Sunday School Fun!

Our sunday school class at CFBC threw an amazing baby shower this morning! I couldn't wait to post about it. We had an array of breakfast items from fresh fruit, casseroles, quiches, cinnamon cakes, and muffins. It was SO yummy and I loved it! Here are some pics below of us hangin out. Thanks gals, I love you!!Chowin' down...the food was so delicious!

Hangin out and attempting the baby word scramble game

Decor on the food table, I love the slate with chalk writing!

Opening Gifts

The hostess' and I: Margaret, Courtney, Michelle, Ashley, Jodi, and Rachel

Alia and I...we are exactly 4 weeks apart! She is due July 20th, so he will be here soon!

Babymoon in Sugarland, TX

So, many of you are saying, "What's a babymoon?" WELL...it is similiar to a Honeymoon, but a trip you get to take prior to a new baby to celebrate as a couple before someone new enters the family! So, since we can't travel far...we went to Sugarland! It was an amazing trip! We had very little planned (which was relaxing), but still did SO MUCH! We stayed in the Marriot on Town Square and had a blast! We ate at amazing places every night, had massages, facials, swam at the pool, went shopping, went to the movies, and did I mention EATING??? The pictures below say it all! Now it is time to get back on task and make those final preparations for Cade's Arrival! You can also see what Cade has been up to this week down below!City Hall (the view out our window from hotel!) Shopping

We created our own lotion at Bath Junkie for the hospital...I am thinking it will be some magical massage lotion that will just make Cade pop right out without any pain or problems! PLEASE do not tell me otherwise!

Going out for a nice dinner at "The Burning Pear"

My Belly at 34 weeks!

Let me introduce you to a new frozen yogurt place called "Swirl". Unfortunately, we patroned this place WAY TOO MUCH!! Even if we were stuffed, we still managed to pick our cup and fill it with everything we wanted...then you pay $.43 per ounce. WARNING: the picture below contains $16 worth of frozen yogurt and toppings...but SO WORTH IT!
Wish I was eating this RIGHT NOW....

This pic shows exactly HOW FULL we were when we returned to our hotel one night after dinner and "Swirl"...in an attempt to open our hotel door, Charles dropped his wallet. I was NOT going to bend over and pick it up...and since Charles' belly was just as big as mine by this point...we decided the best option was to kick it down the hall and into our room! Hey...whatever works, right?! We did pick it up eventually the next morning!

As we were leaving Sugarland, we made a detour to take a pic with my best friends lil brother. This is Jordan in the Chick-Fil-A cow costume. I do not think he was pariticularly excited for us to take his pic...but we enjoyed seeing him!

Ok, this is a picture of me looking down at my belly this morning at Starbucks. Cade loves to lay sideways and make my belly look like a cone! So, here he is making his presence known and making what I call, "Cade's Cone"!

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Here is Cade's busy week:

"Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. His fat layers — which will help regulate his body temperature once he's born — are filling him out, making him rounder. His skin is also smoother than ever. His central nervous system is maturing and his lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies." -BabyCenter.com

Happy 4th of July Weekend!

We had a great weekend celebrating July 4th! We did it right by swimming, eating, spending time with Fam, listening to music at Cynthia Woods Pavillion, and watching Fireworks! We enjoyed the weekend and will not forget all the men and women who sacrificed their own freedom so that we could enjoy ours. Anyone thinking of the Toby Keith Song??...just wondering! God Bless America!

Dinner with friends!

We were lucky this week for several reasons! First of all, we were able to meet up with friends twice for dinner this week. One night we went to Red Robin with the Gonzalez' and the Silvios' from our Sunday School class. It was great and since Alia and I are both Pregnant...Lindsay got grilled with questions all night! :) So, it turned out to be qutie informational!

Then, we also got to go to Texas Roadhouse (yummy!) with a friend of mine from High School, Candice Shubert...now Reyes! It was so nice to meet her hubby and see pics of her children. We loved catching up and plan to meet again soon. It is always a blessing to see old friends and hear how God has blessed their lives!


Also in the news this week, Charles completed his summer school as an administrator (so he will officially be off during the day!), and this was also his last week with his Dr. classes at U of H. So, he can actually start to enjoy a real summer now! I am so happy for him. He is such a hard worker and deserves it!
Finally, this is what Cade has been up to this week according to BabyCenter.com!
"This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood."

Partying like it's 1999...

So, this last weekend was also my 10 year HS reunion! Did I mention our lives have not slowed down yet? It is hard to believe it has been 10 years, I feel old...but I guess the fact of life is that we all get older! Anyway, we had a great picnic Saturday afternoon for families, and then a great dinner party Saturday night at the Country Club. I graduated with almost 700 people, and we had a great turn out at all events. The pics below say it all, so check out the slide show! :) Cade had a great time moving all weekend so that I did not forget he is really the center of attention! It was so much fun to see everyone and spend time with my best friend Jeff and his wife Karis! It was a weekend we won't forget! Go RRHS DRAGONS!

Charles' Family Reunion

Every year in June, Charles' extended family has a reunion in Fredericksburg, TX. It is always a blast and we love seeing everyone. Unfortunately, this year was cut short as my HS reunion was the same weekend. We were able to make it down there Friday night for dinner and hugs. Here are a few pics of the family!

This is the quilt that "Mam-ee" made for Baby Cade! Mam-ee is Charles' Great Grandma!


Here is Mam-ee feeling Cade move and then she was quoting scripture to him. She is such a wonderful woman of God! She did actually get to feel him move, and we were so excited! Look at that BIG belly!


Charles and his lil brothers Corey and Christopher. This is a rare momment with them all smiling!


Charles' Mom Cindy on the far right, and her sisters Laura and Linda.

32 weeks along!

In case you haven't noticed, being Pregnant has not really slowed our schedule down...YET! We are still running crazy with Summer School and weekend events. Since we have not slowed down, neither has Cade. I think he is getting used to the hustle and bustle and trying to keep up! He continues to be VERY ACTIVE and we can see him rolling and kicking each day by just looking at my shirt! When he sticks an elbow, knee, or whatever it is poking out of my belly at us...he does not like it when we push back! He will generally respond by kicking back or rolling away to another part of the belly. It really makes us laugh. The down side to this is that MOMMY doesn't get much sleep! Just this week, I went 4 nights with minimal sleep before finally agreeing to take Tythenol PM. And it worked! I got 8 hours that night!! WHOO HOO!! So, as active as he is...here is an update of what exactly he was doing while he kept me up!

"By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, he'll gain a third to half of his birth weight during the next 7 weeks as he fattens up for survival outside the womb. He now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). His skin is becoming soft and smooth as he plumps up in preparation for birth."
-BabyCenter.com

(PS- Look Suzi, I changed it to he!! :) )