Baby Patrick's dinner shower

My friend, Brittney Sutton, gave us a dinner shower at LongHorns on Sunday May 20th. It was so nice!! She did a great job with decorations! I so enjoyed being with some of my closest friends & family.

The entry table

 How cute is this cake!?!

 He got some of the most adorable presents! & some necessities too. I love his embroidered gown & hat, hooded towel, elephant, bib! He also got some muslin blankets & lots of cute clothes & toys.

 Brittney made this frame for his room.

 Ellie enjoying her treat at the shower

 Aunt Courtney made this motorcycle out of diapers~ how cute!!!

We are SO VERY blessed to have such wonderful family & friends. Patrick is loved & we cannot wait to meet him, in July!! THANK YOU ALL~

Ryan is 1!!!

My sweet little nephew, Ryan, turned one on May 22nd! He had a whale party on Sunday. He was so cute in his smocked outfit~ he did not dive into the cake like we thought & by present time, he was tired. This year has flown by... It seems like he was just born!

 Birthday Boy~

 Me & Ryan waitng for the party to start~

 Marie, Ryan & Michael

 Cake time~

 & now onto the presents~ this bib was from Kaka! He got lots of cute gifts & I think it was 7 bathing suits!!

 Ellie at the party~ she had so much fun with all the cousins, especially Gi-an-ga aka Gianna

Happy First Birthday to my favorite little nephew (I can say that for now because Miles isnt here yet!) ~ I look forward to spending many more with you buddy! WE LOVE YOU!

Random May

Well, May was a busy month & I have some caching up to do!

Here are some belly pictures. I had my maternity session with my friend Lauren this week. I am 33 weeks tomorrow & she is leaving town for 3 weeks, so we went ahead & did the session. Might take a few more in studio when she gets back.

28 weeks

30 weeks with baby P

 This is just too cute not to show!! I know she will hate me for it one day!! Ellie got BIG GIRL furniture the weekend of Mother's Day. She was really excited about moving into her big girl bed. The first night was just ok, but she has done great since then. A few nights here & there she wakes up & comes in our room. I decided to walk her back to bed & not make a routine of her sleeping with us since I am not sleeping wonderfully anyway. She has been sleeping all night!

 Waiting for daddy to get her room all set up~

30 weeks...

& 9 more to go! We scheduled a repeat c/section on July 20th. So,  Mr. Patrick will be here by then for sure!! The dr still thinks my water could break & I could try to VBAC,  but I am not holding my breath. He is already a big baby & Ellie was in no hurry to come down or out ~ i am planning for the repeat with all our family here, but I guess you can never really tell with these babies!!
I am still doing great & Patrick sounded good too. He is still very active & his HR was in the 130's. I was pleased to have not gained any more weight this visit... I have not been eating very well. I want BAD food & am not in the mood to cook. Ellie & I went through Chick fil a on the way to the dr yesterday as a matter of fact. Oh well~ I haven't gained too much yet~hope vacation doesnt blow it!
Yes, vacation starts this week!! We are SO excited!! Ellie and I are driving to Nashville in the morning. My precious nephew is turning 1!! We are heading in for his WHALE party! Then some of my friends are givng me a dinner shower tomorrow night. We have plans to visit with some friends while we are in town!! Then we are heading to Perdido Key Thursday morning!!!! My dad has always talked about going for 10 days, but we have never done it... until this year! So we have the condo from Thursday through the following Saturday! Chad has Memorial Day week off & is flying directly to Florida. We are looking forward to a week of FUN, realaxation & sand~ will post lots of poictures when we get back!!

