Hello!! Are you still there????

Ummm......hi! My name is Hayley. I have this blog called "Laughing Lolly." Ever hear of it??

Yeah. I've been pretty slack. That's all I can say. Let's make a resolution, shall we? Here's to:
more blogs, and no more lengthy disappearances. My readers deserve better! So here goes.......

I think last time I updated I had just gone for my 8 week doctor's appointment and saw the peanut (well, he/she definitely looked more like a green bean than a peanut), saw the heartbeat, and was thinking that the nausea was winding down. Yeah right. Nausea never dies, and neither does the urge to pass out asleep every time I sit down for longer than fifteen minutes. I am officially 11 weeks and ready for first trimester to be over! I have always been under the impression that first trimester only lasts 12 weeks. Nope. This lovely period of time lasts 13 weeks and I am hoping that I can make it pass that finish line without losing my cookies at my trash can at work. Still no puking (thank God), but the nausea at times makes me want to. Also, I've realized that I can no longer function on just 7-8 hours rest. I need say, 9-10 hours these days. Last night I was exhausted: I had gone back to G-town Friday night for dinner with my girlfriends, and just planned on spending the night at my mom's house since we were throwing a baby shower for my cousin Saturday morning. I was at her house by 10:00 Friday night, and in the bed by 10:30. Slept until 8:30 Saturday morning, and got up to prepare for the shower. Shower lasted until 2:00 pm, I snuggled up on the couch with my mom's Cockapoo "Nick-Nick," and laid around for a couple of hours before I headed back home to Macon. Cut to 9:30 Saturday night, I'm laying on the couch watching the Will Smith movie "The Pursuit of Happyness" (totally bawled my eyes out through that one, by the way) and finally get in the bed by 10:30. Friends, I slept until 9:00 this morning and still have taken 2 naps today! Adam and I went to Lowe's to pick out new curtains for our windows today, and I seriously could have cared less whether we went with the "Cherry" or "Milton" shades. All I wanted was a Sonic Strawberry Slushy and our couch. We were supposed to head to Express to pick out a couple of new pairs of jeans for Adam (yes, my husband is a jeans snob- he only likes to wear Express, makes his butt look good- hehe), but this prego could not handle another trip. I know I'm high maintenance right now. I promise to tone it down soon. I am hoping to regain some energy in the next couple of weeks. Other than the nausea and sleepiness, everything has been great. We are so in love with Baby Mosely, and cannot wait to find out what we're having. I'm starting to show a little bit.....eeeekkkk.....here's a couple of pics:

Here I am with my cousin and my sister. Only 5 weeks in this picture, so not really showing then.

Me and my cousin at her baby shower yesterday. Rubbing bellies. :) 11 weeks & definitely starting to show! I'm going to be huge by March.......


Other than going baby crazy, I have not been up to too much. We got through fall orientation at work a couple of weeks ago, and I am SO happy that it's over with! Besides the arrival of baby, the other huge highlight I have to look forward to is my dad coming home for his 2-week leave in early December. I have not seen him since the end of May, and absolutely cannot wait. He sent this email to my mom (which she forwarded to my sister and I), and I literally cannot stop crying. He and all of the other soldiers amaze me with their bravery every day. God bless them all for fighting for us and our daily freedom! We never hear about the good things that these brave soldiers are doing from the media. Here's something we should be proud of:

"Went with the Scouts on an HA (Humanitarian Assistance) mission. We went to a village and parked next to the school. Every age of male was there, but the only girls were young ones. Their wives weren't allowed to be there. We linked up with an Afghan Police Chief and his men and met with the village elder and school teacher to give out rice, flour, beans, blankets, school supplies, tools, etc. They went crazy for the stuff and it was fun to watch them distribute it. A couple times, I thought they might fight about it. As I watched, I thought that every kid from the States, (and adult for that matter) should see the conditions these folks live in. It would make them realize they have nothing to complain about and they should count their blessings to be living in America. I saw one kid whose foot was so badly deformed that the top of his foot was actually what was on the ground when he walked. It was rolled up under his ankle. Another kid whose face was so swollen, his right eye was closed. Had the medic check him out and it seemed like maybe someone had just knocked the crap out of him. He's in 1 or 2 of the pics I'm sending. Anyway, all these kids were glad to see us and ran around just happy as can be. No complaints out of them. It was a satisfying mission. Hopefully the Taliban won't come in there and take their new stuff and kill them for accepting it from us. We know there are Taliban in the area and they're always trying to intimidate folks. Take a look at the pics."

