Well, the holiday season has past and it was a successful one! Orli loved all her gifts, and loved the wrapping more. ;) Nate and I are now trying to figure out what to do as far as getting back into school this fall. I am going to be getting my degree in nursing and then go on to become a midwife and educate women across the country on birth and motherhood. I am totally stoked! :) Ever since Orli, I have read and researched all I can and I believe I have found my new passion in life. I have only felt like this when talking about horses...and that is saying a lot! Ina May Gaskin is my new hero. She is my new idol and I like to think I picked a good one! Well, I am excited to start this fall.
Nate is still not sure what he wants to do as far as a career, (he really doesn't like school at all but realized that getting a degree is the only way to make enough money to make a good life for his family) so I think he will just take some basics and I am helping him find a nice range of electives so he can try some different things and see what he likes and what he wouldn't mind going into as a career.
Orli is growing up too fast! She has taken to playing sitting up more and is eating more and more food. Sweet potato and peas are her favorite! :) She is getting into everything and we have needed to start closing doors and blocking off places we don't her to get into....not easy when she likes to climb on top of everything that will hold her weight! She is nearing 7 months now and is blossoming beautifully. I am so excited to see what this new year will bring!
I have been looking into meditation and yoga and such to help me get into shape again, both physically and mentally. I am pretty excited! Nate is also starting his own work out routine...we hope that by the end of this year we are healthier than we were last year! We continue to try to eat healthier and I am personally doing my best to stay away from GMO's and other nasty by products by eating more raw and organic foods. I also am trying to make sure Orli eats healthy too. That way she has the best start in life.
This year will hold a lot of milestones for the Ninakoff clan and we are super excited to meet life head on!
We hope that ya'll have a good year and may God bless you and yours. We love you all so very much!
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Birth Story
I figured I may as well write my birth story now that we have orli here...so here it goes:
About 7am June 19th I went into active labor. The contractions started and needless to say I was super excited it started! Orli would soon be here! The week before was my 40 week checkup and because m OB was educated by the system and I had Medicaid, he pushed for a C-section. Now, I had educated myself on everything child birth and knew exactly what I wanted and because I had a perfect (no problems) pregnancy I knew I could have my daughter naturally. I had a birth plan all written and showed it to my OB and he said it was fine. Well, he thought he could change my mind and get me to have a section (and get him more money) by scaring me and telling me my baby was going to be like 12 or 13 lbs and her head is in the 99% and she was going to get stuck and die. Yes, he said my baby would die unless I got a section. I just let it slide off my back like a duck because I knew he was going to say these things and I knew he was wrong because I had faith in my body and knew Orli was a fighter! So Nate and I do into the check up and at this point, my dr knew he wouldn't be able to change my mind so we did not even really talk to me, but to nate! Now nate wasn't as educated about child birth like I was and just went with everything the dr said because he didn't know any better (he does now!) and when the dr said my baby would surely die unless I got an induction and had her now, nate believed him and scheduled an induction date for the next week. Well, I did not want to fight in the dr's office so I didn't say anything till we got home and I explained that I would NOT have an induction or section because I was just fine, as was orli. (I mean, have you SEEN my family?? Yea, all big and tall and my mom was just fine!) when I tried telling the dr that I was fine because us Nine's are all large, he said the stupidest thing I have ever heard.."genetics has nothing to do with it"...REALLY??? Then how do you explain how we MADE the baby? Sheeeesh...anyways, so we ended up cancelling the induction date, and as if to say "I told you so" I went into labor the day AFTER the date was supposed to be, at a healthy 41 weeks and 1 day!
