Baby Suchecki Betting Pool

John and I have put together a betting pool for Baby J. If you are interested, here is a copy of the rules:

Baby J Birthday Betting Pool Rules

This betting pool is for fun and for anyone who is wanting to participate. The winner will receive 75% of the pot. The remaining 25% will be put into a savings fund for Baby J for his future college/life/retirement/health etc… Obviously, the more that enter, the more the potential winnings will be for the lucky individual. The due date (as set by the doctor) is May 2^nd. We will not provide any other information regarding the birth as to keep the pool as unbiased as possible. In the event of a scheduled appointment to either induce labor or perform a cesarean birth, we will not divulge this information so that we can protect the integrity of the pool.

1. The price is $10.00 per square.

2. Whoever guesses closest to the delivery date and time will win.

3. The time for each hour will begin at the top of the hour and end one second before the next hour (eg. 7:00:00 to 7:59:59).

4. The dates available are from midnight April 11^th to 11:59:59 p.m. May 9^th.

5. The “One dollar, Bob” clause: Since the Baby could be born before April 11^th or after May 9^th, whoever were to choose these bookend slots would receive an unfair advantage. To curtail this, the first eight slots (beginning at midnight on April 11^th and ending at 11:59:59 on May 9^th) will be priced starting at $50.00 (descending each hour by $5.00) to $10.00 or ascending from $10.00 to $50.00.

6. If you choose to purchase the 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m slot on April 11^th for $30.00 and someone else chooses to purchase the 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. slot on the same day for $40.00, you will not receive a refund. So sorry!

7. All picks are final! No changing!....EVER!

8. When you make a selection, write your name across the time on the chosen date and please write your name, the date and time you chose and your phone number on the list in the back of the packet.

9. All money is due when you make a selection. No IOU’s!

Let us know if you are interested so that we can work something out. Hope everyone is doing great and we are getting excited!!!

29 week Dr. Appt and Nursery

Yesterday we went to my doctors appointment just for a regular check up. I had only gained 4 lbs! I was VERY excited about that! We got back the results from the glucose tolerance test and all of the blood levels, sugar levels, and whatever other levels there are were in the normal range! So no 3 hour glucose tolerance test. No gestational diabetes. I am VERY thankful for that. My doctor did measure me again and I am only measuring about a week ahead. She said that was normal as well and that everything was looking great.

As far as how I'm feeling. Besides getting tired really easy and being ready for bed by about 5:00 every afternoon/evening, I am feeling really good! Baby J is moving all the time and I just love to feel him move around in there. Right now, I don't even mind when he kicks me in the rib. :) It's just an amazing feeling! It's absolutely amazing how God created our bodies to carry another human being. I am just overwhelmed with what is going on. But overwhelmed in a good way! :)

We go back to the Dr. in 3 weeks and then an ultrasound in 4 weeks to determine the location of the placenta. After that, I will see my Dr. every 2 weeks until Baby J decides to make his appearance into the world. I feel like he will be here before we know it.

John has been working on the nursery. It is still a work in progress. I will leave you some pictures with the amazing work he has done so far! I am truly blessed to have an amazingly creative husband!

The room before paint.

Before the chair railing. The blue is "100 Acre Morning" and the yellow is "Tigger's Tummy" (Disney colors!)

After the chair railing. John has done all of this work on his own. He's GOOD!! He is actually drawing different characters on the wall. Below you will see two of the drawings he has done.

I told you he is good!

I wish I was creative as he is.

There are lots more drawings, they were just hard to take pictures of. He is ready to start painting the characters. When he is finished, I will post new pictures!

Livin' on Love

This past weekend I had the opportunity to participate in a special celebration of love. My great grandparents celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. It was such a blessing to see them. I don't get to see them very often since we live so far apart. But the quick/short trip up there was WAY WORTH IT!! I loved getting to see them, but also getting to catch up with other family members as well. Here are some pictures from their party.

Here they are, my Gram and Ene.

I had to take a picture with them as well.

There are 5 generations in this picture!

My grandparents and my pregnant self.

