Baby Seth's Nursery!

New sheets! (Jake's old bumper that I loved!)

Super cute and the perfect colors! Thanks, Pottery Barn Kids! :)

New wall decor: Monkey-Giraffe-Lion height chart, sign above bed and little giraffe on the shelf.

1/2 of Seth's closet...filled with new clothes and some of Jake's oldies.

"Seth" letters Gammie made and new Giraffe for the wall Daddy picked out!

Diaper wreath my friend Nikki made for the hospital! So cute!

Hippo-Monkey-Giraffe picture I made using the cricut and scrapbook paper. I thought it turned out pretty cute. :)

Zebra and Elephant picture my mom and I made using the cricut!

These blocks used to have Jake's initials on them, Jess found them at Canton. I just painted over them and my mom made these super cute animals on the cricut. Love that they got reused for something totally different for Seth and didn't go to waste after Jake!

We pretty much started and finished Seth's nursery this week. I loved Jake's colors and bedding in his nursery, so since we were having a boy we decided to reuse as much as possible, all while making a new and different nursery for Seth. I think we succeeded! We kept the same paint, furniture and colors. We came up with a new theme, and made and bought completely new wall decor and new crib sheets. I love how it all coordinates yet isn't too matchy. I can't wait to see our lil Seth in his room!!

Our Water Baby...

Isn't much of a baby anymore! He is beginning to get around this week on his own in the pool. On Tuesday of last week we went to the pool with our friends Jill and Christina and their kiddos. That day Jake would push me away -even in deep water. I guess he really was ready to spread his wings...he didn't sink! That day he did great and would swim maybe 5-7 feet before needing help.

Today we went back to the pool with my parents, and with the camera in tow. He was just getting warmed up in these videos, I was telling him to practice and get used to being in deep water again. Then....the rain came! Atleast we got a couple of videos and rainchecks too since Jer and my parents don't have pool passes. We will go again soon!

But for now, here are some videos of our lil fearless 2.5 year old water baby. Hopefully we'll get even better video next time! Now I'm having to decide if I'm still gonna want him to take lessons or just let him learn on his own now that he's begun on his own.

As always, we are so proud of our lil Jakey! =) It's so fun watching him grow and learn and we feel so very blessed to be his Mommy and Daddy.

Seth's Sprinkle!

Adorable diaper wreath made by Nikki! It even had an "S" hanging in the middle. LOVE IT!!!

Cake and gifts- split girl for Meredith and boy for me! So cute!


Seth cleaned up! We're chopping away at our "needs" list. Yeah!

Me (31wks) Meredith (34 wks)

Cute bib and burp cloth! Love them!!

Soft blankets made by Jess. I hope Seth loves them as much as Jake does. He still sleeps with several blankets each night/naptime.

Me and Jess

Haley, Me, Court. Love my sisters!

What a special night tonight was! Mine and Meredith's mutual friends gave us a combined sprinkle. We had lots of fun and Seth got sooo much cute stuff! The decorations were adorable and the company was great! I am so thankful to have the thoughtful and giving friends that I do. Everything was so perfect and I had fun showing Jeremy all of Seth's cute new stuff. Tomorrow my mom's stopping by to see it. Thank you all!!

I can't believe that we are 31 weeks and in just a few short weeks we will likely be induced and be meeting Seth around 38 weeks! Crazy...and so much to do!! I CANNOT wait to hold my baby boy!

Gruene and Canyon Lake!

Jeremy and I walked down to the water and this was our view...

Walking back from the water to the house (This 7.5 month preggo mama barely made it back up in the 100+ degree heat!)

Back of the house/Volleyball set-up

Sweet, sweet boy!

big jump!!

love this baby face!

Gruene, TX

The pool and lake view from our backyard!

Aunt Starr and Jakey

Our family in Gruene...love that place!!

On the boat!

big jump to uncle Shad!!

love the crossed feet :)

Kaleb and Aunt Starr

Shad and Court

Me and my big baby :)

Before he jumped in the lake wearing his glasses...

