What we've been up to

In case you haven't noticed the pregnancy ticker on the right of the blog, we are 9 months pregnant! Annabelle could safely be born at any time now. With those thoughts, comes a little stress so we have packed our bags, I prepared some post delivery meals, and we have tried to really enjoy our time together as a family of three.

On Friday, we went to have our last sonogram. I love to see pics of Annabelle. We found out she is in the 60th percentile for weight so the nurse predicted an 8 pound baby girl. I can't help but think she will be bigger than that since my pregnancy symptoms have been worse than they were with Jackson. We'll see! After the sonogram, Jackson and I went to a playdate at Cy's house. As usual, we had a good time.

On Saturday afternoon, we went to the Lady Red Raider game with the Leach's. The game was awesome since they won in double overtime. Jackson and Cy really enjoyed it, too. This was Jackson's first basketball game. He loved it.

Saturday night, we went to a cookout at the Leach's house. One of the other couples at the cookout are due in two weeks and another couple brought their 4 month old baby boy. Needless to say, there was lots of baby talk! Jackson and Cy had fun playing and they got their routine bath. They played and played in the bath. It was their longest bath, yet.

Tomorrow, we start our weekly doctor visit so we are looking forward to seeing if we have made any progress. Say some prayers for us as we enter this stressful but very joyful time in our lives!

Annabelle's nursery

Mimi and Poppy headed back to Austin Friday afternoon after a week of helping out around the house and fixing up Baby Girl's nursery. It is finished for the most part and we love it. I picked out all the big things and Mimi pulled it all together with accessories and a precious chandelier. It has pink crystals on it - so cute! I might change the color of the baskets and we need a picture in the frame but all these things will come together soon enough. Of course, I have to give lots of credit to Poppy and Russell for painting, putting furniture together, hanging letters, ect. Even Jackson tried to help out with the room as best as he could. Now, all we need is Annabelle!

Walking the pups with Poppy

Happy Birthday Russell!

New Year's Day or Christmas morning?

Mimi and Poppy flew to Lubbock on New Year's Eve to celebrate the holidays with us. By the time Santa got all the gifts unpacked and wrapped we were all exhausted so we waited until New Year's morning to have Christmas. Jackson racked up from the gramps and got a few more things from mom and dad. Even the pups got some surprises from Santa.

Christmas in Cleveland

We got back last night from celebrating Christmas in Cleveland, MS. We had a great time. Jackson got to go to a train muesum and he spent lots of quality time with his cousins, Rhodes and Morgan.

Merry Christmas!

Jackson opened his Little People School Bus a few days ago. Here he is. He loves it and he can say "bus." I am sure you are wondering but the child does own pants. This was after bath time and we hadn't gotten him dressed, yet.

We hope you and your family have a Wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. We are looking forward to what 2011 has in store for us!

Jackson's Mickey Mouse books

Jackson got another gift from mom and dad - some Mickey Mouse books. He loved them so I snapped a pic later of Jackson and Russell having reading time in bed. Those two love to snuggle!

Mom's Group

Last Friday, Jackson and I met up with Mom's Group for lunch, building gingerbread houses and a little playtime. Well, the whole time was playtime for Jackson because he found the Little Tykes car. He spent the entire time playing with the car or patiently waiting for another kid to get out of it!