The Moehnke's: Est. 2009

Still playing Catch-up!!

2011-09-25T21:39:00.000-07:00

FAMILY PICTURES AUGUST 2011

Greyson's Turns 3...

2011-09-25T20:45:00.000-07:00

The BIRTHDAY BOY AT 7 AM!!

I woke him up with a special surprise. A present and Mickey Mouse shaped pancakes!! SUPER EXCITED ABOUT HIS PRESENT!!

I know its kinda weird but Greyson loves eating out of cool things. So I found these cool forks and spoon along with matching dishes like plates and bowls!!

He was THRILLED!!

Then we decorated a cake together. He wanted lots of sprinkles!!

So I told Greyson to ACT like his was licking the cake. Guess he didnt understand the concept of acting.. He licked the cake!!

Because we had opened a present this morning while Ladd was at work, I had another present for him for when Ladd got home.

He was so excited about his new Jammies he stripped down and put them on right there!!

Earlier today, Britany, my brothers girlfriend, came over and we went to Babies-r-us and Target and registered. It was so much fun going through all the baby stuff again and getting to register for frivulous things!! Then we came home and kinda picked out everything for the baby shower!! Its going to be so stinky cute I CANT WAIT!! :) EEEK!! Now I am super exhausted so I am going to bed :)

Game Day Ags!!

2011-09-25T16:32:00.001-07:00

Yesterday Ragan, me and the kiddos all packed up and headed to College Station. On our way on 290 traffic was abnormally thick. When we approached the exit for Hwy 6 going to CS traffic was backed up considerably. There were a few times where we were sitting at a complete stop. Took us about 5 minutes to go about a mile!! The picture isnt really that good but you can see the traffic backed up in both lanes if you look close enough.

Then while we were out and about hitting up various tent sales, Kinley was EXHAUSTED!! The vent was blowing right on her making her hair "blow in the wind".. It was HILARIOUS!! No matter what this child is doing she will crack you up!! :)
This was Braelyn's first game day in College Station. We tried so hard to make step off but we were slightly out numbered with kids so time seemed to disappear!! Despite that I had to dress her up!! A white tutu and a TAMU onsie with a cute bow!! :) If Ladd was home he would have KILLED me!! But none the less she looked super cute and I got some good pictures of it!!

AAAAAANNND..... about 5 minutes later she craps all over it and it was the end of that outfit. :(

Rolling on the Floor LMAO!!

2011-09-23T12:52:00.000-07:00

Ok so yesterday was when I discovered this unusual event. Greyson has been pottied trained for almost a year now, being accident free going on 3 months. Well yesterday he came up to me and said he had to potty and I asked if he needed help and he sternly said no. Well about 5 minutes later I was wondering what was going on so I peeped my head in and saw the most unusual sight. I thought maybe he had fallen in so I went and picked him up and made sure he was ok. Well he said he wasnt done and for me to get out. Well a few minutes later I peep in again and he has "fallen" in again. Thats when I realized he is laid back in the toilet like its a lounge chair. After I asked what he was doing he said this is how he does it everyday <-- Thats the new word he uses for explaining EVERYTHING! Everyday or yesterday. Anyways, I couldnt keep from laughing so hard I cried. I got a good video of asking him all kinds of questions. But pictures can say a 1000 words!! When he gets out his entire bottom is wet. And the craziest thing!! He flushes while he is in there. I asked why and he said thats how he cleans his hinny!! Isnt that what a "bide" is?? How and where did he learn to do this? And how does he know that flushing a toilet with his bottom in it will clean his hinny. Seriously?? Is my kid that smart to figure out something like this or just picking up on things I dont know he is watching on TV. Which is Disney channel 98% of the time..!!

Kids say the Darnest things!!

2011-09-22T11:44:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Greyson was being silly and I caught Braelyn watching him and smiling so big!! You can definitely tell she is loving her big Brother!!

As I was cooking dinner last night, apparently Greyson went to use the potty in our bathroom. He came out a few minutes later holding this. He first came into the kitchen and asked, "Whats this mommy." Without looking I said, "I dunno?" (I was frying potatoes) Then Ladd pokes his head around the corner and said, "Yeah mommy, whats that?" Thats when I looked and found Greyson holding an open tampon!! Haha.. Not knowing what to say I laughed in panic. I finally played it off and said, "Well Greyson what do YOU think it is?" He gave an elaborate explaination and eventually put it in his ear. Haha.. Kids.. Where does he learn this stuff at!!

Dove Hunting

2011-09-22T11:36:00.000-07:00

While we were at my parents house the first weekend of September (opening Dove season) Ladd took Greyson hunting for the first time. After discovering Ladd's old BB gun was too big we went out and got him a Youth BB gun, one that he could shoot. All I know he looked too darn cute!!

Ladd said he was a good bird dog!! When I went hunting with Ladd, he let me shoot at the birds the second half of the hunt. I know the bruise is a little low on my shoulder but thats from after I shot and the kick from the gun (that wasnt place tightly on my shoulder) placed the butt lower. None the less I had fun and am proud of my bruise. Lets just say I didnt limit out.. haha!!

In a Nutshell.. Part 2

2011-09-22T10:51:00.000-07:00

In the past 2 months I have been SO busy. With Braelyn being here I feel like everytime I turn around Im either calling the Pediatrician or in the doctors office!! First, when Braelyn was about 3 weeks old we took Greyson to his favorite spot, Memorial City indoor PlayPlace. While playing Greyson managed to jump down wrong and hurt his ankle/foot. We didnt take him to the doctor right away thinking it was just a "at the moment" hurt. Well the next morning he was still not walking and couldnt put any pressure on it. So I had to take him to the doctor by myself!! It was an interesting sight walking into the doctors office. A nearly 3 year old on one hip and an infant carrier in the other hand. Then to add to it they sent us down the street for an X-ray!! So Dr. Leonhardt wrapped Greyson's foot with a "soft cast" type thing and he wore it for a few days, until we had result from the X-ray.

It took him 2 weeks and a pool party to get him to walk on it again!! It was the hardest 2 weeks EVER!! While all this was happening my sweet baby girl was beginning to get a rash on her neck in her fat rolls. It didnt get bad till after I took a 4 hour road trip to Rockwall to see my Grandmother. I once again called the pediatrician and she prescribed a powder and cream. When this didnt work I had to take her in on August 29th because it was so painful looking!! So after taking her off breakmilk for a week and put on soy it still didnt work but it wasnt getting any worse. So for the first weekend in September we went to my parents house for my mom's birthday and labor day. After a week of no change I figured it wasnt my breastmilk that was causing the rash so I decided to half it with soy for her bottle. Well around 1030 when I went to change her diaper I noticed there was an awful raised rash COVERING her body!! I freaked out thinking she was going to stop breathing any minute from an allergic reaction. So off to the ER it was. Turns out the proteins in my breastmilk made her develop Eczema!! After adjusting the formula to nutrium based formula (no milk proteins at ALL) she is doing much better with the help of cortizone and Aquaphor.

Greyson had fun at my Aunt Sandra's house. Uncle Jerry and Greyson became best buds!! I think the huge "tractor" played a factor and the massive box of Gold Fish!! haha none the less I was able to help/see my grandmother and Greyson was able to play and have fun!

Braelyn's 2 month Pictures.

2011-09-22T09:21:00.000-07:00

In a Nutshell....

2011-09-21T23:32:00.000-07:00

So its been a while!! Like over a YEAR!! WOW!! Well a few things happened since then. Our family grew to 4!! Braelyn Christine Moehnke was born on June 28, 2011 at 8:39 pm. Ill get into detail later!! Other things that have happened:

September: Greyson turned 2, I got a GREAT job working with students, when we decided to TRY to have another babino!!

October: Not much happened here other than we found out we were PREGNANT with BABY #2!!

November: At Thanksgiving when our families huddled in a circle to give thanks about one thing we said, "We give thanks for the new addition arriving in July!!"

December: Greyson had surgery on an Inguinal (sp) hernia. Christmas was bitter sweet. My dearly Loved Grandfather passed away a week before Christmas.

January: Not much here other than getting a speeding ticket on my first day back to work.

February: We had an ultrasound the day before my birthday. We had the Tech write down the sex and then we went out to dinner to celebrate my birthday, SEX of the baby, and valentines. We found out we were having A GIRL!!

March: My job turned into a "Long Term" substitute position. Basically I replaced a teacher who retired so I finished out the year. 135 hormonal 8th graders made me very stressed and high strung!!

April: 135 hormonal 8th grade students.... need I say more...

May: My heart started to act funny so they put me on a monitor for 24 hours. Of course the entire time I was "hooked up" my heart acted normal. As soon as I took those itchy suckers off.. Guess what.. My heart flutters!!

June: Last day of school. At 36 weeks we made an appointment for a scheduled c-section on July 1st for Lil' Miss Nugget bc she was already measuring FULL TERM!! BIG BABY!!

June 19: Braxton Hicks contractions start. EVERY 5-10 mins and this goes on for 2 weeks!!

For our next 2 Doctors appointments we were 'barely' dilated to a 2. No change after being miserable with contractions!!

June 27: While having regular contractions, we have a doctors appointment. We are hooked up to the monitor and we sit for over an hour monitoring my contractions. I try sweet talking the Doctor to inducing me for a VBAC (Vaginal birth after Cesarean). She said no because of all the risks involved. The only way she would allow a VBAC is if I went into labor myself. She took one look at me and saw I was so miserable so she bumped up my scheduled C-Section to the next morning at 730 am!! **Later that day the doctor called to reschedule at noon because of conflicting appointments**

June 28: 10:30 am- we arrive at the Hospital to be checked in for a C-section. I am escorted to my room to be prepped for surgery. After filling out all the paper work required for surgery, the nurse leaves to go get my fluids and medicine for the c-section. While she was gone (10:50) I started to have an intense contraction and Lil' Miss Nugget was NOT happy and started to move a lot!! Next thing I know I have a puddle btw my legs and I am looking at Ladd like like WTF just happened!!?? My exact words where "Um.. I think my water just broke." Ladd: "No way. You're kidding right? Lemme see.." and sure enough his face said it all!!

11:30 am: I had convinced the doctor for a VBAC and I had internal monitors in me and an epidural just in case there was an emergency. After 45 minutes of sitting in a puddle I was glad I couldn't feel anything any more!

Every time I was checked I had only progressed slightly. I was really hoping this wasn't another Greyson where we were stuck at a 4 and was sent to the OR. Around 5:15 ish the doctor came in to check me and I was still at a 4!! She said: " I have 2 c-sections. You have till the end of the 2nd one to progress or you're next in line." So about 3 hours to get somewhere right?

A little after 7 I felt like my epidural was wearing off and I was freaking out because I didn't want to do this feeling EVERYTHING!! So the nurse came in and asked.. Do you feel pressure? as she was pushing my "Happy" button for more drugs!! I said yes because my epidural was wearing off. She smiled and left the room. A few minutes later the doctor shows up and asked to check me. As she was doing so I looked her in the face and said: " You better not say barely a 4!! " She gave me this smirk and said "Your complete" I guess I didn't believe her because I had to ask what does that mean. "your complete. Your a 10!!"

At that moment I cried!! I did it!! I went from a 4 to a 10 in an hour and half!!

I pushed for an hour and at 8:39 my dream of holding a "fresh" baby on my chest came true.. it was remarkable and words could and can not explain that moment!!

Once we were able to think, Braelyn is a true blessing. She was stubborn and wanted to make her own debut on her own terms.!! If we hadn't rescheduled and then rescheduled again, we would had had a c-section. It was truly answered prayers!! It was a miracle!! If we didn't reschedule for noon or even scheduled for that day at all, my water would have broke at home or we would of had a c-section at 730 am..!! Thank you lord for conflicting appointments!! Truly a Miracle!!

Though Braelyn is a sweet bundle of joy.. July and August were the HARDEST months of my life. Adjusting to 2 kids was fine but have an infant with colic and a rambunctious 2 yr old was so hard. I would be up all night with Braelyn then about the time the "gas" would subside, Greyson would be tapping on me.. "Mommy, I'm ready for breakfast" There were moments where I sat and cried because I couldn't do anything else, but cry with Braelyn.

