Baby Shower!

Saturday my friends Lindsay and Jenifer were so sweet and threw me a baby shower. It was especially nice a) because I wasn't really expecting one and b) my mom was able to fly out for it! I was so grateful for everyone who was able to make it and celebrate Baby Ryan's impending arrival!

Here are some pictures that Lindsay took! THANKS LINDSAY!!

Awww...boy stuff!


The Grandmas


Cherie made a new friend :)


Some of the crowd :P


Pics with the fam :) (my mom, Keith's mom, Stacy, Julie)



Look! All three of us in a picture! Could I look any huger next to these beanpoles?? :P


And a BIG HUGE GINORMOUS THANK YOU to Lindsay and Jenifer! It was a wonderful day!

Scouting...

I have a session this weekend with the fab L family and needed to test out a location I've never used before. It was really sweet and I think it will be great for little Miss A's 1 year pictures! I can't believe I took her newborn pictures...it seemed like yesterday!

Anyway, here's Katie...being typical Katie. Heaven forbid she actually look at me. I pushed the color on some of these so it may be a bit much.

Biggun'

Well, it looks like baby Ryan is going to follow in his big sis's footsteps and be a biggun'. I had a BPP (Biophysical Profile) ultrasound yesterday as a normal precaution for my blood pressure. He's measuring about a week and a half ahead! Plus the doc says he's right around 6lbs! My books say an average baby weighs 4.75 lbs at 34 weeks. Yowzers! Unfortunatley no pictures :( I was soooo bummed! A) He was facing my spine so they couldn't see his face B) His legs were crossed so we couldn't confirm that yes, he is indeed a boy and C) The ultrasound tech was a fill in and wasn't as nice and accomodating as the normal one :( I also had a NST (non stress test) and all looks well with Mr. Man but I will continue to have ultrasounds and NST's every other week until he's here.

Yo Ho...Yo Ho...

A Pirate's Life for Me!

Another glance into Katie's random imagination. Yesterday we were pirates...digging for buried treasure...


I foresee a new book in the Melinda Long Pirate series of books..."Pirates Don't Wear Pants!!!" Neither does miss Katie it seems :P


Today we were doctor's giving checkups, tomorrow we'll have to see!

More lighting practice....

Tired of this sweet face yet?




Once Katie bailed on me...my other baby helped me out :)


This hat's an oldy but a goody :)

A little of this and a little of that...

Totally random post today that's for sure! Today we were anticipating Tropical Storm Edouard....BAH, what a joke at least for the part of Houston we live in. We have afternoon thunderstorms on a regular basis stronger than this guy. Oh well...it did rain all day so we were stuck inside. Here's Katie "roller painting."


And I just liked how the blown white paper makes it look like she's painting on air...umm..yeah I meant to do that ;)


T-Rex is a recent addition to Katie's menagerie of animals. We got him at the Natural History Museum the other day. She's been on a dinosaur kick lately. He's making sure nothing get's out of hand with the painting...


A snap from tub time...


These aren't anything special...just scouting a location the other day and got these snapshots of Katie and her baby. It was too hot to be creative....102 at 7pm. NICE!


And to join the nerd bandwagon like SOMEONE(love ya Dallas)...I'm posting a picture of Katie's new backpack for school, which starts in T minus 28 days!!!!!! We went the cutesy route and Katie loved picking it out all herself. :)


Oh and I swear my child wears pants....sometimes.

Nesting

I'm not sure how many mom's-to-be experience nesting and I don't think I really did when I was pregnant with Katie but oh boy I think I'm experiencing now. I think it has mostly to do with the fact that I can't really prepare the way I want to for this baby as far as getting his room ready. With Katie I think her room was ready five minutes after we found out she was a girl! With our house on the market and all rooms in our house accounted for he just doesn't have a space yet. And it's driving me BONKERS! Imagine having an itch on your back that you just can't reach. That's how I feel about this. My mommy instincts are telling me I should be painting his room, putting the crib back together, hanging up all his cute clothes and I can't. :( I gave in though today and Katie and I went and got his bedding!!! Boy did it feel good! I absolutely LOVE IT! Although now I think I want to put his room together even more..haha! It's from Pottery Barn Kids and I never thought I'd ever buy bedding from there, but it was exactly what I wanted...especially the colors. Oh my goodness the colors make my heart sing!!! :P


The animals are just so cute!


But until we either sell this house and move....or we give up and change some rooms around...here's where Baby Ryan's stuff shall stay...in a big messy pile in my closet. :)