Introducing Nathan Andrew

So I'm sitting there in Wed night Bible class and I begin to feel really uncomfortable, no it wasn't the spirit convicting me folks, it was early labor!! We went to the hospital at 2, and once they finally broke my water we quickly had a baby. Nathan was born around 11 that morning and weighed 7 lbs even!! I was so shocked when the nurse told us he had red hair. My dad had a red beard and Stephen has some reddish tint to his beard too. Anyway, pictures are much more interesting than my sleep deprived ramblings, so here they are!!
Proud Papa
Caleb is totally taken with Nathan, he likes to call him "mine" and "baby", here he is with Grandma Brenda too!
Micah is so proud of his little brother!!
I layed Nathan down on Micah's bed while we got PJs on. Micah decided to give him some of his stuffed animals and it grew from there!!

We're almost there!!

So i'm dialated 4 cm and scheduled to induce on the 17th. Happy St.Patrick's Day to me. I was given shamrock fake tatoos so I could be sure I had green on, just in case!! I don't think I'll make it but who knows???
Here's a pic of me in my ripened state. I've gained 40 lbs so far (hey, that's 10 less than with both Micah or Caleb)
So keep us in your prayers as we look forward to meeting baby Nathan.

Katy Rodeo

The local FFA puts on an amazing rodeo in February. I think its a level C PRCA event but either way I was very impressed with the riding, roping, and wrestling. There was even sheep riding for small children. The youngest was 4 but the winner was a 6yr old girl!! She rode that sheep half way around the arena!! We went with my folks and my aunt and Uncle


Next week the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo begins so there will be even more opportunities to wear our cowboy gear. It was pretty cold that evening so I didn't have an opportunity to wear my maternity spurs :) The other big hit of the weekend was the boys and I went to watch the parade the next morning while Stephen was at an all day church service project! this is just one more thing I love about Texas!! We stood next to a family from France on vacation and I got to keep explaining our odd culture to her. FFA, mascots, etc. We had a blast and now the boys expect candy to be thrown at them from slow moving vehicles!!