Month: February 2013

Week 23 Update: Getting Productive

We’ve made it to the 23 week mark!  Time is starting to move a little quicker now.  I’m not sure if its because I finally made it past the ickiness of early pregnancy or just cuz’ we seem to be so busy lately!!  I’m gonna say a combo of both.

23 weeks

I still feel like Baby Girl is much more active that I remember Brooke to be. I love when I finally settle into bed at night to relax with Keith and watch TV and I am still enough to feel every little bubble and somersault. I haven’t had any crazy cravings and my heartburn seems to have tamed down a bit.

Now that we know that we’re having a girl, we’ve gone full steam ahead in getting prepared. Although we have anywhere from 14 to 17 weeks before she’s here, that time will go fast, I’ll be getting bigger and less efficient and Keith’s looking at more travel and busier schedule with basketball post-season and softball season coming up.

So with Keith having his first full free weekend in a long time, we got to work!! First things first, Keith picked up the crib at Babies R Us that we ordered a few weeks ago. While he was out, he also picked up bins and hangers so we could start going through Brooke’s old clothes and get them organized.

Getting ready to go through her old clothes for Baby Sister

By the end of the weekend, we had the crib assembled, Brooke’s outgrown clothes from NB to 4Ts sorted in bins and NB-6 months clothes hung up and folded.

Baby clothes hanging again!

We felt pretty proud of ourselves by the time we crashed Sunday night. But there’s still so much to do!!
*Come up with a name for this little girl
*Build up a diaper stash
*Come up with a daycare gameplan
*Start researching doulas
*I don’t even know what I’m forgetting!

For past updates:
*20 weeks
*21 weeks
*Gender Reveal

That Time Brooke was on the Front Page of the Houston Chronicle Website

I’ve shared before that ever since Brooke was born, we enjoyed getting her cowgirl-ed up for Go Texan Day. We lived in Houston and it was easy to get swept up in the Rodeo spirit.  It was right outside our door…well, okay 2 blocks away!

Our Houston pride didn’t go away when we moved to Tennessee last year. We still dressed Brooke up and started to teach her about her roots as a native Houstonian, the Rodeo and Go Texan Day.  We were pretty nostalgic about it to be honest.

This year was no different. We pulled out her authentic, pearl-snap cowgirl shirt and slipped on her boots.  She really got into too and found her cowgirl hat, complete with sparkly tiara. We had a quick photo opp on the back porch and headed off to school.

Later that morning, I saw a tweet from the Houston Chronicle.

 

I sent Keith a message asking “should I do it?”  He emphatically said “Yes!” so I emailed the photo and got back to work.

A couple hours of later, Keith forwarded me an email from one of our friends in Houston. He had seen Brooke’s photo on the first page of the Houston Chronicle’s website! He sent us a screenshot of her photo being featured in the Entertainment section on the lower half of the screen. By the time I looked, it had switched to something about the Pink concert the night before. I was so bummed that I had missed seeing it in person.

One page refresh later though, Brooke was the picture at the very top of the page!!

Isn’t that cool?!?!  It was definitely a rush for Keith and I!  We’re making our mark in Houston even after we’ve moved away!!

And if you want to see the full cowgirl outfit:

Brooke Has Something to Say

Hello Baby Girl!
Hello Baby Girl!

Winner of the Guess the Gender Amazon Giveaway

Guess the Gender Giveaway Winner

Although she did not guess the correct gender, Jessica’s entry was chosen as the winner! I will be emailing you shortly with your Amazon gift code!!

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