Cleaning out the clutter

We had a busy weekend closest cleaning out all the clutter. Friday we made dinner and had friends over. We enjoyed time around the chiminea outside after dinner. Saturday we got started with going through boxes and putting things in trash/keep/salvation army groups. Trash is full and already made our run to salvation army this morning. We still have one more run we have to do but it is all big things we are needing to donate. Justin got the attic organized this morning. We are getting there and little by little looking better and better! It is amazing all the junk we have! Today we are waiting on Larry to get here! We are super excited to spend time with him and wish Janice was with him too! It has been way too long since we have gotten to be with them! We love having family with us and wish it happened more often. Hope everyone has a great week! All our love~G and J

Mother's Day Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend this past weekend in Houston for Mother's Day! It was so much fun!! Justin has been reading the Baby Bargain Book for us. He has been doing the research on everything so we can begin shopping for baby furniture. Over the weekend we did tons of shopping for baby Jonesie by hitting the consignment stores to all the big name baby brand stores. We found the crib and dresser set we are going to get and found very cute bedding as well! Shopping for baby Jonesie is so much fun and I am so thankful we got to share that time with my mom.
We got to meet up with my brother and his girlfriend Amy a couple of times over the weekend too! They live out in Tomball and there is a little restaurant we have all been wanting to try so we all met out there at Bootsies. The chef there buys all his herbs and vegetables from the plant nursery they work at! The food was delish and so fresh. My brother has been super busy lately working 7 days a week and the nursery has been packed. It makes me so happy to see my brother so happy. I am so proud of all of his accomplishments so far in his life.
We got to go to the Astros game, that was both Justin and my first time to go to the Minute Maid Stadium. It was very fun even though the Astros did not play too hot! My dearest friend Laura and her son Jack got to meet us all out at the game too! It was so fun catching up with them! After the game there was a firework show which was pretty cool. On actual mother's day we went out to the IMAX and saw the Huble movie. It was pretty interesting seeing how they got the telescope up in space and seeing what it sees. As we headed home we luckily missed all the horrible weather that hit Oklahoma. It was horrible here how fast the tornadoes hit and how many there were. Please pray for all the families that lost their homes.

Lazy weekend

Lazy weekend at home. We caught up on much overdue Netflix movies that were pretty crazy- Inglorious Basterds, An Education, and The Hurt Locker. It was a bunch of pretty intense movies so we kept putting off actually sitting down to watch them but we took care of them all this weekend. I got to go to dinner with Hayley Friday night which was some much needed catch up time which I absolutely loved! Justin stayed home and watched Lakers. Lakers pulled off winning the first series against the Thunder but are on right now on the second playoff series against Utah Jazz. It is not sounding good based on the yelling towards the television at the officials! I have just been busy with all those domestic chores getting laundry and such done. My belly is getting bigger and I can feel things getting harder. Some of the blog posts on a pregnancy site they say they are already feeling movement- I have not been blessed with that yet but am looking forward to it. It is crazy how fast time is going- at our next OB apt it will be the half way point of our pregnancy! Man, just soak up each day and enjoy it because it is going by way too fast! Hope everyone has a great week ahead, sending all our love~ G and J

14 weeks and 1 day

We had our second doctor appointment today. Our baby was not being very cooperative for the photo shoot though. Our doctor kept shaking my belly trying to get the baby to move around but the baby was not interested. As you can see in the first picture we got a beautiful picture of the spine and everything looks good there! Absolutely amazing to me how much has changed in the last 4 weeks. Our baby was just chillin' on it's head with it's hand up covering it's head. We did get a side of the face picture that confirmed the nose bone and eye socket formation is good. The heartbeat was 154 today. Our doctor got a good angle between the legs and nothing is protruding in formation yet so too early for us to know any details with the sex yet but that is just fine with us! We are just thankful that our baby is growing so big and healthy! Thank y'all for all your thoughts and prayers! We appreciate each one of your support so much and it means so much to us that we can share this experience with y'all! Sending all our love~G and J

Cute little butt picture with feet up in the air- how cute is that?!

This is the best angle he could get for the face.

Good times with Good Friends

This weekend we had good quality time with good friends! Summer and Augie had a wedding to go to this weekend and they came up early to see us on Friday! It was so great getting to see them and we got to show them our house and the big city we live in! (We loved getting to catch up with y'all and are already looking forward to next time- we love y'all so much!) On Saturday we participated in March of Dimes. It was a beautiful morning for the walk and a great turn out. We did a small road trip for dinner Saturday with friends. There is a Bar-B-Q place that one of our friends said was so good so she took us to a small town north of us to check it out. The Smoke Shack is the only thing in the town and it is amazing! I had a BBQ Beef sandwhich and Justin had a combination plate with sausage and the brisket. The sausage had jalepenos inside and it was so yummy- made Justin break a sweat or two! It was delish and totally going back the next BBQ craving! Thanks Ritz's plus one for a great time Saturday it was a lot of fun! We hope everyone had a great weekend and is enjoying this beautiful weather as much as we are! Sending all our love~G and J

second trimester

We are now entering the second trimester we are 13 weeks tomorrow! Right now our baby is the size of a peach! I just get this wave of sheer happiness just thinking about the miracle that is taking place! It is so amazing that I am growing our baby in my belly! This morning getting dressed for church I put on a skirt and it was pretty snug around the waist, I am starting to get a little pudgier in the belly. The message this morning in church was to appreciate the hard times as well as the good since God is there for all of it and it is all his plan for us. This message really hit home with me with all of my infertility this past year and the struggle to actually conceive. God is amazing and we are so thankful for this blessing! We hope everyone has a great week ahead! Sending all our love~G and J

Happy Easter

Happy Easter! Hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed Easter! We had such a fun weekend with my mom! She got to come up on Thursday and spend a long weekend with us having fun shopping, cooking, watching movies, walks with the dogs, and grilling enjoying the nice weather. I love getting to spend time with her and as soon as she has to leave I start counting down to the next time we get to see each other. She is not only my mom but my best friend. Her and Justin both were great to me this weekend putting up with my crazy uncontrollable pregnancy moodiness and extreme fatigue! We got to eat yummy Mexican food finally today to celebrate Easter- we gave up Mexican food for Lent this year since it is our favorite. We had our doubts about me making it the entire time since being newly pregnant with cravings but I made it!

We do want to thank y'all for all the congratulatory wishes when announcing our pregnancy! It really means a lot to us both to celebrate our excitement with y'all and we appreciate everyone being so supportive! We love y'all so much!! Happy Easter!! xoxo~G and J