Santa came for an early visit

I made a call to Santa about taking pictures with the kids. He offered to come to our house so that we wouldn't have to get little Charli out in the cold. How sweet of Santa, but would you expect anything less? I invited my sis over and my brand new nephew so she wouldn't have to take him somewhere else...The kids were all very cooperative, well Skye (my nephew slept most of the time). Cason and Tyler told Santa what they wanted for Christmas and Santa told them they had been good this year - ha! Cason and I made some Oreo Dirt balls, which Cason had to share with Santa as an early snack. It was a great moment and I got some great pictures!

Merry Christmas.

Christmas Pics

So of course I don't have the money to really take the kids anywhere to get their pics taken, so I decided to do some myself for our Christmas cards. They turned out really good. Charli is the cutest stinkin Ms Claus ever! The boys are getting so big and don't care to take pictures but they did and they are so stinkin handsome. They sat in front of the fireplace for me. I fixed Charli up her chair with a back drop and she even cooperated. Ohhh I can't wait until Christmas. Santa pictures will be next :) HO HO HO

Postcrossing

For anyone that isn't familiar with Postcrossing, you should really check it out. Basically, its a free service to receive postcards from all around the world. The only cost is when you send a postcard (postage isn't very much - even if its going to China). I sent 5 postcards for about $7.00 (one to China, Russia, Ireland, Germany, & one within the US).

I received my first postcard today. It's from Russia by a lady named Irina. It is a portrait of Natalie Coucharoug - whom is the wife of a famous Russian Poet, A.S Pushrin.

I can't wait to see where else I get them from - I think I will start a scrapbook to put them in :)

Girls Night Out - December

Another fantastic girls night out. We met at Capri's on Woodruff Rd. It is always so good to see everyone! We decided to do a $5-$10 gift exchange. There were alot of neat presents given. I gave a WHHS sports bag, considering we all graduated from there. It was kinda cool, no matter who received it. I received the cutest little picture frame. We decided for our January get together to go to The Glazing Pot. I can't wait!

*From top left to right clockwise: Nikki, Amy, Kristen, Lauree, Lyndsay, Tonya, Crystal

Thanks girls!

SURPRISE !

So I threw PV a surprise birthday party this weekend. He had no idea. We went to eat sushi (his favorite) around 6pm at Yrashai. We had the normal Super Crunch and popcorn crawfish. We also tried two new things - Chicken Little roll and Mussells Yaki. I actually got him to try the Mussells Yaki. He LOVED it! We left around 7:15pm and headed for our house. Little did he know he had more than 15 people waiting for him. Thanks to good friends we pulled it off. The Clemson ACC game was on. We played hard but didn't come out on top. Hey, can't win them all right. Still love my Tigers! The party was great, after some good jokes, a few people pyramids, and bad pictures that will never resurface again - we passed out until morning. Thanks to all of our friends for a great time!

Decorating

Well its that time of year...we started decorating this past weekend and finished up Monday night. Every year we make homemade ornaments with the boys. We have made paper ornaments, painted ornaments, and the last couple of years we have made dough ornaments. I love a Christmas tree with all handmade ornaments, especially when most of them are ones the boys made. It makes the most beautiful Christmas tree ever! Its fun to look every year at their ornaments from past years and see their artwork progress. This year I decided since the boys were a little older to do something a little more grown up. We painted glass balls. They turned out really good. The boys had fun decorating the tree and Charli had fun laying there watching. She was being so good I decided to take some pictures of them with the Santa hats - they turned out GREAT! Can't forget the sausage balls we made while decorating - yum yum. I wish every night could be like tonight. I have put up some pictures of our night - enjoy and Happy Holidays!

School stuff

Cason had to create a ginger bread man that represented himself. I would say if he were a ginger bread man, he would look like that! He wanted to pick a tiger shirt since he is a BIG Clemson Tiger Fan. He picked big eyes (not sure why) and brown pipe cleaners for his hair. It turned out really cute.

