The WebbSite

Life with Tucker!

2011-11-01T16:57:00.000-05:00

Life with Tucker is....

Amazing

Joyful

Silly

Lovely

Pure Bliss

Fun

Real

Blessed

The most incredible gift that God could have ever given to Brad and I!

This little smile melts our hearts on a daily basis!

Our little man is 4 1/2 months old now and I don't even want to remember what life was like without him!!!

*** Disclaimer- Sorry that I have been a bad blogger... I started a new job 4 Months after Tucker arrived... needless to say, I have more important (yes, I said it) things to take care of... such as, but not limited to showering daily

1 month down... a Lifetime to Go!!!!!

2011-07-23T22:49:00.000-05:00

I can hardly believe that my little boy is 1 month old! It feels so surreal, one moment I am calling and texting everyone letting them know he is on his way and now I am blogging about his first month! I will say that I don't really remember the first two weeks... I know they happened, obviously, but sleep deprivation apparently erased my memory! So now I am happy to say that We survived our first month as a family of 3 and I am excited about the Lifetime we have in front of us!

Dear Tucker,

A month ago you changed my life forever! The first moment I held you in my arms, was true bliss... My heart was bursting with an indescribable love for you! And the smile on your Daddy's face... Oh my GOODness, I will never forget that moment! You were a perfect 10! Literally, you scored a 10 on the newborn test!

You are a VERY good baby! You hardly ever fuss, you are a Great sleeper and you always let me know when you are hungry! You like your pacifier/ Wubba Nub and you like to be swaddled at night! The first week you were home, your Dad and I held you constantly... it was like we forgot that we could put you down or use your swing or bouncer... Sure enough, you really like your bouncy seat and take most of your naps in there! You smile all the time in your sleep... I can't wait to see it when you are awake! You also give us an audible laugh here and there... again in your sleep! You have what your daddy and I like to call a "stink eye" which happens when you start to fall asleep, you close your left eye all the way and keep your right eye open just incase something sparks your interest! You don't love to burp, but you have a really funny "Milk Drunk" face when we are trying to burp you. Because you don't burp all that well, You are a "Rooter Tooter" and have the grunting part of it all down pat! You are definitely a people person... You will let anyone hold you without fussing, unless it is time to eat! I am so in love with you little boy and I am extremely blessed to be your Momma! Happy 1 Month Birthday!!!

Love,
Momma

Thank You Andi Stubblefield!

2011-07-15T12:40:00.000-05:00

Here is the sneak peak to Tucker B.'s newborn pics!!!! Thanks Andi for your hard work... I absolutely love these pics!!!! Go to facebook and like AndiStubblefield.... Enjoy!

2011-06-27T19:49:00.000-05:00

Here I am! Tucker Bradley Webb!!!! I came on June 16th, 2011 at 11:24 PM... I weighed 6lbs. 15.5 oz. (or 7lbs. as my daddy would say) and I was 19 inches long!

Hello World!

Gettting all my stats taken

First family photo!

Meeting my daddy!

Just a day old!

Getting ready to head home!!! (note to readers: Mommy's swollen face has gone away!)

Almost a week old!

Getting bigger.... Stay tuned for more pics! Read below for My Birth Story!

At 37 weeks and 6 days pregnant Brad and I headed to what would be our last Sono and pregnancy check with Dr. Webster! We knew going in to this appt. that there was a chance of being induced due to my low fluid indicator the week before. I was trying so hard not to get my hopes up, but I definitely wanted to meet my little man!!!! We did go ahead and pack the car and have everything ready just in case though! And lets just say that neither of us slept Wednesday night...

Well as it turns out, my fluid was still low and I hadn't prgoressed enough for the Dr. to think that I would go into labor soon enough on my own before my levels dropped any further... So we headed to the hospital, called all our family and friends, and got ready for the biggest day of our lives!!!!

At 10:30 AM I was started on Pitocin... I did fairly well handling the contractions (years of stomach issues prepared me well!) but when the Dr. had to "check under the hood" the pain was too much to bear and I gladly accepted the offer to get my epidural before they broke my water...

EPIDURAL 2:30 PM- 'nough said

My water was broke within 15 min. of my epidural and I quickly progressed from 2cm to 5cm within a few hours... little guy was on his way!

As it turned out, I was super sensitive to the pitocin and I was having contractions on top of each other... so many that they were stressing Tucker out... so they took me off of it for a little bit... made me suck down some oxygen and then about an hour later started it up again. Obviously my progression slowed as well... so as the hours passed I tried to nap here and there... but I was just too excited!

By 10:30ish PM the nurse said we were going to try and push through a couple of contractions... after just a few pushes she called the Dr. up to the hospital to "catch"... Apparently, my years of stomach issues again prepared me for delivery and made me some kind of pushing "All Star"

It took sometime for my Dr. to get back up to the hospital so we were just waiting... and then she came in, watched me push through one contraction and then said "Ok, we are going to get him on this next one!" WHAT! Thats it? One more push and my baby is here???? CRAZY!!!!

And then....

You can't see it in this picture, but I came out with a wicked Side Coney (similar to a side poney, but cone head style)

SURPRISE!!!!

2011-06-07T16:14:00.000-05:00

Well after being placed on bed rest last week, the sweet girls of my life group made me feel super special by showing up at my door with dinner and a SURPRISE baby shower! I was totally shocked... Brad was in on it and kept it completely secret... I have never had a surprise party for me before and it was so much fun! Dinner was from one of my fave's Roadhouse- I just can't get enough of those rolls, and all the other details were just perfect! I am so blessed to know each one of these girls and look forward to living life with this group at our new church Allen Bible! Thank you ladies... I am definitely ready for Tucker now!!!!

Only picture we got... I really need to get better about getting my camera out and ready!

La Hacienda Tucker

2011-06-07T16:03:00.000-05:00

Here it is! Tucker's finished baby room, the pictures don't really do it justice but I will post them anyways! All we need now are lots of pictures for the walls and baby Tucker!!!!!!

The Scoop...

2011-06-02T09:59:00.000-05:00

Well it is officially my NINTH month of Pregnancy... Hey Hey!!! I am pretty darn excited that Tucker will be here within the next month... OH MY!

I had another appointment Tuesday and my body had not progressed from the previous week when I was put on bed rest... so apparently it worked... the Dr. did say that Tucker is REALLY low, hints the back pain and the "broken" pelvis pain I have been feeling (its not really broken just feels like it sometimes!) I have still been having contractions and they are becoming more painful, but not laborous as of yet. I am still on "Bed Rest" although it is really hard to not want to go run little errands and get things done around the house... I definitely used the motorized cart at Target the other day :) At nine months pregnant and in lots of pain I could have walked faster than that thing... and the reverse mode was just ridiculous... it would beep SUPER loud for a good minute before it would even start moving backwards!

My next appointment is Wednesday and I get to have a sonogram!!! YAY! I love sonos... I am also hoping that at this appointment I will have progressed a little... It was good for me to make it last week and this week with no progression, but now I am in the Full Term zone and I am ready to meet my BABY!

The Nursery is so near completion, I am just waiting to get/find little items and details at this point... I will post pics soon!

Open the Barnyard and Kick out the Hay.... Tucker Bradley is on His way!!!

2011-05-26T10:00:00.001-05:00

This past Monday... shortly after being placed on bed rest... my sweet friends at school threw me an amazing shower! Going off of the rustic theme in his room, they outdid themselves with all the fun details for me and my little "country bumpkin"... here is the super fun invite that they sent out to all the staff... turn up the volume!

And here are a bunch of pictures from the shower! I am so blessed to have such wonderful co- workers!

Hostesses!!!

My "wheel chair" for bed rest purposes!

Baby Book! I didn't have one yet and I love this one!

Thank You Malvern Family!!!!!!

Bed Rest...

2011-05-26T09:37:00.000-05:00

Well, after my little scare on Friday night, I was placed on bed rest Monday morning... It is a modified bed rest as in I get to still work (the school year is almost done!)... but I am required to sit all day, and when I get home I have to stay on the couch or in bed... I am entering into week 36 (9 months!!!!) so I don't have too much longer until little man gets here! But it will be best if I can make it to atleast 37 weeks... which let me just say is a hard thing to wish for when you are so stinking excited to meet your baby... but I do want him to be healthy!!! At this point if he were to come, there are only minor development issues that he could face, such as not being able to "suck" properly right away or his fat count being a little low which would cause his body temp to be low.

All that to say 37 weeks is best! Until then, modified bed rest it is!

On another note... Sweet Brad's "Honey Do List" just became about 5 pages longer ;)... he is now in charge of dinner, laundry, house cleaning, dog care, etc. Luckily, we made things happen early on, so Tucker's room is all finished (minus two shelves) and we only have to put the car seat in to really be ready for him! Did I mention that Brad sprained his ankle pretty bad this last weekend playing basketball? He said it was out of sympathy for my swollen feet and ankles... He is on the mend though... We are quite the pair when we are walking together though... me waddling and him hobbling! Oh Life!

My next appointment is Tuesday the 31st... I will keep you posted!

3 NEW POSTS!!!!

2011-05-22T00:16:00.000-05:00

Scroll down to see pictures from my Houston Shower, Dallas Shower and to get an update on Tucker!!!!!

Friday Night….

2011-05-22T00:14:00.001-05:00

Well here is a story for you… An update if you please! This past week has brought on a lot of first… starting last Sunday when I had a few contractions, some Braxton hicks and one or two normal ones… Called the Dr. Monday and everything was ok.

Then Wednesday my feet and ankles were SUPER swollen and if I pressed my finger into the swelling it stayed indented, on top of that I was seeing floaters and stars… I was sure that my blood pressure was through the roof, so called the Dr. again and while I awaited her callback, I had my blood pressure taken by the school nurse and went to the pharmacy to use one of those free pressure cuffs…. My blood pressure was in a normal range, so my Dr. sent me home to get my feet elevated and to pump lots of fluid! The rest did my body good, and my feet have looked better than they have in two weeks.

Then came Friday night…. Brad headed out to the ranch Friday afternoon, so I was being lazy, laying on the couch watching TV…. Around 5:30 I started noticing some painless contractions, I decided I should time them just to make sure they were Braxton Hicks again… After an hour of timing, the contractions were coming every 5 minutes… So again I called the Dr. and I was instructed to drink a hefty glass of water, rest, and call her back if they intensified. By 8:30 (3 hours after they started) the contractions were coming every 3-5 minutes… again they were almost completely painless. Called the Dr. back and off to the hospital I was. I called Brad to let him know I was on my way and had his sister Emily meet me up at the Hospital, Thank the Lord she wasn’t busy, because I needed the company for sure! I didn’t want Brad to have to leave the ranch unless I was going to be admitted to the hospital, besides I was 90% sure I wasn’t in labor.

I got to the Hospital and was immediately hooked up to all kinds of monitors… Tucker’s heartbeat was nice and strong, the contractions were still consistent, and my blood pressure was on the verge of being high. The nurse checked my cervix and it was closed! Although, I have started to thin (efface). She ruled the contractions as “non-labor contractions” but needed to keep monitoring me to make sure they didn’t intensify or become painful… I was given a LARGE cup of water and sucked it all down! After another hour or so, the contractions were the same, not intensifying and still painless. They were still a little concerned about my blood pressure and ran some blood work just to double check everything. Then they gave me a shot to “Knock Out” the contractions… The shot made me real shaky and weak feeling, but apparently it was supposed to. It stopped the contractions and after another hour I finally got to go home! My instructions were to rest and drink lots of fluid and to follow up with my doctor on Monday. Also, unless the contractions became painful and consistent, than I was ok! Emily drove me home and spent the night just in case… but this morning we both woke up well rested!

I have had contractions all day, the same kind, painless, but within the last couple of hours they seem to have gone away! At 34 weeks Tucker could use a little extra time in the cooker so I am glad that I seem to be doing ok again… It looks like there will be lots of resting in my future! I will do my best to keep the blog well posted on any updates!

Dallas Shower

2011-05-21T23:33:00.001-05:00

This past month has been so much fun… but so busy all at the same time! My Dallas shower was definitely a highlight!!! My wonderful friends Rachel, Amy, Margie, Brittney and Morgan completely outdid themselves on this one! I love these girls and have such fun memories with all of them… I don’t know what I would do without them in my life! Love Y’all!!!!!

The Hostesses!

Gorgeous Table!!!

Sweet bookmarks, with scripture and date to pray over Tucker!

Mom and Me!

Gigi, Grams and Aunt Emily

Super Supper Club… Minus Dani :(

I am overwhelmed with joy and truly BLESSED!

Houston Shower!

2011-05-21T23:14:00.001-05:00

This post is way overdue, but I wanted to share some pictures of my shower last month in Houston! My mom’s sweet friends threw such a great shower and it was so great to see everyone!

Cute centerpiece!!!

Sweet treats!

I loved these water bottles!!!!

Wonderful Hostesses!

Opening up such fun goodies!!!!

Mom (Gigi) and Milo!

Me and Milo!!!!

Beautiful shower given by these lovely ladies!

I am so blessed!!! Thank you ladies!

Hi, My Name is Milo!!!!

2011-04-22T13:55:00.000-05:00

I am 3 months old!

I am really Cute!

REALLY Cute!!!

I love my Papa G

I love my Gigi too!

My Uncle Chris is lots of fun!

My Aunt Remy adores me!

And my parents are the greatest!

A brief update...

2011-04-19T10:07:00.000-05:00

I had my first bi-weekly check up yesterday and Tucker is looking good! My belly is now measuring a week smaller, so maybe, just, maybe I will get to have an itty bitty after all! If I still measure small at my next appt. in two weeks than I get to have another ultra sound... music to my ears! I love getting to see my little Tuck moving all around!

Speaking of moving- Tucker had the hiccups for the first time last night, which are pretty fun- I called Brad into the room so he could feel them and as soon as he put his hand on my belly Tucker gave him a big kick! Then of course he stopped his hiccups and didn't move anymore for daddy... but that Big Kick was worth it!

I have more to blog about but I need to get my pictures loaded and edited so be looking for a couple new posts later this week!

Hello 3rd Trimester!!!!!

2011-04-05T16:43:00.000-05:00

I am finally in my third trimester... Woo Hoo! It is hard to believe I am already that far along! I will now see my doctor every two weeks instead of every four and will hopefully have one more sonogram at some point before Tucker makes his big debut!

Tucker is moving all the time! I love it! Brad is able to feel him kick and punch more consistently now and I have been able to see the movement from the outside of my belly. Speaking of my belly... take a look at these pictures...

