Cheater

So I got tagged by Tanya for this but I cheated. It wasn't the first folder with 10 pictures it was the 3rd but the other pictures were lame.

This is 2 of my nieces at my brother's wedding reception a few years back. With 6 previously married siblings there were a lot of kids around enjoying the cousins they don't often see and I just love this picture.


So. . . this is how you play:

1. Open your pictures and open the very first folder.

2. Go to the 10th photo in that folder.

3. Post the photo and write the explanation of it.

4. Tag five more people.

I tag Brandy, Andrea, Bethany, Haley, and Holly (I'm tagging you because I'm pretty sure you read my blog but anyone else who does should do this. I had fun even though I cheated).

Quick Update

Baby boy continues to grow and I am starting to understand people who get annoyed at the constant movement. He's pretty good but sometimes I get kinda motion sick especially when he goes nuts right after I eat. Yuck. We are so blessed to have our little boy in our lives and are super excited to meet him in 3 months.

Dave has secured a long term subbing position at the school where I work. It has its ups and downs. As much as I know he is frustrated with the kinds of kids we deal with each day I know they are blessed to have him. He is also blessed for working hard with kids who need an influence like him. We're not sure if this will last until the end of the year or if the art teacher will come back but we're hoping that either way this job will get him an "in" with the district. He's been told there will be some openings in Spring High School next year and think that may be a good fit . . . mostly we are just hoping that by having an "in" that we will know sooner if he has a job next year and I can quit and we can buy a house.

Thanks for keeping up with us and we appreciate everyone who is loving and supporting us and keeping tabs on how we're doing.

It's a BOY!

this is for those of you without the benefits of facebook who don't know yet. On Monday he showed us his manhood but wouldn't move so we could get a good look at the heart so we'll be back soon to look at that.

Was that what I thought it was?

So around Christmas time I started to feel something faint. I felt a distinct flutter a few weeks before but nothing since. It felt like maybe the pulse I normally feel around my bellybutton but it wasn't in the right place. It also kinda feels like bubbles moving through my stomach. I am officially feeling our baby move and it is really exciting. I was on the phone with my sister Stacy last night and the baby totally bumped me twice. It was like a little "Hello Aunt Stacy."

On the other hand a friend at work yesterday said I am looking particularly pale and anemic. I have been wondering if I should be taking additional iron supplements and I think I probably should. Ah the joys of pregnancy. So worth it though because I am so thrilled to be on this journey with Dave. A week from Monday we'll find out the sex of the baby (as long as the baby cooperates) and I'm excited to start being able to use the correct pronouns instead of "it".

November with the Figgins

We went to the Renaissance Festival a few weekends before Thanksgiving and it was nice to have an outing with just the two of us (well the 3 of us as is evident by my expanding waist-line).


For Thanksgiving we went to San Antonio and had a fun time seeing our nephews.
Here they are at a fountain inside a restaurant we went to.


Dave and I realized that we missed our true callings when we had a contest to build towers out of spaghetti and marshmallows. We didn't finish in the 20 minute time frame time but ours stayed up for nearly 5 hours which was about 4 hours and 50 minutes longer than anyone else's. I think this is a fabulous idea for a Rogers family get together.


It was nice to have the Figgins family almost all together for one last time this year.


Doug shipped out the day after Thanksgiving and will be heading to Iraq soon so I'm glad we were able to be with him before he left. We love him and appreciate all he does for our country. It's crazy to think the next time we see him he'll be a daddy.


And I wouldn't be me if I didn't have some great pictures of "owies". "Rando, want to see my husband's owies!" The first is one Dave got from falling on his cell phone.

The next is one he got at the turkey bowl but he can't figure out when it happened.