water, water, everywhere!

I am a daddy's girl, through and through. I was never a "girly girl". Climbing trees, riding bikes and traipsing around barefoot in cow poop were more appealing to me than your typical girl-like activities. My mom felt the need to remind me on several occasions that I was, indeed, a girl. Somehow wrestling with my brother in the hallway didn't appear to be too ladylike. That said, I followed my dad everywhere. Feeding the cows, running conveyors, in the tractor bailing hay....I was his shadow a lot of days. My dad is a very quiet man. Solid in character, a man of few words, and known for the zingers. You know what I mean. Those little one liner jokes that, if you're not listening closely, you may just miss. One of the coolest places on our farm, I thought, was the underground tunnel that connected the barn to the silo. This is how we fed the cows, on conveyor belts running from the silo with the grain (or whatever it was) to their pens. Well, for some reason unknown to my small little mind, the area around the silo under there always got a little flooded with who knows what. I would say water, but, well it's a farm and pretty much anything goes. Now, I'm sure this happened more than once, but I remember one time in particular on one of our many trips down through the tunnel. I don't know if maybe I commented on the flooded floor or if my dad just broke into verse, but here is what he said: "Water, water, everywhere, someone lost their underwear!" As a small child, I remember thinking that this was the funniest thing I had ever heard in my short life. I laughed and laughed, and if I remember right, my dad just smiled. =)

stubborn? who me?

Battle of the wills. My mom and I had several of these growing up. Some call it stubborness, I call it determination. =) Ah, who am I kidding, I'm stubborn. I know it. I know this links in to my personality type somehow, but one of the things I'm realizing about myself is that once I set my mind on something, that's the way it is, and I can't/won't change it. I don't think that I am purposefully being stubborn, (most of the time=) it just doesn't occur to me that I may be okay with changing my mind. When someone makes a suggestion that would incur a change to my mind, I immediately turn it down. Why? Because that's not what I want and I've already made up my mind. Sometimes I think I choose to stick to something for the sake of sticking to it rather than b/c it's what I want. Choosing to stick to something I want is not bad, I just need to remember that it's okay to consider other options.

prego pic update and stuff

16 weeks. Almost halfway there! I am definitely enjoying pregnancy so far. Especially since my doctor gave me some nausea medicine. That has helped immensely. I have really enjoyed following the development of the baby week by week. The process is so completely amazing!

I've been a little homesick lately. Homesick for family and just for the northeast part of the country where I grew up. I feel like Nashville tries really hard to have a fall season but it just doesn't even come close to the falls of PA and MD. Then there's the whole baby thing. Something I would love to be sharing with family and as much as we try through pictures it just isn't the same. I never thought I would be one of those people who had to live near family. I mean, I love my family, but growing up I never had a problem with going away for a while and experiencing new things. The longer we live here, though, I wonder. The difference between when I was growing up and now is, I always went back. We go and visit when we can now, but I'm finding it's not nearly enough!

Josh and I are going to check out the midwife wing at the Vanderbilt Hospital on Tuesday. I already know what I want my birthing process to be like, which makes me think we will be switching our care to a midwife even before we've talked to them, but I am trying not to make up my mind before weighing both options fully.

I feel like this post is all over the place, but, it's my blog, so it's okay, right? =)

quote

"If it takes you more than 60 seconds to do your hair in the morning, you are not a man." -Josh Canady

sigh

Getting a little tired of all the prenancy updates that tell me "hello second trimester, goodbye morning sickness!" Ugh.

thank goodness

Thank goodness for in laws who get you a working toilet for the downstairs bathroom so you don't have to make the dreaded trip upstairs EVERY SINGLE NIGHT!!

13 weeks

I think my mom is convinced I'm having twins.

house stuff

We finally finished our flower beds out front! Here are some before and after pics...

Before...



During...






Here are the finished beds. It will look better in the spring. We planted iris and daffodil bulbs. The bushes are azaleas, the smaller flowers are mums and we lined the sidewalk with pansies. The dirt here is absolutely terrible so hopefully I can keep them alive.

babysitting Elias

Josh and I had the privilege of watching this little guy yesterday. He is such an easy baby and SO cute! Here are some of my favorite pics that we took of him.


The exposure is bad here, but he looks good holding a baby, don't ya think? =)



Being shy!





I love the ones where his overalls are eating him!







Praying before his bottle. =)

picnic in the park

Tonight Josh and I decided to do something a little different from the norm. We packed a picnic, loaded Butter in the car, and set off to find a park. We found one not too far away and had a nice time sitting on a blanket and watching Butter sniff every single piece of grass and make friends with all the other dogs walking by.

weirdo pets

I don't know what it is about our pets, but this seems to be their favorite position.

food and southern phrasing

Two things. The phones are pretty slow today, and since I'm going on 8.5 hours of sleep (it may sound blissful to you but trust me, it's not enough), I have been resting between calls. Before my last call, I realized after the fact that I had been thinking, I mean really thinking long and hard, about how much I wish we had some bacon at home b/c if we did I would make myself a toasty BLT sandwich when I get there. Then I found myself thinking about the different tastes of the bacon, lettuce, tomato, toasty bread, and how wonderful they taste when put together. Mmmmm. I think I will make Josh stop on the way home so we can pick up some bacon.

Secondly, I have heard a fair share of southern phrasing in the year that we have lived here. "I might could...", "I ain't got but...", "I'm all tore up...", but my favorite is when I ask my cusomer on the phone if they need anything else (especially if it's an older man) and he says, "Nope, that'll git it!"

quick blurb

Josh and I had a very productive and fun weekend last weekend while his parents were in town. I will follow up later with pics. Our yard sale was pretty successful. Our car is fixed and all that is left is to get it registered in TN. Josh and his dad cleared out the felled tree that was in our backyard, and we all pitched in to plant some flowers in the front of the house.

I was nausea free for a week and a half! Today and yesterday has been a different story, but hopefully it will continue to get better.