Florida Visit - Preggo at the beach

Can't tell too much, but my "bump" showed up last week. It is that hard in between time that people can't tell if you are pregnant or just have a bigger belly!

Heath and I left early Friday morning to head to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The weather was perfect! High's in the mid 80's and low's in the low 70's and completely sunny the entire time! We spent Friday lunch and afternoon lounging at the beach and in our hotel room. We wanted to stay on the beach so we went cheap. Wasn't anything to talk about but it did have free parking, free continental breakfast, and was across the road from the beach. I wouldn't have stayed there if I wasn't with Heath, my body guard!

We met up with Beth and her entourage for a "rehearsal dinner", even though it wasn't following a rehearsal. We went to a place called BoKampers, named after the old football player Kim Bokamper as he was the owner. We sat caddy-corner from him and watched while he did live radio programs. Pretty cool. It was a nice time visiting with everyone.

Saturday was much the same as Friday. We took a morning stroll on the beach, layed out and played in the water in the afternoon, had a burger at a tiki hut on the beach and took a rest after that in our room. We got ready and stopped at Sawgrass Mills (a huge outlet mall) to window shop before the reception.

The reception was at Tom's parents house 1/2 hour west of Ft. Lauderdale. They had a gorgeous house and land. The reception was poolside, beautifully decorated in light blue and brown. They had caterers and an open bar (which I partook in the water all evening). Her cake was beautiful, very unique (not quite sure what happened to the side), and tasty too! Beth Anne was beautiful and became extremely emotional by the end of the night. We sat at a table with Michelle (my high school friend in the red) and Julie (Beth's best friend from college).

Beth Anne and her niece, Olivia, who made the road trip from Kokomo, IN! She is 9 mo. old.

Between Friday night and Saturday night, Heath had wined and dined Tom and his brother, Ryan. They want him to come back for a guys weekend and take their boat out on the ocean to fish. Heath and Ryan just couldn't resist the urge to jump in the pool before the night was over. It's always a party with my hubby.

Ryan, caught mid-air in his initial flip into the pool (nice take Andrea!). Julie is on the right.

It was definitley a unique Easter for us as there was no church, Easter baskets or dinner. But we did enjoy the beach, the pool and our stroll along the boardwalk in Hollywood, Fl. We ate at a little restaurant along the boardwalk, watching what there was of a sunset (we were on the wrong side of Fl to see it).
The view from our table at dinner at Ocean's 11.

Night time beach shot on Hollywood Beach.

Even though we had perfect weather, scenary and lots of relaxation, we were ready to come home. The plane ride home kicked my butt - the descent got to me and I ended up having to use the barf bags. So embarrassing! The sickness stuck with me through the rest of the day...welcome back to Indiana! Rain and sickness. Oh well, we leave for Orange Beach, AL in a few more days!

The rest of our Florida pictures can be seen at: http://drebailey.shutterfly.com/

Girls Road Trip to Michigan!

Brooklynn and I went to visit Trisha in Kalamazoo, MI this weekend. It was an easy trip up 69 and over on 94. Took us 3 hours 15 minutes both ways. Brooklynn spent her car ride with her leapster, DVD player, and crayons n coloring book. I on the other hand hand both hands on the wheel because there were 20-25 MPH winds all the way there!

We met aunt T at McDonalds by her house and had a late lunch. We spent the rest of the day lounging at her pad (Momma wasn't feeling so hot that evening). Aunt T has a pet squirrel (kind of) that she feeds peanuts. Brooklynn and Charlie became acquainted.

Saturday morning we got up and around and spent a couple hours at Bounceland. Brooklynn and T had lots of fun in the bounce houses!

We headed for lunch at Billbo's pizza, T's favorite. I have to say we enjoyed it as well! After that we hit the mall and I found some curtains for our living room with Trisha's help. Now to just get them up and working! The rest of the evening was spent in front of the tube watching the final four. Since T lives in Michigan now it was all "Go State!". I was also rooting for them - got to root for the Big 10 baby!

Sunday we got up and started the trek home. We didn't stop either way - that is a lot to say for a pregnant lady and a preschooler! It was a nice and relaxing trip but it is always good to be home sweet home.

Baby Update

We went back into the doctor on Friday, March 27th for my monthly appointment. The doctor had a hard time finding a heartbeat so she did another ultrasound.



Our little peanut was moving around so much that it was hard to get a good picture and was the reason why it was hard to find a heartbeat. The baby waved at us with both hands and was twisting and turning. It is so nice to know that all is well. We decided to bypass the genetic testing. We are leaving it all up to God! Remember to keep baby Bailey in your prayers for development and health. Thank you!

If you didn't know...

