blind date success

I went on my first ever blind date tonight. Thought I was married with a babe on the way? I am. It was a blind date with a bloggy friend! Caron introduced us to Katie's blog last year when she was pregnant with her little girl...instantly, we loved it. Y'all..she is hilarious. I would totally put her link on here but for some reason I am not smart enough to know how to correctly do that. It never works. (Helpful hints appreciated) You can find Katie's blog on my list...Cleared for Takeoff.

Kristy, Mary, and I have been blogstalking her for awhile now and we finally decided that since she lives nearby we just needed to meet. Tonight was the night. We met at La Hacienda and had so much fun!

I got meet Ellie Kate who is a very happy and easy baby...so cute!
We tried documenting our night. This was take 1. Just not suitable.
Could we be any more awkward?

Finally! A good one...even the baby is looking! Gotta give a shout out to Caron--she came to dinner after a long day at work and is literally due to have Molly Cate like any second! I love making new friends & like I tend to say...it doesn't get much better than a girls night at a mexican restaurant!!

We are excited to announce...

that the precious little baby you are looking at is a....

B O Y ! ! ! ! !

Our little guy was a mover and a shaker during the ultrasound. He kept moving up and down & covering his face with his hands...it was so fun to watch! He did give us a good money shot...definitely a boy!! Looks like I do in fact have that thing called mama's intuition:)

His name will be Grayson Benjamin...I'll pretend like I haven't wanted that name since high school. I got pretty lucky that I married a Benjamin!! We are thrilled & I am so excited to get started on the nursery. I can't wait to meet this sweet little man in September...just about 4 more months!!

atlanta recap...so long insecurity!

This past weekend I went back to Atlanta to see Beth Moore...live! I went with my mom, aunt Terri, & my cousin Blakely. There were 9,500 women among us...that is A LOT of estrogen in one church!! Here we are during our lunch break...Blakely is 6 months pregnant & due about 6 weeks before me!

The conference was great...Beth Moore is so funny! She reminds me a little of a tiny Texas version of Paula Deen. I'm a fan:)

I am in the middle of reading her newest book, "So Long Insecurity," and so far it is great. I recommend it! There were 300,000 women across the North America tuning in to her simulcast...isn't that amazing?! She kept talking about how lots of Christians pray and ask God for guidance...but sometimes we don't always trust what He wants us to do. What if every Christian always did exactly what the Lord told them to do? How different would our lives be? I know that is something that I need to work on. Being still enough to actually listen...and do.

It was a great weekend at "home" and I am so happy I got to see the fam. We went to dinner at La Paz (yum in my prego tum) with my parents, aunt and uncle, Blakely, Wes, and their little boy. I had not seen Ashton is SO long! In fact, last time I saw him he was a baby who could not talk & now he is like a little boy! We had fun & I am hoping I will get to see more of them this summer before Ashton becomes a big brother!

Tomorrow is our BIG DAY! I haven't been able to sleep because I am so excited to find out what our sweet baby is! I am just praying that he/she cooperates and gives us a chance to see the goods!!

19 weeks

*How far along?: 19 weeks and 1 day...this is flying by!
*How big is your baby? a mango--6 inches long!
*Total weight gain?: not a clue
*Sex: TUESDAY! TUESDAY!! TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!! Pray that this baby cooperates!
*Maternity clothes: all maternity pants...belly seems to grow by the day!
*Stretch marks: None yet!
*Sleep: Great...I've been tired!

*Best moment this week: a stranger asked when I was due...guess I really do look pregnant!
*Movement: not yet...hoping I can feel it any day now!

*Food cravings: haven't had any cravings in a while
*Labor signs: no way jose

*Belly button in or out: in
*What I miss: a bra that fits. need I say more?
*What I'm looking forward to: our baby will have a NAME in just 2 days!!! I am so excited...don't think I will sleep until Tuesday night!!!

Can you tell that my Huddy missed his mama while I was in Atlanta this weekend? :) More on my fun weekend tomorrow! Off to spend time with my sweet hubby who may or may not be having "sympathy" prego pains...haha...

your neck is red.

I saw this truck as I drove through East Bumble and Middle-of-Nowhere...both lovely towns in Tennessee. I have 2 thoughts when looking at this...
1. Duh. You are a redneck. Plain and simple. And probably proud of it, right?
2. Over-compensating. I mean, really.



Can't say that I wasn't impressed by this man who has a red neck...it made me take a picture and laugh (at him, of course).

18 weeks

*How far along?: 18 weeks and 1 day...seriously? almost halfway there?!

*How big is your baby? about 5.5 inches long...the size of a sweet potato

*Total weight gain?: my scale says about 2lbs. I never know.

*Sex: we find out in 9 DAYS!!!!

*Maternity clothes: my shirts still fit...wearing maternity pants.

*Stretch marks: Nope. I am lathering up with my Mama Mio lotion once or twice a day. I am really hoping it works!

*Sleep: Great...I've been tired!
*Best moment this week: We gave Caron a baby shower for little Molly Cate!!

*Movement: not yet...hoping I can feel it any day now!
*Food cravings: fruit, cape cod salt & vinegar chips, and chocolate milk...still not a fan of sweets right now which is weirding me out!

*Labor signs: nope
*Belly button in or out: in

*What I miss: margaritas!!

*What I'm looking forward to: getting REALLY excited about finding out what this baby is on the 27th! Our little babe needs a name!

why do we call them showers?

Today the 1st grade team threw Caron a baby shower because she is only THREE WEEKS (don't panic, CJ!) away from giving birth! Ahh...I just can't wait to meet Molly Cate!

Here are the first grade teachers. We are a pretty small school, can you tell? (I kid, I kid...) Um, by the way? Why am I larger than the 37 week prego? That is just wrong. Remember the pretty scrap book paper I bought at Hobby Lobby? I made a banner with it! You can't see the cute patterns in this picture...but I thought it turned out pretty well!
We like food in first grade. We got our grub on after school!
SUPER cute cupcakes courtesy of Mary! She needs to sell these little things. They taste even better than they look...is that possible?! Doesn't get much better than a monogrammed cupcake!

I can't wait to see a little girl in that teeny dress!

She wore an itsy, bitsy, teeny, weeny....

I promise I am not lying. Caron really is having a baby in 3 weeks! Cutest little bump ever.

That's all folks! Happy shower day, CJ! Now that the party is over, Molly Cate is officially allowed to come!!