Dad & Mom...aka Uncle Jon & Aunt Emily

We made our first trip to Ft. Worth this weekend to visit Ben, Brooke and the girls. This was my first time to see Ava and Macy since visiting them in the hospital back in January. I had my hugs and kisses ready to go. They are the best 9 month old nieces! They each have their own personalities and are tons of fun to flip and tickle. Hopefully now that they are fellow Texans, we will get lots of opportunities to watch them grow.


We took a trip to the Ft. Worth Stockyards and the girls played footsie as I loaded up on chocolate truffles and fudge.



Ava and Uncle Jon holding hands at lunch. Who could resist sharing him with such a sweet girl?

keeping up with the Wyatt's

Here are a few things Baby Wyatt and I have been doing to stay busy...really busy.

Going to Tech Football games...

Volunteering over 24 hours at the Panhandle South Plains Fair in the Ambucs restaurant. Fries anyone?

Participating in the annual Hub City BBQ Cookoff with the South Plains Mall team. We didn't earn the coveted 'Best Booth' award but our brisket came in 3rd.

rain or shine

Lubbock experienced 8+ inches of rain in less than 24 hours. Thanks Tropical Depression Lowell. The Mayor issued a State of Emergency and all the schools closed. And I thought it was a joke when the schools in Little Rock closed for a few flakes! We are slowly drying out. Even with all the rain, it was a football weekend and football must go on.
Jon and I are really enjoying our season Tech Football tickets. We managed to get great seats a few days before the stadium was sold out. We are perfecting our game day routine and picking out our favorite usually forbidden concessions. I am getting ready to be one of those fans who lugs around a seat cushion because Baby Wyatt isn't going to tolerate the metal seats too much longer. Speaking of Baby Wyatt, I have my next doctor's appointment on October 1 to finally meet my actual doctor. We are having a bit of an issue with our appointment times/days but hopefully things will work out. I tried to find a doctor who saw OB patients in the afternoons so Jon would have the best chance of being able to join us once and a while and we were all set with a doctor who was in the office on Friday afternoons. Key word in that last sentence, "were". I got a letter on Friday saying he was now working on Wednesday mornings only. Bummer!

Dad & Mom aka He-Man & She-ra

We had a wonderful time hosting a superhero surprise birthday party for a good friend this weekend. Everyone did a great job with their costumes and the guest of honor was truly surprised. I spent way too long working on our He-Man and She-ra garb but it was all worth it in the end.

nice to see you...again

I had my second ultrasound today and the first thing out of my mouth was, "I want pictures this time." The tech quickly obliged. Jon made it to the appointment even though he was on call which was really great. Baby Wyatt was quite the squirmy worm moving and dancing all over the place. Baby was content laying on it's back and showing off it's extreme wiggling skills. The measurements show I am at 12 weeks 6 days. That's just 2 days off from the first ultrasound measurement.

Of course, here is a selection of my requested pictures...

thump thump thump thump

I went to the Southwest OB/GYN Clinic for the first time today as an official OB patient. After filling out mounds of redundant paperwork, I was called to the back. The tech put the Doppler on my belly and proceeded to search for the heartbeat. I will always remember the next 30 seconds as the longest 30 seconds of my life. Finally, there it was. Woosh, woosh, woosh...a heartbeat. My baby's heartbeat. It was very strong and in the 160's. I was given permission to cry but held my emotions in check and let relief wash over me. A little more Q & A and some discussion of the financial end of this adventure - you need how much up front?!? - and I headed over to the lab for some blood work. Congratulations were sent my way from the next handful of folks I ran into. "Is this your first?"; "Are you excited?"; This all seems so foreign to me. Jon and I are still trying to take things one day at a time knowing the road ahead is long but with every passing moment I grow more and more excited about this amazing ride. Here we go baby!

10 years later...

The first week in August brought our 10 year High School reunions in Little Rock. JA Fair Class of 1998 & Parkview Class of 1998. What a treat to attend both of them and visit with family and friends for an entire week. We were welcomed to town with 115 degree weather and that good old Arkansas humidity. Jon managed to play 4 rounds of golf and I kept pace with an equal quantity of white cheese dip consumption. The reunions were great with lots of old and new faces. It was sad when Sunday rolled around and it came time to head back to Lubbock. Here's to what we have accomplished over the last 10 years...