Nana and Pop Pop

We had the pleasure of having Nana and Pop Pop (Matt's parents) visit this week, and had a great time.  We were able to catch up, go out to eat, and even fit in a pretty competitive card game (ahem, I won!)!  Matt and Jerry stayed busy with "projects" around the house, and thanks to them we are almost done with the nursery.  Sharon and I spent a lot of time vegging out on the couch, and catching up on our Fox News.  All in all it was a nice and low key visit, and we ALL can't wait for their next visit to meet the new addition!

Merry Christmas 2010

Matt and I spent Christmas morning at our house drinking coffee and unwrapping presents. We got each other our new Canon camera for Christmas, but also exchanged a few gifts (slippers, socks, pj's... you know, the necessities!).  Santa even brought Riley some VT and Redskins gear, so he's going to be all decked out for his Dad's favorite teams. 

We went to my parents house in the afternoon, and spent a relaxing day unwrapping presents and watching movies.  We finished the day with a yummy dinner and cheesecake dessert. Couldn't have asked for a better Christmas, and can't believe we'll have another member of the family joining us next year! :)

Lib modeling her new hat thingie

John and I opening gifts

Toby snuggling with Dad... his favorite place to be

 

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!



Our Christmas Card

We took the annual "Quincey Christmas Card" photo on Christmas Eve between church and dinner.  I am still getting my act together for our little guy's arrival, and am not sending cards out this year (you'll be receiving an announcement in the near future anyway!), so here is the "Weismann digital Christmas Card 2010"!

We had a delicious dinner at Roy's (a high end "Hawaiian Fusion" restaurant) with my family... lots of fun conversation and laughs!

32 Weeks...

We had our 32 week appointment, and were lucky enough to have another sonogram to get a look at our little guy. Apparently, the sonographer 2 weeks ago didn't measure his kidneys (the whole reason I was having the sonogram in the first place... everything is fine, though!), so we got to do it again. We got lots of great pictures of Riley, and watched him rubbing his eyes and sleeping away. He's a healthy 4 1/2 lbs now, and it's just a short matter of time before he's here!



In Memory Of Lily...

We will miss sweet Lily Girl.  She has been the Quincey "Family Dog" for the last 11 years+. She became paralyzed from her waist down on Friday (she was actually staying with us for the night because my parents were in Oklahoma for Lib's graduation - another post to come about that! Congrats Lib!), and it got worse and worse and she died today.  She lived a long and pampered life, and we'll all miss her very much!

Lily by the fire

Holly and her best friend, Lily... Lil was so sweet to always put up with the pup

Toby laying with Lily.  Even when he would squeeze his little body on her bed she would scoot over and let him in. 

Just a cute one of Lil... squeezed into Toby's little bed



Birthday Weekend

My birthday was last weekend, and it was nice and relaxing.

On my actual birthday, we went to Matt's work Christmas party.  We decided to take a "tummy" picture before we left:

 30.5 weeks

When we got home Matt gave me a delicious cupcake from the "Cupcakery" (gourmet cupcake bakery in our area), and sang happy birthday all by himself. Maybe Riley will join him next year. :)

We went to dinner on Saturday night in Frisco Square, and watched the town square light show timed to Christmas music... it was amazing. They even had real snow falling in the square (snow machines, of course, for us Texans!). 

We topped off the weekend with an amazing dinner & MORE cupcakes at my parents house on Sunday.  It was a very special birthday weekend!

30 Week Update

We had our 30 week appointment yesterday, and were lucky enough to get a sonogram as well!  I actually started fainting and getting extremely nauseous during the sono (they said it was from laying flat on my back for so long, and the baby weight was cutting off my circulation - new sono tech!!), so I didn't get to see much once them rolled me on my side... but we did walk away with one CUTE picture of Riley! He is measuring 2 weeks ahead of schedule, and is almost 4 whopping pounds.  Dr. Campbell gave him an A+ on all of his stats, so we were thrilled for the good report. 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

... at our house! We got all of our Christmas decorating done the day after Thanksgiving. It was a lot of work, but it totally put us in the holiday spirit and we get to enjoy them for several weeks.  Here's a tour...

