Lego, JVC & Netflix and DJ!

Well...I haven't blogged in a while...since I can't be online while Davids working I've just been getting things ready or packed around the house. My mom has been coming by once a week to help me clean up which has been wonderful! Aside from that I've been keeping up with all our laundry so that when we come home from the hospital there isn't much to do! Speaking of...Dj's bag is packed...our bag is packed...camera bag is ready to go...and today we got our newest addition to camera's a CAMCORDER!! We got the black one so that we could capture all our first moments with DJ!

Aside from this we also purchased a deep freezer last week so that we could stock up on groceries and not need to go to the store so often. So far it has been wonderful! Its working great outside and we certainly couldn't of gotten it without David's dad's help! Thank You for helping us bring it home! As most know David finished GTA so for Father's Day he wanted a 2nd controller to his PS3. So we bought this combo kit that had Kill Zone 2 and the controller! We also got Lego Batman....mainly for me because Im not the best at video games and in Lego you don't die.

On the Dj home front...my stitch is OUT! So now its just whenever DJ wants to bless us with his presence! I can honestly say we're ready...just wondering and anxious of when and how it'll all happen! I finished up his nursery this week...put all but a couple finishing details. Today is 37 weeks and we're offically FULL TERM!! Its such a blessing to know we made it this far! Well I am going to get off and help David do some picking up to the house...and we're going to watch Up on Netflix....we just finished watching Fluffy: Gabriel Iglesias....let me say HILARIOUS!!

It's Been Awhile!

Wow its practically been 1 month since I've updated the blog...in the past month we had a Diaper shower for David, Diaper shower at work, worked on the nursery and David & Trey built a custom cube/bench unit for DJ's room.

We had a Diaper Shower for David here at the house! It was lots of fun...pizza, snacks, diapers, video games and a simple guys night! David's dad, uncle and friends came over...an it was awesome that Finke and Shaft were even able to make it in from Lubbock.

After David's shower work had a diaper shower for me too! It was loads of fun! Here is a video slideshow of my work and family baby shower pics!

We've done lots of work on the nursery...I'll have those pics up later. I haven't gotten them all uploaded to the computer. We have an appointment with Dr. Bass tomorrow and we'll most likely have our true time frame set tomorrow. We're thinking we have about 1 week till the stitches come out an also Dr. Maberry said that Dj is weighing in at 5.5 lbs!! and by birth should be around 7 lbs!!

Mother's Day Weekend!!

I can say that I had a wonderful "first" Mother's Day! It actually started on Friday when David had these flowers delivered to me at work!

They are GORGEOUS!! My flowers are from Clara, Baby DJ and David! Friday night David and I did our own thing and that was fun! He played video games while I went to Louie's baseball game and then dinner with my sister's family. Saturday was a very interesting day...we mostly David did some cleaning and I finished up the trim painting in DJ's room. So we are offically done with the painting...now just to get the crib and furniture together and in the room.

Today was a great Mother's Day...slept in a bit before church, lunch at my mom's and then I went back for dinner! It was nice to visit with my sister's and mom! We watched Dj's sonogram DVD since my brother and brothers in law hadn't seen it yet! Now we are relaxing enjoying the rest of my mother's day quietly!!

This week will be spent "most likely" getting small details together for Dj's room...material for my nursing cover, wall art and a lamp! We also have an appointment with Dr. Bass this week too!

Baby Dj in 4D!

Here is Baby DJ!! Hopefully I can figure out how to post the DVD if not we have it for people to see!! Well we're off to bed...and yes that is his foot on his head & his hand in his mouth!

Peanut, DJ and much more!!

Well its been forever since I've posted or it at least seems like forever! Since last posting I got new shoes because my feet were seriously starting to hurt after a day of walking. Here is a shot of my shoes and of my 23 week TUMMY!! Being chubby doesn't make for the greatest tummy shots but gotta remember it some how LOL!! Well I love my new shoes because of course they are my favorite colors!!

On a work note...Im in the home stretch just 6 more weeks left and our last month is full of nothing but field trips and parties!! WOO HOO!! David's work is also going well although sometimes I think he gets a bit cabin feverish staying at home but we're proud to say that he PASSED (only missing a smoke alarm) his first home visit by management!!

Now on to more important matters...Baby DJ!!

We've offically done 2 of the possibly 4 registeries! My first shower will be May 16th and is being hosted by my sisters. I am proud of myself I went today and chose the crib and dresser/changer for his room and put them on layway so that they wouldn't be in the way while we're getting ready to start painting as his bedding made it in last week. Things are quickly moving along while I think we're still slowly moving! Here is the most recent sono's that we got at Dr. Maberry's office at the end of March! We've since then scheduled our 4D sonogram date and have begun talking to the photographer for our maternity session which will most likely occur mid May. As you can see in this sono he's showing off his little foot!

