Mr. and Mrs. William Fleischer!

On June 9th a sweet friend of mine got married at Christ Chapel.  I've always loved weddings there, but now they are especially sweet to attend because it reminds me of standing up there with Jeremiah just 6 short months ago!  Lauren was stunning, I mean beautiful!

 The beautiful Micaela was one of Lauren's bridesmaids.  She introduced Lauren and I about two years ago!

 Aside from Lauren being a precious girl, this was the second reason I attended her wedding.... wedding cake!  And it was well worth it ;)

Congratulations Lauren!  I'm so happy for you and William.  Best wishes on your new life together!  I will miss you in San Antonio.

Meredith's 30th Birthday

For my 30th birthday Jeremiah and I were planning on taking a trip to North or South Carolina.  I've always wanted to go to the Outer Banks and Charleston.  I've fantasized about that area from reading too many Nicholas Sparks books.  However, about a month ago, something strange happened.  I became very pregnant.  All the sudden simple walking began to take the same toll marathon running does on the legs.  My tailbone didn't feel too hot either.  The idea of spending money to take a dream vacation and being miserable the whole time was not too appealing.  So we let the idea go, and I began to look forward to a simple relaxing summer!

The weekend before my birthday rolled around and Jeremiah told me to be home right after school on Friday.  I didn't ask why and looked forward to the surprise.  When I walked in the door, he told me to finish packing my bag.  We were going somewhere for the night!  I finished getting ready and we dropped Miles off at Chris and Jonathan's for a sleep over with Boudreaux.

At this moment I still didn't know where we were going.  We got in the car and drove Northwest of Fort Worth.  That still didn't give me much of a clue!  Pretty soon we arrived at a cute little Bed and Breakfast on a ranch.

 The room was decorated for my birthday.  The balloon on the right just couldn't wait for me to be there.

 We took walks on the property and just had a quiet evening.  This tree strangely had eyes and lips.  We thought it was our ticket oak!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srT4hqYTYz4 

 "I love you, Ticket Oak."  "Er.....I love you too, Jeremiah."

 There was a great hammock to relax in.

Thanks for a fun surprise birthday getaway, Babe!

Time for Brisket - by Jeremiah

Decided it was time to try smoking my first brisket.  And surprisingly, it turned out well.  So either you just can't mess up a brisket - or else I had some beginner's luck.  Or both.  Here are a few pics:

Phase 1: Dry rub

Phase 2: Marinate overnight.

Phase 3: Smoke and cook on low heat all day.  No pics of this.

Phase 4: Slice and eat.  The brisket turned out to be pretty moist with some tasty bark.  Lucky, like I said.  Plus it goes really well with Meredith's potato salad!

Visiting the Archers in Austin

This weekend we traveled to Austin to see Joanna and Aaron.  Joanna is pregnant and 3 weeks ahead of me, so we enjoyed trading pregnancy stories :)  They took us out on the Colorado river in a couple of kayaks and a canoe for some sunning and fishing.

 My tailbone has been giving me some trouble in recent weeks so I came prepared with a blow up donut.  Pregnancy is so glamorous.

 Jeremiah in the kayak

 Joanna and Aaron in the canoe

 Before church on Sunday morning.  Me -20 weeks, Joanna 23 weeks

The whole crew.  Compare the above picture to this one....

 Taken in the same spot exactly two years before!

We love you guys and had a great visit.  Baby B can't wait to meet Baby A.

Change is good

Meredith asked me to drop off Miles for a haircut.  So I did...and signed him up for a manly mohawk!  Looking good, buddy.

Mom and Dad B Visit!

This past weekend Jeremiah's parents drove down to visit us and visit the World's Famous First Monday Trades Days, of course!  After trekking through Canton all day on Friday, they drove to Fort Worth Friday night.  We went to the Stockyards for dinner on Saturday and ate at H3 Ranch.  We went for a walk, watched movies, snacked, shopped, and just caught up. 

 Grandma bought baby boy's first "lovie," a fuzzy horse we found at a cute shop in the Stockyards :)

On Sunday after church we ate lunch at Esperanza's, our favorite Mexican brunch place.  We had a great weekend and enjoyed their visit!

Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails....

That's what little boys are made of!  Last week we finally found out the gender of our baby.  We were blessed to have a friend who is a nurse at Arlington Pregnancy Center.  Our doctor wouldn't do a sonogram before 20 weeks, and we were willing to wait.  But, Mer (our nurse friend) offered to do the sonogram at 17 weeks!  We excitedly accepted her offer.  That morning I woke up so excited that I made "B" and "G" pancakes.

 

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Here you can see a sweet little arm and leg.










...And a tiny foot!











This was our first glimpse at BOY!  The bubble looking things to the left are part of the cord.  On the left you see bottom and legs.

Another view of bottom, legs, and boy parts :)











Looking down....










Same view.








When Mer said she thought it was a boy, Jeremiah was so excited!  He threw his arms up in the air and everything.  I have to admit I was a bit surprised.  I thought all along that I was carrying a girl!  So much for "mother's intuition!"  We got to watch him move around for 45 minutes.  It was so exciting and seemed to finally feel very real.  I feel him kick every night now.  He is definitely Jeremiah's child because he is wide awake every late afternoon and into the evening. 

Later that evening we went to eat at Panda Express (our fav fast food Chinese).  We always enjoy opening the fortune cookies to see what they say.  Our "fortunes" that night were very true :)  The first was mine and the second was his:

 Since I thought he was going to be a girl, I really had to accept a lot of things I hadn't thought of.  My horizons will be broadened!

And finally, Jeremiah's dreams of glamor and luxury from having a boy pro-athlete will come true :)