The past few days!

It was a busy week/weekend! On Thursday I slept in, which was great! Then I headed to get my oil changed, the dentist, and to take Lucy to the vet!!! That was a lot to get in one afternoon! That night we went with Heather and Adam to the Morris' for dinner. We had salad, pizza, and some good strawberry ice cream!

Sallie has learned to call the hogs! It is so cute! But, we can't take our eyes off of Mickey for too long! Ryan and Sallie watching Mickey and friends!

Friday the Heather and Adam started moving in across the street! I helped a little bit, not really, I talked to Heather! Then Kelley got here around lunch. We went shopping and then came home to pick up Ryan for dinner. We went to the Country Club with Leigh and Tim for the boys favorite, Taco Buffet!
Kelley and I at the Club

Saturday morning we slept in and Ryan mulched the flower beds, Kelley and I got ready, went to lunch, then to get a pedicure, and shopped some more! That afternoon we went to the Coleman's for a cookout. We couldn't stay long because we had already planned to go to the movies and dinner. We saw Letters to Juliet and ate a Noodles. I thought the movie was good, but slow and predictable. Sunday we went to church and just ate at home! I had a great weekend with my friends! Thanks for coming to visit Kelley!

Wedding Book!

I finally got my wedding book a year later! Though I very happy with it! It is very simple, but highlights some of the best moments of that day! Here are a few of my favorite pages!


I can't believe that we got married over a year ago!

SUMMER

Well....it's official here for me! Summer!
Today was my last day of school, I can't believe it!!
I am really going to miss seeing the kids everyday and getting to talk to them about things they love to do! I think I was ready for a break from teaching and planning lessons! I will still get to see some of the kids this summer at summer camp when I am getting things ready for next year or a trainings this summer!
Ryan and I have a busy summer ahead of us with trips all over and golf tournaments!
Hope you all are going to have a great summer! I know I will be looking forward to the end though when I get to meet this little boy!!!!!

28 Weeks/7 Months!

28 Weeks! The start of the third trimester! I'm on my last leg of the pregnancy!

How my life's changing:

I run into things all the time with this big belly. I was washing dishes the other night and realized I can barley reach the water, because my belly won't allow me to get up next to the counter! There is no sucking in to squeeze by things or people. So I just run into everything.
I am hungry ALL the time! I could eat 24 hours a day and not be full!!! I don't eat much at each sitting, but I eat!
I go to the bathroom around 12-15 times a day! I feel like I am back in the first trimester!
I can't remember anything, therefore I have to write everything down!!


Payne's Development:

Payne weighs about 2 to 2.5 pounds. He is about a foot and half long. Payne is blinking a lot now and has eyelashes. He can see the light that is coming into the womb now too. He is still gaining fat every week too, helping him plump up. He is still kicking up a storm for me, but doesn't hardly kick for anyone else. About the only time Ryan can feel him is at night when I'm laying down. I love to feel him move. He kicks all day long for me and I just hold my belly! People probably think I am weird! I can see him moving in my belly all the time and I love it! It hurts sometimes, but I know I will miss it when I slows down and he runs out of room!

Payne's Room and Other Stuff:

We got the bedding! I LOVE it!! Thanks Mom!!!!! I am going to wait and show it to you when I have the bed to put it on. Hopefully that will be two weeks. The crib and dresser are supposed to ship Thursday!!! I am holding my breath!!! I hope it comes next week, because Ryan will be out of town all weekend and I can reorganize his room eight hundred times!!!
The rug also came in! It is so soft, I like rubbing my feet on it!

My mom also got Payne a very cute sign to hang on the door at the hospital and for his room! It is so cute! It has polka-dots for me and argyle for Ryan!
Isn't it so so so cute!!!!
Then one of my mom's friends, Kay made us this super cute diaper cake! We love it! Thanks Kay!

He is starting to get a few outfits! Here are some of the new ones from the week.

The top two my mom bought him over the weekend! They were both a steal for less than $5 each! The bottom two, one of my sweet students gave him!!!
Things to Look Forward to:

Tomorrow is my last day of school, so I won't be working everyday now. I am thankful that I won't be standing outside at recess being pregnant in the middle of summer. I think it is hot enough to be outside and this pregnant! There is no way I could do it all summer!
My friend Kelley is coming this weekend! I can't wait to get to hang out with her!!
My appointment is Monday at lunch time. I hope it isn't too busy. I think I have a lot of questions to ask. Let's see if I remember to ask.
I am ready for the other furniture to be here and then the other painting the LK art is making will be finished soon! Once it gets here the room will almost be complete! Just a few more small things that I am going to pick up when we go home for the family reunion.

