Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger

This year for Halloween, we had Jason's costume picked out far in advance. He had been asking for the Buzz Lightyear toy every time we went to the store for a while. So when a Halloween catalog arrived in the mail and we showed him a picture of the costume, it was a pretty easy decision. It was a little pricey, but Jason got to wear it 3 times. His school had a fall festival, where all the kids dressed up and had carnival type games. He also got to wear his costume on the Friday before Halloween for his class party and the school costume parade. And then finally Halloween night. I think he will use pieces of it to play in for a couple of years. He likes to put the wings on almost daily and pretend that he is flying around the house with his Buzz Lightyear toy.

Halloween was a big success this year. Jason got to go trick-or-treating with our friends Aaron & Marisa's son Austin. The boys are about two months apart in age and play extremely well together. I think it made trick-or-treating more fun to have a same-age friend instead of just Mommy and Daddy. When we later asked Jason what he really liked about Halloween, he told me "Mommy, they all called me Buzz!" Our boy is not afraid of getting attention! Oh, but don't let him fool you, he really liked getting all the candy too. Happy Halloween from our Space Ranger, "To infinity and beyond!

Austin and Jason at their school Fall Festival.

Trick-or Treating

Trip to Baton Rouge

Justin, Jason and I finally made it down to Baton Rouge this year. It had been a couple of years since we had been to visit during football season, so we were really excited to take a road trip. Friday night we drove straight to a party being held for a bunch of old geezers we know. Just kidding, it was for a bunch of fabulous people we know that have been friends since they attended LSU, and just happen to be turning 60 this year. 2 of the honorees are of course my Mom and Dad (Mimi and Papaw to Jason), and it was fun to be there to help celebrate. It was also the first time some of my parent's friends heard the news of our expecting another baby, which was fun news to share. Jason also got a lot of attention and was very well behaved considering he had spent the previous 7 hours in the car.

After the party we headed on over to our good friends Emily and Drew's house, who were gracious enough to let us stay with them for the weekend. They have a very handsome almost 5 month old, William. Jason was very taken with the baby, and I think Emily and Drew got to see a little bit of what was in store for them when Will gets a few years older.

Saturday we got dressed up in our LSU Tiger gear and went out to LSU's campus for some tailgating. Good food, great fans, a lot of purple and gold, and multiple tailgating parties to attend = a great day of fun, albeit a long one. Our little tiger Jason was pretty worn out come game time. Emily and I took Jason back to the house and let the boys go to the game, where LSU soundly defeated Auburn. GEAUX TIGERS!

Sunday morning we went to brunch with a bunch of Baton Rouge friends and even managed to have a table of 14! It was really nice catching up with friends that we have not seen in a while. Then it was time to hit the road and head back to Texas, but not before stopping at CC's Coffee House (Community Coffee) for some to-go coffees.

The drive home was fairly uneventful, but as we made it back to the metroplex we got to drive through some pretty heavy rain. We managed to pull into our garage and quickly unload the car before it got really nasty. It's really fun to do road trips every once in a while, and this one was a success.

It's a BOY!

It's a GIRL BOY!

We were originally told at my 20 week ultrasound that we were having a girl, but found out at 28 weeks that they made a mistake, and the baby is a boy. Below were my thoughts after the 20 week appointment and what I originally wrote for this blog post.

On October 20th, we had our big ultrasound appointment. We had been eagerly anticipating this appointment, for we knew that we'd get to find out the sex of the baby. Some people like to wait until birth, but I would be a wreck if I didn't find out. In fact, I knew that I would not do a single thing to the new baby's room, which is currently kind of a junk room, until I found out boy or girl. Our doctor announced to us about halfway through the ultrasound that we were going to have a girl and I actually started crying, I was just so excited! How lucky are we to get a boy and a girl. We truly feel blessed. Jason is very excited that he is going to have a little sister, and says he will take good care of her and be nice to her. Although he has told us at least twice that he is going to want a little brother too. I think as we get closer to the due date he will start to get a better idea of what to expect as we begin to get the nursery ready and talk with him more about the baby's arrival. In the meantime, we are trying to spend as much time together as a family as possible. Everything is about to change, and we really want to enjoy this special time with him.



We have also decided on a name, she will be Jordan Lucy. Jordan was my paternal grandmother's maiden name, and Lucy is my maternal great-grandmother's name. We can hardly wait to meet our little girl.

At 28 weeks we went in for another ultrasound, both Justin and Jason came with me, and much to our surprise we found out that the baby was in fact a boy. Needless to say, we were surprised.

I've had a lot of people ask me if I was disappointed, but I can honestly say I was not, and remain very excited about now having a boy. In some ways having another boy will be easier, most of our baby gear is for a boy, we already have a stock-pile of boy clothes, and I've always wanted Jason to have a little brother. I also already had a boy name picked out, Jeffrey Michael. I think I've had it picked out since I was pregnant with Jason.

I also think I must have subconsciously known that this baby was NOT a girl. All before the 20 week ultrasound, I thought the baby was a boy. Even after being told at 20 weeks we were going to have a girl, I did not go out and buy anything pink! How weird is that? OK, I did buy one thing, it was a little bib that said "I Love Daddy" in pink with pink trim, but that was all I could commit to. The only other thing we bought, and this was a week before the 28 week ultrasound, was a bedding set, and that was only because I felt like we were running out of time and needed to get that room painted. Luckily, we were able to return the bedding, and I got to get the upholstered glider and ottoman I wanted. All in all, it hasn't been that hard a transition for me to go from having a daughter to now another son.

Jason on the other hand has had to adjust. We had worked so hard on getting him to understand that the baby was going to be his little sister, that I think he thought we were teasing him all of a sudden when we switched to boy. I think he is getting the hang of it now and is finally convinced that the doctor made a mistake and now he is having a little brother.

The other thing that really surprised me is that as I've been telling people "No, actually we found out that the baby is in fact a boy," I have had numerous people tell me that that the same thing happened to their sister or a friend. I had not really heard of this happening very often, but now I've heard so many stories now, and people finding out at delivery or right before their due date that the what they were originally told was wrong. It just goes to show that ultrasounds are not 100% accurate (just as advertised).

When it comes down to it, we really just want a happy and healthy baby, and everything looks good, so we are happy! We truly feel blessed.

Below is a picture from our 28 week ultrasound. I know its hard to tell, but I think he looks like Jason!

Jason's 3rd Birthday Party

We celebrated Jason's 3rd Birthday this year with a party at Let's Jump. Jason was able to invite a bunch of kids from his class at daycare, as well as his cousins and other close friends. They all had a blast jumping for an hour and then we finished the party with some cake. Jason really loved going down the big slide, but we think his favorite part was when everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to him. His face just lit up, and for weeks afterward he would talk about how everyone sang to him.

Nana came by the house after the party to enjoy some present opening. It was like a preview of this coming Christmas! Jason has enjoyed playing with all his new toys, and has a surprisingly good memory when it comes to who gave him which present.

We also got to have a special dinner at Mimi and Papaw's house with Aunt Sarah to celebrate the big 3, with of course another cake and singing of "Happy Birthday." Mimi and Aunt Sarah gave Jason some great Halloween themed presents as well, which has to be his 3rd favorite holiday (after his birthday and Christmas of course).

Finally on Jason's actual birthday, we had dinner at home, just the three of us (and 1/2 if you count the baby on the way), and Jason got his birthday present from us. He had been asking for it for a couple of months, so he was pretty excited to open the box and find Buzz Lightyear. We are so proud of our big boy and can hardly believe he is already three years-old.