A Baby Shower!

The ladies at the church threw me a baby shower on Saturday. It was really fun, and the food was yummy! It sounds funny to say, but I was so excited for this! I woke up the night before and was even excited then- at like three in the morning!

I got some great outfits- even some with little ruffle butts. I love ruffle butts! And some wipes, which will be very useful. I got a home-made quilt with GREAT colors, and even some little treats for myself to relax in the shower or bath. It was fun to have my friends there and get some advice from some of them who have children. I will welcome more of that. A few tips I had not previously thought of.

My friend's little toddler, Hattie, thought some of the gifts were pretty great, too! She was sad when she couldn't take them with her.

Thanks to all my friends for coming, for your thoughtfulness and for your planning and helping. I had a great afternoon!

Spring Break!

Spring Break is over and we are back to the grind. We had a nice break, and I even got to relax and sleep in some. Probably one of the last times for a while! We went to the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. It was really fun and Chris got some great pictures! Some of the only cave pictures I have seen that actually turned out well. Ones that I have taken before just don't look that great. But Chris' look great. I am still waiting for him to send them to my computer so I can post them. So those will come soon, I hope.

We also had my little birthday celebration over the break. We went to a steakhouse and had Texas smoked steak. I had not previously tried smoked steak, but it was yummy! And Chris made me a great looking cake. He sang to me and I blew out the candles. It was a wonderful evening!

We took some recent preggo pics, but we need to do some more because we forgot to coordinate our clothing and I wore a shirt that makes me look fat rather than pregnant. So if the wind isn't too crazy this weekend the plan is to go take some then. It is getting close (3 weeks away) so we don't have all the time in the world!

My Sister's Wedding

Two weekends ago (March 7th) I got to go home to San Diego for a quick trip. My sister, Erin got married. It was so fun to see everyone, since none of them have seen me since I have been pregnant. I got to see friends as well as family, and had a blast meeting my sister's new in-laws. I was the pregnant bridesmaid, and it was a lot of fun, but let's face it...when you haven't seen family in a while you end up staying awake during the nights to catch up. And the time zone is 2 hours different. And oh yeah, there was a time change too that weekend. So let's just say I was exhausted at the end! It took me about a week to get back to normal and be able to function. Thank goodness this week is Spring Break.

Okay, so one of the cutest things at my sister's wedding was my almost 4 year old niece, Keiya. She was the flower girl and her little friend, a five year old, was the ring bearer. Well, she thinks he is her friend. He thinks otherwise. She chased him begging for a hug and he scowled and refused. So, she found another friend. This little boy was one that she knows from Arizona, and they were adorable. He let her hold his hand and put her arm around him and they were too cute! Tell me if you think this is one of the cutest pics you have ever seen of little kids!

So, one more thing I really liked...for the little party for my sister we went to this place for desserts called Extaordinary Desserts. They were delicious! And beautiful! I probably did over-indulge a little bit. I bet the pictures of these will make your mouth water!

This is my sister, the bride. She got the merengue-custard fruit tart. I don't think that is the official name of it, though.Yum! This was the strawberry shortcake! Even the flowers were edible (they told us- I still didn't eat them. Why would you when you had the rest of this dessert?)

Is it Spring?

Here in Lubbock the trees (some of them) are in full bloom. The grass is still mostly brownish-yellow, but the trees look lovely. The weather has been mostly in the 70's and even 80's for near two weeks and it has faked out the trees. It is too bad because now in April and May they won't bloom.

I do like Spring- even though it is not really here yet, and I am so excited to have a Spring baby! Her name will be Hadley, and we love her so much already! Chris took some great pictures last week. We are due in 6 weeks, and even though it doesn't really feel super close, I know it is right around the corner.

We have some things set- her cradle, some of her clothes, sheets, blankets, etc. I am excited to have a baby shower here in the next few weeks, and do even more organizing. Hadley wont really have a nursery, so her furniture is not the top quality, and there wont be everything coordinating. So much for apartment life. But you know what? I don't really care. She is coming and she will just need us. The rest will come in time, but we didn't want to wait until all of that was available.
Here are some things I look forward to this week and in the next few weeks...

-Going to California this Thursday to attend my sister's wedding in San Diego. I haven't seen my family since I have been pregnant, so I am really excited for that too!

-Birthing classes every Monday! These at times are a little slow, but I do like it, and they have the husbands sometimes massage the wives.

-Coaching soccer is almost over (March 16th) and while I love it- it will be nice not to stay after school and have late evenings.

-Dr.'s appointments- I like to go to them and hear her heartbeat and have the doctor tell me that she is healthy.

-My birthday (March 19th). It is over our Spring Break so Chris and I are going to go to the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico! I have wanted to go to these since we moved here.

-My baby shower!

