A few more pictures

Here are a couple more pictures from the Corpus trip!

1. Wawa and Aunt Mae
2. Wawa and her great grandson
3. Staci and Colton
4. PawPaw's whiskers again

Trip to Corpus

Dear all,

We had a great trip to Corpus this past weekend. Colton did wonderful in the carseat for 7 1/2 hours down there, he slept the whole time!! We got in LATE Friday night. On Saturday, we got up and went to Sammi's basketball game, which they WON :)

On Sunday, Aunt Mae, Martha and Daniel came from the Valley to meet Colton and to see WaWa. It was a great visit. Dwayne, Staci, Veda and Big D came over also.

We also painted Kelsey's room!! Whew, painting always takes so long. But, it turned out so cute!! And, we had fun!!

We had breakfast early on Monday and then made the trip back home.

It was so good to be around family. I am looking forward to the day that we can spend time with ALL our family without a long trip. We miss the family in Lubbock and New Mexico, Austin and Corpus. . . it is so hard being so far away from everyone. Hopefully one day soon, we can get a little closer!!

Here are some pictures:
1. Daddy gives Colton some kisses
2. Martha loves on Colton
3. MeMaw trying to get a nice burp (notice his face ha ha ha)
4. Colton loves PawPaw's beard
5. Sammi and Colton

Family Visit

Hey all

This past weekend, we had a nice visit with Granny, Grandad and Aunt Darlene, the world travelers (ok, maybe just southwest TX travelers) stopped to see Kyla first, then on to Jim and Lavern, us, then to Adam and finally made it back home safe and sound. While they were here, we revived our love for Canasta.. man I love that game. Granny and Aunt D spoiled Colton rotten, well, Grandad helped on that matter too. Anyways, it was nice to have company and get to show off the baby :)

We are heading to Corpus to introduce Colton to the rest of the Walker bunch. I can't wait and I am sure to post some pictures when we get back.

As for the colic.. it is still here.. bummer. Colton is doing really well in his new bedroom AKA our bathroom. That vent is a lifesaver. I wonder how much it would cost to get one installed in his room.... hmm ha ha.

Well, that is all for now. Not much to report.. just loving my baby!!

My email address

Hey guys, if you don't have it, my email address is scoobie7701@gmail.com. I would love to hear from you!!

Look below for lots of pictures. I also updated our other website www.jettandshauna.com.

Oh sleepless night

It's official.. Colton has Colic.. YUCK!! On Tuesday, he screamed all day. Even when I would pick him up, his face was red, his body was stretched out and he was just having none of my sweet talking to calm him down. I told myself, if he is still doing this tomorrow, I am calling the doctor. Well, Wed rolls around and he is still doing it, so I called and my doctor was out but we made an appt with the guy on call. What a jerk.

Of course, you feel like an idiot when the doctor looks at you and says "well, he is a baby, and that is what babies do, they cry. You have probably over stimulated him, you know, had the TV on too loud, had too many visitors.. you need to not do that". Lucky for him, Colton choose that time to start screaming again so I was worried about him instead of telling the doctor that (A) I don't even like TV so during the day, if it is on, it is on very low and probably on CMT or something like that.. not like I am watching Jerry Springer or anything ugg and (B) I really don't know too many people here, and the people I do know WORK during the day, so we have had NO visitors.. whatever.

When I got home, I googled colic and found some suggestions on how to deal with it, but Kelli's advice was the best.. the vent in the bathroom is our new best friend. He calms down immedieatly when I turn that vent on. So.... (this might get me bad parent points, I don't know" but last night we moved his bassinet into our bathroom and turned on the vent and HALLELUJIAH, we got some sleep. Of course, he still woke up for his feedings, but was in a MUCH better mood.

Video

Here are a couple video's we have of Colton!!

Pictures Galore

Yes, I am going overboard with the pictures.. I know :) Hope you guys are well!!
Love
Shauna

Some more pictures

I am not sure how many of these we have sent out, but I thought I would post a few here!!

First Two Weeks

Dear Friends!

Well, we have survived Colton's first week and a half at home. Whew. It was an easy couple of weeks and then again, it was hard to adjust to having this sweet baby depend only on Jett and I (and Krista) to see to his every need.

He is such a happy and content baby. He must get that from his dad!! He is very content to just lay in his little papazon (Thanks Miranda!) and stare around the room. He did have a bit of a tummy ache last night, but after some Mylocone, all was right in his world again.

