New House

We moved into our new house in Waco this weekend. We are really excited about the new house and already met our new neighbors who were all very nice. It definitely feels a little more country where we are and has a small town vibe. This morning William was standing at the back window yelling, "Balloon, Balloon!" Sure enough there were two hot air balloons in the distance.

We also went to the local Target, along with all of the Baylor kids and their parents to buy a few things. We decided to get William his first Hot Wheels race track and set of cars. He has been really into little cars lately, so he was super excited about his new toy. He sat in the playroom and played with the track for almost an hour.

The best part of the weekend was stopping in College Station on our way back to Houston to eat lunch at Koppe Bridge. Oh to be in college again! I told Jonathan I am really going to start praying that William and new baby go to A&M so we can have an excuse to visit College Station more often. It's hard to believe that about this time 10 years ago I was moving into my dorm room as a Freshman.

Anyways, we are back at my mom's house again for another week. Jonathan doesn't finish up work in Houston until the end of this week. I can't wait to get back to our new house and finally feel settled. We have been living the gypsy lifestyle for far too long. William will start his new Mother's Day Out on September 1st, which is the same day Jonathan starts his new job. It will be so nice to have some kind of routine back in our life.

It's a Boy!

We went to the doctor yesterday for my 20 week check up. It was very obvious in the ultrasound that we are definitely having another boy and most importantly the baby looked healthy. I am so excited for William, I'm sure he will love having a little brother to play with. We haven't picked out a name yet, so if you have any suggestion let me know!

Circle the Wagons....We are Heading North

Jonathan has accepted a new position with his company and we are moving to the booming metropolis of Waco! We will actually be living in Woodway which is a nice suburb of Waco. My sister had the idea for us to put a post on this really popular Texas A&M sports website, TexAgs.com. We went to the Central Texas forum and asked people where we should live in the area. We have had almost 400 people look at our post and about 30 have replied. The information was really helpful and the driving force behind us picking Woodway. Jonathan will actually be working in Waco, Temple and Killeen, but primarily Waco.

We have been up there twice, the first time my friend Angie and her husband Ben kept William for us. The second time we took him with us to find a house. We found a great new house in a nice master planned community with a pool, walking trails and golf course. The only thing I don't like about it is the lack of trees. The older houses had beautiful trees, but we didn't like any of the floor plans. We already had our house on the market in Houston because we were trying to move to Kingwood. The day Jonathan called to accept the position in Waco, I got a call from our real estate agent saying that we had a contract on our house. We close on our house next week and plan to move to Waco the weekend on August 21st.

I am sad to leave Houston and all the plans we had for next year. William was enrolled in a cute Mother's Day Out program, I was going to be the coordinator of my MOPS group, I love my Doctor and hospital where I was to deliver the baby and so on... I have faith that God has better plans for us than we have for ourselves, so here we go! If anyone is traveling on I35 and looking for a place with clean restrooms and cheap snacks, stop on by.

"A man's mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps." Proverbs 16:9

Happy 4th of July

We had a great time in Rockport for the 4th of July. William was especially fond of swimming in the pool and loved the boat! Here are some pictures of our trip...

Father's Day Weekend

We had a busy Father's Day weekend. My mom kept William for us so we could go see a movie and out to lunch on Saturday. Then we had a wedding Saturday night. Sunday we went to my sister's house and swam in her pool and then my dad came over for dinner.

William is a HUGE fan of the swimming pool. He absolutely loves it and is completely fearless. We have to watch him like a hawk.

Jonathan is such a wonderful father, we are so blessed!

New Baby On The Way....

Here is the first picture of the newest, soon to be, member of our little family. The new baby is due January 8, 2010. Which means I am about 11 weeks pregnant. The ultrasound was taken at 10 weeks. If you can't tell, the head is at the bottom of the picture and that is a little leg stretched out at the top. It always amazes me that at only 10 weeks, the baby already has little legs and arms and was jumping around the whole time.

I have been really sick with this baby, more so than with William. That is why I have been MIA on the blog for the past month or so. I am just now starting to feel human again. I am hoping that I am turning a corner and will start feeling even better over the next few weeks. We will find out if it is a boy or girl at the end of August. We are so excited!!

First Summer Trip to Rockport

Now that the weather is warm, we decided to take our first trip of the summer to Rockport. My sister and I left Thursday afternoon with all the kiddos and the guys came down Friday evening after work. We had a great time...we went to the beach and the pool, the guys went fishing, we took a boat ride with the kids, we went to a fun place for lunch on the water one day and just enjoyed getting away for the weekend.