36 weeks & 6 days! REALLY??

This morning's doctor appointment went well. My blood pressure was a little high but they tested it again after the appointment and it was back down (a little)- I'm sure last night's dinner didn't help... chili cheese hot dogs. YUM- lol. My weight has leveled off.. YAY! And Auggie is measuring about 7lbs. and still in prime position- head down. The doctor said everything looked good but we'll keep an eye on my blood pressure. He doesn't think anything will happen in the next week but we'll see how that goes... (You know that usually means something will happen) So the next 2 weeks should bring some good news! 


Sunday we went to Jordan & Lacey's daughter's Baptism lunch. It was good to see everyone. Afterward, we went to Melanie & Corey's new house. It's beautiful! I'm sure it's a huge change for them going from a 24ft by 26ft house to the new one!


Tim went hunting all day Saturday but didn't get anything. He saw a small button buck but that was about it. Hopefully he'll have some luck on Friday- I'd love some ground deer meat! While he was out, I cleaned the house and got Auggie's room a little more organized.


Here are some pictures from Saturday.. Mostly Auggie's room and crafty things :)

Auggie's crib with Carter's Elephant Bedding and a Magic Pillow made my his Great Aunt Louise!

There are a bunch of these elephants around Auggie's room

Mirror frame covered with paper

Auggie's doorknob hanger

All Seasons Wreath- Fall Supplies: Wooden S, Scrapbooking Paper, Assorted "Fall" Accessories, Assorted Ribbon, Mod Podge, Scissors,  Safety Pins, Hot Glue

Our front door now looks a little more "homey"!! :) Everything is removable so it can be changed out for holidays or seasons! 

A few more crafty things will go up in Auggie's room over the next couple of days- hopefully I'll have them up by Thursday!

Wow- These Days Are Flying By!

Sorry for not posting much this month... We haven't done much- a few days out of town on the weekends and that's about it!

We've had a couple doctor appointments since I posted last. Our most recent one was on Tuesday. Doctor said everything sounded and looked good. My blood pressure was good and my weight has stayed about the same for the last month (YES!). Auggie's heartbeat sounded great- we only got to hear it for a few seconds. I told Tim later that we need to buy a stethoscope for the next little one so we can hear it whenever we want!

We're down to less than 4 weeks! I really can't believe how time has been flying by recently. Doctor said if we keep walking like we have been, Auggie could be here in as little as 2 weeks! 2 WEEKS?? O-M-G! Just as long as he's not here this week- Mom & Dad are on a cruise. I think we can hold on for 3 more days :)

Here are some pictures from the past few weeks

The Baby Bump! I'm sporting the new stroller my Grandparents sent for the shower. I LOVE it!

Drake in his covered wagon. Dustin made a canopy for his wagon for their trip to RenFest

Me with the cute cake Jamie, Lindsay & Mom ordered for the shower. It matches the invitations I created for the shower

Friends! Oh, how I miss them!
Katrine (due in March), Shannon, Sarah, Me, Heather, Jessica & Karyn
Thanks for coming!!

Nathan loved the pop up flash on my camera

Fun Fun Sunday!

Tim & I went to Giddings on Sunday for our awesome baby shower at Jane & Sherwin's house. It was hosted by Jane & Sherwin, Jessica & Rick, Stephanie & Ronald, Melanie & Corey and Megan & Chad. There were probably about 50 people- mostly family with a few friends here and there. It looked like the little kids had a lot of fun playing on the swing set, slide and see-saw.

I have a few pictures- they were all taken after everyone left.

Diaper Cake made by Kalen

Funfetti and Chocolate cupcakes made by Megan. The elephants and a's were handmade in royal icing

"Ice Cream" cupcakes made by Megan

Mine and Tim's flowers from the shower with Tim's flashy button.

If I get pictures from other people, I'll be sure to post them :)

Later Days!

The days seem to fly right on by

Tim & I both had great weekends even though we were apart.

