Cool Thursdays Concert

Last night we headed out to the arboretum for a concert and a picnic dinner with friends. Thanks to Candace for planning it! The weather was absolutely perfect, and we all brought food to share, which was really fun. Jennifer made a giant sub sandwich, Candace made a frito salad and a really yummy lemon cake, and I took the easy way out and made guac and french onion dip with chips and carrots. Candace also made sangria and everyone seemed to enjoy it.

Emerald City played and we sat on our blankets and talked and watched the sun set over the lake. It was so nice that we hope to get in one more concert before the heat sets in, or at the very least get out with Baby Lily in the fall once it cools down.

Wanted

Description: Male, Caucasian, 6'4, 200 lbs. Brown hair, blue eyes.

The Crime: Riding the DART without a pass.

Yes, he got busted on Monday for riding without a pass. Fortunately for the crime doer, they let him off with a warning. I thought it was quite funny, because he had inconvenienced me by taking my car to work on Friday, so that he could take his bike with him, and I was left riding the Dirty DART. Luckily for me, a nice man gave me his seat on the train. Someone forgot to get the pass back from me over the weekend, leading to what I'm sure was a very awkward few minutes of digging through this wallet and wondering what he was going to say to the fare enforcement officer, sweat building up on his forehead. Fortunately for him, he was NOT booted off the train and made it to work on time.

Fun Friday Finds

Tiffany always posts the cutest finds on her blog, and with a little one on the way I have found plenty of cute things lately!

Free Freebirds. Follow this link. Reminds me of good old College Station!

Mod Paci Clips found on etsy:

Halter maxi dress from Gap Body, now on sale. I bought this in grey in a size up, and always get comments on how cute it is!
Bird Onesie (because I have a bird decor/fabric fetish) by etsy seller veryKIKI:

Thomas Paul Rugs - Another bird design go figure! If I had unlimited funds I would get this for the nusery.

Meet Baby Brown

Emily and I got to meet sweet baby boy Brown today, born to our good friends Liz and Rupert just yesterday. He pretty much slept the whole time we visited, and let us pass him around from person to person without a peep! I know Lily will have a lot of fun with her future playmate Hector.

Posing with Emily

Now a Family of Three!

Before and After

Our poor fridge is decimated by the end of the week. Between us we manage to go through a gallon of milk, 1 1/2 - 2 loaves of bread, a dozen eggs, a container of salad, lots of veggies, 2 bunches of bananas, a large container of yogurt, a couple of small bags of frozen berries...well you get the point. Lots of eating going on in our house!

Photography Class

In preparation for baby's arrival, I decided that I had to get the SLR that I had been wanting, and that I was going to learn how to really use it. So, I would highly recommend doing what I did, and signing up for a class at your local community college. Best $95.00 I've spent in a long time!

Unfortunately for the dogs, I'm in their faces a lot now! Dodger can be a bit camera shy. He'll be laying there looking so cute, and I'll get down in front of him with the camera, and he peaces out. Patton on the other hand, enjoys mugging for the camera. Mugging is an appropriate word, because the faces he makes look like a little dog criminal's mug shots to me!

Baby Lily

I wasn't going to talk about our pregnancy on the blog, but I've held out for so long and now I can't contain it! If you are wondering why, it is because I really don't want my mother to know everything that is going on in our lives. Hopefully she hasn't found this blog, but if she has, I did enable the comment moderation. I don't want to hash it out here, but if you don't know our family background and you are curious, I am perfectly fine talking about it.

So...for those of you who haven't heard, Phil and I are expecting our sweet baby Lillian Caroline this August. I can't believe that she'll be arriving in just four months. On one hand it seems like it is forever away, and on the other I feel like my pregnancy is going by so fast. Each day I fall a little more in love with her baby kicks. It is amazing how much you can love someone you have never met. I think the only two things I hear out of Phil's mouth anymore are "She's going to be so spoiled!" (meaning by him of course) and "My babeeeeeey Lillllllly!" or some take on her name, whether it is singing Sweet Caroline with Lily thrown in there or some other song. I don't think there is any stopping her from being a daddy's girl.

22 Week Belly - self portrait, ha!

I heart etsy!