Funniest Story In the Whole World!!

Ok so about a week ago we get a knock (ok well a bang- a few bangs) and so we answer the door and it is two little neighborhood boys. They ask us if we would like to buy a snow cone. And it was like 110 degrees that day and so we said OF COURSE. They said it is $0.25 for a small and $1.00 for a large and we thought wow that is a huge difference but okay. The only flavor they had was birthday cake. So I got a small because I am not a huge fan of snow cones and Mandrae got a large because he LOVES snow cones. So we put our orders in and they rode their bikes around the block to make our snow cones and then would bring them back on their bikes. We were not sure how that was going to work, riding a bike w a snow cone but we said okay that is fine- free delivery. So they were finally back with our snow cones and they first showed Mandrae his large snow cone which was in a normal sized plastic cup and was less than half full and Mandrae was like, “what is this?” But he paid them their $1.00 and then the other little boy pulled the small snow cone out from behind his back and said, “And here is the small snow cone.” And Mandrae busted out laughing. It was HILARIOUS!!! He tried not to laugh in their face and paid them $1.00 each for the delivery and shut the door before he lost it. Ok so my snow cone was in a tiny cup, the cups that you keep in the bathroom by your toothbrushes to wash out your mouth!! On top of that the cup only had about one teaspoon of snow cone in it. It was not even enough to get one swallow in! It was the funniest thing I have seen in my whole life, EVER! Man I wish more people were there. I took a pic of the cup, the picture makes the cup look a lot bigger than it was but man is it hilarious. So I took my one little sip of snow cone and by the way there was no ice in it, just birthday cake syrup. It was nasty but something I will never forget!

Destiny bowling league

So at our church, Destiny, we are doing summer fun family groups and Pastor asked me and mandrae to be in charge of bowling and get people to bowl and get to know each other and hang out. So we are starting a bowling league next Sunday with our bowling alley, Brunswick Lanes. We talked to our friend there and they are letting us start our own league and giving us a great deal! So we need 25 to 40 people total and we are doing 4 people teams. We play at 6:30 and play 3 games a nite for $10 a person including their shoes which is the cheapest league they can offer! So they are super nice to us! It will last 10 weeks and then on the 11th week we will give the winning a trophy that will be showplaced in the church and will be an ongoing league and we will keep putting the winners names on the trophy and will be a church wide competition for as long as they want to bowl year after year. We are excited. Also on the 11th day we will have a party and play for free the last week w a pizza party or prize money. It is super exciting for us and alot of people in the church are really excited to bowl so pray that we have alot of people join on Sunday. :)

2nd Dr.s Appt.

Today I had my 2nd Dr. appt. and it was crazy. I had to wait for an hour and a half and then I finally got to see the doctor. I told her the things that are happening now: throwing up still, my whole body just itches like crazy, and my heart issues from before and now. Then she was going to listen to the babies heart beat and so she had the machine on my tummy for 15 min and she couldnt find the heart beat anywhere. Last time I was in the dr. office she found it right away and that was 3 weeks ago and so she and I started to panick. She decided to give me another sonogram today to see if the baby was ok or still alive. I was so scared and almost started crying. I got in the sonogram room and she put the machine on my tummy and all we could see was this lil baby jumping up and down like crazy! It was hilarious and so so cute!!! The baby was just doing the worm on his back none stop! I had no idea that at this stage that the baby moves at all and definately never expected this! Also the baby is far back into my pelvis which is fine but that is why she couldnt find the heartbeat w her machine bc she cant see the baby and he was moving so so much that she couldnt keep up w him! :) So I feel so much better and got to hear the heart beat, thank goodness. I feel like I have gained so much weight but I weigh the EXACT same as I did last dr. appt. 142. Which is still big to me but at least I am not gaining a ton of weight bc I eat 24-7! Anyway on July 6th I get to find out what the baby is if the baby will move in the right way. So I am excited about that. O and hey sorry we changed the girls name if it is a girl.
We are now going to name the girl Anissa Beth Collins and the boy will still be Trae Cardell Collins. I hope it is a girl bc if it is her initials will be ABC and then we can do her room in ABCs. So cute.

baby shopping

Ok so the other day we went garage sale shopping for baby stuff and look what we found:

This is going to be the babys first christmas outfit. It is brand new in the box and is size 0 to 3 months. It is winnie the pooh and we got 2 sets of bibs too with it. Isnt it cute?

This is the Jordan outfit that my mom bought for the baby! It is adorable and now the baby will match Mandrae to a T.

A girl at Mandraes work got us this robe and onesie set for the baby. It is so cute.

