Jessica

Thanks girls. I was initially going to wait until after we had the baby (maybe when he was about 6 months old) but we feel in love like saps and adopted her without hesitation.

Guess what? We got a puppy!!! We became the proud parents of a female Cockerspaniel furbaby on Thursday. Brian named her Yaz after a player on the Boston Red Sox (if she were a male pup, her name would have surely been Fenway). She's a ball of furry energy! So cute, but sooooo playful. She never seems to run out of energy. She's about 4 1/2 months old (her birthday is July 3rd). Currently she has her own room (the unfinished guest room). Poor Aiden, the puppy has a bigger room than him! That's girls for ya! We're in the midst of trying to potty train her. What a task that has been! Puppy poop is pretty gross. At least it's getting me ready for baby poop. Brian and I both adore her even though she has pooped four times on the carpet and has given us countless love bites. Without further ado (blabber), here is the princess:

That sucks you had to go back, but it looks great!!! And at least your skin doesn't look super red so you seem to take to the ink pretty well. I think the pain depends on your tolerance, and your like for "pleasure pain" because I don't think tats hurt and I'm not lying!!! I think in the grand scheme of things I've had that hurt me physically, tattoos just rank low. Did you take anything beforehand?

Activity hours on St. Thomas are really dependent on when there are cruise ships docked. If there are no cruise ships ost places close early or don't open at all. It kind of sucks, but luckily we were there when a lot of cruise ships were in port.

Brian loves his GPS. I don't have one in my car, but I will use Brian's if I really need it. I'm actually pretty good with directions and getting around so for me I could either take or leave it. But it's nice for road trips in terms that it's a lot less clutter than a map.

Ooh, that sounds like an awesome OOT bag find. No OOT bags for me, but I should head by there anyway and use them for stocking stuffers. Charcoal huh? I gotta smell that one for myself!

That's awesome. What a nice gift. I'm sure they will love it.

Happy birthday Lauren!

I still need to shop for mine! Being without internet access for over a week set me behind!!! So I hope my reciever forgives me if I'm a few days late, but I promise, I'm getting a gift to you!!!

Sort of. Usually though my post is there if I refresh the page. What's the particular thread you are talking about? Maybe one of us can check it out and see if we can view your post.

Sort of. Usually though my post is there if I refresh the page. What's the particular thread you are talking about? Maybe one of us can check it out and see if we can view your post.

Men always get themselves into trouble when left unsupervised. At least he didn't see your dress! You should have let him think he did.

Quote: Originally Posted by NHPT welcome back!!! glad to hear that you guys are moved in.......now the unpacking begins and if you are anything like me those boxes will drive you crazy and you will stay up for like 3 days straight until they are all unpacked and in their "perfect place"--i cant stand the clutter! how are you feeling? hows the baby treating you? not too much longer!!! can you believe it!! Oh, they are totally driving me crazy! I'm such a neat freak and VERY organized. It hurts me to go into the living room because it's just full of boxes that need to be unacked, empty boxes, and the kitchen ceiling Brian has ripped down. And because every room is pretty much still in progress, I've already unpacked as much as I could. It's bad. Baby is ok. Kicking the crap out of me. It's actually quite painful. I beg him to stop but he just kicks harder. Hopefully your baby will be nicer to you because it h-u-r-t-s! Quote: Originally Posted by RaydensMama Awww Im so sorry about your ankle!! You cant catch a break now can ya? I hope it heals up soon! And I hope you are enjoying the new house!! I can't! Story of my life.

