Cookie Swap

This weekend was super busy. Thank you Jesus I felt better. Saturday we cleaned the house, emptied some of the nursery, did laundry, went to the store and baked 4 dozen cookies! It was a very busy day. But we did something Friday night that was SOOOO exciting. We ordered Baby Knights crib & dresser. We debated back and forth forever on two different cribs & dressers. We are both really happy with what we decided on. Here is a picture of both. 

SOO excited. We already got an email that the crib had shipped! Woohoo! However, that means we have got to get on emptying out that room and getting it painted. After dinner on Friday night we went to Lowes and got three paint samples. We think we decided on paint color too. Woohoo! Now who wants to come help paint!?!? : ) 


Today we got up and I did some last minute picking up, lighting the candles & fireplace, sweeping one last time before the 1st Cookie Swap began. My friend Natalie and I decided we wanted to host a cookie swap and every year invite a few more people. This year it was just our team (well my team from last year). It was so much fun. Everyone came over to our house. We drank coffee and hot chocolate, ate cookies and just sat around talking. It was a fun holiday treat. We also all left we 44 something cookies to take home and eat later! DELISH! Talk about sugar overload!! 

Christmas Tree & Invitation 

Our Mugs ready for hot chocolate

Crock Pot Hot Coco- DELISH & RICH (found on pinterest here)

filling their sweet treat boxes

toppings for the hot chocolate

awesome boxes Natalie made for everyone to take their treats home in

The Whole Gang- Paula, Bette, Tricia, Laurie, Me, Natalie & Kristen

It was such a fun weekend but I am pooped! Its only 8 and I am thinking about getting ready for bed and reading a little before getting some shut eye. Hoping this week goes by fast...only 7 school days left before Christmas break! I can hardly wait!!

22 Weeks

22 weeks

December 6, 2011

I know this may get boring for all of you but really this is my way of keeping track each week & my own little journal. : )
Size of baby: a spaghetti squash - 11 inches & almost 1 pound! EEK!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: well we went to the doctor on Wednesday and I was up 4 pounds! 

Maternity Clothes: still just pants. I am super excited to go shopping though. We used some of our credit card points to get a gift card to Motherhood and right now if you spend $75 at Motherhood you get a $50 gift card to restaurants.com so I'm super excited about that. I am hoping to find another pair of jeans and some khakis. 

Gender: This week when I got my kidney ultrasound (more on that later) they showed me the little man. She asked me, "do  you know what your having?" and I said.."a boy...is it still a boy!?" she laughed and showed me...yup still a boy. : ) 


Movement: This morning he had the hiccups for the first time (that I could feel). They almost hurt but in a fun way. I would count and almost on the money each time he would hiccup. I loved it! However, wish he would have waited till past 7:30 this morning. I also feel him move a lot at night. He squirms around.

Sleep: Its okay. I have a cold so I wake up in the middle of the night and can't breathe then start coughing but baby wise I sleep fine. This time of year wise- not so much. 

What I miss: sleeping on my back & side

Cravings: still none. hmph. I'm waiting for the day I HAVE TO have something. : ) 

Symptoms: well...that brings me to my wonderful week. Last week I wrote about my side hurting. Well everything I read online kept telling me oh its growing pains..normal...blah blah blah. By Wednesday I hurt so bad I couldn't move my legs from bent to straight, cough,  stand up, roll over, etc. it hurt soooooo bad. I called the doctor just to check knowing they would tell me oh its growing pains...drink some water. Instead they say it sounds like a kidney stone why don't you come in this afternoon? WHAT!? So I start researching and everything I read sounds just like me. Well we go to the doctor that afternoon and he shows me where it would hurt if it was growing pains (not where I was hurting) and where it would hurt if it was my kidneys (ding ding ding ding). They tested my urine and it didn't look too bad (as in I could pass them on my own more than likely) but wanted to call in an ultrasound to see what could be the problem and if maybe I already passed them or if they were in my bladder- along with prescribed me some pain meds (who knew you can take hard core pain pills but not advil???) and an antibiotic. Justin left on Wednesday night for a job and thankfully my mom was already coming up to help me decorate for Christmas so she was here to go with me on Thursday to get my ultrasound. They checked my left & right kidney along with my bladder. Since it was just a tech they said the doctor would call me the next day. Well Friday I call the doctor cause I haven't heard from them and they tell me they got the results but he is in surgery and they will call me Monday to let me know and to just rest & drink water this weekend. HMPH! I assume though thats good news and nothing serious if they didn't feel it necessary to tell me ASAP. Since Thursday the pain hasn't been as severe. Still hurts when I sneeze, cough or move funny but its not a CONSTANT pain like it was Monday-Wednesday. So tomorrow we will find out what the ultrasound said. So it was an exciting week to say the least. : ) 