When a rash appeared on her neck we took her to the Doctor. She suggested no breast milk and try soy. We did, nothing happened. So on Sept 3 I mixed half breast milk and half soy because I had SOOOO much breast milk stored.. A few hours later we were in the ER because her body was covered in a raised rash.

Come to find out our baby girl has an allergy to a milk protein which caused her to develop eczema. So now she is put a special nutrium formula because even soy had this particular protein she could be possibly allergic too. Lets just say she is a much happier baby and less gassy and sleeps!! yay!! But mommy is still on the "colic" schedule :( Hopefully soon everyone will be balanced out!!

I can never find time :(

2010-09-09T22:20:00.001-07:00

Hello all!! 5 months later and I FINALLY update this thing. I am going to be honest and I can never find the time or the patience this blog requires to upload my photos.. But Greyson is down for bed and I dont feel like doing anything else :) So here is what has happened since March... NOTHING!! haha.. Well there has been a few changes. I have finished all my teaching classes and all I am waiting on is for some school district to actually look at my resume and become interested in my talent and desire to teach. If I dont find a contracted 1 year teaching job by October 2011 then everything expires and I will have to start over!! So for the past few months I have been applying to school districts like crazy and praying for a nibble, but NOTHING!! I have applied to all the school districts west of 45 here in Houston with atleast 1 job per district. Not to mention all the applications I put in around Ft. Worth/Dallas area and Austin and around my home town, Brownwood. NOTHING!! Its so discouraging to think out of all the jobs (atleast 75 different jobs) that I applied to, I have not had a single email or call!! Well after talking to a few friends, I decided I should try and take the Generalist 4-8 exam which would allow me to teach most subjects in middle school. A very wide spectrum that I thought would be in demand. I guessed wrong bc that didnt help out any either.

After a few weeks of praying and asking the good Lord what to do and give me guidance, I came to a realization that Teaching probably wasnt for me, all the signs were there.. About 2 weeks ago I had completely given up and was content with the fact that my resume didnt stand out against all the other 15,000 resumes that were getting sent in from ppl who just needed a job and who went through the same program as I did. Well I kid you not the day after I started looking for another road to travel, Ragan called saying her sister, Taylor, wanted to talk to me about a position that opened in Bryan ISD. I immediately started to cry!! Its not a contracted teaching position but it gets me into the classroom, gives me the experience I will need to make my resume stick out and I get to choose my own schedule!! Its a professional tutoring position, I wanna say it is close to a Co-teach, where I will get my own desk!! :) and best of all I can put my 2 weeks in at Roadhouse soon!! I am going to keep praying that this job will lead into a contracted Teacher because Lord knows I want to teach!! I think the last time I prayed this hard about something, so constant, was when I was waiting on my application for Texas A&M!!

So today I sent in all my paper work and hopefully it will get processed quickly because I am SOOOO eager to start this job!! I want to prove to all those districts I am not here just for a paycheck, that I am here looking for a career, here to give futures to students who need support!!

I forgot to explain earlier about the program I went through. Here in Houston soooo many people have been laid off that they are thinking of quick easy ways to make money. Well its not hard to get into the teaching program Region 4 Alternative Certification Program (ACP), especially if you have a good degree. Well a lot of these corporate laid off people are thinking this is quick and easy and I can do it until I find a job back in my field. Well when districts see the ACP on your resume and transcript, and that is what they are thinking, someone who doesnt really want to teach but just looking for a paycheck.

And yes with my degree I could have done two different things. I could have gone and become a doctor OR I could go and teach Health/Science. As you know my last year of college was filled with massive school load, a newborn and taking time off.. After I graduated I didnt know what I wanted to do other than stay home with Greyson, so thats what I did for a year, Stay at Home Mommy.. That was my 24/7 Job.. After I decided I wanted to come back to work, I started to weigh my options. Yes I wanted to go to nursing school but that would have consumed all my time!! Greyson and my Family are my number ones!!

When I was growing up for my 10th birthday my Grandma took me to Wal-Mart and said I could have whatever at a reasonable price.. You know what I bought? A Dry erase board and markers because I liked to play teacher in my bedroom.. I had found a teacher manual for a science class at a garage sale and I used that to make pretend worksheets and tests. While my brothers were playing video games, I was teaching my pretend class.. So see!! Deep down this is my passion!! Im not that Joe-Blow guy looking for a job bc they need money.. I am that dedicated teacher who wants to spread her enthusiasm and creativity to her students, I want to make futures brighter, I want to show every student that it IS possible to go to college and succeed!! No body will ever know how strong I feel about helping another person in need.

Anyways.. I cant post something without pictures so last month Greyson took his 2 yr pictures and some of them came out soooo CUTE!!

It seems like just yesterday I was posting pictures in the Hospital. Man he has definitely grown so much and he is talking. I was surprised just the other day he walked up to me asked for apple juice, took my hand and guided me to the cabinet where his cups were. Then just this morning he woke up, bypassed my room, got the cereal out of the pantry, a bowl out of the dishwasher and proceeded to pour himself a bowl of cereal. The rustling of the cereal bag woke me up and I rescued this hungry man of making a mess in the floor of my kitchen. I poured him a bowl and he got his spoon out of the drawer. SO BIG!! I CANT believe he turns 2 in two weeks !! He already acts like he knows how to use a computer, a cell phone, and the TV. He is a smart booger!! I couldnt ask for anything more or less!! He is my world and I never thought I could love an individual so much, sorry Ladd he has one up on you bc he was part of me for 9 months :) But right now I know I could never be happier especially with my two men beside me!! :)

Colorado and the past week..

2010-03-26T19:31:00.000-07:00

So for springbreak/ 1 year anniversary Ladd and I went to Colorado to ski for week!! Putting numbers down on paper we decided to drive instead of flying because it was cheaper!! So we drove up on the 15th thru the night and got there early tuesday morning. So Tuesday after we took a much needed nap, we decided we wanted to hit the slopes for a half day on Keystone. It was more like an entire day because of the dusk skiing last until 6.. So we skiied from noon till 6!!

So due to my last experience on the slopes (*for those who dont know.. Our last trip to Colorado at Breckenridge on our last time down the slope, my toe catches the snow, mind im in blades not skis, and my leg is nearly ripped off.. We had to call ski patrol and I was carried down the mountain to the first aid). So due to this little adventure my first day of skiing this time was a little stressful for me.. I was wigged out about the snowboarders zooming by and the fact there was soooo many skiers coming down the slopes. Not to mention the massive amount of peer pressure from James and Ladd.. :( So by the next day at A-Basin I did a lot better considering there was half the amount of people there!! Probably even less than that!! Overall I did TONS better there than at Keystone!! So Wednesday I was so worried about everyone getting sunscreen and getting out the door before Ladd ripped me a new one, I had forgotten to put sunscreen on myself :( I paid for this.. OH man I received the worse sunburn of my life!! It sucked!! By Friday my face was soooo stiff I had to keep water close by so I could moisten my face to open my mouth to eat!! Man..

I think Thursday was the COLD day.. It was basically the white out day.. It was snowing soooo hard with nasty wind.. It made for a bad day of skiing.. Vision was so limited I was scared to go any where because you couldnt tell the differentiation in the mountain.. Very difficult.. Glad James showed up so I could sit out half the day while he and Ladd could ski it up with out me holding them back.. And besides by this day my face had blistered and started to "ooze" so my gator was freezing to my face.. Not a good feeling.. I think the temp that day was like 7 degrees.. started out -2.. :( Too cold for this Texan!! :)

Ok so after you ski 4 days you can accrue many bruises. Especially on someone who bruises very easily!! OH man was I bruised by the end of the week!! Its mainly from my skis hitting the same spot and falling down to sit in the pact snow!! These pics dont do the bruises justice compared to what they look like now!! Just put it this way.. Its going to be a while before they go away!!Anyways we had a blast!! Ladd got to ski some double blacks with James and I got to read 3 books!! It was a great trip.. So one our drive home we got to see everything on the way home in the day time!! We saw snow all the way past Lubbock!! Not to mention we left the day before the huge blizzard hit.. James got stuck at the airport on the runway for 4 hours while they delayed flights..!! That sucks!! But there was so much cool stuff on the way back!! But the best part was finally making it back to Greyson!! When he woke up Monday morning he was soooo excited to see us and he had to show us all the cool stuff Nana and Papa got him over the week!! And they say they dont spoil him.. HA!! Then we were off to Houston.. where, by the way, the weather is freakin AWESOME!! :) So hopefully when Ladd is off next week we can spend the day at the park and pack a picnic and ride some bikes!! Im excited things are finally back to routine!!

OH!! Greyson is doing soooo much better at daycare!! Yesterday and Today he walked into his classroom (as before I had to peel him off me) and he went and sat down at the tiny tables and crossed his hands and waited for his breakfast. I waved bye and he smiled and waved back!! It was so cute but so sad that my baby boy is finally growing up and becoming independent!! :( At least he is still so excited to see me at the end of the day!! :)

Past few weeks/months haha!!

2010-03-08T20:59:00.000-08:00

Ok so in a nutshell Life got busier.. Didnt think that could happen but it did!! I started school again so I can work on getting certified to teach in a different subject since they took Health out of the requirements to graduate. So Im taking a Microbiology class at Lonestar and I LOVE IT!! I think thats what I want to teach, Biology :) Ok since I started substituting on my days I dont have class, Ladd and I decided to start Greyson in Daycare. (and because he was getting way to much of a mommies boy/clingy/antisocial) The first couple of days at daycare were brutal for him and me!! But for the first time today I picked him up and he didnt cry when he saw me (because he was happy to see me not because he wanted to stay). He kept playing!! I was so proud of my little man and how well adapted he has gotten. The teacher said she can tell when they are getting used to everything because they take longer naps!! He slept 2 1/2 hours today!! yay!! He is growing up!! I miss him to death during the day but I absolutely love the art work he brings home.. I am going to make a art wall for him!! :) Make it a "About Greyson" wall.. :)

Other things that have happened. Well the first weekend in February (my birthday) was my Sister-in-laws baby shower. Well Greyson caught a stomach virus that weekend too!! We figured it was just something he picked up and wouldnt be too bad. Well after eating mexican food ladd comes home and get super sick.. Like BAAAAD!! Then saturday during the baby shower while I am writing down the gifts, I get broad sided with the STOMACH VIRUS!! this wasnt a small get together.. Like I had to push my way through a crowed living room of about 50 people (my parents living room is a very large living room) It was aweful!! Then the virus slowly began its way through my family. A couple of days later we found out anyone and everyone at the babyshower had got it!! It was to the point where you didnt eat for days!! I lost 10 lbs!! haha :)

So baby shower was the first weekend in February and on February 25th Baby Kourtni Lillian Haehn was born!! She is GORGEOUS!! Chubby little cheeks and jet black hair!!

Sorry about the picture quality.. They were takin with my Blackberry.

Since the weather has been nice Greyson has been playing outside a lot and his newest facination is bubbles!! He loves them!! OH!! He also is starting to potty train. We arent pushing it hard core yet bc we want him to get used to day care first but I am really going to get after it after spring break, first of April. He is sooo stinkin cute!! He knows what it is and he goes to the bathroom when I say potty.. he also pats his diaper/crotch when i say "Need to potty?" He thinks its exciting!! Which is good!!

Again with my Blackberry.

Ok so whats on the agenda for the next couple of weeks. Well for springbreak/1 year anniversary we are going skiing in Colorado. Hopefully I can get one romantic candle lit dinner over looking the slopes out of it :) We shall see... But other than that back to substituting, school, and Greyson :) LOVE IT!! :) Cant wait till im a REAL teacher!! :) Subbing has really pumped me about teaching and cant wait to have my own classroom to decorate and my own kids to teach!!

Christmas TIME!!

2009-12-19T14:56:00.000-08:00

Well yesterday Taylor and Bethany drove in from Colorado and stayed with us until James got off work. When both of the working men got home (Ladd and James) we decided to take family Christmas pictures in front of the tree! We got a lot of good shots but Greyson was either not smiling or looking somewhere else!!

OH!! And another thing... For the past few weeks I have been working with Greyson trying to teach him how to clap. Well Bethany was in the back seat with him for like 5 min and she was able to get him to clap!! Now he is clapping at EVERYTHING!! Haha.. Here are some pictures!!