I am feeling pretty huge and know that I only have more growing to do! Dr. says that Tucker looks perfect... she doesn't seem to think that a 10lb. baby is in my future after all... dodged a bullet on that one!

I will leave you all today with my favorite comment from a third grade girl...

girl: So, who is going to be the daddy?
me: Still looking... know of anyone? (JUST KIDDING!!!!!) I really said... "My Husband" ...in a baffled by her question voice.

Although I laughed pretty hard for a while at this question, I then realized that this is the sad reality of so many of my students. I feel so blessed to have Brad as my "baby daddy" and know that he is going to be the best ever!

The BIGGEST thank you!!!!!

2011-03-21T11:37:00.000-05:00

The BIGGEST thank you in the world goes out to the two wonderful ladies that Brad and I call MOM! Spring Break was jammed packed with baby projects for us to accomplish and these two ladies were the best reinforcement anyone could ask for! This is a long post... but there are pics at the end!!!!

Projects- Brad has been working on some of these projects after work when he gets a chance-

Sand and stain dresser/changing table and night stand,

Strip, sand, stain and paint crib,

Paint baby room

Tear out old Carpet - Thanks to the Dogs!

It started last Friday when my mom arrived, within 30 minutes of her getting her car unloaded, I loaded it back up with things to take to Lowe's. We had a nice mani/pedi before our work weekend began! Saturday morning we met up with Rachel and her mom to do some much needed shopping for Maternity Clothes. Although shopping is fun, my dogs were barking and ready for a break... but we took no breaks, we got home grabbed Brad, who had been working hard on stripping and sanding furniture, and headed back to Lowe's for paint supplies. We enjoyed some yummy barbeque and then it was back to work. Mom and I taped and painted the first coat in Tucker's room and before we knew it my "bedtime" was way passed. We woke up Sunday morning, forgetting about the time change and missed church... what can you do? Brad got to work on the furniture once again and Mom and I headed out to Target to create my baby registry... so many choices and decisions... ate lunch.... then it was on to Babies R Us to create that registry... more things to look at than Target, which just meant more confusion and exhaustion.... But that didn't stop us, we had a baby room to paint!!! By about 10:30 Sunday night we could barely keep our eyes open and our bodies were tired... I tried to sleep in on Monday, but my to do list was too long!!! Mom and I ran around again getting different errands done before she took Brad and I out to dinner at our favorite Sho Guns! Mom, I can't thank you enough for everything! We love you so much!

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday- were a little more low key, but I still had plenty to get done! Brad and I decided that our freshly painted baby boys room looked far to pink... stupid beige colors and their pink undertones. As I coped with the fact that we would indeed have to repaint I got some other tasks out of the way... I sanded the furniture some, cleaned the house and of course had a girly day and night with friends!

Margaret arrived Thursday evening to help me out while Brad was at the Ranch for a much deserved guys weekend! Seriously, he has been working so hard!!! Margaret is known to be quite the work horse in her family and she did not disappoint! Lets just say that by lunch time Friday we had gone to the paint store, Lowe's and sonic (Margaret's route 44 diet coke is what keeps her going) and had finished re-painting Tucker's room! To say I was impressed is one thing, but when Brad called to get an update and I told him we were done... he was shocked! After our quick lunch we started on our biggest task... finish sanding all the furniture and the crib... Margaret sanded by hand to get some of the smaller more detailed spots, while I used the sander on the bigger pieces... by early evening the sander broke, we were out of sand paper and we still weren't finished... Back to Lowe's we went, grabbed dinner, strolled through Home Depot (just incase we missed something at Lowe's) and then it was back to work... by about 11:30 Friday night all the furniture was sanded and ready to be stained/painted the next day. We started Saturday around 9:30 clearing out the garage - Thanks to the Shop Vac- and by about 10:30 we were staining the crib.

***Side Bar- we wanted a red, rustic looking crib- so we had to stain it first then paint it red ***

With the crib stained we grabbed a quick lunch and then it was back to paint the crib... We had a pretty good system down... but it took a while... by 5:30 Margaret had to head back to Waco... it was at this point that we realized the only time we had sat down all day was when we quickly scarffed down our lunch... Talk about achy legs and back! Margaret I definitely could not have put in the hours and gotten the work done without you! We love you so much!

Sunday- EXHAUSTION! Oh my word... I took a look back at my week and could not believe everything that was accomplished... Tucker I hope you love your baby room, even though you won't remember it (just cried a little typing that), because your parents and grandparents put a lot of hard hours in!!!

And Now the moment you have been waiting for....PICTURES!!!!!

The Crib- Rustic Red!!!

Look at that wall color! No Pink!!! Perfection!

This picture shows the stain that will be on the other furniture once Brad puts the finishing touches on!!! This is one of the drawers!

I am loving how everything is turning out!

Here is the bedding that is going in the crib... not sure I ever told the blog world that I had decided to change it from the first bedding I picked!

Still to Do:

Finish and Stain Furniture

Put Finishing coat on Crib

Tear out the carpet

Get new carpet installed

Touch up the base boards

Figure out how the crib goes together

Have a baby!

BIG Boy!

2011-03-09T21:02:00.000-06:00

I am officially 23 weeks and 5 days. Monday I had my regular check up and Tucker's little heart beat was perfect. Not so perfect however, are the crazy pains I have been having in the exact same spot on my right side... this is the same pain that I went to the Dr. for a couple weeks ago. My Dr. again reassured me that the pain has nothing to do with the baby's health, but did want to do a sono to see if she could figure out what was causing it. So today I went in for another sono... As it turns out Tucker is balled up in the lower right hand side of my stomach... hints the pain. Our sonographer is so much fun, she makes you feel so comfortable and truly enjoys her job! Anyways, I watched as Tucker punched me repeatedly, what was really neat is that everytime I saw him move on the screen I could feel him move in my belly... it makes him feel so real. I asked the sono lady if she could go ahead and speed up the 9 month process, cuz I am just so ready to hold and meet my little man! Tucker also let us watch him give a big ol' yawn, so neat! After all this fun watching, it was time to measure the little guy... lets just say I am well on my way to a 9 pounder. Tucker is already measuring in the 80th percentile which puts him over a week bigger than my due date. I asked if my due date was wrong and her response was " No, he is just big"... great! Also, his largest measurement was his head, it is actually about 2 weeks bigger than my due date. So not only is ~~little~~ BIG Tuck, balled up on one side causing some discomfort, he is making sure he has the biggest possible head before coming down the birth canal. So labor should be fun!!!!

Here is a recent picture! This is my bff Rachel, she is having a baby girl approximately three weeks after I have Tucker! Yes we are already arranging their marriage! It has been so much fun to experience this with her! We meet every Tuesday/Thursday for some intense treadmill ~~talking~~ walking! It is wonderful!

Love you Rach!

A little bit Famous...

2011-03-07T11:00:00.003-06:00

It's true! Tucker and I are officially a little bit famous! This weekend Brad and I headed to Waco to support the Baylor Bears! ESPN College Game Day came to town and we decided to make a showing! And boy did we! Friday night Emily, Margaret and I worked diligently on some sweet posters. Our slogans included... "We like our bevo well- DUNN" (for LaceDarius Dunn), "We got an Acy in the Hole" (for Quincy Acy), "You just got served some Wal-Ton soup" (for AJ Walton), and "Good Luck keeping up with the Joneses" (for Perry Jones III and Anthony Jones)... we felt good about them, even if some of them were a stretch... Saturday morning, we woke up early and headed to the Ferrel Center (Baylor's basketball arena). With it being spring break for Baylor we weren't sure how many students were going to be around, but the crowd was very large and it was such a fun environment.

Emily and I decided it was time to make our TV debute and got down as close as we could to the camera's. During the second hour of the broadcast, one of the announcers was talking about BYU and the disciplinary action they were taking against one of their starters. On screen you can see the one announcer, Rece Davis, close up, in the top left of the screen you see the BYU logo, right next to the logo you see me, Emily made it in the shot too! Shortly after that, the local news channel came to interview Emily and I... Apparently, we were screaming and super loud so they didn't use our interview but they did let our voices be the cheers you heard as the segment started and then they gave us a close up... to qoute myself "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and we love Baylor!" That was my opening line... that they didn't use, haha! Why is Tucker famous you ask? Well on one of the broadcast either ESPN or local news, you see a full view of me from the side and Tucker is tucked (hehe) nicely under my LARGE free Baylor shirt!

We are in the middle holding our posters!

Emily and I were slightly exhausted after our TV debute and our voices were almost gone, so we all decided to celebrate our fame at Schmaltz's, a waco Original! Turns out, this hole in the wall was the choice lunch of the ESPN college gameday hosts! Schmaltz's did not disappoint, I really need to figure out a way that I can get this delivered to me whenever I want... maybe I can use my new found fame?

The weekend and fame were not over... we still had the Big game that night! Lacedarius Dunn, our senior super star, was a few baskets a way from claiming the Big 12 all time leading scorer. Our poster was ready... it read...

LacE

Scoring

ChamP

toNight !

Margaret and Brian had courtside seats ( lucky ducks) and so Margaret did a great job of displaying this poster for us. We knew she would need to show it often enough before LaceDarius actually made his "title winning" basket, so that the camera would know to pan to her when he did... yes we had a strategy... being famous isn't easy... Anyways, when the time came, the camera panned directly to Margaret and Brian, clear as day... however the poster was not so ready... all because Lace missed his first free throw... by the time he made the second and clinched the Title, the camera had moved on... either way, that makes 4 Webbs and 4 posters that clearly made national TV... As the game went on you could clearly pick out the posters Emily and I were holding... The Bears looked like they had this game in the bag, but unfortunately Texas came back to win... It was a very Happy day with a not so happy ending... :( Hopefully we can make a good showing in the tournament...

On a side note: I am signing autographs and I am in the process of writing my autobiography...

sssttttrrreeeeeeeeeeeettttccccchhhhhh!

2011-02-25T15:47:00.000-06:00

Oh my word am I being stretched!!!! This week has brought on some round ligament pains, ones that my doctor wanted me to come and get checked out for... Note to self: try not to freak out when the doctor says "Why don't you come on in so I can check you out." When I called this morning to tell her about them, that was her response... I had about 45 min. before I would need to leave work and I really wasn't too worried... until I got in the car and started driving. My amazing husband was allowed by his wonderful boss to go with me, even though he was in a meeting. Just having him there with me calmed me down. It took a little while for the doctor to come in the room, but Brad made sure he kept me entertained... I was laughing so hard! She finally came in, talked a little bit and then started checking everything. As it turns out she was wanting to make sure that the pain wasn't small contractions and that my cervix wasn't trying to dialate... No dialation and no contractions = Everything is just fine! I was so relieved!!!!! Dr. said that I was measuring great, Tucker was moving all over the place, and his heart beat was nice and strong! Now if only the stretching pains would stop... even though I am sure they will continue for quite some time... baby has to make room for himself!

On a lighter note, more and more students are starting to realize that I am pregnant... here are some recent comments:

3rd grade boy who found out last week that I was pregnant:

Boy (today): Mrs. Remy have you had your baby yet?
Me: No! He isn't due until July!
Boy: Oh Ok!
Me: He has to cook a little while longer...
Boy: Cook? (very confused face) Are you going to eat him?
--- First he thought that pregnancy lasted about a week and then he thought I was going to eat my baby... poor kid, I did try to explain to him what "just an expression" meant... I think he got it?

1st grade hispanic boy in broken English:

Boy: You having a baby?
Me: Yes!
Boy: Why?
Me: Because I wanted a little baby!
Boy: Is it boy or girl?
Me: It's a boy!
Boy: (smile of delight) You choose have one?
Me: (understanding he was asking if I had mulitple babies in my belly) Yes, just one baby!

5th grade girl who gives me a hug everytime she sees me:
Girl: Hey Mrs. Remy- insert side hug-
Me: Hi! how are you?
Girl: I'm good - insert her hand on my tummy- is he kicking?
Me: Not right now, but he does kick me a lot!
Girl: -insert another 5th grade girl coming to give me a hug- BE CAREFUL! (to the other girl) Don't hurt the baby!

1st grade girl running to tell her teacher a secret... I was talking with her teacher:
Girl: (whispering in her teachers ear) I am going to give Mrs. Remy a baby shower!

So Sweet!

I am definitely glad to be around kids and their sweet/innocent comments and way of thinking during this pregnancy... they say the "darndest things!"

Hair Chop, Belly Pop

2011-02-17T17:26:00.001-06:00

Week 21 Pictures...

HAIR CHOP!

BELLY POP!!!!!

Tucker is getting big!!! I woke up Tuesday morning to find him right underneath my belly button... he had been much lower...needless to say, it made my stomach pop out!!!

My favorite qoutes from kids this week:

5th grade girl- "Mrs. Remy, I don't mean to offend you, but are you pregnant?"

1st grade girl- "You cut your hair and you got fat"

The hair cut was total impulse... I was just going in for a trim/highlight and on my way there I decided I wanted to cut off a good bit of length. I am happy with it, Brad likes it, and I officially have a "mommy do!"

Ooops!

2011-02-14T17:06:00.000-06:00

Well my prego brain has hit an all time High... or Low depending on how you look at it! Today I ran into the store... I came out about 30 minutes later and when I got to my car I couldn't figure out why the empty car next to me was running???? When I got in my car I couldn't figure out why my AC was on??? When I looked down and saw my keys in the ignition I figured it all out... Oooops!

Bedding!!!!

2011-02-13T18:51:00.003-06:00

Here it is! Tucker's baby bedding!

It is by Dwell Studio, from Target. I was super impressed with the price and I am excited about decorating around it. It took me a long time to decide whether I wanted the bedding to be the focal point of the room or if I wanted it to be the color pallet that got my creative juices flowing... I think that this one does a little bit of both! It will definitely stand out in the room but at the same time I am not tied to a theme and can mix and match lots of fun boy items!!! I will hopefully get it this week, so I really can't wait to see it in person! We really like this crib as well and since the bedding was such a great price, we just might spring for it!

Tucker has been moving a lot this week, which I absolutely love! Sometimes I worry if everything is ok... no real reason, just because... but as soon as I do, God nudges Tucker and makes him move for me! I love my gracious God and my sweet baby boy! Such a precious moment in time!

On the other hand, I have been experiencing some round ligament pains... nothing horrible, but enough to notice that they are there. Streeeeetch it out! Also, sleeping is becoming slightly uncomfortable... last night if I layed on my side my back hurt and if I layed on my back my stomach hurt, it was a viscious cycle, but I ended up half on my back, half on my side. Seemed to work out ok. I can't believe I am halfway there!!! Starting my 21st week!

