Couples Baby Shower

Yesterday we had the best baby shower ever! (well, best for Texas...Kentucky was a different matter altogether) It was a couples baby shower and my sister-in-law, Becky, and my friend Lauren threw it for me and Vincent. It seriously turned out amazingly. Everyone had a great time and we got some great stuff. I am so glad that I got to see so many people that I haven't seen in awhile because this pregnancy is getting the best of me.....Thanks so much everyone for coming and thanks for all the great stuff we got!! Hope everyone had as much fun as we did!!! :)

The best cupcakes ever and all thanks to my friend Lauren's in-laws.....seriously, great job!!

The party favor....

I love sitting

Vincent's dad and wife, Lisa

Jessica, Aaron, Suzanne, Todd, and Raeley

Calvin and Fielden and Vincent's cousin, Jenn and husband, Shaun

Casey, Lauren, and Daniel

Megan, Jill, and David

Max and Dana

My brother David and Michael

Does David look surprised???

Danny and Mandi

Lockheart and Jeremy

Vincent's cousin, Jenn and her husband Shaun

Our personal party photographer that graciously volunteered to take pictures, Meredith and her husband, Michael......THANK YOU SO MUCH Meredith for taking pictures!! Very much appreciated!!!

My sis-in-law, Becky, Diane and Shasta

Ryan, me and Michael

Appearantly I don't even get up for pictures unless I have to :)

Me and the hostess with the mostess, Becky

Vincent's dad, Lisa and me and Vincent

Jenn, Shaun, Vincent Sr., Lisa

Megan, me and Mandi

Dana, Lauren, Daniel, Casey and Max

Me, Jessica, Aaron, and Suzanne

Todd and Vincent

Shaun and Jenn

Calvin and kids

Fielden with her son

Those cute kids again

A game called Bobbing for Nipples

A floating baby mixed in with the nipples

My brother bobbin'................

Vincent giving it a shot.........

Vincent playing a game called "Guess the Gerber" where we had to guess the type of baby food we were eating.....seriously there is some disgusting baby food flavors out there!!

Speaking of disgusting......melt chocolate bars in diapers and you come up with this game. I know it's candy but it still looks sick.................

Ryan and Katie with David in the background

Me and Mandi hanging out on the trampoline.......

Carolyn and Caudell

Nice facial expression to go with the nice gifts........butt paste????

The most popular gift at the shower........the Pee Wee Tee Pee.......AWESOME

The signed picture mat for the future Baby Martinez.......

Birthdays and other fun stuff......

So today is my 27th birthday. It has been a good day but I have really reached that age where I'm not obsessed with having to make a big deal out of it. My cube was decorated at work, my co-workers took me out to lunch, and Vincent took me out to dinner. All in all a pretty good day. And my family is taking me out to dinner tomorrow. Plus, in a matter of 7 1/2 weeks, we'll have a wonderful new addition to our family. So, really, I couldn't really ask for more on my birthday. It's been a really good one.


Yesterday, though, not so much. I had contractions all day long and they were really hurting. I had a doctor's appointment so I decided to wait and mention it to the doctor. Well, Vincent went with me and he was freaking out about the contractions. Since I have read lots of information on each stage of my pregnancy, I knew that these contractions were more than likely, very normal. I tried to explain this to Vincent but he wasn't convinced. So I told the doctor that I was having contractions and she asked the specifics and then said to make sure I was hydrated and that maybe I should take the next day off to relax. Well, Vincent then said "No, you don't get it, these are really bad contractions. She could barely walk all day with these contractions. I've never seen her in this much pain." She then got a worried look and asked me if this was true and then that freaked me out and then I became worried that they were worse than they were and agreed with Vincent. So then she decided to check and see if I was dilated. I don't want to go into too much detail here but she does stick her hand, although I don't know how much of it, in me to check. It was terrible. I wasn't really that scared of the pain of birth before, but now I'm terrified. I mean, really, all she was doing was checking me and it hurt that bad. I actually screamed, because I was totally not expecting it to hurt, and especially not that bad. She said that I wasn't dilated but that the baby's head was really low, so low that she actually touched my baby's head......yeah, weird. But she said that it was too low for me being only 32 weeks. So she insists that I go to the hospital to have some more tests done to make sure the baby wasn't in distress. So off the hospital we go where they monitor the baby's heart and do some ultrasounds. Basically, everything is fine. He's just really low in my pelvis- which feels awesome, by the way. So basically from all that the one thing we learned was that Vincent isn't going to speak up anymore at future appointments. :)



But the highlight of my birthday was the gifts I received on Sunday. Vincent got me a vacuum cleaner and steam cleaner. More specifically a Hoover Platinum Collection WindTunnel HEPA Upright Vacuum and a Hoover Platinum Collection Upright Steam Cleaner. They are the best things that ever happened to me. I got them Sunday early afternoon and decided that I would try them out on the living room floor. They were both so amazing that I decided to do the stairs. Then, the game room and it went on and on until I had done the whole house. I definitely did some serious vacuuming and steam cleaning. Now it's probably easy to see why I was having contractions the next day.....I know, I know. But seriously, I don't think I could have stopped, even if I wanted to. These machines are capable of amazing things. You know you've reached a certain age and place in your life when vacuums and steam cleaners make you extraordinarily happy :) But really, I highly recommend these 2 beauties. They're a little pricey but worth every penny.

