Looky Looky!

Michell and Edison Garzon sent us this fabulous gift. I do know exactly what Baby T and I are going to do with this fabulous item. Lots of long walks around the neighborhood. Maybe a stroll down to the park or the doggie park. We put the stroller together and it's just perfect. We are grateful we have so many fabulous friends who love us so!

What do we do with it??

Meta, Joe and Alex got us this...but what do we do with it??








Siler thinks it's a nice necklace...

Just kiddin! It's a "My Brest Friend" Nursing Pillow and it comes very highly recommended from many experienced mommies! We thank them for this gift. I am sure it's going to come in very handy!

32 weeks (a little late)

So this weekend was crazy busy so sorry for the delay. I am 32 weeks as of Sunday. Woohoo! Another milestone week for us. I can’t wait to go to the doctor but we have to wait another week. I was on my feet alot this weekend but I felt pretty good . No Braxton Hicks contractions yet so that’s great news. Not looking forward to those (as I guzzle my water bottle). It's nice to be home (in Atlanta). But I can't wait to go to home (to Lancaster) soon! I'm kinda homesick. Chloe and Courtney look like they have changed so much. I miss them! We have lots to do in Baby T's room this week. I am riding around with the car seat in the back of my car...just in case! We are taking infant CPR this weekend so that should be interesting. June is busy busy full of classes, showers, work, etc. But I am looking forward to it all!

Memorial Day weekend

Some pictures from this weekend at Jon and Judy Brown's. They are great family friends of our family. They live in Caldwell, Ohio. Jon/Judy's daughter Jody and her family came over from Pittsburgh. This is their little girl Juila & Chloe playing with some rocks.
This is Julia, Chloe and Courtney having some red wagon fun times.
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Mat and I spent the weekend in Sandusky, Ohio for my friend Karla's wedding. We had a great time all weekend. Cleveland Indians baseball game, Cedar Point, and I think Baby T might still be dancing on Karla's dance floor! We had a great time and I will post pictures tonight.

After 12 weeks in a body cast, Courtney is finally in a brace! She will be in this brace for 6 more weeks. She gets to take it off about 1 hour a day for a couple weeks. After that, she can take it off for 2 hours at a time. Pretty soon she will be up and around! Thanks for keeping Courtney in your thoughts!


Our doctors appointment went well today with a new OB, Dr. Soufi. I have only gained one pound which is good. She checked the heartbeat, 120bpm. And measured me, 31cm which is right on. And then we asked any questions. Our regular OB, Dr. Sun, is on maternity leave and is actually delivering her baby today! Don't worry, she will be back in time to deliver Baby T. We go back to the doctor in 2 weeks.

Mat's new favorite thing is to zerbert my belly which totally scares the crap out of Baby T!! He thinks it's hilarious which it actually is but doesn't feel so great!! Plus I feel terrible scaring her to death!!


Siler modeling Baby T's new bib from Uncle Mo.

31 Weeks!

Another great weekend. Our friends welcomed their baby into the world this weekend. Austin John Campos was born this weekend and everyone is doing great!

I am feeling lots of Baby T movement in the mornings which is great. She must like George Clooney (like her mommy) cause she was moving all around as we watched "Micheal Clayton" this weekend. We bought the last remaining piece of furniture from Ikea for Baby T's room. We haven't put it together yet but I will take pictures once we do. We have another doctors appointment on Wednesday. We are going every 2 weeks now for a check up. Hopefully all is well. Other than that, we are getting ready to go to Ohio for Karla's wedding this weekend. Should be great to see all my friends again.

30 weeks!

30 weeks! I can't believe it. Time seems to be flying by which is great. On Saturday, Jess, Matt, Amy, Amanad and I did the Race for the Cure 5k. It was in honor of Jess's mom Julie. It's a great fun race to do. It was alot harder than I thought it was going to be. Pretty hilly amd I was pretty pooped by mile 1 but I powered through and made it.


