baby talk

I've been amazed at how generous and thoughtful people are. The day after Scott told his co-workers we were expecting his co-worker, Ashley, sent home a gift for me. It was "What to expect when your expecting", Fit Pregnancy magazine and a pregnancy journal. Super sweet! And I felt special that she went out of her way to go buy me these things as soon as she found out!

Mom got me a jogging stroller, which I can't wait to start using next spring to get my bootie back in shape!

Whit sent me the willow tree "new life". I love it! So precious.

Samantha, a friend from church, GAVE us a baby bed and bassinet! We are SO happy and shocked they just offered up their baby bed that had only been used for 1 week! Do you know how much money that saves us??? I'm still excited! We haven't put it together, (because we've got to get rid of the guest bedroom furniture first) but here's a picture of it.



Scott's step mother went crazy shopping at Carter's in Shreveport on the Boardwalk. She got us some of the cutest stuff! All neutral. Baby clothes are so soft and sweet! I think I looked through the bag 5 times daydreaming before I finally folded it all up and put it away. :)

LOVE these little hooded towels!



And this cute little 4 piece set :)



We just feel blessed to be surrounded by family and friends who love us and we get to share this exciting time with.

Somehow, I have managed to only buy one thing for the baby. Target has the cutest "Beatles" onesies! It's unisex, black and white. I can't wait to see my little man or baby girl with a big bow on her head in it.. too cute!


So, last night we were laying in bed and I was not sleepy and kept talking while Scott was trying to get to sleep. I told him our baby was still hungry (yes, I've been blaming the baby for things such as eating strawberry cake, craving cinnamon rolls and hating broccoli) so he got under the covers and started "talking" to the baby. In his Mexican accent. About a jalapeno farm? It was hilarious! He just started doing this Mexican accent recently and it cracks me up! He went on to tell the baby he was his Mexican father and would teach him all about the jalapeno farm. Yes, it sounds stupid, but it cracked me up! I've realized in the past few weeks when I think something is funny I can't stop laughing and get all teary eyed because I'm laughing so hard. I don't know if that's related to pregnancy? But I'd rather be laughing than crying!

This baby is going to have so much fun with his/her crazy daddy.

Zac Brown Band "Free" Late Night w/ David Letterman

At the beginning of the summer Scott text me from work and told me to listen to this song and said it's "our summer song". Little did we know how much "free" would end up meaning to us. (or maybe it's just me :)) Every since we've found out I'm pregnant I can't listen to this song without tearing up. Just because it's so true, this is "as free as we'll ever be". Of course I'm beyond ecstatic about having a little addition to our family, but the song just gets me everytime!

Listen and Enjoy :)

what's new you ask?

Scotty and I are going to be parents!! We couldn't be more ecstatic and feel beyond blessed to have this gift from God growing in my belly.
When did you find out? How did you know? How did you tell him? When are you due? These are all the questions I keep getting over and over!

June 29th-I took a pregnancy test that morning when I first woke up and Scott had already left for work. (BIG mistake, HUGE!) Test came up + right away!
June 29th-I took a second pregnancy test at lunch. Just to make sure!
June 29th-the longest day in history!!! I had to wait all day til I got home to my hubby to tell him!

*I took the test in the first place because I'd been really sleepy and I was only a few days late which isn't that abnormal, but I just had a feeling.*

When Scott got home from work and the gym, FINALLY, I had a nice dinner and the table set for 3. Our plates in our usual spots and a razorback sippy cup and razorback baby fork and spoon with the 2 positive pregnancy tests where a plate would normally be. I met him at the front door. Yes, I was on pins and needles looking out the window, watching for him, impatiently waiting for him to come driving down the road! I made him close his eyes and grabbed his hand and led him to the table and told him to open his eyes and told him "we're going to be a family of three!" Of course he said "what?" He was a little confused.. the shocked, then excited, then scared to be too excited just yet.

I was ready to go to the doctor the next day and have him say oh yes everything is great, go tell everyone! BUT when I called unfortunately they said he doesn't like to see his patients until they are 8-10 weeks along. So, I had to wait a whole month before I got to go to the doctor. My appointment was scheduled for a Monday and the Thursday before they called and rescheduled it for the NEXT Thursday! I was NOT happy. Scott had a meeting in Little Rock that he couldn't miss on that Thursday so I knew he wouldn't be able to go with me. Complete bummer. But tried to stay positive! We decided it'd be best to have someone go with me rather than no one, and thank God we did. It was too cool to experience it alone!

July 29th-Mom went to the doctor with me that Thursday and we got to hear the baby's heart beat, see the heart and see the little peanut in me. It was very surreal! Thanks to technology Scott didn't have to totally miss out on the experience. We got a DVD and as soon as he got home from Little Rock he came home to watch it with me. Now he feels like it is more real since he has actually seen the baby! You didn't have to tell me it was real, I felt it! I haven't been sick, just sleepy and nauseous and moody.

