moving...

I've moved!!  I know that I haven't posted in a while but... there have been other things at the top of my list lately- namely the cutie pictured below.  I promise to be better but you need to promise to change your RSS feeds or visit me at my new blog!  Since Jay has arrived Jamie has wanted to have a place to post pictures of our little one so we have decided to start a shared blog, both of us will post there.  I am sure that you will be able to tell who it is posting- we have very different styles.  So go change your feeders, do it now and we will see you soon!!

New Blog- JamieandKristen.com

one week ago today

One week ago today my life changed; my son was born.  James Vickers Perreault Jr, or Jay as we call him, entered this world and nothing has been the same since.  Jamie and I have spent the first week of his life just drinking him in and sharing him with anyone that is willing to cuddle, hug or just listen about how perfect we think he is.  Enjoy the pictures and I will try to post again soon...

James (Jay) Vickers Perreault Jr

January 27, 2010

3:39pm

7lbs 2oz and 20 inches long

February 3, 2010

left out and pitiful

Piper felt left out yesterday... so here she is looking as pitiful as ever :-)  That face can make me melt, so much so that I took her for a walk this afternoon- what can I say I am a sucker for puppy dog eyes...

think they're friends?

I found Dolce and Bella hanging out at the window today.  They really are cute when they are being sweet; although, he was chasing her around this morning beating the crap out of her- sibling love I think they call it :-)

preparations being made

A few pictures of some random preparations...

The Little Guy's Room:

We have had the nursery done for quite some time but I haven't posted any complete pictures so here you go...

rest assured the pictures have been ordered for that frame and they are on their way- it won't hang empty on the wall for much longer

Car Seat Installation:

Probably the most notable thing that we have done recently was to put the car seat in the car this past weekend. Both of us were rather surprised on how easy it was to install; it honestly is pretty dummy-proof. It is kind of odd to drive around with it in the car: whenever I get out and walk away without it I wonder if people think that I am leaving a child in the car...

Here is a picture of it in the car which shows off the new cover that Mimi (Jamie's mom) made for it; she did a fantastic job- it looks professionally made and I love the puppy dog print!!

hurry up and wait...

I resolved myself months ago to the fact that I wouldn't know exactly when this little bambino would enter the world; however, the "hurry up and wait" game has become not as fun as I thought it to be originally. I have NEVER claimed to be a patient person so as you can probably tell this has not been easy for me; which means that it has pushed Jamie closer to Sainthood for dealing with me :-) I would just like to meet my little one, hold him and cuddle him- is that too much to ask? I don't think so...

We have been "prepared" for a while now; I use quotes when I say prepared since we truly believe that you are never prepared to bring a child into the world. However, we are as ready as we can be- the freezer, pantry and extra toiletries are stocked, the house is clean, the laundry is done, his laundry is done, his room is ready, we have way more things than we could possibly ever need for him, we've taken classes- I think you probably get the picture by now although I am sure that I could keep going. We are prepared but now we are in this odd stage of maintenance, maintaining the preparation that we have done. It's weird, we have food in the house that is easy to prepare and ready to eat but neither one of us wants to eat it (why would we want to decrease our supply?) Last night we had publix subs and I am not sure what is on the menu tonight, maybe eggs. I also have this odd feeling that I should keep doing small loads of laundry just to make sure that it's kept up with- it's crazy and OCD I know. This is our conundrum as of late, we are sitting around forced to just wait, if you have any suggestions/ coping mechanisms please let me know... We are going to enjoy the long weekend, sleep in and try not to guess when he will come- or at least that is what we are (or I am) telling ourselves.

By the way, everything is going well. I have been a little more tired than usual and my upper back is starting to bother me pretty consistently but other than that we don't have any complaints- which means we are blessed. I will continue to keep you posted as we go along, thanks for all of the well wishes and questions of concern- we love you all.

even the animals are just hanging around waiting...

date night

One goal that Jamie and I set when we got married was to have a weekly Date Night; a night that is just for us. So often, we loose track of what is important in our lives- especially each other and we didn't want that too happen to us. So, every Sunday since we married we have spent the evening together. Occasionally, we have not been able to keep date night on Sunday, but date night has a rescheduling rule- if we aren't able to have date night on Sunday we have to intentionally reschedule it for later in the week (or earlier if we know about the conflict ahead of a time). I love Date Night!! We don't always go out, actually we don't really go out that frequently but we do spend quality one on one time together, it's great. Sometimes we make dinner together, sometimes we watch a movie, sometimes we just curl up with a good book together, we have even had date afternoons and spent the afternoon out at the park together. Like I said, it's great and I love it.