I will admit, I am not a big fan of getting peed on, that seems to be another favorite passtime of the sweet baby. Every single time I give him a bath, he pees. I have gotten diaper changing down where he does not have time to get me but at bath time, he never fails to "mark his territory". I just have to laugh at him though, when he does that, he is just so funny.

Jett, Krista and I love to just sit and watch his many facial expressions, he cracks us up.

I just can't believe he is HERE and he is OUR BABY!!! I love him so much!!!

Hope this finds you guys doing well!
Love
Shauna, Jett, Bebe Colton and Krista

He is PERFECT!

HEY GUYS!!

We are so excited to let everyone know that Colton has made his appearance!! He is absolutly AMAZING.

I went in for the C section at 4 on Dec. 21st and Colton was born at 4:13! He weighed 6 lbs 15 1/2 ounces and was 20 and 1/2 inches long. Beautiful.

We got to come home on the 23rd. We only had to stay two nights. I was ready .. I am slowly recovering and Colton is adjusting really well to being in his new home.

Mimi Dar and PawPaw David (we have not come up with a different name yet) were able to fly in to be here and also Mee Maw Sherry and PawPaw Roy, Uncle Roy and Aunt Kelsey made it BARELY in time to see us being wheeled out. It was so nice to be surrounded by our loved ones!!

I am trying to adjust to having a new born, so I don't know how often at first I will update this! I might get Krista to get on and let everyone know..

But we just want to say thank you for your thougths and prayers, and for all the well wishes!!

We love you all!
Shauna, Jett, Colton and Krista

Letter to my baby

To my first born,

WOW, today is the big day. I am very excited to meet you! I just can't believe that after 9 months of it being "you and me Kid" I am about to bring you into this world and share you with everyone.

I have so many promises for you. I promise you unconditional love. As you get older, you will realize what a rare thing this is, but your mommy and daddy will love you unconditionally, no matter what this big, bad world brings, you will always have us in your corner. We have waiting for you, longed for you, prayed for you for so long it seems, and all this time our love for you has just been building and building.

We promise to give you all the tools you need to succeed in life, self confidence, faith in the Lord, morals to do the right thing and the knowledge that failure is not always wrong or a bad thing, we have to fail sometimes in order to learn.

We promise you a safe haven for a home... that when you are in your home, you will be surrounded by love, laughter, support and I am sure a little football!! I promise that your dad and I will use kind words to you and to each other. Yes, we might sometimes argue but we will do so with respect for our home, it is not a battle ground.

Our hopes and dreams for you are so high, we want you to grow up to be a loving, caring individual. We want you to be confident enough to be your own person, to walk the right path with your head held high, even if it is not the path everyone else seems to be walking. We just want your life to be a happy and full filling one.

We love you so very much. I cannot belive that in 12 hours I will be holding you in my arms. It can't get here soon enough.

We love you, child of our hearts!
Mom and Dad

STATE CHAMPS!!

CONGRATS TO LIBERTY HILL AND JEFF!!

STATE CHAMPS!!!! 2 years in a row... lets have a threepete!

Liberty Hill 38 Gilmer 13

We listened on the game on the internet, and we were just wishing we could have been there, but we were yelling just as loud!!!!!!

We love you guys and are SO PROUD of the Liberty Hill Panthers!!

Love
Shauna, Jett, Krista and Bebe!

Fire Alarms, Stairs, Paramedic's OH MY

Ok.. so Friday was a little nuts. Let me back up by saying about three months or so ago, my co workers and I watched this building a block away from us burn to the GROUND in 30 minutes. I am not kidding, from the time we saw a little flame in the window to the whole thing being on the ground was 30 minutes... so I have been a tad bit freaked about working on the 5th floor.

Ok, so Friday afternoon, the fire alarm goes off. Last time the alarm went off, there was no recording. This time, a man's voice came on and said "This buildings alarm has been activated. Please make your way to the nearest exit". . Well, you don't need to tell this girl twice, I beat all my co workers down. I was not RUNNING mind you, but I was certainly hauling butt, you know, to be on the safe side.

