SWW

So what if:

-I'm SOOOO jealous of Jessica Biel for being married to Justin Timberlake. Wouldn't we all enjoy a little Justin to go home to and sleep with?

-I recorded the grammys. I watched like half of it. Taylor rocked it. I tolerated whoever sang with Elton John because they were singing with Elton John. I tolerated Miranda Lambert. Loved JT. I got to Maroon 5 about to perform before I had to wait for another night to watch.

Click Chicks week 1- Self Portrait!

So excited for our first week of the Click Chicks link up!

 

This week is self portrait. I really struggled with this. It was hard to find a place to put my camera that the toddler wouldn't get to and where there was good lighting. I ended up using the window sil by our couch.

 

I have to tell you this wasn't my favorite picture I took but it was Hubby's favorite.

 

Next week's challenge is HEARTS! I plan to take pictures of the toddler with hearts for Valentine's day! I doubt there will be any more pictures of me in this challenge!

Click Chicks link up!

I can't believe it is February 1st (my birthday) and I'm just getting around to talking about what I got for Christmas! My wonderful husband surprised me with a Canon Rebel!!!!!!

I'm sure I've talked about how I wanted a dslr on here before. I am obsessed with my beautiful child and I am so glad I now have a camera that can capture how blue his eyes are. Everyone told me when I got it that I had to get out of auto. At first I didn't understand. It took great pictures in auto. But now I've read a few things on pinterest and I see that it can take even better pictures manual. I started giving myself a setting or skill to attempt and after about two ran out of ideas and inspiration.

So I thought why not get some of my fellow dslr bloggers to help me out?! And the click chicks link up was born!

So here we are...
Ivy from Little Woman, Little Home
Lindsay from Eat, Wine, & Be Merry
Rachael from We're Ready For Roots
Jessica from Heart On Homestead
and myself here to host a weekly linkup where we will be capturing specific shots each week and coming back here every Thursday to share and compare. This is us breaking out of the novice photographer mold and trying to up and improve our skills and have each other to lean on.

Our first linkup will be Thursday.....

February 7th, 2013

and our first challenge will be

A SELF PORTRAIT.

This way we'll all be able to get to know each other and share a little bit about ourselves, our blogs, and our cameras. I'm excited and hope to see a great turnout. Feel free to grab our button and spread the word....


And don't forget to come back next Thursday for our first official link up!!!

Chase words almost 21 months

Chase is at that age where he picks up a new word every day. I love it! I wanted to jot down some of the words he says on a regular basis for my memory. If you have a child around the same age that is saying less words just remember every child is different and I don't do this to compare our kids. If you already know your child is slower with speech then don't even read this :) I kind of counted and I think he is at about 55-60 words but like I said gets a few words every day!

Chase’s words almost 21 months old

A

All done/all gone

B

ball, baby, bat, bubble, bike, bag, box, bee

C

Cheese, color

D

Dada, dog, duck, dance, down

E

Excuse me

F

G

Grandpa (sounds like dada), go

H

Hello or hi, I think he can still point to his head, he might point to his head for hat too

I

I did it! (or did it)

J

Jump (I think)

K

keys

L

M

More (signs says it sometimes I think), Mama (love it!), milk, meow, mow mow (lawn mower), moon

N

Nana, no, nose

O

Oh no , on, off

P

Poo poo, pee pee, p.u., please (sometimes)

Q

R

Roar (I think he still says it)

S

Splash, shoes, sticker, stool, spoon, stuck

T

This, that, toes (points to), touch down, thank you

U

V

W

Wawa, wet, where’d it go?

X

Y

Z

zip

So What Wednesday

Thank you all so much for the love, support, and prayers after my post Monday. I cherish every friendship I have made because of my ramblings here and on twitter. So blessed to have you all in my life! Linking up with my sweet friend Shannon for SWW this week. It is a quick one but oh well!

So what if I love Costco underwear?! I buy their bikini underwear. I'm over thongs and their underwear is sooo comfortable!

What happened

On December 20th I took a pregnancy test and it was positive. I told Chase something like I think you might be a big brother. After his nap we went to Carter's and got him a big brother shirt. When Hubby came home I video taped his reaction to Chase's new shirt.

Jan. 4th we had an ultrasound. The nurse said everything looked good but I was just early pregnant. All they could see was a sac. Jan. 14th we had another ultrasound. The ultrasound tec asked me if I had been taking clomid or got pregnant naturally. She took some measurements of round things. I think she labeled something gs and something else right ov. She told me to put my pants on and sit in the chairs outside. My husband asked me what was going on. I told him there's nothing.

We sat in the chairs. My husband's arm around me. We were told the ma would come get us and take us to see the dr. I didn't have an appointment with the dr. The ma had me step on the scale. She took me into a room and I started crying. She handed me a tissue and said I'm sorry. She wanted to get my blood pressure. I rolled my sleeve up as I continued to cry. She said she could get it later and left. My husband and I waited in that room for what felt like forever. I just stared at a black and white picture of a flower. Then I told him it is probably going to be awhile. My dr is busy and we were getting squeezed in. I wanted to call my mom. I told him I would probably have to have a procedure.

The dr finally came in. She gave me a hug. I told her no one is telling us anything. I said the ultrasound tec just told me to put my pants on. She said the ultrasound tec assumed we knew. She said it looks like a miscarriage. I've regressed since my last ultrasound. It looks like a blighted ovum. She gave me choices on what to do. She told me how long we have to wait before we try again. She said my chances of this happening again are slim. Then she asked if we wanted to go out the back door.

I went with my husband and child to pick up the medication from the pharmacy that would end my pregnancy. That was an awkward encounter.

I had to tell the probably 30 or so people I had told that there was no baby. I had to answer questions like so you weren't pregnant? Will you try again? People said to me I've never heard of that. I can't imagine.

Everyday my son still points to my belly and says baby. I tell him he's my baby. We don't encourage him to give the baby hugs and kisses anymore.

I had to have my blood taken by a lab person that wanted to chat it up. I'm having my blood tested after a miscarriage. I don't want to talk about my birthday plans.

I've researched how to prevent blighted ovums. There's not much you can do. We want to take better care of ourselves. I would like to get rid of the belly that started forming. Just as soon as the pain stops. The article I read said it is the body's way of making sure the best sperm and egg make a baby. I told my husband that my body did pretty good making Chase so I'm ok with it deciding not to develop a pregnancy if the baby wasn't going to be as amazing as Chase.

We never had a due date. A baby never developed. We didn't lose a baby. We wanted our children close in age. I wanted belly pictures with my sil. I wanted the cousins close in age. I'm not sure who we will tell next time I get a positive pregnancy test. I don't think we will be telling Chase about the baby in Mama's belly and telling him to give it hugs and kisses. Thank you to all of you that knew for your kind words and prayers.

How are you reading this?

Do most of you read blogs on your phone or on the computer or ipad? It is bugging me that I can't fix my blog layout. I'm debating switching to a different website. If you all read in mobile and want me to stay at this website I might be persuaded.