Three Guys and a Gal

We love Saturdays!

2010-11-20T22:00:00.002-05:00

Saturdays are such wonderful days! There is nothing better than waking up, staying in pjs, turning on cartoons (maybe a bit premature) and just having fun!

Chase loves to play with the pots and pans when we are in the kitchen. He loves the noise that each of the things make. Between the three of us, we can make a pretty good percussion section :) Before too long, Chase will be helping Matt cook eggs.

Road Trip!

2010-11-20T21:44:00.005-05:00

These blog posts are all out of date but I guess that's what you get when you wait a month to update. We went to Dalton, GA to visit dear friends of ours who moved there during the summer. They live on 18 acres in an absolutely beautiful home! We couldn't stay but for a night but we had such a great time! It was so good to see them! I miss my Hartley boys!

Needless to say, Hogan had a blast running round. Susan and Michael have two dogs, Bentley and Sage, and Hogan spent the whole time chasing them. They are good sports about it, that's for sure!

Thank you Hartleys for a weekend of fun!

Hogan having a blast

Chase and his John Deere

Owen giving Chase a ride

My two boys!

Oh, I love him!

The Hartley crew

Fun on Saturday morning

Chase's new ride!

H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N

2010-11-20T21:33:00.004-05:00

We had a great time dressing up Chase for Halloween. Needless to say, we had a great time, but the little bug? Not so much. He was a great sport considering he was tired and overdue for bed. We went up to the neighborhood party at the pool then over to our good friends Scott and Jacci to get pictures of the boys. Scott and Jacci's son, Jack, is just 5 weeks older than Chase. We live in the same neighborhood, have same age boys and go to the same church. And all a random coincidence. Here are some pictures of the fun night!

(In Chase's defense...his tiger outfit had padding to it so it looks like he is bigger than he really is :) )

Scott, Jacci and sweet Jack

How precious is he???!!!!

I think they were done...even the milk duds didn't excite them :)

Mom and her butterbean!

Sunday School

2010-11-20T21:31:00.003-05:00

In Sunday School the other day, a friend played a song for us. The book we have been reading is all about raising our children in a Godly way and this song tells us exactly how we should be. Great lyrics and you can listen to it below.

Probably my new favorite song...I had heard it in the past but hadn't actually listened to the words. Such comforting things to remember.

Weak and wounded sinner
Lost and left to die
O, raise your head, for love is passing by
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus and live!

Now your burden's lifted
And carried far away
And precious blood has washed away the stain, so
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus and live!

And like a newborn baby
Don't be afraid to crawl
And remember when you walk
Sometimes we fall...so
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus and live!

Sometimes the way is lonely
And steep and filled with pain
So if your sky is dark and pours the rain, then
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus and live!

O, and when the love spills over
And music fills the night
And when you can't contain your joy inside, then
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus and live!

And with your final heartbeat
Kiss the world goodbye
Then go in peace, and laugh on Glory's side, and
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus and live!

Pictures from Chase's Baptism - Oct. 10, 2010

2010-10-18T19:57:00.004-04:00

Both families here to celebrate!

Our sweet family...

With Gigi and Papa

With Nana and PopE

I love Happy
!

Happy 8th Month Birthday Chase!

2010-10-18T10:42:00.003-04:00

Wow! Where did the time go?! Chase is already 8 months old! I cannot believe it. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital all wrapped up in a blanket and walking in the house wondering, "what do we do now?!" Over the last 8 months, we definitely have learned a lot about child rearing...more lessons to follow, I know!

It is hard to imagine that you can love someone so much. The love between a parent and a child is amazing and so strong. Chase is a blessing to us and we look forward to the many years to come.

So what is Chase up to now a days?!

*He is now into crawling and pulling up on things. You can't leave him for a second without him trying to climb up on something. Needless to say this has caused a few bumps but he is learning his way around!

*He still Army crawls a bit and boy can he move! You can walk away and he'll be at your feet in no time. As of yesterday, he has started to crawl much more. Matt and I still need to baby proof the house...

*Chase is now in a big boy car seat. We went to Babies R Us yesterday to get a car seat for him. He went for a flu shot last Thursday night and I asked them to weigh him. He weighs 20 lbs 8.7 ounces, so he can move up! Still rear facing but a step up! The infant carrier was getting to be a little much for me to carry and he actually started to hate it. He still has it when he's in Matt's car (because car seats are so dang expensive) but my guess is he won't have it long there!

*He now says mama. Of course, he doesn't know that I am "mama" but that' s ok. I still pretend that he does :) We are trying out the dada but "d's" are harder.

*He has pretty much gone through all the baby stage 1 foods. With the milk protein allergy we were a little worried about bringing foods on too fast, so took our time. So far he likes everything except peas. And sweetie, I can't blame you there!

*He was baptized on October 10th and he was a charmer! He was so good during the service!

*Chase has 2 bottom teeth and 2 coming in up top. He is SO good about the pain with them. It seems he has a high pain tolerance like his mom!

*Still not sleeping through the night but mom and dad don't mind. We actually are used to waking up and working on little sleep :) so it's not a problem getting up. We've tried to make him cry it out, but he cries for an hour and a half and that's miserable to us. He'll grow out of it by the time he's 13, surely!

I think that's about it! I hope to be better about keeping my "record" updated with what he is doing!

Pictures to come later!

We love you Chase more than you'll ever know!

My goal...

2010-10-13T22:21:00.004-04:00

I am on a mission to lose this baby weight. I can no longer pull the "I just had a baby" routine...he's almost 8 months old! In my defense, it was hard to work out during the summer. We were paying someone hourly to watch Chase and I just felt guilty paying for an hour while I worked out. But, I was at a point where I needed to do something.

In 2004 (I think), I ran the Kiawah Island Half Marathon. My goal? To run the whole way. And did I? HECK YEA! Of course, at the end, I couldn't feel my limbs but I did in fact run the whole way.

So now I am motivated to do it again. In DISNEY WORLD!!!! How fun!!! Slight problem...I'm somewhat behind the 8 Ball. As of 3 weeks ago, it had been a good year since I had run. I ran a little bit when I first got pregnant but then used the pregnancy as an excuse.

IF I have the nerve to sign up for the run, I may not be able to run the whole way. I have worked my way up to 3.2 miles, but that is a long way from 13.1.

Wish me luck! I'll keep you posted!

Hilton Head 2010

2010-10-13T20:19:00.004-04:00

Little man loving the blue chair!

Taking the family on a joy ride in the golf cart...

About to head to the beach. Watch out ladies!

Poor thing...he was so exhausted. He loved the pool but needed a break.

And I'm not quite sure why the pictures below are organized the way they are. Again, don't have the patience to figure it out! These are from Hilton Head. Matt and I went parasailing on Sunday and Matthew and Leslie went with us. On Saturday, we watched the Clemson/Auburn game...close one :(

Are we still here?

