The Past Couple of Weeks

The past couple of weeks have been busy.  Unfortunately, I haven't been the best blogger, but I do have a few pictures, so here's just a few of the fun things that we've been up to.

A couple of weekends ago, our local WTS chapter hosted all of the other chapters in Texas for a leadership conference.  It was a lot of work on our part, but everything went great, and I'm pretty sure everyone had a wonderful time.  On Friday night, we went on a dinner cruise on Lady Bird Lake.

We left from the Hyatt {where the conference was held} and headed east while enjoying fajitas wine {except for the two pregnant ladies who had water instead}.  The weather was perfect.  It had been raining earlier that day, but thankfully it had cleared up, and a cool front had even come through.  On our way back to the hotel, it started to get dark...

...and just before we got back to the Hyatt, we stopped to watch the bats.  Everybody loved it.

The next day, I spent the morning at the conference and then left a little early to go to LizAnn's {Ben's cousin} bridal shower.  Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures, but it was a lot of fun, and Aunt Lisa's quiche was delicious!  That afternoon, Ben and I hung out at home, and Miles came over for a little bit while Cheryl went to the grocery store.  After playing pretty hard with Ben, he was ready for a snack, so after getting a graham cracker out of the pantry, he helped Ben get the milk out of the refrigerator.

I tried so hard to get him to look at the camera, but apparently, that's the last thing you want to do when you're a 2-year-old.

He's such a big boy now -- drinking out of a big boy cup.

 Apparently graham crackers make a great drum set, too.

 Hmmm....I wonder how all of those crumbs got there.

After church on Sunday, we went over to Scott and Amanda's house so that Ben could finally meet Bradley, Amie Kate, and Carly {how cute is it that all 3 of them are laying in the exact same position?}.

The babies were just finishing up eating when we got there, so they're tummies were full, and they were happy.  Amie Kate and her daddy...

...and Ben and Bradley.  We had a great time hanging out with the Egberts {all FIVE of them}, and after we left, I asked Ben if meeting the triplets made him more excited or more nervous about what's to come in February.  His answer was "both", but honestly, I can't say that I blame him. ;)

This past Saturday, we spent the entire day volunteering at the Special Olympics aquatics tournament.  I worked the volunteer table in the morning and then spent all afternoon helping the athletes out of the pool.  It was such a fun job -- I got to be the first one to congratulate and high-five them as they were getting out of the water, but it was super exhausting, too.  As soon as I got home and out of the shower, I put on my pajamas, propped my feet up, and enjoyed this fall{ish} weather with a good magazine.

The dogs were even nice enough to join me.

Have I ever mentioned how smart Annie is?  I'd never seen her there before, but it's a pretty good idea.  Why lie on the rock when you have another option that is much more forgiving?  And technically, she's not on the furniture either.  What a smart girl.

It wasn't long before I had a peeping Tom...I mean, Miles.  He kept saying "Uh...Lindsay?  What are you doing, Lindsay?" and asking me to open the fence.  I love that kid.

The next day, Ben and I were still pretty exhausted and not really feeling 100%, so we decided to skip church and sleep in.  We spent most of the day just hanging around the house, and that night, we went next door to eat some of the fish that Jason had caught at the coast last week.  It was awesome, and while we were there, Ben built a fort for Miles.

He stayed in there for quite awhile just watching TV.  I'm not sure what was on, but whatever it was, it definitely had his attention.  If I had to guess, it was probably either Dora or Bubble Guppies.

And last, but certainly not least, as of Sunday, I am now officially 19 weeks pregnant.

So far, things are still going pretty well.  Not much has changed since last week except that I experienced a little bit of round ligament pain for the first time on both Sunday and Monday.  It was pretty painful at the time, but thankfully it's starting to feel better, so I'm thinking that it might have had something to do with the fact that I slightly overdid it on Saturday at Special Olympics.

The only other change is that I think I might have {maybe?} felt the baby move on Sunday.  That night, while I was reading in bed {and eating a very large sugar cookie -- haha}, I felt a little bit of fluttering in my stomach.  I'm still not completely sure that it was the baby {or just the cookie working its way down}, but if it was the baby, it was pretty exciting!  It's hard to believe that I'm already 19 weeks and that my pregnancy is almost half way over, but you know what they say -- time flies when you're having fun. :)