Our Busy Few Days

Last year on July 3rd, Michael and I got engaged in Santa Fe, NM! We decided to eat our frozen wedding cake now, since we won't be moving the cake to AZ with us (if we ever move!!!!) The white cake was NASTY- it smelled bad too! The chocolate one was not so bad, but we just had a bite. Here is a pic of our 7 month old cakes...



Tuesday night, we went out to dinner with some friends at BJ's and much to my surprise we celebrated mine and Robyn's birthdays. It is not until next week, but Robyn will be out of town. We have the same birthday, born a year apart. Side note- Robyn and I met in the 8th grade and bonded over a conversation about our July birthday! Our friend Lindsay was so sweet and got us a cake, flowers, and a very nice goodie bag! We then, headed to Addison and watched the Kaboom Town fireworks from a parking lot. We had a great time laughing and just being with our amazing friends! Here are some pics!













On Wednesday, July 4th, we went out to my parents house and cooked out with the fam. We then went to Robyn's parents house and cooked out again with her family and some of our friends. Here are some pics from my parents house... one is of the super high lake that used to be really far from their house and is now almost to their fence!






We feel so blessed with such amazing friends and family! Thanks guys for enriching our lives! We love you!

25 Weeks as of Sunday, July 1!

This week...
"Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. His weight — a pound and a half — doesn't sound like much, but he's beginning to exchange his long, lean look for some baby fat. As he does, his wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and he'll start to look more and more like a newborn. His hair is probably recognizable now (in color and texture), although both may change after he's born."

24 Weeks.

What is going on?

"Your baby's growing steadily, gaining about a quarter of a pound since last week, when he was just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long, that makes a pretty lean figure, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon put on more baby fat. Your baby's skin is thin, translucent, and wrinkled, his brain is growing rapidly, and his taste buds are developing. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" and cells that produce surfactant, a substance that helps the air sacs inflate easily."

23 Weeks!

What is going on...

"Your baby is more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound. His skin is red and wrinkled. Blood vessels in his lungs are developing to prepare him for breathing. He can swallow, but he normally won't pass his first stool (called meconium) until after birth. Loud noises heard often in utero — such as your dog barking or the roar of a vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze your baby when he hears them outside the womb."

I went to my new OB- I swithced at the chance that I will still be living here when the baby is born. My other OB is too far away, and I really did not like him all that much. I really like my new Dr. She is great! Everything looks good. I asked her if it was normal that I look like I am going to have a baby in August rather than October, and she laughed. She said I was fine. I told her I can already see him moving in my belly, and that should not be happening, right? She said I was fine. I guess I don't have much room for him to grow, so he is just growing out and out! He is still quite an active one!!!

I love that he can hear! Maybe I should vacuum some more so he is not scared of the vacuum cleaner :-)

Patty Griffin

I went out for a girl's night on Sunday night. We went to the Patty Griffin concert at the Ft. Worth Botanical Gardens, and it was awesome!!!! She is so cool! I went with some girls from work and we met up with Brook and some girls in her small group. We had a picnic dinner, and just relaxed. I was a bit warm, as it was pretty hot out, but it was still so much fun. I am, however, covered in mesquito bites. I even had on bug spray, but they really like me. Stinky bugs!

Here are some pics from the evening...

Michael's Yucky Weekend

Michael woke up Friday morning with some pain in his back. He thought he slept on it wrong or something, but it became worse throughout the day. We went out to dinner Friday night and Michael was in a lot of pain trying to eat. Swallowing sent shooting pains between his shoulder blades into his chest. We went to the ER- small independent one. They did an EKG, took x-rays, and did a cat scan. They could not find anything wrong. The Dr. thought maybe it was GI related and gave him some medicine for that and a pain killer. I got a taste of what my husband would be like drunk- not a pretty sight. Saturday morning he woke up and could hardly move. We went back to the ER- a real one this time in a hospital. They ran tons of tests, and they could not find anything wrong either. Michael was in a lot of pain, so they gave him a muscle relaxer and some pain killers. He spent the rest of the weekend on the couch, which if you know Michael, you know that he had a hard time with that. I think he watched enough tv to last him a year. He is feeling better now, but still has some pain. He is suppose to follow up later this week if he is not better. Some people have said that it sounds like a gall bladder problem, so if the pain continues he will go in to get that checked out later this week. Please pray for him.

22 Weeks as of Sunday May 10

"Your baby now looks like a miniature newborn, checking in at 10.9 inches and almost 1 pound. His skin will continue to appear wrinkled until he gains enough weight to fill it out, and the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his head and body is now visible. His lips are becoming more distinct, and the first signs of teeth are appearing as buds beneath her gum line. His eyes are developed, though the iris (the colored part of the eye) still lacks pigment. Eyelids and eyebrows are in place, and his pancreas, essential for hormone production, is developing steadily."

He is an active baby! I feel him kick, hit, move all the time! It is so amazing! It still catches me a little off gaurd every time it happens. It feels like this little pulse inside. I can even see my stomach move when he is kicking me! It is precious! I love it! I am a little, well a lot, in to looking at baby stuff. We started registering for some things, and it is so much fun. We have received some really cute outfits from our amazing friends, and it makes me so excited to think about him wearing them!!!! I am on an active search for baby bedding and having a hard time! Anyone have any suggestions?

Here is my tummy at 22 weeks...