Boy or Girl???

We will find out Thursday if we are having a boy or a girl! Well...let me re-phrase that...we are HOPEFULLY going to find out on Thursday as long as Baby P cooperates!!

I had big plans on doing a cute gender reveal party and cutting into a cake to find out if we are having a boy or a girl, but I just don't think I can wait! For those of you who are not familiar with a gender reveal party it is where your doctor puts the results of your ultrasound into a sealed envelope and then you can take it to a baker and have a cake made with pink or blue filling and then you cut into it to find out the sex. It is a cute way to find out together or with your friends and family.

That was the plan, but now I have to be able to see it with my own eyes and I know I will have to ask 100 times...are you sure?? Are you positive?? Ha! I have to be certain! And I really want to have that special time with Cody to find out and we can take it all in and soak it all up together.

I'm afraid some feelings are going to be hurt, but I have thought long and hard and I just want that special time for us.

Anyhow...my friend Jennifer knew I had backed out of the cake cutting, because I am too uncertain and impatient so she begged me to to the balloon release. Once again, I was not going to hand over that envelope with the results so I decided that we would take both pink balloon pictures and blue balloon pictures ahead of time so then on Thursday we can reveal the picture...PINK or BLUE!

Here are a couple!

Boy??

Or Girl??

For so long I've had this gut feeling it is going to be a boy...every dream I've had has been of a boy...but now I am second guessing and have no idea!! We will be tickled either way. I'm just ready to know!!!

Baby P is On the Way!

I have been keeping the biggest secret ever since the middle of February! The weekend before Valentine's Day I was feeling DIFFERENT...so I thought maybe I could possibly be pregnant...My husband and I have been trying since July and haven't had much luck. Nearly every month I tell him, "I think I might be pregnant"...but then I always get a big fat negative! We went to eat at Papadeaux for Valentine's Day and on the way home we stopped at the store...I ran inside and picked up a few things, not telling Cody I grabbed a pregnancy test. The next morning he got up and left and went fishing with a friend and I got up bright and early and took THE test. Surprisingly enough it looked to be a VERY VERY faint positive sign...I wasn't sure if my mind was playing tricks on me so I ran to Wal-Mart and got a test that would point blank tell me Pregnant or Not Pregnant. I waited and waited and waited and sure enough when I walked back into the bathroom it read clear as can be Pregnant! I freaked out! I wanted to call Cody so badly but I couldn't...it was the longest day of my life. He was gone all day! So I went to the store and got a cute Valentine's card and bag and wrapped up the test as his Valentine's Day present. He finally got home and I handed him his present he began to read the card and couldn't believe what he was seeing! I cried and so did he but we just couldn't bring ourselves to share the BIG news!

I have so many girlfriends that were so excited (who can blame them?!) and they announced to everyone early on and then ended up miscarrying and having to tell everyone the bad news... that would be a nightmare. I couldn't chance going through that!

We went to the doctor at what we thought would put us near 7 weeks but when my doctor did the ultrasound there was nothing there...I panicked. He told me he didn't think I was as far as I thought I was...so we waited and went back nearly a month later and sure enough there was Baby P with a strong heart rate of 163 and that put me at 8 weeks pregnant! I was relieved but still not enough to spread the joyous news.

We went back a month later to finally hear Baby P's heart beat. It was amazing and again was a strong 161. A week later we had an NT Scan done to check our chances of Downs and Trisomy and see how Baby P was measuring. Everything looked good and our chances came in at 1:10,000 for both. I was finally 13 1/2 weeks pregnant and felt good enough to spread the news.

We took Cody's mom and dad to dinner for his mom's birthday and I gave her a onesie and rattle all wrapped up. She had the most confused look on her face and then finally began to scream and make the biggest scene in the middle of the restaurant! It was the funniest thing. They are thrilled. We had some cute announcements a girlfriend of mine made for us to mail out to most of our family and close friends.

It's all becoming so real! We cannot wait to find out if P is a boy or a girl! We think it is a boy but will be happy either way. For a boy we are going with Penn Tucker or Penn Teague (not sure yet...) and for a girl I am at a loss...possible Parker or Paige.

As of now I am 14 weeks and haven't really gained weight but am beginning to show...More to come soon!!!

A day in the life of Cody...

Well...I am home for Spring Break. I cannot tell you how needed it was! I have only left the house maybe twice! I've been ridiculously lazy! However, I did spend the day with Cody on Tuesday and we spent the day all over the metroplex. He travels a lot for work, so I went a long. It makes me incredibly jealous though because a day at work for him goes something like this...
1. Wake up and eat cereal
2. Watch TV
3. Make some phone calls, check emails and look at day planner
4. Get out and about for any appointments
5. Go by the office (maybe)

Seriously??! Those were his words exactly...so we went to Cabelas to return a graph for his boat that he had just bought...it quit working so we went in to exchange it. We were there at least 2 1/2 hours...it was the longest time ever. I had big plans on dragging him to Sam Moon afterwards but he wore me out so much at Cabelas that I didn't even want to go to Sam Moon anymore! I think that was planned...

