One tall, one small, and one tiny Green

Eva Victoria joined us two weeks ago tomorrow. Hard to believe it's been two weeks. Between painting her room, feedings every two hours, and rest somewhere in between, I promise to post more pictures. (i've got to figure out how to get the ones off of my phone onto the computer.)

Taken the day before we went to the hospital. Little did we know we'd be meeting her in less than 48 hours.

Proud Papa marveling over this precious gift from heaven.

Birthday Surprise!

Look at the right side of this picture and you'll see my great birthday surprise from my wonderful husband.

In case you didn't catch it above, here is another picture. It's something for all to share.

See it?? IT'S A PIANO!!!!

Kyle apparently orchestrated this fantastic birthday scheme over the course of a couple of weeks. He researched pianos, scoured stores and craigslist, and finally found the perfect one for our home. Then, he coordinated with three of his buddies to move it into our house while one of my friends took me out to lunch, which Kyle also organized. I had no idea what he was up to. Not even when he insisted that I go to lunch when my friend Amber asked me. And I still didn't have any clue when there were little oddities that came out on Saturday morning during our walk with G. Like when Kyle said that he would need to help his friend Erik move something into his new place while I was out to lunch. So that's not so odd. But what was a little interesting was that then he announced that his friend Aaron, Amber's husband, would be coming with her to the house. I was happy to hear this because then Kyle would have something to do while I was out. Kyle then said he hoped he'd be back in time for when Aaron and Amber came. So I suggested he go to help out Erik right when we got back from the walk. But apparently Erik wasn't ready for the move yet and wouldn't be until closer to lunch time. Interesting...but still, I thought nothing of it. After taking G to training and then cleaning a little bit, Kyle left and Aaron and Amber arrived. Amber and I left, and Aaron said he was going to go get lunch while he waited. Funny thing was that he just sat in his car while Amber and I drove away. Still, didn't think anything of it. Amber and I had a great time catching up during lunch. I never suspected a thing. So imagine my surprise when we walked in through the garage door and the first thing I see is a piano with a big red bow and Happy Birthday sign! I had to take a double-take before it clicked. It was a great surprise! To say the least. :)

The whole day was so wonderful and enjoyable. Kyle made me breakfast, we took G for a long walk and then to training. We went browsing for baby stuff and then out to dinner to Texas Roadhouse. Mmm! Ribs! and rolls! And then cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory!

The day was made even better by all of you. Thank you everyone for making the day special for me! Your messages and calls made me feel so loved. And thank you, Kyle! I love you!

New Additions to the Green Family

Yes, that is additions...plural. No, we're not having twins. But it may as well be since the additions are two babies. It's just that one happens to be a furry, four-legged animal.

So I think everyone knows now that we are pregnant with a healthy baby girl. We are still working on names and appreciate the suggestions that have come our way so far. Luckily we have about 4 months more to come up with a list of possibilities. Things have been going really well so far with the pregnancy. I'm feeling good and starting to show. (see belly shot below) Clothes are definitely not fitting like they used to. And thanks to my friend Beth, I have been able to put off buying maternity clothes because of the BeBand that she told me about and still feel comfortable in my clothes.




We have been able to feel the baby move which is still kind of a trippy, yet wonderful thing. Ha. It's still weird for me to think that there is a little human inside me. But I am often reminded of it because of the strange movements I feel inside. Not to mention being able to see my stomach move when she kicks or punches or whatever she is doing in there. A baby is a true miracle. We cannot wait to meet her!

So the next addition to our family is a puppy named G. (Think latest Gatorade commercials - high-energy drink for a high-energy dog. haha.) She is a 4-month old German Short-haired Pointer. She has lots of personality and LOTS of energy. Kyle is excited for her to get a little older so he can train her to go bird hunting with him. In the meantime, we're keeping busy trying to teach her the basics like "come" and "stay" and our favorite "leave it!" That last one is still a challenge for her since everything turns into a game for her. We're not sure why our shoes look more appealing to her than her toys. In spite of getting frustrated with her for not listening, she does often have her cute moments, and so we keep her around. :P Some of our favorite entertaining moments with her include her pouncing on just about everything and playing fetch. Fetch is funny because we'll throw one tennis ball and it'll be in the same area as one or two other tennis balls, so the fun ensues when G tries to figure out how to get two balls in her mouth. Most of the time she finally grabs just one and comes back to us. Other times, she is dancing around the tennis balls for a while trying to figure out how to keep them all to herself.

Here is a picture of Kyle enjoying one of the rare and precious moments when G is sleeping. Enjoy it while it lasts, honey. All five, maybe ten minutes of it. :)