STRESSED!!

Ok...so I just spent 30 minutes writing a VERY long post and it did not post and it is gone!! I am going to try again....

I know it has been a long time since I have written and I would say that I have been too busy, but if you know me at all you would know that is a lie. Oh, there are plenty of things that I need to be doing that could be keeping my busy, but instead of actually doing them I think about it and stress out. I need someone here with me that will keep me motiviated and help me get these things done. As you can see from the top of the page Justin and I have decided to name our little boy Cooper Kyle McCuistion. Justin wanted to keep the name a secret, and we did for quite awhile, but then he decided he wanted to tell.

We had our church shower last weekend and received ALOT of wonderful things. I do not have a clue where we are going to put everything. That would be one of the many reasons the title of this post is STRESSED! I have been blessed to have a very normal pregnancy so far. I have not had any major problems...knock on wood. I have 5 weeks to go until Cooper is supposed to make his big debut. I am guessing that I am going through the nesting phase...Does that even start this early?? I really don't know. Anyway, I am pretty sure this is it. If it isn't than I feel extremely sorry for my husband!!! I have been stressing out about getting the house ready for Coop. Yesterday Justin helped me clean out the extra bedroom closet so that we would have a place to keep the strollers...(yes that is plural we have two) and the other big stuff that we do not need everyday. When we finished he thought that would make me happy and a little less stressed...well it did for a moment! I then started telling him everything else that needed done...clean out the office closet, the hall closet, the cabinets in the laundry room, get the nursery finished, etc. Needless to say we got in a little argument and of course I started crying. That is something that I have down pat these days. It doesn't take much of anything to make me start crying. Justin can look at me wrong, raise his voice, call me a name (not even a bad one, just joking around) and the water works start. When I start thinking about everything that needs to be done I start to cry as well. I try to tell myself that everything will be ok, if we do not get everything done before he gets here, but then I think we won't have time after he gets here!!!! I'm telling you hormones can drive you crazy! In all actuality we have 5 weeks until he is supposed to be here, but I want to get it all done before school starts in 2 weeks, because I also have all of THAT stuff to do. I can't get in my room to start working, I can't do lesson plans because stuff I need is in my classroom, I don't have any clue who is going to sub for me, and I really don't even know how long I will be able to work.

Ok, so now that I have written all of this stuff out I am feeling stressed out AGAIN and I just want to go lay in bed and cry! Instead, I am going to get dressed, go eat lunch with my mom, and go to wal-mart! Please send ALOT of prayers up for me...and Justin. I'm not sure who is going to need them the most.

Let me tell you a little about Cooper. He is definitely getting bigger because I can feel him all over my belly. Right now he is moving and poking me in my side. His movements have gotten alot stronger now. It doesn't really hurt when he moves, but I don't enjoy it as much as I use to. Now when he moves, I usually move myself. I go to the doctor tomorrow. I am going to ask her how big she thinks he is and if he is in the head down position. I also am going to ask her what she thinks about me going back to work and how long I can go for. I'll let you know!

IT'S A BOY!!!

I went to the doctor yesterday and found out we are having a boy! I wasn't surprised. I have thought it was a boy since I found out I was pregant. It didn't take long for the ultrasound tech to figure out it was a boy. He was not hiding anything. I am going to put the pictures on here, but i'm not sure how well you can make them out. The doctor said everything looked great! I was soo glad to hear that because I have been very nervous for some reason. Anyway, the doctor also said that he had pretty long legs and that he was in the 58th percentile on his height. Right now he weighs 14 ounces. I absolutely loved the ultrasound!! It was so funny though because he was moving ALL over the place, but I couldn't feel any of it. I guess once he gets a little bigger I will feel him more. I know that I have felt him move, but it is very sparatic. I'm pretty sure that he is moving right now, but who knows!!! He probably knows that I am talking about him. I am trying to talk Justin into letting me get the 4D ultrasound, but it isn't going over very well. Hopefully I can talk him into it pretty quick because it has to be done during 28-38 weeks I believe. Well...that is all for right now, I'm gonna try to load these pictures on here for you....Yes, Megan that part is meant for you!!!!!

