I've been tagged!!!

10 years ago: WOW!! I can't believe ten years ago I was a senior in high school at good ol CHS! Never would I have imagined that my husband would be coaching at AHS! That was the enemy! hmmmm....what was I doing....well, I know I was enduring many long, hard, grueling track workouts and doing the normal high school girly things....boyfriends, friends, and occasionally some homework here and there! Spring break of my senior year I went on a choir trip to London where I made some of the best memories of high school.

Things on my to-do list today: My brother is having surgery tomorrow, so I need to get a little goodie basket together for him to have with him while he lounges away the next couple of days.....and my dad's b-day is tomorrow ~ I have his gift, but I need to wrap it! That is about it on my list....unusual for my list to be short!!!

What would I do if I was suddenly became a Billionaire? I really think I would continue working...I love my job and can't imagine not being a teacher. I would like to do many things of "Paying it forward" as Oprah would say!

Three of my bad habits: - letting the dogs on the furniture ~ not the bed, but I have justified that it is ok for them to be on the love seat as long as a blanket is covering it....this could be bad once Caden gets here!
not getting up when the alarm goes off ~ and this morning I walked up right before the bell rang.....the closer to summer the harder this gets! and the good thing is pretty soon I won't be needing an alarm clock....I will have my own personal greeter in the morning!
I can't think of a third....and I don't want to think that hard!!!!

Five jobs I have had: Teacher, Receptionist at a Dermatologist's office, AYBA ref, and this is stretching it but a babysitter

Five things people don't know about me: -our house in Keller is finally leased again!!! YAY for not paying two mortgages anymore!!!!
I only have one more year of grad school left and I will take the test for principalship this summer!
Even though I have watched B play soccer in high school and college I have never really totally understood all the aspects of the game until the past probably two years ago~After games B and I stay up and watch video and discuss the game, since I come from a basketball, baseball family I have never been a soccer lover~ but I can honestly say I like soccer and look forward to watching or discussing it! (as long as it pertains to Brent) I can't say I would randomly turn on soccer and watch it like Brent does.
I love Big Brother;
and # 5 We get to see Mr. Caden again tomorrow!

I tag.....Shannon, Ally, Leigh Ann, and Flea

Bebe Update

I can't believe I am already 30 weeks!!! Time is flying! I think it helps that soccer is keeping us very busy!!! We painted his room last weekend, and the furniture came in. Brent spent a couple of evenings after team dinners and games getting it all put together! Mom is working hard on the bedding. She brought the bedskirt over yesterday and it looks great....she has to lengthen a couple of sides and then it is ready to go!!! Several have asked for pics...so here goes!

To keep all of you happy here is a belly pic!!

Room ~ Before

After

and the furniture ~ before

and after

the fabric ~ before

and after (kinda)

so can you tell my type A personality likes to see the before and after!!!

Getting our babies ready for baby!!!

For the past five years these two have been our babies! In three months, they will no longer be the babies!!! They will still be so special to us and we will love them just the same, and as much as I don't want them to not get all the attention anymore.... I know that they won't!!! I am not so sure how this is going to go over with them! Ele has an anxiety order (yes, I know she is a dog) but she has been diagnosed....she breaks out in hives and swells really bad! She doesn't handle change well at all! Adi, is just a princess....she doesn't think of herself as a dog, and she is going to have a rude awakening when she isn't allowed up in my lap all the time! My mom cut an article out of the paper last weekend about getting dogs ready for a baby! She knew we would need to read it because they are sooooo spoilt!!! We have already started a couple of changes, such as using the soaps and lotions occasionally that we will use on him so they will be used to the smell (plus I just love the smell of baby lotion) and we have already broken the habit of getting them out of our bed (this was harder on Brent and I than them)....but there are some things on the list that we refuse to do..... One of the suggestions is to carry around a babydoll so they can get use to seeing us with a baby....REALLY???? One thing that worked for my brother and sister-in-law was bringing home clothing that smelt like the baby from the hospital before bringing home the baby! We might try that also! Anyways, it was a very interesting article...with some great suggestions and some over the top suggestions! We are hoping the change won't be to hard on either one of them!

Update!

Well, an update has been requested by the blogstalker! I haven't posted because there isn't much to post about! Don't get to thinkin we haven't been busy, I just figure you don't want to here about soccer scores, team dinners, grad classes along with remodeling talk....but if you insist ~ here goes!!!

