Special Treat for GG Penny and Grandma Mary!

Thought you two might like this since you haven't gotten to hear her heartbeat yet!! Make sure you go scroll down and pause the music player at the very bottom on the page before you hit play on this video or you won't be able to hear it! Yesterday we could finally tell what was what inside my belly! She scooted her bum to the surface and when I put my hand on it she scooted even more towards it and moved her hands on the other side! Pretty crazy!

Jeff's Take Your Wife to Work Day!

While it really wasn't an offical day it was a lazy sunday and he had a flight to fly with one of his friends so I went along to watch (I watched a Lifetime movie in the OPS building hile he was flying! Ha). Try to control yourself on how hot he looks!!!!!!! This was my first time seeing him fly the Super Hornet . . . and I was very impressed!! I still very nervous about the plane (but i was about the S-3 too) but I am very proud of him!

A Great Picture! But a predication . . . we'll see!

Our friend Tom just sent me this picture of Jeff and me with his amazing children! He joked it is his prediction for us!! He and Lynne have 5 kids, Carson, Sully, and the triplets, Cooper, Keegan, and Colin!! I have to say I have a whole new respect (I already had the highest level of respect!) for Lynne after being pregnant with one! I can't imagine 3!! While his prediction is great . . . I think I will just enjoy watching them! Tom start a blog so we can!

Plus seeing as I spent the day cleaning up after a very sick dog and then the cat started getting sick and then I almost got sick cleaning it up I think I only need 1 baby at a time to care for!

Announcing Leah Catherine Bledsoe!!!

Our dear friends Mike and Adrienne and their little boy, Curran are proud to announce the arrival of their baby girl, Leah Catherine Bledsoe!! She was born 5-16-08, 8 lbs. 9 oz. , 20' long, at 10:47 a.m in San Diego, CA! Adrienne didn't find out the sex with either baby (even though I begged) and she and the rest of the family are so excited to spoil the little princess in their life now!!

We love you guys and miss you so much!! I promise my trip to San Diego will happen sometime soon!!

Happy Birthday Mom H!!!

Happy Birthday to Jeff's mom!! Happy Birthday Mom H!! I love this picture from the fab birthday celebration you gave me last year in St. Simon's!! What an amazing time! I hope you drink as much as we did last year!! Ha! Thanks for being such a great 2nd mom to me, well and first mom to Jeff!! We can't wait for Graysen to meet her grandmother!!! Thanks for being you and all the love you give! We love you, Jeff, Kristen, Graysen and Cooper!

I don't have diabetes but . . . there is "something wrong with me".

As much as Jeff tells me "there is something seriously wrong with you" he usually says this right after I have said something inappropiate but rather hilarious in a large group of people. However, I hear it so much sometimes I think he is right. . .

Since my cravings have gotten over the top. This week I have made chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter brownies, and strawberry cupcakes!! I had my glucose testing done ans was sure I had diabetes. Just heard back from the doctor and my score was a 92 and the cut off is 132 . . . so I am in the clear. Except it seems my little darling Graysen has made me anemic. Great!! One more prescription I have to take!! I officially hate pills (bet you never thought you would hear me say that!!)

Happy Birthday Dad Harper!!!

Happy Birthday to Jeff's dad!!!! Happy birthday Dad H. and soon to be Grandpa!!! Thanks for being such a great dad! I know my toy loving, flying, adventurer's spirit , easy going husband gets so much of it from you!! I know he looks up to you so much and so will Graysen!! Happy Birthday!!

I love this picture of you shopping for toys!!

Happy Birthday Katie!!!!

I hope you have an amazing one!!! Enjoy your trip to FL! I am wishing you lots of love and lots of happiness this upcoming year because you deserve it!! Can't wait to see you soon! Miss you! Lots of love, Kitty

WOW!! What a Weekend!! Birthdays, Anniversarys, Weddings and More!

