HALLOWEEN!!!!!

here are some pix of our house decorated and tony dressed up. i wanted to get pix of jen's kids in their customes but mack and lily fell asleep. mack was batman. masen was the red power ranger and lily was a chicken. they were all so adorable. jen promised she would get them in their costumes again tomorrow then i can take a pix and and when i get them i will share them. trick-or-treating was fun. mack got cold and tired before long so we weren't gone for too long. tony handed out alot of candy though.

we decorated these last minute but did a fairly good job we think considering!!


isn't he cute?!?!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

yesterday we watched football with jen and chris, new york giants against red skins. in between halfs, jen said to me lets go hunting. so i did. it was my first time hunting. we didn't care if we mised the second half of the game cause giants were kicking butt anyways. we didn't see any deer in the woods but we heard them. she had already shot a do so she was looking for a buck. it was quite exciting. i can't wait until i go again and i can't wait until i get to shot at something myself. we were out for 2 hours and boy do you ever have to be quiet and sit still. no one thought i could be quiet for that long, well i showed them. hen we got back, chris said giants won 34-0 . awesome. i am pumped about tonight. i think we re going to start trick-or-treting about 4:30. tony is going to decorate the porch more and carve pumpkins while i am at school. on sat i did some decorating but also left some for him cause i knew he want some stuff done a certain way. he should have fun. well gotta go. tata

funny story.....

wanna hear a funny yet twisted story.....yesterday morning i got morning sickness for the first time. when i talked to tony for the first time yesterday i told him about it and he was happy and laughed. i think his exact words were, "that's fantastic." he said the more i am sick because of this pregnancy the less they can junior man him at work cause he can tell them he has to be at home with his sick pregnant wife. anything i can do to help, i guess!! we laughed and it's funny now. just thought i would share. if you don't find it as funny as we did, you must have had to been there!! tata

just around the corner.......

well, halloween is just around the corner. i must be the only one excited. i may even by more excited than the little kids who will get all dressed up and go trick-or-treating. i've always been a big fan of halloween. i am going with jen to take her three kids out and she doesn't know it yet but i am going to be dressed up as a pilot. i am going to wear tony's captain hat and his jacket. i know it will make her laugh and probably call me goofy names...but that's what is so fun!! tony is coming home tonight and then he'll have six days off. i hope i'll have enough to do today waiting for him to get home, which will probably be around midnight. i need to do some homework for my parenting skills class, which by-the-way is very useful now that we are preparing to be parents, i could clean the house but i feel like that would be too much work. we'll see how i feel later about accomplishing that. we have my first pregnancy doctors appointment on the 3rd, so we are both pretty excited about that also. besides that, nothing really more going on here. not to delay any further, i will start my homework now. tata

pix

i just found out to post pix on my blog site so i thought i would share a few. enjoy!!

Guess What.....

i don't have much time to write this morning. i had to be up so early and i was so tired that i hit snooze on my alarm clock and now i don't have much time to get ready. but why did i have to be up so early?!?! i get to go to the OR today and guess what i get to see....a ceasarian section! YEAH!! i am so excited. how neat is that that i get to see a c-section. i think also on the OR schedule are 2 colonscopys, some type of tubual whether it be a hysterectomy or a ligation i dont know and then there's always the pain clinic. besides that, i get to spend the next 3 nights studying for the nursing test on fri. how fun is that!! so i am not late to the OR this morning, i better finish getting ready. tata

is he or isn't he.....

the question of the hour...is tony going to make it home tonight?!?! if he does, it will be super late when he gets here, like 2am or something like that. the reason he may not be home tonight is because he was delayed out of philadelphia and had to do a round trip. he's already on his way back to philly, but will he get there before the last flight leaves for syracuse?!?! and the even bigger question.....if he does land in time to make the last flight home, will he be juniormanned before he is already on his way home?!?! we'll just have to wait and see. oh, the suspense!! if he does land too late to catch the last flight, he can catch the first flight out in the morning at 8 something and be home before i get home from school, around noon maybe. but if he is juniormanned who knows where they will ask him to fly to and what time his trip will be done tomorrow?!?! so he could be home anytime tomorrow. according to flight tracker, he should land around 10:12pm but they can be wrong sometimes. i was going to try to stay up until he gets home tonight (if he does) but i am already tired so i decided to only wait up until i find out if he is on that flight home tonight. that should be no later than 10:40 . i would find out a whole lot sooner if he is juniormanned. i was studying trying to wait up but i am so tired my eyes started to hurt and i was almost falling asleep so that's why i am now on the computer writing this...hoping it will help to keep me awake. well, it's now 10:12 and flight tracker is saying they will land at 10:13. this could go on for hours. so thanx for the help trying to stay awake. i'll update you in the morning to let you know how it ends. i'd hate for you to be left hanging!! :) tata

i showed them.....

