I had a wonderful Mother's Day. It was a pretty normal weekend for us really. Work, a night at home (always nice with our schedule), church, etc. Although starting off the weekend Friday morning with the sonogram was the best mother's day gift ever! :) And I did go out and buy my first "girl" purchase: little bright pink suede booties! I had not bought one girl thing and wouldn't even let myself look because I was sure it was another boy, but Friday afternoon I went in Marshall's and walked straight to the baby girl section! :)
Daniel & Ryder made me feel super special. Saturday night Daniel came in with Ryder carrying roses! He was smiling & smelling of them. And I've been promised a new body pillow to get me and baby through this summer with ease. :) Yesterday we had a good morning at church, a yummy lunch with friends (with a happy, well-behaved baby through it all), a husband to work in the yard while I napped in the afternoon & a snickers sonic blast to end the night on the couch! :)
Even though we didn't get to be with our mothers & grandmothers yesterday I felt so blessed to celebrate mother's day with my sweet husband, sweet baby boy, & sweet baby girl in my tummy! I thought back to last year - it was Ryder's first trip home. He was 5 weeks old and we got to introduce him to the whole family. Never did I imagine a year later I'd be celebrating with another little one growing inside of me! ha! I feel like now (only a year into motherhood) I can appreciate all of our mothers & grandmothers SO much more than ever before! So to all of you in our lives... we love you more than we could possibly say & appreciate everything you have done & still do for us!
Happy Mother's Day to my "mothers" and all the mothering friends around me! Love to you all...
Monday, May 11, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
It's A...
IT'S A GIRL!!!
We met our little girl this morning! She was moving around, waving, kicking & smiling at us! :) I couldn't believe it was a girl, Daniel said he knew it was, but I was sure it was another boy. The sonographer of course waited until the very end of the sonogram and measured everything else on the little body first before looking to see the sex. But toward the end she was measuring the legs and tail bone and I knew I did not see what I saw with Ryder! :) And I was right. But I asked several times after she said it was a girl, just to make sure!!!
Here she is with a cute little *smiling* profile shot:
Her sweet little feet:
And an arrow to point out that it's a girl:
We are thrilled. And I can't stop smiling...
We met our little girl this morning! She was moving around, waving, kicking & smiling at us! :) I couldn't believe it was a girl, Daniel said he knew it was, but I was sure it was another boy. The sonographer of course waited until the very end of the sonogram and measured everything else on the little body first before looking to see the sex. But toward the end she was measuring the legs and tail bone and I knew I did not see what I saw with Ryder! :) And I was right. But I asked several times after she said it was a girl, just to make sure!!!
Here she is with a cute little *smiling* profile shot:
Her sweet little feet:
And an arrow to point out that it's a girl:
We are thrilled. And I can't stop smiling...
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Little Climber
Such a big boy!
Today we met some friends at Chickfila for a playdate. Ryder decided he was big enough to crawl right up in the big kids part! And I decided Ryder needed to burn off some energy since he has been literally climbing the walls (and any other climbable thing in our house). There were no other kids so I let him go and he crawled all the way up to the tunnel entrance at the top and squealed the whole way. At that point I climbed up and pulled him down. I thought I'd save my self the embarrassment of getting stuck in the tunnel trying to get my kid out!
Today we met some friends at Chickfila for a playdate. Ryder decided he was big enough to crawl right up in the big kids part! And I decided Ryder needed to burn off some energy since he has been literally climbing the walls (and any other climbable thing in our house). There were no other kids so I let him go and he crawled all the way up to the tunnel entrance at the top and squealed the whole way. At that point I climbed up and pulled him down. I thought I'd save my self the embarrassment of getting stuck in the tunnel trying to get my kid out!