This past Sunday, we had an extra special date night. We dressed up, took pictures before we left (yes- this was Prom like) and went out for a very nice steak dinner. We had wonderful food, were seated at table that we could people watch and most of all we laughed and enjoyed each others company. It was wonderful! I know that things will change once our son comes but I know that we will never take for granted the time that we get to spend together. I love you dear...

traditional and typical...

We are so blessed to be surrounded by so much family, especially during the holidays. Here are a few of the traditional Christmas tree pictures from this year...

Jamie's side of the family...

setting-up for our annual picture

Annual Christmas Tree Picture

not the best but it will do for this year- next year will be better, promise

If you know my brother, you know that the following picture is pretty darn typical. I am not sure that it is possible for him to take serious pictures... ever

Frost, really?

There was frost on my car this morning even after the sun had come up, yup, you heard correctly- frost. Not that I actually had to scrape it off and drive anywhere this frigid morning but my dear hubby did and for this I felt bad. I live in Florida folks and although I have been complaining about it being too hot for say the last 9 months (give or take) this is ridiculous! I would understand if I was in Canada- it's a given there or even if I was in Hattiesburg- it's further up North and it snows there every once in a while but we are in Florida where we have palm trees, beaches and the sun always shines. I, me my pregnant self and I, have had the heat on in the house the last few days, have been wearing numerous layers of clothing including socks and slippers and have been consuming warm beverages- what does this tell you? It tells you that with my size right now I probably resemble the Michelin Man and that baby it's cold outside...

Christmas Tree hunting

Since I am about to take down all of my Christmas decorations (it's on the list for this week) which means giving the old "heave ho" to the tree I thought that I should post some of the pictures that we took while getting it and putting it up. It was SUCH a great day, I had so much fun spending it with Jamie.

and the winner is...

this one!

both of us with our tree :-)

We pick up three trees (at least) every year and deliver them to various family members including my in-laws. This was our stop at their house to trim all of the trees and drop theirs off.

Jamie's Dad- scary Chainsaw Man

lights, camera, action

decorating with ribbon- not a flattering angle but you can kind of see the bump

one of our super cute helpers

last but not least the ornaments and yes my favorite is the tinfoil cup one with Jamie's young picture on it- I put it front and center at the top of the tree!!

Goodbye 2009, Goodbye Feet...

I blinked and January happened; 2009 in all of it's glory has passed me by along with the ability to see my feet. Yes, I am sure that this happened a while ago when I was not paying any attention however, just a few days ago I looked down and my toes were gone! I found this terribly amusing when it happened, why I am not really sure...

Honestly though, 2009 has been such a great year and I am sad to see it go. Jamie and I have been blessed in so many ways this past year with the ability to travel, to spend time with dear friends and family and with the little boy that is about to join our family. We are both looking forward to 2010 and everything thing that it will bring :-)

stay tuned for some catch up pictures... I only have a few dozen or so that need to be posted.

one special day!

I haven't been a faithful blogger as of late; however, this day couldn't go by without mentioning... because today is Nan's birthday!! She is one of the most beautiful people I know, inside and out, and I am so blessed to be able to call her my friend. I am not sure what my life would be like had I not met her so many years ago; but I am sure that it would not have been half as full as it is with her in it. I love you girl and hope you have a wonderful day!

I realized when I was looking for photos of this beautiful lady that most of the recent pictures I have of her include her little man, it's a good thing he's adorable as well :-)

fall pictures

one of my favorites- love his little face!

the most recent picture that I have of the two of us- she looks amazing but you will have to excuse roundness...

Forgetful...

I forgot my purse at the Doctor's office today, yup- walked out, drove home and then realized that I didn't have it. I know that they say pregnancy can make you forgetful, but really?? The office was really great about it, they held it until I got there and I even shared a laugh with the girl at the front desk regarding my airheadedness. My excuse for forgetting it is going to be that I was too preoccupied with news that everything looks great with our little man (and me too). My blood pressure is great, my weight is right where it should be (or possibly even less), he is measuring right on track, his heartbeat sounded wonderful and I was even able to decipher (with help from our wonderful doctor) which lump was a head, a back and his feet. So much fun... have I mentioned I love him??