Quote: Originally Posted by Raeka Hey Jess, welcome back. I was wondering where you were. Yeah moving sucks. But i'm sure in another 5 years you may forget how bad it was and decide to do it again LOL. How long until your foot gets better? I want some pictures when your better. hehe Congrats on the new home!! Haha. Probably will end up moving again one of these days. Dammit. I told DH though that next time we are hiring movers, painters, etc because doing it yourself SUCKS! My foot is feeling a little better today. Hopefully only another week and it'll be back to normal, or so the doctor tells me. I sprained it the second day of moving. The garage opens up into the basement, so I was going through the doorway, and apparently forgot that there's a small step/ledge going from teh garage until the basement and totally tripped and landed on my foot. Ouch. Quote: Originally Posted by Christa Well, yay! You are moved. It's over with. I say amen to never moving again - isn't it just the most draining experience ever? I hope you didn't do any heavy lifting. Absolutely, positively draining. No heavy lifting, but just unpacking has been draining enough for me! Quote: Originally Posted by lauren c. yep, moving blows....but when you stand back and look at the finished product (eventually, i assure you), it's remarkable...i hope you took before pics - you'll have to post them w/ some after pics so we can see what an incredible difference it is! read a few blog entries - isn't closing a bitch?! we sat around from 9am to 7pm on a friday just waiting to see if the sellers were even willing to close...and then the bank that FI went thru (notoriously slow to begin w/) was threatening to close for the night - good thing FI's a broker; and good thing the guy took his threats seriously keep us posted - and i hope you feel better soon!!! I had planned to take before pictures, but I can't find my camera. It's in a box somewhere! I may still have some saved from our inspection though. I'll have to check once I uncover it. And yes, closing is a bitch! I thought the mortgage application process was annoying enough (we had to produce proof for every cent in our bank account which was CRAZY!!), but the closing topped the application process. Ugh, so stressful.

Quote: Originally Posted by lissah welcome back! so i read your blog...and about how you're having trouble finding pirate stuff...and i thought...hey! i saw some pirate stuff the other night so here's the link... Children's Bedding: vintage kids rooms, Children's Bedroom Furniture, Kid Decor, Kids Fabrics & Personalized Baby Gifts just do a search for pirate and a ton of stuff comes up!! good luck! Haha. Yeah, thanks for reminding me about that stuff though. I swear, I forget things that happened 5 minutes ago. I think not being able to shop online for the past week has made me forget that I did have some stuff bookmarked. Guess I should start ordering it soon. Quote: Originally Posted by anacgarcia Glad you're back Jessica!! how do you feel in your new house! It's fun! I'm just ready for all the boxes to go away though. We still ae unpacking and decorating. Very slowly...

Yay!! Another boy! Congrats. Cooper is a cool name

Wow, being gone a little over a week makes me feel so left out. It's a long story which is condensed in my blog if you really want to know. We just got internet access yesterday and are in the midst of house re-decorating and re-modeling craziness. I have decided that I never want to move again! Ugh, such a pain in the butt to do all this stuff, go to school and be pregnant. Did I mention I also sprained my foot?! So now only can I not bend at the waist, or get up out of a chair, or put on my own socks, but now I can barely walk as well. Oh I am a mess. Ok, enough of my pity party. Now I have only 5375 posts to catch up on! Oh my! Hope all you girls are well.

That is funny Laura. Don't feel bad though, I have a friend who just got his first cell phone last week. I am not dependent on mine, but I definitely feel better having it in case I have car trouble, get stuck somewhere, etc. I have a pink razr. It works great for me, it's cute and fun. However my contract is up in a few months on it, so I'm trying to figure out what I want to upgrade it to.

They are so cute!! I want a doggie so bad!!! I'm trying to hold off though until maybe next summer. has deformed toes (probably from being in a mesh crate since puppy hood) Ugh, that makes me want to cry.

Yikes! That SUCKS!!! Whatever you do, it sucks. You go through with the wedding FFIL won't be there, which I take it is not going to fly with FI. But you change the date, it sucks because you already sent out STD's, put deposits down, etc. Pain in the butt to change all that. What about if you just bump it back a week? Have it the week after FFIL work thing. I would think it would be less of a hassle if you change the date to sometime relatively near the original date. This way you won't have to wait too long, and maybe vendors would be able to accomodate you without charging any fees, etc. Just figure out the new date ASAP. The sooner the better.

Haha. Oops!

Where did that Mishi disappear to anyway?! Oh well, happy birthday where ever you are!

How exciting! Everything looks great. It's going to be the longest-shortest week ever! Can't wait to see your wedding pics and hear all about it.

Happy Birthday!

That sounds sooo good. I suck at baking though so I'm not even going to attempt this. I bet they are yummy!