3 Amazing Years!!!

On March 24th, Christopher and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. We have started a tradition to grill out at the house with steaks and just enjoy being home and being with each other.
I am the luckiest woman in the world. I can't imagine my life without my loving and supportive husband. Our next chapter in our lives involve a child that I know will have the most amazing father. I love you my sweet husband!

Week 17 Ultrasound- IT's A BOY!!!!

We were so excited to find out at our week 17th ultrasound that baby Kimbell is a boy! Christopher and I just looked at each other and almost cried it was so exciting. Again, his mouth was wide open as we watched the Dr. go over all of his "parts". It is amazing how much bigger he is. He is measuring about 8 in long and weighed about 7 oz. The Dr. said he is long and lean and looks very healthy. He counted all of the chambers of his heart, the aorta, the organs and intestines. He has all fingers and toes. He also yawned and stretched for us. He put on quite a show. His heart rate was 158. He looks good and healthy. Such a relief!

The same week, I had an appointment with my Dr and my blood pressure and weight are right on target. I was a little concerned that my early sickness was going to play a part in his growth, but both Drs are very happy with our progress. It is so great to say that mommy and baby are doing great! I am feeling MUCH better. I am even playing tennis with my doubles league and walking every day. It makes me feel so good after I exercise. Christopher is doing great too. He is SO excited about having a boy. I know that every guys dream is to have a boy and share his love of sports.

The Journey Continues....

Christopher and I had our first ultrasound at 8 weeks and baby Kimbell was the size of a pea. We found out there was only one and we got to see the heart beat. Wow, what a feeling! I can't believe we are having a baby!

I will skip ahead a few weeks because we decided to have the 1st trimester screening and got an ultrasound at 13 weeks and at 17 weeks. Our 13 week ultrasound was amazing! The dr comes in and gives us a 15 minute tutorial of the body, brain, heart, and organs. He counted the fingers and toes. It was simply amazing. We couldn't believe what we were seeing. I would look over and Christopher and his mouth was open. The Dr. said the baby looked healthy and was measuring great.

He also said the babies heart rate was 173 and sounded good. He also said he could guess the sex, but we were hesitant because it was so early and asked him to wait until we came back next time:)In the mean time, I am still not feeling great. I started feeling better around week 16, but it was a long few months. I am so happy to start feeling better.

We are having a BABY!!

On Christmas Day in Hawaii, Christopher and I had the best Christmas surprise! We found out we were going to be parents! It was one of the most exciting days of both of our lives. We knew from then on we had so much to look forward to. I had a really hard time trying to hide the news from the boys that weekend, since we were there to celebrate the monumental win of the SMU mustangs. But as most of you know, most boys are clueless when it comes to pregnancy. I just drank ALOT of pineapple juice!


The pregnancy brought much more than just excitement....it brought a lot of sick with it too. When we got home from Hawaii, I got a sinus infection followed with a stomach virus. Not only was I pregnant, but I was really sick, too. I had to go to New Orleans for a week for work and it was really hard. I had to keep it a secret and I was not feeling well at all.
I came home and relapsed and was more sick than I have ever been. Wow, I thought I was sick before, but I was wrong. Poor Christopher, he didn't know what to do but help me keep from throwing up every second. His jobs were taking out the trash and making sure there was nothing in the fridge to set off my insane sense of smell. I have super woman senses! No one ever told me I would smell EVERYTHING! The worst was grocery shopping because if I smelled something that I didn't like, I would feel immediate nausea. The doctor put me on Zofran and it saved my life. I don't wasn't excited to take meds, but I had to in order to function. (it was that bad)

SEATTLE: LSU vs Washington

Our latest adventure was last weekend when we went to Seattle to see LSU play Washington. All I can say is: WOW! Seattle was beautiful! On Wednesday, Jeanne and Kris came in town and we cooked out at our house. We all left on Thursday for our crazy weekend! Thursday, Christopher and I got to Seattle around 4:00 and checked into the Renaissance downtown. We headed down to a bar called Zig Zag where we heard had the best happy hour in town, and they were right. Great drinks, but they were not prepared for the LSU fans that soon took over the bar and proceeded to chant L-S-U every moment they could. Jeanne, Kris, Christopher and I headed down to the pier where we ate incredible Halibut at Anthony's 66 diner. It was incredible seafood and overlooked the bay, so it was a perfect start to our weekend. We then headed back to greet Stephen and Whitney St. Pierre at the hotel upon their arrival from Chicago. The next morning we started at the Pike Place Market to watch the fish being thrown.


It was really funny! The guys only throw fish if someone buys it and we did a little waiting since everyone standing there were LSU fans and tourists. We were shocked at all the LSU fans. They pretty much took over Seattle! We went to a local dive called Lowell's in the market to eat MORE seafood! We were told to eat seafood the whole time we were in Seattle, so we did!
We then took a ferry over to Bainbridge Island where the million dollar homes over look the bay and have an amazing view.

We hit the local pub, but realized pretty quickly LSU fans had taken over the pub of this small community. We were EVERYWHERE!
After a long day, me, Christopher, Stephen and Whitney at the best meal when we went to Palisade for dinner.



It was an amazing meal and of course I had the best Halibut I think I have ever eaten! Christopher got the crab stuffed prawns! We both ate pretty well, that's for sure!
The next day was a football filled day at FOX sports bar where, again, they were not prepared for the LSU fans to take over. They happened to run out of several beers, vodka and bourbon. My uncle Kris made a statement as you can see in the pics.

The rest of the pictures speak for themselves. We took the metro bus (free for game day ticket holders) and headed to Washington campus where LSU had an amazing tailgate sponsored by the Seattle alumni association.





The game was okay because we won, but the fans were a little upset at the way we played. It was not easy to watch, but a win is a win! GEAUX TIGERS!

Meet Harper Elisabeth Martinez

I was honored to be able to meet the newest member of the Martinez family last week when I held Harper Elisabeth. She is the sweetest and most beautiful baby. MM and Ryan will definitely need to put the bat by the door already!!



We are so thrilled to have Ryan and Mary Marshall here in Dallas so Aunt Weena and Uncle Chris can have one more adopted niece to spoil. We look forward to watching her grow and being a part of her life!

Nashville-Mel's Baby shower

NASHVILLE
Well, we are still traveling and I figured I would post some pics on the blog of the past couple of weeks. We recently went to Nashville to celebrate a few things. On Friday night we celebrated with friends for Ashley's 30th birthday. It was so much fun to be able to celebrate with her and get to see all of my good friends from NashVegas. I got to see Mel preggie for the first time and she is so cute pregnant. She is having a girl, Mary Windham in October. We stayed with Lindsey and James and they were such wonderful hosts. It was even more fun because Whitney and Stephen flew in from Chicago to help celebrate the festivities!

Mel, me, Lacey, Whitney, Ashley, Lindsey and Amanda

The weekend continued with a stop the next morning to meet Ann Wilson Kellum, Amandas little blessing. She was only about 2 weeks when we were there and took this pic.



That afternoon we headed over to Lacey's to set up for Melissa and Chris's big baby shower bash. It was a hot day in Nashville, but it was pleasant by the time the shower started. Mel looked beautiful and we all had fun eating Mexican and drinking Margaritas. (at least the non-preggers did?) We took the party to an old stopping ground of mine, the Corner Pub. The boys all went to the Titans pre-season game while the girls went to the bar. It was such a fun day/night! I miss all my friends in Nashville, but at least we still have baby showers and possibly wedding showers(Ashley) to come visit!!!