Pics of Kendall

Well, it was very blatant to the techs that this was a girl...I couldn't see it at first...I think I was scared to believe it was a girl until I heard them say it! But there're her two little butt cheeks and her girl parts...heehee!
They were testing out a new machine last night when we were there, so we got to see her in 4D! She kept opening and closing her mouth trying to get her finger in there--oh no, not another finger sucker!!!! You can see in this pic (I know it's hard to decipher) that it's a profile view with her mouth open and her hand is right next to her mouth in a fist. Since they were testing out the new machinery, they didn't really show us much--they were just sort of playing around and it was free, so what can ya do? It was fun to see her again! I think I'm still in shock that I'm actually having a girl! I have been saving Blake's clothes for so long, now I really don't have a reason. I guess I'm going to take what I can to the resale shop and see what I can make off of that and put it towards stuff for baby Kendall! There are so many cute girl clothes! I can't believe I'm going to get to shop on the other side of the aisle!!!!!! I was so excited last night I even put the crib bedding in the crib and did my Pottery Barn Kids registry! Heehee! I'm just glad to know she's healthy and looking good!

IT'S A GGGIIIRRRRLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was super excited when we were in with the sono tech, but then when we got in the car to go home, the shock set in! What do I know about girls? I'm surrounded by boys in my house--even the dog is a boy! I don't know about what you buy for girls and what toys girls like....I don't have any girl stuff! I know I'll learn these things, but it's sort of scary to know we're having a girl! But I'm glad to know and excited to get things started in the nursery! I get to use my lavendar bedding--yay! We're both really excited to be having a girl--she'll round our little family off just perfectly! We're thinking her name will be Kendall Grace or Kendall Leigh, but we haven't spent much time talking about it! I guess we'll figure out a name sometime soon, though! But, yay! One of each--how perfect!

20 Weeks!

Well, I guess it looks the same as it's looked in previous posts...I can't tell much of a difference. I pretty much just look fat, but that's ok. I'd rather be small this early on than overly huge--I'm only going to get bigger from here! Let's all keep our fingers crossed for a cooperative baby on Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!

Blake on our front porch just before Trick-or-Treating!
T-Rex!
Blake's friend from school Aaron came to trick-or-treat with us!
Aaron, Victoria and Blake--Victoria lives on our block and goes to the same school as Blake and Aaron.
And here's a finished picture of the pumpkin I carved--not too bad for a first-timer!

Carving the pumpkin
I haven't carved a pumpkin....well...I don't even know when I have ever carved a pumpkin...
Blake with our skeleton lights--he actually ASKED me to take a picture of him!
Here's what the skeleton lights look like all lit up at night!

Blake's School Party

Blake and the girls
Blake's Class dressed up for Halloween!

Blake's school had a big fun party on Wendesday! I painsakingly spent three days baking three dozen sugar cookies to take for the party (one day to prepare the dough, one day to bake them, one day to ice them) and was scolded this morning because I was supposed to BUY something from the store and bring it, nothing homemade is allowed. Nice...I HATE dropping Blake off in the morning and getting scolded by the condescending director of the school! She has all of these rules, but just expects people to know them and doesn't share them until after the fact so that she can make you feel like a huge dumbass! I hope I don't have to go back to work after the baby's born because, seriously, I get so tired of dealing with this lady. Bryce saw her chew out her daughter's school bus driver because they dropped her off a little before the corner they should have....geez! I mean, she does a good job with the kids and it's a great school...she just gets on my damn nerves! She's a very "rule-oriented" person....MUST STICK TO THE RULES!!!!!!!!!! But the rules are in her head and no one else knows them, so we never stick to them--how can we!?! That just really made me mad this morning. And then she goes on blabbering about my pregnancy and asking me if I have morning sickness--uuhh...lady, I'm 20 weeks pregnant....do you really think I have morning sickness!?! No, no I do not. I need to have a playdate with some of the other mothers soon to see if they feel the same way about Ms. Elaine as I do....Sometimes I wonder if she is condescending to me because she thinks I'm young.....I'd be interested to know.

Anywhoo--it's Friday! I have to work at PBK Saturday, but other than that, I'm excited to relax! No birthday parties to go to this weekend--yay! I stayed up entirely too late many nights this weekend ("entirely too late" means 10:30--lol!), so I'm totally ready to sleep in tomorrow! I'll have more pictures this weekend! I need to get a belly pic up for you guys as Thursday marked my halfway point! Only 20 more weeks to go! Tuesday is my second ultrasound....I'm trying not to get too excited about it since I was so let down last time! Hopefully the baby cooperates this time around...I don't feel like I can get ready or bond until I know what's in there!!!!! I'll probably spend some time this weekend working on the nursery, so that will be fun!

Random Pics

My friend Hollee sent me a few pics of Blake, so I thought I'd post them for something new on the page. The first one is from Camilla's birthday party and then the other two are from Matthew's bowling party. Fun times!

Blake and Matthew at Camilla's Halloween party last Saturday.
Blake's T-Rex costume!

We went to a Halloween party last Saturday for my friend Leslie's daughter Camilla! There were a lot of kids there and a lot of fun activities!!! I'll have some more pictures from our Halloween at home later this week.

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.

Bring on the Narcotics!!!!!

Yay! I went to the doctor yesterday and my doc prescribed me VICODEN! I'm not big on narcotics, but beggers can not be choosers! I took half of one last night and it knocked me on my bootay! It's not something I can take at work, but at least I can get a little relief at bed time. Hopefully the headaches will just go away altogether pretty soon!

My doctor also scheduled my next appointment--THE appointment! We'll be having an ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby on October 23rd!!!!!!!!! Less than a month away! I absolutely can not wait to find out the sex of this baby! I can't wait to give it a name and get moving on the plans! I want a girl because it's just something new and different, but I'll be happy with a boy too! I always wanted to have another boy, because I think brothers are so cute! We will find out soon enough! Anyway, just wanted to give you an update! I'm going to go home--I'm at work right now!!!!!!!

Lisa's Pity Party...You're All Invited!

Ok, I know I already posted something today, but I just need to vent. So, I've had headaches off and on (mostly on) for the past two and a half weeks! I'm miserable. No matter what I do, no matter what I try....a dull aching is constantly in my poor head. I get home in the evenings after barely making it through the day at work (definitely not working to my full potential due to my debilitating medical issue) and I just can't muster up enough oomph to do anything but lay around. I totally hate it! I mean, I just made it to my second trimester, I should be feeling better, up and at 'em, running around, all of that, you know? But nnnoooooo....I still feel like SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Excuse the language, but I'm not a happy camper.

Ok, so I finally broke down and called my doctor's office and spoke to a nurse today. She told me to go see my general practitioner....I don't have a GP! I only go to the female doctor, really. Plus, I have an OB visit on Monday, so I hate to have to pay all of these co-pays! I told her that and all she could say was that if the headaches get worse, to call again. THEY ARE WORSE, HO BAG! I've waited two and a half weeks to call, dont' you think I might be at the end of my rope at this point!?! So, yeah, I get to suffer through another week of these headaches. Hopefully my OB (who was not available for the nurse to speak with--she spoke with another Dr. in the practice) will give me the good stuff when I go in on Monday. I just don't know how much more of this crap I can take. It's a constant ache in my head no matter what I do....no matter how much sleep I get, no matter how much water I drink, no matter if I drink a bit of caffeine or not....NOTHING HELPS!!!! I'm assuming it's just the hormones circulating in my body--I hear they can cause headaches like this.

Ok, that's all....I'm a woman pushed beyond her pain threshold, so please watch out! Luckily I did not drive to work today (I carpool and today was not my driving day) or else the roads of Austin would not be safe!!!!!

Uuuuhhh....so I didn't post any pictures over the weekend. I didn't even stop foot in the room where the computer is (formerly the guestroom, currently a stock pile of Blake's junk and the few baby things we have left....). But, I do have exciting news--well, it's exciting for me at least....BLAKE POOPED ON THE POTTY FOR THE FIRST TIME SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay, Blake! I swear, this one has been a difficult battle. We've got him pretty much completely potty trained (the occasional accident happens, but that is to be expected), but he still refuses to try to poop on the potty....won't even consider it. Well, he kept telling me his bottom hurt and that he needed to poop, so I kept running him into the bathroom to try. Well, about the third time he said that, I just let him go in the bathroom himself and he sat up on the potty and actually went to the bathroom!!!!! I was so proud of him! He got to have a very special treat, which was a red popsicle and I made a very big deal out of it! I guess the whole deal didn't pump him up that much because he pooped his pants later that night....I guess you can't win them all! But, still, I was proud of him for going on the potty for the first time!

Not much else to report from this past weekend. I pretty much was alone all weekend because my boys had stuff to do. I worked at PBK Saturday and that's about the extent of it. I've had headaches off and on for the past two and a half weeks, so I really can't do much--they're almost debilitating. I bought all of the invitations and such for Blake's pirate party that's taking place on his actual birthday, October 13th--three weeks away! PBK has the cutest pirate party stuff and I kept not buying it because it was ridiculously expensive even with my discount, but it all got marked down and I just decided to get everything! Now I just need to choose a time for the party and I can start getting the invitations out. We're inviting his whole class, so that should be interesting. I'm hoping to have a lot of kids this year....this will be the first year the party will have more kids than adults! Wish me luck! I also got my baby girl bedding...I chose the lavendar. Hopefully this baby is a girl, because she has girl bedding and a girl name already....I still have another 6.5 weeks until I find out--it seems like forever! I guess it will be here before I know it!!!!

Ok, well, back to work for me. I just wanted to write a little update and let you know about our pooping fun!!!! Hahah!

14 Weeks

So, y esterday I was 14 weeks pregnant....I know how much everyone enjoyed the 12 week pic with the vag and everything, so I thought I'd post what the baby looks like at 14 weeks. So, you know, we're growing and and all of that. I guess I have a pooch these days, but I pretty much have had one since Blake was born, so it's hard to tell what's new pooch and what's old pooch. But I ordered my first maternity piece of clothing today. It's a really cute cowl neck short sleeved sweater from Gap. I hate that I had to order it and pay shipping, but there are no Gaps in Austin that carry maternity, which is crap if you ask me. We have a big meeting taking place at our office next month and I know the few pairs of pants I'm still able to eat will not fit by the time of that meeting, so I'm trying to boost my maternity wardrobe beforehand....blah.

Blake requested that I take his picture last night when he was playing baseball in the backyard, so I'll get those pics up soon. He also decided while he was waiting for me to come outside, he just dropped his pants and peed off of the patio. I had to get a picture of that! I was somewhat proud because he chose to pull his pants down and go instead of peeing his pants! I was NOT the one who taught him to pee outside, there are certain ppl who think that's a good idea....me, not so much. But, uh, in this case I was happy he didn't pee his pants! So, uh, yeah, I'll have that to post for you soon.

Nothing much else going on. I have to work at PBK Saturday afternoon, so that puts a damper on my weekend. I jsut got a review there last week and a nice $.23 raise--woo woo! In May was my one-year anniversary there. Fun times! I enjoy working there and the people who work there are all really great (there are a few exceptions, but for the most part, everyone is super cool). I'm going to by the crib bedding this weekend. I decided on the lavendar. I know, I know....I don't know the sex yet, but the stuff went on sale and if I don't get it now, I may miss out on getting it at all. I will be able to return it if we end up having a boy. The bigger bed stuff isn't on sale yet, so I don't have to get all of that just yet. But, anyway, that will be exciting!

Ok, I'm just blabbering now...it's a slow day here at the office, sooooo.....anyway....I'll post some pics soon! Oh, and I have a video of Blake telling me how babies come out of their mommies' bellies...it's a very interesting theory.....