The Best "Tuesday 10" EVER!

OK so I know it's really Wednesday 10 but you get the picture...

10 Things Going On With Me Lately...

10. Peeing A LOT!

9. Headaches.

8. Very tired.

7. Sore boobs. (sorry boys)

6. Strong sense of smell.

5. Moody

4. Sensitive- I cry at the drop of a hat!

3. Did I say peeing A LOT!?!

2. Oh, and sore boobs. =)

1. I'm pregnant!!!!

YAY!!!! We are so excited!! I actually took the test on January 18th and it went straight to two very clear lines! We of course were so overjoyed but also nervous because of the miscarriage that happened with our last pregnancy.

I went to the doctor on Tuesday, Jan 27th and had an ultrasound and some blood work done. During the ultrasound they could see a sac but no baby or heartbeat so she figured it was probably too early. The blood work came back the next day and my hCG was great but progesterone was only 17 and it should usually be around 20. So Thursday the 29th I had my blood work done again to make sure my levels were increasing. My hCG had gone up which is great and means its a viable pregnancy but my progesterone had gone down to 15 (miscarriage usually occurs around 10). So they prescribed me some progesterone and I've been taking that twice a day for the last two weeks and everything has been great!

I actually can tell a huge difference in this pregnancy versus the one that we miscarried. This time ALL of the symptoms are there and last time I really didn't feel anything at all so I think that's a great sign!

Jan 18th Test

We kept it a secret since the levels were a concern and we figured we'd just wait until after our next doctors appointment to make sure everything was OK. So we went in today and everything looks great! We saw our little blob and it's heart flickering away! What a miracle life is, it's just so amazing! It's heart rate was 160 and my due date is Sept 26th!! Keep us in your prayers, we're so excited!

Cletus the Fetus!! =)

That at the bottom is showing the heartbeat. The blob is our little baby. The head is at the right and butt and legs toward the left! =) You see that right? haha!

Tuesday 10

Well since I'm really missing my friends right now I decided to do 10 of my favorite pics with my girlfriends. You know the pics you look at and just smile because you remember what a great night that was! There are tons more I could have chosen but these are SOME of my favs and they put a smile to my face while I reminisced about my friends that I miss so much! I'm so blessed to have such great people in my life! =)

10 Favorite Group Friend Pics...

10. April, Candyce, Me, and Kendall- This was at Mo's to say goodbye to Kendall when she was moving to Phoenix. I left for Colorado about a month after this and we were getting all the hugs we could before we left!

9. Sarah, Me, JoDee, and Roni- This was my first night on the town after I had Keaton so of course I remember it well! Keaton was a little over 2 months old so I was wary to leave but yet so excited for some me time! Heath and Andrew brought there kids over and all our husbands stayed home with the kiddos while the ladies went out for drinks!

8. Krystal, Heather, JoDee, Me, Cari, Kristel and Joy- This was my bowling birthday party and we had a blast! I was newly pregnant so going to a bar was NOT an option but bowling sure was!! =) Who doesn't love to bowl???

7. Courtney, Me, Cara, and Amanda- The 4 of us went to Jr. High together and this was our first night together in a LONG time! It was so much fun to catch up with them and this was actually the first night I shared the news with anybody that I was pregnant (with Keaton). I wasn't supposed to tell anybody yet but they asked me when we were going to start trying and I just couldn't wipe the smile of my face...guilty!!

6. Sally,Jaimie, Joy, Me, and Suzzy- This was at Mo's (can you tell we like that place!) for Kristel's birthday and like always we had a blast together!

5. Julie, Heather, Nanci, Erin, Cari, and Me- This was in Las Vegas for Cari's Bachelorette Party. This was one of the best times of my life! We had so much fun and I will never forget the memories we made! This was our first day there, we were just getting started! =)

4. This is too many people to name but it was at Trey and Kristal's Rehearsal Dinner at Victors Casa Garcia (mmmm, I would love some of that right now!) We ate yummy food, delicious margaritas, and then headed up to...you guessed it, Mo's!!!!