The lady eagles are 10 and 1! I am so proud of them and the coach!!! They are doing awesome! They went to a tourny in Stepenville (with the aliens) and took first place! We ended up losing one of our starters to a blown out knee, but other than that the weekend was great! I got to hang out with my cousin who goes to Tarleton and baby shop (at the few stores that are there) in between games! We never play anywhere that you can get right up next to the field, but that weekend you could....and I was so mad I didn't take my good camera that zooms far away, cause I could've gotten some really great pics!!! I guess I'll know next year!

The house is coming along....we hope to be done by the end of March so we can have a couple of weeks to relax before our little man gets here! When we aren't at a team dinner or soccer game we are at home slaving away....ok Brent is slaving away, and I am just helping here and there! I really can't take credit for all the work! He has been awesome! I will post before and after pics soon! We are going to paint the nursery this weekend...the furniture and fabric have been ordered! The plus is all the boxes are out of his room, so we can actually do something to it!!!

So I know it wasn't exciting & there wasn't many pics, but there is an update to satisfy~ for now!

We had a wonderful Christmas break! There wasn't much relaxing, but it was nice to be able to get more boxes unpacked and things put into place! We loved spending time with family and friends! We started out with a trip to Ft. Worth to spend Christmas with my grandparents, cousins, aunt and uncle. We always have so much fun with this group....my face hurt from laughing and smiling when we left. Those of you that know my Mamie know that she keeps everyone on there toes! They had a new puppy this year, so Cocoa had to be in the family picture!

Next was Christmas with our families. Since both of us are from A-town Christmas day can be pretty crazy. It all starts on Christmas Eve with FBC service with B's family. We then went home and had our Christmas together after midnight service. The girls loved their gifts!

It was so nice being able to have Christmas in our own house this year....not that the lakehouse wasn't a home away from home....it was just nice getting to be "home."

Then Christmas day was a whirlwind rush of going from house to house eating and opening gifts.....then eating more and opening gifts!!!! We started off first thing at my parent's house with gifts and Christmas breakfast!!!! It was fun to add another girl to the fam this year!

Yes, as you can tell T.J can't be normal in a picture!!! Believe it or not this was the best one.... somehow he is doing something is all of them!!! In one he is holding up a rake that my dad got for Christmas!!!

Then off to B's parents for gifts. The best part is watching the kiddos! I love the pure excitement!

Then off to my grandparents for more!!! Somehow this was the only shot I got over there! My uncle takes great pics, so I just left the picture taking up to him.Christmas night B and I dropped dead in our beds! It was fun, but always tiring!!!! Our favorite Christmas gift this year is Mr. Caden Thomas! (Even though most of you know the name I don't think I have officially posted the name so.. there ya go!) We are so thankful for him and he isn't even here yet!

My favorite ornament this year! We have a little tradition of getting each other an ornament every year. Here is Caden's first!

We enjoyed the rest of our break. It was mainly filled with house stuff! We are getting slowly settled in. I don't have many boxes left and the kitchen is finally useable! We got lots of stuff marked off the getting ready for baby list! We made two different trips to Ft. Worth to do some touch ups on our house there, and managed to shop for baby stuff and see some friends!

(Let me clarify!!!! Ally is NOT pregnant....we took a pic like this when she was prego so we wanted to duplicate while I was prego!)
Hope everyone enjoyed your holiday! For us, it is on to soccer!!!!

She's All Done

This past weekend we went down for Chandra's graduation from Tarleton. I know she is so glad to be finished with school and is looking forward to finding a teaching/coaching job next year! I remember that feeling when you are finally done with school....it is such a weird feeling! Entering the real world where you can't choose what time the day starts or getting Tues/Thurs or M/W/F off! Anyways ~ enough reminiscing! We are so proud of her! Here are some pics!

The newlyweds being goofy!

We always tease T because when there is a camera he ALWAYS pulls a Chandler!!!!!

We took a family pic, but I can't find it on my camera or computer! Which makes me very sad!!

Not that you can miss the belly in the previous pic, here is an official belly picture for all of you belly watchers out there!!! It took a while but when I finally got one, it came in full force!!!

Are ya happy now????

I Don't Wanna Grow Up!!!

We had a great time this past weekend at G's 5th b-day party! It was at a place where they had huge bounce houses! There were these giant pits that had the balls that you play around in....except these balls were the size of basketballs! The guys had a great time playing dodge ball and seeing who could do a flip off the highest house! The little ones had a ball too! I am not sure who had more fun......the little boys or the big boys!!!! I guess you never really HAVE to grow up!!!