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes, especially from my bro in Iraq!! When someone from the other side of the world wishes you happy birthday, you know you're special!! :)

Happy Easter!!

Vincent and I decided to use my 31 week belly to celebrate Easter....... :)

Shush girl, shut your lips, do the Hellen Keller and talk with your hips....

Yeah, I didn't really have any sort of subject to put in the subject line so I took a line that I think is hilarious from a song I like by the band 3OH!3..........yeah, random. Probably like this post is going to be.


I wanted to post a blog even though I don't really have a lot to blog about. My back is hurting again and this time, even worse. I complained before to Vincent about my back hurting, saying "I don't think my back could hurt any worse"......well, I guess my body likes to screw with me cause it definitely hurts a lot more than before. My doctor says that my petite frame is not handling the growth of my boobs and belly very well and that's why it hurts. I honestly wish that I could take a pain reliever that isn't Tylenol. Tylenol sucks.


Speaking of doctors, I changed doctors a few weeks ago. I changed doctors for 2 reasons. One, I really wanted to deliver at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and my old doctor wouldn't deliver there. And, two, it wasn't that I didn't like my old doctor but she didn't really make me feel like she was concerned about what I was concerned about. Vincent said she didn't baby me and I wanted to be babied. That might be true but I got a recommendation from several people at work for my new doctor and I LOVE her. Seriously, she is the best doctor I've ever had in my history of OB's. She is great. Her name is Dr. Felicia Tillman. If you're looking for a new OBGYN, check her out.


Other than my back hurting, my pregnancy is going really well. I am definitely Miranda on Sex in the City when it comes to my pregnancy. I thought it was slightly neat that the baby was kicking the first few times but now I'm totally over it. It's actually really annoying and sometimes even painful now. Sometimes I feel guilty that I am not into it like other women but everyone's different and I know that once the little guy is here, I'll be excited. The other day a woman I work with asked to touch my belly while the baby kicked. Of course he kicked because he always kicks and when he kicked, it actually brought tears to her eyes! She said, through her sniffles, that she couldn't wait to hold him. I was awestruck! The baby kicking definitely has had no effect on me like that and I'm his own mother!! And she's, by no means, my BFF, so how in the world could she be so moved???? I think the whole not being able to see what is making me fat, kicking me, and causing me to waddle really prevents me from getting excited. I think if I could see the actual person inside of me and what he really looks like I would be way more excited. And ultrasounds don't count because you can't really tell what he's going to look like.....unless he's supposed to look like a little skeleton baby :) So judge me, if you must, for being a terrible pregnant lady. I just can't help it.


Other than counting down the weeks till we meet this baby (10 more weeks!!), I have been doing a whole lot of TV watching.....since laying down feels the best right now. Right now I have started from the beginning of the series of "Big Love" and am almost done watching it (thanks, Lauren!!). This show is awesome!! I know that there is no way possible for polygamists to exist like they do, all normal in the suburbs, but it's a lot of fun watching them do it. Although it doesn't beat out my favorite show of all time, The L Word, it definitely ranks up there.....


Since we don't have kids yet and when the baby gets here, they'll be long forgotten, I guess I should mention something about my dogs. Our dog Bailey seems to have suffered from what we think was an allergy attack. We're not sure so if anyone knows different let us know. But a few weeks ago when the weather was perfect we left the windows open for like 3 days in a row. Well, Bailey loves the windows being open and propped herself on the couch by the window and just watched the neighborhood for hours. She loves watching the neighborhood. She does it intently like she's getting paid to do it. Anyway, after those 3 days in front of the window, all of a sudden the rims around her eyes puffed up and turned bright pink. Then she started itching real bad. It stayed like that for about a week. We didn't take her to the vet because as Vincent says "unless she can't move, I'm not paying for her to go to a vet". Well, I started giving her Benadryl and the swelling went down and she stopped itching as much. But the effects of it have stayed long past. She itched her eyes till there were scabs and itched her back legs so much that she took off most of her fur. She looks rough. Our neighbor came over and commented "What the F is wrong with your dog? Did she get hit by a car?" I took pictures of her but they probably don't do justice to how rough she looked.....

There are scabs above her right eye from scratching it so much....

I don't know if you can see the bald spots because they're starting to grow back but it was bad....

I will be posting more pictures of my growing belly on the next post. It is definitely growing rapidly and I really think he is starting to drop. Hopefully he comes on time and not later!! Everyone cross their fingers for me!! :)