The Hebert's

14 days, 37 days

2012-02-02T20:44:00.006-06:00

14 days until we close on both homes and move all of our stuff into the new house. 14 DAYS!!! I am excited and nervous all in the same breath. How am I ever going to get all of this packed?? Please pray it all goes smoothly.

AND 37 days (or less) until we welcome another blessing into the world. What will it be a Girl or a Boy??? As I was packing up the box with Emery's custom bedding in it I labeled in black marker the destination as either attic or baby room. Ha because who knows! I am feeling pressure and in pain and uncomfortable but I remember this stage last pregnancy. The last weeks are not for being comfortable. Plus I am doing way too much but it's gotta get done ya know! I try and pack a few boxes every night. And I must say I think I have put a nice dent in it. These last two weeks will be more then a few boxes a night I'm afraid. But we will get it done! I cant wait to get moved in and then start getting ready for a new baby :))

This SOLD sign showed up in our yard the other day. :)

This is how my house looks all over. Boxes and stuff everywhere. I am trying to be as organized about it as possible but at some point you just keep stuffing boxes and stacking them.

Emery can be found at any moment either in the boxes or taking stuff out of them or sitting in the kitchen like a sweet girl while mommy tries to pack one more box for the day.

I did leave a space for her to get in and out of her cottage :)

Fingers crossed

2012-01-23T20:46:00.002-06:00

These days I seem to say this phrase a lot for many things...

Fingers Crossed we get our house appraisal back this week and it is good

Fingers Crossed we really close on Feb 17 and get moved in

Fingers Crossed this baby waits until March to surprise us.

Fingers Crossed that The Crawfish Hut does well this year because if not we are closing up shop

Fingers Crossed I remember all the things I need to take care of a newborn and seriously hope I start thinking about this soon and get on the ball with washing things and such.

On a lengthy side note I am going to copy off of one of my friends Sarah's blog and let you know how I'm feeling about baby #2 and our lives right now.

I am stressed out to the max but I try not to show it. Although anyone who knows me well enough can certainly tell. I have lots of new stuff going on with work and only 6 or so short weeks to implement it. I so badly want our house to appraise and everything to go smooth. I had it set in my head that we were going to close on Feb 10 and move that day. My realtor told me this was not going to happen and we should start thinking Feb 20. I broke down. Literally sobbing to her on the phone as if she could magically make everyone go on my time frame. I'm doing all the work for this move. Calling the banks, insurance people, etc etc etc. I am the point of contact for everything with the house. Archie just signed the papers :) Love the guy to death but can't overwhelm him ya know?

Now to things that keep me up at night

I stay up at night thinking about packing boxes, getting a Uhaul, can we pack it the night before and no one steal our stuff? Can we just sleep on mattresses on the floor the night before? I still have to clean this house too..... How am I going to pack all my fancy wine glasses without them breaking? I need to order new bed linens and a new King size mattress to be on the Uhaul for the move.... New Furniture.... Wonder if I can talk my brother into coming with my parents to help us move, probably would have to offer him money... Thank goodness my dad is off that weekend! Hope my mom will want to stay until Sunday and help me get organized. Oh because I will be 37 weeks pregnant and Archie will be at the hut.

Oh I'm Pregnant? We are having another baby? Oh yeah! Honestly It's not on my radar and it should be!! I feel like I will go into labor, call Archie and be like Ok lets go do this as if it's just another thing to check off my list for the day. This baby sure does hurt me with its jabs kicks and rolls way more that Emery did and Oh the shooting pains make my knees buckle! But still I have yet to register at the hospital, wash anything, get swings and etc out of storage. Nope Nothing. I did buy a new tub of Aquaphor for the little one though LOL I do feel guilty that I'm not thinking clearly. I mean I do think about it. I think about how much Archie travels and will be at the hut every weekend and I will be stuck at home with two kids in a new house going a tad bit crazy. Guess I should start stocking up on some wine.

So maybe I am a tad bit too negative you say. I would have to agree with you. I tell myself to take things one day at a time and God will help us through it all. I just have to remind myself of that every ten minutes or so or I forget. I truly know we are so blessed to be welcoming a new little one into the world, moving into our dream home, and running a fun small business. And I will try my hardest to remember that when I get crazy stressed. One day at time we will come out alive on the other side :)

Quick update

2012-01-10T20:04:00.008-06:00

Just a quick update with a few pics. Above is Emery in Her daddy's girl T shirt which I love. I bought it from Cotton Laundry, you can find them on etsy.

For New Years Archie wanted to fish and since it was his birthday I was up for going to the Nance's bay house and hanging out with the girls. Scarlett and Emery had fun together although Emery woke up Scarlett every morning with her cries and woke her up during nap time. My child just does not sleep long. I felt so bad. She's up at six and her naps are usually only and hour and a half. Scarlett is a Great sleeper! Maybe #2 will sleep longer...

Speaking of sleeping I am happy to report that Emery has slept in her crib all night the past two nights! Fingers crossed her "growing phase" (thats what her doc said) is done for now :)

Yes I was a Nervous Wreck when Archie did this. I just have the worst fear of drowning. I will feel better after she takes swim lessons this summer..... No, who am I kidding i will still be on edge around water.

This bed is what I want to do in our new house. I want to decorate it totally different and this is my inspiration for the Master bed. We will be getting a King size bed (ours now is a queen) So I have been looking at how to make a fabric headboard. Seems easy enough. This room may look too Neutral to you but you can always change it with colorful pillows. Now I just need to decide on a Mattress and find where to get a cheap King size bedframe. Any Suggestions are welcome!

And this beauty is Miss Elle. My best friends baby girl. This past weekend I made the drive to Baton Rouge with Emery (stopped and picked up my mom in LC). I just had to get over there to see her! It was my only weekend I could do it. She is just the most precious thing and it fills my heart to see someone I love like Tiff to become a mother.

On a side note, before I left We were up in the air about making an offer on the new house. It was only 4 days and we didn't want to be too impulsive. I was already too emotionally attached to the house (Already decorating it in my head and etc) so I went ahead and left town to head to BR. Friday night Archie went and signed an offer on the house. Right after i left! Ha! I needed him to make the decision but didn't actually think he would do it But we are so excited! I don't want to jinx anything though until offer is accepted and all paperwork is signed so I will post a pic of the new home after I feel better about it. Until then please keep us in your prayers that everything works out with the least amount of bumps as possible.

And below is some giggles that make me smile :)

66 Days

2012-01-05T09:52:00.002-06:00

66 Days until

-Baby number 2 is due

- We find out if girls will rule the Hebert home or if it will be even

- To sell our house

- To find a new house and buy it

- To move into a new house before baby arrived

- The crawfish hut is Busy Busy

- I become a mom of two kids !?!?

- Even more craziness begins

- I go on maternity leave and don't get paid for 12 weeks... And we are buying a new house?!? Things will be tight!!!!

So when you think your stressed or you have a second to breathe please pray for us. Or if you see me and I look a little nutty or out of sorts it's because I have a LOT to do in 66 days :0

Christmas 2011

2011-12-28T20:40:00.008-06:00

We spent Christmas Eve and morning here at home. Our home in Spring Texas. I wanted to start our own traditions and be here for Santa and it was so great! We love our family in LC but it was so nice missing all the craziness which usually involves 6 stops in less than 48 hours. This momma won't be doing that with two kids! We woke up and cooked Beignets and opened gifts. Emery was so fun and I can't wait until next year when she knows more of what's going on. We headed to LC around Lunch for one night and came back Monday. It was a quick trip but it did the job of seeing the family. Next year I think we will travel in town for Thanksgiving and Stay home for Christmas....... Here are some pictures from our Christmas. Hope yours was as great as ours! We are so blessed :)

Market Street and Santa take #2

2011-12-20T20:29:00.010-06:00

Sunday night we went to Market street and my plan was to look at the lights and soak up some family time. Emery was too busy to sit in her stroller and enjoy the lights so she did a lot of running around with daddy. It was such a nice night! They even had two beautiful horse drawn carriages with these pretty white horses and even a mini one with a white pony to pull the little ones. But there was no way Emery was getting close to those animals.

Today we went To See Santa at Mrs Rita's home. It was so fun to see everyone but no one was happy to see Santa. Well maybe one or two kids but the rest just screamed. So no super cute Santa photo this year :)

He was such a good Santa too, so jolly, even sang songs, but Emery had a death grip on me and was not about to let me set her down. It was quite humorous!

This was her ready to leave and get as far away from Santa as she could.

Then we tried a group shot. As soon as Santa sat down Emery was in escape mode.

Then she proceeded to climb over everyone to get away. Maybe next year we will like Santa???

Weekend in The Chuck

2011-12-13T19:45:00.010-06:00

Tuesday Night Archie left with Jon to go hunt in Kansas. Three days earlier he was on The King Ranch hunting. Seems like this guy has it made right??? Anyways since daddy would be gone and we had showings scheduled for the house we decided to go to Lake Charles and headed there on Wednesday after going to a checkup for baby 2 which included the glucose test and rhogham shot. While we were there Emery did not sleep in her playpen one night. Ended up in my bed by 1 am every night which means I got NO SLEEP! So while our visit was fun I was ready to get back home to our own beds.

Emery's Lake Charles adventure:

I love to sleep in my own crib at home so while I was at Honey's I did a lot of this:

And I opened ALL of Honey's drawers while we were there.

I pushed my baby all around the house...

Cousins came to play! Ha I love this pic, Emery looks as if she's thinking "Really I'm One years old now why are you holding me Annalina? Ha Ha ha

Aunt Lisa got me Elmo rocks and I just love it!

All I wanted to do was sweep so Honey got me a broom just my size. Don't you think my skinny jeggings are the cutest things?!?

I just loved playing with Annalina and my cousins. So glad they came over to visit me!

And on the way home I was asleep before we even made it to Sulphur. At 11 am I might add. I was so excited to see daddy that I wanted to get a good nap in so I could play with him all afternoon!

And this morning I wore my new Christmas tree shirt Nana got for me :)

Oh I also developed what my mommy calls an "Attitude" Here is me showcasing that. And for mommys defense she did try and push me and pull me and I was never satisfied.

Things that Annoy me

2011-12-06T20:09:00.002-06:00

SO I just wanted to share a few things that annoy me. Hopefully you find this humerous. I find it cleansing to write it down HA!

1) Women with Perfect hair. The ones that can wear it curly and straight and it always looks perfect.

2) Women with a perfect complexion. So envious.

3) When you have to pee sooo bad that you run to the nearest restroom and realize after you sit down that there is pee on the toilet seat, and your sitting in it now.

4) When people don't wave to say Thank You when you let them out in Traffic.

5) When watching E!, the commercials are ten times louder than the show.

6) Wal-Mart

7) Parents who smoke with their kids in the car.

8) Bathrooms with Air dryers. I am all for saving the planet and going green but when you wash your hands you need paper towels. Period.

9) People who don't use their blinkers when driving.

10) When people can't multitask (All men)

11) Skunks. They are pointless,

12) When people call the hut to ask about crawfish, say they are from Louisiana, and claim to know EVERYTHING about crawfish and when it is in season and how much it should be, and what size so and so has etc etc. Maybe you should open a crawfish hut then!

13) Unpaid Maternity Leave.

14) Washing a new article of clothing for the first time and not reading that you should have washed it on hand wash and now it is deformed.

15) Not being able to find this cute headband and bow I ordered off Etsy. I have demolished the house and cars looking for it and its no where to be found.

If I think of anymore I will be sure to add them to the list in the future! LOL :)

The Latest

2011-11-30T12:24:00.002-06:00

So I forgot to add in a couple things in my last post so I figured I would do a quick update.

Last Wednesday I went for a check up on Baby #2 and my Doctor sat me down and told me she is moving to San Antonio at the end of December. WHAT?!?*#! Before my baby???? Yes before the baby. SO I will be starting with A new OBGYN for the first time since we moved here. This of course is only something that would happen to me because that's just how our life flows :)

The good news is I call on OB's with my job so I know all the doctors and their office staff. She recommended a doctor that would vibe well with my personality and of course with Archies.

Yes I said with Archie's because thats what he was concerned about. At Emery's birth while I was pushing he and My Dr were cracking jokes and chatting it up which made for an easy experience for them. He wanted to make sure he could vibe well with her too and I guess it is kinda important that Archie is comfortable too. I spoke with my new Doctor this morning while sampling them and I think it will be a great fit. I will see her in January so fingers crossed all our intuitions are correct.

Also We put our house on the market this week. GASP. Yes. we. did. In this horrible market we are trying to sell our house. My hopes aren't too high but we will see. In a perfect world we would sale In January and be in a new home before baby #2 and right as Crawfish season gets going. But when do things ever go the way you want??? Never in our lives but we are willing to take the risk and I pray pray pray that things fall into place. SO wish us luck!

Momma got a new camera!

2011-11-28T20:56:00.007-06:00

I got a new camera this weekend. I have been wanting one for a while. Not an over the top one but one that is just a little better then what I have (a canon digital from five years ago) and one that is still small enough to carry in my diaper bag and not be afraid to use it :)

I chose the Nikon coolpix P500 and so far I love it. Easy to use. I actually read up on how to use all the scenes and everything but I just wanted to play with it a little this weekend.

DISCLAIMER: No makeup, exhausted, but my husband insisted. And No I am not 8 months pregnant just 25 weeks. But gosh I look big there. Gotta remember to wear only black in photos.....Oh well! Here is a look at Pregnancy #2. Feel privileged because this will be the last time you see that belly on here :)

I SOOOOO enjoyed my five days with Emery and Archie. We had so much fun together. It was so nice staying home and just enjoying our family time. Many thanks to the VanSickle family who invited us to eat Thanksgiving dinner with their family. It was fun doing something different and we really enjoyed it!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2011-11-22T20:40:00.005-06:00

This Year I have so much to be thankful for. But most of all I am thankful for my family of

3 1/2. My little girl Emery who just rocks my world and the new blessing getting bigger each day in my belly. My husband who is my rock, my best friend, more than I could have ever wanted in a husband. He also rocks my world :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I am also thankful for the AMAZING father he is to our daughter. She is his world and he is totally smitten. Plays with her until she's asleep, reads to her the same book 50 times, and picks her up every time she falls. He helps me so much and is truly my partner in parenting.