2010-10-13T19:54:00.002-04:00

I have to say that I have seriously debated about whether or not to continue this blog. As I sit here, just home from work, with a stack of clothes a mile high, an upstairs that needs to be vaccumed, butternut squash in the oven for Chase's food, a dog barking like crazy at a horse on the tv and a baby I'm trying to make sure stays asleep, I think keeping this thing up is crazy. But maybe if I see it as a source of rest, I'll get back to loving updating it. I know that this is the way some people keep up with us so I figured it is probably a good thing for me to keep it going. I apologize for being on a three month hiatus....I hope to be better.

So what has been going on with us? What hasn't maybe the question :) Not really, we've just been extremely busy. Matt has been traveling a good bit and I've been back in work mode. My partner retired from the company back in May, so it has been an adjustment. But, work has been going really well and I love it more and more each day. I have such flexibility which is great! I can play with Chase in the morning, take him to the nanny (who is amazing!) about 10 and work the rest of the day. Usually I pick Chase up about 4:30 or 5 and play with him until bedtime. When he goes to sleep, I go back to work...of course, my office is right under his bedroom, so that is great!

Matt is doing well with golf. We are gearing up for Q-School which starts October 26th. Please keep us in your prayers. Any wives of golfers (and golfers, of course) know what the Fall holds when it comes to professional golf! But, we know everything will be great!

And the little man of the house?! He's amazing! We have been truly blessed with the world's best child! I know everyone says that but I really do know it for Chase. We had a rough few weeks at the beginning with his milk protein allergy. But ever since we got that straightened out, he has been PERFECT! He is growing like a little weed...19 pounds, 7 ounces at his 6 month check up and I know he's gained weight since then. No one can say he goes without food! He's perfect in every way!

We finally found a Nanny for Chase. She is SUCH a blessing to us! We have thoroughly enjoyed her and look forward to the years to come. She keeps Chase and Ryan at her house every day and the kids love her! After 6 long months of searching, we finally found a perfect match!

We went to the beach a couple of weeks ago with my family. We had a great time and Chase did well! I was somewhat worried about him being outside his element, but he did great. Vacations with a child are far different than without a child, that's for sure! I now understand when people say they need a vacation from their vacation. We got back home on Monday and I took Tuesday as a "recoop" day.

Last Sunday we baptized Chase and what a wonderful day it was. We had friends and family come to the church service. Matt and I were so worried Chase would be the one who screams through the whole service, but lo and behold, he didn't! I was especially worried because, of course, we couldn't get him to nap before the service. We resorted to Matt driving him around

for 30 minutes, but even that didn't work. He got a 10 minute catnap which worked good enough. He was a champ throughout the whole ceremony.

Let's see...what else?! I guess nothing. In the next post I will update pictures. I don't have the patience to put them in order so they may be all out of chronological order. It's late (for me) and my patience wears thin after 8 :)..and now it especially is worn thin as I just heard a thud upstairs and Hogan has gone into Chase's room and taken everything off the bookshelf...darn dog!

If you're still reading at this point, you're a good person! :)

Much love,

Melanie, Matt and sweet baby Chase

Chase will be on television!

2010-07-05T13:24:00.003-04:00

Got ya, didn't I? You thought our precious baby was going to be the star of a big time television commercial - perhaps like the baby on ETrade? Well, while we think he is absolutely cut out for the job, he isn't going to be on any commercials. But he still is going to be on tv...

When registering for Chase at Babies R'Us, I had a lot of help. Meg went with me to register and she told me pretty much everything I needed to know. I also checked with Stephanie to see if she would add anything. What I didn't do, was check my crystal ball and look into the future. What do you mean?, you may ask. Our sweet little 17 lb Chase is now in the business of moving - yep, rolling over. As I said in an earlier post, he rolls over all the time. Even in his crib!

At our 4 month check up, Dr. Dobson told us that since Chase has proven that he can sleep through the night, we now have to play the game of tough love. Mom tells me this isn't the first time this is going to happen. It ain't fun, she says, but it has to be done. So...tonight we start.

Actually, we started a couple of weeks ago. But the problem is, when he starts crying in the middle of the night, we don't know if he is just crying because he wants us or because he has rolled over and is stuck. Take right now for instance....I am listening to him scream from a nap....i guess you can call it a nap...it was 30 minutes - clearly not long enough. I know I should wait it out and see if he'll cry himself back to sleep but I ask myself, "Is he rolled over?"

Why am I telling all of you this? And why are you still reading, you wonder? Well, we've made the jump and bought a video monitor. The cheapest one on the market. I always thought they were silly until now. Hopefully this will make our nights a little less interesting :)

...I did go up and check on Chase (the monitor is not hooked up yet) and, of course, he is rolled over! The end of a short nap :(

If any of you have wise ideas of how to keep a baby on his back (and the sleep positioner isn't working), let me know!

Clarification

2010-07-02T14:16:00.000-04:00

I got an email from a friend the other day asking if I was pregnant. Apparently my Father's Day blog post may have indicated that. Well....

We're not!! Soaking up every minute with Chase and not pregnant.

Thanks, Katie, for pointing it out! Didn't want rumors flying! :)

2010-06-25T20:39:00.002-04:00

After our four month appointment (Chase weighed in at 16 lbs 5 oz and 26 inches long!), the doctor told us we could put Chase on rice cereal. We would ideally like him to sleep longer at night, so we thought this may be a solution. Dr. Dobson told us it doesn't work, but that everyone, including himself, tried it, so we took a stab at it. Needless to say, Chase is not the biggest fan of the stuff. I ate it and it doesn't taste bad, but I think the texture is what bothers him. The video is priceless :)

Father's Day

2010-06-25T20:28:00.002-04:00

We were lucky to have Matt home for his first Father's Day!! Father's Day last year was very special to us. The Friday before, we found out we were pregnant! And now, we can celebrate with sweet Chase!

On Matt's one day in town, we slept in and went to brunch at Greenville Country Club. That place probably has the best brunch in town! Chase was good for the majority of the meal. :) After brunch we came home and we rested (or attempted to). After our brief glimpse of resting, Matt put together Chase's new exersaucer. Man, that is toy that has a million pieces! Why don't they put some of the pieces together for you?!

Another Long Overdue Post...

2010-06-25T20:09:00.004-04:00

It seems like it has been months since I have posted any new pictures or videos of our sweet Chase. It's not that I don't want to! I am just pure lazy. When it gets to night, I'm worn out and still have the list of things that I need to do - wash bottles, wash clothes, clean the house...you name it. It's much easier when Matt is in town, that's for sure!

Hmm...the past month has been great! Chase is getting so incredibly big! It's amazing how much he changes from day to day! We have loved watching him grow and watching him learn so many new things. Here are some updates of what he can do...

