We had the sweetest night!  Brent and I decided to do a family grocery store run. It is a huge blessing to have help when you are pregnant with a very active toddler! We sat down and made a grocery list, only this time I drew large pictures for Marley of the items we needed (I know, I'm a nerd). She was so excited! Food Lion became the store of choice bc it is small and we can keep up with her easier than Ingles. She carried her little list in so proudly. I taught her how to look at her list and find the apples, etc. She would yell, "THERE DAY AWER!".  I can't even begin to tell you how sweet she was and not to mention the best behaved in the grocery store she has ever been!

Our Week:

 

1. Monday: Natalie, Macy, and Jamison came over to play

2. Tuesday: Marley moved into her "big girl bed" (twin:),

we spent the whole freaking day hunting for gas while we were on E, had frappucinos w/my high school friend Lillie.

3. Wednesday: Marley and I went on a gas free excursion around town. We walked to the Library, ate at the Square Root, and then ended up at OP Taylor (where she screamed, "I DO NOT LIKE THAT MOOSE!" very loud). Then we went to church where Brent and I had nursery. Brent had to clean some runny poop off of this three year old boy.  They bonded after that.

4. Thursday: We went to the JV game at home

5. Friday: Marley and I hung out w/my mom (Nana) at Pescado's. Brent went to the Varsity game at Shelby so Mar and I went to my mom and dad's for some fabulous southern cooking! We got home and Marley threw up all over the both of us! She kept crying, "I got my shoes dirty!!!"

6. Saturday: We all went to eat at Outback w/Kyle and gorged ourselves w/ fattening food:)

At 7:15am a Blue Grass group was on our front porch singing "Rocky Top" while playing banjos!!!! I'm not making this crap up. Turns out that our wonderful friends the Myers ( die hard UT fans ), hired them to play that horrid song. When we opened our front door the whole family; Kevin, Veresa, Brayden, and Kyndal jumped out of the bushes decked out in Tennessee gear with a video camera! Brent and Kevin normally play pranks on each other like the year we lined their long driveway in Florida Gator flags:). Brent wasn't expecting anything this year bc of the passing of our sweet friend Jessie. I got to tell ya, it was funny and lightened up our depressed moods (well maybe not Brent...he sunk lower:). They came on in and I fixed chocolate chip pancakes, yum. Fun morning for everyone except Brent whose pride was alittle hurt. The Florida Gators won the game though!!! That's what really matters:)

Dumb and Dumber

Well, my day started by taking my very snotty toddler to preschool. Ms Laura didn't have to call me to come pick her up so I consider that a plus. Then off I went to the student room with the wonderful intentions of painting. This is where I get gross...my big toe on my right foot was throbbing. Low and behold I looked down and it was purple with puss coming out:0. I said, "puss"! So, I got my big booty over to my doctor in Hendersonville. Get there and the nurse Melissa (that had been trying 4 ever to have a baby) is due on the exact same day I am, and goes to the same OBGYN! Maybe we will be pushing and screaming at the same time. Then in comes my doctor who looks like the old paintings of Jesus (and who plays Jesus at the Mudd Creek Baptist plays) had to dig out my lovely ingrown toenail!!! Super embaressing yet highly entertaining. Now you were waiting on the dumb part of this, well here it comes. I was famished so I went across the street to grab a wrap from a gourmet sandwich shop. The shop is in this little 1920's house (very quaint and elegant). After I place my order to go I run to the banyo. I laid my keys, wallet, and phone on this antique stand and proceed to peep as Marley says. After all is accomplished I reached down and grabbed all of my belongings. When I walked back up to the counter to get my order the woman was bagging my wrap. I looked down at my wallet and noticed that I had taken a big blue can of Lysol out of the bathroom and carried it out in front of all these nurses (I was near the hospital:) in their scrubs!!! While the cashier wasn't looking, although I'm sure the man behind me was, I hid the Lysol behind the menu stand to be found at a later time:). BTW, wraps appear to be a great choice of food to consume while driving, unless they contain large amounts of dressing that oozes out while you chomp into the tightly wrapped sandwich.

Saving Dolla Bills Ya'll

I confess that I am a spoiled American living above my means. Due to this problem Brent and I have decided that we need to start cutting back on certain luxuries before baby Metcalf #2 makes its debut! During my much needed nap yesterday Brent called Dish and got rid of many of our channels. Now I am proud of him for being wise with our money, but when I actually realized that I lost Project Runway I almost wet my pants (not uncommon for this pregnant gal:). Now the only "girly" show that I have on tivo is Top Model (booo tyra gets on my nerves).  I'm just irritated that I am having a hard time letting go of stupid tv channels. This should not bother me! My compassion kid in Kenya starving should bother me! On top of that I need to stop blogging at 12am. Thants all.

So, I finally decided to start a blog about our little, but ever growing family.

I should title this page the Preacher's Wife:)  

We'll see. For once we had a day where we did normal family things.

First, I picked Marley up from Preschool bc she was sick and screaming Laura's head off (Laura is a saint of a teacher). Then, we headed off to the grocery store. Marley was an angel in the grocery store, that's how I know she was sick, not to mention the fact that she looked like Snots the dog from Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Brent finally had a REAL day off (w/NO church activities or people calling).  Every meal we ate was straight from the Metcalf kitchen and not from Pescado's! I did go to church and salvage the rest of the white flowers from Jessie's memorial.  I wanted something in my house from that service.  We are still very emotional about loosing Jessie. I can't imagine what Marilynn will do in her spare time.  She spent a year and a half in and out of hospitals and hotels focusing all her attention on Jessie. We look at Marley now and hang on every little expression, word, and tear.  Jessie bought Marley a tshirt in New York. We found it while I was cleaning today. It still fits. She put it on and was saying Jessie bought this for me. I watch her video now just to hear her voice and laugh.

Sometimes I forget that I am pregnant. I am so stoked that I can actually go through a day without puking! I have only gained around 10-12 pounds which is great compared to the 75 I gained w/ Marley Ruth! I'm sure I will gain at least 20 more considering the fact that I just had more than half of a role of chocolate chip cookie dough:)  btw my health guru of a husband had the rest. He know s how to make my day!