Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012

Amazing that another year has come and gone!  2011 was full of so many memories!  Let's take a look at what our year was all about!

January:

Claire and I enjoy a quick trip to pick up an award for the Arlington Tennis Association Adopt-a-school program

February:  

I won tickets to the best Superbowl concert ever....Blake Shelton!  It was Chris' first country concert and what an amazing one it was.

SNOW/ICE-CATION:  We had a huge snow/ice storm allowing us to have the ENITRE week out of school. Plus it allowed us to enjoy all the super bowl fun going on around town! 

My sweet wonderful grandmother joined my grandfather in heaven on February 21st.  Thankfully I had gotten to spend a few days with her prior to her arrival there.  However, it was still one of the events we could have done without this past year.  We love you Grandma and Grandpa!

March: 
Axa Awards banquet in Houston.  We had a blast staying at the Four Seasons being spoiled to death!

Winston ready to go to the Doggie Dude Ranch

Our goodies as we got to our room.

Ready to go out and enjoy our night!

SPRING CLEANING!!!  Yes, we spent most of spring break cleaning up the house getting ready to put in on the market.  Little did we know we would be living that way for a while now!

Good Bye house and hello POD!

We even cleaned up the flower beds and put down a new walkway!

April:
Chris and I got to enjoy a nice little vacation to San Diego thanks to his work! We had a great time there checking everything out.  Plus we hung out with many wonderful friends!

Bobby's annual Crawfish boil and Chris's family came to town!  We always enjoy heading over for a little backyard fun at Bobby's.  This year Chris' mom and sister joined us too!

 Following her big brothers lead! Ha Ha

May:
Oh sweet May!  May ended up brining our house more GOOD NEWS than we would have ever thought!  We began this month with A RUN TO REMEMBER the OKC marathon.  Our whole family ran in memory of my Uncle who passed away the year prior! It was amazing to see us all come together!

Here is the whole family gathered the night before the big race!

Of course Chris and I found out there was something else going on in our worlds! This little thing was a very nice surprise on MOTHER'S DAY!  It is a Mother's day I will never forget!

June:
HAPPY FIRST ANNIVERSARY to US!  Chris and I got to spend our fist anniversary married together.  It was a very nice low key event, but we enjoyed every moment of it. I cannot wait for many more to come!

Chris got to enjoy his first Father's Day knowing that he actually would soon be a father!  We finally got to see our sweet baby too for the first time!

Baby R at 9 weeks!

July:
July was finally the month we TOLD the WORLD about our new bundle of joy!  First we told my parents then his on the family cruise!  July ended up being a very exciting month.  I was so happy to finally not be hiding such amazing information from our friends and family!

Here we are heading out for the Roberts' family Cruise!  It was a blast and I can't wait for next years trip!

Our first public up date about our sweet baby!

August:

August proved to be a very busy month for tennis! Our team made a trip to Little State and we had a blast!

SCHOOL SCHOOL SCHOOL!!!  I began preparing my room for those sweet wonderful kiddos that would soon arrive!  

September:
September brought on great memories of traditions we have!  First off Chris got to enjoy our annual Labor Day trip to Arizona without me this year!  Sine I will need maternity leave I opted out, but the guys had a blast still.  I enjoy some R&R here are the house!

Also this marked our 2nd anniversary of our ENGAGEMENT!  Yes, 2 years ago Chris asked me to join him for the rest of his life on this wonderful adventure!

October:
October brought another year in age for me! Guess we can't stop that from happening right! Of course Baby R has continued to grow, causing me to really look prego this month!

We also had a little Halloween fun, or at least Winston did! Chris and I realized this was our last Halloween without a baby! Crazy

Oh and my wonderful tennis team made it to sectionals! Whoo Whoo! Thus allowing a quick trip to Waco and a nice family visit from my Sister and Co!

November:

Ahhh now it is Chris who grew older!  Yes, I married a younger man, ha ha!  Not only that but Baby paloza began at our house!  We really started to see gifts and goodies roll in the door for sweet Baby R!

My tennis team gave me my first baby shower! It was amazing and they did to much like normal.

Chris was just in awe of the goodies we got

THANKSGIVING FUN!  I got to spend the first part of Thanksgiving with my family, then rounded it out in MN with Chris' family.  We had a blast and enjoy our holiday with family. 

How could we forget that such a sweet little pup turned 3!

December:

Baby R had another shower, of course full of way to much stuff!  Chris' family and mine headed down to attend the shower. We enjoyed getting to spend time with the family since we were her for Christmas!

Oh and did I mention we FINALLY FINISHED the baby's room!  Here are a few pics of it in transition to the final product!

Here it is today!

 Those are our bags packed and ready to go!
  Sorry Iphone pic is not the best

Wow, what an amazing year! I love looking back and seeing everything that we did!  Hope you have a wonderful 2012! 

Watch me grow, 37 weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

 This week I thought this picture was way better!

Baby R at 37 weeks!

How Far Along: 37 Weeks

Size of the baby: Well we have an estimate on Baby R's size this week since we had our LAST sono!  Baby R is 6 lbs and 14 oz!  Actually I think we could just stop there and meet this little person.  

Total Weight Gain/loss: Well that pound I gained last week is no longer here...as I lost weight!  I am down a pound, whoo whoo 34 total 

Maternity Clothes:  Just enjoying it while I can...and hoping that soon I'll be back to normal.  