So the contractions started early morning the 19th and I knew it was time. We already had bags packed (i actually forgot to pack nate stuff, poor thing had to spend the whole 3 days in the hospital without clothes! oops!!!!) and were ready to meet orli! So I called my mom and we started timing the contractions. They were about a 4 on the pain scale and happening about every 45 min. not a bad start! So we went over to my mom's house so she could take us to the hospital when I couldn't take the pain anymore, which was about 4 or 5 pm that day. Went into the hospital and we ended up staying there all night, me going through contractions and hooked up to the stupid baby monitor. "dr wants to monitor the baby" yea yea yea...I practially pushed my nurse over when I was contracting so I could stand up and get through it the way that was most comfortable for me. Well, this continued till early in the morning when my blood pressure started rising and orli was undergoing more and more stress, which I did NOT want, so I finally caved and got an epidural....which was so freaking hard especially when you are already 9 cm dialated and the contractions kept on coming! It took the nurse a couple pokes to get it in my spine, and at this point nate (who faints with needles) finally was ordered on the couch seeing as he started turning blue in the face. I had been holding him and screaming into his chest while the contractions came and went because I had to hold still while the nurse put a mile long needle into my spine...ow. By the way, I could NOT have done this without my mom and Nate there. Nate was there to help calm me and boy did he do his duty! I really could not have done it without him! My mom was there to fight for my birth plan. I asked her to help fight the dr and nurses away when they wanted to do something against my plan and it wasn't needed. She was AMAZING!!!
So the epidural finally kicked in and at this point nate and my mom were going on well over 24 hrs with no sleep and I was closing in on 48 ( i couldnt sleep the night before I went into labor) I was getting ready to just pass out when my dr came in, didn't say hi, how are you...nothing! He asked how long I wanted to wait until I got a section...SERIOUSLY?? I said as long as it takes (i had been stuck at 9cm for awhile which is normal) and he (condensendingly) said how long is that? A day? A week? A month? I was exhausted and I remember thinking "You are so fired doc!" and I said yes! as long as it takes. My mom then stepped in to help (calmly) explain the I was fine as was orli and there was no need for a section. My dr then shut her up by saying "you aren't the expert, I am. I am the one who went to school, you don't know what you are talking about" my mom was dumbfounded by how stupid this was!! So, my dr then told us a horror story of some lady in AFRICA and how she had a natural birth with no medicine and how a hyena came and ate the placenta..something...(I was drugged up and exhausted so I dont remember it alot) and all of us (nate had been napping and woke up during the "story") just looked at each other after he left and were like "SERIOUSLY???" even nate lost faith in him after that (finally haha) well, needless to say we are never going back again!
So a few hrs after that it came time to push! (my nurses were all execeptional by the way) and they came in and we started pushing! I was pushing for a while and one of my nurses said she could see the head and asked if I wanted to see..uh DUH! So they brought a mirror in so I could watch and as I pushed I could see her head. Well, being me and totally sleep deprived, I started giggling! I was so excited to see her! Well, everytime I pushed and giggled, she got sucked back in and I finally asked to have the mirror taken away so I could concentrate on pushing. 3 hrs later, out pops little orli! I stripped from the waist up so I could do skin on skin with her and the dr said "hurry cut the cord" and my mom literally yelled NO! not yet! wait till it stops pulsing. I really don't think he liked not having his way. Oh well.
At 8lbs 7ox and 21 1/2 " long we welcomed Orli Ninette Ribakoff at 1:48 pm June 20th!
(and nate agrees next time we go with a midwife)
After a long 9 months we finally got to meet our Orli girl and we could not love her more!!!!
Nate was a life saver!!
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About 7am June 19th I went into active labor. The contractions started and needless to say I was super excited it started! Orli would soon be here! The week before was my 40 week checkup and because m OB was educated by the system and I had Medicaid, he pushed for a C-section. Now, I had educated myself on everything child birth and knew exactly what I wanted and because I had a perfect (no problems) pregnancy I knew I could have my daughter naturally. I had a birth plan all written and showed it to my OB and he said it was fine. Well, he thought he could change my mind and get me to have a section (and get him more money) by scaring me and telling me my baby was going to be like 12 or 13 lbs and her head is in the 99% and she was going to get stuck and die. Yes, he said my baby would die unless I got a section. I just let it slide off my back like a duck because I knew he was going to say these things and I knew he was wrong because I had faith in my body and knew Orli was a fighter! So Nate and I do into the check up and at this point, my dr knew he wouldn't be able to change my mind so we did not even really talk to me, but to nate! Now nate wasn't as educated about child birth like I was and just went with everything the dr said because he didn't know any better (he does now!) and when the dr said my baby would surely die unless I got an induction and had her now, nate believed him and scheduled an induction date for the next week. Well, I did not want to fight in the dr's office so I didn't say anything till we got home and I explained that I would NOT have an induction or section because I was just fine, as was orli. (I mean, have you SEEN my family?? Yea, all big and tall and my mom was just fine!) when I tried telling the dr that I was fine because us Nine's are all large, he said the stupidest thing I have ever heard.."genetics has nothing to do with it"...REALLY??? Then how do you explain how we MADE the baby? Sheeeesh...anyways, so we ended up cancelling the induction date, and as if to say "I told you so" I went into labor the day AFTER the date was supposed to be, at a healthy 41 weeks and 1 day!
