Showers of Blessings!

Whew! Somebody pinch me that it is late August!!! As EXCITED I am that Fall is on the way (for MANY reasons), can I get an Amen that this year has flown by!?  

July and August have been super busy for us, especially now that we are at the 10 WEEK countdown until Baby Greyson arrives! In July, we headed to Mississippi to celebrate J's Grandad's 80th Birthday and I stayed an extra week for a couple of fabulous baby showers. 

During the week I managed to squeeze in a trip to Hudson's, a relaxing day by my in-laws new pool, a slumber party with my Grammy and Big Jack, and a visit with these gals and their precious month old babies!!!!  

Meg with Baby Jaxon on the left and Kelly with Baby Iris on the right!

Shower #1 took place at Jeremie's parents' house, hosted by Mama Cate and Lauren.  

Greyson is already spoiled by his Nona and Auntie.

The shower was just precious. When I walked in and saw the cake, I almost lost it! Even though we'd picked out Greyson's name weeks before, this was the first time I actually saw his monogram in writing!!!  

Everyone filled out these sweet cards which they read before I opened their gift! These will be so sweet to look back at for years to come. 

 

Greyson got spoiled with everything from tiny onesies to burpcloths to his first cowbell! Having the first shower really made everything feel so real! 

All of Grandmother's "girls"....

And even though me and my other thirds are all smiles in this picture, it was quite the day for us prior to the shower. Mary and I had spent the night with Meg the night before, a slumber party that we had be anxiously awaiting for weeks. But our wild nights are of the past. Between two babies and a tired pregnant woman, we were all in bed by 11:00. The next day we managed to get out of the house by noon for lunch and a quick trip to Hudson's. We headed back to Meg's to get ready for the shower when Baby Jaxon started getting a little fussy. As Mary and I were finishing up primping in the bathroom, we heard Meg screaming for us from the nursery. So I went running towards her, Mary behind me yelling to "Stop running! You're pregnant!" Well, sweet Jaxon had lost his lunch all over his mama. My first reaction was to grab the pukey baby off his mama. Well, my pregnancy nausea kicked in immediately when I smelled it on Jaxon. So I started screaming for Mary to grab the baby before I also joined in the puking. We were a hot mess! 

Shower #2 was at my mom's house and hosted by my Aunt Susan, cousin Holly & Amy. 

This shower had a "train" theme.....more darling decorations and precious cake!!!  

My Grammy really pulled a fast one on me at this shower. The above picture is me opening a gift that was a box of "Millionaires" which were always my FAVORITE chocolate/caramel candies that my Grammy would have at her house. My face obviously shows my JOY over receiving some chocolate. She quickly corrected me and said it was just the box...there was really a gift for Greyson inside. Although I appreciated the little plastic key toy inside, I was slightly disappointed there were no Millionaires. 

It was such a fun shower and I felt so blessed by all the thoughtful gifts for our little guy. 

At the end of the week, we packed all the gifts in Mom's car, and looking like the Clampetts, Mom and Dad toted me back to Dallas. It was so fun to lay everything out on the dining table to show Jeremie! He was totally overwhelmed! 

Thanks to everyone for putting their time and energy into these showers! We are SO BLESSED, not only by your gifts, but your love, support, and prayers along the way! Love ya'll!

Gender Reveal: Introducing Baby BOY Greyson!

We felt like we waited FOREVER to know the gender and now we've known for almost a month! I can't believe it! Our anatomy scan was on June 9th and it was amazing! I really had no clue what the "anatomy" scan was....I knew that you found out gender at this appointment, so in my mind, "anatomy" was the polite way to say "gender reveal scan".  The anatomy scan actually revealed more than just the, well, "anatomy" if you will.  The ultrasound was able to show our baby's development in his heart, organs, brain, spine, etc. It was amazing! At one point, he raised his little hand and waved it back and forth.  I about lost it at that point.

And we got an amazing picture of him sucking his thumb. Ok, at this point, I did lose it. So sweet!  

There ultrasound tech didn't really give us a drum roll or anything when she told us he was a boy.....she just kept looking around and said...."Oh, and it's definitely a boy!"  We were so excited.  We really didn't care what it was, but it sure is fun to know now.  

