New Layout!!

My wonderful friend Amanda completely redesigned my blog!  Don't you love it?!  Now I just have to learn how to use it and fill up all the extra space. All the pages represent things that are important to me, so I hope to fill them with information to share why they are important. 

I have been taking a lot of pictures recently and am loving it!  I have captured some wonderful shots of some amazing people.  And I appreciate my friends trusting in me to do so.  I love it.  I plan to blog about the different pictures over the next day or two, so you need to go to our photography blog.  Amanda and I have worked at them a lot and you can check out a lot of the pictures on FB.  And as I said you can check out our blog.  Thanks for keeping up with us. 

Here are just a few of my little guy being a cutie the other day at his playgroup Easter Party.  He actually somewhat participated with the finding eggs thing, which makes me super excited for next weekend!   I hope you enjoy and come back soon for lots of blog updates and picture updates!

Update-age

I was going to post some pictures of Corbin today, but they are on my other computer and I simply don't feel like going to work on that computer right this second.  However, I do have lots of things to update on.

I'm sure you read my complete breakdown post last week.  Well things are so much better now. Corbin is now sleeping in his room! =)  He calls it his "big boy room" and he loves it.  We still have to hang some stuff on the wall, and the bed still has to be made, but other than that it's done.  Those are things that can be done over the next month or 2.

Clynt's truck is RUNNING!  YAH!  As you know, this was my biggest concern, but it is now not a concern any longer.  He is still changing some of the fluids and stuff just to make sure that it is in good condition before driving it much, but it is running!  He got it all put back together on Sunday and then on Monday it turned on!  I would say Sunday, however the batteries were not cooperating, and it took a lot of messing around with to get them to work long enough to turn the truck on.  They are new batteries but had sat for so long that they just didn't have full power. So this is a major praise!

Last night, Clynt started staining the swing set.  Wow... So hopefully this weekend that will be completely done also.

I have organized tons of stuff upstairs and all Corbin's clothes are in his new room and the nursery is now ready for Garrett.  I had to go buy hangers today for hanging up all of Garrett's clothes (well Corbin's old ones), and hopefully will get that done by this weekend.

So, in case you were keeping up with the check list, the only thing left to be done after the couple completions this weekend is Corbin's bed.  That is a huge change from last week, huh?!?!  My husband has been busy, and it so shows!  I love the lack of stress. =)  Praise GOD!

Garrett update-  So, I went to the doctor today and my blood pressure was close to normal (not perfect, but not bad).  Meaning, I don't have to be on a strict bed rest, and I don't have to be on medication yet!  GREAT NEWS!!!  So, now I am supposed to be taking it easy still just to keep it pretty normal, but other than that we are all good.  I was having some cramping and stuff but Garrett looked perfect today, and so we will just keep chugging along until our next appt 2 weeks from now.  All great stuff.  More praises to GOD.

Okay, how's that for updates??  I love it!  Tomorrow, I will try to post some pictures =)

The Grouchy Lady Bug.

I love books written by Eric Carle, the graphics are adorable and they are always just cute.  So, I buy them when I find them for a reasonable price (sometimes, not so reasonable, but hey Corbin likes them too!)... So Corbin's favorite book is now The Grouchy Lady Bug.  For those of you who have never read this book it is about a grouchy lady bug who asks all different animals if they want to fight and when they do he says, never mind, your not big enough (even to an elephant), well at the end, when a whale flipped him all the back to where he started, he decided it was time to be nice.   Here is a picture of the book:

So, since this is Corbin's new book, we read it all the time.  I no longer even have to read it.  Corbin turns the page to each new animal and says "Hey you, wanna fight BIRD (or whatever animal it is)".  It is hilarious when reading the book.  However, sometimes he comes up to me and says "Hey You, Wanna FIGHT!?".. Im thinking no, not at all!  I have to let Corbin know that that is just a book.  The last thing I want to happen is for him to go up to a kid in play group and ask them if they want to fight.   It is funny though.  I really love that he can read the books to himself.  Well, he doesn't actually *read* but he knows what each page says and he says it.  Not just that book, but other books too.  It is adorable.  Every day his vocabulary amazes me.  He is able to carry on a conversation on the phone, and he can let you know anything and everything he wants.   It is adorable.  I can't wait for him to meet Garrett and teach him all of his cute habits.  I just love it.

Tomorrow, I will update on our to do list around here.  It is soooo coming along.  The hubster has been busy.  Love him lots. 

Hormones.... AHHH!!!

So, I am an emotional wreck lately.  Everything makes me cry, and everything makes me stress.... Obviously none of this is good for my BP, but I can't find anything to make me better!

I have a major fear right now that the baby will come and nothing is going to be done around here.  I mean, as of last week, Clynt's truck is yet to be fixed, Corbin's new room needs painting, we have mounds of stuff to go in the attic, Corbin's swingset is half stained/half NOT, all the clothes for Garrett are still in the attic and his closet is still full of Corbin's stuff, and so on.  I wanted all of this done months ago, and so now my stress level is crazy high.

