crunch time

It's Friday. Do you know what this means?

It means that in approximately 66.5 hours I'll be arriving at the hospital to start the process of delivering the littlest girl. Well, that's IF she chooses not to come before then and as of right now it seems she's dead set against it.

I can't believe we're actually reaching crunch time. This is it. 3 more full days of spending time with my first baby, being a family of three, doing the last of the laundry, cleaning things up, organizing AK's room one last time (I can't stand clutter and toys that don't have a place), showering as much as possible since I'm sure I'll have a hard time getting one after child #2 arrives, rechecking my hospital bag to make sure I have everything. Whoa. Honestly, all I can think about doing at this very moment is sleeping. I'm super tired. Maybe I can just sleep until Monday. Haha!

It's.almost.time.

P.S. Still waiting to hear back from Kansas folks. Hopefully TODAY!

sweet moments

This picture makes me smile.
Daddy reading to Anna-Kate about being a big sister.
SO precious!

doctor update

I went to the doctor this morning. I started having contractions at around 4:50 this morning and had them consistently until around 8. Of course, once I call the doctor to tell him that I've been having them anywhere between 5 and 9 minutes apart they pretty much came to a halt. I went in anyways for him to check me to make sure all was a-okay. I'm dilated to a 3 now. Since the doctor visit I've had a handful. Hopefully they'll pick up again tonight and send me on my way. That would be AWESOME! He told me to keep my appointment for tomorrow morning just in case I'm still having contractions or something comes up. If not, I'll just call and cancel in the morning. I sure hope it's sooooon!!!

38 weeks

Thirty.eight.weeks. I honestly didn't think I'd make it to this point but I have and I'll keep on waddling along. I'll just say that braxton hicks contractions STINK and I don't like not knowing what my body is doing. Obviously, it's preparing for the real thing BUT I never know if they're going to continue and I'll actually be in labor (FINALLY) or if I'll have six in an hour and then they'll stop. I wish it were more clear :-).

I'm feeling like a mega blimp these days although my wedding ring is getting too big. I'll tell you that this time around I am definitely all baby. I'm okay with that because as soon as she comes out I should be on a fast track to NORMAL again...actually...hopefully smaller than normal. THAT would be AWESOME!

I guess I'll continue the waiting game. I go to the doctor on Tuesday. I'm interested to see what progress I've made this week. It's so irritating to be walking around dilated and almost fully effaced but still nothing be happening. I'm sure a lot of women have felt this way so I'll get over it. I'll be as happy as can be once I can see her sweet face and that will for sure be exactly a week from tomorrow! THAT I can bank on :-).

playing catch up

I haven't meant to leave anyone in the dark on the Kansas job opp. We know just as much as you do at this point :-). The director said he would LIKE to know by last Friday but still hasn't made his decision. Hubby emailed him yesterday and we got a response today saying that he had some other applicants and is now in the decision making stage. We're just praying that whatever God wants will happen and we pray that God will honor our intentions in fighting for what we want because that's what we have felt we should do. I'll keep you updated.

I mentioned yesterday that Anna-Kate hasn't been feeling well. I was hoping it was nothing contagious for I'd hate to bring a little one into the world with a sick big sister. Not ideal. Last night her fever started going up and up and Motrin nor Tylenol would assist in breaking it. We really started worrying when she was pulling on her right ear and screaming her head off. I called her doctor and she called in a prescription for an ear drop pain reliever. We were reluctant for a while to give it to her because we knew it would be a HUGE fight and I really didn't want to hear her scream anymore. Eventually around 1 or so we broke down and forced some drops in and she fell fast asleep. Those things are amazing. I looked at what exactly it was and it's basically a local anesthetic mixed with something else. Numbs the baby right up!