Monday, May 4, 2009
'MOMS' weekend out! :)
I left Friday to go to Houston for the night with my MOMS club. It was the yearly regional luncheon. Grammy & Grandpa came down Friday morning to hang out with Ryder. They had a good time and I don't think Ryder missed me for one second! He was completely entertained! :) We hit the road Friday and took a little adventure into the country to make a pit stop for lunch at Royers. It's been on the food network & tons of celebrities have stopped in to have their pie! It was pretty yummy and yes, of course we had pie. :)
Mmm... pie. They have a note on the menu that says there is a 50 cent charge extra if you do NOT want ice cream on your pie :)
Ok, so Chris didn't eat all that - that was the sample platter we shared!
The luncheon was at the Renaissance, so we had a nice over night stay with a girls' dinner out Friday night at a really nice Italian place in Houston called Grotto's. We all had to stop after we got our food and SLOW down since we are all so used to scarfing our food down while feeding our kids! :) The luncheon on Saturday was full of give aways, food & encouraging speakers. There were 35 chapters represented from our region and it was the 25th anniversary as well. Good times had by all...
We got back home Saturday night and Daniel and I had a date night planned (while Grammy & Grandpa were still here!) to go downtown and see one of our favorite bands, Soulive play at Antone's. We ate a quick dinner and relaxed in a coffee shop a little while before the show started. It was a late show (we felt extremely old out that late and downtown!) but so great and definitely worth it. And I swear the baby was kicking on the beat at one point! ha! :)
In other news: Ryder turned 13 months yesterday! Still not walking, but taking a few steps here and there- he does not seem extremely motivated to get up and go yet! :) He's LOVING strawberries right now (along with his preggo mommy!) A couple weeks ago we ate 4lbs in a week - just me & him! Speaking of pregnant, I will be 20 weeks along on Friday and that's the day we have the big sonogram... so we should know then what the little "it" is! Yay! Whatever it is is nice and active in my tummy these days. I feel the little one kicking all the time!
Mmm... pie. They have a note on the menu that says there is a 50 cent charge extra if you do NOT want ice cream on your pie :)
Ok, so Chris didn't eat all that - that was the sample platter we shared!
The luncheon was at the Renaissance, so we had a nice over night stay with a girls' dinner out Friday night at a really nice Italian place in Houston called Grotto's. We all had to stop after we got our food and SLOW down since we are all so used to scarfing our food down while feeding our kids! :) The luncheon on Saturday was full of give aways, food & encouraging speakers. There were 35 chapters represented from our region and it was the 25th anniversary as well. Good times had by all...
We got back home Saturday night and Daniel and I had a date night planned (while Grammy & Grandpa were still here!) to go downtown and see one of our favorite bands, Soulive play at Antone's. We ate a quick dinner and relaxed in a coffee shop a little while before the show started. It was a late show (we felt extremely old out that late and downtown!) but so great and definitely worth it. And I swear the baby was kicking on the beat at one point! ha! :)
In other news: Ryder turned 13 months yesterday! Still not walking, but taking a few steps here and there- he does not seem extremely motivated to get up and go yet! :) He's LOVING strawberries right now (along with his preggo mommy!) A couple weeks ago we ate 4lbs in a week - just me & him! Speaking of pregnant, I will be 20 weeks along on Friday and that's the day we have the big sonogram... so we should know then what the little "it" is! Yay! Whatever it is is nice and active in my tummy these days. I feel the little one kicking all the time!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Into Everything!
Little Mister is into EVERYTHING these days. And fast as can be. Yesterday morning he was crawling away from me toward the bedroom and I said, "Ryder, Come back! Now!" And I heard his little legs go into super speed the opposite direction. As I went after him he crawled into my bedroom and slamed the door behind him and then I heard this tiny little high pitch laugh from the other side of the door!!! I open the door and he's standing there laughing... how can I get mad?!?
Then last night he had a nice fall and banged his head into the pointy corner of one of his wooden chairs. I, of course freaked out, it swelled up immediately and Daniel had to tell me to calm down. While I'm all worked up Daniel tries to put ice on it and Ryder starts laughing... guess he was fine! :) This fall was caused because he saw me eating something and basically lunged towards it!