I am thankful for moments like this, not a care in the world :)

And for moments like this. When I give her the spoon for the first time expecting her to need help and she just picks it right up like she's been feeding herself for years. She may have been a little messy but I loved this moment. I will cherish the time we have left together with her being the only child and look forward to our future Family of Four :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

The ZOO!

2011-11-21T21:10:00.010-06:00

This weekend was all about Emery. And Saturday we decided to take her to the zoo for the first time. Archie and I's first time too. Seems like everyone in Houston had the same idea as us because it was crowded!

We started off our adventure in our red wagon.

Then moved to daddy's shoulders to get a better view of the sea lions.

Then Emery wanted to walk around so she checked out the otters.

Then we were so excited to take her to the petting zoo and just knew she would love it. Boy were we wrong! NO way was she letting go of the back of my arm.

Then we attempted to feed the giraffes. Again scared to death.

I think Archie had more fun then anyone there. He was like a big kid and could have stayed there ALL day.

But Mommy and Emery were ready to do what these lions are doing.

See daddy I am ready to go please! Stop looking at the animals and take me and mommy back to the car so we can nap!

She fell asleep on Archie as we were walking to the car. It was a fun day And we enjoyed seeing her reaction and non reaction to different animals. Hopefully next time we go back she will be more comfortable :)

Pressing pause

2011-11-16T20:16:00.005-06:00

This past weekend I helped host my very best friends baby shower. I Love her to pieces and can not wait to see her experience the gift of being a mother. Never thought we would be pregnant at the same time so we embraced each others growing belly for a once in a lifetime shot :)

Honey and Emery. My little busy bee wore my mom out this weekend!

This little girl just rocks my world!

Always into something!

TIME: (n) The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole. (v) Plan, schedule, arrange when something should happen or be done.

Lately I have been So emotional when I think Of the concept of "time." There is never enough and when there is am I taking advantage of it in the right way? I often find myself trying to multitask when I get home in the afternoon with Emery instead of just unplugging and soaking up her time. I feel like I am missing out on SO much by not staying home. Is this the right decision for her, the best thing for her? I question myself all the time. Not just on that but other things too. I feel like our lives are always go go go and our calendars are always booked solid that we rarely take the time to stop and enjoy each other. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy doing things and helping out and offering my time and visiting with family but after two months of it nonstop I have hit an emotional wall that is telling me to stop.

I find myself crying in the car and crying to Archie about how little time I have left with my baby girl just us three. Is this wrong of me? I feel guilty for feeling sad that we have only four months left. I am so happy that God is blessing our family with a new baby and I am excited and scared at the same time. Maybe the fear of it makes me emotional I don't know. I know God would not give me more than I can handle and I know we will take it in stride. But time is just slipping by me so quickly that I can't even grasp it! I want to take these next four months and do things just us three like go to the zoo or to the park and just enjoy Emery. I want to look at my calendar and go "Guess what we don't have anything this weekend!!!" Which is how this weekend coming up looks so you know what we are going to do just that! So my calendar for the next few months is going to say NO TRAVEL (sorry family back in LC) and we are going to stay here and soak things in. Especially since crawfish season is about to start and life will be all the more hectic and go go go :) <--- that's a sarcastic smile

Emery is such a busy bee and seems to be learning new things each and every day. She makes me realize how lucky we truly are to be blessed with such a wonderful life. She is 24 pounds and 32 inches tall. Growing like a weed and making her mommy wish it would slow down a tad.

Life is short and time flies by so I am going to try and start hitting my own pause button and stop and smell the roses ;)

Cookies & Cocoa with The Clauses

2011-11-08T20:00:00.009-06:00

This past weekend was the Junior League Holiday Market. I am in JL and was on the Holiday Market Committee this year so I had to work the event Wed-Saturday. Fortunately my job was nothing compared to what some of these girls did. These members worked their tail off for there events and I am proud to say the market was Fabulous. The shopping was great, preview party was great, and the kid events were awesome! Mrs Vicky came in because well, we needed to shop! And she stuck around to come with us to Cookies & Cocoa with The Clauses. This event was so cute! On our way their we stopped in Old Town Spring to "attempt" to take pictures for this years Holiday Card. Not Sure if I will use any because I don't like the way I look in any of them. It was one of those days where I hated everything I put on and felt like I looked like a whale. I'm sure you have had those days too so feel my agony please.
Our first Station to stop at the Cookies & Cocoa was to make a reindeer hat. Emery Is still young so I made most of her crafts but she loved being around ALL the people! The event was packed with Kiddos ready to see Santa and have a ball. Definitely put everyone in the Holiday Spirit!

Yes this Is Emery eating the Antlers while I was making her hat. If you see this Suzie Sorry I tried to stop her :)

Daddy taking the antlers away. Still looks like she's got some in her mouth

Our next stop was the plate for Santa. We wanted to make her hand print into a reindeer. Emery was not so cooperative so as you can see hers below it's off center and not so perfect but I'm sure Santa won't mind :)

Then it was off to make an ornament. Again I did this but she had fun playing in t he confetti.

We also took pictures in this neat photo booth and some with Santa. Neither turned out so great but it was still fun and I can't wait to go back next year!

And this was her on our way out. She was done! Thank you to all the HM girls who worked so hard it was Fabulous And I may just do it again next year!

Emery's Birthday Weekend

2011-10-23T10:10:00.005-05:00

This weekend was great! My parents came in and so did Archies mom. They helped me SOOO Much! Thank you! It was perfect, emotional and just what I imagined. Mrs Vicky took some pictures with her camera that I made into a quick slideshow for now. Emphasis on quick. I will upload the Other photos that were taken as soon as I get them. Emery we love you more than you know!

http://www.kizoa.com/slideshow/d2014299k9483421o1/emerys-first-birthday

Any suggestions?

2011-10-12T12:18:00.002-05:00

I try to post pics on every post but sometimes i forget! I quickly uploaded some from my phone for this post. Things have been great around here. We were in Lake Charles this past weekend for My friend Jaime's baby shower which was held at my moms house. It was so great seeing everyone and I can not wait to see Jaime in Mommy mode!

Emery is walking all over the place and is Miss BUSY Body@! Forget her sitting through church. We tried again on Sunday and we both ended up outside with her so she could run around. I am in Birthday planing mode trying to make lists and check things off. I am so emotional right now though that I cry every time I think about it. Is this normal or maybe it has to do with me being pregnant?? I don't know.

We are transitioning Emery to milk and I am trying Oh so hard to get her to drink it out of a sippy cup. This IS NOT working. She is usually so easy to adapt to change but this time she is putting her foot down. She wants her bottle. I tried to be very persistent last night for a good twenty minutes and after two different types of cups and the biggest temper tantrum I have ever seen from her I gave her the bottle. I have bought EVERY type of cup. She will drink water, juice, etc out of the cup but not her formula or milk. No way. Any suggestions???? I mean is it Ok for her to just love her bottle that much? I am fine with it, it does not bother me. Hell I am going to have bottles around for another year or so anyways. But I just wonder what "the rules" are..... Any advice on this mommies?

This is what my awesome husband surprised me with for our 5 year anniversary. I love love love my new right hand ring!! Thanks babe!

And here is a video i took of Emery yesterday afternoon. My voice is SO annoying so turn your volume down but i put it up here so you could see how good she is walking. Archie was out of town so we sent him a message. He surprised us thirty minutes later at the front door because he hopped on an earlier flight to get home to see us :) Sneaky guy

different the second time?

2011-10-01T20:18:00.002-05:00

Baby Number 2 has me felling some different things......

-At this stage in my first pregnancy, (17weeks) I was itching at the seams to know the sex. This time I don't think about it as much and I'm really looking forward to being surprised. This is so rare for me as I hate surprises and My planning gene should be going haywire but nope. No worries here.

- Let's talk about weight. With Emery's pregnancy I watched what I ate. I ate as healthy as possible and was very conscious to make sure I was getting enough protein since I don't eat meat. This time It's just whatever. I wanted more sweets with emery, This time i want salty things. Think chips and fries, any carbs. I also exercised five days a week with Emery because I was so scared about the weight gain and loss. This time I simply don't care. I still gained 40 pounds with Emery and it took me six LoNg months to take it off even with all the milk I produced. So i am just preparing myself for six months to lose the weight this time.

- Don't get me wrong I don't want to be a house (although I already feel like one) But I am just not thinking about it 24/7 like last time

-Names. I was crazy about deciding on a name ASAP with Emery. This time I do still think about it a lot but I am not as neurotic about it.

- I do worry about what to do with Emery when I go into Labor. All the stories I have heard the second baby comes faster than the first. This being said I was in labor with Em for 18 hours so fast could still mean a long labor. But Since my mom is in Lake Charles what happens if it's the middle of the night? I have these nightmares of Archie holding Emery on his hip and helping me push at the same time in the delivery room. Traumatizing Image but these are the things I dream about! I know it will all work out but still. If It's during the day I know I could drop her by a friends or her sitters until my mom makes it to town.

-Baby's room. It will stay the guest bedroom/office until we get home with the baby. I assume (I hope) my mom will come stay a few days to help me out so I want to leave the bed in there for her. But Then It comes out, deer heads come OFF the wall :), and crib goes in. I think we will just leave the desk and computer in there for now. We hope to put our house on the market in April so what's the point in painting another room when we will just have to do it again in the new house?

- So those are just some random thoughts about baby Hebert number 2. I think, Think I may feel something every now and then but can't be sure. It's still early. With Em I think I was 20 weeks before I felt her. We are just praying for a healthy baby and a smooth pregnancy and delivery. Hope all is well with you!

Cheers to 5 years!

2011-09-28T13:40:00.010-05:00

Here we are! 5 years together and I couldnt be happier. I am so proud of the life we have created together. You are my best friend, my soul mate. You are everything I want and need in a husband plus more. We are so great together and I am so thankful for our wonderful marriage and feel so blessed with our family. We will grow by one more next year and as nervous as I am I know that the only one who could take this journey with me is you. Archie I love you more than you know and you make me feel so loved each and every day. I secretly adore how you compliment me everyday, even when Im big and pregnant :). It's the little things you do that mean the most. You are my dream come true and I know we have so many more memories to make in our future.

Life 5 years later....

Life one year ago... five months pregnant with emery

Life three years ago.... (I think)

Then Below was two years ago...

And lastly Life 5 years ago, The day we got married!

If I would have known then How awesome our life would be, then I would have sprinted down that aisle to you instead of walked! Love!!!

My bday, weekend with Honey, pics galore

2011-09-25T15:42:00.010-05:00

Since it has been a while since my last post and I uploaded Pictures from my camera and not just my phone soooo here are some pictures! The above picture is pretty self explanatory. I'm trying to remember to keep up with these pics for baby #2.

A few weekends ago we had some fun over at the Van Sickles. Parker took Eme for a spin but I think she had a close eye on the chip Hudson was holding

I love this picture!!! So sweet :)

Archie left Tuesday to go hunt in Kansas and comes back today, Sunday. This was a "good morning daddy picture" i sent him from my phone. Too cute.

Oh I must say that we have been pacifier free for over a week now! She still uses it at nap and night time but I'll take that! She has had a cold so she could not breathe too well out of her nose so I thought it was the perfect time to do away with the pacifier clips and etc. Wahoo!

My birthday was Wednesday and since Archie was gone my mom and Aunt Lisa came up Thursday night to visit for the weekend. Mom cooked me a yummy gumbo. We had so much fun and it was soo good to have them here.

We dressed up Emery for the Lsu game and tried doing a photo shoot with her and she quickly was "Over it!"

Tried getting a good shot of us both

My friend Suzie saw this cute cute idea to take these chalkboard photos. I had my Aunt do a trial one for us. I sent the idea to our photographer and we are going to try and do it in a few weeks at Emery's one year pics. Did I really just type that? One Year pics? I'm tearing up as i type this :( I cant believe its already here!

She has been napless for three days now. Anytime my mom is in town she doesn't nap! Which makes for a frustrating afternoon but we handle it. The above pic is around 2:15pm when she is usually napping so she was a little bit cranky. We are patiently waiting for daddy to get home around six so we can see him! We missed him so much!

Weekend With Nana

2011-09-12T17:13:00.005-05:00

Playing in the cabinets while mommy gets ready

Eating at PF Changs with Nana in her LSU dress on Saturday

Loving Black beans :)

Archie's mom came to visit and we had fun! Shopping, eating out and more shopping. We tried oh so hard to get Eme to walk and she is sooo very close. I know everyone says dont rush it but people she is so heavy and I am pregnant so YES I would like her to walk now! I think it will happen this week or next and of course Archie is out of town off and on for the next two weeks.

Happy Labor day

2011-09-04T07:38:00.008-05:00

Thursday I had My First Trimester screening appointment and we got to see #2 again. It was jumping ALL over the place. I do not recall miss Emery doing this. I am starting to think I may be in for it with this one!

I know this looks strange but Its early in my pregnancy

Here is my on the go go go go go Emery. She is BUSY! But oh so cute :) I would like to think she is super close to walking but Ive been saying that for a few weeks now and she hasn't yet. She's close though!

I took this one to mark her 10 months. She wasn't in Smile mode.

And this was before church. Clapping away.

Life is great and sometimes I have to stop and think how blessed we truly are. We are so happy and looking forward to the next chapter. I will admit that I was down a bit at first but now I am getting excited! We have made the decision to not find out the sex of the baby. There are only a few surprises in life and since #2 is definitely a surprise we will continue with the theme.