We get to the first floor and they tell us "yes, this was just a false alarm" So I say "ok, I am not going to take the stairs back up, I will just wait for the elvators to work again" About this time, I realize I am having a problem catching my breath, which is a no brainer, I get short of breath just walking around the building sometimes, so you can imagine after five flights what I was doing.. then everyone starts getting nervous because I really could NOT catch my breath, I start hyperventilating. I was shaking like a leaf.. it was freaky. The fire men show up for the alarm and end up coming over to take a look at me... umm kind of embarassing but I let them do their thing. When I went to the doctor on Thursday my blood pressure was 110 over 90 and when he took it after the alarm it was 170... yes, I was freaked out. So I finally calmed myself down and went up the elevator to relax for a minute before I went home.. then I started getting cramps.. Karla, my co worker, was like "GET IN THE CAR".. I called my doc and he said that it was braxton hicks and that I just needed to go home and relax, drink lots of water and if they continue, to come on in. They did not continue, so I did not have to go to the hospital.

I must have really got the baby riled up because the little darling spent the whole night kicking and moving, just letting me know "Hey mom, I am alright in here".. haha, it was actually a relief.

I had many calls from co workers, the conversations were the same.. starting off with concern of my health, the baby etc.. after they were assured that I was alright, the lectures began, they were all given with love, but man I heard it. I don't know what possessed me to haul down the stairs, all I can say is, I had the adrenaline pumping and there was no slowing my butt down!!

Other than that.. things are great. On Thursday's appt the doc said my cervix is thinned out ALOT but no dialation... we can see what he says next Thursday, if I make it that long!!

Hope to hear from you guys!

We love you!
Shauna, Jett, Krista and Baby

14 more days, I can't believe it

I cannot believe that I have been pregnant for 38 weeks! INSANE. I am ready to have this baby though. I am ready to sleep comfortably (when I do get to sleep that is) Walk without waddling, have a glass of wine HA HA.. and of course, I can't wait to meet this baby!

Everyone is ready, kind of on pins and needles. Every day when I leave work, I have to make sure everything is in order, just in case. I have gotten quite used to everyone touching my tummy and guessing if it is a boy or girl (the consensus is BOY, but we will see).

Jett and Krista are really ready to meet the baby as well. As fun as it is to sit and watch my stomach morph into many different shapes, we can't wait to hold and kiss and touch this little one.

We had Jett's Christmas party on Saturday, it was a lot of fun. I actually stayed up until 10! WOW. We won a couple cool gifts, had a nice meal that included chocolate covered strawberries. The highlight though was that they paid for us a room and the next morning we went to IHOP!! I love, love, love IHOP and we never go because it is usually busy and it is all the way in town, so that was a nice way to cap off the weekend!

Grandma is in the hospital again, she was having a lot of pain and they think it might be gout.. I will let you know what they find out!!

I hope that this finds you doing well! We love and miss you and will be emailing once the little one comes!!

Love
Shauna

WOW

So my friend at work who was due the same day as me had her baby!! She knew she was going to have a C section but she developed pre eclampsia and they took the baby early. He only weighs 4 lbs 9 ounces, so tiny!! Makes me so ready to hold this baby.

The days are getting close.. only 20 more til my due date.. I keep thinking that I am ready but then I wonder, am I really? HA HA

Saturday we listened to Kent's football game on the internet, they did not end up winning but they had a good season and there is always next year! Jeff's team is still in the play offs, so we will hope they take state again this year.

That night we had Krista's crowning as Ms. BRCC. She looked so pretty, kind of freaked me out that she was wearing a wedding dress, but that is something that the committee makes the girls do. Hopefully it will be a LONG WHILE before she puts one of those on again :)

This weekend is busy, we have the parade, Sid's birthday party, and then Jett's Christmas party.. which should all be fun. I am sure I will have pictures up later!

Well, that is all for now! I am feeling good, just ready for the baby to come!

Love to all!
Shauna

Visit from the family

WOOOO HOOOOOO!!! The Walker's came to town! In my haste to go to sleep, I totally forgot to write about the visit from the family!!

It was so great. They got here on Friday at about 1, it was Mom, Dad, Roy Jr, Kala and Kelsey!! We had a nice late lunch and then the LSU game was on.. they lost in a bunch of overtimes, the guys were into it, the girls.. umm, not so much!

THEN Jett found BOTH Kent and Jeff's games on the internet radio stations, so we all sat around and listened.. ok, the guys listened til the end, I wimped out and went to sleep, but I DID dream about being there.. ok.. well I wish I had been there but I don't dream about football.. whatev.. I love it that they won!! WOO HOO GO Dragons and Go Panthers!

