2011 Recap!

It has been an AMAZING YEAR and hate to see it come to an end but I know 2012 we will be even better!

Spring 2011 -

Our last minute girls trip to L'auberge Du Lac - didn't win a whole lot but we had a BLAST

I was expecting a not so nice hotel but it was lovely and had a "lodge" atmosphere!

Summer 2011 - We usually plan our annual summer trip to Midland but this one unfortantely was not so great. Adam's grandfather fell really ill and his family brought him from his home in Uvalde, TX to Midland for better care. We went to Midland in May and visited him and surprisngly he was doing really well. 3 weels later he took a turn for the worst. We rushed to Midland and was fortunate enough to see him before he passed. June 11, 2011 was the day we lost him. RIP PawPaw. You are greatly missed!

Only photo I took in Midland - It was MISERABLY HOT!

I saw Boston was playing the astros when the 2011 was announced and bought 2 tickets to the game the first day they went on sale. Boston is Adam's favorite team and he was so excited to finally get to see them play! We had a blast at the game!

June 2011 - we knew it was time to get out of of neighborhood ASAP. It was going down hill and just did not feel safe there anymore. We found a perfect home, and it ended up being a short sale. We put an offer on the home and waited a month and a half with still no answer from seller's bank. We decided to pull out of the deal, but we liked the neighborhood so much we decided we could afford to build a home the way we want! Turns out we both have several friends who live there and love the community! It is all a younger crowd with expanding families. Our home will be ready to move in approximately 4 days!

Fall 2011 - BUSY! This past summer we saw an AWESOME roundtrip promotion from Southwest Airlines and had to book a trip to Vegas. We had been talking and talking about going and thought it would be the perfect time. We went with my sister in laws, brother in law, Adam's aunt and some family friends. We had a great time (other than me finding out I was pregnant just a few weeks before our trip)

Vegas was great, we saw everything and did lots and lots of walking. I was seriously in bed by 10 every night with my first trimester hitting me full force.

With it being Fall we got back in the swing of having football parties! Even though Texas did not have a so great season, we had a blast having everyone over :)

Halloween - we had our nieces this Halloween - Here is Mad Hatter and a "Girly" Pirate :)

Wedding festivities began for Tiffany - We attended two showers and had a pregnant friendly bachelorette party for her!

Bachelorette party at Pinot's Palette - we had a blast!

And the best for last... WE FINALLY GOT PREGNANT! March we decided to start trying. I had apps on my phone to tell me when I am ovulating then come May, we found out I needed surgery on my cervix. We were devasted! The rare side effects of my procedure are infertility and pre term labor. We were not able to try to convince until middle of June. We were starting to lose hope when Adam told me I needed to take a test in October. I was in shock he thought I was pregnant - I did not think so what so ever! Finally bought a test and it was negative. Took another one the next day and it was positive. I went to the store and seriously bought every brand of tests and all were positive! Baby Painter will be here June 14th, 2011. Just a little over 5 months to go - almost half way there!

2012 will be a great year!! We had a great New Years with just me, Adam and Chad. We blew up the street with fireworks and watched Dick Clark's NYE. Quiet and relaxing - just like I like it! After 2 straight days of packing... we are done! We are getting rid of our washer and dryer today and need to paint some touch ups on our home, but other than that... no more! We close Friday afternoon! I shut off our ATT today so we will be without TV/Internet for a few days but we will manage. I still have my last of Mockingjay to read.

Also, New Years Eve afternoon at 2:19pm, weighing in at 6lbs 7oz, Ainsley Neal Fields arrived! We are so happy for Greg and Ashley! She is gorgeous! We were starting to get a little worried. The doctors prodded her cervix on Friday hoping to jump start things and she had her next appointment next Thursday to induce. Well, Saturday at 12:00am she went into labor and headed to the hospital to find out Ainsley had turned sideways. After several hours, Ainsley finally moved into head down position and once Ashley was fully dilated, she was here within the hour!

16 Weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 16 weeks

Size of baby: Avacado (4.6 inches, not including legs)

Gender: Girl one day and then boy the next.

