Christmas with the Edds

We spent the Sunday after Christmas with my family. They came over to our house. Mom was wonderful and brought so much food with her! I just had to cook a few things.

All the food was great!

After dinner we all went upstairs to exchange presents.

I didn't take a lot of pictures here.

Mom got a little blue box!! Dad got her a bracelet with a lone star charm!

After opening presents, we all played Kinect. It was so fun! I have some video of this too that I am trying to upload!

We all had a very Merry Christmas together!

9 Weeks

I am 9 weeks today!

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 9 Weeks
Size of baby: The size of a grape
Total Weight Gain/Loss: I haven't weighed myself this week.

Maternity Clothes: None yet, I got a belly band at Target and have been wearing it with my jeans.
Gender: Don't know
Movement: None yet
Sleep: I've been sleeping good.
What I miss: Nothing really
Cravings: None yet
Symptoms: I feel really good! With all of the Christmas festivities, I get pretty tired, but I am feeling great!

Best Moment this week: Stephen being off for three days and spending so much time with our families!

Christmas Day

Stephen and I spent Christmas morning at home just the two of us. Well, actually four of us with Sadie and Baby P!! I didn't take any pictures. We had a great morning together! I spoiled Stephen this year and got him an iPad and Xbox 360 Kinect. He was so happy and shocked!! He didn't think I had bought him either of those things. He got me a new charm bracelet, a sweet mother/ child charm, some lotion and perfume, and gift certificates for pre natal massages! I am so excited about the massages. He did very good this year!

We then headed over to Steve and Nancy's to celebrate! When we first got there, we helped cook some and then everyone started showing up so we went and did presents.

Robbie loved the ribbon!


Nancy got an apple:


Apple computer!!! She was so excited!


We got them matching aviator sunglasses:








The grandchildren! Next year there will be one more!


Cameron was putting a spell on Stephen



I played with this little guy for a while:


Michael, Mary, Shelley, Stephen, Robbie and I played Buzz Words. It was a lot of fun. Michael got very angry when his team (Mary and Shelley) couldn't guess the right clue! It was hilarious!









They ended up barely beating us!


Meanwhile, these guys were taking a nap!



We had a great Christmas! Our last one with just the two of us and we couldn't be more excited! I can not wait to experience the joy and wonder of Christmas through our children.

Christmas Eve

Stephen and I were both off Christmas Eve this year! What a blessing! We got up early and Stephen went to the Honey Baked Ham store to get our ham for dinner with my family on Sunday. Luckily they opened early and he didn't have to wait long. Once he got home we headed over to Clear Lake to meet Nancy, Shelley, Taylor, and Brook at the movies. We saw Little Fockers. It was funny and cute! After the movie, we went over to Shelleys and hung out for a while and then went to Steve and Nancy's to pick them up for church.

It got cold as we were going to church! Like really cold!!! We went to service at Gateway and Mary, Gary and Michael met us there. I always love the candlelight service!

After church we all headed to dinner at Pappasitos and had a great time together!

I am so mad because I put my lens on in a hurry since it was raining and must have hit the autofocus button, so my lens was on manual focus all night. So these are blurrier than they should be, but they still turned out ok.

Cameron and Brook:

Taylor and Michael:

Stephen and I:

Nancy and Steve:

Cameron, Brook, Shelley, and Taylor:

Gary and Mary:

Shelley and Mike:

Gift cards for everyone!! Woo Hoo!!!

Lots of love for Papaw!!

Brook and I:

Group shot, I hate that it's not in focus!! Oh well!


We had such a great day with our family!! We went home and got some sleep to get ready for the next two days to celebrate Christmas!

Wreaths Across America

Last Saturday I went out to the cemetery to take some pictures of the wreaths that were put out the weekend before. It was a gorgeous day and the cemetery was beautiful with all the wreaths.

Then I went over and saw Mama Lil. Mom got her a poinsettia and christmas tree. We miss you so much Mama Lil. You are always with us!

December family night

I am a little late posting this! We got together the first Sunday of December at Mom and Dad's house for family night. The boys watched the Cowboys game while Mom and I made gingerbread cookies. We had hamburgers and then we all decorated cookies. I forgot to take pictures all night until right before we left so I only have these two.





It was a lot of fun, but man making those cookies were a lot of work!! They were so yummy though!

8 weeks

I am 8 weeks along today. As Christmas gets closer I keep thinking about how we will have a baby this time next year. I can't wait!

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 8 Weeks
Size of baby: The size of a kidney bean
Total Weight Gain/Loss: According to our scale, I gained the two pounds I lost last week. So technically I have not gained any weight.

Maternity Clothes: None yet, but my jeans are getting tight. I have been wearing leggings whenever possible.
Gender: Don't know
Movement: None yet
Sleep: I've been sleeping really good. Just wish I could get more of it!
What I miss: Nothing really. I am getting used to all the things I can do/ eat and it's not bad at all! Well worth it for the end product!!
Cravings: None yet
Symptoms: Just tired. Really, really tired!

