Celebrating Kate&Walter...

While in Abilene we hosted a wedding shower for Kate and Walter. It turned out beautifully!
Kate was my very first friend when I moved to Abilene in kindergarten and has been one of my best friends since! She has been there for me through it all, she celebrated with me when we found out I would be having a little sister and was the first friend to hold Kaitlyn aka Tate, she got me through break ups, my parents divorce, and was with me the night I met the love of my life, Jeffrey! We were inseparable growing up, always in the same class until 3rd grade came alone and we thought our lives were over! Luckily 4th grade we wound up in the same class again and all was right with the world! God bless those poor teachers ;D
We are loud, we are bossy, we are dramatic and we are sensitive!
So alike and so different!
She is so special to me and I am beyond thankful for the bond we have!
She and Walter are getting married February 16, 2013 in Mexico! I gladly accepted the bridesmaid invite, booked our room, made our flight reservations and starting dreaming of matching tanks and swimmies!
In August I found out I was pregnant and couldn't be more excited, a few weeks later I went in to the doctor and she said no way no how are you going to Mexico at 32 weeks along in your pregnancy unless you are prepared to possibly give birth in Mexico! WHAT!!!! I absolutely do not want that! But this would mean I couldn't go to the wedding of my life long friend!
Cue the crying uncontrollably, the long dreaded phone call to Kate, and the endless apologizing for missing the wedding!
I am pretty certain the weekend of February 16th I will be in bed, in pajamas, box of tissue near by, crying my eyes out and wondering what all the girls are doing and how Kate looks and if she's nervous and so on...
Already seeing the sacrifices of being a mom! I know this lil guy will be sooo worth it and that Kate completely understands my absence but that doesn't keep me from wishing I could have both ha!
Anyhow back to the shower... It was at our home country club Saturday night, close friends and family, complete with a mimosa bar, heavy hors d'oeuvres, very intimate and just perfect!
Here are some pictures from the night...

So while my girl friends are dieting and working hard on their beach bods for Mexico 2013 I'm sipping on this delicious treat and full as can be haha...

Our little turkey...

Our little turkey is a... BOY!!!
Tuesday November 20th was our sonogram to find out the gender of sweet Baby S! I had been thinking/swearing this baby is a girl... I just knew it hah. Jeff and Tate stuck with their guess of boy the whole time. I was so excited once we got to the doctors office Tuesday morning because I knew that very soon we would know if this baby was a boy or a girl. Soon it would have a name other than Baby S and soon we could start buying it things fit for a girl or fit for a boy!! Tate got to go with Jeff and I and I'm so glad she did. Once in the room the lady asked us if we wanted to find out the sex of the baby and we told her yes... She showed us the sweet little hands, tummy, face, spine, legs and feet, then said ok I'm going to move between the legs... Any guesses on what it is?! Jeff laughed the most precious laugh and we all replied BOY!!! Tate and Jeff were right... How could this be... I was excited... I was completely shocked... This whole time I've been thinking it was a little girl in there... Poor guy! We quickly text my mom and dad to tell them the news! This is HUGE news on my side of the family, first grand baby, first boy, ohhhh let the spoiling begin!
While waiting for the doctor I just had to text Mel and B who I knew were just as certain as I was that this baby was a girl haha BOY were we all surprised! I have a great record of guessing the gender of friends and families babies but totally missed my own ha isn't that about par for the course.

After talking with the doctor and hearing that everything looks great we left the office and went to pick up a cookie cake to announce the gender to the Stevens side of the family! Jeff, my mom and I met Erica and the kids, Rach, Sid and Vicki at lunch where we told them all about our perfect little baby BOY!

We decided to wait to tell my Girls Weekend Girls {with the exception of Mel} all in person on Friday night at Mel's house. Friday couldn't come soon enough! Thursday night my sister helped me make cupcakes and fill them with BLUE icing. They all arrived at different times so we got to announce it over and over again hah... Here are their predictions and reactions...

Preston Tate Stevens
you are SO LOVED!
We cannot wait to meet you!

Tuscaloosa...

I almost didn't blog about last weekend because I just couldn't make myself write about it.
Alabama lost to Texas A&M! Gasp!!! We were there, we witnessed this funeral of our perfect season first hand, but as Jeff said "believe it or not the sun did rise in Tuscaloosa" Sunday morning.
We have had our tickets for this game since July, we had a group of friends going, we were ready! Tate and I were really pushing to fly to the game but Jeff wasn't sure about spending the money to fly plus paying to get a rental car and so on... So driving it was! Then residency interviews started coming and Jeff ended up flying into Birmingham that Thursday before the game to interview that Friday! What a weasel! Tate and I were then stuck making the 12 hour drive there alone... We made the most of it though and it wasn't so bad. We got to Birmingham Friday afternoon, picked Jeff up from UAB medical center, stopped at The Summit for some shopping, and then PF Changs for dinner. Much to my surprise it was still happy hour and they offered a couple of non alcoholic cocktails...That made this pregnant lady very happy!

It also made me extremely happy to see The Summit decorated for Christmas! So pretty!

We left Birmingham after dinner and headed to Tuscaloosa to meet up with family and friends. We spent the night listening to live music at a local bar.

Saturday was the game and I won't even get into that... But here are some pictures from before the game...

Sunday was a long drive home but we made it safe and sound... Just wishing home was anywhere but College Station these days... Some aggies are just too much to handle on a daily basis.
Happy Weekend and Roll Tide!