- He can turn over from back to stomach. And boy, when he gets on a roll (ha!) we get worn out! You put him on his back and 5 seconds later he is over on his belly. He must do it 10 times in 3 minutes! He does know how to turn from stomach to back but is much happier letting us come to his rescue and flip him over.

- He likes to blow bubbles and make a "tooting" noise with his mouth. I was playing with him one day and doing it to him and he copied me. Needless to say, he does it all the time now :) He loves it!

- He is quite knowledgeable in the golf club department. He can analyze grips, shafts and blades. Got it from his mom :) No, really, PING sends a baby club out to the golfers who have babies. The color is blue and has his birth information on it. We love it! Thanks PING!

We never imagined having a baby would be this fun! He's a pure joy to our lives and we look forward to the many years to come! We love you Chase!

Enjoying the Aiken Standard

2010-05-29T21:30:00.002-04:00

To Aiken we go...

2010-05-28T21:22:00.000-04:00

Last weekend we went to Aiken to visit Gigi, Papa J and Uncle Justin. Matt and I had an engagement party to go to on Saturday night so we went down Friday to hang out. Chase travelled well. Hogan, well....he thinks it's his right to sit in Matt's lap to travel. I took Chase in my car and Matt took Hogan in his car because he had to go straight to another tournament on Monday morning. Next time I think I'll take Hogan and Matt can take Chase.

On Sunday we celebrated Justin's 25th birthday...quarter of a century old :) We just grilled out and played corn hole in the backyard. Happy Birthday Uncle Justin!

talking to Justin on his birthday morning

my new chair Gigi and Papa J got me!

Just reading the paper with dad on Saturday morning - I'm eyeing that pen!

Happy Birthday Uncle Justin!

I'm getting old enough for my Bumbo chair!

Nana is retiring!!!

2010-05-19T21:27:00.002-04:00

Chase, Hogan and I loaded up the car last Friday to go to LaGrange to celebrate mom's retirement. She only has two more days of teaching! We are looking forward to having both Nana and Gigi retired!! We had a surprise (well, as much of a surprise as you can have..) Retirement Celebration for mom on Sunday night and Hollis Hand had something for her on Tuesday. Matthew, Leslie and Emma came in to town, too, so it was a houseful!

On Saturday, after my first trip to Zumba :), mom and I went to the 179th anniversary of Friendship Presbyterian Church in Concord, Georgia. The great, great, great, greats of my mom's family built this church and it has been a part of our family for 179 years! My grandmother and grandfather went there and are buried there, my brother was baptized there, and we spent many a Sunday there. It's very special to our family.

My grandparent's graves

Genevieve was my great grandfather's first wife. After having 5 children, she passed away and my great grandfather married Kate Wier who was my great grandmother. My grandmother Malone (mom's mom) and my mom are both named Genevieve after my great grandfather's first wife. I tend to think that was very nice of great grandma Kate to go for that... :)

Chase and Nana where Matthew was baptized

After grandma and grandpa Malone passed away, we had a stained glass window dedicated in memory to them.

Chase loves sitting with his Aunt Leslie! She has a good way of soothing him :)

Chase was fascinated with the stuffed dog in mom and dad's room...notice "Over the Hill"....is mom's young age of 30 considered over the hill? :)

Nana and Chase

Chase telling Papa all about his day

This Friday we are off to Aiken to spend time with Gigi, Papa J and Uncle Justin. We have a party for a friend getting married and Justin's BIRTHDAY! Yay!!

Testing out the new Flip Camera - Bubbles!!

2010-05-19T20:14:00.002-04:00

One of the good things about Matt's job is the fact that we use the credit card...a lot! We pay it off each month but put everything on it. SO...we have lots of World Points. We've bought so much stuff with these points - been to NYC 2 times on them and now have bought a Flip video camera. Here is our first video!

Just an update...

2010-05-06T22:40:00.003-04:00

This week started our month with Carla, Chase's babysitter. I took him on Monday morning and was sad to leave him, but am VERY fortunate in that I could go pick him up anytime with my work schedule. Carla lives in Simpsonville and has two precious children, Truman and Georgia. The Tollesons are wonderful and we've loved getting to know them!

Chase's first day was a little rough. Carla writes down everything that Chase does each day so I know what is going on. Monday there were a lot of "fussy"s on the paper. But he has gotten used to them and must like being over there because the rest of the days he has been great! He loves to watch Georgia and Truman and they both are good "siblings" to him. We only have Carla for a month because they are moving to Georgia :( She is great and we are going to miss her.

Meanwhile, we have been trying to find help to take care of Chase during the summer and then trying to find full time help starting in the fall. Hopefully we will be sharing a nanny with a friend whose baby is due in August. We are saying our prayers that we will find someone good that we trust. The search has not gone well at all!

Here are some random pictures from the week!

We do not like tummy time :( And I am such a sucker for it - I flip him over when he starts crying...

Headed out to lunch with mom and Gigi

How precious is he?!!!

A slightly different picture...

Gigi comes to stay

2010-05-01T22:06:00.003-04:00

I have to say that I am blessed with a mom who is near retirement and a mother in law who is in retirement! With Matt traveling as much as he is, it has been SO nice to have the moms come help. I love the company! Next week we start with Carla who is going to keep Chase for the month of May. She originally was going to keep him permanently but her husband was relocated to Atlanta, so they are moving. Monday is going to be a tough day for me. I've been with Chase almost every minute since he was born (with the exception of a few trips to the grocery store and other errands) so leaving him all day is going to be difficult. I'm lucky in that my job is flexible so I can do a lot of the work when he is asleep (AT HOME! :) ). I hope to get back on a workout routine next week - just trying to take 30 minutes each day to run and get my body back in shape.

Here are some of the pictures from Gigi's stay with us!

I still scratch my face so it's socks on my hands once again... :)

Chase and Gigi

Braveheart...

2010-04-29T22:07:00.003-04:00

You may think I'm talking about the movie...nope, talking about the Brave heart I have :) Matt left to go out of town two Saturdays ago so I thought it would be good for me to pick up and go to LaGrange. Ha! So I loaded up the car with Chase and Hogan and all our luggage and headed to the big LG. It was an eventful trip going down but was "smooth sailing" on the way back.

Just hanging out in LaGrange

Dancin...

Nana feeding Chase on the last day...

Nana and Papa come to visit

2010-04-29T21:58:00.002-04:00

Nana (Mel's mom) came up to spend her Spring Break (her last Spring Break ever!) in Greenville! We had a great time and loved having her here! We were still younger than 8 weeks so we stayed in the majority of the week. Papa came on Saturday and spent the night with us...we took Chase on one of his second outings - to brunch on Sunday morning!

Mel, Papa and Chase at brunch

Nana, Mel and Chase

Julie was SO sweet to come spend Friday night with us...we had such a good time laughing with her! She's ALWAYS a joy to have around. Despite catching the grill on fire, we had a wonderful time :) Thanks for coming Jules!

