AWESOME NEWS!!! My dear friend Carine....(she lives in Cali)...just found out she's preggers!!!! I am SO HAPPY for her!!! She has also had a mc and has been ttc for over a year now........this is just the most amazing thing I could have heard today....I really am so very happy for her!!!

There isn't too much to really update you on as far as myself..... my morning sickness is back in full force for those who care......I was actually getting excited thinking that it was actually going away......but that's a big negative. Friday I went to Loudenville to pick up Jalynn....came home and straightened the house...then Shawn got home with my MIL...Janice, she spent the weekend with us. Sat. morning I got up early and Jalynn and I headed to Phila for the 3 Wishes thing......it made for a long day, but we got to see Amy Grant, and talk with Carter for a minute (Jalynn thought he was cute)...and we also talked with the other girl...don't remember her name though. Then we had to wait in another line so Jalynn could give her 'Christmas Wish' I assume they're going to have a Christmas special for kids sometime......anyways she wished that her family could go on vacation to Disney World....Shawn said that she really should have wished for her daddy to get a new truck...he's such a dork! I found out that one of my friends Angie will be getting a small wish granted (a friend of our Annadele made this wish for Ang)....anyways they're either going to fix her car, or buy her a newer one....either way she is so deserving and it's just awsome for her!! anyways ....we left the wish tents around 2ish or so...went to DQ so we could use the RR (man did ol preggers here really have to pee!!) and we got some ice cream. When I got home Shawn had a note for me telling me he went to CV's football game, and I should meet him over there...and there was a big sign reading "Happy Sweetest Day" with an arrow pointing to a dozen red roses in a vase. I had completely forgotten it was Sweetest Day...he is so wonderful. I ended up chatting with Janice over the whole 3 wishes thing, and then I took a nap b/c I was whipped! Shawn got home and wanted to hear all the details.......then we watched the Michigan / Penn State game .....and then we all went to town and had Chinese. Sunday was Little Shawn's Super Bowl game......he had an AWESOME game...tipped one off and ran it back for a 40 yd. TD, and then intercepted another one and ran it back for a TD too......it was great. They beat Bridgeport 40 - 8. When we got home I made some chili...it was pretty good if I do say so myself. Janice ended up staying again Sunday night, and Shawn took her home Monday afternoon. He only worked a 1/2 day. It was nice having her here for the weekend. I think it was the perfect length of time....we got to enjoy each other, and have a good talk.....but she wasn't there so long that I was BEYOND ready for her to leave......so it was nice.

I had been getting scared and was thisclose to calling my dr. and asking him if I could come in and just check for a heartbeat on the baby.....I hadn't really felt any movement for a while, and I was just getting scared. ~ but I didn't call.....and last night....I felt all kinds of movement as I was laying in bed.......what a relief!!

Oh yeah and I have this nasty cold starting....yippy...just what I need right now on top of the lingering morning sickness.....1/2 my nose all kinds of stuffy, while the other 1/2 is a fricking runny faucet!!! UUGH...I HATE colds....and the crappy headaches that go along with them!!!!

But....Monday is getting closer and closer...and that is just AWESOME!!

Halloween is coming up and I haven't figured out what in the world we are going to dress Noah up as yet.....I know he would to be Elmo, Spongebob, or Scooby Doo.....if only I could find one of those costumes for him! He amazes me so much....he has had his fair share of getting into trouble here lately. He came up to me on Sunday and was like "mommy, I wrote on the wall!"...all happy and proud of himself...and I was like "Noah, we do NOT write on the wall!"...and so he had to have a 2 minute time out in the corner. Then afterwards I talked with him about, how if he wants to write on something then he's to tell mommy, and he can have paper, b/c that's what we write on, not on walls. Well when Shawn got home I told Noah to tell daddy what he did. And I was amazed that he actually remembered exactly why he got into trouble...he told Shawn...."I had to stand in the corner" and Shawn asked him why and he was like "b/c I wrote on the wall".......I was so impressed. Then yesterday he was telling my mom how he got into touble for writing on the wall, and had to stand in the corner, and how he got into trouble for playing in the dog food, and had to stand in the corner. (he had dumped the dog food all over the kitchen floor...no big deal, he got yelled at, but while I was trying to sweep it up, he kept taking his car and ramming it into my pile, scattering the food all over the floor again...so it was back to the corner for him)......I was just so happy to see that he's comprehending why he's getting into trouble. He's so darn cute though....and he follows directions really well...I was sitting in the living room with my mother in law, and I told Noah to put his coat away in the closet where it goes.......he took his coat, and walked into the hallway.....I hadn't heard anything from him for a few, so I went to check on him, and the closet door was open, his coat was lying in front of it, and he was passed out on his coat...........lol! how cute huh!! His thing is now though...he'll get mad at me, and tell me "you bad boy, get in the corner!".....lol, he's really something else...they grow so quickly don't they?!

Man I started this off saying I didn't have much to report....and I seriously think this is my longest entry to date! lol

Well we had a doctors appointment Friday. Things went well.....we got to actually hear the heartbeat today...last appointment we were able to see it on the screen, but not hear it. It was strong....156....I lost 4 lbs. since my last visit. Dr. Randolf said as long as I'm staying hydrated things should be ok...he thinks that my hormone levels should be leveling out soon, and I should be feeling better. He thinks that I may have some acid reflux and that could be causing a lot of the vomiting too, so he wants me to take a Zantac at dinner and see if that helps. We got to make our appointment for our ultra sound at the hospital to see what we're having....it's Oct. 24th....I can't wait!!!! My next dr. appoitment is the 29th.

We had a pretty hectic weekend....my Aunt Des got married and there was so much last minute things that needed to be done...and since everyone was IN the wedding....I just kinda picked up the pieces and tried to fill in where needed....I did hair and make up, helped decorate, was the photographer, and helped out the DJ......I don't know where the energy came from...but I was sure glad to have it, b/c it felt so good being able to take care of all those things for her!! Then on Sunday Little Shawn had his big Homecoming game...all the 6th graders were recognized and walked across the filed b/4 the start of the game with their parents and they announced all the activites that kid was in, and what their future goals were.....Little Shawn had put down that he wants to go to Ohio State, and then become a pro football player in the NFL playing for the Pittsburg Steelers (UUUGH!! GO BROWNS!!!) and if that was not able to happen, then he would settle for becoming a doctor....everyone got a little chuckle out of the fact that he would "SETTLE" for becoming a doctor! lol....while at the game my sister in law Lise asked me if Shawn & I would be interested in going to lamaz class with her and Jonathon. I think it sounds like a lot of fun. We didn't go to those when I was pg. with Noah....and I think I am going to try to go without having an epidoral this time....the only reason I ended up getting one with Noah is b/c I had been awake for over 24 hrs. and I was only at 5 and they said it was now or never for the epidoral...and I knew that the hard labor would be difficult enough if I wasn't so tired already so I went ahead and got it......I really want to try and not have one this time....I mean it will be our last....so ....we'll see how it goes!