Time to play the Guessing Game!!!!!!

~cue silly game show music~.....

HOUSTON BABY #2 GUESSING GAME!!!!!!

Ok folks...that day has come.
We are within a few short weeks of D-DAY!
Could happen any day now.
(but please pray for at least after August 1st...bc Jon has another cool Triathlon to run and I want to go!!!)


Alright, So you may begin leaving messages about what you think we are having.
If you ask Noah "Do you want a sister or brother?" he says "Sister"
If you ask him, "boy or girl?" he usually says "boy"
so...clearly...we cannot go with Noah's choice! LOL
Jon and I both still think it will be a boy.

Now, to make things even MORE fun :)
We still want the names we have FINALLY decided on to be a surprise.
However, in order to let the family we are honoring know...we'd like to give you some clues.
We will let you come up with some names from those clues and see if anyone guesses correctly when baby comes! How fun right?

OK...get creative...
Our clues are not in order and might even require you to come up with a mix of those names mentioned. We are just gonna give the names we somehow will use in the first/middle name

If it is a BOY
Clue #1 : Book of the Bible
Clue #2: Honors Jon's Grandfathers George D. Thurman and Dan Xavier Houston

If it is a GIRL
Clue #1: Involves Mommy's full name somehow (Angela Marie)
Clue #2: Honors the following women: Sister Mary Jo , Sister Emelene, and Josephine Thurman

So remember...You have to be creative...Maybe you've heard of the names...maybe you might have to create one. LOL.

Oh man...let the guessing begin!

Don't disappoint people...we want INVOLVEMENT!!!

What are we doing...

Well...

Noah is busy....practicing on his tricycle...we allowed it in the house before we ever took it outside.
As you can see, he was all about safety in his "helmet"! LOL..

We have transitioned the tricycle outdoors now.
He's doing ok with peddling...now if only we could work on steering...

Jon...well, he's busy doing things around the house before the baby comes. What a handy dude:)

How manly he looks under the sink....in our pink bathroom...in pink gloves. LOL

And Me...Well, what the heck am I up to? Carrying this baby of course! :)
Here I am 36+ weeks pregnant! Just about 3 1/2 weeks left! I'm feeling great!

Still no solid boy names picked out....girl name is covered.
Sorry, it's a surprise! But please, feel free to leave boy name suggestions! :)

And of course...in a few more weeks we can play the guessing game and see who gets it right, boy or girl...and the name:) That should be fun huh? :)

For your viewing pleasure..

here's some entertainment.....sure to put a smile on anyone's face...


Just the typical Noah nonsense that goes on at our house...


Just Noah...trying to sing and do the hand movements we learned to Twinkle Twinkle.

And here we have the lil dude singing his ABC's...or trying to..before he gets goofy and starts singing them to Jon in his silly voice.




Hope you enjoyed them! :)

Jon's FIRST Triathlon!

Hooray for Jon!
We are so proud!

This past weekend we took a short trip over to the German/Luxembourg border so that Jon could compete in his very first Triathlon!
Woohoo! Here's what he did:
It was actually a Sprint Triathlon so it was a little bit shorter than the typical one.
Perfect for his first.
It was a 500M swim, 20Km bike, and a 5Km run. In that order.
The best part of these events is the transition areas...they are perfect for fans to get great pictures of their athletes!

So, we checked in at about 8:30 and the race was to start promptly at 9:30.

The Lord was really looking out for Jon bc when he went to get his equipment inspected (they check helmets, googles, bike etc.) they found a small crack in his helmet!!!! DRAT!!! I saw them escort Jon over to the side and I knew that something was wrong. He came over to me and with a sad voice he said that they found a crack in his helmet...that they were trying to find someone to help him...but of course, the language barrier was pretty rough. Luckily, there was a nice gentleman that let him use a helmet! Praise the Lord! I kept thinking..man if we have to go home just because of this....that would be awful! So, back to the transition area he went to go set up his gear.

Another great part about this triathlon was that his two friends, Wade and Renee were competing with him.

So...without further explanation....Here are some pictures from the day:)Here's Jon...all ready to go..helping his friend check in. See how they write their race numbers on their arms and their legs:)
Noah wasn't quite sure about all this...but he was pretty happy that Daddy was happy.
Here's Jon and Wade walking over to the starting line in the lake.
Close up..."Good Luck guys!!!"
Look closely, Jon is in the yellow and gray tri suite! Getting ready to start....
And...there they go!!!!!!
Here's Jon's friend Wade, out of the water first...
There goes Jon..just out of the water...on his way over to his bike (again, look close for that yellow and gray suite)
And..here comes Daaaady! Lap 2....
And again...lap 3...
Fast forward...done with the bike transitioning into the run...last part Dad! It's your strongest event...let's go let's go!!!!
And there he goes!!!!!!!
ANNNNNND......Heeeeeere he comes!!!!
Almost..almost...WOOOHOOOOOOOOO! WAY TO GO!!!

YAY!!!!! Finished!!!
And Wade...not long after (and sadly after he had a flat tire and some other issues...but he was happy nontheless!)
Here's Renee...all done! I kept missing her...never did get a good action shot...I was proud of her too, representing the ladies:)
Noah was way too excited to see Daddy again. He was sooooo hot...along with his Mommy. We were sweating buckets watching...but it was sooooo worth it to see our Hero compete and finish strong!
And here they are...post Tri! Well done everyone! Well done!

During this trip, we also took a short day to explore the city of Trier. Here's proof that I was on the trip:)Hope you guys enjoy this post!!!

What these lil feet want to do....

These lil feet...These precious lil feet.

They want to be JUST like Daddy!

They want to run races like Daddy....And win First place!!!

They want to ride a bike like Daddy.

They want to swim like Daddy.

They want to stretch like Daddy.

They want to eat like Daddy.

They want to read like Daddy.

They even want to sleep like Daddy.

:) These boys are the most precious people in my life.
They bring me such Joy when I get to see them together.

One of the best times they spend together is bedtime. Jon works all day and so it is his JOY to spend time with his boy before he goes off to bed.
Thus, Daddy does all the night time routines...brush teeth (he sings Twinkle Little Star to him while they brush, usually in a silly accent, the accent of choice these days has been this ridiculously goofy Indian accent) after teeth he says to Noah " Go tell Mommy Nite Nite" and then I hear a patter of lil feet running around the house to find me and kiss me goodnight.
Then, it's to his room where he will spend as much time as it takes to make sure Noah picks up every single toy (I, in NO WAY, have the patience to sit back and watch Noah pick up every lil piece, but Jon does and I admire his patience greatly for it).
Then, it's book time. Lately, it's been "I wanna read the gibing' tawee I wanna wead the gibing tweee Daddy." And Noah's favorite part is finding the boy. He says " I wanna I wanna find the boy". (Notice, they are reading the Giving Tree in the picture above:) )

I get to observe these sweet precious moments they share and it melts my heart every time.

These boys...these precious boys. I love them dearly. I simply cannot imagine adding another lil body to this blessing...but in just about 5 weeks we will get another lil body to love around here.
Can't even begin to imagine what life will be like with 3 bodies to love around here.
It's getting so close! We don't have much longer to wait to meet Baby Houston #2.
I wonder what the Lord will bring...boy...or girl...only time will tell:) Can't wait!!!