If you don't know yet, we are expecting a blessing in October of this year. As many know we took our Europe vacation in September so that we could start trying for another one come '09. Even though we were ready to start trying, this one came as a surprise! God definitley had his hand in this one! Heath was out of town for the week when "the trying" time was supposed to happen, so we were going to give it a go in Feburary. Well, aunt flo didn't end up visiting in January, so we took the test and found out late January that Aunt flo wasn't not only coming for Januray, but for most of the year as well! Whoo, hoo!



However a trip to the doctor on Wednesday, Feburary 11th didn't quite turn out how we planned. During the ultrasound the doctor said there was only a gestational sac and no yolk nor fetal pole which should have been developed by then. We had to wait a long two weeks to come back for another ultrasound. Either I wasn't as far along as I "should" have been or the pregnancy didn't develop correctly. In the meantime I started having major nausea and also developed bronchitis. Needless to say it was an extremely hard two weeks both phsycially and emotionally.



We went back on Monday, Feburary 23rd to see what was happening. Praise be to God that everything was okay and we even saw the heartbeat. Obviously God planned for us to have this baby in October because we really aren't sure when conception was or why and how "off" I am on the baby development. The doctor gave us a due date of Oct. 14th from measuring the fetus. Although she did tell me that she wants me to have another C-section (booo) so I'm sure we will be bringing home a baby in early October.



As for me....my bronchitis is gone (no inhalors for preggo people!!!) but the nausea and getting sick still prevail. Some days are better than others but I don't wish this on anyone!!! I never went through anything like this with Brooklynn. Her pregnancy was a piece of cake (the ulcerative colitis was another issue). With this pregnancy you can go down the checklist of symptoms of early pregnancy and I have ALL of them!!! I knew that #2 was going to be a stinker!!!! It has shown itself already! I'm guessing it is a boy for those reasons alone!

Speaking of Jacob...

Since I wasn't in the habit of updating the blog back in August, I wanted to add Jacob's birth pictures as there are some good ones! Robin was induced on Friday, August 15th and it didn't take long for Jacob to enter this world that afternoon! He had lots of hair and made lots of noise to let us know he was there for quite some time. We were able to go back and see him just minutes after his arrival (sneaking Brooklynn back as a sibling) and then again on Saturday before we made our trek back north. He is a special baby as he had the whole "Bailey" family there welcoming him!

Heath and his brother, new daddy Grant, sharing a moment

Brooklynn has enjoyed being an older cousin...both to boys! We caught Jacob wide-eyed with his cousin.

This is the one and only picture of all four grand kids together! 'Bout time there was a boy!

What a precious pose with Grandma - Jacob looks like a porcelain doll!

And you can't not have one of momma and baby! We caught them bonding in bed.

I couldn't resist adding this picture as I think it is such a good one! We always look nice wearing our blues.

Mississippi Trip

We finished up the month of Feburary by taking a long weekend trip down to Mississippi to visit Heath's family and best friend. We planned just right as Lanna had her 10th birthday party at Chuck-E-Cheese while we were down there. It was warm when we arrived but turned south (no pun intended!) and they were actually hit with snow! I guess this is a rare thing that only happens once in several years. The further north we drove home, the deeper the snow got. You would think it was no problem for us northerners, however they don't have much to clear their roads!!! It took us an hour or two extra to drive home that Sunday.... as if the 8 hour drive isn't long enough!

The birthday girl, Lanna, with her proud daddy, Grant!

Brooklynn LOVES to visit MS. She has her cousin Kelsey Brooke to play with and they are connected at the hip. She also has cousins Lanna, Deklan, and baby Jacob to spend time with as well. And if she isn't spending time with them, she is more than likely with Greg's daughters, Lydia and Elise, who are just one year above and below her age. As you can imagine it didn't take Brooklynn but a few minutes on the way home to conk out because of all the play time she did while visiting.

Brooklynn and Kelsey:

Heath also had his play time as well! He and Greg stayed up late playing the guitar and singing to their hearts delight...well that is until they woke me up at 1 in the morning (2am Eastern time) and were forced to stop or be reckoned with. So they turned to their favorite movie, Tropic Thunder, until they couldn't keep their lids open any more.

Heath tried to make up for lost time with his nephew Jacob.

He looks so much older than he really is! Only 6 months old.

Reid's 4th Birthday Party

The month of Feburary was pretty slow. Brooklynn did attend one of her good guy friend's (from church) Birthday Party. The party started out at Snapperz, which was Brooklynn's first time visiting there and we will surely be back! Brooklynn got to do the bungee trampoline as well as playing in the huge playland and the jumpy-jumps. Then it continued at the Schrocks home when the kids painted masterpieces and had a healthy dinner topped off with ice cream cake. YUMMMY! I'm glad the parents were invited too! Reid is the biggest, but yet the youngest of the "group" of 4 year olds at church. We get together often with this group to play and for us women to socialize. They are an amazing bunch of women and I am blessed to have them in my life!