Hanging out

2010-04-05T22:22:00.003-04:00

Matt and I have really enjoyed playing with Chase on the ground. It is so fun to watch him look all around and kick his feet and punch his arms. He has now started to roll over (everyone has witnessed it but me :( ) and this is the time he usually does it. Here are some pictures of our most recent hang out time.

All my boys...

Rough housing :)

"I like this book, dad!"

"Peek a boo!"

Easter

2010-04-05T22:14:00.002-04:00

Easter is such a special time and this Easter was especially special with Chase. However, it was quite an unusual one. We were brave and loaded up the house and headed to Aiken. We had an engagement party to go to for Jennifer Parks on Saturday night so we thought we'd go down Friday, hang out with the family and stay through Easter.

Everything was great but I came down with mastitis on Saturday. It was such a terrible feeling!! I had a low grade fever and my body ached all over. I think it was the first Easter Sunday that I didn't make it to church but I slept until 10am that morning.

Even though we didn't go to church, we celebrated and dressed Chase up in his Easter outfit. We had to do it now because he'll grow out of it in no time!

We have Visitors!!!

2010-04-05T22:09:00.003-04:00

Aunt Anne, Uncle Chris and Kyle came in town last week to look at colleges around us. I have to say I cannot believe Kyle is about to go to college!!! Seems like just yesterday I was in Chicago living with them and he was so young! I'm sure he loves to hear me say that.

We had SUCH a good time visiting with them! Mom stayed an extra couple of days so Matt and I could go tour Clemson with Kyle. It was my duty to promote Clemson as much as I can :) I am HOPING he'll come down here to go to school - how can you NOT like Clemson?!!

My, my how the times have changed from when I lived with them...Kyle is old and I have a baby! Crazy! :)

What we've been up to!

2010-04-05T22:04:00.002-04:00

Yet again I have waited a long time to post pictures. I have all the help I need around here with mom and Mrs. Hendrix and Matt but I still don't find the time to make it to the front room to get on the computer. Go figure!

We have had a great time the past couple of weeks! Chase is growing up SO incredibly fast! It's crazy how the time flies!

Sitting watching television with Nana

"One day they'll take these stupid things of my hands"...he still has a tendency to scratch his face when he's frustrated so we have to keep him covered so we don't get turned in to DSS :)

Yay!! We are one month old! Hogan's excited, too!

The Hams Come to Visit!

2010-03-13T20:44:00.003-05:00

Stephanie and Lucy were too sweet and came to meet and visit Chase today! It was so good to see them and hang out for a while. Lucy is absolutely precious and getting so old! It's been so long since I saw her the last time.

Look at those precious eyes!

A Long Overdue Post

2010-03-09T15:16:00.002-05:00

I always thought I would be on the computer more when I had the baby but that has not been the case. Chase sleeps a good bit during the day but usually I've been spending my time cleaning up the house or resting or washing clothes. Anyways, here are some pictures of the last couple of weeks.

Chase has been doing great! Eating like a champion which is good! We went to the doctor yesterday and he now weighs 8 pounds! He had reached his birthweight by the end of the first week so we didn't have to go for the two week appointment. He has, however, had some acid reflux problems, so the doctor put him on Zantac to help him get better. We've been taking it for three doses and it seems to work a little bit so we'll keep our fingers crossed.

We were very fortunate to have the grandmothers come stay with us for the two weeks after Chase's birth. They were such a bit help - doing laundry, cleaning, cooking dinner, etc. It gave Matt and I some time to rest and catch up on some sleep (although we are still lacking a good bit). Everyone left this past Sunday so it is now me and Matt here fending for ourselves :) It has been good so far!

Chase's first snow! We took him outside for a SPLIT second to take the picture then ran right back in!

As of March 4th, Chase was 2 weeks old!

My umbilical cord has fallen off so the doc gave mom and dad the ok to have a full bath! They said it was much easier than the sponge bath...Hogan liked it, too! He kept wanting to jump in!

The weather is finally nice out so we can go for walks! I love the fresh air!

Just had to post this one - Chase and daddy :)

Already one week old!

2010-02-26T20:41:00.001-05:00

Pictures

2010-02-23T17:17:00.005-05:00

Our birth crew :) Kelli was the nurse and Dr. Metherell delivered Chase

Chase with Gigi and Papa J just after birth

Too precious for words!

Nana and Papa enjoying some time with Chase

Mel's boys

The Hendrix family photo

Aunt Leslie and Uncle Matthew came to visit Chase on Sunday. He loved seeing them!

Just hanging with daddy

Just hanging with Nana

Nothing sweeter than a sleeping baby

Charles Bryant Hendrix

2010-02-20T09:53:00.004-05:00

Well, so much for the due date +/- 2 days! Our little bundle of joy has arrived!!! And is there a story? Why, of course!

Let's preface the story by saying that Matt was at a tournament in Hilton Head. We talked to the doctors and everyone thought Matt playing this week would be completely fine. Mom took the week off work to come up to Greenville to help me out and be there in case anything were to happen. Glad she was here!

I woke up at 5:30 on Thursday morning and felt pains in my lower stomach. They weren't anything bad, and nothing was regular so I layed in bed for about an hour. At 6:30, I decided to get up and get mom and have her time my "pains". Like I said, they weren't anything bad and they were sporadic so I really didn't think anything about it. I called the nurse about 6:45am and she told me to call the doctor's office at 8 and the doctor will probably want to see me. My water ended up breaking at 7am, so Matt went ahead and got on the road.

We tidied up things around the house and got in the car for the hospital. By the time I got in the car, my contractions were 2 minutes apart and pretty painful. We got to the hospital and they checked me in and gave me a room. It did take me quite a while to get to the room because I had to stop at each contraction.

When I got to the room, the nurse checked and was surprised to tell me that I was already 8 cm dilated. I quickly went to 10cm and could deliver at any point. When asked if Matt would make it, both she and the doctor said it would be a close call and if we didn't get the epidural in, he would not make it. Luckily, we got the epidural in!

Matt arrived to the hospital (on fumes) at 10:50am and I started pushing at 11. Sweet Chase entered the world at 12:33pm, weighing in at 6lbs 11 ounces and 19 inches long. And what a blessing he has been!!

Pictures in the next post!

A Chase Update

2010-02-16T10:57:00.003-05:00

Not sure if anyone really reads this blog, but thought I'd pass along information on Chase! As I look at the countdown, I only see 7 days left! I have to say it is very hard to believe that we are only 7 days away from meeting our sweet baby!

