Team Hale

Mike, Linds, and their two boys, Brooks and Sully, came to visit last weekend and it was so much fun! Lindsay is a very busy working momma and we just never have time to sit and visit but we totally did last weekend and it was awesome! I love me some Lindsay Hale. She's probably the nicest person I've ever had the pleasure of meeting and she makes me better every time I'm around her. Love you friend and thoroughly enjoyed our time together!

Saturday morning we went to campus and snapped some pretty cute photos if you ask me.

























I just had to capture this bc the reading of the Bible is a regular, almost daily occurrence for our daughter. She loves her some Bible. We were in the Hales' car and instead of socializing with us she chose to read her Bible. Although we should, we don't and never have read our Bible so I know she didn't pick this up from us. I'm thinking school has, yet again, risen to the occasion to continue instilling Christian values into our little girl and for that I'm so grateful.





The brand new Business Administration building on campus. I spent pretty much all 4 years at the old BA on campus while at Tech and sure wish it were in this fancy building!!!!! Very nice Mr. Rawls!!!!











The lobby/study area





The Coopers at our Tailgate before the game. Love this pic!!!!!!





Team Herring





Brooks adores Cameron and it makes me smile. He's so patient and plays with her like he's also 2. He's 5! Bless him.....love the Hale boys so much!






Team Hale, although our Red Raiders didn't show up, y'all did, and for that my weekend, month, and quarter were made!!!! Love you guys.... Until next time!

Cheers,
Lindley

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Change of plans and Halloween

Well, Amy's not having surgery tomorrow, it's been moved to Wednesday but regardless ....prayers are still appreciated. They will put a spacer in the replacements's place so she can somewhat walk, then in 6-8 weeks she will have another knee replacement surgery.

And, Brian and I couldn't have asked for a better Halloween! Cameron loved everything about it except for the first 2 minutes.



















But... As the night went on, she was all smiles!!! Our friend, Brandi Beeler, had a Halloween party, and that girl knows how to throw a Halloween party! And made a beautiful Snow White.









She has all these Halloween villages EVERYWHERE! Not Christmas Villages, HALLOWEEN villages! I was speechless at her decor and the amount of time she spent on this. She had all these stations for the kids, along with these two girls who were helping her out. One looked like she was in High School and she was responsible for wrapping the kids in toilet paper out back to look like mummies, then hand out candy once trick or treaters started coming. Then, the other girl was face painting and making balloon animals. Fantastic! Cam was in awe!!!!!! So much fun!!!!!!!




































Here are a few of the darling costumes but this is only a 1/4 of them. I swear, THE BEST costumes were at this party....

Is she not adorable!??!?!








Gunnar, in the lion, is Brandi's nephew and he wouldn't stay still long enough for me to take his picture, but he was darling!!!

















Our little cupcake








Miles the Knight with a fabulous snake face painting









The Keator's and Laney, their 4 year old little girl, was the doctor. So cute!



















Landri as Ariel. Love it!!!








And, we can't forget my lovely husband, who felt the need to make and sport a gold TOOF! Haha!! It was so funny bc a lot of people at the party didn't know how to handle this. They didn't know if he was serious or not. Hilarious!!!








We trick or treated after that with The Coopers and Keators and Cam was in HEAVEN! She would walk up to the door and say 'more' to the people! LOL!!!!!! I was appalled and quickly corrected that, but it was too funny! And, we soooo don't give out kid sweets and you could totally tell. She really wanted nothing to do with the candy whatsoever. She just liked the fact that she had a 'purse' :o) That girl........










Overall, we had a wonderful Halloween with friends.








Stay tuned for my next post on our weekend .....

Cheers,
Lindley


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Prayers please......

Ok everyone, I have a prayer request:

Amy, Brian's mom, is having her knee replacement taken out this coming Monday. She was scheduled to see the Dr tomorrow in Dallas but after he saw the last picture she sent him, he's decided to go ahead and take it out. He was going to 'consider' that option tomorrow during her visit, but he said it looks too bad and must come out. She's just had too many complications and they think that foreign substance in her body is causing all these infections so they are removing it completely. I honestly think only good things can come going forward, bless her heart. She's been through the ringer with this one! Please pray they find the problem and heal her ASAP! We need our Mamy back! Its been 3 solid months that she's been flat on her back (August 5th was her original surgery) and she should be healed by now. :(.

She will have to wait at least 6 weeks before anything else is done so not only should we pray for a smooth surgery and recovery this Monday, but for a peaceful and easy 6 weeks post surgery. As you can imagine, this has all been very hard and quite depressing on Amy and Fred, so please lift them up and pray He gets them through this easily.

Thank you!!!

Lindley


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It's a girl!!!!!!!!!!

Well, our sonographer told us yesterday we are having another little girl and that she looks perfect! Strong heartbeat at 147, good fluid around her, and that she's a 'good size' baby! She weighs 7 oz right now and she informed us that's rather large for only being 17 weeks along! Uh oh!!! ;). We like them fat and healthy though so bring on them 'good size' babies!! Here's a picture of our baby girl now. We didn't get to do this with Cam so I'm extremely fascinated they can really tell what the sex is by this picture. Crazy!! We are so excited and know Cam will love having a sister. Brian and I have decided on a name that we love and Cameron is already calling her baby Tess when we point to my belly. In fact, she called that she was having a baby sister about 7 weeks ago, no lie!!!

Tess Leanne Herring





My Grandmother Dottie's middle name was Lea, as is my sister's but she spells it 'Lee' and then my Father-in-law, Fred, had an Annie on his side so it's a combo of both. Cameron was obviously named after her daddy and then Elizabeth comes from both my side and Brian's mom's side. So I feel like we're including all families one way or another. And I love that.

