Times are Changing...

We have had a lot of changes this past week. My belly for one is getting bigger by the day! Now that I am in my second trimester I feel really good! I had to brake down and put on the maternity pants this week. I do not know why it took me so long to do this...THEY ARE AWESOME. They are not the most attractive things ever, but I am loving the elastic easy stretch waist. We went to the doctor on Tuesday, and had a CVS test and ultrasound. This test is to check for birth defects to better prepare yourself for the baby. Everything checked out fine! I am measuring about 4 days ahead, and the baby is about 4 inches long. They told us that in the next 3 weeks the baby will almost triple in size! Maybe that's why my belly looks like this already:


We get to go back on April 28th to find out the sex of the baby. I keep telling myself it's a girl. I mean my sister has boys so surely I would have girls. Saturday when we were in Boerne my sister and Charlie asked if we had taken "The Gender Test". We said no, and they insisted that after we finish dinner we go purchase one. They took this test for Ryder and Bear, which was right both times. They also had several friends that took the test too, and it was right for them as well. I have heard that they are not accurate at all, but what do we have to lose...right??? So after we went and ate dinner we ventured to CVS, and bought the test. Courtney went in with me, and poor thing is about to pop with Bear. I told her she needs to go in and ask where the pregnancy tests are...haha she didn't. Well you can't take the test till the morning, so at 6am Dustin is telling me to go take the test. As we all know I am not a morning person, so I was not thrilled about doing this at 6am. I took the test, and with out hesitation it turns as brown as the BOY brown could turn on the test box. Yep, I was just SOOO sure it was going to read girl, and it was way BOY. Now I am second guessing myself on what the baby really is. Guess we will find out for sure on the 28th.

We also had another change this week. We traded in Dustin's truck for a Suburban. We have been watching our gas bill for the past 3 months, and it kept getting higher and higher. After this months bill that is so expensive I won't even mention how much, we decided that it was time to cut the diesel guzzling hog loose. We talked a lot about different options, and with the baby on the way this was the best move for us as a family. Luckily our future brother in law, Tyler, is a Chevrolet salesman. It was the easiest car deal we ever had to do. We also got a SMOKING deal on the burb too! We are so lucky that Ashely has met such a great guy, who was willing to help us out. GM was running a 0% interest rate too that ended on Friday, so we went ahead and sealed the deal. We picked up the beauty today. Below is a picture of our new burb:



After we picked it up we went to my parents to show off our new prize. Dad has the exact same one, but the interior is different in the inside. He was very sad at me for not telling him we were selling the truck. He wanted to buy it for the farm in Weimar...HOW WAS I SUPPOSE TO KNOW?? OK here's the deal. Friday when I talked to Mom she said that Dad's boat broke down as they were scouting for fish for his tournament that weekend. That is why I did not call him. I knew that he was already pissed that his motor was broken, and would not have time to chat about buying the truck. So there. After further discussions he decided that he was going to buy the truck back from Tyler's dealership. Dustin called Tyler, and they settled on a price. So it looks like Dustin will get to drive his "dream truck" whenever he wants in Weimar. Everything worked out fine!

Dad is having surgery this Wednesday on his sinuses so please say a prayer for him on Wednesday morning...and for my Mom who is going to have to take care of him after.

On a closing note if you ever are in search of a new or used GM vehicle, please call Teague Chevrolet in Mabank and ask for Tyler :).