So once a month...

One of my oldest and dearest friends is having a baby girl in July and we threw her a baby shower. She looks FABulous!!

Of course it went from cold to hot it feels like in 1 day..we maybe had a couple nice Spring days. It is hot now and the pool down the street really cools us off!!

Here I am at 6.5 months! The pregnancy has been great, no problems to complain about and if there are small problems I feel bad cause I know it could be a lot worse!! His name is going to be Randon Reagan Schad and I just have a gut feeling he is going to be BIG (my mom had 3 big babies, all 9 lbs and above). As of June 4th he weighs 2 lbs 4 oz already...not sure where the 20 extra lbs I have put on can be?? He is healthy and growing great. He has the hiccups everyday and Hunter got to feel him the other day, he thought that was pretty cool! Ordered my crib, go my registry done and now I have to start preparing for where to put all this "stuff"

Some of my family from AR made the trip to MI for my cousin's graduation. I can't believe she is 18..she is the last of us grandkids. Man we are all getting old!! It was great to see distant relatives I hadn't seen in years.

We have been doing a lot of fishing on the river boat and BArt and Hunter went wading in front of the house the other day. It seems like last year we didn't put enough time in out there, so this year it is a goal. The only way Hunter will last for hours on the river is if you are betting $ with him on who catches the most fish - he is really in to $ right now..can't get enough of it!! He is saving it, so hopefully he is learning young.

Had to throw this picture of me and my baby dog in. She is almost 9 and is rotten as ever. She loves her mommy too!

Looks like, according to habits, once a month I will be updating this thing!

Here is the baby bedding I bought over the weekend..little by little, hopefully things don't all have to be done last minute!! I am 23 weeks May 2nd.

My babies and their new loofa toys..Wednesday tore them apart within a days time.

Happy 1st Birthday to my nephew Thomas!

Here is the end result, he did a great job with that cake! And Sammi was more than willing to help clean him up.

We had a very blessed Easter!! Palmer, Carol and Paul came to visit and we had a wonderful time - even though the weather didn't really cooperate.

We had Dan & my mom and cousins Will and Amanda over on Sunday for a ham dinner.

While Palmer was here, Bart got a new summer Jeep. Palmer will be turning 15 in the Fall so Bart made him drive up and down the driveway.

This past weekend Bart ran in the Ouachita 50K trail run in Little Rock, AR. He finished in 7 hrs, 18 minutes. I was just beaming with pride..he is the most ambitious, self motivated person I know! Maybe our child will grow up to be just like him!!

Had to include this picture of Sammi and Winnie enjoying a ride in the truck!

20 weeks 6 days update

He weighs 14 ounces, has all his arms, legs, fingers and toes and moves around like CRAZY!

He was moving his arm around and she got this one where it looks like he is flexing his muscle. Already a show off!!


Here we have face, profile, dinky shot and a foot!!

And last but not least, where HE is hanging out!!

So I am 17 weeks along tomorrow!! Below are some pictures from last week at the Dr. (sorry they aren't that good, they were scanned in).



Uggh!! I haven't had any pregnancy symptoms until last week when I started getting killer headaches and they last for days. I have to keep reminding myself...it could be a lot worse!!

We were blessed during the Holidays!!

We had some great family time and we got to do it in the warm state of FL. I really do love home, but why can't it be warm all year long. One day, we are bound to live in FL full time, we love our condo, the weather, the people, all of it!

Palmer is 14 and SOOO cool! He wears flat hats with stickers on them and tight jeans. I always said I would be the cool step-mom, but I just can't pull off the fashion statements that are out there! Hunter got all COWBOY stuff.. Nana and Paul got him some boots and we got him a hat, Gma Pat made him a vest and pant thingys. He loves him some cowboys, it's funny!

I left Bart and the dogs in AR and my mom and I went to the Keys to spend a couple days with my aunt, uncle and cousins. We really had a wonderful time with the McKenzie's.



This was our Christmas day. We laid around like couch potatoes all day! It was great! Sammi really enjoyed all the attention (without Wednesday around).