ABC’s of Me

ABC’s of Me

A-AGE:26

B – BED SIZE: King
C-CHORE YOU HATE: Dishes
D-DREAM JOB: .Stay at Home Mom

E-ESSENTIAL START YOUR DAY ITEM: Shower
F-FAVORITE COLOR: Purple

G-GOAL IN LIFE: To be a stay at home mom
H-HEIGHT: 5ft 3 inches

I-INSTRUMENTS YOU PLAY: I played the clarinet in middle school

J-JOB TITLE: Unit Clerk\Scrub Tech

K-KIDS: 1-16 and half month old little Hope and hopefully another one baking in my oven soon:)
L-LIVE:In Denison Texas

M-MAJOR IN COLLEGE: None

N-NICKNAMES: Mom, Shelly,Shell
O-OVERNIGHT HOSPITAL STAYS: Lap Band Weight Loss Surgery in June 2008, Birth in Oct 2009

P-PET PEEVE: Slow Drivers and my husband not cleaning up after hisself
Q-QUOTE FROM MOVIE: "If you cant say something nice then dont say anything at all." Bambi
R-RIGHT OR LEFT HANDED: Right
S-SIBLINGS:1 younger brother

T-TIME YOU WAKE UP: 0515
U-UNDERWEAR: Boy Shorts from Victoria Secrets
V-VEGETABLE YOU DISLIKE: None

W-WHAT MAKES YOU RUN LATE: Hope being awake and me not wanting to leave her
X-X-RAYS YOU’VE HAD DONE: Post Surgery Lap band,
Y-YUMMY FOOD YOU MAKE: Sheperds Pie, Enchilidas, and many other things, My hubby says im a good cook.
Z-ZOO, FAVORITE ANIMAL: Colorful birds of all kinds except like the eagles and such

Bows for Maddie

In Honor of 4 month old Maddie who passed away suddenly last week.

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Dropside Crib Vs Non Dropside Crib?

We have a problem.

We have been using the Jenny Lind crib that my mother-in law used for my husband.

Its 26+ years old and in great shape.

It has been through a set of twin boys and then our nephew 6+ yrs ago.

We love the crib and would love to use it again for the next baby.

 Ive recently seen a few articles online regarding the use of a old drop side crib.

I know the goverment has issused a big recall and said for all companies to stop rpoducing them and saleing them.

They sale a Jenny Lind with stationary sides but i dont want to have to invest in the new crib.

I just dont see spending another 200 on a crib when we have a prefectly working crib in our house to use.

I dont want to sound selfish or cheap for the safety of our child.

Our old Jenny Lind has the long metal rod sliding system so unless the wood breaks or we lose on of the screws it seems fine to me.

Our current crib doesnt even come apart for storage it just collapses down into a long flat bed.

We plan on moving Hope to a toddler bed when we become pregnant hopefully soon.

I would love to hear everyones opinion on this topic as we figure out what we will do.

We are trying to prepare now instead of the last minute in case of another premature delivery with the next baby.

Hope everyone is having a great week and a Happy Hump day.



We are offically trying....

My most recent cycle started on Wed feb 2, 2011 while I was stuck at work due to a horrible winter storm blowing through North Texas. This cycle started exactly 2 years after my last cycle that resulted in the birth of our daughter Hope Elizabeth. Im proably reading into things to much as im thinking that this means something to us. I started clomid on sun  Feb 6. I will start taking a daily ovulation test on sun feb 13 and if everything works out i will get my positive ovulation test around cycle day 17 or on feb 19. I have a follow up appointment with my ob on friday feb 18 and should know more about what will come in the next cycles if this cycle is a failure which i dont think it will be.

Thanks to all my supportive friends and co-workers as we have started trying to add one more baby to our family. I couldnt stay positive and sane if it werent for you all.

* this post is a week late.A snow day at work and away from my family:(

I forgot to post from my phone last week when i typed this up. I found it in my draft folders.

As i sit here alone after a long day i truly and thankful beyond words for my family.

Ive been up since 430 am this morning tuesday Feb 1 2011 and at work since 630 am. Ive now only seen my sweet daughter through pictures and videos over the last 16 hrs. I didnt know it would be this hard to just be away from my little family. Granted im only 4 miles away but the roads are awful and i work at the local hospital. My sweet girl wants to go outside so bad everytime i talk to my mom. Yet she has been sick this last week and just getting better.

The weather here has been awful. We have about 2-4 inches of ice under the dusting of snow that blew through today. Most local schools are closed and most local bussiness have closed.

Im sitting here thinking how will i be able to leave my sweet girl for a weekend 100 miles away with the hubby for Valentines day in 2 short weeks if im this emotional about being a work and just 4 miles away. I know she will be happy and just fine with her nana for those days we are away. My gosh she is 16 months old and very independent but she still needs her momma and dada.

Thats enough of my rambling.

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Wordless Wednesday

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As you may have guessed......

As you all may have gotten from my many facebook hints we are trying to have another baby. We are starting to try for another set of 10 fingers and 10 toes to warm our lives and home. We want to make a Hope a big sister more than anything right now.




Yes we are ready for Hope to be a GREAT big sister.






