9 weeks

This past Wednesday I had my 2nd doctor's appointment. It was only 2 weeks from my 1st, but I noticed a HUGE difference in the sonograms. On my first one, it was a tiny dot. On this one I could actually tell it was a little person! It was doing a head stand in this picture. At one point it looked like it was waving it's little hand. The doctor didn't say anything, but I noticed I gained 2 lbs since last time, which means 1 lb a week. I'm hoping it's just my normal fluctuating weight. Although every time I look at my stomach in the mirror I just look bloated. Lately I've still been feeling bad with the occasional throw up. I just got a nausea prescription filled today, so hopefully that will balance things out. Other than that, things look good!

Thieves

I worked from home today & when I went downstairs to get my laptop out of the car this is what I found. I actually went to the passenger door first to get my folder of notes & when I looked up I noticed the other window. That's when I realized that the laptop was gone. Some bleepedy bleep scoundrels took it! And it happened during the day! They had to have had some balls to do that, especially since there was no car blocking people's view. When he swiped it, he had to see all of my American Heart Association stuff. I can't believe he didn't even feel bad!

Here's the damage from a distance. Our car has never been broken into, so I was pretty surprised. Well I guess I've learned my lesson. Yes I know it was stupid to leave it in the car, but it was hidden. And he's more stupid than I am because he didn't even take my wallet out of the console. That would have been a way better deal for him. Oh well, sucker!

Camping

We went camping with Brian, Christina & Dominic last night at Brazos Bend State Park. It's known for its Alligators, as you can see above. Of course this was the one & only alligator we saw & we didn't even find it. Some nice people pointed it out to us.

Lane & Brian got a nice camp fire going. It was so nice & warm! Brian was nice enough to serenade us with his guitar.

My favorite part about camping is of course the smores! I actually only ate one & then I just stuck to the marshmallows. It got pretty chilly once the fire died down.

This raccoon was the highlight of the night. He was so sneaky coming around & opening the box where we kept the food. Then Lane started feeding him & he definitely wasn't going anywhere. In fact, he brought his posse along! Pretty soon we were surrounded by 3-4 raccoons. While I was sleeping I was woken up by them! Although I heard a different kind of sound which made me wonder if the alligators had wandered out of their swamp.

The next day we went on another trail in hopes to find some more gators, but no such luck! I think the weather was too cool for them to sunbathe. Thanks Brian, Christina & Dominic for roughing it with us in the woods!

Seattle

We went to Seattle for part of the holidays to visit my brother & his wife Jaymie. We had a fabulous time with them! I probably ate my weight in food, but I evened things out with all the yacking I did. Yes my body decided to give me my 1st dose of morning sickness pretty much the entire trip. We still managed to go anywhere a photo op presented itself. This time of year Seattle is cold & windy which did not mix with us. We would literally drive somewhere, run out to take a picture & then hop back into the car. Jaymie & Justin probably thought we were lame because every time they suggested we do something outdoors we were like "no thanks". This proves I could never live anywhere up north. One disclaimer about the pictures...We took about 70, but it was ridiculous how bad we looked in them, so I only came up with these.

This is a giant concrete troll that's located under a bridge. Jaymie says it was in the movie "10 Things I Hate About You".

Here I am on this awesome suspension bridge in Vancouver Canada! From it you can see this beautiful waterfall.

We all got to go skiing. It was so much fun. But I have to say I'm getting older because after 3 runs we went to eat lunch & I was completely fine with not going back out. However we wanted to get our moneys worth, so we went back for 2 more runs. I was exhausted!

Baby Doc

Today was my 1st appointment. I'll be 7 weeks tomorrow. They went ahead & took a sonogram & you could see a little flickering light (the heartbeat). Other than her pointing it out, I couldn't tell what anything was. They took tons of blood and as a result my arm still hurts. She did say I have some fluid around my right ovary, but it's nothing to worry about. Someone is supposed to call me to set up a screening for that. But things look good! I have an appointment in 2 weeks for a reason I can't remember, then after that it will be monthly. I was going to post the cute little sonogram, but it didn't come out well with me taking a picture of a picture. Maybe as time goes on, I'll figure that out.

It's a Christmas Miracle!

I was going to wait at least 3 months to tell everyone, much less blog about it, however it all happened at a good time when I was in town & could tell my family in person. The Friday before Christmas I was staying with Regina while Lane was driving up the next day. I mentioned to her I was a little concerned & we decided to find out. Sure enough, I didn't even have to wait the 2 minutes like the box says. Then we call Amy & make up some stupid story to get her over there. And when I show her, she thinks it's Regina who's pregnant & walks right past me! (Thanks for the support Amy). I couldn't have picked better people to be with me when I found out (except for maybe Lane). Of course they made me take several pictures, many of which I did not post to spare you.