Not too long after she fell asleep she was up again and wanted to go to her room (she had been in the bed with me). I took her in her room and we ended up turning on Bob the Builder. She LOVES that show. Since my hubby was up I asked him to hang out with her while I went to sleep because I knew my night was going to be short already and he sleeps in since he works at night. So he hung out with her and eventually put her to bed. Around 6 AM she woke up, came to our room and wanted to lay down with me. I could feel that she was blazing hot. Way more hot than she had been the whole time running fever. I checked her temp and it was 103. I gave her some medicine and laid down with her and she was sleeping again within minutes. She slept until 10 something! I'm so glad she got good rest.

I called and got an appointment for her to see the doctor at 12:45. When we got there there was this super sick kid in the waiting area. When I say super I mean I was cringing at the thought of even being in the same room with him. His eyes were puffy and outlined in total redness, his nose was running everywhere, he was coughing and sneezing and insisting on sharing books with my kid. AAHHHH! I seriously was about to have an anxiety attack. I think his mom sensed my panic because she told him to leave her alone because she doesn't need to be sick like him because her mommy has a baby in her tummy. Whew. I was sanitizing AK up!

Eventually we went back. The doctor came in and tried to look in AK's ears. My child DOES NOT like doctors and doesn't like them coming at her with foreign looking objects ESPECIALLY when that foreign object is threatening to touch her hurt ear. Of course, she started wailing away and I had to hold her hands and head as still as I physically could. She couldn't see anything because her ear was so swollen on the inside SOOOO she stuck this thing in her ear to "clean it out" and that was just torture I tell you. My poor baby was hurting! Then she had to look again after that :-(. Once it was over with the doctor said her ear is really really swollen and she is going to need different ear drops. She asked if I had brought the ones we got lastnight because obviously she just stirred up some major pain and felt bad. I told her I didn't have them with me so she gave her some she had there. She was immediately better. I told you, those things are kick butt. So, to the pharmacy we went with two prescriptions. One is a new ear drop that contains steroids to help kick the super swollen-ness and the other is an oral antibiotic to assist in a bacterial infection. I hope she's better soon. I hate to see her so miserable.

This is what her dresser looks like :(

Here she is looking mighty cute-ready to leave for the doctor (she had just gotten her kitty out of the swing-SO PRECIOUS!)

And here she is watching the fish thing- "momma fish, baby fish!"

Oh, one more thing, hubby told me this morning that when he was hanging out with her early this morning/middle of the night she was lining up all her cars in a row. Then she made a new line and as she placed the car where she wanted it she'd count, "ooone, twwwooo, thhreeee...." ALL the way to 12 and only missing the number 9! I'm so proud of her!

labor or not labor?

While I am feeling beyond any exhaustion I've ever felt before I thought I'd stop in really quick for an update.

Tuesday after my doctor's appointment I had braxton hicks contractions all day. I was hoping that I'd spring a link that night and all would be well on it's way. Buuuuut, of course, they stopped and I had just a handful of them from Tuesday-today.

Yesterday I was feeling super exhausted. Wiped out. I've been getting a decent amount of sleep but feel like I need MORE. I've also been more hungry than normal which is putting me at a normal amount of meals in a day. Normally I'm good to have about 3 bowls of cereal all day and maybe a granola bar. But I've been wanting chicken, mexican food, mozerrella sticks. It's funny how that happens.

Today though, I woke up, ate breakfast, took AK to Inflatable World at the mall and then walked around it twice just for good measure. When I got home I was ready to CRASH. I was sooooo tired. I slept for almost two hours and when I woke up I started having contractions. I was convinced they were the real thing because they weren't as bad as my braxton hicks had been a couple days before. I pulled out my books to see what early stage contractions should feel like and everything was checking out. I was dehydrated when I went into labor with AK so I don't really know what a normal, hydrated labor should start as. I had contractions for almost two hours, random minutes apart and then they stopped. So I sit here, still exhausted, with my biggest girl running a fever! I'm so ready to have this baby but thinking about not seeing AK for a couple of days makes me sad...that's only if she continues to run fever obviously.

