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.

Avery's Room!

I had picked out Avery's furniture and bedding at the beginning of the pregnancy, and surprisingly enough I still liked them when it was time to order! We got her stuff in a couple of weeks ago, but were waiting to start on her room until we had some free time. Then my mom came to stay for a week for surgery. Well this weekend my mom went back to Arizona to take care of my Gigi, and we didn't have any plans so we decided to start on her room. This is the before shot:
Josh hard at work in his baby girl's room

We put tan on two walls and pink on two walls, it turned out amazing!

This was my contribution to the project since I couldn't paint

Almost done!

It's really hard to tell the true color of the pink with the weird lighting, but it came out sooo cute. Its not pepto bismol pink, nor is it too pastel.

I worked last night and was having a rough night, we got some bad news about my Gigi (her cancer has spread). I asked Josh if we could work on Avery's furniture today, he texted me back this picture:

My sweetie put together and made up her bed for me as a surprise. He is so thoughtful. I absolutely love how involved and excited he has been with the whole pregnancy. He even painted her whole room without complaining (and he HATES to paint). My work momma Tracy got Avery her bedding, I absolutely love it!

This is what we have in her room so far. I plan on putting a tan comforter on the guest bed with some pink decorative pillows. I also need to figure out where we are going to fit her changing table and dresser, it will be a tight squeeze but I absolutely LOVE her furniture! It is very sturdy and classic looking.

I love this picture. I imagine looking down from this angle and seeing our baby girl curled up in her bed dreaming. I can see myself picking up a sweet, chubby, little smiling (or crying!) angel out of this bed in the mornings. Having the crib in the house has really made it real to me that in about four months our entire lives will change. I am excited and nervous, but I mostly feel so blessed to be reaching this stage in our lives.

This is Avery's pumpkin I carved for her :)

And here is the 24 week belly picture, on our way to watch the Saints game with some friends of ours.
Last night one of my patients asked me if I was pregnant. She was the first person who didn't know I was pregnant to notice it. I am really showing a lot more now, and I am so excited. She is still so active, and still breech! So I feel all of her movements down in my pelvis. I don't know which is worse, having a baby tap dance on your bladder or lungs! I guess I will find out when she finally decided to turn around!

Surgery and Shy Baby!

My mom came in town last week to visit and get her shoulder fixed. She had been having problems with it for awhile, and I was able to get her an appointment with a shoulder specialist out here. She got here last Sunday, her appointment was that Monday, and he was able to squeeze her into surgery the very next day! The surgery went very well, there wasn't as much damage as originally thought and she is already feeling better! This is her recuperating afterwards and enjoying the pain block!


Taking good care of her:
In baby news, everything has been going great! My belly is definitely starting to fill out, I am much more comfortable in maternity clothes now than the skinny clothes. One of the doctors at work gave me BAGS of maternity clothes, so I really shouldn't have to buy very much, just a couple pairs of jeans since my legs are so darn long!

The belly at 24 weeks:

Izzy trying on one of Avery's bows, she didn't like it very much!

Miss Avery is getting bigger and stronger everyday! She is much more active at night, and sleeps during the day, just like her momma! We will have our hands full if she keeps that schedule after she's born. Every night before we go to bed Josh lays with his hand on my belly and she kicks her daddy. He can even feel her kicking his butt when I am spooning him at night :) We had our 24 week Dr's appointment today. I had to take the 1 hour glucose tolerance test, hopefully everything will be normal with that. I sure have been enjoying the Halloween candy! I have only gained 3 pounds so far, but Dr. Hernandez said she is growing adequately so not to worry about that. She weighs 1.5 lbs, is in the breech position right now and and was being shy again for this ultrasound. She likes to keep her hands in front of her face! These are some of the pictures we were able to get:

She's got both hands up, playing with her umbilical cord and smiling:

Her little profile, looks like she's got the Danford chin:

Tomorrow my mom and I are going to get pedicures, then I am back to work for another long stretch. My mom starts her physical therapy with Josh on Wednesday, he is going to whip her back into shape. Next weekend we are throwing a Halloween party for some of our friends, so I will try to post some pictures from that. That is all that we have been up to, just school, work and enjoying spending time with my mom!

Weekend Getaway!

What a great weekend! We went to Lafayette this weekend for Ashley and Brian's wedding. Instead of staying in a hotel, I found this really great bed and breakfast to stay at.


It was absolutely beautiful! The house was completely renovated from the 1800's

We stayed in the slave quarters in the back...haha! I liked it a lot because it was seperated from the main house and was kind of quiet and secluded. This was our room, it was decorated so cute and full of antiques, AND they kept it at about 65 degrees so Josh was in heaven!

I was really impressed. Everything was really clean and nice, and the breakfast was to die for! The couple that owns the B&B used to run a restaurant, so they cooked us some of their recipes from that. We had cream cheese stuffed pancakes with fruit topping one morning, and then their "cajun" version of eggs benedict the second day. It was really nice, sitting down for breakfast and meeting all of the other guests. We had a great time. While we were there we had dinner with Josh's cousin Dane, and then Ashley and Brian's wedding was on Saturday. Here are some pictures from the reception.

Jon and Lauren were there:

Gotta love the garter toss:

Josh and the beautiful bride:

All in all it was a great weekend. We have been so busy with school and work and the pregnancy, that it was good to get away and just reconnect and spend time with each other. Nothing new with Miss Avery, she is just kicking and moving and growing and we are loving every minute of it!

Ready for Fall!

I have been busy the past few days, with fun stuff though :) I worked Sunday-Tuesday. Wednesday we had our 20 week ultrasound. Everything looked great, but Miss Avery was being shy. She had her face buried in my placenta with her hands in front of her face. Poor Dr. Hernandez recorded the ultrasound for us, but he couldn't get any good shots. She is definately still a girl, and everything else looked great. She weighs a whopping 3/4 lb! I go back in 4 weeks for my 1 hour glucose tolerance test. He will do another ultrasound then so hopefully she will be hyped up on the sugar and we can get some good pictures! Thursday one of the girls I work with and I drove up to the other side of Houston to visit another girl we used to work with. This is a 21 week picture Josh took before I left, my bump is growing!

While we were up there we went to the outlet mall and I kinda went crazy :) They were having some really good sales and I am going to try to not get too much more. I know we will get a lot of cute stuff for the baby showers, but I couldn't help myself! Today I ran errands. I also stopped by hobby lobby to get a few more fall decorations. I got everything put out today. I think it looks really good. This is on top of our TV armoirre:

This is our dining area:

I also got a bunch of the new fall scents from bath and body works. My house smells like fall! If only it would get cool!

Our Life Lately

Sorry its been so long since I updated. We haven't been up to too much lately.
We have been hanging around the house:
Enjoying the pregnancy (gotta love pickles!)
Our baby girl is growing! These are the ultrasound pictures from our last ultrasound...I was 16 weeks...

I think I am about 18weeks in this picture...Izzy is jumping up for her treat!

I went up to Arizona this past weekend to visit my mom and Gigi. We had 4 generations of girls together (one in utero of course!)

My mom and Gigi both got to feel Avery moving around. Josh got to feel her the night before I left for my trip...she is a strong kicker! Josh says she is going to be a soccer player, I think she will be a high stepper!

Here are some more pictures from my trip. It was absolutely beautiful out there, 70 degrees in the morning, no humidity and beautiful views.

My mom and Uncle Ric:

My Uncle Ric and his dog Lucy

Beautiful Views: