July happenings

Wow the summer is almost over! July is halfway through! We have been enjoying the warm (HOT) weather and have been outside everyday this week. These past days have been beautiful though! Warm 70's with a breeze. Perfect weather! I finally have a tan this year! WHOO HOO i feel like me and again..well besides the big baby bump I'm rocking ;) Bailey even has a cute tan and a little white Bum! haha My fav part of summer! Shes been having a blast with the two girls i've been watching durning the week. She thinks they are her personal playmates. ( they actully might be somedays lol) We have been enjoying time with family aswell. We had the Clubbs over for a cookout last night and had a blast! Gotta love summer nights!! Nothing beats burgers on the grill and good times with friends and family!

We leave in exactly one week for vacation!! I CANNOT wait!!! I want to stick my toes in the warm sand and hear the waves! Bailey has been talking about the beach for the past month, cant wait to see her little face light up once we get there. I'm so excited to spend some time with family! My two big brothers and my cousins will be there with their families. Its really been way too long since Ive seen any of them! My grandma planned this awesome trip and I couldn't thank her more!! Shes a special woman and us grandkids are incredibly lucky to have her! Love you Grandmom!! :)

I'm 24 weeks on the dot today. Time is flying by and we are getting closer and closer to November! This pregnancy has really seemed to go by fast. The baby has been moving like crazy and you can even see it now. Its like nothing youve ever experienced one of the most amazing feelings I cant even begain to explain it. Anyone who has had a baby knows what im talking about. Its unbelievable, best feeling in the world. Nothing like creating life! I feel so blessed as a woman to be able to take on the duty of pregnancy and motherhood. (besides all that other woman stuff ugh) :)

Clubb baby # 2 update

Well we had our ultrasound last week and drum roll please.........da da da daaaaa We are thinking Pink Once more! That right another girl to the Clubb name :) Cant wait to be super obnoxious and match them everyday :) muah haha Nothings cuter than matching sisters! So the name is pretty much set and the nursery theme is under way! Yay for girls!

20 1/2 weeks Preggers

Do I look pregnanter...? is that a word... haha Anyway! Getting bigger by the weeks as they fly by. Cant believe I'm halfway through, feels like we just found out! My first ultrasound is on Tuesday! Hopefully this one has no modesty like our other and we can see the goods! ;) Taking Votes!!!! Boy Or Girl!?

Me, I'm 23..

......well 23, not so different from 22. LOL so not a big Birthday But a great one. I enjoyed having my husband here to celebrate with me this year and The Rascal Flatts concert on my birthday. But most important spending it with family!

Woke up to breakfast in bed and a lovely homemade card by my husband and Daughter, had a awesome Birthday lunch with The Clubbs (dragon chef..yummmmmm) My Mother-in-law (McIntoshs) and Madi came to Babysit Bailey while we were at the concert.Then Sunday had a birthday dinner at my moms house with the rest iof the crazy family. What a treat it was to celebrate with everyone!

Flatts Fest 2011

John and I were able to go see Rascal Flatts on my Birthday last saturday, it was sooo much fun. I havent been to a concert in years (obviously) A great show like always! Weve seen them twice before and im pretty sure they get better everytime. The first Rascal Flatts we went to was in 2006.. (geeze seems so long ago) We were dating and he was about to leave for Bootcamp. We enjoyed the show and sat in the parking lot full of traffic after the concert....(little did i know that was the plan) As we sat and talked, He pulled out a Ring... A promise Ring.. He told me in short time that we had been dating he loved me and didnt want to loose me while he was gone. He told me to wait...to PROMISE to wait for him...The rest of the story is history... as most of you know what has happened since. What fun it was to share that special concert with him again. It brought back so much love and passion that we seem to forget we have durning our busy, tireing and diaper changing days. I still love this man as much as the day i married him, if not more.

18 weeks...(last week)

Yup Thats my 18 week baby bump! I'm not officially 19 weeks as of Saturday, cant believe im almost halfway through!

Loves me at my worst....

Between the raging pregnancy hormones and the lack of money to pay bills. John and I have have both been grumps the past few days. I hate that feeling like you wanna hurt someone but theres no one you want to hurt.... does that make sense? Any woman who has ever PMSed knows that feeling. LOL

So Saturday both of us made a pact to relax and enjoy the weekend. It was hard at first to just let go. Then it felt so good to relax. My biggest problem is relaxing, i get so stressed and upset when things just dont work out. You would think after almost 23 years of nothing going as planned i would learn, but no.

John always seems to know what to say to help me let go of whats bothering me..(sometimes) ;p Anyway Ive always loved a Quote from Marylin Monroe...."I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." ...It always make me grateful to have such a loving and forgiving husband. I know we get on each others nerves and sometimes just want to run away. But no other Man could love me the way he does.

Sometimes you just need to sit back and think of all the great things in your life and not all that is going wrong. Wow are we blessed people! We are happily married for over 3 years now, we have a beautiful daughter and another baby on the way. We OWN a house at 23 and 22 years old. Johns has a career with great hours. We survived a year deployment. We have AMAZING family members that are always there for us. We may not have all that we WANT but we have all that we NEED.

I love my life and really couldn't be more blessed. (Sometimes we just need a reminder whats important.)