One happy captain!

We packed last Fri and Sat with fun in Canyon Lake and Gruene with Jeremy's family. It is so gorgeous, I've been several times and forget how clean and clear and cool the lake water is every time! We also love going thru the cute shops in Gruene and eating at Gristmill! Yummmm!! =)

Some of our favorite quotes from Jakey this weekend:

"Where's Daddy's gwasses? (pause) They're at da bottom of da lake!!"

"That's Papa, not Papaw, Papa."

And, as we're passing a road construction site... "That's a big crane, Mommy. Not a big train...a big C-Crane!" =) He loves to show us that he's not confused and corrects himself when two words are very close and easy to get confused. It's our favorite!

EiGhT yEaRs!

Court took this after our date night to Grotto and Borders books

Today we celebrated 8 years. I can't believe it's already been that long! We've been together since June of 1997 which sounds even worse. Ha! It's so amazing how each year we grow closer and add so many fun and new experiences to "our story". We can't believe that in about 3 months we will add another baby to our family! We had so much fun tonight talking about how things are changing so rapidly right now, and how hard the last couple of years have been. We've only become closer and grown to love eachother deeper thru it all, but it's still weird when we think about it all. In 3 years we've lost my Daddy Joe, had Jake, moved to one income, I've had thyroid surgery, brain surgery, and am now thankfully 6.5 months pregnant again. That's a lot to take in!

It's amazing how God works. Not only with our miracle babies but we now are enjoying Jeremy's new position with his company- he has tons of flexibility and many more challenges. It's rewarding to see him get this chance after waiting so long and to know that he will succeed and to see him be so disciplined and already seeing little successes. Jake and I are so enjoying our extra time with him.

We are looking forward to a little getaway before Seth arrives, which will be our first nights away on a trip together since he was born. We've spent several nights apart from him, but only for him to go overnight to the grandparents or for us to be in the hospital, which I think has been a total of 7 nights since he was born.

All of these changes are so exciting and we are getting so excited about meeting our little guy!! So excited to see what this next year holds for our family!

Port Aransas 2011!!

16 of the 17 people in our family who went! Yummy seafood!

Mom, Jon and Lissa takin' the boat out to ride the waves in...


The "grandkids" in our family

Haha--Haley's fiance Kris catchin' some zzz's on the way to Port A- using Jakey's blankey to hide the sunshine!

The sweetest and best little traveler-- 3hrs both ways with no restroom breaks.

Jakey loves Kris! And jumping off of the float, too.

Happy Boy!

Beach baby!

Some of the family relaxing on the beach

Me and my honey

He is totally a nut! He'd run to the other end of the pool with no one near and jump in. Once or twice he did it with no floaties and actually popped back up to the surface. I was hoping it'd scare him to deter him, but no.

Sweet face...

My family

This boy is 2.5 years now! Crazy!!

Playin b-ball w/Uncle Jon and Mitch

A sweaty 6.5 month pregnant mama and her baby boy!

The ferry ride! No dolphin sighting this time but Jakey loved it.

Last weekend we headed to Port Aransas for our annual family beach trip. This year there were 17 of us! We had booked our stay later than usual and had no options but two older condos with 3 bedrooms each. We were certainly not up to par with the 3 story beach houses we've had the past few years with 3 balconies, outdoor kitchens, granite countertops, etc, etc. However, we had an absolute ball! This place was older but clean and had lots of amenities. We played sand volleyball several times and tennis a lot, too. Since we had a super close walk to the beach, some of the guys would go down and fish at night. We played tons and tons of games and ate tons and tons of yummy food. I am so thankful for my big family that gets along so well and shares so much love for eachother. It seems like there's never enough time when we're together and we miss eachother when we're apart. We missed Daddy Joe again, and can't believe it's been almost 3 years since he's been gone. Looking forward to all being together eternally one day!