Tyler needed to do something for extra credit for his strings class...so he picked to play in front of an audience. We called my sister and had her arrange for him to play at the nursing home on Friday. There was about 15 residents that came to watch him. I was so proud of him, he did great. He played 3 songs - Cruisin, Midevil Wars, and We Wish You A Merry Christmas. Then he had them sing the Xmas song at the end. They seemed to enjoy it!

Don't Quit

When things go wrong as they sometimes will; When the road you're trudging seems all uphill; When the funds are low, and the debts are high; And you want to smile, but you have to sigh; When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Success is failure turned inside out; The silver... tint of the clouds of doubt; And you can never tell how close you are; It may be near when it seems so afar. So, stick to the fight when you're hardest hit - when things go wrong that you mustn't quit! -author unknown

Be thankful everyday, this week is no different....

I am thankful everyday for the things I have been blessed with:

Husband: I am so very thankful for my husband, he is my world. I would not be the wife I am today without his help. Everyone grows up differently and has different beliefs on what a family should be. Together, we overcame obstacles and learned how to build what works for our family. We will be celebrating our 8th anniversary in 3 months and I look forward to 50 more!

Children: My life pretty much revolves around my children. If they are sick, I am there to hold them. If they are sad, I am there to try and make them smile. If they need discipline, I am there for time outs or to take special things away with hopes one day they will understand why. I am thankful to have 3 beautiful & healthy children.

Parents: I would not be who I am today if it wasn't for my mother. She raised me to be an independent woman. I have been an independent and responsible adult on my own since I was 17. I could not have done it without the guidance from her. I am also thankful for my dad. Even though I spend part of my childhood without him, I have been reunited with him and it feels great to share love with both parents. Also, I don't want to forget my in-laws. They have welcomed me into their family with open arms. They have been there for us many times when needed and for that and their unconditional love, I am thankful.

Job: I have currently been employed with Swift for 10 1/2 years. I am thankful that my work ethic has always been where it should and paid off. My job has allowed me to be here for my family when needed and continue to have a job. I am thankful for my paycheck!

Extended Family: We are blessed to have wonderful sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, grandma, grandpa, cousins etc. Every ones love, thoughts, and prayers are always there when we need them.

Friends: Last but not least, we have great friends. You can always depend on your true friends to be there when you need them. We have had some rough times and some special times this year and have come to realize who our true friends are - the ones we know we can call no matter when, where, or what time and they are there for us.

Thank you God for all my blessings. Some times things are taken for Granted and we do not take the time needed to stop and count our blessings. This is indeed the time of year that everyone seems to be overwhelmed with thanks, however, we should be thankful for what we have all year - this week is no different, it just proposes us to say them out loud. I promise to try harder going forth to speak out my thanks and count my blessings and not take anything for granted.

I am thankful for my faith!

Hobbies or Addictions?

So I have some things that I feel I have to do at least every other day if not daily...What determines if something is a Hobby or an Addiction? If they are fun and excite me - you would think they would be Hobbies of mine? However, I hear drugs and drinking are fun and exciting to some people but those are considered Addictions, right? Does a Hobby have to be something you make or something you physically do like a sport? Or is something you make just a craft and a sport just a sport? Mmm that is the question.... Here are the definitions of the two - Hobby: an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation Addiction: the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice The activities that I do for pleasure and relaxation, and in my mind are very habit forming as I feel I have to do some of them daily, every other day, or at least every 3 days are Facebook, Farmville, and Blogging. I don't watch much TV so maybe these have taken the place of tv? Either way, I feel happy about these as I get to share my thoughts and feelings and even get to farm a little on the side while doing it! I have several other things I am interested in at the moment, however, I do not feel as tied to them nor do I have to participate weekly. Maybe I will write about all of my interest in blogging to come. As far as I am concerned these are considered a few of my current interest, not necessarily hobbies or addictions :)

