A new Girl in Town

My sister Jen found out that she is having a baby GIRL!!!

Great news for me, since I need more girls in my life!

Our little boy and her little girl will be born only a couple of weeks apart, and are bound to be the best of buds!!! Can't wait to watch them grow up together.

Congrats Jen and Mark, you will make great "girl" parents!

The Piano Man

Trying to get back to the piano practicing after the busy holidays. Slowly but surely, Lincoln is catching on. Here he is at todays practicing....

Wii* Boxin

The boys boxing each other on thier new Wii. It's nice to know that they are getting so much physical activity from playing a video game!

All Four of Us

(Feeling Very) Pregnant and short next to my siblings!

Older sister Sue, Jen (also pregnant, but tall!), and tall brother Tom.

Cousins

We made a quick, but very eventful, trip to San Antonio for our family Christmas party (my side). Each and every one of us was able to make it. Jen hosted a dinner and party for all 16 of us.

Thanks Jen and Mark!!!

Here are all the cousins:

Lawson (3), Bristol (3), Matthew (19), Lincoln (6), and Lauren (16).

(Next year there will be one more baby boy and one more baby girl!!!)

"Leafy" the snowman

Apparently, this is the 1st White Christmas here in over 100 years. It was fun!!! Lot's of snowball fights on Christmas morning!

Here is the snow/leaf man made by the boys...

White Christmas

It snowed and snowed and snowed here for Christmas Eve. What a treat!!! The boys got to go sledding! This may be our only white Christmas, ever, so we are enjoying it. It didn't only snow, but it was actually called a blizzard! Didn't stop us, we still made it to 2:30 service, then to a great dinner at Sonoma Grill. Beautiful site to be eating a cozy dinner watching the thick snow fall outside!

Merry Christmas Blogger World!!!

Sick and Better Again

Lawson woke up this morning, and was vomitting every hour. Couldn't keep anything down, not even water. At one point he was lying in the bathroom, like a ragdoll w/o any energy whatsoever. Took him to the doctor at 3:30, he tested positive for Strep Throat! Did not see that coming, since I did not associate Strep with so much vomitting. Started him on penicillan...
His vomitting started this morning at 6:30am, it is now 6:30 pm, and he is running around the house completely normal. That kid doesn't stay sick long! He went from ragdoll state to energizer bunny state in a matter of a few hours...

Party, Lincoln's 6th

We had a fun 6th birthday for Lincoln last night. We had 15 kids, including ours. Parents dropped off the kids, this was a 1st for us. We had face painting, balloon animals, pinata, pizza, games, crafts, and cake/ice cream. Lincoln was one happy boy!!! (now onto planning Lawson's 4th!)

Happy Birthday Lincoln

Six years ago today, we were Blessed with a perfect son, Lincoln Carson.
Happy Birthday Linky-Poo, We love you!!!
Here are my 6 favorite things about you:

1. You are soooo much like me, I totally get you!
2. Your laugh.... you have always been so easy to get to crack up.
3. Your love for your Lord, and I love the way you pray.
4. I love that you are so mature.
5. How you are so caring and generous, especially to people less fortunate than you.
6. Your curiosity, love your questions about the world.

I love you Lincoln!!!

He's still a Boy

This is for those of you out there that have mentioned

something like,

"maybe there was a mistake on the sonogram,

and you are having a girl".

Nope, he's definitely still a boy, and we couldn't be happier!

He hasn't changed too much since the last sono picture, but here is FM5th: at 21 weeks. He weighs a pound already. Sono looked great, and everything is on the right track.

Let the Good Times Roll

We had Lincoln's "Family" party tonight, since his "real" birthday is on Saturday, and that's also when his "friends" party is. We've always had 2 parties for the kids, that way we can spend the family moment together. Nanny prepared us a steak and lobster dinner for his birthday!!! He was one happy 6 year old this year. We spoiled him just a bit, because he was such a good boy this year!

Preggo's need Dates, too...

Date Night with my Hubby, at 22 weeks preggo!

Sad thing is, we were only "out" for an hour, then we were ready to come home!

December Update

I wish I had something profound, exciting, or somewhat interesting to share. However, life has just been busy, busy with normal holiday experiences. Lots and lots of Christmas activities, parties, parades, lots of shopping (online too), lots of baking, lots of singing Christmas hymns, lot's of hot cocoa and tea, lot's of just enjoying life.

