Rangers Dog Day was better than expected. I would guess there were around 250 dogs there. I have to give praise to the Texas Rangers staff. They had everything under control. There was water bowls almost everywhere, when we were somewhere there was no water set up, they were carrying around 5 gallon water jugs for the dogs. There were professional photographers there selling $200 dollar photo packages (we passed), swimming pools set up, and pooper scoopers walking around.
We got to go out on the field and walk a lap the warning track. Lexie was laughing the whole time, really. After that we went to our seats. They gave Lexie 2 seats so she had room to spread out. We were in the 4th row in left field. Lexie was so exited the entire time until the Rangers mascot “Captain” walked by. He was holding most of the smaller dogs for pictured, but he passed holding Lexie because she was too “big”.
As the game went on and Lexie got tired of sitting in her seat, she curled up really small and tried to lie down in a seat next to me, somehow she fit. She watched the rest of the game from there. The Rangers won 6-4. It was a great game, great weather, and a ton of fun. We are already looking forward to next year.
We went to the doctor’s appointment thinking we were going to get another ultrasound. We were disappointed and relived to find out you only get an ultrasound at 12 weeks if the doctor cannot find the heartbeat of the baby. Well she did and it was amazing. The doctor pulled a black speaker box and attached microphone out of a drawer. She squirted some cold jelly stuff on Carley’s belly and began moving the microphone around Carley’s stomach. As she started searching for the heartbeat she told us not to panic if she didn’t find it right away, and of course I started to panic. “Why is this taking so long, why can’t she find the heartbeat, why is there so much static, is the baby ok?” Then after about 30 seconds we heard it, it was like a fast whoosh whoosh whoosh sound. I just listened to the speaker box in amazement. I could only think of one thing. We created a little Waltenbaby. 
Being the father, and not having the baby inside me, I have felt pretty distant from the whole pregnancy. To me life was pretty much the same as before, nothing was different. Hearing the heartbeat was the first thing that was tangible to me during this pregnancy. I always knew there was a baby in there, I saw the little blueberry on the sonogram, but this was not the same. There is a little person floating inside her stomach, ha ha that’s crazy.
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We are bringing Lexie to the Rangers game on July 25th. You should come too. Let us know if you plan to go.
The Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas will be hosting a special Dog Day on Sunday, July 25, 2010. Bring your dog early for the festivities and stay for the baseball game. The fun includes:
* 5-6pm A parade line forms of dogs in Texas Rangers attire
* 6:15pm Dog parade
Prizes will be awarded to the top five best dressed dogs!
Special Rules: All reservations must be made in advance of the game; you won’t be able to walk up with your dog and buy tickets. You’ll need to fax your dog’s current vaccinations from your vet before game day and your dog must wear a tag to the game. Your forms and ticket order must be completed by Wednesday, July 21, 2010.
The 4th was great. We rented a house that was on Lake LBJ, we had 2 boats, and we had a great group of friends to spend the weekend with. Thunder storms and low temperatures were forecast all weekend, but the weather was perfect. Here are some of the pictures we took.
So the last 2 weeks have been crazy busy at work this week and I have been so tired when I get home at night, so I have neglected the blog. We are officially 10 weeks now! DOUBLE DIGITS!!! I am feeling much better, very little nausea and am less and less tired every day. I mean, I guess I understand why I would be tired. This month our baby will make 25,000 neurons each minute! How crazy is that?!? Our little baby is going to be so smart! As far as cravings go, I have not had anything to crazy… except… tequila! I know I know… I cant drink tequila. But, thinking about it, smelling it, talking about it… all makes my mouth water! Mmmmmm………! I guess I just need to get over that because its NOT going to happen. I have been sleeping better, only getting up one time to pee. I guess that’s about all for now!
PS. Isn’t Brian cute wanting that Daddle?!?
So I have found myself looking at stuff to get when I become a ‘Dad’. There are some pretty neat gadgets/toys out there that could be a lot of fun to play with. I might even enjoy some of these more than my child will.
I think I am going to need one of these. Its called a Daddle and it looks like a ton of fun (minus the beard, the long sleeve shirt from the early 90′s, and the stonewashed jeans)
Dad Life
Even though I don’t hunt, I figure it’s time for Lexie to become a bird dog.
Week 8
I have always been a great sleeper and an even better dreamer. I have always had vivid dreams that I remember, and unfortunately sometimes think are reality. Since I got pregnant, those dreams are just as vivid (although interrupted because I have to get up in the middle of the night to pee). A few mornings ago I woke up laughing because of a dream. My friends Meryl and Heidi were pregnant (in my dream, not real life… although that would just make my day if it were real). In my dream they got pregnant after me but had their babies before me… on the same day! so I was at the hospital while they were having their babies and was a little sad that I was still pregnant and they got to meet their babies. So I told Brian we had to go get a sonogram to see if there was still a baby in my tummy. {I will spare you the details of my completely warped sonogram experience from my dream}. So when we looked at the sonogram pics I saw a little bitty baby… well it wasn’t as much a baby as it was a 4 year old! It was a tiny 4 year old hanging out in my tummy. He had such a mature face and a buzz hair cut! I hope that is as funny to y’all as it was to me!
So I was talking to Brian’s mom the other day and we were talking about how the baby would look. She said her and Brian’s dad use to talk about what he would look like and that she feels like Brian got the best qualities of both of them. His nose, her body type, her eyes… so I got to thinking about what our baby will look like. Will he/she have my eyes or skin tone, or Brian’s hair or height. I don’t know, but 7 more months is a long time to have to wait to find out!
Tell us if you think it will be a boy or a girl!
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