10 weeks to go!

I can't believe it has already been 30 weeks! Hard to believe only 10 (or less) weeks until this little boy comes into the world. I think we are as prepared as we can be. The nursery is finished, we have one more shower next weekend, and then 2 classes at the hospital the following week. We're trying to get the rest of the house clean and organized and little things fixed before we are consumed with loving and spoiling our baby :)

baby bump @ 30 weeks

Holiday Fun

Well we had another great holiday season! Somehow I think we managed to see most of our family and friends up in Indiana. Adam made the drive on Christmas day (I had to work a few more days) with our dog and then on Tuesday night I flew up to meet them. We had Christmases, 2 Baby showers, lots of time with family and some very cold weather :)
Above is a picture of me at 27 weeks. I went to the doctor on Wednesday and am happy to report no gestational diabetes or anemia. Everything is still measuring/growing perfectly!

Baby Shower #1

Baby Shower #2

Weekend trip to San Antonio

This weekend we took a short trip to San Antonio for Adam's birthday. We had great food, saw the Alamo, toured some museums and walked the Riverwalk. Nice relaxing weekend before the busyness of the holidays.

Adam being serenaded by the mariachi band on his birthday

Thanksgiving recap

So I'm a little late on this post, but we have been busy! We had a great Thanksgiving by ourselves here in Texas. Since we were in Indiana in mid-November, we just couldn't do the trip again. Adam was off most of the week as was I so we got a lot of things done around the house. Mainly, the nursery :) We have finished it except for any final touches, wall hangings, etc. We cooked a big meal with deep fried turkey...yummm! And we finished off Thanksgiving night by watching "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."

Sunday we were lucky enough to get tickets through Adam's office to the Texans/Colts football game. I was sporting a very nice Peyton Manning jersey. We had a great time.

Adam and I have both had a long work week and tonight are going to his work Christmas party. There is even a forecast for snow today! As much as I like snow, not looking forward to it in Texas. These people just aren't able to handle this Indiana-style weather which means driving anywhere is going to be a chore.

We are so thankful for the many blessings in our lives, especially the new baby boy on the way!

In the nursery at 22 weeks

IT'S A BOY!!!!

Last week I had my 20 week appointment and we found out the sex:) All along Adam has said that he did not want to find out, but once we were in the doctor's office seeing the little guy move around, he just couldn't wait! We are thrilled that everything looks perfect on the ultrasound. Now for finishing the nursery...

17 weeks and counting

I am now over 17 weeks into my pregnancy and according to my cool iPhone application, the baby is about the size of a sweet potato :) I have been feeling great and slowly growing. I know many of you are requesting belly pictures, but it just isn't camera worthy yet. We are still not planning on finding out the sex, but we go back to the doctor in 3 weeks for the big 20-week ultrasound. Maybe Adam will change his mind while we are in there...

This past weekend my mom and Brian came to TX for a visit. We had a great time relaxing and starting on the nursery. We needed her expert painting help for what we wanted in the nursery. Here are a few pics of the started project:

We painted all the diamonds on the bottom half of the room. The top is still the same color as what it was before. We are planning to do aqua and yellow to match the bedding we bought - unless we happen to find out it is a girl...





@ the pumpkin patch

West Point and NYC vacation

We are spending our last day in NYC today. We flew here last week on Friday, and whew! what a trip it's been! (That was Adam's input) After arriving in NYC, we went to Grand Central Station and caught a train up to West Point to visit with our good friends Jeff and Holly and their twins Collin and Annalynn. We had a great time with them - we went to the Army vs. Tulane football game, had some good food, sat around the fire pit every night and toured the campus of the greatest school in the world (more of Adam's input). It is a beautiful campus just on the Hudson River. Adam showed me where he had to eat every meal, his old dorm, and some of the history of West Point. It was a great time! Thanks to Jeff & Holly for letting us stay :)

Parade on the Plain before the football game

View of the Hudson River from campus





Michie Stadium

Adam reading to Collin

Monday afternoon we went back to the train station and headed back down to the city. We checked into the hotel and did a quick tour of NBC Studios. We got to see the sets of several different shows, including Saturday Night Live.

Tuesday we visited Ground Zero and then took a ferry to Liberty Island and Ellis Island. We got to go up into the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty (the crown tours were sold out). We also saw our first celebrity (well, I guess you could call it that) Robert Irvine from the Food Network's DINNER IMPOSSIBLE. We snapped a few photos and then walked through Chinatown and ate dinner in Little Italy.

Wednesday we walked around Central Park, went in FAO Schwartz and Tiffany & Co. Took a little nap at the hotel and then went to my first Broadway play: "Wicked." It was AWESOME!!! It is the prequel to "The Wizard of Oz" and it explains all the details like how the Scarecrow became a Scarecrow and things like that. It was so awesome, we decided we had to see another show before we left, so tonight we are going to see "The Lion King."


Central Park

On top of the Empire State Building

New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street

Thursday we went up in the Empire State Building. Amazing views of all of Manhattan. While we were up there, security closed down one corner of the railing because "someone" was coming up. So, we stayed right there for 30 minutes while we waited for this celebrity. Turns out it was some kid we didn't even recognize. There were tons of photographers and security that came up with him, but I have no idea who he was. Afterwards we walked about 45 blocks to the Museum of Natural History. We toured the museum and saw an iMax movie. Then for dinner: Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. The greatest shrimp I have ever had!!!!!

Friday we went to breakfast at the Clinton Street Baking Co. We had seen this restaurant recognized on Food Network for their blueberry pancakes. It was yummy! The rest of the day we were kind of lazy. We figured it is vacation, we better relax a little. For dinner we went to an Indian restaurant to make Adam happy. It was pretty good.

Today we are just waiting for Jeff and Holly to get to the city so we can go to the Central Park Zoo. Then "The Lion King" tonight and so long NYC!