Baby: Ron felt the baby kick for the 1st time last night. Had an ultrasound today, and Nanny got to come along and "meet" the baby. There's no mistaken that it's really a boy!
Names? Nope, haven't gotten one picked out as of yet. Your suggestions are welcomed!

Lincoln's 6th birthday is this Saturday, planning his birthday party which will be here at our home. Wow, the past 6 years have really flown by.

Winter Visitors

My in-laws arrived today!!

Tradition is they spend about a month here is Texas every Dec/January.

They bring their own place (an RV).

Looking forward to spending time with Nanny and Grandpa Dave. Hope the boys don't wear them out too much too soon!

Handprint Tree

Cute Handprint Christmas Tree sweatshirt the Kindergarten class made.

Hunter

Here are a couple of New York hunting pictures I found on Ron's camera phone.

Lincoln really seemed to enjoy his trip!

Kinder

Lincoln's Kindergarten Picture

White Stuff

We woke up to SNOW this morning!! Here is Lincoln waiting for the bus in the snow!!! It's all melting now at noon and very sunny. But it's supposed to snow again on Friday. (then back in the 80's next week, typical Texas weather)

"Falling" Asleep

Lawson was playing in his room, and fell asleep. He was so so so close to falling off the bed.... it was cute, but I had to move him right away.

Ho Ho Ho

Visiting with Santa at Bass Pro Shop

(Too bad the one thing Lincoln asked for, he isn't going to get! I think Santa is going to have to write him a letter to explain...)

A trip to the Lake

More Turkey Day Photo's

Just a couple of more photo's from Turkey Day

Grammy (my Mom) and her 5 Grankids. 2 more (at least) on the way this year!

Ron and Bristol (his Goddaughter)

We celebrated Lincoln and Matthew's Birthday

Lincoln and his Godparents, Uncle Tom and Aunt Jen

Lawson and his Godparents, Sue and Steve

Cousins!

Turkey Day 2009

EVERYONE at Thanksgiving 2009 (at Wilson's)

Bottom: Lincoln, Ron, Lawson, Me, Lauren, Mom, Herb

Top from left: Matthew, Steve, Sue, Bristol, Courtney, Tom, Jen, Mark

Next year there will be (at least) 2 more of us!

Thanks Wilson's for a great holiday!

Visting with the Elf at Bass Pro

Return from Vacay

Lincoln and his Daddy had a fun time on their Upstate New York vacation/hunting trip. They didn't get home last night from the airport until 1:30 AM!!! And then Ron had to turn right around and go catch another flight out for work... bummer.
Haven't gotten all the details, but it sounds like they both had a great time. Got to spend time with all the family and of course, hunt. Ron shot a deer, but then the same day hit a deer with his rental car.
We are more than happy to have Lincoln back with us. Lawson was REALLY missing his Bubby, they have never been apart for that long!
Today we will be packing up, and heading to Houston for Thanksgiving week!

Baby G

Baby boy #3

18 weeks, 8 oz

The Whole 3/4 yr old Gang

Lawson's class picture.

He is the one on bottom, second to the left. (he looks like Cole, next to him!).

His favorite 2 friends are Emma (top very left) and Mark (bottom 2nd on right).

Pregnancy Drama, when does it end?

Just to clear some things up....

The results of my Quad Screen blood work came back as positive for Down's Syndrome. They told me not to panic because there is a 5% false positive rate. Well that meant that the results were 95% chance of being accurate. Since I am 39 yrs old, my chances of having a baby with Down's is quite high, so naturally I panicked.
I had to go to a specialist, which fortunately could see me the very next day. I had a Level II ultrasound, and the baby was absolutely perfect!!! They checked about 20 different markers and measurements for Down's, and the baby didn't have a single thing wrong with him. (Praise God) Fortunately I was within that 5% false positive rate.
Yes, I knew better than to overreact, for we went through something very similar with my 1st pregnancy which turned out to be a false alarm. But I couldn't help it, I pretty much freaked out.
The specialist recommended an ultrasound every 4 weeks for now on. Just to make sure the baby is growing and still doing good. It was so cute on the ultrasound yesterday, the baby was yawning, rubbing his face, and sucking on his fingers. I like the idea of "checking in" on the baby every 4 weeks.
So that's that. Moving on the 2nd part of my pregnancy which to me is 100% better. The 1st half is tough! From now on, let's just hope for smooth sailing. And no more false positives.

We are having a.....

God made me to be a boy Mom.

We'll be welcoming boy #3 into Flower Mound Four!

Let the fun begin, it's going to be a wild ride.