Sunday was Mothers Day. We enjoyed calling all the ladies in our lives, telling them how much we appreciate them. We are lucky to have so many fabulous woman and mothers in our lives. Baby T must have been thinking about me as well. She gave me a great gift, I saw my belly move for the first time! Granted it kinda freaked me out and Mat & I couldn't stop laughing but it was a great gift.

I spent alot of time on the couch on Sunday. Mat spent alot of time out in the yard creating a couple of our raised gardens. Can't wait to get some tomatoes and lots of other great goodies that Mat planted.

I passed my glucose test!!! WOOHOO!! I am so excited!!

Here is an update on Dad's nose. He made it to NJ and was in good spirits all weekend. He is getting it realigned today. Yikes!

So we flew to NJ on Thursday after a small delay.
Gobbled up some Chinese food with my parents and Mat's parents. Check my parents into the hotel and went to bed.

Friday we picked my parents up and headed to a diner for some breakfast.
Took the train into the city and went directly into ground zero. They had just opened up the train tracks that run through the site so it was kinda eery. Mom/Dad hadn't been to ground zero so it was nice to take them there.
Went to Century 21 to do some shopping.
.Took the subway to the MOMA and toured that for a couple of hours. We met up with Katie and her husband Michael who were in town as well. It was great to see them again.
Went to Union Square for dinner with Dan, Caroline, Terry, Jon and my family. We had tapa's at Pipa. Super yummy but I think you all know how I feel about tapas. You never get full!
Anyway, we headed to the theater to see Fuerzabruta.
It was just as cool as the first time we went to see it. Everyone talked about it all weekend so it was a big hit!
Went for some ice cream and headed home to NJ.

Saturday was the Tainow Kentucky Derby party. We picked up the parents and had some breakfast at the Tainow's. Then everyone started arriving for the party. There was probably a little less than 50 people there. The race was at 6ish. It was a great time with lots of people, friends and family.

Sunday was Fran's birthday party. We picked up the parents and had about 20 for breakfast at the Tainow's. We all got dressed and headed to the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. It was a lovely party. Her art show was amazing. So many family and friends, many who I had not met yet. My parents were there. Everyone was surrounded by so much love, it was fabulous. Lots of pictures and speeches honoring Fran. It was a great time. Mom and Dad had to leave for the airport. We picked up some pizza and went to Fran's house to reminisce about the party. We looked at all of the "90" scrapbook pages. Each one so individual and unique. Some were plain and some were elegant. It was a great time.

After our weekend in New Jersey, we flew back to Atlanta and headed straight for the doctors office. I had been fasting all morning and Baby T was NOT happy. Usually you have this test early in the morning. Due to a scheduling mix-up, I had mine at 1:30pm. Needless to say, I was a hungry hungry girl. Mat survived my yelling and complaining and got me there for my glucose test. Hopefully it was worth it and I passed. I should know later this week. I checked out fine. I was measured and she said I was right on target. My weight was great. We listened for the heartbeat, all good. Answered all of Mat's questions, all good. Got our admittance paperwork for the hospital. After it was all over, we ate a huge lunch/dinner at Cheesecake Factory. Yummy!

29 weeks: CHECK!

So we leave tonight to fly to NJ for my Mat's grandmother's 90th b-day. My parents are flying over from Ohio to come for the weekend. They have never been to my Mat's hometown. They are going to meet just about every family member Mat has ever met. We have a fabulous day planned in NYC for Friday.

So my dad was playing basketball last night with some of his student and got conked in the nose!! Mom/Dad sat in the ER for about 3.5 hours to find out what they need to do. After some x-rays, he has an "open fracture of the nose". What the crap is that?!?! Is it broken or not? They are sending him home with antibiotics and it's up to my dad to see if he wants to get it popped back in-line. Dad should make the decision in about a week. He would then have to go to an ear/nose/throat guy. ANYWAY, holy crap. Dad is going to me DH's family with a couple of black eyes!! What a weekend this is going to be!!

Feel better Dad!

Update: I talked to Dad and he is back to work today. He is feeling okay, swollen, but okay. I will see the damage for myself tonight!