Austin's Birthday

We celebrated Austin's 9th birthday today! I realized that all boys his age act the same....silly and loud! The kids had a great time bowling and even Michael and Katelyn were able to participate. I had fun watching them all and Ahser seemed like he enjoyed it as well. He gets excited when he sees a bunch of kids playing. Austin got some great gifts and seemed to be excited about them all. After the party was over I was pretty tired, so we went to the grocery store then home. Overall it was a nice and relaxing evening. Too bad I don't get more of those!

Chance is home

Stephen went to the vet Friday night to pick up Chance.....boy was he excited to come home! He's lost 30 pounds, so he really looked different. I haven't seen him that skinny since he was a 6 month old pup. He was having a hard time keeping water down, so we had to give him Pepcid and Gatorade. He's probably only eaten about 1 cup of food since he's been home, but has had 2 Greenies (green dog bones) and devoured those! He's acting a little tired and just lays around mostly. He's not letting that get to his voice though.....lots of barking and sometimes in the middle of the night too. That's what I didn't miss! When Asher first saw him come into the house he just looked at him and smiled and said "Dog!" It was so sweet. Asher has been crawling all over the floor playing with him and Chance doesn't seem to mind too much. I'm so glad to have him home so he'll start to get better.

6 Month Checkup

I had my 6 month checkup this morning and was able to hear our little boy's heartbeat at 147bpm. Sonogram shows that he is on the large side, in the 91% for growth! Dr said that we'll watch closely to make sure he doesn't get too big too fast. My blood pressure is also looking great, 128/68. I was a little concerned since over the last few weeks I've noticed my resting heartrate was higher than normal. I've only gained 2 pounds so far, which has me thinking that I will put on most of my weight during the last trimester. Dr said to be watching for pre-term labor signs. I had to laugh for a minute and remind the Dr that I never had contractions or went into labor with Asher, so I wasn't real sure to look for! Over all, Baby and I are doing great. Next appointment on November 30th. Only 125 more days to go!!

NICE WEEKEND

Friday night we stayed home and watched a movie and had Chicken Parmesan, yummy! On Saturday we were doing stuff around the house while watching the beating Texas gave Tech. Boy that was a great game! Around 5pm we started getting ready to head to the State Fair. It was nice, good weather for walking around. Was there for a few hours and Asher seemed to have a good time. Sunday we celebrated Katelyn's 2nd Birthday. It was a lot of fun watching the kids play. Asher was scooting all over the house trying to catch up with his cousins. The weather turned cooler and it looks like it's here to stay. This is my favorite time of year. The holidays are getting closer which makes it extra nice that it's not 90 degrees outside!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHER!

Today makes it official....this little monkey is a year old!! My how the time goes by. We really enjoyed everyone celebrating with us over the weekend. I could tell that Asher had a great time too. Happy Birthday son!!

IT'S A BOY!

Asher is so excited that he's going to have a brother to play with! We made our announcement on Saturday at Asher's birthday party and everyone was very surprised. At no fault of my own, all the ladies were convinced that we were having a girl. We were all in the kitchen and my mother-in-law thought that since I was wearing a pink shirt that meant I was having a girl. I couldn't deny it since then they would for sure know, so I just smiled and let them assume away. We were still waiting for some of Stephen's family to get to the house and I knew that he wanted everyone there. When we made the final announcement, you could tell some people were a little upset. We are still mulling over some names, but will let everyone know when we've decided on one.

EXCITING

We went to the Dr this morning to have a sonogram. Baby is doing great, all organs and limbs plus fingers and toes. Heatrbeat was 137 bpm.....baby was sleeping. It was exciting to see everything and the little bit of movement once those sound waves hit my belly!! More baby news to be announced tomorrow.

Busy Weekend

We spent all weekend with friends and family and it was nice, especially since we were at our house. Friday night we prepared an 18 quart pot of chili for Game Day. Everyone started to come over around noon for the TX/OU game, after that we turned over to the Tech/Nebraska game, which turned out to be a pretty good, sit on the edge of your chair, kinda game. One of our good friends Scott, a Tech graduate, looked like his head was going to explode there at the end when we thought Nebraska was going to win their 37th Homecoming in a row! Oh, but the Raiders took em down! We turned over to the Stars game after that, which was another good one until that stupid ref called the penalty on Dallas for the brawl between the two teams. Turned out that Dallas couldn't pull it off with the 7 min power play given to Colorado. Oh well. I did a lot around the house while the games were on. Stephen was really sick all day and ended up going to bed after the Tech game. Went to a Bridal Shower on Sunday and Asher had fun getting passed around to all his Great Aunts on the Schnitzius side & his Great Great Aunts on the Leverette side. Did some more around the house after that, trying to get prepared for our friends coming in from Phoenix. We're having immediate family and close friends come over on the 15th to celebrate Asher's first birthday. I'm really looking forward to it.

Asher giving Fish Kisses to his Aunt Michelle

Asher playing Paddy Cake

New Play Yard

Stephen and Asher met me and Melissa for lunch today. Asher was a hoot making faces at his Aunt Melissa. She was sharing her roll with him and he loved it. The squash casserole on the other hand, was a different story. It cracks me up to watch his expression when he tries new foods and textures. After lunch we went to Babies R Us and got him a new play yard. He is cruising in that thing like it's easy. Still wont take steps on his own, but that's ok with me!