On another note the crawfish hut got broken into again. They made away with quite a bit but the mess is the most annoying part. They threw a rock through the window so glass was EVERYWHERE! First I wish they would not break in but If they did I wish they would be more clean about it ya know?

I have been busy getting things ready for Eme's birthday party and I can NOT wait!!! It is going to be so cute! We are having two parties One here in Spring and then the next weekend in LC. I can't believe she is about to be One!

Exhausted

2011-08-16T20:47:00.002-05:00

Archie and I had a nice relaxing weekend at the JW Marriot hill country in San Antonio. Such a nice place with and awesome pool/ lazy river/water slides and etc. I can't wait to take our kids one day!! My goal for the weekend was to get lots of rest because I have been OH SOO tired. Its so different being prego with a little one because I can't just come home and nap on the couch, I have a little one to entertain. So I have been sneaking in naps on my lunch break in Parking garages and parking lots. SO if you see me napping in my car please do not disturb :)

Anyways back to the rest.... Archie slept five times more than me! We would go in the room for a 30 minute nap and he would sleep for two and a half hours while I watched TV. Guess he needed some rest too lol! My mom and Aunt Lisa had a great time watching Emery while we were gone.

Archie is out of town for work until Friday night so it's just me and Emery. I am hoping the "exhausted" phase is soon over. This momma needs her energy back!

WOOPS! Baby #2

2011-08-09T20:18:00.003-05:00

Well it's official we are pregnant with baby #2. I know some of you are reading the title and thinking "Why is she putting Woops, she said she was ready?" Yes I did say that But on the weekend of July 4th Archie and I sat down and had a little "conversation" that ended with us coming to the conclusion that we are not ready. In our minds we had nothing to worry about because we never were trying and I thought I was doing everything right in the preventing department. Well God obviously had a different plan!

Rewind to the weekend of July 9th. We were in Lake Charles having a great weekend and that Saturday night Archie and I had a date night and ate at Mazens then met up with Kristi and some friends for drinks after. It was a good weekend, but in the back of my mind I thought maybe I was late but said it could wait until Monday.

So Monday July 11th Archie started his Brand new job! He was so excited and nervous at the same time. We also came home with a sick little girl :( Remember it was bad for three nights. Real bad. Anyways That Monday I was in Kingwood and on my lunch break I ran into Target to get some Vicks for her humidifier and went ahead and picked up a box of tests. Checked out and went to the Target bathroom where the Test basically screamed at me +. I began to hyperventilate right then. Then I texted Archie a picture of the test with the caption to call me ASAP. He couldn't. It was his first day at his new job! As I sat in the Target parking lot balling my eyes out my cousin Stacey called and she knew immediately and was so bubbly and happy about it and I was screaming "how am I gonna do this?! I'm Not ready! I said I was but I'm not! I just got back into my clothes! My daughter is 8 months old! Holy moly!" To which she continued to tell me how wonderful it was that they were going to be close in age etc... I went straight to my Ob and got a blood test and knew by 3pm on Monday the 11th that we were definitely prego.

The next few days Archie and I were in Holy Sh** mode and with Emery having the worst nights in her life we questioned whether we were capable of raising two. I will admit I was/am scared out of my mind. My babies will be 16 months apart!! Yes it will be fun when they are older but that first year is going to be rough. Oh and did I mention I'm due at the beginning of March RIGHT in the middle of Crawfish Season?!?! And I wanted to be in a bigger house before #2 but you know what, it will ALL work out just fine. Archie and I never do things the easy way so we are used to crazy :) We are scared and excited all at the same time. We will figure it out and he or she will fit right in our busy little lives.

Now to decide if we want the sex to be a surprise......

9 Months

2011-07-27T12:17:00.002-05:00

Friday My baby girl will be 9 months old. She is growing up so fast and is just the cutest thing! She Loves to give kisses, clap her hands, and give high fives. She is starting to kinda sorta say Momma. She is learning to walk behind the push walker thing. Emery is developing her own little personality and boy does she have one! Her sitter calls her miss Swicey, a mix between sweet and spicy. I would say it fits her pretty darn well :0 She has four teeth up top and two on bottom. Emery knows what the word "No" means and makes the same grunting noise and face like "seriously me?" every time she hears it. Even when we are talking to the dogs ha ha. She likes trying new foods but you know pretty quick whether or not she likes it. She is becoming more of a daddy's girl which Archie just adores.

I am so happy with our life right now. Everything is just perfect and I am thankful everyday for my family. I feel so blessed. In this moment, life is perfect :) Emery brings so much Joy to our lives and we soak up our family time with each other. And since Archie has gotten his new job he is home way earlier which we love!

She is such a good little shopper! Easy going and LOVEs to people watch

This child loves water and I mean LOVES it. She has to get a bath every night just because she loves it so much. And always crawls to the tub ready to get in.

Sweet Thang!

This outfit was so cute but she wasn't in the mood to pose. We were running late for church.

Emery pushing the walker for the first time!

July 4th and the snot!

2011-07-14T20:03:00.008-05:00

July 4th weekend we went down to Tiki and stayed at the Nance's beachouse. There Emery had her first boat ride in Jon's boat. While she loved the ride she despised the life jacket I made her wear. I am very fearful of Emery around water because she loves it so much. I have nightmares of her drowning, crazy I know but the minute she is old enough for swim lessons I am there.

Emery and Scarlett playing in the pool in their matching swimsuits :)

Sorry for the bikini shot but it is VERY rare that I am in the picture with my sweet girl. So sometimes I just have to post some proof ya know!

Here is Emery trying to push the walker. She isn't quite ready for this yet.

Splashing!

Last weekend we went to Lake Charles for a short trip. Saturday she got in the pool and then all of a sudden took a nap on Stacey. This is shortly after a two hour nap. This I believe is when she started to feel bad. We left LC Sunday at 1130 and it was downhill from there. My sweet baby girl was sooo sick. SOOOO congested she couldn't breathe so she wouldn't eat. And this girl never misses a meal. Sunday night was bad. Monday night was REALLY BAD. Tuesday we went to the Dr and I stayed home from work. Dr said it was congestion and a "mild" ear infection. We got a script for amoxicillin and prayed things would turn around. Tuesday night was MISERABLE. I mean really almost unbearable. She didn't want to sleep laying down bc she couldn't breathe. And she was starving bc she couldn't eat. The only position that made her content was standing up. Well neither me nor Archie is good at sleeping standing up so we took turns. Wednesday I went to work bc honestly I needed a break. And I am happy to say That she slept good last night and seems to be on the up and up. I got this awesome snot sucker that has rocked Me and Emery's world. I doubted it when I purchased it at HEB because the packaging did not make it look too powerful, but let me tell you it is magnificent. It is crazy the things I am thankful for these days. I used to be thankful for a great bottle of Pinot Noir, now I rejoice over the goldmine of a snot sucker I found! I would not change a THING! I love my little family.

This is a pic of her last night. I sent this to my mom and she said Emery looked like a little boy in this pic :( I had her shirt off because I rubbed her chest, neck, and back down with Vick's. I was pulling out all the stops to make her feel better. She is getting brave walking around the furniture and her toys. But for some reason the push walker thing she just wont do.... Who knows! I am looking forward to Jessica's wedding on Saturday and Girls day and night in Tiki Saturday night!

Life is but a dream

2011-06-27T21:11:00.006-05:00

Sometimes I just sit back and look at Emery and feel so blessed. I mean pinch me because I do feel as though I am dreaming from time to time. We recently went in for Our ten year high school reunion and while it was so fun and wonderful seeing old friends I think what I took away from it was even better. And the song by Garth Brooks "unanswered prayers" sums it up. I am so lucky to have such an Amazing Man by my side. I am proud of what we have accomplished so far. Emery is such a great mix of us both And I am so in love with the little family we have. I am so lucky! Ok enough mush mush!

Emery is standing up now. Not very steady but she's getting there

Fathers Day brunch in the Woodlands. Happy Father's Day Archie! We love you tons! Speaking of Archie I can finally announce that he has accepted a new job that is closer to us. It will be more travel but he is very excited about this new opportunity and so are we :)

This is how my munchkin fell asleep last week. She looked uncomfortable but she was oh so tired so i Just left her alone.

She loves crawling through the tunnel! Thanks Suz for such a fun gift!

This is showing ALL the boxes we were shipped for the Snow cone hut. We have two High school boys working it and it is starting off slower than anticipated but we are going to try and stick it out a couple more weeks. So if you need a snow cone go by and check it out!

A few "firsts"

2011-06-05T17:35:00.009-05:00

Can you believe the month of May is gone??? Really that was fast! Above is Emerys first time in a swimming pool. She loved it! And I was nervous the whole time.

Emery now sits in the cart at the grocery store. I have since bought another cart seat thingy bc this one... well I couldnt figure it out so I went and got a Floppy seat cover at BRU.

Emery is on the move now!

Stacey and her kids came to town for a baseball tournament so we got to spend Saturday with them. So fun!!! this is Emery and Reeves at the Market Street fountain

Avalynn, Emery, Reeves and Annalina all in my tub. Splish Splash!

This is how i get ready in the mornings. Toys all over my bathroom floor.

This was the day she turned 7 months. She also got two teeth and is officially a crawler :)

And this was Memorial Day!

She is all over the place now and is loads of fun. I feel like she is out of the "baby" stage :(. I miss her everyday I go to work. I know I have mentioned this to a few of you but I would give up my right foot to be a stay at home mom. I pray one day That this will be possible. I want to spend every second with her. Oh and I am ready for #2! Yes I know you are saying I'm nuts but whenever is fine with me! But to Plan it out of Crawfish season we need to wait a few months. I Love Emery to pieces and we are soaking her up!

Pictures Galore!

2011-05-15T09:17:00.002-05:00

Let me try and do a little Catch up! It has been a while since my last post so her it goes. We have had some visitors, Danny and Laura came to hang out at the hut and stayed the night. Danny cooked a yummy jambalaya while Laura and I enjoyed catching up.

Laura and I.

The Fontenot Family came to visit too! The boys just loved Emery and it was so nice hanging out with them.

Cinco de Mayo was also The Jimmy Buffet concert. We went with The Morales' and The Colericks. We had so much fun, couldnt tell you what songs he sang because I was just enjoying being out with friends and of Course Archie. Thank you to Carla for babysitting Emery!

The Girls with The Parrot head attire :)

Mothers Day weekend Nana came to visit (Archie's mom) and we had a blast. We went shopping all day Saturday and Emery was such the trooper. I think she inherited her Nana's Shopping genes because Nana could shop all day long and I was pooped but Emery was loving every minute of it.

Nana got Emery a swing

And a few hats

This hat Nana brought back from Cabo

This past Wednesday I decided to do a last minute Ladies night at my house. I cooked and got plenty of wine.

I must say I REALLY enjoyed myself with these ladies. We must make it a monthly thing!

That Morning we took Emery's 6 month pictures. My smiley all the time child was not as cooperative as I had hoped But Erin is such a great photographer I am sure she got some good shots. Emery is into everything these days and i just know she will be crawling any minute. She is SOO much fun and her personality is really starting to show. She loves attention so please do not leave her out of anything! She has been having some restless nights lately and I want to say it's teething but I don't see any pearly whites in there... SO who knows.

On another note Crawfish season will end in three weeks. Such a relief right? WRONG! My dear husband thinks it would be a splendid idea to sale snow cones June- August.... Is he crazy? Yes I think so but he is working hard to "sell" me on the idea so we shall see..... Sigh.

MY Mom is coming to visit this week after they just made a quick trip here to help Archie cater a party on Friday. We hope she is bringing my Aunt Lisa with her to visit.

Hope all is well with yall :)

Quick update

2011-04-21T19:52:00.007-05:00

My parents surprised us yesterday and came in for two nights. My dad is helping Archie with a big catering gig today (Thursday) and my mom watched Emery today while I worked. The pic above was taken last night after a successful pic with The Easter Bunny. Emery did so good! Check my FB page for that picture. Archies dad and step mom came this past weekend and helped with another catering gig. Patty has all the pics on her camera so I hope she will send them my way!

Emery and Mommy

Emery and Daddy

Emery ate real food today for the first time! Bananas! She loved it!

Mom and I or shall I say Honey and I tried to do a little Easter Photo shoot with Emery today. However she was more interested in trying to put EVERYTHING in her mouth!

trying to eat the egg

And in this picture, I just know she wants to put her face in the grass and then the grass in her mouth! HA HA! You know that's what shes thinking!

Emery can sit up!

2011-04-08T12:09:00.002-05:00

Last night we were at Natalie and Jon's house and Emery sat up by herself for a good 18 seconds. She did it longer after that but we got this one on video. This is a first for her and when I got excited she fell of course. She is still a little wobbly but I was too excited not to share. Enjoy :)

Purple cutie

2011-04-01T12:50:00.009-05:00

I know it's been a while since I have posted but things have been busy around here. I know I say this EVERY post but it is so true. I don't know how we get it all done but we do. For example, this weekend I have Meals on Wheels Saturday morning, to the hut to work then a baby shower at one pm then back to the hut. Then Sunday I have another baby shower and then to the hut to work. The Crawfish Hut is super busy and this is our prime months so we are working our tails off every second we are there.

On another note..... The Pump is packed away!!! Yes I did it and I must say it was sooooo very painful and it took over a week to not look lopsided but it's done and yes it has given me more time to do other things around here. We have started introducing a little formula and rice cereal in her bottles so she gets slowly used to it. And as expected she goes with the flow. I swear change does not phase this girl one bit!
Last week I was in New Orleans for National Sales meeting. It was very hard to be away from Emery but the smile she gave me when she saw me last Thursday made it all better. While I was there Archie was Amazing! I never got one phone call asking what to do and he was just great. He enjoyed be Mr. Mom! I of course was not worried at all, I was more worried about myself actually but I never doubted that Archie couldn't handle it. While I was in New Orleans my BESTEST friend in the world came to meet me and we had such a such a great time. I hope one day our live cross paths to where we can live closer because this girl is like the sister I never had. I love you T!

