High Flying Weekend

The girls getting ready to go on the plane!

I love it when my sister comes to visit! On Friday, Poco, Jaclyn, and Lindsay drove down from Dallas to visit me! Friday night we grilled out and played Taboo. (always fun)
Saturday morning we got up and went to brunch at this wonderful place in Houston called Benjy's. While I was there I ate the following: french toast, scrambled eggs, chicken sausage, banana nut muffin, apple muffin, and a chive and onion biscuit. I KNOW! Everyone else split their meal, but I ate all of mine...hey-O! hey, I figured that since everyone else was able to drink blood orange and white peach mimosas I could eat all I wanted!
After brunch, Pat asked it we wanted to go flying with him! Me, Walt, Poco and Jaclyn went with Pat to fly on his plan. He took us to the Bolivar Peninsula, and we also flew around Houston. I sat in the back and I took a nap when we flew over the ocean....it was so relaxing! Pas was a wonderful pilot and we had a blast!

Look at the pilot and co-pilot!!

Me and Poco....ready to go see Bolivar!!

Pat's navigational map!

Saturday night was spent celebrating birthdays! Poco, Walt, Pat and myself went and ate at The Grove with several friends to celebrate one of Walt's good friend's, Brett's, birthday. Once that shindig was over, we went out to Rice Village to celebrate one of the girl's on my team's birthday. Lindsay, Jacob, and Jaclyn joined us....and we stayed out until 3 a.m.!! We were able to celebrate the Baylor win (only to be disappointed the next day by the news that RG3 is out for the season) and celebrate Houston's win over Texas Tech.
The weekend was so much fun, and I always hate to see it end. Can't wait for this weekend when we go to Dallas to celebrate Mom's birthday and see family!! Make sure you check back next week for a 20 week baby bump picture..because there is definitely a bump now!!

Pat doing his "famous" moves

My sweet girls that came to visit me!!

Me and my sister!! We always have so much fun!!

The dancing that was going on...

The girls trying to talk to Baby Bass...in the pub, I know.

Lindsay was getting down...she just walked right up to this girl and starting dancing with her! One of the many reasons why I love her!

You have to kiss a lot of toads to find your prince

Gracie must have taken the title seriously. Man, has it been a busy last two weeks. In the last two weeks we have moved into our house, taken off the wallpaper in the guest bathroom, repainted it, found out what we are having, (I'll spill those results later....we're still giving it a little time just to "be sure"), been to Waco for the season opener, and taken Gracie to the emergency room.
On the day that we moved into our house, I was at school teaching. Walt decided that he would take the day off and help the movers, move in. Well, at some point in time the guys decided to take a break. While they were taking a break, Gracie started playing around with what they thought was a frog. She was very curious, and the guys were laughing, making fun of her. Gracie went down to attack the "frog" and play with it a little more.....come to find out the frog was a toad....a poisonous toad. Poisonous toads have a glad on their back that secrete poison....when Gracie went down to touch the toad, the toad secreted poison into her mouth. Walt and the other men did not see this happen, but within 20 minutes Gracie was throwing up everywhere. Walt decided to call the vet, and the vet told Walt that he needed to bring Gracie in immediately. Of course Walt called me, and I started crying...trying to hold it in, in front of all my kids. (I could just picture us moving into our house, withOUT Gracie.)
By the time Walt got to the vet, the vet examined Gracie and told Walt that it was a strong possibility that Gracie would not make it. She was given two injections to slow down her heart rate, and to stop the poison from reaching her stomach, and she was hooked up to an I.V. The doctor told Walt he would call him with hourly updates. Of course by this point in time Walt had already called me....you better believe I was on the phone, calling the vet asking if I could come and sit with my sweet Gracie. The answer was no....and I stayed at school. So..after about two hours the doctor called and said that Gracie was going to make it. Thank Goodness! Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!
When I came home that day from school, Walt was sitting in his office, surrounded by a ton of boxes drinking a glass of wine...the first thing he said to me was..."We almost lost our daughter today." I just had to start laughing...one because I was thankful, two because I was so stressed and three because it had been an extreme day! We are so glad that our little one is doing just fine now...and Gracie still hasn't learned her lesson....everytime she goes out in the backyard...she goes after anything that jumps!