i never did get my second tetanus shot yesterday. oh, i am so disappointed...NOT!!! they didn't do it to be on the safe side with me being pregnant. so i guess i'll have to wait another 7 and a half months to get it. today, i am going to watch mack bowl again with his league. every saturday he bowls and i am going cause carol has all the kids and needs help to watch them while mack is bowling. then after that, i need to do some homework and study. i was planning on cleaning the house this weekend but the cable box quit working on thurs so i figured since i couldn't watch some of my favorite tv shows (king of queens or yes, dear) i cleaned then instead. i think it worked out better this way. only one more sleep until tony is home. YEAH!!! then he has to leave 3 days later but once that trip is done, he is home for 6 days and for halloween. on halloween, he is staying home to hand out candy while me and carol take the kids trick-or-treating. mack is going to be a dinosaur or a dragon i think. masen is the red power ranger and lily is a chicken. they are so cute all dressed up. well i best be going so i am ready for when carol gets here in 20 mins. tata

"I'M SICK" (whiny voice).....

i'm sick and pregnant...not a good combo, apparently!! and i'm not sick because i am pregnant, i'm sick with a stuffy nose, sore throat and a cough. plus, as gross as it may be, i have a ton of mucus blocking my airway that makes it difficult to breath and that's what is hurting my throat and that's why i am coughing...to bring it up. sorry for sharing the goury(sp?) details. last night, i was in bed by 8:30pm. for some of you reading this, your time that was either 5:30 or 6:30pm. now that's early. besides that, shopping yesterday was fun. i never did spoil myself. all i got was some very comfy slippers, boxer briefs for tony, myself a bra, double-sided tape, prenatal vitamins, a shadow box (yesterday i called it a space box and i was wrong so i am sorry), tony's pens and i think that's about it. nothing to exciting. since we were at walmart, i did look at baby stuff though. cribs, playpens, swings, strollers, car seats, basinetts... they have some cute things. but when we buy that kind of stuff, tony is going to be with me. after school today, i have to get my second shot of tetanus cause i forgot to wake up early and go get it mon morning. oops (hehe)! i don't think it would be good if i forgot twice in a row so i wrote it on my hand to remind me. the baby must be stealing all my brain juice because lately i can't seem to remember anything!! :) that's the last thing i wanna get right now with the way i am feeling. well, i guess i have run out of things to write again so i'll be going now. tata

SHOPPING.....

well, i'm off for a fun filled day of shopping. i am going to spoil myself!! :) well, not really. all i need to buy is slippers, a space box, certain pens for tony for flying, double sided tape...all really small stuff. but that doesn't mean that's all i buy!! and of course, lunch! i'm going to watertown with a friend from school so i am sure there are places she will want to go so she can get some stuff too. it's so hard for people to get to watertown anymore thanx to gas prices. it's funny, this morning even though it's my day off and i didn't get to sleep in and actually got up a little earlier even if i did have to go to school, it wasn't so hard. funny how that works!! wanna know what else is funny...how i have nothing else to say. notice how all my latest blogs are really short. i'm running out of stuff to write. oh well, somethings better than nothing. i better finish getting ready anyways. tata

what to say?!?!

well, i have been 24 years old for two days now and i feel no different. figures!! :) one of my cousins is getting married in only 5 more days. i haven't spoken to her recently to see how she' doing but when i did speak to her about a month ago she was wicked excited so i can imagine how she's feeling now that it is less than a week away. i am so happy for her and kinda disappointed we won't be there. on another note, tony leaves tomorrow morning and is gone until sun. that's right....a whole five days he is working. what will i do with myself?!?! i want to go to watertown on thurs i think to do some shopping but other than that i'll be doing homework and probably visit with his family. nothing more interesting going on in my life to post about so i guess just like yestedays blog, this one will be a short one also. tata

yesterday.....

yesterday was fun....even though the football team we were cheering for lost (New York Giants). but not by much plus it was in overtime they lost. carol made roast for dinner, potatoes, squash, beans and we also had bread. dessert was delicious of course and if anyone would like a piece of ice cream cake there's some left over!! :) i got a whole lot more of useful presents. she got me more diapers and wipes, baking pans for cakes and bread, onesies, and a recipe book and holder...since i'll have to start to learn how to cook now that i'll be a mum soon. it was a very good birthday. believe-it-or-not, that's all i have to say for now. hope everyone has a good day. tata

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.....

