Wonder Baby!!!

I'm sure that Katie can better describe the wonder I'm going to explain (she thinks Chloe's doing cheerleading routines), but I think we may have a superhero on our hands. Nearly every night for the past two weeks when Katie lays down, Chloe goes nuts. She jumps and jitters, climbs and squirms, flips and turns. Its amazing!!! She has got to have some Wonder Baby powers or something. Do you ever get those little twitches on your eyelid or lip or a certain muscle on your body? Well that's what Katies tummy feels like for about thirty minutes every night. It's comforting and exciting knowing that Chloe is healthy and strong.

Good Saturday Morning to you...

Well, sometimes I am under the allusion that "nothing" really happens in my life. Some might know what I mean, but my mom will call and say, "so what has been going on with you?" To which my reply will be, "not much, same ol' same ol'" I started thinking last night, thank God for "same ol', same ol'" It is just fine with me. We went with our friends last night to eat at this little place called the Pizza House it is in Blaird (clyde and baird) and we ate our little pizza and then watched Salt Creek perform. It was so much fun spending Friday night with our best friends, doing nothing to exciting, just enjoying the company.
Yesterday at work (old work) I announced to my students that this Thursday would be my last day. I actually cried while doing it, and I felt like such a sap, but when I finished I had most of my girls who I havent had to give detention to, come up and tell me how much they love me and how they are going to miss me. I guess that is what being a good teacher is about, making your students love you. These girls have it rough and I have learned in the short time I was there that sometimes you have to love people inspite of themselves. Not to say that there arent those that I want to shake or even beat, but I never have and sometimes a hug works just as good. I read BST's blog about Hotel Rowanda, and I must admit I have always prayed that God would never call me to the mission field somewhere else, you know, just let me work here in America. After reading his blog, I realized that I have been on a mission field here, at this school. And I am not sure that it is so much about preaching God's words but just showing them His love. Most of them dont have daddies, and if they do it is more of a man that has abused them in some way. They have never learned to value themselves. I remembering reading an article once, I think my Bro-n-law gave it to me, about the importance of the daddy to a little girl, in her quest for self worth. Having not ever seen the other side of what I could have, I didnt really get it, but now I do. I am so thankful for my daddy and his love and support, and the fact that even when I hated it he would stare at me in the rearview mirror and tell me what a pretty woman I was turning out to be. I called home last night to say hello and my dad answered, such a calming sound to me, he laughed with me for a minute, told me about his new bike and then told me how much he loved my mom. Such a great thing in the simple things. the everday ordinary things that you think are the same ol same ol of life.
One quick reply to BF, dowrys from my knowledge of them, have never included electronics, so nice try on that one, I dont think they include harleys, or large sums of money either, but the farm animals I can go with...we have Toby, he looks very similar to a goat, will you accept that as Chloe's dowry? :)

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Today will be one of those blogs in which I dont have anything so profound and wonderful, but just the need to type. Not that any of my blogs are so profound and wonderful! I talked to Summer today, my pregnant companion. I love it that we can go through this together it makes it so much easier to know that I am not the only one not truly loving the bliss of pregnancy. She is my best friend and I think that Ethan and Chloe are going to be great friend too, until they realize they are of the opposite sex and then well with Chloes great personality and Ethans good looks they will indeed make a beautiful couple! :) I went shopping for day cares today not sure how I really felt on the whole thing, but God always has a way of putting me at ease, why I doubt that I dont know. But I had to run up to the dealership to do a drug test and fill out paper work so I thought I would swing by the day care that I was considering for convience but had not looked at yet. It is in a Baptist Church here, kind of the size of Castle Hills. I walked in and it was so charming with cute painted walls with Noahs Ark and deep wood, it was so clean. I met the director and she was so sweet, she told me that they would def. have a place for little Chloe because Sept was promotion month. She showed me the "infant room" where there is 10 babies TOTAL and three women, one of them has been there 17 years and is so sweet. Each child has there own sweet little white crib, that they share with NO ONE else and that I can bring bedding for to make Chloe feel more comfortable. At the end of their time in the baby room all of the matresses are thrown out and each baby gets there own new matress. I really liked that! Less room for sickness. There is a baby changing ROOM and it only allows one baby to be changed at a time so no germs are transferred. Each baby only uses their diapers and they dont share. They have video monitoring so that I can log on from my office and check in on her. I really thought everyone I met was very sweet. All toys are bleached nightly and all sheets washed daily. Yea less room for germs. It was very clean, but very warm. I think Chloe would do great there and I would feel good about leaving her there. Well there is that! I just felt like God answered my prayers and showed me a good place for her and allowed there to be an opening for her. Plus it is one block from my office. I filled out paper work which was weird to put her name on things and me as the mother, and left a deposit to hold her place in September or October whenever I decide to go back!
So good day for answered prayers. Thanks God for taking care of baby Chloe already!

