The LaPrade Lifestyle

Christmas 2014!! We enjoyed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with our families this year! 

On Christmas Eve we headed over to Ross' parents house were we ate all day and 

played with the little ones! Ross' grandparents came into town for 

Christmas and it was nice seeing them too! Lorin, Logan, Knox, and 

Rhett were there and Knox entertained everyone all day!!

 Ross and Knox playing around!

 Knox opening presents!

 Ross and I on Christmas Eve! 36 weeks pregnant!!

 Ross and baby Rhett! It's crazy how

quickly he has grown in a matter of weeks!

 We watched Christmas movies all day including the Grinch

and Elf! all time favorites!! Knox enjoyed the movies

and snacks while resting with Nonnie!!

 On Christmas morning we slept in and 

enjoyed a new tradition of monkey bread

on Christmas morning! We had a quiet 

morning just the two of us before getting

ready to head over to my parents home

for Christmas day celebrations!

 Ross and I at my parents house on Christmas Day!

I just love the tree my mom puts up!

It has ornaments that are old and new.

Some of the ornaments Tyler and I made when

we were little and some of them are shiny crosses

and fun diet coke bottles!

 Ross got a few things for baby Grey that were Batman themed!

Baby Grey also got a rocking Lamb with his name on it

that stays at Grandmother's house for when he visits!

 We are on the 2 week countdown!!!

Wahoo!! We are more than excited and ready!!

We bought a pack and play and it's set up in 

our room ready to go! We also have the car seat

installed in the car and a swing set up in the living room!

 We took Parker to the groomers the other

day for a good bath and a hair cut!

He is ready to meet baby Grey too!!

It's going to be a circus around here

and we are ready to go! haha!

Here we are catching up a little on the blog.....35 weeks and a trip to see Gaylord ICE the Nutcracker!

Ross is great about taking my weekly bump pictures and on week 35 he decided it would be fun to show baby Grey that mom ate breakfast! ha! I look silly but Ross always finds a way to make me smile! Week 35 pics!

 35 weeks on Dec 15!

 Every year Ross and I have a date night to see the Gaylord

ICE exhibit in Grapevine! I enjoy our little date

nights since it's just us and we really enjoy walking

around the Gaylord seeing all of the beautiful

Christmas decorations! 

This year the ICE theme was The Nutcracker!

They went all out with all of the details and

even a slide in the middle of the exhibit made 

of ICE! *side note: it was freezing cold inside

and I had on my coat, scarf and the massive

blue parka! I look huge! haha!!

 After the Nutcracker ICE we saw the New York 

City ICE which was really neat!

They had a taxi cab made out of ice and

an area set up like Times Square!

Ross and Lady Liberty...holiday style!

 Ross and I posed for a pic by a bridge in central 

park ice! It was really cute and I hope to take 

Ross to New York City sometime to

enjoy the adventure!

 We walked around the Gaylord checking out all

of the wonderful Christmas decor!

 A wine barrel Christmas tree! How fun!

We had a lovely time and it's fun to think that

next year we will have a little one to join

us on our fun Christmas outing!!

 We are now into the 30s!!

Crazy how time is flying by!

 Thanksgiving 2013!! 

We celebrated Thanksgiving day with Ross'

family and then the following Sunday with my family!

Ross had to work on Thanksgiving since his store

opened at 8pm but we enjoyed hanging out

at the LaPrade house and quality time with family!

On Sunday we went to the deck the halls 

service with my family and enjoyed a delicious 

lunch that my mom made!

We got a gift card from pottery barn and so of course I 

ordered items for baby Grey!

I went ahead and ordered him a stocking for the fire

place to hang alongside the rest of the family!

I ordered this stroller blanket to keep

him warm on our many walks!! It matches the

diaper bag Aunt Pen made perfectly!!

 

 Ice Dec 2013! The temperatures dropped on Thursday night

and ice covered the roads! This is what we woke up to on 

Friday morning! Tree limbs in our front yard and the pool 

deck covered in ice! Ross headed off to work and I 

stayed in since I didn't feel comfortable driving on

ice all by myself! The temps haven't risen above

30 degrees yet.....we are hoping for sunshine soon!

