Waco Baby Shower 7/18/09

My niece Bailey and me

My friend Joanna, her mom, and her son Reid

Mike and Baby Madelyn

The Hostesses and Me

Centerpieces (my mom is more creative than I thought she was!)

Madelyn Caroline (5 weeks old cousin)

Memaw and Madelyn

Peggy and Me

My mother-in-law Betty and my Mom

We got LOTS of stuff at the baby shower in Waco this last weekend! It was very nice, and it was great to see everyone! Here are some pics...

updated nursery and bedding pics

Bedskirt with ribbon and ruffle

Bumper still needs the ties

CUTE!!!!

Here are some updated pics of the nursery and the bedding that my mother-in-law has been working on. She still has to sew the ties on the crib bumper and then make the crib quilt/blanket and the window valance. Everything is coming along nicely!

In 2 days, I will be 31 weeks, which means 9 (or less) to go! 3rd trimester symptoms have kicked in. When I am on my feet too long, my feet swell to about twice the normal size. I can't imagine what's going to happen when I go back to work in August! It's going to be interesting!

Class, trainings, doctors, and my Mother-in-law!

Tuesday, July 14th- I had ANOTHER doc appt with my regular obgyn. She didn't do an ultrasound, but heard the baby's heartbeat on the Doppler. Everything is going fine! Tuesday night, Mike and I went to a Breastfeeding class at our hospital, Cedar Park Medical Center. I know- it sounds weird that he would go, but 90% of the women had their husbands with them! It was ok, but our presenter was lousy. That and it was at night when all of us were tired and wanting to just go home!

Wednesday, July 15th- Math Camp Summer School starts next week, so the teachers teaching it had to go to training today and tomorrow for it. I like teaching summer school. It's pretty easy and great money! Mike and I met with a pediatrician at lunch. His practice was holding a "Meet and Greet" to meet expecting parents. This is the 3rd pediatrician we have met with, and we liked him best.....so it looks like that searching process is over....WHHEW! He seems great! After training was over for the day, I had ANOTHER eye appt. The vision in my right eye is slowly getting better. Still very blurry, but a little better than my last appt. So hopefully, it will continue to get better!

Thursday, July 16th- I had training today again for Summer School but only until 11:30. Afterwards, my mother-in-law came into town to work on the crib bedding. She is doing an awesome job on it.....it looks GREAT so far, and I cannot wait to see the finished product. Also this week, we had our deck restained. Mike stained it last March, but it had already faded. It's a lot of work, so Mike had 2 of his workers come out to do it. They worked hard in the hot sun for 3 days, but it looks great!

Friday, July 17th- Betty is still here working on our bedding. She is doing the crib bumper, crib bedskirt, blanket/quilt and a valance. I am keeping her very busy! We are about to go run some errands and then we will all (including the dogs) be off to Waco for the weekend. I am having a baby shower in Waco on Saturday....can't wait!

Test, Debbie, Trudys, Doctors and a Pool Party!

Last week's activities:

Monday, July 6th- We met with Deacon Tom from St Thomas More (in Austin) today and decided on a date for our double ring ceremony and Brooke's baptism.....August 8th at 10am. Let me back up...because Mike and I got married outside almost 2 years ago, our marriage is not recognized in the Catholic Church. Joey and Paige (Mike's brother and sister-in-law) asked us to be Godparents to their youngest daughter Brooke, but the rules have changed in the Catholic churches recently. To become Godparents, you HAVE to be Catholic (which we are) AND we had to have ALL sacraments in the Catholic Church. Of course, we have been baptized, had 1st communion, 1st confession, and confirmation in our own churches growing up, but we were missing the Sacrament of Marriage. RULES! So, we are having a double ceremony with Joey and Paige (who were not married in the church either) and then Brooke will get baptized right afterwards. 3-in-1 ceremony! We are very excited to become Brooke's Godparents. She is such an awesome baby!

Tuesday, July 7th- Jackie (a coworker of mine) and me took our ESL certification test today. I thought it was pretty hard (considering I can't see out of one eye...more on that later), but I passed so I am happy!

Wednesday, July 8th- I went to a training today with most of my 3rd Grade Team. Debbie came in today from Houston about the time I got out of my training. I love it when she comes into town! We went to Trudy's with friends for good food and drinks. I was wishing the whole time that I could have their awesome Mexican Martinis! Those who came: Mike & Me, Debbie, Nick, Tim & his date?, Jackie, LauraLee & Tom, Chrysty & Chris, and Chelsea. GREAT friends! Here are some pics...I am in my ugly glasses b/c of my eye problem.