So then Cabelas didn't have what he wanted so we had to go to Bass Pro Shop for another 30-minutes or so. I told him I should have stayed at home...I'm just not outdoorsy and cannot stay in Bass Pro and Cabelas for very long...

He left today to go down south to fish Lake Falcon...it is supposed to be the "Monster Bass Fishing Lake"...haha it just makes me laugh.

Sometimes I have no clue how we even ended up together. He hunts and fishes regularly and I cannot handle the thought of him killing something.

I say he is outdoorsy but he will not go camping...it's the funniest thing. He has to be on his Tempur Pedic mattress with his cereal and TV. We live a mile from the lake and camp sights and we always have friends come down and go camping and they want us to stay and camp but no thanks...our house is a mile away with plumbing and a kitchen!!

He really is the best husband ever and is ridiculously good to me! I wouldn't change a thing!

Not sure how this post turned into All About Cody!

Maybe I will decide to get crafty while he is gone and then will post some pictures! We shall see!

I'm going to...

I'm going to wear it this week. Love this color...San Tan Tonio.

I'm going to try this with dinner...

And I believe I will make this. It's my week to host our weekly meeting.

And then after eating that... I will do a little Zumba.

Have a Super week!!

What I'm Loving Wednesday...

1. The new Thirty-One Spring products

2. Better Homes and Garden's Scent Wild Berry Cheesecake for my Scensty

3. Hart of Dixie...Have you seen it?! It comes on Monday nights. It warms my heart.

4. The One Year Women's Friendship Devotional. It has a prayer and short passage for each day.

5. My new GMC Terrain

Happy Hump Day!!!!

Facebook Frazzled

I remember when Facebook was a college social networking website. It used to be only open to college students...then it expanded and expanded. Now, I know of 12 and 13 year olds that are on it!! I don't agree with that! The internet can be abused and misused, especially at such a young, difficult age!

Anyways, I had been on Facebook since 2005 when I was a freshman attending Tarleton State University. That's crazy to me! So of course...I had a good time in college and definitely lived the college life and got every bit of life's lessons while in college.

Well, now Facebook has launched a mandatory app called Timeline. Eeeeeek! Okay folks...there are things that date back to 2006 and 2007 that aren't my finest moments. I didn't want all that mess coming back to haunt me!

Yes, it's time to move on from Facebook and probably has been for a while. But, I love catching up with old friends and having a glimpse of old friend's lives.

So it came down to my profession. Do I want my employer taking a peek at my crazy college escapades...NO! So I did it. I deleted my page. I'm sure I'm not the only person out there beginning to worry.

Yahoo posted an article about the new Social Timeline and how many would probably be upset, considering it originated as a COLLEGE networking sight.

I've been meaning to devote more time to blogging...so I feel like this was the way OUT with Facebook and IN with Blogger. It kinda feels good...bittersweet anyways...

Check out the article if you're interested.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/facebook-forces-timeline-tips-hide-230805761.html

A little of this and that...

Every New Year, I tell myself that I am going to get on the ball and blog once a week but sadly I always feel like I don't have anything BLOG-WORTHY! I enjoy reading other people's blogs and hearing about their kid's and everything going on in their lives...my life never seems as fascinating! : )

Anyhow...I had been begging my husband for a new car for the past few months. I got my car a year and a half ago and it has been nothing but bad luck! It was a cute little black Nissan...and remember when the Rangers were in their first year of the playoffs...well I got stuck in that crazy traffic and was rear-ended...so we got that fixed. Then the whole side of it was side-swiped...so we got that fixed too. My goodness...just bad, bad luck!!

So I finally got rid of it! YAY! I got a 2011 GMC Terrain! I love it! A gal I know has a cute black one, and I just loved it so I came across a pretty good deal on a white one and got it last weekend. Loving it...

On another subject...
Work has been completely crazy...I'm definitely ready for a change. Whether it be new town or a new grade...I'm not sure. I have been praying a new door opens and that Cody and I see some new great changes this year! Keep us in your prayers.

 I've been so stressed with work that I have stayed at home all weekend and just done some relaxing and cleaning! I finally got my new napkin rings and dishes out and on the tables...love it! Although...I'm wondering if a brown napkin would have looked better. Pier 1 had them with tan too though... Thank you Pier 1!!!

And to wrap this random post up....I'm going to see Beauty and The Beast in 3D today! I can't wait!

Enjoy your day off! I know I will!

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

-Martin Luther King Jr.