So the contractions started early morning the 19th and I knew it was time. We already had bags packed (i actually forgot to pack nate stuff, poor thing had to spend the whole 3 days in the hospital without clothes! oops!!!!) and were ready to meet orli! So I called my mom and we started timing the contractions. They were about a 4 on the pain scale and happening about every 45 min. not a bad start! So we went over to my mom's house so she could take us to the hospital when I couldn't take the pain anymore, which was about 4 or 5 pm that day. Went into the hospital and we ended up staying there all night, me going through contractions and hooked up to the stupid baby monitor. "dr wants to monitor the baby" yea yea yea...I practially pushed my nurse over when I was contracting so I could stand up and get through it the way that was most comfortable for me. Well, this continued till early in the morning when my blood pressure started rising and orli was undergoing more and more stress, which I did NOT want, so I finally caved and got an epidural....which was so freaking hard especially when you are already 9 cm dialated and the contractions kept on coming! It took the nurse a couple pokes to get it in my spine, and at this point nate (who faints with needles) finally was ordered on the couch seeing as he started turning blue in the face. I had been holding him and screaming into his chest while the contractions came and went because I had to hold still while the nurse put a mile long needle into my spine...ow. By the way, I could NOT have done this without my mom and Nate there. Nate was there to help calm me and boy did he do his duty! I really could not have done it without him! My mom was there to fight for my birth plan. I asked her to help fight the dr and nurses away when they wanted to do something against my plan and it wasn't needed. She was AMAZING!!!
So the epidural finally kicked in and at this point nate and my mom were going on well over 24 hrs with no sleep and I was closing in on 48 ( i couldnt sleep the night before I went into labor) I was getting ready to just pass out when my dr came in, didn't say hi, how are you...nothing! He asked how long I wanted to wait until I got a section...SERIOUSLY?? I said as long as it takes (i had been stuck at 9cm for awhile which is normal) and he (condensendingly) said how long is that? A day? A week? A month? I was exhausted and I remember thinking "You are so fired doc!" and I said yes! as long as it takes. My mom then stepped in to help (calmly) explain the I was fine as was orli and there was no need for a section. My dr then shut her up by saying "you aren't the expert, I am. I am the one who went to school, you don't know what you are talking about" my mom was dumbfounded by how stupid this was!! So, my dr then told us a horror story of some lady in AFRICA and how she had a natural birth with no medicine and how a hyena came and ate the placenta..something...(I was drugged up and exhausted so I dont remember it alot) and all of us (nate had been napping and woke up during the "story") just looked at each other after he left and were like "SERIOUSLY???" even nate lost faith in him after that (finally haha) well, needless to say we are never going back again!
So a few hrs after that it came time to push! (my nurses were all execeptional by the way) and they came in and we started pushing! I was pushing for a while and one of my nurses said she could see the head and asked if I wanted to see..uh DUH! So they brought a mirror in so I could watch and as I pushed I could see her head. Well, being me and totally sleep deprived, I started giggling! I was so excited to see her! Well, everytime I pushed and giggled, she got sucked back in and I finally asked to have the mirror taken away so I could concentrate on pushing. 3 hrs later, out pops little orli! I stripped from the waist up so I could do skin on skin with her and the dr said "hurry cut the cord" and my mom literally yelled NO! not yet! wait till it stops pulsing. I really don't think he liked not having his way. Oh well.
