Happy Birthday to my Brother

I interupt my regularly scheduled blog to wish my brother a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! My brother and his wife live in DC so I don't get to see him very often now. I was lucky enough to see him last weekend. He was just in for 24 hours for fathers day and for a friends birthday. I picked him up from the airport on Saturday and we drove to my parents to surprise them. Im happy to say we pulled it off....BARELY. My mom was catching on quickly but she was pleasantly surprised. It was so good to see my brother and hang out. I probably won't get to see him again until MK is born so I cherish the time I have with him. Thank goodness for skype!! :) Oh and yes our birthdays are a day apart, but we are 3 years apart. He is the elder. haha :)

Happy Birthday OLD MAN!! :)

I will blog about my birthday weekend and showers this week too :) Mk got lots of goodies and so did I.

27 weeks and a sneak peek...

On Tuesday we had a doctors appointment and an ultrasound. We had a regular ultrasound to check on everything and make sure the baby looked good and to check on the ever growing fibroid. The fibroid continues to grow but luckily it is not over my cervix and doesn't seem to be affecting the baby. My doctor will continue to keep an eye on it. He hopes after I deliver it will disintegrate on its own. We were also able to squeeze in our 4d ultrasound. Technology is so amazing these days. Her heartbeat was 136. We fell even more in love with our baby girl when we were able to see her sweet face. The 4d ultrasound was amazing. We could see her sucking her thumb and she kept wanting to keep her hands up by her face. At one point she was playing with her feet, it was so cute. She has the fattest cheeks and prettiest lips. We were all shocked by how big her lips looked. My MIL asked the ultrasound tech if her lips really were that big. haha. Watch out Angelina Jolie, you are about to have some competition. It was by far the best day, Todd and I couldn't stop talking about how cute she was and it makes us even more excited for her arrival. We are truly blessed, I thank God every day for my precious miracle. We were able to get some great pictures of her. We think shes pretty cute. :) Oh and Mary Kathryn already weighs 2 pounds and 11 ounces. I can't believe it!!

Check out those lips. I am headed home this weekend for Fathers day. I am looking forward to spending the weekend with my family. I haven't seen them in about a month and my mom has never gotten to feel MK move. She moves all the time now and I can't wait for my mom to be able to feel her. We are also meeting my aunt this weekend. I am so excited to see her. I think she will be shocked as to how much I have grown since my brothers wedding. So far, I have gained 17 pounds total and my doctor says everything is measuring right on track. Overall I am still feeling great. I am just trying to stay cool in this heat. This is the hottest June ever and I am not just saying that because I am pregnant. Luckily I am putting my blow up pool to good use. :)

MK's bedding came in last night and I am in love. It is better than what I expected and it looks perfect. I am so excited about her room coming together. I promise to post pics when its completed. For now I will give you a sneak peek. We still have plenty to do in the room, slowly but surely its getting done.

A Cluster of Thoughts

We had a nice relaxing Memorial Day weekend. I wish every weekend was a 3 day weekend. It was so nice to spend 3 days with nothing to do with my hubby. We spent our days playing with our niece, shopping (including buying me a pool for the summer) and spending time with friends. Every summer we always buy a cheap blow up pool for me to sit in. It gets so hot here in Texas and with me being 6 months pregnant, it was definite must. We found one at big lots for $35 and it has seats in it. I spent most of the day Sunday after church lounging in my new little pool. It was nice and relaxing.

I also started a new book called Just Breathe by Susan Wiggs. It is has been in my night stand forever and I decided it would be a good summer read. I love to read but lately I have kind of gotten out of the habit. I have a night stand full of books but nothing has really peaked my interest. I can tell I am going to fly through this book. I can't put it down.

Mary Kathryn is wiggling and moving like crazy. I can literally feel her doing flip flops in my stomach. It is the neatest and wierdest thing. Of course as soon as I call Todd over to feel her or see her, she stops.......EVERY SINGLE TIME. I think she might be a little stubborn already and have a mind of her own. :) We only have 103 days or less until we get to see her sweet face. I cannot wait. I have dreams all the time of what she might look like. I think shes going to look like Todd but maybe have dark hair like me. We will get a peek at her in 2 weeks when I go back to the doctor for my monthly check up. Its hard to believe I am 2 weeks away from my 3rd trimester. Time is really starting to fly now and I would be lying if I didn't say, it makes me a little nervous.

Everyone is talking about their beach trips and being off for the summer and I am a little jealous. I wish I had a beach trip planned this summer. What I wouldn't do to go to a nice beach and stay in a cute little beach house. Its been quite some time since I have been to the beach and I definitely have the itch to go. I love summer time don't you. Sometimes I wish I was a teacher just to have the summers off. I am so jealous of all my teacher friends. Our summer is already booking up fast and it just started. I know it will fly by and MK will be here so soon. :)

Well enough of my random thoughts for the day. Hope you all are having a good 4 day work week. Don't you just wish every week was a 4 day work week. Now that would be nice. :)