Colton's Room!

Colton's room is ready and waiting for him! Cody and I had such a great time setting his room up. It has been a very busy summer with traveling back and forth to San Antonio and business trips for Cody. Uncle Jay and Aunt Shannon offered to paint the room for us while we were in town for the Friend's Shower. They were a life saver and did a fabulous job on the room. It was so nice to come home and have the room painted!!! Thank you Thank you to you both! Colton is very lucky to have you guys in his life! There are a lot of things in the room that have meaning and I am going to talk about them in the pictures.

View from the door.

His bookshelf that Cody would have liked to build for him but time just ran out.

Leland already guarding the room and making sure Colton is ok. Both Dakota and Leland like to lay in his room. I think they can sense that something is about to happen.Colton's very own chair. He is ready to go with his Giraffe quilt and his giraffe! My mom's favorite animal was a giraffe. In the room there are a few giraffe's representing her. The rocking horse by the door was mine that my Dad made me for Christmas of 1983. The lamp on the dresser was mine that Dad made me as well. The dresser was Cody and Toby's dresser that they shared growing up. The wagon on the side of his crib was a gift from my 4th grade class this year. Of course in his room is the Aggie ABC's! Aggie Fleece blanket with his name monogrammed on it. Thank you Krista! This blanket will be with him always.The lamp on the table was my mom's growing up. The lettering above the window says, "We took one look at you, and our hearts stood still."The wooden car was Cody's Big Dad's (Carl William Tennis). We have the Marine Corps bear and Aggie bear!! I painted that letter in the same colors as I painted his name, the colors are just flipped.There is the lamp again that Dad had made me as a kid. The glass block/night light I painted.

I bought the glass block and lights at Hobby Lobby, they now sell them pre cut with a hole to put the small line of Christmas lights in (35 count). This took many many coats of paint!! I painted blobs all over to make it look like camo then stamped his name on. I put a coat of modge podge on top to seal the paint and give it a shine. I didn't think it would turn out as well as it did, but I am very pleased with the way it turned out! I had such a fun time making this and I think it looks so great in his room!I bought these letters online and then painted them. While Reese was visiting she helped me put the ribbon on and tie the bows.

Friend's Baby Shower July 18, 2009

My Dad, Christine and Grandma gave us a baby shower. Family, friends, and many of Dad's co-workers came to celebrate! It was a great BBQ, luckily there was some rain in the area which gave us a nice cloud cover so it wasn't scorching hot. This is my Dad's first grandchild, he is overjoyed with excitement! We haven't come up with a name for him yet, I guess we will wait for Colton to name him. Dad does like the name Grandude! The name does fit him perfectly!

Coordinating 5 people with people everywhere was a little difficult.

Christine, Grandpa Bruce (Waiting for Colton to name his Grandpa!), Great Grandma Gloria, Rachel, Cody

Grandpa and Great Grandma

Grandpa and G-Pa

Holly, Rachel, Stacy

Tim and Chandra

Uncle Jon, Cody, Uncle Chris

35 weeks, I'm going to miss having him inside me. But... I am so excited to have him in my arms!Proud Dad! Soon to be Grandpa!! Excited G-Pa! He's my gambling buddy!! Linda, Poppy, Cody He is too funny!! Never a dull moment with him around! I love you!We are overjoyed with so much excitement for Colton's arrival!

The neices and nephews wanted to help us open all of the presents. Reese, Riley and Maverick helping.

Hadley helping out and making herself pretty with the bows. Reese with her Uncle Cody and Aunt Ray Ray. She stayed with us for a week this summer and was a big help. We had fun making art projects for Colton's room and some art projects for her!

Christine made us this amazing quilt!! It is a pattern for the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund. She did such a beautiful job! We are so excited for our little Marine to use it!I see a handsome little cowboy in our future! We are ready for the Rodeo!!

