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GIRL!! We are so excited that we are going to have a little girl. I'm pretty sure her daddy is going to spoil her rotten. We got a great report today at out anatomy scan. Everything looks just right so far. The nurse that did the scan and the Dr. both comented on how great she looked. At his time she is about 8 inches long and is about 6 ounces. We got a DVD of the ultrasound so I will try and figure out how to post that so you can see how active she is. When we started the ultrasound she was laying across my stomach with her feet over her head playing with her toes. By the end she was upside down and stretched out. We also got to see her suck her thumb. She sure is a beauty!!!In this picture you can see her sucking her thumb.

I will post more u/s pics later.

We sure are relieved that everything looks good!!

Prayer Request

This morning on my way to church I received a text message from my best friend Niki, telling me that her brother, Michael Ceparano's, girlfriend Erica Smith had been in a head on collision early this morning. I later got word that she has a 50/50 chance of survival. Erica was in and out of surgery all morning. I talked to Niki a few minutes ago and she told me that part of Erica's brain is exposed. She is bleeding from her eyes, nose, and mouth. She has had part of her frontal lobe removed which means if she does make it she will not be the same Erica that we all know. There is a large chance that she will be blind if she is to survive this and she will have to undergo a total of 48 hours of reconstructive surgery.
These next 48 hours of critical to her survival.

How did this happen? A drunk driver was going the wrong way on 410 in San Marcos for 40 minutes. There was a helicopter trying to stop Erica's car but they didn't see it. Police were already on their way but unfortunately they were not there in time to stop this drunk driver from plowing into Erica's side of the car. Two other girls in Erica's car were injured but are ok. The drunk driver walked away and is now sitting in jail.

I have had the privilege of getting to know Erica through Niki and Mike. She is truly a sweet and genuine girl. She is only 23 years old and has so much of her life left to live. She ALWAYS had a smile on her face. In fact when I think of Erica, her smile is what I think about. Please pray for the Smith and Ceparano families as they deal with losing such a sweet and gentle part of their families. Please pray that Erica be comfortable and peaceful through all of this.

Update: 6:17 p.m. Erica has lost one of her eyes. They will do surgery to put it back into the socket.

Update: 6:30 p.m. Erica has a very rare blood type. She is O negative. She is needing 100 units of blood.

I will update as I get them.

Take my Quiz!

Here is a little trivia about me. Can you tell I'm bored? Follow the link and take the quiz about me and see how well you know me. I hope I have some takers on this because it took me a while to come up with all the questions. Some of the answers are in my blog and some of them are not. Let's see what you know!!

http://www.quizyourfriends.com/quizpage.php?quizname=071215101000-206607&

Holidork Sweater Party

Friday night Terry and I went to our friend's George and Holly's for a Holidork Sweater Party. The purpose of the party was to see who could come up with the dorkiest old Christmas sweater. Unfortunately all the the Christmas sweatshirts I had in the 80's have all disappeared. Imagine that! So it became my duty to "create" our attire. Let me just start off by saying that iron-on transfers and I are NOT friends. I found this cute little snowman, glitter and all, that said "Let it Sew". I thought it was perfect for...........Terry's shirt. So I began preparing to iron it on and I couldn't get it to stick. I tried 3 different times, each time turning up the iron (don't do that). The last time I checked on it the plastic was a "touch" wrinkled. I began for the last time try and peal away the plastic, this time not only did it stick, but it was STUCK. At this time I decided to forget it, after all it was a contest for the dorkiest sweater, RIGHT? So I just left the plastic on it, used a little puff paint and voila, you have a dorky shirt. Now, you can tell by the expression on his face that by the time we got to the party he was no longer "feeling" the shirt. He particularly did not like the pearl necklace I had made for the collar of the shirt. I must tell you that at first he thought the shirt was awesome, until he actually had to wear it. Poor guy, he was dead tired and feeling a little uncomfortable. We knew a few people there but definitely not everyone. If you know Terry, you know it is not like him at all to be uncomfortable in social situations. He finally perked up after a little while and began to enjoy himself.I did make myself a shirt also, but certainly did not do as much damage to mine as I did to his. Not on purpose, it just worked out that way. I must say as I was puff painting my shirt, it reminded me of going to my grandparents in the Summer and my cousin Tiffany and I making some beautiful puffy paint shirts.

Niki was all on her own with her sweater. She got quite creative. Her sweater cracked me up.



Here are all the contestants in the sweater contest. Terry really had nothing to be worried about. It was great fun watching them all model their sweaters. Afterwards we had a dirty Santa gift exchange which got pretty funny. I ended up with fake cockroaches and a whoopi cushion. I left the cockroaches there for George and Holly to find later :) I shall point fingers and say "Kim helped me!!"
This is what Terry did to his shirt before we left. He RUINED it!! Look at him trying to look all innocent. Poor sewman no longer has a head, but he got the plastic off. I guess he won't be wearing this next year.

And a bonus pic. This is Kara, her mama is Jenny, a friend from high school. She is a CUTIE!! 10 months and already walking!!

We had a great time besides both of us being dead tired. Our bedtime these days is around 9pm. We are so SAD!!

Cerulean Christmas Party

Thursday night Terry and I joined all of his co-workers at the Royal Oaks Country Club for his annual office Christmas party. We had a great time just as we did last year. Here are a few pictures from the night.

Scared Baby

So today after school I was standing in the hall talking to a teacher. Suddenly I sneezed. I think I scared the baby. I felt it move from the middle of my belly to the right side. I just imagine a scared cat with all of it limbs spread out. This is the first time I have felt it move while I was standing up. I'm still not feeling it all the time. As a matter of fact that was only the 4th time I've felt it. But it was quite funny because I totally lost concentration on what this teacher was talking to me about and was staring at my stomach like something was going to jump out of it.

No other news to report except that my bodily functions aren't working very well. To much info, I know, but it's my blog!! People don't tell you EVERYTHING about what it's like to be pregnant. Luckily so far I've had the bare minimum in the symptoms area. Just some of my parts have quit functioning appropriately. OH WELL, I'm gonna have a baby!!

15 weeks

WARNING: Bellies in the picture may appear larger than they really are.

We finally took a true belly pic. Now please note that I had just eaten lunch, needed to use the bathroom, and I was sticking it out as much as possible to make the picture worth it. This is what we got. When I start the day out, I don't seem to be showing much, but by days end I feel huge and I can't bend over. What's that about anyway, Terry's gonna have to shave my legs before it's all over with. I hope he doesn't cut me. I'm not sure he would let me shave his face. Actually I guess we could trade off, I could shave his face for him if he will shave my legs. We'll see about that!

In other baby news I THINK, now notice I say THINK, I felt the baby move last week. That would be during my 14th week. I was laying on the couch and all of the sudden I felt this strange twitching, fluttering sensation on my right side. Now it could have been gas, but I really don't think so, I can pretty much recognize that sensation. I haven't felt it again but I don't think I've been that still while conscious since then.

We have a big week ahead of us. Two Christmas parties this week so hopefully I will have some good pictures to post from those events.

I hope everyone is enjoying getting into the Holiday spirit. I know I am!! Everyone in my office made fun of me when I put my tree up in my office the day we got back from Thanksmas break. I really think they were just jealous because they were behind. But NOW the whole office is decorated so I have Christmas at home and work. I like that!