*Happy Birthday To Me, Happy Birthday To Me, Happy Birthday Dear Michelle, Happy Birthday To Me!!!*
i'm now 24 years old...i am getting so old! :)
last night we went out with jen and chris for dinner and also went to go see the movie, "flightplan." it was so good. it had an awesome ending, something you would ever expect. we were all kinda disappointed in dinner though. and today, we are going to his sisters house to watch football from 1 to 4 then dinner at his mum's at 5pm. we'll have cake and open presents. jen already gave me my gifts last night. they got me books-what to expect when you're expecting and what to expect in the first year. also a bag of newborn diapers and wipes and tons of candy that i like-skittles, sour patch kids and licorice. tony got me a flat screen monitor for the computer. he actually tricked me fri night by telling me he couldn't get home on the last flight and that he was junior manned. he did get into syracuse fri night like planned but since my gift was in syr he didn't want to drive home to go back again. so he slept in the jeep in the airport parking lot and waited for the store to open sat morning. then his mum called me at 11am or so to ask if i wanted to got to canton to go look at borders for the baby room. it was all part of the plan. tony wanted me out of the house so he coud set up my gift. so when i got home and found out it was all a trick i felt very naive and gullible. but oh well, it was a very nice surprise. my cake, like always, is from dairy queen and is an ice cream cake. it was carol's idea to decorate it the way it is. she got put on there-Happy Birthday Mummy-To-Be and around the edges are blue and pink flowers, for a boy or a girl.
well, birthday breakfast is ready so i must go eat now. tata

TOMORROW......

TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY!! :) tony was after all delayed last night flying so he didn't get home. he'll be home today around 1:30-2pm. obviously that changes our plans a bit with his sis and bro-in-law so i don't quite know yet what we are all supposed to be doing together to celebrate. if we don't have dinner with his family tomorrow, i wanna go to a restaurant where i can get chicken cordon blue (sp?) and double stuffed potatoes. i have been craving those two things for awhile but decided to save them for a special occassion. also as a tradition, i will get ice cream cake from probably dairy queen. i only eat it once a year and that's always all my birthday....i love ice cream cake and i don't get it more often cause tony doesn't like it that much. i can't wait until i get to open my presents! i wonder what everyone got me?!?! :) well before he gets home and we go out with his family, i have homework to do. tata

Wish Me Luck.....

this morning i am enjoying a cup of hot chocolate instead of my usual cup of french vanilla flavored coffee. now that i am pregnant i am trying to reduce my intake of caffeine. it's not quite as good but it will do and it's also a good idea i think. well just before the weekend of my birthday i have another nursing test...so wish me luck. then after my birthday weekend, on mon morning before school i have my second dose of tetanus. what a way to start and end my birthday. you think all the faculty at school and the health center got together and did that on purpose?!?! :) tonight tony will be home as long as he isn't delayed like he has been for the past two days and probably again today once his day starts due to crummy weather. so i guess what i am saying is it's possible he won't be home until tomorrow. after school today, i am going to.....sleep!!! i am wicked tired everyday and need to nap and haven't had a chance these past two days due to studying and it doesn't help that i am up early almost everyday, even my days off. already signs of pregnancy are showing but so far they are only polyuria, fatigue and nausea. that's right no vomiting yet. well it's getting about that time that i must say good bye for now and talk with you more later. tata

ONLY 4 MORE DAYS.....

you all know what is in 4 days so there's no need me saying it. ah, who am i kidding, i know i wanna say it.....in 4 more days it's my BIRTHDAY!!! we are going out with his sister and bro-in-law on sat to celebrate. sun we may just have a birthday dinner with his family. i had my immigration physical yesterday and all is good. now, we just need to be photographed and get fingerprinted and then we start the paperwork. it should be filed by next week. in 3 to 5 months i should have my parole visa then i can leave the country again. it will be about a year until i have my greencard though. it's a long process. tony left this morning for work so i am home alone only until fri. we got his schedule for nov and he has the 3rd so he gets to come with me to our first pregnancy appointment. i was worried that work would make him miss a lot of appointments since he is out of town so much. but we were lucky this time but from now we will need to schedule them around his flying schedule cause i want him there just as much as he wants to be there. my next nursing test is on fri so i am majorly busy until then studying. time to finish getting ready for school cause i am going in early today to get some stuff done then after i'll be in a study group all night and tomorrow preparing for the test. tata

guess what.....?!?!

we had the best surprise this morning. i took a pregnancy test and it came back positive. YEAH!!! we are so happy. we were lucky...it only took us 2 months of trying. we already have names picked out for a boy or a girl and have a cute way to decorate the room that is neutral so we probably won't find out the sex of the baby. i have my first appointment with the doctor on nov 3rd. needless to say we are both SO EXCITED and it seems so are our families. all my sisters know and my mum and dad. his sister and parents also know. his best friends from michigan know and also a few close friends from school. i'll have to tell my clinical instructor cause i'll have to stay away from the xrays at the hospital. but that's all about the people we want knowing for now, i think. i'll let you know how my 1st dr's appointment is and then keep you updated from there. tata

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.....

