We're Back

We are officially back from vacation and we still haven't completely unpacked. That is on our agenda for today. We did have a great vacation though. First we went to Orlando and spent the day at Disney World. After going to Disney we woke up early on Sunday morning and drove to Miami to get on our ship the Carnival Triumph.

Our first stop was in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Here we went to an all inclusive beach and laid in the sun.

Our next stop was at Georgetown, Grand Cayman. Here we did one of the most exciting and fun things I have ever done. We went to what's known as Sting Ray City. There is a sandbar about 3 miles off shore where the water is only about 3 feet deep. At this sand bar are hundreds of sting rays that are used to human contact. You just hop in the water and walk around while these huge sting rays nudge up to you and let you pet them. It was really amazing.

Our final stop was Cozumel, Mexico. Here we went to Paradise beach. Once again we just relaxed on the beach. This beach had inflatable trampolines and a water iceberg that you could climb.

Leslie did great with the thingy. She still has had no morning sickness, but she has been having some headaches. I can't tell if the headaches are due to everyday life with me or because of the pregnancy. What I do know is that I will be hurt before this baby is born. Leslie sent me a text message the other day telling me that I would be dead or severely injured before my child was born. So if something happens to me... it was Leslie.

We are still here...

I just wanted to let everybody know that we are still around. We were on vacation last week and we have been busy trying to unpack the last few days. I will blog and post pictures about our trip this weekend. Leslie and the thingy are both fine and did great on the trip. More to come on Saturday.

Living the Pregnant Life

We are in full preggo living mode. Even though we still have 8 months to go we are already doing what we can to prepare. Earlier today Leslie and I spent a leisurely day shopping at Home Depot for a new washer and dryer. The washer and dryer we have now was given to us and I think is as old as I am. They still work fine, but Leslie and I are pretty certain that it won't last too much longer. We figure we have money more readily available now and may not be able to go buy one once we have the baby. Let me tell you we went and bought the BMW of washer and dryers... not really. We did buy energy star appliances though, so we are very awesome.

Leslie really hasn't had many preggo symptoms. She hasn't had any nausea, other than her standard living every day with me nausea. She has been really tired though. Most weekends she doesn't sleep late. She usually wakes up around 7, but today when I woke up she was still asleep at 8:45, and she wants to go to bed at around 9.

We have been doing some name thinking. If it's a boy I think I have finally convinced her to name him Thomas Sterling Greene Mills, Jr. I am a big fan of family traditions. If it's a girl Leslie and I like the name Kaylee. We still have a lot of time left and I'm sure we will flip flop a couple of times though.

Still waiting on that XBox...

We Are Pregnant!

Yes, it's true, Leslie and I are having a baby. Well Leslie is having the baby, I am just there to support her and look handsome. Sorry I haven't posted in a while but we have known for a little over a week but wanted to wait until the Doctor confirmed that we were indeed having a baby. I just couldn't think of anything to write about other than the fact we are having a baby.

Leslie is still pretty early into it, probably less than a month. The doctor said the due date is August 14, but that will probably change a little once we actually have some ultrasounds.

So I know what you all are thinking... Are you going to sell the Trans Am? Well, surprisingly Leslie doesn't want me to, but I think I will. I think it's hilarious that Leslie actually wants me to keep it. I thought she would be so happy for me to get rid of that little slice of heaven. We are still debating, but who knows. I do have to buy a new car though, both of us have 2 door Honda civics, and that just wont work with having a baby in the back seat.

So now this blog will turn into a baby blog I suppose. Leslie and I will write, well I will write when Leslie yells at me to write, when we know more facts about the baby. I feel sorry for this baby because I am going to want to play with the toys more than the baby will. The toys these kids have today are ridiculously fun. My baby is going to hate me because it wont be able to play with the super high powered GI Joe with kung fu grip, because daddy will be playing with it. He/she will just have to save up and buy his/her own.

Oh, in case you are interested the baby has already asked for an XBOX 360 so please go ahead and send one, ya know so I can get warmed up.

Seriously?