By the way all these pictures are from my phone so please excuse the fuzziness. This is my 5 month old Purple cutie this morning!

I may be biased but I swear she is just the cutest thing! Do all moms think there kid is the cutest????

Tuesday we got to meet up with My Aunt Julie and Uncle Brent for Dinner at Pappasito's

Look at those chubby arms! And she is already sporting some Jewelry :)

video is in her bouncer I just put together. Thanks you Lindsay for letting us borrow it until you have another kid :)

what's goin on

2011-03-17T19:33:00.009-05:00

This is what Miss Emery is doing right now as I blog, Playing in her little jumperoo.

She had her 4 moth check up last week (yes I was scheduled it two weeks late) and she is tipping the scales at 15.2 pounds and 25 inches long. Check out those thighs :) Love that sweet girl.

We have been SOOO busy! And we have had lots of company. Nana came, Andrew came, and now my parents are coming this weekend. We enjoy all the company here at Hotel Hebert :). The Hut is SUPER busy now and it's safe to say that we are exhausted! I know it will be worth it one day but geeze at this rate I'm going to look 50 by the time I'm 35. Maybe I will start saving for a face lift now.... HA HA No really...

And this is what Miss Eme has been doing:

Daddy picked out this outfit and even matched the headband. He's getting good at this girly stuff :)

Love her leg warmers

She has been soooo good at the hut

Looking at mommy

Looking at herself :)

And practicing some modeling poses!

Hope all is well with yall! LOVE!

Stay at home mom

2011-03-03T14:56:00.002-06:00

Today I got to be a stay at home mom. Emery's sitter was sick so I had no where to bring her. And so my mom says "if you lived here (in LC) I could watch her!" Yes yes I know but we don't so I had to take off work. And let me just say I could totally stay home with her everyday. I love it and Love being around her and soaking her all in. One day, one day maybe I can... A girl can dream right?? Emery is talking all the time now. I just wish I knew what she was saying. The video above is her talking and she should have said "excuse me" at the end :)

Here she is in her room (excuse the mess on the floor) she was rolling around and I got some cute faces she made.

And finally! My dad keeps asking me "Does Eme roll all the way over Candice or just from back to front?" to which I tell him "yes Dad" but I have yet to get it on video. Well today I finally have proof for him!

Emery is such a happy baby 24/7. She does great at the crawfish hut on the weekends. I thought it may be a little adjustment for her but nope, she just goes with the flow.

I am still struggling with the decision to quit nursing. I have a lot on my plate these days with working, her, stuff for the hut, and I do most of the work around the house because Archie does not get home until 630 at night. Quitting pumping would just be one less thing for me to worry about. One less thing off my plate. I know I need to do it but I just feel guilty. And to be honest I'm scared of the pain of drying up. I am starting to resent it mainly because of the pump. I nurse in the morning, then pump before I leave for work, Pump twice during the day and then at night before bed. So that's four times on the pump everyday for around 20 minutes each time. It's just Monotonous! Your thinking I'm crazy and after reading this I know it seems like a no brainer. I just need a little more support from my teammate...... Well if you have any suggestions on the quitting process let me know!

Roll over Video

2011-02-23T18:09:00.000-06:00

Had to video with my IPhone and then Email it to myself. The video on my Flip would never upload to my blog. So here she is, she hasn't mastered rolling back over from front to back every time. She has done it but not every time. Enjoy :)

Emery's Weekend Advancement

2011-02-22T18:08:00.010-06:00

This weekend my parents came in and it was also our first weekend opening the hut. It was sooo nice having them here. Mom showed up with some PRECIOUS onesies my Aunt Lisa made for Emery. They have our logo on them and Emery's name. They are just perfect! Thanks Aunt Lisa!! Emery did so good at the hut. But we did have extra hands so I am sure it will be a little more difficult on our own. The hut got broken into Saturday night, nothing major stolen but a bit of damage. Just aggravating how disrespectful some people can be. I hope they enjoyed all the alcohol and other things they took.

Emery has turned some milestones this weekend. She is now a roll over machine! Guess I will have to stop swaddling her soon. She keeps attempting to hold her bottle. She is close, does it when it isn't as full on her own. She now grabs things like toys and her paci and throws them. I feel she is just so much more engaged and interactive. Which on the other hand makes me feel like I am missing so much :( I so badly wish I could stay home with her. And maybe one day I will be able to. I just wish I could be with her every second.

I did finally get her to roll over on camera but for some reason my video is taking for ever to upload so I will try and post it in a post of its own.

Emery with Honey and Pop

The Hebert's!

Loves her tongue!

Sweet girl

Always smiling and giggling!

OPEN!

2011-02-18T08:34:00.002-06:00

We are opening this weekend!

Friday 5-9

Saturday 12-9

Sunday 12-6

See yall there!

My little Valentine

2011-02-15T12:56:00.003-06:00

This year we had the perfect little Valentines Day with Emery. She was full of smiles! She is such a good baby and we have been so lucky. Emery is a little under the weather with congestion and coughing so we are going back to the doctor this afternoon (we went last week too). Even though she feels like poo she is still such a happy little girl.

I think I am on my last month of nursing. I have been going back and forth trying to make a decision. I can't exercise and nurse. Why you may ask? Well for example yesterday I pumped at 5 pm before I went for a jog, did not nurse but pumped again at 9:30 pm and NO milk! I was fine this morning but if I want to workout I can forget nursing for at least six or so hours after that. Weird but true and I promise this is not my excuse to not workout. Although it would be a good one.... No but seriously I am ready to fit back into my clothes. I still have plenty of milk saved up for her but I must admit that I think I will have a guilty conscience about it. Plus I was thinking how hard this will be at the Crawfish hut too. I don't know, I am still undecided but I'm leaning more towards the "I'm over it" side.

Oh and I forgot to tell you how my Valentine's Day began, I was running late (of course) and got myself dressed and ready to go, fed her and then went to get her changed. Noticed my pants were wet on my right thigh (where she was previously sitting so I could burp her) And then realized that my sweet angel had a Massive blowout on the ONLY pair of black work pants I have. So I went through all the pants in my closet and found a pair I could button. Now when I say button do not think this was an easy task, they looked like spandex on me. Gross. But it was all I had so I wore them. Needless to say I bought another pair of black pants yesterday. They are what I call my "big girl" work pants since they are in a size I though i would never wear. Another reason on why I need to get back into my work clothes!

Excuse my annoying voice :)

What's going on

2011-02-07T13:50:00.006-06:00

This is how my husband shops at Hobby Lobby, by entertaining himself by trying on all the accessories he can :) Notice Emery in the background waiting for us

Scarlett checking Emery out

Bus trip to Coushatta for a friends birthday. It was fun but Oh so tiring! Thanks mom for watching Emery!

I try to take a picture of her every month on the 29th. This would be Month 3

This is her first 3-6 month size outfit :( growing to fast

And lastly this was yesterday at The Morales' house for the Super Bowl. Baby Michael was a little flirt and wanted to hold Emery's hand. So cute!

Everything is going great around here. Emery is growing up and such a fun happy baby to be around. On another note I am at a crossroads with the extra weight. I have about ten pounds left of baby weight that I can't get rid of by doing nothing. But when I do start exercising and watching what I eat I feel as though my milk supply takes a hit. So It's either do what's best for the baby and continue to nurse OR to be selfish and stop nursing so I can lose the extra weight. I have a feeling I am going to still nurse bc I am not quite ready to give it up yet but Gosh I just thought it would "fall off" with all the milk I have.

We should be opening the hut this weekend and it will be very different with a baby this year! But we are prepared for it and will go with the flow and Im sure it will all work out.

Photo shoot

2011-02-02T18:18:00.010-06:00

A Couple of weeks ago Nana (Archie's mom) came to stay with us and we decided to do a photo shoot with Emery. I just realized I forgot to post these pics so enjoy! We had so much fun with her! Emery is just growing up too fast. I am already having to pack away some of her 0-3 month size clothes. Here is our sweet girl:

This is her model pose, notice the straight face :)

Peek a Boo!

Giggling like always!

Playing with Mommy and daddy

She wasn't too sure about this one

A little mad in this one

Slobbering on her pearls!

Watching TV with daddy. She loves the TV!

12 weeks

2011-01-23T14:14:00.003-06:00

Emery is 12 weeks old and is just growing so fast! She now weighs 12lbs 9oz and smiles and coos back and forth with me. She is so observant and loves to laugh at the TV. She is truly such a happy baby! She sleeps in her crib all night long, and sometimes I am forced to wake her up in the morning so that I can feed her and get her ready to go to the sitter's. Speaking of which I am still undecided about. I like our sitter, I trust her and everything but I think she may be watching too many kids and I am concerned That Emery might not be getting the attention she needs. Archie told me I have to give it more than a weeks try so I will but if I still feel the same way in a couple of weeks we may be looking elsewhere.

On another note Emy rolled over for the first time last night! She went from Back to belly then back over again. I have tried to catch it on video but It's like she notices me filming her and just stares at the camera! Silly girl!

We are hoping to open the crawfish hut super bowl weekend....

Back to work

2011-01-16T20:17:00.003-06:00

So tomorrow is the day I have been dreading for the past two and a half months. Emery turned 11 weeks on Friday so I have had some wonderful time at home with her. I am so sad to leave her in the morning. I know it will be ok but I still can't stop thinking about it. Archie's mom came to visit this weekend so it took it off my mind which was good. But all day I have been thinking about it nonstop. Tears tears and more tears :(

Baptism of the Lord, & Emery!

2011-01-11T09:03:00.005-06:00

Sunday January 9, 2011 we baptized Emery in Lake Charles at St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church. This day was very special because it was also the Baptism of the Lord. What an awesome day to be baptized right?!? Emery was baptized by Father Keith who married Archie and I and he was happy to continue blessing our family. We were surrounded by family and friends and had a nice reception afterwards at my mom's house. Great food and great company made the day just perfect. Emery did so well and didn't even cry when the Holy water was being poured over her head. Here is a slide show of the baptism :0

Emery videos

2011-01-04T18:11:00.003-06:00

So I just plugged in my Flip to my MAC for the first time so here are some videos!

On the first one she doesnt really smile until the end so you may wanna fast forward.

Dr appt update

2011-01-03T19:49:00.003-06:00

Emery had her 2 month checkup today and here are our stats:

11 1/2 pounds

23.5 inches long

She's in the 50th percentile for weight and 75th percentile for height so hopefully she's tall and thin!

On another note the Dr told me to try and make her sleep on her back. Which really bums me out since last night she slept in her crib until 330 am and woke up to feed then went right back down. I feel I've made so much progress and will now be taking steps back. I know all the studies say the back is the way to go. So we will try tonight...... Wish us luck!

Emery Smiling

2011-01-01T20:04:00.002-06:00

We have been trying to get her smiling and laughing on video (and in good quality) for the past two weeks. For the past few weeks she has been so responsive and we can almost always get her to smile. Excuse the baby talk voices :)

New Years Resolutions

2010-12-31T07:18:00.003-06:00

The definition of resolution:

res·o·lu·tion 1. The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination.

2. A resolving to do something.

3. A course of action determined or decided on.

Every year we all make resolutions, promises to do something better, something different this year. Most of the time we Vow to do things to improve our lives whether it be to lose weight or take more time for the family. Most of the time we stick to our resolutions for a couple of months then its back to our old ways. Which is why some people think it is dumb to even make them. But Its fun so we are making some resolutions at the Hebert household.

Candice's Resolutions:

1) Lose the baby weight. I dont have much more to go but it would be nice to lose a little extra :)

2) Stop swearing so much. Mommy has a potty mouth!

3) Be the best wife and mother I can be

4) Work Harder and Smarter at my job

5) Take time to stop and appreciate how fortunate we really are and what a wonderful life we have

Emery's Resolutions:

1) To continue being the good baby she is

2) To move into her own room and start sleeping in her crib

3) To Sleep from 9-6, (currently we are waking up at 3 for a feeding), or just to sleep longer than a 6 hour stretch

4) To remind mommy and daddy everyday that the Lord has blessed them with such a beautiful gift

5) To do more chores around the house (OK maybe that's asking for a little too much :)

Archie's Resolutions

1) Keep being Me...

2) Quit taking things for granted, and focus on the Future (and not the past).

3) Try to improve on my faith & beliefs.

4) Time Management!

5) Enjoy my wonderful life and family that we have created for ourselves.

I hope you all have a wonderful New year! Love the Hebert's!

Christmas 2010

2010-12-28T11:21:00.006-06:00

Merry Christmas to all and Happy New Year! We had a nice Christmas but it was quite exhausting. We left Wednesday night and headed to Lake Charles. Thursday night Archie and I went on a date (see above picture), we had dinner and then decided to go meet some friends out. It was going to be a "pump-n-dump" kinda night. But My husband got a little too carried away at the bar so I had to be the responsible parent. You would think he would have let me do the drinking since I was pregnant for nine months but no way, once the first shot was ordered it was over with. Call me crazy but I felt like I could not have drank a lot if I wanted to. Its as if there is this instinct now that no matter how much I drink I wont get wasted because in the back of my mind I know I have to take care of Emery right when I get home.

Archie and I exchanged gifts before we left and I got a sewing machine and a BEAUTIFUL watch. He got a Keurig coffee pot and some other little gifts. His birthday is tomorrow and he will be getting an Apple Laptop so that's his big gift.

