happy birthday mom!

happy birthday mimi!!! hope you had a great birthday and are enjoying your time in destin. can't wait to see you here at the end of the week!

happy birthday to you. happy birthday to you. happy birthday mimi (mamuk, gammy) happy birthday to you:)

i can't wait to give you your birthday present when you get here:):):)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! 

you are way toooooo young to be a grandma!!!!

31 week shuffle

i am officially 31 weeks now and have started having braxton hicks contractions almost every day. i forget how hard your stomach gets during these and as i am experiencing them i am wondering: isn't it a little early for all of this? i don't remember having them with pdog until the 9th month. 

brian sees me holding onto my stomach and is convinced i should have my bag already packed for the hospital. 

i can't believe i am already here again. worrying about what to put into my hospital bag to have another baby. after years of crying and hormones and pills with trying to have presley i am finally getting to experience what it is like to do this without "medical intervention". i have to say~ there is something to fertility dr's. you get a lot more ultrasounds and get to see your baby more and if you complain of any ache or pain they bring you in and worry about you and yep, you get another ultrasound. with this pregnancy i got to see him only 3 times. so, of course right now i am trying to think of something like a sharp pain to lie about so i can get one more. they look so cute now~ they finally have most of their baby fat and you can get a much better picture. 

anyway, i only have 9 more weeks to go so i guess i will just wait it out. the 2nd pregnancy does go much faster than the 1st, especially when you are chasing the other one around so much.  now, all i can think about is the fact that i only have 9 more weeks until i have to start eating healthy and lose the baby (chocolate donut, mcdonald's and dr pepper) weight.  woo hoo! i always hear dieting at christmas time is fun:)

the joys of pregnancy at night

i know lots of people wonder what it's like to be pregnant. well, some do anyway. as far as being able to grow life, eat almost whatever i want and every one thinks i need help doing everything (which i do need help doing a lot more the bigger i get) it is great. not to many downsides of it all~ even the heartburn is controllable. 

the only part i seem to have the worst time with is sleeping. my nights are getting shorter and my belly and ass are getting bigger. not such a good combination. i go to bed as soon as presley does so that i don't waste any time not resting when she is. my life that use to be filled with staying up til 1 and going out every weekend is now a race to see how fast i can fall asleep as close to 9 as possible. brian always wins. bastard.

anyway, getting comfortable is one thing, there is the pajama situation: finding something that fits you well and doesn't pull or isn't too snug anywhere. then, the pillows. i  have all of them. poor brian has this small little brown pillow that he curls up with while i have the other 4 plus my body length pregnancy body pillow. love it! 

next is (which i always forget) when i lay down and the indigestion starts. so then i am propping myself up so the acid will go down and searching for my tums on my nightstand. inevitably i knock over my grape juice and brian or i am up cleaning up that mess so the stain doesn't settle in the rug. brian has been bringing plain water to bed lately so we can avoid this step:) 

after the pillows, prenatal vitamins, tums, clean up and pillows situated again i am ready for bed. what happens next is what i don't get. i am comfy, fed, hydrated and all "vitamined" up and then it happens. the hot flash. 

every freaking night during my last trimester this happens. so, i end up with no pillows, blankets and yes, sometimes  jammies are off. so much for all that preparation. did i mention that i also get up 2-3 times each night to go pee? even after all that i still do enjoy being pregnant~ when else can i get brian to get me mashed potatoes and gravy at 9 o'clock at night?

father/daughter moment

when presley was born i thought she would always be my little girl, my baby, she would always want me. she would cry a lot when brian would hold her b/c i was the refrigerator and i gave her food and was with her all day long and she was so use to me and we had our daily routine. i miss a lot of those days but 16 months later she has officially turned into "daddy's little girl". she will pick up a phone and pretend to call him during the day. when he comes home she calls for him as if he is this magical being who makes everything better. (which i guess he does)

will she ever come back to me besides when she is hurt or needs food? even though i no longer breast feed i am still the refrigerator/ pantry. i get called upon mostly to feed her and read a book or two. 

