Moms, Dad and Crib Bedding!

Sunday 5/24- We ran errands for most of the day. My mom and dad had been in Fredericksburg/Gruene for the weekend, so they stopped by our house on Sunday afternoon. Mike's mom Betty is also in town to watch our nieces for a week, so she came over too! Betty is making Emerson's crib bedding, so I was discussing what I wanted with her. Mom, Betty and I also picked out some paint colors, b/c Mike and I need to begin painting that room! The new nursery furniture is just hanging out in the garage, waiting for that nursery to get painted. We have 2 chair rails in that bedroom, so we are painting the room 3 different colors. On top, we will probably go with a very light green-"Springtime", in the middle- "Java" (chocolate brown) and on the bottom-"Dishy Coral"- a coral color.

Here is the room now...

Here's kinda our plan for the bedding. I wanted the colors to be chocolate brown, aqua, coral, and lime/pistachio green....there is not any bedding out there in those colors, so it works out that my mother-in-law is very talented at sewing! Here are some of the fabrics I like so far. The multi-colored stripes and multi-paisley fabrics will definitely be incorporated....I am still looking for a soft minky dots plush fabric and also a fabric with polka dots in aqua, lime green, coral and brown.
The end result is going to look something like one of these, with the fabrics above instead!

Memorial Day Weekend

Friday, 5/22- At work, we had Splash Day! It's our school's version of Field Day! We rent tons of inflatable water slides (I think we had about 10) and water balloon relay races and the kids have a ton of fun! In the afternoon, we had the "dry" activities, which included the anticipated Tug-of-War contest against the other 3rd grade classes and the parachute.It was very hot out there, but the kids had a great time as always! I didn't take any pics, but I am stealing some from other people....these are not my students...these are 1st graders!

These are not my students, but I must note that our class came in 2nd place in the Tug-of-War contest! I was not able to participate due to my pregnancy, but I had another adult fill in for me with my class.

After work, a bunch of teachers went to a much-needed Happy Hour at Guadalahara. Fun! Afterwards, Mike and I came home, and he put the cradle together. My cousin Jamie let us borrow her daughter Landry's cradle to put in our bedroom. It's beautiful! Thanks Jamie!



Saturday 5/23- Adam's Memorial Day party- Adam had a ton of people over on Saturday. He rented a huge inflatable Slip-n-Slide, and there was a ton of food on the grill. Unlucky for him, it poured all evening...but that didn't stop everyone from doing the slip-n-slide in the rain! I was not feeling well so I left early, and left Mike there to hang out. I think they had a good time eating a ton of food, playing in the rain and drinking lots of Mexican beer!

A Baby Shower

Thurs, 5/21- My 3rd grade team hosted a baby shower for me at work. They did a great job, and Emerson got lots of wonderful things! Here are a few pics...my camera stopped working before the shower even began, so more pics to come from Chrysty's camera.

The set-up in the library

Me and the cake

The cookie cake--my team knows I don't like regular cake, so they had a cookie cake made instead. My friend and co-worker Trish made the cake....GREAT job and YUMMY!
Emerson's gifts!

Mike's Birthday Weekend

Friday 5/15- Mike turns 31 today! His boss took him to play golf in the morning and then he came up to work to have lunch with me (he never does that!). He went in for a couple of hours at work. Just Mike and I went to eat at Outback...it was YUMMY!

Saturday 5/16- Mike's birthday party! We had some people over for a shrimp boil. Lots to eat--apps, shrimp, potatoes, corn on the cob, etc. We hung out on the deck and then came in later that night for games. We played Chicks vs. Dudes and then played Loaded Questions (adult version). That game is very interesting...especially when you are the sober one! Everyone stayed til almost 2am, so good times were had by all!

Our niece Blair

Playing games- Sarah, CarrieAnne, our neighbor Carissa, & Jamie

Playing games- CarrieAnne, Carissa, Jamie & Tim

Caleb and Nick sharing a chair- don't ask!

Games- Kirk, Mike and Chelsea
Dina, Mike and our nieces, Blair & Brooke
Tim with the ladies- Sarah, Jackie and Jamie
Nice pics guys! Nick and Caleb
Mike & Brooke
Magen & Noah (Dina and Mark's little one)
Mike and Caleb
Sarah, Dina, Noah and Mike
Jamie and CarrieAnne
Tim and Caleb
Joey, Paige and their girls, Blair and Brooke
Jackie, Sarah, Dina and Noah

Full Anatomy Survey

Definitely a girl!

Profile

Her profile

Face front view--kinda weird! You can see her right eye open!

Legs

Monday 5/11- We had an appt with the specialist to do a Full Anatomy Survey of the baby. It was totally optional, but I am glad we did it b/c the ultrasound was so much clearer than in the obgyn's offc. The u/s took about 45 minutes, and they measure EVERY part of the baby to make sure everything is in normal range. They check out the heart, kidneys, gender organs, arms, legs, fingers, toes, everything! Very neat!

Just in case you didn't know, we decided on a name. Emerson Kate. We realize that it's a little different, which is exactly why we like it! We may end up calling her Emma (Kate)
for short.

Afterwards, we went out to eat with Mike's brother Joey and his wife Paige to Threadgills on Lamar. YUM!

Weekend Fun!

Friday, 5/8- We got a new roof, compliments of the insurance company! We had a hailstorm in North Austin and the surrounding suburbs sometime last month, and our roof was totaled. It's nice getting a new roof without having to pay for it!

When I got home after work, I heard someone honking in front of my house. I went out there, and 2 of my teammates (Sarah and Ernesto) told me to hop in the car...we were going to Happy Hour! I'm usually always up for Happy Hour...the rest of our 3rd grade team met us there. Fun times!

Saturday, 5/9- We registered today at Babies R' US and Target. WOW....it took us about 6 hours! Babies R' Us is a little overwhelming for a soon-to-be first time parent....WAY too many choices for things I know nothing about! Guess we will figure it all out very soon!

Afterwards, Mike and I went to Dale's in Wahlburg, TX (east of Georgetown) to hear awesome live music! We met up with a lot of my work friends. A Kinder teacher's husband plays trombone in the band...they were GREAT and very entertaining! The name of the band was Rotel and the Hot Tomatoes. http://www.rotelandthehottomatoes.com/

"The Hot Tomatoes"

"Rotel"

Ernesto and Rachel

Mike and Brendan

Robin, Annette, Sarah, me, Trish
Ernesto, Mike, Annette, and Robin
Robin and Kedrick
Trish and Sarah
Sarah, Rachel, Richie
Our table

The first set they played was 60's music...then they took a break, came back out, and played 70s, and then took another break and played 80s. Each time, the 3 girls changed into new outfits. Very cool and very good cover music that we all know!

We had fun hanging out with friends in the awesome weather- sitting at picnic tables, drinking pitchers of beer (well not me of course), and eating "Wahlburgers". Highly recommend the venue and the band!

Sunday, 5/10- HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the mommas out there! We got up early and drove 2 1/2 hours to Victoria for lunch with Mike's mom, stepdad and brother Nick. We had lunch at the Victoria Country Club...awesome food and even better desserts.....YUMMY key lime pie!