31 weeks

At 31 weeks, I'm feeling huge. Micah still seems to kick me only on my right side. A few days ago, I was laying on the bed reading a book and Tom noticed Micah moving around. He saw either a foot or elbow graze all the way down my side. Every time I watch, it seems really creepy.

Tom and I started child birth class last night and we were easily the youngest couple in the class. I'd say the median age is 35 for couples having their first child out here. Sure, Tom and I are young, but we're not the youngest of our friends east of the Mississippi having kids. The other couples in the class looked at us as if we were a couple teenagers. The instructor said the last session she taught had a couple that was much, much older. The father was 72 and the mother 49. They were having their first child.

The first of four 3-hour classes went well. We went over fears and concerns, an anatomy lesson, and breathing. Next week we get to watch the video of the live birth. Tom's really excited about that....haha!

I only have 1 more day to be 25 years old. I'll do my best to enjoy it to the fullest...at work.

Later Taters!

No news

There's not too much to report on tonight. I was counting down the hours on Friday while looking forward to the weekend, but I can't say that I really had much of a relaxing weekend. Tom had his wisdom teeth cut out on Friday, so I was playing nurse the whole time on top of trying to continue nesting. Since the pain killers kept Tom from driving all weekend I played James and drove him all over the state. Saturday I took him to a friend's house for a bar-b-q while I did volunteer work at the second time shop. Then Sunday we drove up to Broomfield to see his aunt, uncle and cousin. One really great thing came out of the weekend though. As I mentioned above that Tom was on pain killers, so I took advantage of the situation and convinced him that it was time to buy some new furniture. Next Sunday we have a new entertainment center, an end table, a bistro table and two chairs being delivered. Yay!

I got the rights to our wedding negatives last week, so I'll try to post some of those soon. In the meantime, here's a few from the shower in Grenada. Sorry, I haven't figured out how to make the pictures go where I want them to...yet. Bare with me.

Nesting

The week has been anything but restful. Upon arriving in Denver Sunday afternoon after a much needed week in MS, I had to pack up all of my upstairs rooms and the living room in order for the new carpet to be installed Monday morning. Whew! The carpet looks great, but unfortunately the house is still in shambles. When I say things are everywhere, I'm not kidding. There's a filing cabinet in one bathtub and clothes I haven't seen since college in the other. Since I'm nesting, I don't want to just throw anything back into a closet. I'm going through everything piece by piece and determining what stays and what goes. On the upside, all of the baby furniture is now in the nursery and fully assembled.

Tuesday Tom had a softball game with his company league. It was hard to watch everyone play while I burnt up wearing a black dress spectating from the stands when all I could think about was wanting to be on the field. While Tom was up to bat he took one for the team...well, he thought he was. It's slow pitch softball and Tom isn't well schooled on the rules. As the pitch came in inside, he decided to take it like a man and try to get a walk. Little did he know that it's a no-contact league, so he now has a big black and blue bruise on his leg for nothing. No walk. He did redeem himself on the next pitch with a line drive up the middle and a double though.

Today my co-workers threw me a baby shower. The gifts were great, but I think my favorite part was the brownies and ice cream. Go figure. I'm pregnant. Dessert is the best part of any day!

Beginnings

This is not only the beginning of a new blog, this is the beginning of a new stage in my life. As most of you know, I'm about to enter the wonderful world of motherhood. I decided to start this blog to help bridge the gap between Denver and the South. This should allow me to keep everyone up to date by publishing pictures, videos, and blogs about how things unfold.

You may have noticed that the title of this is Deen's Day by Day. I'm pretty sure...scratch that...I'm positive this won't be updated daily. Sorry, didn't mean to get your hopes up. I'll do my best to keep it updated, but if you feel that I'm slacking, leave me a message at talieann@yahoo.com. I'll do my best to get it updated asap.

Here's to new beginnings, blogs, and baby!