Mother's Day Weekend and A Baby Shower

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I know my family did. My parents came into town on Friday for the weekend and so that is always a pleasure! My family had a very busy weekend planned. We had lots of things on our agenda for the weekend! Saturday morning we had planned for all the girls to go to Pepper Place downtown Birmingham, which is a farmer's market and they have arts and crafts. It is a really fun thing to do on Saturday mornings! They have so many locally grown and made foods! YUM! My dad and Justin would be playing in the Pi Kapp Alumni Golf Tournament at Timberline. Yes, we know Justin is not a Pi Kapp but my father was at Troy and the person in charge of the tournament was our great friend Brad Calametti and had asked Justin to play on the same team as my Dad. Then Saturday around lunch time I planned on eating lunch with my two dear friends Mary Calametti and Niki Hayden in Alabaster. Then Saturday night Justin's boss Matthew Lemak and his wife Kathryn hosted a baby shower for us. Then Sunday was of course Mother's Day and the twins had there baby dedication at there church! So as you can see our family had lots to do this weekend! Luckily we got to do everything we had planned and had so much fun at all of our functions!

The baby shower was a success and we are so thankful for the Lemaks for doing this for us. It was so nice and such a fun shower. Mary-Ross racked up once again and got so many nice things! We got a lot of the things we still needed. So it is safe to say Mary-Ross officially has everything she will need for her first few months of life! :) So now all we really need is for her to get here so we can start using all of this stuff! Haha. Thank you to all our friends who were able to come out to the shower! We so appreciate it!

Mother's Day has been wonderful as well and we were so thankful to be able to spend time with out family and celebrate with all the mothers in our family. Sadly we did not get to spend today with Vicki, Justin's mother because they were off at the Kentucky Derby for the weekend! We missed you and Wayne so much! But, we love you so much and appreciate everything you have done for us! I was not only able to spend today with my mother but I was able to spend it with my Meme as well. So I was so happy everyone was able to come over to our house for lunch today. The twins baby dedication went well and they were precious!

So as you can see our weekend was great! The only thing that could have made this weekend better was if I had not been so severely tired! Unfortunately the miserable days of late pregnancy have set in and I have truly not slept well since last Wednesday night when I awoke at 2:30 and never made it back to sleep! I have not had more than 2 hours of sleep each night since and for some reason still waking up at 5:30 all bright eyed and busy tailed! But today my body and eyes are officially on the verge of severe sleep deprivation! So I have been fighting a nap all day today with the hopes of being so exhausted by night time that I am just going to fall out asleep and sleep until time to get up to get ready for my Doctor's appointment in the morning. So we will see! Not only am I tired but I have officially started to swell! I have been very lucky so far and have not had swollen hands or feet but that went out the window on Saturday and my hands and feet have decided to stay that way! I am taking it as a good sign that my body is preparing for labor! Maybe?!?! Who knows but that's what I am telling myself, OK? :) So this is my last week of work before maternity leave so I am hoping with a full week of work ahead that maybe it will help me go into labor! I know this is what everyone always hopes but this is all I can do in this waiting game they make you do! I would rather be Positive Peggy than Negative Nancy! But, I will say that I do hope she does NOT decide to make her appearance this Friday since it is going to be FRIDAY THE 13TH! AHHHH! I don't want any bad luck/ omens! :)

So stay tuned people for a Doctor update tomorrow! Everyone pray for something to be going on down there! Hehe.

Until next time folks.....

35 weeks & 1 day...

I had my 34 week appointment on Monday the 18th and everything was well! We did not not get many updates since they really did not do anything besides listen to the heartbeat which is always a joy/ relief to hear. We really just talked about my next appointment coming up and what all they will be doing at it. My next appointment is May 2 and that starts me going every week until the big day! I am hoping that when she does the exam on May 2 that maybe I will be showing signs of going into labor. A girl can dream, right? This week has been pretty hard on me. I really have had a great pregnancy besides the sickness and such in the beginning. But, this week I can truly say I was 100% miserable everyday! Anyone who knows me knows I am always cheerful and very rarely not in a good mood. But almost everyday last week I really was being a grouch and did not really feel like talking to anyone, which is also very unlike me. Needless to say I was welcoming the weekend with open arms times twenty! I have been in a much better mood this weekend thank goodness. I am hoping I am not so miserable this week because it makes me so sad and frustrated when I am not cheerful! Luckily I got a lot done this weekend and so it made me feel much better about going into this week. Everything that needed to be washed is done, for now at least! Everything is hung in the nursery with the exception of the shelves, which will be done after next weekend. All of Mary-Ross's clothes are hung that needed to be hung besides a small stack because I ran out of hangers for the third time now! This is no lie by the way! Good thing the closet in the nursery is extremely large so I am able to hang up everything that needs to be hung! That's all the at-home/pregnancy updates for now!