So, that's my life right now. Being frustrated about this labor process.

wordless wednesday

doctor update

Well ladies, I went to the doctor this morning. I had to take AK with me and was a little anxious about how she'd act but I just made sure to take the stroller so I could keep her contained and we talked about everything we saw. That helped a ton.

THIS was really funny though, atleast to me. When the nurse left and said undress from the waste down I got up, took off my shoes, dropped my bottoms and wrapped myself in the sheet and AK goes, "oooh no, pants!". It was pretty funny. She was so concerned and confused about what was happening just then. She recovered quickly and proceeded to chug her juice.

Doc came in, did the usual small talk, answered any questions I had and then checked for progress. I'm 2 centimeters dilated and 75% effaced!!! Yeehaw. This makes me happy and I really believe it'll be very very soon :-).

On another note, I FINALLY got the big sister/little sister shirts done for the girls. I was super excited to get it done. They're not perfect but I think they're precious! I can't wait to put them on! Come on Isabelle Grace!


I think I'm going to walk ALLLL afternoon to see if it helps things along :-)

37 weeks

FULL TERM! YEESSSSS! She could really come at any time now. I go to the doctor on Tuesday. I can't wait to find out if I've dilated any more.

I've been reading on things to do to help induce labor. None of them sound appealing to me at this point. NONE.OF.THEM. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens. Obviously, I don't want her to come if she's not ready but I'm pretty sure she's telling me she's ready. HAHA. It could just be me though.

Simple life tasks are becoming nearly impossible. It's a pain in the hiney, literally, to go to the grocery store, play with my little gal, laundry, dishes. I end up in pain after I tend to something that requires any standing, bending or "running" (fast walk more like). Sometimes I feel like a little hand or foot is going to shoot right out of me...especially when I've been on my feet for too long. Maybe this is my cervix dilating?? I HOPE!

Well that's it for now. I'll for sure be back Tuesday morning with a doctor update.

Oh, P.S., she'll for sure be here in 15 days!!! AAHHHH!

trying a new sched

Like how I abbreved sched in my title? I love abbreves. LOL.

After a rough night with the little girl I was fiiiiinally convinced that I really need to stop slacking on her schedule and get something going. I've been allowing her to wake up late, stay up alllll day with no nap and go to bed early to spare me a bedtime battle. But then, sometimes she wakes up off and on throughout the night which is NOT cool. I'm already up enough waddling to the potty and then trying to get comfortable again for the next hour or so. Some nights she crashes at 6:30 or 7 and doesn't budge until the next morning and some nights I'm not so lucky. The last thing I need is to be waking up with TWO kids. No thanks.

Hubby has been on a normal schedule for a couple of weeks now. Who knows how long this will actually last but it's been nice because we have both been asleep by 11 pm and a lot of times before 11. Soooo, because of that, I set my alarm this morning for 7:30 and 8. Wanna guess what time I rolled out of bed? 8:10. Not bad. That's why I set it for 30 minutes before I actually WANTED to get up so by the time the second alarm goes off there is no chance I'd be able to go back to sleep. Anyways, I slooooowly made my way up (I am reeeeally reeeeeeeeally hurting today) and out of bed. I waddled to the kitchen, put a waffle in the toaster and waddled back to wake up AK. She almost wouldn't have any of it. I had to keep turning her over so I could get her panties and pants on. Between this and that she'd roll over, ball up and try to go back to sleep. Once I got to her shirt she was up and saying, "eat". Good thing cause I was already on top of it :-). I took her to our bed to sit with Daddy while I finished up her breakfast. And thus the day began. It's about 11:15 and I'm about to make her some lunch and then attempt a nap around noon-thirty...one for myself as well :-).