My dad & the little Afghan children. Precious.

Love this photo.

I love you, dad, and I am SO proud of you!

That's it for now. I promise to update this week......no, I SWEAR I will update this week. Rut-roh. Looks like LL might be back in action........

Have a great Monday, friends!

Updates & Tidbits

Okay, so I really can't apologize anymore for the lack of blogging. The last couple of long disappearances I blamed on nausea, and rightfully so. The past week of inactivity is due, to well, laziness. Although the nausea is still hanging around, it's not dragging me down anymore- thank God! Now on to the updates.......

Went to the doc again last week for my second ultrasound. Friends, let me tell you: Sitting in your gyno's waiting room is not any less intimidating just because you go ALL THE TIME when you're preggers. You still have the same yucky feeling in the pit of your stomach, except this time you're growing a little person. Luckily, the hubster was able to get off work, and hold my hand as I anxiously awaited my second (uhhh.......vaginal) ultrasound. When we finally got called back and I was in proper position, my doc turned the lights off, and lo and behold, there was my little peanut just a chilling in my uterus. Oh my goodness- SO amazing. The doc told me to hold my breath and when I did, I saw a fast, little heartbeat. SO, SO amazing. Adam cried; I laughed. We now have baby Mosely on display on our fridge. Every time I walk past that picture I smile. I am already so madly in love with this baby. I go back September 3rd for my 12 week check-up. This ultrasound will not be of the vaginal kind (thank God) and I will get to hear the heartbeat. Yay! I am officially 8 weeks and feeling pretty good. Here's to no more nausea!!

In other news, this weekend has been great. Adam and I did nothing but hang out and it was perfect. Yesterday, my mom, sis, and her boyfriend were in town doing some car-shopping, and my mom decided to pop by and spend the afternoon with me. We sat there and caught up for a couple of hours. After that I headed over to Kohl's to see what was left over after their big sale that I totally missed out on. Since everything seems to be a little too tight these days, I am bound and determined to wear dresses until I make the Bella Band purchase. So, I purchased two dresses (for work and play), a cute sweater for fall, a new pair of sunglasses, and a new bra (the girls have, ahem, gotten a bit larger over the past few weeks). I decided to head over to maternity for a little looksie' and was a bit disappointed. The maternity section wasn't but just a few racks in the corner of the store, and the clothes were well, so-so. Yeah, I know I'm having a spring baby and most of the prego clothes I will be sporting aren't even on display yet, but I have to say I was a little disappointed. After sifting through some semi-cute preg shorts and tops I was done. It probably didn't help that I had to listen to another pregnant girl complain to her mom that "I am just so tiny, with this huge bump, and I just has this gut, but really, I'm such a tiny person" I was literally about to vomit. The girl was eyeing me up and down the whole time I was over there, too. I was thinking "Yep, biatch- I'm pregnant too, and guess what?? I'm not complaining!" Oh well. I guess if I had that huge of a "gut" I'd be pissed too. My advice: pregnancy is a wonderful and amazing thing- suck it up....gut and all. Hehe.

Off to make a PB&J and wait for Madea's Family Reunion to come on TBS. Love that Madea. And a PB&J. Exciting night- whoop whoop!

Back to the land of the living.......for today at least.