Be looking for a belly pic soon!

P.S. Look below for my post "Memories"... I posted them at the same time!

Memories...

2011-02-12T13:51:00.001-06:00

I have always prided myself with having an excellent memory! Somewhat photographic, somewhat just sharp... anyways since I found out I was pregnant, my memory has been FAILING... my mom used to tell me how great her memory was before she had kids, but I have to admit I never really believed her, I just thought that was a normal mom thing to say... Sorry mom, and I believe you now!

The memory loss started with little things, forgetting something at the store, losing my train of thought mid- sentence, leaving for work without my pants on... you know little things. I chalked most of them up to just being so excited to be pregnant and having a lot on my mind!

Well, I believe it is time for me to face the music... I am losing my mind! Thursday, I got totally turned around driving to my dentist appointment in the neighboring town, not an area that I frequent, but I have been there enough to know where I am going... As I was driving to my appointment, I realized I was going to be about 5-10 minutes early... no big deal, just my efficiency at its best... by the time I got to my appointment I was 5-10 minutes late... I hear several loved ones saying "That's the Remy I know..." Anywho, I could not figure out where I was or how to get where I was going...I called Brad, my save all when it comes to directions, but he was in his weekly meeting... I kept driving and called back... still no answer. After more driving around I decided to call my mother in law... She picked up right away and when I told her what was happening we had to pause our conversation for some deep hearted laughter...Luckily she knew exaclty where I was and was able to get me to my dentist appointment no problem...

I can't describe how stupid and confused I felt that afternoon... I had given myself a headache from over thinking and getting nowhere! haha! I laughed about it a good bit as did Brad once I told him the events of the day...

All this to say, I am slowly losing brain cells... I mean giving them to Tucker :) So if I call you randomly, please pick up... it is likely that I am lost and need you to find me!

19 Weeks Sonogram

2011-02-07T14:51:00.000-06:00

Let me just say that this was the most fun sonogram yet! I have only had one other, but this one takes the cake! We got to see our little guy move and squirm so much, it was precious! So here is how we found out it was a boy...

Sono lady: "look there are the legs"
Me: "Aww his little legs"... "I mean or hers... I keep doing that!"
Sono lady: " You guessed the right gender, its a Boy!"

Me: "Really?!?!"

Sono lady: " Really"
Brad: "Yes!" (in a proud manly voice)

We were so excited and still are!!! I was a little nervous at first though, because the sono lady could tell it was a boy right away and when she showed us how she knew it was, we were less than convinced. So she said she would take her measurements and move around and see if he would give us a better angle! After the first set of measurements, she went back and well... he was holding it, I laughed, and Brad said "that's home base" (again in a proud manly voice)! She took some more measurements and then went back one more time and our doubts were erased... I will let the picture do the talking...

Its the "thing" in the middle above the word "bottom"

Like I said... No doubt!

This is his little head, a profile view... I think we have a mini Brad on our hands!

Footprint!

As I said in the last post, Tucker weighs 12 1/2 oz. This is 4 more oz. than his developmental stage! My first thought was that my due date was off, but the dr. said everything else is on target for my due date... which is when Brad reminded me that he was a 9lb. baby! Yikes! In case you are wondering I am only 5'4" and weigh roughly 127lbs... remember when you were younger and your mom or grandma would tell you that if you swallowed a watermelon seed that you would grow a watermelon in your belly... well, I haven't swallowed any seeds, but I have a feeling I will be delivering a watermelon in July!

It's a Boy! Tucker Bradley Webb

2011-02-04T18:26:00.000-06:00

Tucker is a big boy! He is weighing in at 12 1/2 oz. Everything else is on target for 19 weeks! I will post sono pics and more later!!! We are VERY excited to have a boy, and so glad he made it super clear for us to see him! Hehe!

You CAN"T have your CAKE and EAT it too...

2011-02-03T11:16:00.000-06:00

Well this title pretty much sums up my week!

The Cake

No work for 3 days do to the ice storm!!!!

The Bite

Dr.'s office is closed and I was supposed to find out if Baby Webb is a Boy or Girl today...

Needless to say I am very bummed :(

So here is where I am trying to be Thankful... I needed the rest this week, I caught a cold on Sunday and work Monday was miserable because of it, so I am very thankful that I was able to get better without having to deal with more kiddie germs!

Now I am praying that my appointment will be rescheduled very soon!!!!!

As Promised... Belly Pic... Week 19

2011-02-01T13:55:00.000-06:00

Here you go!!!

This seriously happened over night... I was shocked to wake up to a belly Friday morning... This picture was taken on Saturday.

I know I have not been great about posting the progress of my growing belly but thats because I never felt like it was really growing... sure I had gained weight but it was well dispersed (unfortunately) and the belly looked just slightly more plump, like a small spare tire decided to use my waistline as storage... also it changed everyday with what I ate and how, Forgive me, bloated I was... I would go to bed looking similiar to this pic most nights but would wake up able to zip all my old pants (notice I did not say button). Anywho those days are gone... now I go to bed with a belly and wake up with a belly and I love it!

With how sick I have been, it has been hard to get "good nutrition", I did my best, but was still worried about baby growing. But God is good and gracious and last night I felt the little one move and kick all night... It doesn't feel like much yet, just little flutters that I can tell, forgive me again, aren't just gas! It is so fun! I can only feel baby when baby moves on his/her own... when I push and try to make him/her move nothing happens... haha... baby webb might be a little stubborn or lazy... Which definitely does NOT come from Brad or Me... But does describe our dogs quite well at times... but NOT Brad and NOT me! :) Who am I kidding... Brad can be a little Stubborn and I can be a little lazy... It builds Character, right?!?

Well we will know on Thursday if Baby Webb is a Boy or a Girl.... So I have a survey on the side bar of my blog... take a guess! And then leave a comment with what you picked!

Are you kidding me???

2011-01-31T10:44:00.000-06:00

My immune system is CRAP! I am sick yet again... This time its a head cold and luckily the worst of it was yesterday (Sunday), so I am at work today, but want to do nothing but sit here... everytime a kid comes near me I rush for the hand sanitizer...

I have taken my prenatal vitamins everyday and have even started drinking V8 Fusion (lets get real, I hate veggies) but apparently my immune system is still down. When I told my mom yesterday she gave me the "Remy Nicole" like I was in trouble... haha...it made me laugh (on the inside, I felt to horrible to crack a smile). I would randomly start crying yesterday too, HORMONES!, because the body aches were not fun... Brad told me I needed to toughen up just a little (in a nice way) it actually motivated me to stop crying haha... I am such a mess!

Speaking of Brad he is on track for becomming the Husband of the Year! He started off January with a promotion, raise, and added responsibility. By mid January he was waiting on me hand and foot because I was sick and couldn't get out of bed... and this past weekend he cleaned like crazy, fixed the fence and did some yard work! This doesn't even begin to describe all he has done... He is too good to me! I Love you!!!!

Be looking for my next post... Belly pics #2...There is finally something there!

Home Sick... :(

2011-01-20T14:35:00.000-06:00

The Stomach Bug = the most miserable I have felt in a long time...What about morning sickness you ask? Not the same... with morning sickness, you throw up and feel better... with the stomach bug you throw up and never feel better and never stop throwing up... YUCK!!!! sorry for the graphic description... But it looks like I am finally on the mend. It has been over 12 hours since my last "episode" and I am starting to feel much better... and doctor said that baby is perfectly safe and isn't affected by the bug at all!

In other news, I have a sweet, precious, little nephew who was born on January 7th!

Milo Alexander Jacobsen

First 24 hours!

At home safe and sound!

Baby Webb can't wait to meet cousin Milo! And we get to find out what baby Webb is on Feb. 3!!!! WOO HOO! I can't wait to know! I will take a belly pic once I feel better... although it can be very deceiving (the bump that is)... One day I am huge and the next you can barely tell I am pregnant...

Belly Pic...?

2010-12-23T18:15:00.000-06:00

So here it is... My 13 week belly picture...

Sorry if you were looking forward to me having some kind of baby bump... Had I taken this picture about 4 or more weeks ago, you might have seen a little bump, but apparently it was just gas/bloating... (poor Brad :) Doctor says I am doing good, I am up 5 pounds (at 12 weeks) and the heart beat was super strong and sounded like a horse galloping... Baby Webb is growing great! She/He is now the size of a PEACH!!!! And I am feeling much better! Woo Hoo!!! Our next appointment is January 10th, 2011 (weird to write 11 instead of 10) I should be right around 16 weeks... I will find out what we are having at my 20 week appointment in February, unless I am lucky and get to find out early! Fingers Crossed!

The doctors visits are really short when you don't have an ultrasound done, but it is still super awesome to hear that little heart beat... apparently it is really easy to tell the difference between the baby's heart beat and mine, but of course I didn't know that... so I asked... and after a somewhat funny look from my doctor and Brad, she moved the monitor over to where she could hear my heart beat... let me try and describe to you the difference... Baby's heart beat = Horse galloping (fast), My heart beat = a grandma walking in heals using a walker (slow)... I felt more than a little stupid when I heard the difference, and Brad laughed....

Speaking of Brad, he is doing great! As in great at taking care of me... a couple of weeks ago I wasn't feeling well... Nausea... anyways Brad ran out to the store and grabbed me some ginger ale, goldfish, and nilla wafers... I know it doesn't sound like a great remedy but it worked! Well last week Brad came home from work with another surprise for me... 1 big box of goldfish, 2 small bags of goldfish and 2 boxes of Nilla Wafers (one reduced fat)... looking confused he told me what it was all for: The big box of GF and the non-reduced fat Nilla Wafers were for the house, 1 small bag of GF and the box of Reduced fat (he is concerned our baby might get fat) Nilla Wafers were for my office and the other bag of GF was for my car... He has got me covered!!!

The two of us have had so much fun during this time in our lives... I can't believe that in 6 months it is going to be THREE of us!!!!!

Merry Christmas To All and To All a Good Night!!!!!

Lane's Shower and Christmas

2010-12-22T10:33:00.000-06:00

This past week and weekend were jam packed! I finished my last week of work for two weeks, slightly stressful... I was so ready for the break! Within 30 minutes of getting off work, I threw clothes in a bag and headed to Houston for Lane's Shower and Christmas with my side of the fam! Lane's shower was so fun! She got lots of great baby items!!! Little Milo we are all ready for you! Here are some pictures...

Pretty Flowers!

The Loot

Milo Alexander Jacobsen

This Shay's baby girl Madilyn... Cute as a bug!!!!

Quality time!

The Hostesses

Sisters!

After the Shower it was time for Christmas!!!! Brad and I got this amazing camera from Mom and Dad Gary and Dad Scott!!! We love it! It took all these pictures and will be great to capture precious moments of Baby Webb! and other cuties.... like Baby Milo! Here are Christmas pics!

Lane and Alex... Happy Parents to be so soon!!!!

He loves to play Golf!

Boots!

Lil' Bro opening up a book!

Brad and I got Mom this... she was showing us how to use it!

So excited to be Gigi!

Beautiful frame for a picture of baby Milo... G-Paw

Gigi!

It was such a fun day and evening... we ate dinner at Papasito's and stuffed our faces! What a great Christmas!

We celebrated with my Dad Scott the next day in traditional Norwegian style... well kind of, we had to throw in some italian for my Nonna as well. My dad's dad was Norwegian and my Dad always had a traditional Norwegian Christmas feast with the Jacobsen side of the family... The feast includes Lefsa, Tutebure, Yetoast and other items that I can't spell or pronounce! My favorite was the lamb chops! Yummy! I forgot to bring my camera so I don't have any pics, but we still had a great time!

Now it is time for Christmas with the Webb's at the Ranch!!! I love Christmas and spending time with all my family!

Week 9

2010-11-26T16:48:00.000-06:00

Week 9 happenings:

No work this week! I love being on a school schedule!!!! I was able to get lots of sleep and enjoy some fun time with friends! It is important to note that (p.s. if you have a weak stomach don't read on) my first morning sickness "vomit" happened Tuesday... So glad that Zofran is allowed for prego women! I went shopping with My friend Margie and her 1 year old twin girls! They are so beautiful... everyone stops and comments on their cuteness... It was really fun to push the double wide stroller and pretend like I was their mommy! hehe!!! I did purchase my first belly band (Thank you Target for having them on sale!)... I only have to wear it with my skinny jeans for now though... I gained a pound this week.... I blame Thanksgiving! I also experienced a pretty crazy prego mood swing driving to Houston Wednesday night,

INSERT LONG STORY HERE:

it was due to hunger and the need to pee, but the other drivers should have known that I was prego and gotten out of my way...right??? No, I didn't hit anyone, just scared Brad enough to think that I wanted too! HaHa! I would like to say that once I got to stop and pee that I felt better, but thats when I realized that my stall was out of TP and I had to call out to the line of people (which I also had to wait in) to pass me some under the door... Then of course, no soap in the dispenser and no Paper Towels.... O well, I knew that a number 1 from Wendy's would fix my mood swing at first bite... However, they decided to give me half of a burger patty instead of the full square... What the HECK!!!! Sweet Brad offered me his chicken nuggets, but I was to stubborn to accept... So thus my mood swing continued, especially when we were at a dead stop on highway 45...I tried to be understanding and told myself that some idiot probably got in an accident and I should feel bad for them.... But as the minutes passed and the miles did not, that feeling of understanding left me, only to find out later that there was no accident (Praise God really), only idiots on the road...I leaned back my chair and closed my eyes and when I woke up my mood swing was over! Sorry Brad... I really do love you!!!!

I realized that I am craving a few things from my childhood this week, in particular, Salami Sandwich (description: paper thin sliced salami from the grocery deli on sliced french bread... Delicious!!!!) and Ginger Ale... Yummy!!!

Until next week...Eat and be Merry!

And Baby Makes 3! Were PREGNANT!!!!!!!

2010-11-19T11:31:00.000-06:00

It is with very JOYFUL hearts that Brad and I would like to announce that we are expecting our first child on July 1, 2011! That puts me at 8 weeks and some days.... We are so thankful and feel so blessed that God has given us this opportunity! We are praying for a healthy pregnancy and baby! So far so good! I will do my best to keep you updated on a somewhat weekly basis about our little "gummy bear".... see below!

Week 8:

1st sonogram and blood work
Felt more nausea than normal
Celebrated with friends
named our baby "gummy bear" until further growth
Slept a lot!

Random Thoughts!

2010-11-16T10:49:00.000-06:00

Never look down on anybody, unless you're helping them up.

