"Love Bug"

Let's hope the doctor is right and we're having a girl. If not, let's hope it's still cool for guys to like pink come April. This is the bedding I've chosen for our new little girl. It is so sweet and girly and I love the chocolate and soft pink together! The polka-dots make it fun too. It is Carter's new Love Bug collection.
Below is a picture of the whole collection, which all together I think is a little obnoxious. It is hard to see the details in this one, that's why I put the first picture up.
We've moved "grandpa's dresser" into the baby's room and have traded cribs with Jordan's parents so the nursery will have dark woods to blend with the bedding. I think it will look really classy when we're done. I just wish I had Sue G. here in Winters to help me with the walls. (Hi, Sue! Hope you stopped by to check on us.)

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday and all is well. I also confirmed that my due date suspicions were correct. He first told me May 6, but the math didn't add up to our experiences. I didn't think he was way off, but a week or two late. Well, based on our ultrasound, the measurements are showing a due date of April 26. He said it's not a great enough variance to change the original due date, but we'd keep an eye on things. He's just afraid to admit that he was wrong and I was right! Ha! I guess the truth is that time will tell, but in the meantime, I'm going to update the ticker with MY due date :o)

Big Girl Bed

This past Saturday we moved Jenae into her "big sister" room, formerly known as the guest/junk/office/storage room. We got the bed set up and all her clothes and toys moved over...still not officialy decorated, but she's not complaining. In fact, she loves it! She is so proud of her big bed and pink light. She plays in her room a lot more since there's more floor space. And, the part I love, her naps have been so long in her new bed. Makes me wonder if she really felt that cramped in the crib.
She has done better than I imagined she would. The very first night, she'd been down about 40 minutes when she appeared in the living room. We put her back in bed and that was it. Since then she naps well and has never gotten "up" once she's gone down for the night. Now, even when I ask if she's ready for her nap or if she's ready to go lay down, she says "yes" and runs to her room.
I can't wait to get her room finished so we can get to work on the new nursery. I'm really excited about it too.
First nap in the big bed.

It's a...

We had our detailed ultrasound the Wednesday before Christmas and had the doctor seal the gender in an envelope so we could have a Christmas surprise. We opened the envelope at Disney on Christmas Day. I was really surprised! My health has been so different this time that I was just convinced it had to be a boy. Once we got over the "shock" of being wrong...I mean, how often does that happen?!...we are very excited. I'm glad I'll get to use all those storage boxes of Jenae's clothes that I've kept out in the garage. It will be fun to have sisters in the house. It just means double the hair bows, tea sets and Barbie dolls. Matching dresses for pictures. Sharing a bedroom. And double the giggles, hugs and kisses. We can't wait!

Disney Christmas

We simply had a magical time at Disney World this Christmas. We were actually in Magic Kingdom on Christmas Day. So much fun! Between all the family photographers, there are hundreds of pictures that I am sorting through. There will be more, but for now enjoy the castle.

Christmas Lunch

Christmas Cutie!
It was fun to have most of the family with us for Sunday lunch. (Jason and Amy were already at Disney.) It wasn't too fancy...I mean, I served taco salads...but everyone had places to go and things to do before we got on the plane at 6:00am the next morning.

I just love my house at Christmas and so it is great for me to get to share it with others.
The table.
The place setting.
The family: (L to R) Mimommie, Shasha, Jenae, John, Gaylene, Jordan and Debbie. Thanks to Boppa for taking the picture.
Jenae and the family dog, Reyna Belle.

Christmas Morning at Home

For the first time in our married lives...yes, I know, all four years of it...we actually had a Christmas celebration at home. It was so nice. We were having such a hectic week leading up to our Christmas trip that it was nice to take a break and just enjoy being together.
Checking out her stocking:
Jenae's present for her Daddy. A "how-to-draw" Spiderman book.
Jordan's gift for me. A parafin spa. Can't wait to use it!
Jenae and Momma looking at our new sticker book.
What is it?
She was so neat and serious in her unwrapping. Every little scrap of paper had to be placed in the trash before she would unwrap more. It took a while, but was very sweet.
Yea! A new purse!

Can you tell we were trying to get her ready for the big trip? She needed her princess dress. Jordan wanted so badly to give this to her and at first she was not too interested. I felt sorry for him. By the end of the morning she had it and all the accessories on. And since our Disney trip it is the gift that is getting the most use. She loves it and especially the earrings that came with the tiara.It's Mickey and Minnie!
We are ready to go!!
Helping Daddy build the new play house.
Come on in! It's great inside.
Jenae and Daddy
Our little princess.

Mimommie's House

We spent my birthday weekend in Lubbock with Mimommie. She always treats us so well. She had her house all decorated and even had a "fire" going. Jordan and I got to do a little more Christmas shopping and we went to see a movie...in a theater! I don't remember the last time we did that. We saw "Enchanted" and loved it! Of course, we were already in the "princess" mode as we were gearing up for DisneyWorld.

Jenae always has a great time playing with Mimommie. They always paint their nails and find lots of fun things to do. This weekend there was just enough snow for a Jenae-sized snowman.
And nothing beats a good winter nap in Mimommie's lap:

Mimommie also took us to a place called Holland Gardens. It was incredible! The whole store was Christmas things. All the trees had a different theme. It was so fun to look at all the wonderful decorations. Jenae was pretty impressed too!



Perhaps one of the best parts of this outing is that we ended up with a family photo deemed worthy enough for the Christmas card this year. Thanks, Mimommie, for taking care of that chore for us!
On the way home Jenae found a new use for a pair of gloves. Simple pleasures!

Sweet Baby Jesus