Snow Day Pictures (Better Late Than Never)

Allie loved playing in the snow a couple of weeks ago. It was great snow for making a snowman and for sledding. Thanks to our neighbor, Allie got to sled for the first time. She loved it! I was in charge of making the snowman. It has been years since I've made one. It is not my best, but she loved it and was sad when he melted. I still can't believe how much snow we got in Texas!

In Honor of the Winter Olympics

I am not a huge fan of the Winter Olympics, but I am a little more interested in them this time because we have actually been to where they are being held. This summer, Jarod went to Vancouver for work and I was able to join him for about 5 days. For some reason, I failed to ever put pictures of trip on here so I thought I would share a few now. I fell in love with Vancouver. It is a beautiful city and there was so much to do. I don't feel like I did a great job of choosing pictures to share but it really is gorgeous. We ate a lot of yummy food, drank great coffee, enjoyed tourist attractions, kayaked and on our last day we rented a car and drove up to Whistler. The drive was breathtaking and Whistler is gorgeous. It was actually pretty hot that day and the pictures do not do it justice. We were able to go to the top of two of the mountains there. It was amazing being surrounded by God's creation.
As we have watched the Olympics, we have seen a lot of places that we have been too. It is hard to tell where everything is in Whistler because they have added so many things (besides tons of snow!) since we were there in July.

This is us on top of one of the mountains. I have no idea which one!

View from the chair lift up to the mountain (we saw black bears while we were going up).

Another mountaintop picture

In the Gondola on our way to the 2nd mountain. A family of 4 was with us and we got stuck mid air for 5 min. It was a little scary when we were swaying in the wind!

This picture was actually taken on the drive to Whistler.

Vancouver

Downtown Vancouver is behind us

*On a side note, it is really weird for me to see pictures of myself and I don't have a huge belly out in front of me (Will I ever look like this again? Hard to imagine). I also realized that I was pregnant when we were on this trip. Got home and took a test two days later! It was a very happy ending to a very fun trip.

Shower for Baby Jack

This post is well overdue!!! We misplaced our cord to our camera and just now found it.

A few weeks ago some of my sweet friends gave Baby Jack and I a beautiful shower. There were lots of yummy treats (my friend Jenn made awesome cookies) and lot of friends and family to talk with. Baby Jack got a lot of much needed items. It was a little weird seeing blues, browns and greens because I have been seeing pinks and purples for four years. He got some adorable outfits, blankets, towels and much needed diapers! I had a wonderful time being with friends and family. We are so blessed to have friends and family that love us. I really didn't get a lot of pictures. I was so busy talking that I didn't even get a picture with my mom, aunt or sister in laws. Oh well! Thanks to my wonderful friend Courtney, I do have a few photos to share.

My sweet friends: Courtney, Emily, me, Amy, Miranda and Jenn

My good friend Jenn (who is extremely talented and needs to start her own business) made this for Jack's room. Isn't it beautiful? Thanks Jenn!

Jenn, Miranda and Amy

Hattie (she is due 9 days, I think, after me and having a girl), Emily, Abbie and Mica.

Abbie, Me and Mica

I am now 33 weeks; only 7 more weeks to go and yes I am counting them down! Everything is still going really well. The "nesting" phase is here and by the time I get home I am whipped. I'm trying to get all of my ducks in a row before I leave work. We are slowly but surely starting to work on Jack's room. We have a ways to go but I know it will get finished (thank you Jarod). A few weeks ago I started having braxton hicks contractions. I never had those with Allie so they came as quite the surprise. They happen mostly at night before bedtime and they really do take my breath away at times. At my appt. two weeks ago my doctor said that he is head down (has been for a while) and thinks he weighed close to 4lbs! I think Jack will be a lot bigger than Allie.

Allie is ready to be a BIG SISTER! She told me this week that she is tired of waiting for Jack to get here. I'm getting to that point too. She is going to be a wonderful big sister. She already loves him so much and she hasn't even met him yet.