23 Weeks!

Little Clara Beth and I are feeling pretty good! Other than the occasional ache and pain here and there I would say we are progressing nicely. She has been kicking a lot lately and I love every minute. I couldn't sleep on Sunday night so I just put my hand on my belly and felt the movement all night. It made me smile when I should have been sleeping! I wonder which way she is facing and what parts of her body are doing the kicking. I assume it's her foot, but I don't know. My next appointment is on July 18, but it's just a routine check-up. I will schedule our child birth class at that time. We are going to take a class that is offered by my doctor's nurse and it's just one night. We are still waiting on the changing table and the chair so the nursery is on hold for now. I think it might be time for another trip to Canton now that I know I can shop for PINK!

Kate Ashley

Lee, Shanna and Kate heading home to Beaumont!

Macy, Shanna and Kate

Sweet little Kate made her debut slightly earlier than expected! She was due on July 28, and came on July 3. But she is healthy and that's the important part. Shanna said that Macy is totally in love with her baby sister too! They are home and are completely exhausted after a long night! Here are a few photos!

Nursery Progress!

Along with little Bobo, the bedding was waiting for us at my mom and dad's house when we got back from the lake! It was a wonderful surprise. You can see that it's going to be so soft and sweet in the blue room. Now we need to assemble the crib!

This is one confused dad-to-be (like I was much better!) I was clueless!

This is the fabric we ordered instead of the minky dot shown in the photo below.

We ordered this chair! It's so comfy! I think we'll be spending lots of time here. It doesn't recline (even though I was told to get a recliner) but it should do the trick. We got an ottoman to match but it's not shown.

We had an expensive, but fun day on Thursday! We started at Baby World where we ordered the pink chair then headed to Babies R Us to get the crib, changing table and to register! We were totally exhausted. Who knew there were so many choices and EVERYONE has a different opinion! It's so overwhelming...I have heard, "oh you need this, you don't need that, you can borrow this, don't buy that there!" GEEZ! We are clueless and I think it might be better to just stay that way and figure this out on our own. Even though that's the hard way, sometimes you just have to learn for yourself. Here are some photos from the day!

Finally Painting!

BoBo wanted to help so he barked orders at Randy!

Randy meaursing for the bead board! That's the next project. I am sure it will give us fits but it will look really great when it's on the walls.

YEAH! After SEVEN trips to Home Depot (three this morning) we are finally going! Randy has one wall done and I took some photos so here they are! I guess these are probably pretty boring, but I like watching the progress.

Little CB's Room

I don't have any updated photos, but I thought I would vent about the frustration I have with paint samples. We have decided to paint her room blue, I know it sounds odd, but I think it will be tranquil and calming. The paint samples have not worked so we are on round three now! Randy is ready to paint and I can't make up my mind! The bedding is pale blue with a pink and white floral pattern and I think it's pretty sweet. We are going to attempt to put in white bead board and a white chair rail so hopefully the blue will not be too overwhelming. I am off this week so we can work in her room!

In other news, Little BoBo has graduated from his crate to our bed! I swore I would never do that, but he is just the sweetest little thing and he loves being with us. I can't bear to put him back now. Ugh...

I'll post some photos as soon as we make some progress!

Edee Update

Ok....this has to be the cutest thing I have ever seen! Edee Sue taking a nap in her tutu! :) She is getting so big. It's hard to believe that she was half this size when we met her about a month ago! Edee sent Clara Beth a new outfit this week and we were thrilled! Hopefully they can wear their matching outfits for a photo sometime.

Baby Lew is a GIRL!!!!

Gran EG and Grandma Shirley! They were so excited to see their baby granddaughter!

Proud Dad!

Mama Lew so happy that Baby Lew is healthy and stunned that it's a GIRL!

I couldn't decide between a pink or a blue straw...easier to just have two!

Time for Baby Lew to have some CAFFEINE! Nothing like the hard stuff at 7 o'clock in the morning!

This was before the big announcement! REALLY early in the morning!

So I was completely wrong! Even when Judy asked the first time I stuck to my "mother's intuition" and said, "Oh that's a boy!" But when she asked again, proud dad said, "That's a girl!" And he was RIGHT! I am stunned. I am honestly amazed by this development. I will have more photos tomorrow, but this is the best I can do for now.