Moved!

The new blog is still in the works, but I will no longer post on Blogspot, so if you're interested in following, you can bookmark your browser here: http://jessiwallace.wordpress.com/ and sign up for email notifications.

Looking forward to a fresh, clean start!

Here's hoping I have enough interesting content... ;)

Moving.

The blog. Or, thinking about it rather. When I first set this blog up a few years ago, I set it up through my Yahoo! email address.... well, now I have a Google account and blogger doesn't allow you to move it to the new email address. I can add the email and such but I can't change my log-in or link it to my Google account.

Mess. =P

So I am thinking about moving it and just linking back to this one as an archive.

I'll let you all know when that happens. Or heck, I might move over to another blog provider... you never know. But you will know... when I tell you. :)

Anyone still reading?! How are you?!

A little behind.

I'm a little behind on blogging. Okay, a lot behind. I do love doing it and I miss it a lot... but life has kept me incredibly busy. A quick recap:

1. I love my new job. I'm 9 months in and it feels so right. The people are great, the work load is great, I love it.

2. Zoey is 15.5 months old, saying cute little things like "what's this?" and "thank you".

3. My husband is officially ordained as an Elder in the church and I am so proud of him.

4. Hubby's job ends July 29. He works in Atlanta for the month of August (home on the weekends) and will be officially unemployed on September 1.

5. My kitty Yumi is outside for good after deciding to pee on one of Zoey's hats. Yeah. She walked into the bathroom, looked in her litter box, turned around, walked right into Zoey's room and peed on a hat. I watched the whole thing.

6. Falkor is probably going to a goat farm a friend of ours is setting up. He deserves a place to run and needs a job. And since I can't have a goat, we're placing him with someone we know will take excellent care of him and that we can visit any time we want. Not sure when this begins... soon.

7. I've been crafting more... I have officially completed Zoey's first year scrapbook (which is bulging at the seams by the way) and I made her a tutu for July 4 festivities. I <3 Pinterest, by the way.

8. I'm 7 lbs lighter than when I got pregnant with Zoey and have 8 more to go until I reach my goal.

9. Zoey is in her "I'm going to throw myself on the floor, kick my feet, scream and hit you if you don't carry me around and give me what I want" phase. It's adorable. (note the sarcasm) Terrible Two is a lie is I ever heard one. It starts at 12 months.

10. I want to deliver our next baby naturally.

#10 isn't a joke and it isn't an announcement. It's just a thought. I've read some AMAZING and inspiring birth stories lately... and while I can't really TTC any time soon, I truly pray that next time is different... that next time, the placenta acts right... that next time, the baby doesn't start trying to come out at 32 weeks. I can't guarantee anything. All I can do is pray.

Now I leave you with cuteness:

A Zoey Update... what else is new?

I just realized I never posted the video recap I made of Zoey's journey to her first birthday. Shame on me, I know. For those interested, here it is:

http://youtu.be/JIDvVg0u86Q

In other news, Zoey is walking a little more every day. For some reason she walks at her babysitter's house more than she will at home. I think by the time she's here, she has missed us so much and she just wants to play and be held. It's cute, but a little annoying at the same time. We kind of need Zoey to walk so she can finally start school. You're probably thinking, "School? What the heck?!" We got her into Bethel Baptist Preschool, which is a curriculum-based daycare. The only catch is she has to be walking because their only opening is Toddler I. The deposit is paid and she's in... when she walks. She'll be in a classroom, they provide all her meals and have a little playground just for her age group. We'll miss her sitter, but it will be good for Zoey to get more socialized with several children. It doesn't cost a whole lot more than what we pay now and regardless I think the fact that food is included will make up for the difference.

Zoey is starting to babble more and actually say words... and try to converse with us... and it completely takes us off guard. She'll talk to us as if we should understand exactly what she is saying, and when we repeat her in question form to see if that is what she said, she always says "Yeah!" ;) Too. Stinking. Cute.

I can't believe we're in her 2nd year. Even more so, I can't believe that this time next year I'll be starting to potty train her... yikes.

One thing at a time, momma. One thing at a time.

Reflections of ONE

My sweet little Peach is officially ONE. What a wild ride it has been. She's growing so fast, I can hardly catch my breath sometimes. She's very close to walking. Her first birthday party was sweet but overwhelming. There were so many people in our house, Zoey was a little freaked out. In the end, she had a great time and got some really cute clothes for the spring!

To see more adorable pictures of Zoey from her One Year photo session, and for pictures of other adorable babies, visit Jennifer Adams Reflections' NEW website! It's so stinking cute, your heart just might explode. ;)

Tubes!

It has been a wild ride for Zoey since before Christmas... today, she got tubes in her ears! Poor baby has been on five rounds of antibiotics, one of which was a series of shots that she haaaaated... none of them worked. When it got around to the 5th round, her pediatrician said she will have to get tubes because... well... there was NO antibiotic left... she's had them all.

Nice.

Good news is surgery was a breeze! They had to use a larger hose to suction her ears because she had so much thick gunk behind her ear drum... it wasn't just fluid. It was a very quick procedure and she recovered well. So well, in fact, she took a SIPPY CUP from the hospital with REAL MILK in it... like a champ. Not formula... MILK. Girlfriend has been throwing tantrums at home when we offer her a cup over a bottle and we have every cup on the market... except this one. Not sure why this cup was more interesting... maybe she was desperate for a drink... but she took it and it's a toddler hard-top cup. I don't understand it and don't even care... she's off the bottle as of today! :) I'm so relieved to not have to wash the 459849608596 parts to her Dr Brown's bottles anymore...

Looks like our ear troubles are finally over!!

One Year Ago...

One year ago today, I was 30 weeks pregnant and I went to my weekly OB appt for a placenta check. I had a rare form of vasa previa where my placenta had split in two and each section was connected by a blood vessel covering the cervix. This means if my water broke or I went into labor, I could bleed out and lose the baby and possibly my own life as well.

During this scary time in my pregnancy, I was getting weekly ultrasounds to check the placenta's activity and to see if I was dilating/effacing at all. By this point, I had been already. That day, I never went home. I went into an ambulance and to a hospital equipped to handle my situation.

If any of you are looking for some dramatic reading, check out the old posts from the vasa previa days, starting with the day I was Admitted. Then, there is a filter by Dealing With The Hospital, that's some fun reading right there. Start at the bottom... work your way up. If you feel so inclined. :) Today, I'm taking a trip down memory lane and looking back on those days... I still can't believe that was my life, but at the same time it feels like yesterday...