I know that it'll probably take a week or longer to actually make this feel like a routine but I'm going to try. I've always enjoyed my mornings to sleep in. She has ALWAYS been good at sleeping until like 9...or later. But I think the time has come where we both need to give that up. ESPECIALLY with little sister coming SOON! I'm really going to NEED her to nap and I'm going to NEED her to go to bed like an angel. Oh please let this work. Eventually I'll consider starting our mornings around 7. For now, 8 is all I can consider, atleast until I'm not in my current physical condition. HAHA!

AK & Is comparison

I finally found the picture of AK that Isabelle resembles a whole lot! She was two weeks old and as sweet as a baby girl could be. And yes, she's wearing an airplane onesie. That's what happens when the Daddy is a pilot :-).

Anyways, what do you think??

wordless wednesday

Well sorta kinda wordless...

Excuse my daughter's very non-nutritious breakfast. This is about all I've been able to muster up in the mornings. Don't worry, she also had some jelly toast. HA.

The main point of this picture, though, is her love for her kitty. Every morning she gets out of bed, wraps her kitty in her lovey and proceeds with a learning video and breakfast while kitty sits warm and cozy beside her. SUCH a SWEET girl! I hope she shows that much affection to her baby sister :-).

I went to the doctor today aaand...

I gained .8 lbs after finding out I had lost 2 lbs. when I was there 3 weeks ago. I'm staying steady at 8 lbs this whole pregnancy. The doctor said he isn't worried and would be more worried if I had gained 50 lbs. Haha. I like my doctor. He's cool.

You wanna know why else he's cool?? Because he informed me today that I'm dilated to a 1.5! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I am sooo very excited. Obviously some women walk around at that for weeks BUT I have a feeling I won't be one of them. BUT if for some reason I am I will be induced on January 31st due to Sean's wacky work schedule. When he's working nights he has to drive 30 minutes away, park the car at a storage facility and ride with the other guys to the job location which is sometimes an hour away. Not to mention he works with loud machines and usually can't get to his phone. Also not to mention that we I have no friends or family here that can just take AK whenever we call...besides my MIL but she's usually about 30 minutes away herself...which isn't bad but it seems that having it scheduled will be way less stressful. I still think she might come before then though.

She's also head down which is GOOD TO KNOW! I never know how she's positioned because she moves like she can still turn flips in there. Silly little girl.

Anyways, that's my exciting news for today :-D!

TRYING out some patience

I'll start this post out by saying that I did not just sit here and eat a third of a bag of cheeto puffs while sipping on a caffeine free Dr.Pepper. I also didn't feed my daughter a string cheese, dried cranberries and cheetos for her lunch.

If you know me well you'll know that I did just do those things and I'll make up for it later.

Now, onto other things. I go to the doctor tomorrow at 9:30. I've been dreading these weekly appointments ever since I got pregnant but I'll say that since this past weekend I've actually been looking forward to going. This means the end is near. I went and bought a pack of cute knee socks JUST for these appointments...and for delivery. I figured that enough of my body was being exposed that knee socks would lessen my anxiety...and it has. Seriously if you prefer SOME coverage and modesty knee socks are the way to go. Plus, having some cute pairs will boost your confidence a little. HAHAHA!

I must say, I am so thankful to have the two year old potty trained. It's definitely a huge relief. Obviously, naptime and bedtime are still diapered BUT all other times are spent running around in Dora panties. The next hurdle will be overcoming my anxiety about taking her AND newbie somewhere together. I can just see the look on my face when AK tells me she has to potty and I have to lug them BOTH to the potty. It's probably not going to be near as difficult as it is right now to lug myself and her. I keep forgetting that this belly and this pain won't be here once the baby is. So surely it won't be that bad.

Speaking of the two year old, she's been doing so well with her learning (not that she's ever done bad). It was more important to me for her to be able to recognize all of her ABC's than for her to know how to sing the song and she successfully knows every single letter of the alphabet now. The song will come later I'm sure. Next I'm going to start teaching her the sounds of each letter. THAT will be interesting. She also knows every number from 1-10 but can't count in order quite yet. She knows her basic colors and I get a kick out of her saying, "white truck" when we're out and about. Or "red truck". Or "black truck". Whatever color the vehicle is she can usually tell me. She knows basic shapes-square, triangle, circle, diamond, star and oval. I'm so proud of her and it's amazing to see all the things her little mind can hold onto. Actually, I'm sure their minds are far larger than ours and we just don't know it.