This is my cute Emery! She gets more animated every day. She is full of smiles and giggles

On Christmas we have 6 different places to be in 36 hours. Throw in a newborn and plus the fact that I am nursing and it is sure to be mind blowing. Every party we had to be at was of course right in the middle of her feeding so I was "spot feeding" her those two days. She of course didn't get to sleep much either. She got passed around like a hot potato. Grown ups and kids were handing her off like she was a little puppy. Which of course pissed her off and she became quite fussy. But I was very proud of myself for letting everyone hold her and not being overprotective. (Although I know of some that would disagree with the last statement) But Oh well! Can't please everyone! The above pic is stop #3. You can see by my face that i am pooped and so is my sweet angel. I don't know if next year we will not be making all 6 places. Santa wants to come to our house and i want to start my own family Christmas traditions at our house Christmas morning. It is wonderful seeing family and we enjoy spending time with them though so its hard because we live out of town.

Look at that smirk!

I love this hat and it wont fit her much longer

This is from last nights 3 am feeding. Did I mention she is sleeping 6 hours straight at night?!

She is such a happy little girl and We love her tons. I think I may move her to her crib in the next week.... We will see!

WHEW!!!!!

2010-12-21T13:29:00.002-06:00

I had a "hold your breath" moment this morning. I had to go get an XRAY of my pelvis because I am still in some pain from the delivery. Well before the nurse could do my xray she made me take a pregnancy test. I told her "Maam there is no way , I think, No way.. right??" SO as I waited for her to look at the test for two minutes my heart was pounding and I kept saying "please dont come back with a positive, please please please." She replied "Why that would be an early Christmas Present!'. I was thinking in my head... LADY! DO you not see the tiny tot in my arms??!! HELLO!!!

Well we are safe it was negative WHEW!!! That would have been NOT GOOD!

Adventures in Emeryland

2010-12-18T20:12:00.009-06:00

Things have been busy over here in the world of Emery! We went and made her first Christmas ornament at this super neat place called Potteryland! So cute and I hope to continue this and do an ornament for her every year.

Naughty and Nice Annual Girls Christmas party

Emery is dressed here to go to Lights in the Heights!

Archie and I before we went to his company Christmas party. My parents came up to babysit Emery. Thanks Honey & Popee!

Family Photo (This is the best shot of Emery, all the others were Milk mouth)

Today (Saturday) We went to take photos with Santa and of course she slept the whole time!

In front of the tree at Market Street.

Happy Holidays!

Stomach or back???

2010-12-11T12:21:00.002-06:00

I have a little problem. Emery would much rather sleep on her stomach than on her back. I have come to learn this just recently. Up until now she has been sleeping in her swing. I know I probably shouldn't have started this bad habit but I did. So last week we set up the pack n play in our room. I get her swaddled and snoozing, Lay her on her back in the pack n play, turn on the vibration thing underneath and 20 minutes later she is up. I have tried this over and over and the longest she stays sleeping on her back is 20 minutes. She Loves to sleep on my chest so I decided just to see how she would do on her stomach.....and she loves it. I Know this is so SOO against the rules though. What is your thoughts on this??? I am so torn. Should I continue to try and force her on her back?

I have watched her very closely and she has great head control. What I mean is that if she rolls her head from the right to her head being face down she rolls it to the side pretty quick on her own. So in my mind I am thinking that she knows to roll it to the side.... Or maybe i am crazy..

On another note she is starting to sleep through a feeding at night. She did this all on her own and it has been nice having a six hour span at night!

I appreciate your opinions ladies! Thanks!

One month!

2010-12-01T15:44:00.015-06:00

Emery and Honey

Emery and Uncle Kamron

Emery's First Thanksgiving!

Finally a picture with Mommy!!!

Went out with some girlfriends

I'm 1 month old!!!!

Hmmm she's not sure about this

Look at that sweet yawn. Happy 1 month Emery!

things i now know

2010-11-30T09:58:00.002-06:00

There are things I now know as a mom that i didn't know before.

1) Breastfeeding is a LONELY job. I totally get why some people quit.

2) Pumping and Dumping SUCKS! Had two glasses of wine over the break and had to Pump n dump twice. SO sad to pour it down the drain!

3) Having a husband that helps is so nice. He went hunting while we were in LC and those two nights alone were , well lonely and a tad more tiring.

4) I thought I loved my dogs more than anything. Like they could never be replaced. I now know that they are second priority and I love Emery so much more. (don't tell Milo n Scooter although i think they already know.)

5) I can no longer just grab my things and go.

6) My mom thinks I am a baby hog.

The list could go on forever! But i need some advice.

The past few days I feel my milk supply has gone WAY down. Which is strange because we went and bought a deep freeze because I had sooo much milk. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with going in town for Thanksgiving and maybe I didn't pump enough... not sure.

So how do i get it back?

I am pumping now constantly, eating oatmeal, and I plan on going to buy that Fenugreek stuff today. Any other suggestions??

Newborn Photos

2010-11-24T14:08:00.002-06:00

Emery took some amazing newborn photos! I am going to spend a fortune!

Click on the link to see a sneak peek of them :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

www.erincarlylephotographyblog.com

latest import of pictures

2010-11-18T17:21:00.012-06:00

Emery will be three weeks old tomorrow and I can't imagine life before her! She is just the sweetest thing and I love her more than words can say. Life has changed so much around here now that she is in our lives. She just had a checkup and now weighs 7 lbs 9 oz and is 20.5 inches long. Growing so fast already!

We have had lots of visitors. Here are some more pictures:

Emery & my Aunt Mona

Emery with Stacey and Annalina

Emery with my Aunt Lisa

Emery with Archies brother Andrew

Her cord fell off Monday so we finally got to give her a real bath!

Emery and Dr Francis, the dr who delivered her

Emery and her daddy. Of course the dogs have to get in the picture. Why is there never pictures of me and Emery????

More pictures

2010-11-06T11:08:00.001-05:00

I have some more pictures that family has sent us from Emery's birth. Also some from our phones.

Enjoy!

Loving my sweet girl

2010-11-04T12:46:00.002-05:00

One week ago today I was in the hospital waiting for her debut. Technically we didn't have her until Friday at 4 in the morning but still... Tomorrow she will be a week old!!! How time has flown by ALREADY!

We have been in and out of the doctor since Monday checking her Jaundice levels everyday. They have been high but not high enough to go under the lights in the hospital. But still close to the borderline. Which is why she has been pricked in the heel 5 times already! Poor thing. Dr Z says her jaundice is from the suction cup. It can be caused by a few other things too. Dr's usually tell you to sit them in a window and catch some sun. But you would know it has been raining here the past two days. It has not rained in Houston or at my house at least in like two months but when I need the sunlight it rains! Typical. It is sunny today so we have been hanging out by the windows off an on. I would love to take her outside but its pretty windy and I would have to bundle her up which would defeat the purpose of getting sunlight.

My Mom headed back to Lake Charles today. We have been very lucky to have her here helping us with the baby and all the household chores. She was constantly doing things for us. Thank you Honey! We Love you! I am anxious though to be with Emery all by myself. I know I can handle it and look forward to it. Emery has been such a good baby so far (hope I'm not jinxing myself now).

Archie has been SOOOO good with her. I will say that I had pretty high expectations for Archie. He knew that I expected him to be very hands on and help out as much as he could. And i am happy to say he has well exceeded my expectations. He is in this just as much as me and enjoys every second of it. It is so nice to be able to say "my husband helps out even when we don't ask." I hope this isn't a phase, i don't think it is but so far he gets an A+ form Emery and I. She just loves her daddy and I just love seeing them bond.

Well hope all is well for you!

Emery!

2010-11-01T17:50:00.002-05:00

Emery Elizabeth Hebert was born @ 3:52 AM, on Friday October 29th, 2010. She weighed 6 lbs 2 oz & was 19.5 inches long. After ONE REALLY ROUGH LABOR, Emery had to endure the "suction cup"...... The whole process made us ALL quite exhausted, But the end result still remained the same. We are sooooooo Excited to see our new addition to 'our' family. WE love you Emery Elizabeth and she is more perfect than we could have ever imagined. We were surrounded by, and appreciate the support from all of our family and friends. It has been a blessing to have my mother here to help us get acquainted with our new 'bundle of joy'. here is a slide show of the amazing journey..!

Wednesday

2010-10-27T06:39:00.002-05:00

Today Is Wednesday. The Last Wednesday of "Candice & Archie Hebert." We will soon be Candice, Archie, and Emery. My Last Wednesday before I am officially a "mom." My Last day of Work. My last Wednesday before my life changes.

I am so ready for this change! I can't wait to meet Emery. I Want to know what she is going to look like, and how much I am going to love her.

I think I have everything ready. My house is clean, clothes are washed. I can't say I'm nervous about the labor part. What keeps me up at night is thinking about all the family coming into town and wanting to make sure everyone has somewhere to stay and what they are going to eat, etc. For example I woke up at three o'clock Monday morning and thought, "I should Have something cooked so they can all come back to the house and eat", Archie said I was nuts but I'm doing it anyways. I also think I will feel bad If they have to "Wait" a long time like if I am in labor forever and she doesn't come until the wee hours Thursday night. I will feel guilty for everyone waiting so long. Call me crazy (Archie has already) but these are the things I'm worried about. I know once we get in our hospital room Thursday it will all go away, I hope...

I am so thankful That Emery is so loved and all her family is making the trip for her arrival. She will enter this world surrounded by tons of Love. I just wish I had a HUGE house to hold everyone! But this is the downside of living out of town I guess.

On another note, The dogs have been acting out the past few days. When I say dogs I blame them both but deep down I know for a fact that it is Scooter doing the damage. He has gotten into our bathroom trash twice this week. And they, (Scooter) has never done that before. I woke up at three this morning to sounds of him gagging so I jumped up and threw him of the bed onto the floor where he puked up items from the trash and parts of a chew toy. These items would have never made it out the back door if you know what I mean. Guess they are trying to get as much attention as possible from us!

Archie and I are anxious for tomorrow to get here and are praying for a fast delivery! Please keep us in your prayers.

Love!

Here is the updated slide show, I ha vent added the last two pics because they are on my camera and my camera is packed already! But I will one day :)

Ready or Not!

2010-10-21T12:33:00.004-05:00

Ready or not it Looks Like Emery will be here sooner rather than later! I went to the doctor this morning and first started talking with Dr F about maybe inducing me the week before she is due, the first week of November. THEN she checked me and changed her mind. I am 50%effaced and dilated to a one but her head is Right there. Which I know a one is nothing, and probably no big deal to be 50 % either. Dr F kept saying how her head is down down and is literally in her hand. I said "yeah Ive been feeling lots of pressure down there!" and she said well that's why! She then asked when my next appt was and I replied, next Thursday the 28th. She said great come with your bags packed that way you can be home from the hospital by Saturday. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Is what I was thinking and I am sure what my face looked like. SO the 28th it is. Guess I am not having a November baby and at least she wont be exactly on Halloween (although it is still way close) which sucks but someones gotta be born that day right?

Reality hit me this morning. Like really hit me. In seven days I will be a mom and it is no longer Archie and I (and milo n Scooter). No longer just us two. I'm nervous and scared and emotional and just AHHHHH! DR F said to have a good weekend with your husband and that's exactly what I plan on doing. Just us two enjoying each other before there's a little one too. If you have any recommendations on things we should do let me know!

Miserable

2010-10-18T12:39:00.002-05:00

The Definition of Miserable is as follows:

1. unhappy or depressed; wretched

2. causing misery, discomfort, etc. a miserable life

I think this just about sums me up!

Antsy

2010-10-11T13:16:00.003-05:00

Well I am getting Antsy for Emery to make her debut. I turned 35 weeks on Friday and last weeks check up went well. My Doctor will start "checking" me at my next appointment. This weekend we did a few chores to get ready for Emery. We Semi-packed our bags and put the car seat bases in both vehicles. It was a strange sight to see when I got in my car this morning and looked back to reverse out the driveway. I thought to myself, "wow this is gonna happen soon." But How Soon??? That is the magic question. Yes I know God made this 40 weeks but sometimes the baby comes early. How early?? I just want to know!!! I'm sure OBGYN's have wanted to know that their whole career. If I knew I wouldn't be worried to let Archie go hunting. He wants to go and I'm sure he will go this weekend but what about next? My Doctor says this will be my last trip to Beaumont (part of my territory) for work and said to tell those doctors see ya next year! Which I am not complaining because I hate driving back and forth to Beaumont every week. The good thing is I feel great. Large but Great. I'm also getting worried about how long it will take to get the pounds off. I think about it all the time. I know I know what everyone says but I still think about it constantly. Call me crazy! I don't care! It's just me. Well hope all is well with you!

Lake Charles Shower

2010-10-07T13:13:00.003-05:00

This past weekend we went to Lake Charles for my Baby Shower. My Family and Friends did such a GREAT job on everything! From decorating to gifts it was so nice. I Truly appreciate all the hard work and time they put into it all. Archie and I are so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends that can't wait to meet Miss Emery. We got some Fabulous gifts! There was SOOO many that I was worried we would not be able to haul it all back in Archie's Truck but with some good organizing and planning we crammed it all in. We still have some things to put together but I have done a pretty good job at putting it all where it goes. Although who knows if its in the "most convenient" spot or not but I will figure it out when she gets here! Here is a slideshow from the shower. Click on the X so the Pet thing goes away, I can't figure out how to get that off. Again, Thanks to everyone who made the shower so special.

4 years!!!!

2010-09-30T08:04:00.004-05:00

Four Years ago today I was getting ready to Marry my soul mate. It was by far the best day of my life. I know we have another "best day" coming up too :). We have done SOOO much over these four years and I would not change a thing. We are perfect for each other in every way and I look forward to Many many more years together! Cheers to US!

27!

2010-09-26T15:41:00.009-05:00

This week I turned 27 years old. Natalie hosted a little get together for me at her house on Thursday for just the ladies. It was nice seeing everyone and I got some nice gifts. While I was there Archie went to a Klein High football game and noticed all the things that he thinks little girls should NOT be wearing. He constantly says "my daughter will not dress like that!" and I do agree with him but I think we are in for it :). 27 is going to be a great year I think, coincidentally my mom was 27 when she had me so I think it's a good age to have my first child. I Know Emery will make this year extra special. I also have some other things I would like to check off the list in this next year, one being the Hut turning a nice profit, and another being me working harder and smarter at my job. Oh and I would LOVE to be in a new house in this next year. I know it's wishful thinking but I really really am going to pray hard on it and work hard towards it.

