Busy Day

Today is Wednesday, which is my favorite day of the week because its my day off!!! I wish I had more of them..

Anyway, I had a busy day, I had a dentist appt in the morning, then went to target and got a few outfits for baby, then went and priced some stuff out for work at garden ridge, then got my hair cut, then went to my doctors appt, then went to babies r us to exchange the car seat base that was the wrong color, then went to ulta to return some makeup that i got that i do not like at all, then to walmart to price out some more stuff for work, then came home and ian and i went to rudys for dinner, then we went to sams club to buy some milk and bananas, and now finally home. i am tired.

anyway, every day we just keep getting more and more stuff for baby, either gifts that are starting to trickle in (we have a big mound of boxes in our kitchen that need to get recycled) or things that ian and i are buying. just last week we purchased the crib, changing table, pack n play, travel system, xtra car seat base, stationery entertainer, bedding set with mobile and art work, and even some diapers. whenever i am out and see something on clearance i get that too, so we gradually pick up clothes, shoes, blankets, etc (not too many, just a handful). now dont you all worry, there is still plenty left for anyone to purchase that wants to spoil the baby (i have heard many ppl ask about this), we registered for tons of stuff, there is enough to go around. the problem now is the nursery isnt ready (we are gonna have someone come in and professionally steam clean next week since the room has belonged to dogs for 2 years), so in the meantime all the baby stuff is just kinda chillin in the guest room. so i took some pictures a few days ago (an now we have more things so its even more crowded than it was), but in 2 weeks or so the nursery should be ready for baby stuff to move across the hall.








you can see that the baby could really use more clothes :) i want to buy every outfit i see, they are all just so darn cute!! he does actually have some more that just arent hanging in the closet, but im trying to control myself cause i realize there is more stuff we need to buy and i cant spend all of our money on clothes

As for other things, my dentist appt went fine, no cavities so thats always great. my doctors appt went fine, i will have 2 more 2 week visits and then start the weekly ones (today was the start of week 30). i am measuring right on track and baby's heart rate is 140. im feeling good, starting to get more sleepy because i just cant get comfy at night (a combo of getting huge plus the darn dogs and ian taking up far too much of the bed), just learning to adjust to this big belly. dinner at rudys was super yummy, they have the best coleslaw in the whole universe, and i got a coke icee at sams club, and now will be heading to bed soon. its been a good day...

Rodeo of Austin

A few weeks ago we went to the Rodeo of Austin, which is really a big fair, plus a livestock judging contest, plus a rodeo, plus lots of concerts, etc. In fact we went over 2 weeks ago and its still going on, its a long event. Luckily the day we went was just beautiful outside, so it was a very nice way to spend it. We ate tons of fair food, we had cotton candy, caramel apples, funnel cakes, bbq ribs and freshly made potato chips. luckily borden milk was there in the petting zoo area selling milk, juice, water and iced tea for only $1 (which is great to find at an overpriced fair) so we kept going back there for the drinks.

one of our favorite things was the "swine sprints" which is exactly what it sounds like, little piggies sprinting around a racetrack. the winner got an oreo cookie. it was super cute, we got some video (no pics) but i dont want to deal with posting that right now, maybe later.


these were some of the baby goats (thats what was being judged the day we attended). ian really wanted to bring home a baby goat, they were very cute.


this goat just loved me, he was trying to get out of his little area to get closer to me. at 1st i thought he just wanted my cotton candy, but he really didnt seem to care about me until i pulled a piece of paper out of my purse. i really think he just really really really wanted that paper.




its elsie the borden cow!!! i was very excited about this :) she was a beautiful cow, i wanted to take her home ;)


this is beau, the baby borden cow. not sure if he is supposed to be elise's little cow or not, but he was also super cute and soft, and i wanted to bring him home too

basically what that means is that we left the fair feeling very full but also trying to ignore the void in our hearts that can only be filled by 2 cows and some baby goats!!

Baby Shower

I know a few people have been waiting but to be honest, i just dont feel like typing all about it. I'll post some pictures with some captions and hopefully that does the trick. Thanks Katherine, Brooke and Judith for a fun day!!


It was a jungle theme (like the nursery will be) plus I didnt want a bunch of blue. I think the ladies did well :)


Geri, Laura & Kat were all waiting for cake right then, but didnt want to admit it :)


Judith was preparing for our onesie decorating activity, it was fun!


Ian even decorated one (it took us like 10 minutes to make him do it, but he finally got into it)


rob made a golf course (he was our golf course guy at lost pines) and geri did a very simple matter of fact one (just like geri)


brooke made a frog and a lion, she was trying to stay true to the animal theme


i of course made one about the dogs, and kat made annie (keep in mind we had limited colors to choose from)


judith did the view from our living room window, and of course ian made something from mario


katherine made a fire truck in honor of rob and laura made some super cute blocks (she thinks she isnt creative, but i really liked hers)




we also did a game where you had to draw a baby on a plate on top of your head, it was funny what they looked like. brookes ended up looking just like mine but 10 times bigger and rob actually won because his looked like a picasso so i picked his as my favorite


of course we did gifts, this is me making fun of the wrapping job on this gift. this was 1 of the gifts from rob & katherine, however, rob & ian went to pick up the crib & changing table so rob had to buy the gifts when they were out together. babies r us has a gift wrapping station in the store, so ian was put in charge of wrapping (bad idea) and as you can see, both ends of this gift were completely exposed. it just cracked me up. plus, they were gone for like 1.5 hours, we dont know how 2 men spent so much time alone in babies r us :)


this is one of the super cute bathrobes i got, this one was from mom, gotta love puppy prints :)


mom also got us a bunch of cds/dvds of kid songs, i was attempting to make fun of the incredibly cheesey smiles the people on the cd cover had. dont know if i did a good job, but just keep in mind, that is me making fun of something, not trying to actually look pretty while smiling


this is the gifts after they were all open, later today i will post pictures of the guest room which has been taken over by baby items (most of which ian & i have purchased ourselves, many of the big items)

but that is all for the shower, im gonna post some more things later tonight from the austin rodeo and stuff, so stay tuned...

Same old stuff

Been busy as usual, the wedding season has officially begun so it will be pretty crazy for me from now on, add in trying to get all this baby stuff done plus dealing with the increased size of my belly, and its gonna be a long couple months...

We have finally done a few baby things, we did register (still tweaking the lists, but its mainly done), figured out the crib, changing table, stroller and bedding set we want (going to buy all those this week most likely), got on a waiting list for a daycare, and have almost decided on a 1st name for baby boy so things are moving along. we have also decided what room will be the nursery and where to put the kennels, and then where to move the dvd towers (since the kennels will take their place), and then decided if the baby is going to live in a room that belonged to dogs for 2 years, we should get it professionally steamed cleaned (along with the rest of the house), so we will be doing that soon too.

I go for the glucose test on wednesday (which i am not looking forward to thanks to all you ladies who have complained about it in the past) and then after that start my 2 week appointments which just seems crazy that 7 months have already passed!!! Baby boy is moving around alot but not too much that he is hurting me or really kicking me, I dont think he likes it when i work so much, i have found on the days when i am on my feet for 8 to 10+ hours he doesnt really move around until i get home and lay down (or maybe i just dont feel him because my feet are in so much pain i think im gonna die)

anyway, i wanted to post a new picture, its from this afternoon so 27 weeks and 4 days. it just keeps getting bigger and bigger!! so enjoy...