We are VERY excited about having 3 boys!!! (why add a girl into the mix at this point???)

Boy or Girl: that is the question

We found out the Gender of Baby #3!!!
Check back soon and I'll spill the beans!
(Just want to tell family in person 1st, and waiting on some people to call me back, hint hint)

Belly

I'm not a big fan of belly shots of myself. But here goes....

This is something that you have to see to believe!

Here I am today, at 17.5 weeks.

For those of you that don't know better, this is HUGE for only being 17 weeks!!!

By the way, in 2 days (Tuesday), the gender will be known!

It's that time of year again

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

The boys wanted to do this one

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Scare Crow and Leaves

Today is Kindergarten Dress Like a Scarecrow Day.

Lawson and I are going to go eat lunch with Lincoln,

so we can see all the other Kindergarten scarecrows!

And, Lawson playing in the leaves...

Jumping in Leaf Piles is one of our favorite Fall pastimes!

The Oldest

Lincoln Carson

Age 5.75

Fall

Fall 2009

Lawson age 3.75

Just a pound

I forgot to mention:

Today at 16 weeks: total weight gain 1 pound

Hope to keep that up!!!

However, now that I'm not nauseous anymore, I can't stop eating!

It's bound to catch up with me.

The Team Shot

Texas Rangers

Lawson is on bottom left

Heartbeat and H1N1

Had an OBGYN appointment today.

Had a scare at 1st, because she couldn't find the heartbeat with the doppler. So, she took me into the sonogram room and did a quick one. Baby was just in an awkward position to find the heartbeat, but it was found!! Heartbeat is 154 (range is 120-180, that's right in the average). And since I had a surprise sonogram done, I got to see the baby's face and see the legs kicking around :)
Made an appointment in 2 weeks to have the anatomy/gender sonogram. Excited for that!!!
Had some blood work done today, and also got my H1N1 shot!!! At least now I have one less thing to worry about (getting the flu). Apparantly swine flu takes a toll on pregnant women, and many of them die.

Little Ranger

Lawson's official T-ball picture

Texas Rangers

Got his trophy last night!

Last game on Saturday.

He loved it, and did great!

(and looked adorable playing!)

The Ultimate Ramen Experience

A sweet friend of mine from MOPS/church, Jenny, entered a recipe in a Pei Wei (Facebook) contest. (If you don't know what Pei Wei is, find out, you're missing it!)

Well, she ended up winning. Her big prize was the "Ultimate Ramen Experience" for her and 9 friends. She decided to have a drawing of people that voted for her and were interested in attending with her. Well, I voted, and my name was drawn out of her 50 or so names that she had. I actually won something!!

So, last night.... The top Pei Wei corporate chefs came in to cook for US.... Our party of 10 was treated like royalty, not to mention we were each served a $100.00 dish of Lobster and Kobe steak! Also, a never ending stream of appetizers beforehand. We left with souvenir chopsticks and a gift card each.... It was so much fun and a great memory!! This picture is of me, Jenny (the winner), and Corrie another MOPS friend.

You can read a little about her Pei Wei adventure on her blog.

And see her three cute boys right here:

http://jjandtheboys.blogspot.com/

Thanks Jenny!

Drama Camp

Lincoln has taken an interest in Drama/Theatre at school.
This weekend he will be going to a Drama Workshop at our High School.
The HS drama students and teachers are doing a half day workshop for kids K-8th.
They are going to have a fun filled day of skits, games, costumes, dance, movement, etc...
The parents get to come at the last 30 minutes to watch a performance of Beauty and the Beast with the kids performing.
He's excited, and I have to admit it will feel strange to me dropping him off at the High School!

Another Baby???

Congratulations to my much younger sister (Jen) and her hubby (Mark)....

They are expecting their 1st baby in May!!

We are so excited because our babies will be just about 3-4 weeks apart.

The cousins are going to have fun growing up with each other!

You can check out her blog for yourself:

Jen's Blog

Our Halloween

We had a fun and eventful Halloween. T-ball game, Grandpa Lucek and Auntie Sue Sue visiting from out of town, Win Kids festival, cook out at home, lot's of Trick or Treating. To top it all off, Lawson has a bad case of poison ivy. Looking forward to a more relaxing day today!

The Pirate!! Arrrrgggg

Lincoln digging through his loot, aka one of the favorite parts of Halloween.

The pirate and his Auntie Sue Sue

Grandpa Lucek visiting from Illinois.

The "throwing up" Jack o Lantern. That's as "gory" as we get!