Baby Sweeney has arrived!

Our friends Ryan and Dene Sweeney had their baby on Wednesday, April 28. It was a boy and they named him Kade Owen. He weighed 7 lb and 7 oz and was 19 inches long. Baby and mama are doing great. We went to dinner with Ryan and Dene on Saturday night and ran into Toni and Tracy Woods. Toni is due around May 17. Some other friends were with us and let me tell you, three pregnant women can be pretty demanding at Texas Roadhouse!

Babies coming up in May include Baby Woods (a boy) and Baby Sharp (A girl). This will be the summer of baby announcements. Baby Meier is going to have lots of friends to play with!

I'm still not sure what we are going to do about daycare. It is starting to stress me out some. I think next week I'm going to spend a day just visiting different centers around Stillwater, even if they don't have openings. I have been to one so far and it was really nice and convenient (on my way to and from work) but by far the most expensive. All the in home daycares I called are already full for fall or won't know until August. So, any suggestions?

Time moves so fast or is it slow?

Time seems to fly by some days but others it seems to drag on forever. I'm ready to have this kid and start our family, but the next second, not ready and think to myself what have we done? Last night I thought to myself, I look forward to the day when I sleep through the whole night, only to realize that's not going to happen for awhile. A long while.

A Wedding and baby shower!

Warning! Lots of pictures! (for once)

We had a wonderful trip to Missouri a few weekends ago for Greg's cousin's wedding and a baby shower for us. We borrowed a trailer so we could take Henry the horse to Missouri and bring Jake back. It's Jake's turn to get broke to ride, so he is back in Oklahoma now.

Ben and Shelly had a beautiful wedding and the day was gorgeous! The weather was so nice the entire time we were in Missouri.


Josey at the reception.


Us all dressed up for the ceremony. We haven't taken an "us" picture for awhile.

Sunday afternoon Paula hosted a baby shower for us. She made the wonderful diaper cake:


A picture of the parents, grandmas, great-grandmas, an aunt, and great aunt at the shower:



Paula, Josey, and I before the shower:


The wonderful and delicious cake:


Eileen gave us our crib bedding and of course I had to put it on the crib to see what it looked like. Paula also got us the matching wall hangings, so I can take down the beer signs in the baby's room. It is super cute and we have the diaper holder to match. Each person brought a book to start Baby Meier's library. We are blessed with awesome friends and family!


This is week 27's picture from April 6. I don't like week 28's picture, so we'll skip it. I'm officially in my third trimester now. It seems like time has flown by, but there is still a long way to go!


Our friend Toni and Tracy are expecting their first child in 4 weeks. I went to a baby shower over the weekend for her. Pictured is her sister-in-law Micah who is 16 weeks pregnant, me at almost 28 weeks, and Toni at 36 weeks. I thought it was a really cute picture of us.


Have a great day!

Baby pics

I'm really starting to show now! I am in week 26 right now. Next week I go for my glucose test. Woo Hoo! Last night baby Meier was really moving and shaking. We could see it's little kicks as we were watching my belly. I've been tired lately, but it might be because I've been trying to walk more and do more stuff around the house since the weather has been so nice. Or because Greg is keeping me out so late on Friday nights.


Week 26 - After reviewing the original picture taken yesterday, we took a different one today. I was not looking so hot and the elastic waistband was showing, not so sexy. Trust me.


Week 25 - my coworkers stated I can't wear black on picture day because it is slimming. I agree. I need to remember this on Tuesdays, someone please remind me.

We are headed to Missouri this weekend for Ben and Shelly's wedding. Ben is Greg's cousin. I'm really excited for their wedding and dancing, I hope. I'm also the designated driver. On the bright side, we don't have to call Eileen to come pick up the drunks! I can shuttle everyone home.

We are also having our first baby shower, which is exciting and scary at the same time. The whole having a baby is becoming a reality! My mom and grandma are coming down, so I'll get to see them, which is good.

Henry the horse was in trouble on Saturday. He escaped from his pen and managed to get in with some of Wayne's calves on wheat pasture. So Greg took him and helped gathered cows with some friends, so he was pretty tired on Saturday night. Greg said he did alright which is good, since it was his first time to do that with Greg riding him.

The snakes are out and about, which does not make me happy. We had a small patch of grass, so Greg mowed it for me and is spraying the weeds today. I was worried about a snake hanging out in the tall grass in our front yard.

I now have two cats, both who have adopted us. Patches has been around for awhile and recently another cat has started hanging out with Patches. I still haven't came up with a name for it yet. It isn't tame, but does come up and eat and follow me around the yard. Hopefully they will keep the mice and snake population down around our house.

I should mention there is another baby explosion going on this year. We have multiple friends due in May, June, July, and all the way to October. It's nice to have so many people to talk to. I'm very lucky in I haven't been sick or had any problems.