We told a few friends and family members, but my parents were scheduled to arrive a few days later and they wanted to find out in person. My sweet Grammy has been holding on to these 2 crochet blankets for over 20 years...one is pink, one is blue. I had called her the day we found out the gender and she [double] wrapped up the blue blanket and sent it to Texas with my parents! I couldn't believe they spent 9 hours in the car with the blanket and didn't look! So when they got here, they [ripped] opened the BLUE blanket! They were thrilled! It was too fun! 

The next day we spent preparing for our gender reveal party! I had all hands on deck! Dad was stuffing goodie bags with cookies, mom was in the kitchen, and Amy was putting together our pinata stuffed with blue goodies.  Everything came together beautifully! 

Props to Amy the Artist for her work on the pinata!

Dad was so proud of his shirt!

We LOVED having all our friends over to reveal the gender! Everyone was asked to wear blue or pink to cast their vote.  I would say we had a good mix of both! The pinata was not quite the "Pinterest" moment I was hoping for (imagine that).  I had envisioned the pinata busting open and a darling picture of me and J standing under the blue confetti falling down around us.  Well.....the boys treated the pinata like it was the home run derby........

The pinata flew off the tree with a KO by Stephen....

Therefore, Matt bravely offered to hold it until they just beat it to death....

And here was my Pinterest reveal moment......oh well, it got the point across!  IT'S A BOY!

Good times were had by all!

My sweet Bible study friend & fellow Mommy to be! Natalie and I are about 8 weeks apart.

My Junior League girls!

And our Community Group...couldn't do Dallas without this crew! 

Mom, Dad and Amy stayed behind for a few days and helped paint the nursery! After much debate about color, we decided on 3 taupe walls with a yellow accent wall.  I am a very neutral person when it comes to paint color, but I figured I could step out of my box with the nursery. So while Mom and I trimmed out, Dad started with "Warm Caramel Honey" on the accent wall. I freaked out a little when his brush hit the wall.  But we all agreed to wait for it to dry and it would probably calm down.  Well, 6 hours later, it was still School Bus yellow.  So the next day, we painted over it in a safe, neutral taupe. A million thanks to CC and Pop for their hard work! I really enjoyed having them for the week, we had a great time.

As soon as the gender was revealed, the name game began. I was not dying to figure a name out immediately, but at the same time, I didn't want this baby to be "Nugget Wells" until delivery day. My parents, especially my dad, enjoyed participating in the potential naming of our child. He started going through the 100,000 + Baby Name book I borrowed from Mary and suggested some very interesting names. Unfortunately, unless you name your child something really weird, most normal names will remind EVERYONE of somebody! It was actually a lot harder than I though.  Some names we liked just didn't sound right with our last name, like "Max Wells" (it almost sounds like one word) and "Wyatt Wells".....well, just try to say that 3 times fast......

This week, I threw out the name "Greyson" and Jeremie really liked it! We agreed that it sounded good with "Thomas" (our definite middle name), didn't remind us of anybody, sounds good as a young or older name, is easy to spell, and easy to pronounce. We sat on it a few days and a dinner one night J revealed that he'd already created a gmail account for "Greyson Wells" so he could save the name. So that was that! We both agreed we loved it and now we have name for the little nugget....

Greyson Thomas Wells.  My heart melts every time I say it! 

 Just about 16 weeks left until we meet him! We can't wait! 

29 Years and 22 Weeks

Well folks, the night has come.  I have about an hour and half left in my 20's!!!  I cannot believe that I am rounding up this decade! I feel like it has gone by very fast. It doesn't really bother me (yet) mainly because it's just been a joyful time with the baby and all.  I feel like I should be doing something special to commemorate my last night in my 20's, but frankly.....I don't feel like it! I'm happy enough in my stretchy pants watching 24 with my hubby! But wow, how different things look  heading into the 30's than the 20's. This time 10 years ago me and my roommate were just getting ready to paint the town red! In fact, here's me and Jeremie on the night of my 21st birthday.......

