The Baby Blog

Monday, August 24, 2009

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Last week, Chris and I went to Chicago for a couple of days on the way to our friends' wedding in South Bend, Indiana (home of Notre Dame). We had so much fun! The wedding was at Notre Dame's Basilica on campus, and the reception was at... the College Football Hall of Fame!! Very fun! We missed Abbey while we were gone, but she had a great time with her Granna and Grandpa, or as she calls them, Nana and Bebop.

Flying first class to Chicago was nice! I pretended to be talking on my phone during the flight... just for effect :)

Wednesday night at The Dead Weather concert at The Vic Theatre

Thursday night on the way to Tsuki

On campus at Notre Dame

Wedding reception at the College Football Hall of Fame

Gretchen and I at the reception... we really are dressed

Trey and Chris playing the fast feet game at the HOF

Cheating the game with two people didn't end up getting them a higher score somehow...

Look at those blue eyes!

Sending Uncle Matt-Matt a "high five" to Ghana, Africa

Baby Boy's quilt!

The bassinet that Chris, Abbey, and now our second baby will sleep in

His shelf above the changing table

Changing table that was Chris' as a baby

Baby's crib! It happened to be the same model as Abbey's, but a different finish... I guess I'm just drawn to this look :)

Monday, July 20, 2009

22-23 Weeks

All of the guys in our Bible study decided to get together and surprise the wives... they took us to Fearing's!! In a limo!! There was a last minute cancellation in the wine room, so that's where we were seated. The entire night was amazing- GREAT job, guys!!

Here is a picture of me from that evening, at about 22 weeks pregnant

And we finally have the baby's room set up! Here's a picture of me at almost 23 weeks next to his crib in his new, blue room!

And here's a picture I found from Joe T. Garcia's when Abbey was only 6 months old. It's one of my favorite pictures of Abbey and her Pops!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

My big girl...

Abbey is getting so big! I've been taking so many pictures of myself that I've hardly posted any of Abbey... here are some to catch everyone up!

Her little ponytails

Reading George with Aunt Amy

She shouldn't be standing, but she just looked so cute :)

Look at that little trouble-maker!

All those teeth...

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

We're having a...

BOY!!!!

Today, was quite the day... Before I met Chris at the hospital today (where my doctor's office is), I met my Bible study girls at Panera for lunch. Around 12:15, Abbey starting acting like she did NOT want to be there anymore, so I resigned myself to getting to the doctor's an hour early. I packed our stuff up, got in the car, and headed to Baylor, a little frustrated that I was going to get there around 12:30, when my appointment wasn't until 1:30. Oh well... things could be worse, right? Wait for it...

I parked the car in the garage across from the Maternity ward, turned off the car, tossed my keys into my purse in the passenger seat, opened the door to get out, hit the lock button, got out of the car, and slammed the door. You guessed it. Keys. Phone. BABY. Locked in. Expletive. Thank the Good Lord in Heaven above that some sweet sweet girl was getting out of her car at the same time that I was two seconds locked out of mine. I yelled frantically to her, "Ma'am??? IneedtouseyourphoneIjustlockedmykeysandmybabyinthecar!!!!" She fished her phone out, set down the teddy bear and vase of roses she was carrying, and stayed with me while I spoke to the 911 operator.

Meanwhile, I'm sobbing on the phone, telling him where I am, talking to a crying, sweaty Abbey through the window, and listening for sirens all at the same time. She was locked in for about 10 minutes before the firemen (and one firelady) finally found us. One of them calmed me down, assured me I did the right thing by calling 911, and told me she was absolutely fine since I parked in the garage, and she was only in there 10 minutes while another broke a small window to get in. That, of course, freaked Abbey out even more. When I got in to unbuckle her (and kiss her and squeeze her and cry on her and apologize to her), I saw that she had tossed her blanket, Elmo, and her shoes in order to cool off. Smart girl.

I finally got her in her stroller, drinking water, and saying "bye bye" to the firemen (which they thought was adorable), and I started to feel better. It just so happened that the doctor who delivered Abbey (Dr. Rachel Kurian) was getting on the elevator at the same time as me! That's when I lost it again. She was SO sweet, and looked Abbey over, asked me some questions, and assured me Abbey would be fine.

Despite all of that, we're thrilled to be having a baby boy, and to already have a (despite my carelessness this afternoon) healthy, beautiful baby girl! World's worst mother of the day, signing off...

Friday, June 19, 2009

Belly pics

Since (so far...) I didn't get hideously fat this time, I decided to take some pregnant pictures to document our second child! We don't know what we're having yet, but we find out soon!