Fresh Start

I know I have said it more than once, but today is my fresh start to blogging again.  To kick things off I wanted to share this video.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!  I am really am going to try to post more often.  I can't say that I am going to do it everyday, but I will try to do it every week at least!  I took this video with my flip video camera on Monday night.  Landry turned 3 months old on Tuesday.  My next post will be about Landry and her birthday etc since I never got that one done!  Stay tuned!

Big Sister Stuff

I finally got the girls' big sister shirts in the mail this week and I am so excited.  I think they are so cute and can't wait to see them wearing them when they come to meet baby Landry!  Abbie wasn't overly excited about hers (but what do you expect from an almost 10 year old) until I told her that she and Sloan had matching shirts.  I think after I said that she realized that it was important to me for them to both have one.  Here is a picture I snapped on my phone when they came in.  I think they are precious!

I went to the doctor today and everything is progressing nicely.  We are on the downhill slide. Dr. Banks said that she definitely felt like I wouldn't make it full term and after next weeks appointment that she is comfortable with me having this baby anytime.  One minute I am SOOOO ready and the next minute I am SOOOO nervous.  I just have a lot of anxiety about how everything is going to happen.  Will Jimmy be here, will it be in the middle of the night, how will Sloan react, how will I manage 2 under 2...and the list goes on!  I am sure these are all normal pre-delivery jitters but I just really don't remember having them with Sloan.  We have been talking a lot about how Sloan is going to be a big sister but I am absolutely convinced that she totally doesn't get it.  She might surprise us all but I am quite sure that she is going to be extremely jealous.  I am really just trying to spend as much one-on-one time with her these next few weeks while I can.  Neither one of us is really ready to share our time quite yet!

I will keep everyone posted as to how things are going.  T minus 3 weeks...MAX!!!! 

Fun Pics!

I know...I know...I am a total blog slacker!  Gonna get back on track...I promise.  So here is a little something oh-so-precious to tide you over!  It is amazing to see life through your child's eyes.  Who ever knew a giant leave was SO much fun?!  I will make a real post later this week...cross my heart.  And if I am feeling brave, I might even have someone take a preggo pic of me to post...yikes!

Ladies and Gentlemen, It's a...

Sweet baby GIRL sucking her thumb!

GIRL!!!  Can you believe it?!  The whole time I have totally thought we were having a boy, along with everyone else that has seen me.  Poor Daddy...overthrown by 3 daddy's girls, a wife, and a female dog.  Bless his heart...that is a lot of estrogen!  We went in for our 20 week ultrasound and I was convinced it was a baby boy, but when the tech asked if we wanted to know the good news or the bad news I knew right away it was another girl.  No ultrasound tech in their right mind would have told us there was something abnormal with the baby by asking if we want the bad news!  Anyway, now that we have found out we will have Cleveland girl #3 in April we are off to play the baby name game.  This one could take a while!  Jimmy and I can't seem to agree on anything.  Abbie loves the name Ella but it is not one of our faves.  Poor thing, she talks to my belly everyday calling it Ella...has for many weeks now.  I keep telling her that isn't the name but I suppose she isn't going to give up until we fill out an official birth certificate.  Everything else in my pregnancy is going great!  I can't believe I am already half way done.  Time has flown by but I am sure that has NOTHING to do with the fact that I am constantly consumed with chasing after an extremely active and onery 18 month old.  It just doesn't seem possible that my sweet baby girl is already 18 months old.  Where does the time go?

I am getting in the holiday spirit.  Trying to find time to decorate the house...again, not an easy task with an 18 month old at home.  I am very interested to see what she thinks about the tree. Last Christmas she was just starting to sit up so I never had to worry about her messing with anything.  I have a feeling that this year my tree will only be decorated from the middle up! Curious and mischevious little girl!  My dad and Diane are keeping Sloan tomorrow night so I am going to have him bring in all of my holiday boxes when he comes to pick her up.  As soon as she leaves though, I am off to do some shopping.  Going to fly out the door and shop until I drop.  It is so much easier to get things done without Sloan's "help".  I love her dearly but she is absolutely not the best shopping partner!  If I were smart, I would have shopped a little here and there over the past few months, but I haven't so it is crunch time!

