It's been three months!

Oh my gosh I have not blogged on here in forever. I got on Facebook and my blog got left in the dust. I am determined to keep this up now so here is my first entry as one of many. So it is raining buckets here at my house. I dryed the dogs off, mopped my floors and let the dogs come inside for a change...poor things. I am kind of tired of rain. Jolee is doing fantabulous! She is sleeping through the night and I wish I could stay home with here every second. She is doing so many new things and growing like a weed. She is already going for her second round of shots on Veteran's Day...crazy. I have recently started a pretty in depth diet to try and lose 35 lbs. I am on day 4 and still going strong but I still have a long road ahead of me. I also created a blog that coincides with my weight loss. www.happymommyweightloss.blogspot.com. Check it out! It helps me stay motivated to get this weight off. I turned down hot dogs, pizza, burgers and potato salad this weekend. It was hard but I did it. Halloween is this weekend and Jolee is going to be a lobster. It is such a cute costume and I got it at Target. LOVE IT. We are having some friends over again and Bryan plans on scaring the bajeebus out of our neighborhood kids again. Ha ha! I can't believe that this time last year I had no idea I would have a little one. Time flies so fast! Anyway, until next time...

Jolee Is Here!

Well , as you all may have heard, Jolee decided to surprise Mommy and Daddy and enter the world four weeks early! I love her so much and she is the most perfect thing I have ever seen. I cannot even describe my feelings when I first saw her face. Anyway, here are some pics in no particular order because blogspot is getting on my nerves :)

Have you listened to #18 on my playlist?

Well if you have you probably did not realize that this is the song we got my daughter's name from. And let me just tell you, it is a great song but its about a crazy ex-boyfriend shootin' up his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend...so bad...I know. But I love this song and it is my favorite song that my dad's band plays. Last time I heard him play it he gave the audience the whole shpill about the song and let them know his daughter is carrying his first grandaughter in her belly, and her name is Jolee too. Give it a listen - you may like it too.

Jolee's Room

OK so here are some pictures of Jolee's almost completed room. All I need are baskets to organize the crap on the shelves and my grandpa is almost done with here changing table/dresser. 11 more weeks!

Painting and painting.....and painting.....and painting....

So, we are about done remodeling/painting Jolee's room. I feel like I have been painting forever and Bryan has been painting even longer because the fumes from the lacquer that goes on the shelves was too strong for me and the little bun in the oven. Bryan is still working so hard and I owe him a huge hug when he finally finished in there. Its 11:00 pm and he has been working since 10:30 am!!! Here are some pictures of our progress...



Here is the first day of "demolition" as I like to call it. Which was a good two months ago probably. The wall stayed like this for a while because, well, you have to have $$$$ to remodel!!



Here is a couple of weeks later after some preliminary painting and shelving. Still a long way to go!!!



And here we have the lovely space underneath the window seat to put some really cute wicker baskets for Jolee's toys.



Oh and look who it is...the lovely Danni lookin' all hot with her belly and thunder thighs. My ass looks really huge in those red pants...Cartin' around 16 extra pounds is hard work. Apparently I am right on track with the whole weight gain thing - but naturally I feel like a house...



And here is my baby daddy hard at work...

Anyway, we will be done with the paint thing tomorrow, so I will post the pictures of the final project as soon as I can!!!

It's a Girl!

Here is my little girl! Jolee Christine - isn't she so cute!?

So do you think I am having a...

Jolee Christine McDonald?

OR

Everett Mason McDonald?

Intercoastal Pirates

Hey everyone! I don't know if you have or have not heard my daddy-o sing in his band, but if you go to their blog you can look at some videos. He wrote 2 of the songs, and he wrote one for my mom for their 25th anniversary which was awesome. Isn't he cool?

Here is the song he wrote for Mom:

And here he is jammin' to Stevie Ray:



Here is one of me and my dad singing together:



JD if you move down here we can all go watch him play together! He always plays at these outdoor places where you just bring lawn chairs and watch. Its a pretty good time!

I have such a hip dad.

Let me just say....

1) Don't ever argue with my husband in front of the rest of his immediate family about the due date of HIS child. Trust me if you think the due date is different than what he is saying...you are probably WRONG...so can it. My husband would know better than you.

2) We realize how hard the first couple of months are going to be after this child is born. We realize the trouble that the new parents in the rest of our family are currently having and have previously had. You DO NOT have to constantly remind us. We know. You don't have to tell us. We were not born yesterday. We know raising a baby is very difficult. Seriously. Shut your pie hole.

