We gave her a prune for Christmas...

We got to my parents' house the Tuesday night before Christmas around 9:30. After unloading all of our stuff, we joined in the game of Phase 10 my parents, sister, and brother-in-law were playing. We immediately gave my mom her first gift....

She wasn't really sure what to make of it. After all, who gives a prune as a gift?!? Her first thoughts were something to do with health/nutrition. We played a few more hands of cards and then she decided she'd just eat the prune. So we waited until we had played a few more hands and then gave her her second gift...

and this was her reaction....



to this...

We enlarged a picture of the positive pregnancy test! She admitted that at first she thought it was a picture of a pill or something, lol! She, along with everyone else, was pretty surprised and excited. Needless to say, the rest of the week a lot of our conversations were about baby ;)

*I forgot to put that the prune was representative of how big the baby was at the time*

I told my mom and sister that I wanted them to help me come up with a way to tell the extended family. Cari suggested making a "Big Cousin" shirt for Calloway to wear, but since that had already been done, I wanted something different and really wanted to include my other cousins - Brianna, Lauren, and Sophia. Then, mom mentioned something about doing shirts that said "Cousin 1", "Cousin 2", etc. (like Thing 1 & Thing 2). Eventually, I decided on just doing numbers 1-6 and then putting the 7 on my shirt also. I chose each person's (well, at least Cari, Brianna, & Lauren's) favorite color for their shirt - I'm not sure Sophia and Calloway have a favorite color yet...

So, after eating dinner on Thursday night, I pulled all the girls into the back bedroom and gave them their shirt to put on. Brianna was asking what she was going to have to do- "I'm not going to have to sing or anything, right?" I told her no, that all she had to do was wear the shirt. I also told her to look at all of them and see if she could figure it out. She got it after a couple of seconds. So, we sent Sophia and Calloway back to the living room. A few minutes later, we sent Brianna and Lauren out. Then Cari and I went a couple of minutes later.

My Aunt LeAnn was sitting closest to the door and said, "Why do you have a 2 & a 7 on your shirt? Ohhhhh...."  My other Aunt Susan said, "Nu uh!!!!!" I think by that time most everyone else had figured it out too, except for Granny. We had to all line up in order and then Susan had to kind of help her figure it out. It was a fun way to share the news and see everyone's reactions!

We wanted to tell both sides in person before letting any other people know, so we had to give a disclaimer to all of my family that they had to keep it quiet until we were able to tell Wyatt's family. We went to Texas on Thursday for New Year's and also for a wedding of a friend of mine on Saturday. We were able to have lunch with his mom and sister on Friday. We decided to just give all of them cards. His mom's said, "You're expecting a grandchild!!!" and this was her reaction....

along with, "I knew it, I knew it!" I guess Wyatt had said something about me not feeling well one morning and that got her to thinking. She is definitly excited since this is their first grandchild and already talking about turning one of their rooms into the baby's room. Wyatt's sister got there a little later and we gave her a card that said, "For my aunt" and then wrote on the inside that her niece or nephew couldn't wait to meet her in July. We didn't get a picture of her, but she is really excited too and said we were going to have such a pretty baby! Then his mom and dad came over Saturday morning to exchange Christmas presents and we gave his dad a card that said, 'Grandma and Grandpa". At first he jokingly said he wasn't sure who the card was for, since he wasn't a grandpa and then he told us congrats. We didn't get to see Wyatt's brother, but we got him a card that said, "Uncle".

A few other details.....

~ We took the home pregnancy test the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, but wanted to wait until after the first doctor's appointment before telling.

~ It was VERY hard to not tell anyone!!!!

~ Especially when I was feeling terrible, but couldn't tell my mom!

~ I'm about 10 1/2 weeks now

~ We are just praying for a healthy baby - there are pros to it being a boy or girl, and since I'm indecisive I'm not going to pick which I 'want' it to be ;)

~ My due date is July 27 - which is kinda cool that my shirt # was 27 and I was 27 when I got pregnant

~ I've pretty much had morning, noon, and night sickness since about 6 weeks - FYI- it's no fun, especially since I'm a flight instructor and can't run to the bathroom at anytime!

~We REALLY need our house to sell, 'cause I don't think there's room to add anyone else in this one, so please pray that it sells and that we find one

~ That's all I can think of....

other than....

We are soooooo EXCITED!!!!!!

It's been a while....

Where did this year go?!? I can't believe it will be 2011 on Saturday!!! It's been a busy, hectic, crazy last few months, so I'm definitly looking forward to the new year and everything it has in store for us. I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and had a wonderful time with friends and/or family. We were able to spend several days in Arkansas with my family and will get to see Wyatt's family this weekend for New Year's. I know I say this on just about every post, but I am really hoping to blog more often and keep everyone a little better updated on what's going on in our lives. So for now, I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still here and we're doing great! I plan to make another, more detailed post about our Christmas (with pictures, since I think this is my first post without any...) over the weekend, so be sure to check back! Hope you have a Happy New Year!!!

