IT'S A GIRL!!

We are so excited for Carrie and Justin! Katelyn Rose - such a pretty name for our pretty niece. I've already begun my duties as an aunt by spoiling her with a pink outfit! August needs to come a little bit quicker so I can see that precious baby!! Love you guys!!!

Houston Rodeo

Yesterday, Cody and I went to the Houston Rodeo to see Brad Paisley. We didn't buy tickets beforehand because I didn't really know if I wanted to go yet. But by the end of the week, we needed a change of scenery and decided to go. You couldn't buy tickets online anymore, so we drove out anyway hoping to get tickets at the gate. We paid for parking and FROZE out butts off walking to the gate! It was sooooo cold, and it was starting to sprinkle on us. We definitely didn't pack our suitcases on Sunday for this kind of weather. At least we brought a jacket, but it wasn't warm enough! Once we got the gate, they had tickets!! I was excited. We headed straight for the exhibit stuff because it was nice and warm in there. We watched the chicks hatch from their eggs. We go see that every time we go to the rodeo. We actually saw one chick with it's head stuck in the egg shell. It was sad to watch, but he finally got out! We looked at the huge cows and watched some kids show their cows.

After a while, it was getting ready for the rodeo to start, so we went to get some food. They actually had a Freebird's there this time, so we each had our 2nd burrito this week! And it was delicious. After dinner, we hurried over to Reliant Stadium to get warm, but we had to walk up the giant ramps outside to get to our seats. It was windy, freezing and miserable. We got the cheap seat tickets (that's all that was left) so we sat in the highest section possible and it was way up there! We made it to our seats, but it was freezing up there still, so we pretty much stayed cold the entire night. We had a good time though! I did anyway - Cody.... not so much. But I do have to say I have a great husband who will walk through the cold wind with me not even knowing if we could get tickets, and on top of that - he sat through a country concert with me! He HATES country music, so it's always nice of him to go with me to the rodeo.

Here's a picture from our seats...

This is my new favorite rodeo event! It's called Mutton Bustin'. Little boys who are 4-6 years old hang on to the sheep for dear life and they let the sheep run off. It's like bull riding for kids. They have to hang on, but they usually don't last long. It was so cute..

It's hard to get a picture of Brad Paisley from our seats...

He's so cute! Don't tell Cody.... haha

Strange Oreo

So... Cody's been taking a class this week for work. Since it's Lumberton's spring break, I decided to invite myself along for a vacation. I haven't gotten totally bored yet. I've found things to do. Yesterday though, after dropping Cody off at the Galleria for his class, I went back to the hotel for my "breakfast." I brought snacks along so I wouldn't have to buy stuff if I got hungry. I had poptarts but I got sick of those. So for breakfast with my Diet Coke I had some Oreos! During my extremely healthy time of eating the Oreos.. I found this one! I've never seen this before.

So this is what I've found to do instead of staying bored. I take pictures of weird oreos and dedicate an entire post them...... I may be a little bored. : )

Birthday Weekend

While sitting in the Galleria bored and waiting on Cody for his lunch break, I decided to post some pictures from last weekend. Friday was my dad's 55th birthday! We went over to my parents' house to celebrate. We (my dad) cooked out. We were to bring out own meat to get cooked on the grill. I have never had to prepare meat for grilling, so I really didn't know what I was doing! I ended up going to the store late the night before and getting a random type of beef (I don't even know how to pick out a steak!), and I tried to marinate it overnight. I was going to make asian flavored beef kabobs. I liked them a lot, but doesn't care for the marinated meat. Oh well.. it was good anyway. I've added some pictures from the evening.

My dad grilling with James helping out.

Dierks was hanging out too!

I found out my dad is building his own kayak. I think it will be pretty neat once he gets it all done!

My two grandmas hanging out

Here's more party people: Dave, my mom, and Lynda

Also, this weekend, we got to meet Logan Rucker!! He was born on Thursday, March 5 at 6:12 weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces! We went to their house on Sunday afternoon to visit. He's SOOOO cute and little. He had the cutest little arms and everything else too! I wanted to hold him forever! I thought he looked like Aidan from a picture they sent, but not in person. So here's some pictures from that day!

I love this picture... so cute!

Here's Aidan with his giant stuffed moose. He had lots of fun playing that day! Seeing the little baby got me so excited to have my own children. Can't wait for that time for Cody and me! For now though, we will just visit the Ruckers and wait for Carrie's little one to arrive!