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I'm writing this a little early because I just can't contain my excitement......and SHOCK. On February 26th I would be preparing to have my thyroid removed. MAJOR SURGERY. For me at least. I was terrified but ultimately knew it was the right decision. Or was it? I've had Graves' Disease since September 2013 and have been on anti-thyroid meds that control the hormone that my thyroid produces because it produces SO much. We knew meds were only temporary and I knew I'd be one of the few that wouldn't go in to "remission" and that something would have to be done with my thyroid. Surgery it was. Cody and I wanted to start trying for another baby and being on the medicine was just not do-able! I had met with a specialist in Lubbock and told him I wanted off the medicine and that we wanted to try for baby #2. We set the date for surgery and my pre-op appointment and now just had to wait......and wait. Mind you, every night I would pray, "Lord, if this is your will for me to have this surgery, let it go smoothly and help me to recover quickly!"

Then Vegas happened.
Don't get me wrong, it was a blast!! With great people and great memories.
But then I got sick.
Upper respiratory infection.
Antibiotics.

Antibiotics interfere with birth control.

Do you see where I'm going with this?

Fast forward to Super Bowl Sunday. I decided to take a pregnancy test. Nothing too out of the norm, just no energy and my appetite had increased. I DID NOT EXPECT A LITTLE PLUS SIGN.

******************WE ARE PREGNANT******************

We are beyond excited but so shocked. The Lord has a much bigger plan for our family than I ever could imagine. Obviously this surgery was not meant to happen, at least not when I had it scheduled.
4 tests later and all said positive, I called the on call Dr. to let someone know and to see what I should do about my medicine because it clearly says DO NOT GET PREGNANT! He told me to stop taking my medicine ASAP and to contact my OB and my Endocrinologist Monday morning. Called him, met with him and he reassured us everything was ok. Since I am on such a low dose of medicine and I was just a few weeks along, that it shouldn't have any affect on the baby. MY plan was to have this surgery, recover and get my levels where they needed to be and then start baby making.......Just goes to show that I am NOT in charge.

We have our first OB appointment on Feb. 28th. That's when it will be REAL, when I see the little tiny heartbeat. I don't have many of the symptoms of pregnancy. I am very tired but only in the evenings and my appetite is out of CONTROL!
I am still working out, not as hard and no GRIT but both Dr's have approved me to continue to work out. Which actually gives me a little bit of much needed extra energy, YAY

Please keep us in your prayers for a healthy pregnancy!
xoxoox

I can picture Gram in Heaven with the biggest grin ;))) She was actually the first person, besides Cody that I told right after I found out I was pregnant with Hudson. She was also the first to know about this baby. Bittersweet

                                                                       First 2 tests!

                                                     The shirt that I obviously HAVE to get

                                   Facetiming my Dad. It took him a while to read Hud's shirt

                  About 6 weeks along. Maybe it's me but that's a pooch... or a food baby..

Slacking...

Here we go again. Being a slacker. So much has happened since the holidays. Hudson got accepted in to a program called Phonics at school. Only a select few from his class and the other 4/5 year old class were selected!! Cody and I took a much needed trip to Vegas in January with some of our MFD family, 8 couples in all and we had a great time. Work is in full swing and we are trying to get sponsors for both of our Walks. I can't believe it's already the middle of February! Hudson has his Valentine's party tomorrow and these are the valetines we made: Thanks Pinterest!

Hud's friend Caden turned 5 and had his party at Gatti's. That place has gotten so nasty and dirty. It would be a great place for kids if it were a little cleaner and updated :(  Am I being a snotty mom?? Hudson enjoyed it but gag, it was so dirty and smelled like wet dog.

                                                             His smile! Whata goof.

We've signed him up for T-Ball in April and I am so excited!! Cody started T-Ball at his age. He actually could go to coach pitch and bypass t-ball but we decided to start him in it and see how he does. We're holding back on Tae Kwon Do for now. Just too much going on.

Stay tuned for some majorly awesome news from our family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So much to say, so little time

I'm slacking AGAIN.

We closed on our house a few weeks ago. We are still in the same house we were just renting before. (Cody's mom was our "landlord") It was Cody's mom and dad's casa before we moved in almost 4 years ago and for some reason we just kept putting the house in our name off. The time finally came and we followed all the steps. Appraisal, bank meetings blahhhhhh and in a weeks time, it was ours! It was a little more exciting than I thought it would be. I mean we've been in that house for almost 5 years already so it already seemed like "ours" but now it's for real. We're grown ups. 30 and grown up.Now the fun begins...We are doing a master bedroom/bathroom remodel and tiling the whole house in the cool tile that looks like wood floor.
Speaking of 30, yesterday was Cody's 30th birthday!! We are celebrating by leaving for Brownwood this evening to go to the Murray Ranch! Cody hasn't been hunting in over 2 years and I surprised him with a trip with some friends to the ranch. Plus a snazzy new something or another thingy he wanted for his bow and a set of Wusthof Knives!
I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth taken out last Friday and holy OUCH! It wasn't near as bad as I thought it would be ( I went under and got some pretty good pain meds!) but the recovery has been long. I'm not one to sit and relax long and I basically had to all weekend. It's tough with a rowdy 4 year old who is non stop, luckily I had some great help. I've taken 6 days off from working out/Grit and I am terrified to go back today :-/

