Ba-beeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flash back to a few posts ago and you'll notice how much I LOVE being an aunt.
I am very proud and excited to announce I am now an aunt to two beautiful babies!! One is just not here yet. Gina has a baby growing and she's due around the beginning of October. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, here's the cute story about how they told me that she's pregnant.
It was a normal weekend and I went to the houseboat in Austin for some good old R&R, and to hang out with Greg and Gina...one of my favorite weekend activities. It was late when I got there, but when I arrived Gina told me that they had gotten me a present. I was totally excited, but confused because it's not my birthday or any other special day....but when someone gives you a present I say you always take it!
So I opened the box and it was this!

A cute little baby bathing suit!! It took me a few minutes to figure it out, because these are so NOT my size, but then I caught on! I was soo excited!!!!!!!!!!!! They're not sure if it's a boy or girl yet, but I think Greg picked the shorts out because he's hoping to have a little son to share all his dirt-biking, skiing, wakeboarding, manly hobbies with.
Stay tuned for exciting pregnancy posts....you know Gina is going to be one cute mama!!
Congrats G2!

Hopped up on Easter candy...

Here's what happens when Brad and I drive home from Victoria, after feasting on our sugar filled Easter baskets...it was funny at the time.




Cop walks up to a cow who witnessed a crime, cow says 'grill me'

Cop walks up to a horse who witnessed a crime. Cops say 'did you see what happened here? Horse says neigh. Cop says any idea who did it? Horse says 'No glue'

Cop walks up to a chicken after writing him a noise violation, and asks 'What were you listening to anyway?' Chick says 'Bach'

Cop walks up to a rabbi who witnessed a crime, and asks 'What'd Jew see?'

Cop walks up to a sheep who witnessed a crime. Cop says how was it? Sheep says 'baaaad'

A Day with the Dogs

While dog-sitting this week I decided it would be fun to test out my new camera and take some action shots of our dogs. They love their yard and love modeling even more, so here are a few shots of the pups out in the yard.

Holly and Emma are BFF's


Peek a boo! Where's Holly?




Manna and Emma in action!

Snip Snip

So, I did something I haven't done since I was a senior in high school. I cut my hair short. By the time my stylist was done 6 inches of my hair were on the floor, and I'm still trying to figure out what I think about it. Time for your thoughts...leave comments.

Get in the Game!

2 Thumbs up for Katy Elementary School's 3rd grade production of Get in the Game! The star of the show was Laura Rowe, a 3rd grader who made her performing debut during Thursday's 2:00 and 7:00 pm sold out shows. Rowe sported a Katy Tiger 2007 Football State hat in honor of her older brother and Tiger MVP Brian Rowe. During her speaking part Rowe showed great enthusiasm and delivered her lines with ease, which was more than could be said for other cast members. Ever the team player, Rowe even memorized the lines of all her fellow actors, just in case someone forgot their lines during performances. In an interview after the show Rowe told us, "That was the most fun I've EVER had, I wish we could be doing a play all the time. I'm totally going to be in the honor choir!" So, good news for all you adoring fans, looks like this is just the beginning of Laura Rowe's stage career. A humble performer, Rowe gladly posed for pictures with adoring fans at the afterparty held at her favorite restuarant, Los Cucos.
Photos by Sarah Rowe

Time for change

It's nasty and it's raining and Frank Billingsley is predicting tornadoes tonight. So I decided I needed to brighten up the blog a bit to make it more light and airy, less dark and doomy.
Things I've done today:
Prepared a 5 year old for stitches, and watched CARS with him while he got his chin sewed back together. He was really brave, and for a 5 year old everyone was impressed with how well he held still. It didn't cross anyone's minds that my preparation and teaching might have had anything to do with it, but that's ok. The kid walked out saying "I did a good job, I was really still wasn't I grandpa?"
Made it all worth it.

I worked with a family whose baby died this morning. First time I had worked with a baby who had Trisomy 18, and it was pretty sad, but all in all the family had great support and they knew the baby was in a better place. See ya in heaven baby!!
Ironically his name was Jesus, so that makes at least two of them chillin in the clouds.

In 30 minutes I'll teach a pre-birth sibling class for kids whose moms are due to deliver a baby in the next month. It's a hoot, we practice changing baby doll diapers, swaddling with blankets, then discuss what songs we might sing to the baby. Last month a little girl informed us that she'd be singing Hannah Montana songs to her baby. Miley Cyrus has no idea how important she is...
After the class I'm going to see Laura in her 3rd grade class play. You can expect a whole entire post on that within the next 24 hours. She's really excited, and so am I.
Peace out fools.