Thanks again James and Bethany!! They turned out GREAT!! and hopefully I can get my cards in the mail soon!! :)

So this year Ladd and I are going the thoughtful homemade christmas route!! So now I gotta get back to making christmas for everyone.. I only have 5 more days so I gotta get a move on!! Thanks goodness I have my mother the next few days to help out!! :) Yay!!

OOPS forgot about this.. :(

2009-07-22T22:06:00.000-07:00

Ok so I have once again forgot about this blog :( It is so much easier to keep up with facebook. Well here is what has beening on. Ladd and I got married April 4th and we spent out honeymoon on a cruise visiting Cozumel, Jamaica, and Grand Caymen. We had tons of fun but figured a 7 day cruise on a ship full of energetic kids and teenagers wasnt for us and the next time we should find one with more stops and more to do than just the Casino. Since then it has been nothing but work and taking care of Greyson. Ladd got a promotion at work so he is training to do that right now and hopefully things will start to look up for us. I have decided to study and get my teaching certificate and hopefully start teaching soon. The beginning of November we found a great rent house for a little more a month than our apartment and twice the size!! In order to move in ASAP we had to pay the deposit and December's rent upfront and we could have the entire month of November for free!! So we moved in the next week!! WE HAVE SPACE NOW!!

Ladd and I thought a newborn was exhausting but quickly found out that a toddler is insanely harder than a motionless burp/poop machine. So we are constantly following him to make sure he doesnt throw things away (his new thing), pull orniments off the tree, destroy the presents under the tree, or pull food out of the pantry. We have to keep the bathrooms and office doors closed because he is so curious about the computer and toilets..

To fill in my past times I have started to do crafts/quilts. Ragan has already started her business with her bracelets and I have decided to start with my products. So far its just quilts, wipie boxes, stuffed quilted dogs, pillows and hopefully soon Ill come up with more ideas like diaper bags, Nursing covers and other stuff like matching quilts, bumper pads, and decorative pillows.

In the end I hope to keep this updated more. If you really want a super updated profile you should check out my Facebook page.. I try to get on atleast once a day.

Greyson's First boo-boo

2009-04-21T23:05:00.000-07:00

Ok so Ladd's Mom and I needed to go to Hobby Lobby to grab a few last minute things for the wedding. Well Greyson had been fussy so I had taken him out of his carseat and put him on his tummy over the back of his seat where he is facing forward. He was super happy.. Well I had my arm/elbows in his seat to make sure he wouldnt topple over. When we got up to the cash register things got hectic, G was grabbing for things and we had so much stuff in the cart. Well I had lifted my arm/elbow for a short second and down went G. I didnt see it happen but Ladd's Mom caught G by the ankle and he stopped short of hitting bottom but he still managed to scratch his head pretty good. While all this was happening, Connie's tea she had just bought went all over the floor making a huge sticky mess!! But it didnt take him long before he started screaming bloody murder and a bunch of older ladies come running!! It was so embarrassing making me feel like a bad mother.. :( Anyways I got some pictures of Greyson's first boo-boo.

You really cant tell but at the time of the incident it was a huge bump, real red and slightly purple. This picture was taken the same day. Just a small scratch. It still made me feel so bad!!

Rolling over isnt such a task anymore..

2009-04-21T11:32:00.000-07:00

Greyson started to roll over. The first time he rolled over was February 12th. It was so cool because for the longest time He would just kinda half roll over and his arm would get in the way. But this time He managed to get it out of the way (without my help) and roll over all the way!! It was great!! Here are some 5 month pictures. We didnt take alot because we were so busy with Wedding and planning last minute stuff. Oh and I got a job at Texas Roadhouse (boooooooo) so this added to the chaos.. Here Greyson and cousin Cayden are playing in Granny C's saucer.

Cayden always gets so jealous, so when I sat down to read Greyson a book, she came and sat in my lap too..

In the process of rolling over :)

Such a good picture I think..
The day we went and checked out Daycares. :) He had to look cute!!

Poppin' his collar..

Loves his baths!!

Helping daddy.. :)

Ladd does this.. Not me I try and keep it out of his face..

So happy and ready for bed!!

Nice booger G!! haha :) Well that is all the 5 month pictures. :( I know its sad but Im in the process of posting 6 month pics!!

Wow I forget sometimes.. :(

2009-04-21T11:28:00.000-07:00

Ok so sorry guys. I have TOTALLY forgotten about this blog. Its just so much easier to Facebook. With the wedding and just getting settled its be a task to even find time for me. In the next few days while G is sleeping/napping I will try and update as much as possible, starting where I had left off. :) Sorry again..

LUNCH TIME!! YUMMY!!

2009-01-28T23:07:00.000-08:00

Well since Greyson turned 4 months on the 25th we started to feed him baby food and he LOVES it!! Sometimes it almost seems he doesnt take his bottle bc he knows there is better stuff!! haha but this one time he got really messy and most of the time I try to keep him clean bc I dont want to have to pick up the mess but I let him go to town.

This picture says it all!!

Clean up crew!!
Such a piggy! Finished his prunes and his sweet potatoes!!

Finally caught his smile!!

He really LOVES his food!!

Such a chick magnet huh?? So messy!!

He kept playing with his bib and it was just so messy!!

All giggles!!

Greyson already 3 months!!

2009-01-28T22:15:00.000-08:00

This is Greyson at 3 months. He is growing like a weed and doing so many cool things. One day he will be barely doing something and the next he would be like a pro! During Greyson's third month we moved from College Station to Houston and he experienced his first bath in a big tub. He finally graduated from his swaddler to just sleeping with a blanket and he is almost sitting all by his self, I give him atleast a month or so and he is completely standing up with asistance. Here are some great photos we got during January!

This is when we decided to take the swaddler away. We kept finding him at the end of his crib every morning. Kind of like he was trying to escape or wiggle his way out of it.

That sleep positioner is where we layed him down every night.

He also, on accident I think, held his bottle for the first time.

Since the hot water in the kitchen sink wasnt working right we had to give him a bath in the big tub for the first week. It was kind of scary since the tub was sooo huge and he was just laying there!!

So I decided to get in with him. Made me feel better!

Some great tub shots!! Good job daddy!!

Always munchin on his hands!!

Just washing those crevices!!

Greyson get sooo relaxed after his baths. He really likes just hangin out.

Chilling in Avery's swing. He liked it so much we took ours back and got one just like it!!

This is at Avery's half birthday. Greyson was just swinging away and Ella wanted to help him and show him how its really done.

One day I was in my room making the bed and I heard DaKota barking and Greyson kind of giggling / crying. I walked in there to see what was the deal and I saw that DaKota was so desperate for a playmate she had dropped her ball in with Greyson hoping he would throw it for her. Haha little did she know, Greyson isnt quite there.. Give him a year or so and he will be trying to ride her!!

Do you see what I mean about crevices? Hahaha!!

Fell asleep watching TV!!

He has such a great time in his jumper!! A funny story just the other day he had his hand stuck in one of those rings and it was hilarious watching him try to get it out. His reaching and coordination is really coming together!!

One night Ladd and I were wrestling and I brought him down, Greyson did the tap out though :) so cute!

Grandpa's Hands

2009-01-28T22:02:00.000-08:00

We got some really GREAT pictures of Ladd's dad's hands. Ladd told me the story behind Dale's hands. He said the greatest memory from his childhood was his fathers' hands. His dad worked so hard for his family, you could see it on his hands. From moving boxes and whatnot due to his job his hands have this rustic look that looks so awesome in black and white pictures. Ladd is very proud of this and is actually blowing some of them up for G's wall.

His hands are the perfect example of a hard worker!!

Playing Catch-up..

2009-01-20T19:18:00.000-08:00

Ok I am going to fill you in on whats been going on since my graduation.. :) Oh wait!! Yall dont even have pictures of my graduation!!!
Fixing my hair in the car window.
This is how I decorated my hat for my parents could find me..

Greyson and I before I leave him to go to my little holding room just before the Graduation.

Getting my diploma.

Greyson and I at Ninfas after Graduation.

My pictures after we ate..

My parents..
My little Family!!
More pictures..

Ok the next pictures are from christmas time. Ladd and I went to a wacky tacky Christmas sweater party with a bunch of Ladd's friends. It was fun seeing everyones crazy nasty tacky sweaters!!
Our tacky sweaters..

All of Ladd's friends at the party.

My little Cousin Luke holding Greyson

Greatgrandma Haehn with her two little babies.

These are pictures of Greyson. We got creative and had him pose with Christmas tree orniments.

ooooooh so pretty!!

Cutie..

Playing cards with Grandma Haehn, "what she got G?"

He was all tuckered out after opening all his presents..

The next morning Ladd went hunting with my little brother and when I got up around 9ish this is what i found.. soo cute..

He always has tongue hanging out or has his hands a praying!!His Christmas outfit.. So adorable.. :)

Ok so it took me close to 2 hours to get all these pictures on here. I have got to figure out how to make it go faster. Anyways, I will continue more downloads soon, hopefully tomorrow.. Greyson is growing like a weed and turns 4months on sunday! He is growing up so fast! I was printing out pictures for my mom the other day of G from day 1 and there was one picture of him in his crib and he sleep positioner swallowed him. Now he makes that thing look tiny!! So he is definately growing out of his 0-3 month clothes. He is now in size 2 diapers and he has fat rolls gallor!! We are both losing our hair. He has a bald spot on the back of his head and its so sad because he is starting to look a little bald everywhere. Me on the other hand is just losing hair because all post pardom moms lose the hair they didnt when they were pregnant. Or thats what Parenting magazine said anyways. So I am losing hair by the hand fulls and I HATE IT!! Ugh.. anyways, I will have 3 month pictures up soon. :)

So Sorry Guys..

2009-01-19T20:09:00.000-08:00

Ok for all you blog followers out there, uh-hum Brad, I just want yall to know I am VERY busy with wedding planning and taking care of a very needy son. Haha As he gets older the more he wants you in his face. Used to you could leave him in his swing or in his jumper and he would play for an hour or so, OH and not to mention the looong naps. Now its like 5 mins in his swing before he screams or at the most 30 min nap, just long enough for me to dose off, or get into something good, like cleaning or putting together our new apartment, which after almost 3 weeks is still a disaster. So since it takes a bit to put pictures on here its going to be a while before we can download some great pictures. In about a week we will have a big surprise for everyone!! Promise its going to be GREAT!! Lemme see if I can find something for ya.. Oh Last wednesday-friday we went to my home town where the wedding is going to be and took some pictures of where we want to wedding to be. Since its going to be in April we figured the outside thing might be a little much because the chance of rain and being super windy would make for a miserable day, so we decided to look at some churches and we found a great one. We got pictures of that and where the reception will be at.. :) Ok this is looking at the front of the church from the balcony. This is looking in from the Front door.

This is the front of the church.

Some of the Stained Glass

This is where the reception will take place. Its a restored train Depot

The back "porch".

Beautiful Breeze way.

This is the main 'ball room'.

This is looking into the different rooms of the depot. There is three smaller rooms.

My Poor Car!!

2008-12-10T22:18:00.000-08:00

Ok so yesterday (9th) Ladd had a wreck in my car. Well to save on gas he usually drives my car to Houston to work. Well I got a phone call about 7 am asking where my insurance card was.. Then I heard the news, "I was rear-ended." **Never really got the full story, or explained exactly how it all happened..??

Man it was just last week I was thinking, 'I have had this car for way too long without any accidents.' And what do you know I jinks myself.. :( The dent is bad and we are going to get it fixed bc it looks hidious. If it was an older car i would leave it, like the Purple Lambo, big dent in the front, but this is my baby, the car I bought with just 3 miles on it. Its in my name and its pretty! I even got to peal the protectant tape and styrofoam bumpers off it, it wasnt even out on the lot yet, it was in the back still! HOT OFF THE PRESS literally, literally!! haha Here are some pics of the nastyness

Thanksgiving yall!!

2008-12-10T21:47:00.000-08:00

This is a long waited post sorry guys. Kinda put up the snow before Thanksgiving. Alright first we went to Taylor for Ladd's family Thanksgiving. It was a blast and we got to watch the Aggies kinda lose to Texas :( But here are some pictures that we got there and how Cayden, Ladd's niece, wanted to play with Greyson sooooo bad!!