We went to the doctor last Friday for our weekly appointment. I was about 1/2cm dilated and Chase is settled way down, ready to come! Dr. Metherall estimated Chase to be about 7 pounds at that point and thinks he'll be about 7 lbs 15 oz at birth. We'll see how close he is! Hopefully not much bigger than that! :) The doctor also said that the way things look, the birth date is going to be due date (Feb 23rd) +/- 2 days. Matt is away at a golf tournament this week in Hilton Head so my mom is up here with me. Haven't felt any contractions or anything but as soon as I do (in a regular pattern), I will call Matt and have him come on home!! We don't want him to miss a thing! (Especially the fun mood I'll be in during delivery :) )

The doctor said that things are "favorable" for me to be induced if we were to go that route. I have to say there is something nice about knowing when the baby will come! So, if the appointment this Friday goes well, we will schedule the induction for next Tuesday or Wednesday.

We will keep you posted on the arrival of sweet Chase!!!

Church home

2010-02-07T16:17:00.002-05:00

Matt and I are happy to say we have finally found a church home here in Greenville! For the past 6 years, we have been going to a church but never became active and never really enjoyed it all that much. We decided that we really needed to find a church home that we love before Chase comes. We want him to grow up with a good church family.

Today we joined John Knox Presbyterian Church. We have been going there for months now and have thoroughly enjoyed it. The pastor is great and the congregation is so incredibly friendly and welcoming!

We look forward to the years to come at John Knox!

The Nursery!

2010-02-03T09:46:00.003-05:00

Only 20 days left until our little bundle of joy comes into this world! So hard to believe the nine months is almost over! I have been blessed with such a great pregnancy and hope the delivery will be the same. We are still working every night to make sure we have everything together - last minute trips to Babies R Us, putting the carseat in the car, assembling the stroller, you name it, we're doing it!

While I thought I would have time to go back and get more "trinkets" for the nursery, I don't know if I'll have the time. So this probably is the finished product...

Couple's Shower

2010-02-03T09:32:00.005-05:00

Matt and I have truly been blessed with some wonderful friends!! On January 23rd, seven of our closest couple friends threw us a couples shower in Greenville at the Rostin's house. We had such a good time and loved it all! Instead of giving cards, everyone was to bring a children's book and write a note in it. Needless to say, Chase's library is already amazing!

The food was delicious and there were so many people there! Thank you to all of you for coming!! We really appreciate it and cannot thank you enough!

The food table - notice the PRECIOUS cake (that also tasted delicious!)

Clemson Girls!

The families

We were surprised to get the Pack and Play from all the hostesses! Such an awesome gift!

Dawn, Julie, Stephanie and the bride-to-be Beth

Grandmother Hendrix and Callie Ruth gave us the Snap and Go Stroller

Chase's first Clemson shirt from the Eptings

The bag of fun from the Parks

Friends from Aiken were SO sweet to drive all the way to Greenville for the shower. We loved seeing them and appreciate them coming! Thank you!!

All the hostesses - Stephanie, Julie, Paige, Lisa, Meg, Cather and Erin

Matt's another year closer to 30!!!

2010-01-22T18:22:00.002-05:00

Today is a special day!!! Matt is one year closer to the big 3-0!! We didn't have much scheduled today so we had a good breakfast, a day of housecleaning and a fun birthday celebration with cake! It is always easy to know what kind of cake to get Matt for his birthday...you are always safe with a white on white cake from Strossners or a cookie cake fro the Great American Cookie Company. I have made it a tradition to go with the cookie cake.

And off to Rick Erwin's for dinner!!

The traditional birthday cake

Hogan gave Matt his dumbbell for his birthday...I gave Matt the wine fridge below. I know it is small, but it fits on the shelf and is perfect for our collection of wine. Maybe one day we'll have a cellar or something but this is it for now...

Christmas 2009

2009-12-29T19:42:00.006-05:00

This is a long overdue post. I have not posted any Christmas pictures and figured I'd post them all at once. There are a million pictures!

Mom, dad, Matt and I went to Fantasy in Lights at Callaway Gardens over Thanksgiving. We had a great time, albeit cold! This is me and Matt in the little village before going out and braving the cold.

Mom and dad Pulver in the Christmas Village

Our holiday schedule rotates every year. This year we spent the 23rd, 24th and morning of the 25th at the Hendrix's house in Aiken. The Aiken time started with game night at the Parks house...it definitely was a spirited crowd when it came to Catch Phrase.

Dad Hendrix opening his knife we gave him. We laughed at the picture because it looks like a violent Christmas day :)

Not sure why I posted this, but Justin apparently found something interesting on his blackberry. My guess is he and Matt were playing sports trivia.

Ahhh, the problem we have with the dogs....Sophie (the Hendrix Dog) and Hogan don't necessarily get along. This visit went much smoother but they aren't exactly the best of buds now.

I got a precious night light for the baby! Can't wait to put it in Chase's room!

Midmorning on the 25th we made the trip to LaGrange. Usually this is a dreadful trip because I-20 is so incredibly boring, but we had fun! Hogan slept the whole time and Matt and I enjoyed talking. We opened presents and such on Christmas night but saved all the delicious eating for Saturday.

Mom and Dad Pulver had a stocking made for Chase...how cute!!!

Matthew and Leslie's stockings

Our presents from Leslie and Matthew! They did such a good job and we LOVE all the gifts for Chase! They also gave us a precious blue bag...I think they had spy cameras on us because as we were packing, I told Matt that we have to invest in some blue bags since I will clearly be outnumbered in this house in February!

Mom and dad know I love to curl up in a blanket and gave me a Snuggie...one of the best presents ever!

You know you are old when you are excited about getting a ladder for Christmas :)

Matthew and Leslie gave mom a songbook for the baby...

Mom and her new digital picture frame!

Matthew and Leslie opening their map of NYC. They didn't know yet that their gift was a trip to New York City!!

Leslie was sweet and showed excitement for the used New York mug mom and dad gave her. Again, she didn't know what the real present was...Off to NYC they go!!

Pregnancy Update

2009-12-20T11:51:00.003-05:00

Figured I should give you an update on the pregnancy...not that there is anything really new to report. I've now started to go to the doctor every 2 weeks so that means we are getting closer! Hard to believe Chase will be here in only 9 weeks (well, 9 weeks according to the doctor). My blood pressure and weight gain is great (only time weight gain is good :) ) and Chase's heartbeat is nice and strong. He weighs about 3.5 pounds and is about 16 inches long!

These past few weeks have been incredibly busy and stressful around here. I found out about 15 days ago that we had to be out of our office at work because the landlord was renting the building out to other people...thanks for the warning! He said we had to be out by December 29th and none of us had a place to go. So, Matt and I worked diligently to get my office moved to the house. This is nice because I can work in my pajamas some days :) but will have to be disciplined. In all this mess, we decided to move my office to the room downstairs and move the nursery to what was the office. And cleaning out the old office was a task! So many trips to the dump! And I have discovered what a hoarder I am...though I have turned over a new leaf and am now throwing everything away.