Long Weekend

It was a great long weekend! My mom came up on Friday. We went to eat at Noodles which is always good and then to get a snow cone. My mom and I used to get at least one if not two snow cones a day when I was a kid, so it was fun to go back with her. Saturday morning we ate breakfast and went to the farmer's market for a while. We got some veggies for dinner that night. We came home and got ready and went shopping. It was a fun day spending time with my mommy!!
Saturday night we cooked dinner at home and sat on the deck and ate. Sunday morning she headed home! Thanks mom for the great weekend!
Ryan and I went to church and then went to eat lunch with Adam and Heather. We enjoy spending time with them and can't wait until next weekend when they become our neighbors!!!! We are so excited!! That afternoon Ryan went to watch Timmy play in a tourney and I stayed home and slept since I didn't sleep well the night before. Then that night we went to Leigh and Tim's for dinner. I enjoy lazy evenings with friends.
Monday we laid low, Ryan played golf and then we went to the pool!
While my mom was here we drove around the neighborhoods and she pointed out how many of out friends live so close to us. We are so blessed!
Its back to work tomorrow to finish up the school year! Crazy!

Ryan's Birthday!

Ryan turned 27 on Wednesday! We have been so busy that we just celebrated last night! Though he has celebrated all week! His office got him a cake on Monday, gave him candy and a gift card on Tuesday, and brought him breakfast Chick-fil-a on Wednesday morning. Then Wednesday morning he opened his gift from me. I got him an edger for the yard. That night bible study had gotten him a cake, and then Thursday night we went to dinner with some friends and we had a cookie cake. Here are a few pictures from the celebrations. Happy Birthday Ryan! I hope you had a great birthday week!!! I love you!

Anniversary Gifts

I didn't think we were doing anniversary gifts, but Ryan had other ideas!
When I got home Monday Ryan had gotten me my favorite flowers and ordered new stationary for us. I didn't even know paper was the first year anniversary gift! He was to sweet know and get stationary for me! I love it! They are the same as our wedding thank you's that said Sarah and Ryan, but these say the green's. They even came with lime green envelopes! My favorite color! Maybe he has started a tradition and we will actually give the correct year gift every year!
Next year is cotton...hmmm.

Amy Hannon from Sincerely Yours did the cards. Check her out here.

27 Weeks

27 Weeks- Last week of the second trimester! Crazy!!!

How my life's changing:

I still feel like I am growing rapidly. I can feel him moving all the time and him pushing his bottom or arm or legs out so that I can feel them and then he moves them when I rub them. That makes me laugh. I feel like he likes to ball up all the time. My belly button has stretched all the way out, but doesn't stick out too much. I am craving chocolate all the time. Surprise, Surprise. Sleep has been rough the past few nights. I got crazy sunburned on my chest over the weekend, those stupid vitamins, this is made sleeping worse. Mostly, though everything is going great and I don't have any complaints. I have 6 days left of school. I am sad that I won't be starting with them in the fall, but I know I will be having the time of my life at home!

Payne's Growth:

Payne now weighs about 2 pounds and is about a foot and half long. He hasn't slowed down in the activeness!! He is sleeping and waking on a regular schedule and opening and closing his eyes as well. His lungs are still developing, but could support him if he was born now with the help of doctors and machines. I feel comforted by this.

Payne's Room:

Here is a picture of the chair! I am so freaking loving it! It is the best thing ever! I come home everyday and sit and watch tv in it!



On our trip we got a few things for the little one. I'm trying not to buy to much for him until after the showers. Very hard for me to do!

My student's are so sweet! One of them brought me this outfit last week and a matching blanket! I love it! It is one of my favorite outfits he has so far! Another student brought me two outfits today, so I will take a picture of those and post it next week.
Things to look forward to:

My mom is coming this weekend to see the room and spend the weekend with us. She is supposed to have the bedding and rug with her. I can't wait to see it!
I have two showers planned so I am working on getting those guest list together. I am so excited to be able to hang out with all our friends in one place!
Our next appointment is June 7.

One Year Anniversary Trip

We went to Florida to celebrate our one year anniversary. We left Thursday morning and got to Bonita Springs about noon. We went to eat at Pincher's Crab Shack. It was so good. We had crab cheese dip, coconut shrimp, and blacken mahi-mahi. Then we headed to the outdoor mall to shop while we waited for our room to finished being cleaned.

When we got to the hotel we got our swimsuits on and headed to the pools. My favorite by far was the lazy river!
Thursday night we went to eat at Tony's Pizza and go to Target to get some food for the next few days.
On the bridge after dinner


All the food we bought at Target

Friday we got up and walked around the resort to see what else was around. It was beautiful!

The front of the resort

These flowers were all over the resort
Us on a our morning walk

These signs were by all the ponds on the resort. I really wanted to know if there were alligators or not.
Friday all day we laid by the pool and hung out in the lazy river. It was so relaxing.

