"Babymoon" in May

John and I have decided to take a vacation in May to Daytona Beach, FL for 6 days, 5 nights. We are staying at a beautiful resort right on the Atlantic Ocean! We are so excited and can't wait! We have called this our "babymoon", time for ourselves to get away before little Leanna arrives. Who knows when we'll actually get time to ourselves again once she's here. LOL!!
Speaking of her arrival, we are getting prepared more and more every day! Her nursery is all set up and ready to go. My sister in law, Stephanie, and my mother in law, Alice, have been planning my baby shower! I'm so excited!! Sometimes this still seems surreal, like a dream I'm having and hoping I never wake up! So many years my doctor telling me I may not have the ability to bear children, then finding the right man, at the right time, with God, made all the difference in the world!
I love you John!!

Pinched nerve and funny stuff

Well, it's happened. She's getting BIG and not much room for her to move around. I'm not that big of a person, you know! She sat somewhere on my right hip area and pinched a nerve. OUCH! My entire right side of my body hurt SO bad Thursday and I stayed home from work Friday. I had the hardest time just trying to get out of bed! Friday afternoon, I made an appt w/ my massage therapist and that seemed to help quite a bit. I recommend getting a MT as they are WONDERFUL!! Now it's just my hip and ankle that are bothering me (and my back time to time, but not from the pinched nerve).
At any rate, I will admit to being lucky during this pregnancy. It's been SUPER easy (till now!). No sickness or odd cravings (knock on wood!). Only craving that's stuck w/ me is potatoes (any style), mashed w/ gravy, of course, or hash browns/home style potatoes. I had to stop drinking so much fruit juice. Did you realize how many calories are in apple juice? I had NO idea till my doctor told me. If you drink a TALL glass (i.e.: from Perkins) that sums to about 300 calories... 300 calories = one meal!! Did you know that? I sure didn't! Nothing but water now or this "slender" drink I found in the store. Awesome taste!
Funny note... our dog thinks he's pregnant, too. I only say that because he somehow seems hungry every time I'm hungry! LOL!!!

Just a bit over 3 months to go!

I can't believe she's almost here! John and I have been talking about taking a mini vacation before our daughter arrives and looking at our schedules with work and Army, we basically have to do it by the end of April or sometime in May!!! Any other time puts us in July and doctor said, "No traveling in July!" So now what? LOL!!
All in all, everything is going well. We had a great Easter with lots of food & visitation from John's family members. I spoke with my father this weekend and he said it was snowing in Texas!! April in Texas and there's snow... never heard of that before. The kids ended up having an Easter egg hunt indoors! Crazy, huh?