9 Month Belly Shot & Maternity Photos

One word to describe this picture..."ugh". I am very uncomfortable and tired. That pretty much sums it up!

About 2 months ago, Derek and I took some maternity photos to capture this exciting time. An old co-worker of mine has now moved to Austin and has a photography business. I somehow talked her into coming back to Dallas to take these pictures, and she did a wonderful job. Check her out at www.adriennehuebner.com

Wood Floors....and California Girls

As promised, below are a few before and after pictures of the BIG kitchen and floor remodel. We are finally DONE!!! I say "we", but that actually means "Derek". If any of you plan to embark on a home remodel project, don't do it when you are 6-8 months pregnant. I was absolutely NO help and all I did was complain the whole time. However, now it is done, and it looks wonderful! Derek did all of it except install the granite counter tops. He did the back splash in the kitchen and laid over 650 square feet of wood flooring all by himself. THANK YOU, DEREK!!

Kitchen Before (OMG!! HOW UGLY!!...



Kitchen Now!



Dining Room Before...



Dining Room After!




Now, some of you may be wondering about the title of this post. There is a song out on the radio now by Artist Katy Perry called "California Girls". For those unfamiliar with it, it is a cute summer time song talking about how California girls having sun kissed tans, and wear "daisy duke shorts with bikini tops".

During the course of this home remodel, we would turn on our home stereo to 106.1 (KISS FM) and listen to the radio. For those of you who listen to this station, you know that they play the same 10 songs ALL DAY LONG!!! So, we consider this song our home remodel anthem. Now, the cute part of this story is this,...Derek has never been one to memorize or even understand the words to ANY song on the radio. He usually just makes things up. Well, for some reason, he likes this song?? Every time it would come on the radio, I would hear him bust out his favorite line of the song from the other room... "Daisy Dukes...Bikini's on top"...and then that was all that he would sing. It makes me laugh, because of all of the other words to the song, he chooses to memorize that line?!? Very cute! And he will probably kill me for posting it on the blog (but he is out of town right now) :) HeHe!

Work Baby Shower

I must first give a huge THANK YOU! to our wonderful Coordinator, Kami. She is not only absolutely wonderful at everything she does at work, she has also listened to me: complain about every ailment of my pregnancy, complain about my house being under construction, talk about every doctor appointment and complain about life in general. And she does this with a huge smile on her face...and she even laughs at my jokes!

Kami planned a baby shower for me and Miss J at work. She got a large group of people to pitch in towards the purchase of a pack n play and also our travel system stroller!! Yeah! We also received some other wonderful baby goodies. Once again, we are so thankful for all of the generous people in our life. We are very lucky.

Here are some pictures from the shower...

Me and the Wonderful Kami



Red Velvet Cake, yum!



I know what you are thinking... " Are Breck and Kami the only ones at the shower?" No, we weren't...there were like 2 other people there. Just Kidding. It was actually really funny, because there were a bunch of guys there watching me open gifts. I know they were there to support the cause, but I know all they really wanted was a piece of cake. He-He!




I just had to include this picture, because it literally looks like a torpedo is under my shirt?!? My stomach is unbelievable! And to think...I have 6 more weeks until this torpedo launches.



Once again, THANK YOU to all of my wonderful co-workers. You make work enjoyable and I am lucky to be a part of a great Company.

My 30th Birthday

Well, I am officially 30 now. It is kind of weird?? I keep telling everyone that it is not because I am not proud of what I have accomplished in my career or personal life, but the fact that I have been around for 30 years and I have no clue where all of the years went?!? Life passes you by so quickly. You spend all of your childhood years trying to "grow up" and then you become a "grown up" and you cant stop the years from passing you by.

Derek planned a wonderful day for my BIG 3-0. He kept asking me what I wanted, and I told him "something memorable". He did good! He got me a flip cam to capture our family memories. For some reason he wanted to take pictures of me opening it?



Derek also arranged for us to have a suite at the Ranger game. Thank goodness the weather cooperated...we were worried. The rain actually made the weather pleasant for the game. Much appreciated from this 8 month pregnant lady!! We had a great time. Thank you Derek for planning a special day!



Me and Karley



Michelle, Prego & Kelly



I don't even know what to say about this one...


Poppy (My Dad) and Cameron (my Neice)

8 Month Belly Shot

Embracing the belly!! (Litterally)

Gigantic Baby!!!

We went in for our "28 Week" sonogram, which actually ended up happening on Week 31/almost 32. Everything looks great! We are so thankful for our healthy little girl. Dr. Reinhardt said that the limbs, heart, feet, toes, face look perfect. He even said that our little girl has a perfect brain...( I am not sure if he was aware that both of her parents went to A&M?). Then he told us that Jocelyn is weighing in at approximately 4.5lbs right now. Wow! Then he dropped the hammer on us by telling us that if she continues to grow at this rate, she could weigh as much as 8.5 to 9lbs at birth. OH, MY, GOODNESS! Really? I am officially nervous now for the birth.