Oh, and here's something super funny (atleast to us anyways). When AK gets in trouble for something and gets a little thump on the hand or swat on the hiney she will come to the parent who didn't do it and say, "Oooowww, Mommmmmaaa, Daaaaddaaa huuuuuurt!" OR "Ooooowww Daaaaddaaaa, Mommmmmmaaaa huuuuuurt!". It's never really pitiful which is why it's funny. She's just learning to tattle I guess. We never indulge her tattling by focusing on it. We ask what she did, talk about how she shouldn't have done that and then we move on with our day.

Well, I guess I'll go finish unpacking from our Kansas trip now and put our clean laundry away. I'm running a bit behind.

36 weeks

Wow, 36 weeks. Only like 28 days to go. I'm feeling mighty grumpy these days. My body is hurting a lot and I can't walk without pain, sit without pain or sleep without pain. This little girl is making me hurt. You can tell by my 36 week picture that it's all I could do to just get the picture, much less put on jeans and the shirt (that is now too small) I've been taking my pictures in. I just couldn't make it happen today. I think I might switch to wearing this for the pictures until she comes. Haha.

The baby shower was yesterday and we were blessed to see a lot of family and a couple of friends. Isabelle got some fun things including a nice soft fuzzy blanket, some super cute receiving blankets, some ADORABLE outfits, diapers, wipes and a ultrasonic 360 degree humidifier. She got other stuff but I can't remember right now...I'm feeling wiped out. I just went to a couple of stores with my cousin and now I'm spent.

I go to the doctor on Tuesday. Part of me is hoping he'll say I'm dilated to atleast a one. I'll take a four though, even an 8. HAHAHA!

I just looked over at the calendar and just realized that it's already the 10th!!! OH.MY.GOODNESS. Somehow that slipped by me. We're soooo close to meeting this little girl.

THE video!!!

THIS is the funny video I was telling you about. To avoid my hysterical laughing please turn off your speakers before watching the video...or atleast turn them down :-)



My favorite part is from about 56 seconds-on because it's just more funny to me. I don't know why, it just is. The girl cracks me up! I think she was getting bored with being in the car or something. When I turned around to check on her she was making all kinds of faces. It's okay though if you don't laugh nearly as hard as me...or at all :-)

Kansas-part two

Today we woke up at a whopping 8 AM just in time to grab some breakfast of scrambled eggs and a sausage patty. I think the hot breakfast we were looking forward to was a bit deceiving. Good thing I had a good supply of blueberry muffins and granola bars.

We left for the campus around 9:40 and arrived there at 9:51 (yes, I like to be technical). We were feeling a bit nervous but it really wasn't all that bad. We really weren't sure what to expect of the whole thing. We started the meeting out in the director's office and then walked on over to the home we'd actually inhabit if we were to get the job. It was nice to see the space and layout we'd be working with. Anna-Kate had fun exploring the two staircases. After being at the home for well over an hour we headed back to his office to meet with a woman "over" the director-I forget her title. It was good getting to talk to her and express our reasons for wanting such a job.

After talking with her for a little bit the director went and got another house parent mom. It was the mom I told you about a while ago who accepted the job while pregnant, left to have the baby and then came back with a newborn. It was really good AND relieving getting to talk to her and get some questions answered about life there with little ones. It's possible :-).

After that we headed out. We were there for a good 2 hours and 40 minutes just talking to them.

We went and found a fun field to play in the snow. Anna-Kate LOVED the snow. Mainly she wanted to eat it. It was like a big world cup of ice to her. It was pretty funny. I think she would've played in it all day if we would've let her BUT I had to potty really bad so we had to leave. Plus, it was flippin COLD!