4 months!

*Disclaimer...my husband will not ever be a photographer...he does not have enough patience...so you will just have to deal with the pictures, because after about 6 of them, he got annoyed and said, "I give up."*

Happy Labor Day Everyone! Why do these three day weekends always go by so quickly and then the rest of the week just drags on?? This should be quite an exciting week for me and Walt. We close on our house Wednesday and we will move in, FINALLY, on Friday! Technically, Walt and I have been living out of suitcases since we left to go to London. We left to go to London on JUNE 8th! Oh goodness it is about time to see my furniture again and all of my decor. I think Friday is going to feel like Christmas to me! Hurry up and get here!

This weekend was great! We spent Friday night in downtown Houston where we went to the Angelika movie theater to see Inglorious Basterds with our friends Pat and Sara. The movie was extremely violent, but for a Tarentino movie it was actually pretty good. (I'm not a huge fan.) Saturday was spent doing what else?? WATCHING BAYLOR FOOTBALL! I must say that I am in LOVE with this quarterback:

That's right...I. Love. Baylor's own, Robert Griffin. Man...did it feel good to WIN a game, and against a team that is pretty legit. We went to a Baylor watch party at Sawyer's Bar in Houston where we saw plenty of old Beta friends and it was great to catch up. Afterwards, several of us went out to eat to celebrate our night. Go Bears! Go Bears! Walt and I have season tickets...so cross your fingers that this is a good season for Baylor!!
All in all our weekend was great, and relaxing. Today marks my 4th month of carrying our sweet Baby Bass. Like I said at the beginning of this post...Walt tried to do a good job of taking pictures, but in all honesty, he is never the person that you turn to and ask if he would take a group picture. This just isn't his talent. My belly seems to be bigger towards the end of the day, so I waited and tried to get a couple of good pics. Please excuse the hair and the no make up face...Walt and I layed out today with our good friend Sarah and I had just blown my hair dry...but hey, at least I'm sporting that Baylor Bear shirt! Hope everyone has a great "short" week. I've had plenty of people ask for a belly pic...so here you go! (Don't forget to vote on the side as to what you think Baby Bass will be...I have my suspicions and Walt has his...we'll just have to see who's right!)

Hill Country Get-Away

Since Walt and I still do not have a house to live in...(come on sept. 10th) we like to leave Katy every weekend to go and see family. This has actually worked out very well because we have been able to see everyone that we need to see. Once we get settled into our house then it will be time for family to visit US! This weekend Walt and I went down to see my brother and my sister in law. They live in Boerne, TX (pronounced Bernie) and what an adorable little town this is! They have the best food and the cutest little main street. Lauren is actually the pharmacist in the neighboring town, Bandera, and Spencer works in San Antonio....but man, do they live in the sweetest town. My mom and her boyfriend (yes, I said boyfriend) came down for the weekend also, so we had a great time. P.S. My mother and her boyfriend, Tim, are SUPER cute together...it's the cutest thing I've seen in quite some time! We had a great dinner on Friday night and then on Saturday Spencer took us all around...we even went to Stonewall and went to a precious winery. I had such a great time getting away and spending time with family! I am very thankful that Walt and I are closer to everyone now!

The sweet main street on a busy Saturday morning

Gunslinger was the cute "cowboy" store we went into in Bandera.

See?!?! Aren't they precious?!?!

Spencer and Walt trying on the cowboy hats

Classic Walter. We stopped at an apple orchard (they had the BEST apple ice cream) and Walt just had to play!

The Becker Winery

Me and Spencer

My love (I'm looking sickly pale...haven't been out in the sun in a while)

Deep Brother Conversation

Cute little cabin where you could stay for the weekend.

Me and Lauren!!

Had to include ONE more picture of them!! This was before dinner on Saturday night!