I wanted to say a BIG thanks to all of our wonderful friends who helped host our Troy baby shower. It was a great turn out and so much fun! My generous in-laws allowed us to use there home for the shower and also helped out so much! We are so thankful to be surrounded with such great people. Here are a few of my favorite photos from the shower.

This group of girls were my best friends while I was at Troy and are still my best friends now. I love them so much!

This is us with all of the hosts/hostesses of the baby shower!

Mom, me, & Vicki (mother-in-law)

Justin & I


A little update on Justin and the CPA Exam. He still has not heard back from the last part he took but hopefully we will hear something within the next few weeks. He is studying for the next part right now and is planning on taking it sometime before Mary-Ross gets here. He will probably schedule it after our next Doctor's visit once we get a little more insight on the time frame of her arrival.


We got back our maternity pictures from our session with Catherine Mayo and she did a wonderful job, just like I knew she would. I first meet Catherine through the Sawyer family who I nanny for. They use her for all of there family pictures and birthday parties! She always did a wonderful job. Then her son was in Will Sawyer's mother's day out class so we got to know each other a little better seeing each other all the time. She also took Jason & Emily Fill's maternity pictures and little Hudson's newborn pictures and did a wonderful job. So I knew she was just what I wanted when I decided to book my maternity pictures. Here are my favorites!

This is everything for now but I know I will have more updates soon! Justin is going out of town for the weekend on a Bachelor party so I will have a lot of blogging time on my hands! Till next time...

Updates and such....

I have been slacking on the blog updates! I have lots of new updates!

Let's go back to my last Doctor's appointment. I have had to go to the Doctor twice since my last Doctor update. I went to my regularly schedule appointment but I also had to go a few days earlier as well. I started having some lower back pain on my left side one Thursday while working and after it continued to get worse and worse I decided it was time to call the Doctor. I have luckily not had any back problems before so it scared me a little bit since that could be a labor sign. So they had me come in that next day to check everything out. I love my Doctor's office so much because they always make me feel so much better about all my concerns! Everything checked out at my appointment and they just told me it was just pregnancy back pain! It took a little while but it has finally gone away and I hope it does not decide to return!

I then had my regularly scheduled Doctor's appointment that following Monday. They just did all the routine stuff and I had to see a new Doctor because it was my last chance to see one more Doctor at my practice. She was very nice and I am so glad I had a chance to meet a good many different Doctor's just in case for some reason my Doctor could not be there when I deliver or if I go into labor on one of my Doctor's off days! I am scheduled to go back for my 2 week check-up next Monday, April 18. I hope we start talking about the delivery details and such. I just want to get a plan in place. I already have everything ready to go in my hospital bag besides my toiletries. I have the same dream every pregnant woman has, the dream of my baby coming a week early! :)

The next update we have for the Rolling's is that Justin passed his first part of the CPA Exam! YAY Justin! So proud of my hubby and all of his hard work! He took the second part last week so we are back to waiting again to see how he does. He said he feels very confident that he did very well on this test so let's hope he gets another PASS! Congrats again to you Justin! Love you!

Justin's brother, Hunter and his wife, Emily found out they are expecting a little girl! We are so happy for them and I think our 2 girls will enjoy having someone to play with at our family gatherings! Justin's parents are so excited they are getting 2 little girls to spoil! Exciting time ahead for the Rolling clan!

I know I told everyone already but Justin and I joined our church Riverchase United Methodist yesterday and Justin was baptized. I re-committed my faith to the lord so they blessed me as well. We are so glad to join the Riverchase family and can not wait to get to know more people that attend our church as well. Justin's parents, my grandparents, and my sister, brother-in-law, and the girls all came to support us. My parents could not make it since they are coming into town next weekend for a baby shower for Justin and I in Luverne. So we missed them but understood! We then all went out to the country club for a nice family meal. So happy we make this special decision! Can not wait for Mary-Ross to get here so she can be blessed as well!

Yesterday afternoon we took our maternity pictures at Overton Park in Homewood with Catherine Mayo. Can not wait to see them. Justin was a little upset that we were scheduled to take our pictures at 6:00 pm, right when the Master's were finishing up but he acted like a big boy and got over it! Hehe. Thanks babe!

I washed more of Mary-Ross's clothes, blankets, etc. this weekend! That child has one million articles of clothing but oh well! Justin said we will have to change her every few minutes for her to ever wear it all. Hahaha. A girl needs options doesn't she? The nursery is basically finished! Lynlee finished the bookcase and is so graciously delivering it to us on Wednesday night! Can not wait to see it! We got the shelves in as well and so all we have to do is hang them and 2 prints and I am still waiting on a frame I had made but it should be shipping out soon! Can not wait for it to be 100% done! On Saturday I had a lot of errands to run! I used some of our gift cards we have gotten to get more baby supplies! Also, I had to exchange some things and got a lot of stuff. We are almost prepared for little girl but we still have some things to get.