Saturday we get up and it is raining and dreary but we decide to head to the big city of Baton Rouge to show some sights and of course, SHOP! We took them to the state capitol and to the casino boats, through the ghetto (kind of and not on purpose) then we headed to WalMart. We found the present we are getting for Sammi and then we played with all the toys (ha.. you think I am joking, but I am not) and then decided we were hungry. We ate at Jason's deli, which I love that place. After I threw up (not at the table of course) we left. The guys headed home for.. *GASP** more football and the girls headed off to find PIG stuff for Sammi. We decided that Kala should just make Sammi a Pig comforter instead of buying one.. well, mainly because we could not find one to buy anywhere. So we thought fabric shopping should be a breeze. Umm, not so much. If anyone can find pig fabric, it would be much appreciated. However, I did find a robe to wear in the hospital, score for me.

We then headed to this consignment shop for maternity and children. I have to find a formal to wear to Krista's crowning, you know, since she IS Ms. BRCC and also to Jett's company party. I should have skipped the shops and gone straight to the tent shop.. but that is beside the point. I found a cute little dress, it was only like 65.00 USED.. Kala found Sammi a dress, same story. Needless to say, we bailed on that and headed to Burlington. I found a dress that I am .. ehh, ok with .. not my favorite but at this point, there is NOTHING attractive about me in a dress, so I just settled for this one. Next I have to find some boots, but hey, I have about four days to do that HA!

By the time we were done with all that we (well, I say we but everyone knows that I mean I) were wore out.. so we headed home to the house. We stopped at the store and got stuff to make taco's and finally made it home. I was so tired. The guys were watching a really good movie on lifetime.. oh who am I kidding, it was football again.. same story different verse.. so we spent the rest of the night just hanging out, picking on each other and eating tacos. Jett went and got Krista from the airport, she had flown to Texas for Thanksgiving and so he went to bring her home.. so that was good to have her back.. we miss the snot when she is gone :)

Sunday bright and early it was time for them to leave.. they pulled out around 6 45 and I thought I would go back to sleep.. instead, I pulled everything out of the fridge and scrubbed it. Let's face it, this nesting phase I am going through is going to drive everyone nuts.. luckily Jett and Krista wait til I conk out (which is constantly) to talk about me being psycho..

All in all, it was a great visit from them and I am so happy they made the long trip after a hectic Thanksgiving in Corpus.. I have the best in laws in the world .. and I really and truly mean that :)

Love to all!
Shauna and Bebe

29 days

YIKES.. I can't believe it is only 29 days! WOW.. But, I can say that I AM READY! Ok.. not so ready for the actual giving birth, but ready to meet this sweet child and ready to feel good again. I have been kind of icky the last few days. I guess that I should be happy that I was not one of the many women who are cursed with 9 months of misery.. I have been very lucky.. I am just feeling it now.. My back hurts, my feet hurt, my stomach hurts.. *SIGH* I am just READY.

We go back to the doctor this Thursday! I am hoping he will say everything is good. I don't know why, but I just get nervous every time I go in.. Like, I still can't believe this is happening, we are really having a baby!!

Cyrus did come spend Thanksgiving with us.. it was a great day of boring football and great conversation that led to me *shock* winning a 500.00 bet. Oh yes, I am the all knowing wonder woman :)

Kelli and Krista surprised us last night with our bassinet and some other goodies for the babe!! Jett put it together and it is just beautiful. Now, all I need is a baby to put in it!

KENT and JEFF'S TEAMS BOTH WON LAST WEEKEND!! They have some tough teams to beat this weekend, but I know they can do it. I just wish we were there to cheer them on!

Well, time to go take a nap!
Love
shauna

Thanksgiving

Dear Friends and Family

First off, I must say, "how bout them Red Raiders????" I am not a huge sports fanatic like Jett, I could care less about most sports, but I just love Texas Tech and I am so glad we beat Oklahoma :)

Ok.. with that said.. back to my posting :)

I went to the doctor on Thursday for my 35 week check up. Can you even believe that in 5 weeks (hopefully just a tad less) we will have this baby here?? I mean, I just can't believe that we will be holding our baby. My excitement can't be expressed by words.

