Chase Michael Webb

So I had an ultrasound on Tuesday the 15th, and here's the big news...IT'S A BOY! In case you have trouble deciphering ultrasounds (as I often do) you're looking at him from behind. It's like he's doing a toe touch...you see his butt at the top, his legs, and right there is his pride and glory. The blob under the arrow is his foot.

I'll be honest, I wasn't even excited going into the appointment. I had myself (and everyone around me) convinced that I was having a girl. So I wasn't really looking forward to the results. So when I was laying there on the table and she said it was a boy, I just started crying like a goober. I must have asked her 15 times if she was sure. She said there was no doubt about it.

Personally, I did not care whether I was having a boy or a girl. But I knew it meant a lot to Kevin to have a boy. And there is not a greater Christmas present I could think of than letting him know he's going to have a son! So I am super excited!

As of now, we're going with Chase Michael as the name. We are both pretty happy with that, so unless something changes, that's what he'll be.

I'd post more pictures, but he was very uncooperative for the appointment. Despite the two full glasses of Dr. Pepper I had for breakfast, he laid on his belly and slept the entire time. So she had to be up behind him and push him around to get the money shot. But that was all we cared about anyhow. :)

Quick Update - Just the Highlights

So, I had these big, grandiose plans of keeping a very detailed blog while Kevin was gone. Updating on everything I was feeling and experiencing as we began this phase of our lives. I don't know if you've noticed, but I have failed. Big time. So I decided to do a quick update of everything that has happened over the past month in the hopes that I will begin regular blogging again once I feel like I am caught up.

So I officially closed on my house on November 20th. It was another extremely long, anxious and stressful day. Although it was quite a story, I'll spare you and just give you the short version. Mom came up to help me, and after packing both cars so high that we literally could not see out the back to save our lives, we headed to the closing (45 minutes from the house) with both dogs in the car. The closing lasted until 5:45 on a Friday night, and it was right off I-85, north of Atlanta. So if you know anything about Atlanta, you know that we chose to kill some time rather than drive in that mess. So one mall and one meal later, and we were on our way. All in all, my poor puppies were sitting in the car for 8 hours patiently waiting to be transported to their new home. And they were angels.

I have officially transferred all of the most important things from my 1,500 square foot home to the bedroom I grew up in. It is packed. In fact, I think I'll share those pictures with you.


Notice the great use of space in the closet? And under the bed...and in and under the wardrobe...and every drawer is packed full as well. I think I've done a pretty good job of organizing if I do say so myself. There is not going to be room for Kevin or this baby. I don't know what we're going to do! In fact, mom and I bought some stuff the other day...a few outfits and blankets...enough to fill one Wal-Mart bag. And it's still sitting in the middle of the floor because I have no idea where to put it. I think I have decided to get some rubbermaids tubs in the storage unit for baby stuff. PS - if you can name the music video playing on my tv, you will be my new bff.

Anyhow, I've kept myself busy shopping, cooking, cleaning and organizing over the past few weeks. I decided to hold off on finding a job until after Kevin's leave in January. I'll be honest, it's become a little boring...but I am so thankful for the opportunity to just relax for a few weeks.

It's been a great month, and I am very much looking forward to the next few weeks!

Pregnancy Update

I am just wondering if anyone else got completely nauseated after every meal. Particularly dinner. Last night I stayed sitting straight up in bed until around 1:00am because I was terrified that if i laid down, my dinner would come back up. Exhausting.

And everyone tells you to sleep now...while you can. How am I supposed to sleep with these crazy pregnancy dreams? Just last night in my dreams, I was having pregnancy complications, and people were stealing money from me...lots of money! How am I supposed to relax???

I'm Ba-aaack!

Do you ever get so behind on something that it just becomes a burden to you, so even when you get the time to take care of it, you put it off longer? That's how I've felt abut my blog lately. So I decided to multi-task while my skank white trash roots are processing and do some updating. (It's not like I'm leaving the house with my head covered in tin foil anyhow)

So much has happened in the last month. First, I'm going to detail "The Big Move." This was quite possibly the longest day of my life thus far. It began around 7:00am (I think...it's been awhile). Needless to say, everything was still not packed, I was completely overwhelmed, and not nearly as prepared as I had hoped to be. I scrambled to do as much as I could do while I was waiting on my parents and brother to arrive and help. They arrived around 8:45, and then the movers (praise God!) arrived at 9:30. Nice as the movers were, I was only paying them for 3 hours...so they had their work cut out for them. But they did an amazing job, and there is no way we would have accomplished the job without them!

They were so nice, and squeezed as much of my furniture and boxes into the truck as they could possibly fit. I just kept walking outside and looking at the back of the truck. It was amazing. We're talking a perfect puzzle...there was not an extra bit of space in that truck...top to bottom, front to back...they definitely earned their money!

When they left at 12:30, we took a lunch break to hit Kyoto (our favorite Japanese restaurant) one last time. Then came home to squeeze any extra stuff into the truck, and pack the cars as full as we could manage. We didn't end up leaving Loganville until around 4:30, and left a disheartening amount of stuff behind. Dad drove the truck, Lee drove the mustang, and Mom drove my car with me and both dogs in the passenger seat.

We got to Columbus at 6:30 and had to stop at the house first to drop off our precious TV...because if anything happened to it, Kevin would kill me! Then we went on up to the storage unit. When we got there, we got a real treat...they had given us the wrong unit, our "assigned" one already had a lock on it. But since the truck had to be emptied, we made an executive decision and chose one two doors down. And decided that if they had a problem with it, they were welcome to move all of my stuff, seeing how it was their mistake and all.

We spent 3 or so hours emptying the truck, then piled on all the stuff going to the house. Then it was time for a dinner break at Waffle House...(insert sarcasm here). After dinner, we unloaded the truck at the house, and then had to go back to the storage unit one last time to put one more mattress inside and drop off the truck. All in all, we finished around 1:15am.

It was the longest, most exhausting day of my life...and Kevin is not going to hear the end of it for a long, long time.

And so it begins.

I'm a good supervisor.

Dad took care of the garage. Notice what he's holding, Webb family?

On a forced snack break...do I look happy?

In the beginning...

And the puzzle continues...

I'm still amazed.

The movers...no time for a better picture.

More of the puzzle...

The truck after the movers finished...

The truck after dad finished.

Now, stuff everything you can into the cars!

Exhausted, and only halfway done!

Let the move continue...at the storage unit.

Mom, seriously...I'm trying to work here.

Evan definitely did his fair share.

And also took his fair share of breaks.

I helped too...and was not very happy about it.

The truck's empty!

Lock it up! It's 1:15am!

Waffle House for dinner...mom's favorite...don't I look happy?