This weekend we will be heading to Luverne for our baby shower given by all of our dearest friends. So excited to see everyone and have basically the last weekend to visit with all of our good friends. This will be my last weekend to travel anywhere. I will be home bound for here on out!

These are all of our updates we have for now! I will post maternity pictures when we get them back! Hope everyone has a great!

A Weekend in Wetumpka....

This weekend my sister, the girls and I all loaded up and head to our hometown, Wetumpka, Alabama. My parents came for the weekend as well and so we had a house full at my grandparents house. We had 6 adults, 3 children, and 3 dogs! Can you say circus? It was a great weekend filled with lots of laughter and great memories were made. We went to Wetumpka for the whole weekend because I had a baby shower on Saturday and then my sister and Jeff were guest speakers at our old church First Baptist of Wetumpka on Sunday. We planned a whole family get together for Sunday after church and so my mom's whole side of the family joined us for church on Sunday and then we all headed back to my grandparents house for lunch and some family bonding time.

The weekend was a success! Friday night we all just hung out around the house since we had two exciting days ahead of us! Saturday was so much fun! I had my Wetumpka baby shower at 10:30 and it was just wonderful. All the hosts did a wonderful job and we had a great turn out. Mary-Ross got so many things and we are so thankful to have so many gracious people in our life. We had a whole car full of gifts just for our angel on the way home today! I loved getting to see and spend time with my Wetumpka friends who I do not get to see very often. They are all so special to me and I can not wait for Mary-Ross to get to meet them all. They have always been my best friends and very good to my whole family. I feel so lucky to come from a small town with so many close friends who have known you your whole life. I think it is something very special to come from a small town like Wetumpka. So many people I know do not have that experience and it makes me so sad for them. All of my friends from my childhood are  my life long friends who no matter how long we go without seeing each other it is always as if we just pick up from where we left off last and go from there. I would like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who came on Saturday and to the fantastic hosts for making this shower possible! Thanks friends! :)

While I was in Wetumpka Justin stayed behind in Birmingham and played in a golf tournament at our country club. He was very lucky this weekend! Friday night he won a raffle and won a 3D Samsung T.V., 2 pairs of 3D glasses, and a 3D Blue-ray DVD player! WHOA BABY! Then on Saturday he won another raffle and won a brand new set of Calloway Razor Irons! Talk about one lucky guy! He called and said he needed to buy a lotto ticket as well since he was on a winning streak! Hahaha. Just thought I'd share that little bit of exciting news!

On Sunday, my sister and Jeff spoke at First Baptist of Wetumpka and did a great job. I am so proud of them. They really did an inspiring speech about all the struggles they went through last year with the twins. I think it is so special that First Baptist thought of them when they were planning a special Sunday program they do once a year called The Sanctity of Life. They showed a very inspiring video called 99 Ballons that was heart-breaking but so moving. It really did make you stop and think and realize just how lucky we all are. Then they had my sister and Jeff come up and tell there story. Then after they were done sharing there story they brought all the babies up to show them off to the congregation who prayed and prayed for them and who continue to pray for them. I know they all were so glad to be able to finally put a face to the names they have heard over and over again from my grandparents and other close friends of the family. It was such a proud and special moment for our family.

Another weekend has come and gone but it was a great weekend! We have to rest up this week because we have another big weekend ahead of us!

Until next time....

Birmingham Baby Shower

Last night we kicked off Spring with our first baby shower. It was so cute and so much fun. We have some wonderful friends and family members and we are so very thankful for them all. This shower was given by my sister and her husband, Amy and Scooter, Lynlee and Grant, Jennifer and Matt, Trent and Alyssa, and Molly. All of those people are dear friends of mine and we could never express to them how much we appreciated them doing this for us and Mary-Ross! They had all of my favorite foods! I was stuffed to the brim after eating all of it last night! :) A walk today is going to be necessary! We got some wonderful gifts and much needed items! They did a really cute idea that I LOVE! In the invitation they included a bookplate and instructed the guests to buy a book instead of a card and enclose the bookplate in the book and write who it is from so that way Mary-Ross will know who gave her each book! It is so cute and very special I think! I can just imagine when Mary-Ross is old enough to understand those things and we can go through all her wonderful books to see who gave them to her. She got baby books all the way to some timeless books. I can not wait to be able to read them to her! I just wanted to share just how blessed we are and we could never show just how thankful we are for these special people in our lives! Thanks again to the hosts and people who came last night! We love you!

Left to Right: Emily Fill, Amy Crutcher, Me, Niki Hayden, & Alyssa Cox

                            
All of the hosts & friends who came to the shower minus a few people


Until next time.....