Football Frenzy

Football season is a big deal in the Williamson household. TCU is having a great season and we are VERY proud of Eddie's dad!ESPN's College Game Day was at their game today against Utah.  Both teams are undefeated....! 

Football coaches (and their families) are very superstitious and usually hate to have rituals broken. Starting last season, I have sent Eddie's dad a "game day text" from Cal before every single game. It reads (the same every time): "Go get um, Poppy!! Love, Cal" I also have a ritual with Eddie's mom....I send a game day picture of Cal on every single game day. The ONE game I didn't do it last year (because we were with them), was the ONE game that TCU lost.

Anyway, I usually take a picture with my iPhone and email/text it from there, but lately, Cal has been SO busy that it is darn near impossible to get him to hold still long enough to take his picture with that.

Here are some pictures from yesterday and today, Game Day! 

Cal's message to Utah...

blurry, but he thinks he's pretty funny!

GO FROGS!!!!!

Halloween Weekend 2010

As you saw from my last post, Cal was a Cow for Halloween this year.  I thought it was kind of a fun play on words.  All of his buddies that are older get it mixed up all the time and when their mom asks them to say hi to CAL, they mooo instead.  Sigh.  Might as well make the best of it! haha

I got Cal his costume from Bye Bye Baby for relatively cheap so that if he hated it, it wouldn't be a huge waste of money.  Well, we got every cent worth of our $19.99!  He wore that thing non-stop!

Friday, we had an afternoon costume playdate.  Cal wasn't quite sure about the head piece, so wore it around his neck for most of the time.

After the playdate, we came home (still in costume), and I tried to carry Cal inside.  He threw a FIT!  I let him play in the front yard with Hank and the kid was going wild!  He was running all around the yard, chasing Hank, shrieking at birds and chattering up a storm.  He decided at this point that he loved the head piece and wouldn't let me touch it or move it.  I tried to take it off for him and he again threw a fit. 

I just LOOOOVE this one! Cracks me up!

On Saturday morning, we went to a park in Raleigh to have some family pictures taken.  We had professional pictures of Cal at one month and again at 6 months, so this is sort of his one year/family shots.  I thought it was important to do this before the new bambino arrives (or before I am so fat that I don't want to have my picture taken-ha!).  After the quick (and I mean QUICK!) session, I grabbed my camera out of the car and took a few on my own.  By the time we were shooting our own, Cal was wayyy over it all.

Sunday was Halloween and when he woke up, Cal immediately grabbed his costume:

 My mom and I took Cal out to visit my grandmother-- still in costume!!!

 We had a birthday party at 4:00 on Halloween.  All of the kids were encouraged to come in costume.  It was adorable!  It ended up being a perfect late afternoon thing to do with kids.  We all had fun.

After we left the party, we headed over to THE BEST neighborhood for trick-or-treating.  Every house is decked out, kids are everywhere, everyone is laughing, most parents are carrying a beverage in their hand (side note: this does not make it the best neighborhood, and I did not partake in the drinking, BUT, it does say something for the environment....happy parents, happy kids, happy times!). 

Cal had a fun time trick-or-treating.  He loves carrying around bags, so he grabbed his pumpkin and would walk up to the doors and while the other kids were waiting for candy, Cal would try to push past the home owners to get inside their house!  I have no idea why, but it was all he wanted to do over and over again! 

Hope you all had a great Halloween!!!  Hard to believe next Halloween I will have a 2 year old and a 5 ish month old!!!

xoxo,

Holy Cow!

WOW...thank you!

Thank you all for your comments :) Feels so good to tell you! I feel like I've been keeping a secret for a while now...

I had the 10 week check up today and I told the doctor my concerns about feeling so great (isn't that a weird concern? I should be thrilled!), and he told me that every pregnancy is so different and while some people feel awful, others just feel fine. But, to ease my concerns, he did an ultrasound, so I got to see the little nugget again! YAY!

The technician was super sweet and I told her that if she happened to stumble across any *parts* during the ultrasound, she could share the news....she started laughing and said, "honey, the parts are not formed yet." Opps.... well, maybe later then.

Thanks again for being excited and for the congrats.  We are thrilled and it already feels like time is flying.  CAN WE PLEASE SELL OUR HOUSE?????!!!!  No pressure now!!!!  ACK!

I've been bakin'....

...and now I've got a bun in the oven! :)

(I totally copied that from a friend who announced her pregnancy via facebook-- so cute, I thought!)

I am 10 weeks today, and we are SO excited!

I've been dying to write something on here to let those of you who follow know the news. I am not ready to project it nationwide (a la facebook) yet, but I figured if (God forbid) something bad happened, I would more than likely write about it on here, so I should go ahead and share the news! (I didn't tell anyone outside of family and a few close friends that I was pregnant with Cal until 13 weeks...I am a little early this time....still nervous....).

