The Happenings....

Well it has been a crazy last week.... My poor dear husband was diagnosed with Shingles on August 27th. We finally know the reason for his constant chest and back pain. Basically he has had shingles on and off for the last few years but he finally had a rash out break. I was scared to death for our unborn child but the obgyn let me know that all is fine because the baby is protected by my antibodies. So hopefully all will be ok.

On August 28th we went to Panama City, FL for the birth of Kyle's 3rd nephew Ethan Colin. Unfortunately due to Kyle's shingles he was not allowed to really see the baby much less hold him or go into Kerri-Ann and Brian's home. I know it was a hard week for Kyle and I due to the circumstances. We got to spend time with his parents and his brother and sister-in-law as well as the twins.

We were very glad to be home though in our own room with our big bed and our good dogs. They are such good dogs!! Well my little baby Cash is doing well. I know he is growing like a weed in there. He is always kicking and punching me. Just this last week while up in Port St. Joe, Fl I got to see him actually kick on the outside. Kyle's mom actually saw him kick as well and it was soooo cool. I love seeing my little Cash in motion. I just can't wait till Kyle gets to actually see it. He seems to miss it every time he does it. OH well he will eventually. Its funny though I could sit for hours staring at my belly hope to catch a glimpse of a kick or a punch.

I go to the Dr. Tomorrow which is nothing new. I hope to convince my midwife to give me an ultrasound sooner than she had planned. I would really like to make sure that my Placenta is back in place where it shoudl be and that everything is going well. So hopefully my fingers crossed we can have one done early. I would like to have it done before our 1 year anniversary on October 6!!! Yea I love my hubby!

I have been doing pretty well though. No real morning sickness. Sometimes at night after eating I feel sick but I guess that is normal. Well I guess that is all for now. We are glad to have made it home safely and hoping and praying that Kyle's Shingles go away and that he feels a lot better very soon and that it never comes back. I praise God for my wonderful husband and my beautiful son!!!

Vacation!!!

Family Vacation 2008! Kyle and I went on our family vacation with my family this year in Daytona. It was really nice to get away and relax. My grandma rented a house on the river and Kyle got to fish every day and every night. Also on Monday Kyle got to go on a sailboat with my mom, dad, brother and aunts. He LOVED it. He now can't wait for us to have a sailboat. I say in time darling in time. I know it was very very relaxing for him... and a lot of fun...
Also praise the Good Lord above I haven't had morning sickness in almost 2 weeks. I hope and pray I will continue to feel weel and will not get morning sickness any more for the rest of the pregnancy. I still feel very tired and weak sometimes but I haven't puked in almost two weeks!!

Kyle and I came back from vaca early on Tuesday night. And Wednesday we finished the TILE!! Praise God! I feel a little more relieved. Now we have to start getting the house in order for my little guy to arrive sometime in the next four months. I am officially 19 weeks and 3 days. I am almost half way there!!

So my little guy is doing really well. Today I am sitting at work and I feel him kicking me tons and tons. I love it. I know he is going to be such a cutie. I bought him some baby clothes today. The Children's place online was having a huge sale. I bought everything for $1.99-$2.99. You cannot beat those prices. Plus I used a 15% off coupon!!! So things are going really well. I am still a little concerned about the whole Placenta thing and at my next appt I am going to begggg my midwife to let me get an earlier ultrasound. I just can't continue the next 10 weeks not knowing if my little guy is going to be OK for sure. I just need to know. Maybe its the worry wart in me I have no idea. Its just so hard to not be fully intimate with my husband for fear of hurting me or the little guy.

As far as names go for him.... Kyle has decided that he doesn't like the name Kaden anymore... so for sure his middle name will be Evan but we are still undecided on his first name. I'm sure it will be cute and I will love whatever we decide. I guess if worst comes to worst we can keep Kaden because I like that name still. We will see. Well that's about all. I'm sure I will update shortly!!!

I love my Lord and Savior, my amazing wonderful husband, and the joy of my life and most precious gift our Son!! Life is GOOD!!

It's A BOY!!!!!!!