Weekend Fun

Another fun filled weekend. Friday I went to work from about 5am - 9am. My dear friend Mandi come and scooped up my boys while daddy watched Charli. It was actually nice going into work. It kinda made me energetic - not sure if it was just because I was out of the house or the addrenaline that I actually got to do some work and conversate with people. Saturday - the last home game: Clemson vs Virginia - another win 34-21 ! Here we come ACC. Can't wait. We took Char-lay over to Matmaw's house (my mom) while we went and hung at the OPD (Mandi & Craigs). Lots of fun, good times, good friends. The boys ended up spending the night to hang with the Watkins boys. Struggling a little today (Sunday) even tho we were home by 10pm we still had to get up with Charli. Daddy got up with her this morning and mommy headed to work again. I rounded up the boys and now chillaxin at the house with the fam. I love Sundays..very relaxin and no schedule. Next week is pretty full with Turkey day around the corner! Gobble Gobble.

Swanky [swang-kee] - elegant, stylish, chic, fashionable.

Having a 12 year old son, I thought I had heard all the up to date slang. Some of it good and funny, some of it crazy and leaves you wondering where our kids are headed. However, the other day I heard Swanky on tv and I love it. It has a unique and witty ring to it! I think I am gonna start calling everything Swanky!

Music to my ears - NOT !

The inventor of the mobile was Alexander Calder but no where can I find who invented actually putting the music box on the mobile. I would almost bet that it wasn't a mother. The mobiles for a babys crib last just long enough for you to take about a 5 minute shower, or just in time for them to close their eyes. Then, all of a sudden, no more sweet dreams, they are crying. I even have a little music box that you wind that isn't a mobile and it runs out right when her eyes are closing and then stops. Why can't they last for like 10 minutes? If it will wind up for 5 mins is it so much to ask for it to go another 5? I mean I would even settle if it were 2x bigger in size. Guess I will go get her a JAM BOX with batteries and a CD. One good thing out of all this - I remembered how to take a shower and dry off again - all in 5 minutes :)

Spare Time ?

Well I thought as much as I enjoy the boys in sports that I would be looking forward to them ending. For the past 4 months we had baseball and football 3-4 nights a week plus everything that went on with the baby. However, my schedule still seems as busy even though the sports ended and baby Charli is here and healthy. To catch up on my blog, I thought I would share my last week with everyone. I started back work last week, mostly from home. Its alot harder than I thought it would be. Trying to work on something, take care of Charli in between, and other stuff around the house (not to mention running on about 4-5 hours of sleep) is not easy. I have always thought of myself as a very strong person but most days I feel lazy and run down because I can't keep up with everything. Thank God for my husband because he is very understanding and helps when he can. If I don't have supper fixed one night, he just says ok. He even let me sleep in last Saturday morning..ahhh... Speaking of Saturday, it started with Tylers football awards party. It was at Climbing High. He got a nice trophy and seemed to have fun running up and jumping on the velcro wall. Then we headed over to the Watkins for a McHamkin Clemson vs NC State game. Yep - VICTORY again! We then decided we would all go next weekend to Clemson vs Virginia and take the kiddos - can't wait! Sunday was a beautiful day. Perry worked in the yard and I took my mom to Costco for the first time. She acted like it was Christmas. Charli had some visitors - I would say I did but they really came to see her. Angi and Caysie from work came to visit, and Angi was bearing gifts as always! We got more clothes, toys ,and like 8 bottles of milk - OH YEAH, drink up Char-lay. Oh, I almost forgot, a highlight of the weekend for the boys was my mom got them their Wii. You have to name your console when you first hook it up - the boys named it Wii Tard! Funny. Monday started back off another week, I couldn't sign on at home because I had to reset my password, so I went in Monday night. It was weird being back at the office. I am very fortunate they are letting me split time between home, nights, and weekends to keep little one out of daycare during the flu months. Welp until next time or something else exciting happens.....

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Girls Craft Night

Tonight was our monthly get together with the girls from high school. I went to one a few months back and haven't been able to attend another one with everything going on the last 4 months.