Best Moment this week: Thinking about next Christmas and us having a four month old!

How we told our parents...

I wanted to document how we told our parents we were expecting, not because I will ever forget, but because I love to look back at the things I have documented.

We found out Thursday night right at 7pm that I was pregnant. The Texans game was just starting (Stephen never did watch that game- I think it will be the only time that ever happens!!). After the shock wore off we started talking about telling our parents. Stephen said he wouldn't be able to keep from telling his dad at work the next day, so we thought we should go over and tell them. But they were at a Christmas party. I really wanted to drive out to my parents, but we decided it was just to far for a work night. So we went over to his mom and Jim's house.

Annette's birthday was the next day, so we told her we were bringing her an early gift. We really did have a gift, so when we went in she opened it and we talked for a while. She had met with a builder for the lake house that day and was telling us all about it. Stephen finally says, well I hope you told him you need a nursery. To which his mom looks at me and says "Are you pregnant?". She was super excited! In typical Jim fashion he looks up from his chair and says, "Welcome to hell". We later found out he was sick and really didn't feel well. He later told us he was actually really excited for us.

We then made to trek over to Clear Lake hoping his dad and Nancy were home by then. They weren't. So we waited down the street. And we waited. And waited. We finally decided to leave. As we were driving down Clear Lake City Bldv we thought we saw them so we turned around. It wasn't them. But when we were leaving again we really did see them!! So we quickly turned around to go back to their house. We were behind them and coming up to a red light. Stephen said to me "I'm going to pull up next to them at the light and tell them." So we pulled up next to them and they were shocked to see us. We all rolled our windows down and Stephen says "We are coming to tell you that Lisa is pregnant". They were shocked!! We drove to their house and got out of our cars and hugged! They were so happy!

Friday night I had my company Christmas party and then we went out to my parents house. I called and told them we had been out to dinner with friends and were out by their house so we were going to stop by and say hi. We had gotten our Christmas cards in that day and at the bottom they said Love, Stephen and Lisa. I added "and baby on the way" to the bottom. When we walked in, my parents were sitting in their chairs and my mom was signing their Christmas cards, so I said, oh well we brought our cards to show you. I handed them each a card and it took a while for them to see the bottom. My mom was asking me about the pictures, how I made them, etc. And then finally my dad reads outloud "and baby on the way". He jumped up and hugged me! It was such a fun way to tell them. They are so excited for their first grandchild!!

No matter how they reacted I know all of our parents are incredibly excited as are we!!

7 Weeks

Today I am 7 weeks along. It still feels unreal at times that there is a baby inside me. But at the same time, it feels weird to think we have only known we are having a baby for less than two weeks.

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 7 Weeks
Size of baby: The size of a blueberry
Total Weight Gain/Loss: According to our scale, I lost 2 pounds from the doctors office scale.

Maternity Clothes: None yet, but my jeans are getting tight. I have been wearing leggings whenever possible.
Gender: Don't know
Movement: None yet
Sleep: Still sleeping a lot! I can barely stay awake past 10pm!
What I miss: Heated seats in the car, it's been a cold week
Cravings: None yet
Symptoms: Mostly just tired, still a few cramps, but they have slowed down. I feel so grateful I have not had any morning sickness and have been feeling really good overall!

Best Moment this week: An email from my mom about the baby. I am so grateful she has offered to help when the baby comes.

6 weeks

I'm 6 weeks along. We went to the doctor yesterday and she did an ultrasound and measured the baby right at 6 weeks. It was so neat to see Baby P!!

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 6 Weeks
Size of baby: 3.3mm or the size of a pea
Total Weight Gain/Loss: none yet

Maternity Clothes: none yet
Gender: don't know
Movement: none yet
Sleep: I am sleeping a lot! I have been really tired!
What I miss: hot baths, it's going to be a long winter!!
Cravings: none yet
Symptoms: lots of cramping, tired
Best Moment this week: seeing the baby on ultrasound!!!

Christmas came early!

Christmas came early this year for Stephen and I. On Thursday, December 2, we got the best present we could ever receive:

That's right, I'm pregnant!!!

Since the line of this test was so faint, we went up to Walgreens and bought two more and came home and took them. And yes I am indeed pregnant.

We are so excited and happy! This was an unexpected gift, so at first we were both in shock, but now that it has sunk in that we are having a baby, we could not be happier! This is truly the best gift we could have ever received.

Daniel's going away party

So Daniel is leaving for the Navy on December 7th, so April put together a little going away party for him at her parents house. It was a chilly night, but we had a lot of fun.

After a while we headed over to some bar in Waller.

Dancing to their song.

The gang.

Even though it was a fun night, it was hard knowing we won't be having any more of these for a long time. We wish Daniel all the best, but we will all miss him!