Baby Shower

The Saturday after Christmas, our families put together a baby shower for our new little addition, Carter. They did a great job and it was so nice seeing all the family. There was an adorable little clothes line with some baby clothes and the cake was wonderful! We are so grateful and appreciative of everything we received and all the support we have gotten from everyone! I'm 34 weeks today so we have 6 weeks or less until our new addition arrives.

Christmas Time

My goodness, were the last couple of weeks so busy! We always have so many places to go and people to see during Christmas. It's great seeing all our family but it also goes so quickly. We started Christmas Eve meeting Adrianne, Nigel, their kiddos, my mom and Kelly for lunch. Afterwards we headed to David's mom's house to celebrate Christmas with them. It was Pam, Don, Steve, Melissa, Brodie, Skylar, Gavin and us. We had a really good time relaxing, talking and playing some Rock Band. The next morning Trent woke up to find that Santa had come and brought him some presents!! He got a new kitchen, shopping cart, race track and so much more! Of course his favorite toy of the day was the submarine that was probably at most, a few dollars! :-)

After hanging out at home and enjoying some quiet time, we got ready to head to meet my mom, Kelly, Adrianne, Nigel, Braden & Teagan for brunch. Oh my goodness, was the food so good!! Trent was so excited to see the Santa there and the boys also got to make their own cookies.

After eating some great food, we headed back to our house to open more presents and take some naps. We then headed to Aunt Jayne's house to do Christmas over there. We got to meet my cousin's little guy, Hunter. We got a picture of the boys with Grandma Fletta!! So cute! It was great hanging out and catching up with everyone. Braden and Trent had a blast running around and playing together. It was also good for Trent to practice his sharing skills! One of the funniest things too was when David was giving Trent a bath, Braden came into the bathroom and Trent told him "But I don't have a shirt on!"

To end off our Christmas celebrations, the next day we went over to David's grandparent's house. We enjoyed some more food and more present opening. Trent had a blast running around playing with his cousins. Pepaw also gave him a harmonica to play with and boy did he LOVE that!!!

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!!!

Just for laughs

So David finished putting together Trent's new bed frame and dresser drawers and moved the crib and matching dresser to the baby's room and set up Trent's room. When I got home the other night, we showed him his room with his new big boy bed and new dresser. He jaw dropped and he said "MAMA...What happen??" We both laughed and explained this is his big boy bed now. He had some fun climbing around on it and then realized his dresser drawer was different and we got another "MAMA MAMA...what happen??" as he pointed and really seemed a bit upset. We showed him it still had his clothes and socks in there. He seemed better after that. He's been sleeping in his big boy bed since Wednesday night and is doing awesome!! I was extremely worried about the switch but am getting more at ease now that I see he's doing so good in a regular bed. The first night we tucked him into a regular bed, I could have cried seeing my little boy looking all grown up! He only came out twice the first night and actually just sits in bed until I come get him in the mornings. It's so cute! (I'll post some pictures of his room once we are finished with painting and decorating it).

Then today, Trent brought his cup up to me and said "More, more" I have really been trying to work with him on sentences and putting his words together. When he just says one word like this, I'll have him repeat after me the full sentence "I want more milk please". So today I said, say a sentences so he said "Sentence". I couldn't stop laughing!

Getting Dressed

Anyone who's around Trent enough will notice that he is very particular about his shoes and socks. He can't have one on without the other and besides bedtime, he normally always wants them on! He loves getting dressed and he's gets his own socks and shoes. In the mornings when I'm getting ready, he gets very concerned that I have all of my clothes too!! The other morning I was dressed and just needed to put my shoes on and looking at my bare feet, he said "Mama, shoes, shoes!!" I told him "I know Trent, I'm going to get my shoes on". I walked into the bedroom and started getting my boots on and all of a sudden he comes running in with a pair of my flip flops and hands them to me "Here go mama". I thought it was the funniest, sweetest thing!!

Home Stretch

We are getting into the home stretch until we have our new little guy here! I'll be 30 weeks on Tuesday and am in shock at how quickly this pregnancy has gone by. I went to the doctor last week and she said everything is looking good. We heard his little heart beat and she thinks he's facing head down already. Also, unlike Trent, my belly was measuring at 29 weeks, exactly where it should be (Trent always measured a week or two ahead). I'm getting very excited to see what he looks like! All I know is he moves ALL THE TIME!

We ordered Trent's new furniture for his big boy room and David has been working to get all his new furniture together so we can move the crib to the baby's new room. Hopefully Trent will adjust to sleeping in a regular bed without any problems. I'm very excited to get both the boys rooms decorated and set up!

