Name... check! Godparents...check!

The pregnancy with our little lady is absolutely flying by! It's hard to believe in just a few short weeks we'll be in the home stretch in the 3rd trimester.  We've decided it's time we get on the ball and name our little girl, ask a few special people to be her godparents, and then it'll be time to tackle the nursery.

First and foremost, her name is Samantha "Sami" Rose Weismann.
We both loved the name Samantha, and I've like it since childhood when my favorite American Girl doll was named Samantha. My sister Libby's middle name is Rose, and she was named after my Great Grandma Quincey. We thought these two names were the perfect combination for our daughter.  For some reason, Riley has always called his baby sister "Reese", and has recently told us that he wants her middle name to be Sophia (his favorite friend at school).  We'll have to start using her name more often so that isn't still calling her Reese Sophia when she is born. :)

Miss Sami will also have two very special Godparents.  Matt's sister Becky is her Godmother.  Becky has remained close with both Matt and me despite the distance between us as her family lives in Utah and we live in Texas.  We know there will be many more fun times ahead with Aunt B, Uncle John, and cousins Sarah & Lauren!

Matt's best friend, Sean, will be her Godfather.  Sean always makes time in his schedule to pay us visits in Texas, and it doesn't hurt that he lives on the beach when we find the time to get the Florida!  He's one of Riley's favorite people, and we know he'll be one of Samantha's favorites too.

I finally took a few pictures of my growing belly today (a little over 25 weeks).  Riley loves giving his baby sister kisses, so he just happen to kiss my belly while I was trying to take a pic. Such a sweet big brother already!

Pop Pop came bearing gifts!

Pop Pop was in town on business last week, so we were lucky enough to spend an evening with him when he got out of work. He spoiled all of us with some great gifts, the best of all being a new weedwacker with matching goggles for his grandson.  Riley absolutely loves his new weedwacker, and would sleep with it if we let him. Thank you, Pop Pop! We hope you have many more business trips in Texas!!

Celebrations in the OBX!

We had an amazing week in the Outer Banks, NC with my family to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday.  The weather was incredible, and it was so nice to go back to the place where we grew up visiting every summer. Thank you, Mom & Dad for treating us to a week of fun, sun, & family! We love you!

We started each day with a cup of coffee on the patio looking over the ocean. Riley even had his cup of "chocolate coffee" with Grandpa

 

After breakfast, we all hurried to get our feet in the sand & sea.  We had absolutely gorgeous weather everyday (except for one), and took full advantage of our time on the beach!

  

Riley put GiGi to work hauling water for his sandcastles. Gotta get the cardio in somehow, right mom?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After a day on the beach, we all headed up to the pool at our house for a dip before dinner. 

 

 

 

 

 One of our favorite nights was GiGi's birthday celebration! We had a delicious dinner, plenty of cake, and Riley was a big help unwrapping gifts. I think it's a birthday that she won't soon forget!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Another memorable dinner is the good ole crab night. Do you think we got enough crabs??

 

 

We spent our evenings back on the front porch, listening to the ocean and enjoying the breeze. GiGi was nice enough to take Riley on a nighttime beach walk if he had enough of the sitting!

 

 GiGi and Grandpa went out to our favorite restaurant, Roadside, one night on a date (we did one night too).  Matt, Riley, and I had a little family dinner on the porch that night.

 

 

 On our one crummy weather day we took a trip to Tim Buck II in Corolla where we used to go as kids and ride go-carts.  Riley got to have a giant ice cream cone since he's still a little young for the go-carts. Maybe next time!

 

 We stayed next door to our old house that my family built in 1999 and sold in 2006.  It's up for sale now... we'll see you again soon Duck'n Work!!  

  

Meeting Allie Stone Loeffler

The Loeffler Family had their third baby girl, so we decided to bring them dinner and meet the new addition to their family. I wondered if Riley would be jealous of the baby, but he just LOVED her! He did a great job holding her, and he talked about it for the next week straight. He was so gentle, and I think he's going to be a great big brother in October.  The three Loeffler girls were all adorable, and they were so nice to share their baby with us... Allie is such a doll, and we are so happy for them!

I love this one with big sister Caroline looking on.

So sweet and gentle with baby Allie!

The only one missing was Miss Reese who was busy riding her scooter!

Brave Boy

We had Riley's 2 year checkup in February, and his finger-prick anemia test showed that his iron was slightly low.  They prescribed an iron supplement, and told us to come back in three months for a recheck. Without going into too much detail, the iron supplements resulted in lots of prunes, prune juice, and Fiber One for the poor kid... so, we finally decided that he was borderline anyway and we'd just stop giving it to him. The three month checkup showed low iron AGAIN... so, we had to go to children's hospital to get lab work done. He was SUCH a brave boy during the ordeal, and they took a LOT of blood. We luckily had GiGi there for moral support.... for both of us!  This experience really made me sympathize for families with sick children who have to undergo this sort of poking and prodding on an ongoing basis.  Good news, his results all came back in normal ranges!! Hallelujah!!

 

 Getting ready...

 Not sure who was more nervous...

Such a brave dude

We took him right over for frozen yogurt after his lab work!

 GiGi and I enjoyed some yogurt too!

He got every last drop!