Debbie Downer

I'm having a down day...I seriously hate pregnancy hormones. I just want to say....I hate being in Austin. I hate being here with no family. I hate being here without real friends. I hate having to live here. I hate that I have so much family so far away and that my kids will have to grow up without family tradition. I hate that I have to go in for another stupid ultrasound because the baby wouldn't cooperate the first time. I hate that I'm on call at Pottery Barn tonight and could possibly work when I have three dozen cookies to ice and Frankenstein boxes to make for Blake's school. I hate that it's nice outside and I'm stuck inside.

Ok, I just really needed to be negative for a minute. I feel better....

We went to the pumpkin patch last Sunday....that was an experience, let me tell you. We drove an hour to get there and when we finally do get to the place, it's freaking 90 degrees and we find that they don't even really grow their own pumpkins!!!! We rode a tractor out to the Christmas tree field (the place is a pretty popular cut-your-own Christmas tree farm) where Blake hunted amongst the trees and the cacti for three mini pumpkins. There's just something not right about hunting for pumpkins in a field with cacti in 90-degree heat. After the little hunt, we went back to check out the imported pumpkins and they barely had any! We ended up buying our pumpkins at the local Methodist church where we've gone the past two years. Sorry about the sideways pics...Blogger wouldln't let me post them long-ways...stupid Blogger....

Blake's first bowling experience! This picture was taken about 15 seconds before Blake completely wiped out as he was trying to run after the ball on the oiled lane! He was so embarrassed!

Isn't this bowling rail neat!?! It helps the little ones get their balls down the lane. It helped Blake so much he actually bowled an 89 and won the first game! I don't even know that I can bowl an 89!!!! Check out his tiny little bowling shoes--they were cute!

So, I thought this was a pretty neat picture. It's a satellite image of the California fires. It's pretty interesting how you can see the smoke from so far away! Very tragic how many people are losing everything, though!

No News

Well....I have nothing fun to share with you other than I have a stubborn kid on my hands. The baby wouldn't move its legs at all, so we couldn't see what it was hiding. I was so upset I couldn't stop crying. I was so excited and there was so much anticipation.....FOR NOTHING. My doctor said I could come back in two weeks instead of four and he would let me do another ultrasound for free. So, that was really nice--they couldn't get all of the measurements and pictures they needed anyway, because the booger wouldn't cooperate. So...sigh...two more weeks. Man, I can already tell I have an awnry one on my hands....anyway...I'm super disappointed and upset.

I got Blake's Halloween yesterday! I was sssoooo excited! It was the second to last one left, it was on sale for half off and then an additional 25% off at Baby Gap!!! Blake tried it on at the store and had to walk around and growl at people while refusing to take it off! It was pretty interesting! He eventually asked to take if off, so we escaped having to walk through the mall with him in costume--thank the lord! He's going to a Halloween party Saturday, so he'll get the chance to wear it then! Our neighborhood association is doing a party and then we'll go Trick or Treating with a boy from Blake's school on the actual night of Halloween, so he'll get lots of wear out of the costume this year!!!!

My Kid's a Bully

So, Blake got to go to a birthday party Saturday--well, actually he got to go to two in a row, but I only have a funny story about one of the parties. We were at Matthew's bowling party first--Matthew is my friend from work Hollee's son--and I stepped outside with my friend Chris for just a minute to get something out of his car that he had for Blake for his birthday. I come back after leaving Blake unattended for five minutes and apparently he chooses to get in a fight with another kid! Lucky for me Hollee's mom caught Blake on film getting up in this kids' face!!!!! Apparently one of them said that Matthew was his friend and the other didn't like that, so they were fighting over whose friend Matthew was! I had no idea Blake was so possessive of his friends! But, yeah, I thought this picture was hilarious! A little frightening, but still.....funny! I have a ton of pics from the party and our trip to the "pumpkin patch" (if you want to call it taht) that I will be downloading and then uploading as soon as I feel like sitting in front of the computer and wasting my evening away! Oh, and tomorrow's baby gender day, so be waiting in anticipation for that post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THINK PINK!

18 weeks

Well, it's starting to stick out no matter what I do! I have NOTHING to wear these days! I need to buy maternity clothes, but I haven't really been looking forward to it! There's no where to go to buy anything decent! Gap's closest location is in San Antonio, about an hour away! I ordered a sweater online that was soooo super cute from Gap. I got it and it was way too huge, so I returned it to exchange it for a smaller size and they were out! So...no sweater for me! But....I guess I'll order a few things this weekend! I have to, I'm getting too big to wear anything I own anymore!

Birthday Party!

Blake and his girlfriend Haley playing in the sand

The girls posing in my pirate photo deal!

Blake's Third Birthday!

Blake's pirate face painting! It lasted about 15 minutes

The pirate ship cake!!!

Blake hitting Petey the Pirate Pinata

I don't know why, but my camera will not take videos any lighter than this no matter how light it is in the room. This isn't so much a watching video as a listening video, so I guess that's a good thing. This is Blake's theory on how babies are born. He had just told it to me, so this is the second time and he gets a little silly and doesn't quite say it the same way he did the first time, but it's still really cute! Enjoy!

Blake went to a birthday party the weekend before his party and was transformed into Spiderman! His allergies were bothering him, so he kept itching his nose and wiping the make up off, but you get the point! Luckily that stuff was completely washable!!!

Dear goodness, please kill me! This week has been ssssooooo slow at the office, I want to die! I have NOTHING to do! I've surfed all of your blogs in hopes that there's a new posting....I had some new things to look at today, but, other than that....NOTHING! So, here's a boring post for you.