SO....now we are ready to get started painting the nursery and put everything in it. We still have to get a dresser and a rocking chair but hopefully we'll have those soon!

Pictures to come!!

BABY HAS A NAME!!!!

2009-12-20T11:44:00.003-05:00

We have finally named Baby Hendrix!! We have had the name for a while but wanted to explore all options. Matt and I wanted to use family names and had to make sure that if we had more boys, we had more family names available :)

Drum roll, please.......

Baby Hendrix's name is Charles Bryant Hendrix and he will go by CHASE!!

My grandfather Pulver and greatgrandfather Pulver were both Charles and Matt's maternal grandmother's maiden name is Bryant. Funny enough, we both have Charles and Bryant as cousins.

We cannot wait for you all to meet sweet Chase and he cannot wait to meet you!!!!

And another long week begins...

2009-11-18T14:02:00.003-05:00

Today is the start of the second stage of Qualifying School for Matt. He is out in Dallas, TX and teed off this morning at 10am. Needless to say, Mother Nature hasn't been very cooperative the past week, making it hard to get much practice in. Matt was home and practicing but then the remanents from the tropical storm blew thru, completely soaking every course in town. When he finally got to practice, the wind picked up. He flew to Dallas last Sunday morning only to find that the PGA Tour has a ridiculous rule that if you did not have status this year on the Nationwide or PGA Tours, you could not practice on Sunday. What a way to make an unfair advantage for other players. Had we known that, Matt would have stayed here, practiced and flown out later.

A cold front blew thru Dallas on Monday and Tuesday and turned the temperatures to the 40s. The wind blew up to 30-40 miles per hour, again making it hard to practice. A lot of guys didn't even go out on the course. Needless to say, it's been interesting, but then again, it is Q-School. Why would it go smoothly?!

So, today begins the Q-school second stage journey. My prayers go out to Matt this week. We're thinking about you, rooting for you, and behind you 100%!! Please keep him in your prayers.

Here is an article someone found in The Spartanburg Herald today.

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20091117/NEWS/911189988/1088/SPORTS?Title=PGA-Tour-Qualifying-Clemson-s-Hendrix-sticks-to-it

The Best Family

2009-11-12T21:42:00.003-05:00

I have to say I have the best family in the whole world! I got home today after a 15 hour work day only to find my four aunts had sent me a "care package" for the pregnancy! I opened it with SUCH excitement and found clothes for me and a book for Matt!!! They sent me maternity pajamas (which I'm wearing now...and mind you I walked in the door 20 minutes ago), a VERY cute maternity shirt (very "hip") and a white camisole. They must have been reading my mind because I've been needing to get all of those things (especially the camisole) and haven't found time to do it. They gave Matt a book about how to pamper the new mom. Ha!!

Thank you SO much Maura, Gail, Abby and Anne!! We cannot wait for Baby to meet our wonderful family. Love you all!!

Hogan is a star!!!

2009-11-12T21:35:00.002-05:00

Camp Bow Wow wrote us today to let us know that Hogan is going to be featured on the Camp Bow Wow blog. Of course, Matt and I think it is the funniest thing and have told everyone to look at it. Think of how obsessed we are with Hogan - how are we going to be with baby!!!

Below is the link for Hogan's fame :)

http://campbowwowgreenville.wordpress.com/

Mountain Weekend 2009

2009-11-11T11:22:00.005-05:00

We had a wonderful opportunity to go to Bright's Creek for a weekend and just hang out and relax. Mr. Amick, owner of Bright's Creek, gave us his beautiful house to use and boy did we enjoy it!!! It is SUCH a wonderful house in an awesome location!!

The Rostins and the Carters came up for Friday night and Saturday night and then Matt and I stayed thru Monday morning. It was a great getaway and much needed! Needless to say, neither of us wanted to come back home.

I couldn't pick pictures, so I just put a lot of them on here. Of course, I can never figure out how to post in chronological order so they are all out of sorts.

On Sunday afternoon, we hiked to a waterfall and tested out our "new" camera. Guess the timer works!

Matt rock hopping in the creek :)

My hiking stick I found along the way. The distance was not far but I felt like a true hiker with it!

Being so close to Q-School, Matt had to practice all three days. Saturday morning, he, Mike and Chris went out to play. Here is Matt in action...

Paige and I walked out to meet the guys while they were playing and I had to take a million pictures along the way. This was the creek...Bright's Creek, I'm assuming :)

Me preparing for motherhood. Sweet Eliza was a joy to have around!

Taking a break from playing pool!

Looking down into the main den from the balcony! Beautiful, huh?!

The downstairs "Mancave"

Another view of the Mancave

The Poker Table

The bar

The house...

The den on the main level

The kitchen

The State Paper

2009-11-09T15:21:00.001-05:00

A co-worker wrote me and told me he saw an article on Matt in The State newspaper, out of Columbia. I looked it up online and found a well-written article by Bob Gillespie about Matt.

Here's the link for you to go read it...

http://www.thestate.com/golf/story/1018030.html

Hendrix Update

2009-11-03T14:55:00.002-05:00

Well...we are done with Q-School for the first stage and happy to be able to rest for a couple of weeks. Matt played awesome! Finished 3rd at his site and got his first choice for second stage which is great! He will be playing in Dallas at TPC Craig Ranch November 18th - 22nd. Keep on a prayin'!

As for me and Budrow (our nickname for unnamed baby), we are doing great! Just had our 24 week check up and all is great. I have gained the normal amount of weight (yes, I will no longer be sharing the actual number :) ) and the heartbeat is good. He definitely is moving quite a bit! I haven't figured out a pattern but enjoy the kicks when I get them. The other day, I looked down and a part of my stomach was poking out. Apparently he was stretching and wanted more room :) He is a little over a pound in weight and about a foot long! Crazy!!!

I had strep throat (we think) last week but am over it now. Mom was wonderful and took time off work to come help me out. And boy was she a help! She washed dishes, took care of the dog, went grocery shopping, all that fun stuff. And I just sat on the couch! I tried to move but she wouldn't let me :)

The dreaded Qualifying School

2009-10-25T15:10:00.002-04:00

Matt just left for his first stage at Qualifying School in Pinehurst, NC. Fall used to be one of my favorite times of year but gets stressful with Q-School. Matt has had an awesome year and is playing great so we are feeling good about this year!

Please keep him in your prayers this week as he plays!

Mom comes to town

2009-10-24T14:00:00.000-04:00

It's been a long time since I've posted! We've definitely been busy but I haven't had time to sit down and put up pictures! Mom came in to town last weekend for her Fall Break and we had a great time! We went and bought a ton of clothes for Baby Hendrix, visited the Hendrix, went to the football game and just hung out. Needless to say, she was probably exhausted by the time she left - we stayed on the go.

Here are some of the pictures of her visit.

