Let's Play Catch Up

Yes, I've been gone for a little while three years. Oops. Anyhoo, let's play catch up REAL REAL quick.

I have a kid, a REAL REAL cute kid. Meet RylieMarie....and Star!

Yes, we ride horses. Well, the kids and I do; Brandon (the husband) just helps pay for them, feed them and complain about having them.

 

 

Here is Parker P, 11 years old, loves to hunt, responsible, too mature for my likings and growing waaaaay too fast. The ladies are going to go crazy, when we say they can. NOT NOW.

He is going to kill me for posting this picture! Shhh. 

 

 

 And, the husband. My eye lashes start to flutter and my heart gets all weepy just typing this.

He takes care of us, protects us, makes us laugh and is a ornery wonderful husband and amazing father. 

That is me with him, of course. Better not be another lady with him!!!

You probably won't see many pictures of him alone because I have to FORCE him to take ANY pictures. It is easier to get the three year old to smile.

 

 

I have no idea where this blog will lead me but I felt compelled to start over again.

Join the ride!

 

 

22 weeks- or somewhere around there

I am now at 22 weeks (or somewhere around there)--I can't remember. My not remembering is a summary of how my pregnancy has been lately. I FORGET EVERYTHING!!! My belly is getting big and my coworkers told me today I am carrying really high. Lately it is neat to feel her when she is moving because my stomach will get really hard in one spot, but the spot is in a different place everyday....crazy! I finally MADE Brandon feel her and his response was "That's kinda weird." I guess she isn't Daddy's little girl yet because she is just an alien to him right now--his words, not mine! :-)

So, I have started shopping a  little bit at a time. So I thought I would share my finds. I was really excited to post the first thing I bought for her (it was a cute little onesie that said "I love my Daddy" but guess what...I can't remember where I put it! Ugh...this is driving me crazy!

Anyways...here are the rest of my finds, enjoy!

This cute little cup is for washing her hair, on the left side it is soft so it can be put against her head. Great garage sale find!!

Perfect little sign for her room--all the right colors and perfect saying! $3.99 at Ross.

You can never have too many onsies or socks I was told by Krista (coworker that has 4 kids so she is the expert!)

Cute picture frame I found at a garage sale. I need to print her sonogram picture to put it the frame. 

Halloween bib I found at a garage sale for $0.10!! She will be too cute for Halloween 2011. Hopefully I don't lose it before then.  :-)

My mom bought this little vest for her, it will be really cute with long sleeves, blue jeans and boots. She just needs a pony now!

Night all,
One tired Mommy

PS- My feet are swollen all the time now...not cool. Enough said.

20 weeks

Okay, here is a picture of my baby bump...

So, I know I will get in trouble by Dr.Ford (and I already got it from my Mom even though she rode at 5 months too) but I rode Hank this Saturday! I was so stressed out and couldn't calm down so Brandon helped me load up the truck and trailer with Hank, Josey, Halle and of course Parker. We headed to Holybee arena where I did everything except throw the saddle up on his back (my dad helped with that task.) I broke my rule of "If you can't saddle the horse and get on by yourself then you shouldn't ride." Oops. Oh well. I only rode three events...on Golfette I tried to take it easy but it was rough so on Barrels and Pylons I just let him go his natural speed and it was a lot smoother!! I didn't get the golfball (because I didn't want to lean too far) and I hit a cone but we were only a couple of seconds of our normal times. It felt so good to ride! I could feel the knot in my chest disappear as soon as I arrived at the arena. I won't be riding fast anymore but I don't regret it! 

Another major positive after riding was that I woke up the next morning feeling mentally GREAT!! I laid in bed and felt RylieMarie move for the first time! Such a cool feeling--I think she was bounced around so much the night before and had fun doing it she was a wiggle worm to do it all again! :-)

Okay, now I am on the hunt for a Pregnancy To Do Countdown Calender. We all know I am a procrastinator so I NEED this so I make sure and get everything done!

Have a great day...

Shannon

RylieMarie's first gift...a TIME OUT CHAIR!! :-)

Kristel made RylieMarie's first gift...a TIME OUT CHAIR!! It is too cute! I am positive that we will be using this a lot...she is Brandon's daughter!

Thank you Kristel!

It's a girl!!!

19 weeks 1 day-

Brandon was finally able to go my doctor's appointment today! He picked a good one because we were able to find out that "it" is now a RylieMarie Pollard! It all became very real for me today. The sonogram didn't show a blob today, it showed a real human with a head, legs, arms, spine, nose, bladder, kidneys, everything! He measured everything and her growth measured to be right now track with the due date. Everything looked healthy!! Praise God!

We weren't for sure if we would be able to see the gender today because usually Dr.Ford does the sonogram at 20 weeks. He went ahead and tried since Brandon was there and we were only 1 week away! RylieMarie was a little stubborn at first so Dr.Ford had to push around on my belly with that wand/stick thing, then that made me laugh (which didn't help any!) On the DVD of today's sonogram you can tell when I laugh because the screen goes up and down like a someone was holding the camera and shaking it! Too cute!

I am so very excited, if you can't tell! Now I am on the hunt for a Cowgirl Chic Nursery!! I want to mix and match fabrics, not store bought. I had everything picked out for a boy's nursery but NOT a girl's (even though I wanted a girl.) Once I got home my creative wheels starting rolling! I posted a few pictures below of ideas that I have.....Enjoy!

I found this on PolkaTotDesigns.com! Too cute---I want the mattress sheet to be pink, the beaded trim on the skirt to have balls that are neon green and the bows on the crib to be turquoise. I want the them to be black and white with accent colors of those three colors I mentioned!

Or this one from www.abbeylaynedesigns.com.

I found this on Junk by Reese. I thought this would be cute with maybe an outline of neon green.

I found this on SouthernHides.com. I thought it would be a cute rug!

So the hard part is that I am starting to get the picture in my head of what I want it all to be but that picture is EXPENSIVE so hopefully I can replicate it all with inexpensive stuff! Wish me luck!