This will be just a quick post to let you all know I haven't forgotten about posting...it's just been CRAZY around here!!! We had Christmas in Dallas, Christmas in Athens, my family here briefly for the Oklahoma State bowl game, I got sick, and now I have a weekend to myself with my husband, so I'm going to take advantage of every moment!
Hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and we wish you all a blessed New Year!! I'll post pictures and stories next week!
Love,
Courtney & Matthew
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Merry Christmas to All!!
It has been an uneventful week for us! We actually spent last weekend relaxing, for the most part...it was a refreshing change. :-)
On Saturday, Matthew let me sleep in and then we went to the mall and finished some Christmas shopping. We ended up spending more time there than we had anticipated, but we had a good time. Sunday was busy for us, but at least we were home! I worked on Christmas cards and did some baking...which took all day since I had to go to the grocery store 2 extra times for things I forgot...and to replace things that I burned! It took me almost all day and I was exhausted, but with Matthew's help, we got it all done.
This week I've been working on finishing some projects (converting cassette tapes to CDs), wrapping presents, doing laundry, cleaning, and packing for our week away. We are leaving tomorrow to spend Friday through Monday with Matthew's family, and then we'll head to Athens after lunch on Monday to spend Christmas with my family. I'm very excited because we'll all be home AND we get to see our cousin Julie, who is coming home from Belgium for the holidays! My mom's family will be at our house for Christmas for the first time since we were little kids!
Only one picture from this week! We're 27 weeks along and still cooking. I have been really struggling to get good sleep through the night...but I slept great last night, so I'm trying to make the most of my energy today to finish the packing and cleaning! Liam keeps moving around alot...and he's a night owl...he's most active while I'm laying in bed reading.
That's about it for this week! We hope and pray that you all have a wonderful, blessed Christmas with family and safe travels for you and all your family!
Love,
Courtney, Matthew, Liam, Daisy, & Jack
On Saturday, Matthew let me sleep in and then we went to the mall and finished some Christmas shopping. We ended up spending more time there than we had anticipated, but we had a good time. Sunday was busy for us, but at least we were home! I worked on Christmas cards and did some baking...which took all day since I had to go to the grocery store 2 extra times for things I forgot...and to replace things that I burned! It took me almost all day and I was exhausted, but with Matthew's help, we got it all done.
This week I've been working on finishing some projects (converting cassette tapes to CDs), wrapping presents, doing laundry, cleaning, and packing for our week away. We are leaving tomorrow to spend Friday through Monday with Matthew's family, and then we'll head to Athens after lunch on Monday to spend Christmas with my family. I'm very excited because we'll all be home AND we get to see our cousin Julie, who is coming home from Belgium for the holidays! My mom's family will be at our house for Christmas for the first time since we were little kids!
Only one picture from this week! We're 27 weeks along and still cooking. I have been really struggling to get good sleep through the night...but I slept great last night, so I'm trying to make the most of my energy today to finish the packing and cleaning! Liam keeps moving around alot...and he's a night owl...he's most active while I'm laying in bed reading.
That's about it for this week! We hope and pray that you all have a wonderful, blessed Christmas with family and safe travels for you and all your family!
Love,
Courtney, Matthew, Liam, Daisy, & Jack
Friday, December 10, 2010
15 days until Christmas!!
Here at Chez Powell things are certainly amping up for Christmas! Matthew comes home at least every other day to remind me how many more days there are until Christmas...I keep thinking about all the things I still need to do before Christmas!!
We have had a fairly uneventful week. We had a great weekend, just the two of us. We did some Christmas shopping, and I did some resting since I wasn't feeling all that great. We went to Wimberly, TX on Saturday which is like a giant craft/antique fair that happens every 1st Saturday in the month. We love to go there and see what's new. We found a few Christmas presents and then headed back home to go to the mall. Sunday we had a lazy morning and went to our favorite bagel shop for breakfast before we took Daisy for a walk in the park. Matthew commented that he can't wait until we're pushing Liam in a stroller while we walk...I can't wait until I'm actually walking again instead of waddling!
We also went out and got a "Christmas tree". Neither Matthew nor I would be able to live with ourselves if we ever got a fake Christmas tree. In the 4 past Christmas' we've been married we've always bought a real Christmas tree, put it up, and decorated it. I wasn't so sure I was up for needle clean-up this year, but I knew we needed a tree, so I let Matthew decide. He finally suggested we get a Norfolk Island Pine in a pot that we could decorate and then keep after Christmas...no clean up required! It's a little on the small side, but we're happy with it...His name is "Ned". We decorated it last night, but it sure didn't take very long! :-)
In other exciting news...I think I can officially announce on my blog (since she's announced it on her blog) that Matthew and I are going to be an Aunt and an Uncle again! My sister is pregnant with #2...So Liam will have 2 cousins close in age now. We're excited for Madeline, Darryl, & Caleb!! I've been praying that the 1st trimester won't be as awful for Madeline with this babe as it was for Caleb...so far, so good!
