officially 'that family'...

So this summer we were taking 2 VERY long road trips in May one was 7 hours and one was 16 hours!  It got us thinking about the fact that because we want 3 kiddos we knew soooome day will will have to jump on the 'mini van' wagon so why not go ahead and get one before our road trips (other wise we would have to rent a van because Heather would be travailing with us and Heather affectionately called our car the 'clown car'....yeah it was REALLY small).  So in March we put our car on craigs list, months went by and we had NO interest!  So jakes dad rented a car for all of us and we moved on with our trips.  We got home and jake kept it on craigs list on and off, but since no one ever called on it, i completely forgot we were even 'trying' to sell it!  Then the night before labor day a lady emailed jake wanting to see it!!  Jake spent 3 hours the next morning cleaning it up for her while i scowered the internet for vans...but she NEVER showed!!  Then just a few days later another man called and came to see it...he loved it...but didn't offer us a very good price so we turned him down (we weren't even REALLY trying to sell the car anyway;)  then that night another family came to see it!!  SO weird right!! 6 months on and off craigs list with no interest then 3 people in one week!!  Anyway, they loved it and made us a great offer so jake met him at his bank the next day (yesterday) and BOOM my car was sold!! Well thankfully I have always kept a 'cars' savings account through ING and had been saving for this 'someday' van for quite a while (that's obviously savings that is on top off the money we would get from our payed off car)... so of course my late afternoon was searching all over auto trader and Craigs list...i found 3 i seemed to like, 2 at one place in south Dallas and one RIGHT down the road at David McDavid Honda (a HUGE dealership here in the area). So around 4:30 yesterday afternoon we head down, though Dallas traffic to see these 2 vans that were in our price range that were AWFUL!! grr i was pretty discouraged and by this point it was getting late.  But we go see the one at the dealership and it was AMAZING!!!  we probably played the 'game' all wrong...even piper during the test drive was saying "Mommy my like it! can we take it home!?".  So after the test drive and the back and forth game to get the 'right price', and the explaining to about 8 people 'no, we do not want to finance, thank you' (ugggg i HATE it!) and one LARGE personal check later...we are officially a mini van family!!!

i told jake...now all we have to do is fill it up;)

speaking of proud.....

LOVE YOU SISSY!!! click on the highlighted link to read her awesome break up letter.... ;)

I'M BACK!!!

did you miss me.....well to be honest...i missed you. i guess i would have to say that i got burned out on blogging...not sure why...but after a little break i hope to be back for good....i am already having feelings of guilt for not documenting this pregnancy like i did for pipers.... so heres a bit of an update...:)

I am 17 weeks along! feeling amazing! the only symptoms i have had is fatigue (is that pregnancy or chasing a 1 year old around all day??)...i have not been sick at all! if you are a long time reader you know that i was really sick with piper....so needles to say, not having any nausea was a very welcomed change :) we originally had plans to find out the sex of the baby this time....but about 2 weeks ago i completely changed my mind, and it didn't take much to convince jake....we just LOVED the anticipation too much! we also originally planned to have this baby at home...we had our first appointment (at 12 weeks) with some amazing midwives in Norman and really loved them.....but were still feeling just a little uneasy about being at home and so decided to go back to the midwives at OU medical center...Our Midwife from Piper is retireding :( so for my second appointment (last week) was with a new one named Barbra....we really liked her. Everything with #2 is going well...and so fast! I felt the baby move last week! and feel the baby about once a day :) Over night i have started "showing" i have a pooch that just cant be sucked in any longer!....yet i still have not gained any weight....well i think thats all for #2....i hope to start belly photos now that there is actually a bit of a belly, since i dont have one yet i will leave you with photos from when we told jakes family on heathers birthday(september 11th)....

aunt heathers new house.....

be there or be square!!

I finally got a shot of her teeth!!!

for my mom...and heather....

my mom knows about heathers love for all things vintage so for heathers 30th birthday 6 months ago my mom gave her this vintage dress...that she got at a garage sale! Heather LOVED it and immediately announced that it would be her Easter dress! She got it tailored to fit her perfectly and this is the BEAUTIFUL result!! doesn't she look AMAZING!!

100% Peru...

My mother-in-law and sister-in-law went on a medical misson trip a couple of years ago to Peru...it completely changed their lives...like i have heard misson trips do (i need to go on one someday!!)...My sister-in-law became really close friends with a girl that was apart of the program they worked with named Rachele, so close in fact that she has come to America to stay with Heather twice since the misson trip...and of course Rachele and i have become friends as well...last time she was here i was pregnant :) well she was here again for 2 weeks at the first of February...and this time she brought her boyfriend Arturo! Rachele and Arturo teach at the same school in Peru...and Arturo is a Rugby coach!! We had so much fun during those two weeks...going to church together...having a super bowl party with them...and eating lots of awesome food. They spent alot of time shopping for stuff they cant get in Peru...they LOVE Ross dress for less ;) and they love stuff like lucky charms and little debbies...ahaha i love it!! Arturo and Rachele are getting married soon and we hope to maybe go to Peru to their wedding!!!


Thank you Rachele and Arturo for Pipers super cute Peru onesie!!!!

29 years!!!

Today is my hubbys birthday...so last night we went to a fun dinner out with his family and to see Sherlock Holmes...Pipe slept through the whole movie! Heather made yummy chocolate cupcakes and gave jake a RAD vintage gumball machine for his office, and jakes parents got him two slick black coats and some birthday money...





Piper and I surprised him with a breakfast omelet in bed(parden the toplessness;)...