Dad surprised Cody with this wonderful gas mask! So now... he has NO excuses when it comes to changing his boy's diapers!! :) I have no doubt in my mind that he will be right there changing diapers! He is going to be an amazing father!!Grandma's birthday was in the next couple of days so we surprised her with a birthday cake with everyone there. She was Very surprised!!

Happy "young"day Grandma! 87 years old!! You look GREAT Grandma!!!

4th of July Rockport, Texas

Every 4th of July we go to Rockport and spend the 4th with Lanny, Holly and the kids and any other family and friends that make it down there. Hopefully with Colton's arrival we can still make that tradition happen! :)

This year was a hot year and being 8 months pregnant I was feeling the heat! The boys went fishing on Friday while Holly and I and some friends took all the kiddos to the beach in Port A. We had a great time hanging out at the beach, I quickly realized that I needed to stay sitting in the water because I was so hot!! The kids had a blast and we got sun!!

That evening we went over to a friend's house for a tasty crawfish and crab leg boil. It was a wonderful evening spent with friends.

Saturday was the 4th, we took it easy that day and then piled everyone into Lanny's boat to meet up with friends in the water to watch the fireworks. We used to get dressed up for the fireworks but realized it is too hot so we all come in our swimsuits so we can hang out in the water.

Welcome little curly hairs!!! I got a little sun that day at the beach. The sunset was beautiful and it made for some really great pictures!Loving our bling hats that Holly made! Hanging out in the water staying cool before the fireworks. My hubby and I
Reese and Riley Lanny and Holly Cody and I with Riley Enjoying a wonderful O'Douls in the summer heat with my man!

Pool Time Fun with the Family

Lanny and Holly decided to have a Pool Day with the family since we were in town. They got all of the family together and we had a wonderful time hanging out with everyone. At the end of the day Cody and Holly were joking around about sending Reese to Katy with us for the week. Holly was a little hesitant but Reese was ready to come to Katy and stay with us. She came home with us and then we went to Rockport on Thursday to spend 4th of July with them as we do every year!

The day started with a margarita pour off between Lanny and Toby. The boys had cups labeled 'x' and 'o' and then everyone voted to see which margarita they liked the best.

Cutie pie Hadley keeping track of the votes for the pour off!

Cage hanging out with his Aunt Ray Ray, I think he really just wanted to chill with his buddy Colton!

G-Mama with her 5 kiddos. She is one proud mom.

Some of the family! We are missing some grand-kids and Holly is taking the picture of course! Cody and I getting some much needed SUN! Reese and Riley with our dogs. Leland the Boxer and Dakota the Lab. Those kids love those dogs and Leland an Dakota love them just as much and are so good with them!

Reese and Leland, or I should say Wewand as Reese likes to call him!

Oh my Goodness!! We got both dogs in the water! We tried to get each of them to swim and Dakota did much better than Leland. Leland has a new nickname, "submarine!" He froze up and started going down, it scared me so much!! We went back to the pool a couple weeks later and both dogs went in like they owned the pool and they Love the water now! Dakota is a great watch dog, a protector. She kept an eye on the kids and made sure they were ok. Reese was tossed in the water and Dakota ran over to her to make sure she was ok!

Stacy and Cage

Girl's Baby Shower June 27, 2009

My wonderful sister-in-laws/my sisters, Holly, Stacy and Chandra, gave me a beautiful girls baby shower! It was such a wonderful gathering with many friends that I had not seen in a while since we had moved to Katy.

Thank you ladies for a beautiful shower! I love you girls!!

Great-Grandma Gloria Infanti, this is my Gradma's (my Dad's mom) first great grandchild.

Colton's cousin Cage Gordon, they will be 6 months apart! They are going to have such a great time growing up together since they are so close in age.

A beautiful quilt made by Cody's Aunt Phyl, it is a tradition that she makes a quilt for every grandchild born. The quilt is called "Giraffes Gone Wild." It was such a wonderful surprise having giraffes as the theme because that was my mom's favorite animal.

G-Mama and her daughters, we are missing Michelle from the picture.

Colton in Mama's belly at 32 weeks!