.

I went to the doctors again yesterday.. Babies heartbeat was 144. I didn't gain anymore weight from my last visit (thank heavens.) The doctor went ahead and put me down for Feb. 11! He said I will probably go in around 6 a.m. and then the c-section will be performed around 7 or 7:30 a.m. I don't know why.. but I kind of have a feeling the baby might just come a little earlier. I guess we'll see. I asked the doctor about me traveling all the way to Arizona in Jan. He said that he really doesn't recommend it, but ultimately it's up to me. He said that is a long drive.. and doesn't really want me to be that far away. I told him that I've been having braxton hicks contractions.. which I really don't remember having with Alexis. He of course said they are normal.. and to just keep an eye on them getting too close together or too often. I actually feel pretty good right now :) I've been sleeping a little better.. and my back hasn't been hurting as bad.

I wish I could say the same about my emotions.. Geez have I been emotional lately. It is so funny what kinds of things make me upset or make me cry. During Thanksgiving when we went up north to spend it with Jonathon's family, we played volleyball a couple of nights. Well the first night we played Jonathon was one of the team captains that got to pick teams. My husband always always picks me first. Not only because I'm his wife.. but because I'm actually pretty good at volleyball. Well, he didn't pick me first that night. He picked his cousin first and I don't know why.. but it really hurt my feelings. I seriously had to walk away because I was on the verge of tears. Jonathon could tell right away that something was wrong and came over to me, and said "Babe I'm sorry but your only 50% right now." Meaning I can't run, jump, or dive after the ball. He of course was trying to make me laugh.. but I was just so upset. I didn't start crying, but I came very close. I couldn't believe that I was so upset about something so dumb.
Then, when we were on our way home from going up there for Thanksgiving the weather was really bad.. and I told Jonathon I didn't want to drive in the snow. He said to turn around and he was calling different places to see how much stud tires were. He then looked over at me and said "Babe, are you seriously crying?" Yes, once again I was crying over something so dumb. I couldn't help it. The fact that the roads were so scary just made me so upset.
And then the most recent "crying" incident happened last night. For some reason all day yesterday I was just in a blah mood. Nothing was wrong.. so I don't know why. When Jonathon got home from work he came in as usual to give me a kiss and ask how my day was. I don't know if anyone else is like me.. But when I'm upset or on the verge of crying.. all it takes to make me start bawling is someone asking me whats wrong. Especially when Jonathon asks me for some reason. So of course the second he asked me "What's wrong?" I just started crying.. he looked at me like What the heck? He of course got really worried and just kept asking "Babe what is wrong?" I just kept saying I don't know. He's like "Ok, well you are crying so something has to be wrong." I told him honestly nothing is wrong.. and I don't know why I'm crying. It's a good thing my husband is understanding.. and usually he ends up making me laugh! My little brother was in the kitchen and asked why I was crying. Jonathon just said "She's pregnant." He then asked if I was going to be okay long enough for him to go take a shower.. LOL. Of course I was just fine a few seconds later.. and I still couldn't tell you why I started crying. Later Jonathon said something like.. "It's okay babe..you'll be back to normal once the baby comes!" I'm just glad that he is there for me to cry to.. even if it's over absolutely nothing.. I'm also glad that he usually says something really funny while I'm crying so that I can come back to my senses and just laugh it off.
My roller coaster of emotions is definitely not something I remember having with Alexis. But I guess there isn't much I can do about it right now.

Well we are so excited for Christmas and I can't believe that it is this Saturday. I also can't believe that Alexis and I both started coughing again yesterday and woke up with stuffy noses and scratchy throats :( UGH! I don't want to be sick for Christmas. I kept Alexis home from school, because I'm sure the other parents don't want their children sick for Christmas either. I really hope it goes away. When we were up there for Nicole's b-day she had a runny nose, so we might have picked up something from her. Who knows.. this time of the year someone always has something that you happen to pick up. Anyways..

For Journal purposes I just have to hurry and blog about my little Lexi. Oh she cracks me up. The other night she wrote a letter to Santa. (It was more like a bunch of scribbles.) She is getting pretty dang good at writing her name though :) Anyways she was adamant about sending it to Santa that night. I told her that the post office wasn't sending out anymore letters for the day.. and that we could send it the next day. Of course right when she woke up she reminded me that I had told her we could mail it to Santa. So I drove her down to the post office and let her drop her letter into the big blue mailbox outside. She was SO excited and said "Does Santa have my letter yet?" I told her that it takes a couple of days for it to get to Santa. I love seeing her little eyes light up like that! I asked her what her letter said, and she said "Dear Santa, I want a sled." I asked if that was it.. and she said "Yup." Short and sweet :)
Then the other night on our way home from going up north.. Alexis kept saying that we had to go to Christmas. I was like, what? She said "Mom, we have to go to Christmas!" I told her Alexis we don't have to go anywhere for Christmas.. and I tried to explain that it is a holiday not something you go too. She said well Santa isn't gonna find us. I told her of course he will. She said "Well how? I told her that Santa just knows where we live. She said "He knows because of magic huh? She is so stinking cute! And says the funniest things.
When we were up north at Nicole's birthday party, one of Kelly's nephews threw Nicole's play stroller down the stairs. Alexis came up to me and said "Mom, that little boy is definitely on the naughty list!" The next day Nicole was crying about something and Alexis says to her "Nicole, you are going to be on the naughty list." She has also told Derek about a million times that he will definitely be on the naughty list for being mean to his mom. Ha Ha. So yeah we have a little reminder everyday... So be nice, or Alexis will let you know that you are on the naughty list this year!