our 12 week appt.

(this is the first pic i've seen where i thought...wow i look really pregnant...except for my weekly belly pics, of course)

yesterday morning, we had our 12 week appt. with my doctor...first, can i just say how much i love him! he is just the right combination of informative and funny, serious and laid back...which meshes so well with us!

so he put the little doppler on my stomach and we heard our baby's heartbeat for the first time! i had seen the heartbeat 2 times before, but hadn't heard it yet. wow!! what an experience. it was so strong and steady at 156 beats per minute. mike was so excited to hear it too. then dr. b. answered my long list of questions and we set up the date and time for our 4 month appt.

so we can chill and let this little one grow for 4 more weeks until we go again!

12 weeks

show where you live- foyers and {new loves}

here's my pic of our foyer for kelly's home tour...the grouping of pictures i took on a trip to san fran and napa and got matted frames to put them in. on the entry table are cool shell balls from a friend and my satsuma home fragrance oil from the body shop (the best smell ever) under the table is a huge jar of shells we've bought and collected. on the opposite wall is a wicker basket to put shoes in and you can sort of see the top of the sea grass chair in the pic (chair from pier 1)

on to my friday new loves...where i blog about what stuff i love for the week! found this pic of mike and i several weeks ago and thought it was sweet...

a very important new love is taco tuesday at rosa's cafe!! do you have a rosa's where you live? every tuesday, you can get a 3 tacos, beans, and rice for $3!! and it's good food too, not like fast food mexican. and their queso is delish!
my other love for this week is this cutie dress from anthro...i think it would look adorable with a some black leggings underneath.happy friday!

7.8.9

what were you doing on 7/8/9 at 10:11? this was me... sitting outside on the chaise with cooper sniffing my shoes. the boys playing with their toy. and me standing in the pretty green grass.

hot. hot. hot.

i am hot. not like in the 'i look really good' way...in the ' if i have to endure one more 115 degree day, i will literally start to melt' way! why does every summer in texas seem to get hotter and hotter? i asked mike today what state has perfect weather all year? cause that's where i want to move. he said cali or santa fe. hmm... so here's my 11 week picture. sorry i'm so squinty in this one, but it was like the 6th picture mike took, so this is as good as it gets today.

i loved this one of henry...this is so him. he lives for his squeaky toy. it is his whole world!

mike working hard at his laptop. so cute!

and staci and lauren and mom came over tonight for brownies and ice cream. it's staci's last night in texas; tommorrow she's driving back to florida.

we had a fun weekend! we watched confessions of a shopaholic and went to sara and eric's house for a yummy dinner and a game of mad gab.

have a great week!

family lunch

when i was in plano earlier this week, most of our new family met at saltgrass for lunch (minus the husbands) i hadn't met leslie, les' youngest daughter, so it was nice to finally meet her. and the grandkids all get along well, so that's good! they had fun talking and playing.

i got to shop at susanne's wonderful mall, stonebriar, and found so many cute maternity things to wear. the gap has a really cute maternity line. and a pea in the pod has gorgeous stuff but i refuse to pay $88 for a pair of shorts i will wear for about 4 months! so i found a few cutie dresses at motherhood and some casual stuff at old navy too.

it was funny...when i was trying my new stuff on, mckinlee said 'nini, i'm not used to seeing you pregnant.' and i said 'honey, i'm not either!' to have a belly sticking out is such a cool/weird experience...so nice not to have to suck in my stomach! hehe