Thanksgiving 2010

This year we stayed in Dallas and celebrated Thanksgiving with Matt's family. It was a great day with good company and excellent food. My Aggies also pulled out a win against the Longhorns which was the perfect ending to the day.

Yummy appetizers

Grandpa Johnny carving the turkey


Melts my heart....can't wait for this to be our baby he's holding

After we stuffed ourselves we came back home to tackle the Christmas decorations. I LOVE decorating for Christmas!!

Here's Harley checking everything out

Helper #1

Helper #2

Matt wasn't a fan of my feather ornaments. I think they're adorable!

The tree in our dining room

Decorating wears you out

All finished

I can't wait for Christmas! My mom and sister are coming to Dallas and we will hopefully know Baby L's gender by then. Such an exciting time!

16 weeks!!

I didn't take a belly shot this week so this pic will have to do.

How Far Along: 16 weeks


Size of baby: Baby is the size of an avocado


Maternity Clothes: still in my regular clothes and wearing some maternity pants


Gender: ????


Movement: None yet


Sleep: Sleep is ok.


Symptoms: A little tired


What I miss: Nothing yet


Food/Cravings: dressing and mashed potatoes!!


What I am looking forward to this week: celebrating Thanksgiving with Matt’s family, putting up our Christmas decorations and having a relaxing four day weekend.

15 Weeks!!

I can't believe another week has flown by!! Here we are at 15 weeks.

How Far Along: 15 weeks

Size of baby: About the size of apple! 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces

Maternity Clothes: Still in my regular clothes and wearing some maternity pants

Gender: ????

Movement: None yet, but I can't wait

Sleep: Still sleeping well, just lots of trips to the restroom

Symptoms: Nothing really - I'm really feeling good

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach and turkey sandwiches

Food/Cravings: Apple Cider (thanks to my friend Anne!) and pumpkin cake

Best Moment this week: Knowing that we should find out if our sweet baby is a boy or a girl very soon and talking about our gender reveal party

What I am looking forward to: Spending Thanksgiving with Matt's family and eating all that delicious food! We have so much to be thankful for this year!

14 Weeks!!

Here's my 14 week pregnancy update. We're crusing right along and it seems so crazy that I've already been pregnant this long. With the holidays coming up I have a feeling time is going to start going by even faster. Please ignore the fact that I'm wearing the same dress from last week...don't have a whole lot of clothes options these days.




How Far Along: 14 weeks

Size of baby: Lemon, 3 inches long and weighs 1.5 ounces

Maternity Clothes: Still in my regular clothes and wearing some maternity pants (they are ugly but sooo comfy)

Gender: ????

Movement: None yet, but I can't wait

Sleep: I’m sleeping pretty well

Symptoms: Still tired but it’s getting better

What I miss: Nothing yet

Food/Cravings: Sushi :(

Best Moment this week: My husband kissing on my belly and talking to our bean

What I am looking forward to: Finding out if we're having a boy or a girl!

Junior League Casino Party

On November 12th we attended the JLD Casino and Auction Party at the Hall of State. It was a fun night spent with my most favorite ladies.

We began the night at the Furr's - champagne for the ladies, whiskey for the guys and nada for me. :( I was the lucky designated driver for the evening.

Here we are posing for pictures before we headed out.

Pretty ladies.....

Our lovely photographers

Me and Burnsie


My handsome hubby

I was a little disappointed with the food options (I wanted some REAL food!) and the layout was a little akward but it was still a fun night.

And just because...this picture cracks me up.

13 weeks!!!

How Far Along: 13 weeks

Size of baby:

Maternity Clothes: still in my regular clothes but my pants are TIGHT

Gender: ????

Movement: None yet

Sleep: Sleep is pretty good. Still getting up a lot to go to the bathroom

Symptoms: tired – I’m exhausted by the end of the day

What I miss: nothing yet

Food/Cravings: no cravings

Best Moment this week: Hearing our doctor say the baby looks great and that everything is going well

What I am looking forward to: going to the JLD auction and casino night on Friday with my favorite ladies

Gig'em!!

Once again, I am playing catch up with the blog. A few weekends ago we made our annual to trip to College Station for the weekend. It was so fun to be back and to spend time with my college friends. Every year we pick a football game and everyone comes to tailgate and cheer on the Ags.

Friday night we met up with everyone at La Bodega - a yummy taco place we use to frequent back in the day. Next, it was on to North Gate - my how its changed since I was in school.

Terry thought it would be funny to tell the waitress it was Matt's birthday and, guess what, it was. She came out singing and sat a dessert down in front of him and all of us were like WTF?

Happy Birthday Matt, in October.

And then it was on the Corner Bar.....

Lauren and Terry

B-tron and Matt

Pamela and Kevin

The setup

YUM!! Homemade guacamole made by our most favorite Buckeye. We even got him to sport an Aggie shirt for the game.

My besties!!

The spread - BBQ from Rudy's! We took the easy way out this year and ordered the food.

So what do you do to celebrate a win over Texas Tech? Why, you head back to the tailgate, pull up a truck, crank up the music, and have a good old fashioned DANCE PAR-TAY.

Jenn was serious about the dance party :)

And, finally calling it a night.

What a fun weekend!! Good times, great friends and an Aggie win! Can't wait to do it again next year!

Our First Doctor's Appointment

Today was our very first doctor appointment.

Now, you always hear people who have been pregnant say, "I wish I had known this" or "I wish someone had told me that." Well, I wish someone would have told me that you don't go see your doctor the day after you find out your pregnant. WTH?? I had no idea how long they make you wait before you actually have an office visit.

When I called my ob/gyn's office to tell them I was pregnant, the first thing I got was "are you sure you're pregant?" Me - "uh, I've taken five tests and they've all been positive so I'm pretty sure I'm pregnant." The nurse then proceeds to tell me that my doctor won't want to see me until I'm 8 WEEKS, preferably 9 WEEKS. Um, excuse me, 9 weeks? Do they not realize how long that is? When I found out I was pregnant I was only 5 1/2 weeks, so the thought of waiting 3 1/2 weeks before seeing my doctor was frustrating, not to mention terrifying. What was I supposed to do those three weeks? Just assume everything was ok with the baby? That everything was ok with me? For those of you that know me, I tend to worry and my mind tends to wonder at times. Neither of those are a good thing when you're pregnant for the first time.

Needless to say, those were the longest three weeks of my life but finally the day arrived, and that day was today! YAY!

Here we are in the parking garage getting ready to go into my doctor's office.

Who do you think is more nervous?

A little better

Now we're talking. Still a little nervous, but happy to be seeing our bean for the first time today.

Once we were called back I answered about a hundred questions (don't worry, I brought about a hundred questions with me for the doctor to answer as well), they took my blood pressure, weighed me, etc. We finally met with Dr. Ryder and then it was time for the sonogram. As I laid there waiting on the technician to get all the equipment running I felt like I couldn't breathe. I was so excited to be seeing our baby for the first time but so nervous - I just wanted everything to look normal and for her to tell us our baby looked healthy. Luckily, within just a few seconds our little bean was up on the monitor. It was one of the best moments of my life!! Our bean had a very strong heart beat (we couldn't hear it yet because it was still too early) and everything looked perfect. I felt so relieved and so blessed!

Here we are with the first picture of our sweet baby! So exciting!