Happy New Year

Well I just wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy New Year! We will just be hanging out here at the house! We probably won't even see midnight! I pray that in the New Year God continues to bless us and everyone!

Tomorrow is the last day services will be held at SpringWoodlands. I have gone to this church for ever! It will be sad to say goodbye! I have been there since I was 18 monts old!! I know its just a building but so much has happend there! Gary and I got married there! My parents funerals were there, my sister got married there! I was baptized there! It is just a great place to remember my mom! I sat on her pew the other night and could just see her standing and singing beside me like it was just yesterday! I know that this move is going to be good but I am sad and do not like change!! And it not like another church is moving in! They are tearing it down and it will be a WALMART! I just hope I do not get too emotional tomorrow! G will be out of town and being pregnant I cry at a drop of a hat!

Talk to you next year!!

Christmas

LB on Christmas morning!! She had so much fun opening presents!! She helped everyone open theirs!! I even left some under the tree and she open those too!! Now she walks around presents... more presents?... She is going to have to grow just a little bit to be able to pedal the tricycle!! She loves the Elmo but we have to put him down for a nap or she will keep him going all day!! She is to going to be really sad when we take down the tree tomorrow!! I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!!

Telling her little brother "Merry Christams" (29 wks)

Aren't they the cutest!!

LB at her Christmas performance for Mothers Day Out.

As long as I have a cookie and candy cane I will smile!!

We all got to see Santa!! (27 weeks)

Its been a while

We went and had pictures taken! I think they turned out pretty good! LB really loves to have her picture taken!! I will post more later - pictures with Santa and decorating the tree!!

2 Years Old!!!

My little girl turned 2 today! Oh how time has flown! It seems like just yesterday that I had her. I love being her mother!! She is really great and a joy to be around (at least most the time). I could not imagine life with out her! Here are some pictures to take you back!

The day she was born!

First Birthday

2nd Birthday

Today

Today is my moms birthday. I cannot remember how old she would be. She was taken from us 8 years ago on Nov. 7th. For those of you that do not know she was killed in small plane accident. There are some days that I just miss her soo much! More so around the holidays! It does not help that the anniversary is so close to the holidays. She was a wonderful person. I just wish that my kids would have gotten to know her. But she lives on in all of us! And I have to say my sister Shawn is reminding me more of her everyday!! Some times I just have to look at her and say okay mom!! Anyway enough on that subject! But Happy Birthday Mom! I love you so much!

Today LB is home sick. She has been fighting a cough and it started to get worse so I decided to take her to the Dr. and it is not pretty. The Dr. put us on breathing treatments every 4 hours, she does pretty good with them. We are taking all different types of medicine and that she is getting sick of! After 2 she runs from me! Please pray that she starts to feel better soon. Her birthday is Saturday and we have a big day planned and I hope we do not have to cancel it!

Hope all is well with your family! If you are traveling next week, I pray you make it there safely!! Happy Thanksgiving!

Trip to San Antonio

Well we went to Sea World this last weekend! I did not get one picture with LB and the Shamo statues!! So here we are feeding the dolphins. She had a blast. She did not utter a sound or move during the Shamo Show! We saw most the shows and feed the dolphins and the seals. For not having a nap all day LB did extremely well.







Great Grandparents
Here is a picture of Lillie Beth with her great grandparents. They live near San Antonio so we stopped by there and got to visit with them. The live in an area where the deer are every where. LB had fun playing with the deer.

Lots to say

Okay I have a lot to say! I will try not to jump around! But I cannot promise! Last week I felt the baby move for the first time! I love that feeling! I am feeling him more and more everyday. Ummm, LB learned how to do the laundry (as you can see from the pics below). It takes a little bit longer to get it done but at least she is helping! She puts the soap in, puts the clothes in and then helps me put them in the dryer! She is also great at helping unload the grocerys!! Oh and loves to pick up trash and through it away!

On Saturday we made a day trip over to Austin to see J play football! It was sooo hot and the next day it was only in the 80's!!! LB had a blast, she got so red faced but did not care about the heat!! We kept pouring water on her head trying to cool her down. She yelled go go go at J during the game and kept say feetball!! I think it really meant a lot to J for us to be there! J and LB had a blast together! He loved that she could say J and talk so much! She got a balloon and kept hitting him with it and they both could not stop laughing!

I know I had more to say but I have lost my train of thought (the joys of being pregnant)! Oh well enough for now! Be sure to check out the pictures below! Talk to you soon!

Pictures

J and LB @ Football game

1st Time at Chucky Cheese!!

J and LB

1st Day of Preschool

Helping with the laundry!