It was so much fun. Tonya Gibson invited us to her home for some appetizers, girl talk, and crafts. Girls there - Tonya, Kristen, Amy, Bridgett, Shea, and Lisa. We had some mini sandwiches, spinach dip, salsa and chips, and some good ole gooey bars - YUM. It was great to just sit around for about an hour and talk about family and baby stories together, especially when you sit at home by yourself all day for about the last 8 weeks and have no one to talk too - and no girl talk since Charli can't even laugh yet..lol. The craft that Tonya and Kristen got us was called Light Boxes. I haven't ever seen them before and it was such a great idea. I painted a wine colored H for Hamby and used a brown, gold, and wine colored ribbon to decorate the top of it. Everyone did a great job, even us not so crafty ones :) Can't wait until the next girls craft night!

Clemson vs FSU - McHamkin Style

Yesterday was a great day. Such a good game. We ran all over FSU! Met the Watkins and McCoy is Tigertown about 2:30pm and it was on from there. We partied like rockstars all afternoon and night. Few bumps here and there but nothing we couldn't take care of. The game was over about 11pm so we hung out a little longer chit chatting, dancing, and just having good times with good friends! Got back home about 2:30am and slept in until about 11am. We rounded up the kids, Cason and Charli at Granna's and Tyler at Matmaws house. Then to home to rest.

This Week

This week has been kinda slow going...my new favorite song that is kinda like a jingle you can't get rid of is 'so I throw my hands up, their playin my song, and the butterflies fly away, noddin my head like YEAH, movin my hips like YEAH' by Miley Cirus. Our first time to go see daddy at work was today. We surprised him and Granna. Daddy held her and walked her around ( I wasn't too keen on letting everyone hold her yet ). Granna walked with us, she was excited to show her off to everyone. We went and had lunch at Zaxbys - it was a good day. Charli still pretty much sleeps and eats every 3-4 hours. She seems to like going to pick up the boys because she sleeps good in her carseat. Most of the time when we get back she is sound asleep so I leave her in it for a little while until she wakes up. It looks warm and cozy in that thing - wish I had one to catch up my sleep. Saturday is Cason's last game and awards day. Can't wait to see him get his trophy! Then off to the Clemson game we go. Been waiting on that day for a long time now. It will be our first full day and night away from Charli - I know Granna and Pops will take good care of her.

Halloween Day 2009

We had a fantastic Halloween day. Started out at Casons game this morning at 9am. He did so good. It wasn't too cold so I took Charli. Then we had to get ready for PV's game. Its his first Mauldin Alumni ever. I was so very proud of him. He got to pitch which he did very well at (wish I knew him in high school to know how great he was). It was a very rainy day so there was some slippin and slidin, especially by uncle Jason. At the end they were selling jerseys for $10. Yep, they had a #9 which was his number through high school so I felt I had to buy one so that we had something to keep. I love it but not near as much as I love him. He is always there for me no matter what and me being there to root him on was just a little bit of any pay back that I might owe him. We make a good team of our own.

Off to trick and treating we went. Went and met the Watkins and McCoys for our night out. The kids looked so cute. Charli went to Granna's but she dressed up as a sunflower, it swallowed her whole. Cason dressed up as a dark ninja and Tyler (even though he didn't trick or treat) dressed in some Goth with tattoos - he looked cute. The Watkins - Will was Optimus Prime and Ellis was Jason. Greyson of course didn't dress up - he's too old for that so him and Tyler hung out in the man cave. The McCoys - Eva Grace was Tinkerbell, very cute and Jackson was a Clone from Star Wars. Little Chuck (Mandi's nephew) was like a pilot fighter from Top Gun. Off to Craigs dads neighborhood we went (Butler Station). It was a great neighborhood to trick or treat, lots of houses close together which meant lots of candy. After trick or treating we went and picked up Charli and went back to the Watkins for some Rock Band fun. The kids rocked it all night, Charli pooped on Craig the first time he held her and shortly after we headed home for bedtime.

