My expanding family and I feel so blessed......

We have had three wonderful showers with all our friends and family! I can truly say that I AM READY!!!!!!!!!!! I think I have everything we need.....except our little man. I appreciate everything from each and every one of you, especially for your support. Only 7 1/2 weeks to go.....yikes! Trent and I will be going to some classes this month.....Trent's idea (yea right!). As you can see from the pics below, Trent is loving all of the toys cowboy received. He practiced his golf swing with Bella in the Baby Bjorn! Yes, I am sure Trent thinks that we will head straight to the golf course from the hospital! His room is ready including the bathroom and I have boxes stacked for Trent to get busy putting things together. Again, Trent and I feel so blessed that we have so much support and can't wait to be Mommy and Daddy.............

oh, I will post pictures of the expanding belly and nursery later this week:)

M.I.A.............Sorry!

I have definitely been Missing In Action, huh?! It has been an eventful past few weeks, and I have much to catch up on..........

****Trent and I went for another sonogram at 28 weeks. First, he is still a "he." I gave Trent the camera to take a picture of the monitor, and he just took a picture of me????????? I am not convinced that Trent truly grasps the fact that there is a BABY in there! Everything went well and our little cowboy was in the 44 percentile for weight. I can tell that between then and now he has grown so much. You can just touch my belly and feel some body part.......a little weird, I might admit!














****We had our Levelland shower, and I couldn't have felt more blessed! Our little man is set and already so loved by friends and family. We got all kinds of goodies from clothes to pictures, towels, hats, special gifts from family (Alex made a canvas piece filled with quotes from the blog, Nana and Gonky gave me my Dad's baby silver spoon, and below you will see what Aunt Kasey and Bizzie got him). It was just so wonderful, and I am thankful for all those that made this experience even that much more special. I don't know how to make the pictures larger........if I expand them, they get blurry????






Aunt Kasey and Bizzie got him a teddy bear. Not just any teddy bear, though. They got my Dad's shirt and made them into clothes for the bear. The bear even had little glasses like my dad, a white hat just like him and blue jeans that were monogrammed on the pockets. With the bear, came a picture of my dad in the same outfit......I don't cry much, but as you can guess I did here!

















****To top it all off.....my work gave me a surprise baby shower and Trent was in on it! All of you that know me, probably know just how nosey I am. I can't believe I was surprised! Most Friday nights, Trent and I go to a Mexican restaurant called Lopez. My work friends new how much we love this place and planned a party for us with the help of Trent. I, of course, thought we were just going to eat on a normal Friday night. When I walked in, all my friends were there....I was shocked! Again, we feel so very blessed to have so many friends that are looking forward to out little cowboy's arrival! He is going to be so very loved, and we truly appreciate
everything.

I hope to post more tonight if I have time. I can't miss the Kardashian's though!

"Baby Got Back"

Last night Trent and I were watching TV and BOOM........a huge bump poked out of my belly! It definitely wasn't his head and was much too big to be an arm or leg.....it was his bottom (You can't say butt as a mother....very inappropriate, right?)! After we pushed on it awhile, it went away:( So, #1 trait we have noticed on cowboy: he has his dad's "toosh." Trent has a more "pronounced" bottom end, and from last night's experience I think this little man does too!

An end in sight......

Third trimester is here, people! Only 3 more months until I meet our little man. Trent and I are getting more excited as the weeks pass. His room is 90% complete thanks to Trent. He surprised me and got the room painted! Just a few more "odds and ends" and I'll post pictures. Overall, I feel great with no problems. I am starting to wonder just how big a belly can get as it feels soooooo tight already. I lube up every night in an effort to combat stretch marks! My belly button is beginning to pop out....."dear belly button, please stay in and go back to you original position as soon as you can. thank you."


Bella, a.k.a. "princess," uses my belly as a pedestal when I am watching TV.
Little cowboy got to meet his future friends at Kari's shower this weekend. Kari STILL doesn't know what she is having.....so exciting! Allison will be having a little girl....maybe a future girlfriend for cowboy!

Whew.....that makes me feel better!

I am so relieved! I went to the doctor today, and when I stepped on the scale, I noticed a small sign, "this scale is 3 pounds heavy." You better believe it is! Each time I have gone to the doctor, I have been surprised at my rapid weight gain. Now, I can subtract 3 pounds from each of those visits! GGGREEEEAAATTT! Pancakes, here I come! Yes, I still crave sweets. I literally wake up thinking about pancakes and cinnamon rolls and can't wait to get home from work to eat my chocolate snack and a glass of milk:) In fact, I went to La Peep for breakfast this past Sunday. I ate a huge PLATTER of banana pecan pancakes and paid for it all day. They should have just rolled me out of there! I was sick to my stomach all day......it was worth it!

Uh, RUTABAGA????

Yes, our little cowboy is the size of a rutabaga! Don't ask me what this is or what people use this for, but I found one at HEB. It is some sort of root??? On a cooking show, I saw someone use it in a stew. Anyway, it looks fairly large, but I am guessing with his legs bent this is his actual size. Apparantly, he is around 8-9" long and weighs about 1.5 pounds:)

It was Sam's 2nd birthday on Sunday.....yes, of course we had a party:) Sam and Sue (her sister) had everyone over for hamburgers on Sunday. She can't wait for her brother to arrive!

An unexpected guest.....

IN OUR HOUSE! We have known about this little sucker for awhile and recently put poison out. Well, he ate it! This morning I was lying in bed and heard Trent squeel like a little girl. I walked out to check on him and this little guy was frozen/paralyzed in our living room.
Trent (in a manly voice): "Here, watch out. Let me get the shovel and take him outside."
After about 100 attempts to advance toward to the mouse and scoop it up, I had to take the stupid shovel and scoop him up. I quickly ran outside and dropped him off in the street with the hopes that someone one would take him out of his misery by running over him. However, I soon saw him in the new neighbor's yard! Ooops.....welcome to the neighborhood!