Clynt has been working on his truck for what seems like forever now, and continues to fix and replace things that don't need fixed, he just does it because he's got so much already taken apart.  I  just want the darn thing running!!  Clynt has a JEEP that he is driving, however, I don't want the stress of something not working when the baby gets here.  The kiddos do not ride safely in the JEEP (in my opinion), so his big truck needs to be working in case of emergencies and stuff.  This is the biggest stress in my life right now.  There is just sooooo much money and time into the thing, and it is so close, but seems sooooooo far away from being done.

Then there is Corbin's new room.  I do not want for Corbin to feel like he is getting kicked out of his room for to make room for Garrett, so I really wanted his room to be done months ago.  Yet, it is still not done.  Clynt has to build the bed for it, and I know that is going to take another long while.  But as long as everything gets moved and painted and pretty much decorated, then I can move Corbin in there, while we wait for the bed to be done.  At least this way, he will be in there and not get kicked out of his room just before Garrett gets here.

Since Corbin is getting the new room and Garrett is getting that room, there is a lot of moving and organizing of Clothes and toys and books and so on that has to be done.  Corbin's stuff has to go to his new room and all his baby clothes have to come out of the attic for Garrett.  This is another thing that must be done soon so that we can be ready!

The swing set in the back yard was stained like 5 months ago, but we ran out of stain and Clynt decided that he was going to make a wooden roof for it and then stain it all together when that's done.  I said that was fine, but little did I know that it would be this long later and it not be done!!  The roof was completed about 3 weeks ago, but the staining is yet to happen.  Don't get me wrong the roof looks AMAZING, however, now there are 3 different colors (the stained wood, the old wood, and the new wood), all on the swing set and it looks rediculous.  ugh.

Soooooo.... because of all these things, on Sunday, I had a major break down.  On the way to church, I started crying, and I trying to dry up before church, but the second I got in my mom asked me what was wrong so I started to tell her and I am immediately started bawling.  With in minutes, our campus Pastor, other church staff, friends, and everyone were around asking what was wrong.  I think it is something that only a woman who has had a baby understands.  I have gestational hypertension now, and cannot do any of this stuff on my own (other than wash clothes, clean, put stuff up, but until it's out of the attic and the rooms are ready, I can't do that!), and I am majorly nesting and want thing ready for the baby sooooo bad!!!

Poor Clynt felt like it was all his fault and it is not.  Their is a lot to get done, and he needs to ask for help sometimes.  So my family all came over on Monday night and helped paint.  Now Corbin's new room is painted!  Tonight, I think that Clynt is moving around stuff so that Corbin can be ready to be moved over this weekend.  So, things are now coming along after my complete emotional breakdown.  Clynt didn't realize how worried i was before, but really does now and he SOOOO does not want to be the cause of anything happening to Garrett or I because of my BP problems.  

I love you babe!!!  Thanks for everything that you are doing!

And it starts again.....

I wrote this blog yesterday and the darn thing disappeared and wouldn't save.  So, I will try to re-post as best as I can remember.

At this point in my pregnancy I had Gestational Hypertension with Corbin.  At 28 weeks, it started developing and at 30 weeks I got put in the hospital because of how high it was.  I never developed PreEclampsia but was monitored very closely and was induced at 37 weeks.  This is all generally a first time mom complication, so we thought we would slide by it this time.  Well....... I started having horrible headaches about a week or 2 ago, and went for my check up last Wednesday and SUPRISE, my blood pressure was up!  It was not high enough for an immediate hospital visit (Praise GOD!), but it was enough that now I have to monitor it and not over do it for a while.  I am monitoring it every day, and some days are horrible and other days are okay with it not being too much over a normal  BP.  So we go back next Wednesday and go from there.  For now I was told not to "over do it", which in case your wondering (because I was!) what that means, it means "no vacuuming (YES! ha), no running lots of errands, resting often, and just staying off my feet some", so that's what I've been trying to do.  We didn't leave the house 2 times last week and we didnt leave the house yesterday either.  Corbin gets bored though, so we may go to the library or something today, just to get out for a little while.

When we go back to the doctor, there are a couple of things that could happen.  For starters, there is a medicine that I can get on to help.  I don't like taking medicine while pregnant, and this is not the safest medicine.  With Corbin it was much easier and safer to just be on bed rest instead of medication.  This time though, it is not as easy to be on bed rest, so I may get a low dose of medicine in order to try to avoid a strict bed rest.  Bed Rest plus Toddler do NOT mix well!!  The other thing that could happen is that I go on bed rest any ways.  And the worst possible thing would be that if it is through the roof, being in the hospital.  Or really, having protien in my urine, and having pre-eclampsia, because then it would really be a strict bed rest and delivering much earlier than I would want to probably.  But that last option is probably not the case, because that didn't happen with Corbin (though anything is possible).