Tomorrow we will finish helping my mom move if there is anything left, we helped alot Friday night. She finally moved to Mauldin. It will be great having her close. My sister is due in December so it will be neat having her close by with new baby Skye.

Pumpkin Time

Tonight was great. We took the boys and Charli (her first restaurant out) to La Fogata! Our favorite Mexican restaurant. She sat in her carseat in the upside down high chair - lol.

After we came back home we started on our pumpkins. This is a yearly tradition and I love it. We carve pumpkins, take the gook out and make pumpkin seeds. Cason's pumpkin this year was his own creation, which was your typically pumpkin face. It turned out really cute. Tyler did the Grim Reaper. It was really good. PV normally does a very good pumpkin as drawing and any kind of creativity is his thing but it got late and he got lazy :) I got Charli a little baby pumpkin and yes we tried to paint her feet red and put them on but she didnt like that and it didn't stick too well so we bathed her and she conked out instead. The pumpkin seeds turned out toasty and salty...yum. We had a great time!

Weekend Fun

This weekend we hung out with the Watkins for the Clemson vs Miami game and yes we toasted them! We had chicken wings and finger foods. It was a wonderful game with great friends and the kiddos. We went into overtime and scored! C-L-E-M-S-O-N !

Great friends and good times. Hamkins rule (that's the Hambys and the Watkins combined)!

Sunday we watched Goonies and was lazy all day. I love the Goonies it will always be a family fav. Hey youuuuu guys <-- chunk. Sunday night we chilled out and had family movie night with Edward Scissorhands. It was great. I love just sitting around with the boys (and now Charli too, even tho she just sleeps through everything) with a fire and watching movies or playin games. It's a wonderful feeling to just sit in your home all cozy with your loved ones.

Good times planned this week: pumpkin time and halloween is soon!

Baseball & Football Fun

Tonight we have both baseball and football and its freezing. Cason is doing so well in baseball this year- Go Wolverines! I think it really helped that P.V wasn't coaching this year. CP listens to him but he listens to someone else better when it comes to sports. His favorite positions are pitcher, short stop, and 1st base. He plays all 3 pretty well. Tyler loves football this year. He is stronger and more aggressive. He has several friends on the team so I think that motivates him also. He plays fullback and defensive lineman. He has slimmed up and lost weight but definitely has the build for football - Go Seminoles!

Charli's First Doctor Visit

Charli is 3 weeks old and having her first 'outside' the hospital Dr visit.

She is 5lbs 8oz and 18.5 inches long. Doctor said she is doing fantastic to be premature and everything looked great! She has to go back at 2 months old (11/24) and get 6 immunizations - YIKES! That will not be fun, I might get daddy to take her...lol

Got some pictures of the boys today holding Charli. They love her so. Cason is the adoring one and Tyler is the protective one. CP wants to kiss and touch her every 5 minutes and Tyler breaks his neck if she moves or cries to see whats wrong. It is precious and I love it. They will be such good big brothers!

Charli's 18th and Last Day

Baby girl got to come home today!!!

Yesterday we went in at her 8am feeding and yes she ripped her tube out of her nose. I said that was a sign that she was wanting to come home. The nurse said if she drank all her bottles that she wouldn't put it back in. I told PV that if I came in at 8am today and that tube was back in for him to just be prepared when he came in after me that I would be sitting there crying.

The nurse didn't say anything to us at the 8am about her coming home. We asked when the doctor would be around and she said between 10-11am. I told her I would be back for the 11am feeding, however, if I missed the doctor to please have him call me. I needed a date as to when he thought Charli might be coming home. Got there at 11am to feed her (P.V was at work). I sat down to feed her and the nurse came in with an envelope and said 'ok we have her discharge papers ready'. It took all I could do not to scream! I finished feeding her as quick as she would take it, put her back in her bed and told her I was going to call daddy to come get us. Daddy came, we ran out of that hospital and off to get the boys. We got them out of school early so they can see, hold, and spend some time with her. We promised them from the day we found out we were having a baby that they would hold her before anyone else and fortunately we were able to keep that promise even though they couldn't see her for 18 days. The blue funk is gone and happy family time in on!

