Pregnancy Hormones. . . Oh the Drama

Okay, so I have officially nutted up on 3 groups today: The March of Dimes (I love them by the way), Cotton States Insurance and Wachovia. My pregnancy hormones have fully kicked in and I have no filter between my brain and my mouth. My husband, Jim is officially mortified by my behavior.

It all started last week when the phone began ringing four to five times per day from the March of Dimes. I love babies so, therefore, I love the March of Dimes. I contribute to them financially every year. They call repeatedly asking us to mail out their letters to our neighbors. We've politely said no in the past but that doesn't matter to them. After the eleventh call in two days, I answered today and nutted up. I think the calls will stop now.

Then, I tripped out on my insurance co-agent. After calling them three times (on two different days in two different weeks) with no answer, I finally left a message asking if they were still in business, what their hours were and when I could speak with someone. Jim has been friends with our agent since childhood and was appalled by my message. I finally got a call back today and explained to them that I feel that since we have 3 houses and 3 cars with them, I feel like I should get better customer service.

And finally, Wachovia has been calling our house incessantly asking how our experience was at their branch last week, if they can sell us insurance and would we like to sign up for their savings plan. Fine. No and hell no. After a sassy response asking them to quit calling three to four times per day, I hope I solved that problem too.

So, to sum things up, if you haven't experienced pregnancy hormones before - let me say this - you'll be in shock at the little things that will set you off and how quickly you'll let someone know about it.

Jim is just ready for things to return to normal. Will that ever happen?

Smoky Mountain Fun

Jim's family hosted a family reunion in Knoxville on Saturday and we decided to go up a day early to take in the sights and adventures of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. We had a great time and enjoyed tons of great food!

Jim was so excited to see a Dodge Challenger/Charger car show and made me pose (in all my pregnant glory) in front of several of the cars as he snapped my picture.

The family reunion was fabulous too, especially because Jim has 3 cousins who are expecting babies as well. The reunion turned into a baby shower and we were all treated to gifts!

L to R: Andrea (23 weeks), Me (19 1/2 weeks), Mandy (23 weeks), Rebecca (32 weeks)

And of course, I had to pose with a few of Jim's cousins children. I think that they all believe I am their age because we love to play together and we all have so much fun! They are too cute.

Freebies

I couldn't resist sharing the freebies I got today! I found $2 off coupons in my Sunday paper for Pampers baby wipes and had several of my neighbors clip them for me too. Wal-Mart has them for $1.97 each, so they were free. I got 5 packs of wipes.

I also received a $10 gift in the mail from Kohl's, so I got a 2 pack of bibs and a cute hooded towel for free. I didn't even pay any tax!

Can't beat freebies.

We saw the baby again yesterday during a sonogram at my doctor's office. He's still a boy (glad to have confirmation from the actual doctor and not just a 3d/4d sonogram person) and he is doing great. We've decided to name him Parker James.