My pregnancy has been going well. I told Matthew that I'm beginning to feel like an old lady. I wake up feeling great and by the end of the day, I need to put my feet up and have a heating pad on my back! Some nights I sleep great, some nights I toss and turn. I'm trying to take it easy...but it's difficult for me to do! I have been having very vivid dreams about labor lately, too...kind of scary. :-) On Wednesday, Matthew and I took a tour of the hospital where we will have Liam. It's a beautiful new hospital with huge rooms and very friendly staff, but I told Matthew when we were leaving, "I hope you remember where we are supposed to go because I don't have a clue!" Hope we can figure it all out when the time comes!! :-)
It will be a short week before we are out for the holidays! We'll be spending next weekend with the Powells in Dallas and then heading to Athens on Monday to spend Christmas with my family. We're both looking forward to Matthew having a week off from work, since he hardly got any time at Thanksgiving!
Enjoy our pictures and have a wonderful week!
Love,
Courtney
We have had a fairly uneventful week. We had a great weekend, just the two of us. We did some Christmas shopping, and I did some resting since I wasn't feeling all that great. We went to Wimberly, TX on Saturday which is like a giant craft/antique fair that happens every 1st Saturday in the month. We love to go there and see what's new. We found a few Christmas presents and then headed back home to go to the mall. Sunday we had a lazy morning and went to our favorite bagel shop for breakfast before we took Daisy for a walk in the park. Matthew commented that he can't wait until we're pushing Liam in a stroller while we walk...I can't wait until I'm actually walking again instead of waddling!
We also went out and got a "Christmas tree". Neither Matthew nor I would be able to live with ourselves if we ever got a fake Christmas tree. In the 4 past Christmas' we've been married we've always bought a real Christmas tree, put it up, and decorated it. I wasn't so sure I was up for needle clean-up this year, but I knew we needed a tree, so I let Matthew decide. He finally suggested we get a Norfolk Island Pine in a pot that we could decorate and then keep after Christmas...no clean up required! It's a little on the small side, but we're happy with it...His name is "Ned". We decorated it last night, but it sure didn't take very long! :-)
In other exciting news...I think I can officially announce on my blog (since she's announced it on her blog) that Matthew and I are going to be an Aunt and an Uncle again! My sister is pregnant with #2...So Liam will have 2 cousins close in age now. We're excited for Madeline, Darryl, & Caleb!! I've been praying that the 1st trimester won't be as awful for Madeline with this babe as it was for Caleb...so far, so good!
My pregnancy has been going well. I told Matthew that I'm beginning to feel like an old lady. I wake up feeling great and by the end of the day, I need to put my feet up and have a heating pad on my back! Some nights I sleep great, some nights I toss and turn. I'm trying to take it easy...but it's difficult for me to do! I have been having very vivid dreams about labor lately, too...kind of scary. :-) On Wednesday, Matthew and I took a tour of the hospital where we will have Liam. It's a beautiful new hospital with huge rooms and very friendly staff, but I told Matthew when we were leaving, "I hope you remember where we are supposed to go because I don't have a clue!" Hope we can figure it all out when the time comes!! :-)
It will be a short week before we are out for the holidays! We'll be spending next weekend with the Powells in Dallas and then heading to Athens on Monday to spend Christmas with my family. We're both looking forward to Matthew having a week off from work, since he hardly got any time at Thanksgiving!
Enjoy our pictures and have a wonderful week!
Love,
Courtney
Matthew loves tree decorating!
Welcome to the family, Ned! :-)
We love Christmas!!
26 weeks
Love our little guy!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Holiday seasons
It feels like it's been forever since I posted! We've been busy as usual and out of town for part of last week, so I'm woefully late in getting these pictures up. Last week started with me spending Monday with my precious nephew Caleb while Madeline worked and Darryl was at school. I can hardly believe he's already 9 months old! He's growing up so fast and moving around even faster...We played hard together and I think the biggest laugh that both of us got out of the day was lunch. I fed him peas and one spoonful dropped onto his tray and it ended up all over his face, arms, and legs. We were both laughing so hard, I didn't even get a picture! I know he'll be a great buddy for our little guy, too!
Matthew met me Monday night (after a long day of work for him!) and we drove to Dallas to spend Thanksgiving with his Dad and Brenda and Shannon and Kevin. We had a great time shopping for Christmas and for baby on Tuesday and Shannon was off work on Wednesday, so we spent the day with her. Thursday we were all up early to get the meal ready. Kevin spent all day out on the Big Green Egg with the turkey and the rest of us prepared the side dishes. Shannon had to go into work, so we had the meal ready when she got him. Unfortunately, we had to head back on Thursday night because Matthew had to work the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
On our way back in, we tried something we've never done before...we hit the Wal-Mart for the 12:01am sale. We pulled in the parking lot around 11:45pm and it was already packed! When we got inside it was nuts!! Matthew made me wait in a less crowded area, so I wouldn't get run over by crazy people with carts. We got some great movie deals and a Christmas present we were after, and we had a lovely conversation with an older couple while we waited for a hour in line. I'm not sure we'll ever be doing that again!!
