ABC's of Lately

A is for Austin.  We just got back from a weekend trip to Austin to hang out with Casey's friends from college (and my friends, too! I've now know them for as long as I've known Casey, minus 2 weeks.) We had a fun time hanging out, swimming, and catching up!


B is for baby #2. We have our next doctor appointment set for July 16th and are really hoping to find out the gender that day as well! Still trying to think of a creative way to tell friends & family…not sure I'll do the gender reveal party again, so I'm trying to come up with something new and fun!


C is for Casey. Sawyer & I are so lucky to have him as husband and daddy. We tried hard to make his Father's Day extra special. Seriously, it was as if Sawyer knew - she was extra sweet and extra "Daddy's Girl" for him. :)


D is for doctor. Sawyer had a pretty big fall out of her high chair--it's actually a booster seat in the regular chair of our kitchen table, which is a pub table, so that means a tall chair:( Not good. It ended with a very bloody nose, mouth, and bruised forehead. We took her straight to the doctor hoping that we wouldn't be sent to the ER. Fortunately, we weren't. They checked each one of Sawyer's teeth, her nose, and asked us a few questions about how she was acting. She was fine and happy, but gave us a good scare.


E is for Ezra the Escape.  He recently turned 100,000 miles and really it just made me miss Sally. I got Sally in 2002 with only 7 miles on her and I know it sounds silly, but I always thought I'd get to see her turn 100,000 miles and I didn't. Sad times. Ezra is a good car, but just not the same. 


F is for family & the Fourth of July. We are going camping with Casey's family for the 4th this year and I'm really excited! Casey's parents have an RV that easily holds the whole family (that's 6 adults, 1 kid, 3 babies to be exact! (4 if you count the one in my belly;)) and we've only taken advantage of going with them once and that was before we were even married! The night of the 4th we'll see fireworks and then we'll stay another couple of nights. Fun times!


G is for garden. Ours is going wild and I love it! We have about 25 tomatoes and half as many peppers getting huge! I can't wait to pickle some banana peppers and put home-grown tomatoes on my salad! Yum.


H is for Horton. That's my maiden name. I realized when one of my good friends didn't know my maiden name that it is actually very important to me that you know it! I have the book Horton Hears a Who (have had it since I was a little girl) and am just waiting on the elephant and movie to complete my collection. ;)


I is for ice-cream. I crave it like a mad fool when I'm pregnant. Okay, I always crave it, but I just feel more "okay" with eating it regularly when I'm pregnant. Heehee.


J is for Jerry. One of Casey's best friends turned 30 today - kinda crazy, and means that Casey will turn 30 in 7 months!! I'm gonna be married to an old man! ;)


K is for knocked up. It feels like half of the people I know are pregnant right now! Most of them are due sometime before me, and a few right after me. Excited for all of baby #2's playmates! Lots of babies bein' born in 2012!


L is for lobster. Casey is my lobster. *Name that tv show!!* (If you can't, we're probably not that great of friends. Haha!)


M is for masters degree. I am getting mine in counseling and taking 9 hours this summer. I am sooo close to being done, I can almost taste it! I have completed 27 hours of a 52 hour program and after this summer I'll have 9 more (totaling 36!). I am doing my first internship this fall (there are 3 semesters of internships) and am very excited!


N is for nanny. I think most people know that I keep 2 twin boys during the school year, but a lot of people don't know that I am keeping 1 little boy 2 days a week during the summer! I'm like an official nanny. Haha :)


O is for Obama or Oprah? If you had to vote for one of them for president of the United States who would you pick?? I would love to know your answer in the comments section. :) Might be a hard decision for some of you! Ha!


P is for Pets. I'm trying to talk Casey into letting us find a new home for both of ours…I know, it's super sad, but I really don't want to overwhelm myself anymore than I have to when baby #2 is born. I remember how stressed Lucy made me in the first few weeks when we brought Sawyer home. I think poor Lucy is going to get less and less attention and she deserves a lot! She is a very sweet dog. If I could give her to someone for 2 or 3 years and then ask for her back, that is what I would do. Sawyer loves her. (Casey doesn't like Ella, so I know he'll be okay with me finding a new home for her, but that makes me sad, too, and for some reason I can't get rid of just one of them without feeling guilty for keeping the other! Plus, Ella is way less work than Lucy, anyway). Pet owners - please don't hate me. :( I already feel bad about this and will probably take months to make this decision.