3. This was our first and last annual 4th of July party at our old house. We had a really great time but once the fireworks started I became a little anxious! Lets just say the boys all started shooting the Roman Candles at each other rather than in the air. Just imagine a bunch of 26 year olds "boys" running around a cul-de-sac hiding behind trees, bushes, and cars aiming at each other with fireworks! I was a wreck since we barley knew some of our neighbors and I swore I would never host a party where fireworks were involved ever again! =) (Oh and this was before I had a baby, that kid I'm holding is Miss Sydney and she belongs to Sarah and Andrew.)

2. Sally, Lauren, Jaimie, Me, and Carrie- This was at Midnight Rodeo and it was such a fun night! We all drank and danced the night away! I really miss my friends!

1. Kendall, Kristel, Jaimie, Carrie, Me, Sally and Joy- This was at my Bachelorette Party in Austin, TX. This was another weekend I will NEVER forget! We had so much fun that night going out to dinner and then hitting 6th Street. We got tons of free drinks and just had a blast! Then we stayed in a hotel and floated the river the next day. I love my girls!

Tuesday 10

OK so I had the BEST Tuesday 10 but I couldn't post it (I'll explain later) so now I'm doing a different one...

10 Thing I'm Looking Forward To...

10. Tomorrow my friend Laura is bringing her son Jack over while she goes to the doctor. I'm excited that Keaton will have his bff over to play! It will be a fun, great time for Keaton and make is a little easier on me because I wont have to entertain him as much, they'll keep each other busy! =)

9. Friday we're going to dinner at Christina's and I am SO EXCITED because I've been saving up for a gluten cheat just so I can eat their fried ravioli. It is to die for!! I'm drooling just thinking about it!

8. This weekend we plan on going skiing. Skiing is one of the main reasons I'm not miserable living here! =) I just love to ski!!! The views are just so pretty and there's nothing like flying down a mountain taking it all in!

7. The Super Bowl is on this weekend and we're having some friends over to watch the game. I don't really care who wins this game. First I wanted the Steelers to win but then it would be neat for the underdog Cardinals to win so we'll see! Football and yummy food is always a good time!

6. That next weekend my friend from HS, Katy and her husband are coming with some of their friends to ski at Durango! We're meeting them for skiing and lunch and I can't wait to see her!! It's been so long since we've been together and she'll get to meet Keaton!

5. I'm looking forward to Valentines Day simply just for another night out to dinner! Since being in Colorado we really don't have a babysitter so unless Laura and Jared keep him with Jack we take Keaton everywhere with us. I'm sure this Valentines Day will be spent with my 2 boys at a delicious restaurant. Sounds perfect to me! =)

4. The next weekend Kyle's brother, Bryce, is coming up to stay with us for 4 days. We're going to hang out in town for one day and then ski the next two days. I just LOVE having visitors so this will be so much fun!

3. I love EVERYTHING about movies and the movie making biz-ness, I'm really looking forward to some movies that are coming out soon . I want to see Confessions of a Shopaholic. I read that book series and thought it was really cute so I'm excited to see the movie. New In Town also looks like a cute one! My parents went and saw Grand Torino and said it was great so that's another one I want to see! Will I really make it to all of these, no! Being a mom makes movie going hard but we'll see!!

2. Moving back to Texas has me thrilled! I don't know when we are for sure but it's looking like sooner rather than later. I'll keep you updated if there's any changes!

1. Dinner tonight has me very excited! Grilled chicken topped with cheese, tomato, and bacon, with salad, potatoes, and oven baked squash and zucchini! Does that sound good or what! My mouth is watering again! =)

Tuesday 10

Tuesday 10...Aggie Style!!

Here's 10 of my favorite pics from tailgating and going to the games!

10. This is from the Ags vs. McNeese game on 9-1-01. I was a sophomore in college and we used to all go hang out at Kyle and Heaths duplex (seen here) before the games for some good barbeque and drinks! =) College goes by too fast! So much fun!

