BOO! Halloween Craft

Every year we do a sweet Halloween craft for the kids to enjoy! Ok, lets me realistic, the Mom’s enjoy the craft much more than the kids!! This year Amy and Kim came up with the idea of making ghost canvas’s. It was a super cute idea! Trenton was not too interested in painting his feet so we made ghost hands or spider hands…which ever! It’s so fun to do these little crafts using their feet/hands so we can always remember how tiny they once were!!

Trenton was very involved with painting the letters on the canvas

I think we did a great job although we had to change it up a bit!

The end result of the feet ghosts!

The boys Ryan and Trenton decided to act like babies and play under Evans play yard! If only they had enjoyed it this much when they were babies!

35 Weeks

I may be totally delusional, but I feel like i look smaller in this picture than last week. I think he lays different now!

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far: 35 Weeks

Size of Baby: He is over 18 inches long and weighs about 5.25 lbs. He is the size of a honeydew melon.

Total Weight Gain: 23.5 lbs

Gender: Boy! Trace Daniel

Maternity Clothes: That is all I can wear at this point and even those are getting uncomfortable. Would like to go naked at all times!

Movement: Although he may not have room to move he still manages to punch pretty hard and I guess he moved yesterday which is causing me to feel nauseas at all times!

Food Cravings: No room for food. Not even cherry coke!

What I Miss: Sitting comfortably! Standing for long periods of time without feeling like I walked a marathon!

Sleep: Sleep is some what unheard of these days. I can’t get comfy, my belly hurts, my back hurts and my 3 year old wants to climb in bed and snuggle with me a lot!

Best "Big Brother" Moment: Trenton asked me to sit with him to watch TV and I said “Where is baby Trace going to sit?” He scooted over and said “Right there Mommy”. Before he would say with his own Mommy and Daddy!

What I am looking forward to: My bedding coming in!! Shower with my sweet neighbor buddies!

Doctor Appointment: No doctor appointment this week!

Next Doctor Appointment: October 6, 2010 (Doctor said to have my bags in the car just in case) ONLY 21 DAYS TO GO AT THIS APPOINTMENT!!

Showered with LOVE!

On Saturday my Mom, sisters, BFF Jaime and Bible Study girls threw me an awesome diaper shower! With Trace coming in a few weeks we need all the diapers and supplies we can get! Everyone did a phenomenal job and really exceeded any expectations I had! I love that we have so many great and creative friends. Trace and Trenton are very lucky to be surrounded by so many people that love them!

This was the Diaper/Don’t Say Baby game! Amy Crisp you have a creative talent that is beyond belief!

The cake my sister Laurie made. As you can see there is a lot of camo at this shower which is the primary pattern in his nursery!

Food table!

Gretchen and Callie – pretty excited to be going to the LSU vs. Tennessee game next weekend. GEAUX Tigers!

 

All of my sweet friends that came to celebrate Trace!

Tori, Lanae and Gretchen

My sister Laurie, Me and Kim

Paige and Amy

Shannon and my little sister Kym

Hollie (in the background), Callie, Gretchen, Lanae and Tori

Bring on the loot!

This child will be well dressed until he goes to college. I am pretty fortunate to be having another boy!!

The cute little frog bathtub that matches the frog toy holder in the boys bathroom!

My incredibly HUGE diaper bag! How cute with Trace’s name look monogrammed across the front!

Gretchen made this diaper cake! The ribbon matches his nursery!

 

Super preggo Me and my cake!

The Hostess’s

Jaime - Who I am truly blessed to have had her as a friend for over 10 years! Even though we live in different cities

My sisters, Mom and Me

My Bible Study girls that could be there

Another one of Amy’s creations!

  

And another! I love diaper cakes!

 

Thank you to everyone who came and to everyone who helped throw this shower. Without all of you I don’t know how we would make it! I love you all!! Exactly 1 month until Trace gets here!

34 Weeks

 

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far: 34 Weeks

Size of Baby: He is about 18 inches long and weighs about 4.75 lbs. He is the size of an average cantaloupe.

Total Weight Gain: 23 lbs

Gender: Boy! Trace Daniel

Maternity Clothes: That is all I can wear at this point and even those are getting uncomfortable. Would like to go naked at all times!

Movement: Trace moves all day long! I feel like he is doing half flips and elbows are flying everywhere! Sometimes the kicks take my breath away (which scares Gene)!

Food Cravings: Chocolate Icecream with fresh strawberries

What I Miss: Cool weather! Sitting comfortably! Seeing my feet! Not having to pee every time I stand up! Being able to breath!

Sleep: I sleep for a couple hours at a time, wake up hot, go potty, back to sleep. Nice routine to get me ready for a newborn!

Best "Big Brother" Moment: Trace got an elephant that plays music from one of the showers. Well Trenton carries it around and calls him Baby Trace. He even showed me how to hold him gently and feed him his bottle! He is going to be an awesome Big Brother!

What I am looking forward to: My shower from friends

Doctor Appointment: 9/22 went well. Had to sit in the waiting room for an hour while Dr. McBride delivered a baby! BP looks great, weight looks great and Trace is growing right on schedule!

Next Doctor Appointment: October 6, 2010 (Doctor said to have my bags in the car just in case) ONLY 21 DAYS TO GO AT THIS APPOINTMENT!!

One BLESSED little boy….

Today the incredible ladies I work with threw me a shower! I have learned that second babies don’t get nearly the cool gifts as the first one, but these ladies did a great job! Trace has plenty of diapers, wipes, bath stuff and clothes! Trenton even got a cute little “Big Brother” gift! He is going to be so excited! The ladies closed the office and we enjoyed lunch, good conversation and plenty of gifts! Gene and I know how lucky we are to have such great jobs with people who care about us. I don’t think sweet little Trace knows what a big fan club he already has! Thank you Maxim for the shower and gifts! I will miss everyone while I am out on maternity leave!

The decorations were It’s A Boy with Trains!   

The gift table! Look at that HUGE box of diapers!

The cute diaper cake my friend Amanda made! She used my favorite Target diapers!

  

This cake was SOOOO delicious!

My work buddies! They all chipped in for the HUGE pile of gifts in front of me!

Trace’s new wardrobe (this only skims the surface of what he actually got)!

   

His Halloween Shirt! He will definitely wear this on Halloween Day!

There is nothing better than a pot luck lunch from our office! These ladies really know how to cook! Everything was so good I went back for seconds and then maybe thirds at 4 o’clock today!

Some of the Maxim Ladies! 

Look at sweet Julie who shares my appreciation for saving tissue paper! She folded it all very nicely!

Oh My Goodness! Look at all this stuff!

So I had to sneak a peak at Trenton’s Big Brother present and it was candy, candy, candy, this AWESOME CB Shirt and more candy!

I am also taking home a huge thing of balloons for Trenton to enjoy! Thank you to all of the ladies who made this shower possible and for everyone who gave us gifts! I just don’t know how we would make it without such an incredible support system!

One more shower this weekend!!