A Month of Blessings

Well I am home now for a month from work. Jessica is now 38 weeks pregnant. We are all on baby watch. I am so honoured and excited to be able to be apart of this sweet boys life. It has been an amazing experience to watch Jessica through her pregnancy and watch her fall in love with her little man. She and Travis are going to be such amazing parents. These are their maternity photos that a friend of theirs did. I just love them.

The Highs and Lows of Emotions

Today started and ended as a beautiful day. Jessica and Travis had their 28th week pregnancy 3d/4d ultrasound. Besides Shane and me, there was Aaron, Diane (Travis' mom), and my mom and stepdad witnessing this amazing feat of technology. We were able to see detail features of our Mason. He looks like he will have Jessica's cheeks, lips, and nose. Currently, he is in the breached position but should turn around in the next few weeks. But, his feet were literally poking him in his eyes. It was so cute.

Before we left though we noticed that Sam (our dog of 15 years) was very sick. She hasn't been doing well for a while now. She had heartworms and very bad arthritis. When we came home from the ultrasound we saw she wasn't getting any better so we called the vet. Tonight, we had to have her put to sleep. It was a very sad moment and we shed many tears but we felt we had done the best thing for her. She is no longer suffering. So though the day ended on a sad day it was still a beautiful day for we know that our Sam is in a better place.

Sam - June 1, 1999 to Sept 29, 2014

My Transformation

So for the last couple of months I have been working on improving myself. One of my goals was to lose weight. I had gained about 25 lbs in the last three years (about when I had began driving), and gained about 40 in the last 20 years. I have very little opportunity to exercise cause our tractor is going 24 hrs a day. I tried to exercise by doing squats and crunches in the truck but it messed my back up and i could hardly walk for a week. I wasn't really eating too bad. I would only eat fast food about once a week but i did have an addiction to cokes. I never ate more than 1200 calories a day. So 3 months ago i cut out simple carbs and sugars out of my diet. I ate high protein, low fat food and only water. I average about 800 calories a day. I started at 157 lbs and today i am 138. My goal is to reach 130 lbs.

On August 12th, I began another phase of my transformation. I went to a cosmetic surgeon to start the process of removing my tattoo. It has been a hugh source of low esteem the last 10 years (But i have had it for 23 years). I can never completely cover it up and constantly wonder what people think of me when they see it. The procedure was painful but it is worth it. After i did the first treatment, I could already feel my confidence increase.

Wright Baby Reveal Party

Recently, there hasn't been a whole lot going on. Last month, Aaron turned 19. His girlfriend came to see him for the weekend. We had dinner and a cake and spent time with each other.

Jessica is now 19 weeks pregnant. Last week, her and Travis had an ultrasound done and found out the gender. Instead of telling everyone, they had a party with family to surprise us. We are so excited. We found out that we are having a grandson. We know that his first name is going to be Mason. I just love that name.

     

      

 

Annual Arkansas Trout Fishing Trip

Every Memorial Day week we go to Lakeview, Arkansas with my dad, kids, and sister and family to trout fish. This year, it was me, Shane, Jess, Catherine, Ava, Jenni, Tiffany, Ricky, Cayden, and Brian.

We had a good time most of the time but there were a few personal stubbles that brought the quality of our vacation down. Most of which I won't speak of here cause it wouldn't be proper. We didn't catch as many fish as we usually do but we did get about 15 to bring home. Jessica caught the most this year, which was great since she didn't get to go last year. We went out on a pontoon boat which was a blast. We did some flea market shopping, and us girls went and got our nails done.

We were able to take little Ava this year too and she was just a delight to have with us.