Enjoy a laugh on my behalf, seriously forgetfulness at it's finest, and have a great Monday...

Latest Belly Picture- 32 Weeks, 8 more to go

a little less grumpy

I am grumpy and was grumpy when I wrote that last post- wanna know why? Because I have a cold- an old fashioned stuffy nose, sore throat, ears popping head cold! So I apologize for the honesty of the last post, I didn't realize that some of the ache that I was feeling was this wonderful head cold coming on...

I woke up this morning looking pretty pitiful, tired and having not slept much last night (no, I am not going to post a picture- if you need confirmation ask Jamie, he will tell you just how pitiful I was this morning). So as I contemplated rolling over and not getting out of bed today at all (except for bathroom breaks of course) the sweet little boy that is growing inside of me rolled over, kicked a few times (gently) and said good morning... I am in love and slightly less grumpy now...

the things that they don't tell you...

Warning- this is a terribly honest post. The sensor I had pre-pregnancy that made me into a somewhat reserved but always polite person has all but flown out of the window. I tend now to think something and then say it, or in this case write it and then post it for all of the world to see...

Recently, I have had conversations about the things pregnancy/birth related that people just don't tell you before you get pregnant. One sweet dear person that I was talking to most recently said, "It's like mothers join a club after having a baby and they all tell you that pregnancy is a wonderful and precious experience- you should do it, go ahead get pregnant. They convince you to think that it's all rainbows and sprinkles so you go ahead and commit. Then when you do they say Ha, Sucker!! Now that you are committed and cannot back out let me tell you the truth about what really happens..." It's evil and well just not nice!

I fortunately, have had a few dear friends that have told me the things that the books forget to mention. I was fully committed at the time when I came to these realizations but the honesty has been nice, a little nerve racking, but nice just the same. I have been warned about all of the following

-the placenta that just "hangs out" in the delivery room after birth like someone actually wants to see it at that point. Why don't they take it away or cover it up??

-about all of the possible things that I may do during delivery (I won't speak of them here in the hope that some of them won't happen to me)

-about the things that I won't be able to do post delivery

-the tremendous postpartum mood swings that make you think you are going insane (as if I don't have big enough mood swings as it is- so sorry Jamie)

-the extreme difficulty post delivery that I will have performing anything that was once a normal bodily function

-that for the first little bit (at least) laughing, coughing or sneezing will scare the daylights out of me because who know what will pop out of me or just pop for that matter. Laughing- really?? I love to laugh, especially when I am sleep deprived, which I am told I will most definitely be...

Does this sound like rainbows and sprinkles, nope I think not. What I am thinking right now is that this kid better be cute! That and

-I cannot get comfortable to save my life right now.

-When did I become one of those people that needs an extra pillow behind my back while sitting in a chair?

-Why didn't anyone tell me that I would have to gather momentum to get myself out of bed or off of the couch?

-I wonder just how often I spend in the bathroom per day? On second thought, I probably don't want to know.

-I think we should come up with a new term for waddle, one that is endearing and maybe even sexy.

-Since when do I have long legs, they seem to be growing the more I have to tie my shoes.

-"Squirrel!" I have a case of adult ADD at it's finest.

-I cannot wear my rings anymore and my toes are starting to resemble sausages.

-I didn't think that it was possible for my stomach to be relocated and squished into my rib cage.

-Since when did the kicks from my precious little boy change from endearing to jolting and distracting...

Honesty- I told you, my sensor is broken. However, all that being said I do promise to be honest with anyone that asks, I am starting a new club and anyone willing to share the gruesome and the gory is welcome to join.

dilema solved :-)

What happens when your pregnant wife wants hamburgers but you only have hot dog buns in the house??? You, the genius that you are, come up with this delicious meal...

I think Jamie called them burger-dogs; he's cute and he's sweet- I think I'll keep him.

redeeming picture

Okay I am going to try and redeem myself with this following picture that we took yesterday before heading out on our errands. I have been trying to make more of an effort to take more pictures of us since we seem to have everything else under the sun but those kind of pictures. I think its pretty cute and I like the wreath in the background (it matches with Jamie's shirt)... and more importantly, it is way better than the one that we took at the Wing House.

4 years- WOW!

