Daddy, daddy, daddy...

Justin flew in last Friday after not seeing seeing Kate and I for 2 months!!! That's right 2 months. He was a little worried that Kate wouldn't want anything to do with him, because she hadn't seen him in so long. Boy, was he wrong. The minute she saw him, she didn't want to leave his side. She kept saying "I want to go with daddy, not you momma" over and over again and even told me to get out of the car(while it was moving). Justin loved every minute of it. We decided to show Justin what it is we do during the week, so we went to the Children's museum at the mall. He got to play and see everything Kate usually tells him about. Sad to say, we only have one more week with daddy before he has to go back. He wont be back again until right before Brody is born-another 2 months. Thank god for web cam's!!!

Children's Museum & Belly pics

To get Kate out of the house and away from the t.v., we go to The Woodlands Children's Museum. I bought a membership($50 for 1 year)last month and have been using it like crazy. We have gone 3 times this week alone and Kate absolutely loves playing there. There are so many things for kids to do-digging for dinosaur bones, painting, puzzles, reading, playing with trains, playing dress up, etc. We do it all and could easily spend several hours in there.
Kate putting on a puppet show

Playing with the trains

Dr. Kate


I figure I would post some preggo pics. I cant believe how big my belly is getting!! Under 100 days to go and counting down.
15 weeks

19 weeks

23 weeks

27 weeks

Trip to Grandpa and Grandma's

Kate and I went to Palacios to visit my parents for a long weekend. They live on several acres of land and Kate can run wild, w/out me worrying about cars or strangers. Which is pretty much what she did the whole time we were down. She actually threw a fit, because I made her come inside to eat.
Kate enjoyed splashing around in the pool aka hot tub, catching fish in a very small coy pond-it only had 3 fish in it, jumping on the trampoline and playing ball with Spot the dog. Not to mention Grandma and Grandpa enjoyed the visit as well.



Kate trying to catch a fish

Checking out the tractor w/ grandpa

Taking pictures next to grandpa's cars

Baking

I have always loved to bake. Cookies, cakes, pies, etc. I enjoy baking them all, but not necessary good at decorating them. I would love to learn how to decorate them using icing, piping, fondant, etc. and have even looked at taking classes, but the schedule just doesn't work for me right now. So, I decided I will be self taught-which could be a big disaster, but that's the learning process.
Yesterday, I decided to make ladybug cookies, using a sugar cookie recipe and shaping the cookies to look like a ladybugs(could easily pass as a snowman), and then piped and iced them. When piping, you should use a piping bag and tip. I didn't feel like going out and buying one, so I used a Ziploc bag and just cut the tip off. Using the Ziploc bag, might be the reason they turned out a little messy looking instead of having nice, clean lines, but oh well.
Hopefully with time, I can work my way up to decorating cakes, but in the meantime I will keep practicing on cookies.
Rolled out ladybugs

Lightly pressed down

Baked ladybugs

Ladybug cookies decorated

Another trip to the hospital

My weekend consisted of me being in the hospital once again. I started bleeding Sat. morning, so I called the Dr on call and she told me to come in. I went in about 9 am and was told I would be staying for 23 hours. I thought I misunderstood the nurse and said "for 2 to 3 hrs" and she said no, for 23 hours. Later that night, I had some more bleeding, and the Dr on call, told me I wouldn't be going home until my Dr saw me Monday morning. Sunday night, early Monday the baby's heartbeat kept dropping, so I was hooked up to an IV and had to have the heartbeat and contraction monitor on me constantly, not to mention I was confined to using a bedpan(not the easiest thing to use). In the 3 days I spent in the hospital, I had 2 ultrasounds. Both showed no placenta previa-which is a good thing. It did show the umbilical cord was between the baby's head and my cervix, which might have been the reason for the bleeding. The umbilical cord and the baby might have been hitting old blood vessels. Since, the baby was having a consistent heartbeat for 24 hours, my Dr released me, with instructions to take it very easy. Once again, Kate wasn't with me, she was spending the week with grandparents. I don't know what I would have done, if I had had her. The last 72 hours have been emotionally draining, not knowing what was going on and not having Justin with me. Fingers crossed and prayers said, it doesn't happen again.

Dora the Explorer

Kate and I went to see Dora today with some friends. She has loved Dora for some time, and could even be considered a stalker. This was Kate's first live show and she did great. She sang, danced and clapped along with the audience and show the entire time. I cant wait to take her to more live shows.


Halle, Finely and Kate



Kate and her cheeks

Kate upset b/c its intermission aka commercial break

My child can not take a good picture

Nothing but pictures!

Since I left my usb cord in Baku, I havent been able to upload any pictures. So, I decided to go by another one. Here are alot of pictures over the last month, which include Kate's end of the year school party, London, dance class, etc. Enjoy.



Buckingham Park



Marble Arch Park

Kate and Halle at dance