"IS the world ready for another Tommy Briese?"... Get ready world here he comes!!!

Well My Mom gets here on Saturday which i am totally stoked about! I cannot wait to see her... and if the baby hasn't come by then we are going to be walking and doing squats to help things move on down ;D

I feel as though i have been pregnant forever! LOL I almost can't remember how it feels to be not pregnant!!! I guess i am just getting ready to be a mom then i will always be a mom no matter what... wow i am going to be a mom weird!!! ;D I've been really sore the last couple days and kinda nauseated which is not fun... pretty much miserable! But soon (trying to be optimistic) enough the baby will be here! I started getting really swollen which is not fun my shoes don't fit anymore as well as my rings (although they have been on a downhill slope for about two months now)!!! BUT it's so worth it! I would do it again any day... and the baby isn't even here yet but i knew he's coming... as James (Tommy's best friend whom he grew up with) put it... "is the world ready for another Tommy Briese" well get ready world cause here he comes!!!

Finally Saturday

So last night Tom and I went to Matt Cole's (yes his name is Matt Cole) wedding... It was very short... 15 min to be exact then we went to the Powerhouse... I started having a lot of contractions and they really haven't stopped. I have been getting a couple every hour rather than 1 every couple hours... I am trying to not get too excited but i almost can't help! 

Back to their wedding... LOL... Courtney (sp) looked Beautiful wearing a off white floor langth dress, and Matt had on kakis and a white button up... (Jake was in a full suit lol). It was very sweet simple and cute!

I am so looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend!!! I am just waiting for my wonderful hubby to get home (he had to go to a CPR class).  37 weeks finally but not going soon enough!

So Sad

Well some of you might have read this on my myspace but i figured it should be put up here too... (and i have the new article as well)...

So Today i picked up my husband from work to go to my OB appointment with me and he informed me that a 65 from Barbers Pt. crashed today. Three people where found and pronounced dead and the fourth S.O.B. (soul on board) was not found... this really hit me hard, for all who don't know Barbers Pt. is in Honolulu Hawaii... we had a 65 Helo on our boat from Barbers Pt. for our summer patrol.

I immediately started asking Tommy who the people on board where. He only was sure of one name and that was the LCDR (the pilot). My heart sank our lead pilot was named the same name Wischmeier. He said that he was the only officer and they all had families which meant that three out of the four of the rest of our former air crew where not on it. I later called one of my friends on the boat and found out that it was the same pilot and we also "knew" the fourth guy that is missing. 

This really hit home for me. Not only because i knew the two guys, the LCDR gave me a lot of advice on my career and everything. But because they where in the CG doing small boat ops... i've done small boat ops with a Helo before in Montauk... as a matter of fact i did helo ops on the cutter with Mr. Wischmeier... 

Please Keep their families in your prayers. Life is unpredictable.

Here is the news article...

3 dead, 1 missing in CG helo crash off Hawaii

By Philip Ewing - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Sep 6, 2008 7:44:35 EDT

Three Coast Guardsmen are dead and one remained missing Friday after an HH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter crashed at sea Thursday night off the coast of Hawaii during a training exercise with a motor lifeboat.

The Dolphin was practicing raising and lowering its rescue basket with a 47-foot motor lifeboat when it crashed, said Lt. John Titchen, a spokesman for Coast Guard District 14, which covers Hawaii. A Honolulu Fire Department boat pulled three of the crashed Dolphin’s crew members from the water and transferred them to another Dolphin, which flew them late Thursday to a hospital, where they died.

The dead were identified as co-pilot Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Wischmeier, 44, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; rescue swimmer Petty Officer 1st Class David Skimin, 38, of San Bernardino, Calif.; and flight mechanic Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Nichols, 27, of Gloucester, Va., according to the Coast Guard. The name of the missing crew member was not released.

There was no early indication of what caused the crash. A Coast Guard announcement described the weather conditions at the time of the crash as “favorable,” with winds below 15 knots and seas below 8 feet.

The crew members of an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane radioed the FAA and the Coast Guard that they had seen the helicopter crash Thursday, Titchen said, and circled the crash site until other boats and aircraft could get to the scene. The Coast Guard continued searching through the night for the missing fourth crew member, Tichen said, including the 110-foot patrol boat Kiska, homeported in Hilo, and a C-130 Hercules patrol plane from Coast Guard Air Station Barber’s Point. The Honolulu Fire and Police Departments were set to join the search after first light.

The crashed helicopter, one of four Dolphins stationed in Hawaii, had completed the Deepwater modifications to upgrade it to a “C” model by the end of 2007, Titchen said. The “Charlie”-model Dolphins have more powerful engines and improved electronic systems than the stock variant.

Rear Adm. Mason Brown, the commander of District 14, called the crash “a terrible circumstance” in an announcement, and Titchen said that the deaths were devastating for Coast Guardsmen everywhere.

