weekend, friends & a birthday!

We had a pretty lazy weekend sprinkled with some fun with friends!

Friday night was spent with shrimp fajitas and the tv at home. Rob had to be up early to go to Austin for the regional coaches meeting, so we just laid low and relaxed.

Saturday wasn't terribly exciting either, but we had a fun double date that night! My lifelong friend, Melissa, lives in the town over from us, and we don't get together nearly as often as we should! Her bf was in town, so we decided to go to dinner and fix that :) We had a blast! No pictures, but hopefully we'll be doing that again soon, and we'll get some then!

Sunday morning we went to church and started a new Sunday School class that we're really excited about. I think it will be great! After a couple errands and lunch, we got ready to go celebrate The Dunnam's "baby" Tate! He's TWO! Seems like just last week that Cassi was pregnant with him. Why does time fly by so quickly?!

Tater had so much fun opening his presents!

He was even willing to share...no terrible twos here :)

Isn't he a great little picture-taker? If he knows you're taking one he'll say 

"CHEEEESE!" then "I see?" Ha, he keeps us laughing!

After Tate's tail-gate, we watched the Super Bowl together as well. 

Well, the guys watched it, the girls tuned into parts of it! I was mostly preoccupied with queso, guacamole and the gluten-free cupcakes that Cassi made ;)

Can ya blame me?! I think not.

Hope you had a fun weekend, too!

confessions

Hi all! I'm linking up with Leslie of A Blonde Ambition today for Confessional Friday!

1. A lot of my regular wardrobe also functions as maternity wear...should I be concerned by that? Does this mean I walk around looking pregnant even when I'm not? Hmm...

2. I'm a little bitter towards the Girl Scouts for not making a gluten free cookie. Get with it, girls! It's 2012.

3. I have to talk myself out of hitting up the coke machine at work almost daily. For the record, I only actually get a coke once a week...if that, but it's a battle ;-) Avoiding Sonic happy hour on the weekends is a whole other story. Will-power, people.

4. I'm so stinkin' excited about our upcoming baby showers. Is that vain? I hope not because I can't wait. Now, if I could stay off our online registry...

5. Every time a stranger asks me when I'm due I want to tell them I'm not pregnant just to see how bad they feel. I haven't done it yet (and probably won't), but asking a woman if she's pregnant is awfully brave (or stupid) if you ask me. I know I wouldn't dare!

6. Last week I noticed a bunch of nice, like-new Uhaul boxes on the curb of someone's new house while I was on my walk, so when I got home, I drove over there and asked the man if I could have them. He was happy to get rid of them, and they now reside in our attic with the rest of our boxes. Now, we're definitely not planning on going anywhere ANY time soon, but I've learned it's always good to be prepared! And boxes aren't cheap when you purchase them at Uhaul, you know! It made me feel sort of like a lunatic...but I'll thank myself someday ;)

7. I had a dream about Jaqs last night, and she came out of the womb TALKING. What the?! Why does pregnancy make you have such crazy dreams?

8. This "winter" weather has me seriously concerned for what's in store this summer. We've had a few cold days, but mostly it's been in the 60s or 70s this year. It's nice, but I hope this doesn't mean we're in for another tortuous summer. I'm sure it does, though. Waaahhh.

That's all I've got...for now...

Happy Friday, y'all!

30 weeks!

growing girls

How far along: 30 weeks! Hard to believe we're in the 30s now...not long to go :)

Size of baby: According to thebump.com Jaqs is the size of a squash. She's somewhere between 15-17 inches long and 2.5-4 pounds! Wow!

Total weight gain: Up 19 pounds.

Gender: Baby girl!

Movement: Oh yes. Her movements are quite obvious and more like a kneading feeling against my insides now rather than little kicks and squirms. She still prefers my right side!

Sleep: Still sleeping pretty well most of the time. I wake up more to shift around and use the bathroom, but I feel rested most days!

What I miss: I miss being able to wear everything in my closet, but that's about it. So worth it!

Cravings: My appetite has decreased, but I snack ALL. THE. TIME. I just can't eat big meals really. My current favorites are: still cold cereal, crackers with cheese...especially cream cheese, fruit and milk.

Symptoms: Shortness of breath and occasional numbness in my hands/feet/limbs. Oh, and my bladder seems as though it's the size of a pea! If you really want to know.

Maternity clothes: Still working with both.

Best moments this week: 

--We had a check up this morning, and the doctor said everything looked perfect. He always makes me feel so good about things! Baby girl's heart-rate was strong, and she is already head down. Hopefully she'll stay that way :
--We're down to every-2-week appointments! Yippeeeeee!!

--The bedding is done and in the crib! I love it.

--Jaqs got her first monogrammed outfit. Thanks again, Jennifer! It's adorable.