Jenn, Allison, Natalie, Me (& Emery), Sarah, Brooke, & Tiffany

On another note, I call on doctors for a living, and some have no filter! Twice I was told "You look like your swollen!" One was by a male doctor on Tuesday who I nicely replied, "Really? I don't think so." And the second was on Friday By an female OBGYN who was genuinely concerned. On Friday I would agree with her. I was looking a little puffy. She asked me about my blood pressure which by the way was taken on Thursday at my appt and was fine. She talked with me about Preclampsia and some of the signs. My doctor has not had any concern so therefore I won't worry. But I will try to be more aware. I can't "take it easy" though. I have never really been one to just sit around so that's out of the question.

Saturday we went to a birthday party at two then headed downtown to see my Friend Allie tie the knot. This was by far the neatest wedding I have been to. It was at the Gallery and the wedding was outside and the reception was in. There was a string band of four that played music from The Beatles and The Beach Boys as the Wedding Party and Bride walked down the aisle. Then Viva La Vida was played at the end. Inside was decorated by Fun Colored flowers and lights. Her cake was a Lava Lamp, SO cool! And The favors were a packet of Wildflower seeds with the message to plant them and "watch love grow.' Allie looked absolutely stunning and I was so glad to have been there. We didn't stay too late but unfortunately left before they cut the cake. Which I still wanna know how they managed to cut it. Here is a picture of it:

Me and my Puffiness

How cool is this cake??!!!

Room, Baby Shower!

2010-09-12T16:27:00.002-05:00

This weekend was my First baby shower and it was here in Spring. I must say I am soo thankful to have met such a great group of friends and I am so happy they were all there. I don't seem to have a picture of all the girls :( but maybe someone else snapped one. It was so good seeing everyone and A BIG thank you to my Hostess' for throwing such a beautiful shower. It was perfect! I was so nervous the whole time though, I guess i don't feel comfortable being the center of attention. Maybe I should have snuck a mimosa :). Perhaps it is because I don't feel comfortable with the way I look like right now but I know it's all worth it:). My Mom and Archie's mom drove up for the visit and it was nice having them here. I took a picture everything there as you will see. My friend Kim Monogrammed a ton of stuff for Emery. Luggage, bloomers, bibs, burp cloths, etc. I told her she may have opened up a can of worms because now I'm going to want to monogram everything!!! Emery racked up from all the gifts everyone got us. Again I can't stress enough how thankful I am and how much I appreciate everything.

I also included a few pictures of the room being painted and almost finished. We have a few more touches to do but it's just about done and I must say I Flippin LOVE it! The lighting is off in my pictures but you will get the idea. I know I was bummed that the bedding was not the right color pink I wanted but in the end it all turned out so cute. I hope she loves it as much as I do! Love!

3D Ultrasound pics

2010-09-09T16:57:00.005-05:00

This morning we got to see what she looks like! It was so neat. I had a little talk with her before we went in explaining to her that I would appreciate some good shots of her. At first she was shy and had her hands in front of her face. Then she moved a little but still had and arm/hand in front of her face but we managed to squeeze in some good shots. Here are a few:

This one is my Fave because she is smiling! We both think she looks a lot like Archie, she has his chin for sure. Hopefully she will take after her mom too!

Key Largo

2010-09-07T18:20:00.002-05:00

Remember the song by the Beach boys, "Key Largo, Montego, baby why don't we go to Bermuda, Bahama, come on Pretty Mama.." Its called Kokomo and was the perfect theme song for our weekend getaway. The plain ride there was a breeze but we ran into some turbulence trying to figure out how to get from Miami to Key Largo. We got our Luggage and began asking around for the "shuttle" to the Keys. After being told different ways by every airport personnel, traveling back and forth three times to the rental car area, we finally decided to just rent a car. I was frustrated and Archie was cursing the world. He was more frustrated that his prego wife was having to walk everywhere and was getting no sure advice. So in the end rented a car and drove the hour ride down to Key Largo. We had a very nice relaxing weekend on the beach. At first I was quite apprehensive about rocking my bikini on the beach and will admit I had an emotional breakdown when I first put on my swimsuit. But Archie was so supportive and made me feel I could wear anything and still be beautiful in his eyes, no matter how big I feel and he is really the only one who matters. So who cares what I looked like to the rest of the beach! Besides after seeing what some of these women were wearing, I was fine. I mean where are these ladies friends to tell them "Girl I think you are a little big for that String Bikini." But hey they had confidence and rocked it!

Usually on our vacations we are Go go go!! But being 30 weeks pregnant you are kinda limited. We called to see if we could go swim with the dolphins but they said No Prego's allowed. I Felt guilty as if I was holding Archie back from exploring but he swore he was perfectly content just laying out and relaxing. SO that's all we did. Eat, Sleep, Tan. Did I mention how I LOVE breakfast buffets??!! How awesome would it be to have that every single morning!

It's back to the weekly Grind and we have plenty to look forward to. Thursday we get to see Emery for our 3D ultrasound. Saturday is my first shower! My great friends here are throwing it for me and I am so thankful and so excited!! I'm Hoping time starts to fly by with so much to look forward to.

Here is a slideshow of the weekend. In one pic I have a pouty look because Baby Hebert was leaving no room to breathe and makes me sooo uncomfortable. Hope all is well with you!

this and that

2010-08-29T16:57:00.003-05:00

Looks like it has been a while since i have posted but we have been a little busy! I was in San Antonio for work this week for a much needed refresher. Then came back and had another Doctors appointment. Heart rate was good, she says we are great! I went and had my Rhogam shot which was not bad at all. While I was there I was informed that the Hospital registration I mailed in somehow never made it into the hospital database so i had to register while I was there.

Archie and I have been working on Emery's room and are still unsure of how the end result is going to look. We ordered a chair and as soon as it comes in we can put her name on the wall above her crib. I am very excited about this! I ordered her name in Vinyl lettering from a website http://vinylletterdecor.com/. You can custom make what you want, in whatever color and font you want. Its precious! After shopping with Jennifer on Saturday I know Emery is going to take all of my money! There are just so many cute things I can't pass up.

I finished putting all 19 of my hostess gift bags together. Yes 5 gifts for the Houston shower and 14 for the Lake Charles shower. I am so lucky to have such great friends and family all wanting to help throw Emery a party! I ordered some cute gifts from a friend of mine at http://www.etsy.com/shop/giftchick. They turned out perfect!

We are counting down to our babymoon in 5 days. We leave Friday for Key Largo for one last trip just me and Archie. I am looking forward to relaxing and soaking up some sun. So please no storms while we are there!!

Solo

2010-08-14T15:12:00.002-05:00

Archie is at his hunting camp this weekend doing stuff to prepare for this years hunting season. Which I think may just be a waste of his time since HELLO his child will be born right in the middle of hunting season. But if it makes him feel better than that's OK :). Today its him and the 3 Fontenot boys (all under the age of 9 i think), which may be a little scary except that these boys are pretty self sufficient and are probably teaching Archie a few things. I stayed home because of the number you see to the left of here. Today it says 90 days to go. And yet I have nothing done so I said I would stay here to get organized and work in Emery's room. The problem is I have nothing to work with! No closet stuff so i cant put things away, no bedding so I cant paint, so much for my plan. Being here without Archie makes me realize once again how needy I am of him. I just like to be around him. Not that I have to have him here to do things I just want him around, in the same vicinity of me.

On another note My third trimester has begun! We had a good checkup on Thursday and the Dr said I will need to go to the hospital after my next visit so that I can get the RhoGam shot. This is because I have the blood type Rh-Negative and may be at risk for "hemolytic disease of the newborn." Thanks to modern science all I need is the shot and voila no worries. I really can't wait until my next ultrasound which is Sept 9th, my last on was at 20 weeks which was 7 weeks ago. I wish they would look more often. this one will be 3D so we can get a good close up view of Emery. Well I guess I'm off to the SuperTarget to kill time. Hope all is well with yall!

Woe is me

2010-08-09T12:29:00.003-05:00

This past weekend we traveled to Baton Rouge to see Archie's cousin Everett get married. We were so happy to be there for him. He is the nicest most caring person I know. A great, genuine guy and we can't wait to see him again and his wife soon.

On another note I am think I may be going through somewhat of a phase. What phase you ask? Well I haven't come up with a name for it yet but let me try to explain. And I am not trying to be selfish nor do I want a pity party. I have always been one to workout and do my best to stay in some sort of shape. Was I ever happy with my body? Probably not but at least I had some sort of control over it. Now is a totally different story! I have NO CONTROL over this belly! One day I feel like "well I guess i look ok for 6 1/2 months" and the next morning I wake up and think "GEEZE Louise this body is large." I am trying to work out and eat right but It seems to help very little. Also Where in the heck does all the cellulite come from??!!! I mean Really cottage cheese please! The so called belly attention is another story. I don't mind it that much sometimes but then other times I wish people wouldn't say "Aww look at your belly how cute" Do they think you don't know you have a belly? Who are you again, do i even know you? I don't like all the attention on the Largest part of my body thank you very much! I know I know it's all part of the process and every mom goes through it, guess I am just whiny today :0 Don't get me wrong I LOVE LOVE Emery so much already and love feeling her move inside me I just can't wait until we meet her. I wonder who she is going to look like.

And Oh how I miss alcohol! I am not an alcoholic but I SO miss drinking. I know they say you can have a glass of wine but I don't want just a glass of wine. I want The bottle and I want to enjoy it and not worry about it. Maybe even two bottles ;) Men could Never give up drinking for 9months! OK I think my bit**ing is done for the day. I hope all is well with each of you and keep your fingers crossed that Emery's bedding comes in this week so I can start doing something!

Wedding Weekend!

2010-08-02T19:26:00.004-05:00

We traveled to Lake Charles this weekend to my Cousin Tara's wedding. She was A gorgeous bride! I am so Happy for her and Joe and we welcome him into the family. While we were there we got to hang out with Family and of course the kiddos. They get more and more fun each time we get together. They love the pool and have the Best skin tone ever. Stacey's husband Luke has an olive complexion and all three kids got his gene in that department. They are always looking tan! Anyways at the wedding Archie was their "ringleader" and had a blast playing with them. But I must admit he was worn clean out when we got home! He enjoyed it soo much though and it really makes me smile to watch him playing with them. He is so good with them and I just know he is going to be an awesome father.
Here is a slide show of pics from the wedding

On another note... Archie received an anonymous letter in the mail today. No return address or sign of who sent it. They just wanted to let Archie know what name he should pick! So funny!!!! And by the way, this is the name we have picked. It won the "name drawing out of the hat contest" and we both love it!

The Bump Watch

2010-07-24T10:19:00.002-05:00

Many of the Family Members in LC have been asking for belly pics. They just all want to see the big belly! Well Here is a 6 Month Slide show. You have to scroll over the picture to see the caption. It starts at 2 months because well I didn't know I was pregnant until about 8 or 9 weeks. Archie called the 5th month my "beer gut" stage and really enjoyed singing that obnoxious song to me. I do my months every 4 weeks. It seems there is much debate surrounding this idea. Some people do it my way and you are actually prego for 10 months, others count back from their due date so call it what you want but this is how I am tracking it (and how most do). I now definitely "feel" pregnant and she is always moving. It just scares me how much bigger this belly is gonna get! I'm trying my best to Embrace it though! Hope all is well with yall- Love

Barton Creek

2010-07-13T18:26:00.008-05:00

We were in Austin at The Barton Creek Resort this past weekend. It was a trip my work team received for hitting our 2009 goal. It was great, Relaxing, and even got to see my girlfriend Jaime while we were there. We arrived Friday and decided to take in the scenery.

Kim and I sitting with the boys overlooking the golf course.

Friday night we went to Hula Hut for dinner. Saturday all of the guys went and played Golf and some of us gals layed out by the pool and soaked up some sun. Shucks I forgot to take pictures of that. HA! Before leaving for dinner at Oasis on Saturday night, Archie was Able to feel Baby Hebert kick! I was really excited that he could finally feel a little more apart of this. Oasis Is known for its amazing view of The sunset. Here are a few pics from that.

It was great seeing Jaime and catching up with some other friends while we were there. We stopped at The Sam Marcos outlets on the way back on Sunday and Then headed home. My Mom watched my dogs while we were gone and I picked them up today in Beaumont. We missed them! Well Other than that I ordered baby bedding and we picked up our crib last night. Still haven't decided on a name!!!!

Happy 4th!

2010-07-05T13:21:00.005-05:00

Happy Independence weekend! This weekend we decided to stay in Spring. We were going to go to Tiki and Stay with friends, then we were going to head to Lake Charles, then decided we would just "wing it" this weekend. Friday night we went and visited with the English clan at Kyles house. While we were there we made plans for the night of the 4th. Saturday morning we woke up and decided to drive to Toledo Bend to hang out with Archies Dad and family. We thought it would take us 2 hours which I was game for, then found out it was a 3.5 hour drive! We did it anyways and I'm glad we did. We hung out by the water, then it rained off and on all day long. Archie tried his skills on the skis, the same skis he used as a kid. They were SO short and he did it on one ski. It was quite interesting but of course he got up. The rope broke a couple of times but in the end I caught it in video.