Tim went down to Port O'Connor to fish with Kent & Craig in Espiritu Santo Bay. It rained most of the weekend so they had small windows to fish in.

Craig & Tim fishing in the bay. Photo by Kent

Tim holding a needlenose fish. Photo by Kent

Kent holding one of the fish he caught. Photo by Tim

I went to La Porte to see family and entertain myself while they had a garage sale. Saturday was a lonnnng day- everyone was up at 4:30 am and people started coming to the house around 6 or 6:30 am to peruse through the stuff for sale. The sale wasn't supposed to start til 8!! I woke up around 7:30. I'm sure everyone was exhausted Saturday! We didn't do much other than hang out but it was still nice to not have anything planned. No running around to meet people or worrying about leaving people out.

I had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday. Auggie continues to sound great! We'll go back October 5th and then we'll start going once a week until Auggie is born. I can't believe we're already at that point! We still have SO much to do/buy. This weekend and next weekend are our showers so we'll see how they go. We're still waiting on the replacement part for the crib- hopefully nothing else is wrong with it or else we'll be cutting it really close!

Isn't he adorable?? I can't wait to see our little Auggie!

A Sneak Peak Just For You!

Nothing much has been going on the past two weeks- the reason for no updates last week.

September 3, Tim & I drove down to Giddings to celebrate Grandma Kalbas's 78th birthday at Joseph & Kalen's new house. It was a nice party.

Kalen lighting the sparkler candles (78) on the cake she made for Grandma Kalbas. She even went all out and had home made icing! YUM!

September 4, SFA played Texas A&M at Kyle Field. We went out to see Dustin & Lauren who were tailgating. It looked like SFA had a decent turn out of fans- too bad they lost.

Later in the week, Auggie's crib came in! I was super excited.. too bad there was a piece messed up so now it's sitting in the room disassembled. :( I was finally able to get ahold of the company and they're sending us a new piece. It better work this time!

I had a doctor's appointment a week ago today. Everything went well. Auggie is still head down. Hopefully he'll stay that way! :) My blood pressure was okay and I actually stayed about the same weight-wise. Everything seems to be going well... no swelling or anything, so we're happy! I go back next Tuesday for another check up.

Only 9 weeks left!!

This past weekend, we went out to Thorndale to celebrate Cohen's 4th and Libby's 3rd birthdays. The kids had a blast playing with their new toys.

(Top) Libby driving Cohen around in her new Barbie Jeep. (Bottom Left) Cohen taking his first bite of his birthday cake. (Bottom Right) Libby blowing out her candles and being helped by Daddy- Corey.

I have been crafting A lot, though. Since September 3, I have finished 2 birthday presents, 6 cards and 5 layouts. All but 2 cards have been delivered and they're going out tomorrow. They're for a friend who has 2 wedding to go to in October- We definitely know how she feels! :) I was extremely excited she asked me to make them. For those of you who keep up with my Facebook posts, you've seen the next few pictures.

Letters for Cohen's room in the new house- Dinosaurs and Checkers. As soon as he unwrapped them, he laid them out on the floor and was like "C-O-H-E-N!!"

Letters for Libby's room in their new house- Butterflies and Stripes.

The 5 layouts I have finished are for Auggie's baby book. I'm hoping to have the majority of it finished for the shower in Giddings- that means I have 12 days and only like 30 more pages! lol.

Andd now for your sneak peak!

1. Sign-In page for the Giddings Shower. Each vertical rectangle opens up with more lines for people to sign on. Page 1 of 2

2. Sign- In page for the La Porte Shower. The invitation lifts open to reveal the lines the guests will sign. The tags are for journaling. Page 1 of 2

3. The front page of August's book. The white rectangle will have a picture. Page 1

4. 2nd Trimester page with ultrasound pictures. The u/s picture is folded like an accordion to reveal more ultrasounds. Page 1 of 2

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you enjoyed the sneak peak of Auggie's baby book- they won't be going on Facebook.

