Memorial Day Weekend!

Happy Memorial Day, I hope you all had a safe and fun Memorial Day! We spent Friday- Sunday afternoon down in Oceanside at a timeshare (via Josh read, thanks Josh!) with the Fitzpatrick's! We left Friday after work, picked up the Fitzpatrick's and headed down to Oceanside. We are so thankful, we left a little after 7pm and arrived a little after 8pm... Can you believe we hit almost NO traffic! It was awesome!

Saturday, we woke up at around 9:30am, ate some breakfast, and got ready to start the day. A group picture here of the group walking on our way to the movie theater (less than 1 mile) to buy our tickets to see Pirates of the Carribbean 3. Becca Fitzpatrick sewed us both cute little tube top dresses so here was a little picture of us being matchy matchy :)




We did a little shopping, ate lunch at Ruby's at the end of the pier where I had fish and chips, some zuchini and a vanilla shake... I know I know- slow down :) We also made several attempts at flying a kite, say attempts because it was just plain funny to watch. Below is a picture of a bike that we rented called the Cobi- It was incredibly hard to go up hills but it was so fun to watch people's reactions as we rode down the street.

We watched Pirates of the Carribbean 3 at the theater near the timeshare and with very little people... we didn't have to wait in any lines or get pushy with people. The movie was incredibly awesome and as to be expected everyone is wondering if there will be a 4th movie.... I say leave it alone we don't want to make it like the land before time, ha ha. By the end of the movie, my pregnant butt was so ready to take a stretch... and I have to ask- Did everyone wait til after the credits to see what happens?? After the movie, I was exhausted so I stayed in the room, but the other decided to take a walk to the beach to see if we could watch the grunion run, there were tons of grunion jumping out of the water and some poor little squid who ended up beaching themselves trying to catch the grunion- How sad!

Sunday, we woke up late after a late night.... and after some contemplating decided to go down to Seaport Village- which according to the timeshare receptionist was "just down the street"... that was about hmmm... 40 minutes! Anyway, we got there and had some sandwiches and took some nice pictures, did some shopping... Here are some pictures they took of Andrew and I... and my pregnant belly :)



Monday, We woke up very late did some laundry and headed to Cookie's house to do some swimming.... Here are some funny pictures they took of me in my maternity bathing suit!!

25 weeks

This week is the beginning of my 25th week of pregnancy also at the point if the baby happened to born at this point would be considered viable. The baby would be in the hospital for quite some time, but good news to hear at least. I am still working on getting rid of this darn congestion and cough from being sick last week. Friday, my work sent me home in the middle of the day because I still wasn't feeling good and of course I started crying- they all understood it was my hormones speaking... that's the first time I have cried for no good reason- ha ha!

Also, a little bit of interesting news: My clinic asked me if I would do some advertisements for the OB/GYN area with 1 of the Dr's from the clinic. They wanted someone pregnant, and I think I might be the only one left. All the other pregnant women either had their baby or is on maternity leave. So you might see my face with one of the Dr's in a Riverside Medical Clinic promo advertisement. I told the marketing guy, he had to give me notice so that I got myself looking cute and ready for anything like that!!! ha ha.
I am still feeling pretty good, just tired now! I have had the hardest time sleeping with my cold and the belly really isn't getting in the way just yet... just incomfortable really. Andrew and I were just laying in bed on Saturday morning laughing and watching my belly move because of the baby. It's so funny watching my belly move so much now. Everyone at church started to notice how much my belly started popping out now.

Anyway... that should be it for now!

All my favorite shows....

Are going to be ending this week and next week, Sad DAY! Grey's Anatomy season finale ended last night tragically, and totally not leaving me with a feeling that I am itching to watch next season at all. It was a painful last episode and very disappointing, I say very disappointing.

Heroes only has 1 episode left and unlike Grey's Anatomy, I am always left wanting more with Heroes, it's so intriguing and unpredictable! What is going to happen with Hiro Nakamura??

