Yucky in the Tummy

I think I got food poisoning.

I woke up yesterday morning and immediately, how do I put this without upsetting your stomach... regurgetated. Then I felt great. So we got up, got ready for church, and halfway to church I told Dave that we needed to turn around.

ALL DAY LONG. Nothing I would eat would stay down. My stomach was churning and if the medicine I would take wouldn't stay down either.

Here comes the bad part. I had to work yesterday. We are only on a four management team, because one of our managers is becoming a GM in Arkansas. So if one of us calls in, one of us has cover it. Well on sundays, all four managers work. I get the closing shift so I can go to church, and the other three managers work day. So you really can't call in. I called Michelle and let her knkow what was going on. She told me to wait and call her in an hour. Well in an hour I was feeling fine. So i went in. I decided to have a cracker and some Sprite. BAD IDEA. It got worse after that. And I had to work all night... three till midnight. It was horrible. Thank the Lord we were slow.

When I came home Dave had gotten me sprite and made me some broth. I hadn't been able to keep anything down all day, but I was able to eat that. Then he took me to bed and tucked me in, and cuddled with me while I fell asleep. Earlier he held my hair back while I was leaning over the toilet, and he got a cool washclothe and put it over my neck. He took care of me so well. Before I went to work he asked if there was anything he could have done better to take care of me. Yea, I got a good one. :)

Oh, and I feel great today! :)

Bucs, Yankees, nuff said

He thinks I'm joking. He's known me for four years and thinks I'm joking.

I will NEVER cheer for the Boston Red Sox as long as I live. EVER.

One thing my family is serious about... That's sports. The Bucs are in our blood. And my family have been yankees fans for as long as I can remember. So, this obsession was really passed down to me from my great, great, great... you get the idea.

And this is what it's going to be like this season:

And THIS is what our baby boy is going to be wearing...

I told him they could wear patriots/red sox garb when he dresses them, which, if that's how he's going to dress them, will be never! (oh, and that's my nephew Benjamin when he was like a month old. :)

New Names and Butterfly Kisses

I get REALLY frustrated with myself sometimes.

I have this great new name, long, but it's my husbands name, so I enjoy it. Well, I can't seem to get the hang of it. At work, I'm set. I go to work everyday, and have to sign my initial probably a million times. CRS. CRS. CRS. CRS. Over and over on a million different pieces of paperwork. And the final thing I sign at night has my full name. So i always sign that correctly. Work is a cinch.

It's outside of work I have the problem. Today I was at wal-mart at the picture center, and the computer asked for my first and last name. I didn't even give it a second thought and I put my maiden name. I didn't even know until the lady called out my name to pick up my pictures. I was really confused when I heard my maiden name.

The other day I was at the scrapbooking store, and she asked for my last name, again, I say Ihm. Then she said I wasn't in their database ( you get discounts after buying so much). I insisted I was and argued with her for a good five minutes. Then I realized my blunder. OOPS!

Everythings changed. Liscense, SSN, Pay Stubs, EVERYTHING. Well, except for my debit card. Maybe that's why I have the problem. I'm still signing my debit cards as my maiden name. HMMM... I'll have to change that.

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I love seeing pics of little kids with their grandparents. This is, lets see if I spell it right, Libbigail? Dave's not here or I would ask him. Not that he would know, but he might have a better idea than me. That is Dave's niece. She looked like a little princess at the wedding. So cute!!

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This next one is one of me and my Daddy dancing to Butterfly Kisses. I will never forget this the rest of my life. I never knew how loved I was. My dad and I have had some really special times together, and I don't think I know another girl who's as close to her Daddy as I am. Yes, I'm 22 and I still call him Daddy. I'll probably always call him Daddy (unless grandpa is a necessity). We talked alot about this moment my whole life. Him walking me down the aisle, giving me away, and then dancing to Butterfly kisses. When I was younger, and Butterfly Kisses would come on the radio, he would call me and leave a message of the song playing for a couple of seconds, then he would come on and say "just wanted to tell you I love you, have a great day" :) How many Daddys would think of doing that?
He's endured a lot of bumps and bruises from my softball days. Poor guy. I could hurt him pretty bad sometimes. For those of you who don't know, I was a fastpitch softball pitcher, and to practice, he was my catcher. He always did great, but I think when I developed a drop ball and a riser was when it got tricky.
And our walks. Who could forget our walks? At night when Shivan needed to be walked, I would go with him and we would just walk around the block and talk about life. Didn't matter what the subject was, anything would do. :) School, sports, politics, books. Daddy was a good sounding board. Good times. I think he knew our walking nights were ending when the summer after my freshman year, I bowed out of walking at night to talk to this "boy" on the phone. He would always ask "WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO" Then I would tell him this boy named Dave, and he would get a pouty look on his face and shuffle away slowly. I would cave in and go and tell Dave I would call him right back. :) Eventually Dave won out, and my dad would have to work around my talking schedule with Dave. Hey, we were like 2000 miles from each other, and I was in love! I would do anything to talk to him! :)
I hope my husband is as good a Daddy as mine was. :)