So, anyway, we are now sitting and waiting.  Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us, all prayers are so well appreciated.   The main concern is just for a healthy Garrett and being able to take care of Corbin with out it being too much of a disturbance in his life! =)

On a side note, my good friend Amanda came in town this past weekend and was able to take some pictures of me and my pregnant belly and wonderful family.  Here are a few of my favorites...  Enjoy!

Tomorrow, I may be able to post pictures of Corbin's new room (or at least the painted walls).  There are 2 stripe that have to be done and Clynt refuses to let me take a picture before it's done.  But I would like to say THANK YOU to my mom, sister, and Matt for coming over last night to help!!!!  It was soooo awesome to see progress being made.  I will let you know about my break down later =)

Toddler Tuesday

 Discovery Green started doing a Toddler Tuesday where they have a different activity each Tuesday for Toddlers to enjoy.  Corbin and I decided to try it out this week.  We went with a couple of our friends and we all had a wonderful time!  Corbin is a rambunctous 2 year, and kept running around like a wild man, but he was having fun.  The activity was hosted by the Houston Dynamos, and they had this big thing to kick a soccer ball into, and they had their mascot their and then they even gave away a couple of sets of tickets.  I don't win stuff ever, but my girlfriend and her son did win a set.  So we were excited for them!  Im sure his daddy was super excited to hear about it!

Here is a picture of Corbin kicking the ball into the goal.  He had lots of fun playing around.  I have been horrible about bringing my camera with me lately and I will blame it on pregnancy hormones because I tell myself I am going to bring it, but I keep just forgetting it.  I have a terrible memory, and my pregnancy does not help it at all.  So these are from my iphone again.  And i didnt get near as many as I would have liked.  Corbin and his buddy ran around playing for a while and Corbin just had a blast.

Then, Corbin spotted the mascot!  It is the fox, and I can't think of his name for the life of me.  Corbin was in love though.  He loves all animals, mascots or not!  He cracks me up.  He must have gone up to the mascot 10 times, to hug him, high five him, give him thumbs up, take my phone and get a picture, and so on.  The mascot grew quite fond of him.  In this picture you can see how excited Corbin was to be held by him.

Then after Corbin really grew on him, the mascot picked him up and took off with him.  I followed of course, though Corbin could have cared less if I was there or not.  He was in hog heaven!!  Then he got a little special treatment.  See below, the mascot holding Corbin and letting him pick up the ball to put it in each of the holes.  Notice all the other kids hoping they were next.  However, they were not.  Corbin was the only one that the mascot did this with.  Corbin felt super special for sure, and I was so happy for him.  It was adorable. 

Side note** Corbin has a way with people.  Last night at our nephews baseball game Corbin spotted a pretty lady in the crowd who had peanuts and he went and sat next to her.  Of course, he managed to get himself some.  Then a little while later the same lady had M&M's so there Corbin went again.  He curled up next to her and asked super nice "M&M please"... She asked me if it was okay, and I said sure.  Then he told her "Thank you"... I didn't hear him say it, so I called over to him and asked him if he was being polite, and the lady turned to me and said that he had incredible manners.  I thought it was so sweet.  She was in love with Corbin, just like the mascot was. 

Okay, so back to Tuesday.  Clynt works downtown only a few blocks from Discovery Green, so we went to pick him up and went and had lunch!  Corbin loved getting to see his daddy and I loved it too.  Plus we all like eating downtown.  It was great.

Then Corbin fell asleep on the way home (which was 1.5 earlier than normal)... He napped for 4 hours and I had to wake him up for our next trip that day, the environmental fair.  Corbin had a great time there also with his Uncle Michael and Grandma and Grandpa and then daddy made a suprise appearance also.  Corbin's favorite part were the animals of course.  Then we went to dinner with everyone.  Then home we went.  This momma was tired!  

It was a very successful day... toddler tuesday!  

Horseback riding

This weekend we went out to my in-laws place.  They have a few horses, 4-wheelers, a Gator (the vehicle thing), and 30 acres for playing on.  I am a city girl, but I do like to ride horses.  In the summers growing up we would go ride on our grandma's horses and during the year we would get lessons, along with all of our many sports that we played.  So, I do love horses.  And if you know Clynt, you know that he LOVES horses too.  He has riden since he was in high school and is very good on a horse and absolutely adores them and all animals.  So, it comes to no suprise that our little guy LOVES them too.  I always said that I wasn't going to let him ride till he was a little older, even though he asks all the time, because I thought it was dangerous.

But, Clynt had different plans, and I try my hardest to let Clynt be a daddy to his little boy and give him his say on a lot of those things.  Clynt's mom and step-dad bought a saddle for Corbin size, and Clynt created a little rigged seat belt, and I said okay.  I want for Corbin to have fun, and Clynt promised to stay near him while Pam led the horse in a round pen.  So, it all seemed pretty safe.  So there he went.  My BABY on an animal a thousand times his weight!  But you can count on me to have a camera in hand for this event.  So here are a few:

He had so much fun!  I was so happy that he was happy and his daddy and both Grandma and Grandpa were happy too.  It was adorable.  I Heart my little man so much!