We drove back from Toledo Saturday morning and got ready to head downtown for the fireworks show. We met up for eats and drinks The Rundall household in The Heights and then went and watched the show on the roof of Jason's apt building. The smoke surely got in the way but I managed to snap a few pics while we were up there. Excuse my bloated face. Yesterday I gave myself the name "boudin" because that is exactly what I feel like when I am getting dressed. I feel like I am stuffing myself In casing that is too small. But If I were Boudin or Sausage I would Like to think I would be the flavor of a Wild animal, such as a wild Boar or maybe a wild tiger. Funny maybe but this is what gets me through the "getting ready" process, cracking jokes at my unappealing body. Anyways here are some pics. Hope all is well :)

Ultrasound videos

2010-07-01T19:45:00.005-05:00

Here are two of the videos from yesterdays Ultrasound. You will need to scroll down to the very bottom of this page and pause the music so you can hear the video. They are quite long so I am mainly putting them up for the grandparents and etc. In the first one The Ultrasound Tech is checking out all the internal organs and such. At this point we still do not know the sex. Baby Hebert kept her legs crossed pretty much the whole time. Archie forgets that he is the one recording and make some smart a** comments about her kidneys being up to snuff for an LSU drinker. She also does some Yoga for us in this one.

In this one we find out the gender

Sugar and Spice

2010-06-30T21:54:00.000-05:00

SO we are having a GIRL!!! She sure was very shy again. We were looking for a good 30 minutes and I had to get up and move around twice before we finally confirmed the gender. She was keeping her legs closed (which Archie approved of) and even did some Yoga poses for us. I am so relieved to finally know it's a girl. Now starts the name deciding..... Oh decisions decisions! We are between Sailor and Emory. Archie is in love with the name Sailor and does not seem to be budging. SO we shall see! I love them both but in different ways. Hope all is well!

Impatiently Waiting

2010-06-24T14:15:00.001-05:00

Well next Wednesday is our appointment and we should then find out the gender of Baby Hebert. I must admit that this is driving me NUTS! I have yet to get anything in motion except I have picked out the baby furniture at JCPenney online. If you have ordered from there PLEASE give me your opinion on the quality and etc. I have not ordered it yet because I am waiting for it to go on sale more. Then I still have not decided what to do about a Guest bed. The current room we use for a guest room will now be the baby room and that bed will not fit in the office. So I am now trying to decide whether to purchase a daybed with trundle, a twin bed with trundle, or a pull out couch so that our parents will have somewhere besides the living room couch to sleep on when they visit. I have never been so indecisive in my life! Well I am praying that Baby Hebert stops being so shy so we can see the gender for sure. No more of this "i think it might be" stuff! Hope everyone has a great weekend and check back next weekend to find out what we are having!

Fun in the Sun

2010-06-17T12:54:00.000-05:00

Well I'm not sure if I mentioned it but we closed the hut. SO last weekend was our first free weekend. We decided to go to Lake Charles since it has been a while since we have been. My agenda for the weekend was to get some sun and do nothing but lay out by the pool. Archies agenda was to fish. We both fufilled our agendas except Archie and My dad didn't have much luck with the fish and I got a nice sunburn. OUCH! I did get to hang out with my godchild Annalina and Avalynn. So cute those two. Then On Sunday we were able to attend Archies Grandparents 60th wedding anniversary. Yes 60 YEARS!!! How amazing is that? They renewed their vows which was so sweet too! Still no updates on Baby Hebert. All my early suspicions and tests said boy but now it's looking more like it might be a girl so who knows! I will be 19 weeks tomorrow, I feel great, and go back June 30 to hopefully find out the sex so I can get to planning!

Better luck next time!

2010-06-02T18:26:00.000-05:00

Well I went for a check up yesterday and my Dr snuck a look to see if she could tell the sex of Baby Hebert. I'm 16 weeks, will be 17 weeks Friday. And you would know all he/she showed was its booty. So she could not really tell. I go back June 30. By then I will be over 20 weeks so we should know by then. I was SOOO bummed becuase i really want to find out. I have not bought one thing yet and it's killing me! My first thoughts at the beginning of this pregnancy was that it was a boy, especially bc the MFM did that angle measurement and that is what she said. Now I am pretty much convinced it's a girl. I have seen what looks to be like little girl parts three times now, (from the drs i call on looking) so that's what has changed my mind. But the baby was always seen from the back never the front so who knows it could be hiding something! On another note this may be the last weekend we are open at the hut. It's slowing down and it's SO hot! Hope all is well with you!

How does your Garden Grow?

2010-05-17T20:00:00.000-05:00

As I was thinking what to title the blog I was trying to think of the nursery rhyme that goes with the title. I can't think of it though! Guess I will learn them all soon enough. Archie and I have a garden growing in our back yard and we have been babying it a lot so that we wont kill the plants this time. And what do you know we have veggies growing! The ones to start blooming first were the cherry tomatoes and now our bellpeppers and zucchini are sprouting. We even got to eat some of the cherry tomatoes on friday. Here are some pics of our progress:

The Garden

The tomatoes we ate

Bell Peppers

Tomatoes!

Archie hung a bird feeder on the purgola. These birds go through all the bird feed in one day! Hungry little birdies.

Me and Jenn at our Junior League Graduation party. Yes! The Tuesday meetings are finally done!!!

My parents and my Aunt Lisa came to visit this weekend. It was Great seeing them and my dad and Archie fixed up some things at the hut too. Come back soon!!! Love Yall!

Not the best pic but here is Archie and I. Please excuse the no makeup I wasnt feeling up to it that morning. Not because I was sick or anything simply because I just didnt feel like it. It gets so hot at the hut that sometimes I think it is pointless to wear it there. Other than the usual business everything is great here. I think we only have 5 or 6 weeks left in this season and I will admit I am looking forward to having my weekends back. I will be heading to New Orleans Saturday for work to attend the APA conference. My brother was supposed to come help Archie at the hut but he got a job cleaning up the oil spill making great money so Archie is trying to find some friends here to help him while I am gone. Hopefully he can handle it while I am gone. Well hope all is well with you!

Check up

2010-05-05T15:49:00.001-05:00

I had a check up today to go over test results from the Nuchal test. Everything looks great and tests came back normal. YAY! She did say that my blood type is A negative which means I have to do something at 28 weeks (I cant remember what exactly). I asked her accurate the "angle" measurement is and she said pretty accurate. I go back June 1st and that's when we will find out for sure if it really is a boy, if not then that angle measurement is wrong in my eyes. Today the heartbeat was 165, it was 175 at 9 weeks. According to the old wives tale the high heart beat should be girl. SO at this point who knows! Other than that just moving right along! :)

On another note I think I almost had my first anxiety attack in Babies R Us on Tuesday. Picking out things is so overwhelming! I cant believe there are so many options, seriously like 100 different carseats, strollers, breast pumps, bottles....etc. I wish I could pay someone to pick it all out for me. (Hmmmm maybe a new business idea!) So I have decided I am not going back in that store or looking for anything for that matter until after Crawfish Season is over and I have more time and Archie can tag along. Well I hope all is well with you!

Announcement!

2010-04-29T20:07:00.000-05:00

So here it is, I’m PREGNANT!!! And here is the back story… Since August of 2009 Archie and I decided it was time to start trying for a little one. At first we went with the idea of just letting it happen. Months went by with no surprises. (If I did not tell you we were trying please don’t get offended, I just felt that there is SO much pressure these days and someone is ALWAYS looking over your shoulder to see if you’re drinking and how you’re acting so we decided to keep it to ourselves to not be bombarded constantly with the questions.) After doing all the right kits and potions I decided it was time to make an appointment with my Doctor. On March 4th I met with my Doctor and broke out my calendar. She came to the conclusion that I may have “issues”. I did the labs. She gave me around six prescriptions, a “Clomid” calendar and after seeing the fears on my face said don’t worry this is going to be simple. I immediately felt bummed, upset, confused. So I called Archie and he quickly brought my spirits up and said don’t worry baby we are going to get through this. Then after talking to my mom I was reminded at how Archie and I never have taken the “easy road.” We do things the hard way so why should this be different?

March 4th 2010 I immediately started taking Metformin. This was suppose to get me on track but it also gave me side effects. March 9th I went for 14 day labs to check my hormone levels. The results came back and they were extremely low so she said to start the Clomid two days earlier than planned. Well Friday March 19th I was packing for my work trip to New Orleans the next week and wanted to get all my scripts filled before going out of town. But Just for the heck of it I said before I go spend all the money on the Meds let me take a pregnancy test just in case. Positive! The Test read Positive!! I really did not believe it and after talking with the nurse at my doctor’s office I really convinced myself it was a chemical pregnancy since I had not even begun taking the meds. I told Archie “Let’s not even get our hopes up.” SO then I was out of town for a week, misery. Monday March 29th I went in for the blood draw to check HCG levels and Tuesday found out I was Pregnant. They said my levels were really high which meant either I was having twins or I was further along than we thought. Again in the back of my head I still didn’t believe it. Not Until I saw the Baby on the Ultrasound screen April 13th. How amazing!!! As soon as I heard the heartbeat I lost it. When you think that it’s going to be a tough process it really reminds you of what to not take for granted. It puts a lot of things into perspective and even though I got Pregnant before I had to start The Clomid I have a new outlook on those that have to go through it. The baby measured 9 weeks and four days at my ultrasound. This means November 12th is my due date. So I was pregnant the whole time and did not know it. I was pregnant when I sat down with my Doctor on March 4th and she told me I was going to need Clomid to get pregnant. God works in mysterious ways! SO now I am just waiting until 12 weeks to tell our friends. I am so nervous and will feel much calmer after I hit that 12 week mark. Told the Family at 11 weeks and the most asked question…..”Are you still going to be a vegetarian since your pregnant?” Answer: Well yes of course! I get plenty of protein so no worries. I have looked into it and its perfectly healthy and easy to do.

I am now 12 weeks and our Nuchal appt went great! Everything looked good and the Dr even did a “new” gender test. They call it the “Angle to Dangle” Measurement. How Funny is that! Baby Hebert’s angle appears to be boy but no need to go out and buy all Blue stuff. I will wait until I get the for sure sign. Archie and I are super excited! And by the way it is no coincidence that my due date is smack in the middle of hunting season. I promise I did not do that on purpose! So from now on this is how I plan on updating the family with pictures and news so stay tuned….. LOVE! Here are some pics from our last appt. I was 11 weeks and 5 days here.

Here Baby Hebert is doing Crunches in my belly. Already working out, takes after his mommy already! ;)

Family

2010-04-19T19:24:00.000-05:00

The past two Weekends we have had family visiting and staying the weekend. The weekend before last (April 10), Archies Dad and Step Mom Patty, Andre & Chasity came in to hang out. Andre and Chasity got here early on Friday Because Archie needed help with a catering Gig. But Before any crawfish started boiling Archie got a serious burn. There was a loose valve on the trailer connecting the propane and when Archie went to light it, It Blew up on him. Burning His arm pretty bad, face a bit and cinging off his eyelashes and some hair. The good news is his burn is looking better but he will have a pretty nasty scar on his arm. He said he felt like a bomb went off and it threw him off the trailer. Scary but I am thankful it wasnt any worse. We had so much fun with them here are a few pics:

Andre and Chasity

Archies dad and Mrs Patty

Andre

Archies Burn (the pic does not do it justice)

It was Andre's BDAY so I baked him his Favorite cake

Being silly!

This past weekend my Parents surprised us by coming to stay the weekend. It was great having the extra help at the hut. It's nice to know that when Family does come to vistit A) they know we will be at the hut working all weekend and B) they dont mind helping out and making it a good time. Never a dull moment at the hut. SO thanks So much to Big Archie, Patty, Andre and Chasity, Mom and Dad for all the help at the hut. It's so great seeing yall and it makes the weekend fly by. We love you all! Hebert's Hot Tails is super busy and we are loving it! Hope all is well with yall!

Easter

2010-04-06T21:12:00.000-05:00

This Easter weekend was the best weekend at The Hut By far. We went through A LOT of Crawfish. It was great and My brother came to help out since I was in my Best friend, Tiffany's Wedding. Tiffany was a Beautiful Bride and she could not have hand picked a better day. The weather was perfect. She Got hitched at Magnolia Mound in Baton Rouge, On the front steps of a plantation home and the reception was a few steps away in an open building. It was very nice and I am so glad to welcome Brandon into the clan. Her are a few pice from her wedding: They had a photo booth but I dont know how to scan those pics in.

Well that's about all that's going on here. I feel like we have so much going on. Archie installed Trim around our mirrors in both bathrooms so we are staining those and keeping busy with other things around the house. Oh and I planted a garden! Gotta remember to water that every day.....

WHEW!

2010-03-27T21:32:00.000-05:00

Wow we have been busy! I was in New Orleans all week for work and if that wasnt exhausting enough we have been SLAMMED at the hut this weekend. Thank goodness my parents came in this weekend to help us out. Other than that things are great! I am not complaining about being busy, i hate when there is nothing to do :). Bring it on. Life is great! Hope all is well with yall.

Mom's the Best!

2010-03-06T18:49:00.000-06:00

Mom's here! Love love love when she comes!!!!! My Mom decided to come in for the weekend and while she was here we put her to work! I have been needing to Stain the Purgola that Archie built over the back porch so that was her first job. Second I decided to paint the top part of our dining room. I wanted a deep red wine color and we ended up going with a color called Antique Burgandy, it's a little on the purple side... But I think I love it. I may do Some Faux over it in the Smoke. My Mom is so talented and always does such an Awesome job painting. I wish I took after her in her decorating/creativity. In the pics below you will also see my painting from this weeks paint class with The Tipsy Brush. I am hanging it in the guest Bathroom but I still need to get a frame for it.

By the way I am updating this blog at 6:30 on Saturday night because once again we sold out at the hut. We are getting more Crawfish in the morning so hopefully we do well tomorrow too!

And in one of the pics of our dining room you will see a pink bag on the table. This is for Miss Scarlet Anne Nance! Our friends Jon & Natalie Nance gave birth to their beautiful baby girl Yesterday morning. They did not find out the sex and were completely shocked when It was a girl! I can't wait to meet her and have already bought her some pink stuff and look forward to spoiling her with more! Hope all is well!

Woop Woop!

