The Ultimate Rock Band 4th of July!

Yesterday for the 4th we decided to stay home and have a Rock Band party. We had our friends Jeff and Justyn over on drums and guitar and Nate came to be the vocalist for the event! Ren and I switched off on the other guitar! So Ren set up his projector out in our backyard with one of our white bed sheets as the screen and we had a serious jam session! It was funny cause our neighbors on all sides of us were watching us... so the pressure us on! We didnt plan on watching fireworks last night, but it turns out we could see the perfect from our patio! I even sat in our living room and watched them from our couch out the window for a little bit! Kinda fun! The band called it quits around 10:30, the bugs were kinda eating us alive... but totally worth it! I think next weekend will be an outdoor movie night!

Puppy Pictures

Falcors eyes finally opened on Tuesday! They look so creepy... did you know dogs have 2 eyelids? Good thing I have friends that know things about dogs to educate me! So he is one big fat ball of fur! He is sooo much bigger now, just two weeks after he was born. I think something changes on him every 12 hours. He definitely is getting fatter by the day. As much as Ren will deny it, he is totally attached to this puppy! I think that will last only until he starts walking around and stuff! We'll see...

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

So for my birthday last Thursday, Ren threw me a cool surprise party! We went out to dinner and then when we got home there was a big Happy Birthday sign and tons of people in the garage waiting... it was totally fun! So Sunday (on Fathers Day) I went to Dad's house to celebrate Father's Day and he gave me a wicked cool birthday surprise! He works at Carvin, so he is building me my own guitar!!! The pictures of the paint job dont do the thing justice! Its so amazing, I cant believe it! Totally fun! I've always wanted to learn to play, and I tried teaching myself online a while ago, but now I have an actual reason to learn and Im way excited! Gavin is going to be rockin to some sweet nursery rhymes!!! Cool Huh!

My Monthly Photo!

So I hit my 24 week mark on Monday! This baby is moving a lot more now, I can feel him all the time! Last night he kicked me in the bladder when I was dead asleep and I had to check the bed cause I thought I peed! Its so fun to be sitting at work and just see my stomach move! (and its only the beginning... I know) So in total I have gained 10 pounds, I think mostly in my boobs. I have been sleeping okay, only on my sides and he moves a lot a night while I sleep. The Doctor says I'm carrying really low in my pelvis so that is why my back hurts all the time! Geez... I cant wait till I'm really HUGE! Its getting closer!!!!!

SURPRISE!!!

Surprise to everyone... Marcie IS pregnant... or was at least. Ren and I took her to the vet yesterday cause she was acting sick, vomiting with diarrhea, no appetite, and panting really bad. I thought she had mastitis or an infection in her uterus, but when the vet came in he told us she was starting to go into labor... and we were kinda shocked.

So around 12:15 in the morning I heard her start getting uncomfortable and cry. Ren wanted me to sleep so he went out in the living room with her and got me up at 4:00 am cause she was about and hour and a half into her labor and the puppy was stuck. They say you need to get the puppies out within the hour after labor starts cause they are in that sack of fluid and they will suffocate. So I went out and was trying to pull the babies out... and Ren was trying and he was totally stuck. We kinda thought he was dead, and I thought even though the body was stuck lets cut the sack of fluid so maybe we can get our fingers in there. So Ren cut the sack and drained the fluid and the puppy started breathing! So Then I thought the puppies ribs were stuck in her pelvis so I stuck my fingers up there to see how much room there was and when I pulled them out, the pappy came too. So it had been about an hour and forty five or two hours since she started labor and we had a healthy puppy and Marcie is doing well too! The puppy is soooo tiny, and she is such a good mommy. He is white with chocolate spots!!! Im glad two spots didnt make a solid! He is really dang cute. Ren went back to bed finally at about 5:15 (after we both showered) and I stayed up and went to work. So yeah... we have a puppy we werent really expecting... but we are happy!

Who do you think he looks like!?!

Doesn't he have a cute button nose! It looks kinda like he might have a dimple chin, but I cant tell if it's a shadow or not. The doctor said he looks really good! He was moving around a lot
during the ultrasound...show off. Every visit the doctor gives me a few face and body pictures and Ren a wiener picture and says "for the proud father to be!" Ren wants to keep it in his wallet... he is so proud! I have been feeling pretty good, still going to the gym as much as possible... but doing the elliptical sure makes me have to pee! Im to the point were sleeping on my side is pretty much the only comfortable position to be in. AND... oh my gosh... I have been getting the worst butt cheek cramps and calf and arch cramps! But the butt cheek cramp is a tough one to stretch out in the middle of the night. Ren and I saw my stomach move for the first time too, which was bizarre. Totally cool though. So Monday is my 6 month mark so I will post a new picture of my Buddha belly then.

Coming along...

We had a very productive day yesterday... our room upstairs is mostly put together and lookin good! We cleaned up the whole upstairs and moved the crib up to the baby room and just arranged all the stuff in there. We also finished our registry at Babies R Us and Target, which Ren just went crazy with the clicker. He sure loves that job! I seriously under estimated the size of Babies R Us... its ginormous! We had a busy baby day yesterday... a little baby stuff overloaded.