28 weeks

Last week was busy & I am now 28 weeks along!
My sister, Marie graduated nursing school!! I am so very proud of her. I look at her & think there is NO way I could have gotten through my last year of nursing school with a baby, much less breast feeding & traveling 50 minutes each way. She was pinned at a nice ceremony Thursday & walked with her BSN classmates on Friday afternoon. We had a great party for her Friday night~ CONGRATULATOINS NURSE MARIE MULLINS!!! Hard to believe I was in her shoes 8 years ago... awaiting a phone call to hear about that first job & talking the NCLEX! Whew, glad that is in the past!
We had a fun day at the pool Saturday. Ellie learned how to swim, with YaYa as her teacher. My mom told me she didn't need swimming lessons & look she was right again!! I bought this little vest for learners last year & it was too big, but it is perfect this year. My little 'scared of nothing' girl was going in the deep end by the end of the day & jumping in from the stairs, then cried when it was time to get out! I am so excited about the beach even more now!! look at her~

 Marie & Ryan before pinning~

 WE are all so proud of Marie~

 love this CAKE!!

 Michael stopped by before his baseball trip for a picture & hug~

 Ellie trying out the icing!

 Congratulations Nurse Marie~

I went to the Dr. today. They are still only seeing one small, non-active bleed behind the placenta. At its largest 8 cm,  is now down to 4cm. Praise the Lord! Patrick is doing great & so am I. We are moving right along & I am feeling ready to get his room together. Hopefully, we can get it started before vacation & finish up the switching of furniture after. We bought the paint last week.  He is up to the 80% this week~ already weighing 3 pounds!! They have been closely watching his growth, & now I think he will be just fine size-wise! His hr was 136, good fluid & always lots of movement! Dr. Hodshon went on & put me on the books for a repeat c-section for July 20th. Dr. Drey, the same guy who delivered Ellie will do it again! I am feeling very blessed that all our prayers were heard & knowing He will continue to watch over us the next 10.5 weeks!

27 weeks!

I do have some belly pictures... will get them posted!
Baby Patrick & I are doing well. I can't hardly believe I am in the third trimester already!?! I guess staying busy with Ellie makes time go by faster.
My appointment was rather uneventful on April 9th. Dr. Hallman said ultra sound only saw one bleed & it was smaller than the previous visit. I am not convinced the u/s tech looked hard enough,  but I left having wishful thinking. Chad was not able to make the appt, so it was very thankful to my friend Marianne for keeping Ellie. Dr. said Patrick is still doing great~ right on track in the 50% weighning in at 1#9 ounces. I am still not bleeding which is good news & really nice. He is moving all over the place which makes it harder to get comfortable but SUCH a relief to know he is ok everyday!! He ok'd me to go on back to work PRN. I was only scheduled one night before my next visit anyways ... I know, tough life;) aslo, I passed my GTT & all labs looked good... whew, No Gestational Diabetes!!

My next appt is with my fav Dr., Dr. Hodshon, on May 8th ... I will be 28 4/7 weeks. They do have another u/s scheduled & hope he oks me to be back to normal exercise & such.
Ellie is so cute when she talks to my belly ... 'hi baby Pa-rick, what you doin'?' 'I wove baby Pa-rick!' He always perks up & moves around when she is close by. She looks in by belly button & says in the mornings or after nap time 'he wake up?' Like he was asleep because she was!!  Other times in the day she says 'he swimming in there!' Makes me smile & giggle becasue she is going to be all over him!! She says,  'he comin out in July', but i wonder if she realizes how this is really going to be?!? Ellie is such a sweet girl & I know she will be the BEST Big Sister!! Love these babies so much ~

I have two friends struggling with infertility... keeping them both in my prayers & hoping the Lord will bless them both very soon. We are so blessed!  

Pictures from Lynne

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Happy Easter from the Mosses!!
We have had a wonderful weekend together~
Sunday, we woke up & had breakfast. Ellie was so excited the Easter Bunny came to see her! We got ready & went to church. We took these pictures afterwards & they are actually pretty good! I am 24 weeks now...
This afternoon we have plans at our friends, The Clark's. Easter egg hunt & dinner!
We are so blessed to have a 'family' here when we are not able to be with our families in Nashville. We miss them but are looking forward to time with Great friends!!