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Got some 'splainin to do!

My last post was in February! MY how time flies! Not that NOTHING has been going on... maybe too much has!

Business side: My website has been redesigned, and I love it! www.allindetails.com
Things have been busy, between my juggling things at PT, trying to build my business, being pregnant, taking care of Amber and Morgan traveling soo much! He's becoming quite the go-to guy for Medical Tourism, and we are all so very proud of him! He was even published in an industry magazine on a topic he pitched and wrote himself! He's been traveling all over the world, so far in the last 6 months he's been to Columbia, Costa Rica, Korea, I feel like there's been more - Mexico and Puerto Rico were supposed to happen, and then there's all the travel within the United States... We've put a travel freeze on the month of July bc that's ALL we need is for him to be out of pocket and something happen with the baby!

Family Side: Amber is turning 8 this week! We have an amazing trip to Dallas planned, she's always complaining that we go on these fun trips without her (while she's at her dad's) and that SHE wants to go to Dallas or New Orleans too! So off we go! We're staying at the Great Wolf Lodge - the biggest waterpark she's ever going to see! I told her that Wild River Country could fit in our house compared to the size of this place... and her eyes got huge! There's talks of going to Six Flags too... but I don't know if the baby and I can take walking all day in the heat like that.. At least the water park is indoors AND part of our hotel, so worst case scenario I can float around in the lazy river while She and Morgan go nuts on the slides... or go back to the room for a nap. My girl has grown up so much.... I can't believe she's already 8! (that in no way is a reflection of ME getting older, of course...)

Baby News: I've been gettting bigger and bigger and thank GOD I'm at 7 months now! Its getting really hot, and hard for me to do things. Last week the doc wanted me to come in to be monitored because something didn't seem right. I was having contractions for about 5 hours....They weren't terribly PAINFULL, but enough to disrupt activities, and averaging between 5-7 minutes apart. Sterling does NOT like things on my belly, and tends to kick them off. Literally. So he was not happy about the two monitors strapped down on my belly, and spent the entire time forcefully kicking trying to remove them. Sent home with the order to try and drink a gallon of water a day, and a few days of bedrest. Drinking a gallon of water is pretty IMPOSSIBLE when there's a super active baby making your bladder super tiny in there! And bedrest.... during the busiest season of the year? um... yeah, that hasn't happened yet... I know it NEEDS to. I go to the doctor tomorrow. I'm pretty sure he's going to tell me I have to stop working. At least for a while. Its not that I'm being a weenie, or just uncomfortable... I hit wall around 2 pm, and then its painful. Its hard for me to walk around, my legs feel like they way 100 pounds each... I feel like sleeping for a few hours, but can't... Getting off work at 5, it is a struggle to get in and out of the car to pick amber up... and the last 4 steps into the house from the garage are like climbing Everest! Amber has started making ME dinner these days... I think she's realizing just how hard it is for me to even get a glass of water!


Home news: We've been shaking things up. Amber is back in her orignal room... which was painted blue for Sterling, then his furniture came and could only fit on ONE wall.. all of it side by side.... so we had to swap her back. Now she has this cool room with modern pop of purple against the blue, with cool decals and fun accessories. Sterling is now in a brown room, but it works well with the monkeys and dots... the nursery is ALMOST completed. I just have a few final touches on the decor to do, as well as finish getting Amber completely moved out of the room (we need a closet intervention)I've made a ginormous "honey do" list of things I want to get done around the house before the baby comes... a pre-nesting plan I suppose... Would you expect less from a planner? It was actually Morgan's idea, as we were talking about how overwhelming it is that we have projects we want to do but haven't started yet... and his suggestion: "why don't you treat it like an event, and just make out a timeline like you would for a wedding. What all needs to get done, steps needed to make it happen, and then how can we accomplish it all in the amount of time we have left".... Super Idea honey! I guess he DOES understand why I am awesome at what I do... =D

TODAY: we get to take Amber to the Hospital for a Big Sister class, where we'll do the hospital tour, learn about baby care, and she gets her official "Big Sister" tshirt to wear at the hospital!

I still need to book a photo session for us, I would like to have the belly pics in time for my baby shower next month, but then again, I want BIG belly shots... and right now, I either have big belly or not so big belly - depending on where Sterling is, which changes every 45 minutes!

I've also got a photography plan to capture the anticipation, and then the first sight shots from Labor... I don't want national geographic coverage... But THIS time, I want my birth plan to be actually carried out! The family bonding time is very important to us. Amber will be the first person to meet her brother (after Morgan and I of course) and I want it all on film!


I've got photos to post, but they may just be posted as an album, I've got to go eat now... It is time!