At 8lbs 7ox and 21 1/2 " long we welcomed Orli Ninette Ribakoff at 1:48 pm June 20th!
(and nate agrees next time we go with a midwife)
After a long 9 months we finally got to meet our Orli girl and we could not love her more!!!!
Nate was a life saver!!
Shortly after the epidural
The second they handed orli to me...nate cried! :,)
...so did I :)
ORLI!!!!
All clean and looking around!
My new family
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Orli and her Savta!
6 Months in!!
Alright, now that we officially have good internet, I will be posting more often so family and friends can keep up with the happenings at castle ninakoff!
First, Orli is almost 6 months! WHERE has the time gone? oh right....to my face. I swear I already see lines all over...but they are lines I have earned! (my mother would comment at this point and say not quite, so there's that) We have finally moved into a bigger apartment in far north Dallas (by bigger we mean from 500 sq ft to 700 sq ft) and with the (fake) hardwood floors, crawling is very soon happening! She is already army crawling all over the place and is starting to pull her legs and knees up and into her so she picks her whole body off the ground. She just has not gotten the hang of actually crawling yet, but that is ok....she is CLOSE!! She also has started eating real food! Grandpa David got us/her a Baby Bullet kit where we can make her baby food right at home, and for a new mom who is trying to eat healthier and have her family eat better, it is not bad at all! I LOVE it!!!
Nate is still at Mcdonalds, but hoping to be able to leave soon as the place I work at (napolis) may hire him on soon....hopefully! The owners are amazing and really nice and actually care about us as workers and people! It is a big change for someone like me who has worked for corporations all my working life to be working for owners instead. I really do enjoy it! And we want to have nate join us too! so hopefully soon we can all work together!
We have been able to spend lots of time with family this holiday season starting with Hanuka which started Thanksgiving and into the season. This is Orli's first Hanuka and Christmas so we are all super excited! I have no doubt she will be just like her mama and like to play with all the paper ;) speaking of which she tore her first book! I know its kind of an odd thing to cheer, but seeing as we have books (and dictionaries) we don't mind her playing with, I really don't care! It's more exciting to see her learn how to use her hands and arms more as she starts to move them enough to even tear a book page so I am proud! (and seeing as she is MY daughter, it didn't take her long) My parents can attest to my tearing books at her age, so I am kind of excited that she has enough motor skills to do so!!
Our little girly girl is growing up too fast! She is already wearing 12-18 month clothes and just keeps going!
We are so thrilled to watch her learn and grow and start to explore her world and develop her body and brain! Yay for growing up!
Well, until next time, have a happy holidays and Merry Christmas, Happy Hanuka and all the above!
Starting to sit up without much help!
First, Orli is almost 6 months! WHERE has the time gone? oh right....to my face. I swear I already see lines all over...but they are lines I have earned! (my mother would comment at this point and say not quite, so there's that) We have finally moved into a bigger apartment in far north Dallas (by bigger we mean from 500 sq ft to 700 sq ft) and with the (fake) hardwood floors, crawling is very soon happening! She is already army crawling all over the place and is starting to pull her legs and knees up and into her so she picks her whole body off the ground. She just has not gotten the hang of actually crawling yet, but that is ok....she is CLOSE!! She also has started eating real food! Grandpa David got us/her a Baby Bullet kit where we can make her baby food right at home, and for a new mom who is trying to eat healthier and have her family eat better, it is not bad at all! I LOVE it!!!
Nate is still at Mcdonalds, but hoping to be able to leave soon as the place I work at (napolis) may hire him on soon....hopefully! The owners are amazing and really nice and actually care about us as workers and people! It is a big change for someone like me who has worked for corporations all my working life to be working for owners instead. I really do enjoy it! And we want to have nate join us too! so hopefully soon we can all work together!
