Snow in southeast Texas!

The snow was deep enough that you couldnt see the grass where aaron stepped

rightoutside our front door

stairs by our apartment

Aaron and I

one of the cars in the parking lot

Me in the snow!

how pretty the trees are with snow!

feeling the baby kicks

On the 16th Aaron was FINALLY able to feel the baby kick. I think its made it seem a lot more real to him since he can now feel it. He had been the only one so far to feel it kick, until thanksgiving day. I really wanted Rachael to be able to feel it cause she doesnt have much time to visit down here. So after lots of patience, the baby kicked really hard. Rachael said it was cool. My mom hasnt been able to yet. I think he gets really stubborn and wont kick when he feels someones hand on my belly. He kicks quite a bit now and it always makes me smile, its amazing.
Monday i go in for the gestational diabetes test. hopefully i wont have it. i will just starve if i do, im such a picky eater. my mom says she had it with me and just changed her diet for the health of the baby. HOPEFULLY i wont even have to worry about it.

new ultrasound picture

today aaron and i went to the houston dr appointment. we had to make sure that everything was normal with the heart, since i had a brother who died as a baby. everythings good with our little son. the dr was so nice over there! i had decided that i didnt want a 4d ultrasound. well this dr suprised by us flipping from a regular ultrasound to the 4d picture. it was neat, although the baby did look like an alien. so heres the coolest picture i have yet to see of our baby boy:

this weekend

baby shopping is so much fun!! aaron and i went friday night and we both picked out a baby outfit for our son. then yesterday i went to do more shopping. if you have never been to texas kid company---u should go and look at all the cute things they have. i found a UT newborn cap and UT pacifires. when i was at the cash register, their computer system froze up. i was only there for 5 min but the owner told me to just not worry about. a little confused, i asked if i needed to sign for it. she said no that it was on them. so i got a $20 purchase for free!! i will totally go back and buy more. and i also got some more really cute baby outfits from another store.

yesterday i was also able to go out to my parents house and play with tye and kenadie before they left for Austin. I have missed those kids so much. they always make me smile. i miss hearing tye say "lu-lu come play! come chase me!"i wish they still lived close by so that i would be able to see them every week.

today was frustrating. i cant stand it when people critize a marriage. my husband was told today that the person felt sorry for him since he "married a kid" and that we "will never last!" i dont understand why people critize my age. yes i might only be 19, but im perfectly happily married. Anybody can look at us and tell that we love each other, are best friends, and encourage and help each other fulfill our potential. i love being a wife and even being able to cook every evening. i also hate it when a person completly ignores me for 2 whole hours, for no reason at all. also i had brought the new baby stuff over and that person didnt even care at all!!! at least they could have pretended to be interested. the only thing i can say is that it will be a long time before i go back to that house. I guess thats why i have my husband and MY family which are the most 2 important things in my life. i dont know what i would do without aaron, my parents, or my brothers and sisters. I love them so much. They have done so much for me.

ITS A BOY!!!

boy or girl?

On Wednesday, Nov 5 (this wednesday coming up) we get to find out what we are having. I think im having a boy just because of how much fun i think it would be to have a girl and i have terrbile luck! i will be happy either way. also we have a girls name picked out but cant agree on anything for a boy. the name i like aaron says is girly and since my brothers and dad always have to agree with aaron they say it is too. they are the only ones who dont like it. everyone else in my family loves the name. so wednesday also might begin the battle of the names.

Our Anniversary Trip

To celebrate our first anniversary, Aaron and I went to Riviera Cancun. It was so much fun! we stayed the the Secrets Capri Resort. Its considered the 2nd best resort in the Caribbean. and its one of the top ten out of 800+ resorts on around the world list by Expedia. Its all inclusive. It was all the food and drinks we wanted. We could get room service for free any time of the day. The food was amazing...and appetizer, dinner, and desert. The presentation of the food was pretty.

We went to Tulum to the Mayan Ruins and to Chichen-Itza (one of the 7 wonders of the new world. One day we went to Xel-Ha. Aaron is the greatest husband ever and let me do something i have always wanted to since i was a little child---SWIM WITH DOPLPHINS!! The week went by way to fast. I enjoyed being able to spend quality time with Aaron...just he and i. no work, no school.

Since im finally starting to show my pregnant belly, the concierge noticed and decided to decorate our room. So we walked to the room and this is what we found:

Happy Birthday Wishes for Lily!

Tea Party Fun!!

(Amy you need to add the pictures you have, the ones i took of both Natalie and Lily were too dark!)

Happy 6th Birthday Lily Grace!

Hope you had a great day! sorry i couldnt come to your birthday party, but i sure did have fun hanging out with you and Natalie last weekend!

Ultrasound Pictures

here are the ultrasound pictures from yesterdays appointment...notice the 3 different due dates on each of the different pictures....the doctor said he thinks march 22nd, give a week or take a week.

measurment of the arm

measurment of the leg

our baby!

Hurricane Ike

so im at my parents house. we knew it would be safer here than at the apartment. last night was so scary!!! the winds in nome were over 100. it ripped the boards off of almost every window. im so happy that we were blessed enough not to have a window blow out. my parents house did start to leak through the windows and from the light sockets. its because they lost all of the shingles on the back half of the roof. my parents house is in a huge field with nothing around it to protect it from the winds. i kept having flashbacks from the tornado my family and i were in during 1999. today the water pressure is very low---so taking a shower was quite a challenge. we drove to Beaumont and the west side on major doesn’t look bad at all. Our apartments fine. I don’t think I will ever try to stick out another hurricane again!!

amazing sound

Today i heard an amazing sound...our unborn child's heartbeat. Hearing it made the whole thing seem more real! I am so excited! March 22 is the due date. March will be a busy month of birthdays for our family--Aarons is the 1st mine is the 4th.

Playdough Fun!

Playdough Fun at Grandma and Grandpa's

With Lily, Tye, Aaron, and I

life

my life is amazing! i have an amazing husband who loves me and i love him! he is so patient and understanding. i can complain all day long, and he wont ever let me know thats hes tired of hearing me. He makes me want to be a better person.

i have the greatest nieces and nephew. They always make me smile.

Tye in the waterfountain at the Houston Temple!! Thats what happens when my brothers are in charge of him!

Every day my life gets more and more exciting! i have truely never been happier!