Maternity Pictures

Maternity Pictures

I am a terrible person <gasp> I waited until the very last minute to schedule and take my maternity pictures. To be honest as I got bigger and bigger and the weeks kept climbing I was debating whether or not to even take pictures. I kept going back and forth and Dave was just as bad as I was about "caring" about such mundane things. In the end I am really glad that I went ahead and scheduled the shoot as our pictures turned out fabulous.

I chose to use the same photographer my sorority sisters and I used to take our 10 year AKAversarry pictures Daniel T. Davis Photography in Houston, TX. I One of my biggest fears was the weather, January maternity pictures just didn't appeal to me and I figured they would turn out blah. However, Sunday Jan 12th was the perfect day to take pictures as the weather really cooperated with us and it was not too cold or windy. Even though I am 37 weeks in the pictures, I will go ahead and toot my own horn by saying that I look really good to be so far along in my pregnancy. I remember various women, Dave's mom and mine, saying how my nose would spread and how I would be enormous (which is the perfect thing to say to a pregnant woman).

The location of Herman Park was chosen by Dave and if I do say so myself it was a really lovely location.

Baby Shower Invite

Baby Shower Invite

So now that we know our baby boy is coming in January, Dave and I have started to register for our upcoming co-ed baby shower. FYI registering with Dave took all the patients in the world, he kept making me want to smack him because he had a question for almost every item we scanned. I never knew one little person could need so much and after an hour at Babies R' Us I was ready to throw in the towel. Luckily my husband realized this and made the day go smoother with jokes and an Olive Garden lunch.
Since we are in the process of registering and will be having a shower on November 9th, I got my links husband to create he invite to our festive party. The invites came back looking amazing and after placing our registry information inside I  sent them off ASAP. In total I mailed around 85 invites to family and friends, and look forward to celebrating my pregnancy with everyone. The theme of my baby shower is Children books and we have asked everyone to bring a book in lieu of a card. My mom and sister are hosting the event and after shedding many a tear and even yelling at my sister over this event  (call it pregnancy hormones or her lazy ass behavior) I can't wait to see what they come up with. 

Gender Reveal!!!!!

Gender Reveal!!!!

Our baby is a boy and Dave and I are both over the moon with excitement and cant wait to meet him in 2014. I really couldn't hide how happy I was at finding out about the sex of the baby I had been carrying for the past 5 months. The gender reveal box was a real labor of love as it took me around 2 hours to make, my photographer loved it so much I told her she could have it. When we have our next child I will make a new box. Here are a few pictures from the gender reveal we did Sunday September 22nd in Dallas, I am 21 weeks in these pictures.

Facebook Post

Facebook Post

We did it, we posted our Facebook announcement last Sunday(16w 3d) and now the world knows about peanut.  Well not the world, but all 300+of my friends and family.  The picture above is the photo we used to announce that a new Lokey is on the way and we had so much love from everyone about our news. Facebook isn't really the best way to announce to close family members a new addition, so I sent out a mass text message at week 15 to let everyone know. It's over and it's out there  and now I can't take it back, peanut I pray you continue to grow healthy and strong there are so many people who want to meet you.