9. Ags vs. Clemson 2004 (I know that's a big date jump but I don't know where the rest of my college football pics are!) As the years went on we upgraded from hanging out at Kyle's place to tailgating with the Kotzebue's and Wheelers. Everyone would come hang out with us and then we'd walk over to the game. This is still the tradition but sadly Kyle and I couldn't join in this year due to living hundreds of miles away but we will definitely partake again when we move back! =)

8. Ags vs. TU 2005- Texas was ranked number 2, we weren't ranked at all and although they beat us it turned out to be the poorest performance of the season by the Longhorns, both offensively and defensively! Can I hear a WHOOP!!! Poor Gina was the only orange in a sea of maroon! We didn't give her too hard of a time! =)

7. This is the same game in 2005- Me, Kyle and my "brothers"! One of my all time favorite pics of all of us!

6. I don't remember who we played here but it was Sept 9, 2006. I was right about 3 months pregnant and dreaming of the day we'd have an adorable little person to dress up in Aggie gear and bring tailgating with us!

5. Ags vs. Nebraska, Nov. 11, 2006- Still pregnant and I remember I was freezing! Weird for a pregnant lady! Everyone else seemed fine in their short sleeves!

4. 10-6-07 The rest of the pics are from this same game...The adorable kid we can dress up is here! Keaton was 6 months old when we brought him for his first day of tailgating. He was such a trooper and did so good the entire day! I remember feeding him baby food in his little bouncer and he even blocked out all the noise and took a long nap in the pack-n-play. Born to be an Aggie I guess! =)

3. Kyle Field behind us...and no, although it wouldn't be too far fetched since they're die hard Aggie fans, Kyle is not named after the field! =)

2. Father and son having a great time together. Class of 03' and future Class of about 2028??? =)

1. Nighttime and he's still truckin!! I can't wait to take him again once we move back. Although now that he's into everything I know it will be a lot more work but it's still so much fun! Now if only the Aggies could get a winning team! =) Soon enough!

Tuesday 10

10 Things That Have Made Me Happy Lately...

10. Snow- Although the snow can be a pain sometimes I really do love it! I'm having so much fun being able to ski whenever we want and then today Keaton and I went outside with his "snow disk" and slid around the front yard. It was so much fun! We both were cracking up and enjoying the sledding!

9. Twilight Series- I LOVE reading these books! I just finished Eclipse today and I will be starting Breaking Dawn soon. I'm sad it's the last one, I've really enjoyed them!! Everyone goes on and on about Edward and don't get me wrong, I love him too, but am I the only one that REALLY likes Jacob????

8. Dinner- I made dinner early this morning so now I don't have to worry about getting it done, I just have to throw it in the oven when we're ready to eat! It's so good and sooo easy!! Baked Ziti- one box of penne noodles (mine are gluten free), one package of ground Italian sausage, cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, spaghetti sauce. Cook the meat in one pan, cook the noodles in a pot and then mix it all together in a baking dish! I buy the 4 cup bag of cheese and mix half in with everything and save the last 2 cups to put on the top. Then put it in the oven until its heated through. MMMMM!!!!

7. The Bachelor- I LOVE Jason!!! I've always really liked this show but this season I am really enjoying it!! Whenever it's over I just can't wait for the next Monday to come so I can watch it again!! I saw the previews for next week when they surprise that one girl with her daughter and I was boo hooing!!! =) So sweet!

6. I've been doing a lot of online shopping with Christmas money lately and I am soooo excited about my recent purchases... I got this dress on sale from Banana Republic. It's normally $175 and I got it for $54.99!!! I am SUCH a good shopper!!