Q is for q-tip. Unfortunately Sawyer inherited my super waxy ears. Poor girl.


R is for reading. I haven't been hooked on a good book in a little while, BUT I started a new Bible reading plan on my iPhone in order to read the Bible in a year's time and I look forward to reading each day! Turns out the Bible can hook you, too. How 'bout that?!


S is for shoes. Sawyer got her first pair of "real" shoes (you know, the kind you can actually walk in)! She loves them and will pick them up and try to put them on her feet. Never before had she raised her foot to help me put her shoes on before these shoes. They must be really comfortable, or maybe she just knows they are better for your feet when you walk on hot surfaces. ;) Either way, she likes them and I'm happy with my purchase!


T is for tickle.  Casey tickles Sawyer to death and she giggles and giggles and giggles. It is so stinking cute!!! I need to video it, but every time she gets to giggling I don't want to leave the room to go get the camera! She takes my breath away when she gets like that. Pure joy.


U is for umbrella. A couple of weeks ago I met Alycia in Dallas for lunch at Sfuzzi! We had a grand ole time and about 2 hours in we were wrapping up and ready to head out when we looked outside to see a huge downpour of rain--really it wasn't coming down as much as it was coming sideways. It was more rain than I had seen in a while actually. So we decided to order dessert and ended up staying another 2 hours until the rain was completely gone. I never have my umbrella when I need it, but in this case it turned out to be fun! :)


V is for vision. Television that is! There is nothing on TV during the summer and I hate it! I watched an entire season of 24 and am just waiting to borrow the other seasons from my sister-in-law (hint hint! :) Casey and I enjoy Big Brother and are waiting patiently for July 12th. Ps. we don't have cable or netflix, so please don't start suggesting tv shows that we can't watch - it's mean! :)


W is for wagon. Sawyer loves her red wagon and takes rides around the backyard frequently! Casey pulls her around to water the garden and trees and she waves at me on the porch and smiles. So cute.


X is for x-ray. I'm supposed to go to the dentist next week and always think it's fun to tell them I can't get an x-ray since I'm pregnant! I don't like how often they x-ray my teeth anyway! I've never had a cavity and don't think I need an x-ray every year. They just want my money! haha.


Y is for yawn. I have just not been getting enough sleep lately! Or maybe I'm still extra tired from being pregnant. Either way, I'd like a nap! 


Z is for zoo. We have taken Sawyer to the zoo two times this year and she has loved it both times! I think she is going to be an animal lover for sure. 

Austin Anniversary Trip: Day 4

Our fourth and final day of our 2-year anniversary trip to Austin was pretty short. We slept in, checked out of the hotel around noon, and went to Texadelphia for lunch. I've never before had a Philly Cheesesteak, and I gotta say, I'm not too big of a fan. Casey loves them though.

Anyway, after that we went to Peter Pan's Putt-Putt Course! It's been in business in Austin for 50 years. It's odd and eclectic and that's party of why it is fun! :) After our 2 rounds of putt-putt, we were off to the Round Rock Outlet Malls. We spent a few hours there and each got 2 pair of shoes - good deals on all 4! When we were done with our shopping we headed back to Rockwall to see our sweet animals, Lucy & Ella.

I got a hole-in-one on the first hole!! Ha ha!

Back home to my sweet puppy!!

Thank you so much to all of our friends and family for your support and love over the past 2 years. We are very thankful for you all.

Austin Anniversary Trip: Day 3

The 3rd day of our trip to Austin was New Year's Eve. It started and ended with good food! Haha! We slept in a little that morning and then headed to Kerbey Lane for breakfast! I was STARVING by the time we got there and then when we left I was so full I was about to pop. We both had pancakes, bacon, and eggs. Delicious. We didn't end up eating lunch that day because of that stuff though - we were the bad kind of full. The miserable kind of full. You know the feeling?

After lunch we went back to the hotel and I took a nap (due to the fullness) and Casey watched TV while I did that. We basically slept 'til it was time to get ready for dinner. :) We went to Chuy's (our fav). It was packed, as usual, but worth the wait. After dinner we went to Mozart's to play some cards and drink some coffee. I LOVE Mozart's. It's gotta be the coolest coffee house ever. It's on a dock on the lake and there are places to sit indoor and outdoor on the lake. It was one of the places we went the night that Casey proposed.