From there we went to Wal-Mart so AK and I could both go potty and so we could get some food. Our hotel is like a little apartment. I love it. It has a kitchen and everything that goes in one.

Once we got back to the hotel I made AK lunch. She was SO hungry. She ate five chicken nuggets, two potato smiley face things, two and a half slices of apples, a serving watermelon, some yogurt dip that came with her apples AND a chocolate "nonut" (donut). I was like WHOA girl!

Since then I've been trying to clean up and pack stuff that we won't use before we leave. Of course, I also got our snow pictures on the computer for show and tell :-)

I'm not sure why I've shared all the above. I'm pretty sure I could've left half of it out BUT I want to remember our trip. IF we don't get the job we'll consider this a little family vaca :-).

We don't really have a "feeling" one way or the other on whether or not we're going to get the job BUT we will hopefully know by the end of next week and I'll be sure to tell asap. We had two interesting things happen yesterday that gave us a little hope-just personal encouragements we got from God but I'm apprehensive to share them until we know. SO, you'll get all that when we find out.




Thanks for traveling this road with us so far :-)

wordless wednesday

Titled: You know you're from Texas when...you take a picture of the outside temperature while heading north

Kansas-part one

We made it to Kansas! It actually wasn't that bad of a trip despite what I thought it COULD be. Anything could happen with a 35+ week prego and a two year old.

We were pleasantly surprised by the views we got in Oklahoma. When we went through Oklahoma at Thanksgiving we took a different route and it was anything BUT a scenic route.


At one point I turned around to check on Anna-Kate and she was making THIS face.
Not only is that face hilarious but she was doing this other thing along with it that I got on video. I know there is no way in this world I'll get blogger to upload it but I'll get it on Facebook and link you to it. It's a MUST SEE for sure!


When she wasn't being hilarious she was content playing with her magnadoodle and watching Thomas the Train and The Backyardigans.


She eventually took an hour and a half nap. I was thankful for that! BUT it called for quite the energized one when we finally reached the hotel.


We were excited to see snow literally the second we crossed the Texas border into Oklahoma but were more excited to see even more snow in Kansas (above photo taken in KS).

Thank God for a safe trip!

We will head out tomorrow morning for the interview. We have arranged to be there at 10 AM. We should be done by noon and then we'll have the rest of the afternoon to explore Wichita and possibly take AK to a museum or something. Tomorrow evening we'll visit a church associated with the campus and then we'll head back for Texas on Thursday morning to get back in time for the TEXAS GAME! :-) It's supposed to snow tomorrow and I'm soooooooooooo very excited to see some REAL LIFE wintery snow! I'll be back with pictures.

35 weeks

35 weeks! Only 5 weeks or less to go. How insanely exciting. My hubby thinks she'll come the last week of January and my mom thinks the third week soooo really it could be like 3 weeks away of something. Whoa. We'll see who is right. I don't think I really have an opinion. Unborn babies are so unpredictable ;-).

We'll be leaving on Monday afternoon for Waco where we'll spend the night and head out the next morning for Kansas. I called my doctor and the nurse I spoke to says they don't recommend travel past 34 weeks. When I told her we'd be driving she said, "oh, okay, then just stop every couple of hours to walk around and drink lots of fluids". Apparently they don't recommend flying past 34 weeks but driving is okay until closer to 36 weeks. So that's good! I feel confident that we'll make it there and back without a baby :-). Hubby is making me take the hospital bag just in case. He's so cute.

I've been wondering for a while if she's head down yet because she has always been transverse or with her head on my right side and her feet up on my left side by my ribs. Yesterday I thought about it again and then she got the hiccups. I was sitting down and could feel them...um...yeah, while I was sitting. So I'm assuming that means her head is finally where it should be :-). Who knows though. She is still moving a lot and even though the books all say she should be in final position right now and not turning flips I'm pretty sure she still manages.

