Happy Father's Day! (and other random stuff)

Wake up Daddy! Happy Father's Day! Love, Everly and Rowe

Happy Father's Day to the "Best Pop Ever".

 

 Happy Father's Day to the Best Daddy Hands Down! (Thanks BKK for making these cute cards at school on Friday)

Having a blast at Sean's party with school friends.

It's Thomas!! I never knew she had this obsession with trains, in particular Thomas. She has talked about it for days!

"Take my picture Mommy!"  E in her rose colored glasses.

We had a great, but busy weekend! Friday night we went to a couples shower for Brett's cousin who is getting married in July so E totally enjoyed spending the night with her P-Pop and Gimme. Saturday E and I enjoyed a great Thomas the Train party with some of her school friends. Then we had to go to a bridal shower. She did a great job all day even though she didn't have a nap...which usually means T-R-O-U-B-L-E...or more like attitude with a capital A! Sunday we went to a great Father's Day service at our church. Then we hosted B's parents for lunch. E got her daddy Top Gun on DVD and a new Coastal Cotton polo (Daddy is tops in her book!). I paid a special tribute to my daddy by making one of his famous (in my eyes) recipes...meatloaf roll. It's like regular meatloaf except it is filled with honey ham and topped with mozzarella cheese. Then I made mashed potatoes and fresh corn with apple dumplings and ice cream for dessert. We had a great time. I am so glad that we moved closer to them. We really enjoy having them at our house. Monday Sweet E and I went out to play in the little pool and she kept wanting me to take her picture. She is so funny!

Also that day the nurse called to give us the scheduled date for Rowe's arrival-September 25th we will go in for a c-section, unless of course he decides to arrive early (which could very well be possible). I am so much more paranoid with this pregnancy...I have no idea why! We're less than 100 days away and I feel like I've done nothing! One big hold up is our wood floor situation. Whoever decided it would be a good idea to glue down carpet or padding was definitely not a genius! I can't wait until this process is complete so I can get on with the show. I've got everything ordered and delivered. It's just waiting for me...which is pure torture.

Our next big event is a Rootin' Tootin' Round Up party for our little cowgirl....she is so excited and I am too!



He's got one!

 

E after her first dance class sans mommy! She loved it.

There have been so many ch, ch, ch, changes in our lives since September. I've got to do a better job of keeping up with our family memories. I really like blogging, but there always seems to be something else to do. I could cut down my fb time and make at least a couple of posts per month. I think I will do that (like how I'm talking to myself). One of our biggest changes is that this girl above will be a big sister!! I am right at 25 weeks pregnant. Baby Brother's due date is officially October 2nd, but he will be delivered via c-section sometime during the last week of September. We found out on May 9th (my sweet sister's bday) that he is indeed a he. I shrieked in delight when she announced the gender. I knew from the beginning that it was a boy! I had only picked out...well not only picked out...but planned for a boy nursery down to the last detail. The night before the ultrasound I found a couple of girl things per B's advice. We took E with us to the ultrasound. It was a really special moment for our family.

So then the dilemma began...what will this little blessing be named? B and I had VERY different ideas about names. My request was that his middle name be James after my dad. I made a list, a pretty long list of names that I liked and we discussed names a long time...a whole well almost six weeks. This was really tough for me because I am a planner! We had a boy and girl named picked out on our way to the ultrasound to find out what E was.

Yesterday B came to my new third grade classroom (another change) to take down some shades for me to be able to finish painting. Right before he left I asked my usual daily questions, "How was your day?" "What did you do?" "Do we have a name?". I was shocked to hear a "yes!" to the last one. I asked if it was 100% and if I could share and I got another "yes!" I was so excited and he couldn't have picked a more perfect day than yesterday to decide. You see, yesterday would have been my dad's fiftieth birthday. B didn't know that until I told him last night.  

So baby brother will be-

Rowen James (we'll call him Rowe)

I'll try to do better to keep up with Mack changes from now on.

We hope all is well,

Brett, Angie, Everly, and Rowen (looks good doesn't it!)