Baby Shower

Sister Robin, Mom, Me, and Stacey

Yesterday my sister, Stacey, and my Mom threw me a baby shower. It was not your traditional shower! Instead of games and stuff we just had a ton of food and made hair bows and baby jewelry for Riley. Everyone had a really fun time and we got a ton of bows made! Since I have been put on bedrest we figured we needed to to a more low key kind of thing. We got a ton of cute stuff. We got our stroller and a ton more clothes and diapers.

Paul is still in Ohio and can't wait to come home already, I will admit I can't wait for him to be here either. I go back to the Dr Wed to find out how the bedrest has helped my toxemia and we might be inducing soon after depending on the results of the tests and my blood pressure. So far it has been pretty high even with bed rest but not as high as it was so that is good. I feel I am ready for Riley but we will see! We are really excited to meet her and can't wait to send out those first pictures! I will keep everyone updated and let you know what the Dr says on Wed!

Baby Update!

I went for an ultrasound Monday and they said she is measuring in at around 7lbs 6oz. I go to the Dr. tomorrow to see if we need to get thing rolling early based on the ultrasound. If I go the full term till Feb 16th she will be weighing in over 9lbs they think. She is healthy and chubby! I have everything ready and my hospital bag packed and waiting! Paul left for Ohio on Sunday, but might be making a trip back home sooner than later. He said it is really cold and he misses Texas. They had snow all day today and he said when he woke up it was 6 degrees. He is enjoying himself so far and is looking forward to learning all the new stuff. I have been battling an upper respritory infection for the past week and finally got some antibiotics so im starting to feel a little better. I think we have everything ready for Baby Riley....I spent today double and triple checking all the clothes and her crib and packed her bag for the hospital. Hope all is well with everyone else and we will keep you posted!

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!!!

Yesterday we got snow!!!! Good ole' Houston TX. Its been 4 years since the last snow that was Christmas Eve of 2004. It actually snowed a lot for Houston. It started snowing around 6:30pm and was still going at 10 when we went to bed. It was nice to have some cold weather around Christmas time. Well I went to the dr yesterday and the baby is still growing pretty fast. In 6 weeks the Dr. is doing an ultrasound to see how much longer till she is too big! We are excited and a little nervous that things are happening a little sooner than expected but we can't wait at the same time. Paul is finally getting to slow down a little bit at work with the cool weather but by slow down that means he is usually home before 8 now! We are getting ready for Christmas and getting our tree up so as soon as it is decorated and finish we will post some pics of that. We are looking forward to Christmas and can't wait!!!! We hope everyone is well and staying warm :)

Our Weekend in Naca-Nowhere!

This weekend we went up to Nacogdoches to spend some time with my Dad before he gets ready to head back to Iraq. Stacey and her kids came with us and we rode the 4 wheeler and Dad told scary stories around the campfire as we all had hot chocolate and listened to the coyotes get closer and closer to camp!!!! Stacey's kids spent most of the time down in the creek getting all muddy and wet........while the adults just sat around the campfire and napped and goofed off. We got some good pictures of the group 4 wheeling and just relaxing. Paul took all the kids on a hay ride. We hooked the trailer to the back of the 4 wheeler and he made sure they had a good time. We also had all 5 dogs! Princess(our baby) ,Sunshine, Tina and Baby ( my parents dogs), and Grindle (Stacey's dog). They loved it just as much as we did. My Dad has a camera we set up over night that we captured some great pictures of raccoons enjoying our leftover chili we left out as bait!!!! I'm also going to post some pictures we just got downloaded of Halloween and a few random ones of my Family. We miss everyone and hope all is going well! Love you guys!

Thanksgiving Update!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Paul and I really enjoyed seeing the family in AZ. It was our first trip to AZ and the weather was great and the company was even better. We miss everyone already and we just got home yesterday. We had fun playing games, eating, playing the Wii, eating, shopping and more eating! We are trying to adjust to getting back to the daily grind here in Houston. I know it was hard for Paul to go back to work this morning. I am doing well, I am 30 weeks now and man do I feel it. Only 7 more weeks till we see if we have to induce because the baby is getting so big or if we can wait it out. Time is really flying by fast. We are already starting the countdown till Christmas and can't believe how close it is. We know it will be here before we know it. Now that I got some tips from Briana I am going to try and update our blog more often! I'm really excited!!!!! I hope everyone is doing good and here are few pictures of the fam from our trip.

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!

Well, we went for the 20 week ultrasound after a little fall from mama and sent me to the hospital. Luckily everything was good with baby and while we were there we found out it is a Girl!!! Shuman tradition lives on :) We have come up with a name, Riley Lillian Shuman! At my Dr apt on Friday she let me know that the baby is healthy and well...... Very healthy and well. It seems she is in the 90th percentile of babies her age. So in my Dr's word "She is big, very big!" We are having another ultrasound in 4 weeks to get a few more pictures the Dr wants and we will get some print outs and post those. She told me that most babies at this term are between 6.5 to 7inches, Riley is pushing 10 inches right now and boy do I feel it. She is very very very active, our little soccer player already. Paul is really excited about having a girl, I will put up some pictures of some outfits he picked out all by himself! He did good!!!!! We are getting the room ready and have decided on Pink and Chocolate brown as the colors. We are super excited and will put pics up of the room as soon as we can!!!!!

Hurricane Ike!

3 weeks ago Hurricane Ike came to visit us. He didn't stay long but definitely caused some major damage. Luckily the house didn't get more than tree and a little siding damage. We lost a big tree in the back yard and half of one in the front. The side fence went down and we just had a lot of debris. It left us without power for 10 days and the city is just now restored to about 100% of its power although traffic lights are still out through out the city. Things are finally starting to look back to normal since the city has worked hard to get debris cleared from homes and businesses. Luckily we were very prepared with food storage and we did not have the problems that others faced since food shipments are just getting back to normal and grocery stores are still without some things. We are thankful everyday for the leadership of the Prophet and other Leaders and the guidance they give us. Paul's work is still very busy helping get homes and the city back to normal. He is not working 7 days anymore, only 6! But it is nice to have him home that one day!!!!!!! Here are some pictures of the damage to the yard and of the clean up afterward!