Thanks for checking in on us!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and is enjoying the Christmas season!

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I've Been Tagged...Oh The Pressure!

8 TV Shows I Love To Watch:

1.  Gray's Anatomy

2.  A Baby Story

3.  Bringing Home Baby

4.  Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team

5.  All My Children

6.  The View

7.  The Hills

8.  Celebrity Rehab

8 Of My Favorite Restaurants:

1.  Kobe

2.  Texas Roadhouse

3.  Olive Garden

4.  Del Frisco's

5.  Nick and Sam's

6.  San Miguel

7.  PF Chang's

8.  Cheesecake Factory

8 Things That Have Happened Today:

1.  Woke up

2.  Made Sloan cinnamon rolls for breakfast

3.  Let the dog out

4.  Jimmy left to go back to Florida

5.  My dad and Diane came over the use my computer

6.  I ironed Sloan's clothes for the weekend and pack her bag

7.  Kissed Sloan good-bye

8.  Filled out this thing!  (it's still morning)

8 Things I am Looking Forward To:

1.  Thanksgiving

2.  Our trip to Sea World this weekend

3.  Our family Christmas pictures

4.  Christmas

5.  Finding out if baby #2 is a boy or a girl

6.  Living in the same house as my husband full time again...can't wait

7.  Having baby #2

8.  Spending time with my family over the holidays

8 Things On My Wishlist:

1.  A baby boy (I will be happy either way...more wishing for Jimmy)

2.  For Sloan to lose the cough and runny nose...it just gets on my nerves

3.  For Jimmy's job to bring him back to Dallas (wishful thinking!)

4.  A bigger car before the new baby gets here

5.  A new zoom lens for my camera

6.  A million dollars...don't we all want that?!

7.  A full time nanny, butler, chauffer, etc...hahaha!

8.  A happy and heathly family

8 People I Tag:

1.  Lori

2.  Lorin

3.  Sister

4.  Mom

5.  Courtney

6.  Angela

7.  Kristen

8.  Niki

Weekend of Cheerleading!

This weekend was full of cheerleading.  Abbie has been on a Tiger League team, the Cowboys of course, for three seasons now and loves it!  Saturday she had a game.  It was the final game of the season and the winner advanced to the Super Bowl.  Sadly, we lost but the boys played great and the girls had fun cheering them on as always.  Sloan loves going to the games.  She stands at the fence and just yells Abbie's name over and over again.  I am sure she can't wait until she can get out there and shake her little tooshie too!

Sunday her cheerleading squad competed in a real competition.  It was called Cheer Mania and was hosted by The Colony High School.  They won 2nd place in their division and I must say that they defeated some pretty awesome teams!  They looked so cute with their glitter eye shadow and red lipstick...I could tell I was hormonal because after their performance all of the parents were in the stands cheering extremely loud and the girls just looked so excited and proud of themselves that I found myself getting teary eyed.  Hahaha!  Not typical of me at all.  Abbie was so excited they won 2nd place because 3rd place and above got a trophy instead of a medal.  Her Mimi bought her flowers for a job well done so when we stopped for lunch on the way home, Abbie of course had to bring her flowers and trophy in to the restaurant.  The hostess made a huge deal about how awesome it was that she won and you could instantly see her swell with pride.  Priceless memories.

Jimmy is in Glen Rose, TX for the first part of the week.  His boss takes all of the managing partners on an annual hunting trip.  If you know Jimmy, then you know that he isn't exactly the "hunting type".  Well, his boss bought him an awesome $5000 Barretta shot gun (thanks John!) and we made a trip to Bass Pro for some hunting gear and he was set.  He left Sunday morning and will be back some time Tuesday night.  I talked to him this morning and he has shot 3 quail and 5 pheasant so far.  Good Job Daddy!  There is no telling how many times my beginner hunter had to fire that shot gun to actually get 8 birds, but still he has shot 8 birds on his first trip!  He said he is having lots of fun and is already looking forward to next years trip.

Like I said, November is a really busy month for us so keep checking in!  Lots of fun stuff going on so stayed tuned!