We have been able to spend lots of time with family this holiday season starting with Hanuka which started Thanksgiving and into the season. This is Orli's first Hanuka and Christmas so we are all super excited! I have no doubt she will be just like her mama and like to play with all the paper ;) speaking of which she tore her first book! I know its kind of an odd thing to cheer, but seeing as we have books (and dictionaries) we don't mind her playing with, I really don't care! It's more exciting to see her learn how to use her hands and arms more as she starts to move them enough to even tear a book page so I am proud! (and seeing as she is MY daughter, it didn't take her long) My parents can attest to my tearing books at her age, so I am kind of excited that she has enough motor skills to do so!!
Our little girly girl is growing up too fast! She is already wearing 12-18 month clothes and just keeps going!
We are so thrilled to watch her learn and grow and start to explore her world and develop her body and brain! Yay for growing up!
Well, until next time, have a happy holidays and Merry Christmas, Happy Hanuka and all the above!
Starting to sit up without much help!
...annndddd she tried her first bow! It didn't stay up long since she doesn't have much hair, but it is super cute
Playing with Savta! I love Savta's face :)
Mama and Orli
Friday, March 22, 2013
BABY STUFF
So, as most of you know by now, we are expecting a little baby girl in June! Her name will be Orli Ninette Ribakoff! :) We dabbled with several names, but after we found out it was going to be a girl for sure, Orli really stuck and Ninette came a little bit later, being perfect because I'm a Nine and she will be a Nine-ette! :D
Anyways, now for the story, the when we found out, how we told people and the things I have been going through.
Well I obviously noticed when mother nature did not come to visit so I took a awesome digital pregnancy test (ok, 4 of them!) and all said most defintely yes! When Nate came home, I told him we were going to have a baby and at first he was like "ohh.....ok....uuuhhh...." haha he was just concerned about the money and raising the baby, but we both came to realize that financial problems are easier to fix than relationship issues so we figured we would be just fine. :)
Well, I had to make sure I had insurance and that took awhile to kick in, so we didn't get to a doctor till almost 5 months (haha dr was worried cause we missed some testing....oh well) and meanwhile, I went through the most interesting changes I have ever been through. It all started with the textbook morning sickness, always nauseous throughout the morning and settling down later in the day. So started the odd eating habits. I need to eat every 3 or so hours but because my insides are all smooshed, I can't eat alot at once, so my method is eat less more often.....but the things I want to eat are sometimes not the best for me! I was working alot of overnights at my job during this time and it didn't take long for my body to give up and one night, RIGHT AFTER I told my boss that I wasn't feeling good and didn't think I could work anymore overnights, I passed out...and I mean just pass out! The morning crew came in and found me crouched over the desk in the office and called the ambulance. Everything was fine and needless to say I stopped working overnights after that!
My cravings are a totally different story. Like any other pregnant woman, I have my cravings, and they have been changing as the days and weeks go by. Odd? I got no clue, but for example, during the first trimester all I wanted was milk!! It was all about MILK!! Chocolate milk, strawberry milk, you name it, I craved it. I also was and still am into fruits! I LOVE me some fresh fruits....then again that isn't so different from before, but I would rather have an apple than a chocolate bar, and THAT IS different than before haha! I only ask for chocolate very rarely and usually after nate does something stupid and I make him go get me one for making me upset....heehee
My sense of smell is still super sensitive and and although I do not get sick or puky whenever I smell certain things, I still get bothered by them. Some things that smelled good to me give me a headache and are too strong now. I still stick with the naturals though, lavender, sandlewood, patchuli, and other really relaxing scents that I grew up smelling on my mama, and now I know why she liked them so much! So here's to you mama! :)
We told family and friends through facebook and over phone and such, nothing special there.
We are really excited and cannot wait to meet this little girl! From the sonograms she looks like she may just have her daddy's nose haha much to his dismay, but she is as active as she can be!!! She loves to move around and now that I am about 6 months along, she probably can't move around as much as she used to, but she still loves to kick and punch and headbutt my guts...at all hours!!! I mean can I PLEASE get a break at night??? Or is this the mothers curse that was placed on me so long ago? But seriously, we go into the Dr to get a sonogram and she LOVES to have her picture taken! (just like her mama!) and has a tendency of squirming around a bit too much and it takes the Dr a few tries to find her head....she LOVES to play games I know she is going to be stinker.