Thinking about all the blessings we have had this past year just brings me to tears, and yes, probably part of that is just the fact that I am an emotional hormonal pregnant woman (Jett and Krista can attest to that).

We had a few (23) of our close friends come over to the house on Saturday to celebrate Thanksgiving with us. We did not want to do it on Thanksgiving day, since everyone will be with their family. It was so nice to have everyone over, and if you know me, then you know any excuse for me to cook / bake is cause for great excitement. I made 2 pecan, 2 apple and 1 cherry pie from scratch. I made a whole bag full of mashed potatoes, 72 deviled eggs, 2 loaves of home made bread, rolls, the ham and the turkey (Jett did the last two). Everyone else brought the sides. Krista and Jett set up a volleyball net, which everyone seemed to enjoy.

I think the main thing for me was looking around as we were about to say grace. It really hit me at how much life has changed and will continue to change for us. A little over a year ago, we moved here not knowing anyone. Yesterday we had so many people we almost ran out of space. It was awesome.. and humbling. I have said this many times, but I am always amazed at how we are taken care of!! I love it.

One of the things that I am most thankful for (other than this new baby) is our neighbors Darren, Kelli, Corey and Sid. They have just become our best friends. At any given time during the day, you will find either us at their house or them at ours. I just tear up when I think of how blessed I am to have them in our life. It is so awesome to think that this friendship will be one that will last us through our lives!!!!!! I just love them!!

On another side note, Kent's team, the Roundrock Dragons AND Jeff's team, the Liberty Hill Panthers, are both going to the PLAYOFFS!! WOO HOO. I am sure a majority of the reason is because of Jeff and Kent's amazing coaching skills! I just wish we could be there to watch them!

Roy, Sherry, Kala, Kelsey and Roy Jr are coming to see us!! WOO HOO. They will leave Corpus on Friday!!! I am so excited. I was very sad that we were having to miss Thanksgiving in Corpus.. this is the next best thing!!!!

Krista leaves to go to Lubbock on Tuesday. She will be back on Saturday. I am happy she gets to go home.. it has been a while..

Cyrus is also coming to see me.. if he knows what is good for him... on Thursday.. I am excited about that as well!!

I guess that is it.. this is a random blog, I know.. just can't seem to concentrate!

Oh yeah.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRACI!!!!! I LOVE AND MISS YOU!!!

Love
shauna, jett and bebe

Pictures

Well, here are a couple of picturs we took before we headed to the fair :) It is true, I am pregnant :)









No fat jokes :) :) :) Love y'all!

All is good

Dear Diary :)

Well the doc scheduled me for an MRI and I had that done.. I have emailed everyone on that procedure.. ick :) BUT I did get the results and all is well.. Now we just wait for baby to get here.

I cannot believe that in two months I will have this baby in my arms!!! It is just the most amazing thing in the world..

Other that that, Louisiana is great.. it has cooled down some (in the 50 to 60's) and so it is nice to actually need a jacket ha ha.

I am about half way or so done on my Christmas shopping. I am very excited about that. This year, we are going to get a real tree!! Christmas is my favorite time of year, and now we have so much more to celebrate!

Krista is running for Ms. BRCC at her college.. I hope she wins! She has been doing a lot of campaigning and we made her some posters, they turned out cute!

Well, this is a random post, just wanted to catch you up on what was going on in our lives!

Love
Shauna, Jett and Baby

We had a scare

Hey guys!!

Thursday night we kind of had a scare. I got home from work and was cutting potatoes when suddenly I realized that I could not see my finger tips. Every time I would blink, I would see spots, only they would not go away. So I went over to Kelli and Darren's to see what the resident nurses would say to me. Kelli was working and as I was describing it to Darren I realized that now it was not spots, but more like when you are driving and the road is hot and it looks like water on the road (does that make sense) so he gets on the phone with Kelli. As he is talking I lose all focus of his face, it just went black. VERY SCARY! She tells me to call my doctor so I called the answering service.

When the doc calls back he says that I should go to the urgent care. So I called Jett to come home and while I was waiting on him, Kelli got there and took my blood pressure, which was fine. My heartbeat was fine, the baby was moving, I did not feel sick, I was not hurting, I just was blind. HMM, not a good sign.

