Pug Love

As I was leaving work yesterday, Keith called me and asked "Why was a 7 month old Chinese pug named Lexi left out?" It took a second for me to comprehend what he was saying, but I quickly realized I had done something very, VERY bad. Normally our "dog-ter" is a typical curious puppy who likes to do things she isn't supposed to. However, yesterday must have been her day to reach maturity. When I walked in the door everything looked normal. Better than normal...Keith said none of the cords were messed with, nothing was out of place except for her toys that were everywhere. Even the blanket she loves to lay on was still on the chair as usual. Our little girl had a successful day out of her kennel!!! I was completely shocked and couldn't be more proud of her. I am still astonished that I managed to forget to put her away for the day which means she was on her own for 8.5 hours. When I was cleaning and getting ready for work, she wasn't being her usual nosey self. Instead, she was sleeping in her little bed which must have fooled me. I just walked out the door without ever putting her in her kennel. Oh well!!! I don't think I'm willing to risk leaving her out on purpose any time soon, but maybe one day!

SUPER UPDATE!

So I've been absolutely terrible at keeping this thing up to date. I think I enjoy reading other people's so much, that the idea of having my own sounded fantastic. Here's to hoping I get better at this.

The biggest news we have to share is that we are going to have a beautiful baby girl, if she gets my looks ;) Her name is/will be Cadence Grace Bourque. We aren't one of those couples who is all hush hush about the name for some reason. I'm terrible at keeping my own secrets so that might have something to do with it!

We had our second trimester ultrasound on Nov. 25th which was the most intense happiness I have ever felt. When the sonographer put the doppler on my stomach she was just doing some quick passes across to spread "the goop". Initially I could see the baby's ribs and she stopped on the legs. Cadence was just kicking them around which completely blew me away. At our first ultrasound, there wasn't much to see other than the heartbeat. But when I saw her little legs squirming I melted! What an amazing feeling!

It didn't take long for us to call our families while waiting for the second portion of my appointment. After we finished up, our first destination was Target. I was dying to buy something pink...anything pink. I think Keith actually got into it more than I did, but I wasn't too shocked, after all she's going to end up being a daddy's girl.

I've finally developed a bit of a belly. In fact my boss as well as a coworker both mentioned in the past week that it looks like I'm taking Miracle Grow....Thanks guys :) I have discovered that even though I have one of those fantastic belly bands that allow you to wear prepregnancy pants without having to button them, most of my jeans won't actually fit. Majority of my A&M t-shirts look like they're kid sized when I wear them, which is pretty comical but not quite so funny when I started to steal Keith's shirts so I'd have something to wear in public. I guess this and the swollen, tingly fingers all come with the mommy territory.

For Thanksgiving we went to Weimar and spent it with Keith's side of the family. His mom, sister and grandmother were there. I've learned that I like foods that I wouldn't eat when I was younger. I wonder if this is an age thing or more related to pregnancy. I napped on the couch and floor a little bit before lunch. Keith and his mom both put deviled eggs in my mouth which was hilarious! Don't worry I was awake for this. After lunch, I was down for the count....literally. I fell asleep on the floor for a few hours while trying to watch the Cowboys game. We pretty much had to leave right after I woke up, but made it home in time to watch the A&M v. UT game and have Thanksgiving leftovers with Abby.

I'm proud to say that I have all of my Christmas shopping done except for Pam, Keith's mom. I've surprised myself because I've never been one to get things done ahead of time. I'm always running around last minute!!! I had to be at work at 5:30 AM on Black Friday which left me a good deal of quiet time to do some online shopping. And I roamed the mall a bit both Friday and Saturday when I was able to get most of the presents I needed. Hopefully I can have everything finished up by early next week!

I'll be posting again soon, but for now this will have to do. I'll try not to let another 5 or 6 weeks go by!