Piper gave her daddy his birthday present from her....

He LOVES his new scarf!...

Today we have been running around town drinking starbux and spending birthday money!! Its been lovely!!

I am thankful for....

1.my best friend and love...jacob
2.my heart outside of my body...piper
3.the grace and forgiveness of my savior
4.two paid for working cars
5.pipers nap time
6.e-mealz
7.my super cute and cozy home
8.my parents happiness
9.dave ramsey
10.the dr.sears book series
11.pipers smile
13.piper and i's playgroup (aka...adult conversation)
14.moby wraps and slings
15.redbox
16.cloth diapers, breast milk, hand me down clothes...and everything else that makes having a baby cost practically nothing!
17.my sweet doggy...annabelle
18.midwives
19.modern family, afv, the office, the middle, big bang theory...
20.the fact that i have wonderful in-laws (and sister-in-law!!)
21.james taylor
22.jacobs job
23.white noise application on jakes iphone (it has saved us from a lot of screaming car rides)
24.the fact that i can easily stay at home with piper.
25.blogger...having so much of piper life documented is so amazing!
and much more then i could ever list....i am very blessed...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FRIENDS!!!!

Happy Fallish!!!!

being in children's ministry we try to avoid the word "Halloween"....so we started calling it "fallish" :)...I dressed up like a "new mommy" hahaha (real creative huh?!!), jake was a mechanic, and piper was a cute little pumpkin :) At our churches fall festival I was taking note of the super cute and creative costumes for next year! My favorite so far was an idea from aunt heather....Piper and I dressing up like Pea's and then drawing black eyes on both of us....get it...."the black-eyed peas"!!!

Destin 2009!!...

Kansas City trip...

seeing as we went to Kansas City, one of the first things we had to hit up was a local BBQ joint...pretty tasty!!!

of course we had to hit up jake and i's two favorite stores of all time....jake bought a super cute hat....i did really good and made it out of there with only the satisfaction that they did not take my money ;)


my travel reading material...Thanks Ali!!

super cute vintage/antique store we found while exploring Kansas City...

heather told me one time that green was the opposite color of purple(and vise versa) so here lately with all the planting we have been doing i have joked that i have a "purple thumb", instead of a "green thumb" since i still have SO SO much to learn....weeellll...i thought i made that phrase up....apparently i didnt!!!! We found this book in the store...

the GPS failed us...

...we got lost on the way to kemper arena to see dave ramsey


...but we found it and see im not the only crazy dave fan :) this is the line to get in, and it actually curved around behind this even longer!! we tried to take a few of him during the seminar, but our little point and shoot just wasent cutting it...if only we had the 30D with us....ohhh well.

jake took this as we were waiting for the elevator at our hotel...hey now there is proof that baby seaton went on this fun trip with us :) cant wait to meet you little one!!

woot woot! these billboards were all over town!

1-2-3 catch up ...

1)The day after thanksgiving we went over to my in-laws to eat left overs...rhonda happen to catch this moment with Deuce(rhonda and steves wiener dog), Snuggles(heathers pitbull), and Annabelle(our little fuzz ball ;) hoping to get a little morsel ;) I promise this was NOT choreographed!

2)Mom and i went on a girls trip to branson this weekend...We saw some great Christmas shows!! We went to a "dinner, Christmas lights tour", The Branson Belle showboat, and the Dixie Stampede...they were all so fun!! And thank you Jesus i did not feel sick the whole time!!! Im pretty sure my sickness has worn off!! *knock of wood!*


3)I know its a little late...but baby is the size of a Kumquat this week :)
this is what is happening with our little bean...How your baby's growing:
Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.

He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.

If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.

In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.

IM BACK....

I think this is the longest i have gone with out posting!! Well a few months ago, i expressed my love to the show "so you think you can dance" and posted a video of my favorite of the season "no air" (check it out, i think it was in august), welllll....Jake, Heather and I went to the LIVE tour last night in Tulsa!!!! It was Jake and I's selfish birthday present to heather!! It was AMAZING!!! I was so star struck!! It was 3 hours of solos, the favorite group dances and the favorite duets of the season....



this was my attempt to get some shots during the last group dance....if you follow the show, you can pick out most of them if you look hard enough...joshua, twich, katee, comfert, will, keringhton, chelsea, mark, gev, and courtney...


Since I already showed my favorite dance ("no air" in august), i thought for the sake of the post, i will show my second favorite dance..."bleeding love"...which i got to see LIVE!!!...this is so good!!!!

in need of a new look....

YEAH!! Heather started a blog!! Go check it out!

www.heathercherry.blogspot.com

It looks SO awsome that it has inspired me to do a blog overhaul! :)

ATTENTION experienced bloggers....i need some suggestions to make this blog totally RAD!!.....

HAPPY 29th BIRTHDAY HEATHER!!!!!

Happy Birthday to you....
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birrrrrthdaaaaay to SiiiiiiiistRRRRRR
Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!

I love you sissy!!!!

Forget Cartoons....

our favorite Saturday morning activity is the OSU-OKC farmers market. Heather and Rhonda decided to join us this morning which was a treat :) We left with a light load for us....peaches, long beans, okra(which jake is frying up at this very moment.yum.) and some natural chapstick. :)









My secret dream (which i guess isn't so secret anymore:).... "Christy's Cloths"....I really want to have a booth at the farmers market with everything cloth!....cloth diapers mostly...but also cloth napkins, cloth/canvas shopping bags, etc....what do you think???? :)