This weekend was a busy one!! First we had the love of my life's birthday . . . no not Jeff . . . but COOPER!!!! He turned 6 on Friday!! My heart breaks as his face turns whiter with each year. He is the most amazing dog and everyday I remind him he is "my best friend". He is actually sitting here telling me he doesn't believe me because this is his 2nd birthday I spent away from him!! Then on his 4th birthday I scolded him in the AM before I left for work for eating kitty litter and then got to work to see it was his birthday on my calender!! I called my mom crying telling her I was the worst mommy ever!!!! I left work to go buy him toys at PetSmart and went straight home to make all right!! I picked my fave picture with him and of course his daddy picked the 2nd. I love that the box isn't even good beer!

Then on Saturday . . . my mom and Jim finally got married!!!! YEAH!!! What a fun time and our whole family was together Brady Bunch Style!! It was such a great time.
The Wedding . . .

My new brother Jim and I . . .the matron of Honor and Best Man
The Brady Bunch . . . 6 kids all together. I am waiting for the picture with all the spouses and grandchildren!
The Toast!
My Mom's friend's has a tea party for her the day before! The 1st picture is of me, Nikki (Toni's daughter), my mom, my new sisters Toni and Ryen.

My sister in law Beth! We are 8 days apart!! We don't know if Graysen will have a Delaney or a Cedric to play with yet! My guess is a Delaney!
My mom and I before the tea party!
Then Sunday was out 1st wedding Anniversary!!! I can't believe it was a year ago!! I also can't believe I waited 5 years after we got engaged to get married and then 3 months to get pregnant!! Ha!! You can see from the pictures how quickly things have changed . . . well OK i have changed by adding on the LBS.

Also a huge HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all of you moms!!! You are what makes the world go round and I can't wait to be one of you!! You never cease to amaze me!! Love, Kitty

Happy Birthday Uncle Catfish Yates!

A big birthday posting for Justin's birthday!! Otherwise know as Uncle Catfish otherwise known as the person who isn't allowed around Graysen after she turns 16!!!! Miss you tons!! I know you miss me too!! We sat next to each at work for a year and you were always a good "work husband" when you weren't throwing dead cockroaches at me or making disgusting bodily functions! Those were the days!!

The 3rd Trimester is HERE!!!!! Plus, the 3rd best day of my life!!

The 3rd trimester has arrived!!! WOOHHHHHHOOOOO!!! I am so excited!! I mean besides the fact that I can't bend over and sleeping has become impossible everything is going great! Plus now I can rest my plate on my belly while I am eating in front of the TV. It is so sexy!! I am stooping to new lows though . . . like eating a stale donut from Thursday's dozen talked about on the blog. Jeff could not believe I had eaten a 5 day old donut . . . I couldn't believe he thought it was odd. Apparently, I am a bunny snob but would be more than happy to eat out of a dumpster at Dunkin Donuts.

Well apparently the 3rd trimester started on the 3rd best day of my life!!! The first being of course marrying Jeffy!! The 2nd being the day we found out we were having a little girl. The 3rd best day . . . the day a dream came true . . . the day my wishes were answered . . . the day I got my DYSON ANIMAL. Let me explain that I have wanted this vacuum for 3 years . . .I watched my friends buy them one by one and dance around the house in glee cleaning like children on Christmas day. I watched people's shocked expressions when they found out I did not own one and contemplate if I was homeless because, I mean who and what type of sociopath did not have a Dyson??? Alas, Jeff said NO! Over and over again. I was working . . . so we had splurged on a housekeeper and Jeff said he was never buying that expensive of a vacuum cleaner for the maid to use. Then we moved and I stopped working and suggested since I was cleaning myself we should get one and he said NO! Now that I wasn't working we couldn't buy that expensive of a vacuum cleaner. I couldn't win!!!!!!!!! I even put it on my wedding registry hoping that one of my friends would win the lottery a couple of days before the wedding (or start stripping) and decide, "what the hell!" So, I kept buying the 2nd and 3rd tier runner ups on consumer reports and year after year they broke with Cooper's dog hair laughing in their face and calling them "WEAK Suckers!!" So for 3 years every time someone mentioned they had the Dyson Vacuum I would lean in and intently listen to every glorious moment of praise they gave it and knew someday . . . just someday I may get to know what they have experienced! Jeff said all those people just gave it glowing recommendations to make themselves feel better for spending that much on a vacuum. At moments like this I wondered if we should get an annulment because how could I love someone who didn't understand.

