6 Months!

Today starts my 6th month of pregnancy!  It has flown by already!  Here are a few of Austins pictures from yesterday!  I have to admit i am enjoying showing them to everyone!  He is just so darn cute already!  

I cant wait to play with his precious toes!

Super excited about him wrapping these sweet fingers around my finger!

oh how i long to kiss his sweet nose!

Here is Austin sucking his thumb!  

He is already SO SMART!  He is practicing his sign language!

We cant wait to meet you sweet baby boy!  So many people love you and you havnt even arrived yet! We are blessed!

21 Weeks and 5 days

Today was the day to go back to see if we could get a good picture of Austins spine!  And we did!  Everything looked great!  He was his normal active self!  We actually got to see him YAWN!  Seriously the cutest thing yet!  We also saw him sucking his thumb and you could see all 5 of his sweet little fingers! My friend Keri went with me since Clay could not go.  She brought her 5 week old baby Chase (Austins future playmate!)  He was an absolute angel the whole time!  Austins heart beat was a perfect 140 and my belly is measuring right at 22 weeks!  I go back in 4 weeks for my glucose test... lets hope i pass with flying colors!  I have officially gained 9lbs!  She said everything is going just how they like to see!  I will post the pictures of Austin tomorrow.... for now here is my growing belly!

The next pictures are from a couple weekends ago when Clay decided to tackle the boat and put all new foam under the flooring.  It was DISGUSTING and each panel weight about 30 pounds!  The boat is now a ton lighter!  He worked super hard and even had me help a little!  

Lastly here is a picture from the State Fair!  I had the most incredible cheese frys EVER made and then devoured a delicious funnel cake!  Surprisingly when we left i was still hungry and my loving husband took me by Rushs for a hotdog (im obsessed).  We then got to stay with Rachel and Jerry and have a short visit!  We are very excited that they found out they are having a baby GIRL!  

OH and i cant leave this ADORABLE sleeping baby donkey out!  I mean seriously how cute is he???

20 week bump!

Well the belly button is making its way to popping out!  Here we are at 20 weeks and 1 day :)

 And this teddy bear was sitting in my chair at work Tuesday Morning after we found out he was a boy!

It's a BOY!!!

Monday October 4th was a VERY exciting day for the husband and I!  Clay took the entire day off and took the dogs to the vet and then treated them to a trip to the beach.  Lets just say... they were in heaven!  The rest of the day revolved around baby!  The ultrasound tech was wonderful and very patient with baby Austin.  He did not want to show his face at all!  He held atleast one of his fists up by his face the entire time!  Finally he revealed that sweet face just in time for her to snap a picture!  PRECIOUS!

haha this one looks like he is holding a rattle 

this one you can see his fingers balled up in a fist!  It's the 4 dots in a row :)

The second obstacle the patient tech had to deal with was the fact that Austin would NOT uncross his ankles... with made it pretty difficult to see if he was a boy or not!  After lots of patience she finally was able to get a picture with the proof we were waiting for!  A BOY!  Austin Paul Hicks!!!

those sweet feet crossed!

Our third obstacle was as much as he was moving around we could not get him to give her a good picture of his spine!  So the Dr. asked if we would mind coming back in two weeks to see if we could get a good picture of the spine!  Seriously???  Did she even have to ask us?  I think not... i was so excited just knowing that on the 18th i get to see his precious face again!  Hopefully Clay will be able to go too!  We are so excited to start registering and getting ready for Austin to arrive!  I cant believe we are half way to holding him in our arms! We are truly blessed!

18 weeks

Hello friends!  I cant believe that one week from tomorrow *hopefully* baby will show itself and we will know if baby Clether is a girl or a boy!  YAY!  I have been feeling amazing!  I am pretty sure i have gained a few pounds now so that makes me happy!  This past week i started to feel Clether move more frequently and it always starts at 10:00 at night when i lay down to go to bed!  Hopefully this isnt a sign of whats to come haha!  Just last night i actually could feel baby move on the outside of my belly!  Seriously the coolest thing ever!  I am hoping that Clay will get to feel soon and get to enjoy that experience.  Here is a picture of my belly at 18 weeks and some cute things for baby Clether!

Adorable boots that Robert and Sharon gave us!  If its a boy we will rock these and if its a girl toss some pink it and rock them too!  Love them!

 This adorable sweater came in the mail from my Aunt Brenda and Robin!  It's precious!

 and the best for last.... this would be the first purchase Clay and I made for our baby Clether!  Hook em Horns!  Hopefully their offense improves soon! Saturday was one awful game for sure!

I hope every had a fantastic weekend!  

16 weeks

I had an appointment on Monday the 13th, and got to take a peek at baby AGAIN!  The Dr. was checking out baby and said "oops" and i of course looked at her with crazy eyes... she then said baby has legs wide open... do you want to know what your having?  Being the great, fantastic wife i am, i said "no i have to wait for my husband"  So now we wont know until October 4th to find out what baby Clether is!  The Doctor said everything looked wonderful baby is growing perfectly however mommy isnt :(  My belly is the right size but i am 16 weeks and have gained ZERO weight.  Prescription for no weight gain = eat ice cream every night.  Hopefully that will help, but if i dont gain any weight before October 4th, we will have to discuss "other options".  I personally like the ice cream idea!  I will write more this week, i have some pictures to upload of some baby goodies!  But for now... here is two belly pics since i slacked last week!                                

16 Weeks

17 Weeks

15 weeks

Hello friends!  We have had a pretty great week!  I seem to be getting less tired every day which is WONDERFUL!  We are super excited about Labor Day weekend.  Clay actually has Saturday AND Monday off which rarely happens on a holiday weekend!  We have lots of different fun things to choose from, hopefully a day in Charleston and even more exciting some friends might be coming to see the new house and spend the day with us!  Off to watch the Gamecocks.... just gearing up for Texas football on Saturday!  Hook em Horns!!!!