5. This dress is normally $150 and I got it for $74.99. I just love the bright color!! =)

4. I just love these shoes, they weren't on sale so the price is not important! Heehee!! ;)

3. I also bought 2 great pairs of jeans from J Crew. One was $120 that I got for $59.99 and the other was $108 that I got for $49.99!! See I told you I was a good shopper! I'm really so excited to wear all of these things! Sorry if I'm boring you non-shoppers!! I just can't resist! =)

2. Running- yes there was a time in my life when I couldn't run 1/2 a mile and I would have never thought it would make me happy but in college I started running and got really good at it. I haven't ran in a while (probably since the summer I got pregnant with Keaton!) so remember how I said I was going to start doing things for myself??? I did start running again. Not to loose weight, just to do it. It really feels so good to just be by myself and listen to music or think about anything and everything. It feels so good to sweat and feel productive!! I ran 3 miles the other day and it just felt so good!

1. Keaton- of course I had to put him on my list because he makes me happy EVERYDAY!!!! He is just the cutest, sweetest thing and my heart just melts at the cute things he does! Lately when he wants to get my attention he says, "Ma!?" and puts his hand on my cheek and turns my face to look at him. It is so cute!

Tuesday 10

Well, I'm finally late on my Tuesday (now Wednesday) 10!

10 Things Keaton did in 2008...

I figured this was a good one since we just finished off the year. Kids are doing something new everyday and you just hope that you never forget any of it! So here's just a few of the adorable things I never want to forget!

10. Walking!! Keaton started walking on April 7, 2008. It was a couple weeks after his first birthday and I know I'll never forget it!

9. He loves shoes! He will put on any shoe that is lying around rather it be a heel or a boot! I bought him his snow boots this year and he wore them around the house all day and when I took them off for his nap he cried and pointed to them saying boots ( imagine that being said with a lisp)! Right when he woke up, the boots went back on!

8. He loves wearing my headbands...I know, high heels and headbands??? =) He puts them on his head and walks around or he puts them over his eyes like he's a character on Star Trek or something! Hats and sunglasses are also a huge hit!

Keaton decked out in my boots and a headband!

7. He's starting to talk a lot more now. His firsts word was deer (go figure!) and since then he's started saying a lot more things. I have to remind myself not to cuss around him so he doesn't pick any of that up! The other day our dog was barking like crazy and I told her to shut up and then what do you know, Keaton said it! Great! He also says juice in the cutest way possible and if he's playing and gets thirsty he comes up to me and repeats it over and over. I'm getting your juice child, geez! =) No really I love it!

6. As the years gone by he's started to get more independent and I feel a lot more comfortable about watching him play on a playground from a short distance versus being right behind him the whole time. It's a lot more relaxing for me now and I love just watching him do his thing!

5. He loves being outside! When it's not snowing he loves to just walk around the front yard and pick up pine cones, sticks, etc. He is such a boy! He could stay out there all day! Now that there's snow he doesn't really know what to do with it but he still loves walking around and looking at everything.

4. He loves helping his daddy! He helps Kyle stack wood outside or bring pieces of wood inside for the fire. He also loves to watch daddy work in the garage or help him plow the snow! Anything with his daddy is fun for him!


3. In the dancing department, Keaton takes after his mommy! He loves music and whenever he hears it playing he bends his knees and starts bobbing up and down from side to side with a huge smile on his face! He dances to anything from the music on the radio, music from his toys or even Christmas cards that you open and play a song. He just loves to shake it, just like his mama!! =)

2. If he wasn't so outgoing I probably would have worried about autism because this kid loves to organize stuff! He will line up his cars across the coffee table, line movies in a row, stack his bananas, and organize his food on his high chair! He puts all his grapes in the cup holder of his tray and if you mess it up he does it again. So funny!