My Daddy and his brother with their Kindergarten teacher.

For my Aunt Sara! :)

Here are some more belly pics as requested by my Aunt Sara! :)

25 weeks

25 weeks



27 weeks. I'm not sure why I thought it was a good idea to take pictures this morning. I look absolutely amazing!! haha

27 weeks. It's official... I can't see my feet!

There's no doubt. Our baby boy is getting bigger and bigger everyday!! I had a dr. appt last week and everything is still going well. Next week I go in for my glucose tolerance test. WOOHOO!! After that just another check up with my dr. and then at 33 weeks we go for another ultrasound. I'm excited at the thought of seeing our baby boy again!!

I love my firefighter!!

Yes, it has been quite some time, but I am here. For now anyways! :)

I know I posted about John graduating from the Houston Fire Academy but I wanted to post some pictures from his graduation. He has officially started at his station and is loving it. I am so proud of him! It's really different with him working 24 hour shifts. It will take some time for me to get used to.

The official graduation day was January 8th. To start the day, we met at the Fire Academy where some of the cadets demonstrated some of their firefighting skills. After that, we were given a tour of the academy by John and then had some bbq for lunch.

The Christmas Tree fire.

Can you see the guys on the other side of the fog pattern/water?

After John gave us the tour, I made him stop and take pictures.

John and his parents.


Before eating some BBQ.

After experiencing the fire academy it was time to go home and get ready for the graduation ceremony at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

John taking his oath.

Kuohui, Jim, Jeannie, and Joseph

Holly came to support John too!! :) She's such a great sister and SLAW!!

The yummy cake after the graduation.

John and his parents after the graduation ceremony!

Christmas Pictures!!

My computer FINALLY let me upload pictures from my camera. Here are some pictures from Christmas!!

Just before we went to the Christmas Eve service.

Our stockings!! Even Hope has a little stocking. The other small stocking without a name is for Baby J. But no worries, he will have one just like ours for his first Christmas!

Putting presents under the tree. If you look closely you can see my baby bump!

I love my husband so much!! :)


BLAW and SLAW together!!

Christmas at the Suchecki's (John's parents)

My Mother-in-law! Love her!! :)

Holly's awesome stocking stuffer from John.

Christmas at Gam's house. (you can see the baby bump again!)

Holly and Tyler :)

I love my Daddy and his silly t-shirts!!


My Grandad! :)

Precious Grandma and my hubsters!
I love my Grandma! :)

Way too long

So I realize it has been way too long since I have posted. I thought since I had two weeks off for Christmas break that I would get some blogging done. However, I was not on the computer nearly as much I usually am. But no fear, I am back and with some updates on the Suchecki family! :)

Since the belly update, I am obviously getting bigger (and I feel bigger every day!!). Baby J is moving around like crazy! John is able to feel him moving around as well. Over the Christmas break, I had a doctor's appointment where my doctor decided to tell me that since week 16, I have been measuring 2 weeks bigger. So here we are now at 24 weeks, measuring at 26 weeks! Crazy! No wonder I feel big!! :) In a couple of weeks, I will be going in for the glucose tolerance test, which I hear isn't too bad.

Over the break, my sister Holly Jo came and stayed with us for a few days. We spent time with John's family here in Houston and then made our way to Greenville to see my side of the family. We also got to meet Holly's boo, Tyler. Such a sweet guy! I approve! :)

After visiting with the families, John and I headed to the deer lease for the last weekend of hunting season. We still had 3 does and a buck to get between the two of us. John had already gotten his buck, so I was on the look out for mine during this trip. In the end we ended up with 3 does and 3 pigs. No buck for me this year. At least there's next year! :)

Since then, we have been back to work. John is finishing up at the Houston Fire Academy. He actually graduated last Thursday! :) I was able to take the day off for the fire demonstration and luncheon at the Fire Academy and then graduation at the George R. Brown Convention Center that evening. I am SO proud of my firefighter!! :)

I will be posting pictures soooon!! I was unable to get the pictures loaded on the computer for some odd reason. I will attempt again this weekend!