Today is my 18 week mark. I would attach a picture, but Blogger won't let me right now. But, um, yeah....My allergies are really bad and I'm miserable, so....happy day. You know, I never had a single headache or a single allergy symptom when I was pregnant with Blake. In fact, my allergies went away until I got pregnant this time! Maybe I really am having a girl since things are going differently! Next Tuesday is the day! I'll have a very exciting post for you all that day! Let's keep our fingers crossed for a girl!!!!!!!!!

Lunch time! Yay!

More Pics from Blake's School Party

Here's a couple more pictures from last Friday at Blake's school. This is his whole class helping him celebrate his birthday! Aunt TT brought Blake the pumpkin bucket with candy in it, the froggy and the Thomas the Train balloon. His school really went above and beyond on his birthday! I was really excited for him!!!

I have tons and tons of pictures from Blake's party I will download soon. I think everyone had a pretty darn good time at the party. We had great weather--it must have been nearly 90 degrees, so kind of warm, but better than rain or cold! The face painter did a good job with the kids! I'll get on the picture posting sometime soon, I promise!!!

Happy Birthday Blake!!!!!!

(I don't know why this picture won't show full extent, but I guess you get the idea)

Blake is turning THREE tomorrow!!!!!! They always make a banner for the kids on their birthdays and put it outside of the door to the school. Blake's wasn't ready when I brought him in (annoying and disappointing), but his teacher sent me these pictures!

We have a huge day planned for tomorrow--I'm extremely stressed out!!!! I have about 10 kids coming with their parents and just a couple of Bryce's friends along with the various family members. I have tons of running around to do tonight and lots of prep tomorrow morning. The party will be at Grandma Pam's, which Blake is excited about! I'll have tons of pictures after this weekend is over. I'm sure I won't have any spare time to download and then upload to my blog until all is said and done! We have family in town and are having a dinner Sunday, so no relaxation is in sight for me until next weekend....yikes!

Anyway, happy Friday to everyone! Hope all is well! I will have many things to post about next week, so stay tuned!

I'm Bored at Work

I don't really have anything in particular to post today. I have some pictures I need to download, but I haven't gotten around to it. My grandma just got into town yesterday, so we're going to be hanging out with her this week.

Blake's birthday party is coming up this Saturday. I've invited nearly 20 kids, but so far only have RSVP's for 3 for sure. Yikes! This is stressful!!!! I've spent tons of money on goodie bags and stuff for the party and I've even hired a face painter, so if only 3 kids come, that is going to really suck! I know Blake won't care, but it will totally break my heart if hardly any kids come! I really hate throwing parties...I get so much anxiety over all of it. I worry that people won't blend well with each other, I worry that people won't have fun, I worry that I won't have enough food, I worry that no one will show up....ugh! Why can't I just relax and enjoy having a party!?!

Tell me what you all think about my party plans:

I'm going to have the kids come in as they show up...I will have the face painter set up in the backyard as the first table, so the kids can stop by him and have their faces painted. Then, they'll go to the next table and get a pirate eye patch. Then at the next table, they'll get a pirate hat. At the next table, they'll get a pirate tattoo (if it's ok with the parents). And then finally, they'll go to the picture station. I have this canvas that they'll put their faces through--two holes for pirate faces and one for a parate. The pictures I take at the party of each kid will be their thank you card! So...ok, it'll take a bit for all of the kids to get through the stations. So, the first kid will be waiting for awhile. I hadn't planned any games because I figured that age group wouldn't really be too into playing the games. So....I guess I'm just going to have the food set up and they can go from getting dressed up to eating. Then once everyone is done eating, we'll just get the pirate ship cake out, eat it and then open presents. Does that sound like fun? It sort of sounds lame to me.....ugh! See, this is what I'm talking about! I get too worried about everything! Tell me what you think....give me suggestions and let me know if you know of any ideas that I haven't though of. I want this party to be fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Fall!

Blake's teacher sent me this picture today of him at school. So cute!

16 Weeks

Ok, so this is what I have brewin' today at 16 weeks! I am now officially 4 months pregnant--or "preggers" as my coworker Justin annoyingly insists on calling me. I only have a few things I can comfortably wear at this point, so I'm going to have to break down and buy a few things this weekend. Only 19 more days until we find out the sex and I can start buying either the blue or the pink! Very exciting!!!!

Blake's Picks!

So, it's bedtime in the Werth/Eddie household and Blake is pitching a huge fit (nothing new). He wants to watch a movie, but we're sort of having a no tv night for a change! We red lots of books and now it's time for bed. In order to calm him down, I let him help me post some pictures. These are his personal picks! Oh, and by the way, we do not hike his pants up like that...apparently they enjoy the Urkell look at his school....lol!

Blake trying on Daddy's new boots....haha! They went up to his knees and he could only take about one step before falling over! He asked me to take his picture, I thought that was funny!!! I think he was in mid-fall in this picture!

As promised, here's nature boy taking a pee off the back patio the other day! He was outside having a fit about something while we watched from the window (we try to ignore his fits to encourage him to find other ways to show his frustration) and had to go potty...apparently he couldn't make it inside! Heehee....that's a boy for ya!

15 Weeks

Ok, so here is the belly at 15 weeks. I think it still looks the same as it did, but....I dunno. It's poking out a little more. I felt the baby move on Friday at 15 weeks one day! I wasn't expecting it for another couple of weeks, so I was skeptical, but I'm certain I felt tiny kickings! Bryce could even faintly feel it on the outside of my tummy! The first trimester is so weird because you know you're pregnant, but you can't feel the baby, you don't look any different....but the fun stuff starts to happen in the second trimester! I'm sure this will be over before I know it, so I'm trying to enjoy as much as I can! I bought the cutest pregnancy journal called "The Belly Book". It has lots of places for pictures and writing! I did a journal for my pregnancy with Blake, it's a neat thing to have to look back at later.