29 weeks!

On Thursday I made 29 weeks. This pregnancy is really flying by! I am definitely starting to feel the discomforts of pregnancy. I keep telling Josh I think I am running out of room, but I know she has a lot more growing to do! These are some pictures we took before our Dr.'s appointment on Thursday.

My Dr.'s appointment went well. I have gained 6 pounds so far. Avery weighs 2.84 pounds. She is head down, which explains why I feel like I can't breath sometimes! She was shy at the beginning of the ultrasound with her hands in front of her face, but then she moved and we got some good pictures. I love this picture, it looks like she is smiling. Here is her cute little face. It definitely looks like she has her daddy's big lips and nose!

This is a profile shot, you can also see her little hand on the side of her face:

She looks like she is blowing kisses in this picture!

Josh is in Chicago this weekend for a certification seminar. I have spent the weekend starting my Christmas shopping and getting everything ready to go into Louisiana for Thanksgiving and the baby shower! We are so excited to get home and spend time with the family. We haven't had a Thanksgiving in LA since we moved out to Texas. We will be leaving when I get off work Tuesday morning and stay for a week! I will definitely post after our holiday with lots of pictures!

Halloween and Date Night!

Sorry its been so long since I updated! We had our 2nd annual Halloween Party two weeks ago. A bunch of my friends from work and Josh's friends from school came to the house to party. We had a really good turn out and people didn't get too crazy this year. Poor Avery is going to kill us when she sees these pictures when she is older! Josh and I dressed up like white trash! Josh rocked the mullet, cut off jean shorts, cut off flannel shirt, nasty teeth, tattoos...it was hilarious. He stayed in character too most of the night, talking about nascar racing and Jesus in a thick country accent. I found these HORRIBLE spandex tight pants from Wal Mart (the scary thing is people actually wear them!) I had a flannel shirt with only one button done, over my big belly. I had a box of cigarettes in my pockets, carried around a 40oz beer bottle (full of water), tattoos, and a black eye because I didn't get Josh's beer fast enough. We had a great time!

But like I said poor Avery is going to think we are crazy when she sees these pictures.

Here are some of Josh's friends from school...

And here is Josh flaunting his "short shorts" with my work girls...

Halloween night I had to work, but we all brought a bunch of food and dressed up in cat ears and tails. It was really cute, I work with a great group of ladies! I am really going to miss them when we move back to Louisiana.

Last Friday night Josh and I had a date night. We went out to eat at Pappadeaux's, they have the best seafood we have been able to find since we have been in Texas. The bad thing is that the one that was close to us got destroyed in hurricane Ike, so my baby drove all the way into Houston to take me out to eat :) After we ate we went to a nice bar/club close to the house to listen to a band play. It was really nice, I keep reminding Josh that soon it will be a lot more difficult to just pick up and go out with the new baby. But we are definately ready for it!

And here are the 27 week belly pictures...

From the front, its hard to tell I am pregnant. Not from the side though! .

Thank God, no stretch marks so far! I have been buttering up with cocoa butter since I found out I was pregnant. Its so funny how the shape of my belly changes day to day. Like in these pictures my belly seems so much more pointy and poking out than it does right now! I know it has to do with uterus growing and her position, its just funny to see the changes in pictures.

Josh went to Dallas this weekend for the last part of his board exams. His first test was Friday, he said it wasn't too bad, and the last part is Sunday. Once that is done he just has to take one more test to get his Louisiana license and he will be done! He just has to finish up all of his adjustments at the clinic, and he is making good progress with that. I am so proud of him, April 2010 graduation here we come!

Our next doctors appointment is this week, on Thursday. I am interested to see how big she is, it feels like I haven't been growing as much lately, but I am sure it is just because she is stretching out higher in my torso. I have been feeling great, just a little worn out after working 12 hours. I still plan on working for as long as I can, so I just rest and recouperate on my days off.

We have a busy two weeks coming up, Josh goes to Chicago next weekend for a certification class in a chiropractic technique. Then we get to go home for Thanksgiving! and the baby shower! We are so excited and are definately ready to spend some quality time with the family. So if I don't update before the holiday, I will definately put up all the pictures from Thanksgiving and the baby shower.