* I'd also like to wish my favorite niece, Calloway, a very Happy 3rd Birthday!!! ~Unc & Bizby

Beenie's Wedding

I met Amanda, aka Beenie, my first semester of college at the U of A. We had every class together and eventually became roommates and best friends. I give her credit for making me be late everywhere I go! I was raised to always be early (anything later than 15 min early was considered late). She also helped me come out of my 'shell'. I have so many good and funny memories with her! She was one of my bridesmaids, so when I found out she was getting married, I knew I had to go!

The wedding was on the beach in Destin, FL. The plane tickets were ridiculously expensive so we decided to drive. We left Wednesday afternoon and stopped for the night in Memphis. I was hoping to meet up with one of my other best friends, Steph, but it was too late when we got there. We got up Thursday morning and drove the rest of the way to Destin. We arrived a little before 6 that evening. We checked into our hotel and just vegged out for a little while before going to eat dinner.

Friday morning we just took it easy and then went to the Air Force Armament Museum at Eglin Air Force Base after lunch. It was really neat to see all the airplanes and ammunition they had on display. We decided it would be nice to cool off with a blizzard from Dairy Queen. So, I searched for the nearest one with my phone & we headed that direction. We wound up in a neighborhood not too far from a mall. So, I said that I bet it was in the mall and sure enough it was! We got our cold, sweet treat and then headed back to the hotel to get ready for the wedding.

The wedding was beautiful, but had to be cut a little short due to a storm moving in. Afterwards, everyone went to the condo Beenie's family was renting and had some really good cajun food. It was soooo nice to get to see her again and catch up. I really wish I got to see her more often.

We searched for the top attractions in Destin and the Big Kahunas water park was on the top of the list. We decided we would go Saturday. It was so much fun! They closed late afternoon due to another storm moving in, so we headed back to the hotel to get cleaned up for dinner. One of the things we definitly wanted to do while there was eat some seafood. We wound up going to Fudpucker's. The wait was about 1 hour, but luckily they had Gator Beach to help pass the time. They have 100 real alligators and one albino one. It was really neat and the food was delicious!

Unfortunately, our mini vacation came to an end and we had to start the drive home Sunday. We arrived in Memphis early enough to have dinner with Steph, Josh, & Cadence. Even though our visit was only about 1 hour, it was so good to see them!

We finished up the trip Monday and are now back in the swing of things. It was nice to have a break from work, since it's been almost 2 years since my last vacation. Hopefully it won't be so long until the next one!

2 Months?!?

How has it already been 2 months since my last post??? It seems like time is just flying by faster and faster! Anyways, I had every intention of posting about our vacation to Florida for my friend's wedding this past week, but I think I'll wait until tomorrow. I've been really good at this whole procrastination thing lately... Other than that, our life has been pretty busy. The weather has finally been pretty good, so that means I've been able to work quite a bit. Wyatt finished up his spring semester at OSU Tulsa and is now trying to finish up his flying so he can start doing some instructing on the side. I've finally learned how to drive my 'new' car that I got last May. That's a whole post of it's own though. Maybe I'll get that done in the next few days too! Well, I just wanted to give a quick update and let you know I'm still here! Make sure to check back in the next few days (assuming I don't procrastinate any more...)!

Where Did March Go?

Let me start by just saying I can't believe it is already April!! I had every intention of posting more often, but as you can see...that hasn't really happened. I wanted to say thank you to those who helped with my jean dilemma. About 2 weeks ago, I decided it was time for attempt 3 or 4, or whatever number it was. I am happy to report that I was successful! Maybe a little too successful.... I came home with 4 pairs of jeans!!! I got a really good deal on 3 of them, but of course my favorite pair was the one that was most expensive. I was only going to keep 2, maybe 3, of them but couldn't really decide which pair to take back. I think I've decided to just keep all of them. My reasoning is that it was such a headache to find jeans that fit and I spent so much time trying to find them, not to mention that the other jeans averaged out to only $33 a pair! I'd say you can't beat that!

There's not much else going on with us.... I've been working quite a bit the last couple of weeks - I'm definitly not complaining after all the bad weather we've had recently. Last week was a really good week! I actually got 42 paid hours + 8 for Good Friday! For those of you who missed my post on how I get paid, that is really, really good! I don't know how to link to it, so I'll give a brief explanation: I am an hourly employee and I pretty much only get paid for the time I'm in the airplane, unless it is a ground lesson. So, each flight that I schedule is a 2 hour block but actual flight time is only 1-1.5 hours. So, I could be at work 10 hours, but only get paid for 5-7 hours. So like I said, last week was really good! I told my mom I should stop calling it the weekend (because I've been working 6 days a week) and just start saying my day off! Hahaha!

As for Easter, I don't have any cutesy pictures to post of our matching Easter outfits or Easter egg hunts.... I didn't have a chance to go buy a new Easter 'frock' (that's what my dad says) so I just wore an outfit I already had. We went to church and then I attempted to go shopping for a new pair of tennis shoes Sunday afternoon, but the malls were closed. I was shocked that they were actually closed, but impressed. That pretty much sums up our day.