Lining up his movies! And of course doing his picture pose! Down and to the left! =)

1. Keaton is very sneaky and he started tricking us when it was his bedtime! As we would get him ready for bed he would start saying eat while doing the sign for it at the same time. We would assume he was hungry and bring him back down for a banana or something. He usually would have a bite or 2 (maybe!) and then he wouldn't want anymore so we'd put him down. We quickly realized he wasn't hungry at all, he was just doing something that he knew would give him some more awake time! Sneaky kid! That trick doesn't work anymore but he probably does it at least 5 times out of the week, especially at nap time! =)

Tuesday 10

Well because I haven't blogged since last Tuesday, today's Tuesday 10 will be:

10 More Things We Did During Our Christmas Vacation...

10. We went to the Children's Service at Church on Christmas Eve which was fantastic! They really keep the kids attention by allowing them to participate with everything! They read the story of Christ's birth and have children act it out. While they're reading they have "props" that the kids in the audience use to be apart of the story.

Keaton with his halo on.

One of the 3 Kings

Fascinated by the candle!

9. After Church we went to Kyle's parents house for Christmas with his family. We had a delicious meal, opened presents, and watched Christmas Vacation. It was a wonderful evening and we all got great gifts!! I got my Twilight Series so now I can finally read those!! I can't wait!

No mistletoe but still a Christmas kiss!! ;)

Keaton tearing into gifts!

Asleep and waiting for Santa!

We can relax once Keaton's down!

8. That morning we woke up and went to my parents house for my Dads delicious breakfast!! It's been a long time since we've all had a big breakfast together so it was really nice! One of my favorite gifts was a wedding album that I can FINALLY put all my 8x10 pictures from our wedding in! I've only been married for 4.5 years! I just never got around to doing it so luckily mom did! The last gift we gave my parents was a cute tin filled with letters that we all wrote to each of them just thanking them for everything and reminiscing about our favorite memories as kids. I got the idea from Oprah and it was great! We were all teary eyed and my mom said it was the best Christmas she's ever had!

7. Kyle left that night to go hunting again and I met up with April at Bakers St. It was so good to see her and Amber! We stayed there for a while and then went to Mo's where we saw tons of people from HS! It was so much fun! Its nice when we're in town and we have our parents to babysit! Kyle gets to fit in a lot of hunting which is what he loves to do and then I get to go out dancing and visiting with friends. We normally don't get to do much so we appreciate it when we have that opportunity while we're in town!

Me, April, and Amber

6. On Friday I decided to go to the mall and that wasn't a very good idea! I swear they didn't have the air conditioning on! It was sooooo hot!! This is Houston, TX so it was about 80 degrees outside and there was so many people shopping I was literally sweating! I took Keaton to the play area and it was packed!! He of course had a great time so it was worth it.

5. That night I got to see my friend Candyce and hang out with her. I also saw one of my friends from Elementary, Jason. He had moved to Mississippi so I hadn't seen him in a couple years. That's one of the reasons why I just LOVE Katy! Everyones grown up together and you know if you go out you're going to run into at least one person you know!

4. Saturday my Pawpaw came to town to see us. It was so good to see him and we had a wonderful time visiting!

3. Later that evening we went to Kyle's Mimi's house for Christmas with his cousins. We always have a ton of fun together and now that we're all having kids its so much fun to get them together to play!

Boxes are so fun!!

2. Sunday morning our moms dropped us off at the airport and we headed back to Colorado! This time coming back was bittersweet. Here lately we've been going to visit so much for weddings and holidays so whenever we came back here I always knew that in a couple more weeks we'd be headed back to Texas. This time we don't have anymore plans to return until the summer so it will be a long stretch.

Keaton having fun in the car after we landed. =)

1. It was nice to be home. We were welcomed with a ton of snow and 4 degree weather!! Our neighbor was nice enough to plow the driveway and front of the house so we could get in. It's a whole other world here! =) Our truck was stuck and I haven't been able to go anywhere the last 2 days because of it! I shoveled snow for about 2 hours to try to get out yesterday and then Kyle worked on it last night but it's stuck. He's getting it out tonight with the help of our neighbors backhoe.

I love the icicles!

See why I couldn't go anywhere!

HUGE icicle!

Our front yard! Unbelievable! You can hardly see Keaton's toy there on the right!

