Camping Trip & Just 2 weeks to go for Baby!!

Just a quick little update.....Well we survived the 2010 Git-R-Done camping trip but boy was it HOT!!! Thank goodness for the RV and A/C!! We spent quite a bit of time in the RV, especially during the heat of the day; it was just too hot to be outside much. But the kids enjoyed swimming in the lake & going out on the boat. All in all it was a fun weekend, hopefully next year we can go when it's cooler.

We just have 2 weeks to go until our due date. I battled a sinus infection the past 2 weeks, which was not fun; but just about all healed up from it. So far nothing too big happening. I have some contractions, but nothing consistent enough, and then just other typical aches & pains that happen at the end. We are going to the Dr. weekly and just waiting to see if this little boy will arrive early or be like his big sister and sail right through his due date, making Momma wait. :) Either way, it's kinda nice knowing that by July 12th he will be here due to our scheduled c-section if nothing else happens earlier. Shelby is very excited and tells me she's ready to "See that baby and see what he looks like!" I finally got around to washing up the car seat pad and seat pads for the swing & bouncy seat, clothes and started packing a bag, just in case. That was fun washing up some clothes and remembering how tiny they are! So, we're just waiting around for the arrival of this little guy & trying to stay cool as much as possible.

Here's a few pics f/the camping trip!

Fishin' on the boat w/Daddy. She really digs the lake!

Rolling of the eyes, a frequent expression we see these days!

Is this too cute?!! Close cousins watching Aristocats in the RV.

We love how close they are, just like a brother & sister, very cool.

Me & my girl....I loved this picture that Uncle Russ captured.

She was one tuckered out little girl, they swam a lot that day and she had gotten quite a bit of sun.

Road Trip & Easter Fun

Well boy, March, April & May just pretty much flew past me! We had a busy month in March, we went to Oklahoma to celebrate Aunt Kellie's 30th birthday. Then Shelby & I enjoyed Spring Break, had some nice weather and did a couple of playdates at the park with friends. The week after we went to California to visit Grandma & Grandpa Bomar, probably our best flight with Shelby EVER. She did really well sitting in her seat, enjoyed watching DVDs, coloring and just looking out the window. We spent a week out there and enjoyed the beautiful weather, going to the park (I think Shelby wore her grandparents out pretty good!), going to Katelyn's softball game and riding Ernie's horse. Then Russ flew up from Orange County where he'd been in training and we all drove back in my in-laws' RV. We bought it from them and made the road trip back in it. It was so much fun.....we were ready to get home by the last day, but all in all it was a great trip. We stopped in the Grand Canyon and stayed overnight, which was absolutely amazing. I said to Shelby "Isn't this amazing?!" and she responded "And beautiful!". We definitely want to plan a vacation to go back and spend several days, it's just so cool. We made it home and then the next week had Easter. Shelby had an Easter egg hunt at school and we also took her to the McKinney town hunt they put on each year; Leslie, Abby & Kiley met us and the girls really seemed to enjoy it. It was a warm day but we all had fun. Of course the next day, Easter, was cloudy & rainy. Every year!! The next couple of weeks were busy as I prepared for our Ladies Retreat at church. It was a WONDERFUL time of fellowship with our ladies. Shelby & Drew went to Oklahoma to camp out this weekend w/Uncle Russ, Papa, Aunt Kellie & Mason. I must say, I missed my family a lot.....the first night was great (best night's rest I'd had in awhile!) and it was nice to have some quiet time and run errands. But I was ready for them to get home, I missed my lil munchkin!! But it was good daddy-daughter time for her, she was SO excited to go.

May was full of activities with our anniversary on May 1st ~ 11 years! Then Shelby & I went to OK for Mother's Day while Drew stayed here to work on the Jeep project. Next Drew left for a fishing trip in Arkansas with a bunch of guys and he had a blast. Brought home some fish he caught that he's waiting for me to cook up....he'll be waiting awhile!! I'm not so into dealing with that, so I am leaving that up to him. :) While Drew was gone, I tried to do some fun things with Shelby, we went to see the documentary movie Oceans (the only G-rated thing that was out!) and we had a playdate at the Arboretum with some preschool friends. I also had a baby shower that my dear friend Julie & her daughter Melanie threw for me. That was loads of fun and Shelby really enjoyed opening the presents! Then Memorial Day I went to a scrapbooking retreat with my little scrapbooking group and Drew & Russ worked on the Jeep. I got a lot done, which was exciting since I am quite behind. Oh well, it's a fun hobby and if I get to do it once in awhile, that is cool. And that brings us to June!