A lil bit of this, a lil bit of that

Here's a pic of Dave and I looking at the quilt. That was probably one of the best gifts we received. They were all great, but the quilt we were able to see pics of us growing up, and different events that we have done together during the time we have been together. People were able to write on it, so we have a bunch of great advice. You can read it and really see how loved we are. :) Thanks mom and dad. :) That's a pretty good pic of Dav eand I eating the cake. I will never forget how much Dave warned me about putting cake on his face. I have to say that when the moment came, it did cross my mind. But I love and respect him to much to do that, so I was good. :)
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Anyways, I'm off tomorrow, but I'm watching Nathan from four till eight. I love watching Nathan, and he's so fun now that he can walk and run. Keeps me busy, but at least he can entertain himself now to. I think I'm going to go to the mall. He's pretty content sitting in his stroller while you walk around. I'll takes some pics.

OH!! My nephew just started crawling! My parents are so excited and are scrambling to try to figure out how to baby proof the house. Guess it's been about 20 years since they've had to have it baby proofed. And since I was a SWEET, ANGELIC, ADORABLE, little baby girl, I know that I didn't get into that many things I wasn't supposed to. (hee hee). Catch ya later!

Scrapbooking!!!

I had the day off today, and Dave was working, so I invited one of my friends over to scrapbook with me. I love it when Ashley and I get together. We can talk about really silly things and get a good laugh, we can talk about really serious things, and best of all, we have really good conversations about the Lord and christian living. I always leave from hanging out with her feeling stronger in my faith than before. Nice to have friends like that :) My head was about to get cut off on the chopping block before ashley snapped the picture and the flash brought me back. Whew! Close one! My mom wanted to see a couple of my scrapbook pages, so I took a picture of a couple of the ones I really Like. They are kind of hard to see, but you'll get the idea. The one on the right is a spread of Dave as the groom, and me as the bride. The word groom is 3D and fuzzy when you touch it. The word bride is made of pearls and lace. The pictures are of Dave and his best man, Danny, Dave his brother and his dad, a picture of Dave and his groomsmen sitting on the getaway car, and Dave and Danny sitting on the car. The girl picare of me and my maid of honor, Megan, and me of my bridesmaids. In the middle of the page I journaled about what was going on. The picture on the right is at the beginning of my wedding scrapbook. The left hand side says engagement at the top, and all of those pics are from when Dave and I were in Florida on the day of, or a couple days after he proposed. In the middle is a quote that says "love stretches your heart and makes you big inside" The left hand side of the layout says "our wedding" at the top. For those words I used the scratch on letters. The pictures are of my dad and I walking down the aise, Dave and I at the altar, the two moms lighting the unity candle, and a picture of my flowers, bubbles, and programs at the top. The bottom left says "forever yours" And if you look closely at the very bottom of the page, you can see my cute toes. (i had to stand on a chair to take the pic) So there's a little insight into the world I love so much!

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Dave has been at a work meeting all day. He hand to listen to a speaker and take a test. It had to do with management stuff. He studied really hard and we prayed over him before he left, so he'll definately pass. (without the prayer, it was questionable!) Since he's gone, Megan and I are going to go hang out. We are going to go work out and then go to the movies. I think we are going to see that movie "Step up". It's a dance movie, kinda like save the last dance.

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OH!!!! and Dave let me get some pics developed from the reception. We have like 15 rolls of film that need developing, but we didn't want to purchase them all at once. So I got a couple done, and it was great cause it was a good mixture of both of our families. There is this HILARIOUS pic of Dave's nephews. How does he does his eyes like that!!! My eyes start hurting just looking at them! I guess once you get all your brothers together you goof off! Don't ask me what they were doing, but they look funny anyways.

Huggies

How I felt today:

How I felt after I got home and Dave gave me hugs:

It's amazing how a good hug can calm us down and make us feel like everything is going to be ok :)

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(and I love it when I squeeze him to hard after we hug and he says "Don't squeeze the charmin!")