Tim is off to work- he'll be out doing a spotlight tonight and tomorrow and 2 times next week! He's definitely getting his hours in!

I'll post soon

-Kelsey

Productive Weekend!

The weekend was great! Tim went down to the coast with Kent and Dustin for a weekend full of fishing. Don't think they caught much but I'm sure just being out in the water and outside for 3 days was enough for them to enjoy it!

Tim with an undersized Red Fish

Photos by Kent Fricke

I went to La Porte for a couple days while Tim was gone. Thursday night I met up with Shannon & Sydelle for dinner. Friday evening I ate dinner with Heather, Jessica & Stephanie. It was SO nice seeing friends again! I came back Saturday afternoon so I could make sure Charley & Aussie were behaving themselves. I didn't hear from the neighbors, so I assume they did.

My mom came to College Station Monday and helped me get the house organized. Oh- it is SO much better! We also put together Auggie's 1st piece of furniture!! My sister, Lindsay, let us borrow her changing table. I just can't wait til we get to order the crib! :)

I just realized I haven't promoted my new website on here yet! For now it is hosted by www.wix.com but I'm hoping to find a host site so I can have my own URL. Honeybee Creations specializes in natural light photography from family portraits to newborn photography at a respectable price. The goal of HBCreations is to allow everyone the ability to have professional portraits taken. HBCreations is available for special events, too. The design side of HBCreations specializes in affordable invitations and announcements for your special event! Please see our website for details: Honeybee Creations: Photography & Design

New Blog Layout :)

After I got my iMac, I got on our Blog and saw there was an AWFUL color... that yellow color? ullg.. Why didn't anyone say anything? It looked more like an off white on my laptop- my poor poor laptop. Well, hopefully, the red is a little better :) What do you think?

I had my 28 week Doctor's appointment yesterday! It went well. No ultrasound this time- I definitely miss those appointments- but he did listen to Auggie's heartbeat for a little bit. It sounded great. What I do love about the dopplers is that when I felt Auggie kick, you could hear a "BLOOP!" I got to hear it three 3 times in a row. :) After being in the doctor's office for a while, I went down to the lab to get my Glucose Test done- a.k.a they screened for Pregnancy Diabetes. It was a nasty drink- kinda tasted like flat & super sugary Orange Soda. And I kinda liked Orange Soda until I drank it :( I waited an hour- more like an hour & fifteen minutes- got my blood drawn and was sent on my way. I'm supposed to hear back today if I failed it. The girl in the office said if she didn't call today then that means I most likely passed. **EDIT- Still no call on Wednesday**

and here's the latest Belly pic...

I'm off to Hobby Lobby & Michael's to shop for Auggie's baby book! :)

-Kelsey

Friday, August 20, 2010

Happy Birthday to Jamie! Hope you have a good one!!

We haven't been up to much lately. Tim has been busy with his deer spotlight surveys during some evenings.

While he's been gone, I've been making sure my craft closet (lol.. the closet in August's room) is completely organized. I also started and finished the letters that will be on his wall... I'm not sure where yet.

Sorry I haven't been posting regularly... once there is something to post about, I'll start posting every Tuesday & Thursday.

I'll be sure to post again on Tuesday- Monday I have a doctor's appointment. I'll be getting my Glucose test done.. YAY for yucky sugary drinks.

late late late- Ohio Trip Details

So it's been a little over a week since I posted- SORRY!

The trip with Mom, Jamie, Cole & Nathan went well. It sure was a long car ride up to Ohio but I thought we all did well- especially Nathan. It took us a little longer than planned to get up to Toledo because they closed down I-35 (both ways!) for quite a distance. We were in traffic for about 2 hours on 77. We got to Toledo around 6 p.m. Sunday, July 25.