Well, I will try to remember to keep ya'll posted as to what is going on and how Orli and mama and daddy are doing!!!
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0i8etkoizo8sfpv/JxXFjy5LMJ
Pictures of Orli! :)
Anyways, now for the story, the when we found out, how we told people and the things I have been going through.
Well I obviously noticed when mother nature did not come to visit so I took a awesome digital pregnancy test (ok, 4 of them!) and all said most defintely yes! When Nate came home, I told him we were going to have a baby and at first he was like "ohh.....ok....uuuhhh...." haha he was just concerned about the money and raising the baby, but we both came to realize that financial problems are easier to fix than relationship issues so we figured we would be just fine. :)
Well, I had to make sure I had insurance and that took awhile to kick in, so we didn't get to a doctor till almost 5 months (haha dr was worried cause we missed some testing....oh well) and meanwhile, I went through the most interesting changes I have ever been through. It all started with the textbook morning sickness, always nauseous throughout the morning and settling down later in the day. So started the odd eating habits. I need to eat every 3 or so hours but because my insides are all smooshed, I can't eat alot at once, so my method is eat less more often.....but the things I want to eat are sometimes not the best for me! I was working alot of overnights at my job during this time and it didn't take long for my body to give up and one night, RIGHT AFTER I told my boss that I wasn't feeling good and didn't think I could work anymore overnights, I passed out...and I mean just pass out! The morning crew came in and found me crouched over the desk in the office and called the ambulance. Everything was fine and needless to say I stopped working overnights after that!
My cravings are a totally different story. Like any other pregnant woman, I have my cravings, and they have been changing as the days and weeks go by. Odd? I got no clue, but for example, during the first trimester all I wanted was milk!! It was all about MILK!! Chocolate milk, strawberry milk, you name it, I craved it. I also was and still am into fruits! I LOVE me some fresh fruits....then again that isn't so different from before, but I would rather have an apple than a chocolate bar, and THAT IS different than before haha! I only ask for chocolate very rarely and usually after nate does something stupid and I make him go get me one for making me upset....heehee
My sense of smell is still super sensitive and and although I do not get sick or puky whenever I smell certain things, I still get bothered by them. Some things that smelled good to me give me a headache and are too strong now. I still stick with the naturals though, lavender, sandlewood, patchuli, and other really relaxing scents that I grew up smelling on my mama, and now I know why she liked them so much! So here's to you mama! :)
We told family and friends through facebook and over phone and such, nothing special there.
We are really excited and cannot wait to meet this little girl! From the sonograms she looks like she may just have her daddy's nose haha much to his dismay, but she is as active as she can be!!! She loves to move around and now that I am about 6 months along, she probably can't move around as much as she used to, but she still loves to kick and punch and headbutt my guts...at all hours!!! I mean can I PLEASE get a break at night??? Or is this the mothers curse that was placed on me so long ago? But seriously, we go into the Dr to get a sonogram and she LOVES to have her picture taken! (just like her mama!) and has a tendency of squirming around a bit too much and it takes the Dr a few tries to find her head....she LOVES to play games I know she is going to be stinker.
Well, I will try to remember to keep ya'll posted as to what is going on and how Orli and mama and daddy are doing!!!
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0i8etkoizo8sfpv/JxXFjy5LMJ
Pictures of Orli! :)
Thursday, December 20, 2012
First Blog for the ninakoff house!
So, this is the first ever blog for the Nine/Ribakoff household, happily nicknamed the ninakoff household, and I figured since we are married and have alot of family and friends, this would be a good start of keeping up to date with the comings and goings.