Slowly, my vision did return, but just to be on the safe side Jett and I went on in to the urgent care. A couple hours later we get the diagnosis, an opthamalic (sp) migrane. Which is strange, when I have been around people with migranes, they have to go to a dark room, everyone has to be silent and they just sleep it off.. but I was not in pain. That is, until they told me it was a migrane.. then of course my head hurt for the next three days :)

A funny story happened while we were at the urgent care though. By the time we got in the room, we had been waiting for over an hour.. so the doc comes in and asks what is going on.. and I tell him I am 28 weeks pregnant and then I tell him my syptoms.. he tells me it is pretty common and we go over what the diagnosis is. Then he asks if I have an obstetrician. Now, at this point, I am just thinking of me being blinded so I don't hear obstetrician, I hear opthamologist (for my eyes) so I tell him, "nope, I don't have one" Of course, he was shocked to hear that and offered me many names of local doctors. It was after he walked out and Jett pointed out to me that he asked for my OB doc that I realized that pregnancy brain (STUPIDNESS) is alive and well with me :) I am sure he thought we were brilliant, being 28 weeks pregnant and not having a doctor. SIGH.. hopefully this will go away after the baby comes!!

I am feeling fine, the headache has gone away and life seems to be going reall good! I have a new friend at work who just started and she is due the same day as I am, so it is really comforting to know someone else who I can compare and talk to about what is going on... plus we will both be on maternity leave together so that will be really fun!!!

Hope this finds you guys doing great :)

We love you all!
Shauna

Website

Hey guys!!

Just wanted to also remind you to go to www.jettandshauna.com to see more pictures (well, really the pictures I have posted here are the only new ones I have posted, but some people can't see them on this blog)

Also there is a guestbook on that site.. I know Sarah has been keeping us updated on Round Rock and Liberty Hill scores.. so be sure to check those out!

As for me and baby, we are doing really well.. the baby is kicking and moving around ALOT, which still amazes us. Jett has felt it quite a few times, but Krista still has not been around when the baby decides to move..

Hope this finds you guys well!!
Love
Shauna, Jett, Krista and Baby Walker

Dallas Baby Shower

WOO HOO Our last baby shower!!

Krista and I left Baton Rouge on Thursday at around 5, it was not a bad trip to Dallas, we pulled in to Jossies apartment around 10 30... not too shabby. We stayed up and visited for a while and then hit the sack.

On Friday we woke up kind of late but it was not too bad. We went to Walmart to get me some nice arch supports (I know, I am an old lady ha). Then it was off to the malls. I could not find ANYTHING to wear to the shower.. I don't know what was wrong, but I just could not find anything. Krista found some cute tops and shoes.. Then we went back to Walmart to get the groceries so I could cook supper (I love to cook and Joslyn never gets home cooked meals..soo .. I cooked)

While I was cooking, Joslyn and Krista left to go get DAWN!!!! WOO HOO She flew in for the shower.. I was so excited to see her! We ate our spaghetti and had a great time visiting and catching up. Who would have thought that I had it in me to stay up til Midnight!! But we did.. It was so much fun.

Saturday we got up early, all got ready and then went to the hotel to say hey to Dar and David (And Shelby). They had had an exhausting couple of days. David had to spend the night in the hospital.. long story but he is ok. They needed time to sleep so we headed to go shop. Well, before we went and shopped we decided that we needed to get our cars washed * FUNNY STORY ALERT*

So Dawn and I are in my car and Krista and Joslyn are in her car. Well, we go through the car wash and pull around to wait for Joslyn and Krista... waiting.. waiting.. then *ring ring* I pick up my cell "Hello" and I hear Krista saying "oh my God, Oh my God.. we broke the car wash.. " Dawn and I start to laugh.. I say yeah right.. she says "Oh no, there are like 10 workers here cussing in spanish, they have stopped it"

Turns out, the guy at the beginning did not get Joslyn lined up properly on the track and after the high pressure swirly things got done, Krista and Joslyn come out and her car is basically turned sideways. Krista reaches over and lays on the horn which got the men to come and turn the car wash off. They finally got her straightened out on the track and after she pulls out of the car wash they realize it had POPPED her tire.. YIKES.

So we had to go to Sams, get her a new tire (which the car wash paid for). It was so trying but SO FUNNY (after we all realized it was ok.. I hope you can laugh at it too Jossie)

We went and visited Sam Moon (did not find anything) and the scrapbooking store (found a LOOOT). Then Krista, Dawn and I went and met Dar and David at TGIF's for lunch.. then off to the shower.