Update

I just realized that I have not updated this thing in a while! Sorry for that! There is not much going on here. LB is in mothers day out 2 days a week at the church! She is really enjoying it. They paint and color and do all sorts of fun things that mom doesn't have to clean up!! :) She hasn't gotten the nap at school thing down yet! So we are still coming home and taking a nap! Which is nice for me! She does lay there queitly on her nap pad so hopefully she will start sleeping! While she is at school I am doing office work for a friend of ours. Its nice to be out of the house and to make a little spending money!
This weekend we are going to make a day trip over to Austin to see J play a football game. LB really likes talking to him on the phone and we have not seen him in a couple of months and thought we would go over for the day! Next Friday is our anniversary! We have been married 5 years!! WOW how time has flown!
Okay I just wanted to let you know that there is definetly something in the water! At our church alone there are 10 women due between Nov-May! And that is just in our class at church oh and one is having triplets!!! I know about 10 others due between Jan-April!! DON"T DRINK THE WATER!!

The Baby

Yesterday, I got a call from the sonogram tech at my Dr. office. She is having to update her certification and show that she can get the measurements right. She asked me if I wanted to come in for a sonogram and of course I went in!! It was so cool! I was there for 45 minutes watching the baby. Normally a sonogram is done in about 10 minutes so the extra time was really great! Well we found out we are having a BOY!!! Well we are 99% positive! Take a look for yourself in the pictures below!! You can normally tell at this time but Dr do not normally do another sonogram until 20 wks so that is normally when you find out! And normally at this stage (12 wks and 6 days) the baby won't be in the right position for you to tell! So I have attached some pictures! The also did the 3D imaging, you cannot really tell from the computer but on my pictures it is really cool! If you go and look at my firs posting with sonograms you can see such a difference! It is so awesome how they grow and change from day to day! Its only been 4 week and there is such a difference! Any Talk to you later

He is face down! Isn't his profile cute!!

You can see the legs!!

The shinny spot is the forehead

It's a BOY!!!

The arrow points the way!!

Our Trip

We spent this weekend in Galveston. We stayed at the Moody Gardens Hotel. We had a great time. We got there Friday evening and ate dinner and then hit the pool. On Saturday morning it rained but we did not let that ruin our trip. Moody Gardens has 3 pyramids and so we went to the aquarium. We saw first saw them feed the seals. Then we went under and the seals swam right up to the glass. Next, we got to see a scuba diver feeding some fish, manarays,a turtle and small sharks. Then we had sharks swimming above and around us. That was really weird! Last but not least we got to see them feed the penguins (we saw them chunk one in the water it was funny).
After the aquarium we decided to drive around and let LB get a little nap. We went to the strand, saw the cruise ships, and just cruised for a little while. We ate a late lunch about 2 at Gaidos! It was delicious. I use to eat there with my family when I was a little girl. The place really hadn't changed, it was a trip back in time. By this time it had stopped raining and the sun was out! So we went back and got our swimsuits on and went to this beach but it wasn't a beach! It was a big big pool with sand all around it! It also had a splash pad that LB had a blast running around on. LB could swim all day!! After this area closed we went back to the pool at the hotel and swam some more. Finally got out of the pool about 7 p.m.! We got cleaned up and went and ate at Sonic, which was right on the sea wall and watched the waves.

Sunday, we got up and had breakfast and then went to walk on the beach! LB at first was excited (as you can see from the picture of her pointing) but once I took her shoes off and we went near the water she did not like the waves coming over her feet. We only hung out for 30 minutes or so and headed back to the hotel. We requested late check out so we did not have to be out until 2 p.m. We head straight for the pool. We same for a while and then got ready to head home. As you can tell from the pictures we really had a great and relaxing time! But it was back to the real world! We walked in the door and went to lay LB down for a nap and surprise! Part of the ceiling in her room had fallen!! G spent about 3 hours cleaning that up!! Oh well! Such is life!!

On to something else! I just wanted to tell you that LB is growing up way to fast! She will now have a convsation with you! Most of the time you can understand her but sometimes you can't! She has gotten to that stage where she loves to imagine play! She loves to play babies and she has a little kitchen set she plays with too! She knows most her animal sounds (duck, cow, sheep, cat, dog, pig, horse, etc) a few of her shapes! She will tell you where her eyse, ears, nose are oh and yours too!! She loves belly buttons!! We are working on colors right now! She will be in a 2 day a week mothers day out! She will be in the 2 year old class! She is suppose to be in the 18 mo b/c she isn't 2 by Sept. 1st but I am working in the 18 mo class and thought it would be better if she wasn't in my room! We start on Sept. 5th! Well I know this was a big post but I had lots to tell you!! Love ya'll

Pictures of our Trip

The scuba diver feeding the fish

LB and the Seals

Look Ya'll its the ocean!!

Playing in the sand

I'm a Pirate!

The Family at the Beach

THE HOSPITAL!!

Okay for those of you that haven't heard. I spent the weekend in the hospital. It all started early Friday morning. I got a really bad pain in my left side at first I was so worried that something was wrong with the baby and I was throwing up b/c the pain was sooo bad. I woke up G and we dropped LB off at my sister S house (so nice having family right around the corner) and we headed to the ER. Well they hooked me up to an IV and started giving me fluids and gave me something for the pain. They sent me home at about 1:00 p.m. saying I had a UTI. At about 5 the pain started coming back and I took tylenol thinking okay I can handle this well I started throwing up again and the pain was worse then before. So off we went! Dropped LB off again and headed to the ER. This time it takes almost an hour for them to get me a bed! I was in so much pain I finally screamed and they jumped!! Well the doctor this time was very nice and took care of me right away I was feeling good in no time :) as long as I didn't move! He said he was pretty sure I have a kidney stone but wants to check with my OB to see if they can do a one shot X-ray. So they did and my left kidney is really inflamed and so they admitted me to stay!

