12 Weeks and E's First Movie

On Thursday I had my 12 week appointment and I got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time! Very fun and exciting! I can't believe I have a little heartbeat inside me right now. I've gotten over the sick phase, I'm not showing at all, and I feel just about normal (except for being tired and frequent bathroom trips) so it's kind of surreal to think that I'm having a baby. So the Dr.'s visit went well and I will be finding out what we're having in about 6 weeks (beginning of May) so I am counting down the days. I can't wait to find out!

After the Dr.'s appointment my mom and I took E to see Horton Hears A Who. Ethan has never been to the movie theater before so I was really interested to see how he'd do. My mom and I were prepared to leave if E got wiggly, but we wanted to at least give it a shot. So we took him in and sat him in the booster seat just as the previews were starting. I handed him his snack and he just sat there, totally frozen. I think he was kind of scared of the previews since it was dark and really loud, but once the movie got started he wasn't so scared. He just sat there, holding his unopened snack, motionless for seriously 45 minutes. He didn't sit back in his chair, he didn't ask to open his snack, he just sat there. Eventually he came back to reality, but he was so good to sit in his chair or sit in my lap and watch. I think my mom and I had more fun watching him and laughing! Now he asks me all the time to watch "Elephant" so we may have to go again sometime.

Above and Beyond

The other day I got an e-mail from the PR rep for Karen Neuburger, the company that I won the Mouse PJ's from. She had read my blog post about how E thought the PJ's were for him and he was really sad when he found out they were for Mom. Well, she offered to send a pair of matching PJ's just for E! I couldn't believe it! Well, the package came the other day during E's nap so I let him open his package when he woke up. He was so thrilled to have his own pair of "mouse jamas"!!! Well, when I pulled everything out of the package, there was an extra set of really small PJ's that were in there. When I read the card, she said that she wanted to send E a pair, but also one for our "upcoming arrival"!!! I was totally overcome with her kindness and I was amazed that they would want to do something so fun for our little family. It totally made my day! I LOVE the pair that I won and I wear them all the time. They are so comfy and cute and they've helped keep me comfortable during my sick weeks of pregnancy. I just wanted to thank Daisy so much for thinking of us and for making our day! I am so excited for all of us to be able to wear our matching PJ's together! Thanks Daisy!!!!

A Week of Weather Extremes

Texas weather is certainly unpredictable and we've gotten a couple bouts of crazy weather lately. Back on the 13th we got a crazy snowstorm that tore through the area. In the end we ended up getting about 7 inches of snow and all the schools were dismissed early and traffic was crazy. It is a pretty rare thing to get a large accumulation of snow here so this was all over the news all evening long.
This is a view from our front door. And this is a view of our backyard and my poor garden. My Rosemary and Parsley stayed strong and stuck it through the snow. E and I went out and played in it after his nap and he helped me make a huge snowman. We came in and had "chocolate soup" aka hot chocolate and enjoyed being cozy in our nice, warm house.

Well, just this past week we've been enjoying 70-90 degree weather! We go from 7 inches of snow to 90 degrees! What in the world! On Saturday, E and I headed out to the "tool store" (Lowe's) to pick up all the gardening items that I needed to plant my garden. This year I dug out 1 of my Rosemary plants and 1 of my Parsley plants since they are both huge and taking up way too much room. We got 2 strawberry plants, 2 Roma tomato plants, 2 basil plants, and then a package of cucumber seeds and green onion seeds. So I planted all that on Saturday so we'll see how my garden goes this year. I still want to get a couple of Cilantro plants since I used that a ton last year.


Now today we're expecting 3+ inches of rain and tornado watches throughout the day and for tonight. Gotta love Texas!

Family Home Evening

I know I've been a terrible blogger! My dad warned me the other day that I'm going to lose my readers if I don't post anything (I hope he doesn't mean him). So I'm going to try to do better. Things have just been kind of hectic with me barely functioning and still having a big load with Young Womens to carry. I have been totally spoiled with my hubby not traveling. Can I just tell you how nice it is??!! Starting back in June all the way to December my husband traveled at least 3 days a week, if not more and it was just me and E all the time. Now he's home and it is soooooo nice! I knew it was hard when he traveled and when you're in the moment you just deal with it, but now I realize how hard it was. I know he'll eventually have to travel again, but with me being so sick I just need him right now! So anyway...enough rambling. For Family Home Evening, Ry constructed "The Armor of God" for E out of a diaper box and E just loved it! Here are some pictures of him putting it to the test.

It's Snowing!!!

This is a very weird and rare event here in Texas, but it snowed tonight! Crazy! The weather has been so weird in the past 24 hours! Last night it was around 72 before we went to bed and we had a severe thunderstorm watch and tornado watch throughout the night. The storms came it and it was raining so bad last night, I didn't sleep much. It gradually got cooler and cooler throughout the day and then on my way to the grocery store tonight it was 33 degrees and snowing! What the heck! By the time I got home our whole lawn was covered so E and Ry came out and made a mini snowman. I almost felt like I was back home in Ohio...almost. At least here in Texas it will melt and be done within a few hours and we won't have to snow blow 10 inches off our driveway and have -15 degree weather. Just look at Ethan's face full of anticipation to go play in the snow! He was so excited!


The "Mini Snowman"

The Proud "Mini Snowman" Makers...aren't they so cute?!

North Town YMCA 50th

Friday night Ry and I had my mom come up and watch E for us while we headed downtown for a great celebration. Ryan's grandfather ("Papa" as we like to call him) started the North Town branch of the YMCA 50 years ago by simply setting up a trampoline in a Baptist church parking lot. With a lot of work, organization, and great families it has become one of the largest branches of the YMCA in the area. So the YMCA held a big event at the flight museum to celebrate the past 50 years and the 4 directors that have gotten them this far. It was so much fun! All of Ry's family and extended family were there, tons of great food, great entertainment and dancing, and of course to see how all of Papa's hard work has made the Y a great place for families. I had to get a picture with the Austin Powers guy, he was so funny! Back in high school everyone thought I looked like the girl from Austin Powers 2, Heather Graham so I had to get a picture.
This my sister-in-law, Amy and me enjoying some great chips and salsa...surprise, surprise.
Papa and GrandmaK, they are so cute and so fun! Congratulations Papa!!!
Papa with some of his grandkids/spouses

I was feeling really good that night so I was able to eat and dance, but I think I used up every ounce of energy that I had! I just crashed on Saturday and now I think I have a sinus infection or the flu, I can't tell. I just feel so crappy! Everytime I cough, I feel like I want to throw up since my gag reflex is so sensitive. I can't take anything for it since I'm pregnant so I'm left here to suffer and try to take care of my 2 year old. Yeah, it's been pretty rough, but I think it would be worse if I had a newborn and a 2 year old and be sick. I'll count my blessings. Although it would be nice to not have morning sickness and the flu at the same time. Anyway...I'm 10 weeks this week so I'm getting closer and closer to ending the morning sickness.
P.S. My sister in law Molly is having a giveaway-a-day for the next 2 weeks and I'm hearing that she has some great baby stuff up for grabs. I'm in!