We walk in to Breadwinners and I see all my buddies! Mary Claire and Judy who I have not seen in FOREVER were there, Joslyn,Dawn, Dar, Krista Michele from my work here in Baton Rouge came .. her sis lives in Dallas so she was down visiting and made it to the shower. So.. we were visiting and getting ready to get the "party" started when in walks this lady.. and I look, and then do a double take.. LAURAL!!!! Laural my good friend from Minnesota was there!! I think I was in SHOCK.. I never expected to see her. Her friend Joyce also lives in the Dallas area so she made a weekend of it.. I was so shocked.. (did I already say that?).. and then Jena and her sweet baby Reagan joined us a little later. It was such a great time, we had lots of good sweets (death by chocolate.. YUMMY) and I got a TON of gifts.. It was so amazing. I did not want it to end.. I really just had an amazing time.. Plus Mary and Joslyn did a great job planning so the games and gifts were fun and again, the food was to die for!!

After the shower we went out to eat with Dar and David and then went back to Joslyns and hung out.

Sunday we all got up, met at IHOP and then had to say goodbye. It was hard because I knew that it would be a while before I saw everyone again.

I am just so thankful to have so many good, close friends.. you all made me feel so special and so beautiful. I can't wait to introduce you to this sweet baby!!!

Here are some pictures from the shower! The first two are of the peoples :) And the second two are the gifts!!

Texas Tech vs Rice

Wreck 'em Tech!!

We had an amazing weekend in Houston.. not only because the Red Raiders whooped some Rice Owls (HA HA What a mascot huh) but mainly because we got to catch up with the old gang.

Matt and Traci joined us and then we met up with Dave and Jamie, Tara and Chris, Matt, Ryan, Crystal, Brandon, Mel.... I probably forgot someone.. sorry if I did!!

Somehow we had the hookup and tailgating was amazing. We had three huge tents, lots of good food and a big screen TV.. in fact, it was so hot that Traci and I (and eventually everyone else) ended up back out there to finish watching the game.

Then Matt, Traci, Jett and I ended up back at the sweet hotel (THANKS DAVE) and played spades which the boys won.. I know, boring us.. I have an excuse ha ha I am pregnant..

We also caught an Astro's game but it turned out to be disappointing.. we tried to get there early enough to get some dominos that they were giving out, but none of us got any.. DANG IT!

It was so nice to see everyone again.. and of course it was like Traci and I had never been apart :) I wish we lived closer (TEAR) but hopefully sooner than later we can rectify that!!

Here is a pic of Jett, Me, Traci and Matt!!!



And us at Buffalo Wild Wings

Baby Shower

Here are just a few pictures from the baby shower! Mom and Sarah are going to email me some more! We had a great time and it was so great to see all the family, especially since we don't get to for Thanksgiving!!

Love to all!
Shauna, Jett, Baby and Krista

Off to Corpus

Happy Early Labor Day!

Jett, Krista and I are headed to Corpus for our baby shower. We are very excited!! Mainly because we get to see everyone but also because we get PRESENTS for the nursery.. it is looking so bare without decorations, so this will help make it more real.

I have had so many sweet stories from people who have seen the ultrasound. Isn't it so amazing?? I just keep watching it over and over and over again, that is our baby in there!!

I am feeling great, I have a ton of energy and am in that cleaning mode, the house can't be clean enough.. isn't that funny? Clutter is driving me insane and if I see any I just start going nuts. Guess that is a good thing!

Happy Birthday to (Aunt) Brittani!! I wish we were closer to ya where we could have helped you celebrate, that is what sucks about being so far away! Anyways, hope you had a great birthday and know that we were all thinking of you!!!

Well, that is it for now. Happy travels to everyone over the weekend and we will update with some great pictures on Monday!

Love,
Shauna, Jett, Krista and Bebe

DUH

I also forgot to add that Mary Claire and Joslyn are hosting a shower in Dallas for me and Mom Walker is doing one in Corpus. If you can attend either one, please shoot Joslyn an email at joslyn.west@gmail.com and her and Mary will get ya an invite!!

It's a BABY!

I am so sorry it has been a while. For some reason, I am not able to access this site at work, and I was used to updating it on my lunch break..

