Listening to christmas music

-Bryson is on the job search again. His previous job was not what we thought it would be. 10 hours of physical labor, 5 days a week. 10 hours of weekly travel time. No benefit and bad pay....no thanks! Even though we've been praying and praying for a job for Bryson, we believe there is something better the Lord has for him out there.

-Thanksgiving Holiday has been soooo relaxing. We've been with Bryson's family in Ballinger and San Angelo. This is our first Thanksgiving to celebrate with them. We've enjoyed being with the family, playing with Cayson and Ashtyn and just lounging. Okay I've been doing the lounging, Bryson has been cutting and laying tile in Jill's new house. Here's a pic of the Owen's:


-It's funny how strangers react to me being pregnant. We met some of Jill and Chad's friends for the first time and the women (who are also moms) could not believe that I was 31 weeks. They kept saying "you're so small, no way!" They didn't know me before I was preggo, cause I think/feel huge. I mean this is not what I normally look like! I saw my parents last week and they couldn't believe how big I was! But it was fun to hangout with those girls and hear their stories on pregnancy and being moms.

-I'm excited about my first baby shower this next weekend!! My best college girls are throwing it for me...and I think they are more excited than me :) I'm so thankful for them, for their support, encouragement to the Lord, love and friendship throughout the past years! I love how no matter how busy we are, we always find a weekend, a phone call, or an email to stay connected! Girls4Life :)

-We've decided on a baby name!! Violet Owen (we are still working on a middle name) But we are naming her after Bryson's Grandma. Its great to actually have a name to call her! Ahh! I can't believe 9 more weeks....I gotta start packing my hospital bag!

Saturday Breakfast

Bryson and I love our Saturdays! For me growing up, Saturday always meant a really big and delicious breakfast. Anyone who has been to my house knows my parents love language: feeding people. My parents would cook scramble eggs, sausage, bacon, grits, toast, breakfast fried rice, fruit, hash browns or muffins(upon request)....a lot of food!
Usually on Saturday Bryson and I try to make a fun breakfast that we wouldn't normally eat during the week. We ate this this morning:

Super Super Easy! I dont know the name of it, because I got the recipe from a friend and she got it from our friend Clare. We have just started to call it ClareBear Breakfast. If you want to try it:
Ingredients
1 pkg of buttermilk biscuits (I choose one with 5 in it)
1 roll of Jimmy Dean Sausage
6 eggs
1 pkg of shredded cheese
Salt and Pepper
Preheat oven to 350. Cook sausage in a skillet. Grease a round pan and then place biscuits around the edges, with on in the middle. Press/spread them out a little using your hands. Mix cooked sausage, eggs, and 1 cup of shredded cheese together. Pour on top of biscuits. Put in oven for 15mins. If desired Sprinkle cheese on top and cook for additional 10 mins.

Enjoy the weekend :)

First week: Third Trimester

28 weeks, 12 more to go! Really? 7 months preggo?!! I canNOT believe it. This pregnancy thing has really flown by!! I am truly thankful that so far I have had a relatively easy pregnancy. I never had morning sickness, I've had great energy (besides the first trimester in New York) and for the most part no crazy cravings. Now that I am more than half way through pregnancy, it almost seems like being pregnant is normal Even though I forget that I am a lot of the times until I see myself in the mirror or catch myself thinking "why do I have to pee again, I just went!?". I'm starting to notice that it is getting harder to get out of bed, finding shirts that are long enough, to tie my own shoes (Bryson has had to tie them a few times already),and I'm getting out of breath more easily now. Also when I do make it out of bed I notice how sore my feet are when I stand up this probably due to my job and just normal pregnancy weight gain.

An update from my pregnancy weekly email about 28 weeks: "By this week, your baby weighs two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can blink her eyes, which now sport eyelashes and eyebrows. With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. The baby has also developed taste buds and sucks its thumb. She's also developing billions of neurons in her brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world."

I had a doctor's appointment today and he said everything is going perfectly :) Suprisingly I only gained 3 lbs this month!! I was shocked because last month at the doctor I had gained 9 lbs, from the appointment in September.I was a little nervous earlier this week because baby girl wasn't moving as much as she had been. Normally she moves lot before or after meals and then at night around 9 or 10. But I had not felt much movement in 3 days, so I was glad to go see Doctor Mac today. He said it's normal to have a few lulls because baby is sleeping a lot more and she may have shifted to a different position where you can't feel her as easily. (But tonight at dinner, Baby Girl was very very active...but it may have been because I had Poblano Rellano with a lot of salsa :) We live near the Austin airport, so the airplanes fly over our house and are noisy. Every time a plane goes over, baby girl moves or kicks! It's very fun to feel and see a little movement when I hear a plane go by! I wonder if she can hear it or feel the vibration or...is she going to be a pilot and give her parents first class tickets?

Halloween 2009

We started Halloween a day early with the Murphy's. Now Grace was my roommate for 3 years in college, she always had awesome halloween costumes. But the last two years she has been really really excited about this holiday, "it's my favorite holiday" she says. She made dinner: Mummy dogs, Cheesy ghosts, and Vampire Blood!

For dessert we made Chocolate Spiders:


While our dessert had to "chill" we started on our Pumpkins. Carving Pumpkins is a "common" thing in my family. We normally did it while growing up. My dad taught us how to carve the top out at an angle and to clean the insides really well so it doesn't get moldy. Well as far as Grace can remember this was her FIRST time!! I kid you not! I could not get over it! And check out her pumpkin, it has warts! We both had tool sets and got to work! I forgot that its tough carving a pumkin! I was using a trace set and My hand got a cramp and I seriously was about to just say "i'm finished" haha! After I finally did finish, Bryson said he was proud I actually finished...he knows when anything gets tough or too much detail I'm inclined to stop. :) So I appreciated the compliment.
Check out Grace's FIRST pumpkin!! She did great!! and well I was trying to compare the size of my belly to my pumpkin: Here are our pumpkins! thanks Murphys for a fun night!