3) Do not tell us we are having a girl again. Do you have X-Ray vision, Superman? Did you personally speak with God and did he tell you what we were having? If I hear it one more time I just might rip someone's head off with my bare hands only after stabbing them with the closest blunt object. I don't care what it is...the edge of a book, a torn in half water bottle, my dog's toenails...you will feel my wrath.

4) If we make comments on how we would LIKE to raise our future child, do not make a comment about how different it is when you finally have a child. Don't go into Grandma mode and start making excuses for the misbehavings our child has yet to do. If our child is 4 years old and crying in a restaurant like a little brat, Bryan or I will take them out to the car and spank their butt. End of story. Don't tell us, "Well you can't just pull your kid out of every public place when they act bad." "You'll see...you'll see." There is another term I might rip a water bottle in half and stab someone because of. Really? Really, all knowing a powerful Grandma. Watch me.

5) Do not comment on the type of crib and baby monitor I should or should not get because "drop-side cribs are dangerous", and "don't even register for a crib bumper because they are too dangerous and cause SIDS" and "you should get this monitor because it has a mat the baby lays on that alarms you if the baby stops breathing." The crib we are getting is drop-side, the crib bumber is staying because its cute, and we got a video camera monitor - not a SIDS monitor. And if I hear a word about it...out comes the blunt water bottle.

So I was tagged by Kellianne...

....to say ten things about myself? So here it goes:

1. Now that I am starting to show I am really starting to feel closer to the little guy/girl in my tummy. I cannot wait to start feeling it move!

2. I still wish me and Bryan were moving to Colorado like we were trying to plan.

3. Damn - ice cream is the shiznit when you are pregnant.

4. And I want sweet tea SO f-ing bad all the time but really try to limit myself to a glass every couple of days. I would drink a whole gallon of Chick-Fil-A sweet tea if possible.

5. My other craving right now is peanut butter and raspberry jelly sandwiches with a big glass of milk.

6. I had a dream last night that I drank a whole stout margarita while I was pregnant and then starting having a miscarriage. Isn't that the shittiest dream you have ever heard? Oh yeah and since I have been pregnant - my dreams have been so vivid and WEIRD! I mean WEEEIIIRRD.

7. I want Taco Bell right now. I mean were all these questions supposed to be pregnancy/food related? Don't worry ladies I don't act on my hunger impulses all the time. But sharing them helps me overcome the temptation. Like last night I wanted oreos and milk so bad and so did Bryan which made it worse - but we never acted upon it and went to the store and bought them which is good. And on the way home from work today I wanted Jack in the Box but knew PB & J would be better so I simply DROVE by Jack in the Box (which is past my house) and dreamed of having a sourdough jack. But never actually got one. Is that weird?

8. I am starting to get really weird about the house - like today I just threw the dog bed out (and Bryan is going to be pissed), but I just felt like it was making the house "feel" dirty. What does that even mean? Do now Mally is sleeping on a fleece blanket.

9. I am back on a reading kick again and read two books in three days. AND I LOVE IT! Expect the book club blog to have some major entries lately.

10. I miss my friends so much and sometimes think about how many times I actually laughed till I cried when they all came for Kellianne's wedding. I miss them so much! Everything is always back to normal no matter how long it is since we saw each other. I love that. JD please tell Mitch to just get a job in H-town already!!!

Sunny the Three-Legged Dog

In case you haven't heard - we have a new addition to the McDonald clan. Meet Sunny the three-legged boxer/beagle mix. She was born with a deformed back leg (which apparently is pretty common in litters) and recently had it amputated at her knee joint so she would not drag it around anymore. Yes, we have three dogs now - but Sunny is such a joy. She listens very well, does not shed at all (which is weird) and loves to cuddle. We love her so much! We found her at an rescue organization called Scout's Honor here in Houston. We were originally looking at bulldogs but they are so dang expensive. So we decided maybe we could spend a lot less money and help a dog find a home who really needs help. So, I started looking at petfinder.com and found her pretty little face under the "Special Needs" pets. Her and Layla and Mally are best buds now. Actually, Layla and Sunny gang up on Mally and it is hilarious. Sunny has such long legs and Mally's are so short that Sunny just holds Mally at a distance while Mally tries to get her. It is like watching a giant and a midget fight.

P.S. - 5 1/2 weeks until I found out if its a boy or girl!!!