Norman brings bad luck, that only prayer can fix

I always knew I didn't like anything related to OU! Last Thursday and Friday Denise Brown and I went to Norman for a First GradeTeachers Conference. I was really looking forward to it. We left Wednesday night. On the way up thier I ate too many sour gummy worms and got sick. (Yes, I know that is my fault!!) I was also starting to get a little stopped up, so I went to Target and got some medicine. I was not much fun, I went straight to bed after we ate dinner at Arby's. I woke up every two hours because I could not sleep. Did I mention that our hotel was AMAZING! It was very nice. There was a nice living room and there was a door on the bedroom that you could close off the bedroom from the living room. Anyway, the living room came in quite useful for us the first night there. I noticed one of the many times that I was awake that Denise was not in her bed. She had moved to the living room. I figured that I had been either snoring or coughing. Come to find out she was up all night because she was having what we think was a gallbladder attack. On Thursday we were not feeling well and we were both tired. I ended up leaving one of the conferences to go get more medicine and when I got back I started throwing up. I guess from all the drainage. After the conferences we both went up to the room and took naps. When we woke up, well when I woke up, I of course was hungry. I was feeling a little better so I wanted to get something to eat. Denise still didn't know if she could eat anything, but we went ahead and went to a steakhouse and we both ate something. We then went to TJ Max and shopped a little then we went back to the hotel and watched TV. About 10:00 when I had gone back to sleep I get a call from my sister telling me that my Grandpa Cobler who had knee surgery on Tuesday now had a blood clot in his lungs. Of course I started bawling. They were supposed to run tests on Friday and mom was going to call me when we got the results. I carried the phone with me all day Friday, but I was still so focused on Grandpa that I wasn't paying much attention to the conference. Denise and I did leave a little early because I just wanted to get back to Tulsa to see Grandpa. When I got there we still did not have the results from the tests they did that morning. I couldn't believe it. Also, when I got thier I found out that my Grandma Owings had a pretty bad fall Friday morning was all bruised up. We never did get the results from Grandpa's tests until Saturday. He ended up having to stay in the hospital until Sunday evening. They gave him several shots of Cumidin (a blood thinner) and he has to keep taking it by mouth for 6-8 months and have tests run every 2 weeeks. Hopefully this will take care of the blood clot in his lung and the one that is in his leg that we finally found out about. I went to the doctor yesterday and found out that I have a sinus infection and that my asthma could be coming back, but the doctor thinks right now that I have walking pneumonia. So he gave me a z-pack and an inhaler that I have to use. My Grandpa Owings goes in for Knee surgery on Thursday of this week. This is is second knee surgery for him. So, what I guess I'm saying is I am thankful that everything is ok with everyone, but please keep my whole family in your prayers. Apparently, we are falling apart and WE NEED THEM!!!!

Office Visits!!

I went back to the doctor February 19th. Justin did not go with me to this appointment because it was just a check up. When I arrived at the doctor's office they told me that I had a balance of $372, but the ladies up front couldn't tell me what it was for. I had not heard anything about it. Finally they said " It was on your FE statement". Needless to say, I had never received an "FE statement" and I had no idea what it even was. They said "she" is suppose to talk to you about it today. Well...my doctor is a woman so I just assumed she was the "she" they were talking about since I hadn't heard of anything else. When Dr. Ribaudo came in she just asked how I was doing and if I had any questions. Then she started trying to find the heartbeat. She couldn't find it. She kept looking at me with a little smile and said "they are still really small at this stage and a little hard to find." Of course, I am scared to death. My heart is beating REALLY fast now and I feel like I'm going to throw up. It took about 5-7 minutes and we finally heard something, then it went away, then it came back. FINALLY the baby was still enough for us to listen to the heartbeat for awhile and she said that everything sounded very good and healthy. She was getting ready to leave and still had not mentioned anything about an FE statement. So, I asked her and she looked as if she had no idea what I was talking about. Finally, she said "oh, i'm not the she they were talking about. Didn't they tell you that you would meet with the financial advisor today?" AH HA! so that is what an FE statement is "Financial Estimate" Well...the answer to that was a no, I had not heard that. If I had a would have known then I would have made Justin go with me because I know absolutely nothing about our insurance and all that fun stuff. Anyway, I leave and go to the front and they tell me that I am suppose to meet with the financial advisor, but she is gone for the day now, so just call tomorrow and you can talk to her about it over the phone. Then they proceed to tell me that I had to pay the $372. WHAT!!!!! I refused and told them that I would pay when I knew what I was paying for. Justin called the next day and talked to the finance lady and come to find out they don't even have all of our insurance information so it is a good thing I didn't pay the $372. I now am suppose to meet with her at my next appointment on March 19th and Justin WILL be going with me!!!

On a better note, I am feeling much better than I have been pregnancy wise. I have not been as sick so I am thankful for that. Right now I am at home because I have a sinus infection and walking pneumonia. Everyone tells me I need to rest and get better so I don't need to be going to work. My thinking is....I don't want to use my sick days because I need them when the baby comes. But I guess I have to do what I have to do, so I am at home!!!

Spreading the news

So...Justin and I are expecting!!! Baby Mac is scheduled to arrive September 2nd. We found out on December 30th. I couldn't wait to tell everyone, however, if you know Justin at all you won't be surprised to know that he didn't want to tell anyone!!! I finally convinced him that we could tell our parents and nobody else. So, on New Year's Eve we went over to both of our parents house and we gave them a late Christmas gift. We gave our mothers a bib that said " I love Grandma" and a onesie that said " Hold on... I'm on my way!" We gave our dads a bib that said " New Baby, New Year!" and a onesie that said "I love Grandpa". We went to his parents house first. His mother opened the gift and just stared at me. She couldn't believe it. After the surprise sunk in Janet and Taylor were both excited! Next stop, was my parents. My mom opened her bag and said "Candice are you kidding me?" It took a little while to convince her that we were not just playing a joke on her. My dad said he was expecting us to tell them at Christmas. (If I would have known I probably would have!!) Finally, we convinced my mom that we were not joking and she screaming. I think she hugged me about 15 times. Of course we couldn't just stop at our parents....no, we decided to tell our grandparents also. So on New Years Day we went to Justin's grandparents house, and both of my grandparents house and told them. We told everyone they weren't allowed to tell anyone until I went to the doctor, which was 2 weeks away! I honestly didn't think they would all stay quiet, but they proved both of us wrong because they did! I went to the doctor January 12th and everything was confirmed. We went back January 19th and had an ultrasound! So...it is official I AM PREGNANT!!!