Happy NeW Year. I'd like the FLU please.

The FLU??
Why not....It's a new year, anyways. I was getting bored already. So I decided to get the flu and miss work today. Yessss... 2007, look out!
I know...I can't believe it has taken me this long to write on here. We used to be good friends, the blog and I. And I have been so distant it seems. But when you live in Idaho with no DSL and only dial-up as your friend...It gets a little annoying.
And no...I still don't have DSL. I'm actually sitting at my work (with the FLU!), waiting for a meeting that I have to go to. After that, it's home to bed. Maybe a PJ performance of Guitar Hero II....I'm not sure.
Christmas was very exciting. Jason and Alicia came to visit. I'm sure Idaho was shocking.. :) But all in all, we ahd a good time. It was nice to hang out with the four of us. Because it's never really like that too often. It rained ALMOST the whole time...and is raining now. BUT at least we were all healthy (just headaches to get us thru the day). I wish we lived a little closer so we could hang out on a more regular basis. Get some sushi someday... So we wouldn't have to VISIT to see eachother. Just make a phone-call and say, "What are you guys doing? Wanna grab some dinner or something?" That would be perfect. Maybe someday. CA on the list of places to live. It's all about affording it though.
New Years Eve was fun. We went to a friends house that is up in a part of the mountains we have never been to! It was very beautiful. Tim and I were probably the youngest ones there..or at least, I was, for sure. OH wait!! The hosts kids were there too! Two boys named Trent and Ty. 14 years old and 11 I think. I guess they adore Timmy. Their parents told me they were wondering when Tim was going to get there, before we had arrived. We played pool with them and a dice game and danced to music...AND ate too much food. Or...IIII ate too much food. It was all SO good! They are great kids...and I really liked watching how much the parents interact with their boys. They play lots of games with them and I really like that. What a fun home the must have. We decided we are definately going to get together again and play more games.
We watched the ball drop via Mr. Dick Clark. And went home to bed.
I woke up at around eight and thought I was going to die. I was sleeping on my left side and thought maybe I had popped a rib out of place. It hurt something awful. I laid on the bathroom floor squirming around like a baby, moaning like an animal of some sort and sitting up to get sick. Finally it went away! We talked to a doctor and she thought it was some sort of gas pocket or bubble that sometimes gets trapped inside you and causes some ouch-ness (my word, not hers). But then it happen again last night. I decided to lay on my left side and see if the pain would go away and it did. SO I am just thinking that now I can no longer sleep on my right side. My mother-in-law seems to think that the baby is attached to the right side of my uterus which is why it hurts when I smoosh everything down on that side. WHO knows. All I know is, it's all crazy.
By the way, did I mention I'm pregnant? Ahhh.. and let me tell you, there is nothing like having the flu, side-aching, possible bladder infection (pretty much under control...drowning myself in water and cranberry juice), throwing up, and being pregnant all at the same time. AWESOME. It's hard enough getting sleep already.
However, I AM excitedly waiting for the day when I can start to feel things move. Should be coming up any day now. They say it is almost like having butterflies in your stomach. Not that I will feel anything kicking...but I will feel something! Oh how crazy and amazing all at the same time. I told dad that I feel like an alien or something. He said "No, the BABY is the alien, and you are the host." Way to keep it in perspective, dad :)
January 25th is the day of discovery. We will hopefully be able to find out the sex of the little one..and see it for the first time. I wish you could all be there with me because even just hearing the heartbeat was probably one of the most amazing and far-out things I have ever heard. I am going to predict that we are having a boy. And I may be wrong. But I've got a 50/50 chance, right? That's just what I'm feeling. Tim and I walked through TARGETs baby section yesterday, looking at all the things we will need and things we didn't even know we would need. Looking at some items with a tilted head thinking, "what is that for?" We also browsed through the baby clothes. Which we have never done together. Tim said "I can't believe we are in this section right now." (Maybe because we are always in the electronic section..OR...maybe because we are about to have a baby.. wasn't sure :) ). We did find a cute shirt the had a babyish picture of the Beatles on it. I think we both got excited about that one.
In any case...The day is slowly approaching when I will be a....mom.

DANG

Tim and I looked at eachother on New Years, right at midnight and I said, "Well...this year we are going to be parents." He looked at me and our eyes both got big...and then we both smiled. "Yup. We sure are."


HOLY COW

and again... HOLY COW

alright...baby wants something to eat before the meeting. Gonna run over to my local cafateria and see what goodies I can find. Maybe a white choc. chip cookie. I think I am craving chips...or salt...or something.

Merry Christmas...Happy New Year!

Tis the season to be jolly and joyful! Fa la la!