here is my 22 week photo & a collage of week 12 & 22

Tucker's Baby Shower

This past weekend one of my oldest friends had her baby shower. She is due March 8th. We are almost exactly a month a part! CRAZY! Terah & I go way back. We first became friends in 6th grade and went through so much together. Over the years we had our ups and downs but we always stayed friends. Well when I found out she was pregnant I had to call her and then a few weeks later...guess who else is pregnant!? Me! It was so weird! Anyways, Friday night Justin and I drove to Kingwood and stayed with my parents. Saturday Justin helped Dad set up his new smart TV while Mom & I went to the shower. She is glowing and you could not tell she is 6 month pregnant in half the photos! I hope I look like that next month! haha. : ) Here are some photos from the shower. Tucker is one lucky little boy. 

Fearfully & Wonderfully Made- this one may have caused some tears

Train your child in the way he should go.

Emily & I (trying to show my bump)

Sweet football from her mom

Elizabeth & Emily
(Two of Terah's Best Friends who threw the shower for her)

Martha & Jane
(Emily is also one of my oldest and dearest friends- I love that when you go ages without seeing or talking to someone yet its like no time has passed when you see each other- those are good friends)

The three of us

The Boys making friends with each other- in utero

It was a beautiful shower and I am glad I was able to go. After the shower Justin and I headed to Baby's 1st Furniture where we fell in love with NOTHING. Everything was over priced and not that cute and of course the ones we loved were like $1200-- haha not happening. However, it was fun to go and see cribs set up and have the whole experience of shopping for our baby boy. We ended up going back to Kingwood for the night- watched football and searched for baby cribs/dressers. Sunday we got up and headed home. I was pretty miserable all day so we just lounged around other than meeting Ragan & Brad for lunch. 

It was another fun weekend and this weekend is just as busy!! : ) Every weekend in December is jam packed with fun! I love it! However, it will be January before we know it and then I just have a feeling April will sneak up on me and little baby will be here before we know it! EEK!

Week 21

21 weeks

November 29, 2011

Size of baby: a carrot or a banana- depends on where you look

Total Weight Gain/Loss: big news: last Tuesday I was up 2 pounds!!! Woohoo!!  

Maternity Clothes: just pants. I totally have a big ol bump in normal shirts now. : ) However, even today with my undershirt, sweater and coat you couldn't tell I was preggers.

 
Gender: Still a Precious Baby Boy. 


Movement: <3 feeling him move even though sometimes his kicks hurt. I love when Justin gets to feel him move and when I look down and see my stomach move! I love that!!! Crazy to think their is a little human moving around and growing in there

Sleep: my sides have been KILLING me. Like yesterday I cried almost all day- not fun at all. So therefore my sleep is being limited because I can't get comfortable because my sides hurt SO bad. They have hurt before but the past few days have been almost unbearable. Thankfully today they settled down. Maybe tonight I will sleep without waking up.


What I miss: sleeping on my stomach & my clothes fitting

Cravings: still no cravings. just wanting hot chocolate and pizza never sounds bad but I wouldn't say either one were a craving as much as it was just me wanting both. 

Symptoms: side aches- BAD on the right side, stuffy nose (could be the weather), back aches, burping like crazy- no onions for me 


This week we also went and looked for baby furniture & found some we think we have decided on & its on sale right now and everything and will ship to the house for cheap. We also decided on bedding as well. : ) Hoping that this weekend we can empty some of the nursery so I can start nesting. hehe


here is week 21: 

one of my best friends told me it looks like a football is shoved in there. : ) I'll take it. Maybe it means he will be good at football...haha! A mom can dream right!? and one more photo for fun- of me in front of Christmas tree with no ornaments on it- its up, just not decorated yet. 

Kirklands :)

Today I got out of school early. Our principal gave us "a gift of time" for Christmas and we got to leave one day at 1:30 so today was my day. Well Kelly called me and said Come to Kirklands with me! How could I say no right?! I am throwing a cookie swap on Sunday so I should have some new Christmas decor. Well...we have a really cool nativity scene from Mr. Coker (Eric's Dad) and I wanted to add to it. I am obsessed with my purchases and the fact that I got both for under $30!! Woo-woo!!!