  

 Since we have been iced in the past couple of days

the puppies have been by my side 24/7!

They are great cuddle buddies and we have

watched all kinds of wedding shows on netflix together!

A little preview of our holiday photos! Photos by Melanie Johnson!

I just love this one of Greyson and I!

We are counting down the days until we get to meet him! 

We are so very blessed!

 

A little comparison just for fun!

Here I am 10-20-30 weeks pregnant with 

Greyson! I can't believe how he is growing

and kicking more each day! 

A Baby shower for Greyson! 

My friends threw a baby shower for our growing family

this past Saturday and we had so much fun!! Here are

some pictures of the lovely day!

 They decorated everything in navy and green! 

The colors went along with his nursery! 

They had yummy cupcakes, meatballs, fruit, veggies,

and cookies! Everything was delicious!!

 The red velvet cupcakes were my favorite!!

They were decorated with navy chevron and

little Gs on top! so precious!!

 There was a fun diaper cake with batman socks

and pacis that said prince charming and stud muffin!!

He will totally rock those!!

They also had a wishing tree where the guests wrote

wishes for our little family and placed them on the tree!

I loved ready them and will keep them safe in his baby

book for him to cherish when he is older!

 I wore blue to the shower of course!

Blue for our little boy!!

29 weeks along here!

 Mom and I at the shower! 

She is very excited to be a Grandmother!!

 Aunt Penny came into town for the

weekend to celebrate with us!

We enjoyed having her here and she is thrilled

to be a great aunt!!

 My sweet friends and amazing hostesses!!

Wendy, Staci, and Amber love these ladies

and so blessed to have them in my life!!

 Jessi and I! She has been walking with 

me throughout the pregnancy and we enjoy

our little talks together!! haha!

 Time to open presents!! 

We played a few games which were really fun!

We guessed mystery items in brown lunch sacks, 

unscrambled nursery rhymes, and guessed Ross' 

answers on questions they had asked him about

the pregnancy! The games were really 

enjoyed by everyone!

 Luke's running buddies! 

Jessi, Laurel, and Monica

 Bari and Nora! 

Nora will be chasing around 3 little boys

in 2014!! They will surely keep her busy!!

On Sunday I hit 30 weeks with Greyson!!

10 weeks to go!! Wahoo!!

We have a few more things to hang up

in the baby room and 2 more baby classes

to attend! We are excited the holidays are

just around the corner and have a few dates

planned just the two of us!! 

This week we purchased the baby car seat

and stroller! Babies R Us was having a

great promo so we jumped on board!!

We got the BOB Revolution SE stroller!!

I am so excited to have this stroller!!

It will be a great tool for jogging with the

little one around the block! It's like an early Christmas

present for us!!We will have to get the car seat

installed in the next couple of weeks

to make sure its safe and ready for our little

baby boy!!

29 Weeks!! Wow time is flying by! 

This weekend was the time change and I was ready 

for it to be brighter at 7 am so I can take my nice

long walks before work! ha! On Saturday night

we went on a date night out to Chuy's which

was nice since we haven't been out just the two

of us in a while! It was really loud and I felt old

since I just wanted some peace and quiet but the 

food was yummy and my date was super cute! 

We headed home and cuddled in bed trying to

watch a movie in bed while we rested...well of course

I pass out immediately!

Then around 2 am or 3 am Preston got sick

and so Ross got up to take care of him.

I was wide awake then and started moving

side to side to get comfortable and I could 

tell the baby was kicking. Ross has been trying

really hard to feel the baby kick and since he

was awake too he placed his hand on my

tummy and felt little baby kicks!

He was really happy to feel the 

baby kick and kept wondering

how it felt to me. It was a 

really sweet moment and I was

so happy Ross was finally able

to feel the baby kick!!

 29 weeks Nov 3

November is here and really busy!!

I see the Dr. every 2 weeks now and

last week the baby kicked while the 

nurse took his heart rate! 

We started our baby classes at Baylor

and we are learning all about 

pregnancy and labor and delivery!! 

My baby shower is this weekend and I am 

so excited!! I have family coming into

town and I can't wait to see them!!

Also, in November the turkey trot!!