I had labs done a few weeks ago to check my thyroid levels and they were all NORMAL! Woo. But with the whole wisdom teeth thing and the pain meds, (I also slacked 2 days not taking my thyroid meds) somehow my heart palpitations came back and of course my diet slacked because all I was allowed was liquids and squishy foods. I'm still having them. So I'm thinking if my Dr. were to tell me to stop taking the medicine to see if I'm in "remission" I would still have a hyper active thyroid.......So I am really thinking hard and asking the Lord for guidance on a complete thyroidectomy. Eeek.

I can't believe Thanksgiving is just a few days away. As much as I am looking forward to it because it is one of my favorite holidays, it just reminds me that one very special lady will be missing. We usually celebrate by driving to O'Donnell and seeing all of Cody's family, eat entirely too much and hang out for a few hours then make the drive home and eat dinner with my mom and Gram. This year will be different. But I am reassured she will have the best seat in the house and I am thankful that I got to spend 29 Thanksgivings with that special woman<3 p="">

This was on Hud's classroom door the other day when I dropped him off. He's thankful for his trampoline of course ;) his mom dad and grandma. What a sweetie. I toured MCS and filled out the paperwork and put his name on the waiting list for next year. Fingers crossed we'll have a little Mustang in kindergarten next year. Crazy.

5k whoop whoop

Yesterday was one for the books! I completed my very first ever 3 .1 miles (plus some) WITHOUT stopping at all!!!! I have been "running" for a while. I've never really had the ambition to complete a 5k and it's always been a huge mental thing for me. My legs always felt like they were going to fall off, that would trigger my mind to stay STOP, so I would walk for a bit then start back up. Run, walk a little, run a little more, get tired and walk some more and then finish it off with a sprint so I felt good about it ;)
Yesterday Alicia (my running buddy) yay for running buddies! and I started off. We agreed to at least run 1/2 the 3.1 miles and by that half, if we couldn't run anymore, we'd walk for a bit. I have the nike+ app with the chip in my shoes, so I cranked that bad boy on and it alerted me at the half way point. I felt good. My chest wasn't on fire, my breathing was steady and my legs didn't cramp up and I looked at Alicia and she didn't look like she was stopping so I pushed forward. A little later my ankles and calves started burning. Thank goodness a power song came and I totally just started jamming out not thinking about the pain in my legs. I knew if I stopped and walked, I wouldn't be able to start running again. 2.85 miles and the pain had subsided a little and another power song came on, I could see our finish line!!! 3.1 miles, complete!! No walking and our pace was 9:30 the whole time. We finished right under 30 min. What a great feeling. Alicia and I had been talking about doing a 5k last weekend. I just didn't feel ready and was hesitant to sign up. Sadly it got cancelled anyway. There is another one this weekend and I am so signing up! Grit has played such a huge part in all this. It has conditioned my body and I am able to do so much more. I have such a love/hate relationship with it...so much that I signed up again in November.

Hudson-isms

Our little 4 year old is hilarious. He really should have his own show. He's really been cracking us up lately, getting too big for his britches.

*This morning on the way to work, I told him he was going to get to play at his grandma Chita's house while the girls came over to watch our show, The Vampire Diaries. He asked, "what's that about mom?" I told him Vampires! He said, "oh no, I won't be watching that with ya'll." He waited a minute and asked, "is it also about poop?" I laughed and said no, why? "The Vampire Diaries, Diaries mom. Like poop." Bless his heart, diaries does kinda sound like diarrhea. ;)

*My friend Laurel just gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Hudson had been around La several times and saw her belly growing larger and larger and we told him she had a baby in her belly. My friend Emily is pregnant with TWINS!! So he asks me almost twice a week WHEN I WAS GOING TO BE PREGNANT. I guess he thought that since my friends were pregnant, I just needed to magically become pregnant too!

*He talks about a brother or sister every now (not so much a sister, mostly brother) I asked him the other day if God were to give him a sister, what would he do? He proceeded to make a list and it was the sweetest ever. Some of the things were: I'd teach her to fight like a ninja turtle, I'd feed her mac n cheese, I'd teach her how to climb a tree, I'd make sure she took her vitamins and I would protect her. -Be still my heart

*He told us his class got a new student yesterday and that he was allergic.... We asked what to? He said peanuts, red juice and cheese. "he's got a necklace that says ALLERGIC" It was really sweet. We asked if he knew what allergic was and he said no, "but I want a necklace that says allergic".