We were pretty busy this week getting things ready for VBS next week. We went to gather my supplies for crafts and today went to decorate our room. Shelby also got to go play at Abby's while I had a Women's Ministry Team meeting. Next week is VBS and then I think that's all the activities for me & Shelby! Drew is trying to finish up the Jeep project and deliver it by mid-June. We've just got 5 weeks to go for our due date. If I don't go into labor before then, we are scheduled for a c-section on July 12th. So, hopefully in the next few weeks we can get the baby stuff all organized and ready (waiting to get some Jeep parts out of the way).

I've posted several pictures, catching up a bit! Enjoy and hope everyone is doing well!!

These are the 35-inch tires for the Jeep project - almost as big as Shelby!!

A late snow we had in March!! It was crazy! Shelby enjoyed it though!

Riding Ernie's horse in CA, Shelby really likes horses, very opposite of me!

Playing races at Ernie's house while Drew worked on Ernie's Jeep. She loves to pretend she is Sally (from the Cars movie) and then I do commentary on the "race". Good way to burn energy!

Leaving out of Tracy, CA on our road trip in the RV!!

Hanging out in the RV, playing with her new pony Grandma Bomar got her.

Grand Canyon ~ what a beautiful & amazing site to see!!

This is our last day driving home through TX, which is a loooonnnng drive. But we still had smiles on our faces!! We were definitely ready to get home though.

Shelby is VERY into twirling right now....especially when she has a dress on.

Shelby & Abby going on a train ride @ the McKinney Easter Egg hunt.

Last day of preschool, what a pose!!

Enjoying her ice cream party at preschool.

Oh how time flies!!!

Well, it has been a BIT long since a blog update. We've had such a busy & fun few months with exciting news too. First off, as many of you already know, we are expecting another baby this summer, due July 10th. We found out two weeks ago that Shelby will have a Baby BROTHER!! Yes, we are expecting a little boy and starting to mentally prepare ourselves for it, ha! We think we're pretty spoiled by Shelby. :) We know it will be great and we're super excited to add a new little one to our family. Shelby is especially psyched about being a big sister, she is talking a lot about teaching the baby how to play with toys as well as how to crawl and walk..."Because the baby won't know how to walk Mommy." (As she explained to me a few weeks ago. ) Now Drew will have two Jeepin' buddies.....I've suggested that when he wants to go on Jeepin' trips, he can take the kids and I will go to a spa! We'll see if that actually works out. :)

Our last blog update was October and I found out I was pregnant at the end of that month. The start of this pregnancy was a little nerve-wracking because I had to have a breast biopsy in November. So at 5 weeks pregnant I went in for that procedure. After waiting for two days (being a bit anxious I'll admit), doing a lot of praying, we received the wonderful news that the cysts were benign and diagnosed as fibroadenoma cysts, something very common. All looked good and I would just have them rechecked at my next annual. God is SO great and truly provided the answer we had hoped for. SO, now I could focus on our pregnancy and looking ahead!

And then......the morning sickness started. This pregnancy was much more difficult than what I went through with Shelby, I was much more nauseous and really struggled to have an appetite for anything. I lost 7lbs. in one week!! I opted for taking medicine this time to help with the nausea just so I could get food down, but then that knocks you out! Poor Shelby watched a lot of DVDs and didn't have much of a playmate for a couple of months. She was so excited when Drew would get home. I hadn't planned to tell her about the baby until much later, but she would ask so often why I didn't feel good and finally Drew explained to her that Mommy had a baby in her tummy, and sometimes she would feel sick, but that it would go away soon. I didn't know this and the next morning we get up and she tells me that she does not feel well. When I asked her what was wrong, her response was "I have a baby in my tummy." I was like "HUH?!?!" She was having sympathy pains, ha!! Later I found out what Drew had explained and it all made more sense, but I admit that stunned me just a bit that day! Thankfully around week 16/17 I felt like I was pretty well past the roughest part, although I'm at 20 weeks now and have still had a bout with it here & there, oh well, those are the "joys" of pregnancy right?! Because it lasted much longer than with Shelby and was so much worse, we kept thinking it was a boy. I've also had other different symptoms that made us think it had to be a boy. Needless to say it's been a rough time for me, but not anything out of the ordinary according to my Dr....she says I am "textbook"!! (Not what you really want to hear though when you are suffering!!)