To realize the value of a sister/brother,
ask someone who doesn't have one.
To realize the value of ten years:
ask a newly divorced couple.
To realize the value of four years:
ask a graduate.
To realize the value of one year:
ask a student who has failed a final exam.

To realize the value of nine months:
ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
To realize the value of one month:
ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby
To realize the value of one minute:
ask a person who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To realize the value of one-second:
ask a person who has survived an accident.
To realize the value of a friend or family member:
LOSE ONE.

Here's something to blog about....

2010-06-22T14:38:00.000-05:00

BRAD got a NEW JOB!!!!!! God is sooo Good!!!!!

Brad started his new job yesterday and we are already blown away by how great it is! He is the newest credit analyst at Independent Bank and will be working his way to the Loan Officer position over the next 8 to 16 months.... Wooo Hooo! He is already studying away, learning the terminology and the systems that they use to analyze. His immediate boss/ superviser is his age and seems to be a lot of fun! On top of that, his Big Boss ( president of his branch) is a practical joker... Brad is going to fit right in! In Fact, Brad was waiting to be introduced to the president yesterday when a man walked in his office asking if he could get a loan from Brad... turns out it was all a joke and the man asking for the loan was actually the bank president... pretty funny! In case you were wondering, Brad does have his OWN OFFICE WITH A WINDOW... I don't know how this is fair... but I am definitely happy for him! I texted Brad earlier to see how his day was going and his response... "GREAT!" Now thats what I like to see/hear!

I am a very Proud wife and I am very blessed to have Brad as my man! Way to Go Babe!

Something Fishy…

2010-05-21T19:25:00.001-05:00

On Wednesday Brad and Russell took a little adventure to the ranch. Their purpose was to release 3000+ fish in the pond for fishing in the later years… Here are some picks to tell about their fishy business…

The Fish were put into big plastic bags (like the goldfish you win at a carnival or something)

Then they put them inside old feed bags to keep the sunlight out

Inside all those bags… 3000+ Fish

Russell about to embark on the release Got Fish?You had to scoop cups of pond water in first to slowly get the fish used to the water temperature change.

Bentley and Nala helped?

Mr. Calico the Cat Fish

Let the games begin!!!!

These Days!!!! Long Post!

2010-03-26T09:58:00.001-05:00

Hello World!!! Have you missed me? Who am I kidding... Anywhos, I am back and I thought I would tell you about life

So lets go back... I have now been working for 6 months and I am loving every minute of it! The kids that I work with are considered "At Risk" for one reason or another... grades, behavior, emotional stability... and so on... I have an office/classroom that I work out of, but most of my time is spent in the classroom with the students that I service. I have different reading groups, friendship groups, and individual mentors. Also, I get to go on field trips, its the best!!!! So far I have been to see Mr. Goodbody- Bodyology, The Zoo (with kindergarten, they were precious and so exhausted on the way home... I had two fall asleep in my lap)
Polly want a Cracker?
got to love the Elephant

Taking a little nap

This guy was the craziest thing I had ever seen... its half ZEBRA half GIRRAFE... I don't even want to know how that works????

And the Dallas Arboretum...

All these flower pics were taken on my phone... I was pretty impressed!!! Thanks Amy for my new phone I love it!!!!

I still have a few more field trips that I am going on and can't wait! The kids really brighten up your day and the tougher the kid the more rewarding!

My week looks like this...

Monday: work 8-4, cook dinner, watch Chuck, Stephen comes over to help us finish dinner

Tuesday: Work 8-4, coach from 4:15-7:30(ish), cook something quick or pick something up, hang out with the husband and go to bed

Wednesday: Work 8-4, nap if possible (after all I haven't had one all week), head to church, eat dinner with the youth after at whataburger, taco bell, chick-fil-a or wendy's (not so great for the diet).

Thursday: Work 8-4, coach from 4:15-7:30(ish), try to get together with friends or do something fun for dinner... watch some shows head to bed

Friday: Work 8-4, rest until we have our CO-ED soccer game or its rent a movie and eat junk food!

Saturday: SLEEP IN!!!! If you know me, this is one of my most favorite activities... I know I am in trouble when we decide to have kids but... God is good! Just pray for me! This is our hang out day... I "like" to clean on Saturdays for some reason, however if its busy that doesn't happen!

Sunday: Church, lunch with friends, NAP! and Sports TV, game night, laundry and other miscellaneous things!

Brad's scedule is a little more day to day change... but Tuesdays is basketball league while I am coaching my girls and then Thursdays he has fraternity meetings (FIFA)... and then the rest of the time we are not working, we are normally doing the same thing!

1ST PLACE: That's right, my gymnasts took first place last saturday... let me break it down for you: There are 4 events that girls compete on Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor- this is considered the olympic order, so wherever you start, say Bars, you will always go to beam, then floor, then vault. You will never go from vault to beam.. make sense? The score is given by a judge and it is taken out of a possible 10.0- very few acheive the perfect 10, but it is possible! This last week, I have two girls get all 9.o's and higher! So proud of them! then I had two other girls get three 9.o's or higher... so I had 4 girls with a 9.0 (or higher average). Gymnasts who average scores in the 9's are the top of the pack. For the team score they take the best 5 scores from each event, and then they add them all together to get our teams score, which was 1st PLACE!!! Gymnastics is however an individual sport, but at the level that my girls are competing all gymnasts are given acheivement ribbons, they will not receive placements against each other and other gyms until the next level. Needless to say, all 8 girls did a tremendous job and I was such a proud coach that day and still am! We have one more meet before our state meet at the end of April! The girls are working so hard and they are going to do so great!

FRIENDS: We have been getting together with so many fun people lately and I love it... from school and church and ones that have moved away... We love hanging out and having fun whenever we can!

BAYLOR: Championship Ring???? The boys are a number three seed (is this how you spell it?)and the girls are a number 4, this year in the NCAA tourney and we are looking good! I am cheering them on to the "SHIP!" So Proud, SIC' 'EM BEARS!!!!!!

The First Day…

2009-10-19T20:29:00.001-05:00

Well here I am, my first day of ~~school~~ Work, I was so excited! I couldn’t wait to get up and get dressed and meet new friends.

Brad surprised me with these fun desk necessities

and I couldn’t wait to use them!

The first day was filling out a bunch of personal paper work, and HR stuff. But the next day I got to spend some time with the kids and I loved it!!!! I still cannot believe how great God is! I know He is, but it still surprises me every time! Will I ever learn that He really is in control. Geez!!!! I am now fully submerged in my new job and I am loving it. The first week was a little rough because I had to work on file after file after file for all of our students. But this past Thursday, I finally got to really do my job! I love working with the kids so much! The best part of my day is when one of them will pass me in the hall and say “Hi Mrs. Remy” or when they give me a hug! So rewarding! God is so good!

Fall has come to the Webb House!!!!

2009-09-30T12:19:00.001-05:00

Fall has been at our house for a little over a week now, and I am absolutely loving it. I haven’t always been real big on decorating for the holidays, but with help from my friend Brittney, I was inspired.

Last year Brittney made me this cornucopia (sp?) So cute! So last Monday when I came home from the store with candy corns, my heart was ready for fall! I pulled Brittney’s creation out of my “fall” box and started decorating. Brad was actually excited that our house was decorated for fall and loves the candy corns. I have made some additions this year such as

The turkeys and the flower arrangement

This pumpkin, so cute in person!

This pumpkin and napkins!

and this little pumpkin showcase!

You just can’t beat Hobby Lobby and their 50% off sales!

Sidenote Story: The first picture with the word “FALL” was a fun little project that Brittney and I did with our sweet friend Margie! Margie was admitted to the hospital on Friday, because she went into pre-term labor with her twin baby girls! Through the power of prayer the labor was stopped and those babies will hopefully stay in her belly for the next two months. But, that means Margie is on hospital bed rest until then. So we had to have a “Fall” intervention last night! Brittney and I arrived at the hospital around 8:30 ( i had to work ) and three hours later our masterpieces were finished! Margie is doing really well and the babies are great, Dad is a little tired with late nights and early mornings but he is hanging in there! Please keep praying for this sweet family! Kendall and Emery we are all so excited to meet you but we CAN wait til your done cookin in your Momma! So stay in there! Here are some pictures that Brittney took last night, they are on her blog too!

you have to have “snacks”

Margie and me, mid way through!

Margie with her finished product!

All three of us! Christmas decor here we come!!!

My New Job!!!!!!!!!

2009-09-28T10:26:00.001-05:00

So for those of you I have not been able to tell personally here is the biggest update of our lives!!! I got a new job! I am sooooooo super excited about this position and I am incredibly Thankful that God works all things together for the good of those he loves! So here is how it all came together…

Early this past summer my friend Margie told me about this position at her school that she thought would be great for me… I said great, and she told me she would get me more information as she figured it out. The week before school started she finally figured out what everything was and got me connected with CIS (Community in Schools). I applied right away and couldn’t believe the greatness of this organization!!! Unfortunately, they didn’t have any positions available, but they were going to save my application and resume. So i had given up on it. But God totally had a plan… 2 weeks ago Margie called me from school and said that there was a position available and I needed to make sure all my stuff was in… I ended up having to resend my resume and everything because apparently it got lost? But a few days later I was called for an Interview! I was shocked and nervous! But after faithful friends and family praying for me , the interview went great! and as of Thursday last week I was officially offered the Job!!!!!

My position is called Case Manager, I am at one of the local elementary schools, and I start Oct. 1, 2009!!!! I will be working school hours, and will still be coaching gymnastics for a little extra income!

Here is more information from the website: www.cisdallas.org

The mission of Communities In Schools Dallas Region, Inc. is to help students at risk of failure stay in school, achieve academically and graduate, to become productive and contributing members of our communities.

Each year thousands of at-risk children drop out without ever graduating from high school. Faced with poverty, lack of parental guidance, drug abuse, illiteracy and other crises, these children struggle to reach their full academic potential.

Since 1985, Communities In Schools Dallas Region, Inc. (CISDR) has provided programs and services on the school campus to best meet the physical and emotional needs of at-risk students and empower them to remain in school.

The Job Description:

Position Summary
Delivers services through the CISDR case management system. Has an assigned caseload and also
provides services to the other students upon the request of the Campus Manager.

Accountabilities
• Assess the needs of the student assigned through use of assessment tools and other mean.
Guides in the formulation of individual plans of service with specific goals.

• Makes appropriate referrals for students and/ or their family members to community agencies,
with continuous follow-up on student and agency.

• Maintains a caseload of students and provides individual and group counseling and/or
supportive guidance.

• Makes home visits, always paired with another professional adult.

• Act as court advocate for caseload students as appropriate.

• Assist in arranging academic tutoring, through volunteers and peer tutors. Provide tutoring
directly as required.

• Maintain accurate/ timely records of student services provided using CISDR forms.

Double Date

2009-09-28T10:03:00.001-05:00

We went to a concert with these guys

a couple of weekends ago and we

had a great time singing along with

and

We all

were very impressed by Dierks

and Brad

Thanks for taking us on a Double Date! We are still talking about how much fun we had!!!!

I feel whitty o so whitty, I feel....

2009-09-11T13:05:00.002-05:00

I am trying to inspire myself to write a new post... and this song has been running through my head all morning long. I changed the words a little bit, but it always reminds me of the movie Anger Management, When Adam Sandler is forced to sing it! Haha! Anyways, sorry I haven't posted about life in a while but here are a few blogs that will tell you what I did over labor day... Emily and Kolby, Tricia and Jeff, and Debby and Dan. I feel that my inspirational song will pay off soon! Be patient with me!

Busy Life = Lack of Blogging!

2009-08-18T09:12:00.003-05:00

Life has been super busy around here. And my camera was in the hands of one of our friends until a few days ago and so I have no pictures... sorry! But I will give you an update anyways!

2 weeks ago Brad and I headed up a VBS at Ana's Apartments. It was a lot of work... I had just finished volunteering at our church's VBS and I had no idea how much planning and hard work really goes into these things. I definitely had my hands full. But with help from some of our awesome youth and Bilingual parents we were able to pull it off. Sandra, was a huge help/life saver. She told the Bible story every day, in spanish, while here 3 yr old and 1 yr old ran around and acted like the big kids. She was such a blessing. We also had crafts and Rec which I let the youth head up and they did a great job. The kids loved it... and then I got to play a special part as well. I got to lead the music, consisting of Father Abraham (Padre Abraham), I have the Joy (Yo Tengo Gozo), Lord's Army ( O' Si ), and Waves of Mercy (Olas de Gracias y Micericordia). I have been blessed with the ability to remember these songs in Spanish from my seven mission trips to Mexico in High School and College. I love how God uses things! Anyways as the week came to a close, we presented the plan of salvation to the Kids and were shocked with the outcome! Some of the Mom's of the kids stayed around and would listen to the story and help with the craft, on this particular day there were 7 of them there. As the Kids repeated the prayer and accepted Christ into their hearts, The Mom's all did too! We were so excited! We knew God had us there for the Kids but to know that he had a bigger plan for some of there Mom's brought us all so much Joy. In the Hispanic Culture if you can get the Mom you can get the family. Our Prayer is now that those Moms will tell their families and their families will also become believers! It was the Perfect ending to VBS! Praise the Lord!!!

That weekend my Brothers and Sister in law came in town. Chris (the youngest) came up on Friday and had all of us cracking up as he is known to do! We tried out Amazing Jakes which we thought would be a fun place for adults as well... not so much, but o well we laughed alot. Just to give you a visual... Brad and his childhood friend Chase road together in a two seater Go-Kart, not only were we laughing histaricly but the kids watching them were pointing and laughing too, o and I forgot to mention the size of the Go-Kart Track, picture a small cul-de-sac, put a median in the middle with Bumpers for sides and you have the size of the track... Enough said. Vince and Autumn came over later that evening to play video games (at least thats what the boys did). Autumn and I love to do random house projects and this time it included acidently breaking two plates off of my plate wall and then decided to make a mosaic plate out of it! Which is beautiful! And then after that we decorated above my cabinets in my kitchen... Thanks Autumn for all your help! I love how it turned out! On Saturday we took the boat out and Vince and Autumn came along again.... We are really going to miss them when they move, but congrats on finding a house... hope yall get it!!!!.... anyways, after some extreme tubing and maybe a little rough tubing we decided to head home and shower... V and A brought over pizza and it was another fun filled night of Wii, this time A and I participated! Alex (older brother) and Lane (sister-in-law) arrived around 10pm. They were at a wedding and were exhausted from lots of driving and wedding activities! but we chatted with them for a while before heading to bed. We all went to church the next morning and then went to Babe's after for lunch... So delicious! Everyone had to head back after lunch but it was really great to see my brothers and sister in law.