I want to take a moment and thank my wonderful husband who had to stay in the ER (I was not even in the ER I was in the area where they check in patients for the ER!) He had to sit on a stool and listen kids crying and see everything for 5 hours!! I was on some good medicine and sleeping. Finally at 2 A.M. they moved us a room!! He then came home to let the dog out and get some things for our stay. They are 99% positive that I have a stone but they have not been able to see it. Being that I am pregnant there are only certain things they can do. So they pumped alot of fluid into me. I started to feel better and last night (Saturday) was the last time I requested pain medicine. So today I got the okay to go home!! Yeah! But I am to rest and take it easy! Hard to do when you have a 21 month old!! She does not understand taking it easy! But my lovely sister in law K came in from Denton to help me so hopefully I will feel 100% soon! But the Dr's said I have not passed it and they do not know when I might or if I even will! So basically I could end up right back in the hospital!

Please pray that this passes easily and that I do not have anymore complications!! Thanks and have a good night!!

First appointment

Well today we went to the Dr. He is very nice Gand I both really liked him. If you look below this post you will see the ultrasound pictures. In the middle picture you can see the heart beat! It was 176 which is very strong! Um they drew blood (alot)! We discussed another c-section vs. VBAC but he said we do not have to decide that until near the end of the pregnancy. They took a family history. Everyone loved LB. She did pretty well. During the ultrasound when they were playing the heart beat LB pointed at the screen and said "Baby" it was really cute. We had a very good appointment and I do not have to go back for 4 wks. I have not gotten sick so far! I have been a little more nausiated this week but if I suck on a peppermint it goes away. LB and I have been exercising - walking 3-4 days a week. I have not gained any weight yet but I am getting a belly. This week I had to start doing the rubber band trick with my pants! We are very excited! Oh per the ultrasound my due date is March 5, 2007 so a spring baby! Well I got to run! I will talk to you later!!

Ultrasound pictures

Play day

Well today LB had her friend K over. K is 15 months old. They had a blast (as you can see from the picture) Bubbles and Water what else do you need! Well K just found out that she is going to be a big sister! Her mother H and I are only about 2 weeks apart! It will be nice having someone that will have both kids about the same age!! Well I got to go take a shower b/c I am going to a movie this afternoon! Oh and my Dr. has been moved to next Wednesday so I will let you know how it went!! Hope everyone is doing well! Talk to you real soon!! XOXOXO

Birthday Party

This weekend G took LB to a friends birthday party and she got to take her picture with the horse. I think we might have a little cowgirl on our hands! For those of you that have not been in our house we have plates on the wall with horses on them and a horse picture so she loves to go from horse to horse saying "horseee NAAAHHH" its too cute. Horses are her favorite animal but it was the first time she had been so close to one and she wasn't so sure about it.

Please raise your glasses for a toast!

LB would like for you to join her in a toast to welcome a new baby brother or sister. Cheers! Yes, for those of you that haven't heard we are expecting!! I am eight weeks along and we are very excited. I have not been sick really but my nose is very sensitive to smells. I go to the Dr. on Wed. so I will let you know more then!! Please keep us in your prayers and pray that we have a healthy and easy pregnancy. Oh and pray for LB b/c her world is going to change!! :)

Christmas in July

Okay I know I have not posted in a while and for that I am sorry. Well last night we took kids from our inner city church (Impact) school supply shopping. The buses arrived a little after 6. 4 school buses full!! We went an ate pizza at CiCi's and then went to Walmart to get the school supplies an outfit, shoes, socks, underwear and a backpack. These kids thought it was Christmas and were so thankful for everything. We had a little and she was 8. She had a great personality. LB loved her and we had a great time! I know LB is to young to understand what we did but as she gets older she will get to enjoy it. Our little girl did not ask for anything extra until we came across a binder she wanted to get for her mother, she asked for it and I tried to explain that we are shopping for you today. And she said "I will put back my other things if we could please get it," My heart broke! She would rather get her mom something instead of having new school supplies!! WOW!! This little girl as already learned the biggest life lesson - but others before yourself! Anyway I just thought I would share that sweet story with everyone.

My First Post

Lillie Beth and Daddy (Gary) waving hello and saying Happy 4th of July!!

Okay, I decided to create a blog b/c I am so terrible about sending updated pictures and letting everyone know how we are doing and this way it is on you to check in on us :) Well I just have to keep it updated. I promise to keep this updated, if you promise not to yell at me when I don't call or send pictures! Deal? Deal!! Oh and I am just figuring this out so give me sometime to get it working and set up!!