DJ is 12 inches long and weighs 1.7 oz.

Well I did my glucose test on Saturday morning and we'll get my results tomorrow at our appointment with Dr. Bass after school and hopefully everything is ok and no gestational diabetes. Tomorrow if weather permits my class is going to the Zoo so we'll see...I'll be sure to update how our appointment went and any new news we might have!!

Mid Spring Break!

Well this week has been very relaxing and I've gotten lots done! I had a hair cut on Monday which is different finally something a bit different. Its been interesting being home while David's working but I've been making due. I've been on a cleaning spree closets, living room, and today I cleaned out our armour (sp). I've got bag loads full of clothes to donate to Mission Thanksgiving this year!! I've managed to fold all our laundry now just a matter of hanging what needs to be hung. The rest of the week my goal is to clear out David's dresser, hang clothes and start putting things back where they belong!
On Peanut news..we see Dr. Bass on Monday and so far we're doing good. I've started to have a bit more achiness but we're managing. My hair dresser gave me the number to a Prenatal Massage Therapist so I think I'll be calling her tomorrow to set up an appointment. I'm starting to buckle down on nursery ideas and make myself pick and finalize my choices on crib bedding that way we can start painting. I've got 2 more weeks till I'm technically allowed to start making purchases. I've got a swing picked out and some stuff that are must haves for his decorations just a matter of going to buy them. My mom was over this week to help me out some and has brought over some stuff from when I was little. I've got my Maghen puzzle bench and my chair that was in my nursery and continued with me the whole time I lived at home...so now its going in Peanut's room!

On a totally different side note....the stang is closer to completion and we're still trying to sell Dusty. But David is beaming with excitement because he got his PS3 yesterday and Madden 10. He connected it to our WiFi and has played Trey online. Lets just say I see him on the couch alot more now!! And getting to work earlier to play longer!!
Also a special thank you to David & Jomi for bringing me back some fruit from the valley!! It's delicious!!

Springing Forward!

Well this weekend marks the beginning of my first Spring Break as a Teacher!! Let me just say that last week was the most amazing week at school. It was very relaxing and encouraging. I just wanted to stop by and do a quick update before Im computerless until David gets off work tomorrow. This weekend the weather was GORGEOUS to say it simply. We had 75 degree weather with plenty of sunshine! David worked on his mustang engine which is making GREAT progress. More pictures to follow on that while I did some spring cleaning...I say I but really should be more of a David. I basically made the mess that he then had to clean up. Having a belly does stop you from bending over some. Aside from that I have a clean car Woo Hoo!! David did yard work this afternoon after we did family brunch and donuts. Tomorrow I have a hair appointment and Im going in the search for an awesome rolling pin. I've been making homemade tortillas for the past couple weekends for our breakfast and my goal is to make them this whole week as I'll be OFF!!
On PEANUT/TANK news....we don't see the doctor until next week and then his doctor till the week after that. This weekend I took inventory of his closet....10 hangers of outfits and 3 pairs of sock shoes!! And I think my favorite at the moment is his little Ralph Lauren Polo ONESIE that I bought for him last weekend!! And just think that is just whats at mommy & daddy's house not at either grandparents or aunts house! I do have to say that we're more than blessed to have such awesome families!! Peanut/Tank will have tons of love!!
Well off to bed early morning to make breakfast for David and get the day rolling!! Too bad we have rain in the forecast!

From snow to Homemade TORTILLAS!!

Well to start last week off we had a wonderful SNOW Day and it was wonderful to not have to go to work and hang out at home with David. Amazingly I slept in...which is hardly happening these days. As I was uploading some pictures I completely forgot that I never put a picture of our wonderful Valentine's pizza up!! Here is a picture of what our street looked like this past Tuesday...talk about a Winter Wonderland!!

We went to see Dr. Maberry on Wednesday and we found out that Peanut aka "Tank" is 10 oz. and 8.5 inches long which makes him as he's still 95% a "him" still 2 oz. bigger than Clara when she was born but the same length. We have a week before we go back to a Dr. and it'll be to see Dr. Bass. Our appointments are getting farther and farther apart which makes me both nervous and feel calmer all at the same time because it makes us a tad bit more "normal".

Well onto our Saturday...lots of new things happened this weekend!! We got a new table from my parents, battery and fuel filter for the Tahoe and knocked in our storm shelter. Well actually David and his friends and Tim did. I'll get those pictures later. I am very proud of myself for making a true "mexican" breakfast Sunday before I headed off to church. HOMEMADE TORTILLAS and chorizo & egg. It was wonderful to have breakfast at our table on a Sunday morning!! Later that night I made red beans & cornbread!! I don't know what exactly my new found cooking interest is but Im loving it!! Tonight I made tostadas that were YUMMY!!