Friday night we went out for a big dinner celebration. The restaurant overlooked the bay. We watched fish jump all night. They said when the water is a little higher that alligators sit on the dock. I really wish I could have seen that!

We left dinner and drove around the area a little. We walked down to one of the beaches for a bit. Then we went to Marble Slab for some ice cream and to people watch.

Saturday morning we took the fairy over to the private island that the resort owned and hung out for the morning. There were seashells everywhere. I brought some back for my students to have. Then we just laid there and relaxed since there were not very many people.


We headed back at lunch time, took a quick nap, and went to get massages.

Funny story of getting a massage. It took me all week to remember when people told me congrats that they were talking about the baby not the anniversary. Still I had not caught on by day 3 when the massage therapist ask how many I had had? ( Which one of the questions on the paper work you fill out was how many massages you have had in the past.) So when she ask, I answer a lot. She said how many again? I said too many to count. She thought I meant babies and I thought she meant massages. I finally got it and straighten everything out! Retard me!

After the massage we shopped and then went to dinner early. We went to a local seafood restaurant. It was really good.
Saturday night we were going to play gator golf, but there was a birthday party of 35 in front of us, so we opted to go back and hang out on the balcony of the room and get packed up.

Sunday morning we checked out of the hotel and drove down to Naples for a little bit. I wanted to go to the pier to see what it was about. It was awesome. So many locals and tourist fishing off the side of the pier. Also, we watch the dolphins jump right next to the pier the whole time we were there. It was incredible the amount of sea life we saw while we were there. I love it!

Looking back up the pierThe locals on the pier

The dolphins jumpingRyan and I on the pier
We head to the airport and came home that afternoon. Heather and Adam were so sweet to take us and pick us up from the airport, along with while in Little Rock they got our wedding cake so we could eat it on Sunday night. Thanks you all!
Sunday night we ate the cake. It looks terrible, but it taste so so so good. I love frozen cake!
Overall, we had a great first year anniversary! I can't tell you how much I love my husband and how great he is to me!

1yr Anniversary

Guest appearance from male #1 in the Green household. Sarah and I are sitting in RSW airport Ft Myers FL waiting to come home after a fabulous 4 day weekend in Bonita Springs.

Happy First Anniversary Sweetie, it has been the greatest year of my life! Looking for many years to come. I love you!

RG

Camping with Style!

So, I told you a few weeks ago that Ryan, my dad, step mom, and I were planning on going camping. Yes, that really meant that I was going to sleep in a tent for two days and cook my food over the fire. Ryan and I love camping, but do not get a chance to do it very often. We were so excited that we packed our car on Wednesday for our Friday trip.
Thursday afternoon we realized that it was for sure going to rain or be severe thunderstorms over the weekend. So, that meant not go or make other plans. My sweet dad got us cabin in Low Gap, Arkansas so that we could still go. It was so awesome and small and I loved it!

The ceilings were low so it was like being in a tent. Everyone pretended that we were really camping. We never shut the doors and no one showered all weekend! It was so relaxing and carefree!
Friday night when we got there we unloaded and had ribs, baked beans, and salad for dinner. Then we played Phase 10! I won for the first time ever! It started to rain about 10 o'clock and rained all night until 9 the next morning. I was so so so so thankful for the roof over my head!
Saturday we got up and had biscuits and gravy, sausage and eggs for breakfast. Then Ryan, my dad, and Tracey were going to go float the Buffalo so we went to town to get Ryan a kayak. Then headed back to get lunch. Right when we finished lunch it started to rain again so they waited. Then it finally quit and they called to see how the river was and the lady told them it was to high to float. So we went to see for ourselves. TRUE STORY! The water level is based on the air space under the low water bridge in Ponca. On Friday afternoon it was 28 inches of air space. When we went to see it was -2 inches!! It rose 30 inches overnight and that day! CRAZY!

Here is the low water bridge. You can't even see under it when the day before you could.
So, it was back to Jasper to return the unused kayak! Ryan was disappointed that they didn't float, but he knew it wasn't safe to do so. We drove around for a while then headed back to the cabin. On this journey I decided to make up my own song and sing it to Tracey. She laughed so hard her drink came out of her nose!!! I was so proud of my song!!!

We played card games in the cabin for a while, and then headed out again.
We went to see if we could find the elk. No luck but the scenery was beautiful!
There is lots of other wildlife that can entertain you while you are out there as well!
Breck enjoyed the ride with his dogoggles! He is more spoiled then I am or ever was! He a dang dog!!!!!
Saturday night we had pot roast and veggies. We played Phase 10 again that night and needless to say, I was the LOSER! Oh well, you can't win them all!

Thanks Dad and Tracey for the great weekend! We loved it!