We made it through Thanksgiving, with my family coming down here to visit. It was great, everyone else cooked and allowed me to just lie on the couch in my misery. Russ cooks awesome breakfasts by the way, so we loved that. Along with his chili, the fried turkey, etc.! In early Dec. I went to Oklahoma for the Deeper Still Women's Conference....it featured 3 Christian speakers, Kay Arthur, Beth Moore and Priscilla Shirer. It was amazing and so much fun. We had a big group from our church go and it was just a wonderful time of fellowship and studying God's Word. Drew had Shelby for the weekend and learned that you really have to worry when it gets TOO quiet. Shelby gave herself a little haircut in front, mostly her sides. We probably should've guessed that might happen, she had been playing salon a lot and pretending to cut & color our hair like her Aunt Kellie (she'd just use her fingers for scissors though and a crayon for the color). It had not occurred to me that she'd actually CUT her own hair for real. But all the Mom's with me that weekend reassured me not to be too worried and shared all their kids' haircut stories! It does grow back! But Shelby's front hair grows sooooo slowly, we've got a ways to go! We had Christmas in Oklahoma and got to enjoy the AWESOME snow they had! It was so much fun! We built a snowman, made snow angels and had a snowball fight. Shelby & Mason seemed to enjoy throwing snowballs the most, ha! We all got a kick out of watching the kids in the snow, it's so fun to see things through their eyes!! Kellie & I were trying to remember the last time we played in the snow like that, we had a blast too!

January came & went with just getting back in the groove of preschool after winter break, Dr. appts. and I started a bible study at church. Drew is starting a new Jeep build for a customer. So, we are in process of getting a ton of Jeep parts delivered to the house, so far I think we've had about 40 boxes or so and there's more to come! It's going to be a really nice Jeep, I think he will have a hard time giving it to its owner, ha! This is his 2nd Jeep build for a customer other than family...he did his own lift kit and my Dad's and then another Jeep for a friend in Iraq. He's super excited about it. Our biggest challenge is shifting cars around so he has room to work on it. We're trying to come up with a plan for storing the Mustang short-term, we've stored his government car downtown at his office parking garage for now. We need a bigger garage!! :) Next month we are planning a trip to California to visit Drew's family, Shelby is super excited. She loves going to visit and it's exciting to take a plane ride. But we're only flying out one way because we'll be driving back in an RV!! We are going in w/Russ to buy Drew's parents' RV. I never thought I would be an RV person, but this thing is so awesome! I will love "camping" even more now, ha!! Russ will be out there for training and we've coordinated our trip with that so we can drive it back together. Think we're going to stop off at the Grand Canyon too, try to make a good road trip out of it. Can't wait!!

Quick update on what Shelby's in to these days.....she loves to help cook. She pulls up a chair to the counter and wants to help stir, pour ingredients, etc. Little messy, but that's ok, that's what Clorox wipes are for! She is also very into cleaning these days....she helps me do laundry, even getting it out of the dryer by herself when the buzzer goes off! She enjoys doing the swiffer, dusting the TV, putting away the silverware and yesterday even tidied up her room all by herself! I was so excited! She has also enjoyed helping Daddy unload all these Jeep parts and helps him gather all the peanuts for trash. She also loves Tinkerbell, we watch that DVD most I think, and still loves Mickey Mouse. And lately she has been getting into listending to audio book CDs in her room...she got a couple from Chick-fil-A in her happy meals and loves to go to her room and just listen to them. She'll be in there for like an hour! I'm looking online for some books like that, thinking what a great thing that may be for her to do when I need a little rest or something after the baby is here!

Well, I think that is about all we have for an update.....Hope everyone's doing well, enjoy the pics below!

At the park when Grandma & Grandpa Bomar visited...just think it's a cute shot of Shelby walking with her Daddy...they would then run down the hill, so fun!

Running down the hill to Grandma Bomar!! Be ready!

All princesses need a castle! She loves to build castles with her megablocks, and now thanks to Zachary she likes building rocket ships too!

Cooking w/Uncle Russ.

All dressed up for her Christmas program at preschool!

Dressing up in princess outfits she got for Christmas, Ariel seems to be her favorite.

Another princess outfit (these were f/Aunt Kellie ) ~ this time has jewelry & tiara too!

Building a snowman ~ isn't that snow awesome?!

Making snow angels

Drew shoveling the driveway so we could get cars out! It was a lot of work!

So funny story on this....Russ had just pushed Kellie down in the snow and then.....

Mason pushed Uncle Russ down! It was so funny & Russ was totally not ready.

Uncle Russ ought not pick on Mason's Momma! :)

Our friends Charlie, Alycia & Zachary came over for the Super Bowl.

Here's Zachary & Shelby helping Alycia cook the brownies, what good helpers!

Here's our snow in TX in February ~ you know us Texans aren't used to that!!