I found all of these toys at a garage sale in our neighborhood for 1$.

Along w the toys they threw in these lil clothes too.

Our new car!!!

We got a new car yesterday. It is a 2009 Toyota Camry LE with 5900 miles on it. I love it. There really arent any upgrades in the car but it was a great deal. We bought it from a 3rd party who was laid off and had too many cars as it was. We have a Chrysler Sebring also right now that we are leasing through Mandraes company but God is good. Mandrae found out today that he can turn it in with no penalities. So everything worked out perfectly! And the payments are almost identical so it will not even be noticed financially. YAY! Here are some pics:

How could I be a mother?

So Friday we come home from work around 8 pm like always and I see Bebe (boots) isn’t jumping up and down to see us. She was just dragging her lil legs around to be close to us. I didn’t think much of it. Then she just goes to the couch and lays down and wont come to me when I call her. I get close to her and see that she can barely breathe. She was gasping for air. I try to give her any a # of our different variations of treats and she wont eat or drink anything. So I start to get worried. I hold her close and she is literally gasping for air and it is really, really bad. AWEFUL. She cant hold her head up. She couldn’t get comfortable at all. She looks at me and her eyes start to roll into the back of her head and her eyes turned cloudy and then I start to panic. I start crying and freaking out that my baby is dying. So we try to take her on a walk but she could care less and just can barely walk. You can tell she is in a lot of pain. We get 2 houses down and realize that she is suffering and so turn around and go home. We do not know any vets in town and it is 10pm by this time. So we put her lil body that cant breathe in bed and pray for her all nite. I couldn’t figure out why she was acting like this. It was so weird. She usually acts like this – not nearly this bad- when she eats fertilizer but we hadn’t laid fertilizer for weeks now. So with my potent pregnancy nose I walk to her food and almost pass out. I pick up her bowl and there are maggots and mold in the bowl. I start to think. When we left for the cruise she still had food in her bowl and when we got back it was still there. Our house smelled good when we got back to us and nothing smelled bad at all. Well I just some food on top of the food that was already in there. (this is canned food- not refrigerated) Well apparently that food was no good and had molded while we were gone. So I stand there throwing up and very upset bc if she dies I am the one that killed her bc I was too lazy to clean her food bowl. I felt horrible. How could I possibly almost be a mother if I almost killed my one and only baby?
Well good news is that at 3 am she jumped into our huge and high up bed with me and so that was awesome bc that nite she couldn’t barely jump onto our small couch. So she was better in the morning and by lunch time we got her to eat some chicken. So baby is ok by the grace of God. I know that he saved her bc she was for sure DYING that nite. I just pray to God that she lives to be a big sister to the baby. The baby will love sweet and innocent lil boo boo.

Trip pics. There are too blogs for them bc there are alot of them.

This is the entrance to the boat. This is the 4 levels of floors that lead to each deck on the ship.
This is the elevator and stairs in the main entrance.

This is the main bar in the entrance.

This is Mandrae in a life jacket on the first day. :)

This is the biggest room in the ship where all the shows took place and this is where I sung in the talent show.

This is the hallway to our room.

This is the miniature golf course on the top of the boat.

Here is our ship. The Carnival Ecstacy.

This is me in that room practicing for the talent show. I sang His Eye is on the Sparrow. It was crazy bc the band didnt know my version from sister act and so I sang the first part acapella. I got a trophy though for singing. I sang in front of prolly 1000 people. There were 2000 people on the ship. Mandrae got a trophy too for playing in a bball tournament with like 50 other people and he won.

This is the same room full of people. We were all playing bingo. We played everyday.

Every night when we got back to our room there were towel animals on our bed. They were so so cute and so so funny. We couldnt take how crazy they were.

Pics of me on the boat dressed up for formal night.

In Cayman Islands with the pirate. :) He is not real.

We are standing w the guy that just carved the ice sculpture in like 20 min of 2 doves kissing over a heart.

Mandrae on the boat where u eat.

Mandrae made me dance w the Jamaican band.

Mandrae on the glass bottom boat.

In Cayman Islands in front of the stingray statue.

In Cayman Islands on the beach.

The beach at cayman islands.

In Cayman Islands there is a town called Hell and it is full of jagged rocks that could kill you and so no one is allowed to walk on it. The rocks are like iron. It is crazy. So we took a pic in front of hell.

This is how huge I am at only 8 and a half weeks!!!!!!!

This is us with the cruise ship mascot- Freddie.

Pic of the boat.

This is me playing life size chess and beating Mandrae!!!!