We REALLY want a little boy




But would LOVE a little girl just as much

We know that 2 children will be at times rough. We are as ready as we will ever be. If we continue to wait will we ever be ready? We know Hope will make a GREAT big sister. She loves to ply with her baby dolls especially her Baby Alive that she can feed and it talks to her when she is done. She loves to push her babies around the house. Yes we are grateful for the one healthy child we have after 3 year of infertility and trying, 1 round of iui, a high risk pregnancy and a premature delivery at 35 weeks. We wouldn't trade a day we have lived the last 5 years for anything but our family just isn't complete with out at least trying for another baby. I understand all my family and friends may not support us but the timing and such are right in our lives for us to try and add another baby to our home. We were hoping my poor broken body was fixed after a pregnancy but we were not so lucky. We haven't been on birth control for 5 months now and still no pregnancy. We will start with a different set of medicine and road before we venture back down the road to Plano and Reproductive Endo and many test and iui's again. We are hoping and praying that the pregnancy with Hope did at least help straighten things out hormonally with my body and all we will need is just a little nudge from the meds to get things going. We understand all of you may not support us but we ask that you do not send negative comments to us or post negative things on our profile/blog, If you choose not to support us we ask that you keep it to yourself and not be negative. We only ask for your prayers if you do not support us and prayers and positive words if you do. We are hoping that this time around is much shorter than last to get us a positive pregnancy test. I hope everyone has a great weekend and check back soon for more updates and picture...

Christmas 2010

We host the family Christmas breakfast every year. This year my cousins came up from Dallas and my other cousin came over. We enjoyed monkey bread, sausage balls and making memories while opening gifts. Here are a few photos for you to enjoy. Hope got lots of great gifts including the Weebles tree house, a Beauty and the Beast 4-wheeler, a recorded story book from her papa and many clothes from her papa and grandma Linda and  great grams. Happy Holidays everyone..




Santa stopped at our house




They weeble and wobble but they dont fall down.



Dum Dum suckers.
 Santa knows what sweets the little one can have.



One of my favorite outfits.
We will defiently be taking pctures in this soon




Storybook from papa.. Twas the NIght Before Christmas




The cat was glad we moved all the gifts
so she could play and relax under the tree..

 Happy Holidays everyone. I hope you all got what you wanted, wished and prayed for in 2010 and I hope 2011 brings you memories.I'm hoping for changes in my family and that we will soon welcome another little one in to our lives.I'm looking forward to creating memories and capturing them for all to see and for Hope to grow up looking back on as we start 2011.  

Christmas 2010. Santa stopped at our house.

Santa stopped at our house and left Hope a lot of gifts. This little girl made out again this year with the toys and clothes. More pics and detailed post to come. Hope everyone had a great holiday season and be safe as you celebrate the New Year.

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Hope Christmas Photos 2010

Here are the photos from our Christmas photo session.

Mom and Dad had pictures made..

So when we did my 1st birthday/pumpkin patch photos mom and dad were unable to snag a few of just them. Yes i stole th show and was in every picture they were in..HEHEHE. They haven had pictures of just them since they were engaged in 2005. Wow 5 years and boy have they grown up alot in that time. Here are some of my favorites of them. Thanks to Stormy at Perfect Moments Photograpy for taking the photos..

ICE! We Froze Charlie Brown at The Gaylord Texan Hotel

So the sunday after thanksgiving we loaded up and headed about a hour south of home to see this amazing ice diaplay. Here is the hotel website display inforamtion to follow will be some pictures of our day.

The awe-inspiring ICE!™ attraction — carved from 2 million pounds of ice — will for the first time showcase A Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles Schulz! Additionally, Lone Star Christmas at Gaylord Texan will provide a winter wonderland including 1.5 million holiday lights, a 52-foot rotating Christmas tree, a life-sized Gingerbread House, 12,000 ornaments, and Santa Claus himself, just to name a few. We invite you to enjoy a magical holiday experience your family won’t soon forget!
ICE! will be created by dozens of artisans who migrate to the Dallas / Ft. Worth area each year from Harbin, China to craft this elaborate attraction out of nearly 2 million pounds of ice. It takes them nearly an entire month of 12-hour shifts to transform the refrigerated tent where the exhibit is held into a remarkable icy wonderland.

NO we do not own matching jackets. They provide you with them.

Thanksgiving 2010

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with lots of family. Started out with lunch at home with mom,dad,nana,and some of my cousins..

We enjoyed lots of food and some fun and even put up the Christmas tree.. 

Here are some pics from the day

Family is all full from lunch

Mom was fluffing the tree branches

After a short nap we headed on over to Jordan's side of the family for the yearly family dinner. They dont celebrate holidays so its not called Thanskgiving dinner. Again we ate lots of food,I got lots of loving on by my mimi, aunts and uncles. All in all it was a great day and we have so much to be thankful for this year and many more to come.Hope everyone had a great day with family and lots of food.

Halloween 2010

Our sweet Hope Elizabeth was of course none other than a Little Ladybug this year. I took her out Trick or Treating with some friends. Here are a few pictures of her out and about.

One of her many daily Halloween outfits

Monster on Main Halloween Night



Bells Block Party Night Before Halloween

I hope everyone had as much fun as we did. This was our 1st year and cant wait for next year...

Family Photos 2010

These are some of my favorite shots from our photo session with Stormy...

She loved the baby size pumpkins

Hope loves to stand like the big girl she is



True Hope fashion always after my necklaces



Such a big girl and Huge smile



We are one cute family



Looking off into future

Under the watchful eyes of her mommy and daddy

She loves her daddy

Hamming up the camera

She was looking off at the other kids.

YES we took the pumpkin home



Thanks again to Stormy at Perfect Moments Photography for the awesome photos....