Well, on Wednesday Jett, Krista and I got to meet the baby....sort of. We did get to see the little cutie squirming around in my belly, waving his/her little fist and the sweetest of all, the ultrasound tech had a profile of the baby and we could see the little mouth open and close while baby was drinking!! It was very moving and yes, I did cry a little bit!! We did get some great pictures, I just have to figure out how to scan them.

The baby is healthy and right on track. She checked the spine to make sure everything looked good.. and it was perfect! The heart was beating normally, the kidneys were there, we got to see the feet and toes and arms and hands and nose and brain.. but we did not look at the pee pee HA HA When people ask "what are you having" I just keep responding with "a BABY!". I know that some people are a tad disappointed that we are not finding out, but we just want to be surprised. The doctor helps us keep this decision when he tells us that his favorite births are surprise births, because the moment that he looks up and tells the mom and dad "you have a son or you have a daughter is MAGICAL".. so I hope that everyone understands that Jett and I want that moment, and most likely we will want that moment with each of our future children too. My friend said "if we were supposed to find out what we were having, then God would have put a window in your stomach so you can see"... I also feel the same way about the blood work.. I think with our next baby, I will skip the tests. The results will not change any love or plans we have and there is no need to stress out.

The other thing the doctor told us is that I am actually 10 days or so ahead of what he had predicted. So, Kelli was right on the mark when she told me it was going to be a Christmas baby!! I just am so excited.. while all the other people are opening up their Ipods and Playstations and knitted sweaters, we are going to be meeting our first born child!! AMAZING!!

Well, here is a video that Krista took of the ultrasound. I hope it works and if you have volume, you can turn it up to hear what the ultrasound tech has to say.. just ignore my silly comments..

Love to all!
Shauna and Baby

(You have to use the little play arrow on the bottom of the box, the one in the middle of the screen does not seem to work)

Test Results part 2

Dear Diary!

Well, on Friday (which was 7 days from when Jett had his blood work done) I finally called the doctor's office to see if they had the results. I had been telling myself "just make it until Friday, that is the 7 days they said it would take and there is no use worrying about it before hand". Friday around 1:00 I called and got the answering service, the doctor was out that day, and so the staff left at noon. I was HOT. I had been worried before and now I had to add the whole weekend to stew over it.

Well, today I called and left a message. The nurse just called me and let me know that Jett is NOT a carrier!! Praise the LORD!!!! Of course, blame it on the hormones, but I just started crying. I was so relieved!!

So now, I just get to worry about picking out a boy name in case it is a boy and trying to get up the energy to take a walk each night, it is hard when the temp is over 100!! Jett got our pool pretty again, so I can try to get some exercise in there I guess!!

Our ultrasound is on the 22nd! I am sure I will be posting some pictures then!!

Much love!
Shauna and Baby

Test Results

Happy Monday!

Last time I went to the doctor, he wanted to run a triple screen blood test on me, since Spinabifida runs on the Walker side of the family. The nurse called me on Thursday to let me know that the results are back and that I am a carrier for cystic fibrosis. Well, of course, I freaked out. I did not understand what that meant. Jett had to have his blood work done and if he is a carrier, that is when the doctor will feel the need to be concerned. Both parents must be carriers for it to be a worry. So right now we are just waiting for those test results.

Other than that, things are great. The flutters are getting stronger and stronger. My appetite is coming back and I am continuing to feel great!

Jett and Darren changed my brakes on Saturday. Poor guys did not know what they were getting into. We thought it was just my break pads but after they got those off, they realized that the .. uhh, rotors (?) were messed up. About 8 hours later my truck was running fine. It was pretty comical from Kelli and my angle but.. not so much for them. The good thing is now Jett knows how to do it and it saved us about 300.00 (which I am sure to spend somewhere else). Thank goodness for great friends!!!

Our pool is kind of green so Sidney and I cooled off in her kiddy pool. I do have pictures, I am just not sure if I am brave enough to post them, HA!

We are still shocked about the bridge in Minnesota. Hopefully they can find the missing people and figure out what happened. All of our friends from up there are accounted for!

Hope the week goes smoothly for you guys!

Love
Shauna

Flutters

I must say, I can't get over how amazing it is to feel the little flutters of the baby. I will just be sitting at my desk or laying in bed and I will feel the baby start to move. It is amazing.

I really can't wait until Jett and Krista can feel it too!!

Hope everyone is well!!
Love
Shauna and Bebe