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.