the past few months..

my life has been doing a lot of changing in the past few months. the last time i wrote on here it was the day before thanksgiving. i don't know where to start... here it goes:


1. we spent our second christmas together in our new house. one of my dreams ever since i was a little girl was to have a live tree when i grew up (as silly as it sounds). the reason being was because my parents never would buy a live tree. my dad always said that it would die and no one would take care of it. way to spoil christmas for everyone. anyway, marcas went out a few weeks after we moved in and bought me a live tree. it was beautiful and meant so much to me!




we spent christmas with margi and mike (marcas' parents) over at their house. i missed my family so much over the holiday season. a thousand miles is way too far away. hopefully, sometime in the near future we will be able to go out to virginia for either thanksgiving or christmas.


2. we have another new addition to our family. a boxer puppy named leah. she's 11 weeks old and full puppy with tons of energy... she doesn't stop. potty training has been an interesting adventure so far. the weather here has been extremely cold/bitter. yesterday, it was -9 degrees outside. today it's -13 degrees. she doesn't want to go out and neither do we. tomorrow it's suppose to be a little nicer.. nicer meaning in the 20's. this is way too cold for a southern girl like me! i will say though it has been interesting trying to get use to it. i think i am doing better than last year. it still hurts to breathe in this kind of weather no matter how use to it i can get. ok, enough about the weather. (haha) back to leah. she is such a joy to have. i have missed having a dog. we have eloise (our cat) not the same though. companionship is what you get with a dog. we've only had her for a few weeks now and already she is extremely loyal. she doesn't like me to even leave the room because she wants to know where i am at.. at all times. as far as eloise and her go. leah barks at eloise and eloise just watches leah. they both keep us entertained.







3. i've been on bed rest for the past month. i was put on bed rest because i have been having swelling in my ankles/legs and also high blood pressure. my midwife thought i had preeclampsia and started testing me twice a week for it (i hate getting my blood taken because my veins roll and it normally takes multiple times to find one.. oh, the joys of pregnancy.) all my tests have come back negative. thank God because i do not want to have preeclampsia. my midwife has just been monitoring me and making sure that costin is doing alright. i go in twice a week for a stress test and he's doing great. yesterday, i had a sonogram done to check to see if his lungs are developed enough for them to induce me. i will find out at my next appointment on January 21st. after seeing him yesterday... i just want to have him and be able to hold him in my arms. oh, and we decided to change his middle name to johannes. his official name is going to be costin johannes boyer.