Jackie & Chelsea

Them silently voting-you had to be there! :)

LauraLee and Tom-rubbing it in that they could have Mexican Martinis!The groupChris and ChrystyMike and meDate?, Tim, and MikeChelsea and ChrystyMy 2 favorite people- Mike and DebDeb and MeLauraLee and TomNick, Jackie, and Chelsea

Thursday, July 9th- Debbie and I spent the day together. We ran errands and then went to my doctor's appt. Baby Emerson is 2 lbs, 13 oz now and was in the 49th percentile for weight, which they say is average. Afterwards, we spent the day at the pool. Mike joined us there when he got off work. Here's a pic of the dogs bonding with Debbie. They love their Aunt Deb! You can barely see Marlie b/c she's black, but all 3 dogs (Marlie, Macy and Miller) are on the chair with Deb!

Friday, July 10th- After getting awesome pedicures, Debbie left today to go back to Houston...BOO! I had my 4th eye appt. A few weeks ago, I went to the eye doc with 2 very red, stinging, aching eyes. Turns out I had an eye infection in each of them. My right eye was much worse though, and everything was very blurry. They prescribed steroid eye drops to clear up the infection. 2-3 weeks later, I am STILL taking these eye drops! The infections have cleared up, but that right eye still has very serious blurriness (even with glasses on). Cannot see anything out of it and cannot wear my contacts, so it has not been fun. Hopefully, I will get my vision back soon!

Saturday, July 11th- We had our Childbirth and Infant Care class today at Round Rock Medical Center. (That is not where we are delivering..just where the weekend class was being offered.) We spent almost 9 hours there but learned a lot about the birthing process, so we are both glad we went.

Afterwards, we went to Annette's parents house for a Pool Party with friends from work! We had a great time visiting with my teacher friends and their hubbies, grilling, and hanging out by the pool!

Our uneventful (but productive) 4th of July!

We didn't do much (as far as celebrating) for the 4th this year! Mike did yardwork for over 6 hours on Saturday, and now our yard looks great! We did grill out on Sat night and sat out on our deck to watch the fireworks. It's funny how scared our dogs are of the fireworks!

On Sunday, we went to church, ran a few errands, and then cleaned out closets at home. Emerson's nursery used to be one of our guestrooms, so we had all of our luggage and other miscellaneous stuff in there. We cleaned it all out and cleaned out all of our other closets in order to make room for the luggage. It's about time to have another garage sale!

Here's a couple of pics of me at 28 weeks. 2/3 down and 1/3 to go! (Ignore the ponytail, no makeup and glasses....I have an eye infection in both eyes right now and can't wear contacts or eye makeup.)


And we hung Emerson's letters on the wall....here's a pic of that...

Oh Emerson....just like her momma....doesn't like her picture taken!

So Mom came in town on Wed, July 1st, and we went to my regular obgyn appt. Everything is progressing nicely. We ran errands all day, got pedicures, went to that doc appt. That night, we went to PF Changs w/ Mike, Barry, Mandolyn and Bailey. YUM...love that place!

Thurs, July 2nd- First, Mom and I went to go do my glucose screening. It's something they check during everyone's pregnancy---to make sure you don't have gestational diabetes. I had a drink this really sugary juice and then an hour later, they take blood. I guess they are checking to see how my body reacted to the sugar in my blood. Hopefully, everything will come back ok.....still waiting for the results.

Then, we went to my scheduled 3D/4D ultrasound! Mom and I met Mike there, since he was coming from work. She did not cooperate like we had hoped! She dug her face into the smallest area she could find and draped her arm over her face almost the entire time! She cuddled up against the side of me and would not move for anything! It will be interesting to see if she has the same habits when she comes out....that left arm of hers was draped over her face and she used her right arm to keep her legs up to her chest. Oh well, we left with lots of pictures and a DVD. Here are a few pics....

Schott Family Reunion '09- Concan, TX

I'm a little behind in writing, so now it's catch up time!
Thurs June 25th-Sun June 28th- We went to Concan, TX and stayed at Neals Lodges on the Frio River. Had a great time, but it was HOT! We spent most of the time floating in the Frio or inside the air conditioned cabins visiting with the family. His family is huge.....there's about 70 of us and so so many kids....fun times!