Great Day for a Picnic

Today it was a beautiful 84 degrees in lovely Abilene Texas. After enjoying breakfast at IHOP with my sweet husband we went and ran some errands to Home Depot, which I must say I am sadly disappointed in our Home Depot store. It is very small and doesnt have a whole lot of selection, although they do have a better nursey than Lowes, when it comes time to plant our spring flowers on our beautiful new patio. They are SUPPOSED to start our patio this week, which is, I'm sure, a hollow promise, but today J and I enjoyed lunch on our little patio that is there right now. It was so nice, but it made me wish for the new one to be built soon.
We also went to Target and got me a big tub for some regular clothes, like my work suits that dont fit and my jeans so that I could replace them with some new work clothes...maternity style. I went to Motherhood and got almost all the black pants they had and a really cute green suit and some other cute "essentials" that I can mix and match. I am looking forward to having to dress for work again. It motivates me and makes me a better employee when I feel professional.
Well I had just written all this other stuff but some how highlighted and deleted to quickly and lost all of the very important things I had just said. I miss my nephew today, we saw some baby ponies and I wished he was there, then at Tractor Supply we saw baby ducks and I wished he was there. The ducks were so cute, but that just proves that God makes all babies cute and then they can grow into big gross birds. He is such a sweet little joy...Nick, not the duck. There is this Billy Dean song out on the radio called, "Let them be little" and I heard it and started to cry because I realized, that until my brother gets married and has children (small chuckle) that will probably be the last time I have one of my siblings sweet little children sleeping in the middle with me. I know Chloe is on the way, but with them, I have always been cool Aunt Kate. I just realized he is getting so big!My bro and sis and her precious children are so special. That is what I miss most about living in San Antonio...Zach and Aim...it is like the three amigos have been seperated. Although I would like to say, I was the amigo that ran away when they ganged up on me and called me Big Fat Maria, a name which unfortunately has stuck and it probably about to be more true than I want it to be. Just for the record...to my Dad...if he is reading this...the last paragraph proves that I can write without attitude sometimes, and I would like to remind you that there can be no attitude worse than that of years 16-approximately 19...when, I am pretty sure, if gypsies would have come to Boerne and offerd to buy me, I would have been sold for a very cheap price! :) Well to my family who is 3 1/2 hours away from me tonight, I am having shepherds pie and wished yall were here to join me, but give each other a hug for me...and Amy let Nick sleep in the middle for just a little while for me! I miss yall and love you...all of you!

Long Time...No Blog

Well it has been a while since I sat at my computer to release to the world all my inner most feelings. First let me say...I HATE pregnancy, I have a friend who finds the process we are going through together, beautiful, wonderful and wants to cherish everyday. I on the other hand am the girl who is counting down the days until this "thing" is out of her. Everyday my body decides to surprise me with some other crazy, uncomfortable "blessing". For instance, last night at approximately 4:15 in the morning my daughter decided to make her way from the lower portion of my abdomen to the now upper portion, positioning her foot ever so uncomfortably at my rib cage, which surprisingly makes my belly button (which is also growing) hurt VERY bad! UGH! I will love her very much, but I must admit I hate what she is doing to my body! And I am also tired of people saying, "oh just wait until July when you are really pregnant and hot and miserable." Thank you people, do you not think that I realize that I am just HALF way there, but let me clear up somethings, I am miserable now, if the vomitting, indegestion, back and buttock strain and restless nights were confusing as wonderful and blissful, let me clear that up for you...it SUCK...sorry dad, I know that is not lady like! And let me just say, I love it when my husband tries to give me advice on my pregnancy, because you know the last one he went through was his own and I dont think he remembers that...so sweetie, unless you have, or are growing a human in some orphus of your body please dont give me advice.

Ok...so enough moaning about this wonderful act of nature occuring in my abdomen, my most precious, sweet nephew came and stayed a week with me and it couldnt have come at a better time, it makes pregnancy seem worthwhile..he is an absolute joy. The most precious sound I have ever heard is hearing him sing as he comes around the corner into my bedroom. He has the most precious personality. ALL my nieces and nephews do, but he is still in that "little" phase and he has that twinkle in his eye. I can only imagine what his poor wife will deal with when he gets an idea! Well actually I have some idea, because I see my sister deal with my bro-n-law, and I think that are one in the same, Nick is just smaller. David if you read this, that just means that I think that you are precious!

I am excited because I just accepted the job as Assistant Director of Marketing and Advertising for the Arrow Dealerships of Abilene, the largest here in town! I even will have my own assistant. I know, I know dad, you dont have to tell me, I am not big, and dont get to excited because you ALWAYS do that Kate. So sue me, I am a little excited, she (my boss) loved me and thought I was perfect, I am her partner and finally not the lowest man on the totum pole! College does pay off! Ok enough about that!

Well that is all for now, it is a beautiful day ansd I have a chicken casserole in the oven and a husband walking in the door...GOD BLESS SCHWAANS!

Take a little trip

4:30 was the time for departure, and San Antionio was the destination. Kate and I were excited to see the family, and really excited to see the newest addition to the family, "Rocket". He's a cute Jack Russell Terrier, black and white, and has a great personality. Just like Pop, Rocket enjoys sitting in the lounge chair watching TV.

I hurt for my friend Brad. His back has been giving him problems for the past year and honestly it sounds like it is only getting worse. He is in my prayers.

Chloe continues to make Kate nauseous. I was sick for one afternoon this week, and I mean sick. I was running 101 fever, had chills, something awful coming out my nose.... It wasn't fun. Kates been sick for nearly 5 months!!! I really have nothing to complain about. Before leaving town our doctor ordered finagrin gel that seems to really be helping with her nausea (knock on wood). For her sake I hope this drug works. Chloe's going to be the most healthy, beautiful little girl, and will love vegetables because that seems to be all Kate can hold down. I feel for her.