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GIRL!! We found out today we are getting a sweet baby girl! We are so excited to have one of each. She is absolutely perfect: all her fingers and toes; brain, heart, spine and kidneys all look great. We feel so blessed and we are so excited to bring this little girl into the world! During the ultrasound she kicked up her feet and started grabbing her toes with her fingers, it was the sweetest thing.Also going on in our lives...Jeff is on spring break for 1 week, hallelujah! He has to do a little bit of work and research each day, but we get to see a lot more of him and it is wonderful. The weather here is beautiful and we are spending a lot of time outside. Here are some pics of Brett enjoying the sunshine.Trying to catch bubbles, I LOVE this picture.

Brett loves to play in the grass with sticks and rocks. Every object gets put into the mouth before it gets played with.

Brett riding his bike like a little pro. Look at the awesome knee fat! I love that.

New Do and Baby Bump

Wow, I can't believe it is almost march...hooray! That means: sunshine, baby, graduation and vacations are only months away. So I'm only 18 weeks but I am starting to have quite a little bump and I can feel the baby a lot. I also had a wild hair and got my hair cut short. It was a bit of a shock at first because I haven't had short hair and bangs for about 5 years. I am really starting to like it and I can still fit it into a pony tail, thank goodness.

New do and baby bump!!

Me and my bestest buddy!

We are CRAZY about this little boy...

There is nothing new or crazy exciting going on at the moment, but the future is looking quite adventurous. Jeff will complete school in 3 months... yahoo, way to go baby and then there's the million dollar question...what next?!?! We really don't know where we are going or what we are doing, but we are excited for whatever comes. We are excited for a baby in July and hopefully lots of vacationing.
That is what fills our minds these days, the future and of course our little stud.

This is a picture of Brett purposely trying to hid his face while I am trying to take pictures.

And this is how most of our photo shoots end up...Brett wanting mommy's camera.

Brett got a dump truck for Christmas and loves to go for rides in it...obviously.

Jeff introducing Brett to fort building.

Uh, oh. Somebody's in trouble. Haha, I thought I watched this kid every second...guess not.

Brett refuses to be fed anymore, and this is his self-feed attempt with spaghetti.

The tubes in our stroller tires were flat, so Jeff and Brett replaced them for me. What good handymen I have. Well, at least one of them is working.

Brett is growing and developing so quickly, he gets more fun everyday. He know tons of words: cacka (cracker), book, sock, baba(bottle), gog(dog), mama, dada, bye bye, go, uh oh and bike. He is signing like crazy and we just love it.

Birthday and New Craft Project!

I can't believe my baby is 1. We had a super fun birthday party with all his little friends. I think the party was mostly for me, cuz I love to do stuff like this. Brett enjoyed the company and the cupcake. He is eating all "big people" food now and I love it, it's so easy. He has 1 molar already and is growing like crazy: 90% height and 55% for weight.

Bretty unsure of sitting on a ledge by himself, but I had to take a picture of my awesome decorating.

Cupcake...he could not keep his eyes or paws off of it.

Birthday are awesome, so is big people food.

A happy sugar-overloaded 1 year old.

I have wanting to make little boy church ties for a long time, but I was kind of intimidated, it looked really hard. But my good friend got a sewing machine and was willing to help me put it together. So here is my finished product...Love it.

I got this pattern from makeitandloveit.blogspot.com It was well worth the $6 pattern and so much fun. And if I can make ties, anybody can. I am a beginner-beginner sewer.

Surprise!

We are so excited to announce that Baby Neeley #2 is on the way. Due July 27th, which means I am only 11 weeks along which means I have 29 weeks to go! Ahhhhh. I am feeling great (please don't beat me) and I have been to the doctor to hear the heartbeat, so far so good. This means that Brett and the new little one will be only 18 months apart...sounds like an adventure.

Holiday Vacation

Wow, it's been a while since I blogged and so much has happened. Jeff got a 3 week vacation from school and we spent it in Idaho and California visiting family! It was a fun and much needed break.
FUNNIES: Brett is changing and growing into such a little boy. One of this newest things is to pull his blankets over his head while he sleeps. Ahhhhh...it drives me crazy. I feel hot and short of breath just looking at this picture.
Jeff got these coke bottle glasses from school (because you have to be a nerd to go to Acton, duh) and Brett loves them. He is getting a sense of humor because when anyone puts these glasses on he starts laughing. The cutest nerd of all time... Bretty!
IDAHO: We had so much fun in Idaho for 2 weeks! Jeff and Brett spent some time outside building tubing jumps, chasing bunnies, and quad rides. Brett loved tubing and Jeff definitely got his exercise pulling him in the snow.Christmas morning. We were all spoiled rotten Christmas morning...this was one of my favorite gifts, matching pj's and warm fuzzy socks to go with. Aren't we quite the trio, these here are my favorite gals. We had so much fun playing games and eating yummy food.
CALIFORNIA: We spent our last week in Cali with Jeff's fam. We were spoiled again with gifts and had a fun housefull. Jeff and Brett went for a few dirt bike rides on the lawn, and Brett was in heaven. He would let go of the handlebars in the middle of the ride to start clapping because he was so happy.Our favorite outing was to La Jolla beach in San Diego. We got there in perfect time to watch the sun go down, it was stunning. Brett saw this frisby and was crazy about it. When we would take it away to try and take a picture he would start throwing a tantrum and screaming and crying until we gave it back to him. Oh dear...Family picture on La Jolla at sunset. (I know this picture looks fake, but it's not, this is really what it looked like. It was incredible)Jeff and Brett would go up close to the water and when the waves would come in they would run away from them. It was cute, and they were both laughing and having a great time.

Happy Holidays 2009

Howdy from Austin. Wishin' ya'll a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Much Love, Jeff, Lindsay and Brett