So the other day when Jeff was cleaning the handle of old vacuum flew off and he announced "this thing is a piece . . . we need a new one". I was like "well there is thing called the Dyson . . ." it was met with a glare. BTW, I heart Bed Bath and Beyond. We wheeled our 1 yr old broken vacuum in there and no questions asked they gave us 100% of our money back . . . then we had a 20% coupon which took $150 off, then we had 2 gift cards from our wedding!! My mind was racing . . . this might actually happen, I might actually become one of the lucky ones!! Jeff said "wow, we really won't be out of pocket to much!! Lets get it" Thus began the 3rd best day of my life! As we drove home, I kept looking in the backseat wondering if it would really be all I had imagined!

It is . . .Below are the pictures of me and my new baby, Donna the Dyson. I promise you I am already that person. I called like 20 people begging them to go buy it right away. We vacuumed with our vacuum right before we left and came home and ran the Dyson on the seagrass rug and literally 1 inch of dirt filled the canister! I was gagging to think I thought it was clean before!! Buy one . . . sell something . . . even one of your children if you have too . . . it is worth it. You know maybe I shouldn't be blogging because every time I finish one of these stories I realize I have less and less of a life. Oh Well just call me a loser . . . because I am a loser with a DYSON!!

A Big Day in the Harper Household!!

Today is a big big big day!!!!!!!!! For a couple of reasons . . . on a smaller note I went in for my hour long diabetes testing since my 3rd trimester starts tomorrow! I was not looking forward to the testing but off we went (Jeff hasn't missed one appt!!!) We got there and they hadn't scheduled me for the right appt. so we got to escape!! Yeah! Well until next week!

So, on my way home while Jeff headed off to LSO duties I stopped to look for bunny accents for the nursery (why didn't I buy them after Easter when they were all over the place is beyond me). However, apparently I am a bunny snob because it has to be a very certain kind of bunny accent that is not tacky because I can't find any I like (or afford, who are these people that spend $200 on a lamp for a nursery??)! So after no bunny being "up to par to my bunny standards (yes, this is what my life has come too) I headed over to some other sections of TJ Maxx. Let me state for the record of how my life has changed. I never even made it over to the shoe section or the women's clothing section. Yes, life has become 100% about Graysen. Anyway, I passed the dog section and found dog beds. OK for many of those who know me . . . know my past experience with dog beds. Yes, it seems my little Cooper believes dog beds are for one reason. This reason is not relaxing or sleeping on but for . . . humping. Yes, he is fixed and yes we have no idea where he learned this from. We have bought numerous dog beds only to give them away because he would not sleep on it . . . just embarrass us in front of guests, with his "look at what I can do with my bed" motions.

Now that Jeff and I are actively trying to get Cooper to sleep off the bed (even though we bought a king size bed for him) and the couch, I thought I could give it another try as we are tired of waking up with dog hair in our mouths. I brought it home and made a big fuss of how it was a present and low and behold. . . he actually laid down on it!!!!!! He did not try and "make love to it" and he laid on it for a good 5 minutes!!!!! This is a big step for us. When it was time for bed we took the bed upstairs and placed it next to the bed and he laid on it again!! I heard "alleluia" playing! Well, I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't find him. He had left his bed to go sleep on the guest bed . . .spread out with his head on the pillow. I guess old habits die hard. As I write this he is sleeping on the couch. I am such a push over for my golden baby, but I mean look at that face????!!!!

The ending to our big day was Jeff stopped on his way home at Dunkin Donuts for a treat (the doctor says I am below normal weight gain so this just give me more reason to eat dozens of donuts) and they were closing so they sent him home with a whole dozen for free again!!! Right in time for LOST!! I mean can a pregnant women get it any better! Ha!!

I have added some of my fave pictures of Cooper claiming he owns the house. The furry friend in the picture with his is Hoat's cat, Raz (short for Raspberry and yes Hoats has a cat and yes Hoats named it that, and yes we should be concerned)