CLEMSON!

The most exciting 25 seconds in football! Running down the hill!

Matt and I before the game

Mom and I before the game

Our version of "tailgating" :)

Eliza's Christening - October 10, 2009

2009-10-11T12:21:00.003-04:00

Eliza was christened last night at St. Mary's Church here in Greenville. She was such a good baby during the whole ceremony! Such a special time for her! And she is truly blessed with a wonderful and amazing family. There were several people there to join in the celebration. Then Meg and Chris were nice enough to host everyone back at their house for dinner.

Here are some of the pictures of sweet Eliza's baptism.

BOY or GIRL?

2009-10-07T09:09:00.004-04:00

We went to the doctor yesterday for our 20 week ultrasound. Hard to believe we are halfway through!! We were excited and nervous to go to this ultrasound because they can tell a lot about the health of the baby at 20 weeks. Karen, our US technician, was very patient with us as we had a million questions and wanted to know what everything was. Baby Hendrix is as healthy as can be!!! We were very relieved!

We didn't want Karen to tell us in the office what we were having, so we brought a card for her to write in. When we got to the restaurant for lunch (couldn't wait until dinner) we both opened the card together and found out my instinct was right, we are having a boy!

Below are some pictures of the card and baby boy Hendrix :) Pictures this time were a little less clear but still good!

The card from Karen

Profile of our bundle of joy!

Another profile picture :)

Hi everyone! I'm a boy and can't wait to see you!!

One day and counting...maybe....

2009-10-05T09:35:00.002-04:00

Time to finish up your votes on the "Sex of the baby" poll!!! Looks like more people think sweet Hendrix is a girl and not a boy. Maybe my maternal instinct is incorrect! For the sake of names, I hope it is a girl - that name I think we have picked out :) Of course, as long as he or she is healthy, we are happy as can be!

We have our ultrasound appointment scheduled for tomorrow morning at 10:45am!!! Matt is playing in Chattanooga at a Monday qualifier, so if he gets in (which we hope he does), we will have to put off the ultrasound until another day.

We'll keep everyone posted!!!

Dabo Dabo Do

2009-09-28T10:44:00.002-04:00

Quite a late post but Matt got to play with Dabo Swinney at the BMW Charity Classic this year. Dabo was so awesome and Matt thoroughly enjoyed it. Justin caddied for Matt so he got to meet Dabo as well.

Here is a picture from the tournament. This is on the 14th hole on Saturday. Due to a rain delay, Dabo had to leave in the middle of the tournament to fly down to Atlanta for a Clemson IPTAY Club gathering.

Our little bell pepper...

2009-09-23T08:25:00.005-04:00

And why do we have a picture of peppers on our blog?! Well, this is about the size of our baby right now. As of yesterday, Baby Hendrix is 5 1/2 inches long and weighs about 7 ounces. We can distinctly remember the day the baby was a poppy seed! Time is flying by so fast!

Below is a more accurate picture of what Baby Hendrix looks like at 18 weeks! We went back to the doctor last Monday for a check up and to see how the baby is progressing. As of now, I've gained 4 pounds, right on track. Baby's heartbeat is 147-153, right in the middle of where it should be. Last Saturday I was laying on the couch reading (nothing much else to do in the dreary rainy weather) and felt a little butterfly feeling in my stomach. Felt it again, and again, then realized that it's the baby moving! He/She is an agile thing - moving all around all the time! I wish Matt could feel it moving but you can't really feel from the outside of the stomach.

We go back October 12th to find out the sex of the baby. At this ultrasound they will also be able to check all organ functions and make sure the organs are there and working correctly! Counting down the days until we find out if we'll have a golfer or a ballerina! :)

Baby Hendrix can hear now, too, so watch your words around me. When I think of a baby hearing, I think about the movie Baby Mama when they are talking about rap music. Too hard to describe but if you haven't seen the movie, watch it...it's so funny!

Needless to say, with all our friends having babies, we have been learning so much! Still SO much more to learn!

Elizabeth Elaine Carter

2009-09-18T19:00:00.000-04:00

Our dear friend delivered her baby on Wednesday afternoon in Greenville. We are SO excited that Miss Eliza is here! Baby Hendrix did a couple of flips in my belly knowing that he/she would have a friend to play with! Eliza is healthy and mom and dad are doing great!

The girls visiting the Carters

Meg, Chris and Eliza Carter

Paige and Eliza

Erin and Eliza

Me and Eliza

Salt Lake City

2009-09-15T15:21:00.001-04:00

Matt played in Salt Lake City last week so I decided to fly out and see him. We've been to Salt Lake before but didn't take any pictures so I thought I'd take a plenty :) We had a great time and I enjoyed every minute of being out there. I flew in on Wednesday morning and we both flew home on Monday morning. Matt had a great tournament but is glad to be home this week!

These pictures are out of order because I always forget to put them in chronological order when uploading. If you know how to change them around, let me know!

Wednesday we went over to Temple Square to see the Morman buildings. They had such pretty flowers! I wanted to get in to see the Tabernacle Choir but they were recording a CD so we could not go in. Maybe another time!

Matt teed off at 8:45am on Saturday morning all by himself, so we finished in 3 hours! We went back to the hotel, rested and drove to Park City, UT to see the sights there. It was beautiful! On our way into Park City, we stopped at the Olympic Park and toured around. The 2010 Olympians were training for Vancouver so we were able to see some of their moves. So impressive - pictures don't do the sport justice!

Here are some of our pictures from the trip!

Leaving on a jet plane - view from the skies!

Downtown Park City, Utah

Matt and Melanie bobsledding at the Olympic Park:)

Among his other talents, Matt is a great skier!

Olympians training for Vancouver

Training for Vancouver 2010

Olympic Park - Salt Lake City, UT

The Morman Temple

Utah's State Capital - Go Tigers!

Lucy June Ham

2009-09-06T11:52:00.003-04:00

Julie and I took a roadtrip yesterday to meet Stephanie and Matt's baby, Lucy! We had SUCH a great time and enjoyed every minute of holding her, feeding her and even changing her diaper! Ok, well, watching Stephanie change her diaper :) Lucy is absolutely precious and Stephanie and Matt are such wonderful parents!

It definitely was good preparation for me! It has been such a long time since I've held a newborn that I was asking Stephanie if I'm doing it right. I've got a lot more to learn! Thank goodness the good Lord gives us 40 weeks to prepare!

Thank you Stephanie and Matt for letting us come take over your Saturday!

More pictures to come!!

Hand Sanitizer

2009-09-01T09:55:00.002-04:00

Matt left this morning for Leon, Mexico to play in a Nationwide tournament down there. He was home for a grand total of 21 hours (to make 26 hours that he has been home in the last 5 weeks) - just enough to take the clothes out of the suitcase, wash them and repack them again! We also got a medicine kit along with some prepackaged items for him to eat if there is nothing else to eat.