I finished my seven day treatment for the infection and all seems back on track with that. BUT when one pregnancy related ailment is cured another presents itself. I'll definitely be keeping that one to myself. You'd thank me, I promise.

Well, other than preparing for a busy next few weeks and getting bigger by the day there really isn't much else happening.

You'll be hearing from me when we return from our trip...or maybe in route...who really knows. I'm hoping AK will get to see her first glimpse of real life snow! She would be SO excited!

bangs or no bangs?

Okay mommy's bloggy friends, I think my first hair cut is coming up very soon and mom is going back and forth on whether or not I need bangs. See, here's the deal, I don't do bows all that often anymore except for a means to pull the hair out of my face. You should see me when we're home. My hair is a wild mess. Mom has come to realize lately that sometimes it's just not feasible to ALWAYS have my hair looking cute especially since I'm so active and it hardly ever stays put anymore. She's really having a hard time deciding because she loves my hair like it is but doesn't love that it's always in my eyes.

On days like the one above mom loves my hair. Pigtails are super cute on me, she says, but we don't do them all that often and really, I need some variety in my style. Who wants piggy tails all the time? So here is where you come in. Should mom get me some bangs or she she leave me as is? I'm sure you've all seen my pictures enough to know my face like the back of your hand. Would I sport them good?

Oh, and for reference, we're not talking Peggy Bundy bangs either. Just some cute little girl ones :-).

If you don't give an answer I just might have to growl at you like I'm doing in these two photos you've just seen. GGrrraaaaawwwwwrrrrrrrrr. Believe me, I'm ferocious.

four years ago today

Four years ago today my hubby and I officially started dating. We spent New Year's Eve and New Year's together at his house with a group of friends. Friends. Football. Quesadillas. And lots of fun.

I remember on NYE Sean and I jumped on his bed to bring in the new year. We obviously liked each other ;-).

On January 2, 2006 he asked me out on our first date. We made our own fishing poles out of bamboo sticks (so we wouldn't be doing it illegally-hehe) and went fishing. After a pretty unsuccessful fishing attempt he took me to Taco Bueno. If you know me well or knew me back then you'd know that Taco Bueno was the ultimate food place for me. I LOVED it! He obviously knew that as well and being the sweet man that he is he gave up his commitment to Taco Bell and took me to Bueno. So romantic huh?! Well, that's how I like it :-D.

After that we were pretty much inseparable. Well, except for the fact that he went to school and worked and I worked full-time, night shift, at a rehabilitation center. Apart from that, we were together all the time. If we weren't together I was coming home to a note or I'd wake up to a sweet letter and a rose on my car.

We did lots of fun things when we were dating.

Our first Valentine's day together he stole me away from lifegroup (a church thing) and took me on my second plane ride ever at sunset! Then he took me back to his house where he had candles and rose pedals everywhere. He turned on a song and asked me to dance. Then we ran back to lifegroup :-). He was so sweet. He wanted Valentine's Day to be special but knew we were committed to being at lifegroup so he volunteered us to go pick up some more drinks for the party we were having...which was the longest store run in history probably.

We took many day trips to random places. Austin. Temple. Dallas. Victoria.

He graduated college in May and asked me to marry him on June 17th. On July 21st we got married (eloped). After THAT, on September 3rd, we had a wedding to celebrate with our family and some closer friends. After the celebration wedding we took off to Colorado.

Once back from Colorado, life took off. In October we got our first dog and two months later, in December, we found out we were going to be expecting our first baby. WHOA!

So, from January 2006-December 2006 we started dating, got married, eloped, got married again (HAHAHA), got a dog and found out we were going to be parents. WOW. When I think about it now it all seems insane BUT I wouldn't have it any other way.

Happy four years of dating honey! Are we crazy or what?!

fleece baby

There is almost nothing cuter than

a happy, smiley

potty trained

two year old

sporting an adorable fleece jacket

while seen with her best friend at all times.