-Seeing my family at Erin's wedding! I also am excited to see my niece, Keiya!

Here are the newest projects of mine...little beaded socks. I haven't sewn as many things lately for our baby, but I went to this botique and saw these crocheted beaded socks like the ones my mom used to make for us. The sell for ten dollars a pair. So I asked my mother to make me some, but I also decided to try and figure out how to do it myself. I took a picture of what mine look like. I wish I could sell mine- so if you want to buy a pair I won't charge ten dollars! Now all I need to do is learn how to make those cute baby bows! I have the ribbons, I just need the time and energy. My mom can also help me with this when she comes out. She used to make bows for us too!

An Eventful Last Week

Last week was somewhat eventful for us! It started on Sunday of last week when I tried to rush and cut my left index finger open using my fabric rotary cutter. I knew without looking that I would need to go to the hospital. Chris got me a rag to wrap around it and we rushed off in the worst weather we have had in a while. It was pouring and there was lightning with water pooling up in the streets. I had to tell Chris to not worry about me so much and just drive normal. I wasn't bleeding bad since I had the finger wrapped and had been holding pressure to it. But Chris was the sweetest, asking me if it hurt and so concerned about me. I will spare you the ordeal, but about 4 hours later we left the hospital with a bandaged finger and eight stitches. I felt like such a dope because I have used a rotary cutter now since college. I just wasn't paying enough attention, and I was trying to hurry.

The week went by with nothing else too strange. Lately the baby has been kicking some more, and I can often see my whole stomach move like there is an acrobat in there. Sometimes my tummy is lopsided, too, where she is sticking out some part of her little body. On Friday almost the whole morning a foot (I assume) was sticking out below my right rib and I could feel this little bump sticking out there. I tried to push it back in and out popped another one on the other side! Silly little girl! We feel like we are maybe learning a little bit about her personality through this. Chris says that she has a little fiesty attitude because when I lay on my side at night, or he cuddles me she is a little smashed and she kicks at the bed or at him. If I move to the other side she kicks that side, too.

This weekend was a busy one for us, too, as my Saturday was full of coaching and attending soccer games for the high school, and Chris was at an all day class for getting his Concealed Handgun Permit. He recently got a little Rueger LCP handgun and is excited for the next time we get to go to Dallas/Fort Worth so he can shoot it with our friends there. Because our Saturday evening was so full, we celebrated Valentine's on Friday. I allowed him to combine it with our anniversary (Feb. 17th) since the kids also have soccer games that evening. The condition was that he take me to this nice steak restaurant here in town. Afterwards we went to see "Confessions of a Shopaholic," which was enjoyable. We got a key lime pie afterwards and had dessert at home. The best part...a whole evening with my husband and sleeping in the next morning!

As for the pregnancy update, I am going to be 8 months on Tuesday (Feb. 17th). It is getting a bit harder to bend down and move as fast, but I am still pretty active. I like feeling the baby more, and the rash hasn't been too bad the last few nights. I told Chris that I still feel like I enjoy being pregnant, but he says he is excited for me to be done with it and have the baby here!

Winter came to Lubbock, and it left! I wish I had taken a picture, but we had some cold and icy days last week here. It was so cold that the birds came out of the trees and sat on the hood of my car in my parking spot at work. For three days I had frozen bird turds covering the hood of my car. I was so glad when it thawed enough that I could scrape them off. Really, Lubbock has been having a mild winter. Last week it was in the 70's. It has made it very bearable to coach soccer outdoors.

The last few weeks have been pretty normal for us, but here are a few new developments in our lives...

*The Varsity Soccer team where I work and coach won a tournament and then just beat the number one team in their district.

*I felt the baby have hiccups today and I think I felt her have them yesterday, too.

*Chris has started his externship at the D.A.'s office here in town and he enjoys that.

*I have developed this terrible pregnancy rash over almost all of my body and can't find any relief!

*I bought my plane ticket to go home in the beginning of March for my sister, Erin's wedding!

*I have been working on a baby quilt for the baby and I made a cute pair of overall's for her out of Chris' worn out jeans. It made me feel so resourceful!

I am now 7.5 months along and we are getting somewhat ready for her. I have been putting aside clothes in various sizes as we have gotten them and have been thinking about what we still need. I find myself imagining what she looks like. I hope she has Chris' beautiful eyes! Chris wants a bald baby but I want her to have hair. We both hope that she has chubby cheeks. We are soooo excited to hold her!

My Adorable Niece!

I just had to put up this picture of Keiya, my adorable niece. Here she is in her Christmas jammies and matching doll outfit that I made her. Every Christmas she gets the jammies from me. Keiya is going to get her first cousin in April! Keiya looks calm in this picture, but don't be fooled! She has pleanty of energy!