LOST, another one of my favorite shows- will be ending next week also. Unexpected turn of events with the characters, and I cannot wait to see what happens in the next episode with Charlie! I was told they only have 1 more season and then it will be ending. I assume that they can only make the story last for so long before people get bored and want to see them get rescued already. I still love the show and would not mind if it continued on.

Our newest adventures, that we can still continue to watch because we are playing catch up is 24 with Keifer Sutherland. This originally was not a series that I thought we would like, but once I started watching it- Wow pretty intense shows. Also, Alias with Jennifer Garner- we started with Season 1 on DVD and have slowly worked our way up to Season 3 on DVD. Only 2 more season of Alias left before we complete it. I love watching all my favorite shows without commercials, so much time is not wasted sitting around waiting for it to come back.

There are definitely a lot of other shows I would like to watch, like America's next top model, Extreme Home Makeover, American Idol, etc. but I just can't get those on Itunes yet. Someday... it will come soon don't you worry :)

24 weeks

Here is an updated picture of me at 24 weeks (6months)! My belly is starting to grow rapidly, and I am really starting to notice such a growth. The baby is starting to put on the fat this month, according to all the weekly guides I have been reading. The baby is going through periods of activity, and I really start to notice my stomach moving when he/she is moving. Sometimes I can almost imagine the baby tap dancing on my bladder because I feel like I have to use the restroom all the time (ha ha!)

We got a crib given to us, it is a Delta Luv crib, rated extremely high on the Consumer Reports and we assembled it this week and put it in the room. Seeing the crib in the room makes the baby even more of a reality now, in just a little while there will be a baby in there- yipeee :)

Sitting at home!

Day 2 of being sick, Stayed home once again from work today because I think it is good to share with my co-workers everything but my sickness... ha ha. I am in between taking naps and my Sudafed to help with the sinus issue, coughing, headache, and fever. While there isn't much to do at home other than sleep, watch some movies, and well look on the internet- I just couldn't help myself but to look at some baby stuff. I know that everyone I knows hopes we have a boy, I still keeping my options open for a girl. I found these 2 cute little onesies I shared with Andrew as well because they are just tooooo cute!

From Old Navy



















From JCPenney by Carter's

Sicker than a dog!!!

Friday, it started with a sore throat and now I at home on a Tuesday with a sore throat, cough, runny nose, and slight fever. I made a call to the Dr to find out what medications I am able to take in order to make myself feel somewhat better. So, Dr Bryan said I am allowed to take Sudafed, Actifed, Cotylenol, and Robitussin. In between sleeping and watching movies I am hoping to get better before I have to go to work tomorrow. Keep me in your prayers :)

An update from the Holybee's

Friday- At work was our Healthcare Recognition for all employees and Doctor's. Hamburger, Hot Dogs, potato salad, starwberry shortcake: and Ice Cream. Very nice day but also very busy with all the planning and phone calls. At night, Andrew and I saw Spiderman 3, which I would not recommend. It was painful to watch- really! The story between Peter and MJ was totally ruined and I don't think I would watch this movie again.

Saturday- Woke up early to get ready for a wedding. This was Andrew's first wedding he has ever performed. He was nervous and hands were shaking, but made it through a very nice ceremony. It only gets easier from here :) The rest of the night stayed at home and tried to enjoy ourselves.

Sunday- Happy Mother's Day to all Mommies and soon- to- be mommies! We went to church in the morning and at 2pm went to Andrew's mom's house for a lunch and gave her a very nice glass Tea/ Lemonade container with a built in spicket for pouring. I loved it, even if just for decor. Got back into town at around 5pm and finished my laundry and watched the finale of "Survivor- Fiji" Yahhhh for Earl :)
Monday- Today I am struggling to get through the day, I have been trying to fight off this sore throat since Sunday. Someone must have gotten me sick or something... I thought I was going to be so proud of not being sick my whole pregnancy- I guess that is out now. I didn't want to come into work today, but because I have so much to do at work I couldn't miss. I feel yucky- wish I could have stayed in bed :( The baby is now kicking like crazy and now everytime I can, I grab Andrew's hand to feel the baby kickin. We both just smile, sometimes it actually tickles me when it kicks :) I sit at my lunch break and just watch my stomach move, it's so awesome!!!!! I can't wait to see what our little baby will look like!!! I am weighing in at 158lbs and only a few more months to go. I don't think I have ever weighed that much in my life, but it's for our little baby :)

That's about it for now!