*This past Sunday we went to Home Goods to find a few new decorations for the house. Sometimes he chooses to sit in the basket but the majority of the time he wants to run around and tear everything off the shelves ;)  So he was running around like a mad man and I was trying to stay calm and not yell at him. My phone rang and it was my bff Kristen whom I haven't talked to in a while so I answered and lost track for just a second and poof he was gone. I was talking to her trying to remain calm searching the store. A few seconds later I hear his tiny voice "OPEN!" I saw him by the automatic doors with his hands in the air "opening" the automatic door for people going out. He thought he was magic because every time his hands would go up, the door would open. People were so amused and laughed and said, "well thank you young man!" He was thrilled! Too cute 

He's doing so well in Tae Kwon Do! On Monday, he earned his blue stripe for knowing his stances and his kicking and punching techniques. He also earned his purple stripe for knowledge, reading 5 books. Once all his stripes are earned (we only lack yellow and orange!) He can test for his yellow belt.

Some drills at Kwon Do

Find Wolverine.... He always takes one toy to bed and I always go in after he falls asleep and take it out. (some of them are sharp and I don't want him rolling over on them) It took me a good 5 min to find Wolverine. Precious boy.

Halloween is right around the corner! We're both so excited. Sad Cody will be on shift this year though :(
One guess what the little guy is going to be........yea you guessed it, I'm sure.
Have a safe Halloween!

30th Birthday, Grit update

Day 2 of Grit down! It's probably the hardest I've ever been pushed/pushed myself! The first class I had no idea what to expect. My good friend Alicia signed up last minute and I know two other girls in the T/Th class. The first class was Grit Plyo and it was BRUTAL! My heart rate maxed at 183 and I was seeing stars thinking I couldn't go on or I'd 1. blow chunks or 2. be that girl, who passes out. I pushed through it and finished the class! And even came back for today's class, Strength. This was way better than Plyo but still kicked my butt. Strength targets the big muscle groups. I just ordered a very appropriate shirt, Buck Furpees. This was my first time during burpees, at least more than 2 of them at a time and they suck and I'm terrible at them. I have no upper body strength what so ever! (But I'm working on that!) I get so excited at the end of class because, IT'S OVER and I get to check my Polar heart rate monitor to see how many calories I burned and what my heart rate was. Handy little watch I tell ya.
Holla. Bring on Tuesday's plyo, AGAIN!
My diet has improved as well. Except for yesterday, yesterday was my 30th birthday and I said screw it! Not really, I had a coffee from Starbucks, ate super healthy at Chili's for lunch and pretty healthy at dinner, except that piece of turtle cheesecake my husband forced me to eat at the station. Station 6 is a legit crew, love them all. They all pitched in and bought me THE LITTLE MERMAID!!! and a pretty cool "you know you're 30 when".....card. You can rap the whole Fresh Prince of Bel Air, you rooted for Corey and Topanga, you had a trapper keeper......etc
Speaking of 30, yea I turned 30 yesterday and I'm still able to walk! yay! 30 has never been a big issue for me. Just another year and it's been great so far. I woke up to both my boys in the kitchen with gifts and singing Happy Birthday. I met my mom at lunch where she gave me the most awesome gift I ever could imagine.....

This beautiful diamond was in Gram's wedding ring my papa had given her many moons ago. It turned out just amazing. I had a wonderful day! Thank you all who called, texted and gave me wishes on FB and Insta.
xox.

Hudson is doing so great in Kwon Do. He's listening so well and is really getting the punching and kicking down. At home it's a little different. He's been talking back a lot and telling us "that didn't hurt" when we spank him :-/ stinker. We've had to take a few of his favorite toys away lately and even a Friday night at Chita's house. He straightened up real fast after that.

Whole30 you SUCK! GRIT, we'll see if you suck

Yea that was not for me. I came, I saw, I basically gave up and just started eating a CLEAN diet. I've been doing great so far. No major changes but I feel good. There's an article going around on facebook about how a woman describes her "whole food shopping journey" and OMG can I relate.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-maclean/surviving-whole-foods_b_3895583.html

Hilarious!!
I'm staying away from gluten as much as possible. Except the occasional beer and I have only had once since starting this. Yay. And any and all added sugar! That's been kinda tough considering I had once cup of coffee each morning with creamer and sugar. I'm anxiously awaiting my next lab appointment to see how my thyroid levels are and to see if change in diet has helped at all. This last appointment will be a major game changer and will determine if I will be getting my thyroid surgically removed! If my levels are normal, I will continue on my medication. If they have raised or dipped at ALL, out with the ol thyroid. Eeek

I start a class at the Y on October 1st, (what a lovely birthday present I have given myself) GRIT. I'm taking it with a few friends and actually convinced Alicia she needed to do it to, so for now, she said she was going to sign up....we'll see. Wish me luck






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Hudson had his 4 year well check today and I made daddy take him :( 4 shots and he called me after his appointment. As much as he tried to act like it was ok, he was so pouty and made me cry even though I wasn't there to see it for myself. Poor baby! 42'' tall and 41 lbs and of course in the 95% for height and weight. Whata champ. Daddy is taking him for ice cream as we speak.