Sadie's 1st Birthday (and 1st Heat)!

Our dog, Sadie, has finally had her first heat. We've been told by our vet to wait to have her spayed until after her first heat because she had some female problems as a puppy and if we waited until after she has a heat then she's less likely to have urinary tract infections. So, of course it had to happen while we were in Texas and our sweet neighbors were watching her for us. So we got home and didn't really know what to do with her. She was bleeding and didn't want it getting on the carpet, furniture, etc. So I had to go to the store and buy some diapers that would fit her. We just cut a hole out for her tail. I thought she would go crazy trying to get it off, but she just sits there when we put it on her and walks around like it's not even there. We laughed so hard the first time we put it on her. She had this little look on her face like she was so humilitated. Anyway, 3 weeks later and she's still in heat. I can't wait for it to be over!

Oh, by the way, Leland's gotten really good at this diaper changing thing, so no excuses when it comes to changing our daughter's diapers. He's had plenty of practice!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SADIE!

Sadie turned one year old on Sunday. I made her some homemade peanut butter dog treats which she loved and made her a little birthday hat. I would have taken her to the dog park to play but since she's in heat we figured that's not such a good idea right now!

"Mom, this is so corny!"

Work Shower

Yesterday we had a dual baby shower at work. Another girl I work with is pregnant and due a month before me, so they took us to Applebee's and we had our shower there. I meant to take pictures but forgot to get my camera out. We had it on our lunch break so we didn't have a ton of time. But we recieved some nice things........our diaper bag that I registered for with some diapers and wipes in it, we got 2 teddy bears and 2 blankets, bottles, a cute purple outfit, a swaddler blanket, and I think that's it. Our manager who was sort of planning the whole thing and even picked the day didn't show up. I guess she forgot. But it was nice of the girls to do that for us!

Texas Baby Shower

My aunt Cindy and sister-in-law Lindsey were sweet enough to host a beautiful baby shower for me! It was so much fun and I was so appreciative for all the hard work they put into the shower to make it special for me! Thanks Cindy and Lindsey! I got to see all of my closest friends (minus a few who couldn't make it). I just wish I could have spent more time with them. It was such a packed weekend while we were in town that we just didn't have enough time to make the rounds visiting everyone so thankfully most of them were able to make it to the shower. We recieved a ton a adorable baby clothes, and some other goodies. We barely were able to pack it all in our extra suitcases we brought with us, but we made it work and got home with all of our new baby things. I didn't get too many good pictures from my camera -it was on the wrong setting and most of them are blurry, so if any of you have any pictures from the shower, will you please email them to me? Thanks!

Texas Trip

We went home to Texas all last week to see family and friends one more time before we were not longer able to travel. We won't be able to come home for the holidays this year which really stinks but that's okay, it's for a good reason. Since our baby is due so close to Christmas, we'll get to see family around that time when they come up to see the baby. Yea! 2 1/2 more months to go!

This is Leland and my mom out on my parents' tank shooting turtles. Mom had just gotten home form work-I find it funny that she's in her work clothes and shooting a gun! We had fun hanging out on the "dock" feeding the fish and just relaxing. We were in Wichita Falls for 3 days and then headed to Clifton for 3 more days to see Leland's family.




Here is Leland's parents' pet duck Miss O and their dog Wildthing. The duck follows Wildthing around most of the time-it's so cute. She's so domesticated. Kathleen feeds her dog food and goes out everynight to catch grasshoppers for her to eat. We had a relaxing time out at their house too. It's so beautiful out there. They live just on the tip of the Texas Hill Country.


Then we headed back to Dallas and spent some time with family and friends. We were able to see some of Leland's friends Friday night over at Ryan and Melody's new house.

Leland and Elijah (Ryan and Melody's son) Sorry so blurry.


Thursday we hung out with Ellen, Leland's sister, and went to Babe's Chicken House for dinner-yum yum!

Saturday was our baby shower at my aunt Cindy's house. I got to see most of my friends there but unfortunately I didn't get to spend much time with them. Well, that about sums up our trip. Hopefully we will be able to make it back home in early springtime when we're brave enough to travel with an infant.

7 month Baby Bump

Okay, back to blogging. I've been a little behind. We were out of town in Texas all last week seeing friends and family one more time before we're unable to travel. So, I've gotten a little behind....here's my 7 month baby bump picture.

Everything is still going good with the pregnancy. I feel her movin and shakin all the time. I'm still having Braxton Hicks contractions everyday. I don't think those will go away. They are not uncomfortable, just kind of annoying. We are going to our first prenatal class next weekend. We're taking an infant care class and then I'll be going to a breastfeeding class in November. But all is going well so far, thank the Lord!