2010-03-01T20:13:00.000-06:00

WOOP WOOP! We sold out at the hut This weekend! We had a great weekend all together.
Friday night was great.
Saturday Archie got to work early at the hut doing some things we needed done. Hanging a light out front and building cabinets/storage on the inside. Saturday night at the hut our friends Jaclyn & Amanda came to hang out with us and then we went and grabbed some drinks afterwards. It was great catching up with them! Sunday we had to get more crawfish delivered because we were almost out and then sold out by 4pm! Which is great news! Sunday when we were getting everything ready to open, Archie was still working on the cabinets so I decided to put the potatoes and corn to boil. When i dumped the corn into the boiling water it splashed up on me and I now have a pretty nasty burn. OUCH! It hurt so bad but I tried to be tough :). I'm Lucky I was wearing long sleeves because it could have been worse. But it's still pretty bad :(. Everything Is really going great in our lives right now and we feel truly blessed. We are very Thankful!
We both have a really busy week this week, I have something every night this week then it's back to the hut.

OH & GET THIS: when Archie was nailing in the cabinet boards I was looking at the back of his shirt and i said "you know the phone # on the back of your Hebert's Hot Tails shirt is wrong!" Holy Crap! The phone number on all our Tshirts and Koozies is wrong. How did i not catch this when I looked at the proof! It says 281-857-9988 and our number is 281-257-9988. UGHHH! So that sucks but nothing I can do, it's not like I can take a black permanent marker to all the shirts! Anyways Hope all is well with all of yall!

Pups at The Hut

2010-02-23T15:28:00.000-06:00

So lately we have been taking Milo and Scooter with us to the hut on Saturdays and Sundays. We are there from 11-9pm so thats a long time cooped up at the house. So I decided they should come hang out since we arent that busy yet. I brough a blanket and a towel for them to lay on and set up their "pallet" in the closet area. Well for some reason they kept wanting to get in the cabinet area under my register. SO thats where we moved them. They dont really bark or anything when a customer comes to the window (unless that customer sees them and tries to talk to them). Mainly they just Chill! Here is a snapshot of their new hideaway.

My Painting!

2010-02-19T13:05:00.000-06:00

I went to The Tipsy Brush Paintclass on Wednesday Night. It is so much fun and you actually paint something you can hang in your house. (my last painting probably wont make the wall) But this one will! I think my Friend Shalon who started this had such a great idea! She teaches monthly classes at her house and galleries. Its cheap and fun a great way to meet people. Check out her page on Facebook (The Tipsy Brush) Here is my painting:!:

Just canvas, no frame

With the frame! I think the frame adds a lot and dresses it up.

Also Hebert's Hot Tails is Open this weekend! It is slow but we hope it picks up once the weather gets better. Come On SPRING!!!!! Give me some warmer weather!!!!

Happy Valentines day!

2010-02-15T21:39:00.000-06:00

Happy Valentines day! Love Love Love
This weekend we traveled to LC for a wedding that Archie was in. I got to hang out with an old friend from Highschool, Meghan. It was SO great catching up with her and hanging out. Archie and I really Had a good time with Her and Justin. I hope we can get together again! The wedding was great but it was a super quick trip. Heres a couple of pics from Saturday Night.
Wednesday night I have another paint class, hopefully my painting will turn out better this time! Hope all is well

WHO DAT

2010-02-10T16:36:00.000-06:00

Had a great weekend! Sold Out of crawfish, got to go out Saturday night for Karlees Bday and Then got to watch the game At Kyles. Geaux Saints! How exciting was that!

Hello Weekend!

2010-02-05T13:47:00.001-06:00

We have been BUSY! So Here is a quick recap:
Last Weekend we opened the Hut! Of course we would open when it FREEZES but we needed to get started. Our friends came to visit and it was a good time but super cold. Didnt sell out but its not getting us down because it is just the beginning. This weekend crawfish is scarce and super expensive so I am not anticipating a record breaking weekend. But It will pick up in time!

My Parents came to vistit! Came tuesday left Thursday. I LOVE LOVE LOVE when they visit. I miss them so much. It was a short trip but much needed. I am so thankful for them and love that they visit often.

Had lunch with Suz! LONG overdue catch up time. She brought the twins (who are super cute by the way) and we got a chance to visit. Let me just say i do not know how she does it! Seriously. She is amazing and I toatlly have a new respect for her. And how great is this, she found a place for us to eat that had a vegetarian option. Great gal!

And last but not Least WHO DAT! Geaux Saints! I hope we surprise everyone by winning! I went and bought an expensive Drew Brees jersey (that's all they had!!!) So I plan on wearing it for the next three days straight to get my money's worth!
Hope all is well. Love

Home!

2010-01-24T09:26:00.000-06:00

So glad to be back from San Antonio. Things are changing in our company along with my territory. I now call on The Woodlands, Spring, & Conroe but I have still have to drive to Beaumont..?? Which sucks but I can't do anything about it. We stayed at TBarM for our work meeting and the place is surrounded by deer. So at "deer-thirty" (what my dad calls it) I went outside and took pictures. Its crazy how these deer just literally come so close to you. At night I had to slam on my brakes when we were coming back from dinner because they just hang out on the path. It was pretty neat!
Yesterday was Natalie's baby shower and I thought it went really well. She got TONS of stuff and I think they are stocked with all the essentials. I would need a bigger house to fit all that stuff in!
Also in the slideshow you will see some Pics from last weekend. We went down to Ryan and Kristins to watch the Saints game and stayed there. We went to dinner and then out on the town to Brixx. We had a Blast but my body just cant handle that! While we were there an old friend of mine met us, Kelly Vastine. It was good to see her and of course Me, Kristin, & Kelly tore up the dance floor. Good Times!
The Saints play the Vikings today and I'm hoping for a W. Then tomorrow I get to work from home so I can reorganize my routing and new call plan. Not sure if we are opening next weekend, all depends on price of crawfish! Hope all is well with everyone
Dad all the deer pics are for you. Love

WAITING!!!

2010-01-19T12:19:00.000-06:00

Waiting, waiting, waiting. Its driving me nuts but it's life. Still waiting for our farmer to let us know when we should open. Im sorta anxious about it. But I also know as soon as I'm working there for a month or so I will be ready for the end. As much as I would love to open this weekend I am leaving for San Antonio for work today and wont be back until Friday Night. Then I am helping host Natalie's baby shower this weekend. I had to get everything basically ready last night for the party since I will be crammed for time when I get back. Counting on Archie to help me with last minute things. I"m excited for Baby Nance to come! I know she is going to be a wonderful mom. SO Lots to do this week! busy busy. Much Love :)

Hot Tails website

2010-01-11T20:29:00.002-06:00

Hebert's Hot Tails has a website! YAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!! This is very exciting for us!!! Sunday Archie and I went over to our friends Shalon & Sean Carnahans and Sean helped us get things set up. I have no idea how to do this myself so he was a huge help (well let's be honest he did all the leg work) I just spiced it up a bit after he showed me how. Thanks Sean! This website I LOVE because it's interactive. You can become a member; I guess it's kinda like a Facebook on our website. Yep, That would be the best way to describe it. You have to check it out to see what I mean. It really resembles a blog. Which is great because I know how to blog. There's Pictures, you can make comments, just go to it and become a member! And pass it on to your friends please! Word of mouth is KEY for our business so we need you to spread the word.

www.hebertshottails.com

Also we are on the B4-u-eat website so go to it, enter our name in the search and write a nice review:). That way when people google "crawfish in Spring TX" we can pop up! Thanks! Much Love

Just practicing...

2010-01-07T18:04:00.000-06:00

Watch out and check out my header! I know to most advanced Bloggers it looks elementary BUT It's my first try so be gentle. I had Lunch with Lindsey, a girlfriend from Highschool, and she taught me how to do headers. She is on my Blog list under the Perry's. You can check hers out which are way better than mine. But I think I gave an OK first try. Lindsey knows tons of different things to do and add on blogs. I'm just taking one step at a time. Thanks Lindsey! After playing with the program more I hope mine get better :)It was great catching up with her and I hope we can get together again before they leave for Saudi. I am busy getting things together for taxes (I am using a CPA this year for the business) I just want to drop everything off and let them handle it. Because Me and Quickbooks are NOT acquainted as well as I had hoped. I thought I would be able to do it myself but I have no clue what all we can and should write off for the business. Other than that we are getting ready to open in a couple of weeks which I am a tad bit excited about. I know we will have No Life for about five months but I HOPE & PRAY we are busy and word of mouth gets around. Then the season will go by faster! Get ready for this Arctic Freeze we are getting tonight. I swear Houston is shutting down for this. Ha! People up North must think we are nuts. Hope all is well with everyone! Much Love

Cheers to 2010!

2010-01-01T18:43:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year to each of you. I hope that this year will bring you much love and happiness. I do have a dilemma though, do we call it "twenty-ten" or do you call it "two thousand ten"? Who knows! What are your resolutions? Mine is to live a Kinder Life in 2010 and when I say that I mean being kinder to my body by following a more strict vegetarian diet and try to be as Vegan as possible. I am reading "The Kind Diet" by Alicia Silverstone right now hence the word kind in my resolution. I have not eaten one piece of meat since October 23rd and I have no cravings for it either. I do struggle though with eggs and cheese. I love a good omelet for breakfast! I now use veggie cheese but I havent found a substitution for eggs yet. If there was a Whole Foods closer to me I would be set. Enough about my boring thoughts......

Last Night Lucas & Allison Sealy hosted the New Years party. It was so much fun and had a wine theme. Each of us brought two bottles of a wine we had never tried and did a toast when our bottle was opened. We had a blast catching up with all of our friends. I even got to "Ta-Ta" the VanSickle twins when all the fireworks woke them up :) Ending 2009 with Good Friends and Good fun. Dancing, Drinking, dancing, toasting to friends, and more drinking. Felt a little rough on the first moring of 2010 though. Here are some snapshots I got last night. I wish all of you a healthy and Happy New Year!
Oh & PS Hebert's Hot Tails is opening soon!!!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-28T10:38:00.003-06:00

We Had a WONDERFUL Christmas this year. It was Great seeing family and friends. We got some great gifts and of course cherished the time we got to spend with our loved ones. Saturday Night we threw Tiffany and Brandon an engagement party at my moms house and we had a BLAST! It was great seeing her and I continue to try and persuade her to move to Houston. Here are some of our Memories from This Christmas:

Also, I got a Flip video cam from Archies Mom and cant figure out how to upload a video from it to my blog. ANy help?

Fun times

2009-12-20T17:16:00.002-06:00

It's been a while since I updated. Woops we have been busy! SO I'm going to give a recap.
December 8th I had a Junior League social at this neat wine bar off Rayford Sawdust. It was fun mingling and enjoying wine with friends. Here are some snapshots from that night:

Me and Jennifer

The Boys! I wish you would have seen this pic before I asked Brandon to "squat down" He is so tall especially standing next to Archie and Jason. I wish I was tall :( The VanSickle boys are sure to be Superb athletes with their parents height.

The Ladies

This Is Archie holding Lucas Whitaker. We had dinner at The Nances and for the first time Archie was willing to hold the baby AND fed him. Yes this is a milestone. I'm working on him....

Then Thursday Dec 17th Natalie had her second Annual Naughty & Nice Christmas party. The Naughty part is because we have a Panty exchange and play the white elephant game. The nice part is we all bring an unwrapped gift to donate. It was a great time! I remember pointing out that last year at the party Allison was pregnant and no one had babies. This year Four girls have babies and two are pregnant. Times are changing :)

Tiffany, Jenn, Erin

Good times

Friday Dec 18th I decided to have a Birthday party for all our friends that have Decmber Birthdays, including Archie. I cooked a Big Yummy Gumbo with Potato salad. I think it came out great except I cooked way too much! Here are some pics from that night.

The Birthday Boys and Girls

Blowing out their candles

Archie biting into a brownie bite that i cooked too long. Had to toss em

My Birthday boy! And yes I did dye my hair darker this time and I have not yet decided if I like it yet...

Today (Sunday) I decided to take down the Christmas decorations. I know its too early but I just felt like it. We wont be here for Christmas and Archie was here willing to help me put it all back in the attic so I took advantage of the time. Im kinda a scrooge this year but really for no particular reason. So we opened our stockings which that was nice. Mainly so i dont have to keep putting my gift back in my stocking since i have secretly been using the lipgloss Santa put in there for me :) Archie liked the things Milo and Scooter bought for him too. I am really looking forward to these next two weeks off. Wednesday we leave for Lake Charles and come back Sunday. Saturday the day after Christmas I am helping my mom throw an engagement party for my Best Friend Tiffany In LC and I can not wait to see her to congratulate her in Person. I am so happy for her and love her like a sister. I pray one day we will live close enough to visit all the time. So I guess thats it for now! Hope everyone is great. Merry Christmas! much Love

Pergola and snow

2009-12-04T20:47:00.000-06:00

Archie has been Hard at work Building a Pergola. Its a trellace type thing over our back porch. Remodeling our back porch is our Christmas present to each other this year. The Pergola is the first part then we are going to put slate over the concrete and Archie has started on a Garden for me. The Garden is the thing I am most Excited about! I can't wait to grow more of my own veggies and etc. Spinach, Tomatoes, onions, broccoli, So many options! I already have a good amount of my own herbs growing but i would love to have more. I really do enjoy spending time out there and look forward to the new look. Below are some Pics of Archie working on his project. I still have to stain the wood but here is phase one.

Putting in the last boards.

And then it snowed today in Houston. And while I was working I decided to take some picture at some of my offices and around town.

gas station as I wait at a red light

And as you can see the snow really did not stick too well in Spring. This is a Pic of our house. It was fun though driving in it! The snow was much better downtown. I was hoping to snuggle up with my honey and some hot chocolate this evening but once again he went hunting. Did I mention how I am SO Over this hunting season???!!! I'm Beginning to think Milo and Scooter don't even remember who their daddy is! Just kidding! Kinda :). Hope everyone is well. Much Love!