Outside of the house - Matt spent lots of time getting all of the lights hung. 

We switched to LED's this year to save on energy!

Welcome

Nativity Scene 

Staircase

Other half of the staircase

And the stockings were hung...

Oh Christmas Tree... 



Thanksgiving

We were lucky enough to have two visitors from the Daly family for Thankgiving... my Grandma and cousin Santina.  I wasn't very good at taking pictures on Thanksgiving, but snapped a few after our delicious meal.

Emily (28 1/2 weeks), Santina, John, and Libby

 Grandma - so nice seeing her!

Matt (clearly excited for the pie)

Mom (finally sitting down after a day of cooking) and Matt

Dogs relaxing by the fire

I think Toby found a new best friend

It was a nice relaxing day of good food and visiting with family!

Success!!

Matt had his sinus surgery today (luckily, the doctor was well this time) and he's recovering this evening. The doctor was able to fix the obstruction on his left side, and widen his sinus passages. He thinks that this surgery is going to help tremendously with the constant sinus infections! Matt will be celebrating this fact... when he's feeling a little better. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!

Riley's Godparents

Riley is one lucky baby, with two amazing Godparents-to-be!  Matt and I think that my brother John and sister Libby are going to be great rolemodels for the little guy.  We asked them to be Riley's Godparents during Thanksgiving dinner, and they both happily accepted the invitation!

JCP Baby Shower

My JCPenney coworkers threw us a phenomenal baby shower last week.  I'm so glad that Matt and my Mom were able to join us!  Every detail was so thoughtful, and we got lots of generous gifts for Baby Riley! I am really lucky to work with such a wonderful group of people.

Matt and I in front of the spread... those are mini bundt cakes in the background... delish!

 The incredible diaper cake that Carolyn made. Hands-down the nicest one I've ever seen!

 Matt's favorite gift of the shower... VT gear from Rich

 Cute baby gowns from Leslie

 Matt & my Mom

The group

 

Thumbs up to one great shower!! Thanks again, Everyone!



Surgery Update...

We were on our way for Matt's surgery this morning when his doctor's assistant called to tell us that Dr. Gilmore is extremely sick, and is cancelling all of his surgeries for the day.  We'll keep you posted on the rescheduled date.

Matt's Surgery

Matt is having sinus surgery tomorrow to correct a deviated septum and to fix an "issue" that's been causing the SIX sinus infections he's had this year.  Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers for a successful surgery and speedy recovery!

Shower Weekend (Saturday)

Saturday was the day of the shower. My mom and Vicki McPherson hosted it at Glen Eagles Country Club.  It was a gorgeous venue, and fun to revisit since we also had our Rehearsal Dinner there almost 5 years ago!

The place settings were so beautiful. My mom did a great job picking out the table linens and flowers. Notice the napkins are folded like diapers and pinned closed with a diaper pin... she is so creative!!

Vicki ensured that we had the fabulous chocolate and raspberry cake... look how beautiful the cake table was! It was hands-down the best cake I've ever tasted.

The adorable "puppy basket" from Vicki:

My mom wrote me a very special poem, and read it at the beginning of the shower. It was so thoughtful and touching... I had no idea she was such a talented poet.

I had the best day visiting with my favorite people, and unwrapping so many generous gifts for Baby Riley.  He is already a very spoiled little boy!! Thank you so much everyone, for everything!! Also - thank you so much to our family and friends from out-of-town who couldn't be there... you were all there in spirit.

Julie, Melinda, Nanci, Libby, Heidi, and Daphne

Vicki, Layla, Lisa, Mom, Aunt Mary, Carol, and Barbara

So happy about all these wonderful gifts!

How cute is this hooded towel!?

 Barbara Crysdale knitted this beautiful blanket of a guardian angel for Baby Riley, how special!

Vanna White.......

Lib and Nanci McCook (& Kate in spirit)

 
Katie ... the other momma to be, and our photographer for the day. She did such a great job!

So glad Aunt Mary could join us!!

My DG girls, Linds and Mere, Love them!

Thanks for everything Mom & Lib... Love you both!!