While Matthew headed in to work early Friday morning, I tried to get a little shopping done, but it was crazy out there and I barely managed to get the 3 things on my list. Needless to say, after the Wal-Mart fiasco and the Black Friday business...I'm doing the rest of my Christmas shopping online!!! I started feeling yucky on Saturday while Matthew was at work, so I laid around most of the day, but I did at least accomplish some unpacking. I feel like I haven't seen my husband for days, though, and I'm looking forward to our weekend together in a few days!!
As you will see from the pictures below, and as I'm sure some of you already know, we've OFFICIALLY picked a name for our little boy. We really had a name picked out for a boy or a girl for ages, but I had some doubts. Anyway, his name will be Liam Frederick, after my two grandfathers. My dad's dad was William (but we were not real fond of any nicknames), so we went with the Celtic version of William in Liam. My mom's dad was Frederick. Both of them have passed away, my grandpa Fred just last year, so we feel like it's a great way to pass along their memories. Also, Liam means "Determined Protector" so we feel like it's a great name for the first born! Don't worry though!! We're not one-family sided!! If it was a girl, it would have been all names from Matthew's side!! And the next boy will likely be a Powell/Fensler family name...we love the idea of passing down family names!
Matthew took some great pictures of a pumpkin we carved and put lights in with his name in it. We love calling him by his name and we pray for our little Liam every night! He definitely has active times during the day now...he kicks the most in the mornings and in the evenings. I had another doctor's appointment yesterday and everything looks great. The doctor is pleased with both of our progress! I have the yucky gestational diabetes test the next time I see her (right after Christmas), so pray for me that I pass the test and don't puke from all the sugar! I've been feeling a little under the weather lately...it's possible I'm getting tired and trying to do to much. :-) I've been having some back pains (some of which I know are stress related), but the doctor says those will probably be around until the pregnancy is over!
Enjoy the pictures below from the last two weeks...Sometime soon I am going to have Matthew do a post...he's been asking to do it :-)
Love,
Courtney
Matthew met me Monday night (after a long day of work for him!) and we drove to Dallas to spend Thanksgiving with his Dad and Brenda and Shannon and Kevin. We had a great time shopping for Christmas and for baby on Tuesday and Shannon was off work on Wednesday, so we spent the day with her. Thursday we were all up early to get the meal ready. Kevin spent all day out on the Big Green Egg with the turkey and the rest of us prepared the side dishes. Shannon had to go into work, so we had the meal ready when she got him. Unfortunately, we had to head back on Thursday night because Matthew had to work the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
On our way back in, we tried something we've never done before...we hit the Wal-Mart for the 12:01am sale. We pulled in the parking lot around 11:45pm and it was already packed! When we got inside it was nuts!! Matthew made me wait in a less crowded area, so I wouldn't get run over by crazy people with carts. We got some great movie deals and a Christmas present we were after, and we had a lovely conversation with an older couple while we waited for a hour in line. I'm not sure we'll ever be doing that again!!
While Matthew headed in to work early Friday morning, I tried to get a little shopping done, but it was crazy out there and I barely managed to get the 3 things on my list. Needless to say, after the Wal-Mart fiasco and the Black Friday business...I'm doing the rest of my Christmas shopping online!!! I started feeling yucky on Saturday while Matthew was at work, so I laid around most of the day, but I did at least accomplish some unpacking. I feel like I haven't seen my husband for days, though, and I'm looking forward to our weekend together in a few days!!
As you will see from the pictures below, and as I'm sure some of you already know, we've OFFICIALLY picked a name for our little boy. We really had a name picked out for a boy or a girl for ages, but I had some doubts. Anyway, his name will be Liam Frederick, after my two grandfathers. My dad's dad was William (but we were not real fond of any nicknames), so we went with the Celtic version of William in Liam. My mom's dad was Frederick. Both of them have passed away, my grandpa Fred just last year, so we feel like it's a great way to pass along their memories. Also, Liam means "Determined Protector" so we feel like it's a great name for the first born! Don't worry though!! We're not one-family sided!! If it was a girl, it would have been all names from Matthew's side!! And the next boy will likely be a Powell/Fensler family name...we love the idea of passing down family names!
Matthew took some great pictures of a pumpkin we carved and put lights in with his name in it. We love calling him by his name and we pray for our little Liam every night! He definitely has active times during the day now...he kicks the most in the mornings and in the evenings. I had another doctor's appointment yesterday and everything looks great. The doctor is pleased with both of our progress! I have the yucky gestational diabetes test the next time I see her (right after Christmas), so pray for me that I pass the test and don't puke from all the sugar! I've been feeling a little under the weather lately...it's possible I'm getting tired and trying to do to much. :-) I've been having some back pains (some of which I know are stress related), but the doctor says those will probably be around until the pregnancy is over!
Enjoy the pictures below from the last two weeks...Sometime soon I am going to have Matthew do a post...he's been asking to do it :-)
Love,
Courtney
24 weeks!
Liam's name in lights
Thanksgiving turkey...yum!
Powell family picture
We both look a little full!! :-)
25 weeks...Mommy didn't feel like dressing up!
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