Whirlwind Holiday (Thanksgiving a little late)

Wednesday:
Justin and I both had off this day so we got up and got busy for the day. Justin headed to campus to help set up the tailgate and I headed to the grocery store. (Yes, I waited until the day before Thanksgiving to go to the grocery store) I was super annoyed with myself for waiting until the day before and already being crabby and hormonal I was very happy when I turned down an isle to park and the VERY FIRST car was pulling out. (It's the small things right?) I got what I needed and headed home to get cooking. Before long Justin was back and he mowed the lawn real quick while I was still cooking. The Jamesons arrived at our house and we hung out a while before they went to check in at the hotel. I put everything in the oven and finally sat down. We headed to the Cokers for our Thanksgiving meal. It was a lot of fun. We all just filled our tummies and enjoyed being together- all 22 of us. (and thats just immediate family) I didn't take any pictures other than when Cambrey gave us the cutest little shoes for Baby Knight.

and we got to meet our nephew for the first time too! He is ADORABLE! I just love loving on all these babies- great practice right!? : ) 

We had a wonderful night and headed home to get some sleep because Thursday morning would be coming fast!! 


Thursday:
Thanksgiving day we got up and headed to campus. Yes the game was not until 7 pm but apparently we have become hard core and we went at 8:30am! We spent the day eating and hanging out. I had a new best friend for the day-- a sweet little puppy! After tailgating all day we headed back to the Cokers again to watch the game (it was getting cold tailgating and I was getting exhausted) Here are some pictures from our day.

Daniel & Megan 

Brian frying turkey

Me & My new best friend

Happy Thanksgiving from Justin & Me

I even ran into Kimberly before the game! : )

Friday: Friday morning we got up and headed to the Cokers for our family gift exchange and family photos. We had a such a good time. I love watching the excitement from the kids as they open their presents from their cousins & aunts/uncles. Not to mention when one of the adults gets really excited about their present. (Yeah I may have freaked out when I opened my Shark Cordless Vacuum cleaner) When do you become an adult that gets excited about cleaning supplies? I wanna get excited about barbie princess!! : ) Here are some photos of the family (in order from oldest to youngest of siblings)

K-Dan & Gigi

Taylor, Eric, Cannon, Gunnar, Grayson, Ella & Emerson

Joe, Cambrey, Adam, Zachary, & Samuel

Justin, Me & Baby Knight

Brad, Ragan, Avery & Kinley

Kason & Carla

the whole clan

here are some present photos:

Samuel with his baby bullet 

Ragan with her girls

Zachary & Me opening his present

Joe & Kinley

deep fryer for Carla

sooo excited

Ragan was just as pumped for her weekly planner

Taylor was super excited about her candles that light without a flame

Eric was elated about his new PS3 controller

and Gigi could hardly contain her excitement about her soda stream

and K-Dan finally caught a break from getting hit with marshmallows after  being pegged a number of times

So over all our holiday was a success. The rest of the weekend was spent relaxing, catching up on sleep, and getting ready for Christmas. It was a perfect holiday. 

Week 20

20 weeks

November 22, 2011

***HALF WAY THERE****
(if I make it all the way to 40)

Size of baby: a cantaloupe

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I didn't weigh myself this week. I think I am doing good though. I eat a lot more than I have been. 

Maternity Clothes: just pants. Normal sweat pants & PJ's still fit but regular pants are out of the question. I know I'm not that big yet but for me I'm huge! Shirts I still am wearing my regular shirts. Also, the fact that it is getting cold hasn't made me feel pregnant in public because I'll have so many layers on and then add a jacket or sweatshirt by the time you add all that you just look warm and large. Whatever-I'm freezing all the time.I know there is a baby in there even if everyone else doesn't. However, people are starting to notice my bump. Thankfully he is a basketball and not fat everywhere. 

 
Gender: Precious Baby Boy. He has a name too but Justin wants to keep it a secret. We will see how long I last. I absolutely LOVE his name. It just fits. 

Movement: all the time!!! The more active I am the less I feel him but when I sit down at night, when I get in the bed or right after I eat breakfast it is like a kicking fest in my tummy! I love it. Oooo right as I wrote that he kicked. : ) Happy momma- I just adore feeling him move. Last Saturday we were all sitting on the couch and he was moving so I told Justin come here!! So he stuck his hand on my stomach and I said did you feel it? and he said No? And right after he said he Justins face lit up almost in shock because he kicked SO HARD. We said it was like he heard that Daddy couldn't feel him so he kicked hard just for him. ; ) 

Sleep: well considering it is cold outside the warm bed is my favorite! I have been sleeping good lately. Not even getting up to pee that much. And my snoogle is still my favorite. I would totally recommend it!


What I miss: being able to sit cross legged comfortably and my back not hurting so bad

Cravings: I really haven't had any cravings. : ( I had kinda been looking forward to craving something. 

Symptoms: backache (bad- I broke my back when I was 18 so it is just making regular pregnancy backaches worse), getting some nice little pimples on my face, sleepy, is feeling fat a symptom? : ) 


here is week 20: 

and I took one with the blocks : )