The birthday boy!!!!! I can't believe he is 5!!!!

BOY OH BOY!!!!!!!

That's right! It's a boy! We are thrilled!

And currently working on names!

We will let ya know when we are set in stone on one!

Have a great weekend!

Is it a

BOY or GIRL?????

We hope to find out Thursday!!!!

It is so interesting all the guesses you get and the reasons why! I have heard so many ol' wives tales....and who knows if any of them are correct??? I have some that I may believe in after we find out, and I am sure many of you believe in them because they were accurate for you! I have yet to become a believer of any of them, but I love hearing them and guessing!!! Here are some I have heard!

If you have to shave more often than not, it is a boy! (Meaning if you have more hair growth!) At first I felt like I did have an increase in hair growth, but now I don't feel like I have to shave as often. I don't know that I believe this one, because all of this hair growth, or lack thereof, could be based on prenatal vitamins!

If the heart rate is high it is a girl, low is a boy. Well, our nurse told us they like the heartbeat to be under 160. Ours was 158. If this one is true, 158 would be considered high in my book ~ girl.... but, I don't think I believe in this one either, even though my mother-in-law would swear by it!

Sweets ~ girl ; Salty ~ boy ; If this one is true it is a boy, because I have been a salty eater! I'll will take sweets, but not really my first choice.

If you gain weight all over ~ boy; if it is just in the belly ~ girl. This one holds true for the 6 people that have been pregnant at my school this year. I seem to think I have gained all over, however others tell me I am all belly.... (they may just be trying to be nice!)

And the chinese calendar may be the only one I believe. It says boy!

Anyone know any other ol' wives tales?

Take a guess...

Boy or Girl????

Thanksgiving Snow!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with lots of family and SNOW!!! It was a nice surprise! We bundled up and went and took pics in the snow! The boys did manage to get a snowball fight in, but I wanted no part! Luckily, no one ended up in the pool! I didn't take many pics cause we were so busy unpacking!!! You'd think after five days off I would have the house totally unpacked....but with two days gone for family and food and reminiscing over some of the stuff we haven't seen in two years.....there are still boxes everywhere!!!! You wanted pics so here are some pics! You can't see a bloomin thing because of all the boxes, but maybe this will satisfy you until they are unloaded!!! And for belly pics....well that is hard to do when you don't have a belly.....I am starting to get a little poochy, but still no belly....which is really weird cause I can feel our little soccer player ALL the time!!!

The kitchen in the tear up stage!!! We are still working on this part! I will have to post before and after shots later of the whole house!

The dining room!

Thanksgiving Pics!

A Little Bit of Randomness!!!

This school year has flown past! I have a wonderful class, and I enjoy them so much! Even though I love my job and kids, I am ready for a couple of days off! No rest for the weary though!!! We will be moving in to part of our house tomorrow! I can't believe it! I think we are officially crazy....the kitchen and bathrooms are still being renovated....but we are going to move in anyway! I am sooooo ready to have our stuff out of storage!!! We have a huge drop cloth sheet thing hanging in between the door of the kitchen and dining so the dust and fumes won't enter the rest of the house! With HSU going into post season play we got behind scheduling a little bit! We figured we better move this weekend since every other weekend is booked until Christmas with parties, graduations, and scouting trips! And AHS Soccer starts Monday!!!
If you know of anyone needing a home in the Keller area....we have one! The contract is up on our house for the family that has leased it for the past two years and they are moving out of state. We are willing to sale or lease! I am biased, I am sure, but it is a great home and great neighborhood.
And for baby news.....I have been feeling our little angel move lately! I love it! It is a wonderful feeling, and a constant reminder of the miracle going on inside of me! I have been feeling great and can't wait to find out if we will have a son or daughter! December 6 is the big day!!!!
Hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!

ACU Homecoming

I had a great time this weekend at homecoming! This was our five year reunion, so there was a bunch of us there! It was so great seeing everyone and their kids!!! I love how when I get back together with my roomies it's like we haven't been apart for five years! Here are some pics of the fun times!!!

Rommies at breakfast!

Pledge Class of 1999 ~ (or those that came to breakfast)

Having fun at the parade with roomies and their precious little ones!!!

Class of 2002 Reunion Dinner

I skipped out on the game for a much needed nap!!! It was a fun-filled day!!!