“The Coast Guard’s a small service, especially here in Hawaii, and this loss is felt by every Coast Guard member, especially here, and our hearts go out to the families of the missing, and our lost shipmates. We grieve for them. It’s been a really hard day.”

36 Weeks and Counting!

It's all going so fast! Where in the last month, I am so tired beyound belief! I can sleep all day and all night and not even miss a beat! The baby is in the proper position and the doctor says any day now! As for the baby shower last week... well it didn't go quite as bad as i thought it was going to go! I still felt as though i was a last minuet thought. There was supposed to be a home made cake... there wasn't and it wasn't from the bakery that i said if the cake was to be store bought that is where i wanted it from... i would have even payed for it! Everything seemed so last minuet and no one even knew where i was registered!!! (well except the person throwing it!) I think the worst part was that the person throwing it at her house LEFT THE TV ON... and it is one of those big screen tv's  and this like 52 inch.... so it totally was almost like the main focus the whole time... I got home and almost started crying, like i have said before i guess i should be happy that they threw it in the first place.

In other news Tommy and i wen to Anchorage on Tuesday... that was a lot of fun we got some much needed clothing for the two of us and had a relaxing day hanging out and enjoying each others company!

The babies room is almost completely set up.... it looks so cute all of his green stuff... speaking of such i ordered his car seat stroller base and pac and play from gracobaby.com and i got the car seat on Monday and then again yesterday... yes that's right no stroller base and no pac and play they sent me the car seat AGAIN and no packing slip which sucks... so now i have to call graco and hope the other things will come at the right time! I couldn't believe it!

It's getting closer... well everything is getting so much closer! The baby is due in a month and a week!!! It's crazy to think that it's so close! Tom and I are thrilled!

My Mom and Dad are coming my Mom is going to try to come a week before and stay a week after and my dad will come the week after! It's going to be so awesome to see them!

Well my friends here in Kodiak are throwing me a baby shower... I am so thankful that they are doing that for me! However I am trying my hardest to not be worried about it but it seems like EVERY part of it is an after thought! I keep telling myself to be happy that at least they are throwing this for me but it's nerve racking thinking about how it's getting taken care of.... (i need to just relax :D ).

Well I don't have to work anymore, well not until after my maternity leave is over! Which has been the most relieving thing ever! I was so exhausted for so long and now i finally feel like i have some energy! I don't feel like i am going to pass out! (I think Optimus is stoked that i am home) i don't think he has stoped purring since i got home this morning...

Well here is the newest Prego Photo Taken Today 35 Weeks!!!

Blessed

I cannot wait. Only a month and a half left! I am so blessed with a wonderful Husband and an awesome family! My mom is coming about a week before the due date and my dad is coming after! I am totally excited! I cannot wait to see them. I don't think anything could top the way i feel right now! God has surely blessed me beyound belief. Time sure has flown from when we first found out till now! I am ready for Thomas Aaron to come! September is bound to be an amazing month!

Me and my honey are going to the beach today... it' s finally sunny in the horrible place! He takes such good care of me :D

The Life!

A Briesey Check Up

Well I thought that that i would finally start a blog. Mainly to dedicate it to my life with my Wonderful Husband and the baby that is due at the end of September! So here is a brief Photo Catch up of my Year in Kodiak AK enjoy!

Last Summer I spent May through the End of July in Hawaii and a small island Named Kwajelien (it is an Island that is part of the Marshell Island's):

Me on the Fantail of the Boat... look at that sun

Me and Another girl on the Boat Amy Dressed

 up... something you cannot do in Kodiak!:

Me and Amy at the Water park:

This was my favorite person on the boat DC1... His last night!

Me and my halibut... yes i pulled it up all by myself! WHAT NOW!? :D

The Slaughter house... AKA the Faintail

Me filleting my FISH! :D I almost Died in the evolution... and we weren't moving!!! (oh and thats the DOC right behind me :D)

Luckily i have always liked being out doors because in Kodiak that is how i spend my time. Here are some Kodiak Pictures!

My last patrol on the Alex Haley we went to the Bering Sea... have you ever watch the worlds deadliest catch? Well imagine that...

December 29th 2007 at Howard Beach in Tarpon Springs Florida

Here is him Purposing

We got married on February 9th 2008 in one of the Little Chapels on Island. Thanks to all of our friend we where able to have a peaceful little wedding!

Our Addition Due on September 23rd

Thomas Aaron Briese:

This was taken a week ago

Our Swing and Bouncer Seat

The crib....

I look like i've swallowed a beach ball and have gotten very uncomfortable! Luckily i have a wonderful husband to take care of me :D. I haven't had any complications thank GOD and have been working the whole time. Luckily my work is very understanding and if i don't feel good they let me go home!