Baby's Room - 2nd Edition

We have added baby's furniture to the room and it is really starting to look like a baby's room! All that's left is the glider and... oh yah, the baby! Yikes... that means we really are going to be parents soon!

Baby's Room

We finally painted the baby's room. It is now ready for some furniture. We painted it pink and brown and stenciled little bugs in the corners.

Texas-size Baby Shower!

As most of you know, Matt and I were in Texas this past weekend and were given the best baby shower ever! The food was fantastic, the entertainment was excellent and the company was countless. I was so happy to see so many friends and family there. THANK YOU ALL! We were also very excited and very appreciative to have received so many gifts, especially since we had nothing to start with. We have the best of friends and the most awesome families!

We had so much fun all weekend with our friends and family, and we wish it could have been a longer trip. We arrived late on Wednesday night and on Thursday Matt hung out with Alicia and I hung out with my sister Cassandra, and then we went out to eat for Valentines Day with Justin and Crystal to Culpeppers, which was soooooooooo good (expensive, but highly recommended)! On Friday we had spent the majority of the day at Melissa's house in Azle. We played Guitar Hero and all of us got hopelessly addicted to it. Saturday was our baby shower, which was, of course, phenominal! We hung out the rest of Saturday with my famiy in Irving. We visited Tiffany and Alicia on Sunday for a short time before our flight left that evening. Hopefully we will be able to make it back to Texas for Thanksgivin or Christmas this year, and make it a longer trip.

Also, just an FYI, I had another doctor appointment today and everything looks absolutely perfect! Everything is right on track for our April due date. Now that we have most of our baby stuff, we feel a lot more prepared and just can't wait!!

The cake my sister Michelle made. The YW of Euless 1st Ward.

Guests at the Baby Shower...

Guests at the Baby Shower...

More guests at the Baby Shower...

Matt's present at the Baby Shower... Dad's diaper changing tool belt. Pretty funny!

Alysa. Ian and Patrick.

OUR FIRST HOME!!

We bought a house!!! Well, almost. We are scheduled to close on January 31st. We are so excited to finally move into a place we can literally call OUR OWN! It is in Goose Creek, which is about a 20-30 minute drive from Matt's work. It is a brand new house in a new neighborhood that is in its beginning phases. The neighborhood will have cool amenities like a clubhouse, pool, kiddie area, park, etc. It has 3 bedrooms and an extra "bonus room" upstairs totalling over 1700 sq ft. We got a great deal on it, as it was an inventory home.

We also have some new pics of our baby girl... 4D!

Baby Girl for Christmas!

We went to the doctor today and had THE ultrasound. IT'S A GIRL! Matt was so excited he actually said, "YES!" when they told us. Everything looks very normal, so far. She even gave us a thumbs up! However, Baby Girl was not fully cooperating, so we had to poke at her and shake her around to get her to turn the right way. After 30 mintues of trying to get all the necessary images of her heart, they gave up and decided to try again in 4 more weeks. Of the pictures they got, everything looks almost perfect. They did find a little growth in her brain, which they said was just a cyst and would most likely either fade or just not be a problem. While Matt is fearing the worst, Vanessa is not concerned at all. We got lots of pictures and are posting the best ones.

Thanksgiving in Alabama

We made the 7 1/2 hour drive (8 1/2 with Matt getting lost) from South Carolina to Huntsville, Alabama for Thanksgiving to visit Matt's parents and to eat their food (which was delicious, to say the least). We also convinced Dan, my brother, and his family to meet us there from Memphis, TN.

We ate, and ate, and ate, and ate, and then ate some more. Baby Mayberry has never been fed so well! We were reluctant to leave until we were reminded that we get to come home to house-hunting, now. If you haven't heard, we are in the process of buying a house in this area. With baby on the way, we defintely need some more room and, of course, a garage for Matt to hide out in.