Dr. Bass is back!!

Well my doctor is offically back! Its almost been 6 whole weeks since I've seen him but we saw him on Thursday and he said things are going GREAT and that my surgery is working PERFECT!! That is such a good thing to hear. I will see him again in 3 weeks and next week we see our specialist! I say that the "mommy" check up went great and that our next appointment is for "Peanut's" check up! I've decided to offically wait until one more confirmation from the doctor before choosing anything for the nursery just so that we're sure that Peanut still has a Peanut!! We have colors and lots of ideas on what we'd like to have in the room just a matter of figuring things out. My mom & dad are going to be buying the crib as that is our family tradition and here pretty soon I'll actually get to go shopping for it. David wants me to wait until after 24 weeks before I start actually making purchases and I respect his decision on that so just 6 more weeks!! I am really excited about my cradle finally making its way back to me!! Its a very bittersweet circle that its made. My grandfather bought the cradle for me when I was born and since then its been used by Lauren, Andrew, Mark & Alexis, Oriana, Maddie and Louie!! So 7 babies later its Peanut's turn! My mom is on a blanket making frenzy and they are going to wonderful with all of the warm comfy clothes that Jomi has bought Peanut!! I think that I've felt Peanut some days to say "Hey Mom I'm Here"! David says that he's lazy because every time that he talks to him or messes with my stomach to get him to move he goes still. He says that now wait till its completely obvious that he's moving and we'll see who is lazy LOL! There are so many things that I'm looking forward to getting for Peanut once he's here...we'll have our Lil' Eagle FAN!! The ladies at work joke with me that I should just make his nursery Black & Gold to "brainwash" as the Cooper fans say early!
Well Lent has started and that makes my choices of food a bit different as Im always craving chicken and the latest craving is Chinese!! For Lent this year I've taken on going to church every weekend because I feel that regardless of where we've been in the past couple years God has given us so many blessings! We were blessed with a wonderful Daughter that will never be forgotten, with a wedding and for Peanut! I can also say that though this year has been hard for my sister I can say that my family is truly appreciative of the time we're given and continue to pray for her healing that God has given her!
David is out shooting at the farm again this weekend and I am about to start working on Lesson plans!!

Happy 25th!!

Well Thursday was David's 25th Birthday and we welcomed it with SNOW & ICE. I didn't have time to get a picture of the snow so this is a picture that came from bigcountryhomepage.com. Luckily David did not have to go to work...sadly I did. I drove about 20 mph the entire way to work in blinding snow but Im glad I was only 5 minutes late for work. I left work as soon as my kids were gone for the day and spent the rest of the day with David on his birthday!! We had rented movies and had his birthday dinner just the two of us the night before so we were able to just make dinner and relax Thursday night! I made him Green Chile Casserole a family recipe that we will certainly continue as our own family recipe. Here is a picture of our casserole.

Friday however we were lucky because we had a late start to school and the roads had cleared up enough that there weren't many issues driving. So around 8:30 ish we both headed out the door for work. Friday was David's last day working in the office for BCBS and I had my Valentine's Party with my kids. My kids truly enjoyed their party as we had nuggets from Chic Fil A and lots of yummy treats that my kids had brought with them! I must say that David was extremely happy to have his last day and come Monday he'll be working from home! Later that night we had David's actual Birthday Party at Lytle Land & Cattle Co. It was wonderful to spend time with family and friends. We had David's parents, my parents, both my sisters and their families and some of our friends!! Sadly I forgot to take pictures but we had a whole side of the room we were in just for our party. We had a wonderful dinner and a YUMMY cake...it was poker themed!

Today David went shooting with his dad and Dave Lee. Im glad that he finally got to use his gun and go shoot! While he was shooting I did some laundry and went to visit my sister while working on some lesson plans. After he got home we went to get some color samples for Peanut's nursery and will continue thinking of how we want to decorate his nursery. We are currently getting our fill of the Winter Olympics!!

Peanut's 1st Onesie & Drum Roll......

Well I have been trying to set up this blog for the past 2 days. For some reason my phone would send to my blog but the blog itself actually wouldn't post.

Here is a onsie that we have bought for Peanut on Monday while out shopping. We bought as neutral a color as we could find but of course it had to have STARS on it!! Peanut has a hand me down from Clara already...a very cute Nike Texas Longhorn sweatsuit...from Uncle Oscar & Aunt Kannika!! Our house will be divided...Hook'em Horns and Wreck'em Tech! David's parents got Peanut some wonderful longsleeve onsies, which I can say you can never have enough longsleeve stuff regardless of the weather outside!

Work has been kinda crazy for both us I can say this week...juggling doctors appointments here and there and trying to get David ready for work from home in the next week.

But on a good note I can offically say that: