quick updates!

i went to the doc on friday and apparently i have been calculating my weeks incorrectly. she told me i was ALREADY at 23 weeks and 2 days. this means my "weeks" increase on the wednesday of every month? if this is true then THIS wednesday, april 16th, i will be week 24!! so i just lied on the previous post about all the weeks in the pics. oh well i guess it's all approximated anyway!! i would also like to share the JOYOUS news that Jessica and Brandon are ENGAGED!!! we have all been waiting for a long time for this day to come and now my dear friend gets to finally plan her wedding!! :O) Saturday night we met Jess and Brandon at Razoos in downtown ft. worth for dinner. by the way, everything at razoos is deep fried. do not order fried pickles, rat toes, and then to top it off....catfish and shrimp basket...for dinner. this was the lineup for Jon and I this night! we were miserable. i was eating the third hushpuppy and i said to Jon...."i don't even want this. i don't know why i'm still eating it!" lol I don't have pics but if you click on Jessica's link you can see some there. She looks sooooooooo beautiful---just GLOWING! her ring is gorgeous and looks so pretty on her hand. Katy, Amy, Liz and David, Lauren and Matt, and like 3 of Brandon's guy friends were also on hand (i didn't catch all their names!) for dinner. it was good times! and to top it off as we left razoos we ran into Josh and Katherine in front of billy miners! :O)

my bump, my bump, my lovely baby bump!

check it out! :O) ok, the top pic is at 17.5 weeks (approx). second pic is 19 wks and i know you can't really "tell" there's a bump there....but at this point i had to wear the maternity clothes! bottom pic is 21 wks. i know i need to put more pics of the house up and i am working on that! you all just may have to wait and come to the housewarming party to see it! woo hoo!

Cash's debut!

We are sooooo proud to present to you our baby boy, Cash! check out that profile, he's just perfect!

more house pics!

from the top: this is the front of the house on the garage side...with partial brick! next is the fireplace in the living room, note the ceiling, pretty cool! next we have the back porch, the front of the house before brick started, and another view of the living room/front door taken from the dining area. our builder estimates we will be moving into the house in approx 4 weeks.

for those who didn't know or may have forgotten...my next dr. appointment is this friday--march 21st--at 1:30 for the sonogram to find out if we're having a boy or girl! keep your fingers crossed that it cooperates for it's big reveal :O)

updates!

Here are a few pictures of our home to be! well, the street sign, the barren lot, and then the start of the framing! i believe our address will be 144 star point ln. don't jot that down in your address book yet though, i'm not 100%! :O) we are soooooo excited about our upcoming home! i'm super excited (and sort of nervous) about picking out colors for paint and tile and countertops!

Also, for those who have not heard...here are the names we have chosen for a boy or girl!

Cash: yes, we like Johnny, but our boy will NOT be named 'after' the man in black. we think it sounds cool, plus it is the name of a city in Texas!

Dean: Jon's papa's first name

Remi: ok, Jon didn't like the girl name i picked out (Lena Sue....family names!) so here's how i got Remi. Jon has a Remington hat (it's a brand of ammunition) and I looked at it one day and saw the "remi" part and thought "hey, that could be a cute girl's name!". so that's where that came from.

Lee: my dad's/my middle name

at it again!

Five Fav Movies in random order:
1. talladega nights
2. blades of glory
3. anchorman
4. notebook
5. it's a wonderful life
those are the first to pop in my mind people! :O)

Five Fav TV shows:
1. american idol (i'm liking this season so far!)
2. hannah montana
3. csi---vegas (no more miami....can't do horatio ANYMORE!!!)
4. UMMM.....what have i rented on netflix...friday night lights? not MY fave, but i'm starting to like it more...i think that is Jon's fave tv show!
5. deal or no deal!

Five places I would like to be:
1. in playa del carmen for Cody and Lindsey's destination wedding! yay! we are going---"for sure"! we bought our vacation package! :O)
2. home, decorating our new home! it's being built as we speak!
3. with Jon doing anything!
4. camping with Robert and Amber
5. ummmm. can't think of anything? what a loser!

Five Fav foods:
1. mexican (pretty much all of it!) uncle julios is yummy!
2. pizza
3. movie nachos
4. olive garden salad, breadsticks, and dipping sauces!
5. chicken fried steak

Five Fav Songs/artists:
1. any high school musical/hannah montana song makes me happy!
2. i also like aly and aj's song "like whoa"(?) i think that's what it's called. saw the video on disney channel
3. i like that song..."i'm not gonna write you a love song"....don't know who sings
4. texas country stuff
5. too much to mention! my brain can't think!

Five Things I like to do:
1. eat
2. watch movies
3. listen to music
4. be with my friends and families
5. go camping

My Mom---"The Big LOSER!" :O)

All I had to do was be honest with myself and really take a note as to
what all I was eating on a daily basis. I stopped eating two pints of Blue
Bell Rocky Road ice cream every day for lunch and stopped eating the sunflower
seeds every day and all day long! I gave up sodas, cake, junk food and
started eating the correct way. Went back to my Weight Watchers and
watching my portion control. Stopped eating fast food and started eating
grilled chicken and salads with light dressing or fat free.

That is an excerpt from an email my mom sent me. She got motivated earlier this year from a group of people she works with to lose weight, and to do it the right way! Everyone that participated at her job put in some money to be a part of this contest. They kept track of everyone's weight loss, and in the end the results were based on your body fat percentage that was lost. I am so proud of my mom. She looked great at my wedding, no matter how bad she beat herself up about the pictures! As you can see from the picture above, she looks great! She won some cold hard cash from her efforts and got her some new fashionable jeans (some i haven't heard of....i meant to ask Jess...) and then put the rest in the baby J fund! :O) I love my mom very much and this story is another example of how true E=R is! I'm a fan of weight watchers myself, and i'm thankful to thier "points" system for my weight loss. Weight Watchers teaches you how to change your lifestyle habits, so your weight loss will be long term. It may be common sense to a lot of people that if you eat fast food 2-3 times a day, every day.....you won't be as skinny as you'd like. :O) Not until i tracked points did this "click" with me! anyway, i didn't mean to go into a weight watchers commercial. I really posted this blog to give my mom a big round of applause, a pat on the back, a standing O, balloons and confetti, and noisemakers! I really am proud of you mom, you did it!