Gender: SURPRISE!! We are not going to find out till Baby R arrives in January! 

Movement: Oh the movement wont stop..which is a good thing I guess!  However, you will never believe what BABY R has done to me!  Today I was getting ready like normal and blow drying my hair.  When all of a SUDDEN Baby R KICKED the crap out of me and POP!  No not my water, but my belly button!  YIKES it has now popped out some, I am completely devastated as this is the only thing I didn't want to happen!  Guess Baby R needed that extra inch or so! Sadness in my world though :-(

Sleep: Been sleeping more, even Chris made a comment on it.  I blame that on the fact that I can take afternoon naps since we are out of school this week.  I love those naps.

What I miss: Sitting normally, I feel like I am unable to cross legs or sit like a lady.  How can it be so hard to move your legs? Well, it is!

Cravings: I have had a few ice cream cones this week, yikes! 

Symptoms: Swelling....Goodbye ankles and hello sausage fingers!  Poor fingers I hope one day they are normal again, I miss my wedding ring like CRAZY!

Best moment this week: Seeing Baby R on Wednesday! It had been a while since Chris and I got to actually see the baby, so that was wonderful.  Also just having our weekly check up knowing things are still on track makes me feel at ease as well.  Can't wait to see Baby R in person! 

Tell us what you think

Just for fun I added a little poll to the side bar!  Let us know what you think Baby R will be.  Since we are down to the final days I thought it would be fun.  Everyone has a different idea as to what Baby R will be based on wise tells and such...so give us your input!  Who knows we may find out sooner rather than later :-)

Christmas fun

This year Chris and I spent Christmas just the two of us!  Since I am restricted on traveling we couldn't go anywhere.  Thus we had our first and last Christmas as just us 2.  Next year we will have a little one running around, how fun.  Anyway, when your on your own for Christmas it is very chill.

Chris woke me up to some yummy breakfast!  Then it was off to gift opening!  Our gifts were very simple as we had already done most of them early when we were with family!  However, Chris did give me a wonderful gift this year.  He gave me (and the baby) autostart on my car.  Since we don't have a garage to park in he thought being able to warm the car up from the front door would rock.  Let me tell you what, it does ROCK!  I gave Chris some new golf shirts, but really we did a pretty mellow Christmas since we have a little one arriving soon.

Later that afternoon one of our friends joined us for Christmas lunch.  We had a good time watching some sports and eating our way into a slumber! HA HA   Here are a few pics from our day!

My boys ready to enjoy Christmas!

my new bracelet from my mom and dad, love it

Winston with some of his new toys....

Donna, Chris, and I sitting down for our Christmas lunch!

Winston worn out from all the fun today! 

Watch me grow, Week 36

Pregnancy Highlights:

 Another week gone by!

How Far Along: 36 Weeks

Size of the baby: Baby R is now the size of a honeydew.  He/She is 17-18 inches long and weighing in around 5.5 lbs.  She/he is gaining a .5 oz a day! WOW!!

Total Weight Gain/loss: Thus far 32 lbs as of our last visit! I was so excited because last week I only gained 1 lb! Whoo whoo let's hope this week is the same!

Maternity Clothes:  Just enjoying it while I can...and hoping that soon I'll be back to normal.  

Gender: SURPRISE!! We are not going to find out till Baby R arrives in January! 

Movement: Tons, with little room to move I am feeling it ALL.  Hiccups have been out of control this past week, poor baby! 

Sleep: Still sleeping like a champ between bathroom breaks.  Plus since it winter break I get to take NAPS! Oh how I love NAPS!  

What I miss: Being able to travel and visit family this Christmas.  Also enjoying a nice adult beverage with others at holiday parties.  Winston is beginning to realize this baby is about to arrive!  He has been very clingy and worried as we have finished decorating and moving furniture.  Poor sweet pup!

Cravings: Yogurt this week, but I settled with a double dip waffle cone, mmm

Symptoms: Swelling....Goodbye ankles and hello sausage fingers!  Poor fingers I hope one day they are normal again, I miss my wedding ring like CRAZY!

Best moment this week: Checking off ALL of our TO DO list for sweet Baby R!  I Love getting to hear my baby's sweet heart beat.  Also I am dilated to a 1, whoo whoo we are on the right track.  Tomorrow we will know more about how much longer until Baby R arrives. Plus Chris and I celebrated our first Christmas as just us. 

Merry Christmas from our house to your!

Surprise Parties!

Last Thursday night my dear friend Alison's boyfriend, Chad, threw her a huge surprise birthday party!  Alison is joining the 3-0 club...and well having a birthday on Dec 23 doesn't leave much room for parties as Christmas takes over.  (again a reason we need Baby R to wait till January) Since she has not had a birthday party in a few years he thought a surprise one would be great!

Chad was so cute as he has been preparing for the past 2 months!  He even asked her brother and sister to come to town for it.  I of course helped out by posting pictures of Alison all over from her child hood.  Thanks to her sister who stole the pics for us!  All in all it was a wonderful party and she was more than surprised!  Here are some pics to show the shock...I think Marcus her son was even more surprised! HA

 the gang hiding from her

Alison very surprised 

She just realized her brother and sister where there... 

Marcus, Alison, and Chad-too cute! 

Alison with her brother and sister 

Baby R enjoying his/her first surprise party as well as Chris and I.

All the girls gathered up!  Love this group they are the best!

Happy Birthday Alison and Welcome to the big 3-0!