however, seeing her want to do everything he does (see picture), even if she doesn't know what she is really doing is the sweetest thing. i wonder if he realizes how much she follows him around and copies his actions and words. good thing i am having another baby in november so i will get that love again for a while. then i will have to prepare myself for him to grow up and want to be just like his father. at least that's a good thing to be:)

ms toddler usa

here she is getting ready for her big debut at the aquarium. she is too cool in her shades. what a diva.  then here she is strutting her stuff in the bikini contest. of course she took top honors in the interview since she knew where her head, shoulders, knees and toes were. it's official my kid has more bathing suits than i do. but, with all her traveling and photo opportunities they are needed. if you need an autograph just email me with your address and i can send one to you. :)

what it's like being married to brian covey

not that anyone is curious but if you are wondering what it's like to be married to the brian covey here ya go:

if there is a raffle contest at work/fair/neighborhood whatever~ brian will win it

he can call the insurance company and get a live person immediately

if there is a parking lot full of cars brian can drive up to the front and there will be someone pulling out or there will just happen to be 1 open space left and he will get it

true story: we went to the magic kingdom and were standing in line to buy tickets. 2 kids tapped us on the shoulder and said they had free tickets left over from some friends who couldn't make it that day. that's right~ we got in free!

if there is a bill or extra fee charged for some reason to our bank account~ he can always get it waived or taken off and usually an apology or refund. that's right~ he can actually get money back. no, i don't know how he does it.

no, it's not hard being married to someone who always has luck on their side. my sister is the same way. it is frustrating watching this happen all the time but i am happy for them in a sick, twisted i wish something jacked up would happen just once but not really b/c i am happy for them kind of way. 

i have learned that he is the one to call insurance companies, drive to an amusement park, grocery store or target, and he has to put his business card in the fish bowl to win a free lunch~ not me~ but him. good times.

1st magic kingdom ride

brian's brother and sister in law came to orlando for some work stuff with their daughter emma and we got to sneak off to the magic kingdom for some fun together. here is presley's 1st ride in the famous tea cups! i didn't ride b/c i was the stroller bitch and being so pregnant didn't want to get sick. i forgot how fast they go so it was probably better i didn't ride but the girls and fam loved it. if it wasn't for the hour wait to get onto almost every ride the magic kingdom would have been a lot more fun. i think i will stick to my tampa grounds with my vip passes to anything good/ worth going to. although, seeing presley's face when she saw a "cup" bigger than she is was so much fun! 

such a hard life:)

here is a picture of brian and presley in the lazy river at the ritz carlton in orlando from labor day. this is a shallow portion of the pool where kids can play and we don't have to chase them down since the water is shallow. 

even though it was labor day weekend it wasn't very crowded which was nice and pres had the run of the pool. although, she pretty much has the run of wherever she goes. i can't wait to take her back again one day with her little brother. 

i wonder how many days she spends around water. it's so hard being us:)

labor day diary

what a busy weekend! it's so nice to be home today and take a deep breath and just spend the day without going, going, going. saturday brian got his windows tinted, i got my pigs (toes) done (yea!) and he played in the band that night at church while i took care of the kiddos in the nursery. 

sunday was fun too. brian played in the band that morning and we came home from church, packed up the precious angel and headed to orlando. even though gustav didn't make much of a splash he certainly made the road trip interesting with all the wind trying to blow us off the road. i hate to say it but i am so glad my man was driving. 

we spent the afternoon at the ritz carlton in the lazy river behind the hotel. presley said the word swimming about 100 times on the way to the pool. the ups and downs of your kid finally talking is very interesting. you want them to talk so bad and then when they do they say the same freakin word over and over and over and over. arrgghh.

sunday night we got to see the fireworks and took a trip over to downtown disney. i don't think i ever did as much as she does before the age of 2. i hope she doesn't get too use to it b/c the next baby is going to slow me down a bit. 

monday we were in the pool until lunch, we hit the road to arrive home around 2:30. presley (are you sitting down?) slept from 3 until 6:45. i know right- love it!!!! after she got up we went the cory and lindsey's to celebrate the end of labor day/ lindsey and stephanie's september birthday's. good times but we were totally worn out. 

so happy to have such good friends to spend time with. even happier that my husband took pto today and got his whole "to do" list done. woo hoo!