Showered in Baytown!!!

This past weekend, I had a lovely shower in Baytown hosted by Lisa Dodson, Carolyn Urban, Lisa Sanders, Mary Bagwell, Sarah Dodson, and Lauren Condor. Just like in Dallas, I was overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and generosity of all the sweet ladies that attended. Again, our little Tater is so fortunate to be born into such a wonderful family and community of friends.



Sarah and Lauren weren't able to be there, but we didn't want to leave them out of the picture!

~32 1/2 Weeks



Beautiful Decorations/Food











DeeAnn, Amanda, and Teale


Me and Becky


Are these bumps about the same size?!? :-)


Amanda, Wanda, Me, and DeeAnn


Amanda, Wanda, and Me



Becky, Veronica, & Amanda


Kim & Amanda


DeeAnn, Jamie, & Me


Andrew's Aunts - Becky & Vicky


Me & Lindsay


Thanks "Favorite" Cousin Kim!


Precious Alligator Clothes...Thanks Debbie!


More Cute Alligator Clothes...Thanks Teale & Kaylyn!


And More Adorable Alligator Clothes...Thanks Aunt Amanda!


I have a feeling the dogs aren't going to like this...


Car Seat...check! Thank you Vicky & Becky!


Baby Monitor...check! Maybe we can actually get some sleep at night! Thanks Nana!


No Shopping Cart Nastiness... Thanks Jamie!


Boppy #2.... PERFECT for Grandma Wannie's House! :-)



I didn't seem to get a picture, but my sweet hostesses got us the Exersaucer...SO EXCITED! From what I've heard, this is a lifesaver! THANK YOU!

We were truly "showered" with generosity and love and received so many more things than we were able to get pictures of and post on here. I just feel SO incredibly blessed to have married into such a wonderful family and group of friends. The baby stuff has definitely started to accumulate in the nursery, and as soon as I can finish cleaning the closet out in there and put some of it up, I PROMISE I will have nursery pics. I don't think a bunch of boxes and bags makes for a great nursery update! :-)

A BIG thank you again to everyone! Now all we need is a BABY!!! :-)

Quick Pic... 32 Weeks!!!

Our little Tater man is running out of room in there. We've got our next appointment on Monday and then the final (I think) ultrasound with the perinatologist on Thursday. I'm very curious to see how big our little guy has gotten and if he's still 2+ weeks ahead of schedule. We'll keep ya posted!

Pup Love!

If it's not obvious enough, we LOVE, LOVE, LOVE our two sweet pups. It's impossible to imagine life without them. I don't hardly remember what it was like before we had them (everyone says kids are the same way). I still think Lucy was "sent" to us. For some reason, every stray dog in the neighborhood ends up at our house... we had two on Memorial Day. One ended up being our neighbor's, but she still spent the whole afternoon in our backyard, eating our food, and playing with our pups. The other we tried to ignore because he wasn't as sweet. A couple days ago, another little pup wandered up to our gate. We must have a sign that says "All Dogs Welcome Here... These People are Suckers!" To all the strays out there... For the record, we are NOT keeping anymore. We have our hands full.

How could we resist this face and freakishly long tongue?!?



Anyways, we had some fun in the backyard last night with our babies, so I wanted to share a few pics.

Shooter LOVES for you to hold the Flippity Flopper (i.e. Frisbee) up high so he can jump up and try to get it. He does the same thing with a water bottle on a tree limb. He really has some UPS!!!

AIR DOG!!!











Shooter also likes to give jumping high fives...





Kisses...



Such a sweet girl...



Play Nice!



Lucy literally shakes with excitement if she thinks you are going to throw her Flippity Flopper...


(Wow...I look HUGE!)

Hopefully our sweet pups will continue to be sweet after little Tater comes. Labs are supposed to be great with kiddos. I'm not worried at all about Shooter, but Lucy is not always nice around new dogs. She's very defensive because of her "street hooker" days. She always wants to be the dominant one in the situation. She's always nice to new people though, so hopefully she'll know the difference. We've done some reading about how to introduce the dogs to a baby, but if anyone has any personal experience/advice, bring it on. Honestly, I'm more worried about our highly spoiled dogs having separation anxiety because they won't get the same amount of attention they do now. Better start "ignoring" them now!

Garden Update...

The garden is still growing strong; however, the squash plants that had been rockin' and rollin' seem to be suffering a little. We've known that they are an earlier season veggie, but it seems that they have "gone dry" a little earlier than they should have. Andrew called the nursery and they seemed to think that they may just need more water. The tomato plants on the other hand are going crazy! We might just have to have a tomato stand in our front yard. We've been able to harvest quite a few, but nowhere near what we will in the next week or so. It's a good thing that fresh tomatoes with a little seasoning are delicious!

Current tomato harvest



Green bean plants growing



Okra (just wait another month!)



Our first little bell pepper

Showered in Dallas!!!

I was so blessed to have a lovely shower in Dallas on May 23rd hosted by the following lovely ladies.

My Sweet Hostesses (minus Greta) - My momma, Kathy Betz, Meghan Richardson, Rita Griffith



Greta - Tater & I missed you!!! (check out the pic!)



We had a good turnout and it was so great to see some old friends and family. I really miss seeing these sweet ladies' faces more often. I even got to meet sweet little Channing who was only two months old! After a little visiting we played a little game that was definitely new to me. We played a little Price is Right with baby items. The hostesses had bought a bag full of random items and I had the honor of playing the Barker's Beauty (the presenter) & Rod Roddy (the announcer). I presented each item and everyone wrote down how much they thought the item cost. Whoever was closest (without going over, of course!) got a sticker. Whoever had the most stickers at the end won a prize. Richardson won hands down... hmmm... don't we need to get you married first!! :-) She passed on the prize and graciously gave it to the 2nd place finisher. We snacked and then opened gifts. I was so blessed by everyone's generosity. Tater and I got so many wonderful baby goodies from clothing to toys to gadgets to bottles to lovies to gift cards. THANK YOU ALL!!! Here are a few more pics from the shower. I apologize, we had a little camera issue. The flash was off the whole time and so many of the pictures, since we were inside, turned out fuzzy. So, if anyone else took pictures and wants to share, that would be wonderful!

Gift from my sweet hostesses... the ERGO baby carrier!



Diaper Genie!



The Boppy!!!



My Sweet Cousins - Claire, Jane, and Cade and the Pack & Play (wish I had one for the dogs)



Beautiful Table




Mr. Potato Head (b/c of the whole "Tater" thing)



My Mommy!



Meme!



Angela & Sweet Layla



Angela had so much great "mommy advice" and all the gifts she bought were picked out by Miss Layla because "Bubba (her little brother) liked them." So cute!!! Kid Tested, Mother Approved... gotta love it!

Belly! ~31 weeks





I love this Target dress (so comfy) and will probably be rockin' it after the pregnancy too... gotta love maternity clothes that can also be regular clothes, and vice versa!

My Handsome Husband!



One thing is for sure, this sweet little boy is going to be LOVED by so many people! We are so blessed to have so many people to share in our excitement during this special time. Thank you all again for your support, excitement, prayers, generosity, etc.