Last week was just as busy... Margaret (Brad's mom) turned 50 on Saturday and we had a huge surprise party planned out for her. Emily was in charge of most of the planning and I was in charge of getting decorations, birthday cake, and distractions. Since the surprise party was going to be at the newly just about completed Ranch, we had a lot of things to work through. All of us were to meet Brian and Margaret at the Ranch on Friday night for the weekend. "unfortunately" none of us would be able to stay past Saturday "morning". We all "left" after breakfast to "head home", and Brian was taking Margaret out to a late birthday lunch. We obvioulsy never left town and went back to the Ranch to set up for the party while Margaret was gone. So here is how it all panned out.... a couple of weeks ago I had to call the mattress place where we got the beds and mattresses and push up the delivery date. After talking the sales rep into scheming with me in order to make Margaret believe that I had no involvement... we accomplished our goal. Margaret called after getting off the phone with the mattress guy to tell me the date had been pushed up, and I acted completely shocked... We also managed to get all the curtains ordered and ready for pick up. I endured two long shopping days with Margaret at Sam's and then Bed Bath and Beyond... I say endured because I was so excited about the surprise party that it was really hard to be around the person we were surprising. In fact on day two of shopping I had to call Emily for a pep talk. I had just told Margaret what time we were going to be "leaving" on Saturday and her face hosted the most disappointed look.... SO HARD, not to crack! Emily helped me through...I am such a softy.... Anyways, Brian and Margaret went to the Ranch on Thursday and we were finally in the clear for the most part. I made the birthday cake on friday which crumbled to pieces by the time it came to reveal it on Saturday... another funny story.... and we loaded up Brad's truck with tables and chairs and other items we needed for the party from Margaret's house. We "picked up" Emily from work and headed down to the ranch, really her and Kolby were following us. Once we got to the ranch we unloaded everything into the barn which conviently sits out of sight of the house. We parked Emily and Kolby's car inside and they "rode" with Brad and I to the house. Margaret still had no idea... We made it all the way through Friday night, frantically getting things set up, making Margaret believe we were just so excited to be there (which we were) that we wanted to get as much done as possible.... After all of that Saturday went perfectly... and when Brian and Margaret returned to the ranch, she had a huge surprise waiting for her. Bonus part of the party for me was that my Mom came and actually helped set up for the party. She made an appetizer, that was a huge hit, and helped us finish up the flower decorations. Thanks mom, we couldn't have done it with out you! It was really great to see you!!!!! The party was great and so much fun!!!

Sunday night Brad and I joined up with Emily's friends to take her out to a surprise Birthday dinner, since her birthday was consumed with her Mom's 50th (yes they have the same birthday). It was a great time of fun and fellowship and after all of Emily's hard work she deserved to be celebrated.

So that has been a recap, sorry so long, of life here at the Webb's. More entries to come more often now I hope!

The Dog Days of Summer…Literally Speaking

2009-07-18T11:17:00.000-05:00

This morning Brad went and helped his parents move some things into a storage shed while I spent some time with our pups. Nala (rhodesian) loves to run and fast I might add. My mom calls her our horse, which in a way she does have similar mannerism. For instance, she runs like a horse, all four legs come off the ground together, its really neat to watch. Bentley (Mutt) is our little explorer and our “alcoholic” as Brittney’s dad would say, because he can’t hold his “licker”… haha! He will lick you spotless. Anyways, I started off the morning by taking the dogs across the street to the park. They love getting to run and explore, Nala is pretty good about staying in our eyesight, where as Bentley likes to wander behind fences and trees to where we can’t see him… crazy guy. But when it is time to go they are both pretty good about coming and getting back on their leashes. This morning our time at the park got cut a little short because of a decapitated animal whose guts were spilling out everywhere. Obviously, both dogs were overly intrigued by the smell of fresh blood and… need i say more? Nala is really strong and at one point she got over to the deceased before I could get her to stop, knowing that I wouldn’t be able to pull her off, I ran at her full speed hoping that she would move out of the way… instead she laid down on her back and surrendered, waiving her white flag. I laughed and home we went. I decided that it was so hot outside that the dogs needed to be cooled off in the sprinklers and below is how it all went down…

Too much Rock for one hand baby…

2009-07-13T16:49:00.001-05:00

In order to sum up the past couple of weeks I needed to reach back in my movie collection and pull out “Stick It”! One of my favorites, and thanks to Caylin I own it!

**disclaimer don’t google “Stick it” for images… especially if you have young children in the room… my bad**

So Life…

Brad and I have been able to enjoy the company of our families and friends for the past several weeks and it has been so much fun!

Over the 4th, My mom and Dad (Gary) came in town to help us celebrate America… not so much Obama, but definitely America! The boys golfed early on Friday and mom and I had a late breakfast at Cafe Brazil and followed it up with massages! We did a little shopping at Old Navy and Eye masters (mom wanted some new shades) and then met back up with the boys. We made a delicious sopapilla cheesecake and then headed over to the Webb’s for more family fun. Margaret’s (Brad’s Mom) side of the family was in town and it was the forth annual “Gordon family reunion” (always over the 4th of July) Let the games begin should really be the theme, because that's what we do! We started off with “things” a fun family game, that you can get at target ( shout out #2 for Cay). Then we split into smaller groups and played different card games (spades, golf, fruit salad, and more) and shuffle board. Dad and Russell (Brad’s lil Bro) wrecked shop the first night and were crowned champs! Way to go Dad, you won your way in! We had so much fun hanging out all together and I was so glad that my mom and dad got to be there! They fit right in… which might have something to do with the fact that my mom and Brad’s mom accidently lit our unity candle together before Brad and I even said I do! They are two of a kind for sure! Thanks for the fun weekend Mom and Dad!

Brad and I have also been blessed with several friends in the area! We celebrated Matt’s birthday a few weeks ago and had so much fun! We went on a double date with Caylin and Stephen (Blind date on their end). We finally hung out with the Walsh’s again. Chase came over for Dinner last week and so many other things that I can’t remember!

Then this past weekend Dad (Scott) came in town for some Birthday celebrating and more fun! Friday we ate an early dinner and then I had to work open gym for a few hours, so the boys went and shot some pool and played some shuffle board. The next day was “my day” (Brad’s words… he’s so sweet) and we went to Bread Winners for breakfast and then willow bend for shopping! I got these for my birthday! Mine are White and Brown, instead of red. and a few fun shirts from Anthro!

That night we headed to a rough riders game to meet some of my co- workers and Caylin and Stephen got to come along (date 2, if anyone is counting) I don’t think I had laughed so hard in my life! My dad was cracking me up! After the game we went to Dave and Busters for continued celebration of my birthday! Seriously this was some of the most fun I have had in a long time! We all raced each other and played against each other in Basketball, which I was the surprise winner of the bball games! Thank you very much! Maybe Brad did marry me for my basketball skills? “Make it Rain!” We also played this trivia game in which Dad won every time! It was ok with me though, because he was contributing to my ticket collection. By the end of the night Brad and I decided that we would have “hammerheads” instead of kids and Caylin and Stephen were the proud owners of a Jay- Z chain, later to be bedazzled!

Sunday, Caylin and I didn’t want the fun to end and went shopping together! She got a super cute dress (that she wore for date #3) and I got some cute shorts!

To top it all off, this Thursday is my 24th birthday, and that my friends is “Too much ROCK for one hand!”

I brokeded it… :(

2009-06-16T15:29:00.001-05:00

remember when you were a kid and would over pronounce the word broke to “brokeded.” Well for what ever reason it always made it seem a little better. When my little brother would tell me he “brokeded it” I was always more forgiving, poor guy didn’t know what he was doing. Well I hope it still works because now I have to tell Brad that I “brokeded it”. It being the computer that we just got fixed. Today as I was walking it over to plug it back in, it brokeded, on the ground. While the actual computer is still completely functional, the screen is busted. Its got these lines across it that look like broken glass. I guess its a good thing that I bought the connection wire to plug it into the TV, because it shows up on the TV screen just fine. Sorry Brad. I didn’t mean too.

Level 3

2009-06-09T11:56:00.001-05:00

I have successfully completed all of the skills to once again become a level 3 gymnast. This is the level right before you really start to compete. So junior/mini olympics here I come. To some this might not seem like a big deal… but after 1o years of not being in gymnastics… Victory is mine. Here are the skills I still have…

Floor:

Round-Off back handspring Check

Beam:

Cartwheel Check

Handstand Check

Dismount Check

Bars:

chin-up pull over Check

Cast, Back Hip circle Check

Vault:

Hand stand to flat back on mat Check

Miscellaneous Skills:

The ability to sport a leotard Not even close

I am a Gymnastics Coach!!!!

2009-06-03T21:49:00.001-05:00

I am so stinking excited about my new job. After a while of not finding anything, the perfect opportunity finally came to! Thanks God, I am not sure of your timing all the time but this was a slam dunk! (As it always in when you rely on Him)

Growing up as a gymnast I dreamed of being in the Olympics one day. I would practice all over the house, in the backyard, my bed wherever I could, I just loved gymnastics. I competed for several years and can still remember some of my best routines and performances that I gave. There was this one time on beam where I had completely destroyed my routine… i just couldn’t keep my balance. During my dismount which was a kartwheel to hand stand , and twist over the beam thing, I bent my arms to where my head was touching the beam, but since I only weighed like 50 pounds and was stronger than I will ever be, I pushed myself all the way back up to a perfect handstand and finished the dismount. It was then that my coach (Van was his name) told me that I was superwoman! I also remember getting first place on vault and floor.

Well as I got older and wiser I realized that flipping all over the place was a little scary and that I could really hurt myself… stupid fear, it always gets in the way of things… anyways in the 7th grade I decided to give up on gymnastics and move on to cheerleading. Now cheerleading does have a lot of flipping but it was all on the ground… not on a beam. So until I was senior in high school I cheered my heart out it was my favorite thing to do. I even tried out in college (twice, but only cuz my roommates made me.) And again the whole fear or flipping thing got in the way, so I didn’t make it… I have missed everything about gymnastics and cheerleading ever since. And now I get to relive my dream through the lives of little fearless girls! I have even brought back some of my own skills. I am still working on the whole flexibility thing, but tonight I did some tumbling and it was so much fun! As Brad would say… now I get to work and work out all at the same time! Its wonderful!!!! I love my job!

Sorry about the delay in blogging, but my computer was down for the count and I just got it back tonight!!!!

I have a secret that I can’t wait to share so take your best guess from the pics below…if you already know, don’t guess!!!!!

2009-05-28T11:30:00.000-05:00

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Yummy in my tummy!!!

2009-05-17T15:37:00.000-05:00

This is what I cooked and it was good, real good! I can not take credit for discovering this recipe, all of that credit goes to Mrs. Emily Kerr herself, but I can take credit for how great it tasted…Right?

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

3 cups chopped cooked chicken
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese with peppers
1/2 cup sour cream
1 (4.5-ounce) can chopped green chiles, drained
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
8 (8-inch) flour tortillas
Vegetable cooking spray
1 (8-ounce) container sour cream
1 (8-ounce) bottle green taco sauce
Toppings: diced tomato, chopped avocado, chopped green onions, sliced ripe olives, chopped cilantro

Preparation

Stir together first 5 ingredients. Spoon chicken mixture evenly over each tortilla, and roll up. Arrange in a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Coat tortillas with vegetable cooking spray.

Bake at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown.

Stir together sour cream and taco sauce. Spoon over hot enchiladas, and sprinkle with toppings.

Southern Living, FEBRUARY 2000

Mother’s Day Weekend and Happy Birthday Mom!!!!

2009-05-10T12:39:00.000-05:00

Mom and Me, I just love her to pieces! I had so much fun with her over the weekend. We did a little shopping and she bought me this yellow dress that I love and can’t wait to wear again! We also made a target run… we always find a good deal there! My mom was born on May 10th and so every couple of years Mother’s Day is on her Birthday! She doesn’t seem to mind too much though because she gets double spoiled all on the same day!!! Love you MOM!

Here are some pics from the rest of the weekend.

Dad took us all out to a nice restaurant called Damian’s. It was so good! I ate until I was sick!!!! But I loved every bite! Emily they had some of the best bread ever! I stopped counting how many pieces I had!

Don’t we just look like spring chickens in those colors…

This is my dad and Joshua (dog) asleep outside in the chair! It was too cute I had to take a picture!

Mom decided to join in the fun! Joshua has been our dog for almost 15 years now! He is so great! and yes his name is Joshua, it works I promise!

We had so much fun with the fam! Love you all! and Missed you Alex and Lane

Sail Away Sail Away Sail Away…

2009-05-08T12:41:00.000-05:00

We went sailing… if you couldn’t tell by the title. My dad has a boat at Kemah which is real close to Galveston. It was the absolute, most perfect, beautiful day for sailing! The sun was shining and the wind was really blowing and in my dad’s words “We were Flyin’” My Dad loves to sail, he goes on boating trips around the world to participate in races and what not. IT is so much fun for him!

Aye, Aye Captain!

“We were Flyin’”

We had a lot of fun on the boat and at dinner afterwards!

Pretty Typical Brad Face :)

What do cream cheese and chicken have in common??? Deliciousness!!!!!

2009-05-05T21:33:00.001-05:00

That’s right! Thanks to Brittney’s recipe blog I made my household extremely happy.

Yes Mom, those are green beans on my plate and I did eat them just to make you proud!!!!!

Here is the recipe:

Cream Cheese Chicken

(a crock-pot recipe)

1 envelope dry Italian salad dressing

8 oz. cream cheese

1 can cream of chicken

1/4 cup water

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Put chicken in crock pot. Combine salad dressing & water. Stir and add to chicken. Cover & cook on low for 3 hours. Combine cream cheese and soup until blended. Add to chicken. Cover and cook on low for 1 hour. Serve with noodles or rice. Lick your plate clean! :)

Let me share a little secret with all you bloggy blog blog bloggers…..

2009-05-03T19:40:00.001-05:00

I recently read on my friends blog that there was an easier way to upload pictures to your blog and its called Windows Live Writer! I uploaded a few pictures literally by clicking and dragging them, it took two seconds, and here are all the fun things you can do with them!!!!

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And there are several other ways to do it to!!! You can easily upload one photo at a time to, Like so…

All you do is follow the instructions and it is so easy to start writing a blog!! I love this thing! Thanks Kacey for sharing your secret!

