Mean Kroger Deli Lady

Two nights ago I was on my way home from a VERY long day of teaching and coaching (14+ hours spent at wonderful PHS), and I stopped at Kroger to pick up a gallon of milk and some turkey for a sandwich the next day (editor's note: for those of you that follow the pregnancy guidelines by the book and don't eat lunchmeat, please don't bash me... this is one of the few things I don't go by, but I will only eat fresh lunchmeat - not processed and packaged - I'm sure Addison is just fine). Anyway... here is my exchange with the Kroger deli lady:

Me to the Kroger deli lady ignoring me at the counter: "Excuse me, could I get some turkey please?"

Mean Kroger deli lady: "I'm sorry but we close at 9:00."

Me: "Well I'm just in luck then because it's 8:53."

Mean Kroger deli lady: "I've already cleaned the slicing machine - we're closed"

Me: "But it's not 9:00 yet and I don't have any turkey for my lunch tomorrow." (I don't know why I thought she might care about this little fact, but I said it none-the-less)

Mean Kroger deli lady: "You can get some packaged turkey in the back of the store, but I'm not messing up the machine just to clean it again."

Me: "I'm pregnant and I can't eat packaged lunchmeat." (yes, I shamelessly played the pregnancy card - I REALLY wanted my yummy Salsalito turkey!)

Mean Kroger deli lady as she walks away from the counter: "I'm sorry dear."

My first thought was to go find the manager and complain, but then the thought occurred to me that the mean Kroger deli lady had had a long day on her feet just like me, and just like me, she was ready to go home. So, needless to say, I left Kroger that night with a gallon of milk, no turkey, and tears streaming down my face. Isn't pregnancy great? :)

Who Will She Look Like?!

Of course I'm spending a lot of time these days thinking about little Addison. I'm constantly wondering: What will she be like? What kind of personality will she have? What will her interests be? Will she be outgoing or shy? Will she be sweet and cute like her Daddy, or a little sassy like her Mama? But, the thought that keeps coming back is, "What will she LOOK like?" I just can't wait to see the combination of Kevin and me that God decided to put together. I hope she has her Daddy's eyes for sure, but other than that, I just can't decide who she'll look more like... what do YOU think?

Showers!!

We know how blessed we are to have such special friends and family. Kevin and I are so excited that there are so many people in our lives that will love Addison, and want to help us celebrate her arrival. I just wanted to share a few pictures from the showers we have been given...

Kevin and me in front of our cake!

Sweet kisses

The whole crew -our hosts/hostesses and kiddos:

Welcome sign at Cori's

Typical "shower face"! :)

Hostesses - Alana and Cori

Like I said, we are so blessed!! :)

Really?!

Kevin and I love sharing some of the really dumb things that our students say or ask. We were always told growing up that there is no such thing as a dumb question... well, coming from a teacher, I can say the people that told us that are VERY wrong. I am asked dumb questions EVERY SINGLE DAY.

2 dumb questions of the day:

1. (Student holding a ruler up to me) "Which side measures inches and which side measures centimeters?"

Really?! How do you get to high school and not know the difference between centimeters and inches?!

2. (Lost freshman looking at his newly changed schedule, standing in the hallway between the two gyms looking back and forth at the two) "Which gym is the old gym and which is the new gym?"

If you have never been to Parkview, you might not appreciate this one, or think that I'm just being too hard on the kid. But, let me tell you... the old gym is almost 35 years old. The new gym is 5 years old and more than twice the size of the old one... VERY easy to tell the difference.

Welcome to my world... Hope you've SMILED today! :)

Our (not so big) Child

Most of you know that throughout our whole pregnancy the doctors have been telling me that Addison is going to be a big baby. Every appointment I've had they have said that my belly is measuring big. One of the midwives even went as far as putting "her" on a special diet - low carbs, high protein and veggies, walking every day (me, not her:) )- to limit her calorie intake!! We have had many ultrasounds done throughout the pregnancy, the last 2 were specifically to get her measurements so that we would be prepared. Well, on Friday at my appointment they had the results from the latest ultrasound. It seems that the sasquatch they've been preparing us for is actually in the 52nd percentile in size for her gestational age. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! I guess it's good news - she won't be a freak (not to mention she'll be much easier to get out!)- but my goodness, a completely average size baby is not what we were expecting!

They also confirmed through a quick ultrasound done on Friday that she has finally turned and is head-down, ready to go. She likes to poke her little bottom out at us, and her feet are permanently wedged in my ribcage. One of my favorite things right now is how she recognizes Kevin's voice. She can be completely still for hours and then as soon as he gets home and starts talking to her, she starts squirming and kicking around. She's a little Daddy's Girl already!

Here she is at about 32 weeks - you can see her little fists balled up like she's ready to fight in the first two, the last one is a side view...

Happy Monday!

Addison's First Trip to Furman

I hope you've all had a great weekend. Kevin and I left for Greenville Saturday morning for a trip to Furman to watch the football team play Delaware. We took our time driving up and stopped at Pete's in Greenville for THE BEST milkshakes in the world. Once we got to campus, we walked around a bit (the weather was unbelievable) and took in all the beauty. Honestly, Furman is one of the most beautiful campuses I've ever seen. We took a few pictures of Addison's "first trip to Furman" with the bell tower in the background:

After the exciting win (23-21), we went to a great restaurant on the river for dinner and then back to our hotel to watch the night games on TV. We had such a great time getting away "one last time" before Addison joins us. I can't wait to take her back up there when she's actually here. I'm sure she'll be cute in her Furman purple!

Y'all have a great week!!

Welcome to our lives! :)

Hi and welcome to our blog! I figured with so much going on with us getting ready for Addison's arrival, this would be the easiest way to keep everyone up-to-date on everything. So, come often for news of our lives, find out how the little one is doing, see pictures of our family and adventures, and generally keep up with what's going on with the Stewarts! Hopefully, I'll be able to post fairly regularly, although I'm told I won't have much time to sit around and "twiddle my thumbs" once Addison is here. :)

Right now we are 5 weeks away from our due date (10/26). I am getting bigger by the day, and have been measuring "big" just about the entire pregnancy. We're hoping she runs out of room in there and decides to join us a little early. We are right in the midst of preparing everything for her arrival. Her room has pretty much been ready since the end of July (I didn't want to have to worry about putting furniture together and decorating while trying to teach and coach), and we are filling it up with all the extra necessities now. It is very surreal to walk through our living room and see a baby swing in the corner and a car seat sitting there just waiting to be put in the car.

We had our hospital tour last night. A very nice nurse took us through the admissions process and showed us both a labor and delivery room and a postpartum "mommy and baby" room. Obviously we know that we are getting close, but actually being at the hospital and seeing everything that we will see on the BIG DAY just made it all seem very imminent. I still just cannot wrap my brain around the fact that I'm going to be a mommy soon, and that there will be this tiny little human-being depending on me to make sure she is safe and taken care of. Crazy!

OK, I'll wrap up this first post. I hope you'll check back in with us often. I'll close with a pic of Baby Addison at 34 weeks.... have a great weekend!!