On another note...it is OFFICIAL! Walt and I live in "Texas" once again and we have the license to prove it! We went home to Daingerfield two weekends ago and Walt's daddy was beside himself when we put our license on our cars....he is super duper excited that we live in Texas!



And last but not least, I was finally able to upload some pics of the weekend that we went to Pat's beach house. I uploaded pics before, but they were from Poco's facebook.....here are some of the ones I took.

HAD to show this picture...this was Walt on the boat!! hahaha

Miss Poco on the boat as well....she looks so happy!

Pat, dancing to "Man in the Mirror"

The GIRLS!

Poco is going to kill me for this pic...but oh well...I think she looks adorable! The birthday girls!

Oh goodness how I love me some POCO!! miss you!

Coolest person EVER!! no, not me...Sarah!

School started today and let me tell you....I have the most adorable class! Of course I was nervous being at a new school, new state, new students...but my kiddos made it all worthwhile. They definitely reminded me why I became a teacher and I think these sweeties are on their way to stealing my heart! I'm talking "yes ma'am" and "no ma'am", "can I help you with that?" AND they received the silver rating at lunch...which is the highest rating you can receive and my class is the one that got it!! Woo Hoo!! I'm already starting to wonder what I am going to do without them when Baby Bass comes for 6 weeks! On the note of Baby Bass...for all of you "skinny" girls that didn't have a stomach going into their 2nd trimester....FORGET YOU! Oh my gosh...it's like overnight, I can't fit into my pants...by the end of the day my stomach looks like I am around 7 months pregnant, I eat like 3 snacks a day and when I wake up in the morning...I STILL HAVE A POOCH! Oh well, what can I say?!?!?! Baby Bass...you have definitely changed my body...and I'm only 14 weeks along....but please know that I love you anyways..FAT body and all!!

2009 Summer Highlights

The time has come. School officially started for me today. No, the kids aren't back...they don't come back until the 24th, but still.....no more sleeping late, no more carefree summer days...they are gone. So, in honor of the summer being over, I would like to highlight some exciting events that took place during my 3 short months of no work.

London was an amazing trip for us the summer! It was a great way for Walt to end his "audit" career and we had a wonderful vacation.

Selling our house in Owasso and moving BACK to Texas! Man... has it been tough! We stayed in a hotel for a month, and just last night we moved in with 2 great friends. We will be moving into OUR new home on September 10th! We love Houston though and all it has to offer!

Getting a new job! I am now teaching 4th grade in Katy ISD at Bonnie Holland Elementary. I am one of the Language Arts/Social Studies teachers. I have a fabulous team and I can't wait for school to get started!

Finding out the we are HAVING A BABY!!
Wait...hold on...REWIND!! YES... I did say that! Walt and I found out in June that we will be expecting Baby Bass around February 22, 2010! This blessing was wonderful! Walt and I have been trying for so long to have a baby and God has answered our prayers! I do remember Walt's face when I told him...it looked like this:

Just Kidding!! But he was really thinking something along the lines of ....Yeah...We did it!!

He really is good with kids... see? Here is Walt and our sweet nephew Jack:

So my summer has been spent feeling nauseous all day long....(every day!) and today at my 12 + week check up (When we heard our baby's heart beat) I found out that I have lost a pound...due to my lack of eating. Don't worry....I've made up for it...the one major thing I have been craving has been chocolate milkshakes (so awful, I KNOW) and McDonald's! I'm going to be a FAT PIG!

Walt and I really are so excited....we are just worried about one little person:

Yep...Miss Gracie. Of course she is our baby...and NO she won't be put on the back burner, but we just wonder how she is going to react. We have already talked about getting a baby doll in 3 months, so that I can carry her around the house and Gracie can become familiar. Gracie will be the best Big Sister though, so I have no worries.

So...we have had an eventful summer needless to say! I promise to blog more...it was just so hard to keep my mouth shut, that I had to stay away from the blog!! (I know Poco is happy now that she can finally tell people!)

Yay for Baby Bass in February! God is sooo good! He's so GOOD to ME!