He's Here!

He's Here!

Kai is here and I couldn't be more thrilled. He is such an amazing little person and the fact that he is ours is such a humbling experience. I have waited so long for him that now that he's here it feels almost surreal. Although I haven't gotten a wink of sleep since he has arrived I am terrified that something will happen to him, crazy I know but I'm a FTM so I can be crazy. Here are a few pictures from right after he was born and a few that were taken in the days after.

Daddy and Son

Dreaming sweet dreams

Daddy and son

Hey good looking!

Somebody is sleepy

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.

Belly Cast DONE!

Belly Cast DONE!

My mom and I finally got around to making my belly cast last night and I think it turned out great. I wanted something tangible to commemorate my pregnancy and the birth of my son and I am so glad I came across belly casting on Pinterest. Overall it did not take very long to do, around 45min start to finish. My mom and I had a hard time keeping the linen strips straight and not knotted together, but once you get into the groove things got smoother for us. I got my belly casting kit from Zulily for $15 but it can be purchased at Amazon as well. I will post pictures after I paint it, but for now here is a look at my cast. I must say it is pretty amazing to see what everyone else sees when they look at me.

Linen Strips and Warm Water

Finished Product!!

My Mom and helper

Gifts, Gifts, Gifts, and More Gifts: My Book Theme Baby Shower

Sister and Cousin Please excuse background it was time to clean up

Gifts, Gifts, Gifts, and More Gifts: My Book Theme Baby Shower

As a stated in a previous post I had my shower on November 9, 2013 and both my mother and sister were hosting the event. My sister doesn't live in my city anymore and therefore most of the planning took place by phone and email, which lead to loots of frustration and tears on my part. In my family, especially on my mothers side, there is a running joke that I may be just a tad too boogie (high class) for my own good. My sister constantly wants to remind that my champagne taste don't go with my beer budget.  So long story short we had many fights over what I wanted for my shower. 

The theme of the shower was a Co-ed Children's Book theme and thanks to Pinterest I had so many ideas, maybe too many, for my hostesses to execute. Below are a few pictures from the event. We had family travel from ear and far and all in all I think the shower was great. We didn't start on time, which was a huge problem for me. However, many of  my guests were super late so I guess it all worked out. My sister also decided to use the tinniest voice in her hosting duties and the teacher in me had me jumping up to assist a lot more than I probably should have. Yes I probably ran many of the shower games, oh well. Overall I believe my shower was a success I had family and friends come from all over the US to spend the day with us, Dave sister even flew in from Canada. We had lots of great food, that I didn't get to eat at the shower because I was so busy. We also received a lot of great gifts and books for Kai, surprisingly no duplicates.  Here are a few pictures from the event.

Little guest

Give a Mouse a Cookie display

Gifts Kai is so loved

Where the wild things are table display

The Hubby and I with his parents

My baby brother and I outside the event

Mommy, Me, and my sister, they hosted the event

Cousin Jessica and I 

Me making a onsie for Kai

One of the many shirts guest made at the shower

Opening gifts 

Nursery Ideas Galore

Nursery Ideas Galore

Time has really flown and I am currently 31 weeks. I am finally starting to get Kai's room together. My husband cousin is staying with us and is the nursery room so that was holding us back from decorating. We asked that he move out of the particular room, we have a guest room he can stay in, by December 1st. However, that day has come and gone and he is still in the room. I have left his whole move in my husbands hands as it is his cousin, but now I will speak to my special house guest and tell him to pack his crap so my son has a place to sleep when he gets here. MY fear is my husband can be a tad bit LAZY and although he feels comfortable putting off decorating the nursery I don't think that will be wise. If his cousin stays in the room we will have less time to complete the nursery and Dave will become overwhelmed and start cutting corners. He will insist not everything needs to be put up and that we don't need this or that all because he is too lazy to build it.
The theme of the nursery is a Formula 1 race car theme, not to be confused with NASCAR. This theme has been exceptionally hard to get decor for, but I feel I have a few key pieces that will bring the room together nicely. I also have several DIY projects I will be starting this weekend. Below are a few of the items I have purchased and some of the ideas I will use to execute in his room.

None of the pictures below belong to me, but I did take inspiration from them in creating Kai's room.

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.