So to round things out this morning I went into the other room to brush my teeth. I could hear him playing with his toys the whole time, I come back in a couple minutes later and find him sitting on the fire place with his hand in the fireplace with hand-fulls of stuff all over him. I gasped and then thought, oh well I might as well grab the camera! So here he is (knowing he's in trouble) trying to get away from his mess...
Then last night he had a nice fall and banged his head into the pointy corner of one of his wooden chairs. I, of course freaked out, it swelled up immediately and Daniel had to tell me to calm down. While I'm all worked up Daniel tries to put ice on it and Ryder starts laughing... guess he was fine! :) This fall was caused because he saw me eating something and basically lunged towards it!
So to round things out this morning I went into the other room to brush my teeth. I could hear him playing with his toys the whole time, I come back in a couple minutes later and find him sitting on the fire place with his hand in the fireplace with hand-fulls of stuff all over him. I gasped and then thought, oh well I might as well grab the camera! So here he is (knowing he's in trouble) trying to get away from his mess...
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter Weekend
This was Ryder's 1st Easter! (Last year Easter was earlier and he was in my belly... and ready to pop!) Friday the moms club I'm in had an Easter egg hunt at a park. Ryder got the hang of it pretty quick and in a few minutes he was putting eggs in his bucket, then taking them out and putting them back in, etc. :)
He had fun and really just liked crawling around on the ground and chewing on the bright eggs!
Friday night Daniel & I had a much needed date night! I surprised Daniel - when he got home from work I told him that I'd gotten a babysitter & that we had dinner reservations. We went to a steak place downtown that we'd had a gift certificate for- Austin Land & Cattle. It was one of the best steaks I've ever had, very good dinner! And afterwards we sat & had coffee at Spider House. Was a good night and Ryder did great with the babysitter, yay!
This morning we got up early to start our long morning at church. Ryder always looks at us like, "Are you kidding me?" when we wake him up early on Sundays! The egg hunt at church got rained out (although it turned out to be a beautiful day). While leaving the nursery I was holding a basket that had a "peep" in it and all of the sudden Ryder just reached down, grabbed it and stuffed the whole thing in his mouth! We all died laughing and promptly grabbed the camera -and my tide to go stick to get the yellow sugar stain out!
After church we went to lunch at Z Tejas and took a few pics outside while we were there.
Easter was good. Worship was great, and...
"It is written, Christ is RISEN. Jesus, you are Lord of all!"
He had fun and really just liked crawling around on the ground and chewing on the bright eggs!
Friday night Daniel & I had a much needed date night! I surprised Daniel - when he got home from work I told him that I'd gotten a babysitter & that we had dinner reservations. We went to a steak place downtown that we'd had a gift certificate for- Austin Land & Cattle. It was one of the best steaks I've ever had, very good dinner! And afterwards we sat & had coffee at Spider House. Was a good night and Ryder did great with the babysitter, yay!
This morning we got up early to start our long morning at church. Ryder always looks at us like, "Are you kidding me?" when we wake him up early on Sundays! The egg hunt at church got rained out (although it turned out to be a beautiful day). While leaving the nursery I was holding a basket that had a "peep" in it and all of the sudden Ryder just reached down, grabbed it and stuffed the whole thing in his mouth! We all died laughing and promptly grabbed the camera -and my tide to go stick to get the yellow sugar stain out!
After church we went to lunch at Z Tejas and took a few pics outside while we were there.
Easter was good. Worship was great, and...
"It is written, Christ is RISEN. Jesus, you are Lord of all!"
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
It's a ...
MYSTERY still! :) I talked the nurse into a little impromptu sonogram today to just take a little look-see and try to tell what "IT" is... but no luck. Sweet thang would not oblige us. Its head was up near my belly button and its bottom was curled up down bottom with its legs crossed. We got some good profile pictures though. Its hand was up by the face and my Dr commented that in one of the shots it had "Angelina Jolie lips!" We will find out the sex 4 weeks from Friday when they do the big 20 week ultrasound.
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