Buecker Family Reunion

Friday, Saturday and Sunday of last week were spent out in Kingsland with many members of my family. We had a ton of fun in the sun (shade for me, thanks) by playing with bubbles, frisbees, water balloons, bugs, FIRE, more bugs and water hoses! 10 of my second cousins, 12 years and younger, were there enjoying their time with each other and more importantly, Cody! They LOVED Cody!! The adults loved that Cody was entertaining all the kids! Needless to say, they all slept well at night ;)

We did go out to Lake LBJ for some tubing behind the boat and some swimming. I love the lake so very much. I took a quick dip in the water at one point, but the rest of the time was spent under the umbrella in the shade. I would have prefered to be in the water more, but that sun was insane! When we got back to my uncle's place, I took a nap and showered while the fajitas started cooking. I re-joined the group just in time to chop some tomatoes and then eat! Later, Cody taught the kids how to make smores. They had so much fun!

Sunday was the day of goodbyes as everyone had to head back home. The kids were not ready to head back, which was sad, but Cody was worn out and the adults were ready to go home. I think even though Cody had fun, he was happy for the break and was ready to go home.

I wish I brought my camera with us because there were many photo opportunities. I hope that my aunts will email some of the pictures out to us. OH- I have two cousins who are pregnant, too! One is due mid-November and the other has the same due date as me! It was fun to actually get to share pregnancy woes and excitement with them. This was their 3rd and 4th pregnancies!

I started thinking that maybe I was beginning to feel the baby orange moving around, but it still may be too early. We think that what I was feeling was gas! Go figure!

C'mon baby!

I'm ready to feel you moving around. Just a little bit is all I ask for!


Even though I've seen pictures of the baby and just last week I heard the heartbeat, it still doesn't feel real. From what I've read, I'm at the stage in my pregnancy (14w2d) where I will begin to start feeling the baby move. If I poke my stomach, I should be able to make the baby move, too. I've been doing alot of poking ;) Maybe I should eat something spicy and see what happens!

I have an appointment this Friday and I think it will entail bloodwork to make sure that I'm still within normal limits with my different levels. I think I'll be ok, so that's good. I think I will have a baby test to see if there are any problems with it. Maybe we'll schedule an appointment with the radiologist to find out the sex! We'll see!

Something fun and good for the world!

On May 20th, 2009, Drew Olanoff was diagnosed with cancer: Hodgkins Lymphoma.

Ever since that day, Drew has blamed everything on his cancer. Losing his keys, misplacing his wallet, Twitter being slow, the Phillies losing, etc.

Why? Because you have to beat up on Cancer to win... and you can help out.

Blame Drew's Cancer for anything and everything you want. Tweet with the hashtag #BlameDrewsCancer and it'll come here ( http://blamedrewscancer.com ) . We'll keep a tally and hopefully when all is said and done and Drew beats Cancer, some nice company or companies will donate a dollar for every unique person who Blames Drew's Cancer to the American Cancer Society and the Make a Wish Foundation.

It's fun to watch the tweets arrive! You can go to the blamedrewscancer website first so you can see how it works.

great walking song

So I was using my brother's ipod as I did my 2 mile walk this morning. When I was half-way done with my last lap, this song came on the player and I thought it had a great walking beat. It does have some explicit lyrics, but some of it is funny. It certainly helped me through the last part of the walk that seemed to never end!

The Bloodhound Gang - "Mope"

Healthy Pregnancy

So today I officially enrolled in a pregnancy study. The idea behind this study is that pregnant women should be a healthy weight when conceiving and that they should gain a healthy amount of weight while pregnant. Luckily I was a healthy weight to start with, but I'm afraid of gaining too much weight.

I hear from moms and soon-to-be moms that I should eat whatever I'm hungry for because that's what my body is craving. I'm also not supposed to worry about my weight. Well I can't help but worry about it. I was worried about it before I got pregnant, because lets face it, I got pretty sedentary and have gained about 15 pounds since not being in school, and I do not want to gain any more than that!

My family history shows that the women in my family gain at least 50 pounds during pregnancy and the doctors say I should gain 25-35 pounds. My family history also shows that I may not lose the excess weight once the baby comes. I am scared to death of this! I know that I need to eat more fruits and veggies, but I don't have a clue how to shop for them and I am tired of the same 'ol bell peppers and carrots and bananas. They taste good, but apparently my tastes in food is picky right now. Luckily the only food aversions I've had so far is toward chinese/japanese/korean foods. I do love Italian and mexican like whoa.

Okay, back to the point. I did some testing this morning at the doctor's office. They took my weight, bp and listened to the baby's heartrate (140bpm!). Then I did a stretch to show them that I am not flexible because I can barely reach past my knees while sitting on the floor, legs extended in front of me! Next I did a little bit of weight lifting which turned out to be tougher than I thought! Last, I did a 2 mile walk (around the block 4 times) at my own pace. That took 36 minutes! Geez, I am so out of shape and could use the help of the pregnancy workout group that meets three times a week for an hour. But alas, I was randomized in the control group. I am not going to Vegas anytime soon, because it was a 50/50 chance of getting randomized into the workout group and apparently I'm just not lucky enough!

The silver lining is that even though I don't get to work out, I do get some free yoga classes to go to later in my pregnancy. That's ok, I'll take that!

Hopefully I'll gain a healthy amount of weight that will be easy enough to lose while staying healthy for the baby. I'm looking forward to seeing the results of this study when it is complete!

My favorite text

This is a text message that I received today at 2:30 from my brother:

"I love you too Chelle. And I'm going to miss you as well."

He just stopped by work on his way to the airport. This will probably be the last time he'll be in Texas until maybe this time next year, if he's lucky. He's reporting for duty in Iwakuni, Japan by May 31st. I am so excited for him and this new adventure.

I can't wait to see him again.

I love you, Bubba!

B O R E D but lot's going on...

At least that's the way it is at work. I do have stuff to do, but if I do it, then I won't have anything else to do. I am beginning to get worried that I won't have a job with the way things are heading with a certain creditor. I am very upset at the owner's ex-husband for ruining the creditable business that was established by not paying his bills and creating businesses and credit lines on our company's good name. Because his bills come here, under our name, we're getting into trouble and it's wreaking havoc on all our morale. What can we do?