Concert and Frankies

Today Tyler and P.V are going to the Blink 182, Fall Out Boy, All American Rejects, and Asher Roth concert in Charlotte. Tyler has looked forward to this for two months and he didn't know we even bought him tickets until last week. I am so excited for them. They are going with our dear friends - the Watkins. Greyson, whom is 14, and Craig which is like P.V's life long buddy are going together. 4 good lookin fellas going out by themselves - watch out girls, this could be trouble.

As far as me and CP...I promised him we would have just as much fun and I let him pick what he wanted to do. He chose to eat at McD's of course and go to Frankies. I haven't been to Frankie's since they have redone the place. It looks pretty good. We played ski ball, rode motorcycles, and played ticket games. He ended up winning over 400 tickets. Yes we brought junk home.

Good times!

Charli's Day 11 and sick fellas

Today is Charli's day 11 of being in the hospital. No change really just doing a little better each day. She is gaining weight and keeping her eyes open a little longer. My little fellas are sick today. My wonderful husband got up and took them to the doctor (telling me to stay at home and rest). The doctor said they didn't have the flu but some of the first signs so since we have a baby in the NICU he would go ahead and give them both TamaFlu. We started their medicine today - please lord let them feel better. I hate to have sick babies!

Charli's Day 8 in NICU

It has been a crazy week but today is a pretty good day. Little monkey is still in the hospital but pulling strong. She drank her whole bottle today, hopefully she will continue all day. The boys got up good and early today. I wish them a good day at school. It is getting kinda old doing the same routing over and over again: Get up, get the boys ready, we head to the hospital separately - PV takes the boys and meets me. We have to be there at 8am so since he has to take them I go ahead so that we are on time and they don't feed her without us. Then come home try to clean and straighten up but still a little sore and get worn out fast. Take a nap because I am sooo tired. Then back to the hospital at 2pm (PV meets me). If it's our day to pick the boys up then we pick them up and go back at 5pm. Sometimes we both go at 8pm and sometimes we have to split time. Cason is in baseball which is Monday & Saturday and sometimes another day if we are rained out. Tyler is in football which is Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday and sometimes another day if rained out or days switched. Time is precious right now and our everyday life is a little hectic but its ours and we are fortunate for the things we have so we will pull through and look forward to some family time when sports are done and baby girl is home.

Hospital Day 13 - Last day for me :(

Today is my day to go home. Most would be happy about this but its just not the right way when you get released and your baby has to stay....Thank you for such a wonderful husband that is understanding and picks up my pieces when I let them fall. It will be great to be able to sleep in my own bed with my husband beside me. I can not wait to wrap my arms around my boys and be able to sit and watch TV with them! I know they will be sad that their little sister cant come home with me. We have to remember that each day she is in there she is just getting stronger for us so we can adore, love, and play with her when she comes home. Charli is doing every good and staying strong. She just isn't a little piggy yet so she is only drinking about 3 times a day and we have to get her up to 8 times a day before she can come home. Drink up Charli!

Hospital Day 10 - Charlis Arrival

Our precious little Charli is here. She made a dramatic entrance but she is doing great! Charli was 4lbs 6oz and 17in long. We had to have an emergency C-section, which was probably the 2nd most horrific thing I have went through in my life, but it was much needed as her cord was wrapped around her. She was born at 8:39am and moved to her penthouse suite in the NICU. Daddy has went to see her, as I can not walk yet, and says she is doing great. She is beautiful and I cant wait to hold her.

Add on: Got to see baby girl. She is so tiny but so strong. She is drinking 13cc but has a feeding tube to insure she gets all of her milk. Her lungs are strong! Now just a waiting game to see how well she eats and when we get to bring her home.