Happy Friday, everyone! This has been a LONG week and I am so grateful that the weekend is finally here! Woop woop. I feel bad about the lack of blogging lately, but this has been a tough week in prego land. Lemme' just say, I'm not complaining. I feel SO very lucky to have this little peanut growing inside of me, and he (or she) can take whatever they need from me to get healthy and grow. With that being said, I am nauseous as hell most of the time and (almost) everything grosses me out. Smells are bad, too. I will not name a list of things that gross me out because:

• (a) It would be too long of a list, and
• (b) I might puke

Soooo, that's pretty much how I have been feeling. However, my love for:

• Cheese Krystal's
• Wendy's Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger's
• French Fries
• DQ's Butterfinger Blizzard's
• KFC's mac and cheese and biscuits
• Chips and Guac from El Sombrero
  
• And of course, Chick-Fil- A's chicken sandwich

has stayed rightfully intact. No, I probably will not lose weight from lack of eating hardly anything, but gain it because the only things I want are listed above. Rut-roh. Might have to start on an exercise plan soon.......I'm just sayin'.

This weekend should be fun. One of my bestest friends turns 27 (Happy Birthday, Katie Anne!) and I am making a trip up to good ole' G-town for the birthday celebration tonight. After that, I am spending the night with my mom and we have a day planned of shopping and more shopping Saturday. Yay!!

Hopefully, this "nauseousness" will pass soon. In the meantime, where is my Zofran??

First Check-up

Yesterday was my first check-up with the doc for Baby Mosely. After waiting for at least 30 minutes (Is that like standard procedure to wait at least thirty minutes to see your doctor every time you go, by the way??) I was finally called back. After pregnancy confirmation (due date is March 19th- yay!!) and blood pressure was taken I was told to go sit back in the waiting room to later be called back for tests and procedures......are you serious?? I was pretty happy I have to admit though; they gave me a big bag with all kinds of prego information, including: What To Expect When You're Expecting. Anyway, we got called back pretty quickly that time and spoke with the nurse practitioner about my medical history, Adam's medical history, our families medical history, and etc. After meeting with her, we finally got to see my doctor. After doing all of my girly examinations, he finally brought out the sonogram machine so I could see and hopefully hear the baby. Folks, let me tell you: those machines are hard to understand. Basically, when he performed the ultrasound (and yes, it was a vaginal ultrasound...eeek.....) all I could see was a big hole with a tiny circle in the hole. From what I could understand, the hole was my gestational sac, and the smaller circle was the yolk sac which would eventually "become one" with my baby. My little peanut (well, more like sesame seed) was attached to the sac wall and I could see he/she a little bit, but not very well. I was hoping to hear a little heartbeat, but my doctor told me it was too soon; he said you normally don't hear a heartbeat until you're at least 7 weeks and I'm not yet 6 weeks. Soooooo, I have to admit I was a little disappointed. I mean, I know there's a little person inside my tummy, but I really want to be able to see/hear this little person so it can be more real for me. Luckily, my doc scheduled a follow-up ultrasound for August 4 and I can't wait! Hoping I get to hear the peanut next time!

All I've got to say is Thank God the first appointment is over. I have been poked, prodded, and checked for everything under the sun. Here's to a more exciting pre-natal appointment next time around!

And so the story goes......

Folks, I have to apologize AGAIN for the lack of "bloggyness." Whoever my loyal readers are, THANK YOU. L Lolly has been quite boring lately, and it's time for some jazz. The jazz just happens to be that I'm prego and loving it! I have my first doctor's appointment this Thursday and I am just praying (and crossing everything that can be crossed) that baby Mosely is growing like he/she is supposed to. I am so ecstatic right now that I can barely contain myself! As far as the pregnant symptoms go, I am managing to get off a little easy, which I am very thankful for. Of course the boobs are sore, I am constantly tired and exhausted, and (I know this is blunt, un-ladylike, and probably shouldn't be said at all) I pee like I have drank at least a bottle of water an hour, but I can deal. I'm just thankful morning/afternoon/ night/all day sickness hasn't been an issue......not yet, anyway. The best word I can use as to how I'm feeling right now is blessed. I have been given such an amazing gift, and feel like the luckiest person in the world. So, the story of how I found out....

