#10 BON JOVI CONCERT

Oh Molly you lucky girl!! You got to go see Bon Jovi before you were even born. Technically I don't think it was your first concert. The first was The Script with Aaron, Leita and Ryan in Nashville, but we'll count this one as your first big concert.

Aaron bought me Bon Jovi tickets as a going away present when I left Murfreesboro so I headed up yesterday to enjoy some classic music. hehe... For some strange reason no one wanted to volunteer to attend the show with me so I wrangled my old boss Becky into going. She was the perfect choice b/c I think out of all the people I know she is the only one who appreciates Bon Jovi's music.

We ate dinner in Franklin with Aaron and caught up (we haven't seen Becky since she left her old job). Then we drove on up to Nashville. The seats were great, and Jon Bon Jovi is SO cute! It was funny b/c all his old songs were way better than his newer ones. People went crazy for Livin' on a Prayer and Bad Medicine, but the more recent songs left the crowd a little quieter. I liked them all though. They played everything I hoped except for "Have a Nice Day" so I was definitely satisfied with the show. Yeah for Bon Jovi and yeah for a good time.

After the concert Sheryl helped me register for the baby stuff at Target and Babies 'R' Us. Me and Josh tried to register, but there's just TOO much stuff. Slightly intimidating. So it was fun to have someone give me their pointers that worked for them. Everything won't work out the same for Molly I'm sure, but at least I have a really good starting point now.

And for anyone paying attention - here's the latest belly pic. Yucko!

#9 - Hiking at Old Stone Fort

The same weekend we stopped for Talan's soccer game we did a little hiking before we headed out to dinner theater that night. We went to Old Stone Fort in Manchester, TN. I had spent time here when I was little with my grandparents, but I had forgotten what it was like.

Hiking-wise it was a pretty easy stroll. I was glad though b/c I'm getting slow now. Not sure if it's b/c I'm out of shape or if it's harder to walk with belly, but I'm definitely not a fast hiker at the current time. The group I was with didn't mind though. They waited up for me if necessary, and Patti even managed to fall and bust open her knee (just in case I busted it - you know..to make me feel better. hehe)

We saw lots of cute spring flowers, and after seeing the cute combination of yellow, purple and green I have decided that's the colors I'm going to do Molly's nursery. It'll be happy and girly, but not too crazy. Don't you think?

#8 - Talan's Soccer Game

Talan, my little cousin, is playing soccer and t-ball this year. Since I'm a huge kids playing soccer fan, adventure number 8 was a Saturday morning trip to watch him play. He's four and the smallest on his team. He's super cute to watch b/c his little jersey is about 2 sizes too big.

I was really surprised b/c they have the little kids follow the "real" rules as close as they can. As far as I've seen, the little ones usually just run in clumps on the soccer field (which they did), but this league tries to teach them offense and defense so they keep half on one side of the field and half on the other. Talan was cute b/c you can tell that at one point they told him NOT to cross the white line (must have been a defense day) so now he kind of stops and thinks before he crosses it. Or he runs right up to it after the ball and just stops. :o) Just following directions; right?

Charity says he's better at t-ball b/c it's more of a focused sport without so much going on, but I think his soccer was just great. So glad I was able to stop in and see him play and hopefully I'll see many more games in the future!

#7 Without The Pics...

Number 7 Adventure involved me, Isaac, a beautiful Saturday and a couple of kayaks. Isaac had said that he'd never been kayaking before so I said next time Josh had guard and it was nice we would go. So this past Saturday we loaded up the kayaks (well Josh loaded up the kayaks) and headed out to Stony Point for some fun. Despite his fears of paddling like a dork and falling in the water, he did amazing, and we had the best time. Managed to dodge the ridiculously fast boats that come barreling around the corners and neither of us fell in. Nice enough day that you could almost imagine swimming, but by the screams of the kids jumping off the rocks the water was still a little chilly. We'll save swimming for next time.

I guess I could say the real adventure started when we were leaving b/c neither of us knew how to use the tie downs Josh used to secure the boats. I had even had a lesson the night before and couldn't get it. So we probably spent thirty minutes trying to get the boats back in the back of my truck and tied down as best we could. Oops. Still good though. Finished off the day with some chicken salad sandwiches and hash brown casserole from Cracker Barrel. Lovely. :o)

Baby notes: Molly is FLIPPING out in my belly. Her kicks are getting so strong I can see them outside. I looked down the other day at lunch just to see, and every time she kicks my belly jumps like a hundred feet. lol..strange. I can't even imagine how it will be later. Nice to know she's in there though.