I do have to ask for your prayers though: I have Placenta Praevia again, and for those who don't know what that is, the definition is:
Placenta praevia (placenta previa AE) is an obstetric complication in which the placenta is inserted partially or wholly in lower uterine segment.[1] It can sometimes occur in the later part of the first trimester, but usually during the second or third. It is a leading cause of antepartum haemorrhage (vaginal bleeding). It affects approximately 0.4-0.5% of all labours.[2]

It's not a HUGE deal but could lead to pre-term labor, and well, we all know what happens with pre-term labor... I do NOT want another NICU visit. Ever. And, please know Cameron didn't come early because of Placenta Praevia. She came early because of an abruption but the fact that I had this with Cam at 17 weeks as well makes me nervous. My Praevia went away at 21 weeks with Cam so I'm hoping the same with Tess, but you just never know. My next sono is when I'm 21 weeks so here's hoping it moves between now and then! My OB is very aware and monitoring me closely so that's comforting.

But, overall, things looks great and I'm feeling good! I've gained 10 lbs so far and am slowly replacing my regular clothes with maternity ones ;)

Have a great week, all.

Cheers,
Lindley


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Deb Deb

She came to visit us and we had a fun time, although it wasn't long enough. :(. She brought Cam all these clothes, I felt like she was our personal shopper!!!! So nice, Deb thank you, thank you!!! One of my favorite things she brought Cameron was this dress. She wore it to church yesterday and was by far the cutest little girl there! ;)




Speaking of church, we attended FUMC downtown's traditional service yesterday and I LOVED every single thing about it! I think we have found our new 'home' and that makes me happy.

I mean, how beautiful is this church?!?!? I just love it!!!





And lastly: Brian refinished the babies' changing table over the weekend and it looks great! Cam is using it now as her changing table broke, and God willing, Cam will not be in need of a changing table come next April!




Have a good week all!!

Cheers,
Lindley


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Grammy and Pop's house

7th St park in Plainview. Old, neat park





All her 'gear' at grammy's house.


Our new favorite movie.




Just a little 'guns up' action before bed, and of course, while watching Annie. Annie was my favorite movie as a kid as well. Sweet sweet childhood memories with this one...


And, this could not be more true. Love me some fall/holidays. Especially pregnant! ;) I was prego with Cam during the dead heat of the summer and as sad as I am to not be able to have my cold miller lights during football season, I do believe being prego during the fall is MUCH more comfortable!



Cheers,
Lindley

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Team Peltoma, The Vine, and Gravity 3D

Kayla and Craig were in Plainview last weekend for Kayla's dad's birthday so they came and stayed a night in LBB with us! Although I didn't take any photos while they were here, I sure do have some great ones of them in my albums. How cute are they?!?! These are in order from most recent to oldest. I think I have more pics of them than I do of B and I!














We got a sitter and went to a The Vine for dinner and I would not recommend it. Super slooooooowwwwww service and waaaaayyyy overpriced! It's the people who used to own the Grapevine. They are getting older and just aren't as involved in the restaurant as they used to be and you can totally tell. We enjoyed our company though and we're happy to see a Team Peltoma, even if it was for a short time.

Last night mom took Cam to Plainview for the night so Brian and I got all sorts of crazy with a night out at the theater ;). We saw Gravity and holy @&*#!!!!!!!! That was intense!!!!!! We saw it in 3D and the special effects are off the hook!!! Not much of a plot, and it's only 90 minutes, but super glad we saw it in the theater bc watching this in your home just wouldn't be the same.
Thanks for the night off mommy. Tonight I am going to Plainview for the night. I have to get Cam back somehow so instead of meeting her half way we just decided I could go spend the night and Brian could have a guys night. Mom just remodeled the guest bathroom and needs my help on picking out decor so should be fun.





Hope everyone has a happy hump day!

Cheers,
Lindley

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Caitlyn, Myrtle, Gus, and October 29th

Ok so Caitlyn is the name of Cameron's new bedding that Mamy so graciously bought for us. How cute is this stuff?!?!? She found it online at Dillard's and I just fell in love with it!


I went to Dillard's to buy a sham and see how it would go with her stuff and I'd say it could all be a set!!!! It looks great with pretty much everything she has, pictures and all!!!






I've had this shower curtain for some time and I'm so glad I didn't get rid of it! We will bring this back out once the baby is here!!


How cute is this pillow!?!?


This is the Little Red 2's (LR2) new changing table, something I've been looking for for over 5 months now!!!! I love it!!!! I'll post after pics soon once I get it cleaned up as I think Cam is gonna use it now until the baby comes as her changing table is broken. This pic doesn't do it justice!!!!!


This is Cameron's new chair for her room since we are putting the leather glider in the nursery. I adore this rocking chair and adore it even more knowing it only set me back a whopping $65 from this darling little antique store on 34th and University. I love the retro fabric too! ;). B thinks I'm recovering it but he is soooo mistaken ;) It's growing on me everyday!





Meet Myrtle, Amy's wound vac. This is hooked up to her knee 24/7 to constantly suck 'stuff' out of her incision. It's with her all the time, in this little purse thing, so Amy gave it a name. And rightly so! ;)



Gus is Amy's cane. Don't have a pic of it but he's her other traveling companion that's around 24/7 so she couldn't leave him out!

And, October 29th is a VERY big day for us !!! At 1:15 PM we should know if LR2 is a boy or girl!!!!!!

Cheers,
Lindley

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