Tuesday 10

10 things going on this last week...

10. Kyle got snowed in from work last Tuesday and Thursday so it was so nice to have him home!! It worked out perfect because we had planned on doing our Christmas with just the 3 of us on Thursday when he got home (since we flew out Friday) but since he was off we did it that morning with hot chocolate and snow falling down all day!! Kyle gave me a beautiful Tiffany's bracelet to match the necklace he gave me for our anniversary. I also got Knocked Up and The Devil Wears Prada. I gave him some shirts, an ipod dock and a wooden cabinet with the block aTm on the front and you open it and it's a dart board. Keaton just had a blast! He was so excited when he opened his Backyardigans guitar; he loves all his new stuff! We forgot to give him this big Tonka truck but we'll give him that as a bonus when we get back!! It was a wonderful early family Christmas!!

Keaton Playing in the Snow

Kyle Plowing

Making Christmas Cookies

Backyardigans Guitar!!!

9. Friday we flew in to Houston and Keaton was so excited to see his Mawmaw and DeeDee when they picked us up! He did so good on the plane I didn't even have to pull out one toy! Normally I'm like Mary Poppins pulling everything under the sun out of our bag to keep him occupied. This time he just played with the window shade, buttons for the overhead lights, and the tray in front of us. Luckily nobody was sitting there!! =)

8. Of course my first meal with everyone was Mexican food! We went to Victors and I had a big strawberry margarita with delicious food!! YUM!!!! I accidentally dropped a scoop of guacamole on my mother in laws lap, which we all thought was hysterical!! I don't know if it was really that funny or just because of those BIG margaritas??? ;)

7. On Saturday I took my mom to the movies to see Australia. It was sad at parts but we both liked it a lot and had a gtreat time together! Keaton ended up getting a fever while we were gone so he wasn't feeling too great. No other symptoms though so a couple rounds of Tylenol and Motrin cleared him up.

6. Saturday night Keaton stayed with my parents while I went to my friends, JoDee and her husband Sean's, Christmas party. She had yummy snacks and drinks while we all visited and then we went on a hay ride to see the AMAZING lights in her neighborhood! I had so much fun! I used to teach with JoDee and the other 2 members from our old 5th grade team, Matilde and Cindy, were there so it was so great to hang out as a group again!! I've missed them so much! Afterwards, I met my friend Megan and her boyfriend, Pace, at Bakers St. for a couple drinks. It was so great to see her! I just love her and Pace is such a sweetheart!

Old 5th Grade Gang!

5. Sunday I went to my old roommate Wendy's baby shower. She is due with a baby girl, Caley, in March! I can't wait to meet her! Wendy was just glowing and it was so fun to see her and everyone else!

4. That night I just snuggled with Keaton for hours! He slept with me (Kyle was hunting this whole time) and although he woke me up consistently throughout the night it was wonderful snuggling with him and having him so close to me!

3. Monday my other old college roommate, Summer, came to my moms and we visited for a while. She gave Keaton his Christmas gift which he just LOVED!! Her and I left and had a VERY successful shopping trip at Katy Mills and then met Kendall for lunch at Los Cucos...yes more Mexican food, of course!!!

2. Kyle came home last night and today we took Keaton to get his picture with Santa!! He was scared to death of him but I still just love the picture! Classic!! Santa was kinda scary looking so I probably would have cried too! =)

Right before..."I'm not sure about this Mom"

Not Happy!!!!

1. Tonight we went to dinner at Chile's with our old neighbors. Before we moved to Colorado our block was literally the perfect place to live! We had a short cul-de-sac with the best neighbors ever. We were all good, fun people (if I do say so myself) just starting to have kids and it was perfect! Luckily we still keep in touch and our kids are just too cute together! I feel so blessed to have them in my life! Paige just turned 2 in October, Aidan will be 2 in February, and Keaton is last in March! Absolutely PRECIOUS!!

Three Musketeers!

Keaton and his "girlfriend" Paige. =)