Ok, I don't want to have to talk about this again, but I will. Why do people have to talk to me in elevators? As mentioned previously, I spend a good portion of my day walking to different offices, so therefore I spend a lot of my day on elevators. I was walking onto an elevator yesterday with a delivery man. He then just starts to tell me how he dislocated his shoulder the previous day and how he popped it back into place all by himself. He told me how he tripped and fell and just knocked it right out, so he stood up and just pushed it back in. What did I do to deserve this? He was telling me all about the pain that he suffered, but said he was feeling much better because he rubbed it down with Ben Gay.

I really think I should just publish a book about elevator stories, because I have another good story. When I was returning to my office, after riding the elevator with Mr. Ben Gay, I turned the corner in my building lobby to take the elevator up to my floor. There were two gentlemen in front of me who had just gone to buy some lunch and were bringing it back to their offices. The gentlemen were about to get on the elevator when the doors started to close. To keep the doors from closing one of the men quickly thrusted his arm between the doors to keep them from closing. What he didn't think about was the bag of food in his hands so when he thrusted his arm out he threw his food all over the elevator. Let me tell you, spaghetti is messy in an elevator.

So I'm sitting here watching some girl from the band Danity Kane sing the Star Spangled Banner before the start of the Colts Jaguars game. Who exactly gets to decide how to sing our National Anthem, because every time I hear it sung it sounds completely different? Shouldn't our National Anthem be sung the same way every time? You don't hear the Canadians drop a beat to play Oh Canada, it sounds exactly the same each and every time. In fact, this girl took so long to sing the National Anthem that the Fly Over was about 30 seconds too early.... sorry I just passed out for a few minutes and the girl is still singing the last note.

So Christmas is almost here and it's going to be a very busy time. My parents are coming in this weekend to visit (hi mom, hi dad I know you read this so I have to behave). Then next week Leslie's Brother and roomate are coming to spend Christmas with us. I will do my best to write when I can. I know that about 3 people read my blog so I want to keep you 3 people happy.

One quick joke before I go. Why did Tigger have his head in the toilet?

He was looking for Poo!

So, We Suvived

We suvived the snow. Leslie and I were a couple hours late to work on Friday, but I didn't mind. Here are a few pictures that we took before work on Friday morning.

There is actually a little bit of snow left on the ground that hasn't melted, but for the most part it's gone. Enough about snow.

Today I had some work done on the Trans-Am. I had new tires put on, as well as a few other little things. It's nice to know that I can drive the car without having to worry about one of the tires exploding. I don't think I am going to do anything else to the car until Spring time. That's all for now.

Snow?

Wow, it took me two hours to get home from work today. Apparently it decided to snow around 4 o'clock and it hasn't stopped yet. There is probably about 3 inches on the ground.

Yes, snow is very pretty, but for some reason down south when it starts snowing everybody turns retarded. Everybody forgets how to drive and just decides to park in the middle of the interstate. People freak out as if massive Giants with Dandruff are coming to attack. It's not hard, it's called driving, you push the gas and the car goes forward. Up North when it starts to snow people drive. They get up the next day and they drive to work. It doesn't matter if there is 14 feet of snow, schools are in session. Down south if you mention the word snow the local Wal-Mart is packed with half the town buying canned goods, batteries and bottled water. The other day one of the adjoining counties to Nashville cancelled school due to weather. The forecast was sunny with a high of 45. Apparently somebody saw some ice at midnight.

I think the most frustrating was when I waited 55 minutes to travel down a road with backed up traffic only to find out that the reason that it was taking so long is that there was a hill. Wow, a hill people. Yeah, maybe we should all be scared of the hill. Let's just park our cars and walk home.

There are two types of drivers when it snows. Those who drive cautiously and those that are experienced at driving and decide they don't need to slow down. I am driving down a very steep hill, I have put my car in 2nd gear to help slow the car down and to keep the tires from slipping, and there is a car riding my bumper. I thought wow this guy must know how to drive, so when we got to the bottom of the hill I slammed on my breaks, so the guy behind me swerved and crashed. I then got out of the car and said, man, you need to be more careful. Then I drove off...that'll show him.

I think that absolute worst part was when I left work at 5:15 I did not have to go to the bathroom, at 6:15 I did, at 7:30 I was notifying all the drivers in my caravan not to drink the yellow snow.