Dr's appt today

I had my check up today with my Dr after the ultrasound. Dr reported that the baby looks great in proportions, placenta is where it should be and is correct size and our Baby's heart looks normal. Our baby's heart beat is in the 150's which is normal. My blod pressure seemed to be a little higher than my last appt (124/75). Andrew and I will be walking this afternoon to combat my elevated pressure... other than that, we're doing good. I have another another appt in 4 weeks.

Exciting news too! My stomach is actually starting to move now a little. Andrew was able to feel my stomach for the first time this last week. It's still so crazy to think our baby is flipping around in there!!! So awesome :)

Our newest addition...

As I blogged about a few months ago, we sold our beautiful truck to try and cut some costs before the baby comes... in place of the truck we bought a 1996 Acura Integra that was kept in perfect condition and for a low low price of $3800. It was such an awesome deal, and to top it all it is in great condition so that really made out day. We heard about this car being for sale from a girl at a Bridal Shower I was at a few weekends ago. We were so excited about this and of course, Andrew loves it because it is manual transmission just like he wanted. Got give praise to God once more for providing for our needs once again!

Ultrasound

Last Friday I had my ultrasound, the pictures are below! I had to do the whole full bladder thing (yipee!). I didn't quite know how much water to drink. As I am writhing in pain from TOO much water. I check in for my appt, and the receptionist tells me to have a seat should be about 15 more minutes so I am thinking.... MAN I can't wait that long. I went up to her and asked her "Can I please go to the restroom and let some out, this is totally killing me right now" She responded and said, "Go ahead, Count to 10 and you'll have to stop" I am thinking to myself... Yah! okay! I am going to stop in the middle. By the graces of God I did, I sit back down and am still writhing in pain, so I went to the restroom again and let more out. Right as I am walking back to the waiting room the Tech calls me back. I told her I didn't know how much water to drink and I am dying right now. We start the procedure and she says, "Oh Wow, you're bladder is way too full. There is a difference between a full bladder and torture, I will make this quick." After she finishes her portion, she lets me go the restroom (conveniently a bathroom is located right in the procedure room, I love Riverside Medical Clinic). I come back out and she began to show me images of our growing little baby. She showed me the baby's heart beating on screen, and I got to see her/him wiggling around. It was sooooo awesome :) Now, the baby is actively moving and you can tell when she/he is going through the periods of activity and when it isn't moving at all. Still can't feel anything from the outside of my stomach, Andrew is just aching to be able to feel his baby move after I keep telling the baby is wiggling around he always reaches for my belly to feel it but nothing. Hopefully Soon!

Happy 2nd anniversary for the Holybee's

Happy 2nd Anniversary celebrated April 30th. 2 years of being happily married and now beginning our own family. 2 years to grow more fond of each other and grow closer as husband and wife. 2 years to be better friends to each other, and better companions. I have been so blessed in our life to have God give me the husband that I have, and I have to thank God for allowing Andrew and I to have such an easy marriage. Everyone told us about how the first couple of years of marriage would be the hardest and I have yet to quite understand what they are talking about. We had such an easy transition into marriage and I know that was all because of God.

How we celebrated our 2nd Anniversary might seem uneventful of sorts but it happened to fall on our youth group night. Andrew so thoughtfully sent me flowers to my work to say Happy Anniversary and then surprised me by taking me out to lunch to "Backstreet" (which is where Andrew proposed to me). Then we proceeded to continue on our night by running our youth group night for church. Here is a picture of the bouquet of flowers.