Oh my aching back!!!

Wow this pregnancy has been hard! From the morning sickness, to getting colds, to getting the stomach flu, now my back! AHHHH!!!!!!! Before I got pregnant with Aiden I was a very avid runner. I ran 4-5 miles about 4-5 times a week with the jogging stroller. (It is the best all over body work out and it help me lose all the baby weight with Syd)In November of 08 I had strained a muscle in my lower back and I had to lay off of it for a few weeks. Well during that time I found out I was pregnant and my back had kinda healed but was still tender. So I decided to refrain from running just to prevent it from getting worse. When my belly started petruding in March..oh my gosh!!! It felt like there was a knife stuck back there! As time has gone on it is just getting worse. My dr thinks it is sciatica. I'm bordering bedrest right now and I'm afraid when I go in next Wednesday for my checkup that my dr. will "officially" put me on bedrest!! YIKES! With 2 other kiddos to tend to?? Yea right doc..
I am a very active person so this is making me go bananas! I despise sitting still! Maybe this will magically dissapear? I so hope so, I can't imagine what my 9th month will be like in July if I feel like this at 6mo!

Easter Weekend

We had a VERY BUSY weekend with the kiddos. Joe and I took them to a strawberry farm to pick strawberries. We had so much fun and got a ton of strawberries. Joe made homemade strawberry ice cream last night and it is soooo delish!!! YUMMY!!! Easter was great, we hung out and cooked and played with the kids. I made a ham and fresh green beans and mashed potatoes. We had a little easter egg hunt outside with them and they got MORE candy. These kids are good on candy for a long time!!!! The weather was beautiful here today and it was such a blessing to spend it with Joe and the kids.

Sydney's 4th Birthday in Houston

Here is a picture from her 4th birthday. It was on 3/30...I have just been so busy lately to update this page. She had a wonderful birthday and we celebrated again when we flew back to Tampa just the 4 of us. I can't believe my baby girl is 4!!!! Wow how time flies and Joe Mack turns 7 next month...and another lil one on the way. 3 more months to go!!! ;)

I will always cherish my memories with her...

When we got home from the cruise on March 22nd I received a call from my sister Michelle telling me that my Grandma(Nanny) had gone into respiratory failure and was on life support. I knew that she had not been doing good for months but I wasn't ready for this. The next day she started showing signs of improvement and I was even able to talk to her on the phone. I was really convinced that maybe she would be okay for a little while till I could fly home to see her. I was going to buy a ticket for mid-April and go spend a weekend with her. On the morning of March 25th my sister called me and told me she had passed at 7am that morning. I flew home the next day and attended her funeral on that Friday. I thought I had experienced hurt when my dad passed, until now. Don't get me wrong, I love my father but I was very close to my Nanny. I know it was her time and she is in peace now, but I don't think there is ever a way for one to mentally prepare themselves for loss of a loved one. She was an amazing, classy lady who passed her legacy on to her four girls(granddaughters). I will always love you Nanny, thank you for all those wonderful memories, laughs,sitting with you in the swing on the back porch,and cooking in the kitchen.

Cruise

I have been so behind on this blog. So we went on the cruise March 15th-22nd. We had a lot of fun!! The weather was pretty much perfect the whole time and I got a great tan. Joe Mack and Sydney got to swim with a dolphin in Cozumel and Joe and I got to go snorkeling in Roatan. Pretty cool to be able to tell Aiden that I went snorkeling in Honduras why I was 5 mo preggo with him!! Anyways the slideshow is at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!