What a WONDERFUL day today was! Kyle and I went for our Ultrasound this morning to make sure we were having a healthy baby and praise God we are! He is ABSOLUTELY Beautiful!!!!! He has all of the wonderful things he is supposed to have! I think he might be a tired little boy like his father. He was sleeping through most of the ultrasound but at the end he was saying leave me a lone. I could see him squirming and drinking the fluid it was AMAZING!! I have never felt sooooo blessed in my entire life! My little Kaden Evan!

The only concerning thing is my placenta is a little low and a little closer to my cervix then is good. But the Dr said that it should move up as my baby and uterus grows and it should be fine by the time I deliver. Its not covering the cervix at all just near it. So this is good and bad news. It just means my little guy when he implanted he chose to do it pretty low. So I am praying this will correct itself and I am sure it will!

So things are wonderfuL! Now I feel very motivated to get my house in order. So things are going well in the Fuller house! I love my husband and I love my son.... Life is goood.......

What a WONDERFUL 4th and 5th of July!!

I must say this was the best 4th of July! On July 3rd I went to the OBGYN and everything looks fine. I have my next ultrasound on August 6 to determine the sex of our baby! This is very exciting.

So July 4th after throwing up that morning I packed up the car and headed to pick up Kyle. We drove to Brandenton to be with my family and my dad's extended family. We had a BIG family Reunion. There were probably close to 100 Bell's there and it was fun to see all the different family. We had a big BBQ and than headed to the condo my grandparents had rented for our family. That day we swam and just had a nice time by the pool. By the afternoon I was pretty exhausted and started feeling sort of sick. We went to dinner at my G-parents house and hung out there. After dinner Kyle wanted to go see the West coast ocean. So my dad, mom and brother took him out. I stayed behind and went home early. I was sooo sick. After they got back my parents took Kyle to see fireworks. Again I stayed home b/c I was feeling terrible and just couldn't make it. He got back and we went to bed.

So the next day July 5th. Which is really the good day Kyle convinced me to back to the ocean. I was a little leery but I wasn't feeling too sick so we went. It was WONDERFUL!! The water was warm the sun was out and it wasn't very crowded. It was soooo nice to spend some alone time with my hubby. We swam for an hour and he carried me around in the ocean when I got scared and it was just so wonderful. It reminded me again of why I love my hubby so much and how much I appreciate him. After swimming we walked to where the inlet comes in and saw the boats and just enjoyed being outside. It was beautiful! We walked back and got back into the water and floated a little more. After this we packed up and headed home. It was lunch time of course I was starving so we went to Crisper's and enjoyed lunch. After that off we went. On the way home we took a detour to Oviedo to see our property. It was nice and than we headed home. I was absolutely exhausted by the time I got home and was ready for bed but I stayed up till around 8:00.

The next morning my hubby had to work and when I woke up I was struck with TERRIBLE morning sickness. I was sick till around 12:30. I got to watch a really good sermon on TV though and that was nice. After being sick I went to Rachel's and just hung out than come home and went to bed.

Soo.... Kyle came home on Monday and brought our new TILE!!! Yeah!!! Our house will no longer smell like DOG PEE!!!! Thank you Lady!!! So we started the difficult process of moving furniture and scrapping up carpet. Thank goodness Ramon came over when they started laying the Tile. We got the majority of the old TV room completed. My dad is going over there to help today! I am soooo thankful!!! I hope they get even more done. So life is going pretty good haven't had that bad of morning sickness since Monday the 7th and I am PRAYING that it is mostly past. We will know tomorrow. Chances are I will be sick :-( ... Oh well I am praying!!!

Well that is all for now I will be back again!!

Where did we Leave off....

Ok lets see where we left off....

