Dogs...

One of our favorite things about Nikki is how she sleeps. This dog sleeps on her back, legs up in the air and head stretched back as far as it will go. It is so funny! It is especially funny when she dreams in that position. Her legs get going as if she is running after something, then she starts barking. Every once in awhile it looks like she has her nose to the ground and is digging. We love it...

Today I was working up in the office and turn around to check on my puppies and this is what I saw...
How funny is that?! He even started barking when I snapped the picture! I love my dogs! :)

Movement...

Last night I felt the baby move for the first time! It is so exciting! I'm so ready to know what this baby is going to look like, what their personality is going to be, etc.

Poor Travis...he wants to feel it so bad. He was so excited last night and even after I told him that he wouldn't be able to feel anything for at least a week...he insisted that I lay down, very still, so that he could try. :) He is so adorable!

And as you can see in my comments...I have been tagged by Dana

The RULES
Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. Share 5 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog. or Share the 5 top places on your “want to see or want to see again” list. or Share 5 things you never pictured being in your future when your were 25 years old. Tag a minimum of 5, maximum of 10 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. The tagees have a choice of which they want to do.

Wow this is hard for me...

5 random and/or weird facts about me:

1) I am the youngest of 5 girls.
2) I have a freckel in my right eye.
3) I am married to a man I have known for 17 years.
4) I love Superman.
5) I'm pregnant with my first child! Yay!

I don't have a lot of people I can tag because most of my readers are Juli's friends...so forgive me Juli....Amy, Natalie, Staci, Shauna and Megan :)

Oops...We did it again...

It is official. We are crazy!

This weekend we drove up to Austin to meet and hand over the keys to our new renters. We decided to rent out our house for now since the market isn't the best. The couple who moved in are really nice and are eager to make the place their own. They intend to make this a lease to buy situation. Which we are all for at this time...anything to get the second mortgage off our backs. Anyway, we were really pleased with them and think this will be a great arrangement.

While we were there, we got to see some of our friends. We had lunch with Christina and then later we met up with Dax, Lindsay and Amy. It was great to be able to catch up with them while we were there.

Okay...now you are wondering why in the world any of that makes us crazy. Well, I will tell you...

While we were passing time (before we needed to go meet up with Dax, Lindsay and Amy) Travis suggested that we go by Petco to see the dogs that were outside. We have gone to look several times and just enjoy loving on random dogs. As we start walking up to the store, however, we see an open kennel with three little Siberian Husky puppies. Yup...Travis made the mistake of picking one up and we ended up adopting him. His name is Cooper and he is the most precious puppy! Nikki loves him and they get along so well. He is already proving to be a great companion for her. They wrestle around for a good hour and then they both nap for several hours. It is quite precious! I am going to post some pictures of Cooper down below along with a video of the playful tackles! (He is 9 weeks old and about 10 pounds.) I am taking him to the vet this afternoon so we will have all the details on health then!

Oh...and my tummy is starting to grow! Nothing picture worthy yet...but soon...very soon...

House Pictures and 2 Firsts

Well, in the last 24 hours I have had two firsts...1) Making grill cheese sandwhiches and 2) making pancakes. Two things that I don't particularly enjoy eating...but I made them for my hubby! It was fun. They both turned out good...of course they did...they are two of the easiest things to make!

For those of you asking for pictures of the house, I have taken a few of the downstairs and will follow up later with the rest. The only picture I didn't take of downstairs is the kitchen. I still have some work to do in there...

This is the living room...

This half bath is just off of the living room to the left of the tv.

Here is our pool room...this is to your left as you walk in the front door.

And our dining room...this is to your right as you walk in the front door. There is an open doorway into the kitchen to the left of the picture.

Our breakfast table. This is just off the living room and leads into the kitchen.

I will load more pictures of the house later. :) Have a great day!

Yay for having a Social Life!

Last night we had 26 people in our house for a house warming bar-b-que! It was so much fun! We went to our neighbors, knocked on all the doors and invited everyone to join us for a bar-b-que. We had a really good turn out and we had several people come who weren't from the neighborhood. Winkle Danny and Aunt Norma, Douglas and Becky (Douglas is a former client of Travis'), Alexa (who works with Travis) and Travis' parents, Bill and Judy. Everyone else lives on our street and we had a blast! It was a fun time and we got to know our neighbors a little better and spend some time with some of our new friends and family.

This morning we went to Kingwood Church of Christ and decided to place membership there. We are excited about the lesson plans for our class, getting involved in Bible studies and getting connected in some ministries. It feels like we are starting to settle into our new home and city...finally. :)

After church we went to lunch with Danny and Norma at Spring Creek Bar-b-que (do you see a theme here)... I love that place!!! I am so glad that we are able to spend so much time with family.

Some of you have been asking for pictures of the house, and I plan to get them on here soon. Since we had so many people here last night, I need to do a little damage control before displaying my house to anyone! ;)

House Guests!

We had our very first house guests in the new house this past weekend. My friend Amy from Austin brought her two kids (Tyler and Ali) to visit. It was Tyler's birthday on Friday, so we went out and got him an ice cream cake and then played some pool. On Saturday we went to tour the USS Texas battleship. It was so cool! I love history and being able to read all the stories about the ship and the men who served on it was just awesome. Here are some pictures from the ship.