SURPRISE!!

Larry and Bonnie flew in on Wednesday night to surprise Shawn for the weekend. The surprise did not quite go as planned. Their flight was supposed to get in at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday, which was going to be just in time for me to pick them up and have them at the house when Shawn got home from practice. As I was sitting at baggage claim, Larry called to say that they had been rerouted and were sitting on the plane at the Austin airport because of the storm that was moving through Houston! He was able to call back between 9:30 and 10 to give an update and talked to Shawn then to tell him they were on their way. He was still very surprised! We were finally able to pick them up at 11-they were never allowed to get off the plane from the time they boarded in Albuquerque until they landed in Houston! Gotta love flying! They were able to see Shawn's freshmen play on Thursday night...they tied 6-6 and then on Friday we cheered on the varsity...unfortunately all our cheering did not seem to help-Coldspring beat us 42-0(ouch!!!). We were able to get in a lot of shopping too-baby shopping is so much fun!!! Thanks to this set of grandparents Baby Brooks will be allowed to come home from the hospital, go for a walk, and have a place to sleep close to mom and dad! Thanks for the travel system and pack-n-play!!!

Shawn still managed to smile after a rough loss!

I can't wait to use all of this!!!

Baby Brooks(and Mom) are Definitely Growing!

Well, I have had several complaints that there have been no pics of Mom (wow I am not quite used to hearing that yet!) on the blog so here goes. If my size is any indication, Baby Brooks is very healthy and growing quickly! While I definitely realize that I have gotten bigger, since I see myself every day I guess I don't realize how dramatic the change has been. Well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words-looking at this picture compared to the picture in New York from the week I found out I was pregnant makes it all very clear! I am feeling great. I have been one of the very lucky ones who has not been sick at all. Everyone had told me all along that I would eventually get a sudden burst of energy-well, I think it has happened. I have finally gotten back to exercising and even cleaned carpets rather than coming in from work and crashing on the couch! Good thing the burst of energy came now because we are very busy with football-tonight is Homecoming....GO CATS!!!

Almost 23 Weeks!

Already a Sports Fan?!

Well, given the fact that Dad is a coach and Mom loves to cheer Dad's Wildcats on, not to mention that more times than not our TV is tuned to ESPN, somewhere along the way it was bound to happen...our little one is already a sports fan! I have been feeling the baby move but typically it has been at night when I am lying down. The one exception to this is under those Friday Night Lights! The last two Friday nights at the games the little one has been in full gear, already starting to cheer Dad on! I don't know if it is the music from the band or the fact that Mom is jumping up and down and yelling like crazy as if to bring back the days of cheering on the sidelines but something has the baby excited about game time!

Dad coaching his defensive backs on to victory against Liberty

I love the games when Shawn gets to be on the sidelines rather than in the pressbox

Our Little Miracle

As many of you already know, Shawn and I are expecting our first little one in February. It is all going by so fast...I am already 20 weeks!! Halfway there! As I am sure most first time parents do, we have been experiencing a wide range of emotions-excited, overjoyed, thankful, nervous, not to mention somewhat clueless! It is such an amazing miracle-it is so amazing to see the dramatic changes from week 7 to week 19. During the ultrasound in week 19, it was so incredible to see the little one moving around so much-arms flailing everwhere! While incredible to us it was somewhat frustrating to the tech trying to get measurements! We managed to overcome the temptation to find out if it is a little boy or girl-what a fun surprise it is going to be in February!!!


Baby Brooks, 7 weeks


Baby Brooks, 19 weeks