Well Friday the 20th before we headed out of town I was home alone. My dear hubby was working an over time shift. So I'm laying on the couch watching some good old tv when I start hearing crashes of lighting. I get a little nervous being that I am home alone with two dogs and knowing that if the power goes out i'm out of luck. without power we have no running water. So I look outside and its looking extremely bad. I get this terrible feeling that there could be tornadoes so i grab both dogs and bring them into the bath tub with me. So I'm sitting there trying not to freak out. I call my grandma and in the middle of talking to her the power goes out. Ok no biggie... it will be back on soon... righttt... Well the thunder and lighting are basically striking every single second and the whole house is shaking. I get off of the phone and I just start praying. For the saftey of my baby, of me and the dogs. That our house doesn't blow away and for my neighbors. Well it finally starts calming down and I look out the window. I notice my neighbor across the street has power. I call the power company and they say that it shoudl be back on by 10:00. Ok whatever I'll go to my neighbors. I go over there and david the guy who lives there with his wife Jody says that he looked out of the house and he could see a funnel over my house. He said it was the craziest thing he has ever seen and couldn't believe that it didn't touch down and destroy my house. I'm thinking praise God my prayers were answered. I hang out there till around 9:45. Still no power. Go back home and call the power company they said it was already fixed. I said no its not the lights are still out they say ok it shoudl be back on by 1:00. Ok whatever I'm exhausted and sick so I lay on the couch with the dogs in my 85 degree house and set my alarm for 1:00. 1:00 rolls around still no power. I call them back and once again say it was fixed and I say NO ITS NOT. I'm becoming hysterical without any water. I start crying on the phone and they promise it shoudl be and told me that i wasn't a priority because there were people with more problems then me. Whatever... So 3:00 rolls around and the power company shows up. The lighting had struck my transformer on the pole and had to be replaced. i go inside go to bed not knowing the damage it had done ot my home. Half my outlets were blown up in my kitchen my computer was electrecuted and thats about it but it coudl have been a lot worse. I must say it was the worst expierance of my life but I am thankful that I have the Lord Jesus Christ to comfort and protect me.

On a side note... Kyle had known how upset I was that I was home alone and had to go through this without him that the next morning he came home from work he brought me a single beautiful red rose. I love my husband more than the moon and the stars. He still suprises and and loves me through everything. Thank you Lord for this wonderful man...

Starting June 23 - 26 Kyle and I along with his brother and sister-in-law all went to St. Augustine. The first day we just sort of walked around and took in some of the local sites. The second day we went to the beach all day and the third day we got a pedi and went back to downtown. It was really nice. We stayed in a beautiful hotel and an awesome pool. I was so thankful to not be sick the majority of the time we were there. It was funny because I felt pretty good I still had some nausea but no throwing up. That was wonderful.

We got back Thursday and Friday alllllll day I was throwing up. Its almost like God didn't let me be sick on the trip and saved it all up for when I got back. So I was pretty much miserable the whole day on Friday. Ever since that Friday I have been pretty nauseous on and off. I just seem to be fighting the urge to purge constantly LOL. I really is not any fun at all.

So Tuesday i went and got a baby Doppler fetal heart monitor. Its a little thing you put on your belly and you can hear the heartbeat. It is the coolest thing ever. When I brought it home and showed it to Kyle and he heard his little babies heartbeat his heart just melted. He kissed all over my belly and told me how much he loved this baby. I think it has made this experience all the more real to him. So that made me so happy and proud to know that I am blessed with a wonderful hubby who will be a wonderful father.

So on to some more news... Lady the dog has had some trouble going pee pee inside the house when we are gone. Its become a HUGE problem. The house is starting to smell bad and its just unhealthy. I think about my little baby and I would never want my child to crawl around on pee carpet. So we have made the difficult decision to put down tile in all the rooms except the baby's room and master. Its really frustrating and I suggested getting rid of the dogs and Kyle didn't like the suggestion very much. But its sad that we have to spend SOOOOO much money all because we have a dog that pees in the house that to be honest I didn't really want in the first place. Oh well there is nothing I can do about it now we have purchased the tile. Well praise be to God my dad said that he would help kyle lay the tile and when we get it next week they will start.

So for the 4th of July we will be headed to Bradenton. We will be going to see my Dad's side of the family for a sort of family reunion. My brother is down and it has been nice to get to spend some time with him. Kyle and I will be driving down on the 4th after he gets off of work and staying the night there. We will return on Saturday. It looks like this will be a busy busy weekend. So I am keeping my fingers crossed and praying really hard that I do not get sick when we return or while we are gone.

I am so thankful for this little baby in my belly and am so undeserving to be given the privilege to raise a child. God has truly blessed Kyle and I and our lives are only going to get better.... yes we may be more tired... sick... grumpy... and stressful... But we are going to have all the love in the world with this child that has come from both of us. I am just praying and praying that this morning sickness and headaches will pass and we will be on our way to a happy healthy baby and mommy!!!