Sight for sore eyes...

Then that saturday we headed up to Rockwall for my side of the family Thanksgiving. I actually got a hold of the wishbone and got Greyson to take pictures with it for his first Thanksgiving. And of course he was passed around :)

This is hilarious!!

Theres a smile!!

Uncle Ryan trying to burp him..

Great Aunt Sandra!!

They were sooo tired when we finally got home from our Thanksgiving trip.

TEXAS SNOW!!

2008-12-10T19:28:00.000-08:00

So this morning was super cold!! When Ladd was headed out to work it was SNOWING!! Big snow flakes at that!! It was so pretty!!

Just a little bit of snow accumulated on the step outside our apartment.

Later that day around 4 pm it started to snow again and this time it was tiny little balls of snow. So cute!!Trying to be a photographer.. haha

This was later around 8 pm when it started to snow a little harder and it was really sticking!!

DaKota'a paw print in the snow!!

Still trying to be a photographer..

That same window sill later that night..

My poor plants. We have no room for them inside.. so sad..

My car..

The bushes outside our apartment were really covered!!

Just getting a snap shot before G wakes up.

Shows that we are in TEXAS and its snowing..

Dakota was trying to catch the snow falling..

Ladd threw a huge snow ball at DaKota

Greyson's first snow fall.. We bundled him up nice. He had 2 jackets on and 2 pairs of pants :) He was a little cozy!!

Sitting up like a big boy!! (with my assistance)

Some snow had fallen off the tree onto his shoulder. So cute!!

Getting a little crabby. As usual, trying to get good pictures and he falls apart!!

DaKota wanted to know what was wrong.. She was investigating..

We are back inside

My little man!! He is getting soo big and is almost holding his head up perfectly. He is also trying to stand up, well he is trying to use his legs more. He is really getting strong and eating like crazy! Last week Thursday he weighed 14lbs 8oz. He will be 11 weeks tomorrow and I am so proud of him!! He is smiling and cooing getting the hang of sitting up (with assistance)!!

Well on the side note, today was a landmark for me. I finally finished school. I took my last final as an Texas A&M student. I graduate on saturday and I cant wait!! It really feels like I have accomplished everything!! I have a beautiful son, a great fiance, and Im graduating college. All we need now for our little family is a very SPACIOUS house. :)

Another side note, I love to scrapbook. LOVE IT!! Well I asked for a CriCut for Christmas, its this machine that cuts out letters and pictures and shapes so you dont have to go out and buy expensive embellishments. Its like a scrapebooker's dream. Well Ladd got one for me and Its amazing!! I did like 6 pages in our scrapebook just today! Now that I dont have school I dont feel guilty about sitting down and doing nothing. I no longer have to procrastinate! Its really an amazing feeling!! Oh man what to do now. I can prolly finish all my projects I havent finished, read books Ive been wanting to read, and finally start cleaning!! haha Yeah our apartment is a disaster only because Ive been busy with school and Greyson. Im so relieved the time has come for cleaning. Like Im actually excited I can actually vaccuum GOOD, not half assed.. Man I might get bored with all my time but I feel like I deserve it. I graduated with giving birth in the middle of the semester and not dropping ANY classes!! WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!

Its Cold outside!!

2008-11-18T19:33:00.000-08:00

Well the other night I was watching TV and I had Greyson in his little lounge jumper and I looked at him and caught him watching TV too. His jumper was turned kind of away from the TV so his head was turned towards it. I think its soooo cool he now starting to look at things more rather than just stare off in the distance. He is starting to follow things as they walk by, like me or Ladd even DaKota. Its great!!

Ok so "cold" weather has kinda hit Texas. Well last night I pulled out this cute jacket I got at Once Upon A Child and put his little hat on and he just looked so adorable. I had to take a picture which turned out to be a full fledge photo shoot :) Couldnt resist!!

So Darn CUTE!!

Im just showing you guys the amazing rocker Ladd's parents bought us. Its so big and soft. Love it!! Something that will be around for forever!!

I thought this was cute. They all have red hair and in plaid!! :)

My friend Taylor took this picture and the next few. I was in the kitchen making bottles and she came up to me and said look at these pictures I took.

This one was just a really good looking picture of him. Only if he was sitting up straight. Look how clear his face has gotten. The Doctor said at 6 weeks it will be gone and derned if she was right. 6 weeks and it cleared up!!

GRUB TIME!!
So tonight was Greyson's first attempt at eating cereal. I had called my mom and see when we should start. I was worried he might still be too small but my mom said me and my brothers were eating rice the day we came home from the hospital and we are just fine so I thought we should give it a try. According to Gerber your child should be eating level 1 foods when they are an "assisted sitter." I concider Greyson an assisted sitter I guess..

He was real good at taking it too..

Not very messy at all!!

More Pictures of G

2008-11-16T20:34:00.001-08:00

Hey Im doing good this month. Already got 4 post!! Woohoo!! Ok so this past weekend Ladd went to the coast to go fishing with his dad and brothers. Well bc of the hurricane they couldnt go to their usual spot so they tried out an Island they know of. Well the wind was so bad it made it almost impossible to fish and whatnot so they came home a day early. Since Ladd was suppose to be gone for a few days my mom came down to help with Greyson. So of coarse we took lots of fun pictures with our free time :)

Here my mother gave him a "fo-hawk". He really didnt have enough hair to carry out the full effect because it didnt want to stand up.

My little brother went with Ladd to fish but the next morning after they got back he wanted to sleep in some more, guess Greyson wanted to too. :)

While I was getting Greyson's tub ready my mom was getting Greyson ready. When she came out of his room she had his robe on. I thought it was too cute and Ladd said "Look where's the bunnies? Its the future Hugh Hefner." haha so cute and yes he was naked underneath so we had to hurry to get him to the tub before he decided to shower us with his blessings :)

I love my little man so much!!

Since Brad and Ragan are a few months ahead of us it always seems they are doing the EXACT same things I wanna do. Like way before I even had kids I always wanted pictures against black backgrounds with the baby cradled in the dads hand. Brad has already done that and they have already done these pictures too but its ok. Im still going to get some good pics of my precious baby boy!!

I want to blow this one up because I absolutely love it!!

I kinda made him mad when I took his clothes off.. Haha

He looks so chunky!! Haha

Im going to get this one blown up too. Way too amazing of a pic to be in the camera!! haha (referring to that stupid walgreens photo commercial)

Stuck that passy in his mouth does the trick. Most of the time anyways.

This is Ladd taking a picture of him staring at him..

Alright in the midst of this all, while Ladd babysat, my mom, Jordyn and I went to Houston to try on wedding dresses. After trying on some the most rediculous dresses I found "the one." Its unique and I absolutely love it!! I cant say too much about it but I am so anxious to show everyone!! April cant get here soon enough!!

Greyson is asleep, its blogging time!!

2008-11-12T23:17:00.000-08:00

Ok there is a few things I skipped over the past few months. Well since Greyson is asleep I started to look through all our pictures and noticed some werent up on the blog. For all you bloggers out there without facebook here are some other pictures you are missing out on. Some are from way back and some are more recent.

Pre Baby Greyson

My aunt and uncle got these for us for a baby shower gift. Since Ladd had recently found the new sport Golf, everyone thought this was so cute that now Greyson can pick up the game when he gets older..

My Ring Day

Ok So I havent explained to the full extent what happened on the day I got my ring. Well lets just say I woke up early that morning to go stand in line to pull a ring ticket. Well I had "pain" in my stomach with what I later found out to be contractions. Well I called the doctor around 10 am and he said not to come in till later that day. Well I went and go my ring at 3 and right after that we went straight to the hospital. But only to be sent home 8 hours later drugged up to stop the contractions and to knock me out.

This is me seeing my ring for the first time!! Yay!!

Everyone wanted me to pose like this.. :)

My parents on ring day. They didnt quite understand the greatness of the day!!

We both have our rings now!! Now in 20 years we will be celebrating yet another ring day!!

My ring up close and personal. It doesnt have the diamond in it yet. My grandmother gave me a diamond to set in it. I get this done the next day because it didnt quite fit my swollen fingers and I was thinking while I couldnt wear it Id get it worked on!!

Still My Ring Day

Sporting my Ring in the hospital bed..

Was wondering why these gowns had breast pockets. Now we know why, to carry your wires when you go potty!! Haha!!

This was after a few hours and just before they gave me some drugs to help me sleep.

Greyson's First "Bath"

He still had his umbilical cord on so we couldnt pull out the tub just yet but with the help of Grandma Haehn we tackled the first bath time at home too. And not to mention this was my first "Bath" time too prior to this. On a side note I tried taking a shower at the hospital. With the C-section it was difficult so Ladd was in the bathroom helping me out. Well I guess it was the lack of food and still weak from the surgery, but I had fainted. So I was scared to try again till I had started eating good again. So this was the first bath for everyone that night..

He really wasnt liking the cold..

Just one of the "Old Faithful" Experiences

This is where he pee-d all over me!! I mean even got the carpet and the sliding glass door!! He had a good shot!!
This is about when he starts pooping all over the changing mat. Keep in mind he just pee-d everywhere!!

Ok so there is pee on his face and all over the living room, along with poop on the the changing mat, and notice I really only have one free hand bc as I was getting ready to put the butt paste on he started pee along with poop moments later. So it literally took 3 girls to help with this diaper change!!

Some Random Pictures

Cousin Luke wanted to help with the diaper change this time. Greyson actually managed not to pee everywhere this time!! Good thing bc Luke was right in the line of fire!

He always looks soo stressed.

Ok so we had another incident where Greyson decided to pee all over mommy. So I decided since he managed to soaked himself and everything around him once again, we gave him a bath. His bottom was kinda red so I wanted to air it out a bit. Well only later to find out Greyson wasnt done doing what he had plotted to do!! haha atleast he didnt do it in the tub!!

So on Halloween Ladd and I decided to go out for the first time since my birthday. Well we pulled out all our attire and when we found Ladd's hat it was aweful!! Covered in dust!!

Thsi is Ladd cleaning it with Lint Roller paper.

Greyson's First Cabin Trip

Ladd taking a break from cutting wood. Dakota just wouldnt get out of the way!!

Greyson snoozing in his stroller. It was chilly that morning so I had him cozied up.

Trying to keep everything warm.

Our friend Bethany on top of the barn they were building for James buggy.

Hope yall enjoyed the walk down memory lane a bit. Hopefully we can get more great pictures of Greyson soon. He is just growing so fast! OOh and I made his doctors appointment for his 2 month shots. Im so not looking forward to that. Ladd will be at work so Ill be there alone holding him down and watching him cry. Im gonna cry too prolly its so sad!! :( Anyways more to come soon guys!!

Tailgating

2008-11-10T23:18:00.000-08:00

Well Guys this was my last home game as a student. WHOOP but yet kinda sad. We tailgated with Ladd's family and friends. My family was there too and it was a blast. Greyson slept the ENTIRE time and barely woke up to eat. Ladd's Dad cooked amazing hamburgers with onions that everyone gobbled up. Even the guys in the tent behind us wanted to swap food so they could have one. Needless to say we got the spot right next to the group that had the sign that said "U HONK WE DRINK" and they had a horn for people to honk as they walked by. And you guessed right, that dang horn was going off every 2 seconds (with little to none exaggeration). Some times someone would get smart and hold it down anywhere from 5 to 10 seconds. Yeah so around noon we began to plot against them and tried figuring out how we could cut the wire to the battery without them seeing us. Haha!! N e ways I joined Ladd at the game around half time only to see a few plays, the band, and one play before TAMU had to give the ball up, then we left. Yeah kinda embarrassed for the Aggies. We lost pretty bad. But all in all the day turned out to be very pretty and everyone had a ton of fun at the tailgate!!

New and improved way to heating a bottle with little to no resources!!
We improvised pretty good.

Those amazing burgers!! Yumm--OO!

Greyson ass-ed out but still sporting the poor Aggies..

Family pic on Game Day in front of Kyle FieldYeah I always thought those things were somewhat soft bc they look like big marshmellows. Whoe wouldve thought they are super hard!! Cason thought it was hilarious!!

At step off!

