Vail

At the beginning of June, we had the awesome opportunity to have a family vacation with my parents in Vail, Colorado. It was wonderful! The highs were in the 60-70s during the day, and it would go down to the 40s at night. What a refreshing break from the Texas heat! We had a wonderful time with my parents and enjoyed every minute.

We kicked off the visit by going to the Teva Mountain Games. It was so much fun! We went to several dog jumping competitions, a kayak race, and it was a great place to "people watch".

Then, we all rode the Gondola and had lunch at the top of the mountain--definitely a highlight of the trip!

Later in the week, we had a great time at a park that was close by...

Matt and I had a date night...

And we had fun relaxing and playing at the condo!

Will loves playing with GJ...

Reading the paper with Popa....

Wrestling with Dad...

And playing in the pool!

We had a wonderful trip, and we're missing the cool air--especially on day #18 of 100+ degree heat here in Texas. We can't wait to go back!!

21 Weeks

I'm not a huge fan of the belly pictures--I feel like everyone else looks cute & I just look huge--but I'm going to try to document this sweet baby girl whenever I get the chance. I didn't do a great job of writing things down when I was pregnant with Will, so I'm hoping to do better this go around...

How Far Along: 21 weeks (22 tomorrow)

Size of baby: 8 inches long and 1 pound

Maternity Clothes: maternity pants/shorts/some shirts + some of my regular shirts/dresses 

Gender: A GIRL!!! 

Movement: I'm really starting to feel her kick more--especially at night before I go to bed. For the last two days, I've also been feeling her move right around lunch time and after I drink a cold glass of water.

Sleep: Sleep started to be a challenge this week. Up until now, I was sleeping pretty well, but I've woken up at 3:00am the past few nights. :(

Symptoms: Mr. Reflux has reared his ugly head again, but mostly just at night before I go to sleep. I'm feeling some ligament stretching/pains; mostly in the afternoon. I'm still really tired--probably from chasing Will all day!--and take a nap on the days I'm not working.

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach!

Cravings: Mostly salty things, but a few sweets every now and then (Hooray for the return of Chick-Fil-A's peach milkshake!!). My cravings seem to change from day-to-day. Something that sounds great one day, makes me feel sick the next.

Best Moment this week: Starting to feel her kick more.

What I am looking forward to: Starting to get things organized--the nesting phase took over this week!

Fireworks & Fun

We had a great 4th of July this year! The day started off with a yummy family breakfast before Matt went to work, and then Will  & I had the day to play together. We are trying to get on a 1-nap schedule, so I'm trying to do really fun activities during his old morning nap time to keep him awake and engaged. SO...we pulled out the sprinklers and baby pool and had a big time in the back yard. The boy loves water and was happy as could be--even though I'm sure it was almost 100 degrees already.

After a great afternoon nap, we went over to the Tramonte's for some family fun. Even Lucy came along! We had fun playing games, cooking out (eating the best homemade fried apple pies ever), and watching fireworks with our community group.

In the past, we've gone to a really fun fireworks show here in town, but decided this year that it would be too hot/difficult with the little ones. So we had fun watching it on TV and thought that we might try it next year. To our surprise, we saw a huge group of people gathering at our neighborhood park on the way home. Turns out that you have an awesome view of the fireworks, just right down the street! We pulled over and had a great time watching the show. Matt even turned on some patriotic music on his phone for the full effect. Will loved it--especially since they were far enough away that they weren't too loud. We were able to have our fireworks after all! We decided that it's definitely going to be a new family tradition.

Hope you all had fun celebrating!

Sugar & Spice...

Last Thursday we had our 20 week ultrasound to see #2. We were so excited to see our little one again! When we had this ultrasound with Will, we found out at the doctors office that he was a boy. This time, I talked Matt into doing something a little more fun to find out if sweet potato was a boy/girl. During the ultrasound we focused on making sure everything was developing normally and decided to get the technician to write down the gender. Most importantly, everything looks great and right on track for my due date of 11-11-11. After what seemed like forever (the appointment lasted longer than we anticipated), we made our way to the Cheesecake Factory. Actually, the suspense was killing Matt--like I said, I really talked him into this crazy idea--so he beat me there. He told the waitress our plan of ordering Red Velvet for a girl and waited for me to get there to choose the flavor for the boy. Of course I wanted chocolate, so I chose Chocolate Turtle for a boy. We gave the card to the waitress and off she went, only to bring back....

Red Velvet!! It's a GIRL!!

I have to admit, I was surprised, but not completely shocked. You see, the morning of Will's ultrasound I woke up and knew he was a boy. Lucky for me, I did the same thing with this little one. Last Thursday, I woke up and knew she was a girl. Call it intuition, but it's fun to have that gut feeling with both Will & this sweet girl.

After we found out the good news, we ate a fantastic meal and had fun dreaming about this new little one. We talked about names--haven't decided on one yet, but we're getting close--what she might look like, what her personality might be like....and all other sorts of things. Matt admitted that even though he thought it was a little nuts to find out in this unconventional way, he really liked that we could celebrate just the 2 of us and have fun planning for our little girl.

Sweet Potato fries in honor of her nickname

We love you already, sweet girl, and we can't wait to meet you in November!!

Here Comes Trouble

That's right! Will started walking! He took his first steps on Memorial Day weekend and hasn't looked back since. We took a trip to Colorado last week (blog post to follow), and he really took off. It's adorable! He is still pretty unstable and has the "drunk man walk", but he's starting to get the hang of it. Whenever he falls, he gives us a big smile because of how proud of himself he is. Hooray for Will!!

Big News!!

That's right! If you haven't heard the good news already, Will is going to be a big brother! We are expecting baby #2 on November 11th....11/11/11! I am 16 weeks and in my second trimester. To be honest, that's why I haven't blogged in a while. I've been pretty exhausted chasing around my sweet little 15 month old, so I've had to take naps every chance I get. Hence, the lack of blog posts. We have also had a pretty busy month of May....

The biggest thing that happened was that Will had surgery on May 10th at Children's Hospital. He had an Orchiopexy procedure because his right testicle had never descended, and he had bilateral tubes placed in his ears to help with all of his ear infections. He was a trooper! Both my mom and Bev came into town to help, and after a few days he was back to his happy self.




Another big event that happened recently, was that I turned 30. That's right--we celebrated my dirty thirty. My parents came into town to watch Will, so Matt and I could have a relaxing celebratory weekend. It was wonderful! We slept late, went to a movie, ate at my favorite restaurants, and went shopping. It was the perfect way to celebrate.




We have also been to the Arboretum several times with friends to enjoy the beautiful weather...







Played with Carter a bunch...



Had a date night at Tillman's Road House--we ate yummy S'Mores!








Will had some yummy meals too...




And he really loves playing in his room these days...



Matt and I went to Waco for the weekend to celebrate Ross & Hannah's wedding...




And Will & I ushered in Summer by playing in the fountains with friends at the park!




It's hard to believe that Summer is already here! Hopefully I'll have more time to blog and stay current. I promise I'll do another post with more details about #2. Until then, Happy Memorial Day!!

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