Well I will be posting again soon I'm sure. In about 5 weeks we will hopefully be finding out the sex. I am super excited. It seems everyone thinks this little baby in my belly is a boy except for me and my mother in law. We both think its girls. Its funny though because even though I think its a girl my dreams are still that I am having a little boy. So who really knows. I will be so happy and blessed just to have a healthy baby!!! Well enough for now I will be back!

11.2 weeks prego

Just when I thought my morning sickness had passed.... low and behold I throw up this morning. I've gotten sort of used to throwing up in the morning. Yea you feel like crap right before but after... besides being sweaty and red and hot you feel much better. So I made it into work ... yes an hour late BUT I made it. Thats all that matters right?

Well I must say a little bit about kyle right now. I really do have a wonderful hubby. He is the sweetest guy ever. Last night when he thought that I was asleep he just layed there and carressed my back. It was very sweet and I was not about to let him know I was awake because I was afraid he would stop. But it was sweet and I love him like crazy. He's been working a lot lately so I am very thankful for the special moments that we do get together.

So I've picked out my baby names that I think are going to be them for sure...

If its a girl it will be.....

Makayla Belle Fuller = meaning = Who is like God & Beautiful

If its a boy it will be....

Kaden Evan Fuller = meaning = Fighter & God is Good!

I love them both. Kyle is not sure yet about the names but they will grow on him. I've decided and as far as I'm concerned atleast for now they are final!

Well I will be back to update where there's more exciting news!!!

11 weeks pregnant

Wow!! Its been quite a while since I've updated this but I will try to do better! Life has been pretty crazy... slow but crazy. I feel like all I do at this time is sleep, eat, sleep and work. I am exhausted about 85% of the time and I just don't feel good. This past weekend on Sunday was Father's day. Unfortunatly Kyle had to work on his FIRST soon-to-be Fathers day. I missed him terribly but I got to go and spend the day with my parents. I went to church with them than to lunch than back home. After we got home its all pretty much a blur. I basically slept for 4 hours and than went to bed at 10:00.. My poor Dad atleast I was awake for the first part of the day.

So I went for my Ultrasound a few weeks ago and I got to see my little babies heart beat. It was Beautiful! My little babies heart was beating at 152 bpm. It looked like a little lima bean. Kyle couldn't make it to the Ultrasound so i brought the pictures to him after I left and he just melted. Its so different seeing your child for the first time. I think it made it a little more real for him. I sure hope it did. It certainly did for me. The doctor says that everything looks good and normal and that I am right on schedule. I'm just hoping this morning sickness passes soon!

I also had a Dr.'s appointment on June 10th. Kyle was able to make this one so that was very nice. They tried to find the heartbeat with a doppler but I wasn't quite 10 weeks when they were looking so they found it for a split second and the lady lost it. The heartbeat was soooo fast but we didn't get it long enough to know how fast it was. Everything once again looks good so far. At that point I had lost a few pounds from being sick all of the time. I'm hoping I don't gain to much weight but just enough :-).

I go to the Dr. again on July 8th. They will once again find the heartbeat and just go over some information with me. Last time I went I talked to my mid wife and decided that I want to have an all natural birth. I will basically labor in a tub of water "God Willing we get a room with a tub" and than I will try and have the baby in sort of a sitting/squatting position. I want gravity to do as much work as possible :). We will see though. Of course my family and my hubby think I am weird but whats new! :-)... Oh and about 7 weeks from now I will get another ultrasound and HOPEFULLY Fingers crossed find out the sex of our baby!!! WOO HOO! I am very excited about this!

Well on to other important news... we have another dog.... My husband convinced me that we needed another one for Kramer. So we went to the dog pound type place and picked up a 2 year old girl hound/terrier mix named Lady. She really is a sweet dog. She is too funny sometimes. The only problem is that she pooped in the house the second time we left her alone 24 hours. Of course in my prego hormonal state I was NOT very happy about this. But we all get more than one chance right? So we will have to see how this goes. I will have to add pics of her later once I get them off my camera.

Well I will hopefully post again very shortly!! :-)