It was so nice out Ashton and Theressa took a nap in the lounge lizard.

Uh-Oh Uncle Kouri trying to multitask.

Greyson still ass-ed out.. Poor thing

2 grandpas and 1 daddy.. :)

Aaiden got hot while playing so Lyndsey poured cold water on him to cool him off..

More Greyson of Course!!

2008-11-10T22:57:00.001-08:00

Here are some more recent pictures.. Taken within the last week or so..

Trying out his new bumbo seat. Not quite there with the holding up the head but he is getting there..
Already getting pissed off over the phone..

Must be talking to his mommy!! :)

So after bath one night I started to brush his hair. Well I think his hair has a little curl in it and this is what happened when I brushed it forward..

I found this great jumpy-swing-thingy at Once Upon A Child for a great deal and it was practically brand new. So later that night we tried it out!! Still working on that head thing. :)

Sound asleep holding on to his pacy..

Dakota is super sad can you tell?

Trying to build his muscles. Playing on his floor mat.

Almost got it..

He got fussy and all he was doing anyways was sucking on the mat so we rolled him over and let him play with the hangy thingies..

DaKota once again had to get in on the action. And I thought this picture was really cool because it caught Greyson's face in the mirror!!

Then we thought maybe if we propped him up on something he will be able to lift his head more.. He just fussed more..

BUBBLES!!!

Pictures from October

2008-11-10T22:06:00.000-08:00

Here are some random pictures.

DaKota is a little jealous.. Poor thing gets no camera time any more.

Look at those lips!!

With Grandma Haehn.. "No pictures please!!"

Asleep again.. I swear they sleep the same way all the time!!

Ok one day I cleaned when he fell asleep. I came back a hour or so to check on him and this is how I found him. I feel so bad!! :( but he was sound asleep still..Such a gentleman

And again.. See what I mean!!

Cayden wonders if this is the one we have been telling her about.. Yeup!!

2 cousins..

Granny Moehnke living it up!!

Papa Moehnke showing Cayden how to touch a baby.

Already giving him life lessons..

Papa Moehnke's favorite little things..

2 brothers 2 cousins..

Uncle Ryan finally getting to feed Greyson

Watching NASCAR with Grandpa Haehn Chillen on the couch with Momma

Such a cute pic.. Greyson with a little dribble on his chin.

This was Greyson's Halloween Eve Costume. Sadly we didnt get a picture of his actual costume on Halloween. :(

Cutie Bootie!!

Greyson is HERE!!!

2008-09-29T19:36:00.000-07:00

Ok I know its been FOOOORRREEEEEVVVVEEEER since Ive dated. Well I have a good reason!! GREYSON CAME!! I went into labor Wednesday night (24TH of September) around 10ish. We went to the hospital around 11pm because the week prior to this I had been having contractions that kept me dilated at 1 cm. The doctor said to come back only if the pain is unbearable or if my water breaks. Well the pain was bad but not unbearable but we went in to see if I had progressed from a 1 cm. (ps we went bc I was sick of be uncomfortable) I stayed over night and by morning I still hadn't done any thing. Well I we exhausted and determined to have the baby. Doctor came in around 7am and said "lets do this thing!" Best news Ive heard in a long time!! So at 10 am they broke my water and gave me Potocin. Through out the day they checked me and I wasn't progressing at all!! So around 4 I heard the dreaded news. :( I needed a C-section not only bc I wasn't dilating but bc Greyson was being stubborn and was face up when he was suppose to be face down. Well after a long week of contractions and hellacious back pain and discomfort, Greyson finally arrived at 5:39 pm on September 25th (My Big brothers birthday too!!). He weighed 8 pounds and 10 ounces and 21 1/4 inches long. For being delivered 2 weeks early he is a very healthy baby.

Ok here are some pictures. There will be more to come.. Promise just takes so long to download with our new camera.. Enjoy and I will try to have some more up soon, just with Greyson being here I cant find time bw him and school work..

This is what happens when you like taking hot showers. My stretch marks turned blood shot the night before I go to the hospital. Nasty but they are better now!!
I got super sick right after they told me I had to have a C-section. But Ladd was prepared..

Announcing Greyson Ladd Moehnke. Only a few seconds old.

Two weeks early and still weighing in at 8lbs 10 oz!!
Me in recovery. I was still a little dopey from all the stuff they gave. Its said because I dont even remember hearing Greyson cry for the first time. :( I hated have a c-section.. :(
Jordyn and Cayla came and visited me in the recovery room.

Kouri and Ryan just itching to play with Greyson already..
Greyson's two uncles, Dale and Eric.
The fruits of Chases hard work of being the greatest match maker. Good job Chase!! Grandma and Grandpa Haehn
Granny C and Papa D Moehnke
Still a little bruised from being so stubborn in delivery..
Since I was bed ridden for the first 24 hrs of Greyson's life, it was momentous for me to change a diaper. This was my first diaper in the middle of the night.
The three cutest boys of the day :)
Wow a whole new generation of runnin buddies.
Greyson's first little outfit.Well we spent that Saturday in the hospital and it was Aggie Game Day so we had to be school spirited!! Gig Em Greyson!! He loves sleepin balled up on my chest..
Daddy a little exhausted.. And yes he is in my bed..
First Day home.. DaKota missed me but was shocked at what we brought home..!!
Hasnt quite figured out what was making all the noise..

So cute!! Taken naps on our first day at home. Our first walk in our stroller..

Nice little close up for ya.. These next few are quite adorable so brace yourself.. These are my favorite so far..

Not to brag but Ladd took some great pictures of Greyson holding his head up that night. And Greyson was being soo cute!!

Loving his swing!!

I always catch them sleeping in the cutest positions.. And yes they both have their arms crossed the same way!!

Ok more to come guys promise!!

Ooops.. :)

2008-09-02T10:56:00.000-07:00

Oops I am so sorry for not updating sooner. I kind of been busy. With football games, Astros games, and school I really don't feel like blogging as often. Sorry guys. BUUUT I do have some interesting photos for yall. With our new camera Ladd has been going photo crazy!! Especially trying to figure out all the cool settings and whatnot. But here is a little bit of everything that has been going on in the past... what 2 weeks?

Maybe last week?....

Here is me and DaKota taking a break after biking...

DaKota got hot.. She jumped in the pond and couldnt get out..

Here is where DaKota gets her exercise since she is over weight. She pulls Ladd somewhat.. :)

Here I am on one of Ladd's bikes.. :) Gotta get exercise somehow..

My adorable babys!! Messing around with the camera.. Couldnt shoot fast enough much less get it into focus bc that dang bee kept moving so stinkin fast!!
My home away from home.. Stinky READ..

A few days later...

This was HILARIOUS!! Dakota sometimes get her ball stuck under the crib and she goes INSANE!! If you have read my last few blogs that ball is the center of her world!! Well the crib is too low for her to go under (unlike the couch) so she just sits there and barks and whines till someone comes and rescues her ball..

Ladd rescuing DaKota's ball.. see how excited she gets!!
Since I cant get down and reach the ball, this is what happens when Ladd isn't around. She just sits and stares at it. At least it keeps her out of my hair. It gets real annoying when she constantly comes up to you and touches you with a slobbery ball and then wont even give it to you to play.. Kind of her own little keep away game..

Ladd finally putting up the name. Since we have announced it to everyone that reads the blog.. :)

Here it is above the crib. We are thinking maybe moving it somewhere else because its so small compared to the crib so we are undecided.. Maybe down closer to the crib?? dunno

AGGIE FOOTBALL SATURDAY!!

Ok so far things have been in chronological order. Anyhoo Saturday was the Aggie football opener against Arkansas State. We got out early around 11ish to tailgate. The day was very hot but fun!! I definitely decided that while I am pregnant there will be no more all day Aggie football events. I was exhausted by the end of the day!! And lemme tell you, I know what a swollen body feels like now :( But I insisted on be a good 12th man and try to attend all festivities that day.. After the band played at half time and we watched the first play of the 3rd quarter I had to leave. I was exhausted. So we walked back to the tailgate, gathered our things and went to Chedders to eat with Julie, Chad and Blake who left at halftime too. After we ate I was so uncomfortable with my back I wanted to swim. So we went to Chad and Julie's to swim. I floated on my floatie while the boys proceeded to get drunk. It was definately a very eventful day.. and the pool felt amazing on my back!! It does wonders you know!!

Our friend Hunter is pretending but he looks so professional at passing out!! He is even still holding his beer!!

Ok a horrible shot of me.. but here is our tailgate party somewhat.. I had a blast and the place was a mess after we left for the game..

I guess before every game they do a spirit walk for the football players and some of the band participates. Well I got some great pictures of the band up close but this was my favorite.. I saw all these boots in a row and thought I could be a cool photographer.. Well it would've been so awesome if i could have squatted more and got closer!!

Jessica, Cayla, Jordyn, and me at the game. I doing my duty as a 12th man by being at the game. May not be able to full fill the duty of a true 12th man but I would've been supportive!! :)

Ladd and I at the game.. I was taking a break from standing.. With swollen feet/ankles and an aching back I sat down during timeouts, breaks, and whenever else they Aggies weren't playing..

Gotta love being an AGGIE!!
Ladd got a progression shot of the fly over but Im only putting one pic up. But here is the flyover during the National Anthem..

FIGHTEN TEXAS AGGIE BAND!!

Sunday: Astros Game..

Then Sunday morning Ladd's dad had tickets the Astros Game. They showed up around 930 and off we went to Houston. I was so exhausted still from the day before but the Astros game wasn't as bad at the Aggie game. Once we got there, we parked kinda close so the walk wasn't bad. We had 2 extra tickets so Ladd invited our friends James and Bethany along. Thank goodness the park's ceiling was closed bc I would've died if it was open and 100 degrees!! It turned out to be a very nice day and game!!

We had to climb like 3 flights of stairs to get to our seats. Well even though the stadium was air conditioned we were still a little hot. So Ladd's dad bought his mom a nice little fan that lit up "Go Astros" on its blades. His dad always has a great big grin on his face when he is watching the Astros!! Ladd's brother Eric and sister-in-law Dana joined us at the Astros game too.
Group picture of all us enjoying the nice day at the park..

Anoa got a little sleepy towards the end. And this was even after we shared a thing of cotton candy. I guess the long car ride and the excitement of being at the game wore him out. The cutest part is that he still has a death grip on his free binder !! So cute!!

Ok that's all the pictures for the last 2 weeks. I know its the beginning of the month and people are anxious for baby bump pictures, but we are busy with dove season. We plan on going to Taylor tomorrow after our doctors appointment and dove hunt. I will possibly have baby bump pics up by Monday. Sorry guys and Ill give you a bonus!! An update on what Greyson is doing!!

DaKota's Vet visit..

2008-08-19T13:35:00.000-07:00

Ok so I just got back from the vet with DaKota. Everything went GREAT except it cost us an arm and a leg to get her out!! We went in for her yearly testing and what not and I actually had to catch some of her pee in a cup!! Gross I know!! So after some great results from all the test they did a physical exam. Well lets just say DaKota is a chunky monkey and they put her on a diet!! Haha they gave me a measuring cup for her food and told me only to feed her twice a day (which I already do) and only 1 cup at a time!! Well I compared what I usually feed her and yeah lets just say DaKota never should be starving!! haha.. I feel so bad!! Another thing they told me I had to start doing what brush her teeth!! She has some gingivitis and plaque build up. They said bone chewing helps but brushing definately helps. Since we got our new camera we have been playing around with it so much. And since the baby isnt here yet we have been taking tons of pictures of DaKota! Diva in the spot light!! haha here are some great pics of my spoiled dog!!

This is her with her two favorite toys. Her chew bone and her orange ball. This wont be the only time you will see this ball PROMISE. She constantly has this thing with her. Its like her binky..
See what I mean... Even rests with it!!
She even chews on it like a piece of bubble gum. Its so cute!!

Ladd is becoming quite the photographer.

I took this picture!! Go me!! and yes theres that ball again!! And this was a different day!! Alrighty that it for now. :)

Baby's Name!!

