Our Weekend

This weekend wasn’t too eventful, really none of the past few weekends have been eventful. Jon didn’t have any jobs this weekend, so it was nice that we had all day Saturday and Sunday to spend together.

Saturday morning we slept in very late…which was so nice! Then we went to breakfast at Magnolia Cafe…yum. I love getting blueberry pancakes when I got out to breakfast. The two places with the BEST blueberry pancakes in town are Magnolia Cafe and Kerbey Lane, so I was happy. After we managed to stuff ourselves at breakfast, we did our usual errand running. When we got home we got the house clean, and spent the afternoon watching movies…we love Netflix!

Saturday night we went out to dinner at Dog Almighty…guess what the serve? They have every kind of hot dog topping you could think of, plus they even make everything on their menu vegetarian if you want…not bad. :) After dinner we headed over to our favorite dessert trailer, Hey Cupcake. After picking up a Vanilla Dream (for me) and a Standard (for Jon), we enjoyed the cool (can you believe it!) evening with a walk down South Congress.

Sunday was all about laying around the house. I did a little bit of school work. Why is it okay for professors to require work before the semester has even begun?? Ugh. And of course we watched more movies. :)

Oh last weekend we went out to the movies and saw 500 Days of Summer…it was really good and I recommend it! :)

-Lauren-

A Friday Survey

I found this a friends blog and thought it was cute. Since I have been so bad a blogging lately, I thought this would be fun.

♥ What are your middle names?
Lauren Elissa, Jon Michael

♥ How long have you been together?
4.5 years

♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating?
Not long, we meet when I was visiting family one weekend. I think we knew each other about a month before we were officially dating.

♥ Who asked whom out?
He asked for my number, and I happened to be coming back into town a couple of weeks after we meet so I asked if he wanted to hang out.

♥ How old are each of you?
Me-25
Jon – 28

♥ Whose siblings do/did you see the most?
We see one of Jon’s sisters frequently, since her family lives here is Austin. Next to that we probably see my sister the most.

♥ Do you have any children together?
We have one on the way!! We can’t wait to welcome our baby just in time for our 3^rd anniversary in March.

♥ What about pets?
Hiro is our chocolate lab. He is pretty much our baby (Jon refers to him as his first born son). Hiro just turned 2 in May.

 
♥ Did you go to the same school?
Nope, I started a Baylor and graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas. Jon started at Laterno and graduated from St. Edwards University.

 
♥ Are you from the same home town?
Nope. I was born in Dallas and grew up in Plano. Jon was born in Austin and grew up in Tyler.

♥ Who is the smartest?
I think we are equally intelligent but maybe in different areas. For example, when my computer is broken I take the push every button until something happens, whereas Jon fixes computers for a living.

♥ Who is more sensitive?
I’m not sure. I think we can both be pretty sensitive on the inside but we probably both hid it from others.

♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple?
We haven’t been out to eat in awhile since I have been so sick, but we both love Curras. They have amazing tex-mex and wonderful avocado margaritas (they are one of a kind and sooo good).

 
♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
We have been to San Francisco and Napa Valley for our honeymoon and we have been to DC and Disney World together.

♥ Who has the craziest exes?
Hmm...I think I’ll skip this question.

♥ Who has the worst temper?
I would say Jon, but he might say me...I’m not sure.

 
♥ Who does the cooking?
Ha...Jon does ALL the cooking. I am one lucky wife.

♥ Who is more social?
I like to be around people more, but we are both pretty introverted.

 
♥ Who is the neat-freak?
Me for sure! These last few weeks I haven’t cared cleaning, and Jon has been so sweet to take care of everything for me.

♥ Who is more stubborn?
He is, no question about it.

 
♥ Who hogs the bed?
I hog the covers, but he hogs the bed. Of course maybe he is just trying to find the covers that I have stolen (in the winter we have to have separate covers so he doesn’t freeze to death).

♥ Who wakes up earlier?
I usually do, unless Jon has an early job.

 
♥ Where was your first date?
Our first date lasted all afternoon and evening. We met at Mozarts (a great coffee place here in Austin), then we went to look at the view of downtown from St. Edwards, followed by a little window shopping on South Congress, dinner at Frank and Angie’s, a walk around the capitol and dessert a Amy’s Ice Cream.

 
♥ Who has the bigger family?
Jon has 3 sisters and they all have kids, so I think his family wins for size.

♥ Do you get flowers often?
Not too often, but I like to have fresh flowers on our kitchen table as much as I can, and since we grocery shop together we usually grab an inexpensive bunch once a month.

 
♥ How do you spend the holidays?
Trying to split our time with both families as well as some time just for us.

 
♥ Who is more jealous?
Neither of us is jealous.

♥ How long did it take to get serious?
We dated for 2 years before we got engaged, but think it was pretty serious when I moved to Austin after I graduated.

 
♥ Who eats more?
He eats more but he eats healthier too, you should see how many vegetables he can pile on a veggie sandwich.

 
♥ Who does/did the laundry?
I do the laundry, but I get him to help me put them up, because that is my least favorite.