Turkey Day

Thanksgiving this year was really laid back and relaxing. Trent has had a cough and runny nose for a few days now so has been tired and cranky. I'm starting to get to the tired stage of the pregnancy and David had closed the night before so in the morning, we all slept and relaxed. After Trent's nap, we headed to David's mom's house and ate a ton of food!! It was all so good! The kids got to run around and play, the Cowboys won and everyone got to visit and kick back. Since Trent's been sick he really hasn't eaten anything the last few days but when the pies were brought out he had no problems eating himself a slice of pumpkin pie. Later, David's mom read him a book which he really enjoyed soon before we headed home. The kiddo passed out within 5 minutes of us leaving their house that night he was so worn out.

I also wanted to post a video of the life of our poor camera! Trent lately thinks he is a photographer and will find our camera and start playing with it. It records videos but not with sound and I found this one on here and just thought it was pretty amusing.

I am thankful for...

With all that is going on in the world around us I really wanted to take a minute to think about all that I am thankful for. It scares and upsets me to see so many people losing their jobs, taking pay cuts and becoming ill. I sit here and look around at my healthy husband and son, my overweight cat and the most loyal dog I've ever had, in our own home and couldn't be more grateful for all that is around me. I sit here and feel my unborn baby kick and move while cuddled on the couch watching tv and am grateful for this experience that many women want and may not ever be able to have. I drive to work thinking about how crazy my day will be but then stop and think how lucky I am to have my job and a car to get there. I could cry sometimes just wishing some of my family could live closer to me but then think how wonderful it is being able to just have them in life, supporting me and my family and just a phone call away. There really is so much negativity and scary things going on in the world today but I am extremely thankful for all that I do have and really couldn't ask for much more in my life.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

So much to do...

With the holidays approaching along with a new addition, I feel like my list of things to do just keeps expanding. We did manage a mini getaway to San Antonio a couple of weekends ago so that David could run the 1/2 marathon with his brother who did the full marathon. I am amazed by the amount of people who participate in these runs and complete them! Running one mile seems like a difficult task to me let alone 13 or 26!! To say the least, I was extremely proud of David and he did a great job! It was also very nice being able to go to San Antonio, eat on the riverwalk and enjoy walking around the city. We got to spend some time with my dad & Ginger too since they were down there with some of their friends from their running club.

Work has been pretty busy for both of us. David has been working on average 5-6 days straight and I feel like my days at work just fly by and by time I get home, I'm exhausted. This morning, Trent was pretty happy to have some cuddle time with his sleepy daddy. He even brought him a toy car and shared his blankies while they watched some Handy Manny. Later today at Trent's daycare, his sitter, Brandie, took the kids to the park, the pond and through the nature trail by our house. She said the kids had a blast feeding the ducks and exploring. Here are some pictures of Trent with his school buddies.

Coming together

Everyday it seems like Trent is trying to say more and more words and just last night he put together a sentence. I had made some pumpkin soup and asked him if he like it and he said "I like it. I like it ma ma." I don't know if I was more excited someone liked my cooking or that he said a sentence :-) Also, to help his words and frustration, if I'm not understanding what he says, I've started asking him to show me. So now, he'll say "Hand ma ma" then he'll take my hand and walk me over to what he's talking about and we'll work together on the words to use. Another humors thing he'll do is if we are the grocery store and he hears another kid crying or screaming, he'll say "Shuussssh" with his little finger over his mouth and all.

Happy Halloween

After seeing Trent's Halloween, I would have to officially say, this child is spoiled! He not only went trick or treating once but three times! It was incredibly adorable and funny watching him and he had a fun, candy filled day. In the morning, his daycare lady, Brandie, took the 4 little ones, with one of her friends, to City Hall in Little Elm to do trick or treating. She took a ton of pictures and said that the kids had a great time. Thursday for their project at school, she helped all the kids decorat their little bags for trick or treating (very cute!!). After a busy morning and a few suckers, Trent finished his day at school. David picked him up later that afternoon and brought him up to my work so I could show off my cute little devil. Trent kept walking up to people's desk and would look for candy or any other form of sweet that he could find. After getting candy he would wave and say bye and move on to the next person. We weren't planning on him getting candy there so we had to improvise and David's mom gave him a little flower bucket to carry around. He filled that bucket up REAL quick! After a cookie, a sucker and some visiting at work, David and Trent headed home while I finished up at work. Once I got home, my mom and Kelly brought some dinner over for everyone. After eating, we headed out to do some more trick or treating. The first couple of houses, Trent kept trying to walk into. He was having trouble saying trick or treat so sometimes he would just say candy. Once he got some candy he would wave and say bye. He was just too cute :-) I can say, after his busy sugar filled day, he passed out and slept very good last night!