Maternity Clothes: Yes

Weight gain: Maybe 15

Movement: Has not been as frequently as last week :(

Sleep: Have slept "decently" - better than this whole pregnancy

Symptoms: Back pain and cramping - or as I have heard "Round Ligament Pain" and still sleepy

Cravings: still Chick Fil A - Chicken Salad Sandwich and Cheese Pizza

Best moment this week: Still feeling that first kick

Notes: IMPATIENTLY waiting to find out the sex so we can start on nursery!

 

Well that's it for now - one week until we get the keys to our new home! :)

Happy Birthday Miles!!

One baby down - two more to go! Hurry up Ansley and Peyton!

Miles was born yesterday on 12/28/11 and weighed in at a whopping 8lbs 8oz!! He is 21 inches long and of course as we all expected - got his daddy's red hair!! Ted and Cindi are doing great! Congratulations on your precious baby boy!!

1 week from tomorrow until we get our keys to our OWN house! I don't think it has hit my yet that we are officially home owners! We talked and talked about buying a house but always thought that would be years from now. Well look at us now! A perfect growing family and a new perfect home! :) My brother and his girlfriend Krystal are in town so I am swinging by tonight to show them our new crib. They last saw it when it was just dry wall.

New Years Eve? What is that? We will not be celebrating new years this year. With it being our last weekend in the house, I seriously need to pack!!! I have refused to pack my shoes, jewelry and handbags so now I need to get a move on it!

I have my final fitting for my bridesmaids dress for Tiff's wedding on Saturday so that will be the highlight of my day :) We are now less than 1 month away until they say I do! I guess hubby and I need to start preparing our best man and matron of honor speeches :\ (I HATE public speaking!)

Home sweet home

NEXT week! 9 days and counting until we move into our new home! I can't wait to unpack everything. I have forgotten what all we have since some of our stuff has been boxed for months! I have all utilities set up, power was turned back on at the new house and we are ready to get our Uhaul next Saturday morning at 7:00am! I saw this on my friend Amanda's blog and had to steal it. I thought it is a cute way to track the pregnancy. I need to get better at taking weekly pictures of the bump! We got on Ovoovoo (???) this weekend and Adam's grandma Mimi was able to see my belly! I can't believe how far technology has come!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 15 weeks and 5 days!

Size of baby: Orange (4 inches)

Gender: ?? No idea!! I thought it would be a girl at first but now I am thinking a boy!

Maternity Clothes: Yes and no, my bella band and hair ties help me fit into "non" preggo jeans!

Weight gain: hmm...10-12?

Movement: YES! I woke up Sunday night to the first kick. I have been feeling flutters now a few times a day!

Sleep: What sleep?? This baby is trying to get me ready for the next few years of my life :)

Symptoms: BACK pain and still have morning sickness

Cravings: Chick Fil A - Chicken Salad Sandwich

Best moment this week: Seeing my husband's face light up when we got the "Baby Bullet" for Christmas! He is so ready to make organic baby food :)

Notes: This week we have mastered feeling the first kick. Monthly appointment is next week :)

 

 

 

Well I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! We are so fortunate to have two amazing families and it was so good to spend some extra time with them! We are truly blessed for everyone in our lives. This year has been a big year with celebrating our 1 year wedding anniversary, buying our first home and getting pregnant! Now just 5 and a half more months to go :) I cannot wait to see what 2012 has in store for us!

Growing baby!

Baby P is roughly 4 inches from head to rump (a wee bit longer if you include he or she's legs). I have been feeling little flutters at least once every few days! No kicks just yet but hoping they will get stronger within the next 2 weeks! I am SOOO ready to find out if our baby will be Bennett Sye or Madisson Louise! My next appointment is January 3rd and I will ALMOST be 17 weeks. I am going to try my hardest to convince my doctor to do an ultrasound because I have no patience! If no success, my 20 week appointment will be near January 26th and that is when we will find out :)

We got a Christmas card from some old dear friends last week announcing they are officially pregnant!! Congratulations Amanda and Matthew! Adam and I are so happy for you both! I know this is has been a long time coming and your prayers have been answered! Amanda is due July 4th so she is just a few weeks behind me!