More to come about ladies retreat!!!!

My NEW Obsession

2009-04-30T14:34:00.002-05:00

I have always loved my sweets... Eating them, Making them, and Eating them again! Now I love to watch them! I have been completely obsessed with the cake shows that come on Food Network, TLC and Bravo. Recently, the Food Network Challenge was all about cakes.... They started out with 6 pastry chefs and this last sunday they reveiled the $50,000 winner. I love this stuff! My favorite one to watch is the one about Charm City Cakes in Philly! I really wish that I was an employee of a bakery, although, the cakes and other treats would mysteriously start to disappear along with my waist line! It is fun to dream about though! Thanks for letting me share my new obsession!

I am LOVING this weather!!!

2009-04-26T17:09:00.002-05:00

I have loved everyday of weather that we have had this week! I even have a little tan on my arms and shoulders! SO GREAT! Since this next week is supposed to be a lot of rain, I decided that I needed to take note of this amazing weather. On Tuesday I laid outside and read my book before going to Brad's flag football game. On Friday I walked around the Downtown square with Emily and Margaret, a little more sun! When we got home I took Nala and Bentley to the park, They absolutely loved it, they always do, but Nala especially loved it this time.

Nala loves to run and run and run, she is crazy fast so I think it is the only way she gets her energy out. I had forgotten to bring a toy or ball to throw with me, so the two of them had to find their own entertainment and I just watched. Bentley did his usual exploring and marking (peeing) and Nala started to run round and round. Nala soon found a couple of friends to chase at the park. Two Birds kept flying in and landing just long enough for Nala to chase after them and then they would fly quickly up in the air away from Nala. Even as they were flying Nala was racing after them, a couple of times I thought she was going to catch them. I swear the birds were having fun playing chase with Nala, because they could have so easily flown off to where Nala couldn't reach them. But they kept coming back for more... Nala stayed at her top speed for most of the park visit and definitely wore herself out. She let me know how tired she was by laying down in the only small little mud puddle there was in the entire park. She proceeded to roll in the mud and cool off, despite my efforts of keeping her out of it, and then would try to chase after the birds again. Her pace was at a jogging speed at best. She just didn't have anything left. After another few minutes in the mud to cool off, I walked them home and immediately gave her and Bentley baths ( or Brad did, but whose checking).

Saturday we were out at a birthday party for Emma, so much fun in the sun, at the park and then I came home and Autumn and I did some much needed trimming of the shrubs outside. More Sun! We finished by taking the dogs back over to the park and letting them burn most of their energy. Needless to say, I have a tan! and lines, but again whose checking?

I love the Sun, I love Texas Hot weather, I am lovin' it!!! Now bring on the rain, I will find a way to love it too!

Whats this another post...?

2009-03-24T16:23:00.002-05:00

Today I contribute my inspiration to write a new post to the boredom that I am currently facing at work... I have 30 minutes before I am supposed to leave and I have already finished everything I had for today. I am such a quick little worker! Ha Ha. I am the type of person that likes to get stuff done, I don't like to leave things half done, it drives me crazy. I think that is one of the reasons I don't like to do laundry... it is always half done! The only way to get it all done and not have anymore to do is to sit around your house necked all day long while doing load after load of laundry. Why do you have to be necked you ask? Because if you are wearing clothes then you will have to wash them after you take them off. It is miserable! Why most laundry be so miserable??? And boys laundry at that, my husband, love that man, has more clothes than a department store and he wears all of them. He recently did a massive clean out of his closet and drawerers and I mean massive and he still collects about 30 lbs of laundry a day. Anyways, that is my rant for today... I need to do something productive before I leave!!!

I love it....

2009-03-23T19:48:00.003-05:00

Today was a great day... The best thing about it was that it was a very ordinary day! I went to work, it was the usual day and then I went to the store, I came home and I cooked dinner. The whole cooking dinner thing is not the most normal thing that I do, I just never seem to have time, but today I did and it was great. Thanks to Christy she gave me a really easy recipe for chili cheesy enchiladas. O man were they good! The best thing is that you can make as little or as much as you want and you don't waste anything... always a problem when you are only cooking for two! So Brad and I ate dinner, which is so nice, to sit down and just be together. We cleaned up and then took the dogs on a walk, it was such a pretty day. Nice and warm and windy... I love Spring on a side note! Thats all I have really... sorry if you were bored! But atleast I posted!!!! Yay!

Blog

2009-03-10T18:58:00.002-05:00

I have bloggers block, pray for me, I need to post. Thanks. Remy

Just Because...

2009-02-02T16:45:00.003-06:00

One of my favorite things to get and give are "just because" gifts... I think they are so fun and thoughtful. It's kind of like saying "no its not your birthday and no its not Christmas, its just because. My mom used to get me just because gifts all the time... or don't tell dad until later gifts!!! HaHa! Anytime she would go shopping or somewhere fun she would always bring me home something cute! They were normally pretty girly and since I was the only girl it was always perfect. Well, I don't know if I was sending off some kind of vibe or auora, but this past week I got two just because gifts! Brad gave me the first one... a package of reduced fat (I hope he is not trying to tell me something!)oreo's and a note that said I love you and I am proud of you in so many words!! Then, my friend Autumn showed up at my house with the cutest little candle plate and a welcome bear! Autumn and I both went to Baylor at the same time, only we never met until our husbands who have been best friends since grade school introduced us. Boys are so bad at introductions! anywhoo's she knows how much I love Baylor and little bears and so when she saw it she thought of me and got me one! She has one too, so its pretty perfect! So now I am on the just because gift train and I am finding myself trapped between a budget and a cute little gift that I really shouldn't buy! Maybe I will just focus on "just because" cards... I could even put a picture of the gift that I would want to get that person in the card... oh, just call me cheap already!! So this is a just because post! To all my friends and family, know that I am thinking about you today... JUST BECAUSE!!!!

"I'm Yours!"

2009-01-16T14:48:00.004-06:00

Last Saturday was another one of those days where God blows me away with His incredible blessings for me. I had to work all day and night on Saturday and was absolutely exhausted by the time I got home. My day was pretty normal, nothing out of the usual until Saturday night at the wedding I was working. We had just sent the Bride and Groom off in their horse drawn carriage when a panicked woman from the wedding told me to call 911. There was a girl in the bathroom passed out and shaking all at once. The bathroom was filled with people and was about 100 degrees (literally). I knew I had to get her some air, cool air, and although they always say don't move a injured person, we had no choice. her sister and I picked her up and carried her out to the hallway... the paramedics arrived and she regained consciousness and off in the ambulence she went. She will be fine. This is what happens when you drink too much. Obviously the staff was a little shaken up by the whole incident and it made the rest of the evening a little uneasy...

Now God's blessing. As I am driving home and reflecting on the evenings events I called Brad. He had just gotten home and was waiting for me so we could go to bed. Again, exhausted and ready to crawl in my warm bed, I fumble for my keys and unlock the door. I was struck with Joy as I opened the door. Big bright yellow roses and a card that read "My Baby"! I couldn't believe it, not only did I get roses and a card he also bought me two hot pads and a dish towel that I had seen at world market and pointed out to him. They are the colors of our kitchen and I just loved them when I saw them at the store several days earlier. My heart was filled with warmth as I read the sweet card and saw the smile on Brad's face. He made me feel so extra special for no particular reason. He just wanted to let me know how much he loved me and to remind me "I'm Yours!"

God, you have blessed me with the most incredible husband anyone could ask for. He makes me laugh, cry, and smile all the time. I don't know why you chose me to be so blessed, but Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! Please help Brad and I grow in your perfect will. Lord we want to change the world someday and only you can help us do that! I love you Father, thank you for the love you have given me and shown to me through Brad. Amen

For those of you who haven't heard Brad has been called to missions. He is the new Missions Pastor at our church and although he will really miss the youth, He is so excited to see where God is taking him. We are not leaving the country or moving or anything like that, we are focusing on our community. Together, one day, all of us will change the world for Jesus! I am so excited for you, Brad. You are truly a man after God's own heart!

Sweet Husband...

2009-01-08T21:25:00.002-06:00

On Sunday afternoon Brad asked me if he could take me on a date on Thursday night... I said Yes! Obviously! So tonight we went and had a great time eating at one of our favorites Shogun's. I was so happy! Despite my grey hairs haha, He still wants to date me! I just love this man! He even cleaned the house for me today! What a man!

Side Note: I have made the switch, well not completely but almost, to the thicker hair band/ties. Emily (Sister in law) introduced me to them while we were in Australia and now I am hooked. I never have to redo my hair... I used to average a redo atleast every hour while I was at work and now my "do" last all day! Thanks Em, you are truly a bright light in the dark places of my life!

Look!

2009-01-06T15:46:00.002-06:00

"BRAD!" I screamed as I was getting ready this morning... "Come Here!"
"What, why are you screaming?" He answered
"Look!" I said as I pointed to GREY hair sticking out amongst my brunette locks. "I don't even have kids yet..."
"Oh, a little grey hair, ehh?" Brad said to me in a joking voice.
"How did this happen?" I exclaimed as I researched my head a little further "There's More"
"Sweet!" Brad continued "It can be your new mark of distinction, like your own fashion statement."

Somebody please explain....

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2009-01-01T07:03:00.005-06:00

Holy Cow, I just jumped out of a perfectly good airplane at 14,000 feet in the air! Pure Adrenaline! I can’t not describe the feeling, free falling for 55 seconds, diving towards the earth, just praying that your chute opens! It was awesome! As soon as we hit the ground Brad was ready to go back up! All seven of us made it up and down…I totally recommend this extreme adventure! Anytime is a great time to Skydive! You will not regret it! Woo Hoo!!!!!!

And so this completes our final day in Aussie Land! Tomorrow we will board another plane, with no intentions of jumping, and head back home! We have had the best time here in Australia and have really enjoyed all the breath taking sites!!! I “Heart” Australia!

See You Soon! Love you all! Aussie Out!

Really excited after our jump!!! Woo Hoo!

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2009-01-01T06:40:00.008-06:00

We sailed through the harbor last night and ate at a beach side seafood restaurant that was fantastic. We finished off the evening with Ice Cream watching the sunset. Perfect Night in Sydney!

Lovin' the ice cream!
Sunset!

Surfing Aussie style today! We road the tram over to Bondi Beach for our official surf lesson! We geared up, wet suits and all and hit the beach. The water was really cold compared to what we swam in at the barrier reef. We started off learning the basics on sand like you see in the movies and then dove in. We all managed to stand up at least once but Russell was definitely the Pro. But, I guess we could say he was showing off for Paris Hilton since she decided to grace Bondi Beach with her presence. She might not have been the celeb I would have wanted to spot, but seeing the people and paparazzi around here was surreal. She actually ended up stepping on Russell’s board right after some guy through a chunk of sand at her head… She wasn’t so happy! Me and Em's!

Reppin it 'Two-Five style

We made it back to Sydney just in time for New Years Eve! Like I mentioned in an earlier post, we have the perfect view for fireworks. We gathered up lots of snacks and settled in for the night! The crowds were absolutely insane, I have never seen so many jammed into an area like that before. The 9 0’clock show went off first, obviously, and it was pretty impressive so we were looking forward to the 12 0’clock show. We ventured down to the street for a little while and headed back up to the hotel as soon as possible! Crazy! The best way I can describe our view is like having a movie size screen in your living room, with fireworks exploding right in front of your face. Incredible!!! Happy New Year Everyone! Welcome 2009… The year of adventure! Starting tomorrow with Skydiving!
All the People...

Really cool waterfall fireworks... coolest thing i have ever seen!

More Waterfall off the bottom of the bridge!

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2009-01-01T06:05:00.006-06:00

Sydney is beautiful! Our hotel room over looks the Harbor Bridge and The Sydney Opera House, it will be the perfect view for the NYE ’09 Fireworks. We went to the Opera house today and toured the amazing architecture and history of the building. It is a really neat story, in fact the architect Jorn Utson, was given the job by winning a world wide contest. 7 years into the projected 3 year project, Utson was semi-forced to resign from the project. He returned to his home in Denmark and never returned to see his fabulous Masterpiece. He was asked to step back on the project this past February to renovate a few spaces of the Opera House. He was delighted to do so. He passed away about 3 weeks ago, still never seeing the finished project. Quick Fact: The Sydney Opera House is recognizable to 2 out of 3 people… What other structures are that recognizable! To list a few, Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower, Great Wall of China… If you can name some others write them in the comments!

We climbed the Sydney Harbor Bridge this afternoon and it was once again beautiful! We were one of the last climbs of the year! It was a vigorous climb to the top, but being able to see all of Sydney was well worth it! Opera House

The View from our hotel! And the Bridge we climbed!

At the Top!!!

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2009-01-01T06:05:00.005-06:00

Skydiving has been rained out… so sad, but we are going to try again in the morning if the storm passes. So for now we are going shopping… a good rainy day activity! We fly out to Sydney tomorrow afternoon so I will tell you all about it!

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2009-01-01T05:57:00.004-06:00

Scuba Diving! We scuba’d the Great Barrier Reef today! It was amazing! Our Boat was called the Silver Sonic. It held about 80 ppl and we were seven of them! There were lots of people there to snorkel and not scuba so it wasn’t overly crowed on the reef. We dove three different parts of the Reef and saw a shark at each dive. The weirdest thing about being that close to a shark when you are scuba diving is that you feel almost invincible. I expected to be really scared if I saw one, but I wasn’t. The sharks were white tip reef sharks and they pretty much keep to themselves. There were at least 30 divers around to bother it and the shark just kept to his own. We got to touch several weird things underneath. We stuck our hands inside of a clam, swam and pet a huge fish, named Axel, who followed us around the whole dive and several things along the reef. The only thing we didn’t get to see was a turtle. We went to the part of the reef named “Phil” after a turtle who lived there. He died several years back but the area was still named after him and still had a few large sea turtles around. Tomorrow is skydiving, and I can’t wait! The Whole gang getting ready to dive!
SHARK!!!! Sorry the pic is fuzzy, but its an underwater camera what do you expect!
Just Chillin'!
Hanging out with my hubbie... underwater!
Brad and Axel, she loved to be petted!

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2008-12-25T02:00:00.002-06:00

World Wide Webb’s post 5.

Merry Christmas Mate! Christmas is quite different down under, first of all its HOT! Yesterday I saw two kids walking around in Santa Costumes only the coat was short sleeves and the pants were shorts! There are not as many Christmas trees or decorations, and several places are still open for business. Christmas seems to be more like a 4th of July celebrations except Santa still comes and Children are still very excited about their gifts! We ate Christmas Lunch at a local restaurant and again it was delicious! I hope everyone is having a very Merry Christmas and that you are all having a great time with family and friends!

What’s next? Scuba diving and Sky diving!

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2008-12-25T01:50:00.002-06:00

World Wide Webb’s post 4.

Palm Cove, Queensland is a remote resort area where we are enjoying the relaxing lifestyle of the beach. We are staying in a three bedroom condo just off the beach with beautiful tree top views. We ate dinner last night at a Greek restaurant called El Greko. It was definitely one of the best meals of my life! Everything was soooooooo good. Almost too good! We all ate our full and then fell right to sleep.

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2008-12-25T01:49:00.002-06:00

World Wide Webb’s post 3.

Kangaroo Island adventure… We were expecting to see all kinds of native wildlife and the dream came true. Our first animal to spot was a Kangaroo on the side of the road… the kangaroo is much like the deer. Dangerous road hazards! We drove all the way to Admirals Rock which was covered in seals, second animal to spot! We drove over then to Remarkable rocks…from a distance the formation of the rocks looks like a camel but when you get close enough to them, they are more so just granite rocks with really pretty curves and arches. You were allowed to clime on the rocks and so we did until brad jumped down and gave himself a good twistie! (Australian for sprain, at least that’s what we called it.) We later found out that a twistie was actually their form of cheetoh’s. After a really good picnic lunch we ventured to see Koala’s! And they are adorable, we were all so excited to finally see one up close and personal in the wild! That night we attempted to see penguins, but we were only allowed to use a red light which made it difficult to see them. We stayed over night in Kangaroo Island and headed out the next morning for more adventure seeking. We started at seal bay where the sea lions were lounging all over the beautiful white sand. They are pretty funny to watch, the males are very large and fight/play with the other males for fun. Most of the moms were nursing their young and just enjoying the sun’s rays!
Sandboarding came next on our adventure tour and it was a lot of fun. The fun however did not come without hard work. Picture a huge hill covered in sand and the only way to get to the top is to clime. By the time you get to top your legs are so tired that you have to take a break before you go down the hill. Margaret stayed down and video taped all of us cruising down the hill. When the footage is available I will post it.
Our tour ended back at the wildlife zoo where we could actually pet the Koalas and Kangaroos… I made a good friend with a kangaroo and he even gave me a hug and kiss before I left! HaHa. He really liked his belly scratched and apparently I was really good at it. From here we flew back to Adelaide and spent our final night there.

The Kangaroo's
The Koala and her baby Brad and the Shy Koala
Me and the Koala
My new Friend, the Kangaroo! He really did like me!

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2008-12-25T01:47:00.001-06:00

World Wide Webb’s post 2.

We arrived in Adelaide, SA and we are staying in some upscale modern apartments in the middle of the city. Our taxi cab driver and others referred to Adelaide as the sister city of Austin, Texas. Very cool! We took the tram down to the beach where we ate delicious Italian food. It was very impressive! We followed dinner with some Australian ice cream and headed back to the hotel for our first nights rest. Much needed after losing a whole day traveling.

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2008-12-25T00:29:00.001-06:00

World Wide Webb’s post 1.

Well we are on our final flight… 3 of 3; leg one was from Dallas to LA, leg two LA to Sydney and the Final leg Sydney to Adelaide. We have started off strong! All seven of us cruising through the airports in true Webb style… matching yellow shirts… like ducks in a row. I am sure you can get the picture! We started our journey on Friday December 19, 2008 and now on Sunday December 21, 2008 we are in Australia. The flight was not all that bad… comfy seats and really cool personal movie, game, music and information system on the seat back in front of you! I watched Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Mamma Mia and Ghost Town. Definitely the coolest thing I have ever seen on an air plane. We ate breakfast Aussi Airport style this morning at Hungry Jack’s (aka Burger King, same logo and everything!) Russell ended up with 18 pancakes instead of the 6 he ordered, Apparently he missed the fact that there was three per order, the breakfast burrito’s had some kind of barbeque sauce on them and the eggs were fried instead of scrambled. I am sure more adventure awaits us! Well we are taking off now and I gotta go… Pancakes... all 18 of them!
Finally arrived in Australia!

Thanksgiving... Finally

2008-12-10T18:46:00.004-06:00

Well, I finally have a moment to tell you about our Thanksgiving!

The whole family was there! I was so excited, and we all got to stay for several days! We kicked off the fun Tuesday night when we all arrived! Mom made her now famous Chicken and Dumplings and we were stuffed. Brad opened an early Christmas gift from Chris for us all to play! Mario Kart for Wii... We stayed up way to late speeding around mushroom gorge and moo moo meadows, but it was worth it!

Wednesday, Mom made appointments for Lane and I to get massages while Dad and Brad golfed and Chris and Alex did some last minute shopping for our Thanksgiving Christmas! Lane and I both decided that Cynthia gave us one of the best massages ever and felt so relaxed after! We all went to visit Chris's church and Youth Group that he has been volunteering for! It was a great service and had some really good worship...Then it was back home for some more Wii!

Turkey Day/ Christmas morning was next! Brad and I will be in Australia with his family over Christmas so we celebrated with my family early! Brad and I got some really nice things, most of mine were for the house and clothes and Brad received clothes, Cowboys parafanella, and really cool shoes! We gave Alex a sushi and sake set, Lane got a coach cluth and bracelet and Chris got a scarf and the full Chronicles of Narnia book collection. Mom and Dad got a free stay here in McKinney and dinner for two at Ricks! What more could they ask for? HaHa, I love family gift time... Although its not the reason for the season by any means, its still a fun tradition!

Mom made a heck of a Thanksgiving meal and completely out did herself! She made all of our favorites that we grew up with, so delicious! Lane made a new and special dessert that will most likely become a tradition! Then we took family pictures as seen above!

Typical!

We all went shopping on Black Friday and it was a little crazy! But after seeing Four Christmases and eating at Cheesecake Factory we were more than pleased! It was a great trip and we all had so much fun hanging out and eating lots of food!

Over 1,500 Lives!!!

2008-11-24T21:17:00.005-06:00

It is official! Within just 9 months of opperations 25 has changed the lives of over 1,500 people! The 25 team is absolutely floored by the way God has used this company. A few things you might need to know about 25; 25 is not just a shirt it is a life changed! Since 25 opened in February (2/5/08) God has blessed the company with resources galore. We got a spot on a Radio Talk show out of Arizona that brought loads of orders in. We were hooked up with Horizon camps, thanks to Jerry, and have made huge contacts through that. We currently sell our shirts in a coffee shop called Monks out in Abiliene. Our college reps have been working hard to bring in big orders for us as well. Lil'25 will be in store shortly and all this has been done through people God has placed in our path. When we started we knew God was going to do something big, Real BIG, and that was 1,500 lives ago! He is not finished and neither are we! Who has been affected? Rwanda, Africa; every shirt sold gave a person clean water for life, Central/South America; every shirt sold provided the casting for a child born with club foot, a child destined to never walk was healed, India; every shirt provided a family a chicken and a rooster to eat, raise and sell, Galveston, Texas; every shirt is sending building supplies, clothing or toiletries to the victims of Hurricane IKE. Go save a life, buy a shirt!
http://www.25cloth.com

Life is...

2008-11-20T17:32:00.005-06:00

Sweet, This past October 24, 2008 my older brother married his beautiful wife Lane. The ceremony was absolutely gorgeous, the weather could not have been more perfect! The sunset beautifully behind the couple as they vowed their love to each other. I watched my brother's face as he smiled from ear to ear at his new bride, and I could barely hold back my tears. I love you Alex and Lane Jacobsen!

Me and the new Sista!
The beautiful couple!

Reunions, Baylor Homecoming was so much fun this year! Brad and I stayed with his Sister and her husband, Emily and Kolby, for the weekend. We brought Nala (75lbs.) and Bentley(50lbs.) along for the trip and it definitely made things interesting. The Arita's stayed with us too and they brought their dog Judge(45lbs or so). So all together there were 4 medium to large breed dogs in a 900 sq.ft. apart... Semi disasterous! Nothing was damaged and we had a great time visiting wiht friends and family but the dogs were happy to get back to thier own backyard! I think my favorite parts of the weeked was the awesome Baylor game where we barely lost to Missouri and the yummy caramel chocolate apples that we made late saturday night!
So Good!!!

Busy, Brad and I have been working long hours and long weeks for the last few weeks and it has definitely shown in my workout routine... which has actually just been non-existant. I have got to get back into it... 25Cloth has been doing very well for its first year. And has been changing lives all over the world. The youth have been getting involved too, which is always fun. I have been working with our event cordinator/sales & marketing director at Rick's for about a month now and I am really enjoying the change of pace. Brad has a new business that he is partnering in that will be up in running in January, and we are very excited about it as well.

Victorious, Baylor beat A&M, which is awesome for Baylor fans everywhere, then again any win is great/amazing! Sic 'em Bears! I have been playing indoor soccer on a co-ed team and this last week I scored my first goal, but it wasn't just any goal, it was the game tying goal. We had been down the whole game and within the last minute and a half, I scored!! Woo Hoo! What a rush! Brad is still playing basketball with his adult team and loves every minute of it!

A Blessing, Brad and I have been blessed with great educations, financial stability, and stable jobs. This past year we were introduced to a lady named Ana and her kids. Ana is the definition of a servant, possibly a modern day Mother Teressa, here in McKinney, TX. Ana saw a need and met it with a solution. Ana, her two girls and husband live in a small apartment complex in McKinney where many day laborers and other low income families live. When Ana moved in she had two beautiful girls Maria Helena and Isabella. Now Ana has forty kids that she takes in after school from 5-7. Ana provides a safe place for the kids to grow and learn and to really just be kids. She helps each everyone of them with their homework, teaching them in spanish and in english. She also holds ESL classes for their parents and leads a Bible Study once a week. Brad and I feel so blessed to know Ana and her kids, we love getting to hang out with them in the afternoons/evenings after we get off work. This year we are helping Ana throw a Christmas party for the kids. With the help of many others, each child is going to get to experience Christmas and the gifts that it brings! Through Ana's efforts these kids are getting a great education, their parents are learning English and getting better jobs, and their finances are becoming more stable. Ana works so hard everyday and she never tires. She will tell you, with tears in her eyes, that the greatest reward is for one child to learn. Ana is a blessing to everyone she meets! We love her so much!

interesting....

2008-10-12T21:37:00.003-05:00

I have been at a loss for interesting news/words for my blog...I have been carrying my camera around in my purse and still nothing has happened. I had a pretty busy week though. Monday night was girls night where I laughed harder than I had in a while! I love my SSC girls. Tuesday night Brad had a basketball game, always fun to watch him play, but the kid has a bum knee and it has been swollen ever since. Wednesday night was church when I started to feel a little cold come on. Thursday night we went to dinner at Uncle Julio's with Brad's parents, in celebration of our scuba certification. By Thursday night I had also lost my voice and it really hurt to talk. I worked a double on Friday, which not only was I sick the whole day I also missed my future sister in law's bachelorette party, Sorry Lane. Couldn't sleep Friday night too much coughing and drainage. Saturday I tried to sleep in but my sweet husband wanted muffins for breakfast so of course I made them. Went to work Saturday night and missed Dave's B-day party... Didn't sleep last night more sick coughing and crap. Slept the day away today... and I am finally starting to feel better...

All this to say I told you so... I have nothing interesting to share...

Sorry for the time you wasted reading this!

What's new with you?

2008-09-29T18:00:00.002-05:00

As I was talking to my BFF Caylin this afternoon we asked each other this question.... And both of us answered the same, NOTHING!!! Isn't it a weird thought? Is there really nothing new with me? I mean everyday is a new day and normally include a new experience. Like today at work I waited on several new people... I got a new haircut... I ate a new bag of popcorn... I am writing a new post...so on and so on... Anyways, I think next time I ask this question or get asked this question that I will answer literally! On the other hand I get sad when I have to ask this question becuase that means I haven't spent enough time with whoever I am talking to. Like my roommates or besties.

Anyhoos... What's new with you? Literally!

Plastic, Plastic and more Plastic

2008-09-08T21:53:00.002-05:00

That's the diagnosis! After Bentley's exploratory surgery this afternoon, the doctor found a good bit of plastic sitting in his belly. Now, Brad and I do not claim to be expert parents, but we do keep a close eye on our dogs and we pretty much know exactly what, when, where, and how they have gotten into something. So we were both a little surprised to hear that this is what the doctor found. Well, we have done some deductive reasoning and we think that the plastic came from the backyard. This is really the only time that the dogs are "unsupervised." So the culprit of Bentley's belly ache is believed to be a plastic flower pot. The easiest way to prove our hypothesis would be to count the flower pots and see if there is one missing... not so much the case for us. When we moved in the previous owners had all types of flower pots in the backyard. Some were being used as barriers, so their dog couldn't go under the fence, some actually have flowers in them, one is actually a frying pan substituted as a flower pot and others are somewhat unidentifiable! So needless to say, we have no idea if one is missing! But seeing that they are the highest abundance of plastic in our backyard,the percentage is very high that the flower pot is what Bentley ate! Crazy! Anyways, the next thing on our list is a new fence and with that the disposal of unwanted flower pots.

Thanks for all the sweet comments and puppy prayers! Bentley will get to come home tomorrow as long as he doesn't have any complications tonight from his surgery earlier today!

Surgery... ;(

2008-09-08T09:26:00.002-05:00

Well, the doctor called and surgery it is... Poor Bentley! He will go in this afternoon and figure out why my puppy is so sick. I should have an update later this afternoon. The doctor did say that Bentley was as happy as ever...Still jumping, licking and giving big hugs to anyone who will let him. This made me smile!

Puppy Prayers are more than welcome! God cares about the things that we care about, and so for Brad and I's sake we are praying that Bentley will be back at our home ASAP! We love him so much!

Nala just let me know that she is really ready for Bentley to come home too. She loves her brother very much! She promises that the next time she gets to hang out with her cousin Maya, she will be super sweet and will love to play!

Mom, where did my brother go?

2008-09-07T20:17:00.003-05:00

Yesterday morning I had to take Bentley back to the vet. He has not been able to keep anything down since Wednesday. Friday (the first vet visit) the doc told me that if he throws up one more time that he has to come back for some xray type test. No, big deal, but he was running a fever and throwing up, so the vet said it is most likely bacterial. Nothing, an antibiotic can't fix. Well, sure enough Bentley couldn't hold his dinner down and Yesterday it was back to the vet. The doc came in, I told him what happened and he said he needed to keep my baby for the weekend. WHAT! WHY! whats wrong? How much is that going to cost? As it turns out the reason he needed to keep Bentley there was because he couldn't run the test until today. I never thought I would be saying this but as I walked out of the vet, I started to cry. I was really sad that he had to stay there all weekend and I just felt like I was abandoning him. I am an animal lover, always have been. But Bentley and Nala aren't just dogs to me, they are our family! Brad laughs at me when I mention them as family, but I know he loves them a lot so I don't mind too much! Anyways, Now I feel like Nala keeps looking at me and asking where her brother went. Well, the doc is supposed to call tomorrow and let me know what he found... such as a foriegn object (toys, wood, trash, anything thats clearly not supposed to be digested)or if it is just the bacterial infection. I am really hoping for the infection... foreign object = surgery = $200. I am ready to go get Bentley and bring him home, its just not the same around here without him!
This is right after we got Nala, almost 2 years ago... Sweet Bentley loves his little, yet way bigger, Sister!

I'm Yours, Lucky to be in love with my best friend!

2008-09-02T18:54:00.002-05:00

A couple of nights ago Brad bought a new cd. I scolded him at first saying we didn't have money for these kinds of purchases, like any good wife on a budget would do. Determined not to like the CD, He told me to just listen and so I did. I loved it! And here comes the mushy lovey stuff, Brad told me that this was his new song for me. I smiled and grabbed his hand, and just loved listening to the sweet lyrics of the song. When it was over my heart was filled with more and more love for my sweet husband! The next song came on and it was a new one to both of us. As we sat there holding hands, the words spoke right to our hearts. The chorus of the song says "Lucky to be in love with my best friend, Lucky to have been where I have been, Lucky to be coming home again..." We were smiling from ear to ear and it was just one of those moments that you wish you could pause and replay whenever you want! Now everytime we get in the car together we put the CD on and sing along to our two new songs! Thanks Jason Mraz, we love your new CD! I added the songs to my playlist so you can sing along!

Ode to the bloggiest blogger!

2008-08-27T09:45:00.003-05:00

Thank you Thank you Thank you, Brittney!!!! I love my new header and blog! You are so sweet to do this for me!!! For those who don't know Mrs. Brittney Poe, you must go check out her precious blog and her beautiful family!!! www.thepoefam.blogspot.com

One Year of Happiness is worth celebrating!

2008-08-26T20:04:00.005-05:00

We did it! We made it a whole year! Haha! Brad and I celebrated our first year of marriage in true Texas style, well kind of! We spent Sunday night and Monday day at the Gaylord Texan. Wooooo! It was beautiful and so much fun! We walked the whole place when we got there and just loved it! Then we got all fancy for our dinner at Ama Lur, we were served a cross of Mexican, Sea, and Texas style food. I had Sea Bass and Brad had steak, it was delicious! We headed back to the room where champagne was waiting and... We woke up the next morning to breakfast in bed and watched some TV before we started our day! Grapevine Mills was top on our list with a day full of shopping. We finished our day in true luxury with our couples massage back at the Gaylord. We drove back home and made our way to dinner at Rick's. We were all dressed up and our wedding cake top from a year ago was in hand, but unfortunately Brad was sick. He tried so hard to ignore the pain he was feeling but it was too much. So instead of Rick's I had a Quiznos salad and instead of a Romantic dinner, I nursed my sick baby back to health. High Point of the evening was that we were together and happy! I decided to go ahead and cut into our cake and it was Perfect! Just like I had remembered! Thanks for keeping it fresh in your freezer Margaret! You can finally have your tupperware back! And thanks to all our friends and family that have helped make our first year together so wonderful! Here are a few pics from the weekend! The Gaylord Texan

Ama Lur Cactus blue cornbread, So Good!

At the Spa! Relax...
No Really!
One year later and still taste great!

That Good Ole Baylor Line

2008-08-19T21:47:00.003-05:00

Ehhhhhhhhhhhh..... Sic 'Em Bears! Go get 'em Russell! Tomorrow is the day that Russell will embark on his first year of Baylor! We are all so Proud! Love ya Russ!

My new favorite store!!!

2008-08-19T21:26:00.002-05:00

So today after work I took a little walk around the square in downtown McKinney. As I made my way I noticed this little shop called Stonewood Creations. It had a bunch of Texas/Rustic looking stuff in the door/window way and so I decided to go in. I loved what I found... I knew it was a good little place when I saw this little BU magnet! Anyone who has ever tried to buy Baylor paraphernalia knows that it is close to impossible unless you are at the Baylor bookstore! So I am sure you can imagine my excitement to find something in McKinney. The owner does all his own work and does a good job too. After getting to know him I realized his connection to Baylor was actually because he grew up in Waco, when Baylor was a football power house. I told him Brad and I's Baylor blood lines as he led me over to another Baylor original. It was an iron yard post with a BU on top completed with the Baylor Bear. Needless to say I fell in love and it is now standing proud in my front yard! Tom (shop owner) said he does a lot of custom orders, so even if you don't share my love for Baylor I think you will like this little rustic, McKinney, Texas shop! They don't have a website, keeps it authentic, so you will just have to come see for yourself! While your there come see me for lunch at Ricks!

Just need to brag for a minute!

2008-08-15T18:27:00.004-05:00

I received a sweet surprise last night when my husband walked in the door. What did he have? Flowers and a card! I felt so special and loved! The card was silly and sweet, just like my wonderful husband! The flowers are beautiful and sitting in our kitchen, they really brighten up the place! Fresh flowers may be come a necessity, haha! That's all really, I just needed to brag on my main man! Thank you baby! I love you so much!!!

Fine!!!!!

2008-08-14T16:52:00.005-05:00

Fine, I will write a new post.... Haha! I realize its been a month or so since my last post and I deeply apologize... This is a post of many different topics including: Moving, Mexico, Work, So you think you can dance and my favorite Olympics...

Moving:

We did it! We moved into our new home and it is all ours! so nice! We got to spend a total of 10 hours in the house before Brad left for 8 days... You heard me right 10 hours and then 8 days! Crazy I know! Wow, was it a test for me! Boxes were everywhere and my husband was nowhere near. But, Lord Jesus my Savior, saved me from doing it all alone. I had lots of help from family and friends! The list includes: Margaret and Brian (in laws), Kolby and Emily (sis in law and hubby), Vince and Autumn Walsh (good friends and great day laborers!), Cameron Culver, Jeff Steinbaugh, and Matt Poe (the Movers/Heavy lifters), Rachel Ballard (Master kitchen packer and decorator extrodaniar, sp?), Brittney Poe and Quinn (maker of all things crafty, shopping partner, and the little entertainer, Q dogg), Dani Dillard, Caylin Whitten, and Courtney Scott (great company and friends on my last night home alone)! With all this help I was able to get most of the house put together before Brad got home! Seeing his face when he walked in the door was priceless and his sweet praises were worth the hard work! Come over and see us!

Mexico:

Tijuana, Mexico stole my husbands heart for eight days! The conditioners were rough and the sights heart breaking but the way he got to serve the people and the Lord as he was there was inspirational. While he was there he built a house and ministered to Kids during VBS. His spirit was full of joy and passion when I picked him up from the airport! I was so glad to have him home!!!

Work:

Work is going well. I am ready for fall to come because we are much busier! Thats really all!

So you Think you can Dance:

Brad and I's reality TV show... like some of you, I was shocked that Brad watched it with me... but he was completely mesmorized by the Hip Hoppers and everyone's ability to dance. His Favorite from the beginning won, Joshua, and that made the show all the more great! We also watch American Gladiators and Run's House! Love it!

Olympics:

I can still remember the day in fifth grade when I got to play the olympic song on my recorder over the loud speaker. It was the mark that our field day/olympics had begun. Some events included; egg in the spoon race, arm wrestling (i was really good because I was a gymnast and really strong), cracker whistle contest, 100m dash (also really good at) and several others... anyways, I get super excited every four years when the olympics come around and great memories come back to me from that faithful field day. I start dreaming olympic dreams in my sleep... so far I have swam against Michael Phelps, competed in the all around in gymnastics where I fell off the beam and woke myself up, and have been best friends with the USA mens B-Ball team. I am not really sure whats next but I am feeling a track medal coming on, probably the 4x4. Needless to say I am obsessed. I have stayed up late and recorded as much as my DVR will allow. There is currently an American Flag waving in my living room... I use it during the medal ceremonies and the National Anthem is on repeat in my head. These are definitely my favorite two weeks every four years! Its only 2 if you count the winter games!!! Woo Hoo! USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA!!!!!!!! Tell me your not chanting!

Mortgage here we come!

2008-06-29T21:58:00.004-05:00

It is OFFICIAL! We have signed the contract... we are first time ever home owners! WOO HOO! There were days when I didn't think it was possible... But God knew... don't you just love his Faithfulness!?! We do! Anyhoos, here are some pictures!

Few updates we will make are... flooring, painting, and a deck outside! Over time of course, as the money allows us too! I am looking forward to getting decorative techniques from Brittney and Dani (who just started blogging, check out her and Dave's cute blog!) My Mom and Mom in law will help too I am sure! Please! Needless to say we are really excited and can't wait to move in!

Snoring...

2008-06-26T03:11:00.003-05:00

It is 3:11am and I am sleepless in McKinney. My husband is finally home and is snoring the night away, literally. The poor guy has been a little sick himself, and unfortunately it brings the snores out of him. He is seriously snoring in like 18 different languages, if snoring were considered a language that is. Russian, German, really any slavic language that requires a good "HHHAAAAGGGG" at the beginning of it. He also has that African clicking language down pat, which he does hope to go to Africa soon so that one should come in handy. He does a good French snore too, since the French are known to be so romantic, I consider this snore, the one of very heavy breathing, to be sweet nothings in my ear, **insert sarcasm** so sweet. There are more I am just too tired to remember them all. However, I think I could be a huge asset to the CIA one day... I know how to translate snoring. I can see it now, a new gang of snore artist are destroying cities everywhere and they must be stopped. "Quick, get that Remy Webb girl on the phone, she can crack this code!"

Lucky for me Brad hardly ever keeps me awake, and I am very thankful for that! Get well soon, Babe, get well soon.

Brad's Gone Log!

2008-06-25T14:46:00.004-05:00

Scroll all the way down... I have lots of new post! I wanted to give you some insight into my life when Brad is a way... He is finally back so now I can post them all! They are in order by date! You have to go to my older post to see the earliest ones!

Wednesday 6/25/08

2008-06-25T14:44:00.003-05:00

The wait is finally over! Brad just called and said they are about 30 minutes away... YAY! I am not feeling great, but I am really happy that he is home.... Talk to you later I have to go get my husband! Thank you Jesus for keeping him safe!

Tuesday 6/24/08

2008-06-25T14:40:00.003-05:00

Sick Sick Sick... The doctor thinks it is a strep throat rash.... never heard of it... the strep test came back negative, but he gave me amoxicillan anyways. If it really isn't strep than, its viral and it will just have to run its course. Not fun... now I have to miss work tonight and tomorrow. back to rest, three cheers for Brad though he is home tomorrow!

Monday 6/23/08

2008-06-25T14:38:00.002-05:00

Went to work this morning and I am not feeling much better... now I am nausiated too. I called the doctor and I am supposed to go in tomorrow... the rash is getting worse too. what a bummer. Brad is feeling better though, so thats good!

Sunday 6/22/08

2008-06-25T14:34:00.002-05:00

What a day... I woke up this morning with a strange rash on my arms and legs... I went to the clinic and they said its a mild dermititis. But when I got home from the doctor, I just wasn't feeling good... my whole body was sore and achey and I was really tired...I took a good nap and then went to hang out with the Mom in law! She also needed some shoes and some clothes for her trip... we had a lot of fun... I got her all dressed up! We met Brian (dad in law) for dinner after his round of golf at BJ's. Yummy... Unfortunately I can't say that I am feeling much better at this point... time for bed!

Saturday 6/21/08

2008-06-25T14:31:00.004-05:00

Brad's gone again... High school youth camp this time, last week was middle school. Mom left to so I am all alone again... I have work today though, So I will be pretty busy. It was nice to see Brad for atleast one night... I think it was a total of 16 hours. And he is sick...poor guy needs some rest and another week at camp isn't promising any rest! I am praying for him to get better! I can't wait til he gets home on Wednesday!

Firday 6/20/08

2008-06-25T14:19:00.003-05:00

Brad comes home today! I can't wait to see him! This morning mom and I are going to go look at some houses with Brad and I's realtor. She is really excited to help us look and I am glad she is coming along. Mom loves to shop! Even if it is for someone elses house! **Side Note: Mom you should be a proffessional shopper, they have those you know!** Yesterday was absolutely wonderful... the spa day was great! We had lunch at my new favorite place, SPOONS, and then went shopping! We both got shoes, so much fun and a couple of other things! Dinner was amazing, everything was cooked to perfection! I know I am partial because I work at Rick's, but our chef is the best! We started off with the Crabcake which is the dish that got chef the job! It was fabulous. Then we split the chophouse salad... my mom was in awe... she kept saying that is was the best Salad she had ever had! It was so cute! Then for the entrees, we had a filet carpetbagger and the cowboy ribeye. We both ate about half of our steaks and decided the rest needed to go home for Brad to have. Plus we had to save room for dessert. Pecan Pie, my mom's absolute most favorite pie in the world! But, she only likes how her momma made it, so I was a little nervous for chef and let him know that he had one tough critic on his hands. My mom loved it! We both enjoyed every last bite... I think she is convinced that chef has my grandma's Pecan Pie recipe!... All that being said, we were stuffed! we planned on watching a movie when we got home but went straight to be instead.

Thursday 6/19/08

2008-06-25T14:17:00.002-05:00

Mom is here and we are getting pampered! We are starting our day off with massages, pedicures and she got me a facial... then later some shopping and dinner at Ricks... I can't wait! Sorry so short but I have to get ready for a very "important" appointment with my therapist... my massage therapist that is!!! Love it!

Wednesday 6/18/08

2008-06-25T14:12:00.002-05:00

quick post! I had to come home last night after all. Russell was going to take care of the dogs for me and couldn't get in the front door. I figured I had left the dead bolt locked and since it was already 12:30 am and the dogs had been in their kennels since 4 that afternoon it was time to let them out. I came in the garage, obviously, let the dogs out, and come to find that the top dead bolt was indeed unlocked, poor Russ must have just had a hard time with the key. Anyways, off to work, Mom is coming today and I am so excited to see her!!!