2008-08-18T21:17:00.000-07:00

Alrighty here is the deal. At first Ladd and I wanted to keep the baby's name a secret. When we found out that it was a boy and we had picked the perfect name, we started to call it that when it was just me and him around instead of referring to 'it' as Jellybean. Well since then Ladd has slipped to a few people not realizing he had said the name till after the other person caught it. Well one day he accidently slipped and said it in front of my little brother. Ryan didnt catch it at first but he figured it out and so the people Ladd hasnt told Ryan has, including my other brother. So now both of our whole immediate families know, so Ladd and I decided tonight that its pointless to keep it a secret now bc the people we truely wanted to keep it from know. So here we are telling the world that our son's name will be:

Greyson Ladd Moehnke

Alright now that is taken care of, my friend Jessi pointed out that no where on the blog or facebook points out that it is going to be a boy. Well if you havent guessed already from all the blue and what not its a BOY!! :)

BabyShower Weekend!

2008-08-18T15:33:00.000-07:00

This is going to be a long one but TONS of pictures!! Enjoy..

Well this weekend was my mom's babyshower for me. Friday when Ladd got home from work we drove to Brownwood. We didnt get to bed till real late because we were waiting on my Aunt Sandra to get there and when she finally got there we all stayed up and talked for a long while. Well Saturday my mom and I went to Bangs to get flowers for the shower and on the way it started to POUR!! When we got back apparently lightening had struck the house or close enough that it messed up the satellite, flipped breakers, and quite possibly fried the downstairs TV and electronics. So we just prepared food for the shower and got things together while we waited on the rest of the family to get there to go golfing.

So I think it was Thursday when I called Ladd and asked where he was at on his way home from work. He said traffic was super bad and it must of been a wreck because he wasnt even at 290 yet. So I was like geeese.. Well apparently 'traffic' was him stopping at Best Buy and buying the camera I have been so patiently waiting on getting!! Well while I was gone getting flowers he had wrapped it. So when I got back Ryan (little brother) said he was sooo excited about his present and that I could open his right then. So I opened it and at first I thought he had put his present in a speaker box but then I said wait... Rebel?? Then I screamed and started to cry!! I was so excited!! Here are some pictures we took after we read the intrustions on how to operate it!! haha!!

Finally around 3 went to the golf course. Everyone went, even my grandma! It was a blast!!

And this isnt everyone!! They were playing best ball and this is them all putting from the same spot!!

Haha this was when I tried to hit the ball. It went really far but not in the right direction and it went off into the brush/trees.. Yeah it was kinda funny!!

While we were playing it started to sprinkle real heavy. I didnt feel like standing in the rain and get all damp and what not so I stood under the unbrella and watched. :)

Sunday rolled around and getting everything ready for the shower was fun!! My little cousin Luke found my mom's ginormous rooster and sat on it like a horse. It was so cute and with my new camera and its fast picture taking I caught the moment!! :)

This was the table after everything was done and ready. Ladd's mom had decorated the cake and it was gorgeous!!

Then my mom wanted to take pictures with everyone. So here are some family pictures with me! This is me with my 2 mothers.. Ladd's mom Connie and my mom Connie..
This will be the great grandma's. Grandma Haehn and Grandma Hadley.

And these are my 2 cousins that really wanted to get in on the group pictures. Canyon and Luke.

And this is everyone that helped my mom out with the shower. Grandma Haehn, Aunt Debra, my mom, Aunt Tammy, Lily, Alisha, Aunt Sandra and Luke squeezed in.. Before we started to open presents my mom started a game. You had to remember what was in the diaper bag and at the end you had to write down what you could remember and whoever could remember the most won a prize. Then I started to open presents!!My Grandma Hadley bought me this amazing quilt! It was perfect!! I absolutely love it!!Then Ladd's mom had a blanket she said she bought like 5 years ago for her first grandson. Well this will be her first grandson so this was her present, a gorgeous blue quilt that will come in handy!!This is what my mom gave me. Haha.. I was sooo excited! Can you tell? Then I wanted to show everyone the overalls I was in the process of making. Not quite done but will be soon!! :) This was another game my mom played. Whoever had the heaviest purse won!!My Aunt Sandra got Ladd a present and said he had to open it. It was sooo cute. A small golf club set for a toddler. So adorable!! Towards the end I just sat around and talked to some of my friends from High School. Tamela and Jessi. :) Caught up on everything. It was fun!!
Ladd broke out the clubs when we got back home in College Station and played with them for a bit. Ladd swears up and down that he will be left handed but we shall see. :) This is the cutest picture ever!! Thanks Aunt Sandra, Uncle Jerry and the girls!! Now I just got to go through everything I got and put it all up where it goes!!

Its been a while!!

2008-08-12T22:48:00.000-07:00

Ok so I thought I would be super bored since school has been out and I would have so many post, but it really hasn't panned out like that. Actually from spending time at Brad and Ragan's to spending like 5 days at Ladd's parent's house I havent had time to post anything!!

Ok a weekend or so ago I stayed with Brad and Ragan while Taylor and Allison was down from Colorado and while Ladd was at work AND because I didn't have school anymore and staying at home was BORING!! (wow that was a run on and had a ton of ands) Ok So that made that week go by super fast, then that Friday we went to Taylor for Ladd's cousin's wedding. When we got there Ladd's mom was a little behind on making flowers so I helped out.

Even Dana got into the action. We had a little assembly line going.. I bound the flowers and Dana put them on the wrist bands for the corsages. Ok then we had to head back to College Station because I had a final on Wednesday and I was going to spend the beginning of the week in the Library.

Ok this past weekend was the best. We spent Friday thru Tuesday at Ladd's parents house just chilling and having a grand ol' time. I got to help Ladd's Mom (Connie) sew some of my baby room decor (ie crib sheets, bumper pads and pillows). Believe it or not I love to sew and be crafty!!

While I was sewing and doing my thing, Ladd got bored and started to trace and cut out names. We had fun!! And my boa-pillow cover came out amazingly good!! Love it!

Then on Monday Ladd, Connie, and I traveled to Austin to go to Babies-R-Us and other stores looking for baby decorations and whatnot. Well we only ended up buying a changing table pad and a mattress for our bassinet. When we were at BRU we thought it would be a better idea to get a recliner instead of the expensive rocker. Well after driving all over town looking for a furniture store that carried descent recliners, we gave up and decided the rocker would be better for the baby and we could get a recliner later. We order the rocker on Friday!! Thanks to Ladd's parents!! Yay!! So excited!!

Alright now for the moment everyone has been waiting for!! Belly pics!!

Ok so we took a ton of pictures but I'm starting to get stretch marks and my belly button is getting super stretched too so its starting to look super disgusting!! If you look close enough (just to point it out) under my belly and on my "love handles" are the only stretch marks so far. Lets just say Cocoa/Shea butter lotion doesn't really work :( I'm living proof..

Alrighty Ill post again when something exciting happens. Oh this next weekend coming up my mom is throwing Ladd and I a baby shower so look forward to exciting post on Monday!! Just a reminder count down till the first Aggie Football game is coming up!! WHOOP! I'm going to be making overalls these next few days for me and Jellybean so I might post some in-progress pictures of that!! Check back Monday!! Promise something good will be up!!

Baby Shower #2

2008-07-21T19:38:00.000-07:00

Yesterday my girlfriends threw me a baby shower in College Station. I had TONS of FUN! I got to see all my old co-workers and a few friends I hadnt talked too in FOREVER!! Well here are some photos from the shower!! Yay!!

I didnt even get into the door before Nan started to wrap me in toilet paper. Before I got there they started a game. The girls had to guess how man squares of toilet paper I was around. Some of them were giddy and guessed like 19!! But I only turned out to be only 11 :( Sorry Patty.. This is my fabulous host Taylor!! She was explaining the next game and getting everything organized!! Good job Tay Tay..This is Bethany, me and Heather playing "Guess what baby object is in the brown bag" game. Haha.. dont know what the actual name of the game was but it was fun!! Guess who got a 100?!! ME!! Bethany would have gotten a 100 too but they would accept butt cream for diaper rash cream!! Seriously? I would have given it to her!!

Well after all the games were played, I got to cut my cake. It was soo cute because it matched the "Little Prince" napkins they had. While everyone ate cake I opened gifts. Here Bethany is trying to explain the original purpose of the box I was trying to open. Except Ladd forgot to tell me about the cards that came in it so I had no idea what she was talking about!! Haha sorry Bethany!!
Well my friend Sara wrapped some of her many presents in this fun paper and Jennifer had to take a picture of it. The paper was polka-dots with glitter. It was so cute I didnt wanna tear into it!

This was the group picture before Webb had to leave for work and Deann had to drive back to Wichita Falls. Man I have some great friends!!And this is just me being goofy. Jen said to show off my belly!! So I stuck it out!! haha :) Ok the next few pictures was the next part of my sunday. After the shower I came home and took out all the stuff I got so Ladd could see. Well after playing with everything and assembling a few things, Bethany and her brother Bradley came over to visit with Ladd. Well James and Bethany left a Target gift card that was very nice of them which they didnt have to do because she already gave me gifts at the shower. Anyways after she left we pulled all our gift cards together and bought this very nice changing table/dresser for Jellybean. Thanks to all that gave us a giftcard to Target and a special thanks to James and Bethany!!

All the clothes and stuff on top is all the clothing, burp rags, bibs, blankets, onsies, and a few socks and mittens we got at the shower. They still need to be washed so I havent put them up yet. Oooh and I got the diaper warmer I wanted! Its so fun!! :) Other items we got were tons I mean TONS of diapers (bc everyone had to bring a pack to get into the shower) bottles, toys, lots of kitchen stuff like bowls, plates, and spoons. We got a diaper bag, some window shades and some very cute decorations! Now we just need to get some shelfs up and start decorating everything!! yay!!

Our Saturday..

2008-07-19T21:28:00.000-07:00

Today Ladd and I slept in till 10. Which was nice :) We were suppose to go to James and Bethany's cabin early that morning but we didn't get out there till like 11:30. Well, I didn't expect to do much because we were due back in College Station by NO LATER than 2:30. Well Ladd wanted to follow James and his jeep down to the creek. At first Ladd was like "Naw, better not." With in minutes I was watching Ladd's truck come down the embankment. :( It was scary.From then for a few seconds was fuzzy. Some how he had gotten his truck turned around in this little creek bed and then he started trying to climb out of it. Easier said than done.

Let me just say in the beginning I was like, "Ladd this isn't a good idea. You re going to lose a bumper or dent something." And in the end he came out with a dented rear bumper bc Ladd wasn't watching what he was doing and slid back off the hill into the other embankment, pushing the side of him bumper up into his truck. After James' jeep couldn't pull him out bc something to do with his 4 wheel drive not working, they hooked up a come along and slowly pulled it out of the rutts Ladd put himself in.
Finally, James went back up to the Cabin and got his truck, which FINALLY pulled Ladd out of his mess.. Need I to mention the time is 1:50ish and its a little over a 45 min drive back. Well a dented bumper later Ladd was free.
Then we raced back to College Station to shower and get ready for the Astros Game. Ladd's dad beat us to our apartment, but we were on the road before 3. When we got to the ballpark, it was standing room only. So we decided to scalp some tickets outside the stadium. We sat on the 4th deck but to me they were pretty good seats because we got to see the whole field. I had tons of fun considering it was my first Astros game!! But after our long day, I was super exhausted!!

Ok funny story here :) So being this was my first time to an Astros game, the train that came out at the beginning of the game, I had a der-da-der moment and asked "Why pumpkins?" haha!! Well yeah.. They look like pumpkins!! Little did I know huge oranges, pumpkins.. SAME DIFFERENCE!! haha yeah :)

First Baby Shower

2008-07-16T17:15:00.000-07:00

Ok today Ladd's work surprised him with a baby shower. They made the CUTEST little basket full of goodies. And when you dig deeper past the top diapers, you get MORE diapers!! Its so fun!! And then not only were they super nice with this but they made the CUTEST diaper cake!! I love it!! I dont want to take it apart but I also dont know where to put it!!

Ladd said there is other gifts and I havent got the details on the baby shower bc as soon as he got home from work he laid down and fell asleep. Just brought in these two things. :) So Im waiting for him to wake up and I will update further!!

28 weeks..

2008-07-14T22:27:00.000-07:00

Ok for all you blog stalkers!! Here are tummy pics at 28 weeks. We go to the doctor tomorrow so I actually put up a blog then. Too tired right now..