We wanted our kids to be close in age: Eddie and his sister Carrie are 22 months apart, and me and my brother are 24 months apart.  I have a bunch of friends who are trying for their second and it was taking a while...we thought it could take us a while too.  I knew I needed to get my cycle back to normal after nursing for 10 months and not having a period for almost 2 years (!!!), I realized that getting back on track could take a while.  Well, apparently it didn't.  The kids will be 20 months apart!  (feel free to start sending me anti-anxiety meds now...)

This little nugget will be born in May, God willing!  My due date is May 25th, but they will take him/her early since it will be a c-section.

We had our first ultrasound last week and everything is looking great!  The little one had a SUPER fast heart rate, 175, which can be an indicator of the gender.  It was true with Cal, so we will see with this one!  The ultrasound technician said she would put money on it being a girl.  I just want to find out!  Wish I could find out today!  (I am not one for surprises....)

I have been feeling good.  Almost too good.  It worries me sometimes because I am feeling so well, I have to remind myself that I am pregnant.  I am rarely nauseous and I have yet to puke, but I am not a throw-upper, so that isn't too weird.  I've been more tired, but could also be because I have cut wayyyyy back on the caffeine and I am chasing Cal around like CRAZY.  I felt okay with Cal for the most part, but I think I felt more "pregnant" with him.  

My 10 week appointment is today and I am looking forward to talking with the doctor about how well I am feeling.  I am not wishing sickness on myself, but I am looking for some symptoms....

I'll keep you posted!  Just had to share the news!

xoxo,

We sent this picture to Eddie's family to tell them the news!

Booty Shakin'

I find this so funny... I was on the phone, so ignore me in the background...

Can't get the sound to work....hmmmm..... he's dancing to "Skip to my loo..."

here is the link: http://gallery.mac.com/cewilliamson#100672

Halloween Party: Teen Mom

Not everyone is as obsessed with the MTV show Teen Mom as I am (and Kate too: holla!), and Eddie has even started enjoying it, although he would never admit it.

We had a Halloween party this past weekend and we really wanted to dress up as something fun/funny/entertaining.  I immediately thought of Snookie and Paulie D because I wanted to make Eddie's hair look like Paulie's....wouldn't that be AWESOME?!?!  But then, I realized that I would have to buy some sort of a Snookie ensemble and I just couldn't bring myself to buy a "dress" (I use that term lightly when it comes to Snookie!) that I will never wear again. 

So what did I do?  I put out a request on twitter for some suggestions.  Kate (holla!) came up with Amber and Gary from Teen Mom and Eddie and I were sold.  We couldn't resist. 

 "Gary" driving to the party-- had a hard time fitting behind the wheel!

 Justin Timberlake, Luigi, Duke Lax player and Gary

 Every time I looked at Eddie at the party, he was in this position-- HILARIOUS!  I guess he thought dressing like that meant he was free to eat everything in sight!

 Some of the girls (missing Mrs. Salahi), Mrs. Clause, Betty Flinstone, Amber (notice the orange face), UNC pep band member, vampires girl, Preggers Britney, Bunny from the big labowski, little red riding hood, and Mario)

Some of the boys: Obama, J. Tim, Duke Lax, UNC pep band guy, Luigi, Gary, and the guy from big lebowski)

It was SUCH a fun night and I loved spending time with such wonderful people.  Kate-- thanks for the suggestion!  heart you!

Happy Weekend

Life with Cal is so much fun....

Hope y'all are having a nice weekend!

xoxo,

iPhone pictures from recently

I try hard to take a "daily pic" of Cal Boy to send to Eddie's parents. Here are some of the fun ones from lately:

Reading his book in the tub

Trying to get into Jackson's Jeep

Playing in the driveway

Worn out from playing so hard

Playing with his Fridge Farm (thank you, Miss Andrea!!!)

After a BIG dinner: check out that belly (and butt!)

Playing with Hank

Taking a rest after playing hard with Hank

And last night, he tried as hard as he could to get back into his baby bath tub.  He played in that thing for a long time! haha

Pumpkin Farm

On Monday, we passed up our usual play group to head to a pumpkin farm with some of Cal's "older" friends! I did a horrible job taking pictures. I didn't even get one picture with him and a pumpkin! Oh well....we still have time to hit up another one. This farm was Ganyard Hill Farm and we all had the best time running around, going through the corn maze, petting the animals and riding on a HAY RIDE! The day was gorgeous and the kids were all great. Here are some pictures from the day:

Side note: Under the sweatshirt, Cal had on a navy blue polo shirt with his khaki pants.  I kept joking all day that he looked like he was about to start a shift at Sidetracks.  No one thought that was funny-- Elon girls, do you see the humor???  please?? :)