Trip to Wisconsin and Rockford

My Dad, "Paw or Grandpaw", picked me and Toby up in Horseshoe Bay and we drove to Wisconsin to visit my grandparents at their house on Lake Michigan. We had a WONDERFUL time! We did all of my favorite things! We went to the cheese factory, shopped at St. Vincent's, went for walks on the beach, and took Toby out to swim in the lake! Toby loved the water and reminded all of us how a puppy behaves in a new environment. He was a lot of work but I'm glad he was able to swim and meet everyone! I very much enjoyed visiting with my Grandma and Papa and hope Bruce can join us next time!

For all of you that have been asking about the baby bump .. here you go! The bump at 22 weeks!

We also took a day trip to Rockford to visit Aunt Paige and Uncle Terry! It was wonderful to have dinner with them at their house! Grandma and Aunt Paige also surprised me with baby shower gifts since they can not attend the baby shower in Dallas.

Thanks everyone for a GREAT visit!

Gender Neutral?

Bruce and I have been getting a lot of adorable outfits for our little girl! Bruce said that he figured we would just buy all gender neutral clothing so the next time we have a baby we could reuse the clothes. Later, he looked in Cameron's closet and said, "I think pink and dresses are slowly taking over the closet ... that would look ridiculous on a boy! So much for gender neutral!" (;

Thanks for the adorable outfits Uncle Patrick! I really like the black shoes and the VT dress! Soooo cute!

Football FANatic!

Well, Momma P "Grandma", really wants to make sure that Cameron is ready for football season next year, and since it would just be shameful to put anything Cowboys on a sweet innocent baby after this season ... I guess she'll have to be a Redskins Fan!

"Howdy" and "Gig 'Em"

On Saturday, Bruce and I experienced our first trip to College Station with our good friends Chad and Vanessa. We left early that morning and headed to our first Texas A&M game. It was such a fun trip and a really neat experience to see a different college campus that is filled with tradition. The game was great and half time was amazing! Chad did tell us, "Even if the Aggies did not win ... they always win half time!" He was not lying! The Corps of Cadets was incredible and the Aggies did win against SFA 44 to 7! Chad was a trooper and after driving early that morning, a tour of the campus, tailgating, and a 6 pm game he drove us back home that night!Thanks Chad and Vanessa!

We Love Surprises!

Last week we received a very special surprise delivery from Momma B's best friend Polly! We received a very beautiful Willow Tree figure. We placed it by our wedding photograph as a little symbol of our journey so far. We feel very blessed to have the support from our family and friends and the love you already have for our little one is indescribable. The little things you do truly have meant the world to us! Thank you again Polly (Grandma #3) (: !

Congratulations Bruce!

Two weeks ago our family received wonderful news. Bruce was promoted to Sales Manager at Ben E. Keith's Llano Branch! So, along with this wonderful news we will be moving. Llano is about 3 1/2 hours from Dallas and we have chosen to rent a townhouse in Horseshoe Bay, Texas (25 mins from Llano) while our house sells in Frisco. I unfortunately had to resign from my position as a first grade teacher, but plan to substitute in the surrounding counties of Horseshoe Bay. It was sad to leave my class, but I couldn't be prouder of Bruce and I know this is the best move for our family. I know that as long as Bruce and I are together we can accomplish anything and I know there are very big things in our future! We are very excited to see what this move has in store for us!

While we were looking for a place to rent we did pull over to take a few pictures of Lake LBJ, and yes ... there are lakes and other bodies of water in Texas! (; More pictures to come when we move and get settled!

Update from the Doctor

On August 26th we had a routine appointment with the doctor who let us know that everything is still progressing wonderfully! She did, however, ask what the NT doctor had predicted for the gender of the baby because he did not write his gender prediction down for her. I then told her that he never made a true prediction and that the technician was the one who had made the prediction of a girl. So, my doctor giggled and said she would determine the sex using and old wives tale about the heart beat. She checked the heart beat and it was right in the middle of the two ranges! This baby is just going to keep us guessing! (:

The results from the NT scan came back with incredible news! Because of my age the baby already only had a 1 and 800 risk of having down syndrome and after the scan the doctors can now say that our baby has a 1 and 10,000 chance. We feel very blessed to have such wonderful news and to have had such a wonderful pregnancy so far!

Next appointment: September 23rd