Adventure #6 - Kayaking The Stones River

Spent Easter weekend in the Boro. Papa's in the hospital so it wasn't the same kind of Easter we're used to. But it turned out nice. Josh, Aaron and I kayaked the Stones River from Walter Hill Dam to Mona Boat Ramp. Nice float - about 5 miles with a pretty good current in some points. It was awesome to be back outside before it gets too hot and after such a yucky cold winter.

I was so excited to get out in the kayaks! I think Molly will be game for kayaking while she's in my belly for a pretty long time since all I have to do is sit there and move my arms. It's a little harder to do b/c it feels weird using your abs, but besides that, smooth sailing! May be difficult getting in and out of the boat later on, but I'm usually out and about with some helpful guys so I think we've got it covered.

Unkie Aaron let us all bombard his house for the weekend. Boys and all so it was a full Davis crowd. Always a good time when a Mulroy is around though so it worked out well. Thanks!

Adventure #5 Weekend

I'm counting this past weekend as one big adventure #5 because I did a bunch of small cool stuff, but nothing huge. So we'll do it day by day.

Friday - We had our potential new house inspected right after work Friday. It took about two hours, but it ended up pretty good. It's an older house so we expected some stuff to be wrong with it, and there was nothing that was super shocking. We've put in a request for some of these things to be fixed before closing, and we're waiting again for their offer on what they will do. There's a lot of waiting involved in house buying. Takes too long! Not good for impatient people.

Saturday - Josh had to help Gary move this work bench so instead of going hiking we stuck around Knoxville for the day. We helped Gary, then swung by Josh's dad's house to show him the ultrasound pictures. He's so cute! I just want to squeeze him. Him and Linda were both excited to see pictures. Since we were in that neck of the woods, we ran to Litton's for lunch. YUM! Best burgers in Knoxville. Five Guys and Fuddruckers are pretty good, but Litton's is local and tasty so it wins. We got our dessert to go and headed across the street to the duck pond to eat our cheesecake outside in the beautiful weather. Me and  Josh went to the duck pond for picnics when we were dating so we have good memories there. More Saturday - whew...busy day. Gary and Tina bought us tickets to the hockey game that night. It was the craziest Ice Bears game I've seen in a while. They were playing the FireAnts. By the end of the 2nd period they were fighting so much that both benches cleared and the whole team was beatin' up the other team. Awesome hockey fight. So many of the players had penalties that they had to end the game early. After the game, we ran over to Isaac's friend's house and watched some MMA fight that Josh wanted to see. A violent Saturday, but a good one.

Sunday - Went to church. We had skipped last week to sleep in. Sorry God. But it was nice to be back. Mark had a really good message, and the praise band was on it. Made me miss being in choir. Maybe soon we'll be moving into our new place, and we can find a permanent church.

After church we grabbed some burritos and Josh suggested we check out some furniture stores for inspiration. Heck yeah!! Did my husband just suggest furniture shopping? Yeah he did. :o)

In the afternoon, me and Mom took Christy swimming at the Y since we didn't get to go the other night. Haven't been swimming in forever, and I've decided it's the best pregnant workout ever! It's easy and works out a lot of muscles. Woohoo! Christy was excited to swim with Molly. She kept asking if I thought she liked it. I didn't hear any complaints so we're going to assume Molly loves to swim.

Rounded off the night with dinner and movie at home. Wonderful wonderful weekend. Ready for the next?

3 Day Old Sandwich Worries

When you go to the doctor for the visit where they tell you the horrible list of things you're not supposed to eat when your pregnant, the one I never knew about really was the deli meat one. What the heck? You're supposed to try and eat healthier, but you're not allowed a Subway sandwich unless you heat up the meat first to a certain temperature. Apparently there are bacteria in deli meat that live in refridgerated temperatures and if you eat them they cause miscarriages. My doctor warned me about this several times (along with my beloved Tuna steaks which we won't whine about right now).

Anyways, so yesterday Josh left for work before I did as usual, and when I walked into the kitchen to make my sandwich there was already one sitting there made next to an oatmeal creme pie. Already in a baggie and everything. So I figured he rushed out the door and forgot his sandwich like I've done numerous times. So I packed his sandwich ignoring my deli meat rule for just this once b/c I was too lazy to make me a new sandwich and figured it was better not to waste a freshly made one.

I ate the whole sandwich at lunch mayo, mustard, cheap deli meat, cheese and all and promptly sent Josh a text message. Ha ha..dummy you forgot your sandwich so I ate it. His text back - "Gross".

Found out later that the sandwich had been in his lunchbox in the car since Friday when he decided to go out instead of eat the one he brought. NASTY! So now I'm all freaked out that I have eaten a nasty sandwich and ingested miscarriage inducing bacteria. Lovely. But...I'm not sick so hopefully Molly's just in there fighting off whatever her goofy mom decides to try on her today. Oops.