I'm hoping to be better at posting more often. It is difficult when there's not a lot exciting happening... but I'm going to try! I hope everyone has a wonderful second half of the week!

Jean Dilemma

This was going to be a post about my amazingly wonderful weekend visit with my best friends and an update from the past month or so, but that was before my longer-than-it-should-have-been attempt at finding a new pair of jeans. I spent about 4 hours this afternoon trying on jeans and I could not find a single pair that fit properly!!! The search started at Old Navy because they had their jeans on sale for $19 this weekend. Their jeans used to not fit right, but then about a year or so ago I found a pair there that fit nicely. So, I was hoping I would be able to find some more. No such luck! I should have counted how many I tried on, but NONE of them fit!

I decided that I would try Aeropostale because one of my favorite pairs came from there. I got one of each style they had and in the size of the ones I have already to try on. I tried all of them on, but again NONE of them fit. They were all too tight and too short! So, I went back out and got the next size in the 2 styles I liked. They were better length wise, but the waist band bulged out in the back. They've apparantly changed their jeans since the last time I bought some.

The next stop was J C Penney. It had been a while since I'd gotten jeans from there, but a few months ago I got a pair of skinny jeans that I absolutely love. So, I thought I'd give it a try. I lost track of how many trips I made to the dressing room! Each time I would tell myself that was the last trip (I didn't listen very well!). Once again, they were tight in the thighs and too short. So, I'd try the next size and the waist band would bulge. On one trip to the dressing room, I passed by a rack of misses' jeans and thought maybe I should try those to see if they fit differently than the juniors. Well, they were exactly the style/cut I was looking for, except for one thing - they were mid-rise which made the crotch a little saggy. I really debated buying them and seeing if I could get them altered, but I wasn't sure how easy that would be.

So, I would love to hear some suggestions on where I should look for jeans. Where do you buy jeans? I really didn't want to pay a lot for them, but I think I may have to if I want to find some that fit really well. Please help!

Cube Cuteness

First off, is anyone else having a hard time believing we are half-way through January?!?!? Yes, HALF-WAY!!! I can't! Where has it gone? Anyways, I just wanted to point that out.... I guess 2010 isn't going to slow down any.
So, after having my cube decorated for Christmas, I decided that it was going to be pretty plain after I took down all the decorations. While we were in TX, my mother showed my sister and I how to deco-podge (I'm not sure that's a word, but I'm going with it!) When I learn something new, I kind of get addicted to it. So, I was dying to deco-podge something of my own. I came up with the idea of doing the word 'Fly' to hang in my cube - after ruling out my name or initials. I got all of the necessary supplies from Hobby Lobby and got started on my project. It turned out really cute, if I do say so myself! I hung them in my cube and here they are:

Basically all I did was buy some wooden letters, scrapbook paper, modge podge, and ribbon. The letters I bought were already white, but you can paint them whatever color you want. Next, cut out the paper in the shape of the letters. Then put a coat of modge podge on the letter and then smooth the paper onto it. Wait for about 10-15 minutes and then put a coat of modge podge over the top of the paper. The last thing is to attach the ribbon to the back of the letter. I just used hot glue. Wait for that to dry and they are ready to hang!

After I got them hung, I was looking around my cube and decided that it still needed something else. So, I got the idea to make something to hang my clipboards on. I have one for the current week's schedule and one for the next week's schedule. I took another trip to Hobby Lobby to see what I could come up with. By the way, they really should have some sort of warning about things disappearing once inside the store. I go in and before I know it, time (sometimes hours) disappears and almost always my money disappears! Anyways, I wound up going to Hobby Lobby every day last week except Friday!! Luckily, all but once I spent $10 or less, so not too bad. What was really bad was the fact that the weather wasn't very good last week so I wasn't able to work much, but I was going shopping everyday! Oh well, that's why I save, right?! Back to the story... I was supposed to work Saturday, but the weather wasn't good so it gave me all day to work on my project. With a little design help from my mother and sister, I got it finished!

For this project, I bought a piece of wood from Hobby Lobby and used the same process as above to put the zebra print paper on it. Then, I attached the feather trim around the edge on the back with hot glue. I cut pink circles out of scrapbook paper and used the modge podge to attach them. Once that was dry, I used scrapbook sticker letters and some embellishments to finish it off. I attached ribbon to hang it up with and the hooks are just the ones that you can screw into the wall for keys and such.

 

I also read online and taught myself how to make tissue paper flowers. They are really easy and fun! Beware though, they can be addictive!!! Here are the ones I made for my cube (well, I made more, but it was a little too much):

I was going to try to explain how to make these, but I don't have any pictures of the process. So, I will do a separate post on these - after I make some more!

Here are a couple pics of my whole cube:

It is definitly more enjoyable to go to work everyday now that my cube is decorated!!! Now I'm trying to think of where else I can put some more of my craft projects... Well, I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, and hopefully it won't be so long next time!