Ok this one is showing the white circle around my

belly button. Its about an 1 1/2 in diameter.

We dont know what its from but we are assuming

its the fact my skin is being stretched. But we are

definately coming up on a snooze button. I give it

by the end of the month. :)

4th of July..

2008-07-07T19:35:00.000-07:00

No tummy pictures yet sorry guys, but soon because Ladd gets back from Houston on Thursday! Over the weekend we went back home to my parents house for the 4th. Thursday we left College Station and headed to Brownwood. When we got to my parents house we went out to eat and then sat outside and relaxed the rest of the night, the wind off the lake made it a very nice evening.

Friday morning we woke up and went to Randy's house to pick up clubs for Ladd. Randy is my dad's boss/our family friend and he is left handed and the only person we knew that had extra left handed clubs. Then we headed to my mom's work to help clean rooms (she is a camp cooridinator for a Baptist Camp) because she had a new camp coming in and she was swamped. So we helped out to so she could get off sooner. When we got home a lot of my extended family was there and we soon hit the lake. It was so nice to finally get on the jet ski, even though I wasnt able to do all the crazy fun stuff I used too, like tubing and wake boarding :( But being able to swim and relax was AMAZING!! The rest of the day was just relaxing and full of good food. When it got dark we sat on the balcony and watched all the fireworks. Our house is on/in a hill and it has a panaramic view of the lake and it was so fun being able to see other people waste their money on 10 min of fun!! haha :)

Saturday morning was early for Ladd. He had to get up at 6 to go golfing with my family. He looked so cute with his golfing attire on :) From what I heard Ladd did very well for his first time. While he was gone I just hung out with my grandma, aunt, cousin and mom. We went to town and showed them all where the wedding is going to be and made a quick trip to Wal-Mart. It was so funny because my aunt and I were talking about Ladd and his MANY hobbies and I made the comment that golf is the only thing besides paintball that he seems to not have equipment for. I also said "I bet you 10 bucks he is going to come backing asking if he can buy a set of clubs." And as soon as I could find him after everyone got back the first few words out of his mouth was "Can I get some golf clubs. I had so much fun!" I just giggled. :) After everyones nap we went and played on the lake some more and I got a little gutsy on the jet ski, threw Ladd and I off TWICE and flipped it once!! haha I had so much fun.. A little side note, DaKota (my dog) was down on the dock with us because she wouldnt leave my side, and when I jumped in she would throw a fit and she would jump in too. Well I was so worried she would get tired of swimming and not be able to get out when she wanted. So Ladd had a bright idea to put a life jacket on her. Well I do have to say it was the funniest thing I had ever experienced with DaKota. She couldnt swim good with it on and she finally gave up and she went belly up!! it was so cute!! Then that night we went back to my mom's work to watch the "Big" fireworks. It was VERY relaxing because we had fixed up a little seating area in the back of Ladd's truck. Way more comfortable than chairs.

Sunday morning my mom cooked a big breakfast for everyone. I was one of the last ones in line so I didnt get much but what I had was good!! Then everyone kind of started to pack up and got ready to leave. Soon everyone was in the pool chit chatting and talking about when the next big event was. We all came to the conclusion it will be my baby shower and they are all going Golfing again while I have my shower!! Yay!! Im so excited!! Ladd and I left around 2ish because we still had to go back through Taylor to drop off the tent and Ladd had to go to work the next morning at 5.

Overall the weekend was very fun!! Sooo relaxing. Now we or I am back in College Station and Ladd is off in Houston working :( He will back Thursday afternoon so hopefully we will get pictures up soon. Then this weekend I might be in Houston because our friend Ragan is suppose to be having her baby so I wanna go and take notes :) Cant wait!!

A Weekend in Taylor

2008-06-30T15:52:00.000-07:00

Well sorry I havent updated AGAIN in so long. I have been studying super hard this past week for my finals today. Which I feel like ripped me a new butt hole!! :( Ok for starters, last night I don't know why but I DIDN'T sleep at all. I went to bed probably around 12:30 so I could get up around 4 to study more. Well I laid down, buuuut I don't think I ever fell asleep. I was so worried about my finals and the for some reason I just kept thinking I didn't study enough. AND on top of that my back was killing me!! So I "woke" up around the time Ladd left for work at like 3:30 am. I tried studying here but decided to go to IHop and eat and study till my test. By the time my Statistics final came around my brain was dead and I don't even remember taking that final! The only thing I do remember was every work out problem the answer was there. So I must of been doing something right :)

Alright this past weekend we decided to go to Taylor to Ladd's parent's house to do stuff for the baby. While Ladd stayed in Taylor, his mom and I went to Austin to go shopping for fabric for the baby's room. His mom is going to make the bedding and whatnot for the crib and its going to look amazing because we picked out some great colors and patterns!! :) I'm super excited about it all!!

While we were in Austin, Ladd and his Dad stayed back and cut out letters for the baby's name. Well Ladd got a little crafty and went over board and made a great wall hanging. It took him longer than expected and we didn't leave until late Sunday instead of Saturday night. Which is ok because everything looks great!!

Ladd and his dad cutting out the letters at Eric's wood/cabinet shop.

I volunteered to help paint the letters but the brush I was using wasnt doing it for Ladd so I was soon kicked off of painting. His brush made it look more rustic I think..??

The finished product. We have no idea where we are going to hang it but it looks really awesome!!

On the other hand, Ladd's mom went overboard AGAIN and went baby crazy! She went to a garage sale of her really good friend's and bought TONS of clothes that all look brand new!! Apparently everything was only worn like once or twice. Some haven't even been worn at all!! So we have at least 40+ outfits now and I'm so excited. I cant wait to get back from dinner and hang them all. Mrs. Moehnke even went crazy when we went to Babies-R-Us and bought a great swing! Everything is slowing coming together piece by piece and its getting so close!! 3 MONTHS and counting..

Ok and another thing that has happened and I haven't wrote about it yet. We bought a CRIB!! Yay!! Well when we first took it out of the box the back sleigh part was scratched and dented and it looked like poo!! Seriously, but Ladd was like we can make it work and I was like no we paid for this and I want it to look new not used and banged up. So we went back to Target for something and I wanted to see if we could do any thing about it and the customer service lady had that I don't care attitude and totally pulled a crib off the shelf and took the pieces we wanted out of it and said we could just take them and not worry about bringing back the other ones. So we have extra parts just in case something happens.. Yay!! Now all we need is the bedding but we have to wait because Ladd's mom is making it all!! Yay!

Ladd is putting together the crib. For some reason there was only one yellow bar for the bottom and we had no idea what the significance was, so we put it in the middle just in case it was "stronger" or something..??

The baby crib.

Be cool STAY IN SCHOOL!!

2008-06-18T14:44:00.001-07:00

Ok everyone that attends college knows that graduations is sooo exciting!! Well all I can think about is having Jellybean in October, then being able to graduate in December!! Ok so nobody really thinks about the downside of graduation. SCHOOL LOANS!! Oh yeah they lurk with all of us or at least with me. Well a lot of my lenders think I have already graduated bc my expected graduation date was suppose to be in May. Well if you have attended Texas A&M NOBODY graduates on time!! NOBODY!!! Well I got my first repayment book in the mail for 2 loans that where consolidated. HAHA!! Made me cry, literally. Don't know if its the hormones from being pregnant or what but the amount in the top right corner under the words Amount Due scared the living day lights out of me. If just 2 of my loans (which have been consolidated into one) will cost this much each month, I really don't want to know how much all my other loans consolidated will be a month. Oh man this really overwhelmed me I freaked out!! The only thing I could think of was the phrase: STAY IN SCHOOL!! haha!! I wasn't going to go to Nursing school right after I graduated. I wanted to stay home and take care of Jellybean for at least a semester or two, then Apply for Nursing school in spring 09 making me attend classes hopefully by Fall. I just don't know if I will be able to handle a growing family plus extra school loans and me not really having a job. So I am seriously considering going to Nursing school immediately after graduation, so we can get on our feet (with Ladd's job) before we have to start on my school debt nightmares!! I mean as soon as I finish Nursing school, I don't think I will be overwhelmed and we (Ladd, me and Jellybean) will be able to handle everything way better considering we will be well on our way to nesting and finding a permanent home/town. :)

Dr. Appt @ 24 weeks

2008-06-17T20:26:00.000-07:00

Ok so my day started off good!! Yay.. 8am I found out my grade to that super hard test, 73, which is A~M~A~Z~I~N~G!!! Concidering the average was I think 79 ish?? So relieved because I just knew it was going to be super bad.

Alright Jellybean news. Well I have yet to treat my self to that yummy drink you have to drink for diabetes testing. That comes next time and Im not looking forward to it. And all I can say about weight gain, Im healthy :) Everything else looks amazing too!! Jellybean's heart is beating very well and my blood pressure is good. Jellybean weighs approximately 1 pound and 6 ounces. Dr. Smith said that by this he is a week off due date, the computer calculated with all the measurements and weight that the due date will be Oct. 1st!! Which is fine with me thats just 2 weeks sooner I get to see my baby!! Yay!! Just everything went real well today and I am a happy camper!! :) :):):) Here are some ultrasound pics. Im not putting up new belly pics till the beginning of the month. So here are Jellybean's snap shots at 24 weeks (but in reality 25!!!)

Ok so the top left 2 are just pictures of his face and right hand. The top right 2 are pictures of his long spinal cord (top) and his leg and foot (bottom). Then the center 2 you really cant tell but the top one contains the sex. Kinda have to bare with me while I explain it. He is sitting Indian style kind of with his legs out to the left. You can see his two butt cheeks on the right side of the screen. Well there is a small protruding thing in between the two butt cheeks. :) Yeup hes a boy alright!! The ultrasound tech said that he will be a proud man :) :) Haha. And the bottom picture is just a really cool one because you can see his hand and every bone in it!! Kinda looks like a foot on the right side.

Over the first Hurdle..

2008-06-16T21:06:00.000-07:00

Ok so I have NEVER studied so hard in my life. LITERALLY spent 2 days in the library. While everyone else was out doing summer things i.e. the lake or swimming pool or just being lazy, I was at WCL Friday night, ALL DAY Saturday AND Sunday!! I'm not going to complain too much because I did know majority of the test. Its just I was so scared of this test, which was in my Human Diseases class, one of the hardest classes of my major (the other one being Drugs taught by the same prof). Anyways I feel pretty confident about it but I know whats probably going to happen!! I feel amazing about what I had accomplished and then when I get my test back its going to have a big fat D on it!! Hate those moments, but I'm going to keep my spirits up bc I really think I did well.

Anyways, as soon as I got home from my test I laid down with relief and slept till 130 and then I went to Yoga at 2 :) And after that I came back home and fell back to sleep. Haha.. Yeah if it wasn't for the pool of drool I was laying in I probably would be still asleep. :) But over all I say it was a good nap :) Now I'm probably not going to be able to go back to sleep. Oh well at least I'm caught up on sleep.

Ok some Ladd news. Well he worked his last week of nights last week, Wednesday being his last morning. We kinda didn't see each other very much over the past few days bc like I said I lived at the library. Well while I was at WCL, Ladd went riding with my little brother a few times. Never thought I would see the day when Ladd would come back from riding HURTING!! Apparently, I didn't get the whole story, Ladd wiped out pretty good. Sad to say my little brother did too and has a huge strawberry on his back/shoulder from it. Anyways, Ladd had to leave Sunday morning early to catch a flight in Houston to go to Odessa for a week in Logging school. :( I miss him dearly considering I didn't get the normal week off with him. Usually I can handle it but having barely 1 full day bw weeks wasn't enough. But he comes back Saturday afternoon and I cant wait to see him!! Oh did I forget to mention the fact he will be missing tomorrows ultrasound. Yeah I'm 24 weeks and this was suppose to be the big one if we didn't already peek. He is going to miss it and I'm super bummed about it. I don't like going alone so I asked my close friend Jennifer to come with me and she is super excited!! Hopefully I can bring the video from the last ultrasound and they can tape it so Ladd can watch when he gets back.

Anyways, Ill have more Jellybean news tomorrow after the Doctors appointment. :) And lets keep our fingers crossed that the 17week ultrasound was right and Jellybean is still a boy!!