Hospital Day 8

Update from the hospital room: I think I have tried everything on the menu. My favorite combination meal, and yes I mean at one sitting, is probably what I had for lunch today. I had vegetable Stir Fry, mashed potatoes with gravy, mac and cheese, dinner roll, and sweet tea. Yes, of course I had dessert - chocolate cake..yum! I have now switched rooms 2 times. I think you get downgraded the longer you are here. I have went from a huge room with a flat screen tv to a linen closet with a turn knob tv. Yikes! I have even resorted to dressing up the monkey that my group sent me from work. It came on a flower basket and looked lonely so I dressed him up and put Charli's baby hat and receiving blanket on him. I mean, she's not here yet so gotta practice..haha. I would like to take a minute to say thank you to ALL of the family and friends that have been here for my fellas and myself during all this time. Sometimes you have things that come up unexpected but you ALWAYS have those people you can count on. Its great to be able to pick up the phone and say 'hey we need your help' and you know they want to be there for you. You all know who you are. We couldn't do it without all of you, thank you and we love each of you!!!

Hospital Day 6

Got to see my fella's today. I felt like I was getting married or something. That feel of excitement and I think the feeling of 'cold feet' was the sadness that I will have to tell them goodbye until another day. It was great, P.V came upstairs and got me in the wheelchair and when the elevator door opened downstairs they were standing there with a flower waiting on me. Yes, I teared up. I don't think I have ever went 5 days without seeing them :( I got to visit for about an hour..talked about school, sports, girls, and of course they wanted to know how my room, food, etc. at the hospital was. The best feeling was all the love I got and it gave me that 2nd wind to stay strong. Love my fellas.

Hospital Day 5

Just met the best Doctor ever!!! Thank you Dr. Alt for such GREAT news. Baby Charli is still lovin her current atmosphere but I get to take the monitors off from 24 hrs a day to just twice a day for an hour each. Most of all, I can go downstairs and see my boys tomorrow!!! Oh I am soo excited and can't wait!

The second best part of the day is my wonderful husband is going to get us sushi and hibachi shrimp, along with a movie so we can have 'Date night' at the hospital. So sweet! Yes, I am lucky.

The 3rd best thing about today is it's game day and I have my Clemson socks on. Push through that rain today - GO TIGERS!!!

Hospital Day 3

Two days without seeing the boys and no baby girl yet. My good friend Angi had a wonderful idea of talking to the boys on Skype webcam, so guess what...we hooked it up. She was kind enough to bring me her laptop and P.V went and bought a webcam for our house and hooked it up. It's not holding them but it's the next best thing :)

As far as little Charli, she is still hanging on. A few contractions here and there but nothing too alarming. Still on standby to be induced on 9/24/09 if she doesn't make her appearance before hand.

Hospital Day 1

Unexpectedly, I was admitted to the hospital today. I had my regular scheduled 32 week appointment at Highlands for 2:30. To make a long story short, my water broke at work right before I left and when I arrived at the Dr, they checked me and told me to go admit myself. Crazy. I knew P.V was either in the car line or on the way home. When I called he proceeded to tell me a funny story about the boys, I let him, and then ended with 'um, my water broke and I have to go admit myself''. His response, 'your kidding, what do I do'. Love him! I was 32.5 weeks so it was very unexpected for both of us. They admitted me and told me it was basically a waiting game. If she didn't come on her own they would hold me off until 34 weeks, which is 9/24/09. Either way they were sure she would be strong enough but might have to go into NICU (special care unit) for a couple of weeks. The most heartbreaking part of the day was when they told me children were not allowed upstairs. Not sure when I will see the boys again :(

A Little About Us

Perry Hamby, Jr and myself, Nikki Hamby, were married 2/16/02. We have been happily married for 7 years and have two wonderful boys. Tyler, whom is 12, and Cason, whom is 7. We purchased our 2nd home in July of 2008 and now have a baby girl on the way. Charli Nichole Hamby is due 11/5/2009.