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone still in Canada. hope you have a great holiday and long weekend!! we have a long weekend for columbus day. only 7 more days now until my birthday! yesterday, we got a king size bed from his parents. so we bought a new suede bed in a bag set from walmart and once we were home from watertown and shopping we set it up and switched with them for our queen. we went furniture shopping and we both found something we liked but we didn't get it. we want to take a look at finances and such. it's made of terry cloth or you can get in different fabrics but the terry cloth is soft and comfortable. it's a sofa, kinda like a sectional but the other part is a chaise and on each end of the couch are recliners. it's a very nice set but it's hard to explain so i hope you all get it. we think it makes more sense cause otherwise we wanted a couch and two recliners but why not get a couch with recliners plus i really love chaises. does everyone know what a chaise is? i ask cause i didn't know that's what they were called until yesterday. i hope we can get it soon. i forgot to tell you...my test results were negative. i do not have HIV or syphillis. phew, that's a load off my mind!! :) j/k we were never worried about it. and also, my next dose of the tetanus shot is oct 17th, right after my birthday! :( oh, well i knew it had be sometime. we may go see a movie tonight cause i got free movie tickets from school. if we go, we will see, "flightplan." i'll let you know how it is if we go. we went to a chinese buffet for lunch today and we are both so stuffed so that's why we are not so sure if we wanna go out again today. we ate so much we were sick but it was good. i guess i'll go now and relax cause i am still really full from lunch. tata

ONLY 8 MORE DAYS.....

i never posted yesterday to say only 9 more days so i will just skip it. but as of today, only 8 more days until my birthday!!! YEAH!! we aren't going to any football game this weekend but we are definitely going eventually. i really want to see a NFL game. we are kinda just taking this long weekend day by day. today at 10 we are going to watch his 6 yr old nephew and his bowling league bowl. i think it will be cute to watch little kids bowl. then we are headed for watertown for shopping. mostly, tony will be shopping for my birthday presents!! :) i'm hoping i can convince him to go look at the furniture store. we need or should i say want new furniture so bad. all in time i guess.
well gotta go but i'll write more later about what else we did today and what we plan to do tomorrow. tata

only 10 more days.....

until what you ask.......?!?! My 24th BIRTHDAY!!!!! my birthday is on October 16th. and since after tomorrow it is a 4 day long weekend, we may be celebrating it a week early so we can get away somewhere. we want to go to a football game but we haven't found one yet that we want to see. we really haven't planned anything even though the long weekend starts tomorrow but our options are endless. and no matter what we do, i will be just happy i am with tony. before anything can happen after school i have to go get my results from the tests they did on sept 16th. the HIV and RPR ones and i have to schedule an appointment to get my second shot of tetanus...ouchie!! :( and since we all know it has to be a month after the first shot, it's either going to be done on oct 14th before my birthday or oct 17th after my birthday. but even though we may be celebrating it a week early, my actually birthday is on a sun so i am sure we will do something that day as well. whether it be dinner out or with his family. not to ruin my long weekend or anything but i just remembered that no matter what we do or where we go, i do have my immigration physical in watertown at 1pm on tues the 11th. that shouldn't be as bad as the shots though!! :) besides tony coming home tonight around 6pm, i will be doing homework, cleaning the house, making dinner which means i will have to run to town later to get a few things for dinner. then we will sit down and relax for the rest of the night. I rented movies for us, "the amityville horror" and "the interpreter." he's the one who really wanted to see the amityville horror not me. it looked too scary but it is based on a true story. I'll let you know if i pee my pants!! :) i am such a wimp when it comes to scary movies. tata

an update.....

just so everyone knows what's going in our lives since i have not written for awhile. things here have been hectic. and it's not all school's fault either. we've been at the horrible task of trying to close down the pool for the winter for the past month. we just can't seem to get it done.
we have started walking every night and we try to be out for 30-60 mins. yesterday, we walked 1.7 miles and it took us 30-35mins so we may need to find a longer route. the dogs love it but it takes at least the first 5-10 mins for them to calm down and walk nicely for us. and they know when we are getting close to home cause they act up again.
can you believe it's almost midterms already?!?! i almost feel like school just started.
for my birthday, we may go to a football game. since games are usually on a thurs or sun, it would have to be a sunday game. the end of this week is a long weekend, we have mon and tues (10th and 11th) off from school. so if we can find a game that we want to see, we'll go see it sun the 9th and make a trip out of it. it should be fun. i have never been to nfl game before.
so that's all....folks!!