Needless to say, I will be much happier when he comes back to the states. I have taken on mom role and PREACHED the word 'hand sanitizer' to him. A little obsessive on my part, but he has 6 bottles that he can carry with him :)

I'm very proud of him for his success the last few weeks! Hopefully he'll do it again and get in to Salt Lake City and I can go visit!! Mom - you did say you would keep Hogan, right?! :)

Baby Hendrix

2009-08-25T09:57:00.004-04:00

We went to the doctor yesterday for our first ultrasound! I have to say I was nervous before we went....I've been feeling pregnant and looking pregnant but haven't had the opportunity to see the baby yet, so this was good for us! My blood work all came back great, blood pressure is great and the baby is measuring right on schedule! He/She is about 2 inches long from crown to rump :) and has a heart beat of 154. The ultrasound lady was not fun and would not guess what the sex is. She said you cannot tell at 14 weeks...I had to bite my tongue.

Enjoy the pictures!!!

It's got a big tummy like Mel did when she was a baby :)

I thought this screen detected the heartbeat, but it doesn't. If you can make heads or tails of it, good for you! We do know the picture is from the top. You can see two legs and the right arm.

Hello everyone! Can't wait to meet all of you!!

My profile

A close up of my face :)

And the diaper purchases begin!

2009-08-20T19:23:00.004-04:00

My good friend Allison told me that when she got pregnant, she and her mom immediately started buying diapers for the baby. She said this really helped when she had the baby because she wasn't running to the store all the time to get diapers. So....we've started buying diapers! Seems like we have "collected" a lot of the 1-2 sizes, some newborn, and very few 3+....looks like we'll have to start buying more than just 1-2!

Anyway, here is our diaper collection thus far!

Just testing things out...

2009-08-16T21:44:00.002-04:00

I am trying to figure out if all the small pictures were a result of the other computers I've been using to upload pictures...hmm...

Guess so! Oh well! Here's another picture ;)

The Art of Photography

2009-08-16T20:42:00.005-04:00

Melanie here - - so I have decided to take up a new hobby. Photography! I've always loved pictures - you can ask anyone in my family! In fact, ask my Pulver cousins...I snapped more pictures in New York this past Christmas than anyone probably wanted taken :)

I am still quite the amateur in this field, but hopefully will eventually learn it. I finally upgraded the camera (one with all those fun settings and a big lens) and got a Mac to edit some of the pictures. I know eventually I'll need to upgrade to Photoshop, but I've hit my spending limits already. I've got a good husband who supports me on my various adventures.

Below are some pictures from downtown Greenville...wish these would lure some of you to come visit :) Like I said, I still need SO much work, but I'll get there eventually!!

The Pulver Grandchildren

2009-07-27T15:40:00.003-04:00

Melanie here - writing to dote on my cousins. I just got a video link from my cousin, Karla, in New York. Kelly, Karla and Amelia performed a medley after a show one night and I get tears every time I watch it - could be the horomones but I LOVE hearing them perform.

I haven't figured out quite yet how to upload videos, but you can follow this link and watch them!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeusSmE9Q8w&feature=channel

Can't believe it's been 10 years!!!

2009-07-27T08:11:00.004-04:00

This weekend we had our LaGrange High School Class of 1999 Reunion. I cannot believe it has been 10 years since we graduated! It was so much fun to get together with everyone and catch up on what everyone has been doing. We all pretty much picked up where we left off 10 years ago. The Reunion Committee did such a good job planning and putting it all together.

The festivities started with a picnic on Saturday morning at Granger Park. We stayed there for a little bit before we headed to the Williamson's house to have a shower for Becky, our friend from Los Angeles who is getting married in a month. At a graduation party ten years ago, we played a game where we filled out answers for certain questions...first loves, where will you be in 10 years, most embarrassing moments, etc. Mrs. Bit read all of our answers and made us guess who she was talking about. We laughed hysterically!

Kasey, Erin, Becky, Brandi, Dean, Sara, Sara, Elizabeth, Jennifer, Mel, Kanada and Katie

Our pretty good attempt at a class picture. This is just the people that came before 8:30. Many more came afterwards.

We're Having a Baby!!!

2009-07-24T11:55:00.003-04:00

As most of you know, we are pregnant!!!! We are so excited and cannot wait to meet our sweet little child! Our due date is February 23, 2010.

Other than the nagging cold I have, I have been feeling good. There are some days when I get a little nauseated, but in the grand scheme of things, I've been doing quite well! We go for our first ultrasound in August and then will go back in October to find out the sex. I tend to think it is a boy. Take the poll to let us know what you think :)

We will DEFINITELY keep everyone posted on how we are doing!

2009-07-09T10:59:00.002-04:00

Some recent pictures of Hogan...yes, he's like our child :) Hogan loves the water so we've resorted to turning on the sprinkler so he can play in it. This one is a little too powerful for him, but he enjoys it, nonetheless!

This is my fun for the day...I get Hogan all excited when I know Matt is about to come home. The poor thing gets SO excited he can't control himself! This is him waiting at the front door for Matt.

From a new computer

2009-06-22T10:25:00.003-04:00

So I moved to another computer and have pictures from the Hendrix side. Hopefully one day we'll get everything organized and on one computer!

Pulver family portrait

Mom and Dad Hendrix at the Biltmore

The family with Sophie

The Hendrix kids :)

Just the three of us....

2009-06-21T23:39:00.006-04:00

In January, we decided to add a new member to our family. Hogan is a precious cockapoo puppy and has been such fun to have around. There are some nights we wonder why we got him (when he's been in every trashcan, pulled out the whole roll of toilet paper and barked incessantly at nothing), but we love him dearly and wouldn't have it any other way!

One of Hogan's first days as a Hendrix :)

Giving kisses

Hogan and Matt

Hogan's graduation from puppy class

The three of us celebrating graduation!

We are Family...

2009-06-21T23:33:00.006-04:00

We have both been blessed with wonderful families! Mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sister-in-laws, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents - they are all amazing! And for some reason, I don't have the Hendrix pictures on this computer...between 3 computers in our house, we still have yet to organize the pictures all on one!

The entire Pulver clan (except Leslie :() and grandpa's funeral - February 2008

Kelly, Mel and Karla off to see the Today Show

The 12 Pulver cousins

Amelia, Kelly, Mel and Heather at the Charmin bathroom in NYC

Pictures from our travels

2009-06-21T23:29:00.006-04:00

We love to travel and have tried to take our opportunites as they come! Here are some of the pictures from the past couple of years. Matt and Mel in Pebble Beach

At a White Sox game

Touchdown Jesus

Blog Update

2009-06-21T23:14:00.000-04:00

So we had some confusion about how to update the background on this thing, so we've totally deleted the old blog. I will try to get everything back over to this new one so you can catch up! :)