Monday we hung out around the house- kind of relaxing after the long drive. That night we went to Perrysburg to see Gwen, Grandma Rigby and Ava. My cousin, Andrew, was in the hospital so we weren't able to see the rest of his family.

Tuesday we went to the lake in my grandparents' neighborhood to keep Cole busy. It was my cousin's (Jenny) birthday so we drove to Bowling Green to her, Tom, Samantha and Elli. Elli was about a month old when we saw her :) We had dinner and cake at their house.

Wednesday, Amy came over to have lunch with us. She was leaving that day to camp on Lake Michigan. I'm pretty sure when she left, we went out to the lake.

Thursday was the day we spent at the Toledo Zoo. It was fun but pretty hot for Ohio. Of course, it was nothing like the heat and humidity here in Texas. The zoo was nice- plenty of active animals and the flowers were gorgeous (as you could see from the last post). They had a 9 month old polar bear named Siku. He's the only polar bear cub in the U.S. He played around in the water while his mom paced back and forth.

Friday, Mom, Grandma, Grandpa & Louise went to Port Clinton for a memorial service. While they were gone, Jamie, Cole, Nathan and I went to explore Sonic! Sonics have just started popping up around there. They're crazy busy and kind of weird! We pulled in and a guy walked up to the car to ask us if we wanted drive thru or a stall. Me and Jamie just looked at each other and laughed. We guessed they had too many people not knowing what to do. Before our Sonic trip we ate lunch at Chipotle (a must for Jamie and me). When we got home, we went swimming at the lake.

Tom, Jenny, Samantha and Elli came over on Saturday. They spent the day swimming with us. Samantha spent the night with us.

Grandma, Grandpa, Louise, Samantha, Cole, Mom, Jamie, Nathan and I went for a picnic along the Maumee River at Farnsworth Park Sunday after church. The river was so pretty and really shallow- it was about ankle deep all the way across! We watched a few people walk out there. The little ones wanted to play in it so bad. I have always thought the Toledo area had nice parks. Here's an excerpt from the Toledo Metroparks website:

"Farnsworth is a narrow park along the Maumee River overlooking Missionary, Butler and Indian islands, which are owned by the Ohio Division of Wildlife. The park is at one end of the Towpath Trail and has a boat launch and fishing access. The trail connects this park with Bend View and Providence Metroparks. The Interurban Bridge, which crosses the river at Farnsworth, is partially built atop Roche de Bout, a large, protruding rock in the river that served as an early landmark for native people, European explorers and armies. The abandoned span, once the world's largest earth-filled, concrete reinforced bridge, was part of a commuter railway system."

That evening Amy, Rick, Ben and Sydney got back from camping so they stopped by for a little while. Sydney ended up spending the night with us.

We spent Monday at the house and around the lake for a while. Amy, Rick, Jenny, Tom, Samantha and Elli came back over for dinner. Ben eventually came over (he went out on a date with his girlfriend). No one stayed too long after dinner because most of us were getting up early Tuesday.

And then Tuesday we all headed back to Texas! This time, we made GREAT timing. Instead of going straight south, we headed over to South Bend, Indiana to see my great uncle, Robert. He lives at the University of Notre Dame. It was good seeing him. I haven't seen him since Jenny & Tom got married- 6 years ago. We couldn't stay long- Nathan wanted to run around and Uncle Robert had church. We made it all the way to Joplin, Missouri before we decided to stop. We almost drove all the way through but we were all pretty tired.

We got to Krum around 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Zach welcomed us with a little dance on the corner of their street. We stayed just long enough to unload Jamie & Nathan's belongings and then drove down to College Station. Kristopher was nice enough to meet us at our new house to pick up Mom & Cole.

Since I am on my new iMac (!!!!!), I don't have any pictures uploaded. I'll update this post after dinner :)

-Kelsey

Teaser

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I am in the process of going through my pictures from the trip so I'll update probably August 10. We'll have more to update then, too- Monday is my next Dr.'s appointment.
-Kelsey