Well, I found out over a week ago. I hadn't been feeling super great, the frequent urination was confusing me, and well, I was late. By that Friday I had decided that I would go get a test and put my questions to rest. After work I jumped in the car, made a quick trip to Rite Aid (BTW, why is it that I am a grown and married woman, and I still cannot look a cashier in the face when buying a pregnancy test??), and headed home. Once there, I said hello to my hubby who just walked in the door himself and went straight to the bathroom. Right before I took the test, I felt this feeling of disappointment go through me, and thought "I'm going to be really bummed if this is negative, and it probably is." So I took the test, laid it on the edge of the bathtub, washed my hands, played with my hair, noticed a couple of gross blackheads on my chin, and then turned around. That's when I saw it..........2 lines. OMG! I kept thinking, "Two lines means pregnant! Two lines means pregnant, right?? Oh my God." I've always known that I wanted to do some really cute thing for Adam when I found this life-changing information out, but I couldn't contain myself. I ran out of the bathroom and said, "Adam, I'm pregnant." He looked at me like I was crazy and (my oh-so classy husband said) "What? You're shitting me." I said, "Adam, I'm pregnant. We're having a baby. I have the test to prove it!" And the rest, well, was great. We laughed, cried a little, called our families and shared the news. Most surreal (but wonderful) moment in my life.

Well, I am off to bed. I'm surprised that I've made it this late without my head hitting the keyboard (it's 10:29)! Here's to babies and blogging- I'm so happy!

BIG news!

Hello my loyal blog readers! I am sorry I haven't posted in over a week.........A LOT has been going on in the Mosely household over the past few days. And when I say A LOT, I mean that I just found out that......... I'm having a baby!!! Aaaaaaaahhhhh! So excited, happy, scared, crazy, nervous, overjoyed, and all other feeling adjectives right now. I'm still very early and have plans to go to the doctor next week for my first check-up, so I'm just hoping and praying everything is okay with my little poppy seed (yes, my child is the size of a poppy seed right now). I honestly have never felt like this before. My life has changed in the most wonderful and amazing way. Adam and I are already so in love with this baby that it is all we think about. Truly, the most amazing thing. I am such a happy girl!

I will blog more later about finding out.....crazy story. Have to go get ready for work!

Ummmmm.....when is the next long weekend??

Sorry for the lack of good posting lately. Work has been crazy the past couple of days. I planned on coming home and getting in some good bloggage yesterday, but I had to make an impromptu trip to Kroger for dinner options. Dinner options turned into a huge grocery outing that resulted in a $184 bill. What can I say? We don't buy groceries as often as we should. Adam and I are the kind of people that eat everything until it's gone. After an hour and a half of getting angry at fellow grocery-shoppers for not moving their buggies out of the way, and having to say "excuse me" to people standing in the middle of the grocery aisles looking confused (Does "get it and go" make sense to anyone?) I was DONE. Lesson learned. I am going to try my best to never go to the grocery store after work anymore. I'm thinking early morning or late night shopping on weekends now. Hmmmmm......morning shopping means better deli samples??? If so, I am so in.

Did everyone see the MJ televised Memorial today? I saw bits and pieces; came home for lunch and flipped between that and One Tree Hill on Soapnet. This is awful to say, I know, but I kind've have the hots for John Mayer after watching his performance of "Human Nature" today. I don't know if it's because "Human Nature" is my favorite MJ song, or it was the way he was strumming that guitar and making those weird faces, but I was a HOT MESS after seeing that! He was damn fine wearing that tie under that black vest. I kind've want him to be my boyfriend now........eeeeeeekkkkkkk!!! If you haven't seen it, I'm posting. Love it!



By the way, I got my Steve Madden sandals!!! Finally. Check them out and all of their cute glory:



So cute and comfy!!

I also got some super-cute Fergalicious heels the other day (had no idea Fergie designed shoes, by the way). As you can see, shoes and John Mayer have been the highlight of my week so far. Uhhhhh.......how many more days until the weekend??