So first off, my name is Jessica, the hubby is Nathaniel (Nate) and we have one cooking in the oven (such a nine way to say im pregnant isn't it?) Nate and I have been married since March of this year and are living in such far north west dallas you may as well call it carrollton! We are both working at Mcdonalds, I as a manager and Nate as a crew trainer, living paycheck to paycheck, but hey, as Pa Ingalls always said, never despise meager beginnings. (I think he said that....someone much wiser than I did that's for sure) The pregnancy is going well so far (I miscarried earlier this year so needless to say we are nervous and excited) I am 3 months along now, and man oh man, this baby sure does give momma a run for her money! I have all the textbook symptoms, morning sickness, fatigue, emotional, a need to cry for no reason and yell for no reason (I know when I am doing it, but can't stop! I feel so bad for Nate sometimes) and all the other usual symptoms I am sure that should be left in the bedroom...HA
Nate is starting to get more excited as more time passes and he has started to sing me to sleep more often (he is very talented at both guitar and singing) and I find him sometimes cuddling and talking to my ever growing belly. We are nervous that we may not the be the best parents, but I hope and pray that we are half the parents that we both had growing up....our child will be loved no matter what!
Anyways, there really is not much to tell, other than what we like to do in our free time or days that we have off together. Nate and I love movies and music and sometimes movies about music or music that is in movies, yea, you get the idea. I am falling in love again with that wonderful bald head of Jean-Luc Picard as we are watching Star Trek Next Generation, (working our way through all the Start treks) When we don't feel like watching movies, we like to take a trip down to our local Half Price Books store and spend hours pouring over books and vinyl and all sorts of goodies they have there! We also make sure we set aside plenty of time to play video games such as Super Mario Bros and Pokemon! (yes we are basically big nerds) We are happy and young and very bored! We have a tendency to eat out at Panda Express and Jimmy Johns alot (who doesnt like yummy chinese and amazing sub sammiches!) and are loving life!
So, there you have it...not much but its a start. I will keep ya'll posted as dr visits come and go and life goes on. Until then, have a FANTASMIGORICAL day ya'll!
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This is one of the first few pictures of us....and pretty much describes our relationship :)
(and for a reason I cannot explain, I can't upload any more pictures for now, but rest assured, they will come)
So first off, my name is Jessica, the hubby is Nathaniel (Nate) and we have one cooking in the oven (such a nine way to say im pregnant isn't it?) Nate and I have been married since March of this year and are living in such far north west dallas you may as well call it carrollton! We are both working at Mcdonalds, I as a manager and Nate as a crew trainer, living paycheck to paycheck, but hey, as Pa Ingalls always said, never despise meager beginnings. (I think he said that....someone much wiser than I did that's for sure) The pregnancy is going well so far (I miscarried earlier this year so needless to say we are nervous and excited) I am 3 months along now, and man oh man, this baby sure does give momma a run for her money! I have all the textbook symptoms, morning sickness, fatigue, emotional, a need to cry for no reason and yell for no reason (I know when I am doing it, but can't stop! I feel so bad for Nate sometimes) and all the other usual symptoms I am sure that should be left in the bedroom...HA
Nate is starting to get more excited as more time passes and he has started to sing me to sleep more often (he is very talented at both guitar and singing) and I find him sometimes cuddling and talking to my ever growing belly. We are nervous that we may not the be the best parents, but I hope and pray that we are half the parents that we both had growing up....our child will be loved no matter what!
Anyways, there really is not much to tell, other than what we like to do in our free time or days that we have off together. Nate and I love movies and music and sometimes movies about music or music that is in movies, yea, you get the idea. I am falling in love again with that wonderful bald head of Jean-Luc Picard as we are watching Star Trek Next Generation, (working our way through all the Start treks) When we don't feel like watching movies, we like to take a trip down to our local Half Price Books store and spend hours pouring over books and vinyl and all sorts of goodies they have there! We also make sure we set aside plenty of time to play video games such as Super Mario Bros and Pokemon! (yes we are basically big nerds) We are happy and young and very bored! We have a tendency to eat out at Panda Express and Jimmy Johns alot (who doesnt like yummy chinese and amazing sub sammiches!) and are loving life!
So, there you have it...not much but its a start. I will keep ya'll posted as dr visits come and go and life goes on. Until then, have a FANTASMIGORICAL day ya'll!
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(and for a reason I cannot explain, I can't upload any more pictures for now, but rest assured, they will come)
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