Thursday, September 24, 2009

Green Eggs & Ham

This past weekend my brother John David had his bachelor party in Port Aransas, which Ryan attended. Since I was a little worried about staying home alone with Aiden after the previous week's false labor episode (and my mom had ballet tickets!), Aiden and I had Ryan drop us off at my mom and dad's house in Mo. City on his way. Always the drama queen, Lucy gave me a bit of a scare Friday night/Saturday morning, but after talking with my doctor I decided to stay at my parents' (2 hours away from my doc & hospital...) until Sunday when Ryan came back. Luckily, my "signs" subsided by Saturday afternoon, and mom and I were able to enjoy the Houston Ballet's production of Manon Saturday night.

Aiden received a Green Eggs & Ham dvd for his birthday, so Grandmommy decided to make him green eggs and ham for breakfast Saturday morning. As you can see, they were a hit with Aiden and Grandaddy!

We are now about two weeks away from the scheduled arrival of Lucy, but I have no idea if I will make it that long. At my appointment Monday everything looked okay, but I was measuring 2 weeks bigger than I am. My doctor estimated she weighs about 7 lbs. now....uggghhh! Aiden only weighed 7lbs. 2oz. when he was born!! I would like to at least make it through next week, but I realize I don't have a ton of control over the situation....we'll just wait & see what happens :)







Monday, September 14, 2009

Our little Aiden turned 3 on Thursday. It's really hard to believe that three years have gone by so quickly!



Unfortunately, Aiden's actual birthday was overshadowed by his yet-to-be-born little sister. Wednesday night I decided to stay at Mike & Elizabeth's house because Ryan had to drive to Dallas for the night for an early meeting Thursday. It's a good thing that I was cautious because I woke up at 3 am having contractions every 6-7 minutes. I waited an hour, called my doctor, called Ryan, and woke Elizabeth to drive me to the hospital. I ended up staying until about 2:30 that afternoon, went through a couple of IV's, and the contractions stopped. The explanation was that I must have been dehydrated or too active, which started the contractions. So, I am supposed to stay hydrated and take it easy (not sure how that happens with a 3-year-old!) so that Lucy stays put until October.

Elizabeth was wonderful, and kept Aiden and Zachary all day Thursday. They went to the park and got to play, and Elizabeth even wrapped Aiden's gifts for me and baked his cake. We had a small family party Thursday night, and then a bigger event Friday!

A bunch of us went to Playhouse Disney Live Friday night to see Mickey & friends, Winnie the Pooh & Tigger, Little Einsteins, and Handy Manny. The kids had a blast, and we came back to the house for cake, ice cream, and presents afterwards.

Saturday the guys started putting together Aiden's swing set (a gift from all the grandparents). They worked until about 9:00, then started back up and finished Sunday. It was a rainy weekend, so they did a lot of assembly in the garage and then moved parts to the backyard. Aiden was very excited about his new slide and swings, and once it dries up some we'll have to have Zachary over to check it out with him!

We also got some more things on the wall in Lucy's room. I had ordered a wall quote for the wall above her bed. I like the quote and font, but the color came out bright pink even though I ordered SOFT pink! I haven't decided what to do about it...I'm really not happy with the color because it doesn't match at all, but I don't know what to do instead. It does look better in the picture than in person.

Here are some pictures from Aiden's birthday weekend!