our exciting end of week/weekend

well, on wednesday night i started having, what i thought were, contractions and was feeling uncomfortable. on thursday morning i decided that i should probably go into the dr. so, at about 9:00 on thursday i went to the dr. and they hooked me up to the machines to monitor the baby and me and sure enough, i was having little contractions fairly often. this is waaayyyyyyyy too early, since i'm not due 'till aug., so they put me on a couple different medications to stop the contractions, so for now i'm supposed to take it easy and no lifting or doing much activity. i'm not on total bedrest yet, but the dr. said if i don't slow down, she'll put me on bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy. they also found out that my amniotic fluid is a little low. i really need to hydrate more and take it easy. i also went in that afternoon for an ultrasound and i got a really cool 3-d picture of the baby. the u.s. tech had to cut her little hands out of the picture because she kept putting them in front of her face, but this was the best we could get at that time. i do have to go back in 2 weeks or so and get another u.s., so maybe we'll get another 3-d and get a better one... we can sure hope!

well, then this weekend i was having a pain in my left side and my sister-in-law convinced me that i should go in and have it checked out, so i went in to the hospital and got checked out. they listened to the baby and to me and said everything sounded fine, so they sent us home, and told us not to worry. meanwhile, this all really takes a toll on the big, fat, pregnant momma! needless to say, we are all very worn out! jacob is really crabby today! daddy is tired, he got to do some of mommy's "chores" because she couldn't, so he's feeling it and i'm just exhausted! but in just a couple months, this will all be over and we'll be enjoying our new little girl in person!

oops!

so, i posted a blog this morning and forgot that there was something big and exciting!!!! saturday, jacob and mommy went swimming at the local public pool and had a wonderful time with the neighbors there. we went with our favorite neighbors who we've been doing a lot with lately. their son loves to play with jacob. we were at the pool for about and hour and a half and it was sooo much fun watching jacob giggle as he splashed and played in the water. i think he's definately going to have to be a life guard or something, because he loves the water and watches everyone!

not much new

well, everything is going alright here. there's not much new, except my in laws are out of town which means that i am the only one really covering the office at the shop. they'll be out for about 3 weeks. i have also started teaching my class at the college, and i'm really busy tutoring as it's almost the end of her school year. i went to the dr. this a.m. as i have to go now every two weeks, and everything looks good with the baby, so we are praising the Lord for that! jacob is an ambitious little man who really enjoys driving mommy crazy some days with his adventures through office drawers and cabinets. yesterday i turned around to find that he had dumped all of the rubber bands (3 bags worth) on the floor and was making a mess, then he found the time cards and was taking all 200 of them out of the packaging. his adventures continued all afternoon and drove me crazy as i was trying to get my work done. but what can i say... he's the most adorable little kid! you get mad at him, but then you get so frustrated and cry and he goes and gets a tissue for you and gives you a kiss. i am soooooo blessed! only 2 more months and we'll have another little blessing (in the flesh, anyway... she's already here... let me tell you, i can feel her!) to spend our lives with. it's been really warm lately, so i am definately ready for those two months to pass, but there seems to be so much going on. well, i have to run to a staff meeting at the college and then it's back to work!! hope everyone's having a super day!?!

more wedding pics

as you can see in the last post, i didn't have too many pics of the actual wedding itself, but my mom sent some, so i'm putting them in this post.

jos is hitched!

well, my little brother got married on sat. it was kinda' "bitter sweet". i enjoyed being there, but for him to be taken by another women... it broke my heart. every sunday since jos' senior year of college, we have had our once a week dates, and since he met ginger-his wife- they've kinda' fallen by the wayside. he used to call me like clock work at about 3:00 my time, and we would talk for 5 minutes or an hour, but he vowed to be a better brother and he had an accountabilty partner in college that would help him, but now, i've taken second seat, and i don't get to talk to him much anymore. guess i should have known it would happen eventually, but he'll always be MY little brother! i did get to have my nails done again for the wedding. ashley worked hard on me on tuesday before we left on wednesday, to get me ready for the big day.... we had lots of fun with my family and we got to spend a LITTLE time with jos before the big event. he picked us up from the airport and then we spent the night at his house and he brought jason, in the morning, to pick up our rental car (which jacob liked to "drive")and then we only saw him in the pass and go for the next day and then we stayed at a hotel after that. we had a beautiful stay at the kirkwood inn in mason, oh. courtesy of the bride's family. we were able to spend some alone time with just the three of us shopping for wedding things and then just relaxing a little too. jason helped my brother work on his cars a little and then he also helped put on switch plate covers around the house, because jos hadn't gotten to them yet. they have a VERY colorful house inside. the living room is bright green , one bedroom is baby blue, the other is an aqua green, the other is green with a yellow stripe and blue, the hallway is lavender, the kitchen is two toned yellow/gold, and the bathroom is turquoise and tan. my mom and dad painted most of it when they've visited, but jos and ginger picked all of the colors according to their likes. i don't have many pictures from the wedding, because i interpreted, but i do have a few of my boys before the wedding at the hotel and then some of my family there at the wedding, like my grandpa with jacob and my cousin rebekkah with jacob... notice the theme here... jacob is in most of the pictures...

our little driver...

well, we (jacob and i) went to an airshow this weekend. it was a lot of fun to watch him! he looked at the planes and tried to get in a few. then he got the chance to see a plane like greatgrandpa's old one... a cessna, so we took a picture of that one too. they also had a few little toys that the little kids could ride on, so jacob flwe an airplane... all by himself!

after the airshow, we went to home depot to get something for daddy, who was at home working on the bathroom, and jacob got to drive the home depot race car. he had the time of his life! all in one day he got to ride all these fun toys!

yesterday, after church, when we got home i changed my clothes and was heading off to a craft show, and then when i got back i set jacob on my motorcycle, but he didn't like that one too much. i don't think he felt very safe, so i hopped on with him and daddy took our picture. so, not only does our son drive the glass truck, but now, airplanes, race cars and motorcycles.

tricycle

well, jacob isn't spoiled at all!!! haha! grandpa loves his little man and today he went up in the attic and pulled down daddy's old tricycle. jacob is loving it!! grandpa cleaned it a little and then we put jacob on it and he quickly figured out how it is supposed to work, unfortunately, he is too short and can't reach the pedals, but i think daddy may take care of that with wood blocks. for now, he sits on it and makes motor noises... enjoy the video...

our little employee

jacob has been such a big "helper" lately... he is really getting into things and enjoys working right alongside everyone. he has decided that he will now be our truck driving glazier, as he likes to get into the glass truck and act like he's driving, and he also likes honking the horn, letting us know he's driving. we also found him discussing some important business with daddy yesterday and this is what we saw... must've been a deep subject!