Four years ago tonight I meet up with a dear friend from school- Lisa, Lisa's husband- Fernando, my father-in-law- George (who I only knew a the time as a former administrator at my high school) and my now husband- Jamie. This was the first time we had met, and it was over wings and beer at Ker's Wing House- romantic isn't it? Lisa asked me about a week prior to this evening if I would be interested in meeting Jamie, to which I replied "Sure, what have I got to loose?"

I went to this "date" with an open mind and a friendly attitude; hoping to at least make a new friend. I had two beers (Bud Light, which I thought was good beer at the time- I had a lot to learn, I know) and maybe two wings- I wasn't really hungry so I didn't eat much and well, I sat and listened to the conversation going on around me. Jamie and I sat on far ends of the table during "dinner" and I am not sure that we uttered more than two maybe three sentences to each other throughout the night. However, after everyone else left we stayed and talked by my car for 2 or more hours- apparently he didn't judge me too much for the lack of eating and my taste in beer :)

We go back every year on the 8th to celebrate our "first date" and to chow down on beer and wings (just Jamie participated in the beer drinking tonight). At the time I never would have guessed that we would be married within the next nine months or even dating for that matter; when I look back I cannot believe how far we have come! It really makes me appreciate dear friends and taking chances because when you think that you have nothing to loose you may in fact have everything and then some to gain...

just for fun- the oldest picture that I could find of us when looking tonight, it was taken when Jamie took me sailing on our first trip to Terra Ceia

picture of me and Jamie from last year's Wing House anniversary dinner

a picture from tonight- I know, it's fuzzy and not great but we were trying to take our own picture and be quick about it... maybe next year's will turn out better

Halloween Recap

I know that this holiday has gone and passed us by but I have too many pictures not to post about it. In general I don't much care for Halloween. I am not all about jumping on board with a holiday who's primary joy is frightening people (I scare easily by the way and don't enjoy it). I also don't think that just because it is Halloween that anyone and everyone should be given a free pass to look like a tramp- via naughty nurse, french maid, or scandalous witch; however, that is a whole other post in itself.

Jamie and I participated in many non-scary holiday related activities and had a blast!! We hosted a pumpkin carvin' party at our place on Friday- thanks to all who came, it was fun. We also went out to the St. Luke's trunk or treat on Saturday to see my favorite little lobster and his chefs and then came home and passed out candy with our neighbors on their porch. We didn't get many kids that night but there was a Tigger that stopped by that made sitting out there all night worth while- he was sooo cute.

Hope your fright-night festivities were just as fun as ours, enjoy the pictures...

some of our carvin' participants, busy in the planning stages

cleaning out the inside of our pumpkin so my dear hubby didn't have to get his hands dirty :-)

the finished products- Grim Reaper, Stork, FL Gator (not ours btw), and the nickelodeon character- Binya Binya Pollywog

a close up of our stork, sorry you cannot see his legs

Piper posing with me in my pumpkin outfit

do you need an explanation?

my favorite "dish" around and his amazing chefs

simply

adorable

one of Leyton and Madison (Leyton's friend)- this is what I think they are saying...

M: "What have our parents done to us this time??"

L: "Don't know, but you have funny things strapped to your back"

M: "Me, you're talking about me?? YOU have four eyes right now buddy"

Holy Crap!!

So yesterday I had this moment, maybe it happened when I was scheduling the remainder of my appointments until our little one's birth or maybe when I realized that I had lost track of how much time I spent in the bathroom that day, I am not quite sure; however, the moment went something like this...

I am pregnant! Holy Crap!!!!! How FREAKIN' cool is that?!?!?

I know that you might be thinking "Is she crazy?? Hasn't she realized that she is pregnant already? I mean, come on she will be 7 months this week!!" Nope, I hadn't. It hadn't sunk it yet for me. You would think that the positive preggo test, the multiple ultrasounds where I saw a baby, the crib in the room that we now refer to as the nursery, or the fact that my feet are becoming more and more difficult to see might have tipped me off a little but nope none of that did the trick...

So as of right now, I am sitting in the office chair bouncing with excitement and anxiously waiting for Jamie to get home so he can be excited with me! By the way, when I revealed this "moment" to him he simply said "welcome to the party honey!" This is a party I could get used to :-)

a picture from this past weekend- I think that it's probably our first visibly preggo couple pic