We are officially on baby watch for my cousin and 2 of our close friends! All are starting to dilate! So hurry up Miles, Peyton and Ansley! We can't wait to meet you!!!!!! We are fortunate enough that all of our best friends are pregnant or just had a baby so all of our kiddos will be right around the same age!

Update on house... well it has been hit or miss with our new home.

Tuesday I was scheduled to have our final walk through, but I received a call from the builder that morning and he said half of our power to the house is not working. The construction guys messed up on our fence and had to extend to what we paid for. When they did that, they cut a wire but not completely in half. All this rain got down in the ground and shorted all the wires out. So now all of our underground wiring will need to be replaced, but we should have power restored by next Tuesday. Our closing date should still be January 6th-January 12th... we will see!

Relaxing

The ultrasound tech was somehow able to catch this photo today - legs up and arms behind head! Looks like he or she is relaxing just like daddy :) Don't let that fool you, they were a wiggle worm through the whole test! Arms flying, covering face with hands, rolling around and legs kicking!

My mom went with me today and was amazed at how you can see EVERYTHING! Just thought I'd share this amazing photo of our perfect little baby!

PS - according to the heart beat genetic test we are having a girl but we will see!

Neural Tube Test

Well today I have my neural tube test. This is about the only test I will do because reason 1 - Insurance covers it and reason 2 - It is essentially a free 30 minute ultrasound.

So I am VERY happy to get to see my baby again - that will be two times in less than one week! Yayy!! Hopefully baby doesn't have the hiccups this time.

We are fast approaching our closing date and have yet to start packing. I did get all my Christmas decore packed up this weekend :(

The only thing left we are waiting on for the new home is for all of our appliances to be delivered, the glass doors for the shower and fireplace.

Hiccups?

Our appointment went GREAT! Our due date was moved from the June 18th to June 17th. My tummy she said is NORMAL and be happy I look pregnant! I will be 13 weeks this SATURDAY! HELLO 2nd TRIMESTER!

Our baby had a horrible case of the hiccups just like I AWALYS get! It was the neatest thing in the world too see their mouth open and jump every 2 seconds. Here is the only good photo we could get, besides the hiccups the baby was definitely a wiggle worm again. I don't think he or she sleeps! I labeled this for my brother - last time he thought the head and toosh were..well um... nipples.

I do go back next week and do the neural tube test. My doctor said don't worry, I am young and healthy and chances for the baby having DS are slim to none. She said DO get the test because insurance covers it and basically besides a finger prick, I get a free 30 minute ultrasound.

My next appointment will be January 3rd - I will be 16 and a half weeks. I am not sure if I will have a ultrasound then so my gender test will be the week of January 30th when I hit the 20 week mark! Yippee!

Hunger Games

I got a Kindle Fire as my early Christmas Present and love it! I have also picked up reading again and usually find time to read 4-5 chapters a night. When we went to go see Breaking Dawn we saw a preview for a movie that looked GREAT - The Hunger Games. It said it was based on a best selling novel.

It is a series of 3 books. - Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay!

I recommend everyone reading these! So far I am almost halfway through the second book and it keeps getting better and better!

That's it for that. Woke up to a sick dog and kitty this morning so I have to leave work early today and head into the vet. TOMORROW is our 12 week check up. I am praying we get to have an ultrasound done, and we also will get to hear the baby's heart beat for the first time. Adam was working out of town and my mom was going to go with me, but he got home early yesterday! He got me my favorite flowers and made us a delicious dinner -grilled chicken, asparagus and yellow squash! We had chocolate lava cakes for dessert :)

I hope everyone is staying warm and I will update tomorrow after our appointment!

MY BABY IS HOME!!!

I ended up driving to Malakoff last night, I didn't get there until a little after 8:00. It was good to see the hubby but it was even better to get a call that woke us up saying Natalie and Chad found Bella!!! Actually, Bella found them!

They were outside with the dogs last night when Chad heard a cat crying and knew it was her. My 90 year old neighbor has been out of town for the past 2 weeks and has her gate locked. Chad jumped the fence and sure enough it was her! I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER HOME! There is a truck in the backyard and I have a feeling she crawled into the engine block. She was covered in grease. She has lost some weight and doesn't seem too dehydrated

After her bath..

The tub after I bathed her....

She and I both are so happy she is home!