After many hands of playing Speed at Mozart's, we went 6th Street for New Year's Eve. First we walked around and watched all of the crazy people in the street. It was a mad house. We then took a 30-minute carriage ride around downtown Austin - down Congress and around the Capitol. It was cold, but so pretty and fun! It was my first ever horse and carriage ride. A great New Year's Eve/2 Year Anniversary thing to do. :) After the carriage ride we walked a little ways down 6th Street to watch the ball drop (they had a real ball dropping - not just watching the one in New York on TV, haha). People were acting crazy, but it was still fun. We rang in the new year and then headed back to the hotel to sleep (we don't often stay up that late)!

Some of the best breakfast ever!

Chuy's is probably our favorite restaurant to eat at together - We LOVE the jalapeno ranch!!

This is where Mozart's Coffee House is located

Inside the Driskill Hotel

Our view of the capitol from our ride

Getting ready for New Year's Eve!

 

He looks so excited here and I like it :

Well, there's only 1 day left to our trip and it's coming soon! :)

Austin Anniversary Trip: Day 2

Day 2 of our trip we slept in late - which was very nice after all of the holiday stuff! After getting ready, we went to Freebirds for lunch (one of our all-time favorites), and then we were on our way to the state capitol for a tour! I haven't been inside since I was a little girl and Casey hasn't been in years either. He said he never went inside in all the years he lived in Austin for college. Surprising to me! So we had a nice little tour of the capitol where we saw the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate Chambers.

After that we went to the Harry Ransom Center to see one of the only, original, and complete Gutenberg Bibles, the first photograph ever taken, and the Edgar Allan Poe exhibit. It was very interesting and we stayed 'til it closed!

After that we used the movie gift card my mom got us for our anniversary and went to see Sherlock Holmes! It was very good! Casey liked it because it was "artsy." I liked the plot. :)

After the movie we went to famous Amy's Ice cream - it was very good! I would explain it as the Freebirds of ice cream - the people working there are eclectic...and they throw the ice cream around as they are making it for you. :) It was good.

Here are some pictures from our 2nd day in Austin!

The beautiful dome inside of the capitol!

One of the chambers inside of the capitol

Now at the Ransom Center....

While I was there I was just thinking about how much we owe this guy! I mean, without him, we might not even have the Bible in English! Way to invent the printing press Johannes Gutenberg!! :)

It's funny that this is the first picture - you can't even really see anything. They had a drawing beside it so you can see what it use to look like. It's a picture of the backyard from someone's terrace.

I loved this part of the museum! I love Edgar Allan Poe! I read his stuff in high school a lot, and really enjoyed it (even though he's so morbid)!

Casey throwing up the horns in front of the UT tower - this was just a few steps away from our hotel!

I like the coloring on this one:)

Me with the capitol building in the background - that building on the right is our hotel:)

The menu at Amy's Ice cream! Some of them were very funny!

The beautiful capitol at night! :)

Well, that's it for day 2 of our anniversary trip!

Hope you all are having a marvelous Monday!! :)

Austin Anniversary Trip: Day 1

For our 2 year anniversary this year we decided to take a 4-day trip to Austin, TX. Since that's where we got engaged, it seemed an appropriate place to go. It was a lot of fun!

I plan to do this post in 4 sections - 1 for each day!

Day 1, December 29th, we drove to Austin around 2pm. It was our actual anniversary and it was snowing some while we drove! We got there around 6 or so and went straight to The Iron Cactus for our anniversary dinner. That is where he gave me my 2nd gift of the day (he gave me 3 different ones throughout the day). After a great dinner we headed to the hotel to unpack! We stayed at the AT&T Conference Center on the UT Campus. It is only 1 year old, so everything was nice and new. I loved our room! After unpacking, we headed to a cute little coffee shop called Austin Java. We shared a chocolate cupcake with our coffee. :)

Here are some pictures from Day 1 of our trip!

 

They had this robe in the closet in our bedroom and he loved it - he wore it all weekend=)

Well, that's all for Day 1! Day 2 will be posted shortly!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Ours was fun and relaxing!