July 29th-I let the fab five know and Scott called his closest friends to share the good news! This may sound cheesy, but I loved listening to him tell his friends! It was sweet :)

July 31st and August 1st-we began to tell all of our families over the weekend! They were all very excited as we knew they would be and it was alot of fun making our rounds and phone calls sharing the good news!

And now that I've broken this all down I just realized it was exactly a month between the first pregnancy test and the first doctors appointment!

March 4th, 2011-the due date!!!

Here's our little peanut! (Sorry for the bad quality, they were uploaded from my phone and I can't make them bigger!)




I will be 10 weeks on Friday. Here I am at 9 weeks 6 days!



Baby Wenzel is the size of a prune this week. :)

ready for the weekend?

Why is it that the week before vacation and the week after vacation always sucks? Sorry, but it does! The week before all you can think about is "ugh I can't wait to get outta here!" and the week after you are just constantly trying to get back in the "groove" of work. Maybe that's why I've taken a nap 2 days this week on my lunch break. Lazy, I know, but I napped alot last week!

Scott has been gone for three weeks and is finally coming home tonight! Yes, I was in Shreveport with him all last week, but I've still missed him like crazy this week. This is what I have in mind for the weekend..

lots of vegging out on the couch :)

sippin on coffee all morning long Saturday morning like we always do. I love it!

Hope to watch these two movies sometime this weekend! Has anyone seen either?


Hopefully after going to church on Sunday..

I can talk Scott into taking me to Joe's pizza. :)
I've been craving some good cheesy pizza!


HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE!

p.s.-isn't that a cool old picture of our church? i love it!

Moment of Silence

new home!!!...kinda.. :)

On June 1st, 2007 my boyfriend, Scott, surprised me with a ring box!!! I was ECSTACTIC!!! I opened it to find.. a house key. Lovely!

I was still very excited because we had been house shopping for "him" a home for several months. We found a home he loved on Beech Street in an old neighborhood on the Arkansas side. We would go get a sno cone at night and go sit on the front porch and talk about the house and our future and scope out the area. We fell in love with the house. Before I knew it I was driving by the house on my lunch break and dreaming of it being our home together. It was not much to look at but he saw the potential that I didn't see. I like to see fast results and I knew that it wouldn't be a quick fix up. But, I was soo ready to get engaged that I was ready to settle for whatever to get the ball rolling! SO this is the home he purchased!







a little rought.. right? But, on July 4th, 2007 he popped the question in "our home" and I couldn't have been happier!!! He told me that he wanted this to be our home and build our lives together here. It doesn't get much better than that! So.. the process began! We have taken a thousand pictures of us redoing the inside over the past couple of years showing all we have done to make this old house our home. We are very attached to our home and have made it our own. Yes, it has been a very long process, but putting sweat and tears (literally) into it has made us very much appreciate it and proud to call it ours.

As you can see, we've been busy! I will upload the pictures of us working on the next post. We had lots of help from both of our families and couldn't have done it without them! We still are not 100% done. I've decided remodeling is a never ending job. We need to touch up in alot of places, paint the front door, get a new glass front door, replace the back screen door and stain the fence. If we can ever get a weekend when it isn't 100 degrees then we may get that done!

busy busy

Summer is offically here! And boy have we stayed busy! This weekend will be the first weekend for Scott and I to be home together in 4 weeks.. and I can't wait! Here's a quick run down of what we've been up to..

Hot Springs with the bestie!


We had a blast shopping, eating, being pampered and just catching up! I'm pretty sure we're going to have to make this an annual or semi-annual trip. :)

Oklahoma City to spend some time with the Mentzel's!




Mama and Molly! This was Molly's first trip to the pool and she LOVED it!


Scotty! We got to catch the Big 12 Championship game! (Which the Aggies won and Erik was very proud!)

and this past weekend.. we had a family reunion at Caddo lake, then I went on to Tyler to spend the night and some time with my cousin Jennifer (far right) and her daughter, Katy. Then Sunday afternoon I hit the road to Dallas for the birth of baby Cohen!



Here's us fab 5 the night before Cohen was born. LOVE this picture! But back to Cohen.. he is beautiful. We are all in love with him. He is in each of our prayers every day and I can't stop thinking about what all the Marshall's are having to go through. My heart has been very heavy for them these past few weeks. I'm sure everyone reading this knows the story but if not go to:
http://www.inthiswonderfullife.com/



June is personally one of my favorite months.. not only is it fun summertime, but it's my BIRTHDAY! I had bunco on my birthday and Scott had a softball game. I was a little bummed out that we were so busy on my day, but he made it extra special when he surprised me with these cute pedifores at our luau bunco! Such a sweetie! He also took me to lunch and my boss let me off early so I went to get a pedicure before bunco.. it was a great day! AND I got an Iphone!! not bad.. not bad at all...



Maybe next time it won't be a month before I post again :)