Courtney's Visit and Easter

Courtney came in town late Wednesday night and just left this evening. It was so nice having her here but as always I was sad to see her go! We had a great time while she was here. We went out to lunches, did a little shopping, played bingo and went out one night. Here are a few pictures from our long weekend.

At bingo

Out on Saturday to watch the Final Four.

Easter Sunday. We went to church, had brunch at home and then were lazy and watched Dumb and Dumber.

Drew and me on Easter.

23 week belly.

As one of my kids at school said, "hey I notice something about you Mrs. Allen........that baby's gettin' bigger!"

What's New With Drew

Drew has been very busy lately. He has been studying for the third and final part of CFA. He will take the test in early June. He also started in a basketball league which he loves! On top of his Wednesday night basketball league, he is also playing softball on Sundays. Drew has been busy at work and still loves his job. He is very lucky to work for such a great company. Drew has also been working on projects around the house, such as: texturing and painting walls, installing plumbing and soldering pipes in the bathroom, cutting holes in the walls to make repairs and then patching them up so the walls look good as new, and the list goes on. He just bought a miter saw and plans on putting crown moulding in the bedrooms. He is quite the little handy man and I love it!! He's learned all of it since we bought the house. Anyway, here are a few pictures from his last softball game.

Drew is the pitcher for his team. By the way, his team's name is "Where My Pitches At".

Drew at bat. He had a few great hits!

20 weeks

We had our big ultrasound last week and everything looks great. The heart, brain, stomach and everything was just as it should be so Drew and I are so happy! All we wanted was a healthy baby and so far "it" looks perfect. We didn't get any good pictures of the baby unfortunately. During the whole ultrasound it was facing my spine and had it's arms up by its face. They had me turn on both sides and they pushed on my belly but the baby didn't want to be photographed. We did get a good shot between the legs though. Drew and I found out the sex of the baby but many of you don't want to know so I will not spill the beans on the blog. If you do want to know the sex of the baby, call or email me. On Saturday Drew and I went to Janie and Jack and bought some new little clothes for the baby and it was so fun. All of the little tiny clothes are just too cute!

I am feeling great! My belly is really starting to get big. It's only maternity shirts now but I'm still wearing normal bottoms with my Bella band. You wear the band around your pants so you can leave them unbuttoned and they stay up. I am 20 weeks and can't believe that I am already half way done! Here are a few pictures of my growing belly.

17 weeks

I am 17 weeks and feeling great. I am really starting to show and can't fit into many of my old clothes. I have been wearing my normal pants with a Bella Band and maternity shirts. I have not been nearly as tired as I was the first 11 weeks but I'll admit, I still need a nap every now and then. We are getting very excited to find out what we're having; we find out in about a week and a half when I am 19 weeks. We still both think it's a boy but we'll see. Once we find out we will get started on the nursery which we are looking forward to. Anyway, here is a belly picture.

Rodeo 2010

Last night Drew and I went to the Houston Rodeo with friends. As always it was very fun! It was the BBQ cook off and everyone enjoyed the food and drinks. Anyway, here are a few pictures of us.

Drew and me

Blake, Drew, Tesa, Sean, Nora and Nathan (with his fake mustache)

Boys will be boys......Nathan and Drew thought it would be funny to push the door so Blake couldn't get out of the potty. Don't worry, it didn't last long.

Blake, Drew and Nathan

Baby Allen

Drew and I went to the Dr. for my 13-week checkup. The purpose of the appointment was to test for Down Syndrome, which is a routine test. I got to do an ultrasound and the baby looked so big and cute! It actually looked like a baby and it was moving its arms and legs around like crazy. It was so great that it made me tear up because I was just so happy! We won't get those results back until Monday or Tuesday but the Dr. said everything looks good. I have had a really easy pregnancy so far and I'm hoping it stays that way! I have gained five pounds and I am already getting a little bump. There is a picture of my belly below. Pictures of the ultrasound will hopefully be up soon when we figure out how to scan them onto the computer.

Christmas 2009

I am a bit behind on my blogging but here are some Christmas photos. Drew and I were in Phoenix for Christmas and it was wonderful! I just love all of the traditions that go along with Christmas. The cookie decorating, Christmas Eve mass, Christmas Eve dinner at Gramma Stiak's house, singing happy birthday to baby Jesus on Christmas morning (yes, my mom still makes us do that before we open presents), Christmas dinner with all of the family just to name a few. Anyway here are the pictures.

Our Christmas tree in Houston.

My mom the expert cookie decorator.

The judges of the cookie decorating. We take our cookie decorating very seriously!

A few of the cookies.

Kyle and Court on Christmas Eve at Gramma's house.

Mom and Dad on Christmas Eve.

Christmas morning.

Santa!!!!!

We went to Flagstaff to go sledding and it was beautiful but freezing! It snowed the whole time. Sledding was fun and I couldn't believe that even my mom went down the hill a few times.

Lisa, Mom and Camille.