A couple of weeks ago we got to go to Arkansas to see some dear friends. Our kids had never met! They had fun playing and I am so glad we got to see them!

Thanks husbands, for letting us girls do some fun shopping!

Special thanks to Clyde the cat, who actually let E pet him, unlike her own cat Buddy.

We love you guys! Thanks for having us up!

I just wanted to give a little shout out to my friend Claire Mummert and her baking business, Claire’s Confections.

She made these two awesome cakes for E’s birthday party!

And the best part is what was inside the big one:

Oh yes, its a rainbow cake!

E quite liked her little smash cake too:

So if you need something baked for an occasion, and you live in our area, check out Claire’s Confections facebook page , email her at claire.mummert@gmail.com or let me know if you want her phone number. Yum!

Here are a bunch of our friends eating our free chicken! Yes we all dressed up so yes all our meals were free! Who says this is just for the kids?!

And here is my little cow, happily eating some chicken and fruit from her first kids meal ever! Like her ear headband? Yeah she kept it on for a few minutes. Fun times!

January:

We told everyone we were expecting! We also blogged about meeting our financial goals of paying off two of our three college loans and the car.

February:

I had a birthday and didn’t blog much. Just to talk about maternity clothes and share a few links.

March:

We went on the spring break mission trip, where we got Baylor. We also went to the rodeo. And we found out we were having a girl!

April:

I drank lots of milk, started cleaning out my classroom, and sat in President Bush’s seat at an Astros game!

May:

I did some crafty projects and we went to Destin (it was so great it took two posts)!

June:

Busy month! I had my last day of school (tear), organized some things, did VBS, had a baby shower, and went to Waco for an 80th birthday party.

July:

I dressed up like a cow, had another baby shower, checked some things off my to-do list, and went to a wedding.

August:

Well I think we all know what happened in August. Life as I knew it changed! I got a nursery ready, made some photo books, and HAD A BABY!

September:

Whew! Didn’t have time to blog much this month except to share some links and pictures!

October:

We started getting out and about a lot in October! We went to the zoo, to bible study, to the park, and to the grandparents house when Daddy went out of town for a week. Oh, and I dressed like Bruiser the bear for Hallo-wii.

November:

I scored some free jeans, I told E’s birth story, and we went to visit the great-grandparents for Thanksgiving.

December:

Wow! I barely blogged at all in December. Well we were very busy going to a Sunday School party, Jr Staff party, Staff party, my maternal side extended family party, my paternal side extended family, then a week long tour of Texas staying at three different places! Whew! Oh, and we went to the Texas Bowl!

Tuesdays are the day of the week that we actually have something scheduled. In the mornings we go to the Ladies Bible study at church. For the past 5 weeks or so, E couldn’t be in the nursery yet because she was too little, so her Daddy sweetly agreed to keep her in his office during that time. The theory was that she would fall asleep in the car on the way, and sleep the whole time in her Daddy’s office. On Sundays this has worked well, and she has slept through church and sometimes Sunday School too. But somehow, on Tuesdays, she must know that it is one-on-one Daddy time if she stays awake, and that is what she has done most Tuesdays. Here are some shots from last week.

And on Tuesday evenings, we have home group. We are starting to be awake more, so we were actually able to socialize a bit last week!

PS…Happy Birthday Kelena!

E and I made a visit to the zoo with some friends this week! It was so fun!

First stop: The elephants! (She had on her elephant shirt, even though you can’t tell and she slept through that part.)

There was a new five month old baby elephant named Baylor. So cute!!

Here are our sweet friends after our picnic lunch!

And here we are with our soon-to-be church nursery buddy. SK is only about 6 weeks older than E and they will both be in the “Bunny” room together at church this Sunday, as it is E’s first Sunday in the nursery. I am sure SK will show her the ropes!

After the zoo, we went by Daddy’s office.

Well today is the first predicted day for me to have a baby, and it is 9:47 pm and I have made it through the wedding I wanted to attend without going into labor, so I don’t think it will be today. (Sorry Desi and Issac!)

Here are a few pictures from lately!

37 weeks

38 weeks (wow, it is sticking out there!)

38 weeks (and all dressed up for a wedding!)

Here I am with my sweet hubby!

And here is the “freshman four” as we were called at Columbus. Bryan’s wedding was very nice and it was good to see friends and catch up!