 
♥ Who’s better with the computer?
See the question about who is smarter.

 
♥ Who drives when you are together?
He usually drives when we are together. He is a horrible backseat driver so instead of us arguing, it is just easier if he drives. I don’t mind at all.

Happy Friday everyone!

-Lauren-

Week 9 (a week late)

Here is my week 9 picture. In pjs just like week 8. I think I have spent more time in pjs than regular clothes over the last few weeks.

We had a doctors appointment on Tuesday. We got to hear our little one’s heart beat with the doppler. My Dr. said everything looked great! My thyroid levels were a little high…she asked me if I had been throwing up much. Um, yes!! She said that’s probably the reason the levels are high, but she wants to keep an eye on it. She also gave me a prescription for some medicine so that I can keep down more than just one meal per day. :) So far it is working pretty well.

I’ll try to post my week 10 picture before I hit week 11. :)

-Lauren-

On NBC

I got  an email from the Thoughtful House in Austin with some exciting news. The Thoughtful House is a wonderful recourse here in Austin for families with children on the autism spectrum.

They have doctors, nutritionists and other specialists. It is the one place in Texas where medical care, behavioral analysis and education, and clinical and laboratory research, can be found all under one roof (they have clients that come from as far as Dubai)!

The doctor that founded the Thoughtful House is Dr. Andrew Wakefield. He has done a lot of controversial research into vaccines and the possible link with autism. I know there are TONS of opinions out there about what causes or does not cause autism. The truth, is we are really not sure what causes it. In MY opinion there is definitely a genetic predisposition and then something in the environment triggers it (in some but not all cases). The autism spectrum is huge and each child is different. My professor likes to say “if you have met one person with autism, then you have only met one person with autism”.

I in no way think vaccines are bad, however I do not believe they are one size fits all. I think the vaccine schedule should be flexible and take into consideration the size of the child, their medical history and general health. Some kids may not be able to handle receiving multiple vaccines at one time at such a young age.

Anyway, like I said this is just MY opinion and I am in no way an expert.

All this to say, NBC is featuring Dr. Wakefield and the Thoughtful House for a full hour on Dateline this Sunday night and it should be interesting. Tune in if you can!

Oh, and I promise I will post my week 9 and week 10 belly pictures soon! I have been feeling pretty bad all week, but I got some medicine from my doctor on Tuesday and yesterday and today were much more bearable. I am hoping to get back into the swing of blogging regularly again!

-Lauren-

Before I let another week go by

I thought I should post something. We haven’t been doing much around here, just lots of lazy days at home, running errands and of course a little bit of work.

Jon finally had a few days off which has been great! His next few jobs are remote, which means he gets to do them from the house. I’m glad he won’t be traveling for at least the last part of this week.

School goes back on Monday around here, so my work schedule is about to change. I am going to be picking up a few morning hours with ECI (early childhood intervention) services. I’m excited about getting to do therapy with some little ones (they only work with kids under the age of 3).

My favorite client is starting second grade this year. This is the first year in 3 years that I won’t be going to school with her. Since she is going to public school, her therapist aren’t allowed to go in. I think its a good move and I think she is going to love her new school.

My other client has had a few rough weeks and I am not sure what to do. He is 4 and he throws some pretty bad tantrums…like throw himself on the floor, kicking and screaming. My Dr. said I shouldn’t lift anything over 20lbs…but there are times when I have to lift him off the floor. I am very careful about the kicking, but I’m not sure how to get past the lifting. What do you all think? Should I think about coming off the case? I know its just going to get harder once I start getting bigger, I’m just not sure how long I should wait.

-Lauren-

Kitchen Clean Up

Since Jon has been in Houston for work all day, I decided to take on the kitchen. I clean out all the drawers and cabinets, as well as the pantry.

I took before and after pictures of the messiest cabinets and drawer and of course the pantry.

Our kitchen utensil drawer before.

And the drawer after.  

 

The spice cabinet before.

 

The spice cabinet after. I am planning on buying some cabinet wheels so that we can easily find the spices that are hiding in the back.

Probably the most embarrassing…the tupperware cabinet…yikes!

After some cleaning out and rearranging, I moved our tupperware to a bigger cabinet…much better!

The full pantry before.

And the pantry after, looking much more organized.

And here is my nice clean, organized kitchen. Ahh, much better.

 

Now I just have to figure out what to do with the stuff I cleaned out of the cabinets.

Oh well, that will be a job for tomorrow. :)

-Lauren-

8 weeks

Here is my 8 week belly picture. Since Jon was out of town most of the week we didn’t take it until last night so its a little late.

The Unisom and B6 combo my Dr. told me about works really well, but it totally knocks me out for a couple of hours so I really can’t take it in the mornings. I have been feeling a little better throughout the day and I have been able to get a lot of rest this week, which was great!

Jon has to work all day tomorrow, so I think I am going to attempt to start cleaning out the kitchen. We have decided we need to go through each room and do some cleaning out and organizing. I think I want to start in the kitchen. I will make sure to take some embarrassing before pictures and hopefully some impressive after pictures. :)

Have a great weekend!

-Lauren-