For Better......For Worse, but not for granted.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Visit from my Momma!

I've broken my promise to blog every day for the month of July. I should have known better than to say I could do something like that. I'm just too busy! Also, I stated in my previous blog that my next non random blog would be about my in laws, well I'm not doing that just quite yet.....please forgive me.



My Dad took on a new job in NC which had him travel to TX this week. He flew my Mom down Friday night and it just so happened that my Grandparents were going to be in the DFW area for a Rotary meeting the same weekend. They all stayed at the same hotel near the airport. Saturday morning we woke up early and headed to see see my Mom. My Dad and Grandpa were going to spend the morning at the Rotary meeting and my Grandma was going to rest as she was not feeling well. We met my Mom in the hotel lobby and Jaxon ran up and gave her a BIG hug! She gave him gifts of course! She gave him a spiderman blanket, a spiderman beach towel, and Captain America pajama's. (My child LOVES super hero's!) We decided to do a little shopping while my Dad and Grandad were at their meeting. Mom bought baby Lillian some sweet pj's and an outfit, and some cute socks. We took Jaxon to the Build A Bear store and let him make Lillian a bunny so that he can give it to her when she gets here. He loved that! Once we wore ourselves out shopping we headed back to the hotel and sat in the lobby and visited until our dinner date with the Connolly Family at Rio Mambo. Jaxon entertained the hotel desk clerk by singing her Justin Bieber songs. She thought his performances were so great that she baked him some cookies and even asked him for his autograph! He was a hoot! We had a really nice time catching up and laughing then headed out to dinner. I so enjoyed getting to see everyone and catching up. Sunday morning before everyone headed back home we took my family to brunch at the Original Pancake house. It was a short visit, but a good one. The next time I see my mom Lillian will be here!!!!!

Thursday, July 07, 2011

Seven, Seven, Twenty Eleven

I started the Left Behind series. Some folks were talking about them at work so I thought I'd see what they were all about.

Only my left foot swells. It's really odd. When I was pregnant with Jaxon both of my feet swelled really bad. With Lillian, just my left. Her movements are also WAY different than Jaxon's were.

Several of my friends are going through some stuff. I hope they know I'm praying for them.

My next non random blog will be about my inlaws.

Traffic was awful today!

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

In case you didn't know....

I'm not sure if I made it known or not, but I set a goal to try and blog every single day the entire month of July.

I am almost 6 months pregnant!!! (Saturday to be exact) I got a CUTE little pajama outfit from a dear friend today and I can't stop looking at it. It's the first outfit that Lillian has received and it is just so precious!

My parents are flying in this weekend from NC and I could not be more excited! My Mom never got to see me pregnant with Jaxon, so I'm excited for her to get to see my big 'ol belly! She will be back for two weeks when Lillian is born to help me, and I'm super excited about that too!

On an unrelated note, my child is awesome. He is so sweet and funny and I still have no idea how I got blessed with the EXACT boy of my dreams. He is excited to meet his new baby sister and I just know he is going to be such a great big brother =)

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Guilty

Today the verdict of the Casey Anthony case was announced, and it literally made me sick to my stomach. I couldn't stop thinking about it once I had read it around lunch time today. I will never ever understand how she got away with murdering her sweet baby girl.

The post that I had originally wanted to write about is irrelevant.
RIP sweet Caylee.

4th of July







We had a wonderful Independence Day and hope that you all did too!


We took Jaxon to see Cars 2 and of course he loved it! Later, we let Jaxon stay up past his bedtime (and mine too!) to go see the fireworks in Lake Dallas. It was a great show, and we literally sat right underneath them.


We are now in the decorating process of Lillian's room and it is looking so wonderful. It has finally sunk in that we are really having a girl and I cannot wait to meet her!!!!







Sunday, July 03, 2011

Busy Bees

Our house is small, but I love it. I know Jason wants to move really bad, but I can tell you that I would be perfectly content here for the rest of my life. There are just too many memories here already that I would hate to leave.
Today we finished cleaning out the spare bedroom, and starting making it Lillian's room. I am so glad that all the moving of furniture is complete! We are having a HUGE garage sale in two weeks to get rid of furniture, clothes, and old bedding. Jason is definitely not one for clutter. His moto is, "If you haven't seen or used it in the last year it's time to get rid of it!" (This is the reason that we try and have 2 garage sales a year.)
We have kept all the big things that you need when you have a newborn/toddler. Bouncy, swing, Bumbo, highchair, Boppy, and some toys. I just can't decide if I should register somewhere or not? We don't have any cute girl clothes at all and there some things that I would like to have, like some pink crib sheets, or a pink changing pad cover.....we'll see. I have no doubts that we will be well taken care of.

Saturday, July 02, 2011

We have a theme!!!!



After hours of running ALL over town trying to figure out how we were going to decorate Lillian's room, we have finally made a decision!

Isn't it precious?! I LOVE it and can't wait to see the masterpiece that my husband creates!!!








Friday, July 01, 2011

30 Days to 30!

It seems surreal to me that I am about to be 30 years old. Don't get me wrong, I'm not upset by any means. Time has just flown. July is going to be such a wonderful month. Of course we have the July 4th 3 day weekend. I thoroughly enjoy 3 day weekends with my boys. Then the following weekend I have another 3 day weekend as my family is flying in from North Carolina. The next weekend I get to celebrate a dear friends bachelorette party, and another dear friends 30th birthday party. Then the last weekend in July we are flying out to Destin for a wedding, which also happens to be my birthday!!!!! It's okay that I'm almost 6 months pregnant in the middle of summer, in TEXAS, because I have a lot look forward to!!!!