23 & 24 Week Updates!

Clay Graduated! 

Crawfish boil celebration in honor of our graduate!  So proud of my hubby!

 Cindy was ready to chow down!

 Mom feeling Katie kicking around at 23 weeks

 Love my mama!

 Here's the belly!

 Uncle Nick being... Uncle Nick ;-)

 Auntie Abbey and the sweetest little pup we got to snuggle with all day!

 CeCe checking out her granddaughter's dancing

 Ladies and Gentlemen... Matt Pardue - Master Crawfish Boiler Person

 Two kindred spirits :-)

Hop has always reminded Clay so much of his grandfather.  Abbey perfectly captured that in this pic.

Beautiful Mother!  

Clay's grandmother is one of the MOST hilarious and fun people I know.  Love her so much!

 We had such a fun day celebrating Clay's graduation.  Thank you to such amazing family and friends for showing up to celebrate with him.  Thank you to Clay's parents for throwing him such a fun shindig!  I am so proud of him and all he has accomplished.  Katie will be proud of him, too. :-)

A few more pics from 23 weeks (Dinner at Zanata with the sibs!)

24 Weeks & Dreaming of S&D Oyster Co.

Alright, so maybe I could not consume the beloved oysters, but at least I got to enjoy a delicious broiled trout!  Besides that, I'm pretty sure I ate more than my fair share of crackers and cocktail sauce.  Yum, Yum!

I think Hop is thoroughly enjoying "Pregnant Diana" because I am ALWAYS down for frozen yogurt. :-)  He just has to say the word and I have no choice but to crave it!  Sweet Clay is always tasked with driving us to the approved "fro-yo" locations.

 Alex & Abbey!

 Our sweet Katie Grace at 24 weeks!

Uncle Nick!

At 24 weeks, Katie and I were feeling great!  The second trimester is popularly referred to as the "honeymoon phase" of pregnancy.  I was definitely soaking this up!  Of course, I would still get tired after a lot of activity, but overall, I could do so much more than I could the first trimester.  On top of that, Spring was in full swing and I was just happy about the weather and all the blooming flowers! 

Hello, again!

Welcome back!

Ok, so I know I fell off the blogging train when we were 20 weeks along.  Let's just pretend that I'm not 27 weeks along now and get caught up!  Sound good?  Excellent.

Remember when I told you I'd post 20 week pics of Katie and I from the gender reveal party?  Woo Hoo!  Finally happening!  Thank you, Auntie Abbey, for your amazing pics as usual.  I will post all of them on Facebook, but here are a few gems. :)  Enjoy!

 I had the best time making everything for this party.  I got to try out lots of Pinterest ideas!

Thanks to my amazing Mom who got the box of balloons and wrapped everything up so cute!  She was the only one who knew we were having a girl before the party.  She did an EXCELLENT job keeping the secret. :-)

Jodi & Ashley! Friends since 3rd grade

My seester, Auntie Abbey! 

As you can see, I didn't feel right about making a guess about the gender of our babe.  I didn't care either way and while I had a feeling she was a girl, I knew the odds were that we'd have a boy! So, I just kept switching between the mustache & lips.

 Here's the 20 week bump!

 Liz and Meredith!  

Dear family friends.  Liz and her husband Robert introduced Clay's parents way back when.  Liz and Robert's 4 girls grew up with Cindy and Randy's 3 boys. :-)

 Our nephew Conner was sure he was going to have another boy to wrestle with!

 Most of the people who voted GIRL! (There were many people there via FaceTime, including my sister, Monica!)

 Those voting for a BOY!  Get ready to be surprised!

SURPRISE!  We're having a little tiny baby GIRL, GIRL, GIRL!!!

 Hearts overflowing with joy!

 I think Cindy was surprised. ;-)

 This man is going to be the most incredible father.  Katie Grace is going to be a 100% Daddy's Girl.  It's okay Katie, I think he hung the moon, too!

 Cannot describe the level of happiness!  

We are so grateful for this blessing.

Priceless mom & son moment!

What a fun night!  Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us.  We were so grateful that Cindy, Randy, Liz and Robert made it despite flight delays from a trip!  It was terrible weather that night and they had all kinds of flight delays.  They made it to the party straight from the airport, just in time!

More posts to come as we continue to catch up!  

Love,

Diana