You'll have to excuse our look. This was probably around 10pm.

Regina broke out the bubbly (sparkling grape juice) for the occasion.

When Lane finally got here the next day I had wrapped up the test to give to him as an early Christmas present. Here's his reaction...

Don't worry he eventually warmed up to the idea. We're both very happy, excited and blessed at the thought of a little addition to our family! I'm only a little over 5 weeks along, so keep your fingers crossed for us.

Gay Ole Time

Tonight we went to the Gaylord Hotel. It's so huge & nice inside! They had it all decorated for Christmas so there were tons of opportunities for photo ops.

The colorful tree village. There were also lots of train tracks going around that were pretty neat.

This gingerbread house looked yummy, but we found out it was actually made out of styrofoam!

It seemed only appropriate to have a picture in front of a Longhorn. 1) Lane goes to school at UT & 2) It's Texas.

Ice Skating

This past Friday we went ice skating outdoors! They had a cute little rink set up in downtown Houston. Even though the ice was all cut up & in desperate need of the zamboni, it was still a lot of fun. The local radio station was giving away a free Wii to whoever found the "Secret Santa". For some reason all the kids thought it was Lane, so the entire night they were going up to him and asking, "Are you Hot 95 Sarah & Booker's Secret Santa?" Lane had a good time messing with the kids, so it all worked out.

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Let It Snow!

Yay! Our first snowfall! All day long it was miserably cold...around 34 degrees. I probably felt it more than others because I was getting in & out of my car all day going to different schools. It rained on & off & eventually that rain turned into sleet & finally snow! Luckily I was home by that time. All of the cars in our complex have a pretty layer of snow over them. Here's an example above. Too bad when I wake up tomorrow it will all be gone. Just like it was a dream & temps will be back up to 60.

Gingerbread House Round 2

Last night we had Brian, Christina Dominic over to make gingerbread houses. I know we already did this, but I wanted to make another so we could keep it in our house for decoration. This time I got the kit from Target, and I have to say that theirs is so much easier to make! I'm definitely using them again next year.

Shake It

My friend Jen is getting married in a week & last night was her bachelorette party. We all went out to the midtown area & ended up at a piano bar. It was pretty entertaining. I was actually impressed with myself for staying out that late. I didn't even meet up with everybody until midnight. The last time I did that I was single. Oh how life has changed. Anyway it was a great time. This was my favorite picture of the night. She's really enjoying herself!

Holiday Fun

Lane & I were out shopping in a little center by our house & happened to be there as some Christmas festivities were going on. We figured we might as well get in on the action. The first one was of Santa's sleigh. We were the only adults without kids in line. I don't know why Santa didn't get in any of the pictures. He was a Texas Santa, so he had a red shirt & jeans on. The person taking our picture obviously didn't know how to use the zoom out button, so we weren't able to get the reindeer in.

But here Dancer is up close. He was so cute! I felt kind of sorry for him having to stand by the sleigh all night.

Doesn't Lane look so happy here? Frosty caught us while we were in line.

Corpus Christi

I traveled to Corpus for a work event yesterday.My job was to get a gift bag for a prize we were giving away, but I couldn't find a Walgreens, CVS, or grocery store anywhere! Luckily we happened to stumble across a gift shop/restaurant. So we went inside & the only kind of bag they had was hand painted like the one above. So I paid the $3. Then the cashier tells me there's an art show going on upstairs & we should check it out. We weren't going to go until she said there was free food & then we were in. So we head up there & there's only about 10-15 people & they were all senior citizens. We definitely stuck out. The strange thing about this art show was that there were only 4 pieces of work there. My favorite part was a solo sax they hired to play music. He was head to toe in a purple suit. The whole situation was very strange & I started laughing when he started playing circus music. It's definitely something you had to be there to appreciate.

While we were there we also stopped by the original Whataburger. Obviously it's had some remodeling. I've never seen a 2-story one before. The guy who brought us our food was so nice. I recommend Corpus to those who want to eat at Whataburger. Otherwise I suggest staying home.

Christmas Tree

Today we went to pick out our Christmas tree. We pretty much bought the first one we saw. It was perfectly shaped. As you can see it is pretty short. I'm almost as tall as it. That was the only thing I didn't like about it, but all the other trees were uneven & didn't look right.

When I got home I got to work decorating it. And as you can see it cleans up pretty nice. You'll have to forgive me for the star. You probably didn't even notice it. That's because last year I accidentally bought a star for a mini tree. Maybe I'll buy a real one this year when they go on sale.