Our cup runneth over...

We welcome with much love and surprise our sweet baby boy...Henry Theodore Mason. We met our son August 25th at 638pm after a very long and hard day for mommy and baby ending in a c-section with a happy baby weighing in at 8lbs. even and 20 3/4th inches long...healthy, beautiful, perfect. We are both doing well and hoping to be home in the next two days. Thank you to everyone who sent messages of love and support. We can't wait for you all to meet him. In the mean time...a few pics!

It's baby time!

Going to the hosptial. I wanted tons of pictures and Chad was just rushing me around! I love, love, love all my friends at work who made us feel so special and loved. I mean who gets to have their baby in a room so beautifully decorated. Thank you to all of them. My heart is full!!

35 weeks...

And we are huge!!! (late entry...this is from July 29th) We had another ultrasound this week and Baby Mason is a chunky monkey! Weighing in at 6'4" with 4 weeks to go I have started preparing myself for a c-section. I guess I should have stayed away from ice cream and oreos. We'll see if this sweet tooth goes away after this little one is here. The nursery is looking great...post pictures soon!

Sweet Friends...I heart you!

Baby Mason and I celebrated with all of my dear friends at work and it made me realize how wonderful of a job I have. I get to see a glimpse of the face of God almost everday delivering babies and share in such a wonderful time in peoples lives. My pregnancy has only confirmed what a special relationship I have the oppurtunity to make with my patients. And the people I work with...they are priceless. I feel so blessed to genuinely love what I do and very lucky to have made such great friends through my job. I guess it is a blessing and a curse that time is flying by so quickly! So thank you to the dear girls in my class for celebrating Baby Mason on such a lovely Sunday afternoon. You have no idea how much it helped me get through those last few days of working nights.

The St. Regis Blend

Baby Mason and I had a lovely tea at the St. Regis July 24 with our girlfriends and family here in Houston. Julia Rigdon had beautiful "M" onsies made for Baby Mason and little feet cookie cutters for everyone. The tea and scones were amazing!!! Luckily Baby Mason loves caffine. I already can't wait to go back. Both Chad and I's grandmothers and parents were in town and we had a great weekend eating at some of our local favorites-Patranella's and Beavers. It was a wonderful weekend and I just got all the more excited to meet this little one...34 weeks!

Showered with Love

Baby Mason and I had our first baby shower this weekend. What fun! We got to see so many family and friends we hadn't seen since Chad and I were celebrating our engagement. My parents came in and we had a great dinner Friday night with our four future wonderful grandparents. And we got some great loot... the nursery is full of bags and boxes! Some motivation for Chad to finish up the dresser so we have a place to put all this stuff. Now we're home safe and sound and staying put until baby Mason comes...6 weeks!

Coast Rica...Chad's babymoon

Three of six of Chad's college best friends are expecting babies this year, so the boys obviously decided one last guys trip was in order...although I have a feeling a lifetime of guys only trips will continue with or without babies or the wives approval. They decided on Vegas of course, but Chad really had an itch to go fishing in Costa Rica. Having spent a wonderful month in the country in medical school, I thought it great to spend a long weekend with his dad doing what he loves I think more than golf and close behind LSU football. So off he went with his childhood friend, Phil and his dad. They fished everyday, even forgoing the final USA world cup game...which I guess wasn't that big of a sacrifice seeing as they lost to Ghana. Here are a few pics from his great trip. We are in New Orleans this weekend with our parents for baby Mason's first baby shower and then we're staying put in Houston until this baby decides to make its entrance.