It's a Happy Birthday

to my wonderful daddy ...

and Brady's awesome grandfather (or whatever he will be called)!!

Things for Mr. Brady

Now, that this little one growing inside of me has a name ... we have had a few things monogrammed!

a couple weeks ago, i told bryan that i wanted to make a blanket for Brady. one for the main purpose of covering him in the carseat ... when we went from hospital to car, car to house, etc. decided a tie fleece would be the best.

then to top it off ... we decided to have it monogrammed.

i was going to make a ut blanket, but Bryan picked camo instead.

then, we decided that instead of a diaper bag ... we spent a little more on a jon hart bag. i will use this bag after it's days of holding diapers.

we choose orange because i am all about the neutral colors ... and Neal on it, so that it can be used for all our kids.

I get so excited when I see things with his name on it. Oh, it's getting so close.

6th Dr. Appointment

Had a quick check up this morning.

Weight: same
So far I have gained a total of 16 lbs.

Blood Pressure: Good

Heartbeat: 132 bpm
it's usually in the 140's, but she said sounds good

Dr. came in.

Gave me a new and stronger prescription for my acid reflex crap.

Measured belly. I am 30 weeks, and my belly is 30 cm from top to bottom. Perfect.

Answered all my random questions.

Helped us decide on a pediatrician.

Scheduled another appointment in two weeks.

Pumpkin Carving 2009

Here is Bryan's crazy pumpkin for 2009!

he chose...
yup, YODA!

District Cross Country

District Cross Country was this morning ...

it started off cold and wet. I told Lance that I don't do the two together. he must have been praying hard because it had quit raining about 30 minutes before he was suposed to run.

all the teams together said a prayer before the race.

now this is Lance's 2nd race of the whole season ...
he was out with a stress fracture.

so i didn't really know where he would end up ...

after about a half a mile ... he was in 3rd place!

then at the finish line ...
that is the 1st and 2nd place runners.
Lance finished 2nd! Way to go, Buddy!!

As a team, they also did amazing. Their 5th runner from the team placed 6th!

Regionals is November 7th, then state is November 14th. Go Wall Hawks!

30 Weeks

-We have started counting kicks. in the morning and the evening. should be at least 10 in an hour ... the longest it has taken us was 15 minutes. We definitely have a mover on our hands.
-Bryan claims that I am getting that "linea negra" ... but honestly I can't see it.
-On tuesday morning, I was counting kicks before I got out of bed. There was a very consistent movement ... that i think were the hiccups! I grabbed Bryan's hand and asked him what he thought. But who really knows ...
-he's entered the shoving w/ the elbow or foot. instead of quick kicks. you can tell that he is trying to spread out ... and make some room for himself.

this is bryan's shirt ... hehe

another shot at 30 weeks.

Last day of dove season.

It's Official

I always said that I would wait to find out the gender of the baby until birth ... but Bryan won, and we decided to find out that our first child would be a boy.

Then, I said that we would have TWO full names picked out and would name the baby after he/she was born.

Well, Bryan and I have agreed on only ONE boy name. So instead of looking and searching for another name, I have given in and we have named our baby.

At the end of this year or the beginning of next year, we will have a son by the name of:

Brady Wade Neal

This name is already so special to us.

I always said that my kid's middle name would be after someone special in our lives. Wade is the middle name of Bryan's maternal grandfather who passed away about 15 years ago. We also like Wade because it makes his initials BWN ... which are also Bryan's (Bryan Wesley Neal)!!

I realized that we could not agree on any other name because this one is just too perfect.

We, along with almost everyone else with a nursery, decided to get letters to spell out his name on the wall. Neither one of us are great painters, so we stole the idea from a friend to cover them in fabric.

Bryan choose this camo pattern.

This is above his changing table.

A New Bed

We have had this bed since about 18 weeks preggo.

and we FINALLY got to put it together.

It's beautiful.
a Thanks goes out to my parents again for this piece of furniture!!

Painting the Nursery

Oh, the joy of painting.

But there was no way that we could keep a red/white room with flowers on it.

First, we had to take the chair rail off.

Then putty all of the holes on the walls.

this obviously wore Bevo out.

ready to start priming.

After 2 coats of primer, we finally started painting.

Violet, also, got wore out by all this work.

Of course, we couldn't just choose ONE color ... we had to choose THREE colors.

so ready to be done.

it took us a week or so ...
but we finally finished it.

and we love it.

The Beginning of Changes

My parents gave us a bedroom furniture set for a wedding gift. We have had it in our guest bedroom, with 2 beautiful dressers being unused.

When i was searching for a dresser, changing table for the nursery ... I could find nothing that I liked. Nothing!

Then it hit me ... I have TWO BEAUTIFUL Dressers in our house unused right now. with a total of 12 DRAWERS! We decided that it would be sooo silly for us to not use them.

These were the handles on them when we received them.

We decided to update them with a little more modern handle.

the new one.

So THANKS Mom and Dad for the dressers for the nursery ... we love them!

29 Weeks

-I am really starting to feel "big"!

That's about it.

Nursery pictures to come this week!! :)

A Baby Shower for Lacey

Today, we a baby shower for Lacey. Her baby girl will be here very soon.

First we ate some WONDERFUL food.

Then we decided to play a couple games ...
Everyone got a necklace and a clothespin when they walked in. When they got caught with their legs crossed, they had to give up their necklace. And if they said "BABY", they had to give their clothespin. FUn FUn

Then we put different chocolate bars in a diaper and melted them. People had to guess what it was. Some were very disgusted by this. hehe

Britany really thought about trying this one (it was snickers)!

Yummy Diapers.

Lots of Gifts for the Mommy to be and Baby.

Our hostess gift was a box full of necessities!!

Soon, I will be the receiver of all the baby items! I can't wait!

Just Between Friends

Mom and i went to a "Just Between Friends" Sale this morning. It is held twice a year, and started on thursday. This morning, almost everything was half off ... so we decided to check it out for bargains!!

My goal was some shoes and baseball caps (bryan's idea was the caps)!

We found some great deals.

Thanks Mom for ALL of the goodies!!

Can't wait for the next sale in April of 2010.

Loving the Game

Paul-Ann softball every friday night.

Bryan only gets to make a few games ... but when he does, he's awesome!

Notice the tongue ...
i'm sure i will have pictures of our son like this very soon.
his number this year is for the baby ..
jan. 3rd (jan, 1st month, 3rd day)

Nice Day for a Picnic

With Fall definitely on it's way ... and Winter right around the corner ...

Bryan and I took advantage of a nice afternoon for a picnic!