Feburary Follies

Amber had a solo at her school play... and an entourage of 8 people to watch her! she did great! We went to the doctor the other day, and officially have the sex of the baby date scheduled.... so keep your ears perked for March 19th. It seems like forever from now... but I'm sure 6 weeks will fly by! we got to hear the heartbeat again, which was nice... i shot a video of that too, but will upload it later. Today we woke up to about 2 inches of snow... and it has been snowing nonstop ever since... they are saying at least 6 inches today, but I think due to my elevation, and the size of these flakes, we are going to get closer to 8. Morgan got stuck, and I had to go rescue him... which almost was too much for the sequoia (I KNEW i should have gotten 4wd)

January

Well well well..... I had to take a mental health day today. I have been so busy from the new year that I neglected to take any time off!

We went to the doctor earlier this month, Amber and Morgan came with me. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat, which was nice.... Amber got to see the baby, and it was moving around so much - almost look like it was dancing in there! The ultrasound moved our due date to August 5th, and the cyst has gone down considerably, so surgery does not appear to be in our future!

As far as the baby goes... I am trying not to take sides on what gender it is....whatever will be will be.... but at the same time i want to know ASAP! When looking at all of the wives tales, I keep scoring 50 percent, which doesn't help at all! The doc says the heartrate was 165, and some say that a heart rate over 140 is a girl... but then again, it IS a morgan baby, and he doesn't do anything slow..... so it could just be a Pile.... I found a gender prediction kit that boasts 80 percent accuracy, and it says boy... so again, we're 6 of one, half a dozen of the other! only 8 more weeks to go to find out!



I just got back from New Orleans last week. I went to the Special Event Show.... which was amazing, and my head is still spinning from all of the great ideas! I have a lot of new bridal clients I am meeting with over the next few weeks, and I can't wait to see how we can work in some of my newfound inspiration!

Catching up

WOW. it has been a while. I was working on a Halloween party that took all of my free time, and ended up putting me in the position of the Director of Sales and Marketing for my mentor. So now I'm back to working full time, and trying to juggle operations for Morgan, as well as planning for my company and clients...and the house, and family.... and thank goodness i said no to the PTA this year! I guess the big news (besides that part) is that we started trying to have a baby November 1st, when my maternity coverage kicked in. Luck of the draw, we were pregnant by November 15th! Morgan swears that, plus the ultrasound proves that we will have a boy. We shall see how that goes! Amber wants a girl, of course, since she already has a half brother... Morgan (and his family) want a boy, since he's the last Pile to carry out the family name. I on the other hand don't care either way. Just healthy, that is what I want. Baby peanut is wearing me out, I'm exhausted all the time. Thankfully I do not battle morning sickness, though nausea is almost constant. Doctor says I am due August 8th. We're going back in January to check on things again, as I also have a cyst the size of a baseball on my ovary. Hopefully it will take care of itself and I won't require surgery... In other news - Amber lost her first tooth. My little brother has graduated from boot camp, and will be home for Christmas, my best friend in high school just gave birth to a 9 lb 4 oz baby boy - which i of course got a video of him sleeping... sweet lil punim!

pumpkin day

Today was no school, so we planned a day of activities to keep mommy busy. And boy did we succeed!

We tried going to the pumpkin patch, and it was covered with a foot of water... and didn't include a pumpkin with admission, just some lame hayride.... and after wading through the muck to find 4 salvageable pumpkins- that is when we found out that it would be an additional 20 bucks.... (20 to get in.... um I'll go to the fair for that kind of pillaging!) I told the girls we could find bigger better pumpkins at Fresh Market, and away we went.... 3 pumpkins for 10 bucks, and they were GREAT!

All day I heard "this is a day I'll never forget".... neither of Amber's friends had ever put their hand in the slime before......

all in all, I think we did pretty well!

She's Crafty

So I've been down and out this week with a bit of flu-like symptoms that started right after we made s'mores.... (Doc said today that my flu test was negative... so no worries!)... anyways, today I spent the entire day asleep recuperating. Amber walks in the door at 330 and informs me that she REALLY wants to participate in a project assignment - a contest... to create something about the Forest. That is what they have been learning about. I asked her what she meant, and she was talking about how you take a shoe box and turn it into a scene... I said ok, when is it due? She says "Tomorrow! but I REALLY want to do it!" apparently the assignment was sent home weeks ago, which we never saw, because Amber loves to "fold" her notes to "save them" for me... instead of leaving them in her backpack... that and the fact that sometimes she goes to two other places after school... the likelyhood that Mommy actually sees the notes or assignments are slim....

So off to the store we go, and we come up with the idea of using the pictures from our trip to the Buffalo River as the backdrop, and ended up making a replica of the Ozarks, complete with a river damed by a beaver, with an otter floating lazily on its back....

After picking up her supplies, we stopped at the shoe store - since her feet have grown soo much since August's shoe trip. She's now in a size 13.5.... and we got a cute pair of tennis shoes AnD some sassy lady boots.... She was strutting around the store in her little shorts and her fringy boots.... thinking she was too cool for school.... THEN we found the perfect dress for her "sharpay" costume for Halloween.... all in all we've had Quite the productive day! Not bad for 2 days of "flu"