Thursday, March 20, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Go Rockets
We were given tickets to the Rockets game last night and we had such a great time. The seats were 3rd row on the court! I don't usually get that excited about basketball games BUT since the Rockets are doing so good this season, the atmosphere was very exciting. My parents not only gave us 4 tickets but offered to babysit too. I am pretty sure Ellery had just as good of a time as we did...here is a picture my mom took of her on their gelato outing:
Unfortunately, I think we might have been bad luck for Clutch City since they lost big time.
Unfortunately, I think we might have been bad luck for Clutch City since they lost big time.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Avocado
That is about the size of the baby right now. :) Just a little tidbit I learned today that I thought I'd share.
Monday, March 10, 2008
the last month in pictures
Here are just a few highlights from the past month or so:
Music lessons
Happy Valentines Day!
A new found love of doritos
Poppy and Lulu won my school class bear at the auction
Enjoying the park with dad
So big!
With Madi waiting for rodeo day at school to start
At the church spring festival riding the train
And feeding the cow
And petting a little bunny
AND jumping around
Ready for the Easter egg hunt!
Friday, March 7, 2008
Catching up
Yeah...our computer finally arrived. Hopefully it will be up and running this weekend and I can post some pictures! In the meantime I will fill you in on what has been happening in our world.
This past weekend I was able to sneak away to Dallas for some time with dear friends. I spent the first night with Paige and Taylor and Taylor so nicely chauffeured me around town. On Saturday I attended a baby shower for Jessica and it was so great getting to see her pregnant belly and spend some time with her before she becomes a new mom. Also on Saturday, my wonderful friend Jody and I spent the afternoon getting pedicures, eating, and catching a movie...some of our favorite things to do. It was such a refreshing time until late Saturday night my stomach started feeling an all-to-familiar weird. I prayed and prayed that it was not what I thought it was but in fact, it was...the dreaded stomach bug had attacked me again. I spent the entire night and morning befriending the toilet at a house other than mine. It was not a good time at all. I can seriously count on one hand how many times I got sick like this as a kid and now as an adult I feel like I am a stomach bug magnet. Maybe I didn't build up enough immunity as a child.
All in all though it was a good weekend and I am just thankful that I didn't start feeling bad until the end of it.
It was rodeo day at school last week and all of the kids looked so cute. They made pancakes and had a mini rodeo, learning about cowboys and horses. Tonight is the school dinner and fundraiser that is themed "A Beach Ball". Flip-flops and shorts are the appropriate attire....except it is uncharacteristically freezing here. Dallas had snow! It should be a fun time though and I am sure to get some good pictures.
Pregnancy is going well, although my nausea has yet to subside at 14 weeks. With Ellery, it was night and day at about 12-13 weeks. So I am hoping for some relief around week 16? I have heard that is common. It is just at night too....like around 4pm I start to feel queasy. It is very strange and different. I can see the beginnings of a little belly which will make this a little more real...I sometimes forget I am even pregnant which is such a change from my 1st pregnancy when that was all I could think about!
Oh and Ellery had her 1st meal at McDonalds today, not that I am proud. I was thinking we would go after gymboree and maybe play on the playground and eat a happy meal. Turns out the McDonalds we went to completely grossed me out and the play room smelled much like a bathroom. Ugh. No more McDonalds for us for awhile, or at least until we can find a clean one. :)
This past weekend I was able to sneak away to Dallas for some time with dear friends. I spent the first night with Paige and Taylor and Taylor so nicely chauffeured me around town. On Saturday I attended a baby shower for Jessica and it was so great getting to see her pregnant belly and spend some time with her before she becomes a new mom. Also on Saturday, my wonderful friend Jody and I spent the afternoon getting pedicures, eating, and catching a movie...some of our favorite things to do. It was such a refreshing time until late Saturday night my stomach started feeling an all-to-familiar weird. I prayed and prayed that it was not what I thought it was but in fact, it was...the dreaded stomach bug had attacked me again. I spent the entire night and morning befriending the toilet at a house other than mine. It was not a good time at all. I can seriously count on one hand how many times I got sick like this as a kid and now as an adult I feel like I am a stomach bug magnet. Maybe I didn't build up enough immunity as a child.
All in all though it was a good weekend and I am just thankful that I didn't start feeling bad until the end of it.
It was rodeo day at school last week and all of the kids looked so cute. They made pancakes and had a mini rodeo, learning about cowboys and horses. Tonight is the school dinner and fundraiser that is themed "A Beach Ball". Flip-flops and shorts are the appropriate attire....except it is uncharacteristically freezing here. Dallas had snow! It should be a fun time though and I am sure to get some good pictures.
Pregnancy is going well, although my nausea has yet to subside at 14 weeks. With Ellery, it was night and day at about 12-13 weeks. So I am hoping for some relief around week 16? I have heard that is common. It is just at night too....like around 4pm I start to feel queasy. It is very strange and different. I can see the beginnings of a little belly which will make this a little more real...I sometimes forget I am even pregnant which is such a change from my 1st pregnancy when that was all I could think about!
Oh and Ellery had her 1st meal at McDonalds today, not that I am proud. I was thinking we would go after gymboree and maybe play on the playground and eat a happy meal. Turns out the McDonalds we went to completely grossed me out and the play room smelled much like a bathroom. Ugh. No more McDonalds for us for awhile, or at least until we can find a clean one. :)
Monday, February 25, 2008
Nanny Diaries
Today Ellery and I were in Learning Express picking out a few gifts for upcoming birthday parties and the sales lady helping me asked if I was her nanny!! She told me I didn't look a day over 18 and that she hoped she didn't offend me. It must have been the lack of makeup I was wearing! I just had to laugh.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Lemons
A few things have happened since I last blogged. Our computer being fixed is not one of them...bummer. We had a service guy come out to look at it and it seems we may have gotten a lemon. They are sending us an entirely new one.
Which makes me sad because I can't post pictures from our ultrasound yesterday! It amazes me how much he/she has changed in 6 weeks. I got to see the little arms and legs waving around. The ultrasound tech told me that I had one cooperative little baby on my hands. Maybe this is an indication of #2's personality? Let's hope so! I asked if she could tell me if it is a boy or girl but she looked at me like I was crazy. So, not until April 10th!
I am craving anything sour. I have never enjoyed lemons in my water but I cannot get enough these days. I am also heavily snacking on sour patch kids!
Ellery is doing great. She is always saying or doing something that makes Nathan and I laugh. She has started this thing where she brushes her hair behind her ears with her hands...what a little lady! I am trying my best to enjoy even the days when she decides to throw herself on the floor of every store in a complete tantrum. I know it is just a phase!
Which makes me sad because I can't post pictures from our ultrasound yesterday! It amazes me how much he/she has changed in 6 weeks. I got to see the little arms and legs waving around. The ultrasound tech told me that I had one cooperative little baby on my hands. Maybe this is an indication of #2's personality? Let's hope so! I asked if she could tell me if it is a boy or girl but she looked at me like I was crazy. So, not until April 10th!
I am craving anything sour. I have never enjoyed lemons in my water but I cannot get enough these days. I am also heavily snacking on sour patch kids!
Ellery is doing great. She is always saying or doing something that makes Nathan and I laugh. She has started this thing where she brushes her hair behind her ears with her hands...what a little lady! I am trying my best to enjoy even the days when she decides to throw herself on the floor of every store in a complete tantrum. I know it is just a phase!