 

 

 

Now staying up past midnight seems impossible! (Sounds like I'd better tap into that college energy in about 4 months though because I'll be having' some late nights with Baby Wells). I admit, the 20's were FABULOUS....I had a blast at State, met my future husband, got married, had my first REAL job (not picking cotton or scooping poop), got married, moved to Florida, moved to Texas, bought our first house, and got pregnant! But I look forward to all the things to come in the 30's.  I told Jeremie that I was just gonna go by how many weeks I am, so that means I'm still 22......he quickly replied that would mean in 4 months I'll be 40.....so we'll scratch that.

 

Oh well, CHEERS to a new decade! 

Bump That: Week 17 & 18

So the nugget definitely made some "progress" this week! While I realize I have a looooong way to go, I feel like I did "pop" these past couple of weeks. (This may or may not have to do with the fact that we were on vacation all week and I ate like a CHAMP.)

Week 17: We got to take this bump pic on Kennebunk Beach, Maine! I will be blogging in more detail about our trip later! It was fabulous!

Week 18: Back at the ranch! Nothing major to report other than the fact that the nugget has graduated to the size of a sweet potato.  The cocoa butter is being used generously and my jeans have been retired until post baby. (Or more realistically, Fall of 2015.) We find out the gender in 13 DAYS and we cannot wait!!!!

Preggars Post Part 2

Now for the fun (and somewhat scary) part! Tracking THE BUMP week by week. At this point, I can still "hide" the bump with loose shirts for the most part. (Not that I want to hide it, but at the moment, it just looks like I have gained weight.) But I can feel it! People keep telling me: "Oh, you don't look even look pregnant!" And I want to reply "If you only knew I had the top button of my pants undone...."

I will try to post week by week, but for now, we'll play catch up:

Week 9: This was my first "official" bump pic since I didn't know how far along I was until Week 8. Nothing much to note for this week other than the fact that I just wanted to nap ALL DAY.(This carried on for several weeks. Now I'm just tired at the end of the day.) I did sort of have the uncontrollable giggles a lot this week. At one point I told J: "When I look at you, I just want to laugh!"......He didn't know how to take that.

Week 10: Well, let's just say the giggles and sparkles were over. I was the most emotional/moody/grouchy person!!! Poor J really kept his distance. Still really tired so I think we had grilled cheese like every night this week. I absolutely hate this picture, but the way I look is pretty much the way I felt!

Week 11: Back to my normal self! (Well, emotionally, that is.)

Week 12: Had my second appointment this week! Finally got to hear that little heartbeat, which was amazing!  It was around 155-160. (Go ahead, make your gender predictions.) Still no bump, but I could feel the waistline ship leaving the port.

Week 13: I was randomly nauseous this week and discovered that the Nugget DOES NOT like carrots. Yikes. We loved spending Easter weekend with J's parents!

Week 14: Hello second trimester! Although I'm not Rip Van Winkle anymore, I'm still waiting for the burst of energy everybody talks about in the second trimester. Headed to MS for a wedding and baby shower this weekend and let's just say the 9 hour drive did not treat 'lil mama well. My tail bone paid for all the sitting. But we had a great time with all our family and friends.

Everybody except the one holding the baby is pregnant!

The very proud Grandmother "CC"

Kelly thought this picture was unfair but I reminded her that when she is skinny with a new baby, I'll be the one with the big bump!

Week 15: Hello nosebleeds, face break-outs, and 4 a.m. snacks!!! This baby must be busy! This week was back to the giggles. Jeremie and I also celebrated our 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! He took me to an amazing steakhouse where I took DOWN a filet mignon. And a loaf of bread. And some potatoes and spinach and dessert. Other notable this week: The Preggle. The body pillow for pregnant people, although I may never part with it. It's amazing.

Week 16: Third doctor visit! I was able to record the heartbeat, and I listen to it every day! Heartbeat was around 164. Nothing too crazy other than the fact that I am STARVING like 4 times a day. In fact, it's 9:50 p.m. and I'm probably about to go eat some waffles.

And that's all folks! Next appointment will be gender reveal! Can't wait!