3-D Nightmare!!!

So...we waited and anticipated this day for months...scheduled it on Waylen's birthday so he could see his little princess......and what happens? She turns stubborn. For a while now she has been breach which is causing my belly to be huge and her kicking painful. So I decided I would have a little talk with her last night after I read her....her one book "Me and My Dad" and told her she was having a very special picture taken today and that she needs to be a good girl....She must have misunderstood me COMPLETELY!!! HAHAHA.......So her head is practically in my rib cage with her bottom resting on my right hip. And where are her legs you might ask?.....Oh they are IN FRONT OF HER FACE!!! How uncomfortable for the poor thing...and her mom. Needless to say we couldn't capture any clear pics and after 10 minutes of her slapping my belly she gave up and told us to come back at 34 weeks....We did get two cute pictures....one I posted below...looks like she has Waylens nose.....and we aren"t real sure about the rest. I have already compared every picture I have of myself and there are some similarities....YEAH!!! She is so beautiful....and already has hair on her sweet little head.....I love her and want her to come out....NOW!!!

25 and a 1/2 weeks!!!!

Are we there yet...NO! Are we there yet...NO! I definitely feel like the little girl in the back of the car asking that every five minutes. Well, by now the skin is stretched so far on my belly that it feels like its gonna rip and she does all kinds of dancing in my belly!! It makes it feel like there are a couple of little ones in there! I had my diabetes check at last weeks appointment and everything came out good....and I have decided to no longer look at the scale.....nothing good comes from doing that!!!!! Don't be curious.....that's my motto. The room is at a stand still..waiting on furniture and the bedding and....all the other cool stuff....Miss Harlow Grace couldn't do without! I just tell Waylen....."She told me she has to have it or she is NOT coming out!!!" hehehhee.......Things like chandeliers.....and pretty outfits...and rugs....and lamps....guys just don't get it! Oh well! Here are a few belly pics.......and pics of Harlows first 4th of July...kinda!

Alright already!!!!

Ok......I know I have not been updating as much as I should but I will try and do a better job during the last half of my pregnancy!!! Can you believe it? Almost halfway there!!! WHHHOOOOHHHHOOO...... So here is an update....19 weeks pregnant....and we are having a girl..(unless something crazy happened over the last two weeks)!!!!! Yeah!! We are so excited....so excited that I already painted her room. Those that know me well know that I have had this room planned out since the day I found out what "it" was. It is going to be a dream....and I hope she loves it....Speaking of...we did pick out a name........da da na naaaaa.....Harlow Grace Pape!!!! As I read this it sounds like me talking really fast....No major changes except the growing princess inside of me. I feel like I am always hungry and have caved in to some chocolate cravings. Last weekend when Waylen was out of town I bought a whole box of Hostess chocolate donuts on Friday and I by Sunday I made myself throw the rest of them away because it was just making me sick. I would have one after every meal...or even when I just walked by them. SO BAD!! Oh and the most important new thing....she is moving and I feel it!!! It is the most wonderful and weird experience ever! She moves a lot at night when I get comfortable on the couch or in bed...hope that doesn't mean she is going to be a night owl!!

So this weekend I did paint the room a light pink and then on the wall where her crib will be is a diamond argyle pattern of that pink and then a shade lighter...so cute....And to top it all off I added little rhinestones to each of the points....I sometimes catch myself just walking in there for no reason at all...just to look. It was a lot of work and I was super sore...but am totally happy....and yes I used special paint for pregger people!

Here are my first belly pics at nineteen weeks..in Harlows' room!! Some I look pissed in...but I am trying not to laugh...!!!

How can it only be friday...and I am so ready for monday!

So this weekend I have the pleasure of taking care of six dogs for the weekend....ALONE!!! My great friend Patti and her husband left for Vegas on Thursday...so they dropped Miss. Mia off that morning...they are coming back on Sunday...Macie and Mia love playing....and then at times they are just doing there own thing....They are sleeping well too....which is good for me.....