Relaxing Weekend

2008-06-02T20:34:00.000-07:00

So this past weekend we were suppose to go to Rockport. Well after actually looking how far it was and how EXPENSIVE gas is, we decided not to go. :( Instead we had a pretty laid back weekend in Houston with our friends Brad and Ragan, ALWAYS a nice hotel with great amenities!! :)

Well, Friday night Ladd and I cooked. Actually I cooked and Ladd just 'mashed' potatoes. He is always a good help when it come to the not so joyous things, i.e. peeling a SACK of potatoes. Well we bought a pork tenderloin and it said to only cook it for about 40 minutes. Well Ive never cooked one before so after 40 min only the outside was cooked completely raw in the middle. So dinner didn't happen till around 10 because we had to cook it for an extra hour. :(

Saturday morning I slept in while Ladd and my little brother, Ryan, went to Lake Bryan to ride bikes. When they got back Ladd and I headed to Houston. Later that day we went to Katy Mills Mall to go to Bass Pro Shop. It was fun because we all got a chance to look at baby clothes together at different baby stores. :) The funniest thing is when you hear Brad say in the cutest, highest pitch voice, "Awe, Isn't this just the cutest!!" Then we went swimming at Ragan's parents house. Do have to say, it felt AMAZING!

Sunday was kinda super lazy day. Again I slept in. When I got up and when the Jamesons got home from church, we all went out to eat at Willie's Ice House. Later we watched some good Aggie Softball :) WHOOP! After every ones nap, we took the dog to the "Canine Recreational Center." (Park- bc Rudder goes nuts even if you spell out Park) It was super hot but DaKota and Rudder had tons of fun swimming and playing fetch. Then when the dogs out lasted/ran Brad, we all headed back to cook dinner and watch the rematch game of the Florida Gators vs. Texas A&M Aggies. We won :) "We goin' to the SHIP, We goin' to the SHIP!!" Late that night after the game Ladd and I drove home and I passed out after a good Palmer's "Stretch Mark" Lotion rub down. :) Thanks to my wonderful Fiance!! :) Love him!!

Jellybean Baby Bump Update

Not much change. :(

First Week of Summer School..

2008-05-29T13:55:00.000-07:00

Ok so waking up at 7 am every morning isn't the toughest part of my school week. Actually that's the easy part. The hard part is getting from Kyle field to the Chemical Engineering building in 20 minutes. I would say it would be a piece of crumb cake for a normal person but 5 months pregnant and close to 100 degree weather!! Yeah right! The first day of school, my 8 am prof just kept talking and was 5 min late in letting us out. So I was like GREAT! So my friend, Jordyn and I realized we had the same class. So we basically hauled butt to get there on time. I'm talking speeeeed walking!! We got there just at 10 am (which is when class started). Well that prof I guess started early because she was already half way through the syllabus. I was like WTF!! So as soon as class was out I called my doctor and asked him if it was ok to ride a bicycle across campus. He said it would be fine just keep hydrated. So that night after yoga class, I loaded up my bicycle (Ladd was at work and I had help from my friend Hunter) and took it up to campus. Wednesday was much easier riding my bike even though I was super sore from speed walking the day before. So in conclusion by Wednesday night I was super exhausted! Like I have NEVER felt this exhausted before in my life!! Believe it or not I actually went to bed before midnight!!

So one thing I am super excited about summer school is that I'm taking a yoga class! Well 2 days of the week we do lecture and 2 days we do yoga. Today we did our first yoga positions. Some of them felt great and there is just this one that killed me!! Its that table top position. I tried my hardest to maintain the position but after a few seconds all I could think about was Jellybean and my aching stomach. I had told my instructor that i was pregnant the first day of class and she said if there was any modifications to any position that would benefit/affect me, she would tell me. So since she hadn't told me that this is one i couldn't do, i did my own modification :) Anyways all in all it was a very relaxing time and i enjoyed it!!

OOOh another thing i found out about summer school. I thought i was going to get at least a week break bw summer sessions.. Um no. Its like I take finals for summer 1 session on a Monday, and summer 2 starts the next day, Tuesday!! So basically I will be going to school from 8 am to noon all summer :(

A little bit of Jellybean news, he is moving around A LOT more. It seems like everytime i lay down at night he wants to wake up. He just seriously throws a fit! The week that Ladd was at work I would tell him about it and he was just in shock when he actually got to feel it. Its like he makes my whole stomach move. Then every now and then if you watch it close you can actually see a small bump or one time I actually saw the elbow or knee move across my tummy! Its great! I cant wait to see him on the ultrasound next Doctors apt. on the 17th.

Dr. Apt @ 20 weeks

2008-05-20T23:09:00.000-07:00

Well Jellybean is doing great. Going into the Doctors office I was very afraid of my iron count being low along with other things considering I have been taking Flintstone vitamins instead of prenatal. But the Doctor said everything looks good and the heartbeat is GREAT! He said at 20 weeks the top of the uterus should be right at my belly button. We also told him we peeked a little early and he just smiled. Which is a relief because I thought he would be a little upset or whatnot because he wanted to wait till 24 weeks.

Anyways, Ladd and I have been just been real busy all weekend. Lets see, Sunday we drove down to Houston and went to Herman Park downtown and took some beautiful engagement pictures. James Massey has a very nice, professional like camera that can take like a ka-ba-gillion pictures at a time. So in our pool of pictures you can see a progression of one shot and its SOO cool. None the less we got some 40 amazing pictures out of like maybe 200+. Now we just need to print them out and send them out to everyone. By the way James had an amazing assistant, his wife Bethany helped out with positioning us and making sure everything in the picture looked great.

Sunday was a nice, relaxing day. Walked through the park and watched a "free spirit" dance and go loony in the middle of the park's main lounge area. Quite entertaining for our water break.

On Monday we slept in kind of late. Before we went to bed I asked Ladd if we should set an alarm. All he said was, "We should be ok, the sun will come through and wake us up." Well we didn't wake up till noon. Haha.. but we were off and registering soon enough. We went to Babies-R-Us first, who knew registering for things is so much fun. Ladd got to run the gun first and I got to handle the listand it went fairly fast. Then we headed off to Target to register for the small things. In Target I got to run the gun and you know me, I'm trigger happy and register for stuff like diapers and wipes and one-sies and tons of fun stuff while Ladd was wondering off looking at other things and talking on the phone. :) All and in all, we had tons of fun and I cant wait to see what we get.

Holy Moly.. Its been a while!!

2008-05-17T23:44:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys for not keeping this up to date but Ladd and I have been SOOO busy!! But we sat down together and have made a list of things we want to update yall on. So far the pregnancy is going great. After I hit the 2nd trimester mark I have been feeling so much better. I have been eating things like they have been going out of style (in moderation). Like for the first 2 weeks I craved nothing but Taco Bell and then after that it was Raising Cane's.

Well since our Doctor doesn't want to do the next ultrasound till 24 weeks, and if you know me I'm not the most patient person in the world, we got access to an ultrasound technician at 17 weeks. It was really cool because we where in there for over 30 minutes looking at the little one, we even got a video tape of it all.

After about 7 minutes we saw plain and clear that Jellybean is a BOY!! Later that week Ladd felt him kick and move for the first time, his eyes lit up like a little kid in a candy store. Between going camping, weddings, and clothes shopping, Jellybean has been super active, and yes my baby bump is starting to make an appearance. I can finally wear maternity shirts and actually look pregnant and not just fat. Clothes shopping has been a hoot. I love the maternity, stretchy pants!! They are amazing and comfy!! Kinda sad I hadn't discovered these before I got pregnant!!

On wrapping this up and not making it too long, Ladd and I are going to go to Houston on Sunday and take engagement pictures, thanks to James and Bethany and on Monday we are registering at Babies-R-Us and Target. Feel free to pull together and buy large items (hint hint) rocking chair (Babies-R-Us).

This one is for you Brad and Ragan!!

Doctors Appointment @ 15 wks

2008-04-22T10:44:00.000-07:00

Well Ladd and I just got back from out doctors appointment. We went in wanting to find out the sex of Jellybean but we didn't have an ultrasound scheduled, so we didn't have one. Dr. Smith said he really wanted to wait to do the next ultrasound until after 22 weeks so he can measure and see the growth of the body and head. So this morning we just had a Doppler, which is where they just listen to the heartbeat, and while we were listening we heard Jellybean kick a few times. Hearing a heart beat is great but not as good as actually seeing the baby on a screen! So I guess we wont announce the sex until after 22 weeks which is a while from now.

Another thing I need to update you guys on is that Ladd and I have finally moved in together. The apartment is kinda small but I think its just that way because there is still tons of boxes laying around with junk in them. Things that I think we should go through and chunk bc a lot of it look likes plain ol' junk. Haven't really decorated yet, kinda waiting for Ladd to finish putting together the entertainment center. Another thing is we have SOOO many picture frames! I have no idea where I'm going to put them all!! I just hate moving and it takes me a while to get into the decorating/fixing things up mood. I am going to mention that we got the "baby's room" done except for wall hangy things, but the spare bed is set up, the computer desk and computer is set up and a corner is cleaned out for the soon to be crib.

Another cute thing that happened was our first night the kitchen tabel was still piled high with boxes and food for the pantry that we had no where to eat. Not to mention that fact Ladd still hadnt figured out how to put the entertainment center back together. So our first dinner consisted of eating on top of a box and watching Jumanji off the computer!! Love it!!

Another dilemma we had was we had no pantry. And after combining Ladd and I's kitchen things we had no room in the cabinets for a 'pantry'. So we looked all over for a makeshift pantry. Finally at Target we found a metal shelf and when we got home and put it together it was HUGE!! So I took it back and got something that looks great and is small enough. Yay!! But other than that things are going great!! Now I'm just looking for another job, something that is easy and keeps me off my feet, unlike Carinos which ran me ragged. Any ways Ill keep you updated more :)

Heres the Downlow~~~>

2008-04-15T10:22:00.000-07:00

Ok here it is for all you people that don't know whats going on. I am very excited to call Ladd my fiance. Over spring break we went to Cancun. Of course we planned this trip thinking we were going to get crazy drunk everyday and have tons of fun in the sun. Well around February 8th a little surprise changed our lives. The day after my birthday we, or rather I took a pregnancy test *bc that little fairy never visited*. Well surprise surprise!! It was a crazy, shocking birthday present, a little sceptical at first, but we are proud to announce we are going to be parents on October 11th.

Our next doctors appointment is on the 22nd and we are praying we will find out if it is a boy or girl. We have been hearing so many different stories from different people saying when its too early to tell. Hopefully by 15 weeks and a few days we will be able to tell something!! We're getting so antsy because we really want to start registering and buying things for the nursery. I am even antsier about when I'm going to start showing. I'm in that stage where I just look like I have that dreaded "tire" around my waist, not pregnant at all. But the thing is, I'm already growing out of my regular jeans and can hardly wear any of my athletic shorts. So things are getting a little snug which means Jellybean (what we named the baby till its born) is growing everyday!! Ill keep you posted on Jellybean as we find out more.

Back to Ladd "popping the question". Well since Jellybean has made a huge impact on our lives, we discussed marriage and rings and whatnot. I kind of knew it was coming but didn't know when or where. So it was the last day in sunny Cancun (FYI the last day was the only sunny day all the other days were gloomy and rainy and kind of chilly), and we were walking along the beach taking some last minute pictures and just admiring the gorgeous blue water. That's when Ladd turned to me and said, "Oh, there is one last thing I want to give you", and then he reached into his pocket and pulls out that little blue box and asks me to marry him. I'm not going to lie, I had butterflies and was super excited!! That put the icing on the cake for the trip, considering the weather and that I was somewhat sick the majority of the time. I had fun and now I'm engaged with a family on the way. I know its a little backwards but I don't think God puts responsibility on shoulders of people who cant handle it. I am definitely ready for everything life has to give me!!

-Ashley

My First Blog.

2008-04-15T00:53:00.000-07:00

Alright Ragan here we are!! Yay!! Still trying to figure out all the crazyness of this cool new website. Its not your oh so famous facebook or myspace but definately a good place to start Ladd and I's life story. Haha!! Love it! Im gonna go play around some more another post to follow!!

-Ashley