Pregnancy Hormones

Haha!  I think the title of this post explains a lot!  Lately I have been thinking a lot about when Hunter arrives.  I am so super excited about having another boy!  I must say it makes me really start to think about all the memories with Austin which makes me emotional.  Haha.  David can totally agree with me being emotional.  (Short story-got home from Christmas shopping and wasn't feeling all that great and David joked about not getting any matching outfits (got the boys matching onezies for when Hunter arrives) that said something about Dad on them (they really had none I searched the entire store) and I started crying which caused David to freak out.  Haha.  It's funny now but at the time I was not feeling good and him joking with me was not what I wanted to hear.  Anyways...back to my emotional state of mind and being pregnant I can't believe that our baby (Austin) is almost two!  I just got done scrolling down the side of our blog looking at how he has grown and it blows me away!  He is becoming such a big boy and I love it but miss the baby days...I guess that's why we are having another one.  Haha!  So being a weird emotional mom I thought I could post a picture of Austin when he was little and now so you all can see how much our little boy has grown.  

Our first shots of Austin by his stuffed football!

What a difference 19 months makes!

The first of many diaper genie full trash bags!

One day we won't need the diaper genie...just practicing here :)

First bites from a spoon...not to thrilled.

Now we feed ourselves and can't get enough!

A smile that started off so cute...

And of course still is!

Christmas 2009!

I can't believe that we celebrated Austin's second Christmas this year!  At school Austin had an elf watching over him and one even showed up at our house which we think he named Elmo...it could have been named More Milk as they both sound the same.  Haha!  We celebrated Christmas early with my parents since we were headed to Arkansas for the "last" Christmas at Grammie and Caw Caw's where they was another elf.  Man Santa has a lot of those guys!  Austin of course got more toys than we have room for and I am actually thinking of holding off on the train table and set that we got him and waiting for his birthday as he already has plenty to play with plus it might be a good distraction for when Hunter arrives.  I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas with their family because we feel very blessed my the family that we have.  As always our parents spoiled Austin and us which made me start thinking...maybe we need to save for when Austin gets older.  Haha!  Below are just a few pictures that we took over the Christmas holidays...enjoy!  

Austin's visit to Santa...very serious as always but no tears!

Austin helping decorate our Christmas tree!

Is that Santa coming down the chimney?

 "Elmo" was even at Grammie's!  Wow!

Austin on Christmas Eve thinking "I wonder when Santa will get here?"

Santa brought goodies!  I'm glad he knew we were in Arkansas and not at home.

  Christmas Day Family Photo!

Opening up all these presents will wear you out!

A Thanksgiving of many "FIRSTS!"

Well let me begin by saying this Thanksgiving was one of many firsts. Haha!

1st FIRST: Since we are trying to get the room ready for our new arrival we decided to move Austin into a "big boy" bed. He loves it! We sleep GREAT in it at night but nap times we go to the other room to sleep in the crib.

Austin helping Daddy put his "big boy" bed together!

 The BIG BOY ROOM is complete!

Austin testing out his new bed!

2nd FIRST: Austin showed us he knows how to climb out of the crib. Haha! I guess since he has his "big boy" room he figured he would expand his horizons and show us some new tricks. He never once tried climbing out of the crib before the "big boy" bed but when he went down for a nap the next day he showed us he can climb and he can decorate. Haha! He chose to go for the winter look by emptying our entire paper shredder all over the ENTIRE room to make it look like it had snowed. I have to admit it was pretty funny! We got the camera and video camera and David recorded us trying to clean which then turned into a paper fight. One of my favorite memories now!

Uh Oh!  They caught me!

3rd FIRST: I cooked my first turkey EVER! I was a little nervous when on Tuesday (2 days before Thanksgiving) people starting concerning me because I hadn't bought a turkey yet and they told me it takes DAYS to thaw. Luckily for me, I went to the store that day after work and they had fresh turkeys so I was all set...OR SO WE THOUGHT! I knew about prepping the turkey and I even got myself a really good recipe that I found online. It called for a bottle of champagne which I was worried about at first but again after talking to co-workers they assured me that cooked alcohol is okay for pregnant people. So everything was perfect: I had made the mashed potatoes, the green bean casserole, fruit salad, stuffing that was in the turkey, stuffing that was out of the turkey...AND THEN...I decided to move the turkey in the oven to cook more in the middle of the oven since the stuffing (out of the turkey) no longer needed to be cooked...BIG MISTAKE!! You can't really drag a 18-19 lb. turkey pre-stuffed in your oven. Does anyone know why? Well two things: the juices may spill out of the oven bag or the foil pan may get a hole. Not sure which happend but something did and then the sizzling began. Let me remind you that my recipe called for a bottle of champagne. I of course stayed by the oven while everyone else was enjoying the company and kept saying "Umm...it's starting to smoke a little bit." Minutes later smoke was coming out of the top of the oven and within minutes our entire house was filled with smoke. It was quite a scene but I reassured everyone over dinner which still turned out delicious that if I hadn't filled the house with smoke we wouldn't have any story to talk about for Thanksgiving because the food is the same every year so now we have a TRUE MEMORY!

4th FIRST: Not sure if this is really a first because it is my second time to be pregnant but finally experienced "sickness" the day after Thanksgiving. Just as with Austin who gave me that joy beginning at week 14...this one came at week 19. I must admit that I am glad I never experienced the constant nagging feeling of it. I just feel sick, get sick, and then I'm done.
Well those were all the adventures of our Thanksgiving this year!

Halloween 2009

So hard to believe that this was our second year to dress Austin up.  Last year since it was my first year getting a costume I was on the ball.  This year was a little different.  Haha!  I had originally thought that he was going to be a train conductor because this summer he got a train conductor costume and looked very cute but as Halloween approached I kept thinking that I wanted to dress him like a "baby" one more year.  So Halloween day I called around and Pottery Barn Kids had a few left.  Austin was taking a morning nap so I had them put a few on hold until  could go and look at them.  I decided to go with the spider!  It won't be to long till he is telling me what he wants to be so until that happens "baby" cute costumes it is.  This year Daddy was able to be home for Halloween since it happened to fall on a Saturday night so that was nice!  We took many pictures so I am just posting a few of our cute little spider.

Family Photo

Daddy and Austin

Plotting where to make his web (or looking at the plane go by...haha).

Spider creeping along!

This picture just makes me think about what he will look like when he is older.

Isn't tonight about candy?  I'm going to find ours!

(One of my favorite pictures of the night because you can see all of the legs!)

Spider waiting anxiously for his food...a sucker.

Second annual pose sitting in the candy bucket.  Don't think we will be able to do this next year!

Yummy!

Mom I gotta get my gear on for the game!

Sorry Trick-or-Treaters...we're done!  It's game time!  Go Horns!

My Top Ten Latest Favorites:

10.  Austin clapping along with the radio. (He loves KSBJ like his mommy!)

9.  Austin laughing when other people laugh or at the radio if they laugh.

8.  Austin trying to do "Go Horns! Go!"

7.  Austin walking with a purpose and moving his arms.

6.  Austin trying to always help.  He cleans up his toys and puts his dirty laundry in his hamper.

5.  Austin trying to dress himself: clothes, shoes, and hat.

4.  Austin and Daddy playing "football".  (They catch (Austin can now catch a big football), tackle, practice fumble recoveries, and work on touchdown celebration dances-Austin's favorite.)

3.  Austin running in place when he gets excited or hears music.

2.  Austin and Daddy just being together and watching them.

1.  Picking up Austin in the morning out of his crib during the week and he wraps his legs and arms around me so tight.

Austin taking a shower with Daddy!  (I think he is thinking, "Mom! What are you doing?  I'm naked!")