If I would have stopped there you would probably think..ohhhh thats fun....but it gets worse....First of all, Monday we will be saying goodbye to our two "big dogs"......Don't want to go into too much detail now because I will get sad....but it totally a great thing....and will benefit everyone involved. So for a great send-off we have two other labs staying with us. Their owner, Jack went on the golf trip with my dad and Waylen and I am obviously a big sucker! Let me just say that these four dogs don't necessarily get along real well....so before I left for work this morning I put Jacks' two dogs in the "dog run" and our two labs in the backyard.....just for safety reasons....Well this is what I came home to.....

They had chewed through the "dog run" gate and started digging holes along the fence line!! Yeah!! And it's ONLY FRIDAY!!! Ugggghhhhhhhh........we are definitely gonna have some extra landscaping to re-do after all the dogs are gone....

Easter Wedding Weekend!

So this Easter was a bit unusual...we had a wedding to go to. Our dear friends Nick and Marita (shown dancing the night away below) got married on Saturday. We drove down to Kingwood on Friday with just enough time to rest for a second and then get ready for the Rehearsal Dinner. On the way there I reviewed the 10 page itinerary....YES 10...they are so organized! So friday night was the rehearsal and then we went and had dinner at an Italian restaurant for the pre-wedding festivities. I love watching how giddy and nervous the bride and groom are the night before. Gosh, I remember that night like it was yesterday....all the girls stayed up that night in our hotel and rented wedding crashers. hahaha the things you remember! I knew I was going to have to be a trooper and stay out late both friday and saturday and man did it hit me on sunday...I felt awful....but I made it through, the wedding was beautiful....no one could tell I was pregnant...so we shouted it from the roof tops instead...we laughed thinking about when I first got pregnant...and I said OMG...I am definitely going to be showing at their wedding. How cool.....yeah...not quite yet. I think I am getting there though....fingers crossed!

Almost 13 Weeks!!!!

Yeah!!! Such a good week this week....feeling much better and time is starting to fly by. I can't believe almost 9 weeks ago we found out we were pregnant. I was sick for about 4 weeks....nothing sounded good to eat and if I could have thrown up I would have loved to. No fun. I am back up and eating plenty now and can't wait to see this belly bump start to grow.


This is a picture of Waylen and I at First Friday downtown...it was different to say the least, but we had a good time....As you can see no bump yet, but I figured I might as well document it anyway!

Last friday we had our genetic testing appointment. Basically they test for Down Syndrome...and two chromosonal disorders that tend to be lethal. My first thought was..."That should be a real blah appointment!". But it actually was so much fun. They took tons of pictures of the baby and also did a video for us. It's about 10 minutes long....and he or she is just the most beautiful baby ever! The sonographer had to bounce on my stomach a lot in order to get the baby to start moving ...and it did a complete turn!! Yeah!!! Feet were up in the air with one arm by its side and one up by the head (this is exactly how Waylen sleeps). He was really excited about that and the fact that he swears he saw its "boy parts"!!! He even wrote down on a piece of paper the time on the video where he thinks he sees it...so family can pause it and check it out. So funny! Such an amazing experience. I of course had to go out and get a frame to put the picture in for our house. It will be the first of many!!!

I thank God for this amazing experience everytime I look at "it"........so precious!

Ok....So I had to get my very first "official" post in before its time to go to bed. I am pretty sure Waylen thinks I am crazy to be so excited about "blogging", but he's just a boy! So much has happened recently that I wish I could go back and post on, but I won't because then I will miss out on everything happenin' NOW! So, my cool neighbor Dawn helped me set everything up tonight and made it look as beautiful as it does! She Rocks! We are loving our house that we moved into last October...I will have to add pics of that later. We still have our 3 crazy dogs....Piper and Bella (the crazy Lab and "wanna be Lab") and then our "precious" Macie....hers is the only picture of course that I can find...conveinent!!! Anyways...we are expecting our first baby October 2009...so that makes us 12.5 weeks! Whoohoo...I will do a separate post on that...once I figure out the scanner! Until then...be safe....xoxo