Sunday, July 25, 2010

big brother dinner celebration


Well... its 3 weeks till baby kate arrives. We still arent sure if carson understands that he is about to be a big brother which worries me. We decided to have a big brother dinner for carson and his best friend matthew. I made them tshirts that said big brother, and all their favorite foods which consisted of pizza, cupcakes, coke, ice cream. yum yum yum!!

Carson loves cupcakes...can you tell??!!

We sang happy birthday to baby!!!

they received big brother certificates and I tried to read them a book about being a big brother but that didnt go over too well. At least when you ask carson who is going to be a big brother he replies with such enthusiam...I am going to be a big brother!!

guess who is going to be a big brother!!
I am starting to get a little frantic about the baby coming..I have been having lower abdominal cramping a lot lately, but they dont last too long but it does hurt a bit. I am not sure if I will last till the 18th of august. I have been constantly cleaning cleaning and cleaning to get things ready. Taking things out of the closet..making a mess and then putting them back into the closet..how crazy is that. But you should see what a disaster the rooms are.
We went to the zoo this morning, thought it was going to be decent weather since it was early but when we got into the car, it read 104 degrees. Chad, carson and I were all miserably hot. I dont think we will be doing that again anytime soon.


Sunday, July 18, 2010

baby shower!!!


This weekend was a very busy one...Christine and Nicki threw me a baby shower on saturday. It was so much fun and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

Dessert Table by Christine Joe!!!
This was the first party christine has ever thrown....and she did comment that she wont be doing another one for at least 3 years! :P She worked really hard on it and even suprised me a gumdrop topiary centerpiece which I saw online and commented how much I liked it.

Like Kids in a candy store!!
Everyone came into town from shreveport

Great time with family!!
mom worked really hard on the shower...She is getting to be an expert on the diaper cake!

How beautiful and sweet!!
and Nin nin made the cutest and i mean cutest baby stroller fruit arrangement.
We received so many great gifts for the baby..which we have decided will be called kate marie kolb. She is going to be very stylish...thats all I have got to say!


I cant believe it is going to be 1 month to the day that we will have a baby girl in our lives. 1 month..unbelievable. How time does fly. I cant believe carson is almost 2 and a half!! Oh, I won a crib at one of my moms groups...I was so stunned and could not believe it!! I cant wait for them to drop ship it to me so I can take pictures of it to post.
Still exhausted from the weekend...at least its a 4 day week for me!!

Sunday, July 11, 2010

giants of the savannah!!


Carson riding on the elephant!!
Boy the rains were in rare form this weekend. My friend Kenya and her family were in town and we had plans to go to the dallas zoo. Luckily, the rains let up enough for us to go for a little bit. The dallas zoo has a new exhibit..the giants of the savannah. To be honest with you, everytime we go to the zoo..we really dont get to see that many animals so I wasnt holding my breath this time either. Much to my suprise, the new exhibit was pretty nice

At the Dallas Zoo!!
The kids were all in awe of the big lions,giraffes, cheetahs,etc.

Oh so close to the cheetahs!!!

The giraffe came right up to the people and was practically face to face with us. And Carson kept calling for them to mere (come here).

Carson had a great time getting the giraffe to "come here"
It was a good day, but man with the humidity and me being 33 weeks pregnant...I was like in a sauna AND i felt like I was having hot flashes!! Carson still hasnt really figured out that its not best that I carry him.
Yesterday, chad and I decided it was time to clean the pantry out and organize it..so off to the container store it was. We ended up throwing out half of the stuff in our pantry, but hopefully with our new organization..it will cut back on how much we throw away next time.

the new and improved pantry!!
I guess you can say that we are "nesting"...maybe its just chad thats nesting. It apparently seems as though he is the one that is going through this pregnancy by himself...complaining of how tired he is..how hungry he is...how much weight he has gained and how much we need to clean up before the baby! lol.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

4th of July celebration


Well with the hurricanes hitting cancun, we have been getting all sorts of rain. Unfortunately, it rained on the 3rd of july when we were going to go to kaboom town to watch the fireworks..actually, it was raining around 6:30pm so we decided to put carson down to sleep at his normal bedtime of 7pm thinking the rain was going to keep pouring down..however, it did stop and i am sure there were fireworks to be seen yesterday. Today the weather held up and we were able to go to diana's house for a bbq and swimming.

Swimming and basking in the sunshine!

We ended up staying over there for 5 hours...Carson had a blast swimming ( he is absolutely fearless) and he thinks he can swim since he has his floaties on. I on the other hand at 7.5 months pregnant chose not to subject people to having to see me in a bathing suit, so for the 5 hours we were there, all I did was Eat and Eat and Eat. Yes, somebody please help me...I have a problem.

Celebrating the 4th of july with family


Carson smooth talking the girls

I was someone productive today, I made Diana a jello cake for her birthday, made chocolate chip cookies, and I finished Carson's scrapbook for 2009..man that took FOREVER. I have so many pictures its ridiculous!! Its so crazy to see how much carson has grown from a year ago. Its so cute that he calls for mommy when he wakes up or how he says Mere for come here or how he puckers his lips when he says juice. Its the little things that make me smile. He was actually sharing with his cousin Jayson today at diana's..giving him juice and sharing his trains.

Playing and sharing with his cousins

It gives me hope that he will be a great big brother.