33 weeks

Labor Day Weekend in Ruston

Whew...we had a packed weekend this past weekend! Two showers, a football game, meeting Anna Banana's boyfriend, and hanging out with family - all in 48 hours!

Saturday Shower

My family and my mom's good friends threw us a church shower on Saturday. I don't have many pictures to post now - most of them are on my sister's camera. I'll post more when I get them.

After having this shower and the one on Sunday I was reminded of the showers we had for our wedding and of the overwhelming feeling of being both loved and blessed. Our friends, my parents' friends, and our family are so incredibly generous to us and we are humbled to be given such nice gifts to help us begin this new chapter in our lives and welcome our son into this world!

Here's the great spread.

And the girls.

Meeting Trigger

It's boy fever in our family this year. Garson, our cousin, delievered Cole Trigger Woodard on July 29. This weekend Jenny & I got to meet him. He was 5 weeks premature and weighed 4 pounds 5 ounces. He's gained 2 1/2 pounds since he was born, weighing in at a big 7 pounds now! Here we are with Trigger and Mamaw. Trigger is Mamaw & Papaw's 4th great-grandchild. She'll have 6 by the end of the year!

Tech Football & Meeting Christian

Louisiana Tech played Mississippi State Saturday night. Meredith was such a good sport at the game, even though it was pretty warm. Anything to hang out with her 'Papa' - she's definitely a 'Papa's girl!'

The bulldogs came out on top...GO DAWGS!!!

Daniel and I met Christian, Anna's new boyfriend. And following the game, the four of us joined Heather, Chad, Molly, and Brandon at Heather's house. Anna deserves a great guy...she's really a catch. So, it was fun to get to meet Christian and get to know him a bit. As far as 'the four friends' are concerned, Christian passed the test - we all like him!!

Sunday Shower

Sunday my best friends and one of their moms threw us and our son a baby shower. Check out the fabulous decor!!

A stork holding the invitation welcomed guests at the door.

A beautiful wreath and "It's a Boy" on the front door.

Check out the spread!

And these are some of my friends from high school who came to the shower: Karen, Molly, me, Anna, Heather, & Suzanne.

And all the sweet gifts.

And the ladies in my family - me, Jenny, Mamaw, & Mama.

We can't wait for him to come!!!

Meredith

Meredith is at an incredibly fun age right now - she's 22 months old and HILARIOUS! She's a little parrot. Right now, some of her favortie phrases are, "It hurts!", "Where's Chloe?", "Yes." She loves chips, her Papa (my daddy), her 'bets' (her blanket). She entertained us last night with counting to 10 and saying her ABCs, singing "Jesus Loves the Little Chilren" and "The Wheels on the Bus." She sat on the counter in the kitchen and enjoyed playing in the candy and eating Doritoes!...and I thought this picture was pricelss!! (By the way, my sister is a GREAT mom although I know this post may make it appear that she just lets Meredith eat junk...she didn't eat any candy, but did have a couple of hands full of Doritoes.)

29 weeks

Here we are...at 29 weeks.

Family in Fort Worth

Last week Mama, Daddy, Jenny, & Meredith came to visit us. They came bearing fun gifts from them as well as from friends in Ruston. Meredith has learned many new words since the last time we saw her - over a month ago. She was a chatterbox all weekend...and so much fun!!!



It was a whirlwind of a weekend and we had a blast! We were packed in our small house - 2 in the guest bedroom, 1 on the couch, and Meredith in her pack-n-play. They came to baby shop with us and help us make some decisions about a crib and a glider. And...we made a decision about a glider!! The style is like this one, but it's custom made, so we got to choose a fabric that will go with the baby's room. We hope to have the glider delivered by the end of September... THANKS SO MUCH, Mama & Daddy!

Have I mentioned that Jenny is also pregnant? Surely I have. She's due October 1 and we're due November 3. She's been such a big help to me in this pregnancy. I've enjoyed our time as preggos together. She's full of great advice and I'm very happy to receive it.


Sunday we visited Ashley, her husband, and her baby. We were all Sigma Kappas at LA Tech and Jenny & Ashley were roommates in grad school.


We'll all see each other again Labor Day weekend. I have a couple of baby showers that weekend!! Until then....

anniversary in Granbury

Again, I'm a bit behind on posting, but if you remember from a few posts ago, Daniel and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary on July 29. We had decided to go to Granbury for a weekend get-away. For those of you living in the DFW area, we HIGHLY suggest going to Granbury for a fun weekend.

We drove about 40 minutes from home to find this quaint little town - it has a main sqare in the center of the town with absolutely adorable specialty shops, bookstores, and eateries in the 'square'. We stayed at a bed and breakfast on the square, appropriately named, "The Nutt House," named for the Nutt brothers who built and owned the house in the late 1800s. We stayed in the "General John Hood Room." Although this man wasn't a relative of mine (that I know of), the pretty cool thing is that both my great-grandfather's name and my uncle's name is John Hood.

This B&B isn't your typical flowery-country-style bed and breakfast. Rather, I'd describe it as classy, decorated with exquisite antiques.

We enjoyed our evening with dinner and a walk around the square. We had a HUGE breakfast and found an arsty little store on the corner of the square the next afternoon. We spent a couple of hours at The Bisque House making a mosaic together. We decided to make this cross, for the baby's room!! It was so fun to create something together for him!!

We had such a great weekend! Here's to the beginning of our 3rd year....crazy to think that this time next year, our son will be 10 months old!!