Just Call Me Betty Crocker!! LOL

On Sunday I made homemade white wheat bread. It was so yummy! R.J. and Amber couldn't believe I made it... ha ha. They had to take a picture of me with the bread.. lol... I also ran into Dayna and Will at HEB earlier that day in the baking aisle so I thought they might enjoy seeing the end result :)

I don't know what got into me this week, but I made homemade vegetable and beef soup with cornbread on Sunday since the weather was so yucky. I also made meatloaf, corn casserole, pork tenderloin, green bean casserole, quiche, sweet potato casserole and peach cobbler this week! All from scratch! My mom would be so proud :) Maybe I can cook after all?!?! I guess you will have to ask the hubby!!

Roadtrip to Coleman

Last week I went home to Coleman for a couple of days since R.J. was in New Orleans on business. The weather was so nice and chilly! Here's a picture my mom took of Amber and me in front of the Grazin' Patch (a restaurant in Coleman). I'm 25 weeks in this picture. Only 3 more months to go.....

Girls, Girls and Girls!

This is a few months old but here is a picture of me, Lane and Jenn at Cole's 1st birthday party (August 24th). Jenn and I are alittle over 4 months expecting here and due the same exact day which is really fun! Lane is only 6 weeks behind us. The best part is we are all having girls!!!!

Name That Baby!

Okay, I'm 24 1/2 weeks and still don't have a name for this little baby girl. It's driving me crazy!!!!!!!!! It's pretty pathetic of RJ and me I think. Nothing just jumps out at us. Are we just supposed to absolutely LOVE the name from the beginning or is it supposed to grow on you after saying it a million times? :( Help! I'm about to pull my hair out. Okay, so this is were you guys come in... I'm asking for you to pray that the perfect name comes to us so I can start sleeping again at night. Hopefully this sweet little baby girl will have a name before she gets here :)

I guess the good news is I'm pretty sure they won't let me leave the hospital without a name.

I Love Fall!

Drew and Kate's wedding weekend in Indianapolis-- miss you guys!

I can't say it enough! I love love love the Fall! I love the cooler temperatures, I love the excitement from other Houstonian's that the hot and humid Houston summer is coming to an end, I love the changing of the leaves (I wish Houston's leaves would change), I love decorating my house and yard, and I love the smell of pumpkin and spice candles! I hope someday RJ and I can take a roadtrip around October and drive up North and see the beautiful leaves changing. I guess when the baby (still NO NAME!!) gets here we won't have much time for that but hopefully someday. The one and only time we have ever seen firsthand the different colors of Fall is when we went for Drew and Kate's (RJ's cousin) wedding in Indianapolis a couple of years back. It was beautiful and the air was so crisp. We loved it!!

It reminds me of when RJ and I first got married and moved to Houston and it rained almost everyday that June, July and August. I had only been to Houston a couple of times in my life and the rainy days made me feel really homesick from being 6 hours from my family. Not to mention RJ was traveling offshore alot and we lwere crammed into a small little apartment (pre-Addison). I still remember the date for some crazy reason, but one October 6th, we woke up early and it was absolutely beautiful (and cool!) outside. We went for a walk and to a cute little coffee shop on Westheimer and sat outside and talked and just enjoyed the day. I think we even went to the Greek festival that weekend. I do remember that it was one of the first "fall days" in Houston that year. RJ and I both remember it and cherish it. The meterologist is reporting cooler temperatures for this weekend... maybe we will have a repeat??!?! :)

Baby Registry

RJ and I registered at Doodles this past weekend. What an experience! RJ had his feelings hurt that he didn't get to "shoot the gun" when my mom helped me register at Babies R Us a couple of weeks ago so I made sure and planned the Doodles registering around his schedule. I think it might have been a mistake. At one point I looked up and could have hurt RJ. He was acting like it was a "real gun" and was shooting everything he saw. He didn't care what it was. He put about 10 different burp clothes on there and didn't even look to see the colors or design-- he was just having fun shooting the gun! When I asked him to stop, he said I was being no fun. No fun?!? All I'm saying is I don't think we need it's a boy blue burp clothes. Do you? After about an hour in the store, he was ready to go. Shooting the gun wasn't as fun as he thought...LOL He was a trooper though for sticking it out! Registering can take forever :)

No More WebMD!

On Friday morning we had to make an emergency visit to Dr. Irwin's office. Thursday night/Friday morning I woke up around 3a.m.to go the restroom like I do many many many many times a night. This time, when I jumped out of bed I pulled something on my right side. I didn't know that I had pulled something at the time. All I knew was I couldn't walk and I was hunched over in serious pain. I somehow went back to sleep and thought the pain would be gone when I woke up Friday morning. Then I got out of bed-- oh my gosh! I, of course, got on WebMD immediately and started reading about what could be wrong (appendicitis). I completely upset myself because RJ and I had just read about it in our weekly pregnancy book and I just knew that it was my appendix. After the whole Florida heat stroke thing, I decided I better go see the doctor.

Dr. Irwin checked me out and said I had pulled a muscle on my right side and to take tyenol and use a heating pad. What a relief! I was freaked out that something might be wrong with the baby. I don't know why I do this to myself. I worry worry worry. Of course, I told Dr. Irwin "my diagnosis" and he just laughed. He told me, "Ashley-- I forbid you to get on WebMD again!" I had Dr. Irwin and RJ laughing up a storm at me. They can laugh at me all they want.. I'm just glad everything turned out okay and the baby is fine :)