Names...

Vaughn
Oskar
Paxton
Logan
Biney (ha ha ode to Dexter)
Winston
Walton
Allister
Avery
Archer
Blaze
Drake
Brogan - this old Irish saint name approaches a Hollywood fantasy of Irish manliness
Owen
Guy
Kai

38 Weeks 2 Days

My mom is in town! We went to the Zilker Botanical Gardens and tried to walk until contractions started. We walked for an hour, but no contractions - only sweat...

The gardens are SO BEAUTIFUL right now. There are lots of flowers in full bloom - roses, poppies (my fave), columbine, banana magnolia...go to the new prehistoric garden RIGHT NOW and smell the banana magnolia - it is so amazing - it smells like banana runts taste.

Good job taking pictures mom!!!

37 weeks 3 days

We had another ultrasound today to measure growth. According to the tech and her computer, he weighs 7 lbs 10 oz. She also thought the smooshed baby face would look like mine...

I am still 1cm dilated and 90% effaced.

Doc released the restrictions from exercise, and because the baby is so BIG, doc prescribed extra exercise so that he will come sooner than later. So took my first walk in weeks and...

Angie came over to make dinner for us (yummy pesto pasta with red potatoes and green beans - she whipped it up in like 5 minutes!) - I was feeling contractions the whole time she was here and for hours after she left. She was pretty excited about the potential of him coming tonight! I started feeling the contractions at the store (around 6pm) and started timing them on Cilton's iphone app at 9:30 pm. Towards 11:30pm, they were averaging 40 seconds long at 4 min intervals. I called my mom and my doctor, but the contractions went away and we fell asleep.

37 Weeks 2 Days

I love Monday night TV night at Kat and Tray's. I always sit in this chair and Kat pampers me and we watch Breaking Bad which is the best show ever. The wife in the show is pregnant and whenever she does something a pregnant woman would do, everyone looks at me.

36 1/2 Weeks

Watch this video of him moving around in my belly!!! There is a large kick at 12 seconds, then some undulation for the rest of the video. Cilton is working on a soundtrack for this little clip, so check back for a repost.

33 Weeks 4 Days

Today we had a portrait session with Mr. Sandy Carson (www.sandycarson.com) who is a super fun photographer. We shot for almost two hours - and then it took me two days to recover! My favorite one is where Cilton is hugging my belly and Sandy's feet are peeking into the side of the photo.

Thank you to my awesome brother for this memorable, thoughtful, and unique gift!!!

P.S. You can see more photos if you click the links at the top right of the page: "pregnancy portraits" and "more pregnancy portraits"